APRIL 2008 - We venture over to the 'other side'

[VictorianSqualor]

Our babies.

07 March: Ashton, a fourth child for gemprincess, 5lb 13oz @ 34+6
09 March: Ted, a second DS for Daftmoo, 7lb 14oz @ 36+0
21 March: George William, a first baby for KnitterintheNW, 7lb 2.5oz @ 37+3
25 March: Olivia, a second baby for TheMaskedPoster, 7lb 2oz @ 38+4
28 March: Pablo, a third baby and first DS for vacaloca, 7lb 14oz @ 39+4
28 March: Matteo Alexander, a first baby for Gangle @ 38+0 (?)
30 March: A baby girl, a second child for PortAndLemon, 8lb 15oz @ 39+5
02 April: Jak, a baby boy for rainbowdays, 9lb @ 39+1
02 April: A baby boy, a second child for bunyanvillas, 6lb 14oz @ 37+5
02April: Struan, a baby boy for Donnabels, 6lbs 15oz
02 April: A baby boy for mummyofaprincess @39 weeks
03 April: A baby girl for PippiCalzelunghe @38+2weeks
03 April: Aeryn Daisy, a baby girl for Denny185, 9lb 8oz @ 39+3
03 April: Benjamin, a baby boy for Micegg, 8lb 3oz @ 39+4
03 April: Roelof Grové, a first DS for Sal22, 7lb 5oz @ 38+5
03 April: A baby boy for siikibam, 6lb 8.5oz @39+1wks
04 April: Matilda, a baby girl for AprilsFoolsBaby 7lb @
06 April: Henry Peter, a baby boy for Sheds, 7lb 130z @ 40+4
07 April: Sebastian George, a fourth DS for Peachy, 8lb 4oz @ 41+1
07 April: Jack, a first baby for ThePFJ, 7lb 5.5oz @ 41+1
07 April: Lexie Bea, a fourth baby for babywhiting, 8lb 1oz @ 39+4
08 April: Alasdair, a second DS for bunnyrabbit, 8lb 5.5oz @ 40+3
08 April: James Samuel, a third baby for honeybee10, 6lb 7oz @ 37+2
09 April: Zara Mia Martin, a first baby for V1KK1M, 7lb 10oz @ 41+0
11 April: Kyran for rdk, 7lb 13oz @ 38+3weeks
11 April: Sebastian James, a second baby for Fleecy, 10lb 2oz @ 40+4
11 April: A baby girl, a first baby for CeylonSapphire, 7lb 12oz @ 41+1
12 April: Maya Alice, a first baby for egyptianprincess, 8lb 15.5oz @ 40+3
12 April: Sophia Viviana, a second DD for AussieDivaonaBreak, 6lb 12oz @ 39+3
15 April: Alexander Oliver, a third baby for VictorianSqualor, 10lb 3oz @ 41+0
16 April: Ailish, a first baby for Mollyfloss, 6lb 11oz @ 40+3
16 April: A baby girl, a second baby for elfsmummy, 7lb 13oz @ 41+1
16 April: Zoe, a baby girl, a first baby for ToastAddict, 6lb 10oz @ 39+3
17 April: A baby boy for paranoidmumy, 8lb 9oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy, a second son for lorisparkle, 7lb 12.5oz @ 41+6
18 April: Millie, a baby girl for scorpio1 8lb 9oz @ 41+?
18 April: Cameron, a second baby for munchkinmum @ 39+5
19 April: Oliver Michael, first baby for bashboid, 7 lb 4 oz at 41 +3
20 April: Samuel, a first baby for Velbels. 8lb15oz at 41+1weeks.
20 April: Angharad Mai, 8lb 4oz, 40+6, first for 7monthsplus
20 April: Emilia, 7lb15oz, a first baby for SuzeM, 40+6
21 April: Eve, a second baby for Scampmum, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first baby for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, a second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April: Hope Olivia, a second dd for northeastmummy, 7lb 11oz at 41 .
26 April: Gabriel, a third child for Bainmarie @ 41+5
26 April: Eli Michael, a baby boy for LittleMissTurquoise, 7lb 15.5oz @ 40+5
27 April: a baby girl for Ayomi, 6lb 1oz @ 41+0
28 April: Jacob Andrew, a 2nd DS for Kaybeeand2boys, 8lb 4oz @ 41+5
29 April: Thomas Henry, a 2nd DS for TLSM, 7lb 8oz 40+3
30 April: Harry Samuel, a fourth ds for Chipmonkey, 9lb 5oz @ 39+2
01 May: Sophie May, a baby grl for Annieroo, 6lb 5oz @ 41+4
01 May: Euan George, a baby boy for Jenniejennie, 8lb @ 40+4
02 May: Robyn Olivia, a baby girl for soph28, 8lb 1oz @ 42+1
05 May: Nora Martina, a first baby for Eva07, 7lb 8oz @ 41+2
05 May: A baby boy for Beeper, 8lb 10oz @ 41+0
05 May: Gabriella Summer, a first baby for Mum2babyroo, 8lb 4oz @ 40+6
06 May: Wilf, 8lb 60z for bigbadmom @ 41+6
07 May: James Andrew, a second ds for Moominsmummy, 8lb 13oz @ 41+5
08 May: Ellie Isabella, a first baby for Carey87, 7 lb 8oz @ 42+1
08 May: Robin David, a 2nd baby for Woollymummy, 8lb 11 oz @ 41+3
09 May: 4 kittens for scorpio's cat!
10 May: Astrid Mary, a second dd for sagitta, 8lb 8oz @ 42+0

Wonderful, have a great time, Scorpio!

Knitter - Rick Astley & Bananarama at 2:30 in the morning is just wrong, new baby or not, lol. Hope you've had time for a nap during the day.

We've just returned from pub lunch, with Roelof sleeping all the way through. He really loves going out for a walk in his buggy, should do it more often.

Hope you're all having a great weekend.

Sal, how do you pronounce your baby's name please? so i get it right in my head, lol

DH went to watch boxing today and has been roped in to fighting without specific fight training....he said he got out the car and they asked cos another fighter had dropped out. Im sure he took alot of persuading.. bloody men!! Im sure he will be fine

hehe, everyone's having trouble scorpio - the paediatrican tried persuading us to change it, as it's apparently "just cruel" when no-one would be able to pronounce it, lol. But it's a family (and very Afrikaans) name . It's pronounced "Rulof" (almost like Rudolph without the d).

lol scorpio! all men are crazy.

at the paediatrician, Sal! He should not stick his beak in where names are concerned!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
What a bloody muppet DP is.
Went to his aunts house in rugby today, the whole family was there and on the way in terrible rain we got lost, called his brother who put me on to his uncle to get directions, DP really pisse3d off smacked the windscreen, not even particularly hard (I was bloody shocked he even hit it tbh, men)
Windscreen cracks, hugely, we have to pull over and call his uncle out, called RAC they say it won't smash so it's driveable but they are too busy to do anything so we had to drive it all the way home (50 miles!!) We put the kids in MiL's car just in case, but what a bloody prat.
He feels suitably ashamed.

Oh no, VS! I'm sure your DP feels a bit stupid about it now, I almost feel a little sorry for him But I repeat - all men are crazy!

chipmonkey, luckily i wasn't really fussed about paediatrician, as my mind was made up (it's my fil's full names, but roelof was also my brother's name - he died suddenly a couple of years ago). however, i still find it odd how complete strangers would feel free to say you should name your children something else - AFTER you've already decided. oh well, worse things in life i guess, and paed was brilliant medically, which is what really matters

I like Roelof, DS is Bobby, and when I named him everyone was very Bobby??that's an old mans name etc.
It's my Dad's name, and everyone I meet now loves it

Thanks VS People are just stupid sometimes - what on earth's supposed to be wrong with Bobby (not that it had anything to do with them anyway, even if you decided to call him Stinky (my favourite for Roelof - he should be grateful for the name he got, hehe)??? I love it, and it's most def not an old man's name. Oh well, keeps them occupied I guess.

We're trying to get Roelof in some sort of routine now, so we've started with having a "bed time" (from tonight onwards). We've bathed him, fed him, read a story, and he's now fast asleep in his cot in his room (will move to moses basket in our room later when we go to bed). We've got a monitor, but only a sound one, so now we're sneaking into his room every 5 minutes to check if he's all right. Really funny actually.

LOL at reading the baby a story, Sal, very PFB!

Woohoo!
I got a full nights sleep!
Alex went to bed at 9:30pm last night and woke up at 4:30am for a feed, I latched him on and fell back asleep until 10:30am

Wow VS - very jealous of your sleep. We thought we'd done well cos we slept until 8am this morning! DS is typically waking around 4/5am for a feed then going back to sleep until 6/7 which isn't too bad - except that sometimes he's windy and wakes himself up in the night pushing out some farts or a poo!

Have tried cutting out dairy and greens but neither worked so am now reintroducing them.

He doesn't seem to get wind from garlic or onions - what else might it be? He does seem to get windy when I eat eggs so I've stopped eating them but that doesn't seem to be enough. Any ideas?

Oh and HV came on Friday for Sebastian's six week check. He weighed 12lb3oz

Is it mainly night times he is windy??
I notice Alex gets windy at about 5amish where he falls asleep on the breast/feeds when pretty much asleep and doesn't take it properly.

VS, that's amazing!!! I need you to come over for a sleepover and sort me and LO out

Millie did 9-30 - 5am last night fed for a bit in bed whilst i dozed and she woke up about 9,

we took the brats children bowling today but that was not the best idea ever...

vs and scorpio (and anyone else??), do you think it's because of your routine, or how did Alex and Millie decide to have such great sleeping patterns? i'd love to get some tips, because that sounds just wonderful. do you try and keep them awake during the day, or did they get into this pattern naturally?

no i don't try and keep her awake, that just leads to moody babies!

When the boys go to bed it is quieter; she has a bath most nights, a cuddle, boob (big big feed) and i put her straight to bed, awake or not, no later than 10pm.

at night i make it no fun for her - no talking, i dont even look at her if i can help it. she goes on boob in our bed (no lights or anything)and staright back in her bed when she has pulled off and i'm certain she wants no more.

i am just very matter of fact about her, thats the only way i can explain it. the last 2 babies have been like this because i got it so wrong the first time.

thanks scorpio.

Hi Denny
Missing you already!!! Lovely to see you.
Hope half term is OK, remember, if you get Colic, just nab some of Aeryn's infacol .

Also jealous about all these routine babies! DD sleeps just fine during the day, but from 7pm to 10pm (the witching hours we call them) she's awake and grizzly and will not settle and then gets overtired even though we try everything - from holding her, to putting her in her bed to avoiding eye contact, to no talking, to being in a dark room. VERY tiring for all of us. Today we thought maybe we would try stimulate her a bit more so she stays awake a bit more during the day (and will then hopefully sleep a bit more tonight), but today was the day she got colic (I think) and spent most of screaming and awake without us having to stimulating her. Once she is asleep (about 10:30pm) she stays asleep until about 2am, has a feed, nappy change, sleeps some more until about 5am, again feed, nappy change and sleep until about 8am - another feed, nappy change and sleep. The it is on and off for the rest of the day until 7pm - 10pm when she will not settle. What am I doing wrong? Is it letting her sleep too much during the day?

dont change her nappy that much in the night unless she is sore or has pooed. it wakes them up too much. will be fine if you use a good quality nappy.

does/will a bath calm her, make her sleepy?

M2BR, those timings are pretty much much what George is doing too. He tends to have a couple of awake/happy periods, one in the morning after the 8am ish feed and the other between about 7 & 10pm. He sleeps for most of the day and we have hit and miss nights, we've had a few where he's slept for 7 hours, quite a few 5 hour stretches, but the last few nights he's woken at 2ish and 5ish for feeds and been unsettled inbetween quite a lot. I've tried to get him to wake up more during the day so we can start a bedtime routine at a decent time, but there's no waking him up if he's tired! Or at least you can wake him up, but he's really miserable til he goes back to sleep again. He was 9 weeks on friday, but was 2.5 weeks early so he's really only 6.5 weeks IYSWIM.