December 2011: Smiles and giggles and coffee and truffles.....

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Voila, a new positive thinking thread for us!

Onward and upward, ladies. Do come on and post if you're a lurker or want to join our merry band, all welcome!!

I am wondering ffers how much and how often your little ones take? Danny has been on 7oz 6/7 times a day for about 6 weeks now hes been getting unhappy a lot the last few days and even had his first night feed in 2 wks last night so think he needs bottles upped. Hes been constipated too so we took him off hungry baby so it could be that (he was still eating every 2.5hrs on that so didnt really work here) but am worried about giving him so much as his tummy gets very bloated. Hes only 13 wks so trying to hold off until the golden 17 wks before introducing any food stuff but i cant start feeding him every 2hrs. Think ill go see HV this week he is about 17lbs i expect (born on 91st centile). Has anyone started weaning yet?

He is just kicking around in a nappy at the mo its so warm bless him

I used to have the draw app but it kept crashing my phone. Anyone use words with friends?

Bouncing headache here, flashy lights and everything >_< Despite this we've been making eggcelent eggstravagant eggsamples of artistic fabulousness for the annual Easter competition. They're eggstraordinary:)

That sounds eggstremely eggciting....

It's been eggshilarating....

figgy Not started weaning but the HV is holding a weaning group when DD2 is about 4 and a half months, maybe yours will do one too?

DH picked out DD1s clothes for the first time in about 6 months today, and she trotted in looking like a tiny matador - needless to say he was very pleased with himself.

Next baby I really need to take the plunge on reusable nappies as you all make it sound much easier than I imagined it would be.

Figgy What Formula are you using? Sky is using C&G comfort - designed for easy digestion for Colicky & Constipated babies and has 4-5 7oz bottles within 24hrs but I need to try and get 6 7oz bottles into her as she dropped slightly on the centiles. Went from 25th down to 9th. Maybe up the bottles and see how he goes within a week and if no good maybe a change in formula will help.

Lmost bedtime, thank bob!

Those talking about the Crystal Maze, did you see the original presenter Richard O'Brian? I thought I was a teenager when I saw it, but at 39 (now - not then!) I'm wondering if I was actually already drawing my pension.
I'm too scared to look up the app, sorry. But I want to reduce the time I spend on't t'phone, and another addictive app I do not need!

Thanks aethel!! tried the little lambs earlier, she hated it and let me know. When I took it off there were big red marks on her thighs from the wrap. She has small enough legs so I was surprised. Also is was wet through-the wrap worked brilliantly, couldn't feel it from the outside, but used a disposable liner but she was all clammy so obviously wet against her skin-is that normal w non-disposable? She stopped crying as soon as I took it off! Next I will try the motherease but only trying during the day til I find the ones that fit/seem comfy, then I can try those at night.

figgy, minimopsy takes five 6oz bottles a day but she doesn't always take the full 6oz. Today, for example, she took 6oz three times, 5oz once and 4oz once. Yesterday similar. But the day before she took five full 6oz feeds. And sometimes she will have a sixth feed but never takes six full feeds. But she is only 25th centile and she weighs 12lbs at 13 weeks so needs less I suppose.

Saw friends from my M.Phil today which was so lovely ad it's been so long! They have all now long finished their phds because continued straight on after the M.Phil but I worked for three years after mine before starting my PhD so I feel well behind :( but I gave a gorgeous little baby to be fair! Would be finished by now otherwise. And I know which I'd prefer! Was lovely to show her off to them and she was fab and sat quietly on my husband's lap or slept throughout our long lunch.

Poor LO has been totally out of sorts today, and required three changes before bedtime owing to drool. Best way to describe it is that I can see the 12 individual teeth from canines forward and they look like they're contained by a thin layer of (now bloody razor sharp) gum, if that makes sense aethel? I too have six funky giraffe bibs on order to my Mum's, and they can't come soon enough.
I torn between wanting the damn things to errupt, so it stops causing him pain (and making me feel crap as there's nothing I can do about it, bar some occasional Calpol) and not wanting them to in case they bugger up bf'ing.
But scarred- you poor thing, that's horrendous!

Sounds like you toured my childhood homes kitty, as I'm a North Lancashire and South Manchester girl! Did you have a grand day out?

Really hope you're on the mend Bee, can't imagine having to cope with DCs whilst having D&V.

And hope Octoboy is less wheezy LMF. Is it a stress/tension headache you've got or a migrane?

I loved Richard O'Brien on the Crystal Maze Oi, never watched it with anyone else! Him and his 'mummy'! Amazing legs on the man too, and you had the feeling he'd be brilliant on a wild night out.... Is the jumperoo the doorway bouncing thing? I can't wait to get one for DS, think they're great. However, owing to the fact that this house was owned by the world's dodgiest builder, there aren't really any door frames that it would either be possible or safe to put him in...

Am up North for the next week, so shall throw the cloak of lurk over me for a while... may de-lurk if I get the chance, but will keep on reading and follow you onto the next thread.

Tsk... I am torn

figgy I'm feeding DS 240mls ( i think that's 9oz) every four hours, five times in every 24 hours. DS is 13 weeks old. Not sure what his current weight is and can't remember what centile he is on, but I think he's on the 91st centile, he was 9lbs 1oz at birth.

I can't wait to start weaning, I'm really curious what foods he will enjoy! I will try to get as far as I can with milk only, but realistically I don't see us getting to 24 weeks.

NorthernChinchilla I wish you could take your little one to see my health visitor...apparently babies are all exactly the same and all start teething at 24 weeks! I don't bother with hv now, if I have any questions I'll ask the pharmacist...he's brilliant and very helpful :)

figgy - In theory Freya has 5 6oz bottles a day but as she now goes to bed at 730pm (hurrah!!!) and sleeps through to 730 ish I don't have time to get her to have 5, so she has 4 6oz bottles and doesnt always finish them. She was on the 25th percentile. I wonder if she is maintaining it now but will have her weighed soon. she looks ok to me! No thoughts at all about weaning yet, although with DS I think I started at 5months, but Freya doesn't feel anywhere near needing food yet.

Managed to have a nice Sat for a change here. The beautiful weather always helps. Got out on the bikes again all of us but a couple of the bridleways were a bit bumpy for the trailer and Freya got a bit upset a couple of times so we need to choose a bit more carefully next time I think. Have friends here tomorrow so might manage a good weekend overall.

Hope just rolled from her back to side and then onto her front and got both arms out and lifted her head to look around.

She is 17 weeks old today.

Air was weand at 5 months cos he reached out and took my rich tea bicky and eat it! I then waited a week till he was 6 mo.ths old and used baby rice. I will wait til hope is ready.

Northern sounds like the jumperoo would be much better for your LO as it's like a walker with the seat on springs so no need for suspending from doorways!

Coincidentally, I have the same issue with the doorway bouncers. My house (well the house I live in which has been converted into 2 flats) was built in the 1860s and the whole flat needs a lot of work... I'm concerned that the door bouncer we have will pull the door frame and/or plaster down!!!!

Oh and on the formula front, Freya has 6x6oz bottles and is on the 50th centile weighing 11lb1oz at 10 weeks. She's also on C&G hungry baby formula. I've only just upped her bottles from 5oz as she was having 7 feeds a day. She's now sleeping 9pm until 6.30ish, goes straight down without fuss and doesn't stir in the night whereas before she was waking at 4am for a feed as well.

Ali has just started looking at some of my food with curiosity - egg mayo sandwiches today -he's 15 wks old today. A good sign, I think. I'm going to do some research but am liking the idea of baby led weaning.
northern as s.o. else said, the jumperoo doesn't hang from a doorframe. It's a seat with a table around it, of jungle themed goodies, suspended from it's own frame. It's height-adjustable and the LO bounces away to his heart's content.
Ali stayed in it -from the first try -for about 15 mins. Fabulous!

Yup cherry, he could do his vampire thing on her... in fact I've added the pic of him savaging his Great Aunt .

Thanks for the tip MissRee, I'll look into that- when these older houses have been fiddled about with, especially by idiots such as the one who lived here, it does make you fear for your safety sometimes. I don't want to press the issue by suspending my adorable lump of a baby off the frames and letting him bounce!

at those babies going through, I'm chuffed if after his dream feed at 10/11, DS only has one feed as opposed to two or three in the night. Mind you, I'm grumping now but in a month I'll be back at work, sleeping without him and down to two bfs a day, and be really wibbly about it miss it .

Oooooh they do an underwater themed one as well Oi it was reduced in Babies R Us last I saw too

You don't even want to know some of the bodge jobs here Northern... I think my favourite tho has to be the outdoor wall light in the bathroom

When we removed the cast iron fireplace from the bedroom to decorate, it was held in by one measly little screw It weighs a blinkin ton as well so a good job it didn't fall out on someone!!! not to mention the dead pigeon in the chimney behind it

Sorry for multiple posts!

Ocean wonders jumperoo: www.toysrus.co.uk/Babies-R-Us/Toys/Entertainers/Ocean-Wonders-Jumperoo(0077291)

Rainforest: www.toysrus.co.uk/Babies-R-Us/Toys/Entertainers/Rainforest-Jumperoo(0029178)

Animals of the world: www.toysrus.co.uk/Babies-R-Us/Toys/Entertainers/FisherPrice-Animals-of-the-World-Jumperoo(0092625)

at dead pigeon, Bob that must have hummed!

Our house was owned by a builder so dodgy he did a midnight flit to Spain, hence the house being a repo. People approached us in the street to begin with and after thankfully ascertaining that we were not him/his family, then redirected their threats to kneecap (yes, genuinely) him.

We'll have to compare pictures !

Wait until after it's decorated cos at the moment most some of it is embarrassingly disgusting I don't know why I'm embarrassed by it tho, it's not like we decorated it Um so proud of our bedroom tho, it's beautiful now we've decorated it. Bathroom next which I'm dreading