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hewlettsdaughter · 26/05/2006 20:11

So - dolbear, you said you were starting to get broody? Not me - I took my pram and a load of baby stuff to a local charity shop the other day (did get a bit sad when I handed over the pram though - the woman in the shop didn't help when she said "think of all those walks you did with that!"). Hope you are all doing ok.

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Chuffed · 15/09/2006 10:00

Here's ds about a month ago we haven't taken many photos this month here

Must get onto that this weekend.

Good to hear from you Tickle, I'm having trouble keeping up with Jan thread, just pop in now and again. I feel so much more at home here.

MrsD your ds is similar colouring to ds but ds has blue eyes. In some lights he looks strawberry blonde and does have some hint of red in his temper tantrums but most of the time it looks pretty blonde.

I should be able to say things are settling down. If I am out and about all day doing things, ds is an angel and we have a great time all together, if we are back for the pm which I try to do so I can attempt to get things done ds has been a nightmare this week, won't stop sobbing and winging the whole time even when he is sitting on his bottom in front of us in the same room. He only stops when upright and carrying moving. If still he just wants to feed. It is doing my head in. This little boy of 8mths had 1/2 hr sleep this morning between 6.30am and 12.30 when I got home from playcentre then wouldn't go down for a nap and wasn't crying himself out, rubbing eyes but just stubborn and not sleeping.

I told dh that I would love to just put him in nursery for a couple of months till he gets over this whole thing. I was hanging the washing on the line yesterday and could hear him crawling up and down the house checking each room for me sobbing and whinging. The noise doesn't bring out the nurturing anymore just the annoyed I have heard it too often.

Can't wait until we start getting some sun, we went for a walk the other day and dd says oh it feels nice walking in this sun.

Poland we did Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw. Krakow was pretty cool but we didn't really have enough time to do enough there unfortunately.

Not too long until we are over for our hols just trying to get accomodation booked now.

Take care all!!!!

MrsDoolittle · 15/09/2006 13:44

Oh God Chuffed, I sympathise. I think they do get a bit needy at that age. Dd was the same. That or it is the bit of 'redhead' in him. Thank you for saying how you feel about it Dd makes me feel like that all the time.
I guess I've got that to look forward to with ds.
Although, quite shockingly, having had such a nightmare first 4 months when I was quite convinced I was 'going under' he has turned into the happiest, smiliest little chap. Dh was supposed to have been like this as a baby unlike my headstrong dd (more like her mother). Hopefully he'll stay that way but I'm not holding my breath.

MrsDoolittle · 15/09/2006 13:46

Oh and I find that I can't keep up with the February 06 thread either.
I like it here.
Two and a half years!! Can you believe it?

fennel · 15/09/2006 20:30

Chuffed my sister's ds is about the same age as yours (9 months) and he's terribly whingey and needy with her, it's driving her a bit crazy. I looked after him today and he was fine with me, but I had 5 children around (my 3 and my sister's 2) and I think he's a lot better in a room surrounded with children.

it is a needy age, that just crawling or just about to crawl stage. they get very frustrated.

Chuffed · 17/09/2006 01:51

Thanks for your words of support. We had a great day yesterday as he had a couple of naps in the car and we have made a sling which I can carry him in desperation if I need to. He was a really happy, smiley chatty little boy when we are out and about so maybe I'm not stimulating him enough?
I know in my heart it is a needy age and he isn't like this with dh just me so I really hope he will just grow out of it. dd just wasn't really a very needy child very independent and still is.

I'm noticing that there is more sibling stuff than there has been before now ds is getting into stuff. dd has walked the vtech walker away from him I don't know how many times, it isn't that she wants it particularly he is just 'annoying' her now that he is into everything. He really wants to get involved and loves it when she plays with him. He was in fits this morning as she hung upside down from the couch with almost all her weight on his stomach and he was trying to play catch with her hair. It can't have been very comfortable for him but he was so happy to have her attention.
Yuk weather again just as the high was supposed to be here, but dh happy as he got to go windsurfing and kiteboarding yesterday.
If you go here you can see some of the shots he has taken around the place, just click on a date and it will bring up some shots.

Better get back to cleaning before we go see the Beauty and the Beast musical this afternoon. dd is getting into 'theatre'.

Chuffed · 17/09/2006 01:52

try link again? here

lunavix · 18/09/2006 10:46

awww bless chuffed. I know you aren't thinking aww bless though! Glad you had a better day with him

Thanks for thinking of me MrsD! I'm doing okay ds is getting quite good at entertaining himself as he's starting to really love puzzles, and loves trying to figure them out. The only thing is (bad mummy alert!) is anyone else so sick of the constant ''mummmmmmmy' 'mummmmmmy' 'mummmmmy' said in a slightly whingey and rather (whispers) annoying way? Every second word out of ds's mouth is mummy, very very loud, and apparently for no point! He talks really well now, asks questions and talks about things but sometimes the constant mummying just grates a tiny bit.

Dd is an angel although I'm fighting a (rather tired on my behalf) battle with dh over bfing - which he doesn't want me to do. Argh. Enjoying it though, and dd is the size of a house so must be doing something right!

Tickle · 18/09/2006 16:26

hi chuffed - ds2 here can whinge too. Have you got a backpack? I stick Theo in that if I have things to do... it keeps him amused but I have my hands free

Haven't kept up with rest of posts - and have to go again, as I have a whingeing 8mo at my knee! Byee

Chuffed · 18/09/2006 23:27

lunavix, yes the mummy mummy or daddy daddy is grating - I'm always saying use your words.

Well we've had a couple of better days lately but i'm getting sick of the clingy ds and having him in sling/backpack. I figured out why I didn't have this with dd, our flat was so small she was barely ever out of sight

dd just woke with vomit bug bit of a mission trying to get it cleaned up without ds crawling in to have a look

lunavix take care and you know what is best for you with bf. If you give up because dh wants you to you may hold it against him. Remember time spent sitting on your bum bf does decrease.

MrsDoolittle · 20/09/2006 08:46

And Lunavix - Breast feeding is soooo cheap!
Tell him that. He may think twice when he realises the amount of milk your dd will be guzzling that he'll have to pay for!!

fennel · 20/09/2006 13:45

actually I found breastfeeding pretty expensive in terms of always having to buy meals and snacks for my constant hunger cravings, loads of chocolate and cakes.

not wanting to put anyone off bf though, of course.... but am not sure we saved any money through it.

MrsDoolittle · 20/09/2006 13:49

Ah now fennel, you see it's definitely supposed to save you money. It is easier once you've got the hang of it - you can't deny that.

fennel · 20/09/2006 14:58

easier in some ways, harder in others. but then I've always had a deeply ambivalent relationship with breastfeeding. I felt that copious quantities of Thorntons chocolate were a necessity.

MrsDoolittle · 20/09/2006 15:17

Two sharp toothy pegs at 7 months and their use without warning is the cause of my ambivalence these days.

fennel · 20/09/2006 16:05

ouch. that brings back the memories.

are you thinking of stopping then?

MrsDoolittle · 20/09/2006 17:29

I'm finding that I'm reluctant to stop completely this time. I love feeding ds evening and morning, he's so cuddly. He put his little hands on my breast and smiles at me as he feeds, dd was so different to this. He loves breast feeding. I'm torn at the moment to be honest.

lunavix · 20/09/2006 18:37

aww mrsD

I never thought I'd love bfing, ds wasn't overly interested and it was always a struggle. He's not a hugely cuddly child as it is, and I struggled for months thinking we hadn't bonded.

With dd it's so different, she's rather unkeen on her bedtime bottle, and still wants me to settle her after (seems daddy won't do!) she loves bfing, and is so cuddly. I'm trying to choose a sling so I can spend more time holding her.

Chuffed · 26/09/2006 05:03

MrsD your ds sounds so much like my ds. When he wants milk he says nananana and pulls my top. He just loves it but has been getting a bit nippy lately
He is super cuddly but dd is pretty cuddly just more independent by nature I think.

We had our first super whopper strop while out in public today, luckily I didn't have ds with me as I'm not sure how I would have managed to deal with them both. It was hard enough carrying dd over my shoulder while she pulled my hair and tried to gouge out my eye. This was after she ran away out of sight and I had a policeman helping to look for her and when I found her she had a five minute strop on the floor.

Took her about 20mins in the car outside to calm down enough to get in her seat and stop screaming. We'd had such a cool morning it was such a shame to finish like that

MrsDoolittle · 29/09/2006 14:52

Heck Chuffed

hewlettsdaughter · 29/09/2006 20:48

Sounds scary. DD also stropping, although rather than running away she is sitting down on pavements and refusing to move just when I am most tired, weighed down with bags etc. Sometimes I feel like just giving in and sitting down with her! (it'd be an interesting tactic don't you think?)

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Chuffed · 30/09/2006 04:31

HD that is definately something I might just try.

Not sure what the 'change' is but it has gone on for a couple of days now with minor strops at home too.

Maybe I'll just have to do something unexpected...

hewlettsdaughter · 01/10/2006 20:11

Just noticed that LucyJones has had her baby - not sure if I missed an announcement. Anyway, congrats Lucy!

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fennel · 04/10/2006 11:05

Congratulations Lucyjones

Are there any details posted anywhere? How is ds viewing the new arrival?

Is anyone thinking of going to the big Christmas meet-up? I wasn't but have been offered a lift. But it's by a real proper oldie mumsnetter who knows everyone so I can't hide behind her all evening if I go

hewlettsdaughter · 06/10/2006 22:23

No details as far as I know - go on, LJ, give us the goss!

Is this the meet-up in London Fennel? Have you been to one before?

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fennel · 09/10/2006 09:39

HD no I have been to little meet ups, which I've enjoyed. no more than 10 or 15 people though, whereas I think the London one is different, loads of people who all know each other well already! I get the impression the London mumsnetters are always meeting up.