December 2011 - crying and grizzling (and that's just the mums!)

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FairyBayleaf DC1 EDD 6th Dec BORN 29th Sept Albert Elwyn 2lb 14oz
Tjuice DC2 EDD 21st November BORN 7th Nov Amaya Rose 3kg
Sevensevenseven DC2 EDD 20th Dec 25yo Southwold BORN 21st Nov Eva Rose 5lb 4oz
Girlwiththemouseyhair DC2 EDD 24th Nov Maggie Juliet BORN 25th Nov 8lb 9oz
YBR DC1 EDD 22nd Dec BORN 25th Nov (girl) 6lb 3.5oz
LittleBlueBoat(Cheeptrick) DC2 EDD 5th Dec 29yo S.Yorkshire BORN 26th Nov Hope Brynn Frances 8lb 9oz
Kri5ty DC1 EDD 13th Dec 26yo Manchester Boy BORN 29th Nov Saul Harrison 6lb 13oz
LauraSmurf DC1 EDD 3rd December Girl BORN 30th Nov
BeeMyBaby DC2 EDD 29th November 25yo Scotland BORN 1st Dec Safia Hawwa 7lb6oz
SoTiredOfTheWheelsOnTheBus DC2 EDD 7th December BORN 1st December Boy 8lbs5oz
Iggly DC2 EDD 2nd December South London BORN 2nd Dec (Girl) 8lb 1oz
Girlsyearapart DC4 EDD 6th December BORN 3rd Dec (Boy) 7lb 7oz
HoneyLovesCake DC1 EDD 2nd December Cornwall BORN 6th Dec Rocco Kaleb 8lb 14oz
Mmmmcheese DC2 EDD 25th December 32yo BORN 7th Dec (Girl) 7lb8oz
Itsybitsy08 DC2 EDD 6th December Boy BORN 9th Dec Kieran 8lb4oz
Msbuggywinkle DC3 EDD 13th December 27yo BORN 10th Dec Miranda 8lb6oz
OiMissus DC1 2 December, 39yo, Horwich, Bolton BORN 10th Dec (Boy) Alistair Jude 9lbs
jigglebum BORN 11 Dec Freya 7lbs
Pludophtherednosedreindeer (plupervert): DC2 EDD Dec 10 (Kent) BORN 12 Dec Helena 8lb 6oz (3.8kg)
NorthernChinchilla- EDD 19th December, BORN 12th Dec, Boy, 7lb 7oz
Jomouse DC1 EDD 2nd December 35yo London BORN 14 Dec (Girl) 5lb 8oz
Tyelperion DC1 EDD 3rd December 27yo Windsor BORN 14 Dec (boy) 9lb 8oz
KateM77: DC2 EDD Dec 10 34yo BORN 16 Dec Daniel James 8lb 6oz
BennyBenBear DC1 EDD 5th December Manchester/Bolton BORN 18 Dec Oliver Stephen Bolton 8lb 9oz
Kiteflying DC2 EDD 7 December 44yo Australia BORN 18 December (Girl) Lulu 8lb 14 oz
mopsytop DC1 EDD 25th December BORN 19 Dec 6lbs 11oz
AWomanCalledHorse DC1 EDD 22nd December BORN 21st December 7lbs 6oz (Boy)
Figgygal DC1 EDD 12 December 30yo Bath BORN 22 Dec Daniel James McMillan 9lb 4oz
Kitty5824 DC1 EDD 21st December 33 yo Manchester - Don't know BORN 23rd Dec, Boy, 7lb 14oz, Sebastian John
Aethelfleda DC3 EDD 27th December London BORN 3rd January, Albert Thomas William 8lb 10 oz
hawthers DC2 EDD 22nd December London 33yo BORN 28 December 7lb 4oz (boy)
LittleMissFlustered DC3 31st December BORN 6 Jan (boy)
hopeful1 BORN 6 Jan Noa Francie Kate 10lb 3oz
MissRee BORN 12 Jan 12 Freya Violet 7lb 7oz

Yay well done Hawthers

Lovely to finally meet some of the ladies and babies today! The old couple sat behind me commented on how well behaved the little ones were Of course we all had the bestest looking babies in the whole of bluewater today as well

I might have bought Freya her first pair of jeans whilst at bluewater... I managed to resist the dinky ballet pumps tho

missree just wait until they're toddlers causing chaos.

I cant bring myself to put Eva in denim, little dresses and tights are just too cute. I need to buy some more though, most of hers are now bum-flashing length, even the 3-6 month ones. Annoyingly she was given a couple of thin summery 6-9 month ones for Christmas which will probably be too short by the summer.

hawthers hurray!

seven leggings! Just a couple of rows on the sleeves to go, I knit or crochet constantly as it stops me from going loopy (I have ADHD). I keep it to projects that are easy to put down downstairs though, the lace knitting is saved for when they are asleep!

I was just going to ask if you'd resisted the lure of BabyGap MissRee! You're a far nicer Mum than I; I treated myself to a new cardie at FatFace, whereas DS got some onesies from Mothercare. TBF though, he's had a new wardrobe bought for him four times over, from newborn to 6-9 months stuff, so the second new item for me in flippin' months I think is justified!

Nice to hear that about the couple behind us too. Was lovely to meet up and put faces to nicknames, and of course our babies were the cutest and most edible even my little tank of a child.

Hope all those who had to deal with the M25 did so successfully, and will get organising the next one

tyel- so glad you're feeling well and posting again, given all you've been through. I'm not surprised your DH swooned over HLC, I would too! And I'm in the same boat as you and easily around the night-time wakings- it just seems normal to me. Overnight he'll go anything from 2-5 hours, so will wake 2-3 times, but like you co-sleeping saves my sanity!

My DS is in front of the TV now sotired- he likes it, and is contentedly wiggling around on his mat in front of the TV, so who am I to argue?! He also watches the footie sitting on his Dad's lap, it's rather sweet... I salve my conscience by putting on BBC News 24 though !

Welcome Roxanne, good to meet you.

And that's the best news Hawthers, I am so pleased for you. Hopefully this is the start of an upwards trend, and it will allow you to fully enjoy being a Mum.

Got the washing on now so that I've done one bit of housework and not just enjoyed myself all day!

Oh, and now have to be aware of DS's new trick- he can push himself along when he's on his back on the changemat, IYSWIM, so would be able to push himself off the edge of the table whilst being changed!

This thread moves so fast! Went out with the grandparents yesterday & so much seems to have happened on here..

Well done on the weight gain hawthers

Glad Ali's feeling better Oi

Welcome Roxanne

Rocco is a telly addict too Sotired & I'm afraid I encourage it as I've been an addict since I was a LO so I figure there's no avoiding it. He'll be screaming his head off because I dare to change his 6th pooey nappy of the morning >_< & then catch sight of the tv screen & stop completely. He kicks a lot & babbles at it while watching so it's helping his development...right? I'm also one still in my maternity jeans but that's because they're much nicer & fancier than my pre-pregnancy primarni's.

easily @ are there drugs involved Whenever, I mention to DP that some of your LOs are sleeping through he looks very knowing & says Calpol He refuses to believe otherwise...not that DS ever wakes him with us cosleeping I don't think he even wakes himself, just stirs enough to wake me & then dream feeds.

tyel @ your DH's compliment especially as I'm still a bit of a mess; far from the yummy mummy I thought I'd be at this point I've pm'd you but go ahead & post the pics; can't wait to see the one of Rocco & Pirran studying each other.

plu the tantrums thread is priceless. Had me in hysterics No idea if the trip to Goa is still on; we haven't discussed it since but I made a point of saying (quite truthfully) how exhausting the weekend was without him so we shall see. He's just come in from work & is being quite sappy as DS has apparently changed in the past 2 days

What can I say... they had 30% off all jeans. My debit card just fell into the machine

I on the other hand am refusing to buy myself any new clothes until I've lost some of the baby blubber!!!

northern as you're only 10 minutes from me, if you fancy meeting up in between official meets, I'll come down and meet you in Rochester for a coffee?

I'll admit to plonking Freya in her rocking chair in front of Baby TV when I got home so I could get on with bottle making and sorting dinner. I do feel guilty for making the telly the baby-sitter though

Oh I also meant to say how impressed I was at how baby-friendly the JL cafe is! Special bottle warming jugs and members of staff to help carry trays so you can push your buggy!

I later went into Krispy Kreme to have coffee and feed Freya and was not so impressed. They wouldn't let me have a jug of hot water but said that if I gave them the bottle they would warm it for me... then they super heated it and I had to wait ages for it to cool down enough, all whilst Freya was screaming at the injustice of it all!!!!

Most cafes don't let you have jugs of water as the safety elves disapprove:(

The world has gone mad... how is it different to a hot tea or coffee?

They're insured for the drinks as its the purpose of the shop. They're not covered for accidents due to random jugs of water though. Mad, but true.

This is also the reason that my other boy learned to take his bottles at whatever temperature they came out of my bag at, much easier for me:o

Helpful staff cafes: Sainsbury, M&S and Tesco too. Have also found staff in my local Starbucks happy to help menu delivering my bucket large coffee to my table:o

Shows my first-time mum silliness then... I thought they had to be warmed

Yay hawthers!!

Minimopsy takes bottles cold from the fridge, lukewarm or warm which is very handy I have to say! In middle of night the bottles are cold from fridge, during the day sometimes warm if I've just prepared the feed and when I go out I tend to bring cartons (don't have to feed her that often when out so it's not really too extravagant!) so lukewarm. It defs makes life easier.

WooHoo Hawthers!

I have one of these for warming bottles when I'm out. It holds just about enough water to heat two bottles, keeps it warm for hours and fits in the changing bag.

msbuggy if it helps I think I'd go mad if I didn't knit! I can't just do nothing, whereas DH will happily watch mind-numbing crap on TV. If I'm not knitting it's because I'm in the middle of a book I can't put down.

Very jealous of the meet-ups going on!

I have to confess I've been known to heat bottles in microwave ... Bad mother alert

Ooooh I might need one if those seven... I wonder whether my Avent bottles are compatible?

Hi All

Sorry haven't had to catch up on posts.

At 4am I woke with sickness and diarrhoea I went on to be sick about 6 times which stopped at 9am. I have been to the doctors and he said that it is food poisoning (we went to in-laws last night and they re-heated my dinner as I was feeding the LO- they also buy lots of Asda Oops reduced items so pork was probably one of them).

Doctor advised to keep drinking which I have but I have just been sick again. Any other ideas for keeping bf supply up?

Many thanks

PS- LO wont take a bottle

When I was in hosp after my EMCS and couldn't get to the breakfast room for breakfast the catering staff weren't allowed to give me toast as they weren't allowed to use the toaster for health and safety reasons - mad!!

stellie sorry about the food poisoning - bad in-laws! I think rest and skin to skin are the only other things you can do. I had norovirus when DS was a few months old and he started feeding every hour so that might happen. It shouldn't affect your supply too much but you could get v fdehydrated. I had brown urine (sorry TMI)! In terms of drinkling try really little sips every 5 mins or so. Its a pain but makes a massive difference and hopefully shouldn't trigger your stomach to react.

Hi stellie, msbuggy the wonderfully helpful bf counsellor on this thread has told us-I believe - that your bug won't be passed on to your LO through breastmilk, so you're safe to bf. However, you may feel too poorly to bf. I wouldn't worry about your supply, a day or two would have a little effect I guess, but you'd be back up to speed within days. Your breasts will hurt though, so even if you can't bf, you should try and express. (also will help maintain supply).
Hurrah hurrah for Farley! Clever little man knowing that it was time to gain to keep mummy sane! I'm relieved for you hawthers, that's really great news.
And yep, Ali likes the tv. Any lights really, but the tv is the most convenient!
Had a lovely time at baby massage. Even though 10 mins in Alistair decided he was starving and had to be fed immediately. So we fed and observed. He finished in time for the back massage and proceeded to show off - he held his head up high whilst lying on his tummy! The first time it'd happened without his roll. I was v v proud! And of course he peed on me twice.
Looking forward to next week.
Tomorrow I'm going in to work. I'm going to wear a new Karen Millen dress (picked up in sales), stilettos and a handbag that is not a nappy bag.

missree I have Avent bottles, i think the compatible with tommee tippee bottles just means its big enough for wide neck bottles.

stellieboo sorry you've got food poisoning, I had campylobacter a couple of years ago, it was bloody awful. Plenty of rest and drink sugary squash with a little salt in it (bizarrely nice!). The pharmacist told me its just as good as buying the rehydration powders.