July 2006.....and they all roll over......

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Ladies, thought I would do the new thread as the other one is taking forever to load up.

cross posted kayzed. I hope things improve before 9 months. I empathise with you - hospital appts are a pain, we went through all that with dd.

Didn't make the christams do - live far too far away, but think it would have felt really weird!

Figgypud

Thanks for linking that thread,you are very nice

I have managed to do the boys shopping by cutting down on any treats etc and will have 2 more wages in before Christmas to do food and the dd's pressies.I have actually emailed soapy to donate some stuff,am almost finished my clear out so hopefully she can find someone who needs what i can give.

Anyhoo off to bed before i fall asleep here lol.Nite nite all xx

sorry, kayzed, had my post on screen for ages before I posted so didn't see yours... hope Roshi grows out of her problem before 9 months!

I was keen to go to the MN XMas do a few months back, but after seeing how many bitches there were on threads of late, I decided I didn't want to go....
Although that Xmas giving list has restored my faith a bit!
x

thats OK
Have you put you LO's down?
You so should I'm sure you can be a giver and a reciever!

How juvinile (?sp) of me giggling to myself as I typed that line

LOL Figgypud @ giving and recieving,sounds like one of those "dirty threads".

I am doing fine re xmas pressies honestly,only have the girls to buy for now and we will be fine but thanx

Oh who were you bafore the name changei can never remember who everyone is.

Hi Ladies,

Sorry I havent been on for a few days. Problems in the Stephens household again. This time in the shape of dd2. Jealousy has finally set in I think. A couple of days ago she actually bit Jasmine on her finger. I was in the bath at the time so Dh had to deal with her. Jasmine is ok but i was soo .

Well after she was disciplined and the issue over with I have spent the last few days, not spoiling her, but making sure she knows how much we love her.

Loads of cuddles, me telling her I love her about 20 times a day (instead of the usual 3/4 times).

She is being ok so far, lets hope she keeps it up.

Pretty- That sounds so scary, I am glad your Lo is ok.

Kayzed- I really hope Roshi's problem does sort itself out before too long.

Anyone else not even started their xmas shopping yet? I'm definately a last minute type of person.

Well, i'll catch you later. bye

Morning everyone

Pretty - glad things are ok now - must have been very scary for you.

Twinkle - I saw a programme the other day about a baby who wouldn't breastfeed - preferred chatting, looking round etc. The advice was to make sure you have everything you need (water, food etc), don't answer the phone and feed them somewhere quiet. I have also heard of some beads you can get to hang round your neck which the baby can play with (I think I might have seen some in Sainsburys??) I don't think it is just your baby though as Josh (who is ff) won't concentrate on his bottle now - always trying to chat, watch telly, watch the other person in the room - maybe it is just their age? JOsh also guides his bottle into his mouth - so cute- I love it when he holds it with both hands.

Pink - not done one bit of Xmas shopping yet - me and DH always do it in 1 day - go to an out-of-town shopping centre and blitz it - we are going on 8 Dec and I can't wait. Although it might be harder this year with a 5 month old baby.

KZ - sorry about Roshi - hope things are sorted sooner rather than later.

pink - I've done NO christmas shopping so far, think I will have to do most online, as struggling into town on the bus with buggy is no fun. Think I'm just going to do the bare minimum as mat pay is starting to bite.

Last night DS woke up and roared for food just before 10pm (after going down at 7). Thought he was just whinging so sent DH up to settle him and then heard the hugest yells coming through the monitor. He then fed furiously on both sides (pretty much still asleep) and went down again. He woke up again at 2am, wanting to chat, gave him a finger to suck and he remembered his thumb and dozed off again until 5.30ish. Am going out for a girls night tomorrow, so better make sure I defrost some milk. DH is terrified of being left with a hungry baby!

hmm, don't talk to me about nights out. I am going on a work one in London tomorrow night and staying out and me and DH had a HUGE row about it last night as it has finally dawned on him what is involved. Oh well, that's a whole other thread.

Toby weighed yesterday, 17 pounds 15.5 ounces at 15 weeks. he is drinking on avearge 45-50 ounces of formula a day, and I am going to put him on Hungry Baby milk. Don't want to wean him until at least 5 months, despite my MIl nagging - "I had mine on baby rice in their bottles, yadayadayada" WHATEVER!!! That was 30 years ago.

Feeling a bit down oafter row with DH, although it is now sorted and we hav emade up. he slept in spare room, which is rare to the extreme, we rowed in front of the kids, until DS1 asked me if I was all right and I feel very flat, and don't even really want to go out tomorrow now anyway, as it will be the first time I have left TOby.

DOen all my Chrimble shopping online, and don't even want to think about how much I have spent.

have read all your posts girls - KZ, fingers crossed about the 9 month thing - Kosh, try and stick it out with your mum till the New Year then take stock? - Pink, good work with DD, you sound like you are doing all the right things.

Love to all, and I love that Soapy thread, have emailed her. We go without NOTHING in this house, and it's high time we gave something to those less fortunate.

xxxxx

Bloss - {{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}} - sorry about your rowing - I always find that nights out cause the most problems between me and DH (not that we have any anymore as we struggle for babysitters ). You should go and enjoy yourself!

If it makes you feel any better, I had MIL telling me at the weekend that I should be putting baby rice in Josh's bottles - despite the fact that guidelines say you should NEVER do that as it could cause them to choke, he is showing absolutely no signs of needing extra food and is clearly just not ready - I think if she had her way he would be eating roast beef and yorkshire puds by now!!

You have just reminded me about another MIL story - a few weeks ago she got out an old rocking horse that DH had when he was a baby and I said it was unsuitable at the moment for Josh because it clearly requires babies to be sitting up by themselves in it (wooden cage-type thing that they sit in with no padding and no back support). However, I found out that she had put Josh in it last time DH took him round to see her - I just have this visions of him lolling and slipping all over the place on this horse! But apparently 'he loved it!'

Morning all

{{{hugs}}} Bloss, sounds upsetting but also like you have resolved things well. Have a great night out - go for it and enjoy it! I had a very late night out last week and it was fab (apart from the hangover, I?d forgotten what they were like, grrrr?), it was so nice to get out and do something different. DP was DESPERATE to moan about the lateness of my return but had to bite his tongue as he knew he was going to be away watching rugby at the weekend, ha

Kbaby ? I think I will try Cow & Gate Comfort ? I posted on the bf thread about Emma?s vomiting on formula and someone said it was the only brand their dc didn?t have a reaction to. With Emma it?s not overfeeding I don?t think, I did think it might be so only gave her a small feed of 1oz formula with 1oz breast milk and she still had the same reaction 2 hours later. Am taking her to the docs next week to ask about allergy testing too.

Usandbump ? re Emma?s sleeping I know, I feel quite guilty that she has been so good (so far!!!) about sleeping given the problems that so many others have. I?m pretty sure it?s not down to anything we have done, she has always slept well at night since we brought her back from the hospital, so must be just her reaction to being in the dark or something. I?m sure it can?t last though, it?s a bit too good to be true at the moment?

Koshka ? good to hear from you, sorry that things are still shitty . Hope you start to feel better physically soon, at least that will give you a good starting point to tackling living arrangements etc. btw I saw a couple of your posts on the hamster thread and thought they were v funny xxx

Pink ? must be so difficult when you are putting all your effort into keeping your LO?s safe and happy and then they go attacking each other ! Very natural obviously but sounds like you?re doing the right thing

Mae ? re shopping, if you ever fancy a trip into town or Eastgate or Cribbs I?d be more than happy to pick you up if you have a car seat you can bring, I?m determined to make the most of the rest of my maternity leave and get some shopping in! email me on firstatforty at hotmail dot com if you do, no problem either way

Kayzed ? {{{{hugs}}}} those hospital trips must be quite harrowing. Fingers crossed the reflux problem settles down soon

I was trying to work out the more cryptic Christmas names the other day as got a bit confused (easily done) ? so far I have:
Frosty the Snowman ? Humphrey?s Corner
Figgypud ? JaneandEvie ?
Xmasstocking ? you have me stumped, please remind me of who the mysterious xmasstocking is???

Hi Festive - I am/was Superblue - I only joined this thread after the baby was born so not been on it long. (I have the lo who sleeps with a giraffe on his head if that helps??)

I meant to say that maybe your lo has an allergy to cows milk but if you are taking them to be allergy tested, this will come out then.

Twinklemegan- Ds has started doing the same re bf, he has a suck then pulls off and looks around then goes back on, then off again etc grinning, sucking his hand. Its all very well him doing it in the house but not when your feeding in public and your nipple is suddenly exposed to the world.

Figgypud- We go to a bf group also and to be honest its mainly just an excuse for all the mums to have tea and chat. I love going and will miss it when I go back to work.

Wallace- That?s the same as us then. He will fall asleep without feeding as long as hes being held then I have to very very gently lay him down while hes asleep, if he notices then hes wide awake and I have to start again. Im just worrying as DD was the same and even though she was always excellent at night she would not nap in the day unless being held which is not good when she was 2yrs

IamBlossom ? Go out and enjoy yourself, DH wouldn?t give it a 2nd thought when its his turn to party.

I had DS weighed yesterday and he gained 12ozs in a week which makes up for the weight lost during his sicky bug. Hes still only 12lbs 12ozs though.
He has his 2nd lot of jabs today which I am dreading as he was so unsettled last time and dh is working a late tonight so Ill have 2 dc to look after on my own

Thanks for all your comments re feeding. TBH I think I'm maybe looking for excuses/reasons to stop bf him. I've had so many problems with it and after nearly having to give up after a couple of weeks my ultimate, reach for the stars goal was to get him to four months, which he will be soon. But when he's obviously enjoying it I feel really really guilty for wanting to stop.

Morning ladies

Here I am 7 lbs lighter-feel much better and thanks for all your kind words.

Sophie is still not rolling and is 21 weeks now. She also woke twice last night so I think she is going to have to have breakfast, dinner and tea. When BF she regularly pulls off and grins so if she does it for more than 5 mins I put her down as I assume she has had enough. She doesn't seem to root anymore-I used to like her doing that.

Bloss-((hugs)) to you and go and try and enjoy yourself. I used Hungrier Baby SMA much to the disgust of my HV but it saved my sanity! Go girl!

Xmas-as soon as DD1 was born the ancient rocking horse came out and like you I tried to say no but as usual the outlaws took no notice and DD1 is still in one piece even though she fell off a few times.

agalch-brill news re wedding plans. How lovely that all your children are involved.

kbaby-watched episode 5 of Lost yesterday. Episode 6 wasn't really No 6 as per crappy LimeWire so attempting another download.

kayzed-hope Rosh gets some much needed help. Sophie still suffers from reflux but at least it is only small amounts every feed and inbetween feeds. That is bad enough so can sympathise with you.

pink-do you think DD2 has middle child syndrome? There was a program about it last week but it was on too late for me to watch. My Auntie was a middle child of 5 and hated my mum. The eldest sister of 8 was fine. This puts me off slightly having any more as I would hate Sophie to be upset in any way.

kosh my old mucker-how's tricks. Sorry to hear about your housing problems. Have you got unrealistic targets at work like me. Stoopid job!!! Have you put your name down on the 'Soapy' thread-you sooo deserve to.

Have received my last maternity pay salary so now will be officially skint. Keep telling DD1 to switch the TV off and go to the toilet with the light off (wicked mummy).

Right, think I've rambled enough. Mum has offered to take me shopping this afternoon-on Monday she said she wasn't coming near me as she is having her bunions operated on this Friday but she has obviously had a change of heart thank goodness. Nearly had to ask MIL for help! Going to try and make the clinic to have Sophie weighed as I'm fed up of everyone asking if she was premature.

Bye for now and hugs to everyone.

xxx

of course Superblue remember you well - all makes sense now, thanks!

I've been loads of things but was janenevie for the longest I think!

Took Evie to a baby singing group thing at the library today! It was great she really seemed to like it and was giggling along, shame I only found out about it recently as only a few more weks of the term left before I go back to workBOO

Frosty-

Re- Middle child syndrome. I tried to watch that programme too. But was suffering woth Flu at the time and fell asleep.

The thought has crossed my mind, however, I am a middle child and do not resent that in any way. Out of my sisters I am closest to my mum, we are very alike and realle enjoy each others company. So I'm not quite sure whether I agree with the theory.

But it is definatly worth considering.

Good on you for losing those pounds- I have officially fallen off the diet wagon. I think I'll start again after xmas.

Thanx everyone for your kind messages about how I am handeling my girls. You know what it's like, sometimes you dont know what to do for the best. She is still behaving herself though.

Jasmine is currently on the floor having a full on conversation with...herself...in a mirror attached to a gym. Its so funny. Of all the toys you give her, her favourite is the mirror. Takes after her daddy I think, a poser.

Just waiting for DH to come back with my fish and chips, am really looking forward to it coz the shop has been closed for weeks due to refurbishment. There are about 4 others in the town, but these ones are the best... I can smell them already.

Well, thats enough nattering for today, catch you later.

Evening all

Had Sophie weighed and she is 12lb 8oz now at 21 weeks but the stoopid HV insisted she is only 20 weeks so marked her on the 20th week of the chart which totally alters the percentiles Surely a mother knows best. She never mentioned weaning so I didn't have to lie. Sophie has had some tea tonight so will see how many times I have to get up. My mum is convinced she is not getting enough BM so I should be giving her a bottle so I know how much she is getting. I would have thought she would have cried with hunger if she wasn't getting enough?

Have had a baked potato for tea so first proper food but has given me a gripe and my stomach is gurgling like mad. I did DD1 and DH a sausage but when I cut it open for her it looked and smelt funny so I've binned DH's (he is going to be home late as per usual). They were probably fine but they were the last thing I ate before my sickness bug so it has put me off them.

Put DD1 to bed and Sophie is fast asleep in her rocker so don't know if to put her to bed. I usually like to fill her with milk first. Perhaps the food will work wonders.

That's all for now. Have a good evening.

xxx

kabbay - that's exactly what happens in our house in the evenings. Makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one DS1 and dd both gave up naps when they stopped BF which was a pain, so not ideal to feed to sleep, but it works for now...!

Just started a thread about weaning, and the different advice HV's give. Not critising people who choose to start earlier then 6 months, but I think it should be an informed choice - like some on this thread have taken. My HV didn't seem to know about hte new guidlines, but yours obvioulsy does HC Funny how it varies so much!

Oooh, meant to say had a photographer at baby group today. He took heaps of photos. Leo was so chilled, jjust lying there patiently, not minding being posed this way and that. Can't wait to see the pictures - just hope they're not too expensive...

Morning all - big day ahead as first girls night out since DS was born, eek! will have to remember how to put on makeup .

FirstatForty - that would be great, will email you.

Wallace - I feed to sleep when nothing else works. This morning (ie just now) he had his morning feed and clean nappy and I put him down and tucked him while I came downstairs to get brekkie. He was whinging for about 10 mins, now it has gone completely silent, so fingers crossed. But yesterday afternoon we came back from Under-Ones group at about 3.30 and I was cold, wet and tired, so we both got into bed, I flopped out the boob and DS cuddled up. Don't really do co-sleeping, but a bit of co-napping is lovely now and then . He was asleep until 5pm.

Awww, thanks KZ!

Morning everyone

Frosty - have to laugh at your HV - mine has insisted he is a week older than he is from day one so yesterday when he was weighed, he is 18 weeks and 5 days and she marked it on 19 weeks (but at least she has been consistent about it) - he was 15lb 15oz so he has now doubled his birthweight - must be nearly time for solids. And well done on the weight loss v .

Wallace - I am v surprised that your HV didn't know about the new guidelines - v scary that she is out there advising people.

Well, tried putting Josh in his crib last night after his last bottle at 7.30 (we have always let him fall asleep downstairs with us and stay there until we go to bed) - it didn't work! I thought he would be ok because even if he is awake when we go to bed at 10ish, as soon as we turn the lights out, he falls asleep so I thought it would work the same at 7.30 - ha ha ha! After initial quiet, he started to scream the place down so after 6 trips upstairs to put his dummy back in, I gave in and brought him downstairs. He did fall asleep pretty soon (on me) so I put him upstairs then and he was ok for the rest of the evening - am now worried we will never get him to settle in his own bed - anyone any ideas? Have we created a bad habit already??