FEB 07 - 6 months down already!

[suzi2]

A new thread for the second half year

Smudgemum was it you who was coming to London for a weekend with your DH?...or was it andyrobo?

Happy new year everyone!

We had quite a quiet new year with the inlaws, managed to stay awake to 12:30 woohoo! Nipper enjoyed the break away, getting to know in-laws dog etc, and slept pretty well. Now getting to 6:30ish most mornings which feels like a lie-in compared to pre-6am before Xmas.

Absolutely love the nipper, he's a real character, but also like others I feel sad that my baby has grown. Going back to work on the 30th, so I'm very conscious that the first year has almost gone.

Still no news about my stepdad. He's feeling a bit better but still definitely not right. Thanks for kind thoughts.

Off skating with DS1 for his first time tomorrow - should be a laugh!

Hi Peachygirl - no we weren't coming to London. Would be nice though if you are inviting us
Well Ds was 11 months on the 5th and still not teeth. But..... he's slept through the last 4 nights. I know, the smug look will soon be wiped off when the teeth start but I can enjoy it for now.
How was the skating babydriver?

I just realised that one of our Feb 07 babies is 1 already - Jacob has got there!

So, as it's very quickly approaching several more birthdays, here's a list of who we all were nearly a year ago:

PLUMPBUMP - 2nd Jan at 32 weeks! - Jacob
MUMMYTOJAKE - 24th Jan - Max
BECS21 - 28th Jan - Tilly
TITCHY - 1st Feb - Bethany
BABYDRIVER - 4th Feb - Evan David
SMUDGEMUM - 5th Feb - Dominic Marcus
BUBBLEBELL1 - 6th Feb - Harvey Eric
SHHHH - 7th Feb - Harry Nathaniel
SOUNDBITES - 7th - Isla Maisie
SORKYCAKE - 9th Feb - Luca
TUTTIFRUTTI - 9th Feb - Emma Victoria
KATPOO - 10th Feb - Kai Xavier Wright
HAIRYCATTERPILLAR - 10th Feb - Benjamin Lewis
BUNNY3 - 10th Feb - Tabitha
RUTHIE21 - 11th Feb - Girl
BOUNCYMINKY - 11th Feb - Elizabeth Anne
FLOWERTOT - 11th Feb - Charlie Alexander
SUZI2 - 12th Feb - Isla Grace
SALLYALLYALLY - 13th Feb - Henry Eric
CADBURY - 13th Feb - Aimie Flora Grace
PEACHYGIRL - 13th Feb - Maya Peach
SNUGGLEBUNNY - 13th Feb - Arren John
QSACK - 13th Feb - Zachary James
ANDYROBO - 14th Feb - Thomas
MRSJ - 14th Feb - Millie Rose
SUIS - 14th Feb - Alexander Kinross Stirling Mooney
THELITTLESTBOHO - 15th Feb - Noa Echo
LEAHSMUM - 15th Feb - Sophie Louise
JULEZBOO - 16th Feb - Adam Thomas
SALLYN - 16th Feb - Noah
TOMMY - 16th Feb - Oscar
BABE - 16th Feb - Boy
CHACHA - 16th Feb - Joseph Gabriel
LUCYB9384 - 19th Feb - Oliver David
TIME4TEA - 19th Feb - 7lb 13oz Torin Oscar
MOOSMA - 20th Feb - Tabetha Katy
BIENCHEN - 22nd Feb - Catherine Isabelle
12YEARGAP - 22nd Feb - Girl
ALOCIN - 22nd Feb - Patrick James
RUBYANDBEANSMUMMY - 22nd Feb - Oscar Gabriel
DONTCALLMEYUMMY - 23rd Feb - Reuben
MARMITEMAD - 24th Feb - Abigail Rose
ocomeALLYebabies ? 25th Feb - Boy
CURRANTBUN - 27th Feb - Kit Thomas
DRJO - 27th Feb - Kimberley Ann
JA9 - 28th Feb - Rosie Erin
FORGOTTENFREETIME - 5th Mar - Ruth Isabel
SNUGGLEBUMNAPPIES - 7th Mar - Charlie George
MRSJOHNCUSACK - 8th Mar ? Henry
SAZISI - Girl

Sorry if I've missed off any new people, I copied the most recent list I could find and added a couple of people. There may be some missed name changes in there too!

Must have been andyrobo then. You would be most welcome though, we have a sofa bed and a travel cot
Hope the skating was good baby driver where did you go?
We've been having a bit of a bad time over the past few days DD has had terrible nappy rash which has made her very very sore. Metanium (suggested on threads on MN) helped but it is still bad. I'm going to see the HV tomorrow.
she has been terible to settle at night we have resorted to leaving her to cry which has not been pleasant.
I'm putting it down to lots of moving about over christmas, the sore bum and... I don't know...
BUT she is walking!!!

Congratulations on the walking! We've had a few steps but we're not there yet. I hope Maya feels better soon, is she teething?

Gosh, I'd forgotten that Jacob would be one already. And a few of the babes are now walking! Not ours, however. He's just cruising along the sofa and clunking his head regularly as he collapses on to the wooden floor. He managed to split his chin and bite his tongue at the same time the other day - lots of blood, but quickly forgotten.

Skating was, erm, interesting. DS1 spent more time on his bum than on his feet and took the best part of forty minutes to do one circuit, but said he really enjoyed it and is now good at getting up from the ice! We went to Somerset House which is lovely and has a much bigger rink than the last time I went. DH kindly sorted DS back into his shoes shortly before the end of the session so I got a few wobbly spins to myself.

Nothing much else to report except a seventh tooth. Oh, and a third word I think but it's so hard to tell at this age. He's had 'ca' (cat) and 'dow' (down) for a few weeks but I think he's trying to do 'du' for duck as well as trying to sign it. That's thanks to the shedload of rubber ducks we have in the bath at the moment I guess. So much for 'mummy' or 'daddy'...

Moosma she has just had a tooth come through.So it probably is connected too
Somerset house, how lovely, we went to Kew a few years ago

Hello ladies,

How are you all? Hope everyone and LOs are doing fine - have managed a very quick catch up - unfortunately didn't have much time to post on the ante or post natal groups, will have missed loads.

DS2 has been walking for a few weeks, looking like a little old man as has had no teeth until last week, two are finally coming through!! He will one mid February - cannot believe it TBH. We are expecting DC3 in July - will hopefully have time to post and catch up with you all in the meantime.

He has just learned how to get up on the sofa - nightmare, must go xxx

( in a nice way) DC3 in JULY Wow cha cha!! Lovely to see you again

Hi Peachy - Glad you remembered me, think i posted last just before delivery of DS2. Managing to post more often on MN this year - something to do with not going out as much until m/s is over or at least not so severe!

Do you all do a baby update every so often? Hasn't the year gone by so quickly - or is that just me?

Do hope everyone is well and that well deserved holidays were had by all. x

There are not so many of us on the thread now just a few die hard posters. It will be interesting to catch up if others pop in as 1st birthdays approach

I can't keep up on here - keep forgetting to look at it once it vanishes from my 'threads I'm on'.

DD is great. She's a right little character. Sleep has improved VERY slightly in that she'll occasionally do longer than a 90 stint and it isn't a 2 hour screaming match to get her down. The sleep clinic lady is coming to see us tomorrow so we'll see what she says.

DD is stepping a lot now. She has a lot more control that DS ever did when he started. She gets to standing from sitting without holding on, then stands for 10 seconds, does 4 teeny shuffly steps, stands again and lowers herself to the ground. DS used to take fair steps but it was drunk man walking! She's even started standing up to dance when good music is on. It's very cute as she's still so teeny (with a big pot belly).

So what's all the plans for the 1st birthday parties? We're doing a big 'do' at my parents. We did the same for DSs first. She won't have a clue what's going on so we do the celebration for everyone else's benefit. DS has already been promised that he can blow out her candle.

Peachy, the bad nights might be related to the fact that she's started to walk. Apparently they become so interested in moving about that sleep is seen as time that they can't, and they find it frustrating. Just a thought if she had been sleeping well before.

DS is a real sweetie and definitely a little character now too! He's 10 and a bit months but nowhere near walking - not even crawling yet! Apparently I didn't crawl until I was 12 months so he's obviously inherited my lazy streak! He says "Mum" and "Nana" but resolutely refuses to say "Dad" or anything approximating words beginning with "d" or "b".

He really belly-laughs at things he finds funny and the other day whilst I was pushing his buggy he turned round to look at me with such an expression of adoration on his face it nearly made me cry. I love him to pieces and can't believe that once upon a time I didn't think I wanted kids ...

Suzi2, glad the nights are getting a bit better, DS2 is getting slightly better also, though we never had those awful two hours to get to sleep struggles that you had, he is starting to fight his sleep now which is not much fun, I can't believe you have managed 10 months of this, I take my hat off to you

Forgot to say congratulations to baby Peach who I think is our first walker. DS2 has come on very slowly from being up and cruising at 8 months he still isn't doing anything more, whizzes around pushing his walker or any small bit of furniture as they all have felt pads on the bottom to stop them scratching the wooden floors! Am at baby currantbun talking, we are getting lots of babble and that's it.

Naughty Moosma for posting that list of names and birthdays, feeling ever so broody now! Just got my first period back since DS2 was born so it suddenly feels like DS2's babyhood is over

Peachy, forgot to say, if your DD is still suffering with a sore bottom, Lansinoh works wonders

I found Morhulin cream really good for DS's sore bottom. Apparently my mum used it on myself and my brother when we were babies so it has stood the test of time. Much better than Sudocrem for nappy rash as I found Sudocrem wouldn't stick to the raw bits.

Having said in my last post that DS resolutely refuses to say "Dad" - he did so for the first time last night! DH and I had just put him to bed and were in our bedroom listening to him "chatting" to himself as he does when he's settling off to sleep. In a very loud voice he suddenly said, "Dadadadadad!!!" DH was over the moon and rushed in to give him a big kiss! He said it several times again this morning when DH was changing his nappy, and again when DH left for work. He definitely associates the word with DH, as he does "Mum" with me - he always says "Mama" when he looks at me, whereas when he first said it at 5.5 months it was indiscriminate and referred to anything and everything.

Curly, know what you mean about feeling broody! For someone who once didn't think she wanted children I continue to surprise myself!

I'm firmly putting all things baby behind me, I've had my hair cut (14" off!), I'm wearing makeup again, trying to do a few sit ups to get rid of the 'bag' and am making an effort to get out and see friends more. I always used to want 4 children but the thought of doing the past few years all over again terrifies me!

Much applause to the talkers, we get lots of chatter and babble but nothing very coherent. Sometimes she says mumumumumu when she wants something and she has a sort 'eh-yoo' for hello when she pops up at me.

Everytime DD gives me more than 90 mins sleep, I get broody. But then it doesn't take much to switch that broodiness off lol. I would love more, I really would. I just don't think I can go through this level of sleep deprevation and worry over sleeping again. I've had days when I can't bear to look at DD. Days (well, nights) when I have honestly come close to strangling her (that's my cue to take a walk up the street and let DH take over!) and there were days when I seriously, seriously, seriously told DH we were having her adopted unless he really wanted her. I look back with such sadness and horror - but also know that it's sleep deprevation talking. Sleep clinic lady didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. But I'm not sure I can follow their advice (crying it out basically, and no night feeds). I told her I'd think things over and see where we were when DH gets back from the US in a couple of weeks.

Hmm, don't know why I ended up on that thought . Anyway, loving DD at the moment .She's sooo cheeky. I think we will have trouble with her when she's older. She's now taking more and more steps and will bend down and pick things up mid walk. Still only half a dozen at a time but things are moving quickly. She's enjoying this new freedom I think. DS is enjoying her being easier to push over! She's a mimic and repeats loads of what you say. Favourite words are gan da (grandad, favourite person in the world), ni ni (night night) and dow (down, said every time she throws something off the highchair!). Such a contrast to DS who only started talking 6 months ago. I think she'll catch up on him quickly.

Don't Call My Mummy Yummy is fluent in a high pitched language only dogs can understand (40% babble, 20% shrieking, 10% wild hand gesticulations and 30% Kenneth Williams-esque facial expressions). I have recently been trying to coach him into saying 'Mama' but as he's just mastered clapping his hand over his mouth, Red Indian style, that's all I get these days.
It's strange to imagine some of you are feeling broody and planning your next pregnancy. As a single mum (are there any others on this thread?) for me the pitter patter of more tiny feet is a whole new life away.

Hi Ladies, sorry i haven't been on for months, been so busy have been doing a part time course at uni and bethany is quite hard work, the months just fly by, can't believe a year has nearly passed since our babies were born!
I had some shocking news yesterday...found out i am pregnant again
Can't believe it, we only done the deed once in the whole month!!!!!!Don't know how i will cope with 3 especially with bethany being so young and not a very good sleeper!I also got my dream job which i am due to start in feb and am in complete confusion as what to do, whether to be honest and tell them before i start or wait and see???Hope you and babies are well.xx

suzi2, sorry to hear not much progress from the expert - but good to hear that there's some from your little one. I expect you've read all the books there are, but just in case, have you seen "The No Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantley? There are various possible routes forward suggested in it - no one answer, but I thought it had quite a nice pick and choose approach depending on child/parent/circumstance.

Congratulations Titchy and ChaCha - great news!

All well with us. The nipper is cruising very well, and I don't think it'll be long before he's walking. He's also added the sign for bird to his vocab - got very excited about some pigeons in the park the other day.

Congrats titchy & chacha! You'll have your hands full... I have 18 months between mine and all I can say is that you get fit pretty quick!

Babydriver, we have the no cry sleep solution here. I agree it's a good read and it's definately my sort of approach. The only problem is that I think we'll either need time and a lot of work or an extreme approach. The time and work sits better with me. She was dreadful last night - awake every half hour screaming despite piriton and ibuprofen at 11pm. I can't believe she would do that unless she was in pain or seriously distressed - and to just leave her to cry? It might well fix it but that's not something I can live with I don't think. Maybe when she's a 2 or something and we can explain a bit more... and bribe with stickers and chocolate! Interesting to hear about the signing. I haven't done any with DD but we did with DS and he never signed back so we stopped at a year... until he was about 18 months to avoid talking! I couldn't believe he remembered them for that 6 months. His speech has been quite slow and I do wish we had done more signing as it would have alleviated a lot of frustration.

DCMY, DD has also learned the red indian style thingy. Makes me laugh a lot, DS never did things like that to entertain us as such.

T does the red indian thing too, but with the back of her hand. Her other favourite is to 'wibble' her bottom lip with her finger IYKWIM and she loves to do it to other people too so I have her nails short!

OH MY GOD

I am watching the most insane programme ever - The Baby Borrowers on BBC Three. Basically a load of teenage couples who reckon they're ready for children go and stay in a holiday cottage and are given a small baby to parent for a few days whilst the real parents watch on CCTV. It is awful and I cannot believe that these parents a) agreed to it in the first place and b) didn't wade in there and grab their baby back when they observed one couple leaving their child for over 8 hours without changing his nappy! With the exception of maybe one couple these kids are idiots, immature and full of their own issues - I wouldn't trust them with DCMMY for two minutes!
And the funny thing is I was approached to take part in this programme, a woman from the production company was outside my local cinema's parent and baby screening one day and tried to sell it to me as a worthy thing to do, helping young people in a totally supportive environment. I thought it sounded a bit nuts. And the parents on this programme look a bit shell-shocked.
Oh my god one of the boys just ran retching out of the room mid-nappy change, leaving the little boy covered in his poo on the bed. In fact almost all the boys are spending their time running off at any excuse leaving the girls to it - you can see how teenage girls become single mums. Oh man this programme is unbelievable - to think people were up in arms over Bringing Up Baby...
One of the babies (the one left in his nappy) is now screaming because the teenagers are doing such a terrible job with the bedtime routine - and the real mum is watching the footage and sobbing. And when the teenage girl is spoken to about it she gets all arsey about it and say "If she says anything else she can have her baby back". She claims to have been devoted to the baby all day with no time to pee - despite having enough time to apply Winehouse-style eyeliner. I can't watch anymore, it's making me equally sad and angry. The Fwits!