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

Mimi is trying to iyswim, SO cute! dh is literally stuck at work - the groundsmen people dug a fuck off hole in the site entrance this morning, planning on it being filled back in by 4.30pm - he is still stuck there now! and not being paid.

there is an upside - i am having fish & chips as we speak....

at 10lb 9oz- bas is 9lb 0.5 oz

PMSL

he doesn't laugh yet! A few smiles- he has some eyesight we know, but HV asst thinks there's some issue there (as there is with me so its just glasses)

He holds his head up reliably though and rolls over LOL- strange (but gorfeous and adored) baby

Thank goodness - everyone's in bed. Got Astrid weighed today and she's put on 1lb and 3 oz in 10 days! Now she's 9lb 10oz. But she has reflux, so I've got to be careful about feeding her...

Had crappy day though. Got a terrible cold, and then work phoned as they have 'mistakenly deleted' all the notes I sent over about how to do my job. Spent half an hour on phone while LO cried and I didn't get my nap.

oh to have a nap!!! i had shite day too.

HV day for everyone it seems! Gabriella now weighs 10lb4oz - she has put on 2lbs since birth (and was 4 weeks old on Monday!) So yes, quite the guzzler! She started smiling a few days ago - too cute! Very brief so haven't managed to get a pic of it yet, but I will!!

Nap - I long for a nap...

Somewhat to my surprise I have managed to stick to my resolution not to get DD weighed. So she's oficially... umm... quite heavy.

Evening all, I was contemplating getting Aeryn weighed tomorrow but it depends what time DH gets up as not dragging them all up the clinic.

Well had a lovely day over mums, lunch made and just spent day playing with kids, mum decided that today is was the day to start potty training. So nappy off, 3 hours of intermitantly offering potty (can't believe how long he held it) then he disappeared off behind a tree to do a wee in his pants I have a feeling it may take a while. Mum said DD1 and DS could stay there for the night so Ive been busy getting the house ready for random accidents tomorrow, ie taking rugs up, getting rest of washing done etc.

Well just have playroom left to clean and tidy b4 bed so will love you and leave you again.

Good evening everyone. I'll join the weighing club - had Roelof weighed this morning too. But the coolest bit was when they measured him - he's grown 10cm since birth (he was 2 months yesterday).

I went to the big scream movies this morning - saw Sex and the City. I think it was some kind of NCT get-together as well, but good grief - I didn't know there were this many moms with babies around - the whole cinema was full!

Good luck with your cold, Sagitta, and with the potty training Denny.

denny are you mad??? potty training Ethan with Aeryn still being so little???? Good grief woman, you are such a trooper.....rather you than me!!

Sal - our cinema doesnt do showings like that. i dont know whether to go and see SATC, soemtimes Carrie annnoys me freaking out about commitment and babies etc, i just ffs woman.....

Denny - good luck with the potty training. each time i have PT i dont go out if i can help it for the first 2 days until they notice the cues.

DH has his op tomorrow he is a bit scared but he will be fine, i have told him the anaesthetic [sp?]is fine.

Millie is snotty again, poor girl, she went to sleep at 915 last night and woke up at 440, fed but has been waking herself up with snorts and gruts since about 530. i had a weird dream about monsters and cellars and i could see through walls

Have a good day everyone, i am doing NOTHING today thankgod.

Sorry to hear Millie has another cold, can be the joys of having older kids can't it they just seem to keep re-infecting each other. Have a great day doing nothing.

Our cinema does do baby sessions, but the thought of going with Aeryn and DS puts me off, it's energy expelling activities all the way for us.

I wouldn't have made the desicion to potty train DS yet it was mum who started it (to be fair she does have a point Im washing over 100 nappies a week at the moment). We're not going out at the mo either coz of DD1 so kind of a good time to do it - have a feeling we may fail though we'll see.

So i have a huge pile of pants, 2 potties, no rugs and an empty washing machine anything else you can think of.

stickers?

So of all the good weight gain. Had Oli weighed yesterday and he had only put on just over 11oz in two weeks (now 8lb 13 at 6 weeks). The HV then made me feel really inadequate by lecturing me on how I should make sure he stays awake during feeding, check, doing that already, and that I need to eat more or he won't be able to get enough milk. Thing is I am eating more than I ever have and seriously don't know how I can go about upping this. It's made me really paranoid that I'm not producing enough milk but if I'm leaking all over the bed during the night surely this is not the case?? He's also producing lots of dirty nappies so I'm guessing this is a sign that he's getting enough??
Anyway, will persevere and see if he manages to put more weight on over the next couple of weeks.

On a good note, he managed his longest continuous sleep last night (11 to 5) but didn't want to go back down afterwards. Finally succumbed at 7 and has been down since.

I never really get into the whole breast/bottle debate, but I just had to moan about this, it's made me so cross: My sil (in South Africa) recently had a baby, and she wanted to bf really, really badly (sat through cracked nipples, the lot). Anyway, she let baby sleep for 6 or 7 hours at night if she (baby) wanted to without waking her up for feeds, and both the hospital (where she was for 4 days) and the dr were "impressed" with that...! As you can expect, baby didn't pick up enough weight, and because of the missed feedings (I, with next to no knowledge, so might be wrong, think) she struggled with her supply. But here is the bit that annoys the hell out of me: The doctor said the problem was that her milk wasn't "nutricious" enough, told her to switch to bottle, and gave her pills (!!!!) to dry up her milk supply. I'm furious. I think they didn't even want to bother, and think half of their "advice" did more harm than good. While I'm perfectly fine with bottles (I mix feed myself for that matter), it annoys me that I feel they robbed her of her choice.

Sorry, rant over.

at giving her pills to dry it up!! Why didnt she refuse them?

BTW Mimi goes 8 hours at night and we have plenty of milk & weight gain.

I think she panicked about lo not picking up enough weight and when drs said it's because of her milk not being nutricious (and therefore it would never be iyswim). So as they said she had to exclusively bottle feed, they said it would be better for the milk to stop, and she trusted them.

Roelof now goes longer as well, but I just thought (incorrectly maybe) that, in those early weeks just after birth, it would help if she fed more often. Maybe R was just a guzzler, but he seemed to exhaust himself while drinking, so fed every 3 hours or so at the beginning. I didn't tell her that I thought she was doing something wrong btw, but there must be another reason I'm sure, I've never heard of milk not being "good" enough. I feel so sorry for her. Wish I've known she struggled before it all ended.

OK, I know this isn't the place to post this, but I don't want my sil seeing on the other boards. AIBU? To think that my brother could have sent a card, or present or something to acknowledge the birth of his niece? Its not that I want stuff, I am just pissed off that he made one brief phone call the day after A was born, and I haven't heard from him since...
Or am I just being unnecessarily stroppy and touchy? People we barely know sent presents, cards, flowers...

i know, it sounds horrible and you trust doctors, don't you? even when/if they do say the wrong thing. I always thought milk was tailored perfectly to baby's needs?

for her. I don't know much about BF-ing sal, i just tell you what Millie does

Sagitta - YANBU

of course he should have sent you a card!!

MIL/FIL have never seen Millie. DH has disowned her! (brewing for a long time though)

and Sal - Mimi was born 8lb 9oz and went down to 7lb 14oz in the first week, so it may have just been that natural birth weight loss anyway, millie's was alot and so might her baby's loss have been. Mimi soon packed it on though!

• she is growing out of her first size clothes [broody] [broody]

WHERE is EllieG? Does anyone (Peachy?) have her phone number? or email/home address?

Scorpio - can't believe you're feeling broody!

Any good ideas on how to stop a baby crying without feeding her while you spend time on MN?

lie them on your knees tummy down.

i am soooo broody and am forcing myself to go on the pill in 2 weeks. it doesnt help DH hates condoms and i just don't care....

blimey scorpio - what a great trick. Thanks!

I've never felt broody, can't imagine what its like!