September 2011 babies, making more noise, more mess, but growing more amazing by the day.

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Hey, here we are again, moving on to the next round of exciting things our little babies are getting up to. :) I hope no-one minded my title, but there hadn't been a big decision and given we were so close to the end I thought I'd just go for it.

I shall update stuff from me tomorrow.

4th tooth has just cut through. LO is in limpet mode again. It really can't be nice for them. once again it's not a top middle on, but the second one along at the top. She's got a lovely 'fang' on the opposite side that this one will match soon.

Hello all

Ds has got one bottom tooth and one top and now the next top two have come through without waiting for the second front one.

Hope you are all good, I'm back at work now

Sorry not posted for a while - been busy and all of us have had June colds! Just about going now, LO has been very snotty!

Ssmile - good luck with the scan / gallstones etc. And, well done on the grown up Handbag - such a luxury to use one now as it's generally mahoosive change bag! Good luck with the moving rooms though it sounds like you've really thought it through and have a great plan with the feeds etc. Just hope LO goes with the plan for you! :)

Lookathergo - Good luck with your scan too! I'm sure the time will fly by as will the pregnancy, now you have your LO to look after at the same time!! When will you be due?

Very jealous of walking babies! My LO has still yet to crawl, though seems very very close. But she's getting round the lounge on her bum nicely, so I guess has no real need to crawl. Still trying to get her to wave, but she's so excited and happy about clapping that she just resorts to that!!

Well DH is away again this week (only been married 3 weeks and it's his second trip!) but a trip to Houston in July has been cancelled YAY! So we're going to try and get a weekend away together (with LO) as kids will be on holiday with their mum for a fortnight. Probably head for south Wales, though did have a nice day out in Conwy on Saturday, just about dodged the rain showers.

Thenew - shame DH has to be away again so soon (my DH away a lot and it gets really hard not having a handover at all in evening) but hope you can use the July time for a getaway - would love a holiday about now.
Ssmile hope all is ok with you and not in too much discomfort.
Well done those standing alone and stepping. Have heart in mouth a lot with DS pulling up on everything as he is a real climber and likes standing 'on' the stairgate which is on 2nd stair but he just lets go and is not much good at getting back to floor level safetly yet from standing.
Ohno - hope LO is dealing with teeth ok, DS has 6 already but has been amazing so far with teething but sure it won't last as I think another is due through as he was so grumpy last night and would not sleep even in our bed. If it is not teeth don't know what it was - and just as he was starting to sleep better.

Hi all, been a while since I've been on so I hope you're all OK. for all the teeth, DD still got her 4 and no sign of any more yet. I am dreading them. Wow to babycandr's six teeth; that's early isn't it? Must make eating easier. DS got all his teeth very quickly which was such a blessing (although it didn't feel like it at the time) but DD seems to be taking a lot longer than he did.

at the fangs Look, that must be quite funny! And how's the training going?

Ssmile well done on the handbag. It really is a novelty isn't it? Last time I used mine I found two years' worth of print-outs of my school's GCSE results as clearly the only time I go anywhere without my DCs is results day at school every August

Hurrah for the holiday MrsL, and I really hope the weather sorts itself out for you. It is just crappy here

I've had a hell of a week with two really late nights at work when DH has had to put DD to bed without me (no boob ) She's been on and off with the sleep; she's got a cold so spent the night before last awake and screaming from 4am - 6am but then, thank god, slept through last night.

DD's latest fave thing to do is take her nappy off which is no big deal apart from a couple of evenings ago when I left her alone for a minute then came back to find she'd pooed all over DS's carpet and was happily scooping the poo out of her nappy and eating it and And when DS saw what she was doing he was so disgusted that he was then sick on the floor! The joys of parenthood...

Fearl that is really gross Really hope DS doesn't ever realise he can take his off. He is a bugger to get one on now as he flips over and legs it. Have to pin him down and he has a tantrum which I find quite funny.
Is a tooth coming through so we are up to 7. Takes a while to get used to toothy grins after gummy ones.
Sods law that you LO gets ill when yo most need a co-operative baby. Hope you get some rest soon. Just don't think I could handle teaching on my ack of sleep as still not had a sleep through yet. Fingers crossed that tonight will be that night (snorts with laughter at the very idea!)

Feral [boak]

Ds now has 1 bottom and 4 upper teeth. I'm at work ft and we have booked a jok to feral's neck of the woods in oct

Hello all

Wonder if you mind me joining you? DS was born 24/09/2011.

Re: teeth, we have 3, and another trying to push through.

Hi all,

Haven't been on for ages, hope you're all ok, great story feral think I would have the same reaction as your DS

We only have 2 bottom teeth here, thought some upper teeth were coming but thinking now it was just the gums getting ready again..cue lots of dribbling...I guess we'll really know about it when the next ones are coming just like we did with the first!

Lo has had bad throat and ears, a trip to a&e (on NHS direct advice) as she kept holding her breath when dealing with the pain, her temp went up to 40 degrees whilst we were there, they didn't think to give her any medicine before this but ibuprofen sorted her out!!

She now has another cold tho and we're off on hols to Majorca on weds - fingers crossed her ears are ok on the plane and she behaves - I'm pretty sure that's just wishful thinking though!

Her sleeping is still so inconsistent, there is always something going on to mess it up (illness, too hot, me around more as on leave from work as nana & grandad on hols) and I feel like any sort of routine in the day we used to have has kind I disappeared too - I'm sure going on holiday will mess with it even more!

We had a brief spell of her going through till about 5am but I'm thinking now that maybe that was just when she was poorly. I really must get my head around what to do about it but not really sure where to start!

Hope you're all ok, and none of you affected by the floods, especially those of you in the south west, sorry not to do all individual replies, will check in properly again soon.

Xx

Oooh feralgirl how lovely :o it makes my toilet story seem very tame :) I was outside getting buggy ready for school run and could DD1 screeching MUMMY! Through the bathroom window (which means so could half the street!) I go into bathroom find baby standing up holding onto the toilet seat peering intently into the toilet bowl and looking up at her big sisters bum half perched on the seat "MUMMY I'm trying to do a poo take her away NOW" :o

rant alert * Well I'm Fed Up this week, weather flipping pants, baby keeps waking up and no sign of the breast feeding tapering off :( just fed up of being woken up 10/12/3/5 wide awake at 5-6am. Last night she screamed for an hour 2-3am most unlike her, but I did not feed her gave her water in a sippy cup without picking her up and then she resettled in 2mins but this morning she had pooie nappy so maybe that was it as she doesn't normally have one overnight I didn't check. I've started the day at 5am nearly every day this week and been rewarded with two x 20min naps after huge crying protest to get her to go down most unlike her. It was a full moon so maybe that's it, as eldest has also been up lots in the night but she just sits in her room reading and playing schools with her toys at 2/3/4am, so no hope of putting them in the same room yet.....sorry rant over...shall crawl back under my rock and hide from world ...ooh how I wish I could sometimes :o but kids are calling for breakie.

Hope you have restful weekend (not too wet .....)

hello scheherezade, how are you? Welcome to the thread Are you working and balancing a nearly ten-month-old? Or enjoying being a SAHM? Any other DCs?

Ssmile at the loo seat/ bum story; DD is also fascinated by the loo, if I forget to put the seat down then she is straight into it, splashing in the water which is utterly grim, esp since DS sometimes forgets to flush...

Sarah, our sleep is also totally inconsistent. We'll get a full night here and there followed by a couple of crap ones, followed by a couple where she only wakes once. I know I should be trying not to feed her in the night as she doesn't really need it but it is the devil's own job to get her to settle without the boob and I just haven't got the will power at the moment as I need my sleep for work.

Thanks feral :)

I'm really, really good, thanks! DS has started properly getting about in the past week, and has become a LOT easier now he can keep himself amused mostly by chasing the poor dog around . Although I keep pulling wires, dog toys, and cps out his mouth!

I'm a SAHM, lost my job whilst pg so DP is the sole earner, though I would like to get something part time, through a temp agency, just for my CV really. We live in a tiny rural village so sorting out childcare might be a faff, I'd rather a CM than nursery. No other DCs, I'm 25 got pg just after finishing uni!

DS might be (or used to be!) a nightmare in the day, but at night he's fab. Now he's crawling he's sleeping longer, so he does about 7.30pm to anywhere between 7-8.30am every day! FF fed, bf to 6m but had to stop to go on medication.

H folks. Sorry I've been somewhat AWOL. It's very tiring getting up a million times a night and being pg in the early stages. Cannot wait for my scan, I'm ridiculously nervous about it, silly, I just keep saying I hope the bean is ok in there.

LO is waking loads at night, and so I've been tempted to put her cot back in our room, but so far have roughed it out, I'm giving it a few more nights and if no luck with her sleeping she will be back through, if only for my sanity.

ThenewMrsL thanks, I'm due early to mid feb, though not 100% sure. Scan in 9 days time :)

Feral, we are at the nappy undoing stage too, thankfully I'm there before she has managed to undo it fully, but pooing and eating it sounds just yuk.

Sarah I hope you have a good holiday. And that's she's fully better soon.

Welcome along to the thread Scheherazade

Ssmile that's a cute little poo story :) can empathise with the night wakings :(

Well LO is trying to walk, she's taken a few single steps and once did 2 but ended up straight on the floor, but she's cruising bigger and bigger gaps now, so I can't see it being long.

Back at work 4 weeks today. Hmm not too excited to tell you the truth, in fact I'm not looking forward to it at all. Hey ho, we have to do these things. If the bean is ok and sticks etc, I will probably not be going back after the next maternity leave, so not too long to work, if the bean is ok.

Sarah, Feral and Ssmile, know exactly how you feel about nights. As soon as I think we are making progress he is ill or teeths or hears a moth - anything will wake him and are back to bf more at night again so is ending up in our bed 2am ish. He has taken to sleeping sideways between us so one of us gets kicked in the face a lot (I tend to keep his head my end )
Scheherezade, Hi and welcome (shhhh about great nights cause while we are delighted for you we will also throttle you - have some awful sleepers on this thread)
Look, hope you get some 'me' time and a rest. Must be hard with a LO knowing you cant take the same care as with number 1 but am sure all will be fine and you will end up with an unflappable, chilled out baby.
DS is climbing on everything and is lethal as will still just let go from a height. Has not really worked how to get down from standing as won't drop to bum so needs constant watching and travel cot is very useful if I need to leave the room. Is improving at walking but still wobbles from hips a lot.
Tooth 7 is through and it seems to have bothered him more than the others wich came in clusters, he has vomited up food and milk even though not ill which is unusual for him. We are now clapping, waving, dancing and saying mama Love him being able to show off his party tricks.
Sleepy thoughts being sent to you all

Oh yes, the dancing :) its fab isn't it :)

Had our developmental check thing the other day, LO's weight has been static for 8 weeks, so they want us to get it checked again in a month, she's only 15lb10! She's not going to be in the next stage car seat before number 2 arrives at this rate!

Wow @ dancing, that's just too cute! I love love love the waving which is a new development this week for us and we're also getting dadada and mamama at appropriate moments and a very definite "hello" noise too. DD just echoes almost any silly noise we make at her which is very funny and DS keeps her amused for ages doing it which is lovely.

What is not so lovely is the cold that I have caught off her and the fact that I feel completely crap today

Look DD's weight has also been a bit slow to gain here too but she's eating fine and I reckon it's just that she's so active. We were supposed to go back for another check last Monday but it would've meant missing swimming so DH decided not to bother. I figure DD is just different from DS who had a lovely smooth curve all the way up the 50th centile; DD's is a much bumpier line.

Well we've started spoon feeding a bit more as LO seemed to be a bit frustrated with picking stuff up, granted she's very good at it, she seemed to drop a lot. Spoon feeding has seen a dramatic increase in the amount she is eating, and she's not yet (only half a dozen meals ) yet refused anything. I'm wondering if she was hungry, but she seemed happy enough. Still giving foods she can do herself, but for stuff that's easier on a spoon instead of loaded spoons were feeding her and she seems to be quite enjoying the experience. We'll see how long it lasts.

I think she's a bit bunged up at the moment though, she seems to start almost crying when she poos, back to the prunes and stuff like that for a bit, but might make an app at the docs for next week, just in case we need it, can always cancel it.

Visited family today and she charmed them all, showed off her ability to take 2 steps without holding on, and walked through the house holding just one of my hands! The dancing is so über cute.

Been abit AWOL too had rough week with DH away, yet another cold, babe&I, been told I need a operation so quietly terrified, and baby had rough few nights, through in some wayward hormones and I've felt very low. But last two nights baby been a star only woken once briefly at 12-1am so I'm turning the corner again but need to shift this flipping cold. The weather has been awful too which really can't help any of us! I was SO looking forward to a summer at home with baby, walking &cycling but its done nothing but rain :(

Yes yes to all the lovely dancing, cruising, smiles,giggles, hand waving and clapping. It's a lovely age just need eyes EVERYWHERE now. Had my first proper oh Crap moment last night as baby sat outside her big sisters bedroom I was sweeping up kitchen and just saw out corner of my eye her put something small in her mouth, but no hands holding it so it was all in there mouth shut chewing to swallow, a pin badge

Hope you can get some rest LookAtHerGo and the extra food helps. We've done a mix of spoons and help yourself as she was very happy picking everything up but got frustrated when hungry and it didn't all go in. The days she has eaten well she does slept better.

Hope you feel better soon feralgirl

Hello friends :)

It has been such a long time since I dropped in, but do think of you all & wonder how your babies are getting on. Just had a quick scoot through the last couple of pages - lovely to see the new Mrs L had a fabulous wedding day, wow at all the mobile babies (we've only just learnt to crawl) and eeeeep at the poo-eating :o

The sun is shining this morning - at last - so I hope that everyone is feeling happy and the colds etc are on their way out. I am packing up the house today as we are on the cusp of moving house - I think I mentioned it a few months back - so this summer heralds big changes for us as a family. Next spring will to if all goes well, as I am also pregnant again, and due end of Feb/beginning of March. Early days indeed, and it does feel different this time around - I have had a few waves of guilt for DS as I think of how much slower I will be in late pregnancy & how much time the new baby will take during the first few months. Ah well, tis natural I am sure - and ultimately I know how much DS will enjoy playing with a sibling.

Must go. DS woke at 5.15am this morning (a new trend - sleeping through from 7pm but waking uber-early) and he'll be due his morning nap shortly.

Sorry for not posting more often but I do think of you all & wish you the happiest, and sunniest, of days.

Yay TP, congratulations on the new PG, that's lovely I am getting big pangs! Hope the house-moving goes well, bloody knackering at the best of times let alone whilst pg.

Eek at the badge eating ssmile, I seem to spend half my time running around picking up chokey stuff off the floor. DH is so much more laid back about it than I am but it is my big parenting fear.

Look I think eating does get a bit funny this age, their pincer grip's almost good enough for them to do everything themselves but just not quite. I do spoon feed some stuff to DD when she starts getting annoyed with rice or cous cous.

Thank god sleep's been OK the last few nights - early mornings, like 5.50 today - but I can live with that if I get an uninterrupted kip beforehand. I am so so so hoping that she's finally cracked it. Fingers Xed.

TP, congrats on the pregnancy, hope you are taking care of yourself.
Ssmile, let DS play withempty bottles in the bath and realised he had jamed one of the lids in his mouth - did freak me out slightly, nowdays it is mainly leaves and my hair off the floor that I fish out.
Look, I think you just do whatever works to make meal times happy. DS sometimes uses a spoon, other times his hands and sometimes we feed him (especially if eating out as he is very very messy) As long as some food is going in there is plenty of time to improve how they eat.
We have tooth number 8 coming through now just as I thought he might start sleeping better - oh well, maybe when he has the full set / starts walking / becomes a teenager..... I live in hope of sleep at some point.
So fed up of this rain, should be having picnics and walks in the woods but is too damn wet and all the veg I planted has rotted in the soil.
DH has a couple of days off so am putting him in charge for a day (will be doing jobs round house I can't do well with DS) so will see how many questions he asks or if he can work things out for himsel - have pinned up baby timetable.

:o at the baby timetable candr i need one of those, my mum is looking after baby for the day next week when I go into work for a KIT day and she has only ever seen her an hour at a time never looked after her. I hope you manage to get some jobs done!

tiddlypopom congrats on the pregnancy and I hope the moving house and change of lifestyle go well and not too tiring and stressful. I think you and look are blooming mad :) (in a good way) I just about cope with two kids and Ive got a very helpful 5 yr old, let alone a toddler, hats off to you both!

Well we had a couple of firsts in the last two days, we finally have not just one but two teeth making an appearance at last! She has beaten her big sister who was 13months before her teeth made an appearance, still lots of people think 10.5mths is late, glad I'm laid back about it this time around :) Also FIRST night baby slept all night (except a 5min up at 10pm for 30sec cuddle) with no breast feeding whhoohooo :o I also only fed her 2mins each side before bed as part of my gradual retreat and she wasn't fussed at all. I'm hoping to do the same tonight and then sat and sun DH is going to put her to bed with no boobie milk oooh fingers crossed. Hope you all have a dry day, we already had yet another rain shower this morning boy it has not stopped all month here in the SW.

Well done Ssmile that is great. Am planning to stop myself in next few weeks but know I will miss it a lot (not just cause it is lovely but is also convenient even though it is often only once a day and once at night)
Good luck tonight, hope you have more success
Is very annoying when people put time restraints on baby developement but well done baby Ssmile (or baby toothysmile)

Babe is asleep first time with out bedtime breast feed! I did it wrapped up in my husbands dressing gown so she couldn't smell my boobs. Went fine, gave her cup milk, read story had cuddles and sung her lullaby she protested 5mins in cot then sparko.....fingers Xed.

I'm still doing a 6am feed but thats the last one so I expect by next weekend to drop that, I will be sad but I've been ramping down the breastfeeding very slowly over the last 8wks and its right time for me, I'd have done 11months. I'd like my body back now please :)

Hope your all having gd weekend, now for large glass wine and a bath :)