Jan '07 part 5: I'm the Easter Bunny, my nose is cold and runny - so let's use LTH's patented tissue folding technique!

[2HappyEaster]

I'm the Easter Bunny
My nose is cold and runny
Don't think it's funny cos it'snot.

I'm the Easter Bunny
My nose is cold and runny
So give us a carrot or go away.

Happy Easter

'iced' and 'cakes' - honestly, my typing gets worse!!

J is napping (again - napping well ATM) and keeps crying in his sleep, not screaming just whimpering and his bottom lip wobbles - breaks my heart but he seems fine so am avoiding the tempation to pick him up and cuddle him as he will wake. Anyone else's LO do this?

Shimmer, dp didn't ask me either, I just said I wanted to get married for quite a long time and eventually he said, ok. Romantic, huh? The cake is ott, but, I quite like the birds well, maybe just one

Wilkie, someone else mentioned m and s on a thread I started, sounds a good idea, getting the icing smooth would be the hardest thing, I'm alright at the actual cakes, then I can have fun with the flowers, or birds!

We wanted to use real flowers on our cake, but mil insisted she was doing the cake....oooooh let's just not rake over this again, I was beginning to get on with the old bat for a change Anyway, you can buy ready to roll icing that's supposed to be very good at deli's and whatnot.

Dsis had a girl, 7lb exactly. Did need ventouse in the end, but managed the whole thing with G&A (imagine: ventouse and an epis with G&A only, cringe). No name yet!

Just been to town to try and buy ds1 a new bed - he broke his cot (and sounded like he was trying v hard to break the one we've borrowed from ILs in the interim last night). Then went to a garden centre. Mistake. Hyperactive toddlers and garden centres do not go. When he wasn't trying to play with secateurs and shears, he was sticking his fingers through the wires of the rabbit cages, or trying to eat weedkiller. Then he took his wellies off and refused to get them back on. Spent the rest of the time running away from me, chuckling like a mad thing, in just his socks, then having a screaming tantrum when I caught him. Why does he make me feel like such a crap mum? If I didn't live where no bugger else lives, I'd be expecting a thread on MN today "Guess what I saw in the garden centre today [horrified at another mum's parenting skills emoticon]" At least it almost cures my jealous-at-my-sister-broodiness. Almost

Oh and I do apologise for the whole ds2 sleeping through thing...there are compensations for having children so huge they cost you a fortune in broken beds...!

PCF!!

OMG, PCF, that is truly awful! Generational thing? Thats rude and horrible, poor you

My FIL said a similar thing about my best friends daughter. I was shocked, upset and annoyed in no particular order. It is a generational thing, younger people these days dont care. Try not to let it get to you its not worth it.

I can beat that UD, our wedding cost less that £500 and £200 of that was DH suit.

My dress cost £17!!

I was 7.5 months PG with DS1.

I pride myself in bargain hunting

carrot the person who replied on your thread with link to m & s cakes is my best friend, sorry useless uninformative post but thought I'd mention it

Hi guys,

Feeling pretty down today as my grandpa died yesterday. We were just on our way to see him as we had been told he wouldn't last the weekend when my Dad called to tell me. In a way it's for the best as I found it quite upsetting when I took DS to see him last week how ill he looked. But at least he lived to meet his first great grandchild

The funeral is on Thursday so will have to put off DS' jags.

Have just skimmed the thread, DS' spots have cleared up but his skin is like sandpaper it is so dry so we are using oilatum in the bath.

PCF, can't believe your grandad said that!!

Carrot, I wasn't planning to wear white on my wedding day, but when I tried on cream dresses they made me look really pale. My wedding dress was only about £50 as my Mum made it, will need to post pics!

Wilkie, DS sometimes cries out in his sleep as well and I rush upstairs and he is sleeping soundly.

Pcf - can't believe that

Trixy - so sorry to hear that

2happy - congrats to your sister

Carrot - I loved the wizard of of oz as a kid, I was in a theatre version lol. We haven't braved taking dd and ds1 to the cinema yet although we are planning to soon; dd would be just a bit worried about ds1, he's a lively little thing hehe.

Trixy- (((Hugs)))

2happy- owch! (for your dsis). Luke has just learned how to use the word 'NO!' and is using it whenever he can. We are going to the ILs for Easter and they have always said how well behaved he is. Not any more!!! Not sure we will get another invite!

Carrot, I used the marks and spencer cakes for my wedding cake and for L christening. They are gorgeous. I bought the tier things from marks too then decorated it myself with paper flowers from Hobbycraft and a white figure from a cake decorating shop. It looked good, old fashioned but thats how I wanted it.

A friend of mine used a marks cake to make one shaped like the one you linked to by buying smaller cake bases the same size as the cake, slicing around the edge of the icing and sliding the cake onto the smaller bases. She then put the rods into the cakes below where the board was going to go to stop them sinking into on another and wraped a thick ribbon around each tear to cover the bases and the joins. She had flowers to decorate but you could use anything.

Shopping trip went really well. Luke was fine looking at all the people and Ruth slept through it all. GOt the bras I wanted (sooo comfortable) and some trousers from Long Tall Sally. Very sucessful.

DH going around to my brothers house tonight as he has just bought a playsation 3 [sad husband emocicon] and is getting me a takeaway, The Holiday DVD and choc. mmmm! There are some good thiings about having a geeky husband!

Wilkie, just going back you Jacob fussing with teh bottle.

What bottles are you using?
Has he still been drinking most of it today?

George has those new tommoee tippee ones, but I think because the teats are so soft he has learnt how to bend the teat so it doesn't let the milk out. Little sod!
I watched him drink earlier and he pushes the teat to the side until it bends so far around it just comes out of his mouth.

I've got an unopened box of avent bottles that someone gave me when PG, I'm going to try those later. I did try earlier but the flow of milk wasn't fast enough so I bought some flast flow teats....

What a bloody Faff!

I soooooo wish I was breast feeding at times like this.

Trixy - big hugs xxx

LTH - I am using Avent bottles too. Am using number 2 teats with an extra hole I have pricked myself using a pin. These teats were blocking though with the Gaviscon. Has been fine today without the Gaviscon although reflux has been bad!!!!

The teats are very good and don't collapse or bend at all.

I did buy some 3 teats and some variflow teats but he got upset with them as I think the flow was too fast. Bloody nightmare - esp as the teats are £4 for 2!!!!

I got variflo ones today, so hopefully i'll be able to adjust it to suit him.
(ds3 had those too and they were mostly a success...they were only £2.50 then too!!)

Also, going back to Georges lizard skin I spoke to the pharmsist earlier and he recommended E45 over the oilatum junior stuff.

He said it was a bit gentler than oilutum so to try that first.
The Diprobase has deffo made it worse....I'm not sure whether to go back to the GP's gaain.
We had a call up to go for his jabs on tuesady so maybe I'll speak to the nurse before she jabs him

Kids...who'd have em, eh??

ok so the last 3 nights in a row freddie has gone to bed just fine, as usual, round 7:30-8 and then woken up screaming about an hour later! He has always been pretty good at going to sleep and i put him down in his moses basket half-asleep and he always drifts off with 5-10 mins. So why why why for the last 3 nights has he then woken up really upset about an hour later??? He really screams and needs picking up and holding until he goes back to sleep - which is actually not long, just a few minutes really, he's obviously still tired - and really protests if i put him back down before he's properly asleep. Weird, eh?
Any suggestions? I know some of you were talking about LOs shouting & crying in their sleep. Do you think they dream or have baby nightmares?!? I wonder what they dream about....

Shimmer - could be delayed wind? Do you wind him after he's finished the bottle?

Shimmer - would def say that was wind, it can cause a lot of pain and the pain cry is a lot diff to the other cries ime. A quick wind when that happens or a longer wind after last feed might make a difference. From what I've read, babies don't have extensive dreams at this age but an old wives tale says that when babies smile and laugh in their dreams then they're playing with angels always makes me smile when I see it.

Aaaaahhh, thats such a nice thought. I really think thats true

Sweet dreams to all our little babies.

Makes me well up sometimes when I'm watching him sleeping and he suddenly grins or laughs

Me too Jodie. First time Luke did it as I was falling asleep when he was still in our room, I just burst into tears (happy ones obviously!). It makes you get that welling in your belly.

trixy so sorry to hear about your grandpa

lth/wilkie I use the avent bottles as Hattie couldnt get a grip on the tommee tipee teats. I got all my teats on ebay if you can find them heinz do teats that fit avent bottles I got 6 brand new (still in sealed packets) teats (stage 3 think it 3-6months ish but H happy on stage 2 at the mo) for £2.50 for the lot so much cheaper.

Those avent teats used to only be £2-£2.50 a pack even when I was pg with H as I remember buying the stage 1's at that price you could buy them in superdrug/boots/tescos as quite often one of them would have them on offer. Then all of the sudden at the end of January everywhere has gone to the £4 a pack so not sure if avent have put a set price on them.

Had a great night with our neighbours they came round at 6 and got ellie settled by 6.45 their dd1 slept in our bed at 7 and then Hattie went to bed and their dd2 (3weeks old and soooo tiny compared to Hattie) just stayed downstairs snoozing in moses basket, got a lovely chinese delivered and had a real laugh they didnt leave till nearly midnight I can't remember the last time I stayed up that late