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

Hello ladies, sorry for not posting in ages. I still read the thread as it is on my watch list but seems to have been soooo quiet!

Can't believe all the babies are 1 now! Have been feeling very nostalgic over the last couple of weeks thinking back to this time last year; it just seems like no time ago. Stuffthenonsense that's so fab you're in agreement about trying for another :) congrats. We're thinking about no2 soon too...although I am still absolutely terrified at the thought of giving birth again

Hope all are well...

Ooh, cupcakes and stuff, that's exciting!

We definitely want no. 2, but lack of AF is proving difficult. I've cut out day time bf now, we're having more success with cow's milk now, but she's still very attached to the first and last feeds of the day. I just think that I won't get any engineering back until we quit bf altogether.

We're also postponing our ttc because we have olympic tickets! I'm almost certain it's for Hockey finals in mid-August, and I don't want to leave a little baby behind for the whole day while we shlep off to London on a jolly. Well, I didn't want to leave Darcey when she was under 6mo, and I doubt I'll want to leave another.

Pam - hope sleep is improving in your house. No such luck here now we're all in one room at the inlaws. Last night she woke up every hour on the hour, and took half an hour to go back to sleep every time. We are broken

seeksnewname....im actually a little bit jealous of your lack of AF, despite STILL feeding like a newborn mine returned last september. ive been using OV prediction sticks (im in working order! ) which really work, i was chatting online to a mummy in natural mamas website (ttc whilst nursing) and she has OVed without AF. (wow, arent all these acronyms confusing)

i was just wondering the other day how many people will put off ttc because of the olympics--its as good a reason as any!

cupcakes, i agree about the scary birth too, i was always very blase about it until virginia's scary entrance....i might try hypnobirthing this time

stuff- my af returned around 8 weeks post-birth despite the fact I was feeding constantly they were regular but from looking at my charts I don't think I actually ov'd until I started to put ds onto bottles...anyway, my cycles are totally back to pre-baby normality now so we are just 'seeing what happens' but not actually 'trying' iykwim
Hypnobirthing does sound good... I am just praying that my next delivery totally casts out all the demons of my first, otherwise there certainly won't be a dc3!!!

seeks hope af shows up soon, but as stuff says, you could def be ovulating without it. Do you chart or anything? Lol at postponing for Olympics, and well done for getting tickets!

Hey girls!!
I have been very slack & have not posted anything since my DD was born May last year

My DD was due in July 2010 , but with problems in my pregnancy I had an EC & she weighed 3lbs 4oz stayed in scbu 4 4/5 wks- over year later & she is doing superb no problems whatsoever & she is on solids , crawls, sits unaided,cruising & trying 2 say couple of words looking at her now u would never know she had a bumpy start in her life she's my star!!

Stuff, I reckon there'll be a baby boom in September 2012! We can't be the only ones waiting for them to be out of the way.

Well, after all that, AF arrived last Friday. Was completely unexpected, I didn't get any of the old signs and, the best bit, not a jot of period pain! Yay! I suspect I've probably been OVing for a while actually, but it's taken cutting down to 12-hourly feeds to get my system going. I like the sound of seeing how things go, but I suspect that I will always still want an autumn/winter baby, so we might end up having 3 if I catch straightaway (unlikely, but stranger things have happened). And I don't want to give birth again yet

We find out which tickets we've got this week. We're still living with parents, although Darcey's sleep has improved a bit so it's not as bad as last week. Still no good houses to rent. We've got everything crossed for something to turn up soon.

Hi All, it's TomlinTowers here. I decided on a new name finally - I came up with this because I spent a day saying it DS, and it just struck me as one of things that I say regularly now, that I never would have believed I would ever say in my life! A bit like asking DH the consistency of DD's poo over the dinner table, or asking DS to stop picking his nose and eating the results [boak]. That's never in the books, is it?!

All is well here. Going back to work was OK, would give it all up in an instant if we won the lottery, but I just keep reminding myself that it's better to be at work and busy, rather than at work and bored, or not at work at all when I need to be there financially. I am getting a bit sick of people arranging meetings and events for when I am not at work though. They don't seem to understand that part-time means that I am not at work for part of the week! Also, because my parents look after my children [lucky is not the word], they also seem to think that they are totally flexible to cover days that I don't usually work if I am "needed" at work. Erm, no - my parents deserve to have at least two days a week when they can do things for themselves and not have to run round after a one year old and a four year old! Grrr - it makes me really cross sometimes!!

DD is getting on fantastically well. She has about 15 - 20 words now, her favourites of which are "more" and "no no no no no" accompanied by shaking of head. She has definitely got the personality to go with her red hair, my little gingernut! Well, she is more strawberry blonde really, but I love the ginger-ness! She can walk really well, and now spends her days just chasing after DS. They are playing together so nicely, it is a joy.

We had a lovely holiday to St Ives with all the family (9 of us) a couple of weeks ago. Brilliant sunshine every day except one, we were so lucky. Holidays as a family of four are a bit more challenging in terms of packing than I expected though! We have had to buy a roof box for the car - DH is mortified, and I had to be trained how to lift the box on and off the car without scratching it. He even got me a little step-stool thing to stand on, so there was no chance of damaging his pride and joy!

I keep up with all the news on facebook, but it is lovely to read the news on here as well.

Sorry to hear about DS not settling at nursery pamelat - is he getting any better as he gets used to it? How has your return to work gone?

Stuff, cupcake and seeksnewname - how exciting, to have new baby plans already! Will not breathe a word on fb. We have had a discussion about a third, but I would want the same age gap as I had between DS and DD (almost exactly 3 years - DS 27/5 and DD 14/5). So, I wouldn't need to start trying until around this time next year, which gives me plenty of time to work on DH [evil laugh emoticon needed!]. My AF only came back once I went back on the pill after I had finished bf-ing at a year, so not really a "natural" return iyswim. I do think I was ovulating before that though, as I got the white-ish discharge that I remember trying to spot frantically when we were ttc! Cupcake - I was really worried about giving birth again, because DS' birth and particularly the bit after the birth did not go at all to plan and DS ended up in SCBU with a hospital acquired infection when he was 2 days old, but DD was 3 hrs 13 mins from start to finish, totally natural and no pain relief. I think your body knows what it's doing second time round, and all the muscles are a bit more saggy! I'm sure you will be fine! DH just used to say "Well, it's in there, and it's got to come out somehow" - a good philosophy, I thought!

Den26 - hope your charity efforts are going well, what a brilliant idea. How is DS getting on at nursery?

Hello to everyone else, it was lovely to read about all the parties and holidays for the first birthdays.

Sorry for the essay, have had a glass of wine [benefit of no longer bf-ing!], and am a real lightweight having not drunk for two years! Makes me chatty!

Take care everyone x

Hi stopsitting love the name that is hilarious!
Thanks so so much for what you said about giving birth again, that's really encouraging. Weirdly, one of the things I am most scared about is prolapse as I'm sure things have somewhat shifted around down there since having ds (episiotomy and forceps) and I'm blummin terrified about my fanjo falling out if I have more kids...but I know I want more so as you say, it's got to come out somehow!!
Can't believe how good your dd is! My ds isn't saying any words yet (apart from mamamama and dadadada and lelelelele when he waves but not sure they count!! And he isn't walking yet; really hope he will be by the time we go on hols in Aug.

seeks any more luck with a new place? Hope you find somewhere soon.

stopsitting great name Alex much more settled this week thank you, hes eating (he went on hunger strike the first week!) and is even sleeping a bit there, and more importantly seems a lot happier.

hes then ultra clingy with me on my days "off" (I do a 3 day week) but I guess thats the price to pay.

The only problem I have is that DD (now 3 and a half!!) gets jealous. Shes very good with him but he is spending all his time at home needing cuddles/kisses/carrying and she sees it and wants the same. In some ways its lovely but carrying the pair of them around whilst I hoover is not possible

Hello to everyone, sorry no personals, meant to be writing a uni essay!

cupcakefairy, Virginia is not walking yet either, Dr Sears (attachment parenting) says its usually the laid back babies who take their time walking.
i would be very interested to see if that is true amongst the May babies.....are the early walkers highly strung???? late walkers really chilled?????
Virginia is very laid back but does know how to strop if needs must

Cupcakes, thanks for asking. Shhh... we've finally picked a house A little new build over the bloomin road from where we've just been living! I can't believe after all that, we've ended up practically where we've just come from. We can't move in til mid-August, but it's just right. 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen (with a dishwasher I must add) and an actual, real-life bath in the bathroom!

Darcey is getting a few more sounds this week - we can now add nenene and loideloi to her repertoire. Nothing with meaning though

Stuff, Darcey's quite, erm, high maintenance... She's very easy to please and chilled out and happy around anyone who will give her attention, but the attention is the key to it I think. She's not that good at entertaining herself, and not very good at settling herself to sleep either come to think of it. I think that theory is onto something! She has a spectacular mont if you tell her no!

Pam, glad Alex is settling in a bit better now. Darcey is clingy after her time away from me. I've noticed it more since I've been working 4 days, but now if we haven't done a bf within about half an hour of getting together in the evening she gets really cranky

pamela lol at trying to carry 2 kids round and hoover

stuff- interesting, ds is pretty chilled and very good at playing by himself while I watch the tennis. He's also just soooo fast at crawling though that I think he can't be bothered trying to walk.

seeks fab news about the house! Yay for 3 bedrooms and a bath!! :) good luck with the moving.

wonder if its a boy/girl thing? My DD never played by herself and was late ish walking 14/15 months I recall. Although DS is clingy he enterains himself and was walking a step or two a few days before his first birthday, and fully walking by 12.5 months!

Maybe the independence makes them want to walk/crawl/run away to get on with it?!

Hi everyone,

Not been on for a while but do try and keep with everyone on FB.

Stuff - Good luck TTC! still undecided about number 3 here.
Cupcake- Go for it! My second birth was much easier and quicker. 6 hours total compared to 27 hours!

Tinker- Good to hear from you :)

Tomlin/spitting- Love the new name! Good to hear your all doing well.

Seeks- Yay on the new house!! Sounds lovely!

Stuff- Interesting therory... DD1 was walking by 11mths and is rather highly strung!! Lucy was walking at 12mths and is developing her sisters temper and stroppyness so there could be something in it!!
2 little moody monkeys!!!- OH the joy!

Just returned from a week in Great Yarmouth. Agree with you spitting on it being more of a mission with 2!
Had a lovely time though and thankfully lovely weather!
Lucy has turned into a right little groover and loved dancing at the tots Disco at the caravan park. Any music now and shes popping away!

Bought her first proper walking shoes whilst away which she adores! Looks so grown up now!
He speech is improving rapidly and now says lots of words. Latest ones are Hello and 'Hank you' (thank you).

Dh has next week off too (2 weeks with an extra pair of hands around!!) My 30th birthday Tuesday so just hoping the nice weather holds so we can have another day out together.
Then a big family meal out next Sat.. 5 kids under 3... should be fun!

Hello all
It's been ages since I last posted so i'm going to do a me post as the chances of me replying to everyone since I was last on here are minimal...

I have now been back at work for a month and it's rubbish. The girls are really well settled at nursery for their 3 days a week so I have no complaints there but the job itself is rubbish. I always knew that if I came back part time I'd have a bit of a non-job but I thought I would be ok with it whereas I'm finding it really hard. I guess it's just proving me right when I kept saying that I should either do full time or not at all. Unfortunately keeping on top of things at home when I'm only doing 3 days a week is hard so there is no way that I'd be able to cope with 5 days!

DH finishes work next week and is still looking for something else. There doesn't seem to be too much out there so I think it could be some time before he finds another job (though hopefully he might do some of the stuff round the house on the days I'm working/girls are in nursery - or am I just being naive?!).

We have been drowning in chicken pox as well here; I kept joking about how the girls would get ill as soon as I went back to work and lo and behold DD1 got it and I had to work from home and then 2 weeks later DD2 has come down with it. MIL is here to look after her at the moment so I don't have to take any time off and at least that should hopefully be the end of it. She seems to be well enough for us to go to Peppa Pig World tomorrow as we only live down the road so thought it was probably time we stuck our heads in there.

Just to add to the madness we decided to start potty training DD1 (2.3) though it has been going really well. There have been a couple of accidents but nothing major and we haven't really been housebound at all - she seems to have a huge bladder so it's not been a problem going out and about which is a relief.

DD2 is taking after her sister and has only just started crawling. She doesn't like sitting for too long any more and prefers to spend time on her feet but can't yet walk on her own. DD1 was 15 months by the time she walked so I think we're looking at something similar for DD2. She's also not saying much but hey, she likes grooving in her high chair so that's ok

Hope everyone is well and I'll try and catch up more often...

Virginia is going to be a big sister. baby due March .
Told the girls this morning, they are very happy.
That is the reason DH bought me the gorgeous pink and blue bouquet that i posted on FB yesterday.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!! What fantastic news! That happened fast!

CONGRATULATIONS stuffthenonsense that is fab! :):) you're making me extra broody now!!
Fantastic news.

Nice to hear from you too cari sorry your dh still has no leads and that you're not enjoying work :( I guess it could take a while to get into the swing of it and not feel so much like it's a non-job if you're not full time? Everything takes some getting used to. Hope you're ok.

DS took his first steps yesterday I managed to film them cos he took 2 or 3 just before so I tempted him over to me while filming and he took 7 or 8 steps. I was so proud

Congratulations!!! Brilliant news stuffthenonsense

DH told me yesterday that our marriage wouldnt survive a 3rd child, hes probably right ... for now

I think for us thats the sensible option but your news has made me broody congrats!

Congratulations stuffthenonsense! Really happy for you....

I'm definitely in the market for DC3 but I think that will still be some time off (though i could do with the maternity leave )

Woo hooo Huge crongrats Stuffthenonsense!!

Cupcake- Yay on the first steps! Soo cute isnt it

Cari- hope the job situation improves for both you and DH.

Well its back to reality for me this morning as DH is back to work after having 2 weeks off. Id got used to having him around and helping out with the girls. Had a lovely holiday though and a fab 30th birthday. Got spoilt rotten!

Congrats Stuff!!!!!! I will not be joining in with the TTC. With five beautiful DC's I consider myself a lucky lady, and DD1 was 20 last week so I think its time to stop..if I ever met anyone new I would be too old for aother anyway (40 next year)

Olivia keeps me more than busy, she is such a little scamp!, I need te pairs of eyes..and hands..still not walking pro bbaly because she can scoot round like a rocket o all fours ad get away from me quicker

apologies..my N keeps sticking

Great news, stuffthennonsense! So great, I had to post to say Congratulations! Please remind me of all of the trials and thrills of pregnancy so that I can live vicariously through you!

No more babies here, I'm honestly scared my next one would weigh a stone! We don't really have the space or resources, either. Also, like you Pamelat, I think the marriage would be at risk. And like your Olivia, Memory, Eric is a little monkey getting into everything and speed crawling! So I'd really want to wait a couple of years, but the old grey mare ain't what she used to be! So, I really hope anyone who gets pregnant will tell us all about the experience!

Cupcake congrats on the first steps! I managed to record DS1's and Eric's first steps as well and they are such cherished videos! I also recorded Eric taking about 10 steps recently. He's perfectly capable of walking but chooses not to because he's so fast crawling. I'm in no hurry for him to walk frequently... it can only lead to running and he's already a handful!

Pigley, that's great that you've had such a nice couple of weeks and a good birthday! Like Lucy, Eric is becoming quite a chatterbox, saying what's that, good yoghurt, bye bye daddy, underground, and various other words. He's definitely taking after his brother who was also chatty at a young age.

Carikube, sorry to hear that things haven't improved on the job front for you or DH. It is really difficult at the moment with there not being many jobs available. It's been very hard being back at work just on weekends for me so I can only imagine how tough it's been for you. I hope things get better for you soon.

In general, Eric is such a smiley and cheeky baby, a real cutie! He's not great with teething, he suffers a lot with each emerging tooth, I'll be glad when they're all in - just 13 more to go! I'm still reading the thread frequently, but rarely have the energy to post. I'm hoping that will change soon. I don't want to jinx it, but Eric slept through last night from 7pm to 5am, I gave him a quick breastfeed (the only bf remaining is first thing in the morning, just about weaned) and then he slept until 6.30am! Also, DS1 who is 4 now, has had a dry pullup nappy 2 mornings in a row. Feels like we're about to turn a corner.

I think about you ladies often. I hope everyone is well!

Congratulations StufftheNonsense!!! Sounds like your DH is pleased too, judging by the size of that bouquet!!

Seeksnewname - congrats on the new house as well. Will you just sit in front of the bath, staring at it in adoration??

Pigley - glad you had a good 30th birthday. The photos on FB look great. How is the new camera?

It's lovely to hear about all the babies starting to walk and talk. Guess they're not really babies any more, are they [hsad].

Carikube, sorry to hear that your work is not going well. Does your DH feel positive about getting another job soon? I hope he is coping OK. I have been back at work since the beginning of May, and it is really hard work. I keep having to constantly remind them that I work three days 8.30 - 3.30, and then feel like I am causing trouble because things have to be re-arranged, when as DH says, it is their fault in the first place for forgetting my working hours. I also find that I am already bringing lots of work home, just to try and keep on top of everything. Another maternity leave is sounding like a very good idea at the moment...or else I just need to man up, stop feeling guilty, and get on with it!

Everything else is going well at the moment, Sophie is a little darling. Pamelat, I think the contented, entertaining themselves difference, is not boy/girl, but first child/second child. DS has always needed someone to talk too constantly, difficult getting him to sleep on a night, whereas Sophie has always just been happy to do her own thing. And Stuff - I agree with the theory, both of mine walked at two weeks after their first birthdays, and both are feisty little individuals! They are both starting to play together now, which is lovely. DS does a funny dance, or runs around manically, and DD just collapses into fits of giggles. I was really worried that being different genders they wouldn't really play together, but my worries seem to be unfounded so far. Just hope it continues!

Hope everyone else is doing well.