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??????

loler - if you get the answer to getting them sitting nice and wither both smiling or at least one without a funny/grumpy face then please share!

tasha - banana put a link on her post - just click on that and it opens to the other thread where she's put link to the drawings

gill- did you switch to hungry milk or has your DS settled down again - DD2 seems to be up lots and eating lots (don't know if she's having a week long growth spurt) - she was up at 11, 3, 5,45 wanting food last night.

ps loler - your DCs are very cute! (as is the dog )

found them wow they reallyare good

morning all!
Returned from mum's not left DH yet.... LO just getting starving, DS got Chest infection, and DD sounds like she's on her way there!

bought loads of new clothes with Mums money (fab).. generally rested and relaxed.

I didn't switch to hungry baby in the end My2Weegirls. I was going to do so in a couple of weeks time just at night but Ds suddenly started sleeping through the night. As long as I get 6 bottles of at least 5oz into him during the day (generally between 6 or 7am and 10 or 11pm) then he's fine. I didn't change anything that I was doing, he put himself into a routine. Some nights in the last week he has woken up but he has gone back to sleep with a dummy. It's just what I need for going back to work.

Glad you had a good weekend and got pampered sagpuss.

im so jealous wich this wee one would even just drop out one feed feels like im not getting any sleep and then have the other2 to deal with

I'm sure he'll catch up soon. He's supposed to be 7 weeks younger than the rest of our babies so his stomach is probably much smaller. Could your homestart helper take the older 2 out for you so you could get a few hours sleep while the baby sleeps?

I didn't realise you were in Ireland Tasha. It's somewhere I'd love to visit one day.

Hi guys!

Sorry you're getting no sleep tasha, it must be ever so hard with three little ones, I don't know how you do it. You're doing a great job anyway and the sleepless night stage won't last forever- you should be proud of yourself for coping so well!

Just been skiving from doing my housework by going shopping with my sister instead. It was fun actually, I got a couple of christmas presents- a yellow spongebob tshirt for my niece and two 6-9 months outfits for James from BHS. Battled with the bloody pushchair getting it in and out of the house/car/shops. I really need a nice new one but finding a lightweight umbrella fold jobbie which also reclines is like finding hens teeth in a haystack! or something...

Glad you're feeling better bagpuss. Bloody men eh?

I find places like Mothercare can be worst for trying to push a buggy round. My local has hardly any space between the racks. You definitely wouldn't get a double round there.

that cheered me up thanks
yea complete nightmare getting my double buggie round the shops with a 3 year old pulling in the opposite direction (here i go again) on the odd time dp goes to town with us he shouts at me for trying to get the double buggie into smaller shops that i want to go into and i shout back its not my bloody fault they dont make it prm friendly should that stop me going to shops i want or need to go to

gill- id feel too guilty leaving the other two with the homestart woman and i wouldn't be able to relax but hopefuly it wont be long till he catches up feels like ive had a newborn for far too long now

That's what she's there for - to help you in any way you need. You'd be a much happier mum with more sleep. Maybe get her to take them to the park for an hour and see how you feel. The kids will probably love it and they'd get some exercise and fresh air and might even be better behaved when they get home! If it works out she could take them out for longer.

If you know and trust a friend who has small kids too perhaps you could do a bit of babysitting for each other? Ok so it means a few crazy afternoons with even more kids around, but it'd do wonders for your sanity when you get an afternoon just with ds3.

Well, I've just bought this little buggy half price but new (God, I love ebay) so hopefully it'll be more shop friendly!

James is doing lots of unexplained whinging again this evening, I don't think he knows what he wants, I suspect he's just tired but no amount of cuddling, rocking and shushing is helping. I did point out to him that if he just stopped screaming he could fall asleep, but he just belched in my general direction and carried on screaming. Bah.

yea i know your right, ill mabe try it when i know her a bit better. dont really have any friends
ive just come from ebay im addicted trying to get cosy toes. ive got alot of xmas presents on there its great

v.nice james wish i had a single

Got a baby free day today. It meant I had to be up at 6:45 to get him ready for dh to take him to my mum's. Dd was up before that anyway. She went to sleep on the way back from mum's yesterday at about 5pm (I think playschool is tiring her out). Normally we wake her up after a couple of hours but she was soundo so we put a nappy on her and left her. I expected her to be up at 4 or 5 but she must have been very tired as she didn't get up til 6:20. We're going to wrap up warm and have a picnic at a country park today.

Like the buggy banana. The all terrain 3 wheeler travel systems are very good but definitely not shop friendly. I'm hoping to get one a bit like yours. I have a Mclaren umbrella style but it's very small and basic and has very little room for shopping in the basket and you can put hardly anything in there when it's reclined. I don't use the buggy very often though so hopefully dh won't see it as a waste of money.

morning that sounds lovely gillL.
Im gonna take a walk into town if the homestart woman comes she is due at 10.30 and ds2 needs new shoes i bought him an expensive pair from clarks but he lost one ive looked everywhere.
ds3 was up at 1 4 and 7 and inbetween he insisted on being held he wanted a dummy but doesn't have the sucktion for it

Tasha you're not alone my DS2 has reverted to his newborn sleeping pattern was up at 12 then 4 last night and there was no settling him back at 4 think he eventually dropped off at about 5.30 in our bed then DS1 is up for school at 7am. The bit of sleep I did get I slept in some strange position and my neck is aching now !!

Just got some photo albums today that I put together on Photobox for parents Xmas presents they're great I'm so pleased with them.

Best go he's calling for me.......

wow gill i'm sooooo of your DDs sleep! that's incredible. hope you have a lovely picnic.

i tend to take DD1 to clarks to get her feet measured then go elsewhere and buy shoes - new shoes look like old shoes after she's had them on once. she's got a pair of clarks trainers (26 quid) just now which are only a week old but they look awful!

james - was it you that was asking about toys? you got me thinking the other day - so i've been up the loft to see what was there and what we can wrap up for DD2's xmas (though have bought a door bouncer for her - she loves doing pop goes the weasel and grand old duke of york). we've got lots of noisey vtech/fisher price toys. toys with mirrors are very popular. the peek a blocks/roll arounds are a good investment DD1 still plays with them. also got some wooden toys (so it's not all plasticy stuff). would also suggest (if you've not got one) a baby gym.

need to go someones waking up...

Good tips on the toys my2weegirls, thanks. I do have a babygym for him (this one - except I paid £4 for mine on a carboot, as I'm stingy!) It's nice but not worth £45! I want to get him one of these spinny toys to encourage him to enjoy tummytime more (right now he cries and chews the floor)

Well, James is back to sleeping well, he went to sleep at 10pm, woke at 5am, then at 10am (lazy aren't we?) I daresay tomorrows immunisations will mess up his sleep again, but I can't moan about them after seeing what mamamila goes through to get mila's jabs done!

Got loads of housework to do today, fun fun fun! back later x

funny about sleep - Evie was up at 12.30, 3.30, then 4.30 she decided it was time to get up. Growth spurt?
They are both asleep right now, so I ought to do something useful...... like play on MN!!

Hi everyone, having a bit of a rough one again this week, dh is being a pain in the arse, he seems to think that as i had 'good' week last week that i am all better and he dons,t need to help anymore, done an online tesco shop last week and great food in the house but this week haven't got round to it ( have brought the essitainals) and now he is moaning about it, putting the pressure on about stupid things like shopping! as long as i can make ds1 dinners/pack lunch and ds2 has milk and nappies i dont really care!!
ds1 is also playing up, it amazing what school turns them into!
and surprising ds2 is being an angel! Couldn't tell you what his sleep pattern is as it changes on a daily basis one day we might get there!
Busy at the moment trying to sought out ds birthday (next week) and trying to do some xmas shopping, again all left to me!

James - Love the pictures, would be really interested in getting you to do me one next year, how much are your prices (thats not of me nude, of the boys!)

Also - not sure how many of you are using cloth nappies but i brought some and cant get along with them, dont think the PND helps as it just make me all panicking thinking about washing them/do i have enough/ what clothes fit etc - ashamed to say but ive gone to the evil side of disposables! - am selling them "here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1910/418225?stamp=071107081210"

Sorry to hear you're having a more difficult week, pink. I'd recommend you print off some info about PND or grab a leaflet off your doctor/health visitor for your dh to read, so he realises it won't clear up in a week. He should be helping you anyway, PND or not you have a child and a small baby to look after and it's bloody hard! If he moans about the shopping again tell him to get his lazy arse down tesco's and do it himself! Honestly, these men...

Thanks for your comment on my artwork, I'm going to be charging about £15-£30 for a drawing, and about £50-£100 for an oil painting (it's dependent on the size and complexity of the image, plus how long it takes/materials etc, but I'm not greedy) If you're still interested give me a shout when you have a few decent (as in clear, large, well-lit) pictures of the boys and I'd be more than happy to draw/paint them.

Well, my housework blitz has come to a grinding halt thanks to my whingy boy, managed to wash up and wash/sterilise all the bottles and get some washing on, but there's still a rolling sea of toys, little clothes and baby seats/gym/playmat to sort through and my kitchen floor to clean as I've forgotten what colour it was initially...

hi pink- sorry to hear it's a bad week and that your DH thinks you should be like you were last week. men! maybe you could leave some leaflets lying around for him to see or website open? have you started on the ADs? but it sounds like you've got your priorities right with your DS's and are taking each day at a time.

james - my mil has bought that for DD2s xmas - though the only time she likes tummy time is when she's lying on me/DP (that's DD2 and not grandma!!)

DD2's sleeping not been as good as it was - she's doing a 4 hour schedule at night when previously we were getting at least one 7 hour stretch. so either she's have a 2 week long growth spurt or she's going to be like her big sister and we'll not get any sleep for 2 years!!!