November 09, new skills are fun - look what I can do now, Mum!

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New thread for our little handfuls!

just a short one from here as Paula is unwell, tired and extremely clingy. Sorry if I'm not commenting on other posts.
DWB, I used my wrap sling a lot. I thought it is great because you can use it in various styles but to be honest in the end, I only used my favourite one, so I'm not sure if they really are the best option.
But I still loved it.
I struggeled a bit to find the right lenght though.
Are there any sling meetings you could go to? So you could try several styles to find out what you like best.
Mine is a German one (but you can get it in England too) as I had read an German article comparing several systems. The brand is called Hoppediz www.hoppediz.de/en/ They are also very ecofriendly, only using non toxic colours,... and have really great designs. They aren't the cheapest ones but also not the most expensive ones. Another good brand would be didymos didymos.de/english/index.php but that would be definitely more expensive.
ok, need to go, Paula's doll needs to get dressed. NOW :)

Hi all

Tigger oh crikey, poor you having to call an ambulance - how is he now? Sounds like you've been extremely busy, with new house etc. Is it all ready now? I am looking forward to decorating and getting new furniture for ours, once baby is here.

DWB let me know what sling you go for! Will have a look at that website - sounds good. And as for names, we are back to square one. In fact, minus one as we literally can't think of anything that we can both agree on. I am actually really worried now. I just don't have a clue. There aren't any names I absolutely LOVE, and anything I half-like, DH doesn't. Send suggestions! The one name we both like is Max, but those of you friends with me on FB - does it sound daft with our surname?? Honestly? I fear it does.

Pavlov wow, I am impressed by the new sleeping!! That sounds great. Or at least, a million times better than it was a month ago? I happen to think it is more or less random. S ate virtually nothing yesterday, I thought to myself at bedtime "oh great - he'll be up in an hour, hungry" and he slept til gone 6am (from just after 7pm). Then other days when he troughs all day, he will wake up at 3. So I don't know. Maybe exercise/fresh air might have something to do with it though? S did a lot of walking outside today and was shattered at 7, fell asleep no problem whereas it is normal a good half hour of battling.

Usi will look at the sling websites you recommend. I remember having this dilemma last time and got one I couldn't use. I think it was quite expensive too, and I ended up giving it to a friend, who also couldn't get the hang of it! SirBoob if you are there, tell us about your sling!

DWB just re read your post about Ethan last night - that is so strange. I hope he sleeps better tonight. S had a funny one on Sat - when we had planned a nice night in as my parents' were away (the joys of living with parents!) anyway he was awake and shouting until midnight, and wouldn't settle until I cuddled him in the spare bed. V odd. We have the 'hiya!' thing too, I love it!

DWB I do love the feeling of having all my boys around, I've had my nieces for the night and as much as I love them they are hard work when you're not used to girls! ( doing hair, playing dolls, telling tales on each other etc.) equally my sister finds it hard when she has my boys!
I've not had the wake in the night and be happy thing yet with hen, we just get screaming! Ethan sounds like a really happy boy.

Kaster Dh's dad still not good but we're finding it hard to get any information as we're so far away and the hospital aren't keen on giving info over the phone and Dh's mum is getting confused.
Things are getting there with the house and we are due to complete tomorrow but a small issue has reared it's head today! It was a private sale ( no estate agents) through family but an estate agent the seller used a year ago is trying to make a claim!

Tigger- sorry to hear your FIL is poorly. And to add to your stress with the estate agent trying to make a claim. Wishing you luck tomorrow.

So last night c went to bed at his usual time of 6:30pm. He didn't wake up until 5:30am! This is what i call progress. Its only happened once before with a quick feed included but never a straight run of sleep! I'm so tired today as my body must be in shock. I didn't go to bed that early last night but, I'm heading to bed early tonight. I'm not counting my chickens yet. He has been trying to walk the last 2 days so maybe he is physically exhausted.

Sorry for the quick post. My eyes are hurting looking at the screen. Having some dinner then off to sleep I go.

Hope all of you had the lovely weather today.

Fruit fingers crossed for another good night. Although 5:30 sounds rather early to me I am also going to bed now, am exhausted.

Tigger glad you are back to having your boys! I wonder sometimes whether I would be any good at being a girl mum. The house thing sounds stressful. I hope you complete ok and the old estate agent keeps out of it. I am still getting phonecalls from an estate agent we had a quote from, but decided not to use - they obviously think they have the right to hassle us non-stop, despite us having told them we won't be using them! Grrrr.

Getting S a second pair of shoes tomorrow, and going swimming. Trying to go twice a week, and make sure the baby is in the right place.

Hi all

Been lurking but keeping up with you all even if not posting.

Sorry to hear about poorly people and babies, lack of sleep, spd, morning sickness, estate agents, waking babies talking to teddies etc. Hope I covered everything!

Re the 5:30 wakings, I remember from DS1 that it's pretty normal at this age. I find with I that if I give him his milk then and keep it all very dark and quiet, that he will then go back into his cot and sleep for an extra hour or so. I think it's too long for them (certainly in our case) to go from 7pm until 7am with no food.

Bit of a temp here tonight so think I'm in for a rough night. We've been doing well on the sleep front though up until now, although my body is now in that mode of realising it can have sleep and so is now demanding a proper catch up - 16 months worth! Am constantly tired.

Will pop back soon properly I promise!

Morning all.

I have a cold. I know, it is only a cold and I feel ok today, but it is the first one I have had, properly since DS was born. I might or might not have had them when pg, hard to say as i felt shite most of the time anyway . But, yesterday went to a friend's for afternoon play with the kids, and roast dinner. There were 12 of us in total and I felt bad taking the kids away so i suffered in almost silence, to be commented upon by my unusual lack of apetite and lack of conversation, along with a gradual paler and paler complexion, refusal to take my coat off. So, home and kids in bed by 7:45pm (easy, they were both asleep in the car, just a case of transfering). Then off to bed for me, took a while as my skin was crawling. DH slept upstairs with DD on spare bed so I could toss and turn and 'have some space in the bed' (how thoughful)...

And so he could sleep soundly on his own and with two firedoors and a whole flight of stairs between him and DS, as he shut DDs door completely. So, given that it takes a missile up his backside to wake him normally, what is the likelihood of him waking this morning at 5am to see to Roo? None. That is what. Luckily I appeared to burned off my fever during the night (went to bed with several layers on, probably helped ) and feel just like I have a cold now, thought yesterday it might be the start of something nasty but luckily not.

So, DH and DD are still upstairs, either asleep or snuggling. I don't want to go and disturb then in case DD is having a rare morning of sleeping in. And DH if snuggling will know that Roo will be awake as he never ever sleeps this late.

I am not impressed. Can you tell?

And I have to go to work today . I have training that I can fall asleep in this afternoon but also an arsehole to see at midday, er sorry I do mean a mixed up individual that needs my help

Not such a good night. DH came home late from work and used the shower which woke c up. From midnight to 1:30 we had crying. DH isn't the lightest on his feet and does crash and bang. I'm not too happy this morning.

Re 5:30 wake ups. Ds1 would rise at this time for a couple of years. He got to the age where I could sit him on my bed and put on kids tv. We would get another hours sleep this way. I do put on baby tv for c when he gets up early and he snuggles to me in bed and I manage another half hr sleep.

Pav hope you get through the day ok. I'm not so happy with DH the last couple of days either. I think I should take myself off for the day and leave him to it with the boys. He wouldn't mind though so I cant stay angry at him for long.

Well c has just polished off a crumpet with jam. He is finally enjoying food again. Such a pleasure to watch.

Hi all, have been away for 8 days or so, as last fri Annabelle stopped using her left leg completely and her knee swelled up so on fri evening we had to take her to Dorchester A&E, where they took bloods and x-rays of her leg but still couldnt pinpoint the problem so sent us to Yeovil hospital for the night (45 mins away from Dorch) as they didnt have any beds in Dorch, then saturday afternoon they transferred us back to Dorch where we stayed til mon afternoon, then we got sent all the way to Southampton for an MRI (and see the specialists) and were supposed to be going straight back to Dorch hospital after the MRI but got told when we got there that we had to stay there (hour and half drive from home and were dropped off by fil) and have only just left Southampton hospital a couple of hours ago. It took til thursday evening to get them to do the MRI and then yesterday after looking at the results they decided to plaster her leg fully to keep her from walking on it. They have decided it is an infection of the bone/septic Arthritis and will have to go all the way back to southampton in two weeks to see how it is and if the antibiotics we have to give her are working, If not it will be another stay in. SO all in all a bit of a nightmare week filled with blood-tests and having Canula's put in, which as you can imagine was not fun for anyone especially Annabelle who quite rightly screamed and wriggled when they tried to do the bloods or put in the canulas (one broke after several days so needed another) Sorry for the long post, will read all I have missed now! Hoping everyone is well, I have missed you all.

juicy sounds like an absolute nightmare for you all. I really hope she makes a full and speedy recovery, how is she coping with the plastercast on her leg?

Thanks Pav It wasnt most fun, partly as Dh had to leave at half 5 in the morning to get to us, and leave in the evenings as only one was allowed to stay at night with her. And just generally being away from home in different surroundings. But obv it had to be done. She is coping surprisingly ok with the cast on, she can kind of hobble and walk, and can crawl with her leg sticking out behind her!

JuicyLips, that must have been really a difficult time for your family. I hope the medication will help quickly. I'm glad to hear that she is doing so well with the cast. It must be so much more difficult when they don't even understand what is happening.

Paula has had a strange week too. We had raised temperature on several occasions, crying on and off for an hour, being really clingy and unhappy,... I'm not sure what it is, could be teething as usual but I'm not convinced. She really struggles to go to sleep in the evening but then sleeps okish. As usual. But with an hour around 4am where she really struggles again, wakes up every 5min, looking for me and wanting to sleep on my arm, chest or belly. Last night she had temperature again and there was a lot of farting. So I wonder if it is not rather a digestive problem although I can't see what out of her diet could be the problem.
I guess we just have to wait and see. And in the end it is nothing compared to little Annabelle.

Juicy so sorry to hear about the trauma you've all been through, hope A is on the mend now and the antibiotics work well.

Pav hope you're feeling better and your DH has made up for leaving you to cope alone.

Fruit glad C is now eating again, hopefully the sleep will now follow.

Ioan had a tough night last night, but it was a Dh night so for once it wasn't me coping! He's teething and is suffering quite badly with it, it's the molars coming through and they're taking their time. Been and bought some teething powders today and they seem to help, hopefully then we can save the calpol for night time. Sleeping in the main though seems to be going ok, most nights now it's 7 - 5 with the odd 6am wake up thrown in. All I need to do now is relax in that knowledge and sleep through properly myself!

Bad mummy moment today though - he was sat on the worktop and I wasn't watching properly, and he fell off onto the floor I felt awful. Luckily he seems fine.

Juicy poor Annabelle and poor you! It must have terrible for you, I really hope she makes a speedy recovery.

Scarlotti, I'm always sitting hen on the worktop and have to say I'm surprised he's not fallen off yet! I hope Ioan is ok and really don't feel bad.

Ursri I hope Paula is feeling better soon.

Well we now own our new house!! The seller has said he will get his solicitor to sort out the estate agent.
We've spent every day/ evening at the new house cleaning and decorating ready to move in next Saturday, it is gradually starting to look and smell better. We have new carpets for the bedrooms and playroom being fitted on Tuesday which should make a huge difference.

Off to bed now as I'm shattered!

Sooo tired, still have work to do for school tomorrow . juicy you poor things. Annabelle sounds like she's being a real trooper, bless her.

Congrats on the new house tigger, v exciting, sounds fantastic.

Just popping in quickly as hungover from 30th bday party of old colleague in London last night. Was so lovely to go and see all my old friends but also made me miss our old life a bit. Feeling sentimental about my old school, the old area, all my friends that I don't see enough...Sorry, Sunday night blues!

oops, cut and pasted that wrong, the soooo tired was meant to be at the bottom!

JuicyLips what an awful week for you, and poor A - you must have been so worried. Sounds like she is doing brilliantly with her cast though! And am sure they'll get to the bottom of it and be sorted in no time. Doesn't sound at all fun though

Scarlotti don't feel bad about Ioan - I bet everyone on here has done something similar at one point.

Tigger fab news about the house V exciting!

Just popping on as I really need to go to bed. Am exhausted after S decided to wake up at 4 this morning, in a v v cross mood. He is still barely eating, each meal is becoming a bit of a battle. Today we are mostly eating cucumber. Even raisins are not proving a success.

Juicy- Hope A is on the mend very soon. How long will the cast be on for?

Scarlotti - I have had a few mishaps with ds1. Don't feel bad.

Katster- sorry you're having a tough time. Is the lack of eating due to teething or being fussy? Both my ds' are fussy eaters. It is very stressful at times. C isn't a big eater and I worry he is underweight. But I am petite and DH is tall and lean so I should not worry but it's hard not to.

Could not believe that c woke at 7am today. We had an hour of him moaning last night but nothing too bad. I'm hoping we're getting there.

Tigger- congrats on your new house!

MsI- Hope you got some good sleep and your hangover has gone.

Ursi- how is Paula doing?

Hi all, sorry I haven't posted again for ages, I have been lurking though! It's been difficult to post as my sol has been staying with us, my pils arrive tomorrow for 2 weeks so if I am missing for a while again that is why!

Pav hope you are starting to feel better now, it's so hard looking after children when you don't feel well.

Juicy you poor things, it sounds horrendous what you all went through and you must have been so worried about Annabelle. I hope she gets better quickly, bless her crawling with her cast sticking out! She sounds like a very brave girl indeed!

Tigger congrats on the new house, how exciting for you!

MsI Hope your hangover is better. I had one a few weeks back and it was horrible, I forgot how bad they are and it has seriously put me off drinking!

I have stopped feeding Millie when she wakes up at night. She is still waking though and screams blur murder when she realises she's not having any boob. When I send dh in she just snuggles into him and falls back to sleep though, gggrrrh! Also, during the day she has started to pull down my top and point to my boobs. I'm only feeding her morning and night now and really don't want to start feeding her more often in the day again. It feels like I'm going backwards! Oh well, I suppose she'll stop eventually!

Right better go as dh has just come home from work so better go talk to him! I'll try to get back on again soon, hope everyone else is well!

I mean sil not sol and blue murder not blur! That will teach me not to read before posting!

helips sounds like DH better be doing the night settling for the foreseeable future. Well, if it is the only way...

scarlotti totally missed your post about Ioan's fall. Sure he is absolutely fine now but it's heart-stopping when that happens isn't it?

fruit 7am sounds good! Roo woke at 6 today, grr. Luckily she is quite cirpy most mornings and 'reads' a book on our bed while we struggle to actually wake up properly and I kick DH until he goes to make the milk.

How's paula ursi? And how are you feeling these days? I have a (v early) pregnant friend who is about to move to the States for her DH's work. Her DH has just left and she is feeling really hormonal and weepy, and tired and vomitty, poor love. She was trying to be all stoical saying, 'it's not like me, I never usually cry!' and I said

1. You're pregnant
2. Your DH just left for NYC
3. You have a 1 yr old to look after on minimal sleep

Any one of these would make a person cry at times! Not to mention she has to do all the final packing up of house and do a flight to US with her DD herself. So I'm going round tomorrow eve with some (healthy) pizza and going to make fruit milkshakes to drink with it as we can't have wine. Hope that cheers her up a little.

Hi all

Am having dreadful trouble remembering who's posted what so I will apologise now for missing people out, it's not that I don't care!

tigger hooray for the house!
helips hello and enjoy the various il's visiting. Hope the feeding eases off soon if that's what you want.
MsI hangovers are a bummer with dc's. I have had two nights recently on the wine, and I've felt really rough the next day. Obviously haven't got my sea legs back again yet!! Hope your friend copes ok with the move etc.

Teething big time here atm. He's ok-ish but we have bouts of screaming and he's quite clingy. Are now on calpol at nights and teething sachets in the day. Am trying to limit the calpol as I don't like the idea of dosing him up all the time, but I can see a molar and some canines coming so he must be suffering.
Luckily it hasn't stopped the sleeping (thankfully someone is watching over me somewhere!) and so he's still doing 7-5, then if I give him a bottle in the dark he will go back to sleep until 6:30/7. That's fine by me as I remember DS1 woke around 5:30 for ages so I'm grateful he'll go back off. I take a flask of warm milk when I go to bed and am now an expert at pouring it into the bottle in the dark!!

Only 3.5 weeks now until my trek Am looking forward to it, and am really looking forward to 9 days with no cries of 'mummy' ringing out wherever I go!! Apparently, when we're there, there is also no mobile phone signal so I really will be out of contact. What bliss! Think it will do me some good to get some proper peace and think through what's happening with me and DH. At the moment, we're still talking and still seeing each other from time to time, but neither of us is ready to give any kind of commitment. I need to take some time now and work out what I want from life and how I can put my own needs up there on the list.... A mountain in Peru seems as good a place as any to do that!

Coming out of lurk mode to say WoW Scarlotti that is really inspirational re: your trek. Amazing! What a way to make your dcs proud. How did you raise all the cash??

scarlotti that sounds heavenly! How fantastic that you have that to look forward to.

Juicy How very scary :( It's so nerve-wracking when they don't know exactly what's wrong. I hope the antibiotics do the trick and the cast comes off soon and she can get on with her baby business.

katster Sorry to hear about the food battles. We have a picky eater here too. When she's teething it gets worse. I hope S feels better soon.

Oh Fruit your description of your DH crashing and banging reminded me of my DH...

tigger Congrats on the house!!

helips Enjoy the visit from the ILs!

Hope you feel better now Pav...

Hi all, thanks for the well-wishes.

Fruit she has to wear it for at least two weeks, when we go up to see how the leg is doing. Have been told if there is no improvement then we will have to stay in the hospital again. The antibiotics are proving a bit difficult to get her to take as she just spits them out and is too clever to trick into taking, so that is worrying me a bit as I know that she needs them to be on the mend.

scarlotti wow how exciting. sounds amazing! Getting close now.

Ursi hope Paula is doing ok and feeling much better now.