November 05 Babies

[Rodeo]

A new thread for us and our little 2, 3 and very nearly 4 month olds, where is the time going??!!

Afternoon everyone . Good to hear all the babies are doing well and putting on weight! Tessa, lol about jeans; it's certainly a milestone when oyu can get into them. Not so lucky here; can get them on, but too uncomfortabke to keep on all day .
BAM, I wouldn;t worry about alfie not getting stimulation, after all he will have his big brother to watch and learn from ; glad things are better with DP BOB, it really makes a difference to have some time to yourself doesn;t it! May it long continue!! (and that you are treated at Valentine's too!).
Well, I'm just back from clinic for Libby's jabs; I could swear she knew what was going on this time...
I am SOOOOOOO hungry, but I'll be damned if i'm eating anything until after SW weigh-in tonight. I will get into my jeans, even if it is with a coathanger
Diege.

lol at not eating before slimming world..i remember my mum used to put on the lightest clothes she owned, and go without a bra...then she'd take of her shoes too..
my friend goes to a weight watchers class held in a hall above a row of shops that include a chinese, a pizza shop and a chip shop..not an ideal location!

i'm getting quite annoyed about oskar not having his injections yet, the practice nurse keeps saying i'll get a letter with an appointment but i still haven't heard from them..and most of yours are on their second lot already!

Hello girls,
Can you believe it will soon be a year since we started the Nov O5 thread? Anyone hoping to enroll for Nov 06?

All the LO's sound lovely and healthy. We've our first set of injections tomorrow am very nervous! Can you tell me if these injections are separate or an all in one? Look fwd to catching up with you all again. Have a great week x

Yeah!!! I've lost 3.5 pounds!! How,I do not know; think can account for 1ib as I was 'good'on Sat/Sun (god I hate that expression!), but I have to admit that the other 2.5 must have been down to self-imposed fasting since 12 today .BOB, lol at your mum and her bra ; I took my boots and coat off (well, they were catapillars and weighed at least 6 pounds I'm sure!). Was RAVANOUS by the time I got there, so before class I had bought 4 choc chip cookies (the big ones) and an Indian takeaway, that I had to surrepticiously hide in pram basket. Figure I deserve it! . yumm!!!
CHACHA, the injections are all-in -ones, but are given in 2 separate injections at each visit (ie. one in each chicken-drumstick thigh!). At least that's what they do in my surgery. There are 3 sets, I think a month or so apart? I would definitely get on to them again, as while there's no time limit I think (??), might be good to get them out of the way in the winter months. Can;t believe it was a year ago that the stream started (though I did join later on) Saw my friend today who's due date it is - she was envious of me with my baby, and I was strangely envious of her! ...someone else got me thinking when they said they thought 3 was lovely, but that they would want 4 to 'even things up' ; was surprised at first,but started to think maybe she has a point? ; ...Not sure, but maybe in a few years time when they are all at school?
STILL no period..health visitor kept on saying 'are you sure you're not pregnant' (I'm not pregnant!!), so just a case of waiting it out (unless it's the menopuase at 35 . Any other bottle feeders still waiting?
Well, curry almost ready! Will save a cyber-portion for you Golden (BTW, if you need to know syn value of anything I can log onto members website with special password and check?)Just let me know...will check bottle of wine when I next log on .
Speak soon,
Diege
PS: TWINKLE, will ring with times .

Evening,

Jess was concieved exactly a year tonight !! Oh, I'm getting all nostalgic

Chacha, good to hear from you, Jess got 2 jabs, one in each leg, awwww! Think it's the same everywhere but I could be wrong.

Bob, good hear you and dp are getting on better

Bek, Jess has been rolling for a couple of weeks, think she was about 14 weeks? Ah, what a big boy! He's very handsome and cute BTW was looking at the pics again earlier

Had a PTA event thing tonight, had 140 kids in the hall to watch Dizzy the Wizard(!) I was one of the supervisors, so I'm really tired now, they were sooo noisy! Jess slept through it all in her pram! Then had a poo explosion all out the back of her nappy up the inside of her vest, managed to get it in her hair when I took her vest off, yuk!

Fingers crossed for your weigh in Diege! Have you heard about Celeb Fat Club? They're all p*ssed off because they've only just found out Ann Diamond has had surgery, she had one of those 'lap belts' fitted round her stomach!

Tessasmum, well done with the jeans! And good luck with Ash's room move!

Diege - well done on the weight loss this week. Think I have not done much this week. Wonder if i have put on! My weigh-in is tomorrow.

Can you tell me how many syns in the Sveltesse 0.2% fat youghurts?

Well done Diege! Not sure how healthy the fasting/binge eating diet is though

Wow, Rodeo, PTA event sounds hectic, lol at Jess's poo-fest! . Feeling better after my curry and cookies - no more binge-starve for me .
GOLDEN: there is no entry for Sveltesse in on-line sins thingy; but it fits under v.low fat yogs category (I'm assuming it's fruit flavoured?)and is half a sin (yeah!!). On a less positive note, the bottle of wine (which I took to be medium dry white?)is 27.5 syns (gulp!). Bet you enjoyed it though! BTW, are you a member of a group now, or are you doing your own 'weigh in'?
Off to wtach end of bodyshock fatest man ever thing...
Diege.

Diege - thanks for that info. No, I've not joined a group, just doing it on my own.

Bodyshock - scary.....................

Quick post before I get ds from playgroup...

How was bodyshock Diege? Didn't watch myself but agree with GO, it di look v. scary!

Been at B's class assembly this morning, it was about Ancient Ejypt (Bella was one of Howard Carter's Diggers!) It was really good, can't believe her class are going up to Junior's next year (what's worse is that Joe is going up to the Infants! He does not seem ready at all!) Left Jess in the creche, she was good apparently but was a bit sick down one of the ladie's arms! Ooops, should have warned her that I'd just fed her, hope she can't smell it all day!

Off to Toddler's later. Hope all baby jabs go ok, must get Jess booked her 2nd lot, I'll do it now while I'm thinking about it. Bye! x

Afternoon!! . Sounds like you had a busy morning Rodeo..I'm sure the creche lady didn't mind too much (must be an occupational hazard! )Yes, agree with GOLDEN that Bodyshock was, well, shocking to say the least...ending up feeling really sorry for man, especially as he had made it down to 14 stone at one point . Taped the programme about 35+ women wanting babies too, will try and watch it now while Libby's sleeping .
Libby had pretty bad reaction to yesterday's jabs (in the middle of night of course!), but seems much better now . So out of character, so I knew something was wrong (lol at DH who came up with the brainwave at 4am that 'maybe it's something to do with her jabs?'...durrr....I shouldn't be mean, but sometimes.... Good luck with weigh in Golden
Well, video beckons..speak later,
Diege.

well done diege! and good luck for the weigh in goldenoldie.

bodyshock was really interesting. i remember doing some research on eating disorders at uni, and most people were like 'well why don't they just stop eating, thats not a disease'.
sad fact is, you have to eat to live, so it's like saying to a heroin addict or alcoholic, you've got to stop, but you must have three small amounts every day.

Hi all. Its been a while since I last posted so I won't even begin to catch up with the thread!

What I've picked up on is a few of you are doing SW. How is it going? I keep meaning to eat healthily but I can't get motivated.

ALso, Beksmum & BoB, how are things with you both? I know how you feel BoB about wanting to hide your ID from this group when things aren't going well. I sometimes feel like that...always wanting to put on a brave face for the ones that "know" you. Hope things are getting better for you both.

Diege, hope Libby is feeling better after her jabs. Thank God for calpol, eh?

Chacha, hope Zayn was ok with his jabs too.

Well, things here have been a bit up & down. Ella is easier to look after now. I know how to avoid her hours of endless crying. She smiles lots, loves chewing her fists & is starting to notice her feet now. I don't know if anyone else is like this but from spending lots more time with her than DP does, I can interpret her needs & usually know how to stop her crying, whereas DP can't. I don't want this to turn into an issue but he thinks she just cries for no reason when he holds her. When she cries with boredom, I carry her on my hip & walk around in the lounge...crying stops. WHen her holds her, he just sits on the sofa with her on his knee...crying starts. It's not rocket science. I asked him last night if he felt "involved" enough with her. He said, "well they don't do much at this age, do they?" She's not a bloody toy, FGS. I suggested he bath her this morning. Once she was washed, he fannied on with her socks whilst choosing to let her lie completely naked, cold & damp. No wonder she was crying. Now...I've been known to be a bit, erm, tactless before so it was very difficult to gently point out that she may be cold.

Sorry, folks. Not posted for ages then come on here & rant. I knew things were going to be difficult once she came along but I just wish things were a bit easier. The HV is coming on Friday to see if I'm loopy again. Not sure if its PND or just relationship issues that need to be addressed. I've just had a look at the "relationship" threads & just the titles make me feel depressed.

Gotta go, someone's crying....& its not me!

hi karma..nice to hear from you..

after i made that thread i felt silly for my name change, i didn't want any of you guys or potentially family and friends to know..so acted ultra paranoid, even saying oskar was a different age and such..ah well..should have known i can rant to you all anyway!

me and dp have the same issue with oskar, he will come home and pick him up and feel upset that oskar is staring and grinning at me. it's probably just the fact that i am with him all day every day, and he's at his most alert and playful during the day. plus perhaps oskar doesn't forgive dp for the napy rash incident..teehee..but i won't get started on that again..grr

oskar was weighed and is 12.2lb!, i asked them to do his length but they were too busy apparantly, so i have checked online how to do it and will when dp gets home. i plan to fill in his chart myself, but am worried i'll get into trouble. i added a weight over xmas that my aunt (who is a midwife) did, and got told off by the h.v..teehee..

Hi Karma! Good to hear from you again. Hmm, I think your situation with DP is being played out all over the country; I can certainly empathise with when DPs just sit there with them on knees, screaming, while the first thing we do is walk round with them; or then maybe this is just a vast generalisation and it's just ours! Seriously though, it's good to get it all out in the open I think, and don't worry about ranting on here - we all do it ; what are friends for? . May be good idea to 'fess up to HV? (I hid it from mine with dd2 - big mistake..)
BOB, I'd fill in the chart if I were you, don't know why they were annoyed, it's your baby! Have filled in weight myself on occasion with dds!
Well, have had one of those strange, lonely-ish days when you don't talk to anyone, other than checkout girl for 2 secs..this is what it's like to be old...; that reminds me, must catch end of Countdown and Deal no Deal .
Diege and Liberty

thanks for those kind words, diege. TBH, I realised 9 yrs ago that mummies & daddies do not think the same way, & frankly never will. However, since dp already had 2 kids of his own I had high hopes that he'd have the skills. Of course he does, to an extent, but his forte obviously lies with daft play & throwing them around/tickling etc. (as is the case with 99% of dads, I suspect!)

BoB, I've managed to find your thread after wading through many depressing threads! How seriously did you consider sh*tting on his side of the bed??? That cheered me up, no end. Glad to hear you're working things out. I always envy people with long relationships as I've not had much luck. My closest friend has a very good DH, 2 gorgeous DDs, a high flying job which streses her out a lot. I asked her last week what was her secret for a happy marriage. She said ignore the trivial stuff but when its a big thing, discuss it & try & see the other person's side of things. Not easy when you feel like YOU'RE the only one suffering.

Wasn't Deal or No Deal a good one today?? God, I love that prog.

karma..yes to 'sh*ing on his side! made me feel a lot less serious about the whole matter custardo is hilarious..also loved her post of 'update, update, gimmee, gimmee update!'
teeheee

dont know why but i never want to vent about dp on this thread..

i just paid a deposit for proffesional photos done at the clinic next week but now am worried it's not worthwhile while he's so tiny and unpredictable..has anyone else had them done?

karama..i so know what you mean..though me and dp have been together for almost 6 years, and i thought i knew how he'd handle parenting, i have been very surprised.
he is just the same, he has all the time for playing with oskar, tickling, feeding, buying him cute outfits and such, but every time he needs a nappy change i get called over, or if he's sick i get yelled to come and find a muslin ( when ones normally right next to him} and if i go out i know i have to do the bottles first as he claims not to know how...grr
especially annoying as on sunday after a long talk about these issues i went out for lunch with a friend and while i was gone he bathed oskar, sterilized and made up bottles and did laundry..all tasks he 'can't do' when i'm around.

as for what your friend said, if i think of being in dps shoes, it seems fine, have set hours of work, free to go out for drinks after etc, constant stream of people to socialise with if you want, money to spend on nice new clothes at weekends etc etc, but still..i think i've got the best job..hanging out with oskar all day is the most rewarding job,and dp missed his first giggle as it was while he was at work, so maybe he is a bit jealous.
...but on a lighter note ..deal or no deal..i'll be watching it on more4 later..love it! but still have to laugh at it these days cos i always imagine noel orchestrating fake conversations with a none existant banker.

Hiya

Sorry can't catch up with thread !!! Jusat wanted to say wont be able to meet up with you Diege or go to Sheffield as things have changed here.

Speak soon, hope all is well with all and lo's too.

Enthusia and Sam

Sorry if this has put you out diege!

Right he is finally asleep, can post a little more.

Details have changed about our trip up, we are no longer going to Warrington and are only in Liverpool for half a day so can not do meet ups. Sorry if this has put anyone out!

Sam has changed a great deal in the last few days. He now won't go to sleep at night as easily. Is only catnapping during they day - max 20 mins and is constantly hungry. He gets 7fl ozs each feed but seems to want feeding every 2.5 hours now, not 3 or over. He has bypassed the cry stage and just goes to full scream now when he wants food and no distraction techniques work. He is sleeping once down at night but wakes earlier, still getting a good 9-10 hours or so, but during they day wants constant feeding or stimulation. I am completely knackered!!!!! Is this usual aroung the 3 month stage as he is 3 months on Thursday. He is also putting everything in is mouth and his fist just lives in there, his right cheek is also red, do you think he could be teething? This all happened very suddenl;y just on Saturday he decided to change his whole routine and behaviour.

Sorry to gatecrash after a while and only talk about me, will try and ctach up later but he is awakw again - oh good another 5 min slepp this time!!!!!!

Oh and do you think it is ok to just feed him, he must be getting about 42fl ozs a day!!!!!!!!! He eats all of it, doesn't bring any up and screams for more. HEEEELLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!

enthusia....all i can say is that i'd love to know too, oskar, who is formula fed, has recently started to cry for more after having the full recommended feed, but i find if i give him more he just gets sick straight after.
i have been trying to give him smaller feeds more often which isn't ideal, but he is more content.
I'm also stuck as to how to adjust this, and what has caused it as it's a sudden shift from his previous routine.

i think it's possible sam is teething, have you felt around his gums?

ooh..and the 'infamous mil'is coming tomorrow morning, and i so can't be bothered with the niceties and polite smiles when she's infuriating me.
please reassure me it's okay to think like this, i should be nicer, it's her first grandhild and all, but arghhhh

Hi all, just a quick post to say am hoping to get to Meadowhall on friday, MIL will let me know tomorrow for definate!!
Rodeo, will txt you when I know and confirm times etc!

xxxx