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.

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just to say a quick, im still here, but very tired the last few days. work kids. possible heart problem (being investigated, but got to wait a few weeks for 1st set of results). luckily all else is 'good in the hood' - tho i have no idea why i just said it like that. hmmm off to bed
hugs to you all

Oh no Jimmi, heart problem sounds difficult. Hope you're OK?

Thanks all for the sympathy for my aunt. I am on the verge of phoning the evil step-cousin and telling her that (a) we're not going to her stupid wedding and (b) she needs to stop putting so much pressure on everyone around her. Grr.

candr for the baby ward visit. I remember having similar with DS when he was a tiny bit older than ours are now as his temp was so high that he just kept sicking up the calpol we were giving him so he had to have a suppository

[Shock] at baby100's climbing exploits! I haven't allowed DD near our stairs as they are very steep and I get the horrors about them. I will have to man up a bit fairly soon but not yet; my parents' house has better nursery slopes for learning stair-climbing skills DD face-planted a little while ago and gave herself a nose-bleed; I think DH was more upset than she was, he said it's the first time he's seen her blood (not me though, I snipped her finger with the nail clippers the first time I cut them )

Today's new skill is grinding her teeth, all four of them. It's horrible. And standing unaided for a good ten secs as well.

Aw Candr, hope LO gets better soon.

Jimmi, hope things are ok wi the investigations, will send you a pm/fb message

Feral. Yep I too cut LO's finger too when cutting her nails, I think I did it twice :( I hope your step cousin steps up soon and realised what a bridezilla she is being. Well we don't have stairs ourselves, so it's been a new experience for us, she stood and banged on them a couple of times, showed no interest in trying to climb them, then she just went and did it! Oh my goodness, no warning of her trying, she just bloody did it. We also had a 10 seconds standing, she stood there, towards the end she wavered and plonked herself down on her bum nicely. She's also done that thing where they get legs straight, then lift top half up to standing, I told her she was just showing off! Well as my LO only has 2 teeth she can't grind yet :)

Well we are home now from our holiday, had a very nice time. Lovely to be away. I feel a bit mushy about OH at the moment, it's so nice to have a week together with no work in the way, and although there was still housework to do, it seemed like things were just loads more chilled. Not that I don't normally feel mushy about him, holidays just reaffirm that and give you more mushy time IYKWIM I feel very lucky :) love holidays :)

Candr - hope LO is getting better and meds working their magic.

Jimmi - eek, hope all ok, and good luck with the investigations.

Feral - ooh, grinding teeth... like 100, LO only has 2 bottom teeth so no grinding yet! Another grrrr and boo to your step-cousin, hope she wises up soon and acts nicer.

100 - holiday sounds fab. Awww to you all mushy again with DH2B!! It does make a huge difference when they're off and no work - as it's the summer season now, my DH2B runs his son's cricket team, so that's 3 nights he's not around, and with the frequent trips to Algeria it does get a bit more difficult.

Wow to all standing, climbing and moving babies!! My LO has just about learnt to shuffle backwards! I have a feeling, with her chunky legs, she might not be a crawler and will just go straight to walking, but that's a little while off.

Yikes, this time next week, I'll be "SELS71" and not "SEBS71" !!! (Though I'll stay sebs, as it's my nickname and everyone, including OH, calls me that!)

Sebs, can't believe how fast it has come round - is strange learning new name. I ignored a few people as didn't realise they were talking to me when I married.
Jimmi - hope everything turns out OK - must be scary - keeping fingers crossed.
100 - Glad you are having lovely holiday. A change of scenery would be lovely about now.
Feral, DS now has 2 bottom and 4 top teeth and is grinding away. Gives me prickly skin as hate the noise and worry he will damage new gnashers. Bloody hrts when he bites during feeding so think I may have to stop but has been sooo useful while he is poorly to help him relax and sleep.
He now has a rash over whole body which DR think is reaction to drugs so need to distract him a lot and is having loads of poos which dehydrate him.
Am so glad DH is home for 3 days as am knackered.
DH bit upset that DS will be calm and quiet for me but keeps crying on him. Have said it is as he is poorly but also I do 90% of stuff with DS as DH home late and up early most days. Hoping 3 days at home will tip the scales.
DS also pulling to standing and is getting better at walking holding our hands. Can balance himself on things but not alone yet - still is only 8m so don't want to rush things. Have lovely family time all over next few days and hope the sun reappears

Aw sebs, this week will either fly by or drag for you. Like waiting for Christmas! Yeah, it is a load different when they are off work completely. Maybe one day your LO will just surprise you with the most magnificent crawling :)

Candr, my LO bites too, although its usually when she doesn't want feeding, so I'm trying to leave it a bit longer between feeds. Although this evening she had fed lovely and then at the end she just clamped down. I don't want to stop feeding for her biting, but I fear she may be a biter :( yep, my LO also just quietens down for me of she's been screaming with OH, he shakes his head and says how do you do it? I don't know, but she does scream for me too, it's just if she's been screaming for him she will shut up for me 9 times out of 10!

So I had a ridiculous night with LO last night, worse than I expected, although I expected a bad night as we had travelled so much yesterday. I had a firtle in her mouth this morning to see if there were any bumps that might suggest she was due some more teeth.... One had come through!!!! I was not expecting that, although it makes sense, but it's not even a top middle one, it's the second one along at the top! So she has two middle bottom ones and one top second tooth. 10 days ago she had no teeth! I'm hoping tonight is better. I could hardly move this morning, fortunately OH got up and had her for about 90 mins so I could sleep some more, and I didn't even ask. I think he knew what the night was like.

Yep, rubbish night for us as well last night. We are trying to get DD to take formula in the night so that (a) I can get reasonable sleeps before work every day and (b) my parents can manage when we go away for a few days for a friend's wedding at the end of July, leaving the DCs with them.

So DD has been taking a bit of formula when she wakes but last night it was clearly just comfort that she was wanting as she screamed for 20 mins at DH- so it's not just Mr Candr and Mr 100 that have this problem! - refused any formula from him and then BF'd for about 30 secs before comfort sucking herself to sleep. She then woke up when I put her back in her cot and proceeded to grizzle for another 30 mins. So I was then wide awake and it took me an age to get back to sleep.

DH is off doing photography jobs for the the whole weekend so I am on my own and bloody knackered after a looooong old half term back at work. Thank god it's the half term hol this week and my number one objective is getting DD to sleep through the night without needing me!

Yay Sebs, I am excited for you! Took me ages to get used to having DH's name. It's a crazy Cornish name and I love it but I do get a bit tired of having to spell it for people.

Oh bummer feral, I hope tonight is better. I'm not sure if I'll be going down the formula route soon, I have a little biter so far, and I'm trying what I can to stop it, but I'm still getting nipped :( really sounds like we have very similar babies in terms of how and what they can do. I hope when I posted yesterday you didn't think I was trying to play down what your LO does

Not posted for few days had pretty crappy week with poorly baby, &i had a health scare this week which was very scary (suspected problem with my pancras) but my emergency blood tests came back clear at 6pm Fri night so I didn't need to go into hospital. I'm now waiting for a scan, but in mean time I've now got the bug Lo had last 8days and that's making me feel crappy too. Like a cold, sore throat but with sand in my eyes, I had no idea conjunctivitas could make u feel so horrid. At least Lo is finally turning the corner and has slept for a 6hr chunk the last couple of nights as my body just feels battered at the moment.
I'm also tryin hard now over the next 6-8wks to stop breast feeding. It's time for us. Yesterday I held off between 9-3pm we offered formula &water in a cup, but I was sore lumpy boobs. I'm hoping to slowly push the gap so we can drop the 11&3-4pm feeds, then work on replacing a feed with formula every 5-7days so I can avoid getting engorged. DH has this long wend off then we have weeks hols 9-15 so he is going to help with cup feeding, otherwise babe just turns around puts her between my boobs crying&shaking her head looking for milk. It's all very well tellin us to feed on demand but they don't tell you how to flipping stop! I'm also going to see our local BF group wed for their advice.

Appoligies for not mentioning all I hope you feel better soon and babies all enjoy the Jubilee. :)
I made DD1 a dress from two poundshop union jack teatowels yesterday she looked very cute with bow in her hair too x

Ssmile, I hope the gradual stop to feeding works for you. Sorry you have been feeling so icky.

Well I was all set for a better night last night, but then LO woke at 11pm and although to the naked eye she appeared to be asleep, as soon as she touched down in her cot she woke and started crying. I gave up after an hour and took her into our bed and had her sleep practically on top of me. I didn't sleep well, but I think it was better than the trying for hours to get her down, only to have to go through an hour later! But with her sleeping on me/next to me she only fed once after than! WTAF, so maybe sometimes it is a comfort thing.

I think I need to be a bit firmer on the biting front, she keeps trying it, it's not every feed, but she tries and it blinking hurts. Going to try the NO and taking her off, putting her on the floor if she does it again. See I wrote if in my head I'm saying when, but I have to be positive. I'm not enjoying the on edge feeling I'm having with feeding, and I'm no where near ready to stop, I think I would feel guilty if I let a couple of bites stop me feeding her, but then that's a stupid thing to think when I'm on edge and not physically comfortable. And I know it's a valid reason to stop.

I hope that works 100 my SIS fed until her DS was 14mths she had a few rough weeks with biting but got through it. The other method is push them into the breast so they have to release it to breathe. My Lo had week of clamping down and she certainly understood the tone of my NO and cried indignation that I'd taken her off the breast it did work. Have you got a local breast feeding group at your childrens centre who can offer support &advice. Good luck. x

Oh yeah, I forgot the suffocation technique , that used to work with DS as well! 100 are you certain that DD isn't biting to tell you she's not hungry? That's what DS used to do when I was trying to feed him and he didn't need it. I agree that it's horrid when they do this phase as you get all edgy about feeding but it's probably worth persevering if you want to carry on BFing. And I didn't think for one second that you were playing down what my DD does I think it's fascinating that our LOs are doing everything at the same time!

Ssmile, I hope the conversion from BF to FF works for you. I am loving the idea of the tea towel dress: genius! Hope you feel better soon.

DD went from bedtime at 8pm to 5am last night, had a quick feed and then back down until 8.30am! Unfortunately DS ruined the potential Sunday lie-in by getting up at 6.15 though

Yeah ssmile there is a bf support group once a week at our doctor surgery on a Friday so if come friday I'm still suffering the nips I'll head up there for a bit.

Feral, yes I think most of the occasions have come when she's not hungry, but she shows signs she's hungry then obviously isn't! Grr. I've stopped trying to feed if she just doesn't settle on me first, when she is hungry she has started to 'pester' me, so I'm going to also try to not offer the boob quite so quickly. It's bloody hard to know what to do.

But she as yet hasn't stayed bitten on for long enough to need to do the 'suffocation' technique. It's more quick sharp hard nips, but I've have marks where her teeth are from it.

Great little sleep from LO there feral. As you say, shame about the missed lie in.

I went to church this morning, but they has changed the time of the service, they were doing a short service at their sister church before the main service at the main church, got soaked walking there and back, and then again an hour later, but :) LO fell asleep on the way home from the first trip, so had a decent nap this morning. I was however at the service alone because dh2b was at a race. A very very active 8 3/4 month old in church is hard work when you are the only one to hold said wriggler! But the church is good and quite accommodating of children, so I don't worry too much if she doesn't stay still, plenty of areas to let her crawl in too.

I really shouldn't be on here saying this as I just know that it's tempting fate but DD did her first ever full 12 hour sleep last night, from 7pm to 7am, no help from us. She did a bit of a yell twice in the evening but had resettled by the time I got up the stairs. DH and I didn't know what to do with ourselves this morning after a really truly proper night's sleep.

Wow, excellent work baby feral :) Woo.

In other news my LO shows NO signs of doing that, and has spent the last few nights with terrible teething issues and having calpol 2 nights in a row, once at 3am!

Oh I forgot to mention, my work hours have been authorised, so I'm only going back 2 'evenings' a week :) still got the matter of a 2 week full time course to do first, but after that :) yay.

feralgirl wow well done mini feral fingers Xed its the start of good things to come.

100 gd news on your work hours hope the course goes ok. Do you go back in Aug?

Mixed night ere, baby only woke 11pm for feed, was unsettled 4-5am but I didn't feed her and she slept in till 7.30!! Alas I was awake most of the night with this horrid virus, fever, streaming nose and eyes and nonstop sneezing this is Day4 of feeling awful bloody hope it starts to ease up abit tom as DH back at work tom and I'm on my own with the non stop question asking five yr old and baby who is pulling herself up on everything and managed a solo stand up in room earlier much to our surprise before toppling over 1sec later banging her head and howling in surprise.

We are making some progress with formula in a cup. Three days in a row I've "missed" her 11amish breastfeed and she had around 40ml of formula instead. I've got sore boobs though, she also only had 1-2min feed at 2pm after lunch&cup, with big feed around 4pm,so she had gone from 9am -4pm with out a big BF couple of days now.

Hope you all had gd jubilee weekend.

Feral that is brill, long may it continue. DS was a bit better last night as took him round to jubilee party in park till 8.00 so didn't get bottle till 8.15 then next one at 11.30. He woke at 12 and shouted for 45 min then slept till 3, in bed with me for feed and slept till 7.30. Love having him with me but need to get more will power to get him back to sleep in cot without feeding.
100, good news about job, hope the course is not too bad. Can't believe I have had nearly a year off work. The kids at school seem to have shot up in size - they love seeing him when we visit.
Bought DS some more toy cars today as he is playing with his one loads. Got a little garage but he pulled it apart and kept throwing the cars off it - maybe still too young?
Hope you all had some Jubilee fun

Ssmile, Well I'm supposed to, but there will be some annual leave to take. It'll be really funny, finishing maternity leave and then starting annual leave, I feel like that's taking the pi55 a little bit! Oh I hope your virus eases off soon. Great on the solo standing :)

Oh yeah feral, seeing as our two seem to do everything the same maybe I'll be lucky with 12 hours tonight I should be so lucky

Candr, I ought to buy some new toys for my LO, she's only had 2 new age related toys in the past few months, the rest are all kind of suitable from birth types, I now feel a bit bad. Good luck with the nights not feeding.

My LO is eating more now, so I think it won't be long before I start dropping feeds, hopefully those will be night time ones.

1oo hope you can make the most of the hols, second time around I'm making the most of having 12mths annual leave to use in 6mths by hopefully covering most of DD1 school holidays :( it is a flipping nightmare when they start school compared to nursery. She has 13wks off school and I get 5wks A/L let alone the endless days off for bugs when they little, its amazing any parents work I think. I'm slightly dreading it as 80% of the mums I know that work use grandparents as childcare and I don't have that option. My DH has an equally full on job but I know its me that has to work out all the logistics Hohum I'm sure it will sort itself out somehow.

My Lo loves the saucepan cupboard and apron/teatowels draw. I did this with DD1 made one cupboard and one draw "safe" in the kitchen and she could get out what she liked and play to her hearts content on the condition she stayed out of all the other cupboards&drawers. It did work after a few No's when she went exploring :)

Yeah we don't have the family option close to us, that was a big factor in when I work.

Our LO isn't yet 'allowed' to explore the kitchen, I'm sure it won't be long.

YY to the "allowed" drawer in the kitchen. DD particularly likes my silicon cooking tools and she's a grade 8 saucepan drummer!

Great news on the job 100. Do you have a toy library near you? Ours was great with DS but I haven't used it much with DD as we have so much now. The toy library's brill for bringing home all the noisy plastic crap that you wouldn't really want to clutter up your house with permanently and it means that, when you get to the point where you want to hide a toy because it's doing your head in, you can just take it back!

I've never heard of them feral. I'll have a look around. I am in Birmingham after all, so surely we've got something like that.