July 2006 Babies-crawling, climbing, walking and talking-well, nearly!

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We have run out of space so thought I would start a new thread.

Pavlov-hope you are OK today hun.

kayzed-well done to Roshi

Gave Sophie some SMA (5oz but she only glugged 3oz ish down) she zonked out immediatedly on her gym mat. Poor girl must have been starving the way she uh, uh, uh when she saw the beaker.

Mum and dad coming in a mo. Dad is tiling and mum and I are going to paint the ceiling. DH doesn't know so watch out for me on the relationships thread later.

Bloss-get you on the homepage! How do you do tips?

Better go-love to all and will catch up later.

xxx

Hi all,

Maewest - Re breastfeeding, you are not the only one feeding so much. I dont really count how many times a day Jazz feeds but its a lot more then 3 times a day. She doesn't sleep right through either. A good night for me is when she only wakes up once for a feed (that's quite rare).

Bloss- Have you brought your rayshade yet? Coz I brought one v.similer off ebay new for £15. Works a treat.

I like the idea of a meet-up It would be really nice to spend the day together somewhere. Has anyone came up with a location yet?

Kbaby- Nice to hear that your DS is crawling (i bet he's into everything). Jazz has only just learned to sit up unaided at 10 months. Hv was a little concerned.

Well on the advice of all you lot I have booked myself into a local hotel for the weekend 19/20 may with a friend. She wanted to go to London but I didnt want to be that far away just in case.

I have to say (and I know it's really sad) that although I am looking forward to a bit of me time. I am really scared about leaving Jazz for that length of time. I mean I'm still feeding her myself (she wont take a bottle) she still wakes up at night for feeds. And, like you all know, she is a total mummy's girl. I just dont know how she will cope without me. Please tell me it will be ok. Coz at the moment i'd rather cancel then risk her being distraught.

I have a new no shouting rule with the kids at the moment (although sometimes I forget ). I find that I only get more upset and angry if I shout. It's working quite well at the moment. Although the girls are still testing me and trying to push the bounderies a little.

Well I am gonna say goodbye, before I do my trick of accidently deleting the post (I hate that). Hope your'e enjoying your day.

Pink xx

Hello ladies

Keep plodding along and take deep breaths regularly

Hugs to all

((xx))

hmmm, not convinced HC, your posts are getting shorter and shorter.....keep posting HC, or I'm coming round.

I am knackered. And that's on 9 hours sleep so how you lot are coping on next to none I really don't know, and respect. STILL mildy hungover today FFS!!!! From Saturday night!!!! And had all DH's family here for a BBQ, which was really nice but very tiring. Neither boy slept today, H was too excited about his cousins and nanny coming round, so that was testing, and as usual we were all up at 6.15am. Ate FAR FAR too much very nice food, and the whole shebang descended into chaos as we all lobbed soft balls at each other round the garden for about an hour, phew, that is more exercise than the gym anyday!! DH at the pub, floors are washed, and I am going to bed with Marie Claire and the telly in 5 minutes, bliss.

Great to hear from you Algach! Your holiday sounds great. I haven't been to Turkey but have heard it is nice. can I ask, what prompted you to have your third after such an age gap, did you know that you always wanted more chidlers?

Maewest, and Pink dolly you are doing so well with the BFeeding. Mae, Toby is moving backwards too, he gets so cross when he gets stuck! Dh has been helping him practice getting his knees up when my back has been turned.....grrr....

Night all.

Bloss

xxx

hey everyone!!

really tired here, junior wakes twice every night and at 5 something am he decides he wants to play so i have let him cry himself to sleep! the last 3 days ive been at work and really knackered now!

junior can clomb up stairs now!! and he climbs up really fast, he learnt to do it at dps aunts house as we dont have stairs here.

agalch- i went turkey with my friends 2 years ago and its beautiful!! my friends were there a week and i joined them on the 2nd week and we were in a car accident which was a huge shock! the beaches are amazing and we went on a boat trip and had stops to swim in the sea! lovely fresh food too!

kbaby- your dd reminds me of my dd with junior! if she wants junior to respond and he doesnt she starts pulling him! but he really loves playing with her!!

sorry ive missed everyone else out but hi everyone!! just soooooo tired and NEED to drag myself to bed early but prson break is on soon which will delay me from having one!

kamikayzed North London
thegoddessblossom Nr Guildford

Glad you had a nice lunch KZ! How were your friends?

Pink - agree with KZ re weekend, she will be fine, even if she isn't having her every need met before she even realises she has it by you, she will be fine. You should go you really really should. You need to learn how to have me time again, I think you have forgotten..

DH still in bed moaning and whole room stinks of apples (he drinks cider in the Summer)....pisshead. Wouldn't catch me doing it.

Bloss

xx

Hi all

Having a few problems here again

I'm interested in a meet up, a bit wary of a train journey with the Z tho

kamikayzed North London
thegoddessblossom Nr Guildford
usandnosleep Hampshire

Agalch,i'm a co-sleeping bf too but i have to admit part of me is getting to the end of it.It's lovely and easy but dd won't settle for anyone else,take a bottle,dummy or any other kind of comforter so it's kind of tying. Get no advice from anyone except that i shouldn't of started it in the first place!
And i'm in Devon too,with no like mionded friends with sim aged babies .

kamikayzed North London
thegoddessblossom Nr Guildford
usandnosleep Hampshire
Numptynmummy Devon
SleepIsForTheWeak North London

Sorry to hear things are not great, Us, all is not happy in the land of Sleep either: had a massive fight with DH yesterday.
Are you Ok tho?

Just wanted to say, Maewest, that I hope you didn't mind me making a suggestion in my last post? It is just that I read a precis version of the lady's whose name we cant mention's sleep book and she suggested dropping a milk feed before dinner for 2 days, which makes them eat more and sleep better... it did work, but now sleep is all over the place again, not sure why, so will need to try something else sigh

Was really battling getting S to eat big meals (he loves finger food but cant eat enought to full up on and hated purees) BUT he LOVES the new cow and gate balance range, so it might be worth trying for any of those of you who are also battling. His fave is the tuna one - no more vomitting episodes thankfully. Does anyone know if there is a limit to how ofter babies can eat tuna? I am giving it to him 2 times a week at the mo.

Gotta run, S down for his morniong nap and need to make some calls.

x

kamikayzed North London
thegoddessblossom Nr Guildford
usandnosleep Hampshire
Numptynmummy Devon
SleepIsForTheWeak North London
prettymum SE London

not going to chat right now, gotta give dc breakfast, have lovely morning everyone xx

kamikayzed North London
thegoddessblossom Nr Guildford
usandnosleep Hampshire
Numptynmummy Devon
SleepIsForTheWeak North London
prettymum SE London
Ceebee - Lancashire

HC - hope things improve soon - you certainly don't seem your usual self atm.

Us/Sleep - sorry about the problems you are having {{{{{{hugs}}}}}}

Sleep - it is the C&G baby balance ones (Stage 2) that make Josh vomit (it is the lumps in them) but I keep perservering. I would say twice a week is fine for tuna.

Pretty crappy day here today - it is raining! Going into work for my bosses leaving presentation - I can just see Josh chatting all the way through it or making his brum brum noises that he does ALL the time

kamikayzed North London
thegoddessblossom Nr Guildford
usandnosleep Hampshire
Numptynmummy Devon
SleepIsForTheWeak North London
prettymum SE London
Ceebee - Lancashire
MaeWest - Bristol

Us - sorry to hear still having probs, hope you work things out.

Last night only 2 wake-ups, so not bad. Worried that the tiredness is affecting my relationship with DH. This week's row was about the dishwasher (ffs!), it wasn't working properly and DH was determined to fix it himself, even if it meant staying up all night as he couldn't 'trust' anyone else to do it. Felt like I couldn't be bothered to deal with his stress too . My parents are coming down in a couple of weeks, so think a night out would be a good idea.

Sleepis - not offended, have read that particular book myself, sheer desperation . Found the weaning advice didn't really square with other stuff I've read. My rough routine looks like this:

Early morning (4/5ish?) BF

6/7 ish wakeup BF
then breakfast - weetabix and fruit (sometimes to eat, sometimes just to throw around)

9ish nap - this can be anything between 45 - 90 mins

10.30/11ish - mid-morning BF

12ish - lunch, usually a bit of what we had the night before e.g. mushed up chicken casserole, lentil soup etc. Finger foods - bits of fruit & veg, bread, toast. Sometimes a bit of yoghurt.

some kind of afternoon nap, often out in the buggy, only about 45 mins

2.30/3ish - mid-afternoon BF (sometimes sleeps after this instead)

5 - Tea, usually finger foods, sandwich etc as he's often a bit cranky at this time. Sometimes has a sneaky BF to see him thro to bedtime

6 - Bath

6.30 - Bedtime BF, usually falls asleep on the boob, down by 7

Having typed that out, it does bear striking similarities to something

He doesn't have huge amounts of food, but is increasing gradually. I try to BF on demand, but am gently encouraging him into more of a routine. He has water at the end of meals in sippy cup, but the amount he eats varies. I also don't want to have too rigid a routine, as it means I can't go out and about. The thought of having to stay in all the time depresses me.

Still here ladies but feel an absolute Zombie. Occasionally I have some get up and go then crash down. Do read all your posts though.

Hugs to us ((((((((xxxxxxxx)))))))

Struggling to find someone to certify Sophie's passport photos-not a big problem but bothering me a tad.

The AD's are supposed to work after 2 weeks and I have been on them one week so not long to wait.

Love the idea of a meetup but there is no way I could face travelling on my own with Em & Soph-I would worry about it too much. Depending on where it is I would have to drag my DH along and leave him sat in the car. Had to go on a course to London once and stay the night before so DH came with me and wandered round Docklands all day-bless.

kamikayzed North London
thegoddessblossom Nr Guildford
usandnosleep Hampshire
Numptynmummy Devon
SleepIsForTheWeak North London
prettymum SE London
Ceebee - Lancashire
MaeWest - Bristol
HumphreysCorner - Lincolnshire

Byee for now.

xxx

Hey HC - good to hear from you. Are you anywhere near Doncaster? It is just that my parents live there and I go over quite a bit so if you were up for a mini-meetup, we could arrange it. Let me know.

Hi Ladies,

Not sure if I could make a meet up, what with work and all, but if it were in my back garden or local park, I'd be there with bells on. (don't drive either see).

But what the hell, I'll put me name down anyway and you just never know. As long as there's booze...

kamikayzed - North London
thegoddessblossom - Nr Guildford
usandnosleep - Hampshire
Numptynmummy - Devon
SleepIsForTheWeak - North London
prettymum - SE London
Ceebee - Lancashire
MaeWest - Bristol
HumphreysCorner - Lincolnshire
AnnieOleTing - North London

HC, looks like things are looking up?

Mae, it sounds to me like you are doing really well. All babies are different. DS ate everything in sight from about 4.5 months, but Kayley is still rubbish at eating, only taking porridge in reasonable amounts, everything is finger food/thrown on the floor. Maybe I'm just not really making much of an effort with her...
Again the mantra, Food is just for fun for the first year!

Those of you having DH trouble, Mae, US,and Sleep, thinking of you. Hopefully it will pass.

Had a nice weekend. Kayley has been laughing her head off most of the time, and that sets DS off, so I just have two laughing gnomes now. Very funny. She crawls behind the curtains, and DS thinks she's playing hidey's, so he goes to find her and they both sit there laughing... His speech is coming on really well too, so almost everything he says is a surprise, where did he learn that?!

Still not getting much sleep though...

Hope everyone else is keeping well,
KZ have you made that call? Fingers crossed for you. x

Bye for a while, have a good day

Annie

must be something in the air. Dh called me a fucking c**t in front of H this morning. Nice huh? Apparently I am stuck up for being annoyed with him for discussing our sex life in front of his family yesterday (including his Mum's friend who i had never met before ) and when I didn't act suitably contrite, he called me that plus arrogant. All down to a hideous hangover, but I had left him in bed to help him deal with it, which is more than I got on the weekend. Men. I may forgive that insult, (may) but I will not forget it, really really upset me.

Just thought I had better give you the whole picture, in case you think the Goddess lives in la la land married to Bob the Builder/Jamie Oliver with only what to wear to worry about....

Ooh Bloss- at your DH. He had no right to do that!!!!

Ceebee-Doncaster is about 1.5 hours away from me.

xxx

Thanks for the sympathy everyone, I'm sorry lots of you are having problems too.
MEN
I'm ok Sleep, it's a horrible feeling not knowing what the future holds for us though. Trying to stay positive, having Zack helps to keep me smiling although I do feel sh** for jeopardising his family unit.
How are you coping?

Bloss, I hope he feels embarrased. Bloody men, eh?

AnnieOldTing - KZ and I are going to do a North London meet up, if you'd like to join us? If you would like to, give us your e-mail and we'll get in touch...

There must be something in the wind today - had a weird phone call from someone bollocking me for leaving a rude message! From a number I dont know, and a voice I didnt recognise. It must have been a wrong number, but weirdly it upset me!

us- lots of hugs {{{{{{{{{hugs))))))}} hope things can sorted soon, so sorry youre going through this!xx

bloss- at your dh! that was out of order what he said to you!

annie- how old is your ds?

mae and sleep- tiredness can cause so much friction in a household! i just couldnt be bothered with dp the last few night as junior wakes twice at night, having to wake early to dress 3 of us and drop dc off to his aunts on bus, rushing to work, going to his aunts to pick dc up, get home and give them bath and put to bed! and then the mess in the flat! all this just puts so much strain on a couple.

Sorry, didn't see your message when I posted, us..
I am peed off to have to go over the same ground time and again.
Don't blame yourself for your probelms though, we are all going through such huge changes and stresses, it is so hard to keep it together, and as Pretty said, sleep deprivation makes things worse.

{{{hugs}}}

Afternoon all,

Bloss at your DH. mostly that it was in front of H. Perhaps he prefers Gordon Ramsay to Jamie Oliver...
I also HATE when DH mentions our (non) sex life in front of people, even though he bigs it up a lot! Just can't be doing with it.

KZ, three busses at once eh? Good luck with the 'diagnosis'. Hope it's not what you think.

Us and Sleep

Sleep, thanks for asking, I'd like to meet up too, though I'm very lazy, so don't go planning it around me!
email a dot cronin at ic dot ac dot uk
whereabouts are you? (please say next door!?)
Hates that, when you get strange phone calls. I never answer the phone anymore unless I know who it is. Might be MIL see...

Pretty my DS is just turned 2. Getting naughty! Yours are similar ages, aren't they? 15 months apart.

Best go, haven't checked my email in, ooh 3 minutes?

Annie

hmm that italic thing works well then
italics??

ah ha!