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

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

Ips Seb was the same, for the longest time only wanted to stand, no crawling or anything. I think he only started to crawl so he could get to something that he could pull himself up to standing on. The he discovered it could get him places.... now there's no stopping him!

I really hope all the midnight partying babies calm down a bit soon so the mummies can get some sleep. Have a ...(mn, can we have a chocolate icon please?!)

Ed , that's more than mine! What are they made of? Pure gold?

I did 'have' to buy a new work bag at the weekend. I had a small 'grab' bag and then need another one for lunch etc and I'm so fed up of lugging so many bags to the childminder. £68 later..... .

Tally at new bag

Advice please, I love my buggy but it's two pieces and getting a bit big/ heavy now for just running around. I want an umbrella fold buggy (Maclaren type) but don't want to spend a lot (under £50) any suggestions on what I can try?

LP when C was younger I got him the Chicco London stroller and I think I paid £60 for it from kiddicare and it came with footmuff/rain cover etc.
tally they are expensive but the shoes were the only make that would fit her she has v long narrow feet. And the coat I justified because I've wanted it since I found out she was a girl @ 20 weeks pregnant its a beautiful red wool coat with white (faux) fur collar and cuffs an matching fur muff and pillbox hat I actually can't wait till it comes. plus it's coming out of her birthday present budget

Pebble our one for holiday was £42.50 from Amazon - Babyway Koochiku Altai S pushchair. It's in Boots too for £49.99 (and you would get double points then). It's nothing amazing, P hated it (I can only presume because it's lower than her normal pram and facing outwards), they didn't seem to be any other reason to hate it. She yelled for about 3 seconds of being put in then she was fine . There is also one called The Jive in Mothercare for £20. Depends HOW basic you want to go

Hope things are a bit better today Ed

£68 for a bag Tally, I love bags

P has slept well the last 3 nights but DH has woke me up saying
"there is a baby in the bed" for the last 2 night, not impressed. I have now been up since 2.30am :(

P did 5 seconds standing alone yesterday and she walked with my hands across the little playground :)

we have one of the chicco ones. if you keep an eye out on tesco/asda/toyr r us/mothercare they all periodically have ones in the sale for under 50 quid

DS has come back into a hard work phase. Not only is his sleep still not great but gone is the baby who would happily crawl around for a while and in it's place is one who cries even if I even start the moves in order to get up. He doesn't feed and then sleep, more wants to stay latched on forever and then screams if I move away. He does quieten down if DH takes him to the other bed but won't sleep with me properly. As I said before a good might consists of sleep at 7 and wakes at 10:30, 1, 3, 4:30, 6. although most nights we only get one two hour block between feeds (but only 90 mins sleeping) after the initial 3-4 hour session (even then it's not uncommon for him to wake at 9, but I don't feed in that one). DH is able to sleep through the unsettled and need frequent patting stage of his sleep but I can't. I do envy that ability to be able to instantly snooze back off. For DH he will do a solid hour before getting to unsettled stage.

I was just starting to feel like things were going well and that I was in a good head space and a few bad days (albeit on top of the nights) and it all feels so exhausting again.

slight nc here, but think you should beable to work out who i am

lp i was in argos earlier and they have [[http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9094402.htm this mama's and papa's one for £50 from £99]. seems a decent one. know what you mean though about a stroller for quickness. i hate the whole having to put the buggy together! annoying as the oyster folds when its clipped together but it wont fit in my boot like that so i have to take it apart.

i went out today and got a few things for S birthday :). lovely little pop up tent, a puzzle and a a cot bumper. bit random but its all black and white pictures of animals and i thought it would be fun for her to look at while she is in her cot. think thats all im really buying her just now. i want to see what gifts she gets (without that sounding cheeky!) as im guessing i'll end up with double of something! shes also going to need a winter jacket and some proper shoes soon so i'll hold off for those to! i got a bargin on a wee pair of shoes for her. was in handing stuff into charity shop and there was a pair of clarks first shoes in size 3 that had hardly been worn and the lady only wanted £3 for them!! snapped them up . I just cant afford the crazy price of brand new ones just now. Im shuddering at the thought of £40! i dont even spend that on my own shoes!
ed do you have a link to M's jacket?! sounds beautiful and she will look super cute in it!

whoops, link fail. try again..

this mama's and papa's one for £50 from £99

coat
This is the one that's on order but ive seen another on eBay (which should be cheaper) that I think I might get
2nd hand one

So cute . She will look a wee darling in it

Aaargh! rant alert!

I am so annoyed with DH. We were both sick at the weekend with d&v bug. I was up and about but a bit queasy on Sun while he languished in bed. he spent yesterday in bed too while I did my Monday chores (hoovering the whole house, changing beds, cleaning kitchen, getting washing up to date) and saw a friend for coffee in the afternoon. he spent all of today in bed as well, a nice quite house as M was at nursery and I went to work and taught from 8.30 til 4.30 even though tum was feeling a bit dodgy.

get home at 5, the lazy arse is still in bed, claiming illness when he hasn't vomited since Sunday night and ate normally yesterday. So I end up chucking the dinner on, picking up M from nursery, get home (DH is downstairs and knows the dinner is on) to find blakc smoke billowing from ther oven which has decided to inexplicably incinerate my lovely English sausages. So I end up cobbling together a very random dinner, all the while cursing because I'm so hungry, and wishing he wasn't such a lazy bastard. He still thinks he's "ill" and isn't going to work tomorrow. I do the washing up, bath and bottle for M, shower to wash smell of burnt sausages out of my hair.

I am so annoyed!!!!! I know partly it's his Depression that's making it harder for him to push himself back to work, but I feel like I just can't do this on my own anymore.

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Okay, rant over.

In non-rant related news - M is properly walking now! Up til Friday he was only doing 2-4 steps, mostly between sofa and coffee table, then on fiday he did about 7 steos before falling over and today he's crossed half the lounge! Have managed to get some short wanderings on video, will try to upload to fb page. He hasn't managed to stand up independently yet - he almost managed it at the weekend, but the rest of the time he still needs to pull himself up on something first.

Sorry for me me me post.

Brain fried (and still ranting away inside)

eng go M! I would be pissed at DH if he did that too, hope you get some help from him soon.

duck nice NC love the fb stuff. There's a goo website for children's shoes called snuggle feet. I've got first soft shoes for W from there for a good price can't remember if they do 'proper' shoes to but worth a look as they have free postage too.

I'm stood at bus stop waiting for my bus home after a late at work, I'll have missed bedtime by the time I get back, so glad I only have to do one late a week

any suggestions on how I can get P to wake up 7am instead of 6am would be appreciated . I have tried ignoring/feeding/giving a couple of toys but she just gets louder. I used to wake her at 7am to dog walk and she would hav a poo at 8.30am after breakfast but since the holiday she is waking and pooping at 6am and then nearly falling asleep at nursery in the morning, rather than 2 hours after lunch.

Ducky I put P on the potty after every nappy change and make a sign and noise whilst she is on there. She does wees and poos in it, if she arches her back when I try and put her on it means she doesn't need to go at the moment. I don't know if it will make her potty trained any quicker in the long run but that is my hope. Also I read they can go through a phase of being scared of the potty/toilet and the feeling of something "falling away" from them, so hopefully she will just be used to it without knowing any different. Sometimes we read books on the potty too (nothing wrong with reading on the toilet imo) .

Climbing with those sleep issues it's probably best you are not going to work yet :( Fx it improves. DH always used to tell me to put P in the cot to sleep during the day but it never worked, I would rather 90 minutes on asleep than 7 minutes inthe cot!!

Bloody hell Engels I would have chucked it at him, but I am not very patient person and clearly you are. You sound run off your feet but I presume with depression it doesn't really help to have a big paddy (which is what I did at DH thatg other week). Don't know what to suggest, sorry. Impressed by M's walking :)

Ed I like the second coat better and it's cheaper

Might check out that website later Penguin, I need to read up on the shoe thing as she has a pair of cardboardish type shoes but has only had them on or 20 mins outside for last 2 days.

The cold weather is reminding me of brand new babies this time last year

hope you had when you got home in the end strawberry

typically last night was great I couldn't get him to sleep deep enough to stay down so DH had him at 10pm with instructions to get to 12. Apparently he woke at 12 but he laid DS on his legs and he slept to 2!. Same again at 4 and he went to 5, at which point he laid DS back on the bed and he went to 6! DH slept fine, waking just briefly each time.

now what are the chances of that happening again?

I also now have two tutees for 3 hours a week which is nice for me and the extra money will really help.

the plan when we move is to put the spare double bed against the cot which will be against the wall with the side down so DH can work on transferring him to cot in the middle of the night as he wishes.

chesire what time does she go to sleep and does she still seem tired when she wakes or is fine and naturally awake for the day?

sp aww, but as you say, atleast it's only 1 late night. Those leather shoes are fab aren't they! I got S a pair when we were in Canada earlier in the year. She has worn them to death now and are getting a bit tight. I ordered a pair from eBay last night. Lots of people selling for £4 plus £2 p&p. Can get added to her birthday pile!
engel I would've been fuming . I know depression can be awful, but do you think he is using it as an excuse too? Loved the video of M walking! Well done clever boy
cheshire s was the same waking at 6am so over the space of about 2 weeks, I started putting her down a bit later till bedtime was now 7.30/8. She is waking now about 7.45am but plays in her cot and I go in after 8 to get her up. Will be trying the potty! Sounds like you and P have it down to a fine art!
pa that was a good night, fingers crossed it happens again

We have S hospital app this afternoon about the skin tag. I was ok but I'm feeling anxious about it now. From reading up its most likely that they will remove it . She still does the pelvis thrusting so I'm guessing that it is slightly uncomfy/itchy . Will let you all know how we get on

Well, had a not so great hospital app this afternoon with S. the first doc looked but said she didn't think it was a skin tag so then called another doc in to look. He straight away said he would like to put her under anaesthetic and perform an ultrasound on her lower body to see where this bit of flesh is coming from. He said it could be part of her womb or even a slight prolapse! The fact that it's not changed in size or bled is good but he just wants to know where it's from.
He then commented on her legs. She has quite skinny legs and only one 'roll' at the top of her left leg, but none on the right. Straight away he said this was a concern to and it would be looked at during the ultrasound as it can indicate hip dyspraxia or even that her internal organs are possible miss aligned, so they will be looking to see that kidneys etc are all where they should be. So back in 6 weeks . Honestly, I almost fell to the floor. They say all this to you then he just says 'but nothing to worry about. See you in 6 weeks'. I'm really trying not to panic, but my god it was a lot to take in!!
And now she is loaded with the cold and projectile vomited everywhere as I was putting her to bed

Big ((hug)) duck what a horrible shock for you. I know hospital appointments for your baby are horrible and to have stuff sprung on you is worse. Still do try not to worry to much You know S is fine in herself atm (cold and vomit aside!) and if there is a problem (which there might not be) then at least the people who can help now know and can make it better xx

Thanks sp. I was hoping we would just be in and out. It's the anesthetic that I fear the most. W has been under before eh with his op? I can only imagine how frightening it will be for her
And who knew that leg rolls should be the same on each leg?!?! He noticed it straight away. I had no idea that was a sign of potential problems.
I had to go get her and bring her into bed with me tonight. I prob won't sleep as shes a fidget but she seems so far away in her room.

i agree, that's a big shock.

the leg rolls is one of the checks that should be carried out, but maybe she was chubbier when she was younger and so harder to spot.

6 weeks must feel like a lifetime and no wonder you want her next to you. If it's just the scan they won't need her out for long?

Like strawberry says, clearly day to day she is thriving and you are amazing with her. I had structural kidney issues as a baby but I think most kidney stuff sorts itself out with age or quite fixable solutions as youngsters.

It's funny as her '6 wk check' was done in such a rush that day as I had just switched gp practise and she was almost 8/9 wks at time of it. I don't even remember her checking hips, but I know she prob did. She's never really had the leg rolls but I honestly never thought it was an issue that she only had slight one. And then there was the concern when she wouldn't hold her own weight for the longest time but then the day before we went to see HV, age stood . I'm surprised that all the times I've taken her to clinic to be weighed that no HV commented on the 1 leg roll if it's been that obvious.
I'll try not to worry about it. Thanks ladies

Yes W has a general anaesthetic for his kidney op. He was fine and they watch them really closely. I didn't actually see him 'put under' as they took him away before that. If they are 'just' scanning you might be there the whole time I don't know. I was there when he came round and he was pretty groggy for a while but fine.
He's also had many ultrasounds and they are just like the pregnancy ones we had completely fine.
You are an amazing mum to her, hug her as much as you need to and make sure you get support and hugs too x

Thanks x
Yes I didn't think an ultrasound would require ga, but I guess it would be to stop her moving around? She's so blocked up and struggling to sleep now. It's going to be a long night!!

Duck hope you're fast asleep all cuddled up to S! What a shock but it sounds like you have a good (and decisive) doctor which is great as you'll get answers quickly from them and much better to have things correctly diagnosed and dealt with. Scary though will keep fingers crossed all is ok for you xxx

duck that must have been such a shocker for you! big hugs....though I'm quite sure it will all be fine. they are just doing their box ticking. she's doing so well on the developmental curve, infact way way ahead of any baby we all know, how can there be any problem with her taking weight on her legs....

...i was logging on for a rant.....and everything seems so immaterial after reading your post.....lots of kisses to S

Thanks lbm but please rant away . Everyone needs to some time!!!

Just going to attempt to put her down in cot praying she will sleep there tonight. She's got snuffle baby rub on her chest and I'm going to give her a bit of calpol and hopefully it will help send her into land of nod, then I'll be doing the same as im now loaded with cold and have throat like broken glass