Sept 06 Babies - trying to sit and roll....

[clairemow]

new thread here!

I just broke it up into small pices & gave it to him....he couldn't get enough of it He just wont let me near with purees...other than yoghurts (in as much as the texture is the same )which he loves also....tried seeet potatoe again but this time with him holding a chunk..but oh no, just wouldn't go near it!

cori, !! Tried F with a rice cake today, gag city... sticking with the purees for a while...

Marls, congrats to your DH!

Hey everyone, hope you are all good.

DS is 3! I can't beleive it, he is such a big boy, all grown up and everything. He's got over his nasty chest infection and has bounced back like they do at that age. Elizabeth is doing ok, hates purees but loves chunks of real food, apple, carrot, pear and biscuits (typical girl, liking biscuits!) She's turning into a right little character, is going to be a monkey and loves her mummy more than anything in the world (thank God, don't think I could cope if she prefered daddy!). We moved onto reusable nappies on tuesday because we just can't afford to buy disposables anymore and we're getting on ok with them (apart from going through 3 in 40 mins this morning ).

Cruisemum, ds kept on getting up in the night to ask us if it was morning yet, so the clock has been perfect for us, the only problem is sticking to putting him back to bed if he gets up, or else he gets earlier and earlier.
Liquid, Hi (waves) congrats on the size 10 , although I have lost half a stone on the 'I've 2 children and don't have time to eat' diet.
Cori, I can't believe how unaccomodating your work is being for you. We had similar puree problems as you and blw definatly seems to be the way forward.
Marls, congrats to your dh.
JingleBelle/Cori, Good luck for Monday.

Take care x

Cori - congrats on your BLW baby. Sounds fab and avoids you the hassle of pureeing! Our LO is the opposite - will now take lots from spoons, but gags on anything more lumpy than a puree. Refused the lovely potato, courgette and brocoli puree I had prepared for lunch, so just ended up having fruit (which he LOVES) and a rusk ! He really likes to knaw (sp.?) on half a rusk and I know they've got sugar in, but hey, that's the only "bad" thing I've given him so far.
Calvemjoe - congrats on your DS' birthday and thanks for your thoughts for tomorrow. Am really quite nervous and am sure I won't sleep tonight, despite my intentions to be in bed by 9.30 - DS also currently waking at 5am and not too bothered about going back to sleep . Was contacted by my manager on Friday to inform me we have an all day meeting on Monday (8.30 to 5 - could I get in by 8.20 - so glad DH is dropping off DS at childminder), so not only do I have to get through a whole day's work on less than 8 hours sleep, but sit in a meeting all day - think I'll have to be plugged into a caffeine drip !
Anyway, DS is having a nap and I have a million and one things to do while he does - got pushchair out to take him for a walk while napping, but he fell asleep before I could! So, had better get on. May not post on here for a while, but will be browsing when I get a chance.
Good luck Cori tomorrow - hope it's not as bad as feared.
Well done and continued good luck on weaning every one. By the way, anyone else's little one not progressed past carrot, swede, sweet potato, fruit (any), porridge, baby rice and rusks? Am hoping DS will get more adventurous soon, but I guess I should have learned by now that he'll do everything in his own good time.
Sleep wishes to all the early risers! As said, DS is the same, but will usually go back to bed for an hour after a bottle (so figure he is waking in hunger), even though this morning he only went back to sleep in our bed! If anyone has any tips on encouraging him to sleep to 6.30am, I'd be v. grateful, as I'm going to have to get up at 6am anyway and it would be great not to be woken before then.
Ah well, chores really do call (well, at least when I've done them, I have a slab of chocolate cake waiting in the fridge - "my end of maternity leave treat").

Forgot to say, Congrats to your DH Marls!
Bristols, sorry to hear about nursery. Am sure you will find somewhere better and all will turn out well - hope you can put it to one side make the most of enjoying your remaining mat leave in hopefully glorious weather! Have you considered a childminder instead - we've found a really good one, just round the corner from our house - our council gave us a list of registered childminders and nurseries. HTH.

JingleBelle, going back to work is not so bad. I've been back for 4 weeks and it took me about 20 mins to get used to it again. I have loads of responsibility at work, but it's nothing compared to loooking after 2 lo's!

Am feeling very sorry for myself
Can't believe it's been 7 months since my last day at work & now I'm back tomorrow . I have my appeal being heard on Wednesday & I am using accrued holiday to work a 4 day week until May 18th. I just feel sick to my stomach...even though J has been doing 3 mornings a week at nursery to think I have to leave him for a whole day tm is just making me feel so bad. I suppose it also brings into sharp focus how lucky I've been to have had 7 months with him for DD was 5 months when she was doing full days.....

Re BLW..well, he's not really eaten today as he's thrown up twice! It was quite gruesome, came out of his nose & was just like a fountain that I couldn't turn off. I don't remember that with DD...anyhow yday he ate a bit more salmon & some fruit & was doing well today but as we were finishing his yoghurt teh sick came...his arm went very red but it's the 4th day he's had a yoghurt & he hadn't shown any reaction etc....could it be delayed perhaps? I wish he'd take purees....!

Jingle and Cori - good luck for tomorrow. Hopefully it will be fine. Cori, I can understand how you feel about leaving J. Its dreadful. Hopefully the meeting will keep your mind occupied for the day.

Jingle - thanks for the info re childminders. Will have to look into that one. DHs job is changing as his surgery has been bought by a private company so his hours of work will be changing. Can't do anymore planning until we know what they will be, really.

Weaning going really well here. DS is now having chicken and lentils too. Think I'm going to try him with some fish and maybe some red meat this week. We'll see how it goes.

Two of my best friends had babies on Thursday! One of them was 13 days late and the other was 6 weeks early. Been to see the premmie baby today. She weighs 4lb 11oz and is gorgeous! Tiny but gorgeous. Got very emotional when I saw her and disgraced myself by crying Never did that sort of thing before I was a mummy! Hoping to see the other one later this week. Making me very broody...

Am making a real effort to go to some mother and baby type groups as from this week. Have been feeling incredibly down lately. Have been content to stay at home and not see or speak to anyone. I know that that's a dangerous place to be. Also been very tearful. Had some mild PND and I think the tears have mainly been from fear that I will end up feeling that bad again. So wish me luck, ladies!!

Hope the mother and baby groups go ok for you Bristols, I'm always to chicken to walk in

Cori - good luck with work today. Let us know how it goes tonight?

Hi everyone

Well here I am since August 4th last year! It's very strange - in some ways it's as if I've never been away but in others it feels all wrong & as if I shouldn't be here at all. I am missing J very much...I've already rung the nursery twice!!!! I have my appeal on Wednesday but the way I'm feeling right now is that I just don't want to come back at all.....

I'm still trawling through my in-box & trying to look interested! My line manager just rang & I will admit I was a little frosty with her as she was the one who has asked another colleague to keep tabs on me. Don't know if I can do this big career thing anymore...I know my hormones / emotions are all over the place but I just don't have any enthusiasm right now. Wish I was at home making muffins with the children.....!!

Aw, Coriander - fingers crossed that after the first day things will get slightly easier for you. What is it you do again and how easy would it be to find a new job doing the same thing if it comes to it?
Sounds like everyone is doing really well with the weaning. It's still slow progress here but hopefully in the next few weeks things will pick up. It's so hard having the energy to cook for 2 children different things...

Cori - poor you. I felt a bit like you when I went back to work although my work sound a lot nicer than yours. Do you have to go back or could you afford to stay home? If you can you should do it, as there is no point in being unhappy.
I made DS risotto today as he had had it at nursery and eaten all of it so i laboured away making this delicious meal for him and when I gave it to him he pulled faces and very theatrically made gagging noises and puked it all up! So he ended up getting apple puree instead which he gobbled up.
I'm exhausted, DS has needed a lot of entertaining today. Is it just me or does anyone else feel completely wiped out by LO's bedtime?

Hi all, just on cos I had V bad experience at a baby yoga class today
I was very surprised cos the mother and toddler group I went to last week was really nice and I was told that this one was nice too??
So don't be put off by my story bristols but maybe do a bit of asking around and, if you can, go with someone. I will go back to this yoga class but next week I will go with the girl who recommended it, to see if I get on any better. Also the midwife was late so I was left high and dry for ages until she tuurned up and I am sure it would all have been different if it had all gone my way

But, I went in and there were no seats so I stood in the doorway like a spare part for what felt like ages with no-one helping and all avoiding my eye cos they had their seats and didn't want to give them up. Not a good start.
I spotted a seat in a corner in the middle of what looked like a group (uh oh) but no others were available so I had to take it.
Turned out it was a bit of a clique, and not one of them said hi my name is.....
So I sat, smiling away, trying to join in when, after a bit, the one on the right manouvered herself and her baby to sit directly in front of me and DD
Thats when they told us the midwife was running 15mins late!
I nearly scarpered! But didn't only cos I knew I would be in tears as I left the room and didn't want anyone to see me cry!
No-one told me what to do so I had to figure out that DD had to be stripped to her vest and laid on the mat in front. But when I took the one in front, her on the right said loudly, Oh I will have to get a mat. She had obviously earmarked the one I had taken for herself!
On the plus side, Baby Yoga is fabo!!
Singing lullabies and making baby move to the words, she had a ball!!
At the end, still no communication from anyone, DD and I got ready and left without a backwards glance or a word from anyone!!

And having said all that, I will go back. Simply because DD really did have a good time! And I will go along with a friend next time so will be much more comfortable.
But am VVVV with the nasty clique ladies masquerading as nice women and mothers!!

Sorry for the long post Just had to share! DH listened real good but when I was done (and crying all the while by the way) he just said right, I have to go to bed
In fairness he did say what nasty women, as I was telling the story, but I needed more so I am afraid my venting has come on here.

I think it all upset me all the more cos DD was on such good form, chattering away she would have really loved to interact with others but was not given the chance because her mum didn't fit in, or wasn't made welcome anyway!
Thats what happens when you visit the dark side of the county! I should have known

Fairy, poor you. Its horrible when people aren't welcoming. How would they feel if they were the newcomers and were just blanked by everyone? They've lost the opportunity there to make a new friend and for their LO's to make a new friend too. I hope its better for you next week. I'm thinking about going to a baby swimming class because DS loves water and now I'm working again we miss out on our baby yoga class on thursdays. I'm scared of water though and hate swimming so i'm feeling a bit anxious about it.

fairy thats awful - i don't understand why people are like that.

we've been laying low for a while as both ds's have had an eye infection and then dh and i had what we thought was food poisening, but just spoken to my dad and he's been ill too. not easy looking after 2 lo's when you are both throwing up every half an hour!

cori hope your 1st day back was ok, i have to say i had no regrets when i walked away from my job, but being a sahm is not for everyone.

Hi Mabel,

Well, day two & aside from being really depressed about it all I had to leave at lunchtime to pick up DD. The nursery rang to say she'd thrown up everywhere & needed collecting asap. Sods law really.....don't think my l/m was too impressed but what could I do? So have been sat with her on the sofa & thinking how lucky it was that I wasn't travelling abroad. Sadly I can't afford to be a SAHM, but if I could I would, truely I would. I think 2.5 / 3 days is needed to cover bills etc but probably not doing my current job. I have my appeal tm & am feeling very ambivalant about it all....

Oh dear. Sickness, nasty women at yoga - for the sickness (is DD better today?) and at the women. I can't imagine being like that - always feel I should go out of my way to be nice to people at these things.

Wasn't the weather on Monday great? We were in the garden almost all day, with our neighbours, who have a little boy the same age as DS1. They spent hours running up and down holding hands and flying in the "helicopter" - actually a bit of blue tarpauline over a table and chair. Cheap fun!

good luck with the appeal cori.

aside from stomach cramps when i eat i am feeling better today....secretly hoping i might have lost a few lbs!!

my friend has her CVS today. apparantly they can tell within 24 hours if there is a problem or not, if it looks like there is then they have to culture the cells to see what the problem is. I am keeping everything crossed for her.

just wondered if anyone has started giving their lo's meat yet? I haven't, i was going to wait til 7 or 8 months....i am not sure what the recommended age is.

Well i am popping in to town today to do a bit of window shopping with Ds2 (ds1 at mil's), DH is giving me money for my birthday, so I am going to see what's out there to spend it on.

hi Mabel, F has had meat, and fish. He loves salmon and cod, and has had chicken, beef and turkey. I think guidelines are 6 months it's ok to introduce. I am trying really hard to get him on the same diet as the rest of us (we don't add salt to anything in our house, so not too difficult). He had spag bol yesterday! Whipped up a bit in the mixer.. and roast chicken. I don't think fruit needs to be cooked either any more so long as it's ripe.

Cori, sorry I forgot to say how sorry I was to read your posts about work this morning. I feel for you, it must be very stressful just when you don't need stress in your life.

I have tried making little meals for dS - we don't eat a great deal of meat so when i'm doing a tomato sauce or something, i have let ds have some. am roasting some chicken tonight, so i may let him have a try!

had a great time shopping - so long since I've been! bought myself a new pair of slouchy jeans (chickened out of the new high waisted ones - not sure if i actually like them...!) and some tops, and saw....evil richard from coronation street in Gap! Apparantly he is in guys and dolls at the Theatre Royal at the mo!

well hopefully tommorow we take delivery of our new pets - 2 chickens! We have decided to call them Barbie and Sindy, I will let you know how we get on ....am very excited and Ds1 just can't quite grasp what's going on...can't wait to see his face when they arrive!

mabel - we had chickens when I was growing up. They have great personalities - not something you often hear said about chickens!!
Dd is still more of a fan of pudding than main courses so haven't really started on the protein. Things are a lot slower than with ds although that might be because I don't want her to grow up too quick as she's my last. She's still on four 8oz bottles of formula a day so I'm not worried she's not eating enough. As long as she sleeps through i'm happy She was eating Boots organic red berry fool this lunchtime and blowing reaspberries - so cute!

Cori ? I?m sorry to hear about work environment. If you had a better one, would you be feeling differently?

Is everyone actually making their own baby food? [admiration] Nothing but Gerber and Del Monte in this household But maybe that?s an American thing? It?s all about convenience ? Don?t know a soul who makes their own here, but some of my friends in Houston did. (Mabel, Del Monte has an ?apples and chicken? puree that's J?s favorite! )

Jingle, last night DS slept straight through, + 1 hour later into morning than usual ? despite what we believe has been a lot of jaw pain lately from teething. We didn?t even give him any medicine last night for the pain. (Usually we wait until he wakes up, about 3am, and give it to him then.) The only difference is that for the first time last night we put the positioner away, and he slept on his stomach. Perhaps he'll sleep better now! We?ll see ? fingers crossed ?

Bristols ? Congrats to your friends and yay to you for crying! I think crying can just show you really understand and appreciate in that moment how big an event can be. Good luck with PND ? did you I had it with DS1? So, thinking of you and hoping for the best.

Myrtle ? Some days by the time DH gets home I?ve had it!! DS1 is a very good 3-year-old boy compared to most, but, still, he?s a 3-year-old boy.

Fairy, that?s disgusting behavior from fellow moms!! Says a WHOLE lot more about them than you IMHO. At least the yoga was worthwhile.

Mabel I am so sorry you?ve been sick
It?s amazing how many UK households keep chickens! We had 2 when I was 6 or 7, gifts as chicks from Easter ? named Ron and Donna until we found out should?ve been Ron and Don ? they began to wake up the neighbors, LOL, and had to give them to a ranch outside of town.

Interesting to see the difference from DS1?s personality as J?s begins to emerge! DH and I able to talk/catch up today over lunch ? agreed J?s turning out to be a bit more aggressive (well, he?ll have to be) and perhaps a bit more of a complainer than DS1 (hopefully just as a baby!).

hi Marls, I'm making all my own food for F - it's kind of making up for my feeling guilt at stopping bf. I know I shouldn't feel guilt, but this is making me feel better! But he quite often has what we have now, so it's no hassle really.

Congrats on DS2's sleeping last night - hope it continues.

Just been on a great thread about "could you live on cock lane?" - there's a website you put in your post code and it tells you weird (rude) place names near you. Apparently I live near somewhere called Bullybottom Hole or something! Was laughing out loud!