August 2005 babies enter a new year!

[Miaou]

A new thread for the new year!

Here is a link to the old one.

Wel I manged to hold onto my hair, the only way it is coming out is if DS pulls it, which he loves to do, and it hurts! Mt neighbour said it looked nice today so I must have done a good job.

Miaou, my ds's are reaching milestones at different rates, ds1 was and still is very realxed and did things in his own time, whereas ds2 seems as if he is in a hurry to things all the time, he seems to have done things sooner, but he's also bigger and I wonder if that might have something to do with it too.

C&Cmommy, ouch!! I perforate an ear drum when I was about 6 and I still remember the feeling now. You poor thing, make sure you get looked after by your DH.

c&cmommy im hope your ear doesnt burst and you get better soon.

Glad you held onto you hair kate

im going to be a bit thick here but what is baby led weaning? is it just where you dont mush stuff? and let them have a go?

dd has changed her breakfast to baby porriage and she loves it i have tasted it and i dont blame her to be honest its quite nice!!!! and it really fills her up, its really strange not having to feed her every hour and a half!!

With it being feb break, ive had a few run ins with ds, yesterday he hated me and wanted to leave home(only 6) as i asked him to put 3 things in his wardrobe.
today while i was cleaning the floors he came through and told me he had settled dd in front of the tv, i could hear the shinny show on cbeebies, she has never watched tv before, and all of a sudden i heard a break out of laughter not just giggles full blown belly chuckles, i thought ds must be entertaining so went to see what was going on and to my suprise, ds was rolling on the floor as dd was roaring and laughing at the puppets, i put the same programm on in the afternoon for her and she was off again, she actually had tears running down her cheeks she doesnt even laugh that much when you go all out to entertain and tickle her and she laughs a lot then, so guess what programm will be on in my house!!

pooky please dont wish crawling on me just yet

Wow moving is sooooo stressful! I just had to dial up (no broadband yet) to get a bit of MN time! DS has only been giving me about 3 hours sleep a night too which doesn't help. He slept well last night - but only because he is choked with the cold and shattered!

Josey - yep, baby led weaning is a case of put things in front of them and let them feed thenselves. I guess you could puree things but it would be really messy!

DSs weaning is not going well. I thought that he wasn't interested because it was whole pieces of food so I have offered him various purees on a spoon too. He has refused everything. Takes one taste and then refuses to open his mouth. I'm not ure what to offer next. my mum reckons he's holding out for a milkybar

suzi sorry the weaning isn't going well, maybe he isn't ready yet, on the weaning threads some people mention leaving it even a little longer than 6 months? My ds probably hasn't swollowed anything yet, but it is so funny watching him, he kind of pulls a yuck face before he even gets a carrot stick near his mouth and tentatively licks it (on the odd occassion he aims well and gets it in his mouth!) then takes it out again in disgust and repeats the process! Hope your ds gives you a bit more sleep tonight

hi all.....

when i started weaning ds all he would have is the Cow & Gate breakfasts.......then i added a Petit Filous which he adores, although the first time he had one his face was priceless as it was cold!! then i managed to get him to eat mashed banana (on its own or with porridge) pureed apple with his porridge and pureed sweet potato. he messed about so much one lunch time that his food was cold by the time i got round to feeding him and he ate it all. since then i have discovered he will eat all of his meals cold but refuses them if they are warm.

i've been trying to get him onto lumpy/finger food but he's not interested. its hard for me to do because i nearly choked to death on a sweet as a small child and i have a fear of him choking but i know its something that i should tackle sooner rather than later.

life is up and down here........but mostly i can't grumble. having been on the pill for the last 12 years i'm suddenly finding out what it's like to be at the mercy of hormones!!

well dp got me some lovely chocolates and the Corpse Bride dvd for valentines day........so i'll see if i can manage to watch that this afternoon while stuffing my face with the chocs. i'm addicited to chocolate and for the first time ever have put on weight with the result that none of my clothes fit and i can't order any online as i have no idea what size i am!! looks like a shopping trip is in the pipeline!

Sorry to hear about the weaning, Suzi.

We're trying to pick up the pieces from everyone being sick here. I still don't feel great, but do feel much better. Caitlin's back to waking up many times a night, and I'm soooo tired. DH decided 2 nights ago that he was just going to let her cry it out (I can't do that, too much of a softie, but I was so tired, I let him do it) and slept on the floor in her room with everybody's doors closed. It actually has been going pretty well. The 1st night she woke up like she always does about 1/2 hr after going to sleep and cried for 17 minutes and went back to sleep and then woke up several times but put herself back to sleep without crying. Then last night she woke up and cried for about 10 min, and went back to sleep until 4 when she woke up and talked for a few minutes and slept until almost 6. So hopefully we have a good trend going, because I cannot live with getting up 9 times a night.

Hi all, well we're safely ensconced in our hospital accommodation in dumfries - it's basic but ok - nothing matches eg living rm orange patterned sofas, green carpet and blue,pink,green curtains - tastey! Now we've unpacked the few things we have with us it looks more homely. One of my RL ante-natal pals suggested getting stick arounds for dds room and it's worked really well - it's been a shame to leave her lovely nursery behind - we're only here for 6 months though. Managing to find my way round a bit - town is 20 min walk away and there is some lovely parks and walks to be had in the area. Still looking for a tots group - holiday time this week so nothing running, still it's nice just having the time to wander and figure out where things are - will work on meeting people next week.....

DD is doing fine, was 16lb 4oz when I had her weighed back on Weds - has dropped to the line below and I'm trying to remind myself not to panic as she still looks nice and chubby. Turned 5 months today (incidently I turned 28 today too!) and I really want to hold off weaning until 6 months, not sure if it's the teething or what but she's been feeding more often the last few days and I'm starting to worry that we'll not make 6 months - guess I'll just see how her weight goes today has been better - so hard to know?!

Suzi, glad your move went well too, wish I had the future prospect of broadband but our phonelines are part of the hospital network so stuck with dial up and it's very slow compared with what I'm used to! Also trying to get used to this laptop - keyboard feels strange and I keep mucking up stuff by hitting the mouse pad thingy in the wrong place.

C&Cmummy,hope the ear doesn't pop and things get better soon, what rotten time.

Ds had his appointment at the hospital yesterday to check for a squint - they are pretty sure he is squint-free - yeah!! However because of the family history they will review him again in four months and conduct regular reviews until he is 2 (I think) just to make sure one doesn't develop. I was chatting to another mum who was there at the same time - she had four boys and her youngest has a squint - I kept thinking of dazedandconfusedmum! (not because of the squint, because of the four boys!)

I was also at a meeting last night to set up a baby and toddler group and seem to have got voted in as chair (how did that happen????) - we are applying for funding and have a toy library locally that we can utilise - it's all very exciting!

I am poorly yet again - I seem to be getting cold after cold at the moment. I am getting run down (I imagine a lot of that is to do with not getting a full night's sleep). Ds is still feeding at least twice during the night - argh!

I had ds2 weighed today and he weighs 21lb 4ox, I cannot believe how big he is. The only problem is that I can't carry him any distance while I'm holding ds1's hand, so we always have to take the buggy everywhere. I feel a lightweight stroller might be in our near future.

We took the ds's swimming on Monday and ds2 loved it! He was better at kicking than ds1, who admittedly isn't very co-ordinated, but I was really surprised as he's not keen on the bath. It looks like I have another water baby on my hands, ds1 loves the water, roll on the summer and into the outdoor pool for us

Miaou, I really think you are some kind of super woman, do you wear your pants on the outside? Three children, a business, a job and now a toddler group, and are you still planning that third baby? I feel inferior in your esteemed company

Happy birthday for yesterday Twiga, do you get doubly spoiled by your dh, as it's Valentines too? Was it lovely to get your first card from your DD? I've kept all the cards that i've had from my boys. Speaking of Valentine's, there's been no mention of it on here. please tell me you all got spoiled and that romance isn't dead, I was cooked dinner by DH on Saturday, complete with champagne, he's well trained

C&Cmommy glad to hear you are on the mend.

Twiga nice to hear from you and that you are getting settled, and happy birthday for yesterday,

was my grans birthday yesterday, she was 85, she still in hospital though, and unable to get to the phone

maiou thats good news with your ds and congrats with the toddler thing, no wonder your run down!! you should try Busy B with C i havent had a cold since started taking them a couple of years ago bar one cold when preg but didnt take them then.

well i got DH home for valantines about 9pm though, however he got a phone call to say he could be away friday again
i did get flowers delivered and a gift voucher for the spa near us, torn between facial or body wrap to help with the inches

moschops i would have the same fear of choking as have seen ds choke and its scary.

I dont know if i fancy just giving dd things to have a go i have been stewing everything into mush, and its not that messy maybe i have a greedy girl that wont part with anything!!

Kate100 wow what a big boy!!!! i bet you cant cary him far, thats how big i was at a year old!!

Happy late birthday Twiga!!

Wow Kate you have a BIG boy. He's 1 & 1/2 Caitlins. I don't envy you carrying him around.

Congratulations on the baby & toddler group thing. I take it that they must be governmentally organized or soemthing more organized than around here?

We went to playgroup yesterday and met a new mom with an 8 month old girl. She still gets up 4 times a night to feed her. She asked for our advice on sleeping and boy did we give it to her. I think she was sorry she asked. She didn't put her baby down until 11-11:30 because she wanted to sleep until 8, and I don't think she liked it that everyone told her to put her to bed earlier. (Who would want 6 other moms telling you what to do?) Or that she probably didn't need to eat every time she woke up. Poor lady. she probably won't ever come back.

Miaou, sorry to hear you're so run down just now, hope you get better soon and are back on top of things in no time.

Kate, what a big lad! Got a lovely arrangement of flowers delivered from dh yesterday, birthday present is still pending as not had time with the move and all - before you think he's a pants dh, I've been hinting about an eternity ring and he wants to go and buy it together so waiting for suitable time and probably until we next visit home as not familiar with shops in this area yet! Getting my first mummy card was just fab and if I'd got nothing else yesterday it would have been enough - dh earnt big brownie points for remembering to get card from dd! Dh cooked dinner and we had a snuggly evening with a dvd once dd had gone to bed - all in all a great day!

Josey so sorry to hear your gran still isn't well, what a shame to have to spend her birthday in hospital. Will have to organise a time to meet up if you're floating around Aberdeen and I'm home at the same time - if not might have to hang out til August! Is your dh going to be away for long?

C&Cmummy, don't worry about the lady at your group she did ask ! I'm sure she's had the sense to take what's been useful and ignore what wasn't. We're still working on getting dd down earlier in the evening, scared she'll stop sleeping through if put down to early - are managing 8.30 - 9pm more often than 9 - 10pm these days mainly coz I'm getting better at picking up on her tired cues - would love to achieve getting her down by 7.30pm!

Anyone going to the Baby Show in Glasgow 3-5th March? Dh, dd and I are going on the Saturday (4th) can't believe it's nearly a year since I was there pg with my Mum - this year I get to take a baby!

C&Cmommy sure she will be back if she cant be told she shouldnt ask

Twiga dont know how long DH will be away for the joys of this job, he cant be off shore for more than 21days in a month though and he has already been away for 12 so far so shouldnt be more than a week, will definately try and get together i think the next time i will be in aberdeen is 4 & 5th of May we have a wedding in the Thistle(think thats what its called) up by cove bay? DH is best man so will be abbandoned with the kids all day Thursday while he runs around getting kilts and calming things

I got a leaflet through the door about the show but dont think i will go, the stag do is in perth a couple of weeks after so think i will drive Dh there and carry on to Glasgow and see my gran plus buy wedding outfits have another on in Italy in July

DS is cracking me up just now,i dont know if any of you have seen the Flyglobspan advert on ITV but my cousin works for them and is in the advert it is on all the time with us and he nearly goes through the tv everytime its on, im going to have to stop watchin emmerdale and corrie.

one of the girls from work phoned me today, she is also on maternity leave and she has decided to apply for my other half of job share i hope she gets it she is lovely and wants to do the other days from me so there would be no bickering fingers crossed

DD has had such a sore bum today its really read and has white blistery bits along really awful nappies her teeth must be really driving her mad poor wee thing
anyway i have wittered enough better go

Last night was the first night of zero tolerance - I will get ds to sleep through the night! The previous night he missed his 11pm feed and didn't wake until 3am - I fed him at 3 but he only wanted a quick snack, so he wasn't really hungry. So last night, I fed him when he woke at 12.30am (near enough to 11pm I felt), then when he woke at four I left him to cry. Boy, is he stubborn! I know it's frowned on to leave him for that long but I let him cry until he realised he was not getting a snack - it took him an hour and a half!!!! However, he then went back to sleep and stayed that way until about 8am when he woke up in a fabulous mood - yippee! Will do the same tonight and hope the crying jag doesn't last as long. He wasn't really distressed, just pretty annoyed . I am absolutely shattered though!

Ds has also started making loads of different noises now, and loves to sing in the bath. What a delight he is (yes, even when he cries at 4am)

I am a bit better from my cold etc now and hoping that once I get a decent night's sleep I will increase my resistance to all the bugs - here's hoping!

I have given dh a weekend pass to go fishing so I have got all the kids on my own this weekend - however with the girls being so much older it's really not a big problem. We are going to go to the library and annoy my mum (she has just started her job there, I will start mine soon I hope!)

I have been persevering with the expressing, last night I managed to get 3oz, which I was very pleased with! I will feel a lot more relaxed about going to work if I know I can leave some milk in a cup with dh. Next week we are going to see if he will take it from the cup if dh offers it (on the basis he will probably refuse it from me). Will let you know how I get on.

Josey, that sounds really good about the jobshare, makes a huge difference if you are sharing with someone you get on with!

colin&caitlinsmommy, you made me laugh re the poor mum with the sleep problems - it's just the sort of thing I would do! At least she is now aware of just what the options are to sort it out!

Twiga, your home furnishings sound - erm, interesting!! If you're anything like me you probably won't notice it once you are settled in with your own things around you. Hope you find out what's going on in your area and get to know some folks.

I had ds weighed the other week at 27 weeks old, and he was 16lb 8oz. He is just nestling under the 25th centile, though he looks like he's a lot bigger (I think that's his totsbots though!!)

I'm impressed by your resolve not to get up, Miaou. I'm glad Caitlin doesn't cry that long, I'd be up to get her. It only took 1 night of crying to get herself to put herself to sleep, but the hard part is now when we are taking away her dummy. I let her get too attached to it when we had to take breastfeeding away, and she can't sleep without it. She cried for almost an hour 2 nights ago, but it was down to 20 min. last night. She's been sleeping from 7:30-5:30 or 6:30, which I'm really not ready to get up at 5:30, but it has been 10 hours. She woke up at about 5:30 this morning and after arguing a bit over who was going to feed her (I'll get her, no I'll get her) we realized nobody had to get her because she had gone back to sleep.

She can sit up for a minute or so at a time, and probably could do it longer, she just always wants something out of her reach and leans over too far and falls down.

On a completely odd note, the weather has been beautiful here, almost 70 (farenheit) for the past week. Today we woke up to snow.

well i spent the day with my best friend today in the town we grew up in. went to a playgroup this morning and i was really nice to get out and socialise and i saw a few old school friends too. it's just a shame i can't go more regularly.

i'm off shopping tomorrow to see if i can get some desperately needed new clothes!!

Checking in as DS2 is exactly 6 months today - where has all the time gone? The boys and I spent a few days with my parents this week as it was half-term. Sleep continues to be the major problem, as DS2 wakes up around 11pm, 2am and then is really difficult to settle after 4am (these times vary each night). I am so very tired, particularly as DS1 rarely sleeps beyond 6.15am. Infact in the 4.5 years since he was born he must have slept until 7am only around a half-dozen times in total. We are going to have to be tough and spend a few nights of misery while DS2 crys it out, otherwise I don't think we'll survive, so I'm interested to hear how it's going for you others in the same boat.

Foodwise I am down to one breastfeed a day, after dropping the morning feed last week - it's taking a long time for my breasts to get used to dropping that one and on Tuesday I thought I had the beginnings of mastitis. DS2 rarely takes more than 3oz in a bottlefeed, which just can't be enough. He's loving the solids, though, and I have a good routine in the daytime (wish I could say the same about night).

Azure, ouch re the sleep thing. Ds seemed to have got the message the other night, last night he slept through from his late evening feed to almost 8am! I'm hoping it wasn't a one-off

Fingers crossed you've turned the corner Miaou. Last night DS2 was asleep at 7.30pm, woke at 10.30pm (DH's turn), then 2am (after a brief stir at 1am), I was back in bed at 3.20am, then he woke at 4.50am and I couldn't settle him down again before DH relieved me at 6am (when DS1 work up). I rather guiltly went back to bed for 2 hours - hurrah for the weekend.

Glad that you had a lovely birthday Twiga. Don't mention eternity rings to me, I didn't get one on my first wedding anniversary or on the birth of my first child, so now he's promised me one for our tenth wedding anniversary - and it's going to be good Have a lovely time choosing it.

DS2 continues to thrive, I really can't carry him very far, the baby carrier is definitely a thing of the past, I think I'd topple over! I think that he must have more teeth on the way as he has done nothing but poo for the past 5 days or so, everytime I change his nappy there is more poo! Still at least DS1 is now potty trained so there are less nappies all round.

Sorry things aren't improving on the sleep front Azure, I have no ideas at all, but a lot of sympathy.

Well touch wood he seems to be doing very well, last night he dropped his late evening feed, woke briefly at 2.30am for a 10 minute whinge, then didn't wake again until 8am (I was awake before him!). Long may it continue. Sorry Azure, really not what you want to hear, especially since I have not got any constructive advice! At this age their personalities really shine through and what works brilliantly for one will be a disaster for another

Azure you poor thing I really dont know what i would do in your shoes. How much milk does your DS take in one day, i was reading a weaning guide which says they should still be taking between 17 and 28oz of milk a day up till one year old, my dd started getting up in the middle of the night and taking 2 extra feeds beacuse she had dropped one during the day so i reduced her solids so she now has 7oz four times a day, might be worth a try.
was wondering what does your ds do when he is awake? does he just cry or does he want to play? from day one i always changed fed put straight to back to bed asleep or awake with no lights and as little talking as possible, i think my dd found night time boring then and didnt want to be awake or maybe im just second guessing at anything to try and help you get some sleep
you could always try ear plugs and just let him cry.

is anyone getting words from there little darlings yet? dd the last couple of days has been shouting dadadadadadadadadadadadadada and if she wasnts doing the odd mimimimimim(which i proudly take to be me)would be highly offended
I just wish her teeth would come through, she is being sick and pooing(badly)all the time drooling everywhere, i dont know how many times a day im having to change her now, she is chewing everything in sight, poor wee soul just grins through it though, and if she doesnt have anything to chew she grinds her gums.

oh Kate hold off for that ring at 10 years wow you wont be able to lift you hand Im one of those pests that got mine at 1st anniversary/dds birth as was within weeks of each other, my MIL still didnt have hers after 25years and i think she gave fil such a hard time she got 1 for xmas.

Maiou glad things are starting to improve with your ds sleeping hope it continues

Hi all, woke up to great news this morning, one of my dearest friends had her little girl at 12.15am weighing 7lb 9oz, her name is Anya Olive Catriona and they're both doing great. They've asked dh and I to be God-parents which we're dead chuffed about . Have mastitus again but woke up to find the anti-biotics have finally kicked in and my breast is much less red - it's taken 36 hours which has felt like a life time, so sore feeding through it! Anyway hopefully over the next couple of days I'll feel back to normal - think the issue is dd changing her feeding patterns again, seems to need more at the min and is feeding for an hour at a time. Still holding out til 6 months for solids but have been having long chats with dh over last few days as to wethe we should start once mastitus is properly past as she really seems much hungrier and is reaching out constantly whenever we eat in front of her - hard to know what to do for the best and one of those issues it's hard not to beat yourself up over!

We finally got a high chair this weekend - dd loves to be sat up at the same level when I'm doing jobs in the kitchen or we're eating, it's made meal times nicer as we son't feel so rushed - she used to get bored watching from her mat on the floor. Another lovely thing we got at the weekend was a copy of some camcorder footage some friends of ours took at the hospital when dd was a few days old - she looks so tiny, we're going to add it to the start of a dvd we're making of her first year (only got our camcorer at Christmas).

Sorry to hear things are still tough on a sleep front with you Azure and Miaou I hope you've cracked it!

On a ring front, it'll be a few weeks yet as waiting until we're visiting home. We were too skint for me to ask on our 1st wedding ann and dh wasn't sure what I'd like which is why one didn't materialise in Sept with dd. Keep working on him Kate - maybe suggest a budget which increases on a sliding scale with each year it's not purchased

Josey, how lovely that your dd is starting to make proper sounding noises! Our dd has a large range of unbelievabley high pitch shrieks and babbles, and if you not paying proper attention she thumps both feet on the floor til you look at her - no words yet though, still too early - you're right about their wee personalities shining through, dd has a real sense of humour and finds her dad hilarious, also showing some of my stubborn streak - help!

We seem to have Caitlin's sleep problems beat. She did wake up last night around 2 am and refused to go back to sleep, but I just went in and gave her a pacifier and she went right back to sleep until 6.

Sorry to hear about your problems, Azure. Hope you're surviving the crying it out thing. We were pretty lucky in that it wasn't really that bad. I can also sympathize with you about your older DS waking you up. Colin doesn't sleep past 5:45 usually. I'm seriously contemplating getting one of those childproofing things you put on a doorknob so they can't open it and putting it on the inside of his door so he can't get out of his room in the morning. It sounds so mean, but he will go back to sleep if he goes back in his room. He also cries when we take him out of our room, and usualy wakes up Caitlin. I'd leave a stool in there so he could turn his light on and play. Not sure about this, though, it just sounds so mean, but he really needs to sleep past 5:30/5:45.

hi all, one handed typing as expressing (groan)

ds is doing ok, we were at a cafe yesterday and he was going crazy for food and there was nothing he could have he even knocked my sandwich on the floor in his excitment, in the end ordered french bread for him even though trying to avoid wheat. he isnt really consuming much food mainly sucking so may introduce porridge and spoon feed it for his breaky.

can sort of sympathise azure as ds still wakes up to 3 times but usually seems hungry so i'm not ready for cc - your strong miaou for going so long.

had mastitis again this weekend and was on the brink of giving up bf but will persevere a little longer.

glad you had a good time moschops