Feb 06 - Dewmeadow's expecting another sucky cow!!!!!!

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Ok, so managed to combine our 2 thread title themes. Sure it will make sense to no-one but us!

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 PhoenixGirl (Cuffyj1/lewsmummy), 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 Jelley (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,

16 months is young
My dd was trained at 18 and ds1 at 20 but have been more 'chilled' shall we say (lazy!) with subsequent babies!

Did read in 'junior' magasine that in the 1970's - the average age of a child being dry was 18 months - now it is 36 months!

'I understand it can often take several attempts over a fair few days for an exclusively bf baby to get the hang of things on a bottle... '

This wins my prize for understatement of the week If you knew the trauma and the expense of trying 100 different bottles...
Ah, you sweetie!

Oh, and MIL thinks you're a bad parent if you're not 'holding them out over a newspaper every time you take their nappy off from 3 months' WTF???

hub - it took 15 weeks of constant screaming, no sleep (that's when I changed my name!) and horrendous nappy rash to work out she was milk intolerant - poor wee mite indeed.

Please don't tell me the sleeping through won't last - it's only been happening a few weeks, and then only when she's not teething etc.

Was last Sat her first attempt at a cup (we're bypassing bottles altogether now - they are so passe )? Err no, we've been trying intermittently since she was about 12 weeks old . She's a stubborn mule - not sure where she gets that from .

mrm - Did you try a Dr Browns then ? At least he wouldn't be sucking on a vacuum !

hmm - looks like we had similar reactions to hub's bottle remark then mrm!

I tried Dr Browns - she wouldn't even put it in her mouth.

Talking of inherited traits... ds1 was great in the jewellery place today, before the poo incident...
'do you like this one mummy?'
'I dont like that one mummy, you need something a bit shinier'
'this one is a nice colour, you like purple, dont you?'
'Is this one too long, or is it ok for your tops mummy?'
'Do you like it mummy? Well, lets buy it then'
'Can I have a hair clip mummy?'

It was a great place too; all jewels £1!!

• the milk intolerance can be hard to pinpoint. Sorry it took so long.

We had angel sleeper until TEETH and THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND RANDOM EVENTS kicked in.

at trying for MONTHS to get babbas to take bottles !!! Blimey.

Oooo, Oooooo we have a man mumsnetter!!! That's so cool!!! We can get "daddy's" views too. Hub you have to stay!! 9

MRM - PMSL at your poo and pee incidents today and could actually visualise you walking round the house with antibac attached to your belt!! Bet I wont be laughing when DS gets to potty training though

csws - but wouldn't it have been the case that at that moment she wouldn't have taken any teat IYSWIM (esp. as she wouldn't even contemplate sucking it IYSWIM)...

MRM - my MIl covers the floor with plastic sheeting and the changing mat with DS's nappy comes off!!! They are very house proud!!!!

3k - I'll repeat my statement from the other day - you need to MN more!!
hub isn't the only male mumsnetter you know (though obviously he's the best ).

I can't stay - you all talk too much and type too fast and I'd get nothing done. Anyway, I have my own antenatal thread, LOL.

Yeah, right 3k! You wont be laughing when its your turn to get poo out of the spiral binding on a Leap pad book!

Hub; we've settle on Nuk bottles, thanks to Amiable's suggestion (and her actually brining one round!) They were the best of a rejected bunch, but he'll take it if he's hungryenough now. The only downside is that he likes to squeeze the teat (gives you an idea of why I'm cutting down the bf!!), and the milk squirts out of the bottle quite forcefully into his face!Am also thinknig its time to wind down daytime bf, as its getting way too cold to get your bits out in the park, and I'll then be forced into spending too much money on coffee just to get a warm place to feed!

Ah no hub - the TT 'closer to nature' and the nuk teats had already made it past her lips by then, and poss the MAM too, but not sure if that came before or after - I've lost track somewhere along the way - you do when you turn your house into a bottle (and now cup) factory.

Don't even start me on getting a bf baby to take a bottle. I thought I had cracked it with the Tommy Tippee Closer to Nature ones - but now dd2 just rolls the teat in her mouth and smiles! .

DD2 only very occasionally has a bottle anyway so I don't think I am going to bother to persevere. She is fine with water in a sippy cup so I am hoping she will be fine with taking milk in one.

Dd2 messes about with feeding in the day anyway - so is practically down to first/last thing (although I do try to feed her in the afternoon and sometimes the morning - but generally isn't bothered).

So when I go back to work I will just feed her am/pm and she can have cows milk or water during the day!

Can't believe that I am still bf a nearly 10 month old - just wanted to get to 6 months - but now it is so easy and less time consuming - esp when dd1 is around!

There are MORE men on here????????? Blimey, I do need to get on here more often. I only know of Hub and Mr CSWS (who hasnt made an appearance for a while you know!)

Oh Hub - you have to stay now!!! We are a friendly bunch you know.

Hub, you just need to type faster and have less of a RL ^Do stay on here, its nice to have you!

3k - they even have a mens room topic these days you know!

at those of you managing to reduce breastfeeding. I started a thread on this earlier, here .

Mustrunmore - why do they do the sqeezing nipple thing! My dd2 tries to do this as well - hence she is having very few daytime feeds. Dd2 would rather just look around the room than feed or try to twang my nipple - NOT! [why icon]

Hotmama; I bf ds1 for 3 weeks, so this is a miracle for me

Closer to nature were nothing like nature for ds2.

As a rule, I've only ever had male friends, so its very nice that there are a few on here, but girls aren't that bad either Have even met a few mums that are worth seeing without the kids!!
Maybe i'm happy with the male quota now i've got my little family back together ; dh and lodger! (who I apparently must not shorten to dl for fear for misinterpretation!)

Bloody hell CSWS - how do you cope with 10 feeds a day! I feel like I am forcing my norks on dd2. [sympathy icon]

Ah yes Hotmama, the staring-round-whilst-leaving-your-nipples-exposed-for-the-world-to-see-scenario

csws; mens room threads are very dull. Its all technical with a bit of golf and tits isnt it?