November 2012 - Next stage car seats and yet more teething

[StuntNun]

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pidj I think that sounds fine. O has 5mls every night when he is teething. Which is most of the time at the moment

Good night here, he slept through from 6.50-6.20.

Tantrums are normal mm1 nothing to worry about. Quite amusing on occasion actually :)

Right, bit more composed now I've had a coffee!

Woohoo sophia tis great you sold the donkey :)

gt I don't envy you dealing with a heavy lo and a big bump! Glad he went to sleep in the end :)

That's a right pita kirrin!

for the bad nights :( I shouldn't complain about mine really, he did 7:30-5:30 without any wake ups so it definitely could be worse but I hope not to experience this!. pennie yours sounds particularly unfunny :( hope you got some sleep either side of that big no sleep zone though!

Glad p slept well in the end pass. Thankyou for your thoughts re the early mornings etc, that really does make sense. In about 10 days he's gone from flailing/getting on his elbows and knees with help to power crawling all over the place, sitting from lying down, trying to pull himself up ect. I guess that's alot to master and alot for them to deal with. I will try to be a bit more sympathetic tomorrow morning when he gets me up early. This morning I tried water/mobile/cuddles etc to get him back to sleep and fed him as a last resort. He did seem hungry but then he had been up an hour so probably didn't wake with hunger but thought it was time to be fed.

Argh pikz scary stuff!

I often find tantrums quite funny mm1 I remember my brother hurling himself around the kitchen and falling asleep a sobbing mess after being told he couldn't have pudding he hadn't touched his dinner, think he was a couple of years old but I remember my mum chuckling to herself peeling spuds. She was so used to it by then, he was number 4 and apparently much worse than us 3 older girls when it came to tantrums!

Just cooked killed butternut squash risotto for e, and he is awake from his nap. Hope he's in a good mood!

Vomcano.... I'm stealing that. Pennie also think escalators, lifts and lots of getting off and on the underground (MTR). I meant to give you recommendations didn't I?

Shek O beach (HK island East).
Stanley market (will dig out the name of my fave dim sum place there).
The goldfish market, Ladies market and jade markets Kowloon side.
The giant Buddha and cable car on Lantau.
The peak tram - and there are amazing superswish restaurants up on the peak too.
The temple of 10,000 buddhas in the New Territories.
Collecting Star Ferries (they have different names each ending in Star so like Celestial Star, Morning Star etc) you have to get a journey on each of them!
The fish restaurants on Chung Chau (I think?)
The pedestrian Lamma island is lovely and home to lots of ex pats.

Where are you going to be living?

MM your Ma reckons you were an early tantrum queen - it's early but they all go through it at some stage. I guess if things have been a bit shouty with DP she could be picking up on it?

I think we're in regression land too. 2 wakings before we went to bed then 2 in the night. He's got a cough though. Am not trying dairy until he's over that as I'll not be able to spot a reaction.

Lo has finally fallen asleep. Bad mummy has let him fall asleep on her lap. Took longer then if in cot, but couldn't face carrying him up stairs.

PEnny I have the maclaren xlr. It's the biggest style so wouldn't recommend it. Although glad we bought it as lo is a giant. Look at the Dylan's candy style. It's so lovely n colourful! Would look great in a sunny climate.

I totally just bought baby stock cubes that I didn't need just because the guy behind the counter was cute.

chasing

kyz thanks I'll take some butternut squash risotto, sounds yum.

Calm is my middle name

I can not believe my typos this morning what are oppulant irks?

Couple of girls!

chasing :o

Baby for sale. Cute but has not stopped whinging. All fucking day.

Pennie we too have an xlr which is great for LO as larger but a bit of a pita to travel with imho.

Techno and quest much smaller

Finally caught up with thread. My weekend was lovely but exhausting. My nephew's birthday party was fun than stayed over at my sister's to look after the kids yesterday. Someone was always hungry, thirsty or crying. I was grateful to be back home by evening and O slept till 8 am this morning. Now struggling with her nap,she had 40 min so far and is awake. Grrr.

det no sex for 3 months?? Oh deary me. And as for MIL looking after O in a small kitchen. Good luck. Has he talked to her yet? What was the verdict?

O is def a mummy's girl. Unfortunately. Well,you all know what I mean. I love that she only wants me when she is upset or how she starts to smile when she sees me in the morning. I love my girl, I sniff her all the time cause she smells delicious and sweaty.

chasing wohoo for handsome fella. I def started to notice nice, handsome guys. I feel guilty but on the other hand I don't want to end up alone for the rest of my life. Not sure if any of you follows the Merry Widow blog (she lost her DP last year too) but she just announced it at the weekend that she met someone. I am so happy for her and filled with jealousy at the same time.

gt not long to go and you can hold a newborn in your arms. Have you sorted out everything? Bought another cot? Double buggy (which one?)?

pikz no stairs here either. Thankfully.

mm we have tantrums here as well. Full on ones. Usually it's because I don't sing the right song or want to go out when she doesn't. she can be really really loud. MY parents said not to be surprised, she has my strong personality so we bound to fight I guess.

I need to do an online food shopping today, buy a hoover, running shoes and coffee machine. Don't feel like doing any of it though. Oh, and need to cook some bolognaise for dinner.

Oh and any opinion on an Ergo carrier? I tried on a few last week and the ergo was the most comfortable. It's expensive but I guess I can always resell it later.

And I have a Maclaren Triumph. Just brought it home yesterday. I bought it 7 years ago for my niece and my sister never used it, though she had 3 kids in the past decade. So gave it to me in perfect condition.

Chasing. I'm sure you will mk use of the stock cubes. Did he smile at you?

Lily. As its another boy we ain't buying much. I've bought 3 new baby grows. A pack of vests as they were cheap. A few new muslins.
We had a crib and a cot already. So bump will go in crib in our room until after Xmas. Then we will decide what to do. Small cot for our room for bump. Or move ds1 into a bed. But that's a decision for later.
Pushchair I like the oyster max2 online. But it's still quite new n doesn't seem to be in alot of stores. Really hope I like it in real life as no idea what our second choice will be. I want a tandem but not keen on phil n ted. N for some reason FH hates 3wheelers lol

Det- you've not dtd in 3months? Sry, haven't caught up far enough. We ain't dtd since i think we got BFP FH is well n truly frustrated. But SPD is a good preventative.

Mil gave lo watermelon today first health thing she gave him!
Right off to catch up.

JUst googled the buggy, oh my goodness, you can use it so many ways. I hope you will like it! My friend absolutely adored her phil&ted sport but struggled to get on buses as it was a wee bit wide.

He did GT. He was very friendly infact

Kyz J is the first of mine not to have weight issues and yet he's been weighed more than the other two put together! It's normal to want to keep an eye on things

How's the packing going Sophia?

We had the opposite issue with the baby monitor - the neighbour came round to tell ask us to change the channel as we were using the same one as them! Lord only knows what they heard us saying.

I'm thinking about selling the Quinny Buzz 3 as J's feet are already on the footplate. It's supposed to last to 15 kg and he's only 9 kg but I can't see it working much past a year. I'm not sure whether to but another chair or not. I have a Maclaren Quest but it's slightly knackered by dint of being on its third child. Having said that I'd probably just get another Maclaren Quest so maybe it's not worth it.

It's been a busy day yet I have done very little! Typical.

chasing ooh er, maybe you should go buy more? :p

sophia it's alright and the resident taste tester are 3 spoons after his dinner so it can't have been too bad! I need to find me the chicken and spinach recipe and try that next.

Sounds like me lily could do numerous things but cba!

gt I don't like the look of 3 wheelers they somehow look less stable, but in all fairness I've never used one so I should probably try one out before deciding they're all bad.

I guess so stunt I just probably don't need to weigh him fortnightly I guess. I resisted urge to take him today, weighed him at home and he's 20lb apparently but he was 23lb at last weigh in so either he's lost a load of weight in the past fortnight or its because they're different scales and all the rest of it.

Got a headache, ugh, and are sleepy. Shopping list won't write itself though!

I want to go home

Holiday cottage with a tile floor and a kamikaze baby do not mix and I'm bored. At least at home I have some adults to talk to.

Mmm chicken and sweet potato curry bubbling away nicely here.

pikz we have a slippery (when clean, which is rare) wooden floor in the main kitchen / living area but the rest of the house is tiled. Our old house was tiled throughout and DD1 learned to crawl and walk there. It's scary but they still manage to learn. We had a rug but the cat vommed on it so often it got thrown out.

Well stunt I think is going ok, I have pretty much done downstairs except for a couple of bits that we need to live and a couple of bits that need to go to the tip. Ahem. Alot of upstairs is done my wardrobe has only got a few clothes left in, DS1s is done and DH's I will leave to DH. S I will just finish that up tonight.

We are living out of two cupboards in the kitchen, one for plates etc and one for food. And the fridge.

I am quite chuffed with myself. I think the kitchen is hardest bit and that is completely done.

The idea is I get it all done ( apart from the last minute bits) by the end of tomorrow. I go out Thursday night with the ANtenatal group from DS 1, then over the weekend I can do some nice to haves, like a bit of weeding . Next week I will be at my dads all week with the girls then I come home and we move.

Chasing we give 5 in the bath then sometimes another 5 in the middle of the night. I think his current waking is because it's worn off...

Pennie you might be better off with a sling - it's a lot more normal there feel free to bring me a present in fact there's an old lady i see locally who used to live there and often stops dp or i to reminisce :)

Lily don't feel guilty for normal stuff. Even in a settled relationship i notice hot men, it's probably just magnified for you Ergo are fab, but be very very careful when buying from the web because of badly made and dangerous fakes. Spend the money in eg: John Lewis and keep the receipt then you'll get most of your money back when you sell on :)

For all my slinginess, i love my buggy - 3 wheeler jogging one that cost £40 on a fb page. Walked R 3 miles to my parents in it on sunday easy peasy :o

Pikz where are you? Is there a quichester nearby?

I won a sling!!!!! On the dips page, it's a bit like a raffle. I've now got an Oscha Starry Night Shona on the way :o:o:o:o:o