The 5th Gemini luxury bus - the one with babies!

[FrustratedSycamoresRocks]

As we have all our gorgeous babies now, welcome aboad the 5th Gemini bus.

Drinks and previously banned foods supplied in bulk, Car seats installed, slings and prams at the ready, as we head into parenthood, and all the excitement, and sleepless nights our little ones will bring along the way.

agnu in not having any more. 3 is plenty enough for me. and I don't think my body could handle another pregnancy

frus yes! I love getting my hands on bumps and getting to guess how much those little ones weigh. Getting kicked at is always a plus.

I know I would like a 4th....but not for a few years. I'll wait until I attend another 50 births and catch baby fever again and then we'll see how it goes with convincing Dh that it's a good idea again. . I just see these two older ones playing together all the time (even amidst the fighting they still clearly enjoy each other's company) and I really want M to have a close relationship with her younger sibling/best friend as she grows up too.

Ds' best friend will most definately be frus-dog. frus-dog absolutely dotes on him, more so than the dds. I'm sure he thinks ds is his puppy, he certainly knew when I was pregnant.

I have to admit I always wanted 3. It's an odd number (no pun intended) as 2 or 4 make sense, as they'll have each other,
my dds have such a complex and complicated relationship, so unfortunately this theory doesnt work for us, but 3 is nice for all of them.

bring do you know why pregnant bellys are so different? I get that everyone is built differently, which would account for part of it but is there a reason why some have a basket ball bump and others have a splodgy bump.
Thinking of myself a bit as dds were splodgy, and ds was a front bump, but not as impressive as a whole basket ball bump.

Hmm, first things that came to mind were; size of the baby, the position the baby is in, amount of abdominal muscle tone, amount of adipose fat around the middle, shape of the pelvis which affects the way the uterus sits in the abdomen, length of the torso... I wish there was a fast and hard rule like the midwives tale of girls being more american football-shaped bump and boys being a basketball-shaped bump. All three of mine were straight out and def basketball-shaped!

OW! Dear god my let down hurts. I wouldn't mind so much if it was the breast I was feeding from. The hot icing needle point I can handle. But this last on felt like acid. Ow ow oW!

And double ow I'm know I'm going to have a migraine tomorrow, it's already gone past the point of taking pain relef.

Frus both my bumps were different even though both girls, dd1 was small very low, dd2 was bigger more like a basket ball and much higher, could have been that she was breech for so long though?
Agnu I don't think it is that common for dc to scream as soon as they wake up? It might be that mine is the same as yours but dd1 only crys if she wakes up in the night because she's lost her teddy or a bad dream, in the mornings she's always woken up happy and as a baby I could leave her happily chatting and playing for ages, even this morning I could hear movement for 10 mins and thought it was dh but it was her, the other week I went in to check on Her after wed put her to bed and she had for her tea pot out put out all the plates. Put a cup in each one and a spoon in each cup lol
She doesn't cry if she falls etc either but she climbs and that so much she's used to slipping, she's never once cried from falling we just say opps get up wipe your hands and that's it I may treat her more advanced then some though as I think most are surprised she walks up and down the stairs on her own, she's so independant she hates being helped she is surprisingly careful going down steps or stairs though compared to her usual lacksidasical attitude to danger
Pear- have you used the boob bottle yet? interested

Oh and my mum had 3 of us almost under 3, she tells me not to do it all the time lol
I would have another now if I still didn't have a sensible part of me telling me it would be crazy', dh only wants 2 but part of me can't believe this could be my last baby

Has everyone got bump pics we could post on our fb page? Especially if you've got all your pregnancies? I love looking at them aswel, it's so fascinating isn't it

I totally understand not believing it's your last. As much as I don't want to go through it all again right now it nearly makes me cry to think I might not get to! I love the newborn stage. I might see if I can foster tiny babies & give them back when they reach about 18m

DS1 has been doing the stairs by himself for ages - at least since about 14/15m. Is that not normal? I figured he needed to be able to do it safely! He's getting less careful, or maybe we are... We're giving him a little more freedom when we're both around so he's not always trapped behind a stairgate in the lounge or monitored closely but it has resulted in finding him half way up the stairs a couple of times! At least he can get himself down safely again!
He thinks it's funny when he falls over. He shrieks with laughter & shouts "fall down"! Unless he bumps his head. Then he gives me this horrified look as if to say "who put that wall there?!" But picks himself up & continues running around like a lunatic within seconds!

kitty the crying when they fall is a learnt behaviour, dd1 was treated the same as yours and with a month of starting preschool i was buying shares in plasters.

I think alot let them climb the stairs but not go down them unaided, I prefer to stand in front of dd but often don't get the chance, she's the same at parks, no fear of climbing to the highest slide etc, I get looks like I'm crazy allowing her
Makes sence it's a learned reaction, must admit wish dd would learn to be abit more afraid!

Yes kitty fear is a learnt response, from the reactions of people around her.

I agree to a point about falling...I think it depends on the child's temperament too. #1 is a tough-as-nails kind of kid and rarely cried when he got hurt and #2 has always been such a drama child. Fear on the other hand, I do agree with you all. It's hard as a parent to not express your own fear of what could happen to them when they're trying to climb to the highest altitude on the playground! I get looks too, kitty There are so many helicopter parents standing right next to the equipment, following their kids around everywhere they run and I'm just chilling on the bench watching them fall down the slide

I put the bumps up there. Crazy to see them all lined up next to each other like that. First two boys totally look the same and I definitely look different with the girl.

bring I get the helicopter parents glaring looking too. Dd is a fantastic climber, but her walking isn't all that good. But Ive learnt that I can't stop her, I just have to let her do it. I do find you can always spot the parents of adventurous Intrepid explorers climbers, as they don't finch so quickly when DC falls over or almost looses footing on climbing frame.

bring and kitty do you put dd in their carseats when you're in the house?

I just need to have a woe is me moment:

We get to the park. #2 complains that he doesn't want to ride his bike. #1 complains that it's too hot. We start walking/biking towards the playground and #2 says he's gotta pee. We have to walk up the grass to get to the toilets building. #1 starts screaming and crying and saying he can't possibly walk his bike up on the grass and that he's just going to leave it there. I try to explain amidst his sobs that someone might take it, so he needs to leave it by the building. We go inside and both of them go into stalls. #1 pees all over the floor and the toilet seat and breaks down crying when I tell him to wipe off the seat so someone doesn't have to sit in it. Then he breaks down crying when the toilet paper rips as he tries to get a piece. #2 just says that he couldn't reach the flush button so came out and washed his hands. #1 washed his hands and then #3 wants to nurse as we walk outside the building. We walk through a shady patch of the sidewalk and are immediately devoured by mosquitos. #3 had like 3 on her head, I had 5 or 6 on my arms and #2's got welts all over his face, because, well, he's so.fucking.slow.all.the.time. We get to the actual playground and I sit down. #2 decides he doesn't want to go play less than 1 minute after we get there, I ask him why and he says because he's gotta go potty. WTF! I just took him, so then he just stands in front of me and starts peeing through his clothes, all over his legs, into his shoes and on the woodchips and then can't figure out why I say we have to go. So then I've got #3 screaming in the ergo carrier b/c she wants to nurse more, #1 crying on his bike because he doesn't want to leave and #2 screaming and crying because he doesn't want to have to take his bike back to the car.

I give up. #2 is currently naked playing with an airplane. #1 is telling him what to do and how to play with it, so #2 is hitting #1 in the face with said airplane. I'm not getting involved. #3 is sleeping on me and I just want to run away to fiji.

No, frus not unless we are getting ready to go somewhere.

Oh bring, you couldn't make it up!
What a nightmare! Dn is the same with his bike, he is 3 and a half, wants to take it to places then moans when he's had enough and doesn't want it anymore then wants to be carried, I think boys are quite lazy wild generalisation
Frus yes I put her in the car seat while we are getting ready to go out, she's worse in the house tbh, when the car starts she's ok for her 20mins

Have you got a cabriofix kitty?

bring (((hugs))) and ( or if you prefer. ) dd1 used to want to take her bike, then not ride it, she threatened to leave it behind once, so I did, oh the tantrum was epic.

I'll take please.

What's that frus? We've a maxi cosi seat and it clips into a base in the car, iso fix is it, is that what you mean?

The cabriofix is one of the maxi-cosi seats. here , but from your reaction I guess not.
Dd2 hated her cabriofix.

Lol. Ds just laughed in his sleep.

No glass needed, thanks. The bottle'll do just fine. Oh those were the days. Now it only takes a beer to make me tipsy Tipsy mum during bath time should make everyone have a much more fun time, right?

Can I join in? I'd like to have a bottle full of something other than breastmilk that's just been squeezed out of me making my bruising worse. Someone remind me why I've not switched to formula?!

Talking of milk, DS1 threw his everywhere at bedtime. DH was supervising & completely freaked out & ran around like a headless chicken trying to mop it all up while DS1 was still sitting in the chair absolutely soaking! I felt like shouting "don't panic Mr Mainwaring" at him but I didn't think it'd help! Instead I sent them both upstairs to get DS1 into bed while I mopped up. Now I'm eating cake-in-a-cup. Bring you should definitely make one once you've got the kids out the way. It's yummy!