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??????

sounds good

im also arguing about this with dp. who here thinks their dp/dh punishes their child the complete wrong way. (please dont let me be the only one)

i should start a thread about that.

Can't do a proper post now but I'll get back to you on that one when I come upstairs to do the washing.

dh doesn't do it completely wrong but he is inconsistent. We use the supernanny naughty step method where you give the child a warning, tell them what they've done wrong and say if they do it again then they'll end up on the step. If they stay on there for the required number of minutes then you go over to them and explain what they've done wrong and ask for an apology and a hug. He quite often misses out the warning because he's fed up or he thinks it's too naughty just for a warning. He also sometimes forgets to tell her what she's done wrong when taking her off the step.

yea im doing time out step. but when dp gets home and notices anything ds1 has done wrong he will shout at him and put him to bed and its not fair cause he has already been punished and it kinda makes it seem like the time out step is no big deal but when he came in last night and noticed ds1 had emptied all the bubble bath in the toilet he just let him know that he knew about it and he brought me a box of chocs and bottle of wine. so im hoping that he has realised being scary daddy isn't the way forward.

ds3 still waking at the same times, starting to be more alert at times just trying to get a wee smile from him now.

ds2 has cried the most of the day as he is teething but asleep now

im off to sort clothes while i have a minute

not got time to catch up properly as still away from home. quick update on us - ds son solids. was waking every hour or so for a couple of days. tried him with some baby rice and milk - he wolfed it down. slept much better - not right through but better. since then had banana and loves it, and mashed potato - only thing not going well is carrot but will try it again soon.

I know 13 weeks is early, but couldnt leave him without more food when it was obvious he was hungry. and he's a big boy.

Would be interested to hear if anyone else is doing solids (really sorry dont have time to read for myself just now) but will be back on this properly from monday so will try to catch up then.

hope everyone is well.

Blimey Conkertree your lo is on solids already! Eeek no baby Amy-Ann is nowhere near ready for solids yet despite being a big girl-shes over 14lbs now. Shes on 7oz of CownGate Comfort 1 formula, she has 6 to 8 feeds a day.

Sorry to hear about the problems that Gill and Tasha have been having with their DP's.
Hope things sort themselves out soon.
Also sorry to hear of James and MyWeeGirls having bad colds- must be a nightmare.

Ive had a pretty good day, starting off with Amy-Ann sleeping through the night for the 3rd night running! crosses fingers/hopes I havnt spoken too soon!
Dropped DP off at work for 9am and then went round to my mum and dads. My mum, dad and one of my brothers cooed over Amy and for the most part Amy was in pretty good mood. My dad of all my family is the most natural and lovely with Amy. He absolutely beams holding and talking to her and Amy beams back at him! In contrast my mum is pretty hopeless really- it leaves me wondering how the hell she managed to raise 4 kids shakes head Still even though she is hopeless, she clearly adores Amy, which is lovely to see!
After that I went shopping with my dad and Amy in Sainsburys. I wanted to buy my dad some foods that he never trys my family are Irish and have very conservative tastes in food. My dad is more adventurous given the chance so I bought him some stuff he doesnt normally try and hopefully gave him some ideas!
After Sainsburys I went shopping for clothes at Dunnes Stores (bought some lovely elegant Cardi tops there! )and then went to another shopping mall to have a nosey. I got home with Amy at 3, changed her, bathed her and fed her. Then I put a load of washing in, set the dishwasher off, emptied all the bins, brought in the recycling bins that had been put out this morning and cleaned the kitchen. Then for 5 I was at DP's work to pick him up. Dropped DP and Amy at home and then went out to the chemists to get my prescription of Anti-Depressants (I have PND) painkillers (Im going to have a IUD fitted tomorrow (ouch) and some nice white wine! Got home to find Amy fast asleep with DP having a stress busting session on his favourite shoot'em up computer game.
All I need now is Amy to be a lil angel and sleep through once again!

Conversely had a sad day yesterday though I went to see my best mate Sam, she lives about 50 miles away and has a very busy life so alas we dont get to see eachother as much as we would like too. I walked down the path, Sam opened the door saying "Im really glad your here today" She looked distraught I said "Oh sweetheart whats wrong"...
Sams beloved nearly 17yo collie Bruno had taken a bad turn over the weekend and the vet would be coming round to give him sleep. We spent the day talking about the old fella stroking and comforting him until the vet came. Sams husband dug Bruno a grave in the garden next to my beloved dog Jazz- he had died a week before Amy was born. With horribly sad timing Jazzy's kidneys had failed him and he had to given sleep back then.
Jazz had been my baby, he was such a sweet pooch, he left me at the age of 14, God I still miss him so much. Theres a pic of my beautiful boy on my profile...

Sorry about the length of this post

Take Care all

Hey Elenor, sorry to hear about the two doggies, it's always sad when you lose a pet isn't it? Still, 17 is a good old age for a dog, hope your friend is ok now. at your lo sleeping through the night! Although I can't complain, James slept til 7am this morning, then went back to sleep til 9.30am, which I'm very grateful for. (Just wish I hadn't stayed up til 1am chatting with dp!)

Conker, yours is on solids now? god, doesn't time fly. Five minutes ago we were all popping and now were already getting on to teething and first foods! James isn't ready for solids yet, although I give him tastes of foods now and then, like a lick of my banana this morning, and some red pepper the other day. He accepts it all with a thoughtful look on his face, then quickly shoves it all out with his tongue.

He's having several bottles of 6oz aptamil first right now. I'm still trying to keep to demand feeding with him so sometimes 6 sometimes more, but generally he has a feed every four hours or so during the day and he seems satisfied right now. He's probably due a growth spurt in the next few weeks and turn into a hungry horace!

Gill and Tasha, hope you've sorted things out with your menfolk now. And Gill, still got my fingers crossed for you for getting that job, will you hear before the end of the week?

Dentists tomorrow- first time I'm visiting a proper (non-emergency) dentist in seven years actually. I know that's really bad but I'm just soooo scared. My teeth have more holes in them than swiss cheese though so I really need to get them done and it's free until James is one so need to get them all done before august! waah!

See it's times like this when gas n air would be really handy to have in the house, to sniff now and then to stay calm and make things painless. In fact I think you should be able to buy it over the counter to deal with everyday traumas like eyebrow plucking, opening bills and discussing christmas arrangements with your mil.

morning all! been a quiet couple of days here.

conker - it's funny i met a woman yesterday who had her baby early august and she's started putting a rusk into her baby's bottle (i personally don't agree with that method) but she says he's now sleeping through. DD2 not on solids yet - but i've been starting to think about it soon - was going to try and hold off until 16 weeks (only another 2 to go).

elenor - sorry to hear about your's and your frineds dogs - so hard when they go, they become so much a part of the family. and i'm very of amy-ann sleeping through!

james - all will be fine at the dentist (take some pain killers before you go). i hate the dentist too, i think i'd rather give birth again. the gas n air wouldbe fantastic to have in the house or i might even settle for a bottle of vodka! i've got my smear tomorrow [shudder] hate them too.

gill - hope you managed to have a sensible talk with DH and you've sorted things out?

and you to tasha!

i was doing eskimo kisses with dd2 last night before putting her down for bed and she was chuckling away so much that i had to stop in case she got too excited and wouldn't go to sleep

dd1 has started calling her dad and i by our first names all the time - that's what i get for teaching her names/addresses/phone numbers etc

Dd had the mother of all tantrums last night and screamed herself to sleep on dh. She hadn't gone to sleep til gone 11pm on Monday night and had to be woken up at 7am yesterday morning for pre-school. Somehow she didn't go to sleep in the car on the way home and got more and more upset til she was throwing things around the living room and screaming at us. Fortunately she slept til 8 o'clock this morning. Not sure why I woke at 3am though as neither dc woke up. I had to wake ds at 8:30. He didn't go to sleep til nearly 11 though.

Hi conker. Hope the course is going well. Not started ds on solids yet. He's still on first stage milk and only taking between 5 and 7oz and only 5 or 6 feeds per day. I'm going to try to stretch him til 6 months but we'll have to see how it goes. My sil weaned her 3 babies all at 10 weeks and they've all thrived.

Sorry to hear about your dogs elenor. We lost a cat when he was 1 year old and I was very upset so I can't imagine losing an animal of 14 years. Hope you feel better soon.

Banana - Things are sorted out with dh now. He said he didn't realise he'd upset me as he was so wrapped up in his own bad mood. I was told that I should find out about the job by Friday but early next week at the latest. Good luck at the dentist. My mum had to be sedated at the dentist after not going for over 20 years due to he fear. She's now fine to go though as long as she has the same dentist each time i.e. one that she trusts. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Are you having trouble with xmas arrangements banana? We're quite lucky that dh normally wants to spend most of the day with my family. It's going to be mad at fil's this year with sil's 3 kids and our 2 so we're only going there for a few hours in the morning and then going to my mum's for the rest of the day. My sister is going to be there anyway and I only see her a few times a year so I need to make the most of it. Luckily my other sister is going to her mil's on xmas day. Her kids are so noisy and demanding and we just like to have a nice quiet day.

Forgot to mention that dd brought a poo down to me in her hand earlier this morning. Isn't being a mum fun

as long as it was DD's gill

one of the wee girls at my DD1's childminder keeps handing her poo to DD1 - and DD1 keeps taking it - yuck!!!!

Lucky you gillL - shes showing you how much she cares!

i haven't started ds2 on solids and wont do until he is at least 4/5 months old, he is way to little for that at the moment.

Can i do a quick poll to see who's lo is sleeping through and what there night time schedule is ??? we are trying all different things to get him to go a bit longer but nothing seems to work, he will only go 4-5 MAX!!Finding it a bit tough as DS1 slept through at 7 weeks!!!

ds2 sleeps through now and again - normally does 5/6ish hours - I don't think you can make them sleep, it's all luck! dd was 6 wks, ds1 much later (won't scare you!!!) ds2 seems to be in between. Treated all 3 the same.

ds2 had injections yesterday - have seemed to really effect him (not had it before) he's whinging quite a lot.

Not intending on starting the weaning for ages yet - the thought of pureeing doesn't fill me with excitment. Neither does having to cart more stuff around and get carrot and banana stains out of everything!! Why do bananas stain everything black?!

Don't i sound like a missery again - I really am not as misserable as i sound on here!

hi pink

wow you were lucky with DS1, DD1 never slept through till she was 2.2 and we moved her to a big bed!

DD2 (14 weeks now) has a bath/massage about 6.30ish, a wee play (depending how hungry/tired she is), bottle of milk and bed anywhere between 7.30 and 8pm. she sleeps till about 1 or 2am more milk (but still a very sleepy girl) then till about 5 or 6am. DD1 disturbs her she's like a fairy elephant in the mornings.

have you tried a dream feed? never done it myself as dd1 would wake at the slightest sound.

are you bottle feeding - could try the hungry milk?

loler - it's the black stringy bits in their poo after eating banana that freaked me out - thought there was something wrong with DD1 the first time it happened

had forgotten about those! The change in poo is another reason to delay weaning. baby poo is so nice!

did i just type that

Now konw how easy ds1 was, not at the time he wasn't
He has a bath around about 6ish but then very tired and sleeps for a short time ( only about 30 mins!) then he is wide awake and cooing and smiling, will then get tired again but not give in. we then give him a bottle around 8-9 and then he gets a second wind and he is all happy again so about 10.30 we "top him up" with more and he will then go to sleep in his cot but up again at 3am for more, he is virtually asleep when he has this and goes straight back down and then again at around 7!
Now i know this don't seem to bad we want to try and get him in bed before 10.30, we did try this last night but he was then up at 1.30 and again at 5! Just like hearing your stories as it gives me hope!!

LOL!! - Baby poo is better then "grown up poo" they strat to do!!

lol!
DD2 saves all her poo up so we get a tonne load every second day - so i'm hoping that once we start solid a more varied diet will mean less more often....

Blimey, been lurking, bu posted on other threads recently.

You guys are all so busy!

I will be starting DD o baby rice soon - DS had it at 14, until 16 weeks and then I started the purees. DD has been waking 2x a nigth (from once a few weeks ago) and is less and less esettled at night. Last night DD was up 3x and DS 4 times so I'm shattered.

Evening routine is bath at 6, feed as soon as bathing done (sometimes just before if she is wailing) and then second feed if she'll take it at about 7.15. She is then stuffed in her cot around 7.30 and usually goes to sleep.

DS is a nightmare at the moment. I could have cheerfully done him a serious injury ealier he was such a little shite. We have started a sticker chart. If he is good, or nice, or eat well het gets a sticker which h loves. I was always advised to praise the positive and as much as possible ignore the negative - that way they get attention for good things. It is not easy, and obviously anything unsafe or whatever have to be stopped but it should be done with min attention. I am struggling right now as he is so awful, but the sticker chart helps.

We do eskimo kisses too here, and evie loves having her neck kissed, and her legs wiggled. other than that she can be quite serious, then suddenyl bursts into smiles and chats non stop! I may get round to posting a picture I suppose!!

finally added somepictures......

its taking me so long to catch up here so im going to do it in 2 parts

conker- my lo is still in newborn clothes and only taking 3oz of SMA gold every 3 hours dont think he will be on solids till atleast 6 months.

elenor sorry to hear about the dogs its not nice. and im very happy for yousleeping all night.

james-i hate dentists too i always end up in the emergency room at the minute i need RCT, and about 6 fillings but am putting it off till they start annoying me!
me and dp are getting on ok at the mo, i know its only a matter of time though before something else pops up but isn't every relationship like that?

ill catch up with everyone else later

lo is waking at 1, 4, 7 as usual and taking an hour to feed and then there is the winding so only getting about an hour and a half in between feeds. hes due one now so off to make up bottle