October 2011: Crawling, teething and (we hope) sleeping through

[Penelope1980]

Sorry guys - posted the 1000th message without realising , so hopefully you can all find this thread!

We havent done 3 day thing either. Tbh, I forgot all about it ( has vague memory of hv giving weaning lecture...)

Hope everyone's ok (sassy, ed?) and happy belated birthday jnice.
To those back at work, am starting to feel your pain :( only 1 month to go now and dreading it. Am sure N will be fine, it's me that won't be!! He's got me through the bad stuff, without him I don't think I would have coped at all with losing Adam. It's hard to not feel better when I see his lovely smiling face. Speaking of which he's just woke up and beamed at me :)

No joy on the poop front - not had one since sat, and I took some senokot already. Cut back solids n may need to give lactulose now. Poor boy was srcreaming half the night although looking at him grinning away now you'd think there was nowt wrong!!

We have a shouter as well! It's quite loud it times.

A had another milestone today - crawling forward! He moved about 4 metres and grabbed the phone, then had fun going at all the other things in the living room he's never been able to touch before. I am chuffed, but know that a whole new phase starts now ..

Oh Jnice ouch for L and for you!
ipswitch hope N has a poo soon x
So tooth no. 3 is on its way (top one) and it looks really sore! Am now no longer bf and am quite glad now looking at it! (although boobs hurt!)
mrsh ed etc. are you selling clothes as you know you're not having another one? I've stashed all mine we have huge mountain so far of newborn, 0-3, 3-6 and now have to sort 6-9 as he's bloody grown again. Had to buy 12-18 month trousers on the weekend (which are too long) but he fits 9-12 now and I want them to last.
Trying to remember who else had large boys was it you strawberry and pinkpainter? X
Oh and yes launch went well thanks! X

Oh mrshende how did your DH get on looking after your LO? My DH will have N for a day the second week I'm back at work and since he's a bottle refuser tooDH is a bit worried. He does have some solids but not what you could call a proper meal yet.

Yaay for all the rollers and crawlers. N can only roll from front to back, suspect that's only because he hates being on his front but we are making progress into sitting unsupported

Impressed with A's crawling Pene . I dispute what you said about the shouting being "quite loud at times", (or are you being polite?. I would describe P's shouting as "freaking earpearcing" . God knows what it must sound like to the poor dog as he has better hearing than us!

DH said of the shouting at dinner time yesterday "oh well that was a nice relaxing meal" ha ha.

Ipswich it's funny isn't it but their gummy smile really makes it hard not to smile back.

Glad the shop is going well Pebble :) Are you going to post the press release photo on fb?

Would the most recent fb joiners mind pm me their real names and their mn names so we can add them to the names docus if that's okay so everyone knows who their psuedonym is (can't be bothered to check spelling of that)?

Jnice what jabs is L having? I don't think we are having any 6 months jobs here? (or maybe I am irresponsible Mummy, might need to check my red book)

Pebble one of the boys in P's baby class is 4 months old and he sits up already. He is a big boy! (in a lovely way)

Ipswich have you tried a cup type thing instead of the bottle? P will not take a bottle but loves her cup.

*Cheshire' different schedule here - they have the shots at 2, 4 and 6m.

Well, cheshire he is really loud in the bath! DH said he made another baby cry in baby sensory class the other day by trying to "talk" to him. Your poor dog as well, how is it coping generally?

ipswich work is OK, no need to dread it. I miss my baby something terrible, but like being in the "adult space" more than I expected. And looking at the bright side (which I was trying to do yesterday when I was sad) it's a good time to go in many ways because they aren't super clingy yet. That's what am telling myself anyway!

Sorry dont remember who asked but yes M is my last baby so I'm selling everything. The market I'm goin to is called rock-a-buy and I think they have a website, it's a second hand indoor market that specialises in maternity/baby/toddler stuff.

Sorry meant to say they run the markets nationwide if you CBA with eBay.

mrsH Jnice calm is probably not the first word most people would use to describe me however I find with big stuff im very much a take it as it comes and do what has to be done type of person. It's the small stuff I get stressed/angry about. DH is more of a long term worrier than me, he then ends up freaking me out.

pene yay for crawling

lp yes W is a big boy, in length anyway. He's long but thin, nearly out of 6-9 month trousers but 6-9 month tops are baggy on him (sleeves are right)

Word to the wise, bourbon biscuits are very messy, possibly rose than beet root dal.

No where near crawling here, it is weird to think dd had been crawling a few weeks by now.

Sassy and Edward I hope things are going better for you both. Ipswich I think u r amazing as are you strawberry

Hello all! Another one with clothes mountain here. I'm trying to sort through them by age, into stuff to keep for a future one (maybe), and stuff to get rid of. I CBA obeying, so hoping that a friend of a friend will take all the stuff I don't want to keep. It's not worth obeying, it's all cheap tesco sleep suits and t-shirts and stuff we were given for free. Then it's the mountain of toys to sort. We have 2 baby gyms (he hates lying down), a summer seat, a walker, a ring, a door bouncer and a bouncy chair - so there is NO need for all of it! Got to decide what to keep, what to stick in loft and what to sell. Think I might sell the summer seat, put the gyms in the lost and keep walker, ring, chair and bouncer.

fingers crossed for W's op strawberry isn't technology amazing (that they could pick up on it antenatally - does that help the prognosis?

sassy wow at crawling! C can turn round and roll both ways, but not at crawling stage yet. TBF he doesn't spend enough time on the floor to practise really, though I do try.

Today is my first day at home on my own and it's been pretty horrific :( C barely stopped crying all day. Luckily it was the village baby group so that got us out, and he was good there. I just feel like I'm going to lose my temper with him constantly, he just wants to be constantly stimulated, i.e. to be carried round. He just can't stay in one place for more than 5 minutes, not even if he's got loads of toys to play with. I ended up just putting the radio on full blast to drown him out. Also DP hasn't done hardly any housework in the 8 weeks I've been gone, so I've lots to catch up on. Have also moved C into his own room, so need to swap clothes round as C's are all in ours, and DP's in the spare room. So atm the house just has piles of clothes everywhere! Why does cleaning seem to make more mess sometimes :( got a 'to do' list an entire A4 page!

ebaying* not obeying!

Just popping in as not posted in a while. Not really with it, Sleep deprived as had some stuff going on with eldest ds over past week. Had paed appt for ds2 and he dx him as high functioning autistic . I'm now in denial and second guessing her diagnosis as he's my little boy ad altho quirky I hate him being labelled. Sorry for me me me post and will try and properly catch up. Just hard getting my brain focused.

mama its tough but try to look at the good aspects of the dx too. He is high functioning which is good and if he does need any extra help having that label will make it so much easier for him to get. Look after yourself too and get some support if you need it xx

scheh yay for being home sorry C has been tricky for you hopefully he'll perk up tomorrow. The antenatal dx for W only really helps in the way that the docs have time to watch him and plan treatment at the best time rather than in a rush once it was picked up later.

penguin at bourbon biscuits, W stole a bit of my chocolate digestive yesterday and got in a hell of a mess!

Mama from me too. I'm in two minds about labels - part of me agrees with Strawberry and if he is diagnosed now that's great as he will always get help, the other part thinks that people are too quick to be put on the autistic scale
I used to work with young adults with autism living away from their parents and the range of ability was amazing - if he's diagnosed as high functioning you may find that he leads a "normal" life and is always just a bit quirky. I'd get a second opinion and he is young so what they perceive in him now may not be what another doctor finds in him a few years down the line. xx

Scheh great that you're home, could C be unsettled at the change? Hope he settles down and you get a peaceful night x

mamma i understand what you are saying, i'd be really upset, but i think i would try to look at it like, ds hasnt changed. he's still the same wonderful little boy he was yesterday. not sure if that helps or not. big hugs to you. x

sch are you home for good now? sorry c was difficult for you today.

eva can make it across the room with the right stimulus! she goes frantic to reach curry stuff.
gonna start calling her Po.

Wow, go Eva! Er, Cyrus can scream at about 10,000 decibels (seriously, it hurts my ears). I think I'd rather have E's talent!

Go back tomorrow for meeting with docs, then weekend leave till meeting on Monday :)

Feel so bad for not coping with him today, but he's so difficult :( all the staff say so, one nursery nurse even said she's never worked with a baby with as wicked and evil a temper as he has!

I had a CAF assessment done, and the doctor had written on the form "Cyrus can be described as an unhappy baby" :( Once he's able to move he'll be happier, he just needs to let me put him down.

The others make good points mama but I understand how devastating it must feel to think there's something 'wrong' with your child. But, he's high functioning, and you should be proud of yourself and him for that.

Just to add, he's not always like that, when he's on a good mood he's wonderful, laughing and huge smiles and an absolute joy. It's just like he has a split personality.

Sch look forthe high needs baby support thread in the feeding section, ou will see you are far from alone. Most days ds is only not on me for one or two 30 min naps and during solid feeds. He still wakes every two to three hours at night, it is not unusual to have worse nights. I would link but am on an iPad and don't know how.

I am staying at my mms for another few days as dbro took an overdose tonight and there is something wrong with my car brakes, just need a bleed but I don't know how.

Weighed ds on one scales and he is 7.3 kg, 16 something pounds and is just below 25 th which is what I had guessed. This is what dd weighed at a year.

On home scales

I came on here to rant but after reading what everyone else has been going through today I just feel pathetic now (already feel hideously guilty for the poor dog as he get the brunt of it earlier). Tried to make it up to him with some cheese afterwards but need to try harder tomorrow :(

Is he ok Penguin? Is there a specific reason he has done this now? As soon as I read it it reminded me of our estate agent, good looking young guy, committed suicide last year. One of the man I work with said depression is very very common in 20-something males :(

Mama I can see why you would be upset, although I second exactly what Sassy said, he is still exactly the same little boy to you and DH and as Pebble said he might grow out of their prognosis as well because he is only young

Scheh I am shocked that the nursery nurse used those words about a baby, it makes me feel sad that the nurse would say such a thing. If he just wants Mummy holding him all the time I presume you had stuck him in a sling? Just sod the housework and stick a film and a sling on and chill out for 2 hours :)