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June '05 mummys - the one with veg and fruit mush!

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katzguk · 08/11/2005 17:28

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Twitchet · 15/11/2005 22:08

Hello all and Welcome to Mama3 I'm new too, along with troublesMummy or course.

Things better'ish with us. We tried weaning for the first time today. DH is home for hols all week and we did a couple of small cubes of pear this morning after his mid-morning feed. DS absolutley loved it and was definitely asking for every mouthful and definitely wanted more. Am planning to take things slowly and do pears in the mornings for another 3 days or so. He's only 23 weeks so this is about eating and flavours not about maximising nutrients etc, so no baby rice blah. Not sure what I'll do next probably banana and then maybe carrot. We videoed the whole episode though and have To admit it was fun. He was so exicted, think it helped that we'd been getting him to sniff food, partic banana, for the last couple of weeks or so to try and get him in the mood. I want food and mealtimes to be fun and experience first and foremost.

Also did my first mother and baby group today. very weird, but lovely too. DS enjoyed it but seems exhausted.

Hope everyne else is ok.

muma3 · 15/11/2005 22:21

had such a bad day today . things starting to get on top of me i think . plus time of month lol

having roof retiled and they almost killed my dd1 few weeks back by being neglegent and chucking tiles over the edge from 2nd floor , today they were still being careless and rumble was tumbling down . hitting my bedroom window where i was trying to get a vvvvvvvvery restlest baby to have a nap.

my washing machine flooded my flat on the 4th of october and i am still waiting for the mandate from insureres to be sorted so i can replace carpets . its getting beyond a joke . i am so peeed off now . anyone heard of stringfellows parties??????. well im supposed to be having one on 2nd of dec but i think i will cancel if this isnt sorted promptly, still got to book fitting yet .

sorry i am ranting please bear with me lol

my partners help around the place is slowly declining again and the only way i can get him to help is to have an argument its an endless cycle

my 8y doesnt want to see her father anymore. she sees him every other weekend and his weekend is coming up and all hell going to break loose again . more tears from her and more insults from him . maybe why she came home today being sick (all the worry , hate him for making her go through this )

im having one of those days where it all goes wrong and i see how weak i really am due to me crumbling over a badly sewn label in my fav hat

omg thats it im sorry lol

RANT OVER LOL
how are you guys?

muma3 · 15/11/2005 22:22

feel better for that lol

troublesmummy · 15/11/2005 22:44

Hello again all. Hope we are all well.

I'm really itching to starting weaning, but i tried a couple of weeks ago with ds and he just wasn't ready. Kept spitting it back out and getting very upset. But he is only 20 weeks, so i suppose there is no rush.

I've got a child free afternoon tomorrow. I'm soooo excited. Don't get me wrong, i love ds to bits, but i'm so looking forward to having time to do as i please. Although i think i'll be painting the shed. Oh the fun.

Mother and baby type groups, what are they really like? I really do mean to go to one, but i'm not good at meeting new people, i'm quite shy. Give me a phone and i'll chat to anyone, but in RL i dont find it that easy.

And Muma, i'm with Lua. You WANT 4 kids?? I struggle with one most the time. Although he is a little darling.

My friend has a 9 month old, and ds and her held hands today. Bless them. Ds didn't know too much about it, but they just stared at each other and then ds starting laughing uncontrollably. Bless his little cotton socks (which by the way, won't flippin stay on!!). He's got his first girlfriend. Ahhhh

Anyway, think i've bored you all enough now, so i'll go away.

Muma - Sorry you're not feeling great right now! The only way is up hey!!

eastyorksmum · 16/11/2005 10:02

morning mums hugsss

muma3 hope you feel better soon hugs, i think we all get one of those days. You rant all you want if it make you feel better hugs.

troubles your doing the right thing if baby isnt to interested in solids, i know im a baby room supervisor, and so many times mums have started to wean their babies, when they are not ready, its great that you have picked up on this hunny. You know your baby so thats fine you dont need to rush.

William is really poorly with his cold, i cant seem to put him down all day apart from his naps, bless him i went tothe chemist and all they can advise is baby olebus oil, I hope he gets beter soon.

Ive got two Ann Summers parties this week, really dont feel up to it, at least one is at my house for my best friend.

back later keep warm hugs xxxxxxx

MrsWednesday · 16/11/2005 10:14

Muma3, it's always the little things that send you over the edge when you're having a bad day! Not surprising you feel fed up, you've got a lot on your plate at the moment.

Glad the weaning has started well Twitchet. I think I'm going to start at the weekend too, so will add pears to my shopping list today.

Great to see you again Teabelly, it's been ages.

Troublesmummy, I found I got a lot out of the mother and baby group I went to, in fact I'm still friends with the people I met when I had DS1 three years ago. I didn't have any other local support though as my family are a bit sparse and scattered around the country so I decided to force myself out the house to meet new people. It depends on the person you are and the people you meet I think - judging by other people's experiences some can be very competitive.

Forgot to say happy birthday to your DD Lua. Sounds like the party went really well too. Shame today's meet-up isn't going ahead but hopefully we can rearrange (I'll post a link to the thread so anyone else who fancies it can join us all).

So glad the wedding went well EYM, and it's lovely that your sister managed to come too.

Great to see you Charley and Pink, have been thinking about you both. No tips on getting your DS off the boob really, although having a full day away from DS2 has definitely given him a taste for formula that's proving difficult to reverse.

Have decided to stick with giving DS2 a couple of bottles of formula during the day now as my date for going back to work looms ever closer and it seems pointless to encourage him to go back to being fully breastfed only to swap back again in a couple of weeks. Welshie and Jonah, which feeds did you start with when you began the process?

I've been guilty of not doing much to help DS2 get a proper napping routine during the day and yesterday I suffered the consequences - he only slept for about an hour all day and was extremely grumpy by bed time. In fact he's napping now, hence the long post! I suppose I should go and wake him up now, he's been asleep for an hour.

Hope you all have a lovely day - it's a beautiful sunny crisp day here today (see Trib, it is nice up north sometimes )

MrsWednesday · 16/11/2005 10:18

Here's the link for the Northern meet-up.

Leeds gathering

Hope William feels better soon EYM.

giddy1 · 16/11/2005 11:01

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katzguk · 16/11/2005 12:27

i'd guess at Lippy

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MrsWednesday · 16/11/2005 12:29

Scraggy?

katzguk · 16/11/2005 12:31

could be scraggy i chatted to her lastn night on msn

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katzguk · 16/11/2005 12:33

i know i know who it is

you have 2 children right

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katzguk · 16/11/2005 12:34

i know i know who it is

you have 2 children right

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giddy1 · 16/11/2005 13:29

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Skyler · 16/11/2005 14:05

Giddy is L70 no???

Skyler · 16/11/2005 14:07

Hi, not read thread and no time now. Hopefully later sorry...just got intrigued by Giddy.
If I am right I had a dream that I should tell you to change your name for greater anonymity..... Was very odd.

giddy1 · 16/11/2005 15:08

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eastyorksmum · 16/11/2005 16:15

lol that has to be lynny?

im going to call my self the christmas rabbit then lmaoooo

Skyler · 16/11/2005 18:47

Hello all
Well I don't know why I suddenly don't seem to have time to keep up.
Welcome to the newbies, great to see you.
Hello Tea, we missed you!
EYM - The wedding sounds wonderful!
Lua - Happy birthday to your dd. The party sounds wonderful!
Mama3 - Hope you are feeling a bit better. It sounds like you have a lot on your plate at the moment.
Giddy1 - Really odd dream about you needing to change your name and I am kind of relieved that you have for some reason. I put my weird dream down to reading a post about a name change (to Tamba) on here before I went to bed and so didn't think too much of it, although I did mention it to dh. Told him you have changed your name and he was a bit . It is odd because I don't really believe in dreams and stuff like that. I got your CAT too thanks.
Well I am off again. Sorry for crap catch up. dd2 still teething and sleeping very little. Yawn.

katzguk · 16/11/2005 18:53

Hi Giddy

re - birthday card is you DD a girlie girlie - pinks and lilac or more tomboyish?

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muma3 · 16/11/2005 19:55

hi mums its me lol

had better day today read a thread about jars vs homemade and felt extremely guilty. Went out today (the first time i have ventured to town on bus on my own for donkeys ) and brought £30 of fruit and veg and cooked all day long lol
Then didnt have anything to store it all in to freeze , so when dp got home we went out to buy icecube trays and pots.

The buiders are still at it , flinging hot tar around the place !!

No news on carpets and i havent heard from dd1s dad yet so waiting for letter from court .
oh well ! whats the worst that can happen hey ??

dp did little round the house last night but i dont expect the miricle i once did and have come to terms with the fact that my efforts to kick him up the backside have failed (what can i do ???)

Feeling extremely bloated and all clothes too tight but apart from that i am feeling better , even if it is for the fact that i can come on here and rant .
thanks for the permission
PURE GOD SEND THANKYOU XXXXXXXXXX

giddy1 · 16/11/2005 20:52

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welshmum · 17/11/2005 09:34

Giddy, I still haven't had a CAT with your address...and it was my idea.....
I'm finding it hard to keep up but big hello to new mummies, welcome aboard.
Anyone seen anything of Lippy recently? Big wave if you're a lurkin' lady.
I'vegot my last full day as a SAHM today - we've off for the weekend tomorrow and then on Monday ds starts 'settling in' with the childminder. Ho hum....everything changes I guess and I am quite looking forward to work. The juggle is going to be interesting though.....
Hope you're all doing ok out there x

giddy1 · 17/11/2005 11:00

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eastyorksmum · 17/11/2005 11:46

Morning mums huggss

lol giddy i did read that post, are you feeling ok hunny with the name change? It probably suits you anyway, yes the wedding was lovely as soon as hubby puts pics on homepage ill put up a link, and it was nice having all my sisters there, i was the only one not wearing a hat lol although i was wearing my cow boy boots lol thats what our james said my 18 year old, and yes i fell over, lol what can you say.

Ok two parties this week, and so tonite i thought pin the willy on the man bit of fun and tommoro my house so after party i may have a glass or two,

I really hope william is ok tonite, he seems abit bteer with his cold, but we havnt been out all week, hes sleeping better.

Ok i need to talk about his i hope you dont mind
remeber me telling you that my son had aspergas syndrome, you know its another spectrum of autism, although it was suspected when he was 7 years old,and i wasnt told , they said he had learning disabilities, but i alway knew it was more, i had one angry child, and he was level 5 statement, as soon as that happened i went into the school to suuport my boy and worked with his SEN every day, The real shock came when i was told at 13 that it was suspected that james had aspergas, so of course, i educated my self and helped him cope with this condition , me and my mum went to meeting every month, my mum always said we need to tell james, but in my heart i knew he woulnt or maybe was ready to understand this yet.

Anyway last weekend at the wedding , my boy asked me why he feels so sad all the time, and why he cant talk to people like his big brother, and we decided as a family thats my eldest boy craig 20 my youngest boy matty 16 to tell james, and explain why he felt this way.

ive got to say this was really hard for all of us, but my boys were so supportive, and we told as it was, my youngest lad said he thought james had grown out of it, IFYKWIM because james has grown upso much since his dad died. Wealltalked my boys were bery supportive, i didnt cry when my son told me how he really felt about the world, so we spoke about councling and my lad james agreed to need extra help now.

So yesterday my lad went to the doctors, on his own which is a feat in its self and told the doctor, and we hope now as a family we can help and support and hopefully intrigate james into society.

Im fine i know i did the right thing, i know we can go from strength to strength and my mum was right, i just waited abit longer.

Ok sorry idf my post was sad just something i had to say hope you dont mind girls xxx.