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.

It is baby cake's birthday today!

We are having a mini party tea for him in a couple of hours.

No little brother or sister yet though.

Happy birthday baby cake hope you get to eat some yummie cake :o our Lo had first icecream in a cone last wend. She wolfed it down all of it, but I only gave her large teaspoon of icecream in the cone :)

Yay, happy birthday babycake! I hope you've all had a lovely tea.

I have just realised that we haven't picked up DD's present from the post office, and I haven't bought her anything from DS and therefore she hasn't got anything to unwrap from us tomorrow. I know that she won't know any different but it doesn't stop me from feeling guilty! Fortunately her grandparents are better organised than me and have bought her presents from them over this evening.

I could kill DH as he had two days off on Monday and Tuesday when I was at work when he could even have got her something from Amazon and he bloody didn't. And he didn't do any batch cooking so we've been having to rustle up food every evening from scratch! Seriously, he is the crappest housewife ever!

So now I am going to have to stop on my way home from work tomorrow and buy DD something which means that I won't have time to go to the gym and now I'm just irritated! How is it that I work full time in a really stressful job and yet it's still me that has to do the weekly shop, plan the meals, budget, pay all the bills and remember stuff like birthdays? Oh! Now I am really annoyed! It is a really good thing that DH is out.

Jimmi, that is too cute about DS sleeping on the sofa. How lovely of him to sort himself out and not wake you up! I think he could teach my DS a few lessons there...

Can't believe that this time last year my waters had broken and I was only 3 hours away from going into labour.

Yay, happy birthday babycake! I hope you've all had a lovely tea.

I have just realised that we haven't picked up DD's present from the post office, and I haven't bought her anything from DS and therefore she hasn't got anything to unwrap from us tomorrow. I know that she won't know any different but it doesn't stop me from feeling guilty! Fortunately her grandparents are better organised than me and have bought her presents from them over this evening.

I could kill DH as he had two days off on Monday and Tuesday when I was at work when he could even have got her something from Amazon and he bloody didn't. And he didn't do any batch cooking so we've been having to rustle up food every evening from scratch! Seriously, he is the crappest housewife ever!

So now I am going to have to stop on my way home from work tomorrow and buy DD something which means that I won't have time to go to the gym and now I'm just irritated! How is it that I work full time in a really stressful job and yet it's still me that has to do the weekly shop, plan the meals, budget, pay all the bills and remember stuff like birthdays? Oh! Now I am really annoyed! It is a really good thing that DH is out.

Jimmi, that is too cute about DS sleeping on the sofa. How lovely of him to sort himself out and not wake you up! I think he could teach my DS a few lessons there...

Can't believe that this time last year my waters had broken and I was only 3 hours away from going into labour.

Aw Candr, we don't get yes here, we get lots of shaking heads no! However I think it often means yes!

Feral, my LO is a climber, and only a tiddler with it, I thought my Mum's sofa would be too high for her, however no, she cocked her leg up, and pulls up with her arms, very very strong upper body.

Aw ssmile, your shoe nightmare sounded a little like mine. I've held off and held off getting her shoes until she had been walking properly for a while, she's been walking properly since the first week of august, however they don't do walkers small enough! She's a 2! So we've had to buy cruisers just so when we are outside she has some protection!

Happy birthday to baby ssmile for August. Happy birthday baby cake :) hope DC2 doesn't keep you waiting too long.

Happy birthday for tomorrow baby feral

And Monday happy birthday to baby jimmi.

It's E's birthday on Sunday. This year has been pretty amazing really.

And I'm growing rapidly, measuring 25 weeks at 17 weeks! Lol.

Feral, my sympathies as know how you feel. DH is on night duty for the first ime ever as I was up 10 times last night and ended up with DS in our bed - had one great night then 4 awful ones. I bet I get called on to help 10 min into first crying session.
Am planning DS birthday party for next Sat - really hope weather holds as my house is small so need garden too.
Need to get DS shoes as he has scratched his toes crawling on gravel (bad mummy!)
Happy birthday to all others and hope celebrations have been going well.
Hope pregnant mums are not finding the heat too much and are getting a few min for themselves.

Grrr my phone just crashed &lost my post. So sorry its short,

Happy birthday baby feralgirl and LookAtHerGo hope you have lovely days.

Hope ur party goes well and you get some sleep candr

Night all!

happy birthday baby cake and baby lookathergo and baby fera too!!!

im lost who's pregnant on here and when ru due?

its not until reading other peoples experiences that i remember i was pregnant on dd's 1st birthday, seems so long ago. she's 6 1/2now. 17months between her and ds1.

2 1/2weeks ago i had the trots and started my period on the same day. period still going and i came home ill from work today cuz kept thinking i was going to be sick :( getting annoyed with it now. doctor ringing 2moro about getting implant removed anyway so as long as i get the chance, i will mention in to her then.

weird question but..... did any of u find it uncomroftable using tampons after having your lo's? i was fine after 1st 2, but now i can find it painful unless using the applicator ones,just wondered if thats 'normal'

Hi jimmijam I had a light period for a month after the mirena coil was fitted but virtually nothing since, just couple of 3day light periods. I couldn't use tampons after DD1 for a gd year, my pelvic floor was too weak and it was uncomfy. Gd luck hope you get yourself sorted out with GP.

Jimmijam, had to get the ones with plastic applicator but fine after first couple - was heavier than pre baby but back to normal now just annoying that I never know when I am due as not back on pill.
Well sleep training is kind of working.
Night 1 slept from 8-10.30 then screamed till 12 but slept till 7.30
Night 2 slept from 8 -3.00 then screamed till 4 and slept till 6.30
Am trying to cut out night bottles even though they are only 4oz water 1oz powder but I hate hearing him scream and DH is happy to leave him till he drops of exhaustion wheras I feel he should not be left for more than 20 min without some reassurance (cuddle in his room and back in cot) You have to check on him as he takes clothes off and blankets then can't sleep due to cold.
Hope he catches on soon but this is huge improvement from me being up 5-7 times a night.
Any tips welcome.

Hi everyone,

Haven't posted in ages but always follow what's going on.

LO took first steps today on her own without us forcing her too and she was sooo proud There was then no stopping her! Off to clarks for shoes at the weekend! Yippee!

candr Just wanted to post to say that we did controlled crying for sleep training and worked really well for us, I used to leave her five mins, then ten mins, then 20 min etc - the longest she ever cried was 45 mins and that was mainly shouting. She's still an early riser - normally 6am but just so glad not to be up in the night anymore. She also goes down awake for naps in her cot too which I never thought would be possible.

Happy birthday to all the lo's that have had theirs already and all those with birthdays still to come, my lo's is next weds the 19th, we're just having a small family party this week and buying shoes as her pressie!

Hope you're all ok, I actually cannot believe that our bubbas are a year old - this year has been the fastest I have ever known - how is that possible when I have been awake for most of it

Xx

Hi Everyone... like Sarah, I'm sorry I haven't posted in ages - it's been a manic Summer but all calming down a bit now kids back in school. I do keep reading on here, but haven't had chance to post... but hopefully I can get something down now before she awakes from her nap!!

Congrats to everyone's LOs who are walking and climbing everywhere. My LO is walking along the sofas etc but not quite independently walking yet. Her B'day is Sunday, so maybe she'll take a few steps before then, but doubt it. She's only just started to crawl, as she prefers to bum shuffle around - and could get Olympic Gold at it, so she's fast!!

She's still not the best sleeper in the world, and usually ends up in our bed still. Can't bring myself to do the CC thing as she gets into such a state.

Has any one elses LO got molars or any back teeth coming through? I noticed this morning that she has a tooth on the bottom at the back already through!! She has the front 4, with the top 2 either side just visible and starting, but was surprised to see the back tooth, and there's quite a bit of it through!

On my own this week DH is away on a course all week and kids at their Mum's. And, then DH goes away to Algeria again on Sunday night to Thursday, but will have the kids back next week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all LOs this month (and Ssmile's LO from last month!) I know most have said it, but OMG, can't believe it's been a year! We're just having an "open house" on Sunday afternoon with friends and their kids coming up - so must make some cakes and nibbles. Have got LO an indoor Trampoline (it looks more like a trampet with a support) as she loves bouncing but is a bit restricted in her bouncer now - and loves watching her big Sister bouncing on the trampoline outside! Grandad got her a Trike - where you can steer with a push thing at the back... she loves it (she got it last weekend!)

Oops, can hear her, best go...

Happy birthday Los. I'm thankful our Lo is such a chilled out baby (mostly), I whispering she has been sleeping 11-12hrs straight for 2-3mths now. So BIG hugs to those limping on in the fog of sleepless nights and gd luck with the CC. Our Lo is still sleeping in our bedroom average 4nights a week as we only have 2bed place and the girls wake each other up if together, hope this improves soon....but I doubt it with eldests track record!

Hope you have gd open hse mrsL and Sarahsea you Lo likes her new shoes. Our Lo has big feet so we had to wait a week for them to order in her size4g crawlers.

I'm struggling with being back at work this time. My confidence has really taken a hit and a new job I'm finding logistics of two kids and two working parents hard going. I really hope it settles down soon (not helped by some health issues I've got ongoing hospital appts). Much rather be cuddling my Lo at home at the moment I really miss the smell of her head :)

Candr, not really getting much time to myself, except for bedtime, although DD does go to bed between 7 and 7:15 so I suppose I get that time to chill, but there is usually something to do around the place. Sorry you are having sleeping nightmares. Although you say you had a couple of slightly better nights. We used controlled crying when she was about 10/10.5 months old, hard as it was at first it did work for us, although I was a softy cc type and started out at 2 mins, then 4 then 6! I hope you are sorted soon.

Aw jimmi, sorry you had such a rubbish time, I didn't try tampons (mooncup girl - which I had no probs with) so I can't help there. And I hope you have worked out my name change, it me who is pg with twins, due 12 feb, but it'll prob be about 3 weeks before that if I make it that far. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Yay for walking babysarah :) whoop.

No MrsL no molars here, just 6 front teeth, three at the bottom, 2 fangs at the top and the middle one just came through a week ago. I'm sure LO will walk soon enough. :)

Ssmile, I hope work settles down soon for you and the health issues are nothing serious and easily sorted.

Well LO has turned into a chatter box, not much that sounds proper, the occasional word, but loads and loads of rambling away! It's very cute, I expect she'll become a chew your ear off type of talker before school and I'll be saying 'just give mummy a minutes peace to think'! :)

Hello, thanks for the birthday wishes for DS1.

As you can probably tell from me using the term DS1, we now have a second son born at 7.15 am this morning.

Yay, congratulations cake. Enjoy your new baby snuggles and all the learning about having two :)

Thank you. :)

BIG congrats cake hope you enjoy some lovely baby newborn snuggles and DS1 likes being a big brother :)

Oh wow Cake, that's amazing. So so pleased for you and quite . I've spent a lot of time this week remembering how lovely it was when DD was teeny tiny and I was all full of those amazing hormones that make everything rosy! Hope everything went well for you all.

I haven't bothered with proper shoes yet for DD (although she now chooses to walk everywhere rather than crawl) as I'm chickening out of letting her walk on pavements as she's still a bit unsteady. She's fine barefoot indoors and on grass and I've got her some of those soft leather slipper type shoes but she doesn't wear them much. She's got a pair of waterproof bootees too and so I figure she can manage without shoes until it gets a bit colder.

MrsL, we've got one of those trampoline's too (we got it for DS's first birthday) but it lives out in DS's playhouse now as there's no room for any more toys in the living room! DD loves it and DS still plays on it too so it's been a really good value toy.

Sorry things are hard going Ssmile, and that you're not too well. It must be really hard with a DH who works long hours.

Candr, sorry the sleep is still a bit elusive but good that it's getting better. CC worked really well for us with DS and he was sleeping through by 9mo after a week of grizzling. DH dealt with him as I was still BFing and so it really didn't work if I went in.

It didn't work at all with DD though; turns out she has a cast iron will and lungs to match. The longest I managed to listen to her scream was 2.5 hours (not left on her own I hasten to add, with visits from DH) before I gave in.I think they do it when they're ready and some babies refuse to be coerced!

This said, I think that using white noise to block out traffic, us going to bed and birdsong has helped as do her blackout blinds. We also gave her a rusk squished up in formula whilst reading the bedtime story for a while to make sure she wasn't waking up hungry. Very best of luck

Hope everyone gets some 'me' time soon; I have forgotten what that is now I'm back at school!

Congrats cake, hope you are all doing well - look forward to hearing more details when you are up to it
CC not going great but only up at 9 and 5 last night then he slept with me till 7.30 but has been a tired wingebag all day despite what for him was a great nights sleep.

Exhausted! DS2 is constantly hungry, although my milk is already in (I breastfed throughout pregnancy, but my supply had really dropped off in the latter stages).

DS1 has still had around 6 feeds (or numnumnums as he calls it) a day and as always he seems to enjoy the 'comfort' of it as much as anything. At the moment I seem to be constantly feeding DS2 whilst trying to find moments to give DS1 his numnums, but DS1 is getting quite hysterical when I don't let him bf straight away.

Obviously, he is too little to understand why he cannot feed that second and it is really upsetting to see him so distressed whilst babbling 'numnumnumnumnumnumnum'. :(

The joys of having two I suppose!

DP and PiL are being fantastic and have been taking care of pretty much all of the general household jobs etc, so I am concentrating on feeding and bonding. :)

Many congratulations Cake! Enjoy your bonding and those special newborn cuddles!

DS1 has recieved some hide and squeak eggs and is fascinated by them (highly recommend). :)

We got out for a little walk by the beach this morning. First trip out with double buggy!

We haven't chosen a name for DS2 yet. I want Bruno, but DP prefers Nicholas.

Is everyone ok? :)

Are you all busy with work (seem to remember that some of you are teachers)?

I am still being helped lots by PiL, although DP is back at work already.

DS2 (still unnamed) is turning out to be a fan of power napping, ie 20 min sleeps followed by crying/demanding feeds.

PiL have been spoiling DS1 and taking him out to the park and stuff, so I am mostly sitting and feeding and browsing Mumsnet lots to feel like I have more contact with the outside world!

Hello. Glad you are doing well cake.