Hi everyone,
Just back from a few days in montpellier, which was lovely. Saw DB and DF plus DBIL and lots of friends from when we were living there last year. It was so hot though, I thought I would die and it didn't help that I had decided to leave the buggy at home to travel light. The sun was really hot too, though luckily no one burnt. We were recommended mineral sunblock for N because he is so little. I really liked it, except for the smell. It really does smell like algae, though it goes away after the first few mins.
Got to try out the ergobaby ventus. Unfortunately N is too short for it and even with a rolled up towel under his bum isn't sitting well in it so will leave it for a month until he (hopefully) gets a bit taller. He seemed nice and cool with the mesh back, but the waist and shoulder straps are all quite big and padded and you do still have a baby plastered to your chest, so it wasn't quite so cool for me! I have not tried the original ergo or the performance one, so I can't really comment on the differences but it seems like a good solid carrier which will be excellent when N is a bit longer but not as cool as a ring sling or others that carry the baby away from your body. I am reserving judgement and will report back once short arse here has had a growth spurt.
angel that sounds crap. I hate the passport office at the moment too. Still waiting for N's passport after just over six weeks. This is the minimum time it now takes for a first time overseas passport application, so I don't know how much longer we will wait. DD's was issued the same day her application reached them and was with me less than a week after I sent the application from Egypt to the issuing office in Paris. Now it takes at least six weeks to apply from France to the UK. It also costs double the UK price excluding postage and takes twice as long. It makes me so annoyed because we can't visit my 94 year old granny until this passport arrives and at this rate we won't make it to the UK at all before we return to Egypt.
MrsV how are you? Hope things are getting better and the future is more clear for you.
I am pretty sure that you can't use the same day service for first time applications. They are usually a three week job, though the one week service may be available.
N is being a tiny bastard all the time, doesn't want to sleep and has become velcro baby. Also crying all the time. He is 15 weeks and this is quite a sudden thing. Anyone else had this? I will take him to the docs next week to try and get some gaviscon just in case (I am sure this was what was wrong with DD and he has been gassy and a bit sicky recently) but am getting seriously fed up.