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

[clairemow]

new thread here!

oh my goodness - you are all such n aughty girls!
jingle re: the monitor, almost excatly same scenario as Claire, with the shut door and cats, we also used a monitor for months with ds1, but barely bothered for more than a month with ds2, our house is not that big that we couldn't hear him squawk!

DS2 had his 1st taste of meat (well fish actually), I made a fish pie, it seemed to go down ok.

well my friend had some very bad news, they have detected that her baby has a serious heart condition, which would need severeal ops once born which means it runs a high risk of not surviving, so she has decided not to continue with the pregnancy. Feel so sad for her, i can do nothing else except be there for her...

Mabel - I am so sorry!! I have a neice with Downs. But my cousin says she wouldn't have it any other way - Evie was an easy baby, is happy all the time, & a favorite with their friends.

Mabel - Saw a thread once (that referred to an earlier thread) & its only purpose was to make fun of one person (she was new to MN & had misunderstood something). So many people posted, chimed in. It was brutal. To me that's the worst of MN - I ask myself what kind of people would do that even anonymously - and as moms what kind of example they are. Shocking esp. since I never see it in RL.

Liquid - Congratulations on the new job!!

JB - James still in a co-sleeper in our closet, LOL ... doors left open ... J's hours still too crazy to put him into room with DS1; would wake poor DS1 up every day at 5:30!

Bristols - Hindu wedding & a sari? Wow. Very cool. Would love to hear about it after!

Fairy - LOL - MIL the same; Mom's more particular. It's impossible to keep a v. clean house with small children. After we moved here DH insisted we get a housekeeper & I'm growing to appreciate her even more every time she comes. We chat all the time, good for my Spanish ...

Claire, good luck with that flight!!

Cori - 2nd Claire on boss; fingers crossed for you.
Good luck; we had a pg scare as well, before the pill had "taken". Let us know ...

Loads of pollen here; have had severe allergic reaction & nasal/throat swollen. Lost my voice on Monday - has been incred. hard with DS1! Doesn't understand that answering his "whys" actually hurts. ... The last time this happened was 1998 b/c black smoke over Houston from some mass industrial fire in Mexico. Same reaction - it lasted 3 weeks!! Hopefully the smoke was stronger than this pollen is ... Dr. said 4 days to 1.5 weeks. Normally I don't have allergies.

MIL is in this weekend for J's baptism.

Cori - no, I'm not bf. Stopped 12 weeks or so ago. But no period yet so I'm hoping that means no ovulation.

Can someone put the link to the Yahoo site for me? I'll upload some pics in the next few days. And maybe some of me in my sari after next weekend. Really looking forward to it. Although it starts at 8.30 in the morning!

Forgot to say, Mabel - so sorry for your friend. Such sad news.

my friend goes in to hospital today

can i ask for some advic e please i have a dilemma...
my mil has had ds1 once a week for the day since i was pg and i really appreciate it, however this week she picked him up at 9.30am and dropped him back home at 3pm, he hadn't had a sleep so straight away i got him to have a quick nap before his tea and when i woke him up i came to change his bum and his nappy was absolutely sodden, and I am pretty certain it was the same nappy he was wearing when he went off in the morning (she has the green pampers and he was still in one of the purple 'active fit' ones that i have)....obviously i could be wrong, but this is not the 1st time he's come home with a really wet nappy, but before i'd just assumed he'd drunk lots of juice, but now i am pretty certain she's not changed him, i told DH and he said he was going to say something, but how do you say something like that, she is easily offended at the best of times, and obviously i appreciate her having him, but not if this is how she is looking after him.....what would you do?

mabel -good luck for your friend.
Wow, tricky situation re. MIL. I would definitely get dh to have aowrd not you - I firmly beleive in the 'his parents, he deals' line of thought Maybe say something along the lines of 'would you like us to bring some nappies with us in future as I noticed it was very heavy the other day?'.
Bristols - lol re unprotected bding!! I guess the MAP miht be worth a go?

Forgot to ask how everyone's lo's are getting on with finger foods? I know Coriander is doing BLW now but what about everyone else? I've given dd chucks of bread, toast, carrot sticks etc while I spoon in purees but so far she has't put any of it in her mouth

Mabel, definitely get DH to have a word. You aren't going to rest are you until it's resolved so get him to speak ASAP. I'm sure it's just an oversight....

compo, it's hard this BLW malarky! Food & mess everywhere & not actually sure what he's getting down in terms of portions & calories etc. I can tell by his nappies that he's obviously digesting various things but at least with purees you know where you are I suppose! Funny watching him devour mango & papaya - they're quite slippy so I spend most of my time picking things up. DH did ring this morning to say that J had one weetabix for breakie!! Before you ask, he did let DH give it to him with a spoon..

Mabel - so sorry for your friend. Will be thinking of her at such an awful time.
Would second the others on the MIL question - DH should definitely deal with it and Cori's suggestion sounds good idea. Have to admit that on the very odd occasion I have forgotten to change a nappy for 5 hours, but for this to happen more than once, it is definitely something you need to raise.
Cori & Bristols - fingers crossed for you on the pg front.
Bristols - looking forward to your photos on the yahoo site. We went to Sri Lanka on our honeymoon and there were some gorgeous saris there, but I knew I would not get the opportunity to wear one, so no point in buying. I think they are so beautiful.
Claire - oh I wish I could get the praise for a clean house, but the weekly cleaning was definitely very much pre-DS. Now it's much more haphazard, especially now I'm back at work. Our families take us as they find us now.
Marls - sorry to hear about your pollen reaction, you poor thing. Hope it is not too bad for J's baptism and that your MIL is able to answer some of DS1s "Whys?"!
All - thanks for input on monitors. We stopped using it at night on Weds night. Was much better, but typically, it was the night he came down with a cold overnight and woke up really coughing in middle of night poor wee thing. Still, it reassured me that I'll hear him if he needs me and it is much better than the tinny, echoey sound that comes over the monitor. I am so looking forward to spending all weekend with him, just now really wish that DH wasn't working on Sunday, so I could spend all weekend with both my boys!
Think that's me caught up. Have a great weekend all, I'm off for my v. lazy dinner of shop-bought lasagne (my wheat free diet means that ready meals are a real rarity/luxury, but thanks to Sainsbury's free from range and the fact that DH went out for lunch with work today, I'm off for a lazy dinner - think a beer is calling too - shall bear your tale of caution in mind Bristols and not get too carried away tonight)!
P.S. Clairemow - when you go to t'other side of world in Sept are you getting a seat for DS2, or will he be on your laps? Just interested to hear what other people do while we try to make our decision.
Waffling again

Mabel - nightmare with your MIL. Another option would be to say that your LO has been getting a sore bottom lately, so could she change the nappy more frequently? Doesn't matter if its not quite true...

Hope your friend gets on OK

Have added some pics to the Yahoo site. At last!

Compo - DS seems to be getting on OK with finger foods. So much so, that we were at a friends house today, sitting in the garden on the grass, and he helped himself to a digestive biscuit! Really tucked into it. But he's not good with anything slimy.

Jingle - you go steady with that beer

Grrr... still no voice. At all. Yes - JB - now incredibly glad MIL is here!!

Hi Marls, I'm having the same problem with the tree pollen, absolute bugger, my nose will not stop running!
Hope all goes well with the baptism

Hello everyone. I had a truely delightful time this morning watching Elizabeth tummy surf her way round the dining room, it was so funny watching her, you could see her working out in her head what she wnted to get and then pushing herself there, I think she's going to cause me some problems! She has 5 new teeth coming through bless her and has been really miserable so it was nice to see her behaving like a monkey!

Cori, What flavour petite filous? Ds always had a reaction around his mouth to anything containing strawberry (a histamine containing food) along with milk and tomatos.

Clairemow at center parcs, I WANT TO GO! (calvemjoe sulks in the corner).

Mabel, about your friend. I hope she is ok.

Marls, I hope J's baptism goes well and your voice returns soon.

OK ..am starting to get nervous! Boobs v sore, have had mild stomach cramps for the past 3 days & just mega tired. Now, this could of course just be PMS (I do get sore boobs a bit etc)& I'm just gettting my symptons crossed etc but what on earth am I to do if it's a bfp on Friday (the day I'm due)??....really can't help but panic...aarrgghhhh..

Coriander. I know it's pointless me telling ytou not to worry but seriously the chances of you being pregnant are very very slim. I really don't think you are if that's any consolation. But if you are you will get through it. Hopefully you are just seeing symtoms where there aren't any - it is another of nature's cruel jokes that the symtoms of pregnancy are exactly the same as PMT!

compo...just reading your words have made me feel happier in some way! Thank you

Cori - maybe it's a subconcious way of getting out of working - hee hee I am sure you're not, but if it makes you feel any better, we did excatly the same thing last night and now I am worried too....
Maybe do one of those tests that can tell you before you are due on?

Well, I have a had 'challenging ' day to say the least. DS1 is going through a bit of a 'dramatic' face, everything is an issue for him...he doesn't want that spoon he wants this spoon....he doesn't want to put his shoes on to play outside he wants to play in his socks...you get the picture, then when i say no to him, we have not just tears or a tantrum but full on sobbing ....arrrrggghhhh!

I made a shepherds pie for tea tonight and DS2 had a little taste - he absolutely loved it, and he tried salmon yesterday, so far so god.

He is doing finger food pretty well, he tried toast and houmous yesterday and manages most things except particularly slippery things. I have definately given him more finger food than i gave ds1, I was always scared of DS1 choking, but after reading the BLW stuff, it spurred me on to try more, I don't think i could do it full time though, I worry he's not getting enough, and the waste that ends up on the floor isn't great, i don't mind the mess, I just hate wasting food, although the chickens have all the scraps now!

Ohhh Mabel!!!! Well, the law of averages would suggest that at least one of us is probably pg...(are you listening bristols?!!!)...or maybe we have all indeed had a lucky escape - if that's what we want it to be. I'm trying not to think about it until friday when hopefully af arrives. Tm I have to go abroad for a day & night trip which I'm not looking fw to. I've managed to lie low for the past 3 weeks so thought I wouldn't be asked but no I have to get myself on a plane first thing We told DD that Mummy has to go away but counteracted it with but Grandma is coming to stay which made her morning it would seem!!!!

J crys when I drop him off at nursery. Not for very long but it's horrible watching his bottom lip start to tremble. DD never cried until about 18 months when we had maybe 2-3 times when she did. Other than that she can't wait to go. Funny how different they are!

BTW Mabel, we have the same thing with DD also - it is driving me nuts! Yday she wanted the handles put on her cup for her milk so I duly obliged, then started winging that she didn't want them on & threw herself to the floor sobbing...

Bristols, Cori and mabel - don't read this thread lol that is our prefered method too

OMG compo...obviously I just had to read the entire thing!!!! Gosh...well, I suppose I wouldn't be panicking half as much if we hadn't conceived DD with that method......but we did use a condom this time (albeit just at the end...)but if freaks me out when they all go about sperm leaving before ejaculation blah blah...........I am 34 (nearly!) you'd think I'd know better....aarrgghh

Jingle, we've booked F a seat, with a car seat type seat in it. Couldn't possibly have a 1 yr old on our laps the whole way - by his first birthday DS1 was walking and it would have been horrific. It has cost £300 more, but it will make all the difference (I hope!).

Hoping all the fears are unfounded...

We had a weekend in Cornwall, and F decided to be sick on Friday afternoon, once on Sat, once on Sunday (in his cot at 10.30 pm ) and once yesterday too. He's on milk alone today....

very sore boobs today...

have just started reading thread...feel stupid and iresponsible now....
although dh mentioned having number 3 the other night i am really NOT ready for that...

Argh! Yes, I am keeping up with you all. Am trying not to think too much about it. I don't even know when I can do a test because I haven't had a period since becoming pg with DS.

Having said that, no symptoms to speak of...

Look on the bright side - we could all be together on an ante natal thread!

DS is very poorly at the moment. Has a stinking cold; runny nose, dreadful cough and generally not himself. Bedtime has been a nightmare the past two nights. He's screamed as soon as he's gone into his cot. The only thing that settles him is cuddling him to sleep. I'm really hoping that it doesn't turn into a habit, but how can I refuse when he's so ill?

Was thinking of getting some Medised to help him settle, but DH is not keen. Any of you any experience of using it? I don't want to feel as though I'm drugging him, but I just want him to have a good night's sleep. I know I always turn to the 'night nurse' when I have a cold.