October 2010- now they're chomping, next they'll be stomping

[HarrietJones]

Eek it's going so fast!

Well my night out has been cancelled so it's not an urgent rush round the shops but we are going to have z look for some summery clothes anyway.

Busy lovely about the walking.
I have also been looking at christmas presents, it feels like her first real one IYKWIM, she will be able to play with the toys unlike last year :)
I have just booked and paid for the hotel which is in Southampton, I am so excited, I used to live in Southampton and havent been back since I left aged 11.

Hello, have finished with fb for the night. It's ages since I used it. We are not crawling or walking here. Very wriggly though. We don't really like being on the tummy - it's quite cute and funny - she puts her hands on the ground with her arms straight, bottom in the air and legs straight. One day she'll just stand up and wander off!!! We're really into books, turning the pages, lifting flaps, that sort of thing and 'reading' magazines. Some pages come out altogether but broadly they stay in tact. We talk a lot too (no surprises there, living with the rest of us you'd have to be a talker) and we have some recognisable words, although not consistently. Clapping, waving and doing an 'up' (hands above the head) are very popular too.

Mock - your doctor sounds like an eejit. Can you get a second (better) opinion? I wouldn't be happy giving calpol every day. I've had cranial oesteopathy myself, it's really relaxing and peace inducing. No wonder there was an improvement this evening. Congrats on the crawling {only a tiny bit jealous emotion}!

Who was asking about car seats? I thought we'd probably get one over the summer but haven't done anything about it. Any advice re: rear facing v forward facing? When my other's were little the next size up were just forward facing, there wasn't any choice really.

Get me with all this posting...I'll be tired tomorrow, usually in bed by 8.30 pm !

I have had an awful evening,my sister sent me a message that really upset me but I have to go to her wedding tomorrow. I would like not to go but my grandparents are over from the states and its a good chance this is the last time I'll see at least one of them, plus they haven't met ds yet. I feel sick at the thought of going, but sick at the thought of not going :(. Oh well at least ds will give me lots of hugs and cheer me up!

Ds can do peekaboo now, he covers his face with a hat and when we say "where's o..." He pulls it away! Dh taught him, its very cute .

Mock I'm sorry it wasn't a great meeting with the consultant, its awful when you have high hopes and then nothing really changes. I hope she sleeps better tonight
I am inspired by all your birthday plans! Dh and I will have the day off, but not sure what we will do yet...

I have had an awful evening,my sister sent me a message that really upset me but I have to go to her wedding tomorrow. I would like not to go but my grandparents are over from the states and its a good chance this is the last time I'll see at least one of them, plus they haven't met ds yet. I feel sick at the thought of going, but sick at the thought of not going :(. Oh well at least ds will give me lots of hugs and cheer me up!

Ds can do peekaboo now, he covers his face with a hat and when we say "where's o..." He pulls it away! Dh taught him, its very cute .

Mock I'm sorry it wasn't a great meeting with the consultant, its awful when you have high hopes and then nothing really changes. I hope she sleeps better tonight
I am inspired by all your birthday plans! Dh and I will have the day off, but not sure what we will do yet...

What a shame BFF. Why on earth would she choose thento start a family argument?

foot your sister is a bit daft! No doubt she will feel very awkward on her wedding day now. So she should! Enjoy the day for the opportunity it brings for you eg seeing your gps and swigging the booze your sister has paid for!

Morning all -just flying through, but BFF I should grin a bear it for today :( maybe the nerves got too much for her and she lashed out at the one person she could-sisters can be like that :( I hope you enjoy seeing your relatives :)

Mock, so sorry the consultant was useless, but glad the CO helped, at least. Where to go from here though? Can you replicate what the CO did yourselves? What about alternatives, like reflexology etc ? I would be very concerned about regular use of drugs. I have concerns about Calpol especially, it's loaded with additives.

Trib, don't be so hard on yourself. Ease yourself in. You are bound to be tired. I don't know how you do it! Be kind to yourself.

Re carseats, I started a thread in carseats a few days ago. We also only have a three-door car. Luckily, we hardly ever use it, so I am not concerned about the hassle of getting the carseat in and out. I would absolutely go RF, up to the age of at least four. Am convinced it is the safest.

Ty, I love Christmas. I have been browsing Amazon since DS was born, saving things to my Wish List for things to get him for this year! So exciting. Though I think next year will be when they are of an age to better get it.

Birthdays, I think we'll do a small something, invite DH's parents down, my mum, and keep it small. Our apartment is not big enough for a party with many people, and I don't really go to groups so it's not as if he has lots of little friends yet. When we move to the castle in the countryside, I'll throw him a big party!
And/or we'll go somewhere special for the day.
Have also been buying a few presents. He has enough really, but anyway! :) And I'll bake a cake.

BFF, hope the wedding is going ok. Sorry to hear about the problems with your sister. Hope you have a nice day anyway.

DS climbs the stairs by himself. He also steps left right left right up them, if I am holding up his arms. And he can open doors, so no more chilling in the lounge for me, thinking he is contained! I take him swimming pretty much every other day, I do think this helps with his physical development. He is very strong, everyone comments on how strong he is. I make an effort to read to him every day too. I am not naturally chatty, so I don't want to hamper his speech development. Am making an effort to blether away to him though, when we are out and about: ooh, look, here is a leaf! :)

Yeah I think she is just being bridezilla. I had a cry last night and feel stronger for it today. She basically got in a huff because I have arranged to meet up with my pil tomorrow morning, and I think she thinks that the entire day should revolve around her, with ds in tow I was hardly going to be able to help anyway. Plus fil has spinal tumours and is waiting for an op so he really wants to see ds.
Am going to pull myself together and make the most of introducing ds to lots of relatives.

Sorry to hear about your sister BFF. Only siblings can say stuff like that and think they can get away with it- they'd never say it to a friend!

Thanks NoHun. Reflexology might be a good idea. In the interim I could try some myself as toes are the pressure points for eyes and ears and I'm a pretty good masseuse!

I bought an underwired breastfeeding bra today! By Anita and I love it. Its so nice to have more support!

Ooh, meant to say, DD has her 2 bottom teeth now and she's started to bite me; grating and biting at the same time down my nipple, effectively bruising and grazing me. She's doing it on purpose its not a poor latch issue. I'm watching like a hawk and slipping my finger into her mouth fast to stop her when she's just about to try it and I say no biting. If she keeps it up I stop feeding her. I'm trying not to say ow as I don't want to make her jump and inadvertently cause a strike. Does anyone have any advice on this? I know a lot of you already have more teething experience than me so if you've come across this and tackled it I'd love to hear!

Mock-I've always had it just when they are cutting teeth, then once they are through the latch readjusts and it feels better. Regarding biting on purpose, breaking off and saying no eventually worked for me; dc desire for milk over rode cheekiness thank goodness! So glad the CO was good, I've got great faith in them :)

BFF I hope you enjoyed the wedding :)

NoHun-your LO is going to seriously keep you on your toes! I also struggle to turn my inner monologue into meaningful conversation, oh well! Ds does well despite being bilingual and be alternating from chatty to quiet :)

Ow, Mock, sounds painful!

BFF, hope you enjoyed your sister's wedding after all. Scorching day!

Sea, you are telling me! He is a scamp. Oh, I wish we were better at a second language. We watch Dora The Explorer in an attempt to get some basic Spanish.

We have our new next stage carseat, which should last until he is about four. And I've ordered some lovely alphabet blocks for his birthday. I feel very organised! :)

Nohun Which one did you get in the end?

DS has broken a cup and my lovely candle sandy pot thing on the fireplace. I'm so fed up of him breaking stuff, I just need to take my eyes off of him for a second and BANG he goes for it.

His sleep has become all disrupted as well, is this the nine month sleep regression?

Probably tribble :(

We are getting a two way elite for the next seat as it's the only one that will fit in the big car. It's also easy to swap(apparantly ) so will be buying two so wr can swap into my mams on her day.

We've been stripping furniture & everything out of the way. I've had a riotous baby/toddler before so am doing well so far at pre-emptying dd3.

Dd2 loved Dora. It drove me mad. She's very obsessive with tv programmes and would watch the same ones over.

Tribble, we went for this one: www.hts.no/uk/products/izikid_isofix_functions.php. Really really happy with it. It would be a pta to move it, but we only have the one car, so not an issue.

We have had to move everything breakable out of reach of DS. He still astounds us by clambering up places we thought he couldn't get to though!

Dora is adorable! :) I love the whole concept, the songs, the intro to Spanish - all very cute.

We've got cubbyholes in the floor which meant we couldn't have anything with a leg.

Oh nice, I think we'll end up with a twe tbh. My cars a bit of a shed, well it looked nice when we got it. But then I in all my new driver glory got hold of it and well let's just say that gaffs tape can cover all manner of ills .

Also my driving has improved ten fold as well. I only hit one verge this week.

Is anyone not going back to work?

I'm not, I'm meant to be going college but keep getting wobblers and now can't find my homework. I don't know what to do :(

Aww ty don't let a bit of nerves stop you! I kept having wobbles about returning to work, so dh told me just to try it for one day and see and I haven't looked back. Can you take that approach to college, one day at a time?

I have survived the wedding, just about. My mum and sister behaved awfully towards me a lot of the time but my dad clocked it and let me have a cry to him. Weirdly now its over they are being nice again, its like a case of double bridezillas I think! Also I have been hurting for months because dsis didn't want me to be her bridesmaid, even though I had her as mine which was a big deal as she had done some awful things and it was a big gesture from me to build bridges. Anyway when I met her bridesmaids (her sister-in-law and a friend) I realised why she picked them -they were both ahem bigger than her shallow girl.

Ds behaved impeccably I was so proud of him but then he woke every two hours through the night crying inconsolably so I am shattered today. We have a big post wedding family meal for all my dads side of the family, who haven't been together for over a decade. I may fall asleep in my food...

BFF Glad the wedding went reasonably ok, sorry your mum and sis were being horrible though.
I have spoke to dh and it looks like it is back on I feel the happiest I have in 2 months since I got offered my place, finally :)
Now got top find the homework and tomorrow i need to phone the college and get on the GCSE course too.

Thats good Ty:)

BFF weird re bridezilla Mum!

I'm dreading going back. Dh is excited about looking after the girls onTuesday while I go for a KIT day & I'm worrying about dd3 wanting milk!

:) that's great Ty! I've just done 4hrs straight on back to work revision and went from near tears of frustration, through to excitement and every feeling in-between. now exhausted :)

BFF-oh dear! Glad ds behaved at least :) I hope you get some sleep soon!

HJ you and me both. It was going to happen, but why does mat leave suddenly feel like it's racing away?

Seashells I remember going back to work when my mat leave ended with ds, I managed one 6 hour shift, missed him terribly and never went back to work, that was nearly over 2 years ago. I am worried that will happen again but hoping this wobbly will of put a stop to that.
Not trying to put anybody off going back to work, it was a horrible place to begin with, I was 8 months pg and they made me stand on a chair cleaning the walls in the kitchen. I was a care assistant. When I went back they were not any better.