FEB 2010 Coming on in leaps and bounds and little steps

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Where did our babies go?!
Anywhere and everywhere, the moments our backs are turned!!

dd2 is now very chatty with people she likes and very convincingly talks in 'sentences' with the appropriate intonation. I had two friends ask me today 'What did she say?' after she confided in them. They thought she was talking German but it is in fact baby gibberish

I have both girls at home this week which is why I am online less... [frazzled emoticon] dd1 only goes to nursery three days but it makes all the difference. Not sure who's keener for her to go back on Monday, her or me

dd2 is also practising walking, going down very small steps, and earlier tried to run in the kitchen with quite hilarious results (to me anyway - she looked like she'd been drinking all day). She also loves to wander into the garden and back. We have pebbles rather than lawn but she's been completely fine with it. Unlike dd1... remembered today that I was called in to nursery when dd1 was this age because she kept putting stones in her mouth. Not to eat them, just to keep her hands free. They gave her detention (at 15 months!) and wouldn't let her into the garden if she did it

Hi everyone This will have to be short as poor DD woke up 20 mins ago and has been resignedly playing in her cot since.

Our trip was good The train journeys are never as bad as I anticipate and DD even slept for 25 mins on the journey home so I got to read my book

DD is walking, but very badly, she looks drunk the whole time and her balance is shocking. It's very funny.

She gabbles away in her own language too now - I wonder whether she means anything specific by it? Still no more words than Daddy, banana and ball. I'm still Daddy

Some terrible nights sleep here the past few nights, perhaps being at mum's didn't help, but last night was bad too, I'm pretty sure she's teething. Can't see or feel anything so I think we've got a way to go.

She is also very, very clingy at the moment. I've a theory it's a developmental stage linked to walking (or did I read that somewhere? Makes sense anyway).

Right I'm not even dressed yet so I'd better haul my lazy ass, we've got swimming today.

Will try to get a chance to look at FB before we go on holiday tomorrow, wahay!!!

DS had a 2 hours nap at nursery today The week with my mum must have been tiring

Tooth 12 is out and I think the canines are starting to bother him now.

He also speaks giberiche (sp) but has real conversation with you as he had intonations and faces expression. He makes me laugh so much when we have a chat.

scones well done on the train journey and enjoy your holidays. How are you feeling?

I wonder where Abs and 8stan8 are gone? I hope they're okay

Hi all. We're coming out the other side of DS2's chicken pox. I thought he'd had quite a mild dose but the health visitor came yesterday and said she thought it was quite bad and sore . He's been a little star apart from a couple of hard nights and 3 rubbish evenings (hence no mumsnetting). I put him in the travel cot in our room in the end which was quite cool as I didn't have to get out of bed to deal with him. I sent DH into the spare room as DS2 only wanted me anyway so no point in both of us losing sleep (feels remarkably, uncharacteristically charitable!) Just waiting now for DS1 to come down with it-he will be far more disturbed by it as is rather a drama queen.

Sumo update - DS2 now weighs a remarkable 12.54Kg which is precisely 2Kg less than DS1 who has had 22 more months of growing time on this earth than his podgy brother. If I'm feeling mean, I'll take a picture of Mr Blobby before the spots go. Having looked at the graphs, they will be the same weight by about the end of the year if they keep going at the current rates!! To be honest, he's doing my back in (seriously) by launching himself backwards etc.. with a lot of weight behind him. It's much easier to hold DS1 because he at least clings on.

PA rubbish news about the long shifts over the weekend.

Glad the trip was good Scones. I always find that things go better than I expect in such circumstances. Hope you get some sleep soon.

IC I haven't ventured onto your blog recently but might get a chance now that the current pox dose is on its way out.

SC Have you been for a spa visit yet, as part of the crucial recovery from your 'holiday'? DS2 is so much more robust than DS1. Have you found that with DD2 or is it just the size difference here making DS2 bounce better?

DS1 seems to have reacted very well to coming off dairy products and is literally running everywhere - it's wearing me out, but in a good way. DS2 is trying to follow and the pair of them are more mental than ever. DS2 is now attempting to walk off the foot drop from decking to brick path!! Thank God it's Friday (and more importantly, wine night!!)

beth good to hear there is a end in sight and fingers crossed DS1 doesn't get it/get it so bad. How old is he?

Am reaping the benefits of DD's later bed time and my working regular hours this week. We can even have dinner as a family . It's quite a feeling when you outstretch your arms and this person runs towards you with such joy and excitement. She also the ET thing where if you outstretch your finger, she'll stretch her body to meet yours joining fingers. Tonight she also 'brushed' her hair (which was really just hitting her head with her hairbrush). We only brush her hair once a week. Plus she woke up at 6:45 (but then didn't nap).

speaking of gibberish DD has a 'word' that sounds a lot like shit. Don't know what it means yet, probably just exploring the sound.

12.5 kg is 31 lbs PA Mine's up to 26 lbs now, chubby little thing . Oh, and Mothercare rompers are average size, it's just your dd that's dinky! Don't try M&S clothes because they really come up large and your dd would need early baby stuff...
Envious of your Californian weather... very miserable here today with rain.

Hooray, you're back! (you plural)

bethy sounds like it hasn't been much fun, very pleased to hear DS2 is coming out the other side of it now. FX it doesn't hit DS1 too hard.
DD had a mild rash on her tummy yesterday, I suspect it is a reaction from the jabs, probably chickenpox as we were told there might be something after about 10 days. She woke three times the night before last, but only once last night and went back down easily (and before I had switched my light out), then slept until just before 07.00, so that was nice

PA was the 17.30 bedtime a result of jet-lag, or just the way the routine had worked out? Anyway, it sounds like you're edging it nicely into a more family-friendly way of doing things, good for you!
Our of interest, what time does everyone's DC have as bedtime now?
SB your DS is 18.30, isn't he?
DD is 19.30 lights out - has been for some time, now. It's unusual that she sleeps more than about 10.5 hours overnight, so an earlier bedtime would mean an unacceptable (to me!) getting up time. Between 06.00 and 07.00 is bearable...

Yay for another walker, Scones! I'm glad your trip went okay.

SB maybe you should send your DS to your mum's more often?!

Yes Soc, DD is another one who does lots of marvelously expressive baby gibberish. I have conversations with her but I'm pretty sure neither of us has a clue what the other one's going on about

PA at "shit"!

IC DS goes to bed anything betwen 6 and 6.30pm. Most days it's 6pm. And he sleeps until 6.30am plus.

DS was 10.5kg 2 weeks ago (23lb5oz or 1st 9lb)

PA

bethy good news, I hope your DS1 won't get it.

Hello all!

Sorry to be incommunicado - work, home, freelance work, the DDs, my MIL asking incessantly if we want to go to a country show (I swear she thinks she'll wear us down into saying yes if she asks enough times - she won't, obviously, quite the opposite in fact)...

Anyway, bedtime for DD2 is anytime from 6:45pm-7:15pm depending on how efficient I'm feeling. DD1 is the same (well, 5-10 minutes later). DD1 obediently stays in bed quietly until 7am even if she wakes up earlier (some early brainwashing worked wonders). DD2 usually wakes up around 6:30-6:45am but is happy to stay in her cot and burble until we get her at 7am.

Our big news is that DD2 crawled up the stairs yesterday. I appreciate that everyone else's DCs have done this for ages, but it's a milestone for us and helps alleviate some of our anxiety. She is also standing a bit more, and is a bit straighter standing up than she was (she used to be bent at a right angle at her waist when she stood up, now she's almost vertical). Still no letting go, or taking steps, but hopefully she's building her strength. We think she may have hypersensitive feet, hence the slowness of it all, but putting her in soft shoes seems to have helped.

She has a few other tricks as well - dabbing her mouth very delicately after eating or drinking is very cute, as is drining through a straw and from an open cup. She can also do the actions to "happy and you know it" and "wind the bobbin", and spends literally hours every day pullingher books off her shelves and "reading" her favourites.

Right, I need to finish writing an article on upper GI medicines. Have a good weekend all xxx

DS can now 'wipe' his face with a wet wipe. He doesn't get the mess off but he's trying!

I have put some soft toy in his cot, like this when he wakes up too early at weekends, he plays. He will still get bored at some point but less quickly than without the toys. Maybe worth a try for the early risers?

DD can naturally plumped for a bed time of 5pm, which she reverted to by the end of the UK visit as well. (When we came back we had to get it to 5pm as she was running early.) I think 6am get ups will be the most likely

Nice to hear what your DD2 is up to BBB Did you get her checked out for hypermobility? I think people get physio exercises if it warrants it. It all swings around anyway doesn't it, the ones who are more mobile are less advanced in other ways. They all have their thing that they can do better than average and their thing that they are below average on.

DD this morning was covering her eyes with her hands to play peek-a-boo but kept poking herself in the eye (which I couldn't help but laugh at, DH says I'm cruel). Does anyone else's DD love it when you frighten them? DD visibly jumps and then cracks up and runs away expecting you to chase and catch her. She's also decided that walking backwards and walking on tip toes is not stimulating enough, so now she's been combining them. She is still obsessed with her shoes as well

We have some fog if that helps and it's around 18C, but it's actually quite nice things had got a bit too hot and the gentle breeze is lovely. Normally when we have fog it burns off in the late afternoon.

Hope you all have/had a nice day. Just starting my long shift here.

I really must start proof reading

PA we get fog quite often here but it's not nice as it also mean a drizzle and no planes. I guess it's one of the pleasure of living on an island but I'm glad it helped the weather at yours.

A couple of friends just had a baby boy. He's born at 27 weeks and weighs 2lb8. His mum was suffering of pre-eclampsia. They both are in Portsmouth hospital at the present. He's stable but you never know.

Sorry for sharing, I just needed to tell someone.

DS also like to be frighten, it makes him laugh so much (actually lots of things make him laugh, he's a clown )

I can't believe little girls... dd2 is furious if I don't let her eat by herself (she is now very good with a spoon or fork) but makes an exception for dh. She literally flutters her eyelashes at him and hands him her spoon so he can feed her! Anything to get his attention!

Had quite a fright this morning. I went downstairs with dd1 to make breakfast and left dd2 playing on the bed with dh. While I put some coffee on I heard her shouting for Mama and it sounded surprisingly close... it unnerved me enough to abandon the coffee machine and investigate, only to find dd2 halfway down the steep long Victorian stairs all on her own. She was going down backwards, bless her and was fine but I gave dh a piece of my mind (he was oblivious, in bed, listening to the radio). New rule in our house: unless he has clear evidence to the contrary (eg. I am holding dd2) he is just as much in charge as I am!! . His feeble excuse was he thought I was still upstairs with dd1 but that's no reason to just let her go off on her own. She could have easily stepped off the landing (like she sees us do) and fallen all the way down the stairs, cracking her head open on the tiles below... while he was listening to his flippin' radio. (The fact that he rarely come down for breakfast at weekends until he smells coffee and toast is another one of my bugbears for another time... It's my weekend too!!!)
Sorry, bit of a rant.

SB cross posted you.... Hope your friend's baby pulls through. Must be quite a worrying time for them.

Mental note to frighten dd2 - I think she'd love it. Her favourite activity when I get her food ready is to parade round the kitchen with her top pulled up to show her belly

SB Thinking about your friends and you

sc at your DD2 and at your DH. You must have been so scared!

DD2 is a clown too, may be we shall all move to soc's !

soc at your DH, I think he could get on very well with mine!

DH let DD2 pooh in the bath tonight listening to the radio "I didn't realised" she usually does a lot of warning signs and there is plenty of time to get her onto something... Men are just not wired properly, I think.

SB thinking of your friend

Bethy they can do sumo together!

PA DD2 says "crap" but at least here, it means carp (a very appropriate description at that )
Good luck with your shift, not sure if I miss it or not...

BBB yeah! hurrah!

scones not sure if the clinginess is due to walking as DD2 has been walking for 6 months, but anyway I am sure it is some kind of selfawareness that IC must have read about

DD2 loves being frightened as well.

It is official, we can create a circus 'February 10 babies' as we have:

• clowns
• stunt babies (count all the bruises they get trying new things)
• magicians (if they put their hand in front of their eyes they think we can't see them! That's magic! )

dd1 used to shout 'bugger' Only she actually said 'Bagger' (digger) in German! They were digging up half the city centre at the time and she loved the small diggers working on the paving stones...

I had a good day at work yesterday. I ran the 3D Atom Probe for the first time (where I pulled my sample apart with a laser atom by atom) and the results look good (well it's something new). Forgotten the high you get from that.

Well done PA (I have to confess I don't have a clue what you did, but still it sounds impressive )

Where is everybody today?

DS has been helping me doing some gardening and now has a well deserve nap