November 2014: The one that needs baby-proofing!

[ladydolly]

And maybe ends with 1st birthdays!!

MN is driving me potty. It keeps saying I'm not on any threads even when I've posted on here only a few days previously.
I've finished my second whole week back and had planned a lovely weekend only to be ill Friday night and Saturday. Felt better by bedtime so thought we'd at least get a nice family Sunday but now DH is ill. Ggggrrr.

MrsA

So we have a walking baby and no childproof at all. She suddenly yesterday started to walk from sofa to sofa and person to person before taking stride from lounge to kitchen. I have to confess being PFB and grabbing at her how frightened I was.

Well the bonus of poorly DH is that he's more than happy to do ds's naps today so he can nap with him. He's stopped being sick so thinks he'll be OK to go to a gig tonight! Haha! I won't stop him as he's an adult but I will definitely laugh at him when he's still ill on Monday.

So it'sbabyhavent's birthday today and I've spent most of it either in bed or throwing up my guts . Luckily we had a little family party yesterday which went well and dd loved playing with the wrapping paper

Really hoping it's just some 24hr bug thing or a consequence of me worrying about returning to work next week / the family coming over and nothing else. ..got a rather significant birthday on Tues and dh has taken day off work - I start back on wed

Strawberry it's petrifying isn't it? Every time he hurtles over to the coffee table we've hastily plonked in front of the TV my heart is in my mouth he'll stagger head first into its pointy corner!

Incidentally, tricks to stop him actually trying to press his face into the TV gratefully received. The random coffee table looks shit and he's already twigged how to shove it out of the way! It's a bit alarming when you see him almost nose to nose with bloody Bing.

Anna we will still have to face the music. Visiting family atm, so there are always lots of people around to look out for her. Dont want to think about what happens when we are back home and me mostly on my own with her... And then the tree going up... Eek... Good she is off to nursery soon cant believe I'm saying this!

Btw are other babies still waking during the night to play for hours? DD never did when so many of others had the issue, but last few weeks it happens regularly. Was wondering if others still do it just everybody tired to talk about the same.

No that phase seems to have passed touch wood. One bad night there the day he started walking in earnest but nothing like it was. Just grit your teeth!

Right, hope she gets over it by the end of the year...

strawberry babydolly finally gave that business up. Sleep has come on strides, she goes to sleep on her own, 2 wakes on the night for food (and she has a full on feed so definitely hungry) but if she whinges she goes back down after a few minutes. Other parents might think it hideous but to be honest, for us, its amazing!!

Get well soon haven't!

Thanks Ladydolly - feeling loads better now, must have been a 24 hr bug.

strawberry babyhavent has given up on the night time playing as well now. Instead we get a couple of wake ups around 11 and 2 but she really quickly settles back down (we do need to go in), and is now waking up for the day around 5.30.... considering there was a time when she was sleeping through the entire night and not waking up until 7 this isn't great, but a HUGE improvement on the night time playing episodes!

How is it December already

Dd is poorly again. Not really sure what's going on but she best be better for her party on Saturday!

I've just been reading the November 2015 thread :-) happy (and not so happy!) memories!
Argh it's definitely the bugs season isn't it. I'm sure DD will be better by Saturday Ark. What are you doing for her party?

We are over hand foot and mouth thank goodness - was a horrid week - and DD is really happy at the moment which is great. Last night DH was home from work a bit early so was playing with DD in the lounge, lying on the floor, when he suddenly said "ahh! She wet willied me!!" (if you're not familiar, it's putting a wet/licked finger in someone's ear...). I turned around and she was sitting there looking very pleased with herself and giggling at her dad!! Couldn't believe it, what a cheeky monkey!

This toddler business is a bit tiring, isn't it?

Yesterday we met MIL in a hotel restaraunt. He no longer is content to be on laps, he whines loudly wanting to be put down and explore. And there was an emornous twinkly Christmas tree in the corner! DANGER! I was very conscious of not ruining the other diners lunch so I ended up walking around with him in my arms to show him everything safely whilst DH and MIL ate cream and scones. Kept him quiet but it was crap for me! (In fairness, DH took over for a while then so I could eat)

I'm realising we're getting to that stage where we can't really bring him anywhere inside without being constantly on the move.

Those of you with older kids, any tips? I'm OK with grocery shopping (snack traps mainly) but God forbid we have to take him out of the buggy anywhere. But he's too young to sit there colouring quietly so what do you do?

Well dd seems to have made a miraculous recovery

moggle We just have some family round for a buffet lunch type thing, I have so much cleaning/tidying to do! Out for lunch on the sunday then some friends are coming over later in the afternoon. Not sure what to do on her actual birthday though not that she has a clue

Anna although DD isn't walking yet she's been crawling since 8m very fast and doesn't really like to be restrained for long in high chair or pushchair, so trips out have been challenging for a while. Now when I go into town with her if I want to stop for a coffee it has to be at the nice church in the town centre which is quite spacious and has a corner with duplo and other toys, she can crawl around in safety and also doesn't pose a danger to others! All starbucks, costa, etc are out as they are really unsafe for her and others if she's crawling or cruising as the foot traffic is just too high. We also stop at the library a lot as it has a children's section where she can just crawl and cruise around pulling books off the shelf (me behind her putting them back!).
Meals out we just go to places like Giraffe where they are totally happy with kids around so screeching and flailing about is fine... and also where they serve you quickly! We're lucky in that DD usually finds watching other people (esp children) fascinating so as long as we point her high chair towards the most interesting area she will be ok for a bit while we eat. Other than that we mostly stay at home or go to friends' houses (who also have toddlers) so she can rampage around the house, or soft play or other places aimed at kids or toddlers. You're quite rural though IIRC though so probably not so many of these places in easy reach as we have?

I am kind of looking forward to her being able to walk as I think she will be able to explore a little more safely when she's upright (eg the indoor shopping centre near us is quiet enough on a weekday for toddlers to walk about). It's definitely harder with it being winter at this stage. Luckily DD is great at turning the smiles on so usually even the most grumpy / stressed adult finds it hard to stay grumpy at her when she turns on the charm!

No we're city folk! So there are soft plays etc but I find them soooooo boring so I keep them for when I'm utterly desperate!

Library in town has a proper childrens library section but last time he ignored the toys and and all the cardboard books and instead went rampaging through the stacks pulling out proper books and I was a bit embarressed as the place was empty and the librarians were all "he's VERY lively, isn't he?"

I see now that I need to just get over it and let him yank away whilst following behind! He really enjoyed it though as lower shelves just the right height for practising his walking so maybe I'll go in this afternoon as its a shitty rainy filthy day here.

Oh God I should 't have looked into that Nov 15 thread when we're TTC! I'd forgotten loads of the gory details and now I've remembered!

Haha!!
I agree soft play is deadly dull I would never go without a friend in tow. And I try to only go when it's actually decent weather, it can be horrendous when it's pissing it down. I have found a couple where the toddler bit is well separated off from the big kids bit so at least I don't have to worry about DD being trampled.
I bet the librarians don't mind at all. You can always say to them with a winning smile "well I think it's so important to foster a love of books early on, don't you?" and they will think you're fabulous!

Dd has her 9-12 month check today, what do they do?

Ark At ours they sent a questionnaire to fill in beforehand, then asked me all the questions instead of reading my answers. DD was weighed and her length was measured. The HV gave her some random toys and watched her fine and gross motor skills etc, then questionned me at length and expressed great concern about her lack of ability to walk and about how tired I was. I think she also asked about her eating. That's about it really. Thanks for reminding me I must rebook DD's MMR. Had to cancel that last week after I had to rearrange my shifts because she was ill. DH said I should wait until she has been not ill at all for a couple of weeks. I thought it is likely to be months until that happens.

My non-sleeping wonderchild's new thing seems to be to wake up between 4 and 4.30am screaming, thrashing about, arching her back so it is hard to hold her, hitting me in the face for 1-1.5hrs. WTF is that about?! She doesn't want feeding, calpol and ibuprofen don't help. By the time I get her to shut up and go back to sleep it is almost time for me to get ready for work, so I am back to doing 13hr shifts on 4hrs sleep. It is breaking me. Last week DH complained about how tired he feels all the time. I made this face as 95% of the time I am the one getting up in the night unless I am working a nightshift in which case he is still getting more sleep than me. I was supposed to go into town today to get birthday and Christmas cards and presents and DD2 and I need new coats, but I actually do not have the energy or motivation to leave the house. I am just hoping DD won't be ill or something next week and I can go then instead.

Oh bloody hell happy you're going to be on your knees soon if she doesn't pack it in.

Im quite glad they will weigh dd, haven't weighed her for ages!

ark we had ours this week and hv also seemed concerned about how tired I am but v.positive about everything else. I didn't manage to locate red book in time but they said height and qeight were fine. Now I've looked it up she hasn't gained weight for about 6/8 weeks, should I be worried? She eats fine and weight is on 50th centile and has got taller, height between 75th and 91st centile. Said she seemed very confident and sociable though. She was in full showing off mode and proudly announced 'fox' when I gave her the fox pull along toy. I'm amazed by how much she speaks, she copies everything and while out in the ergo as I fed her my pulled pork bun she loudly shouted 'beer!' while I sipped my mulled wine!!

Bloody hell happy, I was about to moan about dd's multiple wake ups the last 2 nights but you're definitely our leading 'mombie' you bloody hero you. Big hugs and a coffee for you from me.

Wow dolly that is really impressive with babydolly's speech!! My mum tells me I was like that at this age, but DD is very much not. We have mama and dada but not really ever in context. We've always known she had glue ear in one ear but the latest checkup showed it is in both and I'm now starting to wonder if it will affect her speech having been very blase and "it'll all be fine" about it previously. She's babbling away fine but often doesn't respond when we call her name (but equally she may just be engrossed in her activity). The main thing I've noticed though is that when she sees our cats she screeches with joy and is completely distracted by them regardless of what she was doing; but if they come into the room out of her eyeline she doesn't notice them - despite the fact you can easily hear their bells and tags jangling. I don't know how much to worry about it :-( We've not managed to get a definitive answer about any hearing loss as it's so hard testing it at this age especially with the frequent colds she has.

Can't believe HV was concerned about baby happy not walking at her 9-12m check, what a joke!! So sorry she's being such a pain in the as at the moment at night happy*. DD sleeps through about half the nights but I gotta agree that when she does wake in the early hours it's the same- we cannot work out what she wants or why she's awake, she doesn't want me to leave her but just sits there smacking me! She is getting just put down in her cot quite a lot at the moment and left to her grumbling. Part of me would love to put her in a low bed so that I can climb in with her and go back to sleep!

Blimey happy, you are a total hero! Really hope babyhappy packs that up damn soon.

Ladydolly, wouldn't worry about not gaining weight, I got DD weighed for her 1st birthday and she's actually LOST weight - about 0.4kg. Mind you, she's been ill; is more mobile now; and despite this is on 91st centile (where she started when she was born)...

Survived my first day back at work today. Was really nervous about being amongst so many people again (as opposed to doing actual work), but it was fine. Couldn't actually do anything as I hadn't turned on my laptop or blackberry for the last 13 months and so the IT guys needed to do all the updates . Feel absolutely shattered now though so REALLY hope DD allows for a half decent night.....