For the 8th time...............May Babies!

[egypt]

well hello

egypt did you see my message

ds is getting so funny!
well dp didn't think so - ehm, ds was on dp's lap earlier and jumping and somehow kicked him between the legs - no brothers or sisters now

and i just checked on him in his bed; still whinging a bit although we all know he is very tired - on his tummy and 180 degrees turned aroun - how on earth did he do that????

don't start me on diy; we'll have to get a complete new heating system and a new bathroom.

ehm cat, when your tiles turn out nicely, do you mind sending your dp over here?????

Welcome Kate, I am a first timer too - now back at work full time but I quite like it for now. Would have to think twice were I to have another . . .

Cat, I forgot that I am meeting someone for lunch on Friday (being the dumb dumb I am) and on Monday Reuben has his 8 month progress gubbins (double dumb dumb). However I shall be booking some time off very soon though so shall we meet up then? We can do lunch darlink? then you can send your boy over to my mansion and get him to do my kitchen floor tiles . . . . just kidding! I am really really sorry about Friday though, this old dumb dumb will make it up to you - promise. Hope you are feeling okay and I am glad Keira is feeling better xxxx

Not much to report, DS is gadding about and has developed a new screech not unlike the terradyctal (sp?) one from a few months ago - and this time it is obviously for attention! He has 3 teeth (so naturally I am sitting here worrying that his second top one will be coming out all wonky - he he not really!)

Hello all, and welcome Kate. Windy windy windy up here, as you may know from the news... I have been a bit trapped in the house, as it's not nice to take DD walking. But the trains were called off today so DH worked from home. I always find this a bit of a mixed blessing... nice tho he is... he tends to stride around the house looking efficient with papers or phone tucked under his arm in a 'do not disturb me because I am working' sort of a way. The temptation is to ask him to do really niggly things like fetch me a banana or pick up that pooey nappy from the bathroom floor, just to burst the bubble.

Had DD's 8 month health check and the nice HV made me feel better about DD's appetite for bf. She said 'she knows what's good for her'. I liked that.

DD was eating prunes to day quite beautifully. I tore each one into four or five bits and she managed to pick them up with her little pincers and deposit them quite neatly into her mouth. Then let go... crucial and difficult! (at xmas she fell asleep on a parsnip because she was holding on to it for so long)

Bozza, I remember your warning about prunes. But I enjoyed watching her so much I let her have 3.

3 prunes!!
omg she will be pooo central tomorrow. if I ate 3 prune i would be.
i love you last message your description of your husband was perfect reminded me of mine. lmao

maybe hormones but i'm suddenly struck with a wave of happiness not felt for a while you have all been so welcoming thank you so much.
(first and last time i'm ever sentimental in a chat room)

Welcome from the other imposter in May babies.
I can guarantee it won't be kate - Mumsnet has a habit of making addicts of us all, and before long one thread or another will have you in tears - maybe try link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=9&threadid=16614\strawberry} for starters.
25/4 is my birthday so I am exactly 30 years older that your ds (though having not been able to celebrate my 30th birthday due to being v. ill an desperate for my section date to arrive I am in denial and still feel 29)

ahhhh lovely! a hot bath for an hour and i am a completly new person
ds is in bed since 6.30 and i tried to play a game on my pc - crashed though
we had pizza delivered and hmmmmmm

omg dp is being silly! he always reads what we write and i told him 100s of times to get on here and join in. his answer "i am not a mum! although if i put on weight like that i'll have breasts and nobody would realise"

Egypt - the only way to find out is 'suck it and see'

I had no probs with babies taking bottles when I was at work or even from me if I was using up EBM before it expired. She has developed the skill and is unlikely to lose it now she is older. Remember it is not the feeding really that is the problem - it was you giving in to her through desparation I am sure. Your mum has helped her kick that habit. I did the same thing for my sister with her second DD. I kept her at my house for 3 nights and my sister stayed away. Babe was 8 months old at the time and she did not return to night wakening for frequent feeds. Sis visited twice a day and fed her. Rest of the time she had me. DD had refused to eat solids up till then but had to eat 'cause there was nothing else for her. By third night she seemed to sense there was no point getting up in the night - she wasn't going to get owt!

You lot are diverting me again. I am supposed to be working out cheap, child-friendly times ferry crossings for our summer hols and I've been catching up with you lot, skipping over to Casmie's other thread etc. Trying to work out the optimum crossings is doing my head in. DH doesn't want to be in France for 9 days or 14 days, he wants to be in France for 10 days even though the ferry costs £100 more than either of the other options. Grrr.

Oh bugger. Can somebody please post the link to the 2nd Strawberry thread so I can see what happens? I can't search for threads, can only get to them via links because of DH blocking me out so that I can get more done in the evenings (obviously its not working, though I am multi tasking - watching video of Holby City AND being on Mumsnet!)
Personal (too much?) info - day has been so-so, no real incidents. So WHY could I just cry and cry and cry given half the chance? Started back on pill yesterday - does that cause widespread weepiness?

Can anyone tell me what to expect at the 8 month check? How long do they usually take?

Thanks guys xx

From memory, they put a little object infront of the baby to see if they can pick it up using pincer grip, they jingle a bell behind them to see if they respond to the noise (ie. turn towards it) and ask you other questions about what they are doing etc. However, I think a couple of the May mums have already had it done recently with their babies so may be able to give you a more up to date version! Our health centre is apparently running about a month behind schedule with the checks, so hopefully DS will look like Gifted Genius Baby by the time we get to have ours

Think it only took about 15-20 mins in total.

morning everybody! hope you all had a good night!
ds was fine, just once at 4 he cried out and i went to see him. well, he was on his tummy and 180 degrees around (even in his sleepingbag!) - i just turned him around and he went back to sleep - very strange!
but i woke at 3 am and couldn't go back to sleep - why??????? grrr

seems like we are not having a 8 months check! we've got a letter from hv via mail with a leaflet pointing out all the things he is supposed to do now. if not then you should go in and talk to them. - well, i can say yes to all the tasks

lucas will become a musician one day!!!
he is sitting in the lounge with his toys and tv is on; right now someone's singing and he stopped playing and is listening in awe - so cute
oh, and famous of course (lucas that is)

hm, although lately he specialises in producing really big full stinky nappies!!!!

is there a profession he could use that????

oh, i have posted today but its gone! where did i put it? oh gawd, bet i've added to a completely different thread.....

basically said yes got your message kate. talked to dh about the whole bf thing and he totally doesnt understand my feelings. dd woke at 12 until 130 on and off, fell asleep to mozart and slept until 8am

hmmm, where is the rest of the strawberry thread...i need to know!

Libb - no idea, will tell you after 2pm today

Morning everyone

Well, kiera has stared to cry in the night now, grrr. But normaly she only needs picking up for about a second and putting back down again, then she goes back to sleep, very bizzare.

Egypt, Casmie and Prufrock- What's the Strawberry thread?

Susi- Kiera is exactly the same (what a shocker ) She manages turn completly upside down in her sleeping bag.

Libb- Don't worry about Friday at all It'll be lovely to meet when you book your time off, either for lunch or for an evening out.

Kiera is 8 months today, we've not anything about 8 month checks though, is it through the hv? Because mine is (please excuse the language) absolute crap, and hasn't spoken to me since she was about 2 and half months old.

Well, i'm on a bit of a downer today, mainly because there are a few thread with people either miscarrying or waiting to miscarry and i hurt for them and feel bloody awful. All of theese people so desperate for babies and i....well you know what i'm doing. Bleurgh.

Anyhow, i'm going to be nice to myself today and spend it snuggled under a duvet by our roaring fire (again, taking care NOT to set fire to the house drinking lots of tea and cuddling my baby.

Take care everyone
xxxxx

Don't compare Cat... the situations are quite quite different. Pregnancy isn't a finite, happy, definable bundle of a thing that you are rejecting for your own ends. You know yourself how complicated it is having a baby and I am sure a part of your decision was taken on Keira's behalf, to keep her mummy's feet on the ground. Wish I could come down and visit you.

Judd sorry that you are also feeling down. Do you think it's because of the pill?

I remember the Strawberry thread from another link. It's a cry for help from a mumsnetter whose DD has lost a very favourite Strawberry toy, no longer sold, and mumsnetters all rally round and eventually one is turned up in someone's mum's house... Def. worth a read,could secure lucrative publishing deal if not film rights.

We had 8 month check yesterady. It took ages because DD decided she was desparate for a feed halfway through. But they had said 20 mins. The checking bit was quite boring, all stuff we know perfectly well these babies do fine... like holding two things at once, saying dadada, sitting. No revelations there.

Thank you very much spots Yeah, it is for precisly that reason that i made the desicion. I really think poor kiera would end up with a complete fruitcake for a mummy if i went ahead. Okay, well maybe not a total fruitcake, but certainly a mummy that wasn't nearly as good a mummy as i want to be. I know i wouldn't be happy, and i know that would make her unhappy. For her sake and mine, i know this is the right desicion. I just feel a little ungrateful though, i suppose, when i read threads where people are beside themselves because they want this so badly. argh Cat, pull yourself together girl.....

Kate- I forgot to say yesterday, i think i read a thread of your about intorducing lumps to your baby? I just wanted to say you cannot beat Hipp organic stage 2 jars (if you don't mind jars) for lump novices. They have very small pearls of food in them, that the babies find easier to swallow, but it gets them used to the new texture, and can help them start to chew. It really helped with kiera, and they smell really nice as well Hope this helps!

xxx

agree with the hipp organic jars. dd loves them and she is a right chewer now. eats lumps of anything.

cat, you don't need to justify yourself. we all understand totally. xxx {{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}

here's the strawberry thread: link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=9&threadid=16614\strawberry} but i dont know about the second one

oh no, here: strawberry

georgina, you have a tippitoes door boucer yes? what weight are they ok until? ours is second hand so no instructions.