September 2006: no longer baby babies (anyone feeling broody) !!

[Coriander73]

Hello...

Hiya everyone, having a nice weekend? its been sooo warm, eh?? ok with the exception of today, absolutely chucking down.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Ds has his 8 month check up, wahey! i haven't had him weighed in ages...maybe late march. ((since we moved to semi-rural area of wales, the drop-in clinic is not so drop-in. by appt only and being the only HV in 2 villages, she gets booked up quick. OOooooOOO i'm so excited to know what weight he's up to these days. he feels very...meaty. heheh packing it on fast. im due for a new carseat.

Fairy - it sounds like my ds is right up there with your dd. crawling around everywhere, pulling up on my legs and furniture, recently learned how to get down, eating like a champ, etc. maybe too much food . i wonder.

Yesterday, ds found a keen interest in the clothes basket (it was laundry day. oh who am i kidding? everyday is laundry day. but yesterday just happened to be ALOTTA laundry))annnyyyways, i turned the basket upside down and he pulled himself up on it and managed to use it as a walker. its the funniest site. i'm a bit on a budget this month so i guess its gonna have to do until i can get him a push along thingy. hehehe.

Ooo, all this talk about trains and boy toys! I'd like to think my ds would play with them but i know he'd only eat them...or try to. awww. As much as i want to buy him everything wooden at the ELC, he seems content with the wooden kitchen spoon i gave him last month. heheheh i bought him several flashy vtech toys last xmas, but of course, he wants the wads of paper and bubble wrap.

Morning

Had a lovely weekend..BE was fab, really fantastic, one of the best shows I've ever seen. DH hates musicals & theatre in general so have to make the most of every opportunity I get! Got hideously tipsy Sat night so spent all day yesterday feeling rather sorry for myself. I really can't drink anymore...I only had 6 drinks over a 6 hour period but honestly I was on my knees I don't actually think I should drink unless I have some robust childcare in place the following morning!

DD crawled at 8 months, J is no-way near crawling...think it has to do a lot with his sister bringing him things

Have asked the company to send me on gardening leave for the reminder of my notice..not a very good week last week so watch this space....& oh, thanks to all for your boy toy suggestions!!!!

Hello,
Glad you had a great birthday Cori
DS has 5 teeth coming through all at once! He just had the bottom 2 teeth for ages but now is getting 4 at the top and another one on the bottom. He has been a bit cranky and has been waking twice in the night DH has been poorly too - headaches and feeling weak.
I'm going to my friend's babys christening this sunday, any ideas what present I could get the baby?

Funny you should mention that Myrtle as the same thought was going through my head! I have a friends DD2 christening end of the month & I've just emailed the parents for ideas! I mean, what use is a silver spoon?!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought perhaps I could dedicate a tree. What do you think? You can do it through the Woodland Trust. I don't know, I had a look in the archives on here and people had suggested things like a meaning of his name certificate but I can't find anywhere that does that. I do like the tree idea as well, as we don't know them well enought to get posh silver stuff and I think things like peter rabbit stuff and piggy banks is nice but I'd like to be a bit different. Maybe we could get an actual tree or plant that has a nice meaning and they could plant it in the garden.. just don't know.
Anyway I've spent ages looking on the internet while DS sleeps and think of all that time wasted where I could have been cleaning etc....

Apparently the Aster is the September birth month flower.(just looked that up)

hi, sorry not been on for ages. just quickly read through some of the posts.

what will a cranial osteophathy do? how much will it cost? and where would i find one?

landlord was a bit shocked when i told him all the information i had when he pointed out again that the tennancy agreement nolonger stands. hahahahaha

dd2 is getting a bit better with the nearly crawling stage. she's up on all fours rocking back and forwards. she's started to sit loads better but not sure if that's her or because i've put her in reusable nappies now so she's got padding on her bum

having loads of trouble sorting dd1 out again. it's so bloody hard having a child with sn and not getting any help with it. everythings a battle. i'm fed up. if she had a popular disorder we'd get more help, such as our friends lo has down's syndrome. overall he's much more developed than dd1 but he gets extra help because he has down's. it's not fair. it should be based on an individual child's needs not what they've got. there's mums and tots groups for her lo that'll help teach them makaton yet we can't go to it because it's for down's only even she thinks it's not fair but there's nothing i can do about it.

we went to visit dp's foster family on saturday. one of them has got 6 month old twins. i fed dd2 a jar as with traveling on buses i didn't want to have fresh food sitting in the bag all day and she was shocked that i gave her a jar. she told me her twins will never eat jars. i make her 90% of her solids and she is still bf but at the time it made me feel awful and embarassed.

hope everyones having a good day.

Cori - sounds like you had a great birthday

bristos - enjoy France!

Myrtle - our favourite baptism gifts include wooden Noah's Ark, bunnykins doulton childrens bowl/mug etc, nice bible story books, piggybanks, personlaised cutlery. Any good?

KK - sorry you're having a tough time with your dd1. I hope you get some more help/support soon. Try to forget that silly comment about the jar, not what you needed to hear. Sounds like you're doing a great job!

Happy Monday . Just got back from ds 8m check up. All is well, hips a little stiff but nothing to worry about allegedly...
all this time, i've been loking forward to shopping for a forward facing seat, right? well it turns out that he's miles away from getting one. Since last weigh-in, late march i think, he's levelled off slightly. And now only weighs a wee 16lbs11oz!!! i thought for sure he weighed a ton. HV says its slightly underweight but not enough to worry. she also suggested that i cook his vegetables using a bit of butter and up his meat/fish intake. ive been making 90% of his foods and use jars (like KK does) when i leave the house, etc. maybe im being too healthy. hehehe.

on occassion, i'll give ds a bit of Innocent' juice for kids (bits removed) in his sippy cup and he luvs it. she said he shouldnt even be having that! i dont think its that bad, tbh! could be worse, he could be drinking full-fat/sugar Coke from a bottle and eating whole chocolate bars! hope that doesnt offend anyone. A certain family member of mine feeds exactly that to her dd when she was only 6 months old!

kk hope you get support/care help soon and also a little bit of rest. dont forget to look after you too!

KK...people who make sweeping statements like that are generally unbalanced & emotionally insecure people! Christ, I'm sure we have all given our children jars at some point &/or sweets / cake / chocolate...although personally I draw the line at fizzy drinks ( munki, did your freind really do that at 6 months??). You did nothing wrong... but what pisses me off is that your friend probably felt rather smug & as if she were somehow superior to you as a mother based on that one action. As you said you cook 90%, so I think you should pat yourself on the back as I know a lot of people that don't even do 40% let alone 90. Also don't let her make you feel like that...don't give her the statisfaction! ....I bet her children will be the ones with eating issues later in life if she carries on like that not yours..

tassis, thanks for the tips

(hope I haven't offended anyone but honestly....)

compo, can you believe pussycat is finally pg? Do you remember she was on our original thread from ttc Jan 06??

Cori ~ yes! its awful. a couple weekends ago, we had a handful of friends and some of dh's family up. this "mother" (the same one) asked what ds was drinking from the sippy cup. i told her its mashed fruit from Innocent. And you wouldnt believe the look of disgust on her face and the she even belted out with a verbal "Blech" what i told her! She gave that reaction about ds having real fruit juice all the while her dd (now 2 years) was guzzling a can of coke! her dd's insides must be used to it by now, having consumed it regularly since 6 months....

That really brings me to tears.......stupid woman...{angry]

Branson was great. We'd never been there. While walking to a waterslide, where else could we have seen The Beatles giving a concert from the deck of the Titanic? It's Vegas for families.

Munki & Cori, I'd be laughing at whoever told me about fruit juice or jars.

Fast food and fizzy drinks are a childhood staple here. DS1 is rare in that he's gone nearly 4 years without having a soft drink or seeing McDonald's.

And J. is fed 100% jars (and DS1 was too). Haven't noticed any problems ...? Thus the laughter ...

Cori, so sorry re: sn

KK - I don't know what SN your child has so forgive me if the suggestion is inappropriate but have you asked the person who runs the makaton group if you could go? They might have a bit of flexibility (I would hope anyway). It surprises me, though I know it happens, that people are still treated according to their condition and not to their level of need. Makes me fume tbh, we're supposed to the 'new NHS' now but bits of it just aren't working. (whole other thread so won't rant).

So we're having a no burgers or sausage bbq next weekend - any child friendly ideas?

Hello gang

I really missed my ds today being back at school but did have a fab time with ds2, now rolling all over the place! We dug the playpen out at the weekend, getting him used to it for when he starts crawling-which cant be far off surely!
ds1 was crawling by now, I think ds2 will be a bit slower, he really isnt showing any inclination to do it, only master the roll over last week!

imum, we got the playpen out at the weekend...not sure that lucy was massively impressed but never mind. we just had it in the garden, not exactly sure where it is not (probably the shed), must use it in the house too

T42, can I ask why not sausages and burgers? are you avoiding junk or meat? you could make your own healthy versions? other things that I do that go down great are salmon steaks, kebabs and chicken legs. I cheat and do my chikcen legs in a BBQ sauce in the oven (can give you details) sometimes slap them on the BBQ for a few mins, sometimes don't bother! V popular with children IMO. I bought frozen salmon kebabs from tesco last week which were surprisingly good. For kids I'd do an ice cream factory for dessert or fruit kebabs if you were trying to be healthy (chocolate sauce optional!)

hello just a quicky so i can find you again...DS2 crawling over the weekend and following me round the house! V sweet.... so stairgates and fireguard back up!
Will check in properly soon...

wow Cori -that's fab news about pussycat

Can't beleive someone would frown at giving an Innocent smoothie in a sippy cup. It's just fruit fgs!

Well done on all the crawling babies. Still no crawling here. Was at M&T ysterday and a 9 month old was crawling, standing up at the furntiture and crusing around. Dd just lay there She was also loads bigger than this little boy so it did look a bit odd!

I've just had a meeting with senior HR person who is supportive of my request to go on leave for the reminder of my notice....will hopefully know tm what date. I am besiged by indifferent feelings towards my decision to be at home (probably FT for a while as the job hunting isn't going too well). I know deep down that it is the right decision but in going from a well paid high flying job to feet firmly on the ground running after my children (& much poorer) seems quite daunting at times. Mabel (& anyone else who has been in this same situation), forgive the cliche but how do I find peace with myself?!!

Cori, this is the best time to be doing it what with all the lovely weather and long sunny days . Just keep yourself busy, maybe go to some baby/toddler clubs and keep an eye on whats on locally. I've just joined the national trust and there's loads of events geared at kids and once you're a member its free to get in and you can go as much as you like. The unknown is always a bit scary but you'll probably love it and the kids will too!

Cori - echoing what Myrtle says really, get out see what's on on your area and make sure you are always up to something. I think the reason alot of people think they will be bored at home is because that is literally what they do ...stay at home, mother and baby groups, little fishes and tumble tots are some of things i've done with my two, and i've made some great friends. It is hard to lose your independance, when you have had a 'career' rather than just a job IYSWIM, personally i've found it quite easy, but then DH isn't stingy with money and I am fairly low maintenance anyway !!!

DS2 is detrmined to stand now and will not sit down in the bath, constantly pulling himself up on the side which worries me especially when i am trying to do something else with DS1 at the same time!

Just would like to ask your thoughts on something. We are going to a very posh wedding in august, DH spoke to his mate today (the groom) and he told him they've hired a nanny to take care of the flower girls and page boys (of which DS1 is one) during the meal and speeches....I felt quite annoyed by it, firstly why would i want to leave my 2.5 Yo with someone I have never met before and secondly why do they need to send all the children'out of the way' whilst we are eating? Am i over reacting?? I just find it rather odd and also presumptuous!

The playpen issue in our house is a funny one really, I got it out early so that ds2 could get used to it before he learnt to crawl. Instead ds1 hasnt stopped playng init, making it homley, setting out toys for ds2. Very cute to watch but not quite what i had in mind!

Thanks Myrtle & Mabel.....yes quite agree that is the loss of my "career" & financial independance that I'm most scared / sceptical /worried / anxious about. DH isn't mean with money, far from it but it's just that I've always been the breadwinner so we are about to lose 2/3 of income come July. I suppose there is part of me that is used to being in control, providing, making the decisions etc & now that all transfers to DH & it feels ever so strange. I so enjoyed being off with both of them when I was on leave with J but we did have full salary for 6 months so it helped! No seriously, I do realise that I need to have a plan for most days otherwise we'll all go mad..

Just spoke to DH & he tells me that J has had his morning sleep laying on his side! Compared to DD he is a little lazy it would seem! She was crawling at 8 months & we had had to lower the cot, which we've still not had to do with him..!!!! He is though getting quite cross with her when she steals his toys..quite funny really, the way he looks & protests at me!