November 2012 - Will the Easter Bunny visit our babies?

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1707618-November-2012-The-thread-where-it-all-starts-to-get-easier-Pretty-please

Ah, how could I forget it was you!! You were right, it is a bloody good fit! Just a shame it is a balcony style. The melons like not to be parted!

Will buy another push em up style!

Thanks Fatima!

Also just found the summary up there ^

Sorry my three posts are going to be bumping up the posting rate even more

I think pass needs to start a business in thread summaries. For those really fucking long ones that you just can't keep up on like this!.

vq I woke the boy from his dream feed laughing at your post! I like your thankful paragraph though too :)

I wouldn't mind some willy. Unfortunately am on longest period ever and am becoming increasingly upset by this! Surely almost a month is taking the piss?!?!? It is the lack of willy I think mainly that has turned me into a very sweary she demon before sweary Wednesday!

Omfg. I have just got out of bed to correct my spelling.

TOURETTE'S

I did know how to spell it. I just forgot 'cos I was cross

I am going back to bed now.

Can we start a new topic? While I am on it?

Baby proofing.

My head is cream crackered thinking about it.

What are others doing? We will get a babygate for the living room, and the top of the stairs. O will not be allowed in the kitchen or hall. I've got a few problem things in my living room though. My fire place is not attached to the wall, and its fucking granite. I have no idea how to do it, or who to get to do it? But it needs to be done ignores fact it has been like that for 5 years.

I also have a broken banister on the stairs. My ex did it in his rage when we split up. You can't tell it is broken, as it is just stuck back together, but if you push it it will fall through. Again, clearly need to get that sorted, but how?????!

What are you doing about door locks? Fridge locks? Oven locks? Locks for your fucking face?!

Arghhhhh. DS1 it was easy. We had fuck all. There wasn't much to babyproof! This house isn't designed for babies though!!

I put O to bed in record time tonight because my tea was ready. He is so bloody gorgeous! He seems to no longer need a dummy. Tonight he just spat it out after his feed when he was wide awake and I was thinking uh oh he isn't for sleeping and snuggled in my arms, and went the fuck to sleep!! He's been doing that the last few nights. Kept hold of him for a few minutes, decided to chance it and put him down. Last night and tonight he woke when I put him in the cot. Looked at me, puked, I shoved a muslin under his head, covered him over, and left the room. Not heard a peep since!

He did the same minus the vom last night!

He also did not need his dummy when we were out this afternoon. Normally he wants a dummy when he is in the pram, after a while he gets bored, and the dummy seems to relieve that boredom?! But not today.

My brave little soldier is getting better!

Do you think we could have a repeat of last night? Do ya? DO YA?! G'waaaaaaaaan! You know you want to!!

Sprry. Jabbering on. Ignore.

Never did locks detective for DD. Only resorted to drawer catches when she kept emptying my hand cream etc out from my bed-side table... Stair gates, that's it. Oh and bookcases etc attached to walls in case of climbing. Can't you just replace the spindle?

Glad other babes are a bit slow immobile still :) . Guess DD was early for rolling - she pretty much commando crawled once she rolled & walked at 11mo. I think DS is more content to watch her & chew his fingers.

chasing ditto everything else, but seriously, if they took every child away from their carer as soon as the parent/carer was ill/has MH issues/suffered DV etc, there wouldn't be complaints that kids are left to be abused (e.g Baby P etc etc). Removing a child from a home is a last resort & needs strong evidence. Having PND etc is rarely sufficient & would only be the case if it were a) severe & b) could result in harm to the dc. As you said, he's scared witless & worried he'll be found out... Wanker.

Thanks for the welcome back guys!!

Chasing Social Services told me that if there was another reported incident of DV (and I had only reported 1) that ex DP would not be allowed contact with DS1, and that they would have to assess him blah blah blah.

Throw that one at him.

Also, no court in the land would take a baby from its mother (main carer) at 3 months old for over night stays, or full days. Not a chance. Ever.

I want a pair of jeggings. A decent pair. My new look ones are crap. Thought I'd try Next. Yeah, only good if you have no arse. None of the sizes fitted right.

Looked at M&S, but seriously, M&S, jeans are not jeggings. If they have a waistband with a button and zip, they are fucking JEANS!

detective

The jobs should be easily doable by a competent handyman, although the banister may need a carpenter. I would buy tv straps for the fireplace and fit them to the back of it, I guess, but that's just a guess... how mobile and heavy it is and what the wall is made of matter. We were lucky in that we moved in here just as J was starting to get mobile, so all his stuff and nothing dangerous or fragile are within 1 metre of the ground. We had a carpenter replace the banisters and build stairgates. We don't bother with cupboard locks or anything. We just moved everything to high up.

Ok, that sounds good! The surround is wooden, and fairly light. I did not want it attached, as there are wires hidden in it for the TV, that we need access to. The granite has never budged. Ever! I am going to get a surround so he can't touch my pebbly shit, not that the fire even switches on anymore! which I assume will be fixed to the wall also ugly bastard thing!.

I am of limited kitchen storage, so no chance for moving things higher :( I have 4 full sized cupboards, one cupboard under the sink, 3 small cupboards, and 3 drawers. We struggle for space as it is! I will need a lock for under the sink, as there is nowhere else for the cleaning shizz to go really. I've got a box full of drugs on top of the fridge. Am thinking it might need some kind of padlock clearly not yet, perhaps when he is walking!!.

I will sadly have to remove the duct tape from my bath overflow :( Just in case he wishes to start his first flood!

child proffing also on my mind bought plastic corners from Ikea and drawer locks months ago ... but dh is pretty slap dash when it comes to DIY and niave when it comes to any danger. I'm too much the other way and see danger everywhere ...
we have lots of wires everywhere things plugged in ...not sure how we secure furniture to walls either its stone and the furniture all has mdf backs that I think would just fall too.

and then there's the cats!

contra same in our house. I think I'm ott, DP not enough!

Mind you, DS did run in to the table when he was 4, and cut his head right open to the bone. Still have the same table. That is getting corner cushions on it!

I just see danger everywhere here! DS1 didn't bother with things he wasn't supposed to have. He was just accident prone really.

I need to sort out the curtains/cord off blinds in O's room as a priority.

Isn't there someone who can come and do this all for you?! My mind is mushed!

DP and DS1 leave shit lying around everywhere. Coins. DP leaves coins lying around all over. Drives me batty at the best of times. I've been telling him to get in to the habit of putting them in my purse, or in his coin pot in his drawer. He isn't doing it. Grrr.

O is mooing over the monitor. I think he is trying to self settle!

The dog just let one off. Fuck. I think it is going to kill me off. vomtastic.

detective I would get a carpenter for both jobs, then. Would box the fire place in nicely and give you access the wires and do the banister properly too.

contra wires can be neatly and easily hidden in floor trunking. Not especially cheap, but if you plan the layout properly, it looks good, keeps the cables out of the way and is easily adaptable.

The thing is, our house is J proof. We'd like to think it was child proof, especially since we now have L, but we've had too many guests with toddlers who find new and interesting things to get into that J never thought of or knew was off limits. I think you just have to do this as you go along in response to your LO rather than worry about it all now.

Although I would get the banister fixed. :)

Yes, blinds, banister, and fire place are priority. Limiting access to kitchen will take away most hazards. It is very small, so there is little room for him to be in there anyway. And no real reason for him to be in there. Will have a crawl around living room and see what would be interesting to a baby!

Fuck. Just remembered, both my sideboard and tall cabinet have one leg each which snapped off when moving house. They are propped up on the legs. No more nails didn't cut it. Bollocks. I can't attach the sideboard to the wall, as it is in front of a massive radiator, and it is the only place it can go. Fucksticks.

Am I overthinking things here?!

Right. Going to bed while I still have some unmelted brain.

Oh, O did not recognise his daddy tonight. He took his glasses off, and O went from smiling and cooing at him, to looking, well, alarmed!

No, just get a carpenter. One way or another they should be able to fix everything you've said so far.

Night everyone. Too tired to post much. Busy day with friends and ballet. Got ranitidine for LO so fingers crossed.

Hugs and sleep to all in need of either.
Meals x

watch out trolls about on mn tonight! batten the hatches ... det get your bark ready incase ...we are probably on active... was on a few threads and more than one troll all answering each other its not just feminism one was talking abort giving drugs to children and posted that they were pregnant on drugs and needed help but then didn't listen just trying to pick arguments ...

Ranitidine working for us meals. Along with the change in milk and the Gaviscon. Phew :)

Am now in bed. Good frickin' night and good frickin' luck one and all!

Am now mopping the kitchen. Good frickin' night and good frickin' luck one and all from me, too!

oh and det as you were talking about coins ... I said to dh today you have to look do a check when you put dd down make sure there isn't anything dropped on the floor like a coin etc... he just looked at me like I'm nuts and like I'm teaching him to suck eggs but I know he will do it ... its the same re keeping bottles sterile ...why I wash them I don't trust him. and he picked his nose earlier then went to hold dd
Luis thanks will check that out ... its more like chargers though iPad and phone guess I will just have to put them to charge high up as poss and outta the way!