Dec 06 - a new one for Indith and her rubbish dial up!

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New thread for our incessant chatter!

Oh I am ok now thanks It was awful though and It's the kind of thing you keep going over. Dd4 is fab and been spoilt rotten today She is very impressed with her Dora watch although as far as she's concerned it's always 9 o'clock

Ds1 still not crawling and I'm not in a hurry to chase him around but he does like to stand holding my hands for ages. What fun

Whoa - massive postings today!

Yes, was staying up late to hear of missdees news on peter the first time and was very sad when the 1st transplant was cancelled. So happy that they didn't wait too long for the real call.

Mag - how scary for you.

BLWners - I put the food in front of dd2 but she doesn't seem to digest much of it. Although she's quite accomplised in getting weetabix up her nose and in her ears.

Indith - went to HV as I didn't think dd2 was pooing as much as she should. She said not to worry if she is alert and happy and the poos aren't hard and she's not in pain.

Magnolia, so glad to hear your DD is OK. What a terrible fright for you - hope you're getting over it.

Oli, LOL at your LO eating out of the plant pot. It's amazing what they'll stick in their mouths at this stage. Then suddenly they reach a stage where only 2 or 3 foods will be permitted past their lips Give me the indiscriminate grazing any day!

I cried yesterday when I read that Peter had come out of theatre. I think there is something in this cyber-world that means we are much more open than in RL, and therefore laid bare. In a nice way, though. I'd certainly be lost without you lot.

Have just read down a bit...my dd seems to eat like a bird compared to everyone elses los! She gets full really quickly, after three ice-cube sized thingys she can barely manage a petit filous! And that's the biggest meal of the day!

GBC - DD2 hardly eats anything either. Although she did eat a plum and it was amazing how she sucked all of the flesh off and left the skin.

She gets fed up of sitting in her highchair.

I guess she must be eating okay though, she's still gaining weight nicely - but she's definately not a guzzler!

Oh my, what a lot of posts to catch up on.

magnolia - what a terrible experience. But also lol at your dd's questions afterwards. Children are so resilient, aren't they

I am amazed at the amount of food these babies are going through! Ds2's big meals are 4 ice cubes worth of something like squash or peaches and then a rice cake with some breast milk as a chaser Of course we're still forbidden eggs and cheese so it takes a lot of yummy things off the list.

Indith, the backwards thing is so cute. I'm wishing now that I had videotaped ds2 but I am the world's worst at getting out the camcorder.

Oli, have definitely welled up reading about Peter. I haven't read updates yet tonight but things were sounding good last time I checked. Lol at the plant soil...

Thanks for all of the support with ds1. Yesterday was the worst day so far. We spoke with the director of the school and she is taking a personal interest in him She said that the state doesn't allow them to actually change him but they can assist him in cleaning himself She is also working with his teacher to change some things around with the curriculum and is bringing in an assistant to work with him and a few others. I hesitate to discuss that he is G&T as it sometimes sounds rather...boastful or something? But honestly it is mainly just overwhelming and stressful. I do want to believe that the changes she is making will help since stress contributes to his overall colon problems.

magnolia - how frightening. Glad DD is ok.

I am sick of getting up in the night! I went out last night for the 1st time since DD was born./ Got back at 11 and she woke up 15 mins later and wanted a feed so I guess DH was lucky.

Anyway DH away again next week but when he gets back he is going to do the night wakings and try and break the habit of me feeding her back to sleep

That's what cracked it for us, FGS. Otherwise I feel sure ds2 would still be getting up every 2 hours.

Amberli doesnt have any teeth yet, so bit nervous about what I can give her or not? I know they can pretty much chew with their gums,but she dtill looks like shes gagging sometimes!??

Calm, if you look on Aitch's BLW blog (I linked to it a couple of posts ago) there's a big section on gagging and choking and toothless babes. The gagging is basically their way of moving food back to the front of the mouth so they can gum it a bit more, it's not a sign that they're choking. A couple of times ds2 has looked as though he's struggling to swallow something and a quick slap on the back soon brings it forwards in his mouth. Dd was eating sausages with no teeth so I really wouldn't worry about what you give her unless it's something very hard like apple!

FGS, Dh is going to do the night wakings when we get back off holiday. I think that really is the only way.

Don't quite know what to say about the night wakings Magnolia , but hope you get a break soon. The dtds woke us up every couple of hours for aaaages, so i have been there.

As for gumming stuff...i let dd have a bread stick and a cheese stick as part of her afternoon snack which is usually just milk. Don't do fingerfood really as she is rubbish at biting with no teeth, but she actually managed today. Not sure there is a point to this post really, but thought i would rear my ugly head!

Gosh Magnolia what a scare! Glad she is fine.

Calm, as Oli said gagging is perfectly fine. I have never had to even pat ds on the back, he just gets on with it.

We have had poo! Lots of it, so much poo. Many lots, I've lost count of the amount of poo that I have dealt with in the past 24 hours. Think I can safely say that the dried apricots have done their work well. I should possibly limit him a bit more but he does so love them

I am in an odd sort of mood tonight. Dp is just so clumsy, or accident prone or something. The last big one was a while ago (the incident with the tap and ds'head) but there have been countless accidents. He puts him down too quickly so he bashes his head. He misjudges going through a door...you get the drift. I tell him to just slow down a bit. He has always been a bit uncoordinated and does things very quickly, he has a tendancy to punge in and think later. Today I was in the bath and he was bringing ds up to join me and he fell over on the stairs. Thankfully ds seems to be ok, just a couple of eggs on his head but he gave us a scare as he took a long time to calm down. He went to bed fine with some calpol eventually. I just don't know what to do about it, it just seems to happen too often and today was not good. What if dp hadn't been able to stop himself from actually falling onto ds? Mostly when dp is giving me some study time he takes ds out for a walk and that I can cope with, he finds it easier too than entertaining him for a couple of hours but I don't like the idea of leaving them at home alone anymore. I'm losing my trust in him and I hate it. I'm sure I don't need to describe how the thought of anything hurting ds makes me feel. Dp is a fantastic dad, hands on, ds worships him and always saves the biggest smiles for his dad. He can make him giggle in a way I just can't but the constant streams of accidents are getting harder to put up with. I've not yet forgiven today, just don't know how I feel about it.

Indith, have you spoken to dp about it? Is he ok health wise? I only ask because even something as basic as an inner ear infection can put you off balance and make you clumsy.
Worth checking out?

Indith, wish I had something more constructive than supportive thoughts to send you. He probably should see a doctor to rule out anything physical, as well as slowing down and thinking first.

Indith, ds1 constantly had at least one bruise on his head starting around 8 months. come to think of it, I saw one on his leg earlier today. He just crashes around quite a lot

Well feeling slightly better about about it this morning. Dp always has been an uncoordinated person, nothing new or untoward there. just one of those really accident prone people (think Tonks from Harry Potter). Ds crashes around lots too, like your ds1 Jabber, always a bump or scratch of somesort. Suppose together they are even worse! Boys, huh.

Ah well, dp really killing himself over it and very determined to slow down.

Ds woke 3 times so that would be a normal night these days and demolished his breakfast so no problems there

I wonder sometimes if the menfolk have a harder time slowing down for little people. We have to slow down gradually over 9 months of pregnancy. As dp pointed out last night he had to speed up. I'm just waiting for ds to walk, dp will have to go at his speed them

Glad you're feeling a bit more positive, Indith. Your DP sounds like my DSS (now 27) who seems to have just come out of that gawky teenage phase. You know, boys whose feet are just too big for them, limbs too long so they can't control them, etc. Girls never seem to be quite so unco-ordinated - boys seem to flail about for several years.

I have the clumsy gene too. I get it from my Dad. Fell down the stairs with DD1 when she was only 3 months old. She was fine but I broke a rib.

DD1 is also clumsy and is always covered in bruises

Me too! DH despairs!

Well, there goes my theory about girls becoming graceful as they age!

Although I must also confess to bizarre clumsiness, mostly involving hot surfaces. I have a particularly nasty scar on my tummy from when I was pregnant with DD1. I forgot how big I was whilst removing a roasting tin from the oven. I have also burned my forehead with the iron . I have no idea how.

FGS - I would advise against your footwear if you are really that clumsy

bp - bizarre injuries!

I am clumsy. I fell over and broke my ankle when I just fell pg with dd2 and fellover on the same ankle 6 months later.

Just call me Calamity Jane!

snap margo. I broke my wrist 2 x either side of being pg with DD1 !

Is it wrong to be PMSL at bp burning her head with the iron? I have all these mental pictures of how you did it which are all slap stick comedy style!

Indith, how's things with dp?

It's dd's b'day tomorrow so I'm trying to make her a Little Princess cake, as well as organise her party tea, wrap the presents, find the card I bought months ago......tell me the rest of you are this disorganised too, please!