October 2011, the three C's crawling cruising and chatting

[LittlePebble]

Thanks Mama for the title. A new thread hopefully everyone will find us again.

I fell off the tread again

mama thanks for 9 month well wishes - loved the photo of J on the beach in the sea!

We too have crazy nappy changes which involve my Leg over his body (screams) or me wiping what I can while he crawls away at top speed. Or I give him something he can't usually have to keep him happy for a few seconds.

L has another cold and up every 45-90 mins last night

Sorry for not keeping up again. My parents have been visiting and now they have left so feeling a bit down in the dumps.

out lol at the wiping what you can while he crawls away at top speed, J does that. Annoyingly she behaved herself when dh changed her today. Sorry your parents left, is it long till you next see them? You must be shattered with how much L waking . Have you propped up his cot (I know you prob know all the tricks by now) or is he in your bed all night?

Has a scary moment with paddling pool. I was hanging washing up and ds1 was with J and she slipped in pool and went under. Ds1 froze and I scooped her up. I feel bad as was cross with ds1 for freezing as he's 13 and high level swimmer. But equally he's still a child. I'm just glad I was right there and haven't left him alone to watch her. Emptied pool now as so easy for little ones to crawl in when back turned

12 not 13

mama that must have been one scary moment! my heart skipped a beat reading about it.....but feeling bad for ds1. poor kid, he must have gone to bed so unhappy with himself that he didn't react to help his l'il sis ..please please show him tomorrow that you still trust him...of course you can keep a hawk eye :)

...where is this coming from...have a younger sister i messed up with similarly when we were kids...it took a while to get over it :(

Gosh Mama scary stuff (although probably not the last time they will give you kittens, so to speak!). I can understand why he froze though, those kind of incidents are actually seconds but you just feel like everything is going really slowly and you are just sat there staring but I presume it is your brain actually trying to catch up and kick in to gear, if that makes sense.

Out I might try the leg over technique, honestly she goes MAD, nappy wrestling kind of does my head in now :(

Fuzzzy I have posted DH's curry recipe on fb.

Oh mama, heart pounding just reading that thank goodness it was all ok.

When nappy changing I have taken to giving Leo my iPhone today, it works as its forbidden and shiny!

DS has fed beautifully four feeds in a row now :) he is coming out of it

went to the nursery and now I am having second workers. one of the workers was doing CC with a baby who wanted to be held a lot. As DS is a more high needs baby I am not feeling great that he might be left to cry a lot. Obviously I know that they need to get on and do stuff, but I felt a different vibe to the one we were given when we last visited. I also think their expectation of how long they want babies/toddlers to sit still and quiet for at afternoon tea was far too long. the keyworked doing CC won't be the one who will look after DCs. We have another pre-visit next week and I plan to arrive at end of tea so will see how they are deaing with DS then. DD I don't mind and I think she is old enough to handle that kind of setting with it's rules. What I didn't understand was they took away her dummy when leaving her to CC and it was then her reward.

climbing fantastic he is feeding better , sounds like he's on the mend. I'd be a bit about the dummy beig taken away with cc, how on earth can she self soothe if her comfort is removed? In my personal opinion, I do not sit comfortably with CC but I understand that for some people it's what they do. It must be very hard to leave your children in care of non family, so it's good to reassure yourself by popping in at various times to see how things are going.

I re-read my post and spoke to ds1, it was all slow motion. I looked at her laying in water too (not sure that her head was submerged) and ds1 did pick her up but wasnt straight away and I took her off him midway. Sorry for putting it down wrong but it was all a bit fraught. Ds1 is ok and we played cards before he went to bed.

out J loves shiny things... But she drools them like slimer from ghostbusters.

cheshire curry recipe looks scrummy

thoughts not workers, not sure what happened there

mama I feel a bit about CC as well, especially when they are awake and not being used to put to sleep (sorry I know someone on here has done it). to be fair this girl wasn't proper crying at that time, but I felt from the way they were talking in the past children have been. It's pointless if I can't relax in my off time if I am worried about them, but it will give it a go and take it from there. I think we can pull out without financial loss at this stage. We did at one point do CC with DD but it took her 10 mins and she was over a year old, plus whatever we did made her worse. DS (imo) is not ready yet.

sorry mama about your fright btw, I hope it doesn't disturb your night too much with flashbacks.

climbing it's good that you don't have to stick with nursery if it's not working, obviously fx it does but good you are not backing into a corner iykwim. I'm ok thanks, calmed down. Posted pics on my Fb pre drama

Right bedtime now. Night x

climbing I would be a bit concerned about that too. But perhaps the staff are working with the parents and the parents have requested cc? I asked our daycare manager to do pupd rather than rock L to sleep as it was undoing our hard work - they were a bit but went ahead with it. It does help to drop in on them and check it out at different times of day and get a more realistic picture.

Good luck with it.

mama I had a similar scare with M in the bath the other day. I was sitting right next to the bath and he just slipped and went over. Even though I grabbed him straight away his face did go under slightly. He just sat there looking shocked (didn't cry) but I felt so bad that bathtime was over!

out I know how you feel, being so far away from family.

climbing I second what outnumbered said, speak to them and let them know your wishes.

another beautiful day here. M has a helmet fitting appointment this afternoon.

fuzzzy how was your job interview (it was yesterday wasn't it?)

climbing glad dc's are on the mend. I would be uncomfortable with anyone doing cc with my child that wasn't me, but I guess the parents might have asked them to do it?

mama glad J is alright what a horrid shock.

outnumbered how is sleep going with you? Is L over his colds?

I have a job interview today so obviously E decided to get up every two hours last night I'm going to look like a 'bag of spanners' as cheshire so eloquently puts it....

morning. typing with just my little finger as i seem to have developed carpal tunnel again- groan. i blame it on this phone! i may have to put a limit on myself- like 1 hour a week or something!

mama it must have been a day for scares. jacob gave me the fright of my life. dont ask me how but he managed to electrocute himself from the plug socket. all i heard was a crackle and a thud. shouted jacob, jacob- no response- jumped up screaming hysterically, ran over and he was lying on the floor, just started shaking him and trying to pull him up to me.(he was behind the couch) i couldnt see if he was unconscious, as my glasses had fallen off and i was crying to much. but then he started to cry. i truly thought id lost him. it was the worst minute of my life. i cried even harder when i realised he was ok.

i phoned dp and was incoherrant. he kept saying -i cant understand you, you need to slow down- i ended up wailing- i cant! phoned 111 and they sent an ambulance response and then an ambulance. he had to be checked over and was given an ecg. all fine. they think he was just stunned. not sure if he put his fingers in or something else. ironically dont have plug covers as i read they are more dangerous and he can take them out anyway.

soory posted to soon-

hope the job interviews went ok fuzzy pebble

eng hope you are planning on another decorative helmet! is this because it has improved then?

glad all the dc's going through nursing strikes are getting back to normal. eva hasnt eaten as much lately. down to 5oz instead of 8oz per bottle. they do go through waxing and waning stages- i just go with it.

eva has also been teething like mad for the first time. she had 3 teeth 2 weeks ago and is currently getting her 7th. had to give her capol 3 tumes so far at bedtimes.

Good grief sassy, what a fright! So glad he's ok. And for you mama, very glad J survived her unintentional diving lesson. G+Ts all round I think!

Hope everything went well yesterday Fuzzzy, for you.

Glad J's okay sassy . I'm not surprised you were shaken.

No new helmet, but going to see the helmet make to check the fit, espacially since we have revised measurements from our last physio/hospital appt.

M has just cut the inside of his mouth trying to be too adventurous with climbing poor little thing.

sassy that's terrifying! Glad he's ok, did e get burnt at all? Have you worked out what happened? I removed all socket covers here for safety reasons... Now wondering if I should put them back in. Wow fast teething there too.

Engel Poor M, hope his mouth is ok now. It's horrible when they get hurt, the silent scream that is the build up to the really big one is awful.

Last few nights been better here, she's gone till around 5/6 from bed by 7.30pm and dream feed at 11ish. Wondering when to stop dream feed and decided it will probably be when she doesn't latch on, I think that's what I did with with boys but can't remember

Anyone else mixing up words? I was going to Hoover the grass rather than cut the grass. Told ds2 to look out his bedroom window and look at baby pony, she we were in car. I do it lots without realising.

no mama no burns. apparently shocks and there severity depends on a whole lot of variables. one handed is safer than both hands, (as then the shock travels across the body) . my best guess is he used the one hand, with 2 fingers to touch the bottom two holes, or he's put the plug in/out and was touching the prongs. electricity makes your muscles twitch and this can throw you back (hence the thud) which breaks the current immediately.
just one almighty scare.

sassy, so pleased to hear that Jacob is OK. I wonder if the plug you mentioned was the old type with no plastic sleeving on the pins? See a picture here:
www.fatallyflawed.org.uk/html/other_dangers.html#Plug

sassy so glad J is ok must have been terrifying

mama glad your J is ok too

TOOTH we have W's first tooth just poking out I've forgiven him for waking me up at 4:30 now must have been hurting

Probably me being dim but have a missed a name change for someone?

have you written in his book strawberry?

Must have been a "scare mummy" say yesterday for all J children then.

Day not say grrrr

omg sassy. You must have got a terrible fright!!! I think in those moments, your life flashes before your eyes!! Poor J, glad all ok now. And hugs for you with your arm/wrist
mama you must have got fright to with J! Has happened to S twice now. One time in paddling pool, I was holding her hands while she stood in water, but she slipped out my hands and right under. She was fine and I tried not to make big deal of it do she wouldn't get a fright, then once in bath. She went from sitting to crawling position in blink of an eye, but again slipped as she turned and slide under water! Was more stunned than anything else, but just goes to show how easily these things can happen!!

Thanks ladies, yes interview was yesterday. Went ok I felt, should know by end of the week if I'm successful and made it to next stage. Fingers crossed!

Hope today went well for you pebble

It's a funny day here, very warm but still overcast and grey . Wish the blinking sun would come out