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 was sooooo tempted to feed him when he was miserable and clingy this last couple of days - but resisted the urge because I couldn't bear to go through the rockboobs thing againg !!! He was happy with extra cuddles, fortunately.

Its hard to know what to do for the best when they are clingy, I guess I am going to have to determine to drop the eve feed once and for all then the morning feed. Do you give warm milk in a beaker before bed or just cuddles? I def respect the way you see things through once you have made a decision miaou I am such a wimp and get confused by all the conflicting advice re bf.

hi all. back from holiday and we are all exhausted, dd didnt sleep well while we were away between having reactions to the mmr cutting 2 teeth and being in a strange place i dont blame her really, what an awful time we had at the airports this rubbish with baby milk, they let us take it on the way as long as we tasted it, but on the way back they took the milk off us as it wasnt in a bottle with teat and then to top it off they have lost our buggy.
dd is driving dh mad just now so better go!!! we just cant get her to sleep anymore argh!

Oh Josey what a nightmare

help has anyones los had bad reactions to the MMR? dd is coming out in blister type rashes, she is really snotty as well.

and I still have no buggy arggg

sorry to hear about dd rash Josey but ds hasn't had his MMR yet so i can't advise....
taking him for his pneumovax tonight where i will probably be pestered about his MMR but have failed to get anyone to explain to me PROPERLY about the risks with regard to dp's family history of convulsions with the measles jab. i do want him to have the MMR but the family history makes me uneasy, and i need to be reassured. my gp/health visitor just keep fobbing me off with' things have changed you know'.....
i'm finding life a bit hard at the moment, my little angel has turned into a little devil. i just had a minor row with my mother who seems to think my house is a mess because i'm lazy.....she doesn't seem to understand i get literally nothing done during the day because ds is so demanding. besides, she has unrealistically high standards to the point where she made herself very ill when i was in my teens. i regularly used to come home at lunch to find all the kitchen cupboards turned out and mum bleaching them, often more than once a week.

ds yesterday discovered how to throw himself backwards when he doesn't want to be picked up, which resulted in a big bump on his head the first time he did it as he caught me unawares.

Queenrollow, how sad. You just have to keep doing your best, and remember your mum doesn't have to live in your house!

Josey, ds has had a slight rash with his mmr, but not blisters - don't suppose it's something else instead? Like chickenpox?

Ds is poorly AGAIN, dr said it's 2 cold back to back, but I'm not sure, he's got a temp, awful runny nose, listless, not eating as much as normal and generally not himself

My ds is poorly again too we spent from 7-11 trying to get him to sleep whereupon my dusty bottle of medised was finally opened and hey presto he went to sleep! Was quite worried he was hyper as within 5 minutes he went from grump to big smiles!

No not Chicken pox, the big blister was on her lip and burst, the rest were more large spots on closer look which vanished as quick as they came up, she is still a poor wee soul though it has really taken it out of her.

Still no buggy, my travel insurance wont let us claim until airline close there search and they wont do that for 90 days and if we claim through the airline it will take a further 90days to process - on top of all that we were one of the stupid ones that took out those bloomin xmas vouchers to supposidly make our xmas easier especially with moving house arghhhh i could just start screaming and never stop

Seriously stressout mum emoticon

Queenrollo i was the same with DS as there was family history with his fathers family of the autisim/mmr thing, so i left it till he was 5 as was told the risk was less though that doesnt really help you with convulsions-just ignore your mum im sure she didnt mean to upset you and if it makes you feel anybetter im in the same boat unless my dh is home my house is like local dump i will only worry if someone calls chris and aggy haha

Sorry my post looks really flippant in between these posts, sorry you guys are having a bad time. Josey blister thing sounds awful how is your dd, any diagnosis? My ds nearly better just got a horrid cough and still a bit grumpy not sleeping well.

pookey.....it's not very often i have time for more than a glance at this thread, so i understand you just popping on with a few comments.
peace and quiet have descended.....dp has taken ds out for a couple of hours.

Sorry a number of you seem to be having a hard time at the moment. Josey - poor you without a buggy. I can't believe they took your milk away - at Heathrow we had no problem, we didn't even had to taste it - and at Marbella they weren't restricting liquids on board (British Airways). Anyway, we got back from holiday today and had a really nice time, despite being unlucky with the weather. DS2 was a nightmare on the flight over - as predicted - but wasn't too bad coming back. DS1 was great - he just did drawing the whole time. DS2 was delighted to see his toys again when we got back, as he had made do with some stacking cups, squeaky eggs and a Thomas & James train for the whole week.

Aargh, as I sit typing fireworks are going off outside. I hate the weeks leading up to bonfire night and afterwards, almost every night someone sets some fireworks off and I'm worried the boys will be woken up.

Pookey - it's lovely to see someone having a positive thread so don't worry about it!

Ds still poorly, went back to dr and he's now on antibiotics AGAIN, which I'm not too happy about, in fact we left it a couple of days to see if he would get any better on his own, but gave in today and started the course.

He's so grisly and bad tempered atm, almost like a listless temper tantrum iyswim, rolling about on floor crying, not wanting cuddles, but not wanting to be put down either. He kept it up for nearly 2 hours tonight after he woke up from his nap, in the end we put him in his highchair where he threw everything offered on the floor, or pushed it away. Dp and I sat down for our dinner and after about 20 mins he stopped sobbing and began to pick at some raspberries, and then began to eat his roast dinner (finger food version of it) and cheered up!

He's like this a lot now, is anyone else experiencing anything like this?

post even!

Panicpants......ds doesn't seem to know what to do with himself. he's interested in something for a few seconds then throws it and moves onto something else.
i'm trying to get him off pre made baby meals but this last two weeks he will only eat if he can feed himself off a spoon, so i've had to start making bolognese/casserole etc to feed him.
and he pulls at us to be picked up then after a couple of minutes fights to go back down,then as soon as his feet touch the floor he's pulling to come back up.
the mother and toddler group here is awful so i just can't face going anymore......besides which it's at the same time as ds takes his nap.

i think i'm going to go back on the pill, i've decided that i just can't bear the thought of another baby. it's so much harder than i thought it would be........

Queenrollo, I started a thread about this and some mners's had some sugestions - all linked to diet.
Ds only seems to be like this after his pm nap, and someone suggested it could be low blood sugar. So now I've started to give ds a slow burning energy snack with his 3pm milk just before settling him for a nap, such as a banana, cereal, cereal bar, fruit etc, but not biscuits.

I've only done it today and yesterday but I have noticed a difference.

Someone else suggested giving him his main protein meal at lunchtime, rather than his evening meal, as that can have the same effect.

Definitly worth trying anyway!

AND the antibiotics are kicking in, and today I've had my happy, giggly, healthy boy boack

ds took a dive head first off the sofa today....sort of slid over the arm (it's leather so very slippy). phoned MIL in a panic and she came and took us to our local casualty dept. needless to say ds was fine by the time we got there but now has a rather impressive lump on his forehead.
the real casualty is dp who has just got in and cried because he wasn't here to help. he's finding it very hard being at work away from ds all day. we're suddenly finding money very tight (when the bills are paid beginning of Nov we have the princely sum of £20 in the bank till the next lot of wages go in) and i think he feels like he's not providing properly for us.

Ahh poor dp queenrollo. I know it's so hard when you're not there for your child during the day (we always forget that menmiss their children too). But at least ds is ok now.

hi all, hope everyone is fine.

still having a battle with BA regarding our buggy it still hasnt turned up, we want to claim on our travel insurance, they wont let us claim till BA has stopped there search they wont close search for 45days so not likely to get clearance on claim till into the new year im fizzing to put it mildly!!

DD is a nightmare just now she is waking in the middle of the night and wont be comforted or settle, im starting to think its a bit of separation anxiety after being in the same room as us on holiday, fingers crossed it sorts its self soon.

on another note our house went up for sale today, its a very strange feeling i seem to have discovered a bag of nerves!!! we have the first viewing tomorrow so hoping it will all go well

Hello everyone, for all of those who are having a hard time just now, quite a sad thread just now!
We had a lovely holiday, did loads and came back exhausted...and broke. Dh was informed he'll be redundant as of this Friday and he's done so much for his boss he feels really let down. Just after a not very cheap holiday and 8 wks to Chrimbo, great timing. However he seems to have something lined up for this Sunday which will keep us going.
Ds did quite a lot of walking while we were away but only with encouragement ie us infront of him walking backwards! He really found his feet 2 weeks ago though and walks constantly now, all day! He corrects himslef very weel in a sort of drunken fashion, which keeps us all amused. Las week I offered him a cup of milk instead of his bottle, befor ehis nap (which had changed from morning to afternoon) and he has been ok but only taking a little. Today though, he would not go for a nap. He was quite whingy today and 2 nights ago fought for an hour not to go to bed, so I'm putting it down to teeth...again! What can you do when you just don't know! Consequently he was in bed asleep by 7.15! He'd turned nocturnal when we came home, up till midnight and we all slept in till 1pm! I just lifted him an hour earlier every day and he shifted back to sleeping 8pm-9am and after this weekend of course he'll be back to norm once the clocks go back. He still has a full bottle of milk before bed though, I don't much like it but he really loves it.
Ds is clearly understanding commands now, he'll go and (try) to put his shoes on, put certain toys away, give xxx to grandma etc, it's amazing to see the change in the last month. He's very chatty too, trying desperately to call MIL's dog by her name yesterday, Lulu, which wasn't easy but very funny!
He does want picked up a lot too, which is hard when I'm cooking etc, but when he stands in his cot and cries, that's when I find it hard. Do you think this parenting business get easier or harder?! I can see it does both!

Josey sorry to hear no joy with the pushchair. The pushchair we keep in the car (so only use once or twice per week, and never with any heavy loads) snapped a few weeks ago and Maclaren refuse to accept it is a manufacturer's fault, despite it being under a year old and still under warranty. Mothercare have been really good, though, as they've lent us a pushchair (which we had to take on holiday with us last week as our main one is too bulky) and even agreed to pay for the repairs. It'll be a few weeks until we get the old one back, though.

Bramblina, glad to hear you had a nice holiday, but what a horrible shock about your DH's job.

DS2 is still putting his arms out when he walks but absolutely loves being out and about. Walking with him is like walking a cat, though. He inevitably wants to go in completely the wrong direction, and is delighted if he spots stairs to climb. He seems to have a permanent bruise on his head at the moment, poor thing (the latest after falling into a flowerbed looking for a cat).

Oh, and if he's tired he does want to be picked up a lot - normally when I'm at the tricky part of cooking. He still wakes up around 5.30am, which on Sunday morning will be 4.30am due to the clocks going back - horror!

Azure.....we're going to have to go out on Saturday night to try and get ds to work round the clocks. if we're out he tends to stay awake, so it's the only way we can think of solving the problem.
he's getting us up about 6am, which is good i know (compared to some babies) but at the moment he's quite unsettled through the night, including being WIDE AWAKE at 2am. laughing and giggling and wanting to play. we're shattered because our sleep is so disturbed.
this thread does seem a little sad at the moment........although i find i tend to come here more when i'm down as i seem to need the support. when my days are good, i'm kept busy and away from the computer.

yuck what a thought!! 4.30am i dont envy you Azure!!!

I had a result last night DD slept all night again 8.30-8.30 it was heaven.

we are suffering from sever floods,lucky our house is ok - i got a call from work tonight to say the office had been hit by a tree and has no power so we are to be redeployed somewhere tomorrow, most likely the bunker as we have been the emergency contact for everyone who is suffering.

Brambalina glad you had a nice holiday, sorry about you dh's job, hope you mum is ok as if i remember right she is in Dingwall.

I feel strange listening to you all talk about your lo's walking, dd has just started standing and has taken the odd shuffle round the furniture, hv thought it would take a while for her ankles to strenghten from her having positional talapeez(sorry no idea how you spell it hope you know what i mean)

I haven't been on this thread in ages! Hope everyone is well. Bramblina sorry to hear about your DHs job.

Glad to hear (in a way!) that others are having sleeping troubles. DS went to his grans for a night a couple of weeks ago and was an agel as usual keeping to a nice routine. But came home and was a nightmare, refusing to go to sleep until 11pm for a good few nights. He was really testing us and pushing his luck!

He's still such a hit or miss with sleep. Some nights he sleeps through, others he wakes and jsut needs his dummy. Others he wakes, inconsolable and we have to go and watch TV for an hour. Some mornings he wakes at 5am, others 7am. Some naps are 45 mins, others are 3 hours. I just don't get it!

Eating is similar. One day carrots are great, a couple of days later carrots on his plate means a tantrum. He's not eating enough I don't think but there are only so many alternatives I can offer him for each meal and usually end up giving him toast as a cop out.

He is walking everywhere though and loving it. He won't go in the buggy and wants carried or to walk. So my big pg bump is getting a fair hammering! He's started to copy actions on Boogie Beebies and doing things like pointing to his toes when asked. Still no consistent words although we have heard a few Hiyas and Teddys.