April 2004 Babies - seventh heaven!

[Turkiegirl]

Needed a new thread...

DD2 is much better today, she ate some fruity toast for her tea last night and loved it. And it didn't reappear an hour later either!
Have been to a mnmeet in Harrogate today, DD2 is starting to enjoy play dates now, especially this one as there was a fantastic baby section for her to play in!

Yup actually very :( about it. dh seems quite relieved to have been let off visiting my family, and he is muttering on about the half-finished roof he has been working on...

I don't normally feel homesick, but having got so close to visiting everyone I do now.

Hi everyone. Lunavix - my ds seems to e at the same stage as yours - no crawling but shuffling backwards and lots of sitting up Tickle - sorry your trip didn't work out. Chuffed how's the ttc going? Thinking of you as ds will be one April 1st, I'm on the pill and they say it takes a couple of months to get body clock back to normal so if want another should I go off the pill at Xmas? But dh still not keen on having another so really all this should be hypothetical. And I really really dont want a double buggy - yuk!!!

Lucy - buggy board is definitely the way to go! Remember a new baby will be in a front sling or something for a few months (remember how small they were once??) while ds is in the buggy... giving him time to get up to boarding :) Get going girl

Big fat negative in the weekend - was feeling a bit nauseous so thought I better test, must have just been the flu. I saw a really interesting medical study about being anovulatory (no period yet since came off pill last March) and apparently they took 40 people and got 20 of them to be vege and something like 80% of them stopped ovulating regularly. When I conceived I was doing atkins so totally stocking up on protein and no carbs...started yesterday on atkins again.
No double buggy for us, we'll use the front pack and then a buggy board when dd is a little older.
dh totally for another, it's all he wants for his birthday (20 Dec)

Hi Chuffed! Wow that study is interesting - have you mentioned it on the ttc boards? Bless your dh - what a lovely b/day pressie idea!!! Feel a bit sorry for mine at the mo as I'm moaning at him all the time about how I hate my job and we are very poor too so better not start clamouring for no. 2 just yet also havent lost all baby weight yet (mostly cos am addicted to pringles and cheese ) so would balloon if got pregnant!!

no but I was thinking about it - see what they say - will go and do that now.
We are finding it difficult at the moment too Lucy but having another close together hopefully wouldn't cost too much as we have everything we need still.

that's a good point! Seems such a waste to have all the little clothes ust sitting in the cupboard!!

chuffed was that study just done on anovulatory women? most veggies don't necessarily have problems conceiving.

agree double buggies are grim but personally found the sling + toddler-in-single-buggy didn't work with my 17 month gap - I spent so much time bending over getting toddler in and out, on and off swings, etc. with the double buggy I could leave baby sleeping in corner of park, playgroup etc while playing with toddler. double buggy was essential for us.

Should have been getting to the airport around now :(

oh hugs tickle, can't imagine how awful it must be to have a trip cancelled.
The study was actually on 40 people who were all normal but it appeared the vegetarianism caused most of that group to go anovulatory. I just thought it was interesting that happened to people who were normal beforehand. Small sample though.
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well that is interesting, thanks Chuffed. will show to dsis - a strict veggie who has been ttc no2 for a year now. she will be bound to have evidence to show the opposite though, she knows her medical journals.

tickle - hope you find something nice to do this week instead of going away.

It just seemed a bit too coincidental to me that after about 2 weeks on atkins which is heavy protein more like a meat eaters diet I had my one ovulation in 5 months. That is why I'm going back to it again now to see if it makes any difference.

Aren't you a veggie too Fennel?

Mrs D yes but am lax fish-eating pseudo-veggie (and not had problems conceiving). dsis is small, thin, very active and a strict veggie.

thinness and activity levels being relevant here in the ttc world as they also can, arguably, hinder conceiving.

Ahhh well no worries there then, I am not thin and no fear of too much activity (at the moment anyway)

Good luck with ttc Chuffed - didn't realise that you were going for it. Hope your ovulation gets a bit more regular....Have to say, despite all the bloody hard work with 2 little 'uns (and its insanely difficult at times) it is an 'enriching experience'. My dd is so delightful with baby ds, they both get loads out of having a sibling.

Would agree with Fennel - double buggy useful for us too with our 21 month gap. DD (2.5) gets tired sometimes and wants to quit walking for a bit and ride in the buggy, and a buggyboard wouldn't cut it in that situation. Also useful for containing DD when she is having a tantrum - i.e. when she is rooted to the floor screaming and flailing her arms around - I can't get her to the car and home any other way than strapping her protesting into the buggy (carrying her whilst she is kicking me whilst steering a pram / single buggy wouldn't be practical). I think that's why you see some mums with only children who are 2 and upwards still using their maclarens.

Sorry MrsD - been offline for a couple of days and just caught up. ds was 9 mo on the 6th Dec. - chuffed and i came from march babies thread - so ds is a bit older than your lot.
Poor baby got dragged round the shops this morning while they were quiet (ish). Can't imagine that he'll be content to watch the world go by in his buggy for too much longer - so I'll make the most of it.

well, good luck to chuffed, mrs d and maybe LucyJones on the ttc. christmas should be a good time.

HMC I agree sometimes it's just safer to strap 2 or 3 year olds into a buggy when you have several to watch on busy roads. I get very nervous with my 3 and 4 year old on roads and I always make my 2 year old niece go in the buggy when I have her as well even though she's a good walker, cos she's wild and fearless which is scary for me.

I'm a fish eating veggie as well Fennel. I actually had my body fat checked before ttc the first time as I thought being a gym junkie it may have been hindering things but it was totally within the normal limits.
We'll see what happens, we haven't really advertised the fact to everybody although have told a couple of close friends about ttc but will just see what happens. It would be nice to have a smallish gap but if that doesn't work out it doesn't work out.
It was great to meet Metrobaby yesterday and the others at lunch. It was nice that it was small but it was still quite hard to hear with the ambient noise in the restaurant.
dd stood unaided for a good 5 seconds twice last night it was almost like she let go of support and then stood there and didn't really know what to do...finally deciding to sit slowly down she didn't really lose her balance.
dd had a large amount of fun this morning with a ribbon...she was supervised so as not to strangle herself but she just loved it and when I wiggled it in the air she was trying to catch it in her hands. An easy 10mins entertainment out of a ribbon - who needs expensive toys.
Have a good day - better get back to work after this essay.

We have a sick house. Both dh and I are off sick today. I had heard that when children go to nursery they pick up everything and pass it on to you. I believe that theses viruses are particularly virilent too. I was also one of those that felt "I'm pretty healthy, it won't happen to me".
Well this has taught me. I am well and truly sick of the taste of cough sweets, olbas oil, vicks and lemsips. I feel I could have shares in Kleenex. We are in separate beds because neither of us can sleep beside each other for coughing.
Dd seems to be getting better though, which is something.

Chuffed I am pleased you had a good time yesterday, the intimate group sounds nice. I hope I am better for the SW London meetup on Saturday, I am going with oldiemum.

Oh and as much as I would love to, I am not ttc. It's impossible for us to pay for two nursery fees and it's impossible for me to reduce my hours at the moment or stop work. So we are stuck. I just sincerely hope that it is possible before the end of next year, when hopefully we will have a house.
Anyway, I should shut up now and cough somewhere else. I

I am waiting for a delivery of nappies TracyK, how are you getting on with yours?

Mrs D - we were like that our first two nursery winters (or maybe 3). it felt as though we were all sick every month at least. but this year noone has been ill in 6 months apart from one day for dd2 - totally amazing! I think we must have exhausted the bugs in previous years and are now mostly immune.

chuffed can you do Atkins without eating meat? do you have to eat loads of cheese? (mmmm...)

Heaps of quorn products, and fish. It does get really boring so can't do it for too long but basically -
sausages (quorn) and eggs for breakfast.
Smoked salmon salad for lunch.
Attempt to eat something with lowish carbs for dinner last night salmon fillet, veges and cheese sauce.
It is a lot more expensive which is another reason we can only do it for a short time.

sounds nice though can't imagine surviving without carbs really. Chuffed if you are already quite slim and fit (from your descriptions of your life) why do Atkins rather than just increasing protein in your diet? Isn't Atkins a weight loss diet?