Hello Feb 04 mums?

[cuppy]

Hi

I'm new to this, having just had 1st dd 8 wks ago (Valentines Day).

Would be great to get to share stuff with other new mums. Couldnt see a thread out there for this already.

So hows it going? What you expected? Feeling like a zombie most of the time? I still cant believe I've even had a child - am i normal?

am still sterilising...not sure why, just habit i suppose...tell me again how come we can stop sterilising when they turn one?

dd still on formula...no one in malaysia seems to know that you can move them onto cow's milk at 1 yr...kids here drink formula til they're 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it's such a racket

she's still only drinking 5-7 oz at a time...so about 6-7 feeds all in all...mebbe her tummy's too small as she is on the petite side? or am i doing things all wrong..she gets up mebbe once during the night, but i bf (altho i actually think i have no more milk and its just for comfort and out of habit).

mil claimed dd said whaths dish (whats this) yesterday to my incredulity

I stopped sterilising months ago! I breastfed all her milk feeds until 8 months (apart from the odd bottle of EBM or Formula) and then stopped BFing at 9.5 months by which time I couldn't be ar$ed to sterilise bottles ... She has had all her formula made up with tap water since then too .... BAD MOTHER alert!!!
I went on sterilising and using boiled water for DS for ages after he was one ..... but first baby and all that
I kind of felt that as soon as she was eating food off the floor she didn't need her bottles sterilised .... LOL!!
I am in no hurry to go on to cow's milk ... purely because I think she can benefit from the extra vitamins in the formula for a bit longer.
She has two bottles a day ... 150mls after her breakfast and 200mls at bedtime.

ds has 3 oz in the morning, 5 oz at about 10 am when he goes down for morning sleep, 5oz at about 2pm when he goes down for afternoon sleep and 3oz at 6:30 ish for bedtime...

doesn't necessarily drink it all but that's about it...

think i might start giving hime cows milk in a beaker...

It's so interesting to hear what others are up to with babies of the same age.

I'm afraid I'm generally still sterilizing (1st time mum alert ). I know I shouldn't bother, but I guess it's just habit. I've bravely given him a couple of beakers of milk which have just been washed when I've been busy, and strangely enough he was completely fine, so I'll try and be braver in future...

I introduced organic cow's milk a couple of weeks ago, and he's taken to it without a murmur. I mixed formula and milk the first few times, then dropped the formula. I feel so liberated from those bloody scoops and counting! He has 7oz at breakfast, 6oz after his afternoon nap and then 7 oz before bed (which I think is about a pint a day, is that right?!). I've just managed to get him drinking it all from beakers, although I miss the nighttime bottle - feels like he's not a real little baby any more

He's still only got 2 teeth, poor gummy chap, but I think more are on the way as we've had a few disrupted nights, and nothing else seems to be wrong. Other than that, he's virtually running around the house now, nodding and pointing for all he's worth, but not saying much yet (except for "daddy" at every available opportunity, and "bear" for his comforter). I can't wait for "mummy" ...will he ever say it?!

Happy birthday to any later Feb 04 babies

Hi bee3. It's lovely hearing what the other Feb babes are up to isn't it? The DTs have both got 4 teeth. DT1 is walking much better than DT2 who started walking 2 weeks before her. She doesn't crawl anymore, but he still does. They say ball (big brother is a footballer and rugby player), dada and hellolo (I know how cute is that). They've begun to say DS1's name and can point to named things/people. I can't quite get over the fact that my babies are vanishing and two toddlers are emerging. and [happy]

hi everyone...long silence since the birthdays... what has everyone been up to?

am planning to get new toys for dd...she's already bored with everything we've got at the mo..any ideas? am looking for a trike..but her little legs cant reach the floor/pedals on all the ones i've seen so far .

weighed her yesterday, she was only 10 kg. other feb babies?

hi hazil

The DTs are walking everywhere, climbing on and over everything. They are "talking" for England and generally being very entertaining indeed. DT2 currently puts his hand in, through or under things and pretends to be stuck (sometimes he is), then he screams so that we all go running. DT1 runs around saying 'allo 'allo with a big grin on her face and her hand pressed up against her ear. I've taken to putting some of their toys away and bringing them out periodically because, like you, I find they get bored of them. Hope all well with you and yours.

Mars Lady

Hello all. DS2 started walking this past week!! EEK!! He can manage about 6 steps now after 3 days of practice! He is an unbearable sleeper at the moment...back teeth coming through. He doesnt go to sleep til 3 in the morning Oh the joys.

He can say hiya, gone, crash, abba (his sister) dadda, mumma, gog (dog) all gone, and all kinds of other wonderful noises!!!!

Hope all your little ones are doing well.

hi marslady, why the namechange? i liked marslady...makes me feel peckish...lol

goodness titania..poor you...hope the sleeplessness doesnt last... lucky for me dd is always so active during the day she just plonks down to sleep at the end of it..and snores...bless..

she's amazed mil by showing off all the hand actions that go with Twinkle twinkle little star and she's always one step ahead (mil says she's going to be a leader, not like the mother..lol)saying all sorts of things , her fave words are still :'whats this' or whats that,duck, bird,issshhh for fish,ssshhhh for shoes, and other things..if we put her in the stroller without her shoes, she'll say SSSHHHHh..

she calls everything DUCK cos that's such a favourite word, she calls her grandad DAD and her dad DA-DA, she's forgotten the word mama, mummy (so everytime, she wants something, she calls for dada..yippee!!!).

she likes playing with the phones and saying 'ello into the mouthpiece...but if there's actually someone on the other side, she'll keep so quiet and just listen.....

DT1 walks around saying ball or 'allo 'allo 'allo. DT2 just keeps smiling and falling into things. His face is one big bruise my poor darling!

I'll go back to Mars Lady in a couple of weeks once my stint as the Radio Times is over

Aaah, bless those little Feb '04 babies
DD has turned into a right little madam ... does a fantastic flounce and 'hollywood' act ...
Been teething alot recently, on to number 7 at the moment ...
Pulling herself up (finally) and cruising now ...
Does a great impression of a fish ...

Hi Ghosty.

The DTs do an amazing line in screams. DT2 puts his hands under things and then screams. Sometimes he's stuck, sometimes he's not, but he still does it. Mostly for effect. DT1 is getting very good at mimicking sounds, esp words. They know how to wind the entire family around their miniature fingers. Must pop breakfast in them and do the school run.

Glad everyone's having such fun. It's such a great age.

My ds had his first proper accident today. Well, not that bad really, but the first time I've seen his blood . We went to the zoo, and he toddled around everywhere, very excited, refusing to get back into his buggy. By the end he must have been tired, tripped and 'face-planted' straight onto the path without putting his hands down - now he has a badly grazed forehead and nose. I know it's probably the first of many many scrapes, but it was horrible. He stopped crying after about 20 seconds, and doesn't seem nearly as bothered about it as I am!

Other than that, he's doing just fine . He's started trying to say all sorts of things in his own way. The funniest is "ohhh no!", said with great drama and emphasis when something goes wrong (usually of his own doing ..dropping his bowl off the high chair, throwing his socks in the bath etc).

Marslady, I laughed at your thread about the lost phone - aren't they awful at this age for putting things in obscure places. I found the TV remote in the washing machine yesterday, after a 20 minute search, along with his shoes, my hairbrush and some sticklebricks. Makes me smile every day.

Hope all the other Feb 04s are fine and doing well.

Hi bee3. The DTs have taken up screaming as their new sport. One will start and the other will join in. The noise in this house. Then the 3 older sibling join in because they think that it is funny. I tell you, my head! They scramble over each other and us like puppies. They are so much fun and so much trouble. They have an armchair that they like to hide things behind. Blooming nightmare. It is a lovely age though. The DTs have started kissing and hugging properly. DT1 says 'allo 'allo and DT2 just grins and grins. I just received some photos of them. Lovely. I'm really enjoying them. DT2 has accidents galore whereas DT1 has none. Funny that.

Hi Feb 04 mums. Just to let you know that the DTs are still keeping me entertained, despite not sleeping well currently. They are walking, climbing, shutting each other in the tumble drier, running in opposite directions in the park, at babygroup. I have yet to read a whole newspaper and reading books take forever. They are beginning to say words. Current favourites being apple, banana, bath, ball, mama, daddad, allo and bye bye. Not bad but still waiting for them to recite Hamlet's speech lol.

Life going well with us, hope it's going well with you. 15 months have gone really quickly.

Hi Marslady, and all the other Feb 04 mums and little ones.

Lovely to hear how the DTs are getting on. I don't know how you cope with two! My ds runs rings around me and the thought of having to keep tabs on two of them breaks me out in a cold sweat!

Ds is doing great - very active, smiley and chatty, though we're also starting to see the emergence of a determined toddler, who gets very cross when thwarted , I'm becoming the queen of diverting tactics....

Still only has 2 teeth (will I ever be able to post about progress on the teeth front?!), but eats like a horse, so I'm trying not to worry about it too much.

He's just started going to a Nursery one morning a week as I'm looking for a part-time job from September, and want to get him used to it a little bit. Part of me thinks it's probably good for him to socialise a bit more, and form relationships with other adults (he's an only child, and we're miles away from family in a fairly new area, so it's just me and him most of the time), and I'm really looking forward to working a bit again, but it does make me weepy every time I leave him . The trials of motherhood.

His newest words are "wee wee" shouted at the top of his voice every time I enter the loo, and "tractor", which is now the given word for anything vaguely resembling transport of any kind - don't you just love 'em!

Hope all is well and rosy with everyone else.

Hello everyone,

good to hear how your little ones are doing, bee3 and Marslady. I'm kealous that they're all talking so well as dd's vocubaculary is still limited to grunts
She can however make her wishes known and is very good at shaking her head when she means 'no'.
Apart from the lack of speech, she's coming on a treat. Loves sitting on her trike (can't reach the pedals yet) and is always desparate to go out in the garden both at home and at nursery.
Unforunately she had a nasty accident the other day when she climbed onto her buggy, which was in the kitchen and it toppled backwards and she fell face first on the kitchen floor, ending up with a bloody nose and a bruised forehead . That coupled with an eye infection, bad cold and teething meant that she was definitely not a happy bunny that day. She's much better now though
Hope everyone else and their babies (or should I say toddlers now) are doing well.

Hi all.

So my little puppies have just gone out with a friend of mine. Personally I think she's mad taking the pair of them, but I'm not going to complain.

DT2 has taken to hurling books and videos off the bookcase. He doesn't look just grabs whichever and hurls it over his shoulder. DT1 still climbing on anything and everything. She has taught him how to break out of pretty much everything. DT2 emptied a whole bottle of table salt on the floor and was playing in it like sand. He eats anything put in front of him, but his favourite food is still dirt! They are growing at a rate of knots. They run all the time, and definitely in opposite directions. They are adored by everyone cos they are so cheeky. When we pass people in the street they wave and say 'allo, 'allo. If people don't respond they get louder and more bolshy with their 'allos. They make me laugh every single day. People are forever telling me how they think I'm mad having twins (like I had a choice) so I find myself telling them not to spoil my joy (whilst telling them to sod off in my mind). My little puppies are terrible and incredibly cute. They can destroy a room within seconds of entering it and smile and make you melt in an instant.

Good to hear that the other Feb 04 babes are doing well. It just proves that they all develop at different rates. Funny though that despite how much or how little vocabularly they have they are able to make themselves known. lol

hi guys! Aren't these little toddlers just the BEST!!! Bertie is now walking really well and getting himself back up once he is has fallen over! He says LOADS of words "digger, mummm, dadDY, apple, wheel, whoo whoo (for train!) most of the animal noises etc etc) Im boasting!!!

He is very cheeky and very fond of saying NO NO NO!

Muchos funos!!!

Love Sarah and Bertie xxx

they are the best indeed!

hear hear...
my dd is so amazingly clever....she sees pics of elderly women and says grandma!and she can ask for bread if she's peckish and water when she's thirsty! and she's as active as ever..can't sit still for one second..new circus tricks are gingerly balancing herself on a tin of formula and then clapping her hands with joy! and climbing onto her lil chair and then throwing herself onto the sofa like a canon ball.

to mums who have taken their lil uns for mmr, what do i need to watch out for in the week after the jab? am going to send her for mmr this month sometime..am a little anxious..

so ladies! How are your 18month olds getting on?

Hard to believe that so much time has passed.

The DTs are currently giving the house the burgled look. Very fashionable in twin homes I've been told.

We've been away to Southampton where I was able to completely sleep train them. They go down for a 2 hr nap in the day and sleep through from 7pm (praise God and Hallelujah!)

They adore their older siblings and follow them around... no hang on... the older siblings follow them around lol.

DT1 has lots of words, but I wonder if that's not just a girl thing. DT2 loves cuddles and kisses and is more independent. He loves eating dirt and plants. She loves dancing and running away.

They completely adore each other, which is good, and yet still manage to fall out. Much like any other sibling set.

It would be lovely to hear how all of yours are getting on. Are we the busiest postnatals? Cos I keep seeing over postnatal threads popping up lol

Anyway. Love to you all. This, for me, will be the challenging stage. How to chase 2 at once. lol

Hi Everyone,

haevn't posted for ages - sound s like everyone's having loads of fun!!

DD is keeping us very busy. Has 12 teeth, says poo when shes about to do one , language is coming along.. mummy daddy ball dog , nanny etc etc. Understands lots more such as , turn around.... and again...one more time. Loves to dress up in our shoes and clothes - caught her putting on a pair of dh's boxers out of the wash basket - yuk! Very independant - likes to walk everywhere and cries if we dont go the way she wants. Is also going through a stage of wanting to be picked up all the time. Can be very draining.
I am still madly in love with her and she takes my breath away each time I look at her. xx

Cuppy, Marslady and all other Feb 04 mums - hello!

Isn't one and a half just great. Ds makes us laugh aloud every day. He's changing now more rapidly than ever before.

We're getting new words all the time, which I think is helped by the fact that he's started repeating words back when you say them, and is very interested in the sounds he can make. His most used word is 'more', which is attached to food, TV, books, games - everything and anything (especially tractors and planes - poor boy seems to think that I have power over making them appear, "More tractors!" is shouted at me every time we see one).

He's climbing everywhere, and I keep discovering that he can now reach things and places that I wish he couldn't (he can open doors, so I keep finding things in the loo which shouldn't be there )

He now has 6 teeth - four on the top and two below, and I cut his hair for the first time last week (snipped off his mullet when he wasn't looking in the bath). It makes him look older, like a proper little boy.

Being in Cornwall means we've done a lot of beach days over the last few weeks and it has been just lovely - he goes blue with cold in the sea but still never wants to come out. I hope the warm weather lasts a bit longer.

Love to you all, and hoping you are really enjoying your summers

can't bring myself to cut DT2's hair yet. I know that it will make him look older, and I don't want him to yet!

He's not big on words, but he does chatter on to everyone, even though we haven't a clue most of the time. He is the friendliest boy. Recently he's been doing the shy/coy thing. So cute!

DT1 loves apples. Always asking for one and chomping down. She's the climber and the escapee.

Really enjoying this age, though I don't do parks often cos they go off in different directions and I'm just not that quick.

Good to see you ladies posting, gonna do a little bumping to see if we can't encourage a few more out of the woodwork