DECEMBER 2012: The start of crawling and the end of maternity leave

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Stacks glad you got a little sleep.

Barbeasty that sounds like fun I'm on my own with both dc tomorrow so with probably get the paddling pool out, it's only a tiny one. Barbie can go in too

Hales poor you, hope the diet works for you.

We went into town this morning and bought a pop up gazebo it's 3mx3m I'm very excited we will be able to stay out all day now. Then this afternoon we went to a local fête, really big one, but it was too hot so we've come home and have got a kind of Greek/tapas/picnic for tea in a bit.

Emily it's definitely just a marketing ploy.

Welcome back Pru

Sorry if I've missed anyone this weather makes me tired!

I wondered about macaroni instead of baby pasta. Though with BLW I've been giving T normal pasta, he can hold it better.

You could try soup pasta? They're pretty tiny...

Your mil's recipe sounds awesome pidj - will try it next week. Am on a mission to make dh like sweet potato.

We've spent the whole sunny day packing the house up. Ugh. Ds has had a wild time playing with his grandmother though, so is now happily zonked.

Heinz baby pasta stars are fab, proper tiny. AK etc are just soup pasta, even R the food pro rejects them!

Custard is basically cornflour and saffron...

Thanks, maybe I'll just chop some spaghetti.
Yay to gazebo spotty, much needed in this weather.

I put ds down wide awake and left him smiling. Was convinced we were in for a nightmare bedtime as it's so hot and he was so awake but checked him a few minutes later and he was asleep phew! Dd on the other hand might be a different matter...

DS was horrible for bedtime but he's asleep now. Sorting his bedroom out tomo as he's getting disturbed by us going to bed at night now. I really don't want him to, but he's got a beautiful nursery once I've sorted all the too small clothes, too big clothes, bulk bought baby wipes nappies etc, sold all the big equipment he's grown out of and I think he'll be happier in there, I just find it hard to let him grow up! DH thinks I'm mental

I've managed to sell the gliding crib though so that's a start its one less thing in my living room. And found a baby walker in the loft that I'd forgotten we were given. So I'm going to sell the activity centre as he gets pretty stressed in there now he can commando crawl. Oh and he's crawled properly a couple of times but then He gets excited, loses concentration and forgets to move his arms, so he face plants into the floor. Poor mite I don't laugh and tell him the floor was there before he was lol

I hope everybody's had a lovely sunny day.

Happy birthday willyou

Ooh I forgot, happy birthday willyou, sorry! Hope it was a lovely one!

I've just finished in the chippy i missed H tonight but i think thats because loads of people came in with babies.

FoD knowing me i'll give up soon and go in search of chocolate haha

Emily we just give normal pasta but i always over cook it like i do my rice as i can't stand aldente pasta. Its quite easy to cut up and H loves it.

Barbeasty that tent sounds like an amazing idea, i've just borrowed my nans gazebo so we can sit outside this week. I'm going shopping 1st thing in the morning for shoes for H though (hopefully ones she can't kick off) so that she can run around with the older kids in our square.

Utopian good luck with the packing.

How often is everyone applying suncream to their babies? I'm not sure if i'm overdoing H's. But she is ginger and i'm terrified of her burning. I don't let her actually sit in the sun though shes out in it at most 10-20 minutes throughout the day.

I put sunscreen on The Little Mister every day - certainly his face anyway. He is very very fair and has already caught the sun once! Also, I figure that by putting it on daily he will get used to it.

Bedtime has been a nightmare here, and it seems that almost everyone on my Facebook newsfeed has wide awake babies tonight. Wonder if it is the heat.

This weather is ridiculous! I'm not really a hot weather person - I'm the odd bod who likes rain! Sunshine good, sweaty babies bad - thank goodness the 0.5 tog sleeping bag arrived today.
utopian not a berk at all, I think it's normal. I worried that I wouldn't feel the same about dd2, particularly as I was having an elc but there was the same rush of love and pride. My big 2 are very different so I guess it's fair to say sometimes I do love them differently but I feel more for all of them than I ever thought possible.
Poor dd1 has impetigo (I strongly suspect - will get confirmation and treatment from an actual dr on Monday) and is distraught that I won't let her go to her school summer fayre tomorrow. So I've just finished devising and hiding treasure hunt clues around the house. We're also going to make cakes and have yet more paddling pool fun.
Dm thinks I'm over reacting and should let her go swimming and to the fayre. I think I'm being a responsible parent keeping a contagious skin infection to ourselves!
T has got definite food opinions. If she doesn't like something she closes her mouth and shakes her head! If she does its beak open - buttery jacket potato from my plate is a yes then!
She's properly mastered the walker now and tried to follow her sisters upstairs today. She totally goes for what she wants.
isthat I felt the same about moving T to her own room but am v pleased we did now. Our bedroom is a more relaxing space and I don't have to slide into my wardrobe any more.

hales - shoes? Run around?! I'm a bit of a sun screen dodger tbh. Keep tabs out of direct sun all the time, and big 2 run around in sun suits and all 3 have sun hats. Obv if they are going to be exposed and in danger of burning I would apply it - I send dd1 to school with the 8 hour stuff on but it's terrible for dd2s ezcema and there's a real problem with lack of vitamin d since we all got so obsessed. I try not to reach for it as a default.

mama not so much seperation anxiety but today she was in the kitchen happily with dm but then caught sight of me outside and cried and wouldn't settle til I came and gave her a cuddle. Another mummy's girl in the making!

Haha WL i just meant in her walker. She loves going out and seeing the other kids playing. Where i live theres a big concrete square where most the kids off the estate play and all of the neighbours know each other. The shoes are so hopefully she won't scrape her feet on the concrete if i get shoes which she can keep on.

We also have the sun hat but tbh she really doesn't get much sun 10-20 minutes thats things like walking from the car to the shop etc. Or from the car to the house but stopping to say hi to the kids playing out. If we are outside we sit in the shade. I'm terrified of her getting burnt at all though as shes really really ginger. I've never burnt in the sun and don't wear suncream often but my skin isn't fair so i'm not sure really what to do about H.

FoD we also have a wide awake baby whose total nap time today is about 45 minutes. So i thought she'd go to sleep earlier than she has been doing since she had that cold, but no such luck. Its looking like a 1-2o'clock job again.

I've missed loads again! DS seems a bit better now but has been really grumpy.

Do any of you have desk fans? Put them on in baby's room all night if necessary, just make sure they're not pointed directly at where they're sleeping.

pidj I will be trying that, I'm always looking for dairy free recipes!

beasty how's your eye? Feeling like there's something in it is usually the first sign of conjunctivitis.

Spotty Are you feeling better now? How's the blocked duct?

stacks I'm trying to do a mix of BLW and spoon feeding. How does T get on with normal pasta? Does he bite bits off?

hales DS was born in the height of summer here and I only put sun block on him if he was going to be in direct sun. He never was though, he still flaps around with eyes scrunched up if the winter sun lands on his face! I used blankets pegged to his pram and just religiously kept him in the shade.

mama we are getting separation anxiety too but only when he's tired.

Utopian ALL DS will eat at the moment is sweet potato! Anything vaguely savoury is flat out refused.

WL poor DD. I had impetigo when I was at infant school and I can remember it so clearly because a girl in my class was mean to me about it. I hope it clears up very soon. I hope they enjoy the treasure hunt and cakes!

isthat I need to get on and sell the cradle, you've inspired me. I was really anxious putting DS into his own room but he sleeps much better in there. Once or twice I've heard him cry out and go straight back to sleep!

Formula feeders: after a 210ml bottle, how long should it be until they're hungry again? DS has a 210ml dream feed, and is always up having a big feed 3 hours later.

DH went to the Lions last night, DS was in his kit and I was instructed to put him to bed in it! I drew the line at taking him out in it though!

argh, sorry for the monster post!

I keep the sunshade over her pram and completely cover all exposed skin with a muslin. I'm confused now though as i thought they were suppose to wear sun cream. Maybe i'll just keep her under the gazebo in the shade tomorrow . I definitely don't want her sitting in all day though.

Woohoo we have a sleeping baby

Seymour DS has 210ml bottles all the time now. He could get through 7 before weaning so every 3ish hours. Now it's every 4h in day, 4-5 at night. Usually 2 in 2h in the evening. Sounds normal to me.

J's v blonde so I so sunhat, pram shade, UV umbrella and factor 50. He hates the heat and gets so nowty when hot! Hope my mum n dad are okay with him.

Thanks for birthday wishes, had a good night. I am a drunky drunkard who has drunk 8 cocktails and will regret it tomorrow! But I saw 30 out in style!

Ah hales I see! I always found that this type
www.snugglefeet.com/gingerbread-baby-shoes.html?___store=default&___store=default
We're the only ones that stayed on - sorry, can't do proper link on my phone.

Thanks seymour, kids can be so mean.

Well I've just been covered in a massive puke! Poor T - I got up for the loo and checked on her en route and she started choking having semi brought something up so I flipped her onto her belly then picked her up and she was really upset. She made some awful deep belching noises and kept really crying so I took her downstairs. She had a bit of a feed but was still acting like she was going to be sick and eventually out it came! Luckily mostly on me and her, bit on the sofa but that's got a removable cover. It was really mucusy and she was immediately a lot happier so I guess she'd been laying on her back with snot dribbling down her throat. Poor baby. She's just having a feed and seems ready to go back to sleep.

willyou I hope the hangover gods are kind!

1st wake up since 8pm

Sending others sleepy vibes.

We have super wriggling baby. Think it's the heat but he keeps rolling over into the side of his travel cot and almost flipping it, thus waking both of us up. Dh is also all sniffy/stuffed up because of house moving dust so snoring like a train, but I mostly feel sorry for him as he clearly feels vile. No sleep for me though!

Seymore i forgot your formula question when replying h has 210mls and she can go anywhere from 3-6 hours between bottles although if its closer to 3 hours i only make a 150ml bottle.

Willyou i also hope you don't get a hangover and that you have a nice sleep while J's with his parents.

WL poor Tabs, FX it was a one off. I'm off to look at that website so i know what style of shoe you mean. Thank you for telling me

Isthat, yay for a good sleep

Utopian, i hope Mr Utopian feels better tomorrow.