March 2013 - 6 months down, 210 to go!

[StormyBrid]

Old thread.

Keep on rambling, ladies, we have a whole new thread to fill!

[KFFOREVER]

vj are you saying mini vj has not had a cold since she was born? Well done for lasting that long. Ours was about 2 weeks old and nothing but a nasal spray worked due to him being newborn. Its horrible. Hope shes ok tonight.

Ok im missing something. Who/what is womans hour?

We went to friends this evening and had to leg it leave early when ds got restless. I just have to deal with having to stick to 7pm curfews. perhaps i turn it into a positive by saying ds is used to his routine.

Ah the other names are on previous page so cant name check. Goodnight everyone. Hope you all get lots of unbroken sleep.

[vjhist85]

Yep first cold at 6 months. Which I know is really lucky. It's also totally gross. God knows how you coped at 2 weeks, her sad little cries are making me want to cry at 6 months, at 2 weeks I sobbed when she had painful trapped wind for 30 minutes!

[LaLaLeni]

No cold here yet either!

And going on radio is weird, because you're just on the phone, even though you know you're also on the radio

[LaLaLeni]

Oh and 14mm ears here too but so far DS just pulls the plugs out by smushing his face against my head.

DS has never been left with anyone else, and even only 3 hours with just OH... Oh dear.

Eco the studio will be fun! It's a fun experience - much funner than by phone

[christilass]

Hi all ,

Mini Farmer has his 1st cold he is happy in himself eating and drinking well , wee soul wakes in the morning and his nose is all blocked with boogies , which i then clean out ... mm lovely . not been to any of our baby groups or swimming this week , I've missed the female company and chatter , instead I've been subjected to chat from my husband and workers about cows calvesin such n such a field , the ewes ie how many have been served today blah blah
Asked hubby to check the horses tonight for me while he was checking the stock etc .... i said how are the horses what are they doing .. to which he replyed ...Welll. the big horse is having a glass of wine with her curry and the wee horse is eating pizza while playing the playstation whilst trying to sneak her boyfriend in through the back field !! ..... just a typica lFriday night in the horse field hen ! Haha well i asked for that didn't i hehe ! :-)

myself and Daddy Farmer also have the cold well manflu realy :-)

Jumperoo!!! We bought one 7 weeks ago and its fabby Mini Farmer just loves it , makes me dizzy watching him .!
Seen one of you had posted re baby keeping putting legs and arms through cot .....Mini.farmer was also doing this ..... i bought a Cot safe Wrap from TK max for £12 ... no more legs and arm being stuck :-)

Mini Farmer does a great impression of Laurel and Hardy when he scratches his head it hilarious .

our Christmas poultry ( busts into rendition of ... its beginning to look a lot like Christmas ) ie 800 turkeys and 300 chickens are growing rapidly ....Bootiful :-) mini Farmer just loves them he gets all excited and pulls himself almost out the pram when i sit him outside the barn will I'm tending them .

i don't know about any of you ladies but i still look at this beautiful baby in awe and still can't believe we created him makes me all teary .

Hope all you ladies and beautiful babies are doing well
remember we are all doing a fantastic job :-)



Ps much enjoyed my trip back home to Scotland but brr it was cold ... was glad to get back to tropical Wales !





created him and he's ours makes me all teary :-)
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[christilass]

Lalaleni .... the longest I've been apart from mini farmer since he was born is 30 mins !!!

[Anypants]

Hello all

Been away at Center Parcs since Monday with no phone signal so spent last night catching up. Missed you guys

Leni - I hope it's not MS but at least once yoy know what it is, you can deal with it. It's the 'not knowing' that gets you.

Woman's Hour? Never listened but would make an exception.

Weaning wise I decided to go up to three meals a day on Monday and dropped a feed so I could squeeze it all in, so now on four feeds. Seems to work well as she's now awake for two hours at a time.

First cold, you say? Yup. Got one here. I have a snot monster trying to feed and breathe at the same time now. Was up at 1am last night to administer calpol and nasosal as DH had been trying for an hour to comfort her without success. We propped the head of the cot up which seemed to help. I blame swimming every day with other dirty babies and getting a bit chilly on the walk from the pool to the changing room. This is the first full blown cold as we only had sniffles when she was smaller - DD looked all helpless last night

Multilayered nappies? We've had some funny ones since I gave her prunes (whole - she loves gumming them) as I think she's getting a bit bunged up.

Don't feel like i've had a holiday now...

[SoYo]

Any I'm off to center Parcs on Monday! No signal you say, disaster! Which one were you at?

Madam had a poo explosion through all layers at 3am along with a raging temperature so had to be stripped down, washed, calpol'd and then fed and cuddled but only managed to calm her down and get her back to sleep in bed with me at 5! Poor wee pet. It's the first overnight change I've done since she was a few weeks and I'd forgotten how crappy it is.

DH is working all weekend so we've got shopping, sorting and packing to mostly do today, as long as the wee woman doesn't get any more poorly episodes. She seems ok this morning, if a bit hot.

[KFFOREVER]

Good morning all.

Just a quick post to saybhi before i disappear for the day. Dh's uncle is coming from abroad so i better sort the place before he comes.

Hope all the snotty babies get better soon. Its horrible seeing them uncomfortable.

So far ive been without ds for about 5hrs. I went for a kit day. Was supposed to do a full day but couldnt be away from him so i did half a day. He was fine with my mum though. I came home to find mum had taken him out to show off to her friends.

It seems like most of you have been away on holiday or will be going soon. We havent planned anything. Due to dh's work and us being totally knackered we havent even been out for a meal together. My worst nightmare is happening the baby has completely changed our relationship. Will we ever have couple time.

christilass i love your posts. Its seems like you have an amazing life on the farm and i cant believe how much you achieve with a baby. I think i need to move to the countryside. Clearly London is slowly killing me.

[Anypants]

We went to Elveden Forest soyo as it's the closest to us. There is wifi and a phone signal in the main areas of thw village but bugger all in the cabin, which was actually bliss as no one phones me anyway but DH's phone normallt never stops ringing. It was lovely to have his full attention for a few days

We also had a middle of the night change but I was holding her and it wasn't an all-layer disaster. I remember them though...

[StormyBrid]

KF you'll get your adult time together back eventually, I promise. One day ds will sleep all night, and be big enough to have sleepovers at other people's houses. Just have to do the best you can to keep things ticking over while you wait.

We've got new people in two houses down our terrace, and for the past few days I've been hearing a tiny baby crying when I'm outside. One of 'em must've sprogged! Makes me realise how much mine has grown, her cries down sound anything like that any more. And it's strange how the feel of a street can change so fast. Start of last year, it was ever so quiet down here. Thirteen houses: three mad cat ladies (of which I was one); some quiet couples; a few Poles. Now it's babies everywhere: Number 12 moved late last year as the house was damp and she was due in February; I had a baby in March; Number 7 is due next month; Number 8 is due in January; Number 12 are trying to conceive; and now a new baby too.

Loving today so far. It's my day off, and I have a lawn!

[SoYo]

KFF don't worry I'm in exactly the same boat. I've left her for 1.5hrs to have my hair cut and nip to a restaurant down the road with 2 friends, DH and I haven't been out together without madam at all, the most we've done without her is watch a couple of episodes of 24 while she's asleep in fact! I was really worried about it for ages but when we were talking the other day we realised that this 6m has flown by and so will the next, it won't be long before we got out on our own, leave the babies and they won't need us in the same way. Our time will come and I bet we'll miss these times then although maybe not when DH and I are out for a 2 bottles of wine steak dinner in a fancy French child free restaurant

Christi life on the farm sounds good but it's a shame mini-farmer has a cold! Hope all the fresh air clears it up soon! I too look at madam with amazement sometimes, it's such a lovely age at the moment, although less so at 3am when you're both covered in poo!

Any I'm off to the Sherwood Forest one with my parents, DH is working 13hr shifts all week so I'll only get to speak to him very quickly in the evenings, oh well. I'll also need to be able to ring some friends for respite when my lovely Mum is driving me insane!

[pudtat]

Sorry for a selfish self pitying post. I have been lurking and would love to name check etc but just had to share with someone how I feel right now as it seems DS is weaning himself off the boob. I had been dropping a feed a week for the last fortnight ahead of my return to work this week. All going well, perhaps too well as getting him to bf morning and evening has become more and more of a struggle, culminating in today managing 2 mins on one side this morning and that's it. I had hoped to be able to keep up these feeds for quite a bit longer, but he has other ideas it seems. As several of you have said, not what I expected - I thoughtbf would be easy but that I'd be dying to stop at six months and get my body back. Turns out it was a nightmare slog I wasn't sure I'd make at all and yet now he seems to have decided its over I am just so .

[SoYo]

Oh Pud, I'm sorry. I feel the same about it so would be too. I know it feels like something is being lost but there's still so many lovely cuddles and there still won't be anyone like Mummy! I hope you're ok. Go and have a good cuddle and post-bath sniff of baby head and look forward to the next exciting bit of mummydom!

[Plonkysaurus]

SoYo I grew up in the village next to that Centre Parcs. Signal is shocking!

Christi miniFarmer sounds like a happy little soul. Your posts are lovely.

Stormy a garden! How was the wine? Oh the newborn cry. It makes my ovaries burst. Ds just shouts these days.

Worse have never listened to Women's Hour, what do they want you on for? Impressed that they lurk here, but I think they should have the good grace to introduce themselves. Hmph!

Lovely day out here with mum and sister. We went to a food and drink festival at Clumber Park. Ds was cooed over by every old lady we saw. He ate roughly a third of my chorizo and chicken paella, then finished with a churro and a bit of (free sample) cheese. I now have some yummy looking local 8% perry that I intend to make a serious dent in.

[Plonkysaurus]

Oh Pud it took me ages to post so I missed yours. Sorry you're being pretty much forced to stop but at least it's kind of ds's decision. Don't be hard on yourself, you can have wine now.

[vjhist85]

Just a quick one to say pud- I know how you feel dd did the same at 4 months. It turns out some of us (and some babies) just aren't designed to mix feed, 6 months is amazing - I know that doesn't help though, when I stopped with dd I didn't feel particularly guilty, I knew she'd got the best of it, I just felt sad, and still do if I think about it, but at that point I try to remind myself about something nice about not bfing (nice bras and wine?)

Maybe, even if DS isn't getting any actual nutrition from it, you could keep a 2 minute bedtime feed for comfort and cuddles, even if you have to give a bottle first?

[ecofreckle]

Hello pud and what all these wise women have said already. I'm sorry you're feeling blue. Have you chatted about it with dp and do you Have any of Plonk's perry handy? Hoping you're not on your own right now.
Plonky, I Love those early Autumn bountiful foodie fairs. Your ds has quite the sophisticated palate! Our family do our pre Christmas get together at the Sherwood center parc. Don't suppose with living so close you ever went growing up? Soyo have a fun time. Give a little wave to the pine chalets. I think miniyo will love it.
Kff soyo spoke a lot of sense with regard to our infants being in a short phase of the rest of their lives. I suppose to those of us without family around the corner for baby sitting we'll have to get creative with at home dates. That sounds Yuck, what I mean is planning special meals, a film, a bottle of wine over holiday planning, a takeaway and a snog etc.
STormy I'm guessing you have had lush weather today then for your day off? Did you play any of that game whose name I forget? MAybe you don't 'play' it either. Forgive ignorance and educate me!
ANy we were both breathing Norfolk air. NEarly. Your center parc might just be in Suffolk. I forget where you are based. PErhaps you are my nearest neighbour.
Christi thirty mins? Through choice? HAt's off to your patience and devotion to mini farmer if so. Or maybe it's because farm life is super busy.

[SoYo]

Plonky I grew up 20mins down the road. Picnics and bike rides in Clumber Park were a very regular Sunday activity. It's a small world!

Eco we used to go to that Center Parcs every Feb, it was very convenient living so close as I could sneak friends in and out when I was a teenager!

Madam has had a few less dirty nappies this afternoon and been a bit more smiley but once again had a nap on my chest, an extra feed and some calpol and nurofen for a raging temp. I'm hoping we can avoid another full change overnight or a night of co-sleeping but we'll see, whatever she needs when she's ill will be done! I've got everything crossed for her being better by Monday morning otherwise I'll have to keep her away from all other babies so no swimming at CP.

[ecofreckle]

Gah. Just had to ping off MN to reply to dh's text asking where the bloody polenta is. Am in bath.
Back to my musings.
Vj how is the cold? Sounds messy. I'm not looking forward to all of the bugs as they get older.
Wing I always wonder what the just shagging thread is. Can you tell me. Am dense. And yes, dh now manages a small ish radio station but remains on air one show a week. That's how we met! I used To be just a listener.and now I am somewhat more that that. Thanks for sharing weaning info. HElpful! We've done sweet potato smeared on rice cake, dahl, porridge, apple, dried apricot in a mesh bag so far. It's all a bit free and easy right now. Not noticed different poo so perhaps not much going down. BUt it's only day three.
WOrse have the builders kidnapped you? Have the dogs taken you hostage? Has the Worselet thrown yellow mush at the walls? HAs Dh taken you for romantic spin in silly car? Are you doing women's hour homework? [Wink] Tell us if you pre recorded and In studio. Dh will share more ideas.
Today we had friends staying with their two year old. We all had a yurt related business meeting with two external people and the small people behaved impeccably for nearly two hours. Very pleased with that.
I Have now closed down for The day and will do nothing else useful. Am having second sodding period. So much for them staying away. I will shortly be presented with dinner so after dash.
Oh, in confessional style, I drank champagne when Dd had gone to bed last night and she did an uncharacteristic screamy fit at half ten which dh had to deal with. With water. No boobs. No milk for emergency. I felt bad. But I've fessed up now so am once again clear of conscience.

[ecofreckle]

I sound like a knob. I don't drink champagne as my tipple of choice. Friend who was staying just landed job of her dreams. Don't judge vipers!

[Plonkysaurus]

I hope it was good champagne Eco. I luuuurve champagne. The perrys not all it was cracked up to be but it's my only option, so I suppose I'll just soldier on

SoYo I certainly did sneak into CP as a child. amazing that they let anyone in if theyre on a bike, no questions asked! it certainly is a small world, and i believe you're also only a year older than me. Any chance you were my neighbour?

We've also never had a cold or bug here. I'm expecting the first one to be a doozy.

[Plonkysaurus]

Ladies, we've made it to most active.

[SoYo]

Nah Plonky, I'm from just outside Arnold and I think you're further North than me!

Eco I'm not a great Champagne fan but if it was my tipple of choice I'd be stocking up on those mini bottles. We're having such a small amount of alcohol these days that it may as well be good stuff!

[vjhist85]

The cold is grim. But I am trying to teach dd my stoicism and not dh's pathetic nature...he's currently hiding from a spider so after a shocking night when I went all soft and spent hours rocking her because that's the only way she could sleep, then kicked DH out and had her in with me, today we have been out and about trekking round a local national trust place. Turns out that she's alright with being ridiculously snotty most of the time, but she DOES NOT LIKE HAVING HER NOSE WIPED. And tells me as much in a very shouty manner. To be honest I'm glad she's got it now as we're going away in 10 days time so should be over it by then. And what with dh's appendicitis and now this I'm going to REALLY need that holiday. (He might need it too I guess)

Eco- champagne? Did someone say champagne? Tonight, I am drinking a bottle of white from lidl that cost less than £4. I am jealous. I'm sure I read somewhere that you had to drink a lot before it went through to baby, might have been being hopeful though...

Tonight is a night that I really want to smoke. They still hit me every now and then. Life was so much FUN when I had money, and smoked, and spent a lot of time drinking wine in bars with friends. Sometimes I even miss hangovers, just for the lolling and the macdonalds.