July 2010: the "a ffffew more birthdays, a ffffew more walking but are they all sleeping? Are they ffffeck!" one

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cakes I spoke to who I thought was the manager, very calm, I had spoken to him when in process of buying the car by mistake so he remembered me, he said it wasnt on and that he had to speak to the higheser up manager who had sent shitty email to local dealer, all amicable emails had the bloke ive been talking to cc'd into them the shitty one didnt, I asked the local dealer and they verified he had been kept out of loop. the top guy had gone home (it was after 6pm) so he said he would talk to him in the morning, I said to him I dont want to get angry (he remarked how I was calmer than most to this I replied that I was under the impression that if you are nice to people then they return the favour) He has said it needs to be sorted and I said I dont want this to get out to my friends or family as they will want me to get solictors involved and we dont want that do we?? he said oooh no no no I will call you in the morning.
oh and its Bristol Street Motors- 80 branches nationwide, the fact that the local one said they would have never let it leave them in that state scared him the most.

Ah I love this thread you ladies are fantastic, I was sobbing to dh saying Im sure I can do something but i feel so ill and rubbish I cant think straight and I sloped off sobbing im going on mumsnet they will know what to do!
I know brakes arent covered by warrenty but bonnet catch is actually stated in it
mlic thanks to Mr mlic too!!

aww glad you've had helpful advice memphis!

I'm still BFing, normally first thing, lunchtime and bedtime, though a bit extra over the last week when he was ill. No idea how he'll be at nursery on a Friday without a lunchtime feed. I've suggested they give him a cup of cow's milk before his nap but no idea if that will help. He's been fine without the feed when I've left him all day before, but nursery is a strange new environment...

I really wanted to carry on BFing till 1, and I'm now happy to carry on as long as we're both happy. I see no particular need to move away from human milk to cow's milk - he is a human baby after all!

Oh memph. Really hope you get it sorted. Feel angry that they've arsed you around and upset you.

Very sensible view imo, woodlands! Hopefully he won't think about the missed feed as you're not there. He'll probably be having a great time making new friends. A's already found a new little friend at hers :)

tsc I have a 3 month warranty and only had it 2 weeks, thanks for advice Ive put it out on legal, Im wondering if they think oh we are 120 miles away she cant do anything.
If this was 3 months ago with my pnd I would be losing the plot but now I just want to be armed with enough adivce and kick arse scare tactics

mlic got doctors at 8.30 then home to feed L breakfast then I will be on the phone to them!

trudy Re chores, i do a lot while he is asleep but manage some while he plays. It works well for me to have toys in different boxes so that he doesnt have everything all at once, then when he gets peed off i can engage him in something else. He likes duplo and fridge magnets and wooden blocks and stacking cups (he doesnt stack them yet he just puts things in and out of them) I have cleared a bottom cupboard in the kitchen that he can delve in and has all sorts of household items in there of interest, he likes the plastic things from the laundry gel and goes clip cloping round the kitchen floor with one in each hand. I also have a basket of random things and toys upstairs for his entertainement when im doing jobs/showering etc. If hes not engaging i just keep taking him back over to something and playing with it for a min to show him how and then leave him to it, 9 times out of 10 he will play with it again for a while. Sounds like i leave him on his own loads, i dont at all, these are just some examples of when he does get left. I cant believe there is no support for u, what did u think about going back to the docs?
cake good catch with A and the stairs!
mylife but he looks so much like a boy though!! I dont want to get D's hair cut at all but DH goes on about him having a mullett so i dont think he would tolerate him with long hair.
memphis good about the food thing, what dod she say re portion size and did she say how much milk he should be having? I have cut out the 2.30 bottle all together since yesterday after my HV visit and decided to just give him a calcium rich snack, this means he's only getting around 12oz of formula a day.
Did i say he's over the magic 20lbs!! yay, by 4oz. Hes still on the 25 percentile for weight and height so perfectly in preportion!
Bed is calling sorry if i have xposted, took me ages to write this mamouth post!

D now seems to go to sleep at 7:30 and generally sleeps all evening til I go to bed but it means hes waking up at 6 every morning (well faffing around for an hour from 5) I dont know if Id rather have the eve to myself or more sleep in the morning, guess I cant have both.

Im going to see a friend today, she lives about 40mins away but it means driving along the motorway which Ive never really done before because its scary! Im sure Ill be fine...

Haha well I def dont want to be classed as a nobber! Im fine with 2 lanes its when it turns into 4 or 5 lanes.

Sorry about your night, its does sound like a nightmare.

Dylan will eat a whole banana, hes eating one right now and he had one at lunchtime yesterday, he ate everything in sight so he may be going through a growth spurt.

Morning all

Another gorgeous day here. Off to meet my friend and her little boy so will need plenty of sun cream.

mlic sorry you had a shitty night, nothing worse.

dh I despise motorway driving due to being in a car crash on it. Think I'm scared so like mlic says I stick to the inside lane. Enjoy your day.

cakes hope you all have a lovely day for A's birthday.

cake Happy Birthday Lady A. Any plans for the big day?

Things are ffucking dire here. M screamed so much this morning that she went blue in the face and we had to bang her back. We were all in the living room ready for breakfast and I walked into the kitchen (which she can see from her high chair) to get my tea while DP stayed with her. This is what set it off. ffToday is the first time that DP said we might look into a psychiatrist/baby whisperer/super nanny ffor her. I've been wondering about it ffor a while now. She is clearly, clearly troubled and we can't seem to be able to help her.
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Reading how much your babies are doing on their own and how they play without you sitting next to them, made me realise how different we are doing things here and I can't see a solution.

I will start a thread in parenting soon, not sure when though as I'm busy baking cakes for tomorrow while DP has M.

Hope you all have nice days.

trudy I know my situation isnt as 'bad' as yours but D doesnt like to be away/out of sight. He'll play on the floor but only if Im sitting with him. If i walk out the room he follows me and if hes somewhere hes not 100% comfortable in he'll scream if I leave him.
The teacher at the surestart who has known him since he was a newborn said 'this is new, he hasnt always been like this' she also said he WILL grow out of it. Really hope you get some solutions soon.

The advice she gave me was to say 'mummy will be back in a minute' in a sing song voice and go out the room for 30secs then come back with a smile and big 'hello'. Keep doing this and they'll realise v quickly that you DO come back. I do try and do that but its not working yet.

viksam portion size is 1 of their fruit/veg a day bwing 1/2 apple/pear, 2-3 grapes or strawberries, 1tbsp mashed veg
portion of bread, rice, potatoes, pasta 1/2 slice of bread or tbsp of pots, pasta or rice
portion of dairy- 2 tsp yoghurt, 1 cup of milk or 3 dice size cubes of cheese.
Protein- 1/2-1 tsbs of fish or meat, 1 egg or i tbsp baked beans.
fatty foods, 1 portion is 1 small piece of cake or 1 biscuit.
She said 12 oz a day of milk is fine (stats all he is on at the moment) and that a good pudding for him would be a sliced banana with custard or to make up little fruit crumbles as you can control what sugar you put in.

mlic sounds like a bad night for you.
cakes happy birthday A!!!

Well ive rang trading standards they said they basically havent got a leg to stand on even if it goes to a small claims court but to wait today to see if they decide to do it with the threat of them getting involved, turns out the big boss who I was told had gone home was in and had sent another snotty email to the local dealer, ive spoken to her and she is going to chase it up today and tell them im willing to get local press and trading standards in and as im registered as having a few mobility issues leaving me carless isnt going to look good to a court, also that if trading standards get involved it effects all branches not just them! Ive also told them that solicitors arent a problem as my friend works for the biggest solicitors office around here and they are willing to back me up no problem. just hoping scare tactics are enough

tsc remember babies are growing so fast, they need bigger amounts than you might think. A 2 or 3 year old will probably only need about as much food as a 1 year old as although they're bigger, they aren't growing so much. J will happily eat a whole banana in one go. I read somewhere once that a baby aged 6-12 months needs something like 1000 calories a day - so half as many as a fully grown adult!