October 2011: our growing, rolling, sleeping (we hope) and growing more gorgeous by the day babies

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Our third thread!

tally go onto cow and gate website and order 5 step weaning guide, it's free and it's a really good reference and recipes are v simple.

I stupidly invited a friend from work over for lunch today with her wee boy so now I have until 1.30pm to get this house presentable! At least I've got a reason today so I WILL get something done lol

ed thanks for the tip. Cow and gate guide ordered. So excited and nervous for weening. I love cooking so the idea of j eating lovely food I have made is so nice, but I know it will also be really difficult and stressful. Particularly as he is not good with milk (although he does seem to be getting better). I am going to try to wait for 6 months so also looking forward to getting lots of tips of you ladies with other kids.

mama cp sounds fab. I would LOVE a holiday. Going to jersey in may so not too long to wait....

J is so cute at the moment lots of chatting and smiling. He seems so aware of everything going on

He is 16 weeks so not looking forward to the sleep regression you all seemed to get. When did it start?

The 5 step weaning guide is good! Plus it's got some money off vouchers for the cereals etc. I'm excited to start! I had steamed some broccoli the other day for dinner and I gave her a bit to hold. She had a wee taste, picture on her face was funny . I asked the HV about blw the other day but she admitted she didn't know much about it as they only speak about purée. I want to do the purée veg/fruit to start then introducing pasta etc but all the while offering finger foods.

S has her 4 month jabs today. She has a bit of the cold, but I can't remember if that's ok? No temp, just sniffly nose.

Ooh I got that sent in the post a few days ago. I'm not really sure how we're going to tackle weaning, it seems like a massive hurdle. How long is it until they are onto just solids in the day?

I'd like to do blw, despite my MIL being funny about it

Well you take it day by day but I would expect them to be eating most things within a few months

Didn't mean to jump the gun with weaning! We're only going to offer M a spoonful of veg once a day just to see how he responds (in a few weeks time). I'm not going to push it if he won't take it. I think they're a bit more relaxed about starting weaning here at 4/5 months.

quick question - had 2 large glasses of wine last night between 8 and 11 (finally made it out for dinner with the girls!). DH gave M a bottle of EBD while I was out, so when I got home at 12.30 I expressed a bottle from my very full boobs. Should I throw it away? (i think yes "pump and dump", DH says it can't be in milk so quickly so keep it). And should I also have given him a bottle from my expressed stash at 3am instead of breast?

This is why I haven't been drinking anything the last few months - it's too confusing!

Glad you had a good time mama and J is back to normal.

Engel, the midwife told me to wait 1hour per unit. It goes into your milk the same as blood alcohol levels.

I would dump tbh but I wouldn't have pumped in the first place

and feeding at 3 am would have been fine

we will do BLW to start again, we introduced spoon foods around 8/9 months last time when we started giving her breakfast and dal dishes as we moved into 'winter'.

I think the main thing for weaning is that they can sit unaided, this makes it less of a choke hazard. I started at 4m with ODS and he wasn't sitting on his own, I wish I had waited because it didn't help with his weight gain or sleep.

BLW for us too, although I did it with ds2 and he is the fussiest eater I know now!

Yeh! have proper internet again now. Have wrecked hands from cleaning our new house and no nails (I think this is something to do with bf).

Off to read thread and catch up, may be sometime. Collecting a Bumbo for P as well tonight :)

Is anyone elses baby completely wild?! She is a right yeller!

Oh and I nearly cried (and pooped my pants) at OBEM last night.

Okay, have read and it seems as though normal non-sleeping-bonkers-babies are the norm right now so I will join you for lack of sleep. Since we moved we have been bringing P's bedtime forward so she is in her basket from about 8pm and we have some time on our own. She was much better at first and slept for 5 hours straight but now we are back to 2 hours and then waking, yawn!

I noticed today too that some of her head has rubbed off on the top of the moses basket :(

Are you def pregnant Super? I did a POAS yesterday but not convinced there was a line :(

How is everything BB3 and Strawberry now?

The top of her head, or her hair, Cheshire ?!

cheshire we're doing ok thanks just awaiting our appointment at John Radcliffe. If P isn't sleeping well in her basket and is running out of room in it may I suggest moving her to her cot? We got to that stage with W and he is sleeping so much better in the cot, I think he had got uncomfortable in the basket. As he's now in his own room we're putting him in a sleeping bag rather than blanket for our piece of mind!
Good luck for POAS hope you get the result you want soon.

Penguin didn't realise you were in Oxford, we are relatively close, I'm in Winchester.

Loving all the weaning talk! W is nowhere near yet, he's only discovered he can chew his hands in the last couple of weeks and is still very content with just milk (he's only 15 weeks tho) plus he can't sit up without capsizing sideways or backwards after a few seconds :o

Sorry if I've missed anyone, I'm sure I have but I can't remember who/what

Mama You're just down the road from me! It sounds really good. I think we can get a day pass (although perhaps in the summer!)

Sch no NHS classes have been mentioned. Might ask hv nearer the time.

Ed thanks for the tip - guide ordered (but saying that I've still not had my cuddly cow, despite asking three times!). I hope you got your house presentable in time. I had the nct girls over this pm so I too spent all morning tidying and hiding things in cupboards .

Emm Seb is also really smily and chatty at the moment. He smiles and talks at everyone. So cute .

Been trying to get a Stokke high chair off ebay but they go for quite a lot. Does anyone have one, are they worth it?

sorry, ive not caught up yet and i havent read any posts.

but just wanted to share the good news. sil got the results from her scan today, and its nearly gone.

she is a little early, as she couldnt wait, so we are hoping its gone by the time she has the correct date scan.

she is at home now drinking champagne with mil. sooooooooo happy for her.

hope everyone is well. xx

Oh sassy was going to pm you tonight to see how it went! That's great news. So pleased for you sister xxx

Strawberry I'm about 30 minutes from you down a34!

Edie is fine bow just a nasty cough think I'm going to try and get girls in their own room this weekend and potty training starts Monday - where's the scared emoticon...

Just quickly popping -sneaking-- on.

strawberry I had all 3 dc at Winchester I'm on outskirts of new forest, dibden. Would be great for us down south ladies to meet up

On wine front, I've had a couple of glasses and not expressed. I thought as long as not excessive it's fine.

Last night here. Officially loving the pool and the dc had brilliant time. Saw magician today and ds1 and dh did high ropes and zip wire. Hoping to spend morning at pool tomorrow too.

Wonderful news sassy!! Bet everyone is so happy and relieved cheers to the champers!!!

Glad to hear house move went ok cheshire. I'm excited for you to poas!!

S had her 4 month jabs today. That's the last till 1 year old now. Poor thing was screaming 2 in left leg, 1 in right. My poor pet. Feeling awful too as she has came down with the cold today. So stuffed up, coughing etc and im away till Monday night . Typically it had to be this wkend. I know she will be looked after by my mum but still. She is just wanting cuddles and I won't be there to give her them

Hope everyone is good

Oh, can't remember who said it, but yeah, S is wild!! She screams at the top of her lungs!! Prib the reason she has a cough . You turn away from her, she screams to get your attention. So funny

Oh Sassy that's great news I'm so pleased its all looking positive.

Cheshire good to have you back hope move wasn't too stressful.

I'm at people POAS I never thought I'd say it but I miss being pg. just have to wait til October then hopefully can start trying again.

Oh and Mama I'm so of you in cp I love it there

Re highchairs (sorry I'm on phone don't remember who asked) I got a great one from ikea it's a metal frame and folds flat, but it goes up against the table just like stokke and was only £30.
Also mamas and papas sell one v similar to stokke for c. £70

I did manage to get the house sorted and tonight is dh's poker night so I'm really getting to enjoy my night with tv in a nice clean living room for a change

I watched OBEM last night too it wa awful, did anyone else think it looked like the pead was ready to give up

Sassy that's excellent news.

Fuzzzy I found out today the 3rd injection was three....Seb will not be happy about that, I don't think he heard though...

Ed it was me asking about highchairs. Thanks, I'll take a look at Ikea (I love Ikea...mmmmm meatballs....!!)

Omg OBEM was awful but when it was looking really bad I did say to dh that she (she?) would be OK otherwise they wouldn't show it on tv.