November 2012 - Is is too early for birthday plans?!

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1794169-November-2012-The-Adventure-Continues

Here you are mm

GlenBrittle campsite write up

I spent quite a bit of time in Skye in the my late 20?s and I love it. My uncle was a mountain guide in the Cuilins before he broke his back in a car accident and took up sailing instead since his legs no longer work I have never stayed at GlenBrittle but done walks that started there and always planned I would camp with my kids there one day. I will. One day.

Hallo wimmins,

P was awake at 5 this morning having gone to sleep at 9. She was a very patient girl and sang songs to her cot chums until almost 6 when we got her in for cuddles. She was knackered but just couldn't settle herself. Anyway, she is now down for nap 2 already.

I love seeing the pictures of all the babies chasing and O I one particularly handsome baby! I can completely understand your wish to share and if it makes you feel better every single pic makes me smile. Keep posting them!

I am very impressed with these chatty babies. P's new noise is a sort of non-noise. She puffs and blows out air with an occassional very quiet "bababababa". She does it almost constantly while crawling. It is very cute.

I hate camping. Loathe it. I also need the comfort of a proper bed and tea and coffee making facilities! Although I suppose a tent might at least have a flask. I admire those who do love it though - cheap and lots of freedom.

We are off for a curry at lunchtime. Om nom. Hello couple of pounds lost!

It is amazing how clockwork babies can be PP. When p was totty like 1 or 2 weeks old (before cow's milk broke her!) I could time her naps to the minute of 3 hours. I could lie in bed watching the clock thinking "3 minutes left" and then the shuffling would start.

izzy might be rousing now! 2 minutes left izzy

Good afternoon!!! I had a wonderful sleep. Apart from being woken by some teenagers who were arguing outside over who fancied who etc would have been funny if it wasn't 2am. I was up loads to pee but this is normal for me as u have an overactive bladder which is made up worse due to my horrific prolapse! Yay! I got up at a very lazy 11.30am and expressed a ton of milk and now I'm sitting in my front garden awaiting the munchkins return!

DH is at work til around 1.30pm and then mum and dad having a bbq.. Perfect in the sunny Scottish sun!

Glad to see so many babies are sleeping well. I'm interested to find out how mine did.... Will update later!

L is very chatty but nothing specific yet, no mama or dada. But he is definitely trying to tell us something! His favourite noise is babababa so when we went to the farm last week I stuck him in front of the sheep for a bit so anyone passing by would think he was an animal noise genius.

He is finally getting the crawling, I think his sudden dramatic weight gain meant his muscles took a while to catch up but after weeks of enthusiastic faceplanting he has started to bear his weight in the crouching & crawling positions. He loves to stand and hold himself up but I think it's better for them to learn crawling first (have I made that up?)

Anyway nothing like as advanced as some of the babies on here but that's our developmental update!

Jacob slept until nearly 8 in the end so very pleased. Have swapped cots over today as giving one to my pal who is expecting. This cot has a lower setting which it is now on, and an old fashioned drop side with the clips. The mattress is softer too.

Glad you slept Izzy.

I am telling myself that O isn't crawling yet as he is so long in proportion to his weight. ignores fact that Detective's O is a lanky crawler

Hold your horses Chasing, they should be sitting by eight months. Crawling usually comes later.

He is concentrating on having a conversation with his lovely mummy chasing

Remember they all do thing in different orders and they will all get there in the end. Even each if mine have ad different developmental journeys so there is no telling.

Arrived in London after good journey to see my suste. She has booked DH and I a hotel and packed us off fir the afternoon, evening and night! We are having lunch with wine, going to try and decide what to do with our freedom! DH wants to get laashed and have sex!!!

madame that amazing, you lucky thing.

I know, I'm in shock. So much that I can't spell, apparently. I really wavered about leaving them both, but my sister insisted, and it was such a sweet thing for her to do. DD couldn't have been less fussed, she loves her ready bed thing so was all excited about a sleepover with her Auntie and S was sleeping, so we scarpered. Thinking about the cinema maybe, and a roller disco with booze - DH loves skating. Exciting!!

How lovely Madame, what a nice surprise. Enjoy yourselves!

Lucky gazelle have a fabulous time.

Have a great time gazelle that was lovely of her.

Well sleepover wasn't too much of a success as J didn't do much sleeping at all. He took a full bottle at 8pm and then only took 3oz til he was dropped home. I gave him a bottle as I'd expressed all my milk and he took the whole thing! All u can think of is maybe the formula kept him a bit fuller? Giving him bottles tonight to see what he does for us...

Yeah, I'm totally getting my contents insurance through compare the market so I can get a meerkat toy for me Oscar.

Having a crawling baby is no good for my housekeeperly self-esteem.

Has anyone else got the Ella's Kitchen cookbook? We got one today and I am feeling very inspired already

LOL at muddy knees pass

What stories do you read at bedtime? O adores Say goodnight to the sleepy animals and goodnight moon but everything else gets crying and whining. She chucked away 10 in the bed today. She has lots of books but only those two can do at bedtime.

madame enjoy, such lovely sister you have.

My nephew is a dreamer. He doesn't pay attention to what you are saying and is happy to play on his own. We thought. He is 4 in August. My sister realised today that he can't hear anything. Not sure how long it's been going on but she took him to a&e this am and he is having an operation on Wednesday. Really scary, my sister feels absolutely awful. There is no guarantee that it will help but it's the first step.

Pass my mum has the dusters lined up ready for when we visit

Busy day. Very tired. R a big hit with my teenagers, he had a lovely time being handed round like a parcel. Except one of my colleagues, instant wails

Gonna pop back in a bit if he goes down ok...

I wipe down the whole kitchen floor 3 X per day. Genuinely. And the sitting room gets vacuumed at least every couple of days. She still ends up a grubby mess. No more white stuff.

Sounds wonderful madam! Enjoy it.

I read "we're going on a bear hunt" to P before bed tonight. Not normal practice but she was wound high as a kite. She doesn't have many books at the moment in all honesty. I would like to introduce a book at bedtime soon.

Sorry to hear about your nephew lilly. That must be very worrying.

Good luck izzy! It is a great start that he took a full bottle.

Oh gosh lily your poor nephew and sister. Had anyone ever suspected anything before?

As for bedtime stories, I really want to introduce one but I'm not sure how! Currently he has his bath, gets into vest and grobag and then feeds to sleep. He is always really hungry after his bath and expecting his bottle so he wouldnt appreciate a story then...

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I need to make a will. Mainly to say what happens to O if I die. Does anyone know what the legal position is? We aren't/weren't married, he is named on birth certificate and therefore has parental repsonsibilty. But I don't know if I would want O to be raised by him and his family. But my dad is knocking 60 now so not particularly well equipped to raise a toddler/young child...

I'm not sure chasing. I keep burying my head in the sand as I don't know what I would want :( I don't want my children splitting up, but I don't want DP to raise DS1, and neither do I want my ex to. I want my mum to.

But I want DP to raise O.

So feck knows. I have no idea what to do so I try not to think about it because I honestly don't know what to do for the best.

I'm very grateful that it is so warm while O has started crawling. He is just living in a nappy unless we leave the house. I give his feet and knees a wipe over . I just sat him in the shower this evening, as it was quick, and easier! He seemed to like it!

I do books in the day time when he is receptive to it. I won't do it at bedtime til he doesn't feed to sleep/need rocking etc.

DP's nephew has rotavirus. So naturally I'm worried O will get it as they were together twice while he was ill (I didn't know the first day and the second time she said he was better...).

Also, I gave O tomato (passata) for the second time tonight. His face (strangely on one side only) is totally blotchy and red. I think tomato is no go for him. He was blotchy around his mouth last time, but this time there is more redness, but not directly around his mouth. He didn't eat any, as it was on pasta. He spat it all out.

Det do you mind me asking but why are you not comfortable with DP raising both of your boys? If it's not too personal - I can't get my head around being with someone but not trusting them to raise my child.

So Jonas seems to be outgrowing feeding to sleep. He had both sides again and then spent 10 minutes giving my face big open mouthed snogs and chatting. So I just popped him in the cot. He chatted, high kicked, waved, patted my hand on his tummy and sang for exactly 12 minutes - then he was asleep! I just sat next to the cot reading convinced it would end in a screamathon but no - Tomorrow I'm going to do the same just put him in the cot after 20 mins feeding. If we can stop feeding to sleep now it'll make weaning easier as he can have a bottle and be popped into the cot drowsy. I'm not going to wean until October is it daft to be thinking about this already? I'm just wanting to follow his lead rather than 'train' him but hell if it means I'm downstairs 45 minutes earlier with no tears - rock on! Clever little bear.

sorry about your nephew lily That must be worrying :( What made your sister realise about his hearing?

Glad you got some sleep izzy

madame that sounds fab - what a lovely sister you have.

My DD1 has constantly filthy socks from walking around on my floors. I just make sure I change them before I leave the house! She won't keep slipper on either, which doesn't help. I hoover religiously because of the dog hair, but I am less dedicated at getting the mop out.

I am not sure what the legal position for guardianship is in your circumstances Chasing but i recommend you get some proper advice. I have recently made a will and it horrible and morbid but at least I know its sorted now. It wasn't wildly expensive either.

That sounds strange detective Are you sure it was the tomato?