August 2007- More boys than girls? Our beautiful summer babies are arriving at last!

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Thought I'd start a thread to give somewhere for Jem, Washersaurus and Bresha to discuss their little ones and make all those of us waiting impatiently jealous!

Who will be next??????

TT - blimey hello chuck. sorry your little one is still little () - are you stilll feeding him on a routine? Have you tried feeding him more frequently through the day. Try not to worry too much - easy to say I guess. what does the HV say?

Can you get your DH to give my DH a hint that pressies are good?!!

Peace here, DS and DD both asleep. DD dosed up on calpol again. Smacked DS earlier oz he was driving me mad then felt realy guiltu for being such a horrible Mum.

Can't stop long, need to do internet shop while its quiet.

i cant wait till ds is old enough to go to different clubs he gets so bored being stuck with mummy even though he has more toys than santa

just having a really healthy lunch of a pot noodle and the 'did you know' fact on the back is - the longest anyone has ever stayed awake is 264 hours - do you think they were a mum??

thats worse than my cheese and tomato pizza fingers

I just had fish finger, chips and peas with DS... the healthy casserole is in the oven, i forgot to cook it early enough!

could well be - my2weegirls. do always find ti crazy when people try to that when so many other people are trying to get just one full ngihts sleep.

i am thinking of starting my own business making a particular type of clothing as the main product with with various other ideas in the background - will expand on that explanation if and when I make the proper decision to do it - am investigating the course i need to do at the moment.

i would take a pretty big pay cut but dh earns enough to cover all bills and we have a flat in glasogw that we rent out, so thats a really good investment. I have never been one who wants to make millions (well maybe once upon a time). I would like to be able to take ds on holiday and not constantly be worrying about money, but at the same time, I really really want to be at home as well, and I've always wanted to run my own business.

It will be a huge leap when I do it, and I think I will go back to work part time for at least 6 months or so, to save up some moeny, and cause i feel a little bit of loyalty to work, but will be happier to go back knowing that its short term.

anyway - sorry enough about me - its just I'm very excited at the thought.

took ds to the village under 5's group today. was quite good just to meet some people who live here cause i've been very bad at going to village events etc. halloween party next week - will need to make him a wee costume.

you can tell by my spelling that i had nothing like a full nights sleep last night.

im so excited just had a phone call from home start and have a volenteer coming on monday. a little bit of adult company.
im a terrible cook wouldnt know where to start on a caserole.

Had a rubbish night too but wasn't nearly as bad as your sagpuss. Dd's cough is getting worse. She woke up at 10:30 when I was about to go to bed. She was coughing so much that she made herself sick. Then she was up again at 4:30 when I'd just put ds back down to sleep. I've asked dh to go to the chemist to find out if there is anything she can take as the Tixylix isn't helping.

sagpuss - I used to smack dd sometimes but then I decided on using the naughty step and it works very well. She only ends up on it once or twice a week as it serves as a good deterrant.

I have to say I had quite a healthy lunch of ham and salad sandwich.

Good for your Tasha. My sil had one of those but she 'sacked' her for being unreliable. She kept saying she would come round and then cancel. I'm sure yours will be much better though.

i hope so my last one wasnt that great. ill have to try that naughty step. i threaten bed but never carry it out

Hope so tasha. I even use the naughty step when I'm out. I just tell dd that she will go on the step when we get home. Or if I'm at someone else's house then I tell her they have a naughty step too. The key is to always follow through with the conseqence or they will realise that they can get away with it because they know you don't mean it - regardless of how tired you might be. I used to make idle threats and never carry them out because I didn't want to upset dd. Ever since I started the naughty step dd has been much better behaved. I do exactly what Supernanny does. I give her one warning by telling her what she's doing wrong and what will happen if she does it again. She only gets that one warning and if she carries on then she ends up on the step.

thanks gillL ill give it a go. kids quietly watching cbebees gonna get some house work done you'd swear a bomb went off!

Hi guys, sounds like we all had bad nights! I was utterly exhausted last night, had so much housework to do but just had to go to bed. Then an hour later James was awake and snuffling, needed a nappy change and a feed, then pooed audibly as he was falling back to sleep (grr) so had to change him again which woke him up more. Then he just fannied about all night, waking up every couple of hours, and was wiggling and making guinea pig noises imbetween, so I had no proper sleep.

This morning I had my sister and her kids coming over so had to get all the housework done (whilst singing nursery rhymes and take that songs to keep James entertained) and run to the shops so I had something to offer them.

By the time they got here I looked and felt like death, and was too tired to chat properly, so they didn't stay long. When they left I took James off to bed, and of course after 20 mins he woke up and was conveniently punching me in the eye! No hand eye coordination my arse....

So now I've given up and come downstairs, the little sod is fast asleep on my lap.

lol poor you, you have had a hard night. im starting to wonder about pro plus for energy.

Hi

Looks like LL will be going to his first funeral next week, dh's aunt died, bit sad all round we got a little bit of notice the hospital said she probably had 24 hours upon admitance, as she had a brain haemorrhage.

It's finally raining here which is good, we were nearly out of water.

Gill and Tash- we started using the naughty step too, but I changed to calling it Time out. otherwise it is labelling your child as naughty and if they go there a lot, they may not know that it is their behaviour that is naughty not them personally. ds doesn't go there very often at all now which is good. So important but not always thought of is to- compliment their good behavior and they become good . RANT OVER
my experience comes a lot from teaching, it has definitely helped a bit.

better go make some dinner, while you lot are making breakfast and if successful I may get to the gym in time.

Hi uki. Sorry to hear about your dh's aunt. Good idea about calling the naughty step time out. I always make sure I praise dd for good behaviour. Hope you manage to get to the gym.

Last night wasn't so good. Dd woke up at 12:40 needing medicine for her cough. Strangely she wanted to stay downstairs so I let her and went back up to bed. She came into my room at 4am and got into our bed and I managed to persuade her to go back to her bed. Unfortunately I didn't get back to sleep before ds woke up at 4:45. I'd expected him to wake earlier as his last bottle was at 8:30pm.

Ds has got his 8 week check today (although he's 10 weeks now). Really not looking forward to his injections although it's much easier when they're this young.

Hi folks, sorry to hear about your bad news Uki.

Ooh, naughty steps etc... us first timers have got all that to look forward to! I like it now when the babies don't know how to be naughty!

This mornings fascinating distraction: Mummy's banana skin, after watching me peel it and eat it, he has been attempting to pat at the empty skin for five minutes now. Bless. (I do have real toys for him, honest!)

Bad Mother moment of the week: he was being a bit grumpy when I was on the phone to my sister the other day I switched the TV to cbeebies, and he watched it quite happily for five minutes. I had no idea that babies this young were interested in the TV! I don't want him to start watching it yet, but it does work magically as a distraction, it has to be said!

By the way, he's starting to laugh now- mostly at farty noises- (he's definitely his father's son) and it's just gorgeous... totally worth waiting for!

Don't worry about him with the tv. My dd has only just started watching whole 5 minute programs. Early on they will only watch a few seconds and then get on with whatever they were playing with. Their attention span is very short. I think at this age it's the colours and the movement that have them interested.

I had ds laughing this morning by tickling him. It's so lovely isn't it.

Blimey, I must be a really bad mother then with regards the tv. Paddy will watch a whole Baby Einstein DVD and then cry when it's finished !! They were recommended to me to introduce them to classical music etc and he loves it. So do I as it gives me time to get things done...
Poor little mite's got a viral infection. After two days of runny noses, sneezing and a funny little cough, the cough is no longer funny at all. In fact it's horrible to hear as he's really wheezy/raspy and the cough's turned into a bark and it seems to hurt him. Can hear his chest rattling which is nasty, nasty. At 4am this morning was sitting in the en-suite bathroom with the shower on full heat to get some steam going and increase the humidity in the hope of easing it for him.

morning. sorry to hear about your dh aunt uki
i also make sure as to compliment good behaviour.
im so jealous your babies are smiling and happy you'd think my lo was born yesturday, still in newborn and room to grow.
it was a mad night last night i had a painter and decorator round to do the boys room (bright yellow) so we were all bunged in the same room you couldnt imagine babies everywhere.

sorry to hear your news uki.

ds had an awful evening and night last night. feeding every hour or so, not settling afterwards, not consoled by cuddling which he's almost always been before. gave him calpol as slight temperature in the evening and he settled down after 10 mins or so - same in the middle of the night so i wondered if he was in pain.

hv today said it could be the start of teething - apparently they can show signs a month opr so before the tooth comes through - cant have nights like that for a month , but she also said to try granules for wind as he farted on her scales and immediately stopped crying.

ds likes the tv too - he has a baby einstein dvd too - its so hilarious. a bunch of toys from a car boot sale wound up and set to go and then filmed. mixed in with some live animals. but he certainly seems to like it. probably is the light and the colours.

Uki - sorry about you Aunt. Hope she went gently, and painlessly.

Tasha - your LO will catch up - he's only just "due" really isn't he - so technically he's ahead of himself! I can't imagine havinga tiny baby - both mine were 9lbers and have both remained real chunks so far.

We had a better night herre, my cold is a bit better, although I'm still coughing myself sick. Evie managed 8-3 which was lovely, and I managed a quick snuggle with DS before she woke up . Her cold doesn't seem so bad which is good, and she ahsn't chucked up on me so far.

Just off for some lunch before the Sainsbruys man arrives. I've bought 3For2 Stella for xmas- got to find somewhere to hide it so DH doesn't drink it alll! Oh the joys of internet shopping, no trolley, or lifting!!

sorry to hear about you DH's aunt uki - is there anyone that could look after your wee one rather than take him? in case he's a bit unsettled?

DD2 loves the TV too - i've got to turn it off when feeding her or she ends up watching it - think it's faces she really loves - laughs away at herself in the mirror and at DD1 and DD1s dolls.

we started getting real chuckles last week - she would laugh then look really shocked as if to say 'where did that come from'

tasha - you're wee one has a lot of catching up to do - all the smiles/laughs etc will come soon.

conker - sorry you had a bad night - hope it's not teething so soon! has he started drooling or getting hot bits on his face? hopefully he was just having a bad night. re the wind have you triedbaby massage? some babies like some don't but it can really help with wind or bicycling his legs?

sorry need to boast - DD2 had a good night last night slept from from 7.30pm till 3.30am up for a feed then slept till 6.45am) - i'll leave now....

Does dribbling equal teething then, or the beginnings of it? Ds didn't dribble at all for the first few weeks but now he drools quite a bit, and he's just always munching his hands, with dribble all over his face (lovely)

Sounds daft now but when he was crying about a month ago, mil said "he's teething" and not knowing any better I took her word for it and cut a raw carrot into a smooth shape for him to "chew" on. In fairness he did give it a bit of a suck and a gum for a few seconds, but he wasn't teething, obviously. Felt like a pillock afterwards.

Ooh. My biggest pillock moment was in the hospital when he was less than a day old. I was left alone with him with the first time, and for some weird reason I remembered that babies liked looking at complex high contrast blac and white patterns. So when the midwife came to check on me, she found me wide awake at 3am busily drawing post-it note patterns for my knackered sleeping newborn, with several already stuck around his crib... whyyyyy?

I realise this was new mummy madness now. Quite embarassing.