May 2007 - The babies are arriving!!

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Thought i would start the offical May 2007 thread as it is May and we have now had our first offical May baby - even though we have 6 naughty babies who queue jumped and arrived in April .

Probably be a while before there are many messages but a least we have a thread now

Have swapped it for a small gin and slim..to be on safe side..

Ah, a side of me none of you have yet seen..Scoot the lush!

ooohhhh I love g+t's the blue sapphire one is delish, however I dont drink now due to my pancreas - so pls have one for me scoot

oh, I'll join you for one of those scoot. Ice?

ooooo wish me luck want to win this car seat on ebay!!!!!!!!!!

evening MJB

Have been meaning to ask and keep forgetting.

SOH, where are you? Is your cocyx still bad? I really thought mine would disappear after Jorja arrived but it's still agony.

Sorry to change the subject, as you were ladies.

I have been lurking all day but not had too much to say.

Go Lups, hope you get it

Wooo hooo £21 + £8 post for creatis car seat, very pleased!!!

MJB hows it going is the feeding getting better?

And a slice if you please.....Bon soir Mrs JB..
I assume it isnt Fathers day in France?Do you even have it over there?

Good o Lups!

Yes, how is Jorja? What weight is she now did you say?(am trying to picture her)..Mae is quite big, but because she is so long she looks spindly..she is out of her newborn baby gros already as her feet were poking the ends of the toes, but width wise they were still drowing her so she is a sorry sight!Plus she is still very crusty skinned..have been putting olive oil on her, (like a big chip really), on mw's reccomendation,but to no avail..

Scoot, bio oil is fab and not quite so greasy spoon lol!!, Arlen is only just fitting into his newborn stuff and he is 2.5 months old lol, he is pretty short was 48cm last week but he is a stocky lad bless him!!, doesnt hekp that we are in reusable nappies (well not me) he just looks like a football, all middle and no length, he has really really chubby cheeks as well

Well done Lups.

A slice would be lovely; hold on I'll get you one off the tree.

feeding is going OK. We are still experimenting, I have no routine yet, can't get my head round it but she is taking breast milk in a bottle or formula with no problems and I'm feeding her morning and night and yesterday and today have done a few comfort feeds for her as she has been a little unsettled. She seems to be latching better but is still never full after. Mix feeding is going well though. Actually it's quite convenient. Can hand her to someone else to feed if I want to, still have an instant way to shushhh her if we are out and about and still have OUR time to feed which is more for me than her if I'm honest.

Here scoot, the lemon

Am going to have to say that lady who i got pushchair from forgot to send car seat and thats why i have 2 parcels lol

Soot, she had put on this week. 350g in a week, thats about 7oz I think. She is now about 7lb ish I think.

lups sniffs the gin jealously

MJB how easy it it living abroad, we are off to portugal hopefully by the end of the year, how do i find out about schools, and visas, and medical insurance, seems like a mind bggling amount i feel i should need to know but dont have a clue where to look for it

Scoot how much does Mae weigh?

Lily was a bit chubbier than Mae, like Arlen sounds, though not as small..cant believe how tiny he must have been when he came out!Amazing really!I look at Mae and think nothing could be smaller and she was 8 pounds and 52 cm long, so really quite big..

Have taken my gin to bed..have new sheets on tonight, lovely..
Am making the most of having no one crying for the first time in about a week..sure it wont last much longer though!

Night ladies.x

Actually no, I think she's more than that. I have no idea, they do it in kg here and I don't know what the conversion is. We had to estimate her birthweight in to lb's and oz's a,d I think we may have been a little out. She is 3kg 450g now if anyone has any idea what that is?

7lb 6 I just asked jeeves lol

Lups, to be honest I'm not sure about Portugal. You shouldn't need a visa, it's a european country so you can work, live etc with no visa's. In France the local Mayor will be very helpful. First port of call for you could be the British Embassy in Portugal they should be able to give you some good advice. You will need some forms from the Inland Revenue. An E112 for your health insurance whilst living abroard if you are employed in the UK, it is a different form if you are self employed. Inland Revenue will be able to tell you what you need to do about that. Hope that starts you off lups.

She's 8.3 now Lups BTW..She put on 3 oz in her first 5 days, guzzler..god knows what they put in that formula but it seems to be doing the trick anyway..(Lily lost so much weight in her first few weeks that she nearly had to go back to hospital, due to my rubbishy milk, so its great not to have that to worry about this time )

Glad its going so well Mrs JB..sounds like J doing great and getting the best of both worlds!

...Here's your lemon back, just nice that!

Have just seen the weather for tomorrow, rain, rain, rain, gaah!

Enjoy your boozin ladies I am off to bed, think i have got about an hour before I am needed

mmm clean sheets scoot cant beat it - well except clean sheets and chocolate

Hope you both have a good night sleep xxx

Thanks Lups, what a great idea, good ol jeeves.

Arr she's neally 5 weeks old and is still less than H or M were born. lol

flippin weather - I shall be glad to leave to soggy country

I had a look in Willows red book, she was over lb heavier than Arlen at this age and she was 5 wks early, oh well he will catch up at some point

Right am deffo going to my pit xx