May 2010: The little ones may start to crawl, and we're returning business calls!

[rachelfruitloop]

Hello Ladies,

Here is a brand new thread for a brand new year!

Here is the list of babies::

THE MAY 2010 (OR THEREABOUTS!) BABIES

11 April LuckyC, GIRL, MATILDA, 14.47
15 April ForcesSweetheart, GIRL, MOLLY, 10.27, 7lbs 6ozs
16 April Littleowls, BOY, JOEL, 14.40, 4lb 8oz
16 April Memorylapse, GIRL, OLIVIA GRACE, 6.17pm, 6lbs 11.5ozs
23 April Sophie2008, BOY, COREY DREW 7lbs 2.5oz and GIRL, MIRIAM ELIZABETH 7lbs 4oz
27 April Brightredballoon, GIRL, 10am, 7lb 12oz
27 April Pagen, BOY, JACK JOHN, 7.30am, 9lbs 2ozs
29 April littleonemum, GIRL, LUX EMILIE, 9.40pm, 7lbs 7 ozs
29 April mummymunchkins, BOY, ZAKARIYA IDRIS, 7lbs 4oz
04 May fiveisanawfullybignumber, GIRL, FLORENCE MARGARET GRACE, 6.14pm,
04 May hormonalmum, GIRL
05 May sweetkitty, BOY, JACOB DAVID JOHN, 4.52am, 8lbs 5ozs
05 May Mustbemadno3 GIRL, LILLIA VICTORIA SOFIA, 05.05am 6lbs 8ozs
06 May Alle, BOY, OSCAR, 12.20pm 6lbs 8ozs
06 May alexw, GIRL, JULIA MAUD, 7lbs2oz
07 May TwentiethCenturyHeffa, BOY, CORIN, 7lbs1oz
07 May sheepgomeep, GIRL, JESSICA, 9lbs 12.5oz
08 May Lizzie9442, GIRL, LOUISE, 9.01pm, 10lbs
10 May Hobnobfanatic, GIRL
11 May 30ish, BOY, OLIVER JAMES, 10:05am, 9lbs 7oz.
11 May millingtonsmummy, BOY, HARRY EDWIN, 1.17am, 8lb
12 May kateyjane, BOY, THOMAS EDWARD, 11.29am, 7lbs 12ozs
13 May MarquiseDeMerteuil, BOY, FELIX BENJAMIN, 5lbs 15oz
14 May itshappenedagain, GIRL, FLORENCE ELEANOR, 5.22am, 8lb 6oz
14 May TomlinTowers, GIRL, SOPHIE MAE, 8.43am, 9lbs 7oz
15 May pigleychez, GIRL, LUCY OLIVIA, 9.30am 7lbs 12oz
15 May slipperthief, BOY, DANIEL HENRY, 7.28pm, 8lbs 4oz
16 May Wibblela, GIRL, REFAELLA, 12.22am, 8lbs 4oz
17 May pamelat, BOY, ALEXANDER, 12.14pm, 7lbs 8oz
17 May Morph2, BOY, JACOB ANTHONY, 7.50pm, 6lbs 11ozs
18 May squirtsmum, GIRL, REBECCA LOUISE, 1.37am, 9lbs 14.5oz
18 May MinnieMummy, GIRL, 8.31am, 10lbs 11oz
18 May KatnKankles, GIRL, AVA ROSE, 8lbs 14oz
19 May TinyVeins, GIRL, VERITY RUTH ELLEN, 00.41am, 6lbs 2oz
19 May Sweetpeasmum, GIRL, SOPHIE ELIZABETH, 6.38am
20 May Sassles, BOY, SAMUEL, 9lbs 4oz
20 May KaffaCakes, BOY, ALBERT STANLEY, 1.09am, 7lbs 8.5oz
20 May Den26, BOY, RIAN ALEXANDER, 7lbs 13oz
21 May Carikube, GIRL, ALICE JANE, 2.17am, 8lbs 5oz
21 May peaky, BOY, FINN, 2.47am, 7lbs 12oz
21 May Gils, GIRL, MELISSA ANNE, 3.38am, 8lbs 10oz
21 May Rachelfruitloop, BOY, ERIC DAVID, 3.48am, 11lbs 2oz
22 May Fumble, GIRL, ISABELLA ROSE, AKA BETTY, 6.10pm, 4lbs
23 May newmomma, GIRL, 6.34am, 8lbs 12.5oz
24 May Mollycuddles, GIRL, MOLLY LETITIA ROSE, 2.24am, 8lbs 3oz
24 May LuckyMiller, BOY, IRA JACOB, 8lbs 2oz
25 May Hollyoaks, GIRL, GRACE ANNABEL, 6lb 110z, 00:07
25 May JamesandtheGiantBanana, GIRL, 7lbs
25 May Nimk, GIRL, 6lbs 8oz
26 May myfirstbump, GIRL, DARCEY ELIZABETH, 2.18am 8lbs 15oz
27 May first1, GIRL, CHLOE GRACE, 8lbs 3oz
28 May AnAngelWithin, GIRL, WILLOW, 00.34, 8lbs 15oz
29 May schipo, BOY, HUXLEY, 4.40am, 7lbs 13oz
03 Jun RacquelWelsh, BOY, GEORGE, 6.20am, 7lbs 9oz
03 Jun Moggmum, BOY, DYLAN ASHLEY, 7.34am, 7lbs 10oz
03 Jun AliMouse, BOY, CALEB LLOYD, 2.31pm, 8lbs 1oz
04 Jun Yorky, BOY, DAVID LUKE, 2.05am, 9lbs 1oz
05 Jun cupcakefairy, BOY, JUDE, 3.11am, 8lbs
05 Jun Booboomonster, GIRL, ARIEL INDIA, 3.25am, 10lbs 4oz
05 Jun Ande, BOY, 09.54am, 6lbs 12oz
07 Jun Homebirthmummy4, GIRL, VIRGINIA NIAMH, 23.42, 10lbs

re hv: i suppose the world does not revolve around me, but...

getoffme- I wasnt being funny. I just know from experience that they are very busy and dont rememeber what they say to each person from one day to the next. ie When HV came when Lucy was newborn and had lost weight she told me to come to clinic the next week.. following week 'why are you here?' cause you told me to come. 'oh right'.

Ive also found they tend to give out of date advice (ie to wean at 4mths) and have little info about newer ideas. ie BLW. Just not really keeping up to date with current advice and the latest guidelines etc.
Its sad really as many people, especially first time mums look to them for advice. Or manybe thats just in my area.

I agree shes sounds like shes abit loopy though. :)

no offence taken pigley, i think you are so right, that was more self-criticism, i do it with the doctor too, sometimes he feels like i think i am his only patient... but it is really sad that such a potentially good service is run in such a bad way, but this particular one is really... peculiar, i guess, she is also very noisy, she had one of those late in life change of career, and just started as an hv a few months ago, she even tells off other hv about 'policy', and the fact that i took an instant dislike to her the first time i saw her doesn't help... her.

Hi everyone, sorry haven't posted in ages so here goes with a very me post!

Cupcake thanks for asking after me; we won't find out about DH's job until the end of next month. I'm buy getting all my ducks in a row - my work are happy to wait until then to find out if I'm going to be going back F/T or P/T, nursery is sorted out for the girls either way, and I am just psyching myself up for it whatever happens.

DD2 is 9 months old today. She's still not rolling or crawling but she is desperately trying to move whichever way she can (though not succeeding!). She finally has a tooth so that will probably explain why she has been to upset over the past few weeks. She has slept through once I think since Christmas and I am turning in to a walking zombie as I seem to be getting up anything up to 5 times a night between the two girls. We have taken the sides off DD1's cot bed and so have had a couple of bumps in the night as she has fallen out but after three nights in it, she seems to have got the hang of it.

And yes, the small age gap is fantastic - it is so lovely seeing them together (apart from when DD1 is getting selfish or jealous) as they look so happy together.

On a completely separate note, my washing machine has blown up again (flames and everything this time ) so I am not best pleased, especially as this was followed by DD2 having a nappy explosion all over everything and the engineer can't come until Friday (still under warranty).

Right, have to go get DD1 from nursery...

Getoffme - some HVs do seem to be really behind (most of the ones I've seen are comically out of date) but it is worrying when a lot of mums don't access things like MN so rely on their HVs :(

Carikube - know what you mean about walking zombie, hope you get sleep soon. DS has still never slept through but has been terrible since Christmas. Hope your washing machine gets fixed properly, that sounds terrifying! Good luck with DH's job.

Hello all, Alex has joined the crawlers he did it first last Weds but for a few days would only move a knee or two's crawl, then since Monday, he is everywhere I love it and find its easier. I may change my mind but I find the movement/safety easier than the frustration (for him)of wanting to move and not being able to.

Monday night he slept 630pm-7am so I naively thought crawling was the answer up a lot last night . However, I feel its improved and the end is in sight.

Hes had a very grumpy afternoon but I think hes just too tired from his new skills and being up in the night, here is hoping he sleeps tonight.

Hope everyone else is ok, I do still read updates

Hello! Been sooooo very long since I posted! Hope everyone is happy and healthy! Haven't had time to even read the thread as we had a nasty housefire in October. Our neighbour left her hair straighteners on! Fabulous insurance company, builders and decorators have sorted everything though so all is well! Oli isn't crawling yet, he just rolls everywhere! Very strong upper body! Very funny to watch! Went back to work in January. Not too traumatic as a very good friend has just started childminding! We also sold our house and bought another my very first day back at work! Been off for 10 months and it all happens when I go back! Typical. Love to all, will try to keep up!

30ish to your house fire!! Glad you're all ok and the insurance company didn't con you.

pamela yay for the crawling! Jude is ridiculously speedy now and has taken to gorilla crawling, basically walking on his feet but with his hands on the floor think we're gonna have an early walker on our hands!! His sleep has improved no end since he's been crawling so here's hoping alex does the same!

carikube you sound very zen about the whole thing...que sera sera and all that. Really hope your dh's job will be ok though, redundancy is never a nice thing no matter what your financial situation.

Just found out Jude has been exposed to chickenpox :( one of his baby friends has come out in it this morning and he was playing with her 2 days ago and even stuck her dummy in his mouth so I'm sure he's gonna get it :( So annoying that it's a long incubation period cos I don't know whether to be super cuatious (not swimming etc) over next 3 weeks as he might not even get it! Hmph.

Got him weighed on Monday, 20lbs 5oz at 37 weeks.
Is everyone still sterilising things? I'm only sterilising his bottle teats, rims and lids...but HV said I should be sterilising everything until 12months. I've never sterilised his spoons/bowls etc

Ooh, hes awake...gotta go x

Cupcakefairy I don't sterilise bowls or spoons! Oli puts everything in his mouth! The huge. Chink of sponge he swallowed last week & the shoe he was sucking on weren't sterilised & he's fine! DD had chocken pox when she was 8 months & it was the best time to have them! She wore scratch mits & didnt scratch! Friends older children who have had them have caused nasty scarring by scratching until they have bled! The more germs the better in my honest opinion!

Ah thanks 30ish...I don't mind if he gets it as like you say, he won't know much about it at this age and hopefully won't scratch too much... it's just the being cautious bit that's annoying during the incubation period. My sister's hen party is next weekend and a few of her friends are bringing their babies, some who are really tiny, now I'm gonna have to keep Jude well away from them all just incase. Oh well.

Ha, Jude is obsessed with shoes too! Why do they always go straight for the thing that's the most dirty/unhygienic??

Carikube- Glad everything is good for you (despite the washing machine dramas that is!) :)

Pamlet- Yay on the crawling. They do seem happier when they are crawling and more able dont they.

30ish- Good to hear from you. on the housefire! How scary. Glad it was all sorted out well.
You sound very busy what with being back at work now and the house move.

Cupcake- We stop sterilising completely when Lucy started crawling. She was picking up and sucking all sorts (including shoes) it didnt seem worth it. We did the same with DD1. Never sterilised bowls etc with either.
As long as they are washed throughly in hot water then they are fine.

Having real issues with DD1 sharing toys with Lucy. Just bought out the reward stickers so se if that helps. Its driving me round the bend and is relentless from the momement she wakes till bed time. Doesnt help that Lucy is a stubborn little thing who wont give up without a fight! Sometimes they are literally having a tug of war over a toy with Lucy shouting NO at DD1!

Had a fab morning with friends here having a rather messy but fun painting session. The girls covered themselves as did Lucy!

Hope everyones survived the half term!

hi all

psssssssss! it's all gone quite again....
both oscar and dh had a stomach bug last week, so it has been me doing the running around and work and everything else.... but they are both on the mend now, so i am looking forward to some redecoration, we are going to recover the bedroom for us and that means changing rooms agains, the bedroom to the living room and the living room to the bedroom so i thought we can take the chance to change carpets and paint as well, and as we are doing stuff also the bathroom and the corridor and stairs....big leap i know...

Getoffme - hope you're all better now. Redecoration sounds lovely :) We had to redecorate completely when we moved in here and I loved it.

Pigley - sharing thing can be a problem here as well. DS is also quite stubborn and focused on what he wants. Luckily DD gets upset if DS is upset which helps.

Cupcake - I haven't sterilised anything this time round DS was bfed until 6 months and by then he was grubbing around on the floor so I didn't see the point. Stopped sterilising everything with DD at about 8 months when I realised I was sterilising her bottles while she played with compost in the garden Hope Jude is OK and doesn't get the chickenpox, must be a pain :(

30ish - at fire! Sounds like you've been very busy. Have you already moved or is that yet to come?

Pamelat - yay for Alex crawling, it's so great when they can move themselves around! The hardest time with both of mine has been just before they've been mobile when they've been really frustrated.

DS slept through last night Wasn't expecting it, and it'll probably never happen again but so glad he finally gave me one good night! I feel slightly drunk with sleep now I've been sorting out preschools for DD and found a fantastic one just around the corner which is great. DD loved our visit there and now keeps looking through the brochure about it and getting excited so that's good.

Hi all, Alex has yet another cold and he is such a boy about it waking hourly, grumpy and really struggling with it, poor sausage.

Having only learnt to crawl less than 2 weeks ago, hes now insisting on standing all of the time (holding on to things), hes not really interested in crawling, unless its to chase the cat

I think I have a ball of trouble (Alex, not the cat on my hands. he has suffered a lot more bumps and falls than DD ever did!

hi all

i am not so well, i have a cough and a cold, asthma not looking brilliant so back to the doctors this afternoon, i also have an inward growing nail that needs to be partially removed... where's molly gone?, decoration hasn't start yet, with all the sickness at home dh actually has a good excuse this time around, will have to start pushing now...

i only sterelize the bottles, because the formula can have that bacteria and so on, the rest i don't bother, he picks up everything from the floor so...

oh, and dh has started to talk about the next baby... not yet, no.

Hi all, sorry not been on for ages, but I think I keep up with most of you through facebook!

We are all fine here. DD is so nearly crawling but just can't work out how to move forward. However, she is pulling up to standing all the time, cruising around the furniture, and can stand on her own unsupported for several minutes so don't think it will be too long until she is walking. Eek!

DD has also cut her first two teeth and touch wood seems to have been OK with it. She was disturbed at night but ok during the day.

30ish - glad all is OK with the housefire, sounds terrifying. Thank goodness for insurance, eh? Good luck with your move.

Cupcake/Carikube - hope all is well with the redundancy situations, and you are able to deal with whatever happens.

Getoffme - hope you, DH and DS are all better soon. It is horrible being ill, especially when you can't just crawl into bed and sleep through it.

Hope all who are having disturbed nights manage to get some sleep soon. DD hasn't slept through since she was born, but when she does get up at least it is only 15 - 30 minutes and then I can get back to bed. She is now on two BFs a day - morning and afternoon. She was having a feed at about 3am but I decided to knock that one out because it was only a small feed. I haven't replaced it with anything - just rocked her back to sleep rather than fed her and after two nights she didn't wake up any more. I did find though that DH was much better at settling her those nights, I suspect because she couldn't smell the milk. She didn't cry at all so obv didn't really need the feed. Her feeding is excellent, haven't found anything she doesn't like yet.

Hope everyone else is well x

hi all
ds and dh are fine now, but i am still a bit eek from the antibiotics and steroids, teething is getting a bit not fun at times, and sleep getting scarse, so after 3 pm functioning is difficult, but we carry on regardless... ds is a bum sufflers, he doesn't crwl or stand yet, but he moves all through the room, starting to lift himself holding on furniture, am i right thinking things will be easier when he walks? or am i deluding myself?, on a good note i am managing to lose some weight, not much, but as i cannot exercise, anything is good really, finally on the list for the toenail removal, so shouldn't be more than 3 or 4 months now... podiatry, not a priority; i asked the nurse for the pain levels of the op, and her answer was:'well, you've been through childbirth...' so bracing myself, but i asked around and people who had it done says than after it hurts less than it hurts now, so...

Getoffme - I've found life with both of mine has been better the more mobile they are because they were so frustrated when they couldn't move. Although DS seems pretty happy crawling. Glad you're on the list for the op, sure it won't be too bad.

Tomlin - interesting about dropping the 3am feed, I need to think about weaning DS off the milk at night. Pretty sure he doesn't need it. Good to hear from you!

Pamelat - chasing the cat a favourite here too He's had quite a lot of bumps too, but nothing as bad as DD yet thankfully.

It has got so quiet here...had to trawl through Topics to find this thread as it had fallen off my list of threads I'm on...

I took the DDs off to see my parents last week (haven't seen them since October) and we had a great time. It was lovely watching them all together.

tomlin / alma I decided to go cold turkey about 3 weeks ago on the night feeds and although I spent more time awake as a result (DD2 would go straight back to sleep after a feed, whereas i've been having to cuddle her for ages to get her to drop off, and even then she'd only sleep for a while), we're now getting back to pretty much sleeping through. She's now on 4 bf and 1 ff a day as well as solids so has definitely cut back a bit...

DH still not home from work; dinner is now v cold but I might go and heat mine up as I don't know when he'll be home (he just said this morning that he didn't think he'd be home early...)

Hello all, been failing to keep up with you all on here I'm afraid. Think of you all often though and enjoying the fb updates that I see. Wishing all the best to anyone with PND, health or DP issues! V jealous of anyone not contemplating their return to work!

Nothing special to report here really. We're getting on ok here overall. Nowhere near sleeping through. Still loads of BF. 5 teeth so far. No real crawling and certainly no cruising. He gets about (when he can be bothered) by shuffling around on his belly. We have plenty of laughs, giggles and quite a lot of dancing though. I almost wish I could slow it all down. I still can hardly believe I've got a real baby

Anyway, just wanted to say quick hello.

Good to hear from you all.. I do read regularly but just finding the time to post can be tricky.

Carikube- Glad you had a lovely time at your parents.

We are all good here. Lucy is a super speedy crawler, is pulling herself up on everything and crusing around. She likes to walk along holding onto your hands and tries to stand herself up in the middle of the floor too so dont think it will be long before she's off.

Lucy is mostly sleeping 7.30- 6.30 which is nice. Generally has 1 nap a day now. Shes such a happy smiley baby and a real pleasure to be around. She pulls some wicked faces too!

Think im going to have to move her soon to her next car seat as shes starting to get too tall for her baby carseat. She eats sooo much im suprised shes not a huge chubber and hasnt already outgrown it!

Hope everyone is well and happy and getting some sleep :)

Hi everyone, everything is on the up

After weeks of being up for hours every night we have had 2 nights of Alex sleeping 630pm until 11pm ish (half a milk) and then sleeping until 630am, perfect

He still needs 2 naps a day, think hes catching up from the months of no sleep.

More importantly, he is happier in himself now he has had a bit more sleep.

He constantly wants to stand, quite hard work as he either falls and screams or more than often, I hold his hands!!

A friend with 2 children the same age, aged 3 and 1 is pregnant with her 3rd I'm still not sure but never say never

Hey All! Sorry been i've not been on in a while, thought i'd catch up with everyone...

30ish - my goodness! That sounds scary, glad insurance sorted it out. Glad Oli doing well too

Glad to hear everyone doing well despite colds and other ailments!

Pigley - we moved Rian into the next car seat a few weeks ago as he is too tall also - i didn't want to, why do they grow so fast?!!

Pamelat - i can empathise with you, rian wants to stand/walk all of the time, he is definately not gonna crawl!

Not much else going on here really, his surgery is a week today and starting to panic now! Don't know what i'd do if anything happened to him. Trying to stay positive and think of all the success stories. He has a runny nose today which i hope doesn't develop into anything, don't want surgery postponed. The good think is he isn't being held back at all, plenty of babbling, giggles and dancing as well as constantly wanting on his feet .

After surgery next hurdle is nursery and back to work

Hope everyone has a nice weekend, i'm having a girlie night out on saturday (first one with these girls since before rian) so really looking forward to it and told DP that he may aswell write me off on sunday

For the love of all that is sleeping, look how quiet we've gone!!!!

30ish - that sounds terrible, but glad things are sorted out.

Den - how did your night out go? I had an impromptu one a couple of weeks ago after I'd had to work on a Saturday. After 12 hours out of the house I didn't really fancy it, but DH was well in control. As soon as Darcey was in bed I went to meet my colleagues for a couple. It was lovely.

Pigley, I was really worried about car seats - we had the Britax lie flat one when she was born, and around Christmas she was showing signs of wanting out of it. But she wasn't at the 9kg weight limit for, nor did I fancy, forward facing ones. We ended up getting an extended rear facer, so it's got masses of growing room.

Darcey is rocketing around crawling now, and so close to walking. She's actually let go a couple of times and stood for a good few seconds by herself. Just seeing her first top tooth breaking through today (number 3 overall). She's doing amazingly while I'm at work, which just makes me miss her even more.

However, she's now terrible at sleeping. She used to sleep through but she's just completely lost the ability. She's had a cold on and off since mid-Jan, so I've been feeding her overnight and we've just set the habit now Got to break it, but I just can't face battles when I have to get up for work.

Can't believe birthdays are looming too! This time last year I'd started the 10 week countdown to meeting The Baby, and now it's only that long until her first birthday

Hello everyone
Sorry to just update and run, so to speak. I love reading everyones mumsnet updates and facebook, all the babies are gorgeous.
I don't want to bring anyone down but just to let you know that things are not so good here. Thomas is a gorgeous 10 month old now and doing most of the right things. However I've known that something wasn't right for a long time - he's had many hospital stays due to respiritory problems since October. He struggles to go a day without being really sick after food. Since November his liver has been really enlarged. We have been fobbed off for a while with non-specific liver disease, but now all the tests point to Niemann Pick Type C (also known as terminal childhood alzheimers - did anyone see leah's dream?)He is now struggling to swallow. We see Professor Wraith on Monday.
He is our fourth lovely child and I know how lucky we are to have such a lovely family, feel like I'm in a nightmare right now.
Anyway, just wanted to update you all. I so much appreciated your support through pregnancy and I hope everyone is doing really well.
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