June '05 Mummies 5 - the one with lots of smiles, and lots of cuddles.

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one brand new shiney thread, title thanks to eym.

hiya mandy hugss knew youd be around somewhere
mixed feeding well thats what i started with william at 8 weeks my milk just wasnt good enough for him, so i started first with a couple of bottle feeds on the nite (formular) went really well, william was alot more settled then i breast fed all day. so he was getting best of both worlds. Until he started to grow then my milk wasnt good enough, and you know when your baby isnt as content or settled dont you, so i gradually intoduced formula feed during the day which he loved, and went back to been a settled contented baby, hope this helps you hunny.

LoL as for been a wild women i just like to have a laugh especially with our situation at the moment.

Lynny thats so lovely of your DB writting you a poem maybe now you can be closer hunny, and maybe your right that your brother has found his voice.

Solids going great here, william loves his baby rice and actually reaches for the spoon and puts the food in his mouth, im amazed with this little boy,he loves all the little drinks of water too.

Spoke to other sis on saturday the one whos getting married, shes still in a state worried about georga and comming to terms with the fact the gill wont be there, I felt ever so sorry for her, she is very close to her sis gill there is two years cap between them, anyway i reasured that we will all be there her other 3 sisters and brother and we will make it special for our little sister.

back later baby wake xxxxx

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welling up, lump in throat - its lovely!

Lynny that's just lovely, he sounds gorgeous - almost as gorgeous as mine

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Ok I am crying now. That is so lovely.

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HALLELUJAH!!!!!
The little boy took a bottle...that's a huge weight off my mind. Now I can take my time replacing feeds. I am SOOOOOOO relieved.

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Saw the photo now too. How cute were you two. You look like a very serious little girl there though.
Yay for Welshson taking a bottle. What a relief.
I think I might have to start weaning soon as dd2 was hilarious tonight watching me eat with such a look of desperation on her face watching every spoonful. I had better get some baby rice in.
I am also VERY VERY and pissed off as it appears they are changing our posting date which means we will be a full four weeks later getting back to the UK. I am really upset as I am ready to go now and four weeks seems like a long time in this crappy drafty house wih no central heating when I want to be back with my family. We are all so ill in the winters here! I know I will have some perspective soon but not for a while. Grrrrrr Bloody hell. I told everyone not to send Christmas presents out as we would bbe back two weeks after Christmas but now we wont be back till the middle of Feb so I need to think about what to do. Will be nearly dd's 3rd bday by then. Blooming heck. I am so ready to come home now .

Blimey, I've missed you all on here Have tried to catch up but it's almost impossible. Picked up a few things though, so Coop, love the new name but it will take a while to get used to thinking of you as that rather than Coop

Lovely poem Lynny, really beautiful. He sounds like a very special brother.

Great news about the bottle Welshie. What finally persuaded him, did you put beer in it ?

Coop, sorry they are messing you about. It must be a complete nightmare, you've mentally adjusted to coming back on a certain date then they change it.

EYM, sounds like your niece and sister are doing really well, which is fantastic news.

Uki, good to 'see' you again, sorry things are so tough for you.

Trib, your DS is very talented, typing so beautifully so early

RHM, you have my sympathies, the panic when they disappear is just the worst feeling in the world.

Well it seems like my DS is a right lazy bones in comparison to a lot of the Junie babies - no sitting up here, and until this morning he hadn't rolled over either, but he finally managed it whilst DH and I were both watching (front to back, he gets stuck on his arm going the other way).

Sleep is ok, up once or twice for a quick feed in the night now his cough has gone. I haven't started weaning yet, partly because he's been ill and partly because I'm being lazy . It just seemed like such an awful lot of hassle to take pureeing stuff with me on holiday as well as everything else.

Right, rubbish attempt at catch-up, but I really must go to bed. The holiday was lovely but it's worn me out. Sleep well all.x

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Hiya. Just checking in. I was going to catch up about three days ago. But everytime I manage to read just a little youlot type lots more. So stuff it I haven't caughtup. Though I did catch a glimpse of Lynny's lovely brother's poem. Very nice.

Welshie a while back you asked if I had any tips for working mums... well, basically just stay off of mumsnet and do your job (unlike me). Actually I do have one tip. If you bring a pic of the baby to work put it in your drawer then open up to smeak a peak now and then. If youprop it up on the desk right in front of you you'll spend the whole day feeling guilty and missing the baby. Better to have the pic in the drawer and accessible when you want to sneak a peak but not staring you in the face all day long. Personally I don't feel guilty about going back to work, and there's no reason anyone should. But, if you are likely to be torn a bit about the return no sense in punishing yourself.

So, did anyone go out trick or treating? DD was tinkerbell, and DS was puppy dog -- SO CUTE!!

And my car did pass the MOT and I managed to get the tax renewed last Thursday. Boy, what a panic that was. Glad it's sorted now.

Hi ladies,
Thanks for the sympathy. I have my going home head on so am disappointed but there will be a reason for it somewhere down the line.....
Well dd2 is off today rolling all over the floor. I took her to Musical tots this afternoon and it was quiet so I put her on a mat on the floor but she was off all over the place with a big smile on her face. She is even drawing her knees up under her chest to push herself forward. I am not ready for a mobile child yet! She has very rosy cheeks at the moment so I think there are still more teeth coming through and she is still biting me .
Uwila - That photo thing sounds like a top tip.
Mrs W - Glad you had a good hols
Lynny - Hope Jess is a bit better by now.
I am seriously considering weaning now after seeing the HV today. It is a new lady who seems really nice which is good and she reckoned dd2 could probably do with some rice or something. So I need to go and buy some! Talk about unprepared. Not even sure where the spoons and dishes are. Eeek. She might be ready but I am still not sure if I am lol.
Right all for now. Byeee

Right, I was wondering who the heck Skyler is. I thought gee she sounds a bit like coop. So, what's with the name change? I have a hard enough time keeping up without split personalities!

Ha Uwila. Sorry for the confusion. I just fancied a change and wanted a more anonymous name. Not sure why. Internet paranoia about moving back to the UK and people 'knowing' who I am, Junies excepted . You shouild check out the 'concise thread'. Have to run.

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hi lynny - i scrapbook, i started just after dd1 was born and have now done over 100 pages! i'm not quite up to date, i think i have got as far as july! i love doing it but it gets expensive.

Hello
I don't scrapbook but I do have a baby book for both of the girls. I also kept a diary when dd1 was born for the first year, although this is more for me. I have kept 'notes' for dd2 this time and I am doing a sort of Journal at the moment to try and record all the best bits with me and my family ie dd's funny phrases etc.

I lost dd1 today . She was playing in the garden while I was feeding dd2 inside and managed to open the gate. She had totally disappeared. Talk about panic. I ran around the house and garden first to make sure she wasn't here and then put dd2 in her travel cot and ran out of the door. I went down the hill thinking that this is the way we usually go when we leave the house and was yelling for her at the top of my lungs when I saw her calmly wandering up the path towards me. God knows where she had been. I was so relieved to see her and just was shaking and crying. She really did not understand what the fuss was about. I got her back in the garden and got her to show me how she got out (standing on the gate, undoing the bolt and shaking it so the tie wrap we have over the top worked its way free) I cannot believe how lucky I was. I am OK now but felt so sick I still haven't had any dinner yet. I don't even really know how long she was gone for . Feel very crap about it all.

AW Coop (I'm sorry but you're coop to me!), how terrible. But so glad everyone is safe now. I'm always terrified of DD walking out the front door. I'm sure DS will also find it great fun in a year or so... oh God less than that. It's just ocurred to me that in about 6 months he'll be walking... shite!

But, then he hasn't rolled over yet so he may be a bit thick. Maybe he'll walk when he's 5. (hey I can dream)

Evening all,

Lynny, I?m not doing a scrapbook as I?m far far too lazy, but I have kept a note of ?important? milestones eg, 1st smile, 1st rolling over etc. I also bought a couple of papers on the day of his birth and kept a few other mementos along the way, so when I can shift my lazy arse into gear, I?m planning on putting a photo album together with other stuff stuck in.

Skyler, glad everyone is safe. How utterly frightening. I?m dreading that day. Sorry also to hear of the postponed date. Its so awful when you gear yourself up to something like that, then it?s changed without you having any control of the situation.

Uwila, I like your tips! I?m starting work again in December and am utterly dreading it. Luckily I work from home, so my big problem is not getting distracted by him and getting on with my work.

Mrs Wed, my DS is a total lazy bones too. No sitting up/playing with his feet. He can roll when he chooses to, but just doesn?t seem to want to very much. I?ve asked around and apparently this laziness is quite normal in boys. I?m hoping this is true and I don?t just have a slow developer on my hands . glad you had a good holiday.

I'm currently trying to get my head round weaning and bottle feeding. We tried sweet potato today. G-d, they can make a mess, can't they? He seemed to enjoy it, which is the main thing and kept opening his mouth for more. I've also got to increase the bottle feeds i'm making him (I'm slowly swapping over from b/feeding). I've been giving him 7oz, but it doesn't seem to be enough, so i'm going to try 8oz. He seems to guzzle all 7oz in about 5 minutes flat. Greedy pig

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Skycoop - you poor thing what an awful fright - you just can't prepare yourself for what they can get up to, terrifying - hope you're a bit calmer now.
Uwila - that's a good tip. I'm going to try to be a bit more compartmentalised this time around - no bits of dd's artwork on my desk etc. I hope I don't feel guilty, work is a big part of who I am and dd hasn't suffered because of it. Fingers crossed. I left him for the first time today (apart from with dh)My local Surestart was running 'Messy play for parents' - feltmaking. Really daft but good fun and a happy hour and a half. Ds was fine in the creche - he was the only one there so had 2 ladies cooing over him- apparently he was very good and I'm ' a very lucky mummy'. The creche was in his sister's nursery building so she popped in to see him too. The course is 4 weeks long and I'll end up with some felt slippers for ds....
JonahB - it's all happening at once in our house too. Bottles/solids/sleeping throughish. He was delighted with his carrot, tomorrow is parsnip. Oh the joys of motherhood.
Best thing about today was a 2 hour sleep we both enjoyed - fantastic.
I do big scrapbooks of dd's artwork, a baby book each for the first year, and a notebook each of my observations of what they were like as babies and how I responded. They have a memory box each too -little clothes, birth cards etc I'm quite sentimental really.