July 2010: Weaning's in full swing, the kitchen floor's covered in ming

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And voila: our 6th postnatal thread... which neatly works out roughly one a month [maths genius emoticon]

I remember the Queens silver jubilee too cake.

We all got a tin of sweets at school, the tin had the Queen's face on.

just reread my post and just for the record - i wasn't bf Felix literally as we said our vows

we got a silver commemorative something or other wss which of course i've totally still got

Thanks everyone. I want to do something really nice for mum but cant think of what. I'm thinking some nice qoutes printed out and framed nicely or else something like planting a nice flower or something where they always went walking to gether? i know you lot will habe some nice ideas!
Vik im really happy for you that you got a good night. They're thinking heart attack atm but post mortem is today.
Mlic enjoy your day and hope you get to sleep!

Hi all,

kk Hope your mum is ok

dylthan Hope all is well for you auntie, it's so sad to hear about that little girl

Vik I looked up the channel last night, it's home and health, but I think it's one of the discovery channels. I bought the baby whisperer book, but then found the forum and a lot of the information of there is taken straight for the book, so in hindsight I wouldn't bother buying it

Shit night here, Jacob was up at 12 and then at 1, so decided to give him some calpol in case it was teeth. Then he was up at 3, 4, 5 came into our bed, then feeding on and off until 6.30 when DH took him for an hour so I could get some sleep. I should say, he took a full feed everytime he woke up. It seems so hit and miss with th nights, but I daren't try and sleep train him in case he's still hungry at night...

Hearing test should be in about a month, unless there's a cancellation, then they'll ring me. I go back to work in 2 and a bit weeks...was hoping we wouldn't have to go.

I spent all yesterday worry about it. I know he can hear as he responds to toy noises, but he just doesn't seem to want to interact with people. He even chats to the cats of his own freewill. It sounds worse than it is, if you can get his attention then he will smile or laugher or maybe chatter, but he doesn't look for that social engagement on his own. Was really worried as DH's brother has aspergers, which his mum puts down to ventouse delivery but then I started googling and there is no evidence to support that theory.

Today I've decided I can't do anything about it. If he is partially deaf or has aspergers then he does, and that kind of it. If he doesn't then great, but either way I don't know, and there's nothing I can do to help it so I may as well worry about the things I can affect like his eating habits and sleeping patterns.

As usual, my mind has run away with itself.

I also have to go in for meeting with work this afternoon, which concerns me as they might be making me redundant. I'd just sorted out all my flexible working and childcare, so I'll be pretty pissed if it is that. Ho hum.

I think J is trying to drop daytime feeds MLIC and then trying to pick them up at night. It's a delicate balance of making sure he's hungry enough to take a full feed, but not wait to long inbetween feeds that he needs to take extra feeds at night.

He's being a shit at night, however he's been asleep for an hour and half now, again I don't want to wake him as he must be tired from last night, I know I am.

Blimey HG thats a lot to deal with all at once. I hope its not redundancy, that would suck a big one! Regarding the hearing, i hope a cancellation comes up. My nephew has just been diagnosed with aspergers, hes 11 and they have had problems with him for ages but only just got a diagnosis so i guess if it is something like that at least u can learn to deal with it very early on so it shouldnt cause so much of a problem.
KK i dont know if ur mom is religous, im not really but i have always loved 'footprints' and if they did walking it might be kind of apt.
DH i have to agree with mylife although its non of my business, if hes only just gone into his own cot that might be all he needs. I know people who have moved their babies and they have slept soundly just because thay have their own space.

They're really nice ideas vik and mlic i think i'll do both. I'll go to the garden centre and find something easy to manage and very durable and hard to kill off as of the plant died that's be just terrible! will look online and see about the footprints thanks.
Hg oh that'd he shit if it was redundancy :( you definately have the right attitude for j anyway. Lets hope its all ok and as you say if it's not you can just deal with it then and we'll all be here for you

hi all,

kk maybe a bench for your mum, they do it in our cemetary here were you get a plaque on it. You could put it in your mums back garden. Viks is right, footsteps is a lovely saying/poem.

viks hg is right it is home and health 255, i did it last night and only had 2 wake ups.

hg you are so right about whatever will be. Your lo is doing stuff R isnt as mlic he's been an early development.

mlic and cakes hope you both have a relaxing day.

dh it is worth a try, you may find he settles better even in his own room where theres no-one to disturb him. I'm not saying the baby whisperer is for everyone but worth a try

we used baby whisperer methods with F and it worked well as a 'routine' in the day but not at night for us - deffo worth a go tho as pickup/putdown seems to work for lots of babies.

haven't bothered with any method with A as she's such a jolly, easy-going baby that she'll just fit in with anything so her 'routine' has really just fit in with Felix's (or like today when he's in nursery and I'm knackered, i just put her next to me in bed and we both slept for a couple of hours). At night, she only wakes up for feeds so there's no point using any method other than feeding her!

hotg what a horribly worrying time for you. We've all got our fingers crossed that he's absolutely fine but if he does turn out to have an issue with hearing or aspergers then an early diagnosis will be a blessing in the long run. i'm sure you know that people with both conditions live very happy, full lives. I've got moderate hearing loss myself and altho it can be inconvenient, it hasn't really affected my life at all except that people think i'm a great listener and very friendly as i make lots of eye contact so i can 'read faces' better! Most people i know don't even know i have hearing loss.

lovely ideas, all kk hope you find something lovely at the garden centre.

Our bookgroup thread is now 'open' for posts. I've a few pages to finish which i hope to do today.

Next book for my RL group is this one

I know nothing about it other than it was a Richard and Judy bookclub choice.

If you don't fancy the choices so far, do say!

Hi everyone

Sorry for having been away for so long. Didn't really have much to say for myself.

I'm so sorry for your loss KK. Those are some lovely ideas to get for your mum.

HG I hope you will get an earlier appointment. I love your attitude though. There really is no point worrying about something that might not happen. I wish I would listen to that. I'm the world's greatest worrier about things that might never happen. So well done you. Stick with it!

Stac Well done on only 2 wake ups. Things are looking up, ey?

Cake How did you manage to bf during your wedding? Ours will (hopefully) be in August. I might have finished bf M. by then but at the moment she seems to love it sooo much. She's eating quite a lot of solids but hasn't dropped ANY milk feeds as far as I can tell. So I might have to think of a wedding dress with easy access

Here is a question for you all. Do you all give your babies organic food only? I have so far even though we normally eat "normal" food, preferably local and in season. But I worry especially about meat not being organic. Am I being overly precious here?

I also saw that lots of you give cheese and hummus to the babes. I really worry about the salt content of that. Again, should I just chillax a bit more? Please be gentle, I am a first timer

M. is quite challenging at the moment. She starts screaming bloody murder-- crying as soon as I so much as turn towards the door, never mind leaving the room. I read that around this time babies start realising the mummies can leave and it freaks them out. Well, she sure freaks out. Hope she'll get over that soon. Has any of yours had that?

M. has/had her first cold as well. Poor little thing. So, so, snotty

Right, I'd better stop my insane rambling. Will try and get on here a bit more often now.

Trudy E has started that in the last day or so. I had to go into town to the shop last night and dp said she screamed when i went! She seems to just really love me at the minute always looking at me with a big cheeky smile! Wrt food i dont buy organic for her. There's nothing to prove that its any better for them so i just dont bother! i'm just going with the attitude of a littlr bit of everything wont hurt. I dont put salt into food anyway and i dont really worry about it in food like cheese or beans or anything.
Mlic it doesnt sound bad saying that. You're only human! enjoy it and dont feel guilty!
Stac thats brill only 2 wake ups! long may it last!
Cakes i've already read that book too!!argh!! it was a good few months ago but think i enjoyed it.

afternoon ladies
trudyla i agree with kk i dont add salt to anything so the spoon of baked beans or humous wont hurt, none of his meals i cook him have any salt in but baby jars normally have a bit in, i also dont bother with organice as here isnt much proof of it being better i just buy local when i can and in season.
kk so sorry about yours and your mums loss, hope you get to spend some time with your mum, cant believe how on the ball with burial they are your way my friends fil died 21 days ago and only got cremated today it took over 2 weeks to get an app to register the death!! the tree or plant sounds nice, something that will keep growing for many years.

today we have been to a farm and met up with chulita and family!! had lovely day and the weather has been fab!

Eh??? how did that happen memphis?? had you arranged to meet?

kk yes arranged to meet wasnt just oooh hello chulita fancy seeing you here!!!

I can report that memphis is not as strange as she seems she's lovely and L has the most gorgeous smile, a right little charmer!

i can confirm chulita is lovely i can also say L is lazy!! S put him to shame by feeding himself while i had to shovel food into fatboy!!

That's lovely tsc. all totally deserved. have a lovely rest of the day

proper secret squirrels that chulita and memphis

Aw thats so nice tsc!! you definately deserve it and its after giving you a real boost i can tell!
you kept that one quiet girls!! can you tell im jealous!! thats really nice!