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??????

pink thats terrible bless, how did he feed through the night?

Thanks tash, seems a little better today, had a restless night but dh was good and we swapped sides so he dealt with him and i had a pretty good nights sleep he had a full 6oz at 10 and then at 3am he had another 6oz and then he has just taken 3 this morning so at least thats better then yesterday!
How is everyone else today?

well atleast you know hes got something in his belly.
never got a chance to get the pic on as me and dp were argueing about his 'dad'. but alls calmed down now for another while. just got the boy sorted they are now plunked infront of cbeebees s i can get some washing done and lo is asleep. speech therepist was useless but she said she was quite happy with his feeding but already knew that he was feeding fine 3oz every 3 hours still he is due his injections next week cant wait to find out wat he weighs

Pink - glad to hear your LO is doing a bit better. How are YOU anyway? How are the AD's going? or are they still in the packet?!!

Evie got fed at 10.30 last nght coz she crashed in the evening after a heavy days shopping! She then puked at 12 and 1, and had a feed at 3, up again at 7 so not bad. Found a lovely puddle of cheese in the bottom of the trvel cot under her mattress. Yummy!

Does anyone else have problems erm.. getting in the mood? I know DH is gagging for it, but I really cannot be bothered, when we do get around to it, I'm thinking, "ok, this is it for a few days, done my duty". Everything has got a bit erm... dry down there (I'll shoot anyone who mentions ky jelly I hate the stuff) - I think it is just hormones from b/f but I do feel a bit sorry for DH . sorry if tmi!!

James -just seen your other thread - Evie is a real pain when I feed her, I often have to hold hr hand to stop her pulling my hair, clothes, necklace, scratching her face, sticking her fingers in her eyes, or mouth! The latter is really anooying - she sticks her thumb in her mouth and forgets she wa sfeeding!!

DS used to stop feeding as soon as anyone ame in the room. I could never talk on the phone and feed him coz he stopped and grinned at me - I think Evie will be the same. Oh joy.

just read some of the waening stuff posted, my advice is - sod them! i think a lot of people forget that they are guidelines not 'you must' and i think (though trying to find out about what data was used is very hard) that the majority of who guidelines are based on the more underdeveloped world (happy to be told otherwise though). there's loads of arguements for and against - all i can say is i've got bowls, spoons and a babycook (thanks to gill!) ready for when i think my dd2 is ready for it, and i don't think it's that far away - she was almost chewing on my toast this morning.

i'm waiting on HV phoning back - need some advice about DD1, she keeps hitting/scratching another girl at childminders for no reason and nothing is working to get her to stop - time out, taking favourite toy away, no treats/sweets/praising good behavior etc - so if anyine has any ideas please tell me! i'd hate it if it was the other way round and so far the gir;ls mum has been understanding but it can't go on.

I haven't been on too much recently. Just trying to make the most of my last week at home with the dcs

Ds has his 2nd lot of injections tomorrow. Is it 1 or 2 this time? Also got my niece's birthday party to go to.

My niece and 2 nephews were all weaned at 10-12 weeks and they've survived. Just do what you think is right conker. I know it's difficult but try to ignore those nasty people and just listen to the helpful ones. They've obviously got nothing better to do than annoy and upset others.

Glad to be of assistance My2Weegirls

its mabe just a stage, did you try asking her if something was upsetting her, i done a wee parenting course and sometimes if they are upset about something or feelig left out but dont know how to explain it then they could hit out at other people.
shrinkingsagpuss-im the same just have no interest and really dont fancy putting on some lubricant and lying on my back lol. would love to get in the mood but nothing helps he just seems to annoy me when he trys

just looked it up for you gill it looks like another 2, although i thought it was one. 2nd diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, haemophilus influenzae b, polio, 1st meningitis c. and the first set they got was the same except swap meningitis for pneumococcal

gill - just think of next months pay cheque - it's 2 injections this time and 3 next time

tasha - yeah we've been through all that, she's very good at expressing herself verbally (everyone always tells us that she's really advanced with her speech , thought processes etc). the other girl (who's 8 months older) adores my DD1?!? and copies everything she does e.g. if DD1 puts her shoes in the cupboard herself then wee girl has to take her shoes out and do it too. so DD1 gets very frustrated with her copying everything but it still doesn't explain why she hits out at her for no reason and really want to get it stopped - but nothing is working!!

My2 weegirls - what does your DD say if you ask her why she hits? It is hard isn't it/ I'm dreading that stage - DS is very big for his age, and luckily right now he's a right softie, but it worries me that if he does hit out, he could hurt some of the little kids.

she starts off saying 'i don't know why i did it' then i feel like i put the words in her mouth - a typical conversation may go
me 'why did you hit her'
DD1 'don't know'
me 'were your angry with her'
DD1 'no'
me 'did she hurt you'
DD1 'no'
me 'do you not like her'

DD1 'i didn't like her but i do now'
me 'why didn't you like her'
DD1 'is my dinner ready'
me 'why didn't you like her'
DD1 'can i watch Dora?'
me ' why didn't you like'
DD1 'but mum i do like her, she's my best friend'
me 'so why did you hit her'
DD1 'don't know'

and on and on...

i really struggle to understand where it's come from as she's such a cuddly/kissy/loving wee girl (at other times). if she sees someone crying she's over to them giving them a cuddle immediately. i know it's not something that she's seen at home (and as far as i'm aware not at the childminders either)
arrrrgh!!! i should really start another thread asking for others advice (but need to go an pick her up soon....wish me luck!)

... tricky... will thnk some more........ good luck my2wee girls...

o dear, kids are confusing sometimes

Conker - some people have nothing better to do than tell everyone else how they are doing it wrong - they are guidelines every baby is different - I was reading something the other day and Dr Green whose books I love just said do it when you're ready 6 months is optimal ( hence the guidelines) most are between 4-6 months but some kids are ready to wean from 3 months. I've bought some baby rice today as I'm sure Alex is ready to give it a go.

Maybe I should start a thread entitled is it ok to puree a happy meal for my 3 month old that should get them going.

Well I have been focusing on Alex's sleep times today and he's improved already s hopefully the nights will start getting better and then I can start getting some decentish sleep again.

Shrinking - I have definatley not been in the mood it's so easy to get out of the habit as well - I wasn't too keen during this pregnancy and that seems to have continued

lol stretchmarks.
only 9 more well 8 now messeges and were into 1000

TT - We need you!!!!!!
I had thought of a very wittt title....but I've forgotten now....

Thanks. I'm assuming it's the nurse who's going to do it this time. The nurse who did dd's 2nd injections waited until she'd stopped crying to give her the 2nd one. I was really annoyed as it wasn't as if she was thrashing about. If she'd have just got on with it then dd wouldn't have been as upset for as long.

shrinking - I'm rarely in the mood but give in to stop dh from badgering me constantly and sulking when he doesn't get it (Although I do enjoy it when we get going). I think he would have left me by now otherwise. It's a sore subject in this house.

Definitely looking forward to the pay cheque My2Weegirls. Will help us get out of the overdraft.

Dp was off to watch James today (pulled a sicky because he woke up late three days in a row- worrying)so I took the opportunity to finally sort out all the babyclothes. It took me three bloody hours! Went through all the newborn and 0-3 stuff, saved some, put some to sell on ebay, and some to give away on freecycle.

Then got all the 3-6 months stuff down and realised that there was absolute MASSES of it, so I pared that down too. I mean, there were nearly twenty pairs of trousers and dungarees alone ffs!

Feel really guilty tonight, I tried to give James his two bottles before bed but I don't think he wanted the second one. I didn't realise, and thought he was just tired, so kept putting it back in his mouth and keeping him awake. He suddenly went a funny colour... and projectile vomited almost 12oz of milk all over me. I felt terrible. Poor little thing.

So now he's gone to bed on two carefully administered ounces. Chances of him sleeping through? Slim to none. But at least he feels better!

Hope everyone's ok, and all the poorly babies are feeling better.

If TT isn't about, and the thread finishes at 1000 posts (I don't know if it does or not) I'll start another one with a shitty witty title, search for it on the topics list under postnatal clubs.

aww james, lo used to do that all the time cause i have to squeeze his teat everytime he sucks and when i was getting used to the bottles i used to squeeze too hard and it would shoot out his nose cause he has no palate
i would be interested in wee boys clothes as lo is STILL in newborn

just read the weaning threads (from behind the sofa) - thanks very much for the support bagpuss - guess certain posters always want to have the last word though. quite glad i dont know those particular mners in real life.

anyway will continue with the banana and move on to other fruit and veg once he reaches 16 or 17 weeks as will then feel slightly more confident that i can experiment a bit more.

was just reading them omg some people are know alls

Erm... new thread - can't do links - "milk mash or puree - take your pick and take cover!"

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