August 2005 - The One With All The Birthdays!!!

[kate100]

Here we are everyone, a new thread, as promised ready for all these little ones to turn one.

Here's the link to the old thread

Miaou, I was just thinking of doing the exact same thing the other day, so much better than a baby book, as it really does record all of the milestones as they happen.

Another milestone today, ds2's first visit to the dentist. He was ever so good he let the dentist look at his teeth, which his brother never did. In fact the dentist got his first look at ds1's teeth ever today and it was his fourth visit!

We're all set for his birthday tomorrow, but I'm tired, it's hard work having 2 birthdays in a week and DH is thirty 2 weeks today, TOO MANY BIRTHDAYS!!!!! We're having friends round for an afternoon barbecue (DH will be getting in touch with his inner caveman over an open fire ) and people are dropping in as and when. Just hope that his cake is OK when it's delivered tonight.

Let you all know how things went after the party.

I read that you could mix cows milk/formula somewhere, you start off with an oz of cows milk and 7oz of formula, next day 2 oz of cows milk and 6 ozs of formula, next day 3 oz of cows milk and 5 ozs of formula and so on until it's all cows milk.

Hi sorry havent posted in ages, have just read the last two messages so far, tigerlion how exciting but weird it must be to be leading up to giving birth again, hope it goes really well !! my ds had the MMR a couple of weeks ago and he has a couple of spots on his cheek, hmmm. DS will take a little milk but I have gone for goatsmilk think it might be a little sweeter maybe? He is still having breast milk and nanny formula in bottles aswell though! My dilema is that he waves any cup or beaker around like mad spilling milk everywhere so i am reluctant to give him a beaker unless he is strapped into a highchair and this means it is no good for his storytime milk. hope everyone is ok x

Just read a little bit further down then readsome of the autism/mmr thread and now a bit scared, I didnt really look into it to be honest and didnt realise one could wait until 18 months to have it. I had a funny feeling though when he was being given the jab and nearly backed out but really think that feeling was just because i was aware of the fact there is so much controversy about the jab. TBH I figured a little knowledge might be a bad thing which is why I decided not to do too much research, maybe that was a bad move.

Oooh congratulations blossom!!! Still ttc no.4 (still waiting...!)

Hello everyone, just a quick hello and goodbye, we're off to Canada tomorrow, back in 3 weeks. Wish us luck with the flight 11hrs in total! And ds is just at that perfect stage where he is in to everything, won't sit still for a minute and can unpack a bag quicker than I can pack it behind him! Luck dh not coming home and I have it all to myself including the dog, cats, fish, tortoise....!
Good luck everyone with the MMRs.
Hoping for you Miaou x

Have a great trip Bramblina - it'll be lovely when you're there, but I don't envy you the flight. Pookey re the MMR I didn't do all the research before DS1 had his and haven't done so now, so don't feel bad. The vast majority of parents in this country and in the other countries where it is standard choose this vaccination. I'll looking forward to DS2 having his just so it's done and dusted.

Not much to report here other than DS2 adding "duck" to his limited volcabulary. He has also mastered climbing up the steps to the big slide in the garden (with me nervously behind), which is over 5 ft tall. He looks at his little slide with great disdain and is now completely disinterested in it. I think I'm going to have to get some type of stairgate for the slide, as I can't leave him for a moment before he's heading up.

lol azure at the slide - can so see ds being like that as well

Have a lovely trip bramblina and good luck for the flight.

Have had ds mmr leeter through so am going to make the appt on monday and just get it over and done with.

Ds has just started to walk, he's very unsteady at the moment but is improving daily [very proud mother emoticon!]

Congratulations PP's James! Charlie's just about getting there with the standing - he had a Thomas runaway train toy for his birthday and gets so engrossed in his playing that he forgets he's standing there all on his own.

I was wondering how much food you give your LO's now, and when they eat? We've been having big problems with DS's evening meal - any help on my thread would be greatly appreciated!

ds can now walk across the living room, unless he gets excited and then stumbles after two steps!

i've had a letter through this morning about this new jab (pnemococcal thingy) and all is says is, he has to have it and make an appointment as soon as possible. no offer of an information leaflet.......so i'm a bit annoyed about it. and if i raise concerns about the MMR i am fobbed off by all the dr's and HV's. i do want him to have it but have concerns that need addressing rather than being told not to worry!

have to go ds has just woken from a very long nap!

my mum and dad have been round this afternoon, were delighted that ds is walking (i hadn't told them so it was a surpise when he did it) and he has now learnt to stick his tongue out..........i didn't teach him to do it, mum won't have so the likely candidate is my dad, even though he swears he didn't!!

We're a quiet bunch at the moment - too busy chasing after our LOs no doubt. Not much to report other than increasing depression over turning 40 next Monday - only 3 full days left in my 30's. Where on earth has the last decade gone? (ok, got married, had 2 children, moved house three times, 2 promotions at work...) Still, I'm off to Paris for the weekend (staying Sat night only), which I'm sooooo looking forward to. It'll be my first time away overnight from DS2, but I'm sure DH & I will spend the entire time talking about the boys.

Have a great birthday Azure and a lovely time in Paris!

Well I have had to cancel the MMR twice now as Missy has had quite a bad cold, I am a little relieved that she is going to be that much older when she does have it.

I had my first sight of her blood last night and I must admitt that I panicked! She fell and knocked her tooth, DP picked up for a cuddle whilst she screamed and I looked at her face, saw the blood and freaked! Silly I know and Missy was fine.

She takes about 10 steps per day but seems much happier with doing this funny crab walk, where she has one leg up and one down and sorts of shuffles/drags herself along. Sounds odd but doesnt look that strange. I thought she would have been walking by now as she was crawling at 7 months.

Missy has been quite diffcult over the last few weeks, quite grizzly, demanding and shes gets in a strop very quickly. We have had tooth number 7 come through but I am not sure that, that is the reason. I hope it is a phase and not down to something we are doing as I am worried with her being my first. She did have this terrible habit of headbutting the floor when something didnt go her way! No idea where she got it from but I havent seen it for a few days, fingers crossed!

Anyone else LO's behaving anything like this?

hope you all don't mind me posting but have been meaning to say hi to Azure for a while!

Thanks for replying on the other thread. I cannot believe your ds2 is 13 months - where did that time go??!! Did you go back to work in the end (and are you still based where you were before)? I'm not back yet but am aiming for January when ds will finally be full time at school (he's just started reception).

Glad to hear you sound so well. Enjoy Paris and Happy Birthday for next Monday if I don't catch you beforehand.

Hi Foxinsocks - well done for tracking me down! Yes, I'm back at work in the same place. I was very reluctant to go back this time but am now doing a mostly 4-day week. I hope your DS is settling into his school. Will you be working in the same area? It would be nice to finally meet up.

Hi all

Azure Happy Birthday! I remember you mentioning something about a paris tradition once before ow lovely

Nat my ds does the same shuffleing thing.

My ds seems a bit scare around standing holding things its like he cant figure out how to drop to the floor, he hasnt done any cruising or steps or stood alone yet but just got a leaflet from Tesco baby club which has reassured me a little that this is within a normal range, the what to expect book had made me think i would need to take him to the GP.

DS is having one bf a day either am or pm, sometimes none. I am trying to persuade him to have a bottle for his eve feed, will get round to a cup but dp is really weird about getting milk on the carpet and ds loves waving his cup around. He is sleeping through some nights but still wakes up once or twice.

Hope all of you that are pg or ttc are well and coping with it all.

Happy Birthday Azure!

Well, I've boked the mmr for Monday and all being well ds will have it then. Dp is going to take him as I'll be at work

I need sympathy now from all the other teachers on here: We had our ofsted phonecall yesterday and are being ofsteded this week! Starting Wednesday, so at least we have 4 days to get sorted.

But can you believe it? 3 weeks after returning from mat leave!! Means I won't see much of ds this week either

booked!

Happy Birthday Azure, hope you had a great time in sweet Pari!

Well Ds2 had his mmr and the new meningitis jab over a week ago. We were going to wait but dh said he would take him as he had a day off. He cried a lot but other than that he has been fine.

Ds2 is now speaking a lot more and sings to himself while playing which is very cute. We all went swimming yesterday ds2 wasnt very impressed, he did eventually let go of my neck and have a little splash.

Panic pants Good Luck with your ofstead inspection hope all goes smoothly!!

just on quickly to say happy birthday to azure and huge comiserations to panicpnts! at least then it'll be over for six years. according to a friend of mine who's just become a deputy head, his school are not checking planning at all for the next year as they had their ofsted in july so i just hope you're that lucky!

nat, it's strange you say that about missy banging her head as a friend of mine asked the health visitor about the exact same thing in her 18 month old daughter today. HV said it's very common - they want to cry and find they can't so they give themselves something to cry about. She advised my friend to just walk away from her DD so that she didn't have an audience if she possibly could. HTH!

Thanks for the advice Kipper22, that is really helpful. Missy hasnt done it for days, so fingers crossed. If she does I will walk away and ignore it. It really isnt nice to see!

Thx again x

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. We had a great time in Paris, topped off by lunch in the very smart restaurant up the Eiffel Tower. It was delightful just being able to sit on the train there and back undisturbed while reading the newspaper. I did miss the boys a lot, though, but my parents were great looking after them & it was only one night. Yesterday (my actual birthday) I had a nice day as well, going to an art exhibition and choosing a birthday present, before a birthday tea at home with cake. Next Saturday we are having a dinner party for my close friends. Back at work today, though.

Hi all hope you are all well, what a lovely birthday Azure glad you had a great time.

We are having an awful time with DD just now she is constantly making a high pitch screaching sound it is the most awful nerve tearing sound you have ever heard and she usually does it for 3 hours solid - HELP how can i get her to stop not only is it driving me mental its so exhausting listening to it - she isnt hungry, tired,fed up etc she just seems to want to do it!! she has also turned into a thug, all ds wants to do is hug her in a very smothering 6year old way and she slaps his face or digs her nails in his eyes or nose-she does this to me and dh at bedtime - i just want my snuggly baby back i seem to have the child of chucky living with me just now

josey....is she teething? i have the most mild mannered, loving little boy here. but i can tell when he's teething as he starts pulling hair and squealing. he's getting his top premolars at the moment and is awful, much worse than he was with his others. he is trying to bite me all the time too.....

Josey, sorry to hear you're going through a difficult time - I was wondering about teething as well. DS2 is not screaming but in the last few days has started to get very difficult at times - having real hissy fits if he doesn't get his own way, even throwing himself backwards on the floor in a mini tantrum. I think he's just trying to test his boundaries, see how much he can get away with. I hope it passes soon.

could be teething she has been teething for a while and has just got her 5th tooth through - but she just never seems have breaks which i thought she would have with teething - i have just a bruises all over my face with her grabbing me digging her nails in and squeazing with all her might!!! i think the squealing is more she has decided she likes the sound, though i know a lot of it is a warning for her big brother to back off-im praying she grows out of it very quickly im just plain knackered as she has also taken to not going to bed, infact im beeing a bad mum now and letter her cry in her cot - better finish up and do the reassurance thing