December 2012: Now they're all 1

[Barbeasty]

We needed a new thread!

[MrsNutella]

hales I'm tempted to go for a nap myself.
I've been ringing a few midwives (here you get to pick one to help support you through pregnancy and after the birth - although I don't really understand what for exactly...) but they are either booked up already or are on holiday.
I'm getting rather bored of making phonecalls in German

[MrsNutella]

And I'm worried I'm going to ring one that I've already tried... That or I'll just never find one woe is me

[Barbeasty]

Is your last one not available Nutella? Or could she recommend someone?

[MrsNutella]

Beasty I didn't like her I think that isn't helping me search this time around.
Sorry, I'm in a bit of a moany mood about it now.

[halestone]

Nutella you'll find one she'll appear just as your giving up and will be perfect.

I didn't have a nap, i went through all of H's clothes and threw out what didn't fit her and rearranged what was left so it was neat. Then i've cleaned the bedrooms and got dinner prepared so i can just put it on later. I think i'm going to sew now i can't wait haha.

[Stacks]

Sorry to hear there are still so many poorly babies. It's awful when they're ill, though luckily we've had very little wrong with DS so far. Just a couple of coughs/colds and teething.

Yuk to worms! I don't remember ever having them, or my siblings having them. I'm sure they're just part of life though really. I'd never heard of hand foot and mouth till having DS either. Apparently that's really common too.

Managed quite a good day with DS today. Not sure who was asking about moany babies the other day, but DS spends most of his day complaining about something or other. However, I managed to make quiche today from scratch, including the pastry. DS got a bit fed up, but I stuck him in his high chair with a pile of flour... Once he was bored with that I added some water. He was still fed up before the pastry was done, but much better than normal! We also went to the library for story time (though DS just had fun pulling all the books off the shelves) and home for some colouring in. DS was very proud of himself for getting the lids on and off the pens, but we had to stop after he sucked the green pen nib white... Oops.

He's sleeping much better being home, I think I'll think twice before going away again. I'd love a break somewhere warm and relaxing, but there's no way I'm going through a week of no sleep like that again. Especially in a situation I can't let him cry at all, my breasts were so sore by the end of the week - we went from 2 feeds in 24hrs up to about 10!

Lovely to see old posters popping back in. It's nice to know how everyone is getting on. Hope you can stick around.

[WillYouDoTheFandango]

Stacks you may find that the heat would make him sleep. J slept 3h per day and 12 at night when we were in Majorca. Good times!

I'm home, I'm knackered, I'm starving and I'm covered in baby vomit! CC out if the window for today after J cried himself sick. Think it's cos I walked through door just before he went to bed.

[WLmum]

That would do it willyou! Cuddles and an early night for you.

[WLmum]

I went to a curriculum evening tonight at dd1s school to hear about how they are changing the way they teach to try to improve the schools rating from 'needs improvement' to 'good'. Out of approx 250 pupils, 40 parents turned up. Is it just me or is that really crap?!

[MaMaPo]

waves to everyone

Spotty, nope, C isn't walking yet. She is standing alone more frequently and confidently now but she isn't really that interested in practicing walking (e.g. holding my hands). She can manage at most 1-2 very wobbly steps but I wouldn't call it walking. She cruises for ages though.

Ew worms. Going to pretend they don't exist.

We have kissing in the house here now too. C never 'got' kissing until I demonstrated on a doll, and now she will go 'mmmmm' and kind of bash into the doll's face with her own. She sometime kisses me and my husband but she hasn't quite generalised the idea yet. Super cute though.

4 day week for me this week. I had to do an extra day today at a different site, and because my husband and C were over at the ILs this afternoon I came home to work. And now I am itching for them to come home! I miss my family when I'm here alone -I'm just never here alone!

My husband is still looking for work - I walked straight into my old job on my return from the UK, but his industry is way harder. I am crossing fingers something comes up soon as it is hard on the pocketbook, but much much harder on my husband's mental health. Cross fingers for us, please.

hales, I hope you napped!!

WL, that does sound crap. Surely the school needs the interest and input of parents!?

[SpottyTeacakes]

That is rubbish WL are you happy with the school?

Mama ds can stand until he realises he's doing it (a few seconds) and has just started happily walking holding one hand. If we let go he will do a couple of steps to the sofa but that's it.

Oh no stacks, we're going to Greece in June I'm hoping both dc will continue to sleep ok. We went to menorca when dd was almost two for two weeks and she was ok so fingers crossed.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Ds just stood on his own for a few seconds and took three steps dd didn't walk until 22 months so I'm really happy

[Stacks]

Well done DS spotty!!

How many naps do your babies toddlers take now? DS is still on 2, but it's taken me over 40 mins to get him to sleep for them both today, instead of the normal 10-20. Wondering if it's a sign I should try one nap. That said, I love getting two!

[WillYouDoTheFandango]

DS has been on 1 since 11 months. He goes down much better at both naptime and bedtime now!

Yay well done F!

[SpottyTeacakes]

Ds still usually has two lasting 1-2 hours each

[PurplePidjin]

r sleeps 11'30-12:30 sometimes longer

he sleeps 6-7:30 most nights with 1 wake for nappy

[MrsNutella]

stacks with DS it seems to depend on what day of the week it is. Some days he will manage two naps (sometimes they are each an hour, sometimes the morning one is shorted and the afternoon one longer). Other days he will sleep for 1.5 hours straight after lunch.
Because of the childminder I try and stick to one longer nap but if we are out it isn't unusual for his to droop around 10:30 ish in the morning.

spotty yay! Well done F! You'll be cursing when he starts climbing though

DS is still obsessed with climbing on everything. But at least I know that he can safely get down from things like the sofa and the bed.
And he did manage to get down from the windowsill. He climbed along the table which blocks the windowsill to get to a dummy and then climbed down from the table... Not perfect but only about 5 weeks until moving day!!

I am full of cold. Thank goodness DH was home, I got him to watch DS for an hour while I rested in bed. I wish I wasn't pregnant! I want decent drugs!!

[SpottyTeacakes]

Oh ds' been climbing for months, up on the sofa, on dd's table and chairs, stand on his bounce 'n' spin zebra etc etc luckily he can get down from them all safely. He can also now get down the stairs safely having been climbing up them for months.

He did a total of 11 steps

I made cookies today just waiting for dd to go to bed so I can eat another one

[Stacks]

Ooh, I wonder if I have the ingredients for cookies in the house...

DS has been walking for a couple of months, but isn't that interested in climbing. He's tried out a few things, like a particular cupboard at play group. For the most part though he still needs help to get on the sofa, and hasn't tried climbing anything else in the house. Yet.
He did fall down the bottom couple of steps today. Our stairs are such that the stair gate has to go on the 3rd step. It's the first time he's fallen down after months of being able to get up and down them safely. He cried loads - then I realised it was mostly because I'd picked him up for a cuddle but not given him back the iPad! All tears stopped quickly once he iPad was returned. He just loves making Siri beep.

Nuttella I hope you feel better soon. You can take some paracetamol right? Or are you after stronger drugs?

Spotty, DS seemed to get better at walking quite slowly. He did just a few steps for a couple of weeks, then one day woke up and walked about really confidently.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Oh Nutella I missed that you were ill I always find paracetamol perks me up.

I'm wondering if ds might do it fairly quickly as he'd barely stood on his own for a couple of seconds yesterday (by letting go of something) now he can stand in the middle of the floor until he decides to either sit down or toddle off to the sofa. We'll see though he loves waking outside holding my hand

[halestone]

Well Done F

Stacks H has been down to 1 nap a day for a couple of months as well although occasionally she'll have 2 naps i love those days

Nutella, i hope you feel better soon

I took H back to the GP today as she finished her antibiotics on Monday but is still rubbing her ears and her temperature is still swopping from high to normal. Plus her chest sounds really rattly but only sometimes. He said theres still sign of infection in her ears but he thinks its almost gone so he's going to leave it. But he said he could hear her chest without a stethoscope and asked if their was a family history of Asthma. DP has it as do my sisters so he's treating her with salbutamol and seeing if that helps.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Oh no hales poor h. I'm lucky that there's no asthma on either side but I know it can be very serious

[Stacks]

Hales, sorry to hear H might have asthma. All 6 of us kids had it as children - two of my brothers were in and out of hospital loads as young babies - but, we all grew out of it by teenage or adulthood. I was the last to suffer, but not had any problems in the last 10 years now. There's a good chance H will grow out of it too, most of my brothers were symptom free by primary school, only suffering when ill.

Spotty - I made chocolate cookies! Thanks for the inspiration :) Best bit is DH is out, so he doesn't know I made 19 and have already eaten 4 ;)

[SpottyTeacakes]

You're welcome! I made oat and raisin (one of my five a day )

[halestone]

Stacks and Spotty, throw some cookies my way. I LOVE home made cookies.

We won't find out if H has Asthma until shes alot older. I don't think their allowed to diagnose it as it is something you can grow out of and if its down in your medical record it can stop you doing certain jobs when your older. I think the salbutamol is just to help her short term IYSWIM. I am however positive that she will be diagnosed with it when shes older shes got the same skin as her dad (mild Excema) so i think shes going to follow in his footsteps.