July 2006 babies - on the move???

[MaeWest]

May I take the liberty of starting a new thread ladies?

Hello ladies

Thanks for new thread Mae

Kayzed ? welcome back!!! Big respect for undertaking THAT flight straight through. Hope you?ve got a bit of sleep in.

Bloss ? may I say you are on form this week Congrats to your friend, how?s she doing?

Pink ? lurve lurve lurve your hair!

Lovely pics Twinkle and Pavlov

HC ? hope you?re feeling better soon

Gosh - can?t catch up properly, just wanted to check in and say hi before the week gets underway. We are the house of digestive disorders this week, Emma has continued to barf after nearly every offering of solids, DP was sick on Thurs eve and tummy bug continued till today, I?ve been off work since Monday with cold then tummy bug. Which is all even more annoying as it has confused the issue of Emma being sick after the yoghurt last weekend. The doctor referred her to the paed in the end rather than the dietician, the good thing is that there?s an allergy clinic in the unit in which the paed is based, so she can hopefully be tested.

Her weight has just about dropped off the bottom centile now, but she?s still pretty active. Loves her new activity centre and is extremely chatty, she wouldn?t stop saying dadadadadadadadada yesterday (and all through the night, grrrr), DP was well chuffed and refuses to believe she hasn?t a clue what she?s on about

wot a crappy weekend. I clearly jinxed things with DH by saying we were getting on well, as we have done nothing but argue all weekend, culminating in him saying he is unhappy and says I make him feel like an unwelcome spare part at the weekends. Ouch. And that maybe part of it is he is jealous of the attention I give the boys because I don't seem to have any time left over for him anymore. Which is probably true, but he's a 36 year old man not a baby. He is ill with a tummy bug so that isn't helping, and DS1 has been Captain Whinge all day today, really really really unbearable, and it was absolute bliss when the two boys were finally in bed tonight. We have talked it thorugh and hopefully if we both make an effort things will be better next weekend. We are fine during the week, but only really seeing each other when the kids are bed then so it is definitely only when the boys are around that we bicker. I spose it's the stress of a young family, but it isn't much fun fighting all the time. Really have to watch it as DS1 imeediately picks up on our tone of voice and starts clinging to me, or shouting to get our attention or making a keeing noise to drown us out..... Was it Philip Larkin who wrote "They fuck you up your mum and dad..." ?

My BF is doing really well, hoping to be home tomorrow, so I can visit. DS is feeding well, but she tore twice so has lots of stitches. She sounded so happy on the phone, really pleased for her, and will be taking over all our baby boy clothes for her to use.

Anyway, night all, speak soon.

Bloss

xx

Thanks for the thread Mae

• just popping in to add this to the threads I am on so I don't lose it

x

phew we needed a new thread!

and my first message for this new thread is to confirm that junior's first tooth has finally come out!!! yey

i came from work at 17.30 and dp got kids home at 6.00. we were eating some dinner his aunt sent over and i just went to junior, come on lets do a tooth check, and there it was, a small bit of white tooth sticking out!! i feel so proud!!

and just thought i'd add a picture of his toothless grin to remember the pre teeth days!

junior

kz- lovely pics!! she looks so mature for the tender age of 7 months!! love the pics of her in the water, playing in the sand, and the one with the flowers behind her ears!! shes sooo adorable, and you can see her single tooth aswell in one of them!! bless

bloss- i hope you and your dh sort things out. i told dp the other day the only reason i end up not going gym after he comes from work is because i know he wont put the kids to bed on time and feel unsettled going out knowing that im not putting them to bed. hope you get better soon too {hugs}

KZ - what fabulous photos - she is so beautiful - that one with the 'wowers' is just fab!

Pretty - gorgeous photos of Junior aswell - he has got lovely eyes and a lovely smile.

love junior's gummy grin
kz - those photos really capture the spirit of your holiday. There is a word that means what I'm trying to say, but I can't think of it.

Sorry not posting much dh has been ill, and still is. We're all utterly exhausted it has been one thing after another since the beginning of the month.

Leo is on the move. Sort of. I leave him sitting on the floor to come back and find he is no longer in the same place. He is sort of shuffling a bit on his bottom. We have laminate floors which makes it easier.

kz - lovely pics, what a puddingy Roshi . And prettymum, congrats on juniors tooth. None here as yet, but as I'm still bf I can wait

Sophie was difficult to settle tonight-perhaps she is traumatised by the nearly being suffocated incident Have brought the monitor down tonight to make sure she is still OK.

Bloss hun-I am completely sure that you and DH will work through this. Partners do tend to crave more attention if they think they are missing out and you have two lovely boys who are close to you. I on the other hand have two lovely girls who will only have eyes for daddy-well DD1 already does. Hugs to you. ((xx))

Ceebee-same as me last week and the garlic bread was deffo worth it

Mae-thank you for starting the new thread. Sophie never did manage to roll before the thread ended.

kayzed-no wonder you are tired. Excellent news about the washing-worst bit about coming back off hols. Roshi is a whopper-bless her.

babalon-good luck with work tomorrow. Hope all goes well.

DH moaning about the amount of time I'm spending on MN-gggrrrhhh!!!!

Night ladies

xxx

I'm beginning to think I'm on the wrong thread!! My LO is still little!! Still love her to bits!! Can't remember how to add links for photos so if you want to see the little one my profile pics will have to do!!

Hello again all, glad there's a new thread. Was having the same old problem with posting on the massive one but have been trying to keep up (not easy, you lot talk too much ).

Misty - me too! T is way off moving, only says dadadadada, has no teeth (but I'm still BF too so no rush here either Mae) and is only just starting to accept solids - how come all yours are so advanced?! He's a gorgeous little sweetheart though, and we love him

KZ and Pretty - gorgeous pics! Am v envious of the hols in Oz. I'd love to go, but the idea of that loooong flight with kids gives me the willies.

HC - what suffocating incident ? - I must have missed that, sounds scary.

Bloss - I think of that quote every time I'm in wild and screamy Bad Mummy mode, which is often . At least you and your DH are talking about things, at least you can both vent rather than seethe quietly. It is a big strain, having young kids. And older ones, come to that

God it's knackering having three kids, especially during the holidays. School tomorrow, way hey hey

No dadadadada's here (or mamamamama's ). Lots of shrieking and wet raspberries though.

Hello all

Jake is giving me trouble with weaning. Purees are great but as soon as there is a lump he wont eat it!

Hes crawling like a trouper and DADADA-ing all the time...grrr say MAMA for gods sake!

getting hair done on tuesday and new glasses on weds. hopefully DP will be able to look after DS ok as he usually sleeps during the day.

Wow, what a busy weekend on MN! Thanks for all your messages re the cows milk - will def go down that track once I finish with the latest lot of formula I bought. I didnt realise you could give it to them under 12 months, mind you she does have it when she has mash!

Gorgeous photos everyone - arent our LOs just to die for. KZ - yours made me feel quite homesick, and are as always so professional looking. I'm sorry your flight was a nightmare - must have been hard by yourself.

Amelia is very vocal and gets really loud especially if I leave her on the floor by herself and pop out the room to do something and have been gone a while. She says Mama over and over but DH gets a very clear daddy which he loves. She said it for the first time just this week early one morning while we were all in bed and he jumped out of bed and went over to her cot and picked her up he was so chuffed!

No sign of teeth here yet.

Well done all of you on diets - I need to get my act together and start some toning exercises (weights OK it just wobbles about it too much lol) as we've just booked a week in Menorca in June so need to get motivated!

Anyway, its off to bed for me. Night x

wow, you girls can definitely talk

mae - thanks for the thread

kz - welcome back, gorgeous pics, love the one of roshi with flowers behind her ears

pavlov, twinkle and prettymum - gorgeous pics too

bloss - congrats to your friend, hope you and dh sort things out

prettymum - congrats to junior on the tooth

hc - hope you better soon

kosh - charlotte would just refuse any food once she realised there was any lumps but i keep persevering and she is eventually taking some lumps, it seems to have helped since ive started giving her finger foods though

jom - bet dh was happy hearing that 'daddy' still no dada or mama here yet, cant wait for it

still no teeth yet here, no idea when the crawling will ever happen either

better get off to bed, goodnight ladies xx

Re the dadada thing, most French babies I've come across start their babbling with this sound too, but of course their
Daddies don't think anything of it because Daddy is Papa here! Except my DH, who prefers Daddy and is of course very pleased with T's speech so far

Koshka - glad I'm not the only one having weaning trouble. Will Josh eat finger foods? T won't eat any vegetable purees at all. He'll eat green beans, but only whole ones (which come out whole too), but has spat out every lovingly-prepared spoonful of savoury mush I've tried. He ate some peach puree though and chunks of pear and banana, so sweet things are ok. Bread and rice cakes are a hit too, oh and a piece of roast chicken , but surely he needs veggies? My girls wolfed down everything I mushed up so this veggie strike is new to me.

Morning ladies

Rough night for me as my annoying tickly cough kept me awake until about 5 am and then I had a dream in which I was PG and due on April 18th-what a scary thought! Had to keep jumping out of bed as I kept wetting myself with each cough so ended up wearing a sanitary towel. Also had to keep checking on Sophie (I posted about the near suffocation on the end of the old thread). She seems fine this morning. DH slept through it all BTW.

Have got a nasty toothache so suspect my filling needs redoing so going to the dentist on Thursday morning-better to get these things done while I am still maternity exempt.

No sign of talking here-probably going to be like DD1 and not talk until 20 months.

Hope you all have a good day.

xxx

hc - sorry to hear you had a bad night. just a thought - would a baby sleeping bag be better for sophie? then you wouldnt need to worry about her slipping under the blanket. ive used them for ages as charlotte used to kick her blanket off and i think theyre great as i know she'll never get cold or pull it over her head

HC - I had a nasty incedent with dd1 when she was around this age. Similar to you bit of crying but didn't sound distressed and she was awful if you went into her (we HAD to leave her alone - antisocial baby once in her cot!!) When I went to get her the next am, both legs (sleeping bag) were through the cot bars!!! God I felt bad!!
No dadas or mommas from dd2 here either again just raspberries and VERY VERY VERY high pitched shriek (when she's happy!!). DD1 has never ever said mommy and she's 21 months!! She can say Moo(cow) More (food) but mommy is a problem?!?!? Saddens me but hey she loves her daddy too much I think, any momma would be a betrayal to him!! On my down days that really stings though and just serves to convince me that dds would be happier without me.
Managed to get the house presentable over the weekend and done some ironing whilst LOs sleep so I don't feel too bad.
Have a good day. We're going to do some drawing later on, so dd1 will have a fab day.

Thanks for you offer kayzed and your suggestion too Beadmum.

Sophie sleeps in one of these at night so struggles to shuffle as much as it is quite chunky. Yesterday and as with all afternoon naps she just wears her clothes. But yesterday she sicked badly as I was taking her up so took her trousers off so she was v. mobile. She is sleeping now and has shuffled to the top of the cot. Have been looking at monitors with TV screens on them so that you can see your baby at all times-v. expensive though.

kayzed-Roshi is doing very well isn't she. Hugs to DS-I would be sad to leave such a lovely holiday. Bad enough coming home after 2 weeks on the Costa.

prettymum-lovely pic of junior.

babalon-hope your day is going OK.

Sophie is awake so had better get her.

Byee

xxx

It has been a quiet day today - only about 5 messages

Had to go to a team-building session this afternoon (on overtime ) so DH had Josh all afternoon - didn't manage to do the hoovering or washing Josh's bottles like I asked him too - apparently he was too busy looking after Josh! Wonder if I would get away with that excuse??

I'll post a seperate thread on this but wondered if anyone had any experience on whether it is possible to overfeed a baby and cause vomiting? Since we moved Josh onto 3 meals a day plus dessert (which he lapped up and seemed to want) he has vomited at least once a day (proper 'adult' vomit - not milk), particularly late in the day/evening - does anyone have any ideas whether it may be that he is being overfed? Today, we reverted just to milk to give his stomach a chance to settle and so far, touch wood, no vomiting!!

Ceebee - reminds me of a story my mum told me about leaving me with my dad for the day when I was a baby. Apparently she came home to find dirty dishes still in the sink, washing not done, every toy that I owned scattered about the living room etc... When she asked him what he'd been doing all day he replied in injured tone 'looking after MaeWest' She said she wouldn't ahve minded so much, but at the time I would sleep for 2 hrs in the afternoon, so what he was doing then was anyone's guess...