Nov 05 Babies - They're ALL here!

[Rodeo]

Here we go, was going to write something lovely and meaningful, but I'm not very good at it so I'll leave that to someone else.....

Oh my goodness, what gorgeous pics! Golden those boys look so divine, lol at santa outfits, which is which btw? What huggable babies Rodeo, your children look divine, pic of eldest daughter and son made me smile loads, so sweet, and Jess in your bed, lol! Nova, you and dh are v.glamorous, love the pic of Natalie in her perfect t-shirt, and those cats! have you got underfloor heating or something or are they just natural poseurs?lol!
Thanks so much for sharing all those gorg photos, have put a smile on my face.
Byee.

Londoner - no underfloor heating, the cats are just verrrrryyyyy lazy. It's quite rare to get all three like that together. Patch (black & white) is the most photographed of the three as he is such a good model, and takes a good pic.

I should probably post some more up soon, but it just took sooooo long last night to get those up.

Nat was back to being a buggerette last night, but I am definitly going to keep her in her cot from now on - no more night time cuddles!

Looking forward to a hen weekend thats coming up on 11th feb - off to Brighton with the girls for the weekend . DH also owes me a night out, so next saturday is all booked up

Well I must be so stupid because I cannot find the pictures - could someone take pity and tell me where to find them!! One exciting thing is that Fern slept through the night last night and the night before. I am soo excited!! However now Connor is waking up every two hours - but you cannot have everything!

Enjoy the hen weekend!

Morning ladies, I feel like a new woman today, Thomas slept from midnight till 8:00am (hooray) although this was after he had screamed blue murder for several hours before but who cares i got 8 hours sleep

Lovely pictures girls, LilJ Nathaniel is lovely I hadn't seen those ones before and Rodeo I loved the one of Jess out for a walk with daddy. Nova I loved your hat and your wedding dress was beautiful. Golden do you think the boys will forgive you the santa suits? they look gorgeous by the way, so which oneis which?

Mummypinny the photos are kept on a secure website so to join you have to CAT Busyalexmummy and she can invite you to join.

I'm sitting here typing to the sounds of Thomas wailing, as he has decided that it is necessary for him to be cuddled & carried around at all times even when he is asleep and that he will yell the house down if I don't. Needless to say I'm not giving in although i could he his yells over the hoover yesterday . Right best go and get him ready as Ben's got pre-eschool this afternoon and we'll never get out in time otherwise!! Hope you are all well Beks

Morning all,

Thanks Beks and Londoner for you compliments about the pics Yes mummypinny CAT (contact another talker - look above) Busyalexsmummy and she'll send you an invite to join the pages

My guess is the first pic in Golden's new album is Ezra and the 2nd pic is Nathaniel - Am I right or wrong? They are both gorge anyway

Nova, thanks for the pics esp if they took an age to put up! Hope you have a brill time in Brighton! I'm out with a few girlfriends tomorrow night, as long as I'm not too shattered from work tonight!

We've also decided on a date for our trip to Madrid (end of May) which is really exciting, Jess will be nearly 8 months so I should have finished bf or cut down to just nighttimes by then dp is off to Prague in Feb so that is my bargaining tool!

Well done on your good night Beks. Good one Thomas

Londoner, that's brill that your ds wears contacts! And at 10! Have'nt really looked into when she could start to wear them. My sis started wearing them when she was 16 and her confidence just soared too

Right things to do

Hi everyone.

Had another weigh in today and Nate is only in the 25% which the HV said we'll have to keep an eye on so got to continue to stuff his face ... but seems to me that by the law of averages he's just a smaller baby and seems perfectly healthy to me.

We're contemplating trying to go out to dinner with him tonight as we have a friend from the States in town, but I'm thinking that despite the fact that he'll probably sleep through the whole thing most restaurants won't welcome a six week old in the evenings. Has anyone successfully gone out to a niceish restaurant at night with their baby? I think it's most likely I'll be staying in watching the West Wing ...

J xx

Rodeo I started wearing contacts at 11 and have never looked back, it really made a difference to my confidence, it's fun to make everyone squirm when you stick your finger in your eye at that age too!!!

Bit more of a nightmare looking for them when you lose one though - the best trick will be a pair of tights over the hoover nozzle, as you can tell I've done this a lot, plus it always freaks me out when I can see in the morning - then I realsie I've slept in my lenses

LilJ take Nathaniel with you, as you say he'll sleep anyway and at 6 weeks if he doesn't melt peoples hearts then nuts to them - you are allowed out you know - have a great time.

Have decided on a date for Thomas's naming cermony now - we are going to have it on the first bank holiday weekend, we did this for Ben too - it's really just an excuse to get friends and family together for a party. Is anyone else having christenings etc?

I've also got to organise Ben's b'day party I was planning on having a McDonalds party but one of his best friends is having a party at the same place the weekend before and a lot of the same kids will be going - need to come up with another idea now grrr.

Right best go, I should be doing the ironing while Thomas is asleep but I can't be bothered!!! BEKs

LilJ - why not go to an (authetic) Italian restaurant, or Greek, usually a good bet with kids as their cultures are so geared towards family? Maybe ring in advance? I always think you can pull most things off with confidence and a friendly (but not deferent) smile - even if it is bravado......go for it!
BEKs congrats on the sleep . Lol (I think) at you hearing Thomas over the hoover , wow! Perhaps a traditional birthday tea? Hmmm, actually that could make so much mess! What about hiring one of the soft play area/ball pond places?
Film was so-so..... hark at me eh, I'm getting fussy now lol! It was good to go again and walked back through the park which was heavenly. Elizabeth was the perfect baby, and feel full of the joys of life again.....

Did I mention I lost 6lbs in my first diet week? Oh well, just wanted to say it again. Only another 2 and a half stone to go................

Rodeo - you are right - first pic is Ezra snd second pic is Nathaniel.

Beks - I'm saving the santa suit photos for when they start bringing home dates. 'Oooooooo, he was a lovely baby - do have a look at some photos'. Should help motivate them to find their own place!

Took Ezra back to hospital today for follow-up appointment with peadiatrician. Ezra now on three dif. medications, but weight has gone up to 91st percentile, so doctor not very worried about him. Explained how he never seems settled and grizzles all the time. Told that it could be the reflux or I might just have a grumpy baby, which there is no medication for!

Golden, Nova & Rodeo - Updated pics are just gorgeous. Golden - The twins are just adorable in those outfits - would also like to know who is who? Nova - Nat is just beautiful & your pics are v.glam especially the one in hat! Rodeo - Awww..your family are just lovely. Do they really grow up then? I want my LO to stay small forever.

Busy - Hope you weren't too tired and that your driving lesson went well.

LilJ - Excellent advice from Londoner on authentic restaurant. There's a great Lebanese on the Edgeware Road and one in South Kensington (used to be one on High St.Kensington near Holland Park entrance). If you want numbers can get them for you.

Rodeo - Holidays...Yay! Sounds great. I am hoping that we get to go away at the end of March but finances permitting at the moment. We seem to have spent rather a lot in the last 6 months (wonder why?)

Beksmum - Naming ceremony sound great. I made a boo boo at the registry office. I forgot one of the names really want to change it but guess it's too late.

Have a great weekend everyone x

LilJ-25%-do you mean 25th centile? I wouldnt worry too much as long as LO is gaining weight steadily, Alfie is on the 17th centile, but is 10lb so not a bad weight really, certainly looks well and healthy anyway!

(also remember growth the charts are based heavily on bottlefed infants not breastfed babies and as we all know, breastfed babies tend to gain weight at a slower rate than FF infants)

Awww, just had a quick nosey at the new pics, how sweet! They look very cute!

OMG... there's a whale in the River Thames!

It must be lost..............

Anyone else having problems getting into the yahoo group site? I've been accessing it via the email that they sent me but even though it lets me log on it won't let me into the group. Any ideas??...

hi all only online long enough to say
"lovely to meet you tracy (BEKsmum)on Monday and good to meet up with you Golden on Tuesday for cinema (attempt) and coffee.

well that was all rather too much activity for one week - I spent rest of it sleeping lots!

tomorrow i'm off for one night in BRISTOL (WHY???) without Finn - a hen night - i've been expressing like crazy - i've got ten packets of breastmilk in the freezer. seemed like a really good idea when i said yes last September

Then on Sunday i've got a week holiday in the lovely lake district with DP and Finn (fingers crossed we have clear blue days as per today)

will catch up with all the goss next week from an internet cafe... if i can find one in the lakes...

hope you and your angels are all healthy and happy

JenJam and Finn (11 weeks on Monday and a hefty 12lbs 5oz! my back aches already!)

havent caught up on all the posts but will do

Jenjam, enjoy your hen night, these things are always better than we expect when we decide we don't want to do them.

Have a lovely time in the lakes, hope you get to senjoy some really special family time no matter what the weather.

Right best go as Thomas is yanking his daddy's chain at the moment by screaming blue murder when ever he holds him, I think it is really starting to get to dh, as he tries to take Thomas away to give me a break but I end up going to get him as the crying is like chinese water torture.

Hoep everyone has a great weekend and looking forward to hearing about the other meet ups. Beks

Good morning,

That poor whale!

Layla - Have you tried accessing Yahoo site just by going to normal Yahoo.com or whatever? If you do that then it will just prompt you for your user name and password, once you've signed in go to 'my account' and then 'groups' and you're in! Hth. Good luck.
Jen - have a great hen night.... will be great just to really let your hair down, bet you'll feel tired but happy on Monday morning.

Off to bluewater this morning, have to try and find some trousers that fit.........

BEKs - Thomas thinks you're the greatest, it's a tough one when they won't go to anyone else, I feel for you. Perhaps he's a really advanced baby, they're not meant to go through their first major separation anxiety til about 4 months are they? Hope you manage to get some sort of break today... good luck.

Afternoon! Just catching up on posts and everyone's news . Had a lovely meet-up with Twinkle and Enthusia in Lowry retail outlet (gearing up for Meadowhall, Rodeo!), certainly some bargains to be had!
LOndoner: did you find some trousers? Sick of tracksuit bottoms and stretchy skirts, and dying to get back into my favourite jeans! Agree about poor whale - is anyone going to help it, or is the plan just to monitor it's movements? .
Golden: congrats on weight loss! wow, 61bs is brilliant! Are you going to SW classes, or just following the 'rules'? I've lost 31bs, although I rather think they'll go back on after last night's chocolate coinfest! Sooo hard to keep away from the sweet stuff for me - I've just had a oven chip and fish finger pitta bread, which strangely enough doesn't have a sin count on SW web site, but the alternative was the remnants of xmas selection boxes!
How are the driving lessons going BAM? When do you think you'll put in for your test? I've started mine uo again,and am despertate to pass by summer. Have to take my theory again (which I passed 2 years ago) as it has expired! Tried the parallel park ing dfor 1st time on Thurs - does anyone actually do this after they've passed?!!
Jenjam: have a lovely time in the lakes, you lucky thing ; hope the packing doesn't take too long!
Diege and Liberty

Hmm, driving not going too bad, was my 3rd lesson and have so far managed to master changing gears without needing prompting-well 1st/2nd and 3rd anyway! and starting to get the hang of hillstarts-know what im doing, just takes me a moment to think what i have to do and in which order, i guess most of its just a case of doing it time and time again till it becomes second nature...
overall im quite confident(not sure wether thats a good or a bad thing, dont want to become cocky)
and i asked my instructor if he thinks a cpl of lessons per wk=ready to take test by summer, he said its a realistic goal... hes such a funny chap, but everytime i cock up he goes "ROPEY"!! -thanks!-I know it was! if i cock up too many time in a lesson he starts calling me "ropey- annie"!?!
he is quite impressed though with my driving considering i dont have any other experience and said"you've very gd clutch control"...well thanks!

thing is every time i do do something wrong i swear because i know what i did wrong and im so determined to pass by summer and not have to drag kids on a 1+1/4hr bus journey to college and back in sept, when i cock up i just think bugger, im not going to do it!

Am practicing theory most days, the theory test im getting reasonably good at and pass most times, but its the hazard perception thats the downer-its shit, i think somethings a hazard and the tests says its not, then the test says somethings a hazard when i dont consider it to be eg. a clip on a main road at dusk-following other traffic, in the very distance a moped rider(couldnt see a hazard there) but test came back saying the moped was struggling to get up the hill-what f hill?(it was a minor slope) and how would i know it was struggling??-would be different if i could hear it, but the clips are silent!??? how the hell am i going to pass it???

sorry rather long post, me waffling on again, on the plus side, once i have lisence+car I can try and make it to a meet-up, until then i'll have to wait as none of you live nr me and i dont relish a 3 hr train journey to london with a 2yr old and 8wk old! lol

ps any other bf babies feeding constantly at the mo? alfie is doing 2-3hr stints, which is really getting me down, i hate it and it make me sore and makes me want to quit and put him on bottles, just keep thinking "keep up liz, otherwise your end up sterilising all the time again" and tbh im too lazy/busy and cant be bothered with all the hassle that goes with bottlefeeding...lol....im wondering if its a growth spurt or something??, hes been like it 3 days so far

Busy, just a quick question but I can't access the yahoo group anymore, evn though it will let me sign in do you know what I can do about it or can you reinvite me?? I tried what Londoner said but it didn't work!! Ta xxx

can you cat me or post your email address and i will send anougher invite

Hi its [email protected] Thanks

LilJ - I've been taking Caleb out to eat with DH every night here in USA and its been fine. Sometimes i;ve had to pick him up and eat with one hand, but its never got to having to walk him around apart from one time. And no-one seems to mind - they like looking at the baby usually!

Busy, my HV told me to take him off if he goes more than 45 mins cos then they're not really eating - just using you as a dummy. - which is Ok if you're up for that, but not if you're sore! That was a great relief for me once I started doing that, and he still went between the feeds fine, so he obviously wasn't suffering starvation.

Anyone else getting nightmares about people holding their baby?! I'm still getting them! The other night I had one where someone was holding him and went out the room, i went after them and they'd cut his head off - i was soooooooooooo upset - I really thought it was true. I hate those dreams. the worst of it is, it makes me even more cagey about letting people hold him in real life - I even said no to DH the other day when he wanted to take him for a walk - then he reminded me he was his father, which I seemed to have forgotten!

Anyone doing Terry folds for nappies? Can you tell me which ones you use? I've been looking at the Nappy Lady website, and I've tried batfold, but its hard to tuck into the wrap round the legs, and the jo fold is hard to do up with nappy nippa. I started doing the Ro fold today which withstood a massive poo, but wondering if anyone else has any fav folds?