Sept 2010 - Another 6 months past, it's going too fast!

[comixminx]

Our lovely new thread for the September 2010 babies. Dive in folks!

[diddlybop]

Its been suggested that the pill might have caused it, I started back on it 3 weeks ago! I'm going to see about the coil!

Beautiful Ellie was born this afternoon. 7lb 3oz. Emergency section! Thats all I know so far!

[BeaditAli]

Hello strangers
Hope everyone has had a gorgeous weekend in the sun!!
dixie until a week ago Jack's bedtime was around 7.30pm-8pm and he slept through until 7am ish but the last few days have been mental. Started with him staying up until around 9pm and still waking as usual in the morning but on Friday he was in A&E after dropping a concrete bird bath basin on his feet and now he's antibioticed up with some weird bug. He was breathing very strangely on Monday morning and was really dopey..... Legged it to the Docs though they weren't that specific. Guess what day it was on Monday??? Given that his last hospital trips have fallen on: Christmas Eve, Mother's Day, his Naming Day and now..... His Mummy's birthday!
I was poorly too so am utterly shattered after not being able to catch up on sleep cos of Jack's illness. I fell asleep on the loo a 3am on Monday Night! Have to laugh or I'll go mad
So jealous of all th folk I know going on holiday! lumps when is yours? So happy for your friend and hope their baby is doing well xxx

[patito]

diddly congrats for your friend. Hope alls well for them. Id be tempted to go back to Drs more for the numbness if nothing else.

Feels like ages since Ive been on but not much talking these days so i can keep easier. (I remember not to long ago I¨d have had to wade through 7 pgs if I missed an even an afternoon).

DS has had scarlet fever! I wasn´t expecting that diagnosis from the Dr when we went. But he´s ok, was over with a course of antibiotics. Maia didn´t catch it neither.

She´s saying so much now, each day she adds several words and has started to couple them, she sounds so sweet and cute.

She does all her poos on the toliet now as well. Im going to buy her some knickers this week and try potty training. She started herself, she came running through to me one day (having stripped off) shouting poo poo´s at the top of her voice. I plonked her on the loo with adapter thingy and she´s done it every day since. She doesn´t seem to notice her wee´s (iyswi?) but Im gonna give it a go anyway.

[patito]

Beadit Cross post with you. Belated happy Birthday! Hope Jack is feeling better soon and his little toes aren´t too swollen.

[Debs75]

Poor Jack

Patito Lucy sits on the potty loads but has only weed on it a couple of times. She poos too often to let her have her nappy off but it's a start

[comixminx]

Aphra's adding new words every day too, more than one a day now. No coupling of words yet I think, apart from possibly once when she might have said "Mummy book" or similar.

She's showing awareness of her nappy needing changing, and we've put her on the toilet adapter once or twice, but not very consistently yet. She rarely pees or poos at bathtime which is when we would put her on the toilet so not quite sure what to do. Perhaps I'll start to put her on the loo in the morning, which is when she does wee more?

Poor Jack, poor patito's DS!

[diddlybop]

Nooooo! Please! No potty training talk! They're babies

I'm waiting till next easter. Ds1 was that age and he was dry in the day within 3 days and at night within 2 weeks. I know people start this early but I'm one for waiting till they're really ready!

[Debs75]

Diddly Lucy only likes it so much as she sees dd2 on it all day and wants a turn. DD2 started at 2 and it took her a good year to get it and be consistently dry. I don't believe in starting them till they are ready either.

Sleep is being another big issue here, again. It is too hot so the little dd's don't want to settle until gone 9pm, and then it takes about an hour or so so me and dp aren't getting any time together atm. DD2 is still in our bed, point blank refusing her bed so even though I am shattered I can't be bothered to actually go upto bed.

Anyway half term starts tomorrow so a lovely long week with all dc's at home driving us mad. Then after 1 more week and 5 exams Dd1 has finished school forever! Until September when she starts 6th form college. Yes I do feel old

[diddlybop]

Sleep is a nightmare here too but the other end of the night! They're both up by 5.30am! I'm so tired! If i put them to bed earlier they still wake at the same time so they do need more sleep. something must be happening around that time to wake them up! Its a nightmare!

check out our new playroom! playroom playroom

[Debs75]

Diddly is it the early morning light? Apparently they only need 3 mins of direct light to wake them up for the day. We have blackout curtains which help a bit, they wake at 7 instead of 5.30, still too early for me

[comixminx]

Love the playroom diddly! We are still getting loads of stuff tidied and sorted and arranged - or at least meaning to do so and organizing a proper playroom is not our immediate focus, but I am jealous now just looking at it.

Second what Debs suggests about it being the early morning light. Have you tried blackout blinds at all?

[diddlybop]

Thanks Comix! I like to think my boys aren't spiolt but sometimes I wonder. To be fair tho, they don't actually have that many toys. The drawers are half empty. Their bedrooms aren't that big and they'll not be able to keep many of their toys upstairs as they get older so we thought this was a good solution. It can grow with them & they'll have their own boys room with their daddy when they're older and into computers etc. and I'mm be able to keep my space mine and girly!

they've had blackout blinds since the day they went in their own rooms!!! They seemed to start going later about a month ago, 6.30-7ish but it went back with a vengence to 5-5.30 when the weatherchangeda couple of weeks ago! They're horrible at the minute because they're so tired! A bit like me realy

[Dixiebell]

diddly, Arlo's also gone to 5/5.30 in the last month, actually this morning it was 4.30 and he has blackouts too. Lots of my mum friends have said the same recently. Think it might have been weather/early birds but now become habit. We are v.tired!!

[BeaditAli]

After promising to be back on here Jack goes and does his usual and gets himself admitted into hospital for 2 nights on the mend now but just wanted to check in and wish all a very happy Jubilee. lumps your link won't work on my iPad...... Gonna go stalk your Facebook now to see if I can find it xxx

[Dixiebell]

Poor Jack! Was it his breathing? Hope he is on the mend now, how stressful for you all.

[BeaditAli]

Yeah Dixie he kept having really poorly spells where he'd just quietly sob.... That really poorly cry that breaks your heart and was really rasping for breath. All three times I took him to a doctor he seemed perfectly fine but then on Wednesday afternoon he was so poorly and his breathing was very laboured so he was admitted to the childrens' ward and put on 4 hourly oxygen, nebuliser, antibiotics, steroids and ibuprofen all coupled with the world's biggest melt downs. Chest X-ray, bloods and lots of temp checks later he was out after three of us trying to sleep on one hospital single bed for three days. It was definitely an adventure. Diagnosed as a chest infection with really narrowed airways. Was chatting to one of the docs and asked if they have many adults in with similar symptoms and she said "yes..... It's called pneumonia"
Definitely an adventure and now we're all catchin up on some much needed z-eds.
Patito hope your family are doing well

[patito]

beadit That sounds awful, is he better now? Hope your all recovered.

I gave it a go with the nappies, started last Thursday and have had 3 accidents in total and all wee´s (2 of them in a posh shopping centre on sat morning ). I hadn´t thought about starting potty training yet but she kind of started herself! I strarted DS at 26 mths and as that would be the autumn for Maia Id thought of waiting till next spring, but not complaining as it´ll cut the weekly shopping bill!

[diddlybop]

Oh Beady that sounds awful! Glad you're home and on the mend!

patito thats great. Well done Maia.

Well, its holiday time. We're going to Turkey for 10 days in the morning. I'm desperately trying hard not to stress but its not working!

[newmum001]

Diddly i know its a bit late cause youve already left but have a fab time and i hope the travelling/first day werent too stressful!

Beadit that sounds awful i hope he's on the mend. Also im loving the pics your dh keeps tagging you in on fb. Jack is sooo gorgeous!

Quick question, is an apple enough of a breakfast for grace? Shes being a bloody nightmarw recently and everything is a battle. Shes decided that she doesn't want breakfast anymore and us refusing to eat anything. She would only entertain an apple this morning. Gonna try and get her to eat a yoghurt after it but i wont hold my breath!

[Debs75]

Poor Jack beadit you are having a time of it aren't you.

Newmum fruit for breakfast would be fine. I would keep offering her different things but as long as she has something.
Well done on the potty training as well. Lucy is forever pulling her nappies off and telling us she needs a wee, I think though she is telling us she has done one as she hardly ever does one if we sit her on the potty. We'll keep letting her sit on it and put her on it at breakfast and bath times but I am leaving upto her.

[patito]

diddlybop where in turkey are you (have you been - if you read when you get back!). We´ve booked to go in September, but still trying to decide where to visit.

newmum Maia isn´t into breakfast much, I try to change it around. Yesterday I gave her some fromage frais (well some spanish cheese thats similar to it anyway) with ham and toast, she ate much more than her normal cereals/porridge. An apple sounds perfectly healthy to me, and they´re very filling.

[comixminx]

Aphra goes up and down in terms of how much she eats each day - she doesn't always have masses of breakfast (though it is generally the same stuff - she eats the same muesli as us, pretty much, but at the moment prefers to eat it out of our bowls rather than out of her own little dish!). I think if the babies are hungry they will eat, and if they aren't there's not much you can do to force them, just offer a few different things (without going over the top and cooking loads of different options of course!).

Like Lucy, Debs, I think that Aphra is currently telling us when she has done a wee / poo rather than when she wants to do one; but that awareness is a step forward!

[newmum001]

OH MY GOD grace had a wee on her potty! She had no nappy on from about 6pm as we often leave it off for a bit before her bath. And when we werent looking she went and got her potty and had a wee!!!!!! I am so proud. Im not convinced its the start of potty training but i still think its a big deal :)

[BeaditAli]

Breakfast here varies in quantity too newmum I wouldn't worry unless she doesn't want lunch either.
Jack usually has some sort of cereal as he doesn't drink milk anymore so it's a good way of getting some dairy in him. His favourite is a big bowl of porridge with raspberries and blueberries..... Don't think he'll ever turn that down. Also likes toast and Cheerios but is more fussy with these and might only have a small amount but he'll always eat at around 10am.
I am so impressed with potty training talk on here! I don't even have one yet but my Mum does and talks to him about it but i don't think he's ready yet.

He seems to have lost weight after his poorly spell so I'm being naughty and
Eating him eat more rubbish than normal so that his trousers stop falling down!
Can't help but wonder if it's the start of asthma as DH suffered badly as a child and still uses an inhaler but he wasn't wheezing last week which is why they said it wasn't but I know they can't diagnose it until they're 3 or something??

Big tidy up day here but may turn into a child free shopping trip

[Debs75]

Well done Grace!

Beadit wheezing isn't the only marker of asthma, coughing is a huge one. Dp had a week in hospital a couple of years ago after feelong bad and coughing loads. Thru diagnosed him with asthma straight away. Even now he doesnt wheeze. Dd2 doesnt either, she just coughs and then sucks in her breathe a lot. She was diagnosed at 18m. If you think is what Jack has then push for adiagnosis.