June '07 - I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles

[daisyandbabybootoo]

I drink coffee, but mostly decaf

DKMA - part of me PMSL at CCTV for babies, the other part totally gets it and I would too be watching my baby sleeping all night on the telly too! But you are missing The Stepford Wives . Oh, I aspire to be like them...!

Ju, I'm wondering what that books about too. Please enlighten us, any top tips?! On the allergy front, have you been eating strawberries? Tomatoes? Or a heat rash perhaps? My lo is suffering baby acne at the mo.

meeting friends for coffee is all that keeps me going at the mo. haven't noticed any diff to lo on days i don't have it. she's always a nightmare - ha ha!

Well done sputnik! You've inspired me! Well you and my really skinny friend from work who came to visit this afternoon - I felt like a hippo next to her!

I don't drink coffee cos I don't like it, but I do drink Decaf Yorkshire Tea - it's lovely.

Little fella fast asleep still!

ahhh! Just had an argument with my DP 'cos he was out when me and DD1 decided to try EBM and a bottle - he's annoyed that HE didnt get to feed the bottle and that i've excluded him.
(he has alot of jealousy with my dd1 - he's nother dad)

was I bad to do that do you think?
I told him it was only 1oz - so hardly worth bothering about.

JBM - I don't think that was bad?
I do however think that men in general are weirdos!

lol dkma!

Depends if you knew he felt strongly about it I suppose! I only get DP to do the first bottles simply so baby doesn't reject it in favour of breast.

Agree he can do the next few bottle feeds - at 2am, 4, 6 ...

Eurgh! Had my first crappy night with LO having wind. She wouldn't settle until 1am, but she is still asleep now, which is good going for her. (7 hours!). Not so good for me as DS2 wet the bed at 3, DD1 was up at 6.20 and I'm taking all of them swimming on my own this morning!

And the children are fighting already

Oh foxy you poor thing ;( You're so brave taking all the kids swimming by yourself. How can you physically manage that?

Hi BZ! How are you?

Have decided not to make things really hard for myself. My plan was if the baby slept in her buggy, I'd take the other 3 in. But if not, they'd just have the lesson.

Decided just to go for the lesson and I will sit on the side with baby in a sling. You can try too hard ....

Are you up for the 16th?

Hi there everyone
Since I said hello ages ago I seem to have had no time (or spare hands) to join you again since! But I am having a bit of a dilema and needed some advice. DH DD and i have been invited to a Cailigh?? one of those irish barn dance type things wedding reception this eve. it starts at 8 at would take us about 1 and half hours to get there. DD id 6 weeks old and just establishing good sleeping routine. i have a couple of concerns... first of all is it right to take a 6 week old to a long evening do? guess we wont be back till 1 ish... and it will obviously be very noisy etc. secondly, will it wreck the evening / sleep routine that is going so well? This being my 1st baby, i really don't know if i am being a worrying idiot and should just go and stop worrying... what i really wanted to know is what do you guys do?? or what would you do?? sorry for 1 handed typing!

Hi Foxy , BZ and Finky

Finky - I am wondering the same - We've got a wedding in a couple of weeks and am also worrying about logistics and routine - so would be handy to know what the others think!

Foxy - you must be knackered!
I don't want to be smug.....but.... little fella slept in his own room last night - woke at 3.45 fed and burped and back in bed bt 4.12 and didn't wake again till 7.15! I'm feeling a bit more 'normal today'
And.....I've decided that daddy is in charge today - bout time the lazy shit had a whole day of it!!!!

DKMA - you go ahead and be smug! That's fantastic. Do you feel vaguely human for it?

Finky - go and enjoy! If it all goes tits up, you can leave and lo will sleep in the car.

Good routines are great while they last, but there's always something that comes along and stuffs them up - could be a growth spurt, illness, change in the weather. You might as well as fun. I'd take a sling along if you have one if lo becomes unsettled, but you might find they just sleep through.

once I know they are capable of good sleep (like DDs 7 hours last night) I feel a lot more positive that it'll happen again. One day. There's always hope, and they can always get back into it.

thanks foxy - i think we will go for it - you're right - we can always leave and i am tempted by idea of night out at last with alchohol! she has slept for 6 hrs, waking for a quick feed then back to sleep for another 3 hours for the last 4 nights so i guess i know she can do it now!

DKMAFME - Hope you are having a nice day off duty. That's great that DD slept for so long - and Foxy's DD too! long may it continue.

mnow i have the problem What to wear!!! arghhhhhhhh. am inbetween maternity clothes and pre-pregnancy stuff. Am very jealous of all this weight loss that's going on! of course it might help if i stopped eating everything in sight!

Well, I am very jealous that you're going to a cailigh Agree with Foxy, go for it

Good day y'all!
Actually i havent read the book myself but the gist of it is that french women eat chocolates and all the sinful foods yet stay thin. I have sent for the book myself to get the full gist cuz i think its true and it works cuz i tried a little and i've seen results. Basically u can eat everything but in little quantities so u wont feel deprived. I have been doing that and i'm actually beginning to look "thin" . But why i'm much interested in the whole thing is cuz i want to have a way of eating that allows my weight to be stable, yet be able to eat EVERYTHING and not be dieting.

Hi everyone, we've had a really full day - went down to Greenwich today to look at Green Baby as they are having a sale - it was shite and didn't buy anything. Then went and got some lunch then to a 4 year old birthday party. Am now totally knackered.

Well done for lo's own room DKMA.

Foxy, what is your secret, how does dd sleep for so long? I've tried GF and he still wakes every 2-3 hours.

Well done Sputnik, too. You've inspired me and I am now giving up cakes (especially after eating too many at the party today).

just been trying to catch up, but didn;t get past Sputnik

oi, you cheeky cow

will catch up tomorrow, my tea is ready.

I don't really know Annobal. Once the others are in bed I feed her, pretty much all evening. I think last night she was just knackered. It didn't help me, sadly!

During the day she's more of a snacker, but that suits me as I can get up and on. So she'll feed frequently one side at a time. Then we sit and I'll be completely empty by bedtime - which is 11ish, then she seems to wake around 3 then 7ish.

Some nights we've had a bath together, she loves that, lies back and relaxes.

Truth is there's no science behind it, just luck!

I've just had curry for dinner. So will be a different story tonight I'm sure!

Hi Daisy, you back with the boys then?

Ju, when you've read the book, will you tell us the secret?!

creeps into room quietly embaressed at being away for so long

sorry girls.. my god my life is chaos at the moment. spent most of the last week crying cos thomas is acting me up horribly, hitting biting and screaming over any little thing.
ellen has been an angel, a total angel. she is sleeping thru.. cept last night she woke for a cuddle soppy thing, shes eating normally now, gaining weight fast and growing so fast all the trousers are now shorts (but i put them on her anyway as its hot and whos to know any better )
she has been my saving grace this week, as without her i prob would have run screaming from the house once the tantrum counter reached triple figures!

glad to see someone else handing over the kids to hubby.. i did that tuesday and went out for an hour. i only went to somerfield but it felt amazing!

whos for bingo nights ?

love N&T&E

anyone read harry potter.. i finalyl finished it last night..

Hi Natty! Sorry to hear about T's tantrums - like you haven't got enough on your plate. Why do you think he's having them? LOs get so frustrated at this age, they desperately want to communicate but its so hard for them. Hang on in there (like there's a choice in it ). My mantra is that they need the most love when they least deserve it...

My DS2 has turned from lovely little boy to hideous little sod. He's 4, ignores me, whines, whinges, fights and argues. Constantly.

DS1 loves it, makes him look good, and boy is he smart enough to play it up!