July 2010: old-skool, the worm, commando and shuffling on the bum: that's the way crawling's done

[CakeandRoses]

Well that gives them all of about 14 day's worth of chat to get crawling then

The customers of Macdonalds heads may actually of exploded with that sight cakes

I want to be diplomatic about and say "it could of happened anywhere, I'm sure it wasn't just because it was Macdonalds" but in reality I think it was. It's really scummy in there at the best of times so....

It was really weird though I think I could of accepted that 1-2 people would of had a problem but this really was the whole restaurant

I've never had a problem before in fact I even had a woman come up to me once and congratulate me on what a good job I was doing I think I've just been really naive in thinking everyone accepts it. I think they probably do in the places we usually go I think the problem will be solved by just not straying into the dark-side again but in all seriousness it's made me really paranoid. I desperatly want to bf till she's 2 or self weans but I think if people think it's weird and horrible now what will they think when she's older

tsc really hope you do manage to go out with dp for your bday (assuming its soon, not next dec ). it does seem to work magic just having a bit of child-free time together.

are you ok for babysitters?

spirael another one planning to bf til she's a 1yr +

dylthan feel really cross and sad that it made you feel like that.

re bf when she's older. is it likely you'd be bf when out and about past 12months or so anyway? not judging at all, it's just altho i bf felix til 14m, he was only having morning and evening feeds by about 12m so we never needed to bf out and about. i suppose he wasn't a 'comfort feeder' at all tho (neither is A).

hot i've got a son and a daughter and boys' hair is far superior for sniffing, imho

my son almost looks like a girl because his hair is getting so long but i just can't bear having it cut as it's sooo precious

don't get me wrong, daughters are gorgeous too but there's something about my son which just kills me.

i know tsc will agree with me on this re her tinynewbornson.

Is tummy time the way to go for crawling then? All DS wants to do is sit. If u put him on his tummy he rolls over and waves his arms and legs in the air to be sat up...

dylthan bad luck about McDonald's. I've BFed in there twice now and not had any problems at all, not even giggly teenagers. I'm also hoping to keep going with BFing until 2 or so, will see how it goes. I'm kind of assuming it will only be morning and evening by then but you never know! I'm struggling to know how slowly to go with solids, I want him to get most of his nutrition from BM for a while yet.

hah - piccy of lequeen on her profile for limited period only, apparently

last night was a fluke!

Not much sleep for you then Stac

dylthan what a horrible experience, maybe i need to go in there, i went to a tea rooms on monday and got looked at like that for using a bottle!!!
tsc thanks for sharing your birth with Kate, Hoping by the time im back from the holiday i will be feeling better about everything!
cakes and mlic both of your son's hair is wonderful, I have a bald little boy but dream of him having hair like that in the futire!!!
I went to bed at 8.30 last night and i COULDNT wake up in the night to see to L i dont know what was wrong with me I felt drugged up! poor dh was up at 4 for work and was up a 11, 1 and 3!!!

Dylan goes til 4 or 5 but then will only settle if boob is in his mouth so I get no sleep after that.

Its my sister's birthday today and we're going out for lunch with friends.

Does the random night waking panicking stop eventually?

J went 8 to 4 last night, but I only went til 1 before I started waking every hour and worrying that he hadn't woken up yet...

That night was a one-off, we were back to our usual tricks last night (although L slept through) I burst into tears last night for the first time in ages, just cos S was refusing to settle in the middle of the night and DH is working nights so he wasn't there to prod awake. S had a 2 hour waking session last night on top of the other 3 wake ups.

hotgiggity L hated being on her front and crawled at 10 months, S lives on his front due to reflux and has just started so maybe there is something in it.

stac hope you have a lovely peaceful day!

L has lovely hair, S is getting his chopped as soon as it gets vaguely long - can't be doing with flopsy-haired sons!

tsc maybe F isn't the one who needs sleep training, he's not the one who can't stay in bed overnight :) I'm with you on the sleep training though, not sure when to do it but this is driving me nuts.

S has come out with a rash on both his cheeks this morning so I'm going to have to take him to get it checked, not sure what it is.

tsc sort your insurance out woman!

I really wanted to go to a craft session at the children's centre but it would mean popping the DC in creche and S has only just gone down for a nap so a 10 start is unlikely - can't let him cry for 2 hours on someone else's watch :( I really wanted to go too cos I want to meet people.
Speaking of creche, L's suddenly got really clingy - any suggestions of how to get her less so? She always been the one who runs off and never looks back but all of a sudden she doesn't want me to leave her.

just a quickie off to the hospital with eyes at my knees. R was very restless again eventually gave in at 4 and brought her into bed. She still kept crying. So have had very little sleep. The hv says she thinks its her teeth as she eats loads so shouldnt be hungry . Anyway better run, will catch up later

Wish me luck I'm off to brave the witches coven HIVE parent group this morning since Sam scuppered my proper plans...

hot depends on your personality as when my 2yo slept thru the night in his own bed this week, i got up to check on him twice and generally didn't sleep v well

tsc think it's the 6m growth spurt cos A's been waking for a night feed as if she's famished.

how will you do sleep training if he's still feeding?

sort your insurance out! will be sod's law that something will happen if you aren't covered!

chulita for your night. ours was a one-off on tues night too.

it's always worse when your dh isn't there, even if they don't usually do anthing, it somehow makes it easier when you are disturbing his sleep feel like you have got moral support.

are you still going to toddler group etc so L can go off and do her thing with you safely in sight? could you do music and rhyme classes or something where they can stick by you until the children/staff are familiar to them and then they can bugger and dance to their own tune? my friend is doing this with her dd and there was a noticeable difference by week 2.

good luck chulita. hope you make a friend

come back and impress us with your tale of asking someone if they want to go for a coffee

keep meaning to ask you chulita how long do you get to live in one place?

also, did L react to the goo of the gods?

tbh cake my brothers always had rufflable hair and I loved it but DH has very strong feelings on the subject of 'long' hair on boys so it would be something that he'd hate to see on Sam. I wouldn't mind him having lovely hair but I would have to fight DH over it and it's not worth it!
I'm off to the army patch toddler group in a bit but they're all very clique-y so I'm not looking forward to it really, might go to the bounce and rhyme at the library this arvo.

I reckon S is on a 6 mth growth spurt too, he's feeding a lot and even after 30 mins on he wants to boobysnooze for a good while afterwards.

chulita march in there all confident, safe in the knowledge that you have a ton of friends on here and in RL elsewhere.

they'll all want to get to know you as they think they must be missing out