Evening ladies.
I was very mean today. At 6 this evening I casually announced to dh on the way to the shop "perhaps we should pop in to the pub being as how it's our anniversary". (Of when we first met, not our wedding anniversary). He was moderately overcome with guilt at forgetting, but given he doesn't know what day of the week it is ever, I didn't really think he would remember.
Username. Right, mine is quite tragic in origin. One of the titles of the Emperor Augustus (and subsequent emperors) was "tribunicia potestas" meaning "the power of the tribunes of the plebs". The tribunes defended the rights of the plebs against the ruling class in Rome and it was sacrilege to harm them in any way. I seem to recall the Senate first voted this right to Julius Caesar (which he totally did not deserve being neither a tribune nor a pleb). Anyway, it is normally shortened on monuments and stuff to Trib Pot. Yes. Tis true. Why did I choose it? Dunno, I have the hotmail address for it, and I've always used either it or one of the other of Augustus' titles, which you will be able to guess from my yahoo id. I did Ancient History A Level at night school a few years ago and the interest has just stuck from then.
Weaning - none happening here yet, will review the situation in a few weeks I think depending on how ds is doing sleep-wise and tummy-wise. Funny to think that just a few years ago, we would be starting him on Wednesday (16 weeks) as a matter of course.
Now sorry to appear to be questioning everyone's weaning choices, and I know you have bags more experience than me EYM and Welshie, but are we meant to give them any dairy stuff? I figured that was a no no whilst cows' milk was? I will stress again, I am hyper cautious about this stuff because of dh, so just ignore me if I am being paranoid food allergist woman.
Lynny, I've just bought a couple of Annabel Karmel's books, including ths one . One of the reader reviews notes that most of the recipes are either completely or virtually wheat-free. Wheat-free cooking is my speciality so let me know if I can help out at all, I'll keep you posted when ds is a bit older on what we're feeding him. In terms of follow-up, I would ask on Mumsnet generally (if you haven't already done so, sorry) and definitely push for a proper consultation for when Jess is a bit older. Glad she is doing so much better now anyway.
Welshie, definitely give sleep lady a call, I bend her ear practically every day, want to get my money's worth! Her latest comment has been about my daytime sleeps, when I basically feeding ds off to sleep because he likes it, and it means I get some more grub into him. She says "Quite honestly, if he wants to feed before sleeping during the day, I would let him". Hurrah for sleep lady!
Sfx, so sorry about your mum, and all the best for your sister as well. We are waiting for further tests tomorrow in order to know a bit more. My dh is the same if he has to watch ds during the day. When I've just flaked out in the morning he will sometimes come through and say "what do I DO with him?". Well, he'd better start figuring this stuff out soon given I have to go back to work in a couple of months. Have you been to see Serenity yet, btw? I think we may get a chance to go once we're in the process of moving and thus 'have' to go and stay with my parents for the weekend.
Oh, one final question: swaddling. Are we still doing it? Ds still likes it but is increasingly waking himself up when he gets an arm out and starts flailing it about everywhere. I think the answer is a custom-made straitjacket, but I wonder if we should be trying to wean him off swaddling at this stage?