December 2011: The one where DSM gets married...

[LittleMissFlustered]

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Aethel Well Done for finishing the decorating.

Figgy great on the pushchair front. Not so great on the poomaggedon front!

Hawthers Nice haircut

Today we are heading to the in-laws for dinner

Enjoy dinner at the in-laws dsm.

hawthers love the haircut.

Eva has started cruising along the sofa this afternoon, why can't she be a baby a bit longer?

Home after a lovely dinner at the in-laws. Watching Liverpool - Man City in 3D!

We've just watched it too, but only in 2D DSM- what on earth was it like in 3D? Pretty good game in either 'D' though!

I'll sob with you seven, although I have to say I am both sorry DS is no longer a baby baby but also enjoying him being bigger and more interesting.

Hope you've all recovered figgy, that's foul!

You're welcome Cherry- I know that there must be ugly people out there who are Asian/White mix, but not sure I've met any! It always seems to end up with with beautiful skin tone and gorgeous eyes like you say.

DS has been banging his head off everything today, poor thing. I have made up some food for him and the brownies. Oh, sweet Mary, Mother of Bob, they're the Nigella ones, and given the HUMONGOUS amount of butter, sugar and chocolate in them, I think I'm probably ruining a few diets just by mentioning them !

Off to feed DS then start the roast whilst DP kvetches on-line about City not winning...

Hope DS isn't too bruised tomorrow northern. Those brownies sound amazing, we made chocolate buttons earlier, I have a mould so they come out like actual buttons, they're very cute!

Northern Hope DS isn't too bruised tomorrow.

The game was fab in 3D more so as I'm a Liverpool fan

DD1 just gone upto bed. DD2 just drinking her bottle after much fuss about not wanting it and being tired.

Sorry not uploading wedding pics yet. DH is currently making our wedding video montage so using the laptop soon as its free I'll get uploading

Anyone else find that they have created a grimace fraud monster? He now looks for one every meal he has the minute he sees 1 he just absolutely wigs out screeching as you are and arms flailing. Someone told me that they are like baby crack why didn't I listen to them?

What the hell is a grimace fraud!?

It's what iPhones like to call fromage frais!!!

Hahaha Hawthers Sorry that made me chuckle

I have a fromage frais fan here too!

Ssssh! BOi slept thru for 2 nights running. (well, he needed a bit of shushing, but didn't need a feed)
I need to catch up with this thread, sorry for my absence. ...I also need to check out Hawthers' haircut.
I went for a 1 1/2hr walk today. just pushing the pram up the drive and then up the street was exercise enough! Blimey!
I have put on loads of weight since stopping breast feeding. 6 weeks and 7 trillion pounds. I've got a huge wobbly belly all of a sudden, and I can't wear a load of my clothes. Honestly, it's piled on so quickly. Depressing.
Sorry, this post is very dull!
I shall try and find time to catch up tomorrow and will try and be more entertaining. Have a lovely evening / night all.

Oh dear, DS is either poorly or teething big time. Grotty nappies, clingy baby, tons of drool and lots of explodapoo. I think we may finally have the first tooth about to break out...

at oi for claiming to be dull>

Thanks all- DS looks like he has a bruise on his left cheek, which despite me knowing how it got there (and the minor fact that he's abundently well cared-for and adored) makes me feel slightly dreadful.

I give DS a grimace fraud (well, a Yeo Valley tube thing) after dinner. He does love them, but the problem that I have is that DS cries and wails when dinner finishes- every night I take his bowl into the kitchen, and I always return with the bloody yoghurt, but he wails like I'm pulling out his toenails.
Oh, and repeat when the bloody thing is finished too! I've actually included it in his nursery paperwork that he cries when dinner is over (though not breakfast and lunch...) just in case !

You will get sorted Oi- our bodies have had to cope with so much in terms of contraception, pregnancy, birth and then bf for some, I'm amazed we're all still upright and walking. It may take a few months but you will get back to something approaching normal (I say that as someone whose boobs have halved in size and have a little jelly belly) albeit not exactly as we were before.

The brownies glisten with butter and evil. DP nearly proposed on eating them. I can tell why Nigella has a serious rack. My family better appreciate this, especially as I'm doing a pie from scratch as well!

Can I ask how many times a day babies ate eating and what are you giving? Been done before but on my phone and pants at searching for it!

Thoughts and prayers needed please ladies

Pregnant friend was rushed in to hospital on Friday and told baby had to come out NOW (2 weeks early) and washed rushed to intensive care after he stopped breathing in the early hours of Saturday morning. They suspected meningitis and the poor wee lad had a lumbar puncture yesterday afternoon. They now don't think it's meningitis but he's still very very ill and they've been told he has something seriously wrong but they don't know what yet. It's all very touch and go and he will stay in intensive care until he can take a bottle but he can't have a bottle until they can remove the drip.

Oh missree that's horrible hope hes ok.

DS been awake crying twice since bed he never does that EVER he had a runny nose all day think we have a cold coming and a very bad nights sleep

Oh missree, I hope the baby and parents are all ok.

dsm Eva's routine is:
7oz bottle at 5.30 ish
breakfast at 7.30 is porridge or weetabix
7oz bottle 10.30
lunch at 12ish is homemade baby mush or a jar if we're out
7oz bottle 3pm
tea at 5 is usually toast/pot of fruit purée/lacto-free yoghurt, or homemade mush if she had a jar for lunch, I like her to have one homemade 'proper' meal.
8oz bedtime bottle at 6.30

DS had dropped a milk feed by now but she just won't. Also is anyone giving milk in a sippy cup? I know DS was having milk in a cup around now with his breakfast, but obviously she can't have breakfast when she gets up at 5.30.

Poor friends misree, thoughts and prayers coming your way. Bit worrying for them to be told "something serious" but not details, probably just too soon to know I suppose,: clearly LO is very poorly, hope they know more and he improves very soon with no lasting effects. If it's any help, many babies who've been in NICU go on to be completely fine, hopefully it'll just be a rocky start and he will respond to the support and be home soon. What a terrible start for mum and dad though...

dsm DS has 5 bottles of 6 oz a day, three meals unless he sleeps through them, and snacks when the DDs get them. I try to mirror their food: today he had weetabix for brek, malted milk biscuit 10 am, slept through lunch, had a Humzinger fruit bar when he woke (ten packs from your supermarket, they are fab!), and enthusiastically chomped on chapati while we had our curry for tea.

He's now asleep thanks to mr Neurofen, but I can't see it lasting all night, poor teethy baby :(

Oh missree, how awful for your friends. My thoughts are with them. I hope the poor little mite is soon happy and well.

Thoughts are with your friends Missree. Hope LO gets better soon, awful for the parents to go through.

Struggling with sleep at the moment any advice greatfully recieved ...
He is napping well in the day and settles well by 7 every every evening. But he is refusing bottles in the day and waking screaming for milk at night. He is also waking multiple times and needing resettling. A couple of nights this week he has been awake for a couple of hours at a time in the night. He seems very uncomfortable and will settle well if I give him neurofen, but I can't give him that all the time. I can't put my finger on whats causing it.

He used to sleep so well and for about 3 months easily went without night feeds. I have tried everything I can think of but nothing is working at the moment.

MissRee NICU staff rock, they'll do everything they can. Hope the poor little soul is better soon.

Bad few nights. Seriously contemplating rummaging out the receipt and having octoboy taken in for repair as his sleep function is broken!

missree thoughts with your friend. My little boy who arrived 9 weeks early, spent four months in nicu and stopped breathing several times turned three today and is doing well. Your friends are in the best place and fingers crossed the situation improves soon. Fwiw f had meningitis at 8 days old and is also fine now. hope that provides some hope/reassurance it something.

MissRee Thoughts are with your friends. Agree NICU/SCBU are a brilliant team of doctors & nurses. Really sorted Sky out at birth and for first 4 days of life.

No advice on sleep front at the mo, as Sky is back to waking once or twice in night. Need to really get cracking on the food front tbh! More of a routine iykwim as been quite relaxed this time round

Got my parents round for the day today should be arriving about noon!

Sky has just pulled my tall vase over and it fell on her leg lots of sad tears but okay now!

Your poor friends MissRee. How dreadful. I hope they find our what it is and that he is well soon.

I have made those brownies Northern. They are so wrong but so right! But the whole bag of sugar, carton of eggs, two blocks of butter, masses of choc... Makes them feel so WRONG! I cut them into about 40 pieces though, not the 16 suggested by Nigella!!!