June 07 - where our cuddly bundles become roller-coasters, carpet-creepers, rug-rats, commando-crawlers and intrepid adventureres

[thisisRialifebaby]

Hope this is ok.

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is ok today. Isabel had her 8 month check today by the HV. She now weighs 17lbs7 and the HV seems to think she's doing well. She has started pulling herself up to stand!
Ria, your son's head sounds like a proper b*h .

Should they have an 8 month check then? Mine hasn't seen a HV since November.....I just sit her on my home scales.....

hullo Norty. How's tricks?

They're supposed to have a 7 to 9 month check, I think . There is also a baby weighing clinic near me, every Tuesday and there's sometimes a HV there or usually there is the nursery nurse. You might get an appointment for one in the near future. The HV just checked that she was doing things that she should be doing. She checked her hips and head circumference. Checked whether she could pass an object from one hand to the other. Just things like that really and she also gave Isabel some books from surestart.

Hi all.

I think they have a check somewhere between 7 and 9 months Norty, hence often called the 8 month check. Your HV should get in touch with you when they want to see you.

C had a mixed day at nursery. She was fine when DH dropped her off, then got upset in the morning. They say she seemed a bit stressed by it, but improved as the day went on. They sat her in a push chair so she could watch everything from a safe distance and that seemed to make her happier. She wouldn't take any milk from a bottle but had some from her sippy cup (glad that I sent that in full of milk) and had a biscuit and some lunch and a couple of naps. Am a bit that they only changed her nappy twice, but otherwise all seems OK. Got to go in tomorrow as DH left her fave toy behind, and her clothes and they held onto some nappies and stuff too, so can have a chat with them. But they seem to think she's showing normal settling in behaviour and will OK after a few more visits.

Er...HV? Haven't seen mine for about 5 months!

Ria I'm getting a nest too! V excited.

Fury, thanks for the advice re your mum. I know what we should do to progress it's just doing it, and stopping being so bloody minded (both of us). Maybe I need to get the old 'flexible friend' out to investigate if I can power through the pain or if I need to get it investigated . What if I'm, y'know, ruined down there?

On that note, feeding time!

hi foxy, izzy & norty.

Much better here today thanks. DS2 has just sat on sleeping baggins head. Baggins opened his eyes, used the "feck off" expression and has gone back to sleep. (He is snuggled in a beanbag in the living room) Hangover gone, meek friendship resumed with fellow conspirators. I ad fears for bagginds in his bouncy chair. luckily he is too big now, but I'm sure they'll find another way to put him in peril

DS1 has had an uneventful day I am relieved to report. I'm afraid I did let my behaviour slip when I collected him though as another child and the nasty little shit too a bike from the bike rack and hid it. So I told him off, poor boy, I like him too. Maybe I shouldn't have, but I am staff (sometimes, sort of) and it went against the "golden rules". Also didn't want to see the boy get into trouble for the other sod who told him to do it. Might invite the other boy to play, but DS1 has an attitude on him just now where nothing's good enough (and I haven't finished his room yet).

Oh Bumper! I don't know, I think men can be so insensitive! They just don't know what it's like to go through childbirth and it flippin' well hurts down below. It doesn't help when you feel pressured either. Grr.

I'm sure you won't be ruined bumper, I think we're mostly more resilient than we would prefer to be. It's a damned pain though. I asked DH why men feel the way they do and he started going on about cavemen and stuff. Honestly, like that endears them to us. Give it time and try not to let it take over. (Eventually you'll need to have that power over DP to get an extra lie in. Or is that just me, maybe I should be pushing for diamonds instead!) It's Valentines Day soon, try some bubbly and a bath with some oils and stuff... (I will be leaving this post up for DH to read)

Fury, your mum sounds like a seriously interesting person. Are her foster boys doing ok now?

Bless my DH, he bought me the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss CD today.

I love my nest. I wish I'd had one before. I might just have to have another LO to get value out of it (I got it for 1p + £4 postage off ebay!!!!)

As you can tell I need something better to do tonight!

Hi Ria! God my typing is so slow! Got a wriggly dd on my knee. Waiting for her bottle to cool then I can give it to her, then put her in bed. Can't blame you for telling him off, he was being naughty! I had the clothes horse out today, I was cleaning, backed into it and it toppled over onto DD. She didn't bother, just sat there sucking on some clothes that had been on it! I felt awful, one of the spokey bits could have poked her eye out .

It's difficult when the little monkeys need holding when you're trying to type.

My sis tripped over onto her DS, on top of him (and she was no size 0), they were whisked off in an ambulance, and he's fine (he's 6 now). We all do terrible things to them. And the guilt is crippling!

Well that was interesting reading for today! (just caught up!) - You lot have been quite comical today!!

Evening ladies....
Hi Izzybel! My DD is an Isobel herself. She is almost 8m too (7th) and over 18lbs. Doesn't crawl but rotating like mad.

Bumper, it is hard to get back into the swing "down there". After DS a couple of years ago it took me a few months and I felt like not only was I getting pressure from DP (we weren't married then, now DH) but my mom and other relatives kept quizzing me. I had a crappy, long painful birth with stitches inside and out. It took MONTHS before it felt ok. It was painful and tbh, I really did not enjoy but it became an issue. Sooooooo, after a while I just had a nice large glass of wine (or 2) and muddled through it.

Hey and things got back "to normal" (whatever that is anymore) as we have now had DD.

Hi Ria Hi Fury.
x

Jammy, I'm sure C will just take a little time to adjust to nursery. she'll be fine Was she pleased to see you? dd cried when she saw me the other day!

LOL izzy at dd sucking on the clothes!

Oooh must make an appointment with HV, just for the book start pack!

DH was funny this morning when we were arguing. he started talking about 'animal urges', comparing himself to a lion that needs to sow his seed . I literally PMSL!

My sister dropped her DS. Just plain dropped him when she was standing up one day. He was only tiny. He's now 25 and you couldn't ask for a healthier, more active, tall, good looking specimen. Stuff happens, and mostly we and they survive with no damage done.

They are classic, but you're not meant to laugh bumper. When I was quizzing DH (he has done this 5 times in total, so he still tries but he knows it ain't gonna happen - though more of a disappointment when I refuse I'm sure) he did at least admit "that's what men are for". Nice to know he doesn't think he has any other purpose.

Hi Elsbells! Isabel/Isobel is a gorgeous name .
Bumper, the book start pack not surestart, doh! She got two books and they are really nice ones too! She's always grabbing my washing. She loves labels, she always sucks the labels on everything.
Men and their 'animal urges' pmsl. I know that they are definately related to pigs. Right I must be off, got a tired girly to put to bed. Goodnight all xxx

I'm sure she'll be fine Bumper. I think give her a couple more visits and she'll realise that Daddy drops her off in the morning and DOES come back for her at the end of the afternoon. Yesterday when I picked her up she threw her arms round my neck and cried. DH says she gave him a big smile when he picked her up tonight though They then picked me up from Sainsburys on the way home, and she was asleep when I got in, but when I opened the car door to get her out at home she beamed at me. She then spent ages looking round at everything in the garden before we went into the house, as if she wanted to make sure we really were home and she wasn't just dreaming it.

sorry to dwell bumper, but is DH quite lion-like?

Jammy, the amount of times I have nearly dropped her is unbelievable . My friend was laughing at me the other day, but she just doesn't keep still! Ooh getting shouted at by DP again, he's so annoying. See ya later.

LOL ANIMAL URGES
oh funny
shouldn't laugh but honestly
Say you have animal urges too, the sort of Black Widow animal urges where you eat the male

Evening all

Ria am surprised you remembered about the foster boys
They are ok as far as I know but they have had it tough just now, their 18 year old sister died a couple of weeks ago, she had an epileptic fit and a massive blot clot in her brain
How sad. My mum knew her well and loved her, so needless to say the boys feel like they have lost their natural mum (who was every shade of evil to them), and they lost their older sister who used to care for them. They are bastards but you can't wonder at it really.

Mum is pretty remarkable. It's her 60th in a couple of weeks, she is v popular and has a lot of friends and old clients etc that adore her, we are expecting a big event

And night all, I am going to bed. SHATTERED.

at Ria asking if Mr Bumper is lion like!

jammy r u back at work then?
Sorry but I haven't caught up.

I keep playing the lottery hoping it will solve my problems. Sad I know.

Night Fury.

DS is fussing so better get off myself before he was DD.