September 2014 - Rocking and Rolling

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Our babies are rocking and rolling, crawling and climbing into the second half of their first year.

Let the fun continue...

apples I think he thinks he is being funny. but quite frankly his "woe is me" routine is starting to wear thin.

FA Cup final today. DH & I got engaged on FA Cup Final day in 2001.

Our engagement was nothing to do with football, was on the banks of the river in Bath. But it just so happened that about 30 seconds after he produced the ring and I said yes, a massive cheer went up. We were nearby to a pub garden. We wondered if we'd not managed the privacy we both wanted for the moment and the cheer was to do with his proposal. But no, apparently Michael Own scored just as DH was popping the question!

lol, fate, same here. it seems I've become used to v little sleep so when I get a bit, I'm not tired until late the next night. ...and then am bound to be up several times that night. am so glad dd1 was so slow to develop physically. nappy changes are a right pain. ds constantly rolls onto his tummy. have had to resort to putting nappies on backwards. a stern 'no' is met with a big giggle

Aw, FATE, that's such a lovely engagement story!

Beccus - we have the nappy change rolling battles here too, total pain! It's her obsession with the baby wipes too, and her great upset when she can't have them!

I think I read they're sleep can be messed up around this age, lots of development leaps going on and the start of separation anxiety. Of course, that's been my excuse for 8 months of terrible sleep .

DS is definitely feeling better but still having raging diarrhoea dirty nappy problems. His poor wee bum is so sore , but his temperature is stable (if a little low). I've been feeding him at every opportunity so feels like we've taken a step backwards with weaning and sleeping but hoping we can get back on track.

Hope the other ill babies are also improving

Aw Acorn the poor mite, hope you're not too stressed and things get better soon.

Are any of you finding you don't think of your baby as a 'baby' any more? DD is SO different from the tiny baby stage now - brushing teeth, eating snacks, turning the pages in books, etc. - she's starting to feel way more like a little child! This is fine by me as I wasn't a fan of the baby stage but I've got a friend who really wants her lo to stay a baby for a long time, and has delayed weaning beyond 6 months, etc., to try and keep her lo a 'baby' for longer. I'd obviously never say anything to her because it's absolutely nothing to do with me but inside it makes me feel weird and uncomfortable!?

apples I was saying that to my mil yesterday. b doesn't seem such a baby anymore. all the sitting up and smiling and giggling plus eating LOADS. he turns pages -the wrong way - occasionally but would still prefer to eat the book. I was dreading weaning but have so far really enjoyed it because I feel it has made life a bit easier when going out etc. we went out for lunch on Friday and the pub pureed a child's meal for him and he ate the lot.

I've been saying that too, that he's a little human now. I can't even imagine him as a baby now, which is weird when I look back at photos. I wouldn't be comfortable with keeping him baby-like just for my sake! Just unnecessary, they're gonna grow up. I'm trying not to rush him growing up though, just let him go at his own pace which is fast enough

I'm in no rush for DD to stop being a baby and still think of her as a baby. To me, the next stage is toddler, and I think of a toddler being from around 12 months. I do define DD as an "older baby", as opposed to a "tiny baby" (first 6 months) or "newborn" (first 6 weeks). But I have always thought of her as a little child too!

All there precious firsts - first brushing teeth, beginnings of eating, beginning to enjoy books properly, first waves, claps, shaking head for no, first words, first steps, asserting preferences, - to me these first all are what define babyhood (albeit later babyhood), rather than being a sign that babyhood is ending.

these, not there

I'm a bit worried that b is quite behind. no crawling. no teeth. not waving as such. dadadad and gargling as sounds. sitting up on his own now and v interested in everything and travels by rolling. normal?

Not at all holls, you've absolutely no need to worry. Completely normal.

The boys in our house have been to Silverstone today to watch the GT Championship. It was also televised on one of the sports channels, so we recorded it in order to see if we could spot them in the crowd.

Having watched the 3 hour race from trackside, come home and had dinner, we are now having to sit through the whole 3 hours again on the TV

ha fate last year when the tour de france went from Yorkshire we went to both days. and recorded the full coverage of both days. dh won't let me delete it yet...

Holls, sounds just like DD other than she can wave but can't manage more than one roll.

DD is certainly much better and her temperature is now under control, but she's still clearly not right. She vomited up her dinner tonight. It was only very small and inoffensive, she seemed to be enjoying it, but then brought it all up. Luckily I can now recognise the cough that precedes the puking, so I had a tea towel at the ready!

Back to work now. I'm horrifically anxious about a long list of things, some to be expected, but some are just me getting myself into a high anxious state of panic. Ended up with DH and I having a bit of a falling out, although we've sorted things out now. Once we are all into the flow of things I think it will all be fine, but it is such a big change and I'm not good with big changes! Having been at work feels like a me in a parallel universe. I know I've done that job, I know I love it and I'm quite good at it, but that was pre-DD and it almost feels like a different person to me. Can the "now me" manage to balance being a good mum with doing my job? I do love my job, and I'd hate to give it up, so logically I know that working half time is the perfect solution for me, and I am so very lucky to be able to do what in doing. But at the moment I just feel terrified.

Sorry, that's really long, rambling and self-indulgent! I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm back at work tomorrow and I'm feeling a bit anxious about it

Holls same situation here. No teeth, no crawling, no waving, no talking of anything that resembles real words. Lots of rolling. So normal for me!

team, I'm going to be you in September when I go back I just know it. I feel like I've forgotten my job, and my head is filled with baby and just being mummy. But it must be in there somewhere! I'm sure once you are back in and not having to be mummy for five minutes it will start to come back to you. It'll be hard to manage both, but I figure I'd rather be mostly good at both than just average at being Mummy due to going stir crazy at home. Try and be brave and I bet once you make it through a day you'll feel like superwoman at the end. :)

Team good luck going back, I'd bet money on you being better at your job than you were before once you get into the swing of things. Just think of all the new skills you'll be taking back with you! Hope it goes really well

Good luck tomorrow team. Its my official return to work date tomorrow but i have holidays tagged on at the end so another 4 weeks yet, still I'm starting to feel anxious. I'm sure once you get in there it will be fine though.

We have waving (well kind of. He waves his full arm lol), dadada, bsbaba, rolling and shuffling backwards. No mamama though. I would say normal though holls., they will all develop in their own time!

A has been very attention seeking. I guess this fits with a week spent with pil followed by 4 days with my parents. Lots of attention. It will be worse tomorrow when dh is at work and it's only me! I may be tearing my hair out when he gets home so there will be no anniversary celebrations lol.

Team you will be brilliant. I find I am more efficient cause I know the value of time better now... You just don't think you've learnt anything from your mat leave, just looking after a baby, but we all have; a lot of valuable life skill.

Thanks all by the way for ideas on sleeping... Keeping him still or swaddling is not an option Fate, he goes absolutely mental; he hates it... And i also found if he is overtired he is worse apples... Red I know you are not around , but if you see later our situation is exactly like yours...
Anyway, my stupid solution is going backwards and it is working wonders for now but I am quite worried for later: I slowed down getting to sleep stage, reading books, etc to calm him down before sleeping; then i feed him to sleep; then i move him to his cot but only when he is deeply asleep. He then sleeps until midnight most nights; which gives me a valuable block of 3-4 hours to work or do housework, etc. , but when he wakes he has to come to my bed or else we both sleep terribly... I can't remember why and when it happened first, he used to sleep so nicely in his cot with one to two wake up at one point... Anyhow, that's that for now; I am giving up working on it for a little while because we both can sleep right now this way; which is most important,.,

& development - i think girls maybe quicker in communication skills like waving and clapping and talking; ds doesn't do these but i am in no rush really.. I once liked him to get more mobile soon and there is no stopping him now and I can't wish him go backward to babyhood... Babies have so much attention to details by the way, you feel you've done baby proofing somewhere until you put your baby down and start watching him find things to play with or climb of things.... Things you would not notice are there or can be used for climbing!!

After damaging our little houseplant, ds has now damaged our lovely panel curtains - his favourite new toy!

team i hope work goes well, i am back in 3 weeks and alternate between looking forward to it and dreading it. I am hoping that it all just clicks.

We have had a couple of better nights but b has decided that 5.30 is an acceptable time to get up. However this does mean I will be able to give him a really good breakfast before he goes to nursery.

he has been down for one nursery but with 3 weeks to go g haven't heard from them so have changed nursery cos the teacher in me is big on communication and i feel pretty strongly that when you say you will be in touch soon 3 months ago you should be!

Good luck today Team. Most of the time the reality is much better than we imagine it to be, hope this is the case for you. I did a KIT day a few weeks ago & once I was there it felt like I'd never been away. I'm officially back on the payroll today, hurrah, but on holiday until 1st July.

Holls I would have expected the nursery to be in touch by now to set up settling in sessions so I think you're right to be concerned. Hope you get something sorted soon.

I don't go back to work till September but I'm already anxious about it. I did a couple of hours a few weeks ago, and although it felt like I hadn't been away I also felt like I was missing a lot of brain power. I'm more nervous about nursery though

No waving or clapping here, some babbling but not mama or definite dada. He can roll but doesn't often. Lots of teeth and crawling though.

Team hope it goes well today. It's understandable to be anxious but I'm sure it will be fine.

Jessica can roll (although is very reluctant to roll from her front onto her back, meaning she often gets 'stuck' on her tummy). She can bum shuffle short distances but can't crawl yet (all attempts at doing so result in her going backwards). In the past week she's started trying to pull herself up to stand on various objects (but hasn't quite managed it yet). She can't wave or clap but she does make sounds like dadada or bababa.

Last night was the last night of offering diluted milk. From tonight onwards I'm going to try offering water only after her dream feed. Not sure how this is going to go. She's not been very impressed by her diluted milk and it's regularly been taking an hour or more to get her back to sleep after she wakes at night now, so consequently I'm shattered. The theory (as I understand it) is that eventually she'll stop bothering to wake up if she knows that there's nothing to wake up for, so I'm hoping things get better. I want to try and persist with it though. If nothing else she's been eating a lot better since we've cut out all the night milk which she was obviously filling up on (she was having about 40oz over 24 hours at one point) whereas now she's down to more like 25oz she's eating a proper 3 meals a day finally

Going to Majorca on Saturday for a fortnight. Very much looking forward to it but packing is proving to be a nightmare. The main problem we have is that Jessica will only drink ready-made milk which you can't buy out there so we are having to pack two weeks worth of milk to take with us. This is a huge chunk of our luggage allowance! We've had to pay for extra baggage but it's still proving tricky. We have a 70kg allowance now for the 3 of us but we're going to hit that easily. Indeed I think we are going to have to pack, weigh cases and then work out how much stuff we need to unpack. I've already decided to only pack a few days worth of clothes for me and just buy some cheap beach dresses when out there. DH is planning similar. Think we are also going to have to do the same with toiletries and nappies etc at this rate!

Sorry long post!

Hey all...just been catching up. DP has been off work with a broken hand and the twins have had half term so I've not been online as much. Plus I did a few KIT days at work before I return on the 8th .

Here's a little development catch up:

Re: Teeth - J has two at the bottom and two little points coming through at the top.

Mobility: He gets everywhere by rolling and moving backwards. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth/does press up movements but still cannot crawl.

Sitting: Sometimes he can sit for 10 minuted unaided - other times he is like a weeble .

Sleeping: Wakes up once during the night which is absolutely great, and also self settles in the cot now when I take him up. Still has a lack of day naps but seems ok for it. The best we get is a couple of 15 minute power up naps.

Weaning: Still BLW, and eats everything and anything. However, he now won't eat off a spoon at all (unless it's a pudding). He does love a pudding - but is so good with healthy stuff that I don't begrudge a dessert every day.

Communication : Doesn't really wave but does raise his hand sometimes. Says "mum mum mum mum" as his main babble . Is very friendly and smiley and shouts out at people all the time.