May 2006 Babies

[AbiGilby]

I thought I’d start the ‘May Babies’ post natal thread. Hope that’s OK with everyone.

I’ve put together a list of who’s who using Hockeymum’s update on the ‘May Babies’ ante natal thread. I hope I’ve got it right! Feel free to correct me!

Babies that have arrived:
AbiGilby 20 April DS Isaac
Hockeymum 21 April DS Theo
Enid 26 April DD Beatrice
Tortoiseshell 01 May DS2
Seashells 02 May DD Tabitha
Helsi 03 May DD Charlotte
Mandymoo 05 May DS Tom
Louismummy 07 May DS Oliver

Still awaiting their arrival:
Bouj Due 29 April
Squidgeymiller Due 29 April
Snaggletooth Due 01 May
Monkeychambers Due 02 May
Cori Due 04 May
Evilstepmom Due 04 May
Xena Due 04 May
Grygielmm Due 05 May
Lovecloud Due 06 May
Crumpet Due 07 May
Asur Due 08 May
Faeriemum Due 08 May
Kittenpaws Due 08 May
Supersonic Due 08 May
Alicats Due 09 May
Mumsy32 Due 10 May
Imafairy Due 13 May
Fenny1 Due 15 May
Preggiemum Due 16 May
Mummyjojo Due 17 May
Nez Due 17 May
Inkyminky Due 18 May
Spoo Due 19 May
Cmac Due 20 May
Plama Due 20 May
Winkygirl Due 20 May
Bubbles28 Due 22 May
Momamia Due 23 May
Littlemisspiggy Due 24 May
Potpourri Due 24 May
Runtus Due 24 May
Zzoey Due 24 May
Jjules Due 25 May
Ladyoracle Due 25 May
Handbagaddiction Due 28 May
Sniff Due 28 May
Theincubator Due 28 May
Mula Due 30 May
Thebecster Due 30 May

I've been wanting to take my DS swimming for ages but haven't got round to it. He hasn't been a very happy baby and I hated the idea of him screaming in the pool coz of all the echos - far too scary! He's much more settled now so I really should make the effort and take him. I saw this site which has some useful info too. Waterbabies don't have any courses near me which is a shame

That's it! Me and Will in the pool 9am sharp
Still a bit nervous...can relate to the screamimg echos though. I'll let you know if it was a blissful experience or if I wanted a hole to open up and take me away!

Hi everyone, not be on since Macey was born on the 31/05/06 have been too busy especially as i already have a two and half year old, those of you moms that are already thinking about planning another baby and what would be the right age, i'm in agreement with hockeymum as it does get harder as they are coming upto 7 or 8 months, It is nice to have close together though so that they grow up together, i would suggest trying when their about 1 and half.

I've still got my little boy in nappies and there is no sign at the moment that he wants to start doing it on the pottie, i keep trying to bribe him but it doesn't seem to work, i've tried, playing with toys, drawing, giving him biscuits, sweets, I don't know what to do any suggestions i'm in desperate need of some help!!!!

try getting him around children that are already potty trained about his age, this helped my ds. he will now go on the potty and do tiny weees!!! hth

momamia - personally, I found the only way to do it is just to spend a week near the house/garden in the summer and just keep his nappy off the whole week. Buy some antibac wipes, floor wipes, carpet shampoo and a big bag of Magic Stars! Tell him that from now on he is a big boy and isnt going to wear a nappy, just put a t-shirt on him (that's why you do it in the summer!) and let him play around the house/garden etc. If he does a wee he will feel it, tell him that he must sit on his potty to do a wee and that if he does he will get a chocolate magic star. Have potties to hand in several places or keep moving one around so he can see it and remind himself. He will learn to associate seeing himself wee as an accident and realise the feeling he gets just before he does a wee and by day 3 will probably be getting to the potty first.

When he does a wee on the floor dont shout at him or get cross, just say "You've done a weewee, thats for potties" and plonk him on the potty, obviously he wont do another one straight away but he'll learn to associate it. At 2 1/2 he definitely will have the ability to associate the two things.

When he does do a wee on the potty, go crazy, shout, clap give him a great big hug and say what a big boy you are! give him a magic star asap.

It's basic behaviour reward stuff! Ignore the wees on the floor, pretend they dont bother you (it wont be for long I promise!) and go overboard with the positive reinforcement when he wees in the potty.

Not everyone is going to agree with me, but it worked a treat for dd at 21 months, she was dry day and night in 3 days - yes, its a hellish few days but if they know they cant go back into nappies they soon get the hang of it.

Go and choose some fab "big boy" pants (even better get him to go and choose big boy pants with your dh/dp) with his favourite character on so he wants to wear them instead of nappies. Take him with you when you go to the toilet and ask him if he wants to sit next to you on the toilet, also, let him watch dh wee, I know you lose your privacy but kids need to learn!

Hope whatever you choose to do works for you! Good luck

I am with hockey mom in total agreement my ds is 2.8 and he now wees on his potty doing this method only problem is he poos on the floor!!! even if he is sat on his potty 2 mins before hand and I am running round the house trying to catch it in the potty not a good look and he is far to fast for me as yet I havnt caught one I think he thinks he is the dog it would pobably be easier to teach jet to poo in georgies potty!!!

Are we officially the worst post-natal participation thread??? . Have just seen that the June thread has a hundred more posts than us!! I'm going to use the excuse that for most of us May baby was baby #2, but even so!!!
Mommamia - DS1 is almost 3 and has very little interest in using the potty, but to be honest I think it's just laziness. We're off on hols in a few weeks so am planning on letting the beaches bear the brunt of his nappy-less weeing!
DS2 is 12 weeks now, and is defintely becoming more settled in himself. He has a very strange shaped head though - the doc reckons it was to do with the way he was lying in-utero, so am not TOO worried about it, yet!

Yes, we are the worst posters! Lets change that and write something wonderful each about our dbs.

I can't believe that Theo is 16 weeks already! it has flown by! I'm much less structured about his routine than I was with DD because I'm busy sorting her holidays out and keeping her busy so he just comes along with us, but he started sleeping through every night last week which is bliss. He is the chattiest baby! He "talks" all the time when he's awake which is lovely to hear and he has just started to love his playmat, reaching out for toys and smiling at them. He adores his big sister and coos at her all the time.

Ok Hockeymum - what a good idea. The wonderful thing about my DD (11 weeks) is that for the last two weeks she has been settling down in her cot at 7.15pm instead of spending the whole evening screaming.
DH and I can enjoy a peaceful meal and a glass of wine once she is down. The only bad thing is that this means she is not cluster feeding in the evening and tends to wake up for feeding 10.30pm, 2.30pm and 6am. From birth to 9 weeks she used to only need feeding at 10.30pm and 5am...

Hi ladies,

Can I crash? I have been lurking on mumsnet since just before dd2 was born but am gaining the confidence to post a bit more now, especially when I feel my comments may be useful.
I thought it was about time to take the plunge into a post-natal club!

I have 2 dd's eldest is 20 months and youngest is 11 weeks. Born May 29th.

Just thought I'd say hi and add that the best thing about my dd2 is how much she adores her big sister and her face lights up everytime she sees or hears her. (which is alot as they are nicknamed little and loud)

The feeling is recipricated from dd1 and makes me feel like all those months worrying about sibling rivalry are (for now) put to rest.

Hi ,
The wonderful thing about my ds is his smile, from the first moment he wakes he smiles adoringly at me....(he'll learn )

Being a mother has just been amazing, and unfortunatly I will have to go back to work soon, which is just going to be the worst thing ever!

Imafairy is so right about posting ? I used to post on here so much when I was PG, but can?t remember the last time I posted! And I don?t have the excuse that DS is baby #2 even! He?s my one and only (for now).

DS (16 weeks) is sleeping through the night now ? from 10pm to 6am. He feeds from 8-10pm! It's a nice time to sit and watch a film!

Anyway, wish me luck ? I have organised a real nappy coffee morning in my town centre tomorrow! I have been interviewed by local radio (and sound a complete dork!) and they are playing it on their breakfast show! Oh, and if anyone wants 5% discount at Tinker Togs let me know!

Hi ladies - well Tom is nearly 15 weeks now and sleeps from 7pm to 2.30am ish and then til 7am ish.

He has the cheekiest smile and wakes up smiling at me which is just lovely. He is also a typical bloke and lets me know when he's a bit gtumpy!

He is 15 lbs and is still bfing although its not all been plain sailing (see bfing thread if you want to know more!!)

Bye for now X

I'm well late but can DD and I come and play??! Aliya was born on 6th May so now 12 weeks but we've only just discovered this site. Loving this motherhood thing (she's my first). All is well but I think she might have the first signs of teething - major dribbling, sucking on anything she can get in her mouth, unexpected bouts of crying. How are you all getting on?

welcome pamirka. Ds is doing the teething thing too. He's 16 weeks now and has changed from a lovely smiley happy boy to a real grump for the last 48 hours, particularly from 4pm till bed time. He wouldnt smile at me at all yesterday and I was all panicky about what had happened to him. He really bites on his fist then cries, so I looked in his mouth and he has the top two side teeth coming in. I was really surprised as its about 2 months earlier than dd's teeth and I thought all babies got their bottom two middle teeth first. Anyway I calpoll-ed him this evening (yes it is a verb!) and he was much more smiley after that, even though I did have to put a bib on him to catch all that dribble - urgh.

It is his dedication on Sunday. We have 20 family members to lunch and then another 25 adults and 20 children to drinks and cake in the afternoon. I'm really looking forward to it but frazzled at the thought. It had better be sunny so we can be outside - the house will not contain that many people!

DD is asleep now thanks to being Calpolled! She's still pretty much her usual smiley laughing self but has the odd bout of grizzling, especially as the day wears on.
Hockeymum, I thought the bottom front teeth came first too but if your DS has side teeth coming in, I'd better check DD's mouth again! Hope the dedication goes well; it sounds pretty hardcore with all those people! Is that like a naming ceremony?

Glad the calpol worked Pamirka - worked a treat here too and he slept through last night again which was lovely.

Yes, its a bit like a christening or naming ceremony. I go to a baptist church so the idea is that you dont christen a child as a baby because they cant decide to be a christian at such young an age. A dedication is where we, as his parents, acknowledge that God has given ds to us and accept that we will raise him. It's very christening like but with no water! and rather more low key. Personally I'd love the whole christening she-bang! I'm a sucker for tradition. But this way ds gets to wear a fetching stripey next tank top, instead of a lace number! and none of us feels the need to look wedding-y - although I have bought a rather bright pink shirt for the occassion - lets see if we manage to get to 10.30am without milk dribble all over the shoulder!

waffling again - sorry!

Hello....advice needed.....While we are on the subject of teeth....I was wondering what are the signs that they are getting their first teeth.
ds is 12 weeks, dribbling like a good-un, knawing his hands, chewing dummy as opposed to sucking.....but wasn't sure what I was actually looking at while peering into mouth! should it be red where the teeth come thro or a pale lump on gums ?

Don't ask me re teething. My mum was convinced DD1 was teething from 8 weeks old and she finally cut her first tooth one year later at 14 months!!(DD1 that is, not my mum)
Took DD2 to swimming pool for the first time today and she loved it! Managed to find DD1's floating swim seat thingy from the loft and off we went. We were only in for about 15 mins as she started to get a bit cold, but she enjoyed the water and looked very cute in her cossie.

Oh Plama - baby girls look SO cute in cossies dont they?

Gypsykream - signs are dribbling, gnawing, whining, screaming, red cheeks and temperatures (sometimes). Just the dribbling and biting is just normal babyhood normally! Hopefully we've all got a few months respite in the sleep zone before we get the horrendous nights from teething again. I remember when dd cut her first teeth at 6 months, I complained about it to a group of mums with older children and they said "oh is it just the first ones, you've got another 2 years of it to go" I was SO shocked I had no idea it took 2 years to get them all through and every few months we'd have a week or two of hellish nights and screaming for that long!! In fact, I'd forgotten all about that since dd and now have to go through it with ds WHY DID I DO IT!!!!

It looks like we all needed a bit of encouragement to post - one person mentions we're not good at it and LOADs of posts appear Nice to read about all the babies though.

Re teething, DS got a tooth through at 7 weeks... Very strange as it was his canine and no-one believed me at first but they had a look and could see it... REALLY strange thing is, it disappeared about about 10days... Not sure if it was only a bit of a tooth that fell out or if it went back in? Who knows but it's not there now. We think he might have another on it's way but I'm not telling anyone till it's visible in a photo!

Imafairy have you tried a cranial osteopath about your DS's strange shaped head? Just a thought as I took DS to one (not for his head shape but because he was really crabby and wouldn't sleep) and I noticed a big change in his head after the first session - looked much rounder and neater

Oh, and the best thing about DS just now is the gorgeous smiles he gives me in the morning -makes me totally forget the 4 times he's had me up during the night for feeds! Why is it, no matter how bad you feel, when your baby smiles at you, you just have to smile back? It's very infectious

Blimey - glad to see all we needed was a good old kick up the wotsit!!!
The thing that melts my heart every time with DS2 is when he's in my arms and I'm chatting to someone or watching TV, so basically ignoring him (!), and I look down and see him gazing up at me with the most innocent trusting eyes, and when I smile at him he rewards me with the biggest beam!
Asur - I used to go to a cranial osteopath for his colic and other stuff, but I walked out in a huff one day because their timekeeping was horrendous (final straw - I was first appointment of the day at 10am, and he was already running 30mins late) - thanks for the suggestion though, I'll try and find another one.
We're off on hols in 4 weeks, when buba will be 17 weeks, so have decided I need to be prepared to start weaning on holidays, if I haven't started already.
Hockeymum - yet again you amaze me, having millions of people to entertain!!! We're having DS2's Christening in October, and I'm stressing about catering for 12!!!!
Now, can we all do a sun-dance and get some decent weather back?

I'm a fairy - a sundance is definitely needed for Sunday please - I cannot have that many people in my house! I'll be shooing them all out under the gazebos saying "you're English - live with it!"

Good luck hockeymum with the weather. Very brave of you, we hired a hall for DS's baptism on 30 July ? that way we could cope with the 80 people who came! Mum and MIL catered and served. DH did speeches and I just sat in a corner b-feeding!

I just adore the beautiful baby smiles and the conversations I have with him! He is so chatty!

Abby/SAHM am most envious of your mum/ mum in law help - mine are useless!!!! just ranted about it on other subjects board. my mum is bringing a couple of plates of stuff but MIL said "I dont think its fair to ask us to bring things - we are travelling all this way!" GRRRR

Anyway, determined to have a fab time anyway!