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[beaditAli]

Hope this works!

lumpy I have an emergency sling, which is now more of just a sling because I use it so often. I might have to get a second, and maybe even third one because I could do with one in the car, one in the house and one at my sister's. Now how do I tell DP I need 2 more?!
And good for Toby, he's so grown up!

maple It's nice that Louis enjoyed it there but I bet it feels even better to know he missed you!

MammyG I'm glad to hear you've met someone like-minded. You didn't meet her on the internet did you?

My sister and I have been so grown up since having babies and are always the ones encouraging mums we've met to meet up. We have always been the shy ones but we've just realised that our old friends aren't around much so we just need to be courageous (sp?) and ask people if they want to do things. We've now started meeting in the pub twice a week!

Cinnamon I can't believe how much you do!

evening all! got bored of the lumps!!

Cinnamon you are some woman for one woman! Make sure you are fitting some time for yourself it in too tho! (Which I havent done for weeks and am really feeling now!)

Saoirse haha! No she is real! Even provides tea with the laughs! Also know what you mean about having to put yourself out there a bit. Life with kiddies can get very isolating if you let it. I have a few friends that I wouldnt see regularly but I would chase them up every now and then. When I do they are always saying 'thank god you did or another few weeks would have gone by before I would get organised!' I find I blink and time flies by so its important to punctuate it with time out with other gals

All ok on the western front. SIL and family around again today but leaving in the morn and we wont see them til july. The two baby girls are mad about each other. All the adults turn to mush and ooh and ahh at the sight of them. They just giggle and reach for each other. Adorable!

Hey everyone, just checking in. Will catch up later.

All is well here apart from being the lurgy house. Harlyn us rolling everywhere especially in his cot! Finding him in all sorts of position. His top teeth hsve really been playing him up.

Some good news though, WE ARE MOVING!!! We have bought a lovely house with a big garden for the dog and the LO. We get the keys Friday. Just soooo excited. also, my nrew ERGO carrier arrived today and it's brill!!

Hope everyone is ok. Big thanks to cinnamon for giving me a iPhone link to MN which is so much easier to read than ones I've tried! I need a new laptop asap x x

Hi all just marking my place as i've lost it again.

Cinnamon, seriously how do you squeeze everything into 24 hours!! I must admit i am slightly in awe of everything you manage to do! Most days i just about manage to get up and make a cuppa and very much wing the days activities after that

Hope everyone is well and that poorly babies are getting better! Did my first night time get up in ages last night as Grace still hasn't had any relief from teething and her sleep is very messed up! I was walking around like a zombie at 2am!

Grace is 7 months old today, i can't believe how quick it's gone and how scary it is that she's now nearer to being a 1 year old than a newborn! She's been bitten by the rolling bug again and i can't put her down for 2 seconds without her rolling onto her front and crying to be flipped back onto her back!! She also will not sit still and is grabbing for everything!

We've also had a bit of joy on the finger foods front! She nibbled a sausage the other night and loved it and yesterday she ate 2 grapes and sucked a piece of lamb with no gagging and getting sick. Here's hoping we've turned a corner with it.

Also i've had various meeting with my boss about going part time at work and the short of it is i'm not going back to work just yet! Was supposed to be going back on the 13th May but we've aggreed to me having a bit more maternity leave and i'm going to start looking for something closer to home and part time which i'm very happy about!

Eventful day here! Had our 1st trip to A&E ds1 tripped and hit his head on the corner of a concrete step. I picked him up & there was a dent! I just panicked cos of what happened to my friends little boy. rushed him up to A&E and of course he was fine! Made me feel like a right fool. I'm pleased tho. I really didn't want the alternative!

Just had an email from my friend who lives in Oz. She's a childrens nurse & was talking to one of the mums on the ward & it turns out she knows my brother and has stayed at my house!!!!! What a small world!

Newmum thats great about Grace & the finger food! think she's passed the gagging & vomitting over to Olly for the day! 3 times!!!!!

Well done Grace! We've been having a bit more luck with finger foods too. Louis has been sharing my toast alongside his porridge for the last few mornings (picked a piece up beautifully between his thumb and forefinger on Tues), and gumming some rice cakes at lunch :)

Glad your ds1 is ok banana

So, the second settling in session at the nursey didn't go so well :( He was fine for most of the hour, but a few minutes before I was due to go and get him he just started bawling his eyes out. I think it was because he was hungry as he'd refused to feed just before I left him, and the boobs worked their magic and he was happy as anything 5 minutes later. The staff said he was only crying for three minutes, but he had tears streaming down his face (which hardly ever happens), it just completely broke my heart :( :( :( On a brighter note, he LOVED the cottage pie I made him for his tea (as did his daddy)

You'll ALWAYS be lumps to me!
Glad Tobeylerone was ok! Bless him... and you. xx

Jodey we're the lurgy house too! Yay yay yay on the house..... big garden sounds v nice ours is tres petite!
Got a health visitor coming today to chat about food after Jack's reaction to egg. Cue the bollocking chat about early weaning and egg giving

Helmet on Monday so feeling pretty weird about that. Hope he copes with it ok.
Went to see Adele last night in Leeds! If I never go to another gig again I'll die happy. She was ACE so defo recommend!

cinnamon and frigg going to try and post your goodies this weekend ...... been all packed up and ready to go for ages ..... i'm just rubbish at posting stuff.

maples glad nursery is going ok despite the rumbling tummy from Louis.
Anyone got a Jumperoo? I just got one for £11 on ebay! Can't believe it so it might be a wreck!

Beady we had a jumperoo. It was great just a bit large!!!!! £11 though, can't say no to that!

Mapletrees bless him. He'll soon settle in properly then be disappearing off without a 2nd thought. Ds1 used to cry when I picked him up! Hmmm, Maybe he was just pleased to get away from me

Hehe banana!

My sister's supposed to be going back to uni in liverpool in september and she'd applied to the university nursery for Imara as it'd be so convenient and it'd be almost completely subsidised. She hadn't heard anything so emailed last week to check what was going on and they said she's 17th on the list and it's very unlikely she'll get in as there are only 34 places. So now she's stressing about having to go up to liverpool soon to look at nurseries and get Imara's name down pretty soon. It's made me realise that I need to sort something out and quickly, but I'm in denial that I ever have to go back to work!

maple I'm sure he'll get used to it soon and be much happier. Are you going to be expressing for him for the nursery days? You've probably already said, sorry

Thank you all for your support, I manage pretty well most times but I have my wobbles like today! Luke was up at 5.30 I went back to bed at 6.30 and said to dh it's your turn so he started cuddling up behind me and said leave him. He's got a cold and so it not himself and so really didn't want to be alone, once dh got up I took him back to bed and fed him and fell asleep together until I had to get up. Because I'm tired everything seems undoable (not really a word I'm sure). Got so much to do for ds1's party plus my census collecting it's a bit of a nightmare to fit in. Not to mention dh is still horrible to be around as nothing has been resolved at work, he is off next week and had asked if they could sort it before then but they want him in Monday at 3.30 so he has to drive 40 miles there and back for a meeting that still won't resolve anything as it then has to go back to the head of department :(

Ds1 had some more speech therapy today, she was very good but he lost concentration before the end of the session. We are working on 'f' and sounds leading up to it, so hopefully I can do some work before she comes back next week.

Glad to hear Grace is improving newmum001, Luke pretty much never gags now so it doesn't take long to get them comfortable with lumps and finger foods. Yay for longer maternity leave and fingers crossed for you finding the perfect part time job close to home. Grace must be a day younger than Luke, don't like your comment about them being close to 1 than a newborn :( he's my last (unless I can persuade dh ) and I'm not ready for him to grow up so quickly. He'll 1 just as ds1 is starting school full time, double whammy!!

I think you're very brave beaditAli, I'm sure Jack will take it in his stride but I took the easy route with ds1 and left him with a flat head. You really can't tell now unless you're looking for it but it's quite obvious when his hair is wet so maybe I should have done something and it may bother him as he gets older.

3 minutes out of 2 sessions is pretty good mapletrees, as lovely as I am one of my minded children cried all day unless she was eating or asleep for the first 3 weeks she was with me! Luke is dropping his midmorning milk now most days so I guess by the time Louis starts properly he'll be mostly on solids anyway but it's typical that they won't do what you want however you well you prepare!!

Glad to hear all ok with your ds1 bananacurry, it's so horrible but better to go and feel silly than leave something that needs attention!

Roary was really good! Luke slept all morning so was really happy, he ate happily in Pizza hut and knawed on a breadstick after he'd finished. Had a little sleep at beginning and then watched intently and well as trying to grab ds1's fibre optic thingy and bouncing for England on my lap! Ended up getting home just after 6 and had to go out an hour later after making cupcakes for party and feeding the boys, phew!

Wow that ended up huge, sorry .

30w+4/7months 2days

mmmmm.... hv just left and apparently Digestive biscuits, Yorkshire puds (don't they have EGG in !) and beans on toast are on the menu!

Hi

It must be something in the air, DS tripped over on Monday, fell into a wall and needed 5 stiches. There was blood everywhere, thanks god i was with a friend who whipped us off to A&E, as I had to keep pressure on the wound. Hated the stiches going in, he just screamed and said "mummy it hurts take me away" . Been back to the nurse today and they´re healing well, and will have them out Monday.

mammyG Can share your entusiam. I made a new friend just after Maia was born, she has two same ages (youngest just 5 days younger than Maia) and we have loads in common, but she left last week as she lives in the Pyrenees in the summer time and mmaybe a little .

banana well done to your DS, there´s nothing cuter tham little boy pants tucked into a vest .

jodey at the garden. i live in a flat , and I HATE it.!

Off to get some work done before DS wakes up. I dont know how you do it cinnamon I must be very unorganised, I hardley have time to scratch my arse .

Lots of accidents on here. Hope they all get better.

Lucy is feeling better but she is still coughing loads and has horrid bright green poos. It looks like someone has poured green paint in her nappy. Am hoping it is just a side effect as I don't think her bottom can take much more, it is very red. She isn't eating much either but i'm sure she will once she is feeling better.
Oh she was 8 months old yesterday as well.

Yes beadit of course they have egg in! Its the same as pancake batter! What planet is she on?????????

I wouldn't give biscuits at all at this age beaditAli and as bananacurry says they do I've egg in. I also never understand why they suggest baked beans when you are supposed to restrict the salt in a baby's diet. It's really worrying though thatthey are givin this advice and there are plenty of people who follow everything their health visitor says.

Quick question for all you wise women, dss arrived today and while telling me what he'd done on his week off with his mum he said they'd met up with dh for lunch. Dh didn't mention this to me at all, am I being unreasonable to be upset by this? I feel really hurt that he kept it from me when she has done so much to try and destroy our relationship over the years and we are supposed to have no secrets. He said he just forgot to mention it and I'm over reacting, what do you think?

I'm so often shocked at how little people know about what's in food beadit. I suppose having been veggie for so long, I'm just used to finding out what's in things. But as cinnamon said, it is worrying that a hv would give out such wrong advice.. Lucky for Jack that his mummy's on the case

cinnamon I'm not sure what to say really, especially not really knowing the whole history. I think in your position I probably couldn't help being a bit upset, but then again, your dh has had a lot on his mind recently, and by the sound of things the two of you are particularly busy, so I can see how he might have forgotten. He must have known that it was likely that your dss would mention the lunch so, tbh, he'd have to be a bit dumm to hide it from you on purpose

Cinnamon I agree with maple, I'd be upset as well but he'd have known it would get mentioned therfor would be daft to do it in the hope that you wouldn't find out! Maybe he was trying to spare you feelings somehow knowing that she's probably not your favourite person! Try not to let it get to you! No matter how hard she's tried to split you up she hasn't succeeded and you have a perfect little family! I know you and your dh have had a rough time recently is there any way you could go out for a meal or cinema just the 2 of you? A night out would probably do you both the world of good!

cinnamon I agree that I would definitely be upset but I'm sure your DH wouldn't want to upset you. He may well have forgotten to tell you, have you asked him how it came about? Was it planned a few days in advance or just a spur of the moment kind of thing? He might have just wanted to have a quiet lunch to take his mind off things.
I understand what you mean about how she has made life difficult and now he's having lunch with her. My dad did some horrible things to make my mum's life hell, but there came a point where she just decided to let the past go and be able to be civil with him. I couldn't understand why she was doing that at first but it has made life easier for all of us. Maybe your DH wants to do something similar and move on for the sake of your DSS, but I completely understand how difficult that would be for you.

beadit Stupid HV! That's like my cousin's HV telling her to give her son wotsits to help his weight gain, and more recently milky bar yoghurts! She is one of these people who just does as she's told, like maple says it's lucky for Jack that you're not!

patito I hope your DS is feeling better, and the same for Lucy Debs. Poor things.

Ugh!! Just pigged out on an Indian. I'm stuffed & still 2 popadums to go!

Cinnamon like mapletrees says its hard to comment cos we don't know the background but based on what you've said, I'd be fuming. Lunch with your ds & ex doesn't just slip your mind. Even if you have got a lot on. On a positive side, could he have just thought it'd bother you too much if you knew so didn't say anything to save your feelings? Still would be mad tho but I'm the paranoid suspicious type!!

Can I ask, am i being unreasonable to not want to give Orlaith easter eggs? Not that she could really eat them anyway, but if she could I wouldn't want to give her them, she's not even 7 months yet.

I've found out that my nan and grandad wanted to get her one, and so did MIL and a few of her friends (none of whom have met Orlaith).

MIL mentioned today how she'd had to call her friends and tell them not to buy Orlaith eatser eggs like they'd wanted to because I'm not giving her chocolate yet. Then SIL piped up saying she was shocked I wasn't giving her them because it is easter and that's what children have at easter.

I'm shocked that anyone would be giving them to a 7 month old. Is that just me? Would/will any of you be giving them to your babies?

Saoirse - you aren't being unreasonable at all. I'm not letting Oliver have any chocolate at all until he's one. Some may think thats silly - but he doesn't need it. I've told PIL this in no uncertain terms today when they asked if he wanted one for easter. I just politely told them that he would much prefer some 9-12 months babygros instead.xxx

On the other hand you could let them buy them and eat them all yourself?! Or is that just me being piggy!?

Thank you all, she phoned him and said she was outside his work and dss wanted to see him so could he come out and have lunch with them, he said if you're buying then ok. I agree that he has had a lot on his mind with work and that also we haven't seen a lot of each other in the evening with me being out working once we've had tea so perhaps he forgot. I don't think he would have deliberately kept it from me but I was really hurt especially as I often ask in passing if he's heard anything from her and he always bites my head of saying that he'd tell me if he had. He does his best to have a good relationship with her for dss's sake but she still will not speak to me, doesn't acknowledge my exhisitance (or my boys), won't allow me to go to dss's school for anything and is often very difficult with things relating to dss. Most of the time now she is pretty good but I find it much harder to forgive the past than dh does, and as unhealthy as it is I do hold a grudge.

Luke won't be having any Saoirse86 but SeaChelles has definitely got a plan going on there! Ds1 didn't have chocolate until he was over one and Luke will be the same, they don't need it and I want him to have eaten loads of other things before I give him the bad things to get hooked on. Having said that ds1 didn't have sweets at all until he was 18months ish and he'd now eat them for breakfast lunch and dinner if he could! I will be fighting my mum who thinks that white chocolate is fine for babies . When ds1 was 4 months we went on holiday and went into a little sweet shop for dss and the ladies in there wanted to give ds1 chocolate, you should have seen the look on their faces when I said he'd only had milk and I would like him to have something other than chocolate as his first food but thank you. He was big for his age (Luke is wearing clothes now that ds1 wore at 4 months) but still!

Have made the most awesome dinosaur cake for ds1's party tomorrow, I am so proud of myself! Will put it on Facebook for those on there. Done my census collecting so I can spend the evening at home with dh, he's putting the boys to bed now then I have to feed Luke and we can settle down for the evening.

Random question but is anyone else finding loads of fruit flies around at the moment?

No fruit flies here cinnamon.

It's funny you saying about the white chocolate, my grandad said to my sister the other day that if she doesn't want to give her DD an easter egg then why doesn't she just give her a white chocolate easter egg. We were so confused!

Maybe tonight will give you and your DH a chance to chat and feel better with each other. Don't have too much fun or I'll be incredibly jealous because I want some!