May 07 - The one where some of us are already knocked up again...

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AM come anytime! It is Hug's birthday on 27th of this month. Cant believe he has almost made it to 3 Really should think of something for his birthday treat. He doesnt really know what is going on so i'm hoping a birthday tea will suffice.

Latinomommy dont you need to be having some form of nookie to get knocked up again?

AM i fully intend to not have a period before falling prg again. I have just ordered some of those ovulation test sticks from ebay.

Momtocm, dont feel bad. She will tumble all over the place soon!

Alana has learnt a new trick, she twists over in her bouncy chair so that she is on her hands and knees and then bounces like hell while killing herself laughing. Its really funny to watch. We hardly use the chair now unless she is bit tired and always strap her in but she is turning into a proper little escape artist like Ethen was (nothing could hold him for long, he learnt to climb over the stair gates as soon as he could stand up on his own )

She also thinks she can stand up without holding on, she pulls herself up on the sofa and then tries to let go. Im sure im going to be totally grey before she is 1

Oh and she fell off of my bed the other day too and laughed My kids are seriously not right, they have no sense of danger lol

Will try to post a couple of pics of my smiley girl in a minute.

Right baby is sleeping.

LG&T are you ttc? Oh my god, you're all making me so broody. I vowed never to do it again, but now I'm wanting too.

AM congrats on wee Ella pulling herslef up. I agree, I forget that there is some weeks between some of the babies too. It's amazing the difference in them with a few weeks isn't it.

Well C has a cotbed with 3 matress hights. We put it down a level a few weeks ago because she was sitting up but now need to put it down again. She's crawling over to the side and pulling herself up onto her knees, then attempting to get onto her feet. Must lower it again before she takes another tumble

I'm wanting to get C a forward facing carseat as she hates having her back to everything, she's too nosey! I think she's around the 17-18lb mark. I'm guessing this is still too wee for a forward facing seat? I have a silvercross carseat for her, but she's so long that it's kind of squishing her a bit, she needs to be facing forward to dangle!

Hi MCM, good to hear from you.
Cam, saw you on the weaning thread. We too seem to have been pushed towards BLW by Ruby. She would never eat veg puree at all and is now refusing fruit ones too. The only thing she'll eat off a spoon is yogurt. It's hard work at the moment because I'm a bit stuck as to what to send to the childminder tomorrow. She's tried quite a few things but I don't think she's eating much. However, meal times are so lovely now. She actually gets excited when she sees the food. So far she has had shredded ham, grated cheese, tiny pieces of grape,(had to feed her these because they were so small), banana, nectarine, bread with Philly on and toast. Atm she is devouring some buttered toast cut into soldiers!
We went swimming this morning with pil which was lovely. Afterwards they took us out to the Chinese Buffet as they are off tomorrow on a 3 week holiday in North America. Lucky things! Dh is now working and I am trying to mentally prepare myself for going back to work tomorrow. So far that has involved looking through my planning folder then coming on here!!

Just dashing in to say hello. Work starts tomorrow - full time so not sure when i will be able to come and see you all! Fortunately I have managed to work it so that i have 2 afternoons a week with the children and just work in the evenings (ie chat to all of you I guess)
Can I now string a sentence together that does not include the words "stop" or "poo" etc? time will tell

Oh - and issue with BF's DH STILL not resolved. What a tosser.

Don't worry about LOs knocking into things - I found DS1 using S's head as a drum twice today.....seems ok despite it all.

Evening all

It's horrible though when the hurt themselves. It's that wail when you know that they don't really understand whats happened just that somethings not right. I slipped down the stairs wth j the otherday. I thought I'd saved her, scrappng my elbow down the crepé wall in the process, but still she wailed, my heart did a double bounce, took me 10 mins to calm down. Jorja stopped crying within a few mins. When dh got her dressed the next morning he called me in to show me the damage I'd done. She has a huge black knee, must have got caught between my back and the stair as I slid. I know it won't be the last bruised knee but still!

Well, H & M are bathed, nails cut, hair done, bags packed, lunch tickets written and in bed ready for school tomorow. Mwahhh Actually I know I joke about how I can't wait for school to have Maddie but I'm feeling a little anxious about it. I'm nervous, not sure if it's for her or for her teachers at the moment. I am worried she's going to cry ALL morning, she's not easy to console that one and when she's having a hissy fit, OMG everyone will know about it. I feel sad to know that she is going to have a traumatic morning and I'm making that happen. (think I may be going soft)

Jorja is over 9kg but tbh she's been forward facing since just before Christmas, she was 8.5kg and hated being rear facing so we turned her round then, has made it much eaier to get H into the middle now poor lad had to crawl under the seat aong the floor before. Maddies is a big seat and takes alot of leg room space too.

Hey JBB, nice to "see" you again.

Where is SOH and TYG and the others MIA?

GoodLuck back in work full time Anne, hope you till find time to chat.

AM, how's things?

Ooooh good luck MrsJB, its always emotional the first time isn't it? My two are climbing the walls and we are all quite bored. I think I may take them to school to meet their friends when they finish so they can have a run around with friends and let off some steam.

We have been putting J's seat in the middle of the car to separate the other two and stop them from fighting It's not easy though to get J in and out...

Good luck too Anneme.

C'mon LG&T, we need more babies. One of my bf has announced she too is having a baby in August - number 4 for her.

We would love to come down and visit you, don't tempt me But I am borrowing the IL car and don't think I can take it for the whole day. Oh to have another squeeze of Hugs and coo at Beau

Gosh these babies are being battered really moving now. J is totally frustrated by not quite being able to move and waking a lot at night because of it.

Abby, I have given J chunks of fish and chicken, boiled egg tonight and baked beans which he positively gushed over and is quite happy gumming anything. The only things he will eat from a spoon like R is yoghurt and banana/avocado combo. Does R take very much? J doesn't seem to. I think I just need to be a bit more adventurous. Which is a bit difficult when not in your own kitchen...

The IL have been marvellous, but MIL does love to talk, and the heating is so hot I feel like I am already in the tropics Also I have gone from being on my own for 6 weeks to being surrounded by people all the time aaaarrrrgggghhhh. Still by Friday I should be under blue skies

I've not been on for aaaaages!!! then i come on and see this thread 'the one where some of us are knocked up again'....I thought i was the only one mad enough to be having 2 so close together. DS will be 13 months when i have baby No 3!!!

What i was actually coming on for was to just ask a quickie...How much formula milk does your 7/8 month old take in a day????

Hope you don't mind but i would love your inout.

TIA

NJ

sorry meant input, oops.

Congrats Nannyjo, when does that make you due?

Ella is having approx 21oz a day

NJ, Congratulations on No.3. You are Mad Yes!

J is 8mths next week. She was still having 4/5 7 oz bottles in 24hrs with only one meal, but the last coule of days she has been eating 3 meals for the first time and has now only needed 3 bottles. She's having breakfast followed by bottle. Lunch and then a bottle mid afternoon. Dinner and then a bottle before bed. I'm not sure if it's enough to be honest but she's still sleeping 12-13hrs at night so she's not hungry! hth

I was having a nightmare feeding her solids. She wouldn't eat anything I prepared, I tried lots and lots of things pureed, mashed, with her milk with water, diffent textures, flavours, sweet and savoury but everytime I tried to give her something she would spit it out and then refuse to open her mouth. The only things I could get her to eat were yoghuts from a spoon and finger foods with no problem but like Cam said, I'm not sure she ate much. So I thought maybe she doesn't like my cooking, I'll buy a jar and see what happens! The little minx lapped up a whole jar of prune and apple compote that evening. The following day she had another for breakfast and the carotts and peas from a jar for lunch followed by a yoghurt and then a jar of pumpkin puree for tea. That was 3 days ago and she is now quite happy to eat as long as Mummy hasn't made it. Now, I know I'm not Nigella but come on I can't be that bad surely!! My 8mth old would rather eat from a jar than good wholesome homecooked mush delights. So thats it, I am no longer wasting my time and effort in the kitchen on J. She can have the jars, I don't care!!!!!!!

Oh thats good AM, Ella is having the same as Jorja, just seemed a big jump from 5 to 3 bottles and I can't remember what the others were having at this stage.

Congrats NJ! Mad but happy I'm sure.

MrsJB - have J and J been having some kind of secret conflab? He LOVES jars too, the little monkey. Eats the whole lot in one go.

He has booby when he wakes, breakfast at 7.30ish then 7oz at around 11.30 then lunch at 1ish then booby at 3ish then supper at 5.30 then 7oz or booby at 6.45. Probably a bit more milk than Ella and Jorja but remember he is not a small boy

R won't eat anything mushy apart from yogurt whether it's from a jar or homemade. She just won't touch it. Cam you have been more adventurous than me, I haven't given R any meat or fish yet apart from ham. I have just finished roasting some butternut squash for her and steaming some mange tout and broccoli. I'm sure the cm is going to think I'm deranged when I turn up tomorrow! R is also still having 5 7oz bottle s a day so no, I don't think she is getting much food really. However, meal times are now relaxed and fun and R gets so excited when I put the food on the tray for her. It's such a difference from the screaming, crying, clamping her mouth shut and spitting food everywhere.
Well it's back to work tomorrow. What most parents look forward to, I dread. I'll be fine once I get back into it. Mrs JB, good luck to your 2 little ones and how lovely for you to have so much time to spend with J. C starts Nursery on Tuesday just for the mornings and it makes me feel quite weepy tbh!
Congrats NJ, another nutter having another one so soon! All the best for your pregnancy.

Ella loves jars so i always make sure i have a selection in the cupboard. She does loves home cooked sunday lunch so i have a nice freezer full of it!

Have just started giving E toast and she wolfed down a whole slice at lunchtime. She has also gotten her apetite back. Today she had a big bowl of peachy porridge & 7oz then chicken and veg (homemade), toast and a petite filous (the one with fruit at the bottom) 6oz at 2.30 and then jar'd shepherds pie followed by mashed banana then 7oz at bed. She also likes the BLW and has had runner beans and carrots. Am going to try a few more things this week as i know they do finger foods at nursery and want her to be used to taking them.

Dh gone to bed! Not been feeling too good recently. It's the downside to him working from home, he doesnt get to mix much with germs so colds and other winter bugs get him bad. Thank god he is moving into a Regis office on Tuesday whilst he waits for his office purchase to complete. Will be nice to have the houes to myself even if it is only for a week.

I hope M has a good day tomorrow and that you can enjoy the peace and quiet as much as possible I know how much we look forward to 'the weekend' (its what we call Monday pm to Fri pm)

Alana is still having a 7oz bottle after her solids and then one last 7oz bottle at night. Lately though she has only been having about 4-5oz after a meal so she is obviously filling up on solids. She too prefers jars but is always willing to have a taste of our food. She loves cucumber and anything else she can have a good munch on. She still only has two teeth on the bottom so she finds it hard to chew her food if its too lumpy but im sure she will get used to it soon.

Have been thinking about what pushchair to buy for Alana. It has to be suitable for travelling on buses and fit easily into car boots (my babystyle only just fits but leaves no room for shopping)I cant decide if i want a 3 or 4 wheeler. So far I like the look of the M&P ARIA and the Quinny Buzz (or similar) but I know Maclaren buggies are supposed to be quite good too. Any suggestions anyone??? If possible i want this pushchair to last her until she is at least 2 so it has to be sturdy

Good luck at school M and congrats to Nannyjo

Sob, slight . It's very quiet here, j still asleep, So what does one do with NO monkeys running around? Am I supposed to become a domestic godess now or sumit?

She cried! I ran,

Pebble we have one very similar to this Maclaren here It's an older version though, still in fab condition, has been thrown in and out of cars, etc.... light weight, the 5 second, one handed fold is spot on. Very happy with ours.

MrsJB Bet she is not crying now though

Pebble we too have a Maclaren, a Techno XT, fabulous, lightweight and easy to fold with one hand. Our last one lasted 5 years

Have fun in a peaceful house MrsJB!!! How very strange for you, sure she will love it...eventually!!!

Pebble i quite like the look of the new M&P one will link in a mo. The Quinny Buzz looks nice but doesnt seem very sturdy so i'm not sure what a 2 year old jumping in and out will be like. Maclaren are fab but a bit boring, still so practical and i have eventually had them all in one by the time they are 18mths.

Cam if you can have the car for a day we would love a visit, you can come to the house or we can go to the big soft play area near here. It is soooo quite during the week and if you go 10-2 it is only £3 for a toddler session including biscuits and juice.

Good luck returning to work full time today abby, it will be like a holiday! Sort of

Mine all at school and dh back to work, Hugs currently calling Dora the Explorer a 'muppet' as clearly swipper is behind her and she cant see him! Beau crashed on the couch, me on here.... heaven

this one Pebble.

Aww MrsJB, i think is where you get to sit down and enjoy the peace and quiet

We had a Maclaren XT and it was great - mum now has it for the times she has ds.

I have decided that we need a 2nd buggy as its always handy to have one incase dh takes ds out for the day. This is the one i like its pretty

It is nice AM, very pretty indeed. Excellent price too!

B is currently sat next to me munching a cheese sandwich. He has had 7oz at 7 this morning, bowl of cereal (some baby organix box thingy) at 8 and another 7oz of milk at 11. He will get another bottle this afternoon when he yells for it. Tea at 430ish and another 7oz before bed. H eseems quite happy to still have the milk but others of mine have almost completely dropped the milk during the day as soon as they moved on to solids. Others (ther are so many) like Jonah, have not wanted solids at all and only milk till he was almost 1!

If they all followed the same rules it would be easier.

Dh says i cant have the pink one but i could have the pale green one. Dont think he wants to be seem pushing the pink mobile round town!