July 2010: Drool it, maul it, crawl over it - that's how our threadbabes would eat a creme egg. But why the Creme Egg?!

[CakeandRoses]

Will that do us?

/panic

Morning all. James is having his morning nap in his cot, wonders will never cease! I put him down, he grizzled a bit and went off about an hour ago! I want to go out to baby group so will wake him in a bit. I had some phone calls to make (including to the nursery as we have made our decision) but when people pick up, they can't hear me at all so hang up after a bit. I think james must have gummed up the microphone while having a chew on my phone this morning!

Good night again here, he cried at 1.30 but I gave him a quick cuddle and he went straight back to sleep. He woke for the day at 6 but only because DH left then so I think woke him up.

Dylan was just sick, heaving and brought up all his breakfast and milk. I then gave him some water and 1 raisin and he sicked that up aswell.

I dont know if its because he had too much milk or I fed him too early.

Hes got quite runny poo again aswell, dont know if I should be worried or if its teeth. He seems fine in himself though, babbling and playing still, doesnt seem grumpy or irritable.

Hi all, still not great so won't bog you all down with my crap. Hope your all well

Oh stac I'm so sorry for not replying to you before about how you're feeling (I've been a bit caught up with F's behaviour this week so have been a bit ditsy about anything outside that), please don't feel that you have to bottle things up :(

Talk to us, how're you feeling today?

Are you going to your GPs?

Thanks for all the breakfast info. I'm at work so should be working but I have NO motivation at all.
mylife everyone says the same about D and DH.
stac talk to us!
dh bless D hope u don't get any more sick, hope it was just a one off.
I'm sending from my phone so if this works it will be a miracle!

Hes been ok for the rest of the day, its worrying because hes not a sicky baby but I think he was just really full and I gave him his milk too early.

stac tell us, thats what we're here for. Theres no one here whos the most important, we're all the same.

Where is everyone today???
dh two weeks tomorrow!!!!!!!!hehehe, how exciting, its my scan day too, i can think of you getting up on ur special day while im shitting a brick at the hospital, scans at 9.15am. How are the final arrangements going? Was D ok for the rest of the day?
Re breakfast i have tried little pancakes but hes not even interested in those, i tried ready brek this morning with a bit of fruit and he had some of that but then turned his nose up. I just think hes not hungry and hes happy playing with cherios and raisins! Q for the BLW, do they eat most of whats put in front of them now or do they just maul it still? D mauls and sucks and tries but i dont think much actually goes down.
stac hows ur day been today?
cake hows F and what yummyness have u cooked today?
chu whens ur friend coming?
woodlands ace about nap in cot, well done! and the night sounds good too.
Re cakes lodge, i think it should have a dispenser for chocolate salad in each room and little (big) pots stacked up next to. Also wine/beer/pop(for the pregos) infact scrub that, it should have a hole in the wall where u just go and say what u want and it appears, like in Red Dwarf!!! Id say cheese and onion pasty ala gregs please!!! im mad on them atm. It should also have cots that guarantee a full nights sleep for babies and no wake ups till 7am!
U can tell im home from work early and D isnt back yet cant u!!

Didn't mean to sound huffy, just meant I'm not very good at contributing at the moment. I am ok apart from the constant hungover feeling. The gp says its the lack of sleep causing the panic attacks and until we sort that they will continue. I also had shooting pains in my chest and numbness in my left arm wthat they want to keep an aye on. Could just be anxiety. Anyway don't want to drag you all down so thought better to stay away for a few days. X

vik ooh Ill think of you having your scan. Re blw, he eats it well i.e chews and swallows properly but he doesnt eat everything in front of him, he has a v small appetite.

stac sounds horrible for you :( hope you get better and some proper sleep soon.

vik at the lodge spec. I'm emailing the chap there now so will tell him those are vital requirements.

A will usually eat a lot of what I give her unless she's not that hungry or (very occasionally) she doesn't like it. She's obviously getting plenty down as she's still a chunky little madam. She tends to only have one 'wet' thing (eg yoghurt) which she'll have from a 'loaded spoon' a day now.

not much here cooking today - did a veggie chilli for A's dinner (and a few batches for the freezer) then put a veggie sausage, bean and red wine casserole in the oven which we'll be scoffing shortly with french bread.

which reminds me, mlic where's this week's meal plan?!

stac sounds awful there can dp help you catch up on sleep?

oh and you didn't sound huffy stac

and F was in nursery today thank fuck. i didn't know whether to be pleased or pissed off when they were telling me what a delight he is there, never naughty, always funny and happy

stac what mlic says makes sense. i know you've said R sleeps wherever she is for naps so perhaps getting a good routine/location for day sleeps will help.

viks she's here now which is why I'm not posting. We're having so much fun, L's really picked up on potty training and today E was having a go too. It was tag-team on the potty! They're like sisters the two of them and C and I had a little 'moment' talking about how far apart we live and how much we hate it :( Gotta go but they'll be leaving tomorrow morning so I'll be on here to be all sad about it...

Just a quick post as I'm packing for us to go away - it's a bank holiday weekend here - dh has taken today (Friday) off work too so we're heading off today to a holiday house till Monday

Unfortunately it is pissing it down and the forecast isn't too good but then it is winter now so we were taking a bit of a chance going away this w/end.

stac hope things are ok with you

chul glad L is getting the hang of the tting.

Things looking up a bit here with G's sleeping, she woke v briefly at 3am (patted her back for 5 mns and she went back to sleep) , then woke at about 6 and just chatted till about 6.30 when I got up. I have set a heater on a timer to come on in her room at 2am and I think it is helping.

Who knows how she will be over the w/end tho as she will be in a room with me and dh and his drunken snoring

Have a great w/end everybody - see you all Monday

Ohh chu it sucks that u live so far apart, has she been to see u before?
stac My Mom and Dad lived in a one bedroom flat when they had my sister and for almost two years they carried her out of their room in her cot and into the livingroom so they could sleep! lack of sleep is an evil thing, can u stay over at someoneshouse just to get a full nights deep sleep? leave R with DP? I hope ur feeling better soon xx
cake pleased, thats nice that hes a good boy, u wouldnt like it if he wasnt im sure. Did the man agree to spec or should we tone it down a little? I dont think i can compromise on the cots though!!
mylife W sounds exactly like D which is why i do combined because i just dont think he would get anything inside him if i didnt.
Whats everyones lo's dressed in for bed on these very warm nights?? D is in short sleeves and i feel uncomfortable about it as i hats my arms out. Hes in a body, no legs, short sleeves and in a light sleeping bag. Its difficult to know how much the temp will drop though.

That's a great idea mlic I could use her travel cot for a while till she settles in a routine. I really need dp to stick with it for me though. The good thing is you all know were I'm coming from and how the lack of sleep affects you. Also cakes your right I should put her to bed for a nap it would get her used to being alone iyswim. Viks my aunt is taking her saturday night and keeping her till later in the affternoon for me so I get a decent sleep. Thanks everyone, just feel like I am going slightly mad!!

Wss have a fab weekend, hope G stays settled while your away.

Definitely loving the spec for the july baby lodge, if one of us win the lottery we have to buy it

viksam tonight J is wearing a sleepsuit but no vest, and a light sleeping bag (1.5tog I think). It's warm but not boiling here. I agree, i would hate to have bare arms at night, but if d is OK then go with it.

have a lovely time wss! can't imagine it being winter!

stac it has already made a big difference here having had three nights of J in his own room. it may well be worth a try giving up your living room for a few nights just for the sake of some sleep.

j mostly feeds himself nowadays, and his appetite seems to have just ramped up another level, probably because we've just dropped the 11pm BF so we're down to 3 milk feeds a day. I made him an omelette for tea and I made it with two eggs, tomato, sweetcorn, mushrooms, ham and spring onion, and he ate the vast majority of it! he also had some pasta with it as he had bread at lunchtime.

viksam meant to say R is wearing a sleep suit and under a fleecy blanket our house always seems roasting in summer and freezing in winter

woods that sounds a lovely lunch J seems to have a good appetite. Now he's in the other room do you settle better?

Hoping this won't be too depressing - I'm hoping it'll do the opposite and make us realise how far we've come since the early days:

Survey-time: How back to your pre-baby self are you now (aka have you got your 'non-sex mojo' back?)

How long have you managed to extricate yourself from your baby's clutches for (during their waking hours)?

Have you managed a baby-free overnighter?

Are you reading actual real books again (Clue: If the title begins 'That's not my...' then it's NOT an actual real book)

Are you back in all your pre-baby clothes?

Have you achieved anything (non-baby), e.g. created something; done something brilliant at work; found time to help someone else?

Have you got anything which could be described as a hobby or interest?

Have you got an actual social life (note: Stay 'n' Play doesn't count)?

Are you and dh/dp managing to talk about anything other than whose turn it is to change the poopernova which just erupted/have a lie-in/get up in the night/clean up after Hurricane Mealtime?

Have you done any of your pre-baby favourite activities, e.g. go to a gig; watch a play; cinema with dh/dp; rock-climbing; dogging

Have you got your actual sex-mojo back?

Feel free to add a question (and answer) of your own.

Next survey will be one of the big developmental ones btw.