September 2010 - meet-ups, pram addicts and the cutest babies in the world!

[Chelle1986]

Am taking the innitiative and doing the new thread! Bombs away...!

banana did you end up with a Tobylerone cardboard friend??
P.S NO competition at all! But do hope Olly is better soon.
Bath is a running! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Personally I think that it shows that weaning is very personal to the baby bananastew. I have talked to lots of people who say their babies were ready earlier (several mums here!) and those that have said their were happy to wait (also here!). A friend of mine has 2 boys, her first started at 16 weeks her second wouldn't touch anything until over 6 months. But the EAT study is more about how the introduction of allergenic foods earlier prevents allergies. You are not trying to give them a wide diet just a certain amount of 6 types of food. The rice/fruit/veg is just to get them used to food so they'll take those crucial 6 foods.

Luke's hair is growing and straight up! He looks like he's going to be blond, so cute.

banana Have linked couple of websites that Ive got some ideas off before.

This one is really a early years home education page and has some ideas of what to do with 2-3 yrs old as well. This one is some simple shape colourings with some ideas of other stuff to do with them.

just spent way too long on here forgotaboutmybath looking on plagiocephaly threads. Am so fretting about it and just know I'll be fobbed off by the HV tomorrow.

Please someone tell me that heads can't possibly stay wonky into primary school age????

Watching one born every minute and remembering my labour day!!! Seems ages ago x

Lots of movement on the thread, as ever! Though also I haven't read it for a bit because my mum arrived last night and we spent a lot of yesterday cleaning, tidying, and hoovering before the visit! She looked after Aphra while I went into work today - it was a Keeping In Touch day which I get paid for, yay!

I enjoyed it a lot actually - lovely to see my work colleagues (I'm very lucky in my workplace as we have interesting work and a great atmosphere too), and my brain is still working which is good! Mum brought Aphra in at lunchtime for a feed so that worked well too - just as well as I leaked enough even with that, imagine if she'd not been able to have at least a bit of a feed. Am back in on Wed, and tomorrow Mum & I will do something relaxing round here.

It was more stressful getting back home than being at work to tell the truth! Aphra wanted a feed as soon as I returned, which is understandable, but as there was still a bit of EBM in the bottle, DP tried to give her it but she wouldn't accept anything except for my milk [mixture of proud and uncertain if this is a good idea emoticon...]. Then while she was feeding, my mum suddenly remembered that the changing table had fallen off the wall, or at least the top two screws had come out, with Aphra on it! Luckily it rests on something else so she was in no danger, but that was a thing that was a real pain to put up in the first place, it's come off leaving an unsightly couple of gaping patches in the wall, we're going to be trying to sell the house later this year so it'll need proper fixing, and in any case it's something we use all the time! So it was a bit stressing to have to think about what to do about it alongside everything else - especially as quite soon thereafter mum said that Aphra needed changing urgently as she'd had a poo leak. Aargh! Especially as the leak was probably cos mum hadn't done her nappy up tightly enough, or at any rate we were starting to feel like that... [bgrin]

Well, these things happen, but I did get annoyed when we were doing the washing up together as DP was bathing Aphra - mum said that she could see DP had got quite stressed about the table and that my dad would never get stressed about that sort of thing, oh no... Which did make me cross, cos it was both of us getting stressed, and from my point of view for perfectly good reasons! [bangry]

Sorry for the rant. in reply to others - I'm not looking wean Aphra quite yet as she's not got all the signs and is quite happy with her milk. MammyG, sorry things are a bit stuck in a rut and rubbish - hopefully counselling will help you come up with some exciting new plans or thoughts for the future. Dixie, you can get the screen on your iPhone repaired for not too much - google "ipodrepairs" and you should be able to find the place. Unfortunately I dropped mine in the water and it wasn't repairable! Welcome also to bearbrains. Phew! Sorry that went so long.

Aphra 20 + 5 I think

Welcome Bearbrains
Thanks all for the good wishes. Am just battling this feeling at the moment and lately have found it has more of a hold on me. I think work looming is exacerbating it as I find I can cope with it all better when I am at home as I am more relaxed and not easily wound up. Im dreading going back to they way it was and feeling overwhelmed all the time. It just makes all the family stuff harder to deal with.
jessemy I bought snuffle baby for Phoebe. Its an infant vapour rub for the upper chest. Hope ye feel better soon.
Debs Not weaning yet either. Thinking of waiting another two weeks as Phoebe is still only taking 4-5oz a bottle. That said she is gnawing on her hand and today I was baking and the two boys were licking the spoons and everytime Harry put his spoon to his mouth Phoebe would make these loud slurpy noises! Really cute! She might like food more than formula?
Banana Lol at riding off without DH! Loads of great sites on the net with ideas for playtime. Generally tho I have a paintbox and playdough set and thats what we pull out we just pick a different theme. We bake a bit too. And spend hours building or looking for treasure outside.
Cinnamon- I hear you about the financial pressure. Anything that would help me cope would cost money I dont have. Im so sick of it now and hate that I dont have options.

welcome bearbrains. I'm also an imposter as Arlo was born on 4/10. Only one feed in the night, hooray! Don't you just love the smile you get when you go to the cot first thing in the morning? Arlo positively beams

Welcome bearbrains (i also read it as beerbrains lol)

Jessemy we also had snuffle baby when Grace had a cold and it did help.

Mammy - i'm also dreading going back to work. It's a very very stressful environment and i just don't know if i can deal with it anymore as well as worrying about Grace in nursery etc. I'd love to go back part time but it's not the kind of job that can be shared and i don't think my boss would even consider it. Also not sure if we could afford for me to go part time. I keep thinking i'll go back and give it a couple of months to see how it goes and then maybe think of getting a new job closer to home. The thought of going back really makes me feel a bit sick.

Grace had baby proidge for the first time yesterday and it was sooo cute. She loved it and got really excited kicking her legs etc.

Stupid things I've done in the last week:

Tried to drive away with the changing bag still on the roof of the car. [duh emoticon]

Got the train to my mum's because DP had my car and bought Oliver a child ticket! (I've never been on a train with a child! You have to pay for swimming why not the train!!) Got the piss taken out of me for rest of day by mum and DP.

Parked in Morrisons, looked at the car next to me and thought "hey that car's moving with no one in it!".....no Michelle - you need to put your handbrake on - its YOU moving!

Tried to complete a suduko....stupid in itself.

Threw phone at wall in temper. Phone fine - wall broke.....

Oh - not a bad night last night. Went down at 7:15pm and slept til 4am (with a couple of dummy reinsertions!) Bottle at 4am and then back down til 06:10am. Better getting up at 4am like he has been I guess!

Baby massage today - and it doesn't work on Oliver - tried it myself a couple of time and he seems to not care about it! So contemplating not going - waste of time or not? Plus he will be due a feed smack bang in the middle of it which will make hime a joy!

newmum - we had porridge yesterday morning and carrot for tea! Yum yum!

Chelle how do you cook the carrot?? Stupid qyuestion i know but apparently boiling takes the goodness out and i don't have a steamer so im unsure how else to cook it.

Just remembered i've got my first driving lesson on friday and i am shitting myself!

Also is anyone else still finding sex a bit painful? I've got a little lump down there (sorry if tmi) i think it must be scar tissue from stitches and it doesn't hurt at all but it kind of gets in the way during sex and it's a bit uncomfortable. I have no idea what degree tear i had as i was slightly off my face on G&A when they were stitching me up. But i thought it would be better by now.

Did anyone else cry watching OBEM last night?? The husband of the blonde woman was getting right on my nerves though. What a drip he was constantly in her face i'd have had to punch him!!

Good luck with the hv beadit If she fobs you off see the gp! You are slightly obsessive but I feel qualified to say that cos I was exactly the same! If they did decide to treat, I think the little helmets are quite cute. A prem baby that goes to a group I go to had one. Just like a bike helmet!

Patito thanks for the link.

newmum I boiled all mine!

chelle you numpty! made me lol!

Cinnamon you're right. it is very personal. What I'm saying is that your participation, even if you pull out has provided excellent evindence.

Got to go. Toddlers at 10!

Olly 21 weeks!

Chelle I did the leaving the handbrake off in Morrisons. Only I didn't find out till we were putting the shopping in the car. I leant against the boot and the car moved. good job it was on a flat bit or it would of rolled away

Welcome bearbrains :)

Thanks patito and newmum

I've tried the water drops, but she pulls a face, chokes on it, and eventually sneezes it over me... thanks!

I'll look for that nasal spray though, that sounds like a good idea. DH uses a steroid spray for his hayfever, so there's logic in there somewhere!

It's so frustrating! When DS had this, I was able to give him Medised, but now it's 6+ years grr.

All these mummies being good and making purees... I feel so bad for giving Mary porridge!

17 weeks!

We also used snugglebabe on ds1's chest, Luke has had colds but not bad enough to need any medication.

I'm with you Dixiebel, dh thinks I'm mad! That's one of the reasons I didnt let ds1 sleep at my mum's because I'd miss my early morning smile!

I cook mine with a little water so the pan doesn't burn but most are essentially steamed. At this stage you are not too worried about nutritional content just getting them used to new flavours and how to eat newmum001 so don't worry too much about it!

I did watch one born every minute, was really surprised by the last lady that she didn't want to feed her baby at all. I thought most mums at least tried bfing or fed colostrom even if they didn't intend to continue. So emotional watching it though, such a short time of your life, really, but will stay with you forever!

Chelle1986 I had to check when we went on the train last time for ds1. You can buy under 5's a ticket if you want to but if you don't they are supposed to sit on your lap. Olly obviously needed to stretch out in his own seat

Had a horrible morning!! DH decided that I should walk the dog and he'd get the boys ready. I had run the bath and woken the older 2 up and then left, when I got back dss (who is 9) was dressed, ds1 was wrapped in a towel and Luke was still in his cot! He then told me that he now puts his and dss's bags in the car and made tea in his travel mug. I did that to find ds1 still in his towel and Luke out of his grobag but that was it. I then got dss his breakfast, got ds1 and Luke's clothes out and listened to Luke scream while Daddy dressed him and ds1 still didn't get dressed! I tried to point out that had to do half of what I usually do as well as walking the dog, in a jokey way but he didn't take it that way and wasn't happy! Whoops!

Luke didn't spit out his 2 spoonfuls of rice this morning! He did still pull a disgusted face but ate it.

Sorry newmum001 forgot to reply your question about sex, everything feels as it did before from my point of view. It sounds like you should make an appointment and get yourself checked out.

I think i'm going to have to Cinnamon although i really really don't want to, i'm no prude but i hate the thought of getting my bits out. You'd think it wouldn't bother me now i've given birth but it does!

newmum - i just boiled it this time. but will generally steam as thats how we do ours.

That's OK, I'll answer to most things! x

Quick stupid question - how do you prepare/cook avocado for baby? I don't think I've ever even eaten it...!

Scrape the flesh out with a spoon and squash it with a fork, you don't cook it just eat it. I love them

I used to mix a mit of milk in to make it more sloppy! (Avocado that is!)

Newmum I got checked out & all was fine. I know what you mean tho. When you're pregnant you just accept flashing your bits but its wierd when you're not!

Dh is on earlies this week! I hate it cos it means I loose control of the tv! I'm bored!

newmum thanks for the sympathy. Ya I feel sick too. Am no good at juggling the work and life. Too much of a perfectionist but at this stage in my life I have changed as much as I can. The financial state over here makes it even harder. I live in a small town so no other jobs available.
You could by a steamer and cook and freeze in batches or steam them in the microwave which is actually really good as it preserves most of the goodness in food.
chelle what a laugh!
Went to toddler group this morning . Ds2 was a little shy and we were late (which we will be cause clashes with nap/bottle) will try again next week - hopefully he will take to it. But he was hilarious for the rest of the morn. Am appreciating the tue and thurs when I have just him and Phoebe. Realising what a funny little character he is!
Baby talk tomorrow and the topic is weaning and baby development-will post if I learn anything.
Phoebe still only taking 4-5oz but thinking of starting her on solids soon as she is showing all sorts of interest and I think its just that the bottle is not as satisfying for her as bfing was. Will try for a few days and see how she feels.
Ok have limited my time on comp tonight as seem to whittle away most nights messing on it and must get to other things. nice things tho!

Glad to make some of you giggle! [bgrin]

Am also dreading going back to work. Although this also involves actually finding a job for me as was made redundant in Dec. Was hoping not to have to go back til Sept - but look like this will be a lot sooner due to lack of funds. Although how much better off we will be when I do go back god knows with the extra cost of childcare and part time. Sometimes I really do think it would be better to sell the house, rent or get a council house and have more babies - I think we would make more from the government that way! (Sorry don't mean to offend anyone etc. Just my opinion.)

Can you believe my Tax credits have gone DOWN now that I am not working and were are out £24k a year! Unbelieveable!

Newmum - I do still feel a bit different in the fandangle area. Sorry if TMI - but it actually feels a bit tighter, which makes sez a little uncomfortable. I don't know if maybe when the midwife was stitching me up she did it a little to tightly...?! Am hoping it will just loosen of with general ahem day to day living!

Well my Mum is having Olly overnight on Saturday so DP and I are off out for a meal, maybe some lovin if he's lucky and then a full 9 hours sleep at least!

Weaning still going well, we had fruity porridge for breakfast and carrot (mixed with a little formula) for dinner. He is taking a little bit less milk - but not much difference. Little pig sits there with his mouth open waiting for the next spoon.

God I've rambled on so much you've all prob stopped reading by now - boobies, farts, butcracks - ah that'll test and see if I've bored you all and if you're still reading! Hahahaha! I'm bored can you tell! [bgrin]

Olly - 17+2