March 2011 mums, entering our 2nd year with our 'Babies'!!

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Hi all,
Thought I'd take the plunge and set up a new thread for us...never done it before so hope it works.

Will be back later to update properly, have busy day as DH is off on a track day on his motorbike and DD1 has already been driving me insane, it has only just gone 9am!!! xx

Just a quick update here to say that Sabine took her first steps on Sunday -- totally surprised us as we thought she probably needed a couple more weeks. She's loving toddling around and is so cute and proud of herself.

Must run but will try to pop back in later this week.

Ooh lovely, lots of toddling going on! We're still on about 6 steps max, with encouragement from us.

DS being a total little shit at the moment, am praying he transforms overnight when he turns 3 in a couple of weeks

Hello, we've been lurking again sorry!!! Pretty sure Angus will be the last one on here to walk, he shows absolutely no interest in trying, gets about too easily by crawling, and he can climb on pretty much everything!!!

Other than that I've just been organising our wedding which is in a week and a half!!!! Can't wait although I almost forgot to register (we had a day left!) am feeling pretty organised but the wole family are descending 5 days in advance so will probably be chaos here by the end of next week!

No time to post more now but will be back soon.....

Hello, i'm here too!

Good luck for your upcoming wedding Highland, how exciting & i'm very . I would love to have my wedding day all over again. Enjoy every minute as it goes so quick!

Well Ruby took her first steps at around 11 months so is now toddling everywhere now. She is an absolute delight at the mo, even with some huge molars coming thru. She is a hardy little girl.

In other news, i had mu 12 week scan yesterday. All is as it should be, baby due 17th december

Hope everyone is well.

Yeah, a December baby, Jo !

Highland, Franz is often looking at our wedding photos and part of me wishes that he could have been there, so it's lovely that Angus will be part of the festivities! Enjoy every second with your loved ones there!!!

Muser, what a bummer that you were all cooped up in the house, but it's wonderful that the pox are now out of the way. I'm so furious that my supposedly naturalistic doctor here gave me a judging look when I refused the pox vaccine, which became mandatory here before children enter school. I had pox when I was 25 and I survived, so I'm sure Franz would be fine with them and I'm hoping that he'll get them soon!

Halo, loved the description of losing the walking momentum when slowing down. Franz either runs so quickly that his feet fly out from under him, or just stands there and falls for no reason. A bit of a clutz. We sometimes walk outside on the sidewalk when I feel he wants to escape his buggy, and once he walked (partially) to the book store down the street (where he likes to re-arrange all the books -- fortunately it's a baby friendly store!) My main frustration is that he is so independent, and won't let me hold his hand, so he stops, back tracks, and touches EVERYTHING when we're out, and I cringe at all the NYC filth that ends up on his hands. Just wish he would walk with me like I see other babies doing! ;)

He's in love with all the pigeons and dogs in the city, so we spent yesterday by the river petting "woof woof" doggies every 5 steps or so, then chasing very scared pigeons.

He seems to have 16 teeth already! Dear God, is this teething thing almost over? Now we only need to worry about brushing them...

Hope everyone's doing well!!!

highland E still isn't walking though loves doing it with hands to hold or a walker to push, and part of the reason for that I think is she is such a fast crawler. Though she was late to do that too so probably just her natural trajectory.

highland congratulations on your wedding! I hope you all had a fantastic day .

I'll post later with a proper update.

Ok I'm back. I typed a long message on my phone, and then lost internet connection :(

DD2 has turned into a little madam with full-on tantrums now. My little placid baby has been replaced by a screeching toddler.

She is rather cute though and follows her sister around everywhere. Separation anxiety has well and truly kicked in though, and she associates my Mum with me going to work. So on Friday, when I do not work, and my Mum innocently came over, DD2 had a big hissy fit and clung onto me like a Koala until she left. She will start nursery two days a week in September, when her sister starts at pre-school, so settling in should be fun .

She finally had her MMR this week, postponed due to illness, and so far so good with no nasty side affects .

Hi all. L (15.5 months) still isn't walking either. She was a late crawler (11 months) so I expected her to walk later too. She's cruising everywhere now, pulling herself up on everything and walking loads with hands/a walker but not independently yet. Not sure how long it generally takes to get from this stage to walking, but she seems to be making progress day by day so I'm not worried.

She's very clingy at the moment too, which is both nice and difficult! We seem to have regressed on the sleeping front too, with me settling her in my arms more than I'd like and resorting to bringing her into our bed to re-settle if she wakes during the night (which she generally does once). I'm not sure if these are cause or effect of the clinginess!

Gosh, mine (14.5months) is very clingy too, and we've had some hideously early mornings too - 4.50am this morning??!! She is still mainly crawling but taking more and more steps on her own now so she's basically there.

DS is 3 tomorrow! All he wants is cake so that's easy!

Hi everyone, I haven't been on in ages, firstly because I'm so busy with work/study and family and also because my laptop is playing up and it's annoying posting on my phone. I have been lurking though.

Hope the wedding went well highland

Ethan isn't Walking yet is cruising and walks with walker, he was 15 mints yesterday dd didn't walk till 16.5 months so I'm not worried.

How much do your lo weigh now? I weighed Ethan yesterday and he was 9.3kg which is 20lbs 7oz. He is still following his centile (just under 25th)

S was extremely clingy a few weeks ago and got very unsettled even if I left her with DH for a couple of hours. She's doing better now. I think maybe it coincided with a developmental leap/wonder week.

She has really found her feet and is loving walking around. Still keeps her arms up like Frankenstein for balance, but they're slowly getting lower. Will probably take her for her proper shoe fitting in the next week or two. (John Lewis advised us to wait until she'd been walking for 3?6 weeks and she just hit 3 weeks on Sunday).

Weighed her last week. She was 9.67kg (21.3lb), just slightly above the 50th percentile. Haven't had her length/height measured properly in ages because I hate going to the local baby clinic; it's a complete zoo. But we have a doctor's appt next week, so maybe I can get the doctor to do it.

Eversomuch - Hannah holds her hands up too, it's so cute. She has cruising shoes and I need to save up before she gets any outside shoes. She isn't ready quite yet although it won't be long.

The main reason she isn't ready for outside walking is because she hates walking in shoes and just sits down to take them off. Maybe I should have made her wear pram shoes? All my friends who dressed their little ones in newborn shoes seem to have no shoe issues! We are off to the park this afternoon for a practise though. I reckon distraction is the key.

Biggest news with me is that I got a BFP at the weekend. Very early days and I'm conscious that things could go wrong but all going well I will have 2 under 2 in February 2013!

Halo That is such great news. Congratulations on the new baby!!! I hope everything will go smoothly for you. I am halfway there as of today. I think the second time is going by much faster.

I didn't put Sabine in shoes much when she was tiny. She does like taking her shoes off, but doesn't seem to have any big issues with them. Maybe Hannah just won't be that into shoes -- which would save you bundles when she's teenager! :)

Congratulations Halo, wonderful news! I agree with Everso, it does seem to go quicker secind time around, maybe due to having less time to rest!

Ruby doesnt mind wearing shoes, its me thats taking them off at every opportunity i just dont like to think of her feet all squashed up in them even if yhey are properly fitted! Maybe i am a bit mad...

Evening - sorry awol again...

halo that's awesome - fingers crossed. everso can't believe you are halfway through already - wow. And congrats jojo - wow so many babies on the way - am a bit but I don't think we will have a number 3.

highland congrats on the wedding - look forward to hearing about it.

CKNY 16 teeth - oh my - E has 6 - she is slow on teething.

Shoes - E quite likes hers, but she always takes them off in the car or in the pushchair which does my head in - we are bound to lose one at some point and they are so flippin expensive! We are on proper shoes as she has been walking properly since good Friday (whenever that was) and was cruising and taking random steps before that. She was v anxious to do what her big brother was and is also now trying to run (not always with much success and looks quite drunk). Also have at non walkers as there is plenty of time - plenty and it's quite exhausting really.

We have no words though - not proper ones and the aforementioned lack of teeth. It's bizarre how they are all so different.

lozario hope DS enjoyed his bday and cake.

Must go - waves to all.
xx

wedding was amazing, just everything we wanted, thanks for the well wishes!!! only bad thing is that A going through teething hell with molars, my mum dissappeared from the wedding with him at 7.30 and we never saw her again till the next day :( apparetly took 4 hours to get him to sleep, oops. Extremely clingy just now too, although thankfully he didn't recognise me in my dress!! :)

Fab news halo we are desperate to start trying now, having my coil taken out next week so finers crossed for a bfp here very soon :)

Thats us away tomorrow for a few days in the campervan, will be interesting with the wild crawling child in tow but we'll see how it goes, hopefully will stop raining or we might all get serious cabin fever!

Will post properly when we get back, put a wedding photo on fb but its not full length of dress etc we don't have any of them yet!

So happy the hear the wedding went so beautifully, Highland -- teething ordeal aside. Poor little guy. Sabine still only has four teeth, so no idea when we'll have the pleasure of going through that. Have a great time on your caravan adventure. BTW, I have an unopened box of pregnancy tests I won't be needing anymore. If you'd like it, PM me or send me a message on FB. Hope to hear more happy news from you soon! :)

halo that is ace, congrats - and highland you are a gorgeous pair of people aren't you!! Congrats. Loved your dress in the FB pic you posted.

Ok we are also in molar teething hell - shortly after my last post i found 2 molars popping out on her top gum, one each side. Points are out but still the rest of the teeth to go - god you forget how LONG it takes don't you!! Her sleep is up the spout!

DS had a great birthday and is now in a Big Boy Bed with Gruffalo duvet set. He hasn't yet gone on a midnight wander...! I took him for a taster session at his preschool this week and he loved it. He starts 4 mornings a week in Sept, it will be funny just having Lara for the mornings but I'm sure she'll keep me busy!

jupiter I know what you mean about being a bit , I don't know if we'll go for a 3rd either. But there is something comforting in the possibility that the tough early years are nearly behind us chooses to ignore teenage years!! We might get a cat instead. Who here has a cat? Is it bad to get one off gumtree?!

We have a cat Lozario & we got ours from Preloved

HI all - sorry for lurking so much recently! crazy busy trying to fit in work and 3 boys!

CKNY you really made me laugh at your little one being independent and not holding your hand out and about. Neither of my 2 big boys have done that and DS3 is exactly the same, so I feel a bit like I am herding cats when I go out with them. I have 3 under 5, so going out with all of them can feel quite hairy! I do keep Ollie in the buggy if it is all 3 of the, and attempt to get one of the older ones to go on the buggy board but they like to go on scooters or trikes... they are very well road trained, and always stop at the end of teh pavement, but I still get stressed out going a long way with them all! thankfully in central london I don't need to go very far for anything. Ollie is much happier going out and about in his little push along trike which my father got for DS1 and has had SO much use. I used to feel really silly pushing it along, but see so many kids in them nowadays. I think he feels that he is actually on a little bike, and one of his older brothers sometimes stands on the back so it gets 2 kids around easily whilst the other one "freestyles"

Still no BFP here but LOTS of trying! I have 2 March babies so far, so if we got lucky this month that would be a third!!!

Teeth - lots of - Ollie got his two bottom incisorts cutting at the moment and they are really hurting him. They are teeth 15 and 16 so only the back molars to go.

On walking, Ollie is very solid, been walking for nearly 4 months now, so is climbing up and down the stairs, generally able to scale everest, and at Gambado climbs up to the top of the toddler slide on his own, goes also, turns around feet first and goes down the slide on his tummy on his own as well. He has also started roughing up his older brothers and getting his own back on them!

Lovely to hear everyones stories - congrats on wedding news, on BFP news on scans... so many people with lovely news!!

We are off on holiday in two weeks and can't wait - hitting the beach for some sun!!!! yippeee!!!!

What's everyones wake up time at the moment? We're usually up by 6 and it's killing me! What's worse is Lara usually wakes crying so she still seems tired

Hello all

Just realised I have been lurking but not posting much! To be fair, not a lot going on here. Arthur has settled in quite well with the childminder and has a fair few molars coming through.

Arthur is pretty good at walking, but not so much at going the direction you want to go. He hates being in his pushchair now so not quite sure what to do?

We have just booked our first family camping trip for August - fingers crossed with the weather! Any pro tips?

Highland congratulations on your wedding. Your fb pic is beautiful

Halo congratulations on bfp!!!!!!

stealth how do you do it? 3 under 5, work, ttc and a "holiday" - are you mad or super woman? (I'm not sure if holidays are really holidays anymore.... Although I enjoyed our trip to spain, there wasn't much relaxing going on!)

Loz wake up here is anytime between 6am-7am, but mostly 6am. I try to ignore the boy until he cries as sometimes he will go back to sleep, or at least play quietly so I can doze a bit more! Me and DH take it in turns to get up with him as he used to start the day at 5am. I keep reminding myself that one day he will be a teenager and I will have my revenge

Lozario our wake up time is between 5 & 6, more often 5

Im not really sure how i contine to function esp when i have to go to work. Although i sm in bed by 9pm most nights. Rock & roll

Lozario Our wake-up time is usually between 6am and 7am. If it's on the earlier side, I usually give Sabine a chance to settle down. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I think I heard her cry around 6:15 this morning, but then the next thing I knew, it was 7. Yay!

We are off to northern Scotland on Thursday for a long weekend to visit friends. Flying up to Inverness, and it will be S's first time flying. Really hope she takes it alright. Today she had a meltdown when I tried to put a pair of Wellies on her and whenever I tried to introduce a new bib (finally got one of those plastic ones with the pocket at the bottom). I actually wore the bib during lunch to try to show her it was not a scary thing. WHO AM I???? So, yeah, no idea how the novelty of an airplane, coupled with staying with friends will go over. Wish us luck!