June 07 - Piling on the pounds....and we're not talking about the babies!!!

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I'm off to bed too now...good night!

SOrry daisy, I will not get drawn into this reasoned debate!

Ds can roll over! He has been doing it on the sly for a while, but I saw him do it yesterday and he did it about 3 times just to show off!

CV has no idea of the strength of the maternal bond or that love. And why? because she does not have children. And why? because she was left at the end of the garden for hours on end with no smiles and therefore cannot form meaningful relationships.

probably.

clever baby loony!

daisy, just now am feeding her. tried left, went on for a minute but go all wriggly and upset. tried right, ok, waited for a pause they tried left again, no joy so back on the right.

ROFL foxy!

Cake? I just had a club sandwich. With proper hand-cut chips. and a Breakaway biscuit.

Thanks Bumper for the link.

Well done to your DS. Thats progress Ria, but the extent of the bullying is awful.

ta it's just nice to be engaging my brain! i think you are right we are all mostly similar with how we do things, some of us are a little more routiney than others, but nothing extreme like CV.

All this talk of cake has made me want one.
It's my birthday soon, I will bake myself a cake.

Speaking of engaging brains bumper - I am working Saturday

ria, your poor ds. i was bullied at school, it's so hard. but i didn't even realise i was being bullied, i just thought that was the way i deserve to be treated and that was just a fact of school life. hopefully you ds will grow up to be someone who is true to himself and doesn't follow the crowd.

oh ta, that's crap. just think of the money. when's your birthday?

don't be daft, you are not a bad mother, you are a hard working mother!

What gets me about all these methods (controlled crying, etc etc) is that none of them seem to get that a baby is tiny for an INCREDIBLY short time...and it really saddens me if a Mum can't be selfless enough to put the baby's needs first during that time, rather than their own. I know it's really hard but whenever I want to tear my hair out in frustration I think 'put it in perspective. I've actually spent about 0.1 % of my life dealing with shitty nappies / lack of sleep / crying / tantrums (or whatever is pissing me off)...and all too soon they'll be grown up, and I won't be able to rub my lips over that soft baby head any more...

Birthday is on Monday.
And I am thinking of the money, and the bills that need paying and the new car I am supposed to get because DH's has conked and he's having mine.

I agree, BZ.

(and J runs off to get her crying baby from the pushchair)

Having said that, I did recently meet a mum who said 'I didn't really like my daughter till she hit 3 - I was just really bored by her before then.' - I was a bit shocked by this, TBH...but I guess she was just being honest. Not everyone likes the baby part.

angelia jolie called her baby a 'blob' for months, she said she had no personality, is just a blob.

I deserve no mother of the year awards but even I could see that at a few days old DS had a definate personality...even if it was grumpy

Ria....I missed your post, sorry. That is truly awful about the bullying, but at least the school are taking it seriously. Are the perpetrators/ringleaders being punished?

Thankfully DSs school is very anti-bullying and their strategy seens to work.

Bumper, I wish there was something I could suggest to help with your feeding. Is she doing OK though, plenty of wet nappies and putting on weight? I'm not sure if someone has suggested this on any of your threads, but is your let down slow to kick in? Have you tried expressing to begin with to kick things off then putting her on when let down happens. she may just be frustrated if she isn't getting it as quick as before

I agree that people prefer different things, and know that some find the baby part a touch boring (feel like that myself sometimes), but am a little shocked that it could last as long as 3 - they get personalities and can interact and thus be less boring well before than. But I guess we are all different.

Very true BZ.

"Blob"? Thats just crap of her.

Shit. Its my Mum's birthday on Monday. shitshitshitshitshit

Any ideas what I can buy her????

Oh bollocks. thats put a real downer on things.

magazine subscription? got one for my sis in aug and she was v.pleased. And can arrange over net if needed

Excellent idea Jamantha, but I did that last year! Thanks ... next vouchers? did that for christmas... picture of the grandkids, hmmm she's not that bothered... she likes shopping and pretending she's not 62 by going out.

Oooh, she's going to NY in November. Perhaps some US$???

Sorry! $ might work though, perhaps tucked into a NY guide (if she needs one)

what about treating her to a massage or a facial foxy?

DS got high praise indeed from his teacher today regarding his reading....yay at last he's starting to take it all in

I'm that babylovegood is rolling over. DD can get onto her side then gets stuck, but then again she doesn't get the practice as I don't really leave her on the floor for too long; she is in real danger of being trampled on by DS!

I just had an almond magnum.....6 points gone just like that! I think I'd rather have 3 glasses of wine for the same amount

well done to your ds daisy.

i would rather have the wine too...