Feb '06 - Sausage roll anyone?

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Right ladies - the race is on to see which of our DCs can self feed a sausage roll first!

Oh, and some of you don't seem to have aged since we got pregnant, so if you've got closer to your telegrams from the queen then please let me know!

CAMERON, Birthdate 6th Jan, Due 28th Jan, Weight 5lbs 13oz, Born to Teuch, Baby no 1, Lives Inner Hebridean Island, Gas & air and morphine
PEYIA, Birthdate 23rd Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight 6lbs 12.5oz, Born to TicTac, Baby no 1, Lives Horwich, Lancs, Gas & air only
ALEXANDER, Birthdate 24th Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight ??, Born to Yeahbut, Baby no 3, Lives Holland, Elective c-section
CAITLIN ERIN MONICA, Birthdate 25th Jan, Due 10th Feb, Weight 8lbs 10.5oz, Born to Womba1, Baby no 3 (1 stillborn), Lives Eastbourne, Elective c-section
MAISIE, Birthdate 26th Jan, Due 7th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5.5oz, Born to ellenrose, Baby no 3, Lives Bristol, Induction due to SPD
JESSICA HELEN, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 5lbs 11oz, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 1.
EMILY ROSE, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 6lbs, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 2.
ELIZABETH GRACE, Birthdate 3rd Feb, Due 3rd Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Kando, Baby no 3, Lives Holland,
PETER, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 12th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to popmum, Baby no 2, Lives Herts,
LAUREN EMMA, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 22nd Feb, Weight 6lbs 14oz, Born to Morgan, Baby no 2, Lives Dubai,
PHILIPPA ROSE, Birthdate 8th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 9lbs, Born to CantSleepWontSleep (Tabs), Baby no 1, Lives North Herts, TENS and gas & air
LEWIS JAMES, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 31st Jan, Weight 9lbs 2oz, Born to lewsmummy (Cuffyj1), Baby no 1, Lives Barnsley, emerg c-section
SETH PETER, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 1st March, Weight 7lbs, Born to angedemarche (Jangus), Baby no 2, Lives NI, Elective c-secion
EVIE HARRIET, Birthdate 10th Feb, Due 29th Jan, Weight 9lbs, Born to Hotmama, Baby no 2, Lives Nottingham, emerg c-section
RHUARIDH GEORGE, Birthdate 11th Feb, Due 20th Feb, Weight ??, Born to MrsDoolittle, Baby no 2, Lives Newbury, Water birth
BEN, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 8lbs 4oz, Born to 3K, Baby no 1, Lives Gravesend, Kent, c-sec after failure to dilate sufficiently
OSCAR, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 13th Feb, Weight 9lbs 10oz, Born to Chloe55, Baby no 1, Lives West Yorkshire, Pethidine, epi & lots of stitches!
LUTHER, Birthdate 14th Feb, Due 6th Feb, Weight 8lbs 8oz, Born to NotAnOtter (4blue1pink), Baby no 5, Lives ??,
ANYA OLIVE CATRIONA, Birthdate 20th Feb, Due 8th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Popadopalis, Baby no 1, Lives Bedford,
BRAM THOMAS, Birthdate 21st Feb, Due 11th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to mustrunmore (Ixel), Baby no 2, Lives N London, c-sec
IMOGEN ROSAMOND, Birthdate 23rd Feb, Due 2nd March, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Ags, Baby no 2, Lives Kent, Elective c-section
EMRYS JOHN, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 24th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Flamesparrow, Baby no 2, Lives Bournemouth, Home birth
ISABEL ERIKA, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 3rd March, Weight 7lbs 5.5oz, Born to Amiable, Baby no 1, Lives North London, Gas & air and epidural. DH German
LEON JASON, Birthdate 26th Feb, Due 18th Feb, Weight 7lbs 13oz, Born to Jasnem, Baby no 3, Lives Waltham Abbey, Rapid labour, ventouse and episiotomy
SALLY ANIELA, Birthdate 28th Feb, Due 28th Feb, Weight 8lbs 13oz, Born to Thell, Baby no 1, Lives London, Water birth at home
RORY JOHN, Birthdate 25th Feb, Due 23rd Feb, Weight 10lb 2oz, Born to dewmeadow, Baby no 2, Lives County Tyrone, Ireland, emerg c-section
NEVE, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 8lbs 11oz, Born to Frizbe, Baby no 2, Lives Ripley, Derbyshire, Water birth
ALFRED WILLIAM, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to damewashalot (Helen38), Baby no 3, Lives Warwickshire,

i want to get DS a new coat ,probably out of next - I lov etheir baby stuff too 3K.

Anyone ever try a grobag/sleeping bag contraption?

Dew - i'm getting one of them grobags some time this week hopefully cos ds will not keep covers on.

I didn't know anything about them so i asked on hre and someone pointed me in the direction of the grobag website it tells u all u need to know, hang on i'll link it.

grobags

I use grobags all the time with ds, have since he was about 6wk old. They worked a treat when he wasn't rolling over all the time, sometimes now though he wakes up coz they get him stuck with them being fairly bulky.

Really really pissed off today. Stood on the scales and I haven't even lost 1lb, not 1lb in the whole 5 days I have been on SlimFast I have stuck to it religiously, walked every other day for an hour and 1/2 and done a 2hr session at the gym on Saturday, wtf?????? DH has lost 5lb and he didn't even do it on Sunday - he got pissed! Been crying this am and dh has just been saying that metabolisms work differently and that it will work eventually and not to get upset. That's easy for him to say when he has lost nearly 1/2stone for doing practicallhy bugger all Sorry, I know I have only done it for 5 days but I at least would have exected to have lost a pound or two by now having given all my chocolate away and not touched a drop of alcohol Maybe that's why I am so upset Can't quit now though - mum has just bought me a week's worth of SlimFast!

Morning,
Chloe - the best response I can come up with is maybe the fat is turnin g to muscle, so you may not weigh less, but will be more toned and better looking. Don't give up.
Haven't really got a clue, as I don't do dieting at all.

Boy was miserable all day yesterday except when being fed, or with dp. Not fair. He cried at the sight of me, then ooed and chatted to dp for an hour.

I'm doing a mixture of mush and lumps. I'm not pureeing, just mashing with a fork, and feeding him once a day. I'm also giving assorted chunks of things for him to self feed. He did manage to break a piece off and apple I was holding for him, and choke on it, but otherwise it's been a success so far. This is much more fun that purreing loads of stuff.

I'm away later today and tomorrow, for a family gathering.

Chloe - I can COMPLETELY understand your disappointment and pissedoffness. I have been on WW since end of June cos I ve 2-3 st to lose andn I want to lose at least some of it before I get pregnant again! Anyway, my metabolism is SOOO messed _ ive done WW rigorously - no cheating, I promise, - and done loads of exercise and not counted it and NOTHING was happening. Finally, mt leader cut me down 6 points, and Ive lost 3lb, which is brilliant but its bloody hard work. The weeks when I put my heart and soul into it and gopt nothing back, I felt like thumping somebody!! I have/have had thyroid problems after birth which Im blaming and I also blame the minipill whihc can put weight on.

I was on ebay looking at grobags - is there a difference between a sleeping bag and a grobag?

We used grobags from birth, but stopped at 6 weeks in favour of swaddling. Have started using them again now that she can sleep without the swaddling. Can't imagine her ever getting on with normal covers the amount she kicks about!
dm - I think that grobag were the original sleeping bags, so it's kind of a trademark thing. I've heard people say that the grobags are better than other sleeping bags, but I can't recall any reasons being given for this opinion!

Chloe - dieting sucks! Sorry to hear you've not lost though, especially as you've had to drink yukky shakes! I'm afraid that men simply do lose weight faster than women though - life's a bitch eh?!

Jas - don'tcha just hate it when they don't show their gratitude! Better that he was chirpy with dp than with no-one though - a nice bit of father and son bonding can't be a bad thing .

Another fan of Next baby stuff here, but I don't have their catalogue, as I object to the principle of having to pay for something which serves to promote their brand and increase their sales!

Flame - thanks for hug - I never get named on those threads, so went to bed happy!

Boy seems to dislike banana.
It's quite entertaining watching him keep putting it in then spit it out over again though.
I even tried squishing it and feeding him, and he still spat it out (then opened his mout and leant forward to try again.
I hope it's a temporary dislike...banana was always my top babyfood when out and about.

Jas - DD had the same apparent dislike for banana the first couple of times she tried it. Now she has them in some form nearly every day!

BabyDragon is a nightmare. She will eat magazines, egg boxes, sand, toys, fabric and bubblewrap. Put something edible in front of her or try to spoon it in or gently push in with your fingers and it's mouthclampedshutwillnoteatTHAT. She looks ready to take my hand off at the wrist when I'm eating my food (and yes, I've given her vegetables from my plate - no luck) but will not contemplate eating anything offered to her!

Have you tried rice cakes (they probably taste similar to egg box)?

You could put puree on them if she will take them, and she might lick a bit off and realise it's not so bad.

been camping since thursday, when I last posted we were at 12 posts, now at 112 won't try to catch up too much. Hope all are ok.
DH is home still so now likely to be around today much

Yes, have tried rice cakes and thought "Oooh! She's eaten them!" And then I swept up

Off to Spain for 5 days tomorrow so I'm going to leave it and start with bog standard spoon fed mush when we get back to get her used to the idea of eating. I'm not overly bothered about weaning her (she's about 19lbs, 6m 10 days and exclusively breasfed so she's clearly thriving) but she's waking in the night either due to hunger or still jetlagged/messed about from Antigua.

I guess I'm just surprised she's so disinterested given her apparent enthusiasm for eating the non-edible. Everyone else's baby seems to be taking to solids with ease from the brief glance I've had!

hello !
just popping in!

my baby is more interested in chewing banana peel, fingers, catalogues, magazines and bibs than anything actually presented on a spoon.
(24wks)

she is however desperate to reach this keyboard, so will obviously be a mumsnutter in good time

(rofl at duckula thread...but too nervous to bump it in case am blamed for legal proceedings...)

oh, and bubble wrap too!
maybe my bean is really a dragon.
bought her'That's not my dragon' and she loves it - turns the pages and everything!
[proud grin]

Forgot to add "computer mouse" to the list of things she'll eat

Keep meaning to get "that's not mydragon..." !

Lol at Baby Dragon Soupey, she's obviously just turned into a teenager straight away, ignoring solids in favour of a liquid diet, she'll be demanding the bacardi breezers in no time at all

Hi Thell!

Jas, bugger re the nana, as they're so easy to do! keep trying him with it as suggested.

Chloe, I agree with Jas, you'll just be turning fat into muscle (my running buddy is having a similar problem and is hating it, but then she has hardly any weight to loose unlike my whale like self)

We're grobag fan's here too lots better for wriggly babies, as the covers go with them.

Well dh has the pooey bug here today so he's an unhappy bunny......

Dewmeadow, DS has been in sleeping bags for ages and he loves them. He is currently in one from Next and it is fine, he has had mothercare ones too. Cheap place to get proper grobags is www.kiddicare.co.uk they were the cheapest when I bought my last one as I wanted the space dog one.

Chloe, sorry to hear you havent lost any weight, I lost my extra stone on weight watchers and have now stayed the same for about 3 weeks. I am always house cleaning, walking etc etc and nothing!! Dont give up hon, it will pay off in the end.

DS very sleepy today and coughing and sneezing. Had to wake him up at 9am this morning as I was going out and he has been down for a nap for the past 2 hours. Must be teeth, he always gets coughs with his teeth.

Ok ladies you're giving me a punt up the bum here, I'm going to loose a stone, when I knock dd2 off the boob in two weeks time! ww here I come!!

@ the sly way you chucked in "Off to Spain..."

pmsl @ the rice cakes = egg boxes

Not a lot to say right now... on caffeine detox and am in a foul very tired mood .

Anyone seen NAO?

snigger @ sneaky spain. My In Laws live out there.

I happily kept shoving small pieces of carrot in thinking "these seem to be going down well..." Then she smiled and I could see she had a whole mouthfull of them Clearly BabyDragons are like hamsters...

And I'd gladly try Bacardi Breezers if it would make her sleep better again.

Not seen NAO. But I'mnot very observant really.

PMSL at small pieces of carrot!!

I have given DS a slice of cheese today which he really liked. Can they eat egg at six months?

SD - is she waking a lot at the moment? You've never really spoken on here about her sleeping habits.
We might all sound now like babes are taking solids no problems, but it did take a while here for things to get going properly.
You could always resort to smearing puree all over you breast so that she can't avoid it .

3K - eggs are supposed to be ok from 6 months as long as hard boiled (or otherwise fully cooked).

Flame - empathies for caffeine detox - been there done that (one of the first things that DH and I found we had in common was a liking for copious amounts of very strong coffee)!