Oct 2007 - This little piggy had none (sleep that is!)

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Hello ladies!

Well here is the new thread so I can link it before the old one runs out... Hope you all find it!

Hiya - v. quickly - we have a tripp-trapp chair for Mairwen - Rhydian still uses his, as he can't sit without fidgeting on an ordinary chair.

They're expensive, but as we've been using Rhydian's for 5 years, and will continue to use it for the forseeable future, I think it's money well spent (not to mention the fact that my Ps have bought Mairwen's!

Take care all. Have a good weekend!

Sombody is asking about the Amby nest - link to thread here ... I've pointed her in our direction - thought you could help ....

Hi all,

I ave not been on for ages as DP has been ooging the laptop and I could not be ar$ed to go up2 flights of stairs to my oofice.

Muppet - we currently have a MINI Cooper S. It is getting a bit tifht now with the 2 car seats and the pushchair takes up the whole of the boot. We have electic blue with white stripes and roof. It is now almost 6 years old.

We are looking to change the car soon and DP is more then likely going to get a ew MINI Clubman. Mot likely he will go for red with blackroof..

Sorry can't remember what everyone else has said.

Shula is doing really well. she was weighed on Wednesday and is now 13lb 12oz at 21 weeks. We have started to give her a little bit of food at breakfast and in the evening as well. I have got her a play nest with gym over it as she loves sitting up now.

Ihope everyone else is well.

Question - what keeps your lo entertained on their own for more than a couple of minutes? Anya is happy to play if there's somebody with her but cries if she's left to play with toys by herself. Now she's sleeping less in the day it's getting impossible to get anything done! Her ideal is for me to carry her around all day but I can't put her in a sling - neither can I sit her in an activity centre. Any suggestions for keeping her occupied?

Anyasmum I have this mobile and this playgym with these windchimes on the gym by tiny love and both my boys would happily lie under them for 15-30 mins at a time which was great!

J2O - ahh so THATS where you've been! Here was I thinking 'poor J2O must be hard on her own with 2 dd's no wonder she's not online much' when in fact we've been dumped for men!!! Good luck to you!

Thanks for advice on bleeding radiators - dh did this last night and they took a while to work but do now...

Off to have tea now - might be back later although we need to thrash out how we want our new bathroom to go so might be tomorrow.... Hope you all have a good night ( MrsFish!)

anyasmum - my ds was the same at first.... i started off by letting him play on his own somewhere where he could still see me then just keep going back to him for reassurance every few minutes. After a little while i left it for longer ie i went back every 5 minutes, then 10 etc . Now he is happy to play on his own even if he can't see me, and often just falls asleep whilst playing on his playmat, babygym or bouncer.

hope this helps...

Alice-how dare you!!! wouldn't dump me mates for men, dumped you for facebook lol

Anyasmum-i use a swing, door bouncer and dd1 to keep lo entertained, you wont be able to use a door bouncer though will you? Shannon loves it, i've been trying to get one of them jumperoo things to put her in but they are so expensive for something that she prob wont be in long, even on ebay.

had a nightmare day, lo has just gnawed and cried all day cos of her teeth, finally in bed, i don't think i'll be far behind her!

Just a quickie as I'm knackered from Crufts ... no we didn't win just got 5th in his class ...so we have been on the go since 6am
Sitting up...Alex has been doing it quite well for a couple of weeks now though he still sometimes rolls over.
And high chairs..we bought the cheapo Ikea one (as reccommened by one of the MN threads)
Anyas Mum...rotating play things seems to work for us but my Mum has been propping Alex up in his pram so he can watch her as she works around the house for months now, that works too as she somehow manages to chat and sing to him nonstop and keep his attention on her the whole time while she still gets the cooking or cleaning done...though I've not managed to do it to the same level myself
Off to bed now...hope everyone gets a good night

What breed of dog do you have FT?

Was it a really busy year, how many were in your class?

Morning all

Just read the last few pages to try to get back into the swing of things. Lovely to 'see' you all again. I really must come on more often.

Inzi - Thinking of you and dh today . Reading about Angel is just heartbreaking.

And Floria I'll be thinking of you tomorrow. And sorry you didn't win Crufts - but isn't it kind of good just to be there in the first place?

J20 - I met dh online too. I think some of the others did too, I remember a conversation about it a while ago. dh was in New Zealand anda I was in Wales, so we're living proof that even long distance 'dating' can work! Good luck!!

Inzi, was it you glaring at a woman with coffee near Jane? We saw the most terrible thing the other week at a motorway services. A mum spilt a cup of coffee over her baby in a highchair. Luckily it missed baby's head, but her arm and leg were bright pink, she was rushed off by the staff and an ambulance was there really quickly. I just hope the poor baby was okay. It was a shocking thing to see and I'm now SUPER careful about hot liquids around Huw. I've been having the dreams too, about Huw being in danger.

As to nicknames - bearing in mind that dh is a Kiwi (and that as such he lives up to national stereotypes and is a foul-mouthed blunt speaking type ) - in the early days, when Huw used to wee on his face on a pretty much daily basis, dh dubbed him Pissface and it stuck for a while (still makes me laugh). DD calls him Mushkin (rhymes with Pushkin), Hugo-a-gogo and Huw-bach. I call him all sorts of things - Tiddlepush, Tiddler, Huwitt, Huwster, Moo. I can't bring myself to tell you what dh calls him when he won't stop crying unless he comes to me!!!

Ledbury meet-up ladies - are we still going for it? I've e-mailed you all, having finally decided that we're going to take the plunge and make that journey. Really looking forward to meeting you all!!!

As usual, there was more, and I can't remember what it was. Huw is grumbling so i'm going to have to be off.

Take care all and see you soon

A xxxx

Apricot PMSL at 'pissface', yes my dh occasionally has names for ds when he's crying/being akward, one that springs to mind is 'little turd' lol
Inzi - (((hugs))) I know I have no idea how you feel and can't even comprihend what you went through but my thoughts are with you x
Floria - (((hugs))) to you too, again, not been there myself but hope you get through the day ok x
J20 - we have a door bouncer too although haven't used it yet cause I think ds is a bit small for it yet, he was only 11lb 5oz at 18 wks!, slowly gaining more each week though, think he's gonna be long and skinny.
We're thinking of getting this highchair, the only concern is we haven't looked at one in a shop yet and are wondering whether it would be too lightweight/flimsy? On the other hand I don't want a bog chunky one thats hard to clean/store away and i like the colour and design of this one... what does everyone think?
We're gonna walk in to town with bil and sil and our nephew so will be back later, hi to everyone I haven't mentioned, catch ya soon

Thanks for suggestions - she does seem happier if she can hear conversation - she just seems to get bored so easily, but it's probably not helping that she's suffering a bit with teething. It'll be easier when she can sit up and do things I'm sure.

Went to a "baby fair" this morning - I thought it was really small (we got round in about half an hour) until I got home and only then looked at the map and realised we'd missed an entire hall - the one with the activities in . Baby brain strikes again! Anya did get her photo taken for a model agency competition but as she couldn't seem to smile at the same time as looking at the camera I don't think she's going to win that one .

Nicknames - she was called 'sprog' before she was born so that's stuck. 'Smelly bum' is often appropriate. Do like 'pissface' though!

hmm changed my mind on the highchair front already... that one doesn't have an adjustable/removable tray, quite like this one although not entirelty sure about the colour/pattern but the features are a lot better and not a bad price, what you lot think?
Anyasmum - lol at missing half the baby fair, wish I had one of those to go to round here, how did you find out about it?

Dal - somebody mentioned it a couple of weeks ago at one of the baby playgroups I go to. It's not a national thing though - it's put together by some northwest company.

Inzi; I dont think they haven't forgotten as such, it's just that now you have a baby in your arms they think that you have what you needed to "get over it".(As if you can!) Unless you have actually gone through it yourself, you cannot understand that another baby cannot replace the one/s you lost, for me if anything, I sometimes feel slightly guilty for loving Alex so very, very much, almost as if I'm betraying Robyn by doing so. My family get sort of embarrased when I mention Robyn, she was never "real" to them...even my DH too...he knows I lost her on the 1st Sept, he knows her edd was 10th Feb but they are simply dates to him, not markers of devastating/life changing events as they are for me... but he didnt carry her, feel her move, look forward to meeting her as we women do when expecting a baby. And a lot of people deal with loss by brushing it under the carpet and trying to forget it ever happened....others need to remember and mark the occasion no matter how sad. Friends of ours brought my mother flowers yesterday, a lovely gesture of remembrance and support in my view...my Mum has put them in the dining room out of sight, she says she's aware of her loss every minute of every day and doesn't need anything to remind her what day tomorrow is. We each remember and deal with it in our own unique way. At least you have us to share your feelings with and your darling Jane to console you.Sending you the biggest (((((HHHHUUUUUGGGGGGG))))

Inzi; that was supposed to read "I dont think they have forgotten"

Mrs Fish; Thane is a Bouvier des Flandres...the Best of Breed (the bitch winner)got 4th in the Working Group if you were watching.Yes it was very, very packed but Bouviers are not a popular breed so it was realatively quiet in our corner of Hall4 (apart from the continous howling from one of the neighbouring Malamutes )and there were just 9 in my class so 5th wasnt the greatest of achievements ..but as Apricott says, just qualifing to go there is probably achievement enough.
Anyasmum; lol at your missing half the fair ,and must admit that I'm glad I'm not the only one with baby brain...after Dragging dh and Alex along, 3 hrs travelling and 4 hours waiting to be judged I was stood at the side of the ring at Crufts with Thane, watching the postgraduate class starting to be judged when a friend walks over and says "shouldn't you be in there?", "oh no" says I "I'm in the next class"...she opens up her catalogue and says "not according to this you're not!"...thank heavens for her! If I had missed my class afer all the hanging around Dh would have been serving me with divorce papers this morning !!!!!Baby Brain strikes again!

Floria ?We also use a pillow in H?s pram to prop him up. I wheeled him about, it looks a little silly but he loved it. With his wolly on and his bobble hat he looked like Cartman from southpark

J20 ? Dh and I met online too (match.com) I met a few humdingers but I still enjoyed those too, sometime to tell the grandchildren ?The dates I went on before meeting your grandfather would make your hair curl?..?

Apricott ? Pissface made me laugh!!! Would be great to see you on the meetup x

Inzi ? I cannot imagine what you went through losing Angel but the one thing from grief I have learned through losing Sarah is that everyone does it in their own way. I second Floria in that they may have not wanted to upset you by mentioning her but have inadvertently upset you by not. She was a part of you and I think by losing her you lost a little of yourself. I?d like to think that part of you is keeping her company till you meet again. I am a firm believer that I will meet all those I?ve lost again?
Cry, rant and speak about how unfair life can be but above all remember her as she was here and she was real, just don?t bottle up your feelings x

Well, we have bought a new pram as the bloody dog weed in the carrycot (H was getting to big for anyway but so NOT the point!) we bought a Quinny Speedi here It goes virtually flat and has a moveable wheel at the front which is what I have found difficult about the old Quinny pram/pushchair we have. It has a fixed wheel which wasn?t a problem when we just had Ollie but now I have to hold Ollie?s hand my writs hurts as it isn?t that manoeuvrable. This seems much better.

I am going to attempt to ?do the garden? this year ? a couple of you lovely ladies are very green fingered I seem to remember, what plants do you recommend for a courtyard type garden? We are fully paved and I have 3 raised beds with plants that have survived the winter, I want to attach something that will trail to the walls and is there a tree that will be happy in a pot that will grow tallish? I am a complete novice so any help gratefully received

Hello everyone!
Hope you all had good weekends. We have been out shopping today, and bought this highchair and this pushchair for DS.
It's not the highchair we'd first thought of - I'd seen a nifty travel one that folds up really small, but this one has an adjustable and removable trya, which will be much easier to get DS in and out of. The pushchair is just a lightweight stroller - his travel system one is just so big that i wanted something a bit easier to get in and out of the car!
Then we met some friends and their little boy for a meal. Their DS is 2.5 yrs, and loves our DS to bits - always wants to cuddle him, and puts his dummy back in whenever he spits it out. They are expecting their second DS in a couple of weeks, and we can't wait to meet him!
Inzi and Floria - thinking of you both.
Everyone else - big hellos!

dal-just before i forget i got that chicco highchair, different design from Argos, they also have it at toys r us and also one similar, by toys r us, which is better imo, more padded.

havent read the rest yet, may be back x

inzi {{{big hugs}}} for today, i was thinking of you.

FT {{{hugs}}} for you too for tom.

xx

sorry but i'm a bit preoccupied at the moment with something, i will try to write it down tommorrow to tell you all, may not be anything to worry about yet.

xx