November 2007 - Sleeping babies, teething and dribble! Our babies are getting big!

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New thread here ladies.

Talking of tipping upside down, i did this to Ellie tonight and i'm sure i saw two front teeth coming through!!

Hi everyone!
sorry i am the same as you Lizzie- havent had internet since we moved and it finally got turned on yesterday! woohoo! i was going mad without it! funny how much i rely on it for everything!

raimees really not well at the moment and is on antibiotics, feel so sorry for her wish it was me. She started nursery last week when i returned to Uni so we are guessing that is the culprit! shes never been ill before an it all seems to have totally took it out of her.

ive only read a small bit and am very behind but from what i have seen i have to say congratulations febes!!! when is LO due?? aww am pretty envious, i cant wait for our next one but need to wait till after the wedding!

on the teeth subject- raimee has four now, - 2 top 2 bottom, and her fangs are coming through now too tho cant see them yet!

hope your all well today!
sam x

Thanks Sam due in May I have my first midwife appointment this week and my scan in a couple of weeks.

Welcome back Lizzie and Sam! Hope Raimee's better soon Sam, it's horrible when they're ill, isn't it? Sorry to hear about the redundancy Lizzie. As a teacher I really appreciate our TAs, they do a great job. Ar eyou thinking primary or secondary?

Loopy - I've been thinking about a back-carrier for William, partly because we like going to markets and buggies are such a pita there.

We had an exciting trip to the ED on Saturday evening as DD took offence to William taking a bit of her lego and pushed him over onto the hearth! He bumped his head pretty hard and it felt a bit dented so we thought it best to get him checked out. We only had to wait a couple of hours after triage, and the children's waiting area had lots of toys, so DD had a great time! By the time he was seen he was grinning at the nurses and was totally recovered. But it was a bit of a fright at first!

Poor William Jet! Sisterly love eh?!

Sorry to hear about your redundancy Lizzie. Is it little ones that you want to work with particularly? We have Learning Support Assistants at the college where I teach and they are fab. But you have to love teens and everything that goes with them!

Hello again Sam! Sorry to hear about Raimee being poorly. Adam was exactly the same when he first went to his childminder's, two weeks running he came home ill so my days off were spent cuddling and mopping up vomit. When people say that they pick up all the bugs I didn't realise that they meant the minute you leave them. Pile on the guilt!

Lovely DH has made tea so must go, have a good evening everyone.

Just a quick hello as need my bed. Can't wait until tomorrow as it's my last day at work for the work.

I'm finding work mega tough and VERY stressful. I guess that's what i get for working in Bradford. Wish I could pack it in. BOOOOOOOOOO

Jet - william sounds like a little heartbreaker already! glad hes ok.

febes- im really excited for you!! will you be finding out if the babys a boy or a girl or keeping it as a suprise?

greedy- i know, she was only in there one day and has been sick ever since! feel so sorry for her, esp when the doctor said her ear was throbbing inside. they are too cute and little to be sick i think! i thought she'd only pick up a small cold maybe but its really it her hard, been over a week now and now ive caught it too!

LOM - hope you can enjoy your days off now and forget about work for a bit. is it a long commute? hope it gets better for you, im starting to think about going part time when i have graduated though i dont even know if i want to do that tbh! theres so much to deal with,home , LO's, and work you have to be superwoman it seems!

i think that employers etc really need to be better about taking time off with sick children. DP wouldnt be paid for it so ive stayed at home with raimee this week. Im only in uni at the moment, not working, but ive had to miss lectures with raimee being sick and there is no proceedure for me to cover this whereas if it was me who had been sick i could just hand in a self sick note and it wouldnt affect me in anyway- it seems unfair and discrimination to be penalised when your child is ill. Luckily the senoir secretary and me get on quite well and shes told me just to do a formal letter which may be taken into account when they assess attendance. i know most students dont have children but some do! and to know that dp would be paid if he needed to be off would be a great help, i think the law really needs to be changed, especially with most mums and dads both working.

i just wondered if anyone else has found themselves a big cry baby since having their baby?! i never used to cry at the tv or things i read, but now i cant help but well up!! dp is the same too. also i seem to have a really big fear of something going wrong or something bad happening as i love my little family so much! i worry about the whole "too much happiness" - something usually goes wrong to make up for it. maybe im just going mad.. ! i just wondered if anyone else was the same?!

im off to try and dry my hair whilst pip is still asleep!! x

Sam- Its more tempting to find out this time but we have decided not too and keep it as another lovely surprise.
I agree with you about paid leave for child sickness. Its not as if you would take advantage as you have to pay childminders fees anyway so you would only take a day off if really necessary but you get your pay docked and have to pay for childcare.
I'm a total cry baby I cried watching sex and the city the other day...

Hi everyone, sorry to be so hopeless at keeping in touch. I find it hard to juggle work and parenting and still get online to chat!

Sam, snap for Rebecca - recently started nursery and we've had a series of ailments. Tonight she has an eye infection so tomorrow we have to go to the baby clinic. Luckily I can juggle work for things like this sometimes so I won't have my pay docked - will just have to get my work done in the middle of the night, or something (!).

LOM, commiserations - dont know how all you teachers do this, anyway - I teach but in a university, and I dont know how you manage with schoolkids!

Loopy, I kind of want a new sling... had always used a Hugabub but heavy now. Would like an easy one suitable for 5 foot 2 weaklings... any suggestions?

OK, GOT to eat now, am starving. Hello to everyone else and more soon!

hi all. bookmarking so i can catch up tomorrow

Hi all
LOM - sorry you are feeling stressed out about work. It is horrible when you are wishing the week away but hope you enjoy your days off with the gorgeous T. When my learners are pratting around I want to ask them if they realise that I am leaving my lovely boy to teach them but, lets face it, I'm not doing it out of the goodness of my heart so that would be a bit silly (as if they would care anyway!). Do you think you'll stay in teaching for the foreseeable future? I have dreams of escaping but no idea what else to do.

Loopy - Adam is also off his food at the mo but feeding from me at every opportunity. I am assuming it is teeth/separation anxiety. It is alarming though isn't it? A couple of weeks ago I could hardly keep up with his appetite and now he pushes it around his tray or lobs it over his shoulder! The only thing that is guaranteed to go down the hatch is fruit. Interesting nappies.

hi Sam!! hi Choc!! Welcome back both of you!!

The law is pants re small kids!

Sorry a couple of our LOs are poorly - hope they recover swiftly.

LOM - Hats off to you for teaching and in fact to everyone on here who teaches!! i agree with loopy - eat more chocolate!

Nothing to report here. DD deffo has 2 front teeth coming through, which probably accounts for her midnight awakenings lately, as well as being a milk monster too!

Loopy- did you feel differently in any of your pregnancies? I feel that this is a boy becuase I have felt quite different this time as in little morning sickness and more energised and positive in general. With Anabel I felt rough for at least 15 weeks. I'm not bothered as I would love 2 girls or a boy but DH would love a boy and because of feeling so different I thought it is a boy but maybe all pregnancies are just different nothing to do with the sex of the baby.

I went for my booking in appointment this morning and was very impressed with everything as its a differnet hospital to last time as we have moved. The midwife suggested that I wean Anabel off BFing soon I thought I could keep feeding her throughout. Anyone have any exprience?

Febes - you can keep feeding for as long as you like - I'm sure there are lots more knowledgeable people on the breast and bottle threads, but I am fairly sure that being pg is not a reason to stop; you just have to make sure you're eating really healthily I guess! Both my pregnancies were pretty similar - quite easy, it's just that William was much bigger than DD. My mum felt toally different when pg with my brother, she always says I didn't give her stretch marks, bro was responsible for them!

loopy - you truly know your carriers! I was thinking of a structured one, but will check out the mei teis (because they sound like cocktails ).

sam - I know childless people think working parents take the piss by having time off when kids are sick, but I honestly think I work harder to compensate for that. My new head still pays us if we need to take time off for sick children - she is great. She has also employed a number of cover supervisors so we hardly have to do any now - I haven't had a single one this year. Funnily enough, staff sickness levels are also down. We've been given extra PPA time too.

RG - chocolate is what gets me through the day sometimes!

I'm feeling good today. My friend had a baby girl on Tuesday (9lbs 13oz!) so that kind of news always cheers me. And I had a 15 min observation at work (they call them drop-ins to make them sound less threatening!) and was told 'There was nothing in there I could find fault with, nothing to improve on.' So I'm feeling very happy in my job right now!

I just wrote a long message and Anabel deleted it with one touch. Goodness knows what she pushed!!
Anyway the jist of it is: Re carrying on BFing thanks for the advice. Not sure if she is self weaning anyway as she is taking less and less but that will be her choice and I'll not rush her.
The poor poppet came down on the coffee table and gave herself a fat lip today. I guess there will be lots more bumps and bruises along the way in this learning to walk malarky.
Looking forward to the weekend.

Just had a quick catch up. Thanks for all your lovely messages made me feel I'll try and post properly later.

Loopy - actually tried DD in the mai tai back carry today, following the instructions on the link you put up. it was great and very comfortable! DD was very contented and even had a good long nap on my back haha! I think she needed to be higher up tho - the top of her head was probably just over bra strap height (or maybe a bit higher) so i think i'll have to make sure she's higher up next time. Thanx for posting that!

Blimey, no messages since Tuesday!!

You must all be off having real lives or something!!

Aren't i dim. I mean no posts since Saturday.

I'm sick so no news here. I've been off school yesterday and today. I just dropped Anabel off to the chidminder so it feels weird being here with out her but I should get better rest without her. It also must be very boring here with me feeling rubbish.

Hellloooooo! wave manically

I went round to LOM's on sunday to have some very civilised afternoon tea and scones and she reminded me of you lot so I thought I'd better log in and say hello.

It was all jolly fabulous - the first time Mr CharmingMan met Mr LOM. Thomas is a little charmer - all grins and giggles.

LOM gave me a bit of an update on how everyone is - congrats Febes by the way!

I am back at work now. Ended up going back full time which is why i never have time for anythign else anymore. Enjoying working but not the full time part of it. WOuld be much happier if I was 4 days but hey ho.

Sara is blooming - I love her little personalitiy and like you all - I cannot believe the babies are all coming up to their first bdays!

Will try to get on here more often from now on.

I do miss catching up wigth you all - you were all such a bit part of my life this time last year!

Love to you all and your lovely little ones
xxx

Febes - hope you feel better soon.

Charming - HELLOOOOOOOO!!!!! Glad you finally popped in to see us! Glad to hear that Sara is thriving!

Sorry to hear you had to go full time. What a bummer. I'm working 3 days a week and that is hard enough for me! I was quite happy doing 2 days because it felt like i was just popping into work but now it feels more like work is an intrusion on my personal life.

Take care for now and hope to see you back more often