July 2006-rolling, sitting, eating and maybe, just maybe, crawling!!!!!!!

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Thought I had better start a new thread as the old one was about to crash

Happy 30th B'Day kbaby Wish I was 30 again but then I suppose I wouldn't even be married let alone have a house to live in or my 2 precious children. Whoops-going all sentimental now, better go!

Taking DD1 to her dance class Christmas Party so got some sarnies to be getting on with.

Happy Sunday

xxx

Hiya gals,

Well, no improvement here, I spent the afternoon in bed (dh home early from work)feeling ill. Woke up this morning with a cold sweat and the shakes and feeling sick. Dont know if its the sleep deprivation or the fried brekkie I had in tesco's yesterday morning.

I have been eating so healthy lately I think I must have had fat overload, I never ate a thing for the rest of the day. But I managed to get into a pair of my size 12 jeans that I haven't been able to wear since pre-pg.[minor victory].

I'm having a dilema, when i took dd1 to docs a couple of days ago he gave me antibiotics but told me to wait a few days b4 starting them as he thinks this is a virul infection.

He said if she is no better in a few days then start her on them. Well, she is no better, do u think i should give them a go?

lovely pics of Josh, he looks so much older then jazz. Shes not even sitting yet.

well i can smell a dirty nappy so better go. have a good day.

Give it time Wallace, before you know it Leo will be off on adventures too. The first few times Zack climbed out of his nest I thought it was very clever and cute, however now it just makes life very difficult!
I can't leave Zack alone for a second, even making a cup of tea or going to the loo is a mission, it doesn't matter where I lay him down in the bathroom he always ends up down the side of the toilet bowl, makes my movements difficult
I really hope Leo gets better soon, it sounds really awful, poor little lamb.

Twinkle- I get very confused about the milk versus solids thing too. I was under the impression that milk was the most important but my HV really pushes solids and gives priority to them

Pink {{hugs}} I feel unwell, just as you described, when I'm extremely tired. Get as much rest as you can, it's a wonder you have coped so well for this long.
I would give Jazz the AB's, it sounds like she needs a little help to get over it. If you leave things for too long at this age they can quickly worsen.
I wish I could come and help you xx

pink-I would start Jazz on the AB's. So sorry to hear you are so poorly. Have you seen a Dr as if you are not careful you are going to get really run down and struggle to surface again. ((xx))

Have dropped DD1 at my mum and dad's and told them the saga of Sophie's non growth and showed them the charts. My mum said that I should start giving her a bottle of follow on milk a day as I obviously haven't got enough goodness in my milk. She said that DD1 bloomed so well due to the fact that she was bottle fed on hungrier baby milk. Apparently my Grandma nearly starved my dad as she was BF but he wasn't getting enough out of it. The Dr wasn't worried that she wasn't having that much milk, the main thing was that she is eating well. When I have given her EBM she doesn't want much so suspect that would be the same with formula. Think I will go ask on the feeding thread......................

Thanks for all your lovely comments about josh - obviously I am biased but I think he is lovely!!

Pink - i would start the ab's aswell. Really hope you feel better soon - spend as much time in bed as you can (with your lo's aswell if necessary!)

Twinkle and Us - I am glad other people are confused about milk v solids - Josh still drinks 30-35oz milk a day and then the solids are an 'extra' because I was under the impression that milk was the most important but I do sometimes wonder if I am getting it wrong and should be giving him less milk so he eats more solids?? He is still only on 2 meals a day and seems happy enough but should I push him to 3 and reduce his milk?? So confusing!

wallace - have to agree with us - don't worry about Leo! it is great the first time they throw themselves out of the nest but then it becomes a pain in the a* as there is nowhere safe to leave Josh. I quite often wish I had a baby who still led under his baby gym happily playing instead of constantly moving to get himself into mischief.

josh has been sent home from nursery as he has had 2 'loose' nappies this morning - great! Fortunately DH is at home today (supposedly working) but I have had to give a whole list of instructions about when and what to feed him, how to heat it up etc as he has never looked after him for this length of time on his own! (Am now wondering how we have got to 30 weeks without DH looking after him for more than a couple of hours! - am i a control freak?? )

HC- I saw your thread, don't you get annoyed by the pushy posts? 'Your mother is an idiot', neither helpful nor necessary.
I wanted to start a thread about Zack's weight but it really puts me off.
I know you also got some very reassuring and helpful posts.

Ceebee-No advice re:number of meals, I'm very confused about the whole thing! My DP hasn't looked after Zack for more than a couple of hors either but I openly admit to being a control freak!

ceebee- before i leave dp with the kids, especially in evenings, i get them to bed before i go out, otherwise i just worry dp wont do everything properly!

and lovely pics of josh, lovely eyes!

pinkdolly- oh dear hope youre feeling slightly better!! hows the rest of the family? {{{{more hugs}}}}}

junior is no good at crawling! he just ends up pushing himself backwards and gets caught between the furniture!

pinkdolly - huge hugs for you - feel better soon xxxxxxx

i had loads of responses prepared to everyones news, but have totally lost the plot - jacob up at midnight, 3 415 530 till 630 then awake again at 820! and he's been really clingly and bawling all day - I tihnk sometimes I'm a mean mummy because I hold off for so long before giving him calpol, and then after he has it he's fine - should i just give in quicker?

have a lovely weekend and hugs to everyone whos lo's are poorly - last time he had a bad cold and couldn't breathe properly lying down we slept him one night in his boucy chair - worked a treat!

Lysettes-bet you are shattered. I am tired with getting up at 3am every morning with Sophie being poorly. Sounds like Jacob is coming down with something and aren't nightimes always the worst time?

Sophie's teeth are through so it hasn't taken too long.

Am v. grateful for the advice received on the BF thread but the comment about my mum did cut like a knife.

Have a good evening girls.

xxx

my baby daughter dixie has been eating food for the last month really well and then suddenly has totally gone off it this week, i cannot get her to eat a thing. ring any bells?

Hi Marge-is she teething or poorly? Have you changed the types of food? I know Sophie isn't keen on lumpy food at the moment but have put that down to her being poorly as opposed to being awkward

Are you named after Marge from the Simpsons-lol!

xxx

Hi Marge - welcome to this thread.

Lysettes - am the same regarding Calpol - me and Dh try not to give it but Josh is always better when we do - think we would have learnt by now eh?

Dh now thinks he is gods gift to childcare! One day and he has started lecturing me on how to do it despite the fact I got constant phone calls at work about what time to feed him, what should he do cos Josh is grumpy etc.! But when I got out of the car tonight, DH bought Josh out to see me and I got the widest smile - it nearly bought tears to my eyes! Josh has had not had diaorrhea (sp?) since DH has got him home so wonder if nursery overreacted a bit. He has got a bad cold/cough which could affect his bowels I guess, plus he is pretty much have different food every day so who knows what affect that will be having.

Had a 'friendly warning' from my boss today as my friend (who works for the same company but not in the same department) who had a baby in August is back at work on Monday and my manager doesn't want us to spend all day doing babytalk - feel quite insulted that she thinks we would. Have always talked to my friend quite a bit at work but always still got my work done efficiently, met deadlines etc - never had any complaints about it - DH said I should have pointed that out to my boss. Oh joy of working and all the internal politics involved! Thank god I am not back in until Wednesday!!

Oops rambled a bit - too much wine methinks!

Ceebee- at your boss!

Getting a complex here as every profile I click on shows an age of 20 something. Feeling ancient now at 37.

xxx

sorry HC, felt I had to comment on Twiglett's arsehole remark on your breast feeding thread, how dare she so casualy say something so unhepful! Felt quite protective of you. Silly cow.

xx

Bloss I've just seen and through my watery eyes I was just coming on to give you a massive virtual hug to thank you((((((xxxxxx))))))

xxx

HC and bloss i didn't see the thread but totally know what you mean about thoughtless and unhelpful comments!

Rant ahead sorry -- Dh called me about an hour ago to say he was going to be longer at his work drinks than anticipated (it was supposed to be leaving drinks) as he has to stay and drink more because there is a boys culture at the higher echilons (sp, but being sarcastic!) of the partnership of the firm. He suggested that one of the other partners in his group has a name for "not going out and drinking" - the guy has 3 young kids FFS . I am so p***d off with DH right now - he was out last night with work and earlier on in the week and is out at least twice next week. And he had the cheek to remark that I had mentioned something about the holiday packing more than once - because I don't want to be sitting doing it the day we go, as he will grrrrrrr. He said "if you're going to be like this over something as small as packing, I'm going to send you back to work" [shocked, angry, upset emoticon].

I know it doesn't help that I'm tired and emotional anyway, but he can be so insensitve at times - to my shame I cried at the end of eastenders tonight

sorry girls - some of you are having such a much harder time of it than I am with multiple poorly LOs - just needed to get it off my chest.

off to drown my sorrows in a large baileys now as we appear to be out of normal drinking wine

Lysettes-bloody men. Tonight is the first night DH has been home on time instead of 11-15pm. Was fed up of cooking tea and him not coming home. You have every right to rant and I understand the hormones. Reading Bloss's post made my eyes water. If they had shown the moon on Eastenders that would have finished me off! Threatening to send you back to work (My DH does that too but usually when I want to buy something)Enjoy your Baileys and plot your revenge.

xxx

Give your DH a slap for me Lysettes [have had half a bottle of wine myself, woo!].

HC - have posted on your other thread.

Well, DS had a taste of avocado today, the faces he pulls are v funny. Not sure if any is going down. Tried giving him a spoon whilst i had the other, but he just ended up with 2 spoons, green gunk all over the place!

well reckon he's going to be really really drunk when he gets in and v hung over tomorrow morning - there is a rugby match on the tv at 630 - bet he doesn't get up for it - i'll get up with jacob who will be awake anyway, put the sound system on full blast and make sure DH can't sleep grrrr

but i'm such a soft hearted thing am already feeling kind of guilty for even thinking that and will probably just give in for a quiet life [needs a kick up the backside emoticon!]

jacob loves avocado at the moment - it's our fall back for if nothing else is going down!

HC- I hope your right about the eyes, bless him. Your DD sounds such a character and why is food always such a fight. DD?s the same although she refuses anything other than spag bol. Just for reference, since moving DS on to formula he has piled on the weight and is gaining far more now that when BF. Im not saying your mum is right as surely a baby cant starve on BF but it is something I noticed with DS and I think its down to the calorie content of formula.

Us- bottle how you feel now because when hes 2 yrs youll be ready to show him the door. At least until you see him sleeping and it melts your heart again. Are you taking zack in the toilet with you?
Ceebee- hes got lovely brown eyes. Weve got the same highchair as you.
Lysete- my moto is if in doubt give calpol, its only paracetomol. And btw I also cried at eastenders. Thank god I wasn?t the only one.

Wallace- Poor Leo and you. I hope he gets better soon and you get some much needed sleep.

Ds is now on 3 meals a day but has started to cut back his milk to only 4 ozs per bottle. Hes still on 6 feeds a day though so still getting plenty of milk. I think ill stop the lunch time milk and see if he increases the others. I read that they need 16 to 20 ozs so DS is wll in excess of that. Hes not half as active as all your lo?s hes learnt to bum shuffle on his back in order to move around but that?s it.

DH and I are hardly speaking at the moment. I resent doing so much and he feels the same about me nagging so were both peed off. He told me tonight that he is helping loads and is now feeding DS once a night. I said that the fact that I got up twice a night for 5.5 months and only now is he helping is hardly something he should be chuffed with and his reply to that was I was off work on maternity, then I said and how was I meant to rest in the days with 2 los to look after he told me I shouldve arranged for his mum to look after them both for 1hr each day so I could sleep and as I didn?t it was my fault. Wtf!!!!!!!!

kbaby i also got told off today for not sleeping when jacob naps during the day! so today the little monkey decided to take really short naps, when i had dutifully climbed under the duvet to nap when he napped!

might not be such a hard mummy with the calpol in future then

Been looking at all your profiles, I must get round to doing one myself!

Leo is a lot more cheerful today

just want to add. Well done blos for sticking up for HC on her thread. Im far too chicken

Yes, well done Bloss - I stay away from confrontation

Talking about photos, I was looking through some today, and thought I would share this with you because I love it so much . It was taken about 20 minutes after Leo was born, and you also get to see me - excuse the nudity