June mummies '05 thread 7 -The one with their first Christmas

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Hello all,

I only use baby rice if it?s mixed with something else. I fed DS baby rice for the first 2 days, then decided that I can?t possibly expect him to eat something I wouldn?t touch myself. So far, the weaning?s going really well, although there is definitely a preference for all things fruit not vegetable. DS also makes the most fabulous grunting noise if I?m neglectful enough not to shovel in the food fast enough.

OMG, that is so funny about John Craven and Elvis/Marti Caine. That is so random. John Craven was such and integral part of my childhood, along with Tucker Jenkins and Peter Duncan. Showing my age, aren't I?

Alls well in the jonah house. I have realised what a bad mother i am as i seem to be the only person in my ante-natal group not offering DS water. Bad mummy!!!! Obviously i've rushed out today to buy him one of those baby cups, no doubt he'll give me that "what on earth are you giving me now?" looks when i try to give it him....

Hi all. It has got slightly better. It just so happens that the time i have to take him to my mums and pick him up are the times that he sleeps. SO he's missing about 2 hours of sleep a day. And because those sleeps have gone wrong, i think its confused him and now all his others are out. Very confusing for him i'm sure. I'm going to try and switch his naps round now so that he doesn't miss any. It just makes you wonder why you bother though. I've spent the last 5 months trying to get him in to a rountine, and now its all gone to pot. Oh well.

I do feel 100% better now. Its just that first day. It was such a shock to the system

Hope we're all ok. Will have to sit down and read through the past week on the weekend and catch up properly. I just don't seem to have the time at the mo.

Hope you're all ok anyway

Evening ladies

Katz - got my email so does it have to be a nice pressie or can it be a good pressie?! oh and what's the limit - sorry didn't manage my catch up on last thread very well

Trib - yeah for broadband - bet you feel whole again - I know I feel like my arms have been cut off or something just as daft when my comp is down Am over the boss - well not really but I've had a word with my witch friend and she's gonna make a voodoo doll so that makes me feel better - of course all I have to do now is get one of his hairs!!!!

Pink - yoohoo I saw ya Whatcha doing? Hope both you and ds are well.

Mrs CD (that sounds odd!) he he he know just what you mean about the older ones - the welly imprint lasted for ages and I'm sure there's alot more to come!

Skyler - hi to you too your party pressie swap sounds great - do you think we could start something like that in our own families when my nanna gives me another old birds jumper for the umpteenth year running!

Medised - only supposed to be given in limited quantities - now you tell me! ...and when they're two you can give them phenergan - fab medicine - if you think medised knocks them out...sorry eases their colds, he he he you ain't seen nothing yet!

So ds stories been abit thin on the ground (what does that phrase actually mean!) . Today...

Dh and ds are looking through a magazine and ds points to a piccie and says 'that's you daddy' (not a perfect likeness but not unflattering). Over goes the page and ds shouts 'and that's mummy (piccie of aging model, podgy, late forties, not totally attractive [being nice here]) Dh says that's not really like mummy is it. What about this one? (points to a pretty mediteranean looking girl [methinks he's after something ]) Ds shakes his head and shouts 'nooo that's mummy (original pic) the minger'

Where the f*ck has he learned the word minger he's 3 1/2!!! also hadn't thought I looked bad for my age before nothing like a child to say it as it is!

Oh Tea, I'm sorry I shouldn't laugh but that is very funny. Hope you ate all the chocolates in his advent calendar as punishment.

Jonah, I must be the same age as you because I remember Tucker, John Craven and all the rest. Are you back at work by the way?

Troublesmummy, glad things have improved somewhat. You've got some time off after a couple of weeks haven't you? You might be able to change his routine a bit then.

2many, perhaps he just wanted more . I shall give parsnip a try tomorrow I think and I've got some sweet potato cubes in the freezer for him too. Will report back tomorrow...

Right, off to bed. Fingers crossed we all get a good night's sleep.x

Ah, tea, . I will assure you that you are not a minger despite what satanic ds has said, I'm sure he's just confused the word with "lovely lady", an easy mistake to make at 3 1/2. (Btw, my 3 year old niece has mistaken my dad for Harold Shipman, fortunately only by pointing to him (HS) on telly and saying "there's grandpa" so my dad has no idea).

MrsCD, work's going reasonably well so far. Unfortunately the choice of projects was:

• low stress, but involves travelling
• high stress, but no travelling.

Obv I have had to go for the latter, so it's not quite the gentle re-introduction I was hoping for. Mind you, there don't seem to be enough hours in the day to do a job as well as everything else - we were in the hospital all yesterday afternoon for dh's first appointment at the pain clinic. Having said that, I am whizzing away from work at 5:00 sharpish, on the grounds of having to get home for bath time. What work don't know is that actually 6:00-6:30 is cocktail 'hour', followed by bath time. Ds has consented to a slightly later bed time and waking at 7:00 instead of 5:30 as he did for an entire month before I went back, it was ghastly.

troubles, sympathies. I know what it's like when you are desperate to avoid doing anything during normal naptimes, hopefully he will be able to readjust.

Jonah, glad to hear your ds is more in favour of veg/fruit than baby rice. Mine is having none of it (I tasted it and can see why) but I still haven't quite got round to trying him on purees.

Skyler, fingers crossed for dd1, esp as I would have thought the climate in Cyprus would be a bit kinder on asthma than the depths of Brum?

EYM, thinking about you. xxx

Hi everyone. I know I haven't been here for ages. I just can't possibly keep up with the high volume of this thread. But, I've been lurking over on the December thread and wanted to tell everyone the Sweetheart had her baby last night. Baby boy. That's all I know.

YIPPEE!!!

I am so thrilled for her!!!!

Hope everyone on here is well. I WISH I had time to catch up, but I don't so back to work I go.....

Oh, bloody Hell. You've all changed your names. It's hopeless I just can't do it....

Yeah yeah, so I said I was going back work....

Thanks for letting us know, uwila. So pleased for sweetheart, over to the Dec thread I go ...

Tea - PMSL at that! Clearly ds needs some secret coaching from dh to point to pic of Jennifer Anniston and say "that's you, Mummy"!

Troubles - glad things are a bit better, hope things keep settling.

Mrs CD - heck, didn't even consider that!!! He is a monster muncher though

Feel even more sorry for Trib and Troubles and anyone else back at work today because had first meet with ds and childminder today. She pointed out it's only 3 weeks until I go back to work. Nearly burst into tears there and then. I hate the thought of leaving ds, what a wus! Only one answer - gorge myself silly on chocolate...

2many, I reckon I would be at the point of breakdown if I was having to leave ds with a stranger, rather than his dad. Not least cos ds isn't one of those babies who will get on with anyone, he isn't really keen on anyone except me and dh. The thought of his little face if I left him with a childminder ... arrrghhhhh. However, hopefully your ds is a bit more amenable to these things! I'm sure I'd cope if I had to, but it's not a pleasant thought.

2manyglasses, I am the queen of short maternity leave and my kids do very well in their childcare. I've been through a childminder and three nannies. And whilst I may not have always liked all of them, my kids always had a lovely time. DD used to have a fit when I'd pick her up from childminder (10 hours there wasn't quite long enough for her!). Initially this broke my heart, but really it meant she was happy so I was reassured.

I firmly believe that the earlier kids go into care the easier it is for THEM (possibly not the mum, but it's easier for them that way).

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't feel guilty about leaving him/her...

2 many - I think it does vary from child to child, and from carer to carer, but if it is any consolation, my DS is loving nursery. His eyes shine when he gets there and there are all these toys for him to play unencumbered by all the stuff in our house that he is not allow to get into, IYSWIM.... He also loves to watch the older kids! DD wasn't like that and did make me feel guilty by leaving her at nursery, but DS makes me feel guilty for picking him up!

Trib - Glad broadband in ON!! How is DH handling the fulltime caring then? Sorry to hear that you had to take the stressful assignement... hopefully it will get less stresful as you get into it?!

Hi tea! Is always good to hear from your son antics! ROFL!

Mrs CD, and Tea - I have to say in my house the story is the opposite... DS is only 6 months but already rules the house and DD! He pulls her hais any time he has a chance, and I'm sure he will be soon trudging through her if she is in his way ! He is becoming quite a little monster!

I've got another young lady who loves nursery - she ran through her list of activities this morning - painting, practising her nativity play, lunch with her friends, dressing up, snacks - I thought, bloody hell that sounds like a top day can I come.....
Leaving a baby is far more difficult though and I hate seeing ds's little face with his enormous eyes looking at me when I leave, BUT he's getting on very well and I'm enjoying work too so I think it's worth it. It's a tough one....
Uwila - nice to hear from you - glad it's going well.
Tea - good luck with the new job. Your ds is a real character isn't he. I had a moment with a friend's ds yesterday. I was feeding ds when this little boy(just 4) wandered over and said in a really loud voice (which just got louder and louder) 'Look he's eating your booby, LOOK LOOK HE'S REALLY LIKING THAT...LOOK IT'S ALL IN HIS MOUTH...LOOK, LOOK etc' it's the most notice anyone has taken in 6+ months.
Troublesmummy - know what you mean about a routine going to pot.From what I remember though the first couple of years are all about shifting routines, just when you think you've got them pinned down they change their habits. I'm trying not to get too hung up on anything - including ds's new wake up time of......5.30am Aaaaargh but at least the little blighter sleeps through until then and wakes up happy.
Mrs Christmasday - my ds hates only one thing so far....parsnip so keen to hear how you get on with that.
EYM - I am so sorry about how sad you feel and what I'm going to say won't help much but after a long while I learned to welcome the sad feelings, they keep proving how much mine meant to me and that she's still a huge influence on me. I also loved seeing my mum's side of the family flash across the children's faces - their expressions, smiles etc pass like scudding clouds across their faces and it's a real comfort to me.
Hope you're alright x

welshie, the young lad is just pro bf and wanting to make sure the world knows about it My ds has been through his waking at 5:30 thing, I hope, although he rarely slept all the way through til then. He was quite happy to get up at that ungodly hour, but I certainly wasn't. Would rather he woke for a feed in the night and slept til 7 than that. (He regularly did both anyway).

Lua - I'm not back full-time yet so dh only has the afternoon shift to handle. And, needless to say, virtually no auxiliary tasks, so guess who is doing all the bottle washing/preparation, laundry, shopping, cooking, etc. Hence why I fell asleep at 8:30 last night!

Hope my comments about nursery haven't upset anyone, I just know that for ds and me it isn't an option whilst I can afford for it not to be. However, if money became an issue I would have to grit my teeth and bear it too.

see if this works

Hi to all you familier junies

Well I promised I'd let you know when the baby arrived.

The birth story is here

Love to you all
SH xxx

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Evening ladies,

Tea, sorry I shouldn?t laugh, but I did snigger a little. Trib, that?s even funnier about your niece. Its easy for me to laugh now, I am guessing that I wont be laughing quite so much in a couple of years?.

Trib, the no auxiliary tasks is my big worry when I go back to work. DH is a wonderful dad, but the phrase ?multi-tasking? doesn?t really apply. I keep dropping large hints like, ? you know, DS just loves it when I wash up and chat/sing to him at the same time, we play the cutlery game together?. I am guessing that I am going to arrive home to find a happy DS and DH and a house which resembles a bombsite.

Mrs CD, I start work a week on Monday. Hence the hint dropping to DH. Not looking forward to it much?.

Ladies, quick question for formula feeders - Tesco have accidentally delivered Omneo Comfort 2 (the follow-on milk) rather than the regular one. I'm not going to move ds to follow-on milk when he turns 6 months as I think it's pointless, but given this stuff has turned up, do you think it's okay to give it to him, or should I whizz it back to Tesco?

It wouldn't do him any harm Trib (dd had that milk for hungrier babies when she was about 4 months - at someone else's suggestion and I was too clueless to think it through properly)I think it has more calories in it that the other type.
But I'd probably take it back as I wouldn't want to affect the way he feeds, how hungry he gets, create a false appetite etc Hope that helps

my mumsnet is broke lol

morning junies
so glad its the end of the week, really need some family time and finish christmas shopping ( not that actually properly started it )

amused by tales of older children, reminds me of a time when at 8 my niece turned to me and said 'is that what you are wearing?!!' our relationship has never been the same. mind you she is a very stylish 14yr old.

hope all dd&ds who been having a hard time are feeling better.

dd keeps surprising me with her sounds, now mostly like sound effects of horror movie

• door creaks open -heroine screams
• breathless anxious get away...

its startling, surprised social services haven't visited yet

kvg - got email currently researching likes and deslikes

off to check out the soap opera that some of these mn threads are

morning mums wow have i have been having trouble with mumsnet grrrrrr.

Anyway thankyou for all your kinds words about my mum, I didnt realise how hard it was going for me this christmas but you know me i keep on going no matter what, abit like giddy made of stern stuff lol.

morning mums wow have i have been having trouble with mumsnet grrrrrr.