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...

That sounds just like E nazly he is like that all the time, very people orientated!

We say no to E if he is doing something we don't want him too, of he is tired he will throw his head back, scream and fall to the floor or he will look at you and smile! Then carry on but is good for him to hear it and for us to reinforce the rules! Until he is old enough to understand!

Cookie - is this the friend who was on that TV show? If so, they seemed a lovely couple. Hope it's a good day!

Nazly - wow sounds like he did have fun! I suppose you just have to get in to habit with firm tone and saying 'No'. I think physically moving them away is all that can really be done at this age. Firmly saying no has no effect on DD at the moment. She just chats away like she's giving a reason for whatever naughty thing she's doing! It's so hard to have a stern face too, I can't help but laugh!

Refresh our memories. Who has August babies and will be having first birthdays very soon?!

I have one lil, bday in 12 days !!! Woooow !'still cant believe it myself!

Thank you for your replies ladies. I have just about now forgiven DH for his crap 30th birthday present buying skills! He better do better next time though! Since he has organised nothing though I might just amend plans and do what I want, even if it's more expensive for him.

Ahh glad you had fun Nazly. I live quite near Brighton and used to go to Pride a lot.

We have the same discipline issues with Jessica. I have tried saying no firmly to her but she takes no notice. I can't work out if she just doesn't understand yet or she's deliberately ignoring me!

Ooh your DS might be first to have a birthday then Nazly! I think all of us on here should upload a pic of each of our LO's on their birthdays (if obviously you want to). We had a 1 year old's party yesterday and I saw some mums from baby group and I can't believe how 'toddler-ish' all of our 'babies' look now!

If I am not mistaken I think cookie's was first ?

Saying no works well enough here. It stops DD in whatever she is doing and she looks at me. Usually only for a few moments, when she tries again, at which point she gets another no (stops, looks at me) and is then physically moved away from whatever it is.

No great use in explaining the reason for the no, but I still persist with an explanation - oven is hot, leads are dangerous, brother/sister will be upset if you break that, and so on.

I love the "What? I wasn't doing anything. Honest" look she always gives me when she looks over following hearing me saying no.

nazly E was born on the 13th (6 weeks early) he was meant to be one of the youngest on this thread and is one of the oldest! His party is on the 15th! We have 6 parties to go to this month

lil yes it is the lady from TV and they are a very nice couple!

Haha Ella what a little madam indeed!

Pictures is a good idea KitKat. We should put a newborn and a first birthday one so we can see the transformations and cry about how fast all our babies are growing up!

Ooh I like that idea Lilone! x

KitKat 1st birthday pics is a great idea! Can you believe how fast this year has gone? Glad you're feeling a bit better about the birthday.

DD is walking. She's been taking a few steps for a while but she can suddenly go the length of the kitchen. Where has my little baby gone??

I like the idea of the photos but I don't want to post pictures of E's face on here now he is older! If we had a private Facebook group i would post on that! But here it's too public!

Not forcing anyone to join fb though!

I quite like the anonymity of this thread :) so I'm not sure Facebook is for me. Photos is a funny one, we just put a picture on this weekend for the first time ever of DS. We didn't put any up when he was newborn because I wanted people to come and see us, and also I had contact issues with my mum so we decided none would go up. But we had a big family wedding and I didn't want people to feel like they couldn't take pictures and then have to be careful with posting them so we thought we would do it first. I don't think I'll be making a habit of it though. I can't even explain why, I guess I just like to keep him to myself :)

Hope everyone had a nice weekend, I had a brilliant one!

Ah yes the Facebook baby spam debate - i do a bit of baby spam on Facebook because I know it annoys people (mwahahaha!!), the same people that think posting pictures of their drunken antics over the age of 21 is cool, and I do like to show her off. But I don't actually do it too often to be a complete baby spammer. Ugh Facebook politics. I am an Instagram baby spammer though!

Ah yes the Facebook baby spam debate - i do a bit of baby spam on Facebook because I know it annoys people (mwahahaha!!), the same people that think posting pictures of their drunken antics over the age of 21 is cool, and I do like to show her off. But I don't actually do it too often to be a complete baby spammer. Ugh Facebook politics. I am an Instagram baby spammer though!

Ah yes the Facebook baby spam debate - i do a bit of baby spam on Facebook because I know it annoys people (mwahahaha!!), the same people that think posting pictures of their drunken antics over the age of 21 is cool, and I do like to show her off. But I don't actually do it too often to be a complete baby spammer. Ugh Facebook politics. I am an Instagram baby spammer though!

I have posted one picture of ds on facebook and a couple of them on a private group- that's that. I have a very clear view about it though. Its his personal decision whether he likes to live in the public eyes when he grows up or not, and not mine. I don't live in the public eye myself, i have a facebook account but use it more for contacts and groups rather than posting stuff, I very rarely post a picture and never a personal one,,,When I was a baby there was no fb; but if there was something like that, today I would have been furious to find out my parents have reported minutes by minutes of my life publicly on websites like facebook and I can never take that back or hide that info...

Apple thats so exciting x you should be super proud

Two questions ladies:

1. Anybody has got a smart trike? What do you recommend ?
2. Anybody has sent their LO to a child minder? How did you choose ? How did you take reference and what was important for you?

I've posted a few photos of DS on Facebook. That way all our friends & family can see how he's growing etc at one time, most of them aren't local so don't get to see him. We have a private group set up as well where we share lots of photos with our family who live overseas. I don't mind his photo being public, he has a starring role in one our work videos of a family Funday that's all over YouTube!

Nazly we use a childminder and she's fantastic. I met with 5 or 6 & had a list of questions that I went through with each of them. I watched how they interacted with DS & the other children in their care. I knew instantly that she was the one to look after DS & a second visit confirmed that for me. I didn't get any references but she did offer to provide them if needed. She was rated good in her recent ofsted inspection. She's amazing with DS & he's very happy there. She sends lots of photos of him enjoying his day. I think it's a very personal thing & you have to find the right person for you & your situation. We have a county wide family services website that lists all of the ofsted registered childminders with their contact details, there is probably something similar in your area.

I am dreadful for putting photos on fb, mainly because my family are overseas and it's an easy way for them to see what he is up to. I don't put anything that could be embarrassing on.

Sleep. B has started waking up at 5.45 and then is tired still so 45 mins later goes back to sleep with constant comforting, and is still asleep now. Is there a way to get him to drop the 5.45 wake up?

E went down at 6:30 last night and slept through till 5:45! I have put him back down and he has just settled, we have a busy morning and I would like him to have an hr now!

The reason I posted about fb is that for me posting photos of E on here is just to public, anyone could see and take that photo, I do post pictures of him on fb, I keep my profile private so only friends can view and as I have relatives abroad as well as scattered across the country, I also use what's app to share. I agree Facebook isn't for everyone and that is why I wouldn't force it on anyone! It's nice to read about every ones babies on here!

I have a friend who had a baby about a week ago. I am already sick of baby photo spamming. She must post batches of 20 or 30 pics at least twice a day.

I am assuming we can request photos on MN are removed. I might post one and then request removal in a month or so.

I've got a great video of DD shovelling fistfuls of pasta into her mouth - at a rate like she's never been fed! It is hilarious. I'd like to post that, but keep feeling weary about privacy and all that.

I wish we could just make this thread secret and then I would post photos :) Facebook is tempting if it was a private group I guess but I wonder if the conversation would flow so easily because it isn't set up like a thread?

I would do a FB group too if others wanted. I think it's worked well for others, but then their Mumsnet groups tend to wilt I think, so not so good for those that don't want to do a FB group.

DD was crawling around the floor (rather than the mats) at baby club today as there was a pop up tunnel out (she was all over it, chasing another baby through it, hilarious!) and the knees of her leggings were filthy afterwards. Made me feel much better about the state of my own floors!

Has anyone made proper friends at baby groups that you also talk to/see outside of groups? I get along with all the mums at our groups but no proper friendships have developed. Very few have English as their first language, so they find it easier to talk to others that speak the same language, which I get, but i'm often the only solely English speaker there so can be quite segregating. I hope that doesn't sound bad, I don't mean it to. I think they mostly all already have friends with babies too and I don't. I haven't seen any 'friends' in months.

I post loads of pics on facebook, but we have family abroad too and its a good way for them to keep up. In fact, my DF complained on Sunday that I hadn;t put a photo up for 'ages', it had only been a week

Nazly my parents bought A a smart trike for his birthday, but we have been using it for the last week or so. A loves it, as he is soo nosy and he can see all around him in it. He also likes to climb up it and play with the wheels when not sat in it. Its not totally practical though, but ideal for walks that aren't around nap time.