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

Katey - that does sound a lot more positive; here's hoping the test results are good too!

Welcome babylann. We've been a bit quiet round here recently so it will be nice to have a new face...

Hollyoaks sorry to hear about your money problems. We found out on Monday that DH is being made redundant which has come as a real shock as he was interviewed for the new role last week (following a reorganisation to reduce the number of roles) and the way everyone was acting, he was a shoe-in so we really don't know what happened. As I'm only going back to work part time, we're now busy doing our sums to see where this leaves us. There are very few jobs in his sector now what with all the cuts so I don't know whether he'll find anything else; we've given ourselves 9-12 months to get by on my salary and his redundancy pay and if things haven't improved by then, I'll ask to up my hours to full time.

All good fun I suppose....hope everyone else is well....

hi all
not much about me, just wanted to send hugs to all sick babies, and everyone in money troubles, we all ok ish, hope everyone manage to get by...
my meds have finally kicked in and i am no longer sad, yei! that's a statement, but... op next week, so wish me luck, will be in mn a lot next week, as i'll be bedbounded and bored to death...

Katey that sounds like good news in the circumstances

Hollyoaks, if I lived nearer to your delivery area I'd be inner than an in thing on an in day! Let me know when you go national Glad Grace is doing well too.

Den - hope Rian got on ok. Thinking of you.

Cari - it's everywhere at the moment isn't it? I know so many men (mostly, isn't that weird?) that are setting up their own businesses at the moment due to redundancy. Could that be an option for your DH? Hope you manage to sort something out.

Well I'm officially fed up living in the flat. Absolutely no chance of selling, which basically means we can't buy - we'd hoped to release some equity to fund a deposit, but that's not an option either. So it looks like we'll have to rent the flat out while we rent somewhere in the meantime. I'll miss the flat, as this was our first family home, but I can't be doing with the stairs/pushchair/wriggly baby combo any more! I've seen a couple of really nice houses on rightmove that would be lovely, if we can just get someone in here!

On the other hand, Darcey's doing well. Nothing to report, other than I'm a mega proud mum She's a little ray of sunshine, so bubbly and charming to everyone. Almost walking, almost got tooth #4, almost sleeping through the night. I could just burst. Enough of that now

Welcome babylann - make yourself comfy, tell us a bit about yourself. We're a friendly bunch (modest too) if a little quiet lately. This time last year you couldn't shut us up!

Getoff - hope everything goes ok. I must have missed something somewhere, so I've got no idea what your op's for. But very glad you're no longer sad x

Glad to hear that things are looking as positive as they can be, Kateyjane.

Den, glad to see that Rian's op seems to have gone smoothly.

Sorry to hear about DH's redundancy Carikube. How do you feel about having to possibly go back to work full time? Weren't you thinking about a DC3 (might not have been you, sorry).

Hollyoaks, your business sounds fab, if we lived nearer we'd be signed up. I hope you get the money side of things sorted soon. Glad to hear that Grace is doing well.

Getoff - glad that you are feeling better.

Welcome Babylann!

Dancing - nothing wrong with having a proud moment! Sometimes it is nice to just sit back for five minutes and be thankful for everything that you have got. We didn't think we'd sell our house either, we decided to put it on the market at a stupidly high price, and it sold 6 weeks later. No fee if you don't sell, so you can always just put it out there and see what happens....

Nothing much to report here that isn't already on facebook! DD is crawling everywhere now, and gets up quite a speed!! She is pulling up to standing and keeps on standing on her own rocking, like she wants to set off but can't quite work out how. One day I think I'll turn round and she'll just be off! She is still a very happy, contented, beautiful little girl. DS is going through a questions phase at the moment. Today he asked me if God made poo and wee! Think I messed up on the first proper "body" conversation though - he asked me what "these" were and pointed to his testicles, and I was so unprepared I just laughed nervously and ignored him, and then when he asked me again told him they were "a bag for his boy bits". Oh dear. Next time I will be better prepared....don't want to give him body issues for life!

Hope everyone else is doing well x

Yes Den, sorry I forgot to say that that's good news about Rian's op. Bet you're glad it's over.

Tomlin, yes I was thinking about DC3 but I think that the decision may have been made for us with the work situation. We sat down and went through our finances last night and we can definitely cope for 12 months before I would have to go full time. I don't really want to go back full time if I can possibly help it and DH has come over all 'man-provider' saying that he hates the fact that he is 'forcing' me back to work when it should be up to him to bring home the bacon. But we'll face up to it when the time comes I guess (and in the meantime just keep our fingers crossed that he finds something else!).

DD2 is taking after her sister and not moving anywhere at all; she looks desperate to be on the move as she wants to do everything with her sister but she still hasn't even got the hang of rolling so is going to be a late mover like DD1 I think. Makes my life a bit easier . She was up half the night and wouldn't settle so I think another tooth might be on the way...

Thanks everyone for the supportive messages, we're working really hard on the business and hope it takes off. We've had no negative feedback and hopefully will have a grant from our local authority next month which will allow us to have a newer and more efficient website. It's very exciting. Our motto is, in the words of Delboy, this time next year we'll be millionaires. :o

Katey - good news from the consultant, but a long wait for results. I'm thinking about you.

Alma - are you homebirth/epost-something with another name change? :)

Babylann - welcome to the thread, we don't bite. :)

Carikube - sorry about dh's job :( I might have to go back FT too if things don't improve though really don't want to as the work load being a teacher would be enormous, too much to bring home and lots of my time at home would be taken up with planning and marking :( At least you have some time to look around for a new job or start a business like someone else mentioned. If you can make it work in a recession than you'll be laughing when we come out of it. DC3 is also off the cards for us atm, we're still undecided about no. 3 anyway but it really depends on whether the business takes off.

getoffme - are you a newbie or a namechanger, sorry, I've only just come back after a break and trying to catch up. I hope your op isn't for anything too serious.

Dancing - glad Darcey is doing well :) No advice on selling I'm afraid as we've been here nearly 7 years, buying and selling was easy then. :( We're predicting we'll be national within 12 months and global in 24 :o I'll keep you posted.

Tomlin - 'a bag of boy bits' has just nearly made me pmsl. It's a tricky one, easier with girls I think. Why not just be frank and say it's his testicles for making seeds?

You have been quiet on here lately, this time last year we were all close to popping.

Thanks for the welcome everyone! DD (my first) was unplanned - in fact she came at a very awkward time - but now she's everything to us. EMCS, pre-eclampsia and SPD made pregnancy quite tough for me and then giving birth to a 9lbs3 little feisty screamer made the recovery from all that significantly harder and it's only since about Christmas that I've started feeling well again, after months of infections and illness (apparently related to my liver) and an operation to remove my gall bladder, which had developed stones during pregnancy :) DD, however, is 100% fighting fit (despite a bit of baby eczema that we hope will go away when she gets a bit older).

There's my story, anyway! We're actually trying for another baby now, started trying in January as we want our babies close together (makes sense with me being a SAHM).

In terms of development, I obviously (like all first time mums) think DD is a genius and the first baby who has ever done anything at all , but she's still not crawling or "cruising" (I only even learned what that is yesterday).

Babylan - again, welcome to the thread. Sounds like you've had a tough time of things (therefore you'll fit right in) but things are improving. GL on ttc, hopefully you won't have to wait too long. My dd1 didn't move till she was about 11 months, couldn't roll over or anything. dd2 has been crawling for about 6 weeks now, maybe more, and it's a nightmare. Enjoy her stationary :)

Hope you enjoy it here, we're a supportive lot :)

Thanks hollyoaks - I'm sure I will! And thanks for the advice and experience about crawling

Sometimes it's definitely a blessing that she can't race around causing mayhem yet, she rolls all over the place at a snail pace and that's hard enough to keep up with on it's own!

hi all
yes i namechanged, used to be alle01, but thought this is more exciting and exotic...
my op is nothing serious, although i can get a bit precious, it's just a double partial nail removal, not nice, prob painful but certainly not life threatening...
wellcome baby lann, feell free to go on for ages and vent here, we are very supportive and quite funny, if i may say so myself...
lo is also on the move, not fun anymore... today he got off the rocker chair, found him on the floor, there's only the crib now to leave him alone for a second safely... or so i think...

and now for the cute note, he was in nursery yesterday, holding hands with a girl and they were bababaing to each other for at least half an hour... should i expect girl trouble?

Ha, getoff! I can outprecious the best of them when I get going Good luck with the op though, make sure you get plenty of looking after when you're recovering.

Babylann, we're planning no2 too, but it's not happening so far. I don't know how I'd tell though because I still haven't had my periods back, but then I'm still bfing so that's probably delaying it. Also, don't want to conceive in the next couple of months to avoid a Xmas baby - Christmas is expensive enough without a birthday thrown in too

Cari, fingers crossed for DH

Tomlin, we've had it on the market for 6 months with not even a sniff. Our problem is we're in prime first time buyer territory - the ones who can't get the mortgages. Or investors, but they don't want to pay what we need to get to give us our next deposit. It's all and at the same time. I just want our own garden to hang my washing in!

I'm not getting periods either Dancing, well, not regularly anyway (my last one was in January, the one before that was in October). But I don't breastfeed anymore (haven't since she was about 2 months) so I don't know why they're not coming back for me. I hadn't thought about having a Christmas baby! Probably is, January is full of family birthdays too...

That is such a cute story getoffme. I haven't seen DD interact with another baby (apart from 30 mins once when we visited DP's sister)... I wonder what she would think if she saw one!

Katey- Glad the appointment well. Hope you keep positive and the waiting for the results inst too hard for you. Glad to hear you sounding so positive though :)

Hollyoaks- Glad to hear Grace got a good report from the consultant :)
Hope the spots clear up soon though.

Den- Been following your updates on FB and hope Rian is continuing to recover well. :)

Welcome to Babylann. :)
Were a friendly bunch. There's quite a few of us with small ages gaps here so your in good hands :)

Carikube- Awful news about DH's job. I hope things work out well for you.

Dancing- Great that Darcey is doing so well. :( about the house.. hope you find a buyer soon.

Tomlin- Im loving your FB updates on your DS's questions. Such an inquisitive mind :) Id love to hear your answers

We are all good here and as busy as ever! Im a glorified taxi service for DD1! A 2.5yr old has a better social life than i do!
Lucy is fantastic and everyone always comments on how easy going and chilled she is. You wouldn't even know she was there!
She has a permenant grin on her face and hardly ever cries. She really is a pleasure :)

Shes a speedy crawler, crusiing everywhere and has started standing on her own. She will be walking before I know it!

Currently trying to fatten DD1 up. After her illness shes lost soo much weight and looks so thin. She was skinny to start with anyway. Her clothes are just hanging off her and I can get my hand around her arms and legs. :(

We are actually having another night out at the weekend! Nothing for about 2 years, then suddenly twice in a few months! Our friends are totally shocked. :)

On a diet though as all our friends in this group are childless and have much better figures than me! Does make me feel like a big fat frump!!
Also started going to Zumba too which should help with the Mummy tummy!

Hope everyones well :)

hi all
crawling with speed here too now...
babylann, i don't have many friends with babies either, where abouts are you, maybe we need a big meet up or a little one...
no nights out here, not much fun either lately, so making plans for that to change, once my foot is up and running, literally running...
on a diet too, well, from monday, so pigging out this week, need to lose a;ll this baby weight, also looking for ideas of a hair change,nothing too expensive you see, rather limiting...
we though of selling too, but getting a bigger mortgage for a bigger house looks gream, sooo...

yes! oscar just fall asleep, prob of boredom, so if you don't mind i'll go to make myself a cuppa, i need eyes on the back of my head and four free hands now that he is crawling with a speed and a taste for the stairs landing, where are those gates?

i'll continue my delirium soon...

I'm from the dump called Stoke-on-Trent, don't know whether that's close to you?

Happy mothers day ladies, hope your enjoying your day :)

Happy Mother's Day everyone! We've spent the day at my Mom's, with my brother, Aunty, Nan and Mom's cousin, plus various girlfriends/boyfriends/husbands etc and Darcey. As you can imagine, it was carnage. Tears, strops, the works (not all me I hasten to add). It was all good fun though. Very glad to get home this evening and spend a peaceful end to my first mother's day on the sofa. Fingers crossed for a good night's sleep [doubtful]

Getoff, this is one of the reasons I'm glad we live in a flat apartment, the stairs are on the other side of the front door!

Baby, I'm from Shrewsbury, not too far away from you. Got friends in the delightful SoT

Pigley, everyone I know is on massive Zumba-fest atm! I'm too lazy to do it, else I'd have been roped in kickingandscreaming months ago. I know the frump feeling well, just can't be arsed to do anything about it. Lazy me

hi all,
i feel i need to reintroduce myself ive been off here so long! (used to be homebirth)

just having a quick catch up while virginia sleeps so have only read this last page.

hello to the new mummies! nice to see new faces

seems like i have missed a lot and i wonder if i will ever catch up, it makes me feel very rude and i feel quite guilty being here!

gosh, we are heading toward a year now and the babies are all so different in what they can do, some can walk, some have loads of teeth, some can crawl, some have even started making first words i thought i read somewhere!!!!!!!!

virginia is not crawling, can but doesnt roll, will bum-shuffle a bit though. she is trying to pull herself to standing but has no idea that one foot will move independantly of the other and has only just got her first tooth, (i am glad about all this as i havent babyproofed fully yet and as i am still feeding night and day, especially night, i dont want to be bitten)

she is though, learning sign language and has become a fantastic communicator , letting me know she wants food, or milk, or has finished, or wants a bath or a clean nappy, she is great and even with 3 others i had no idea just how much babies really do understand.

much love to everybody

hi all
i am in the south east, near brighton, don't ask me geography, i'll have to google it....

Hi,
Whoever asked - I used to be Heffa, namechanged a while back.

Hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day. Mine was nice, DD and DS very sweet all day. DS is sleeping loads better now he's in his own room so I feel human again. He's adorable as well, although a bit clingy atm because he's teething.

Had a slightly rough couple of days with DH but hopefully things sorting themselves out now, very hard though :(

Hi ladies
lovely to hear updates on the babies...we're just getting constant falls here as he tries to climb up and onto everything...he's covered in bruises I'm just hoping nobody calls social services on me

carikube so sorry to hear about dh's job :( must have been a nasty shock if it seemed it was all going to be ok :( hope you feel ok about going back to work. Sounds like you have a good plan.

stuffthenonsense no need to feel guilty!! it's hard to keep up with the threads isn't it :) amazing the V is such a good signer!

alma sorry to hear you're having hard time with dh :( hope you're ok. I sometimes wish we all lived closer so we could meet up for proper support!

pigley I'd love to do zumba! Let us know how you get on :)

Dancing rubbish about the flat/house situation. Dh and I are of that group of first time buyers who would dearly love to get on the property ladder but have no chance :( we do actually have a decent deposit saved but have already had one house-buy fall through a couple of years ago so have been scared to try again...we'll keep saving though to buy one day! Hope you get some interest in your place soon.

Miraculously ds is still not awake from his nap so think I'll go make another cuppa... :)

Stuffthenonsense - welcome back, I've just recently came back too . Virginia's signing sounds great, better than Grace who just screams bloody murder till she gets what she wants.

Alma - hope the problems with dh sort themselves out.

G is still not sleeping through, we can get her down, though it's becoming more of a struggle, in her cot until about 3am and then she wakes up. She won't lie down again just stands and screams until she gets milk. After a bottle she then won't sleep in the cot, it has to be our bed. Unfortunately we're to blame for that one, it's too hard to fight when we both have to be up for work in the morning so let her stay. She does wake I up a lot too and she needs her sleep or she ends up really grumpy, so it's anything for a quiet life. Think we might try to be more forceful over the Easter holidays when I'm off, don't know whether to faze the bottle out altogether?

Hi everyone, Hope your all well.

Fantastic weather here lately so lots of time in the garden with the girls and friends. The bouncy castle is getting plenty of use!
Picnic in the park with friends planned for tomorrow :)

Cant belive Lucy is nearly one! Ive just ordered alot of decorations etc for her family party.

Stuff- Lucy says No and oh No!. Picked up from her sister saying No to her all the time!
And also said Bye Dada this morning whilst manicly waving him off to work. Shes def a Daddies girl!
Virginia sounds like shes doing fab with the signing!!

Cupcake- Im glad to report that after about a month of Zumba classes (once a week) that Ive started to notice abit of a difference. My calves are def more toned which is a good start.

Hollyoaks- With DD1 we switched her milk for water as it became apparant that she was only waking with habbit and not really through hunger. Not sure how that is for you? She wasnt impressed for a few nights then just stopped waking for it alltogether.

Alma- Hope things are abit better with DH now.

Anyway all's good here x

Hi all. Very quiet here! Considering we were so talkative on the pregnancy thread!!!

Start of the easter holidays here and I can't wait to do some nice things with all my LO's, though this morning for some reason I have woken up in a foul mood and I can't seem to shake it off!! Willow is being a total nag today as well, tooth number 9 is taking its time coming!!!

We've endured sickness bugs here recently so I think I am just cathing up from that really. DH left again...and came back again (can't live with or without each other), but for some reason this time we are both feeling more positive about things. We have both acknowledged how much needs to change and I think that is a positive thing. We are spending more time together as a couple and he has changed the times and ways he does his own activities to make the most of this (which is a big deal!!!)

Willos is getting around by 'slug crawling' and can pull herself up onto her knees to get to her toy box. She eats anything and everything and is the only one out of all 5 of my little ones to be putting everything she finds in her mouth...shock to the system as none of the others did it!!

Been busy having a clear out of the house and selling stuff which was good. Enabled me to buy (another) new buggy Got the phil and teds smart buggy and I adoooore it. Wish I'd had it from the start!!Lovely and light for my weak wrists!!

On the plus side I have been losing some more weight and I have gone from 12 stone 3 to 9 stone 10 and actually bought a pair of jeans the other day in a size 8 Never been a size 8 before!!!

Anyway, I had better go and crack on...the sun is shining and I want to get out there and see if it cracks my awful mood!!

Love to you all x x x