April 2010 - Growing and Changing Every Day

[sayitwithme]

Starting us a new thread so we don't get cut off.

Hello everyone! Been off here for a long time due to holidays, Internet being down, illness.

George was one yesterday!!! Can't believe where the last year has gone! We had DH's family down for the day & the godparents & families over for a tea party which was lovely.

G still not moving. He will roll over if put on his tummy or back, but no sign of trying to crawl or standing. Makes it easy to look after him ;). I did have to dial 999 a couple of weeks ago, as G dived off the sofa. He has done a breath-holding thing a few times if he has keeled over & bumped himself or had a big shock, where he screams then doesn't take a breath & passes out for a couple of seconds before coming round & crying again. It is terrifying when it happens but lasts only moments & is then fine. However on this occasion he didn't come round properly and was floppy & unresponsive & twitching. I called an ambulance & by the time they arrived he had come round, but he had been out for over 5 mins! I was terrified that he was going to die!! He was fine quite quickly afterwards but the paramedics wanted jim checked over in hospital in case it was a seizure. We had to spend the whole day on the children's ward for observation, after which the consultant decided it was just a more severe breath-holding episode. We just have to hope that he will grow out of it, but now I'm totally paranoid about him bumping himself again & dreading him starting to walk when he will be more likely to fall :(

Hope everyone is doing well :)

Hi Everyone!

Sleepy, Eilidh is much better now, thanks. She is still a bit snuffly with a runny nose but her appetite has come back, thank goodness! I was so worried. Nicnac, I really noticed a difference in Eilidh's appetite after her jags but, like you, I also think that the warm weather had an impact too. Although its been lovely and warm here today and she has eaten a good amount. In fact, can I just ask what sort of portion sizes your DC's eat at meals? I also doubt myself...am I giving her enough, does she eat enough etc?! Today Eilidh had:

6am -breastfeed
7.30am porridge made with milk (soya)
10am - pineapple
1pm - tuna mayo sandwhich (one slice of bread halved, she ate about 3/4 of this), half a cream cracker, a few organix crispies, 3/4 of a soya yogurt, 4 dairy free choc buttons.
4pm -an organix oat bar
6pm - veggie cous cous, a brocollie floret and a little bit of cauliflower, 2 tablespoons of sweetcorn (eaten one by one!), a little bit of her easter egg.
7.30pm - porridge made with milk (soya) then breastfeed.

Does this sound normal for a 13 month old? Sorry to be a pest!

Nicnac, Kacey's speech sounds fab! Eilidh is saying mum/mama, dad/dada/daddy, hiya and duck quite clearly. She occasionally says arm - random I know, but when I say "arm in" for her to put her arm in her jacket she copies me! When I say "Eilidh what does the sheep/cow/doggie/lion say?" she can reply correctly but only if she isn't distracted. We practice in the morning in bed when she comes in for her breastfeed and I just love hearing her lovely little voice saying baaaa!

Sleepy, Eilidh had a really red raw bottom a few weeks ago. It was awful. She cried in the bath because it stung her, I felt so bad. In the end I tried canestan on it because an ex-hv who I happened to speak to at a group said that sometimes sore bottoms are cused by thrush and Eilidh has canestan cream for the thrush on her neck caused by drool. It healed up pretty fast after that so either the HV was right or there was just something in the cream that worked! I agree with you that teething must be to blame for sore bottoms etc - every time EIlidh has a tooth about to pop through she poos alot more than usual and this sometimes hurts her bottom. I try and change her as soon as I smell a poo and we cream her bottom at every change. We also started giving her nappy free time every night before her bath for about half an hour.

Princess cant believe you are 20 weeks! (well more now!) Well done for resisting the urge to find out what you were having! I dont think I would want to find out either. It'll be a lovely surprise for you. How are you feeling and what size is your bump now? Is your bump at this stage bigger than it was with Makenzie and Jude?

I have been in bed all weekend with a D&V bug. It started properly on THursday morning - I had to phone in sick to my work on my second day back , I was so embarassed but there was no way I could have gone in. Today was the first day I have been up and about. What a wasted long weekend . Work was ok on Wednesday. Eilidh cried when I dropped her at the childminders though and I cried on the way to work. I felt heartbroken to leave her. The CM said she was fine after about 5 minutes though, but I feel so so guilty to be leaving her when Im at work. I never thought that I would feel that way, its amazing how becoming a mum changes you so much.

Eilidh is still breastfeeding, but usually only morning and night. When I am off work she occasionally feeds in the day at home, but mostly not. Now that she can have soya milk things are a little easier - not that Im out alot, but if I need to be out at bedtime she can have soya milk and she has taken to it really well. When I was unwell I couldnt feed her for 2 nights as I was stuck in the loo , but she took her porridge then some soya milk no bother from my DH, so it gives me a bit more freedom if I need to be anywhere. I dont think I'll feel too bad when Eilidh stops breastfeeding, but I guess I wont know till it happens. She has self weaned down to 2 feeds per day gradually over the past few months, so Im hoping she will just eventually self wean from those too. Sometimes I think that I wouldnt mind stopping, but I still love it and I know Eilidh does too, so Im happy to keep going for a while. As I said, being able to give her soya milk sometimes is a bit of a relief as before if I needed to go anywhere I had to express due to her allergies.

Wow, another big post from me, sorry. I'll go now before it gets any bigger. Hope everyone is well :) Misty, fab news about scan, meant to post about it before.

p.s I loved the royal wedding! I cried as soon as I saw William and Harry on their way to the church! Im a bit of a royalist and a total romantic, sorry!

my gs number 2 is one next week .... but now hes started to bite and draw blood my dd says no and the bottom lip comes out and they tears flow

Hehe Harverina, I filled up at the Royal Wedding too :) If anyone had asked I would have blamed my hormones but they all would have known the truth ;)
I think because I'm so busy with Jude, and getting Makenzi to and from nursery each day, the days are flying for me as well. I can't believe I now have more weeks on my pregnancy than to the due date...if that makes sense!!
Bump wise, I know everyone thinks I'm quite small, but they always say it's cuz I'm so slim anyway, I think I'm probably a bit smaller than this stage with Jude, but dp looked at me the other day and told me I had just rounded out all of a sudden...and he keeps grabbing my b++um too8889!! Even my sister told me I get a nice rounded bum whenever I'm pregnant...I think
I must be sha-p+less when I'm not haha. I deffo feel more rounded now on teh old hips, thighs 35and
bum lol
The heartburn has really kicked in as well....bring back any horrid memories for you mummies??!! Grr..I hate heartburn..I've just stripped the beds and and had to run downstairs for a Rennie!!
I'm waiting on results at the minute to see if I'm immune to slap cheek/parvovirus..has anyone heard of it before? I never had, but my nephew 3h3ad it, 55ans5 556 and it can be dangerous for unborn babies acco2r
dngl33y9. I don't know whath
a.ens if I'm not immune tho :/
I will post some bump pics up so*on, maybe tonight when kids
are in bed.....sorry for any extra letters in this post..jude is helping me type!! He is also using the laptop as a phone and is putting his ear to the screen and saying his version of hi...soo funny!!
Zeeky how scary!! I think I'd be a completec wreck if that was me x
Right i must g.....o before jude decides to delete this post or make it totally unreadable!!
Hope everyone's had a nice weekend...Harverina, Eilidh's meals/snacks sound fine to me, and you're not a pest!! Jude has started to feed himself with a fork now..it was constant battling at dinnertimes, but he couldn't get a spoon in his mouth the rightway round and I was worried he wasn't eating enough sometimes. He does so well with a fork, and I just keep a spoon next to me to tunnell the odd spoonful in his mouth..surprisingly the only thing he doesn't seem to have a problem with me feeding him is his yoghurt or jelly after his dinner lol. Funny that..I remember Makenzi being the same! Some days he eats roughly the same portions as Makenzi, and other days they are less, but with more snacks/fruit in between. He varies day to day. I have afeeling this is a long post from me too...which probably makes no sense with my lil helper adding extra words hehe ;) x

Wow..that post is terrible!!
I've just put some pics up...my 20 week scan for this baby, a couple of recent of Jude with his big sister..and my Royal Bridesmaid !! ;)

Hi, I have not been on for months and months but have been meaning to!! Great to see you are all well, we are good, Romy turned 1 in April ( obviously) and is great, such a smiley wee chilled out soul, she doesn't crawl but can bum shuffle for Scotland which is funny, she is so into everything though, nightmare to clean up afterwards! Isabel is 3 and is such a proper girl, if it's not pink or to do with fairies then forget it, God 3 year olds are hard work though........

I have been back at work for a couple of months, its ok, bit boring now I have been given all the crap work to do but hey ho, I have been training to eventually become a counseller ( probably spurred on after my post natal depression I had after Romy) I am really enjoying my evening classes and although it will take me a few years it's nice to have something to aim for.

Wow Princess another one on the way!! - that is great, I have been feeling broody for a while now and especially since Romy turned one, will give it another year though I think....maybe...

It may well take me a few months to check in again but I just wanted to say hi, you were a very supportive group during the pregnancy and early days! How time flies

xx

Sorry zeeky I didn't spot your post! It's good to hear from you. You must have gotten such a fright with George holding his breath. Eilidh sometimes takes in a huge gasp when she's really upset and my mum always worries that she's holding her breath but I didn't know babies could really do it! I don't blame you for being paranoid but hopefully he won't do it again.

Eilidh was so upset when I dropped her with the childminder on Friday. She cried as soon as we walked in the house so she obviously remembered :( I felt so upset and left work as early as I could to go and see her. Thankfully she settled in ok though and had a pretty good day. I feel so guilty! Just wish I didn't have to work.

Princess eilidh tries to use her spoon but its always empty when it gets to her mouth! Well done Jude! I'm going to go and look at your photos just now.

Great photos Princess.

Nice to hear from you Jennysbean.

Haverina although I haven't gone back to work since having kids, my friends who have felt the same as you to start with. But it definitely gets easier, so much so that all my working mum-friends used to say they didn't know how I managed being at home full time, as they found it much harder work than actually going to work!!

George has been sooooo cute recently. He's been so good & happy all the time at moment. Still no moving, but he is trying to talk all the time. He calls his brother Wuh wuh (he's called William) which is so sweet. I've taught him to cuddle too - if you ask him for a cuddle, he puts his arms tight round your neck and goes aaaaah - so adorable. No separation anxiety at all from him which I remember being really bad with his brother at this age. I swear he would happily go off with a complete stranger in tesco!!! In fact he seems to prefer strangers to people he knows, as they are far more interesting & pay him lots of attention if he smiles & laughs at them

Hello everyone. It's been a while. Apologies but I haven't read through all the posts since I was last on as I can't remember where I left off!

Princess, hope all is going well with your pregnancy. Good to hear that the 20 week scan all went smoothly. I will have a look at your photos when I've finished posting myself.

DS now has 6 teeth (they've been popping through since end of Feb) but is STILL not moving!! He gets so frustrated when he sees everyone running in and out of rooms so I have to confess we put him in one of those wheelie walkers from time-to-time. He's so happy in there but I'm sure it's not helping him learn how to move for himself. He can say Bye Bye quite clearly and blow kisses now. And he's eating for England at the moment! Must be another growth spurt or something.

I'll make it a short one for now. Good to be back.

my grandson oakley is one tomorrow, having a party and a lil bouncy castle ,hes got 4 teeth,he says yes/no,light,mum mum,daddy and he snorts down his nose like a bull does its so funny ,and hides his hands over his eyes and plays peek-a boo ,hes not walking yet tho but can stand on his own for a while .

Well done Noah! I'm impressed! I feel the same sleepy, all I have done since becoming a mum is worry! I also agree with you about the job - Every day in work I keep thinking that maybe I could pack it in and get something local and stress free, maybe a few hours in the local shop a day! My DH (and bank manager) would not be agreeable to this though Eilidh cried again on Friday when we dropped her off but she seems to settle ok after a little while.

Good to hear from you sayitwithme, if you have time it would be good to hear how your DC got on at the CM's in the early days - I remember you saying before that you use a CM? Hope your well. Eilidh has 6 teeth now too. The last two have come through alot easier with a lot less pain, or so it seems.

Eilidh has a mega temper when she doesnt get her own way or when we take something from her! Not sure if its anything to do with the red hair! She wants to walk all the time ( with me holding her hand, she cant walk yet!), which has made shopping trips very interesting and sooooo slow!

Dont have much else to report. The weeksks seem to be flying by! I cannot believe that I have an almost 14 month old baby! Work is crazy. Its been pretty stressful already, been thrown in at the deep end big time and not sure if Im grateful for this or annoyed .

Hope you are all well.

oakley has 8 teeth now ,[fingers dont go near mouth now] he took 3 steps the day after his birthday ,my other grandson lucas who 3 weeks older is just about walking now ,just a bit wobbley

Hi haverina. DS got on really well, thanks for asking. I booked him in for some settling in sessions on days when his sister was also there at first. Then he had a couple of sessions on his own, so I could have some dedicated time with DD before returning to work. The day before the first session, the CM asked me how long he'd be there for. I had totally not thought about it, just blindly ploughed on assuming an entire day. Then I remembered that those first sessions are only supposed to be for a couple of hours! Anyway, we had a bit of a deliberation about it and decided between us to go for a full day, on the basis that I'd be on-call anyway if it all went wrong, and he loved it! Lasted an entire day without any issues. And now it's like he's always been there.

He too has a temper, just like Eilidh. Much worse than his big sister ever had. Do you think it's a second child thing? Can't remember if Eilidh has a bigger sibling?

Hi all. J has had the all clear from the consultant about his kidney so no longer needs any checks. We're delighted. He is mostly quite a happy wee chap although the last couple of days we have seen quite a temper which I'm finding difficult to deal with. I'm back at work for my two days a week now and J goes to my mum and dad's. He's very happy with them and so I enjoyed going back.

It is amazing how time flies. Hope you are all well.

Fab news misty, you must be so relieved :) Glad to hear that work is going ok. Im back 3 days and its been alright. Still full of guilt at Eilidh going to a child minders but need to get over that as its just the way it has to be. Part of me enjoys being at work and part of me misses Eilidh like crazy. I know my feelings are normal and I'm not alone, motherhood is full of guilt guilt guilt!

Sayitwithme glad to hear your DS has got on ok. Eilidh is still crying when dropped off but its getting better. Last week she was looking out of the window when we drove away and she wasnt crying anymore so I know she isnt crying for long.

Eilidh is just fab just now, chattering away all the time, really giggly (with a temper sometimes too misty!) and fab company. She is giving kisses all the time and is soooo cuddly, its lovely. She is mooing (cow), baaaaing (sheep), ssssss-ing (snake), ooh ooh ooh-ing (monkey, rarring (lion) and opening her mouth like a fish! I ask her all the time what the animals say and start working on a new one when she cracks one, I love it! She isnt quite walking but I think she is close. She wants to be walking all the time and gets mad when I try and carry her anywhere. She has a go at alot of words when I ask her to say them too.

Its been really quiet on here, hope you are all well. Imaway to iron my stuf for work and get organised for the morning...I am the most disorganised person ever so I need to work hard at being more organised! :)

Been very quiet on here. Everyone must be busy returning to work!

George doing well. I agree Haverina that it is such a cute age. G LOVES dancing - it is hilarious! As soon as he hears any snippet of music he start bobbing up and down, kicking his legs & doing jazz hands - so funny. He also has a bit of a temper. I think it's frustration more than anything as he is still not moving. If he gets told no or his brother takes something off him, he shouts & bashes himself over the head with the nearest item! Generally he is a very happy chappy & beams at everyone (especially the old ladies in the supermarket!)

Hi everyone..it's been bug galore at our house!!! Makenzi was off from nursery for over a week with a chesty cold, back for 4 days, and then woke up Friday morning crying complaining she had a stick in her ear and it hurt. We took her doctors but she wouldn't let the doctor near her ear and screamed the place down, but is now feeling much better after her horrible banana medicine...and screaming the place down for different reasons!!

I also have 2 very loud drama queens in our family....sayitwithme I definitely think Jude gets his temper from watching his big sister!! He has to contend with having toys taken away from him by her, and her not letting him disrupt her 'tower' building with the bricks poor lil thing. Generally she does play well and can be really kind and thoughtful with him, but I am definitely getting into the swing of sibling bickering already!!! I think Jude thinks screaming is the way forward...if Mkaenzi is on timeout, or screaming in protest, Jude screams along for the fun of it thinking its funny!!!
He also gets very frustrated at not being able to get what he wants..he will crawl over to the big toybox, see something he wants and shout at you until you get the right toy out!! It's cute watching him try and tell you what he wants though, and we can figure out now when he is after certain things too. He points at everything now, and is fascinated by the leaves on the trees, especially when it's quite windy! He has figured out how to turn the tv off too, much to Makenzi's annoyance!! Oh, and he's always trying to put shoes on his own feet as well...he gets nowhere near actually putting them on, but it's funny to watch :)

Glad everyone seems well :)
I have my midwife coming out tomorrow to discuss the homebirth paperwork, so I'm excited about that. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy seems to be going, yet New Years Day seems like ageeeees ago!! Heartburn has really kicked in now....as has the constant trips to the toilet for what ends up being a drizzle But the movements are really strong now, and I love lying on the sofa at night watching my belly move around :) I've started to feel the 'grinding' movements now as well, rather than just the kicks/flutters.Ahhh :)
I've just spent the weekend going through all of Makenzi's old baby clothes, and Jude's baby clothes, keeping all the neutrals aside, and labelling up the bags of other clothes, so when he/she is born, I've at least got some colour clothes ready (ish)!! I realised this week that I'm not going to have all the drawers of clothes organised before the baby is born..not good when you're a bit of a n organiser/control freak..but the surprise will be worth it I'm sure!!
I'm so sorry cuz I know this is going to be one long post!!! xx

Hello everyone, haven't been on for ages as my work has just been manic.
Alexander had his jabs last week, and on Monday morning woke up really struggling for breath :( I had to go to work, so DH took him to the doctors, who sent them to the hospital for chest x-rays, I was a total nervous wreck in the office but in the end they gave him some Calpol and an inhaler, and he was right as rain. I took him for a walk on the common in the afternoon to see the cows, he liked that :). Gave me a nasty fright though.
Hope you all have nice weather - I'm not sure it's that great in Scotland though - we are off to Dorset tomorrow for the day to paddle in the rockpools and see if we can catch a crab.

Hello everyone!

Hi Sleepy, we have been having quite alot of tantrums too - I think like Noah, Eilidh is frustrated alot of the time, plus she wants to walk everywhere and when we try and stop her she stamps her feet and arches her back and screams! Tonight we went out for dinner and she wanted to go down and toddle round the restaurant. Of course we couldnt let her and she is too young to understand why...she was livid! The weather in Scotland has been rubbish - There is apparantly a drought in England, they can have some of our rain!

Eilidh's repertoir of sounds keeps growing...she now says vroom vroom (car and its not very clear!), eek eek (mouse) and neeeey (horsey!). Im always so surprised when she picks up a new word or sound!

Bettymum, how is Alexander now? That must of been really scary after his jags.

Princess, its so lovely to feel proper movements in your tummy, I actually miss that! (I miss alot of things about being pregnant!) Hope you are well :)

Zeeky, Eilidh loves to dance too. She loves Elton John haha! When we put him on she giggles and dances. Too cute!

Hope everyone is well. My work is crazy. Some days I love it, other days I am trying to think of ways to stop! I miss Eilidh alot when I am away from her. It is nice to have adult time but I'd rather be with her.

Anyone else got any plans for another bundle of joy? :)

Hello all :) Hope everyone is well..I pop on most days but don't message cuz I see noone else has, (and don't want it to look like I post to myself hehe)
Well, Jude is now properly walking, and has proper hard bottom shoes for when he is in the garden, or at the park etc. It's great now, cuz he can toddle about on his own (ish), and get up to the mischief that he wants to! He is becoming a proper lil character, and makes me laugh so mucg.h..yesterday at the dinner table, he leant forwards, pulled me by my top closer to him, and just gave me a kiss for no reason. It was so cute, and probably a one off so I'm going to write it in his record book so I always remember...well I haven't got his record book yet so I've been scribbling lil notes down for the past year in an a4 pad, ready to transfer into obne when I finally get round to picking one up!!
He sniffs his feet, or shoes, and says poo or pooey, he doesn't get much choice about sniffing Makenzi's feet cuz she sticks her stinkiest pumps in his face for him and he gives the most disgusted look back. They are so funny together now, they are either the best of friends, or worst of enemies..he's definitely learnt a few of her tantrum tricks!!
I can't believe I now have less than 12 weeks left!! It's crazy. I absolutely love feeling and seeing my stomach move when the baby does, and because it can be so hectic in the daytime, I love just taking half hour or more at night to really focus on watching each ripple. A part of me feels like I haven't really absorbed this pregnancy as much as I did before, so it feels to have gone so fast. I've been trying to get organised each weekend, and today seperated all the neutral newborn clothes into the drawers, ready to be washed :) Next week I am going to try and get as much of the smaller items in that I will need. I don't need too much, cuz of having everything still from Jude, and I even have some clothes from Makenzi too, but I don't want to be sorting through clothes in the first week of baby being born, and don't have the room to have a drawer of boys clothes, and a drawer of girls, so a mini shopping spree it will be ;)

Does anyone have any school starters in September?? I have come to the decision to home school Makenzi, until she gets a place at my chosen school. She is number 3 on the waiting list, so we are hoping it won't be too long. Does anyone have any experience of home schooling/teaching pre-schoolers themselves? I've been working with makenzi on a one to one basis for a while now, we have introduced phonics, and phonic based spelling, basic number work, and obviously counting and the alphabet. I know it's not everyone's first choice, but I don't want to put her in a school, to settle, only to pull her out when a place comes up.

Hope everyone had as nice a day as we had today..although I was upstairs sorting through bedrooms so am jealous of anyone who actually managed to enjoy it without being a red sweaty lump!!! xx

Hi!

Princess I pop on regularly too so post when u want! Eilidh is walking properly now too and got her first hard shoes last week...too cute! She is so loving and gives kisses all the time. When she is getting changed she pulls our face down tor a kiss! Not long to go now...you sound pretty organised too, well done!

We are still breastfeeding. Just morning and night though. Eilidh is now sleeping really well which is great. We never did sleep training in the end but thankfully sleep got better in time for me going back to work!

I will pop back on soon with more but I'm in bed on my phone and so sleepy! I wrote a big reply earlier and ny battery died! :)

Hi Princess & Haverina! I too lurk bit rarely post!

Can't believe you only have 12 weeks left Princess!!

Finding it rather hot here in the South East today - 30degrees earlier...

George still not crawling/standing/walking. He has just started turning on the spot whilst sitting so that he can reach things, but that is the extent of his movement!! He is however the most wriggly & kicking thing when having his nappy changed or lying in his cot - he somehow manages to get himself into all sorts of strange positions in his cot!

Lots of "talking" and pointing. He understands everything you say to him but we don't have a clue what he is telling us! He absolutely loves animals & whenever he spots a dog, cat, bird etc he woofs at them!