The 7th Broadly Gemini Luxury Bus - Now with highchairs!

[AGnu]

Old thread here

Bibs at the ready, things are about to get very messy!

Agnu kitten has a bottle too like you know although hers is the last one at night so no one sees, I guess I still feel abit guilty that she even has it ( as it's formula and not bm) even though dd1 had the same bottle hers was exclusively bm until after 6 months, I had the time back then to express, I feel like I've let kitten down in a sense although don't get me wrong, I know we all do our best that we can and non of it makes us bad mums. I think I like to think I'm glad I do it to show others that it is exceptable, that it's totally natural and that bottle feeding isn't just the norm ( bear in mind most of these ladies are first timers with no other children and this is a baby only one on one group with just mums in a children's centre) pear definatly yes to proud and out.

Embrace the !
P.s I don't really not want other peoples babies not to sleep, just sick of the stero type that only formula fed ones do, it's nice to be able to say " go the boobs"
P.p.s I'm friggin starving, decided I need to loose this extra baby stone and trying the 5/2, man 500 calories does not go a long way

My NCT group are almost all still bf, although some give a bottle at night and most have started on some solids. I see a lot of bf mums at the baby groups I go to.

So, DS has a tooth. Sharp little thing although I can't feel it when he's feeding (yet).

At my first group with dd1 most did aswel lor, don't know why the change is this time but my area is definatly not a pro bf Non of my close friends did it and I know they'd all be really self conscious, I was first time but now it doesn't even cross my mind
Lor I think you have the first tooth!! Woo woo

By the way kitty I can't believe you're dieting! The 5/2 one sounds so hard. I need so many calories to keep up breastfeeding, plus looks after DS.

It wasn't horrendous, I had 2 weetabix for breckie, that's around 200 cal, then count on us meal chicken chow mein 295 cal from m&s, it's more the cups of tea and things you might miss, really it's water or diet drinks as otherwise you'd have no calories for food and it is hard but you get to think I can eat what I want tomorrow, I think that's why it's sucsessfull for a lot of people, I've had a slap up Sunday lunch today
It might be a coincidence but I did think my boobs wernt as full this morning but we shall see, kitten only has 4 milk feeds aday and one of those is a bottle so I don't have to make loads anymore

A tooth! a tooth! Yay for baby lore ds doesn't have any yet. He has the buds at the bottom, but they're not cutting yet.
I only go to Breastfeeding groups. So everyone I know (bar 2) are bf. I'm a discrete whop-em-out kinda gal. unfortunately ds isn't at the discrete age, he's at the look around with a nipple still in his mouth age Ds has formula on occasion but I won't give it to him someone else has to.

Too early to start talking about Christmas presents? I was thinking about buying b pear the vtech walker. Not that useful now but something to grow into and they seem popular with the babies. It's hard not a spoil a cute 6 month old koala though I want to buy everything!

Yay baby lore! First tooth! No sign of anything here. Still teething madly though!

I've got ds a fisher price sit to stand play station thingy. Can get at least a years use out of something like that pear
Also remember a lot of baby/children's toys will go into the sales after christmas (thinking put away for birthday or late christmas present)
Obviously you need a cute outfit or 2 to wear on Christmas day.
A bit boring but his own cutlery set?

Don't know what we're getting DS yet but going to have fun looking. I love Christmas so am going to get him a stocking and special sleep suit and clothes to wear etc.

By the way I never updated on my cousin's preemie. They delivered a little boy by c section at 25 weeks (two weeks ago). He came out crying and mostly breathing on his own. He's doing really well and has put on 40% of his body weight already. He's mostly being fed from a milk bank as I think she's struggling to get her milk supply up but he's getting breast milk which is wonderful. They've been allowed to do nappy changes and she goes in to give him skin to skin cuddles too. So happy he's doing well.

Frus ~ the Fisher Price table sounds like a sensible purchase that he will enjoy. I still don't have a play mat as I've been using blankets. Kind of feel like a play mat wouldn't last very long!

Lor ~ pleased to hear their LO is doing well :-) I hope he will be home for Christmas? Horray for milk banks hey! It must be hard to try bf when you've not got a baby to help the milk supply. Those pumps are never the same at helping the milk supply well I found it that way anyway

Got to admit kitten won't be getting much bar a new outfit but didn't get dd1 anything for her first either, they get so much from grand parents and uncles and aunties etc until they know what it means I try not to go mad, plus we have a jumperoo and walker etc the one thing I have got is a bunny each for them made out of my favourite outfits by a clever lady on fb page called memories are made, they are lovely and really reasonable and I've had their names and dob put on them
That's a great update lor, so glad to hear he's doing well

Kitty ~ I admire that. I also love the personalised bunny idea. Very cute I'm not going crazy but I have got a small stocking with little things like cars, a ball, a book and a highchair toy. Most of it I've collected in the sales so I haven't really spent much. I think I'll just stick to the stocking and not buy any big presents. I'll leave that to family members :)

Excellent news on the wee one Lor! He was ready to be here. So glad he's thriving and doing well. So awesome that he's getting bm as well!

Still have a flippin cough and am on round #2 of antibiotics which are doing jack-shit. (excuse my french, I'm fed up with being sick.) We also have visitors (ie, a mum, dad and 8 children) visiting us from Saudi Arabia for the week and it's all a bit mad at my house. Not very conducive for getting better.

In the baby toy department: we saved the jumparoo and M loves it. We also have a play table from when DSs were younger and will pull it out when she's sitting on her own or standing up. She still is happy to not bust out any rolling anytime soon and is perfectly happy to lay under her baby gym and bat at the animals. She must be taking her time with the milestones just like she took her time in coming out! I may have to practice some patience as this one gets older....

Somebody needs to remove the chocolate biscuit box from my hands!! I buy them for my mummy play dates and then nobody eats them bar me If I don't buy them I have nothing to offer but if I buy them I get fat. It's a problem

I feel sick :-( Maybe I should start offering fruit?!!

Who turns down chocolate biscuits???

So....can you take ibrupofen when breast feeding? I have really bad wisdom tooth pain

Where is everyone hiding?

Yes to ibuprofen!

I have no idea. It's been verrrrry dead lately.

Anyone already have Christmas presents purchased?

I was wondering where you'd all gone, if resorted to taking a peek at AIBU lol
We have bought a few things, not really anything for kitten poor thing and only a few for dd1 but no doubt they'll still get masses, I'm trying to get my hands on an xbox 1 for dh, I didn't get him anything for his bday and just a game and some tops last Xmas I'd really like to spoil him as I know he won't expect it as I always go on about what a waste of money they are etc trouble is they are now sold out apparently sainsburys is getting 4 in today but no idea of what time, snuck out this morning and the bloody delivery hasn't arrived, it's going to be one of those.....,

Oh and appalling night last night! No idea what was up with kitten but she screamed and screamed for hours! We've not had an interrupted night sleep from her for months now so very out of character and dd1 final back molars have come through, it's 3/4 out and she's woken the last two night needing medi saying there's something in her mouth and it hurts poor little mite

Ohhh poor little lady. Those molars are killer. I always felt so bad when the boys would be grumpy and whiney and since all the teeth I could see were already in, I'd just be completely oblivious to the fact that their teeth were still growing in. {bad mum confession}.

We are heading out for some pre-Thanksgiving shopping today. Most people start the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) so we are just proud of ourselves for going 2 days before hand Hockey skates and pads for the boys this year from Santa.

Om, M still hasn't rolled.....

Aww I like the idea of hockey skates and pads from Santa Not me for me of coarse as that would be way toooo energetic and insane right now I have to admit that I might have got a couple more toys for baby pear since I last wrote about presents Scout the leapfrog dog is just so damn cute! Does it count it it's in the sale? I really don't think he will get much present wise though and he absolutely loves toys so I can say hand on heart it won't be a waste at all as he's never been a sitting twiddling thumb baby. Always has to have something to play with! ok maybe scout is more for us then him

As for shopping for nephews and nieces. I'm waiting for ToysRUs December sale to start so that I can buy for nephews and nieces.

Kitty, totally sympathise with teething issues. Baby pear has been teething since 3 months and 3 months on and still nothing! I read that 7 months is the average time to see the first tooth appear?!

How does teeth and bfeeding work? Will I survive? I can't believe I'm still going. I always thought I would want to stop at 6 months.

Must admit I don't know pear, stoped with dd1 before she got any ( just) but want to go longer with kitten, maybe lor can answer for us? Although bring and frus will have experience too
We only don't buy a lot pear because I had my first after dsis had here's so I inherited alot of toys! Plus I love car boot sales in the summer so we have a lot , think I'm going to add a swim fin to dd1 though