FEB 08- Sore nips and no naps continued!!!!

[sarahmikeharryandrosie]

Hi Ladies thought i wouls open the thread but i have no imagination- hence the title!!!!

btw have lost link for sout meet up, could someone pop it on for me. ta

sally - cannot see your pics- but would love too-

welcome back lees mum- glad u had a lovely time with your sister,

hi everyone else

sarah - thats weird - I had added you already - can anyone else see my pics???

Ginger - yes the photo was through his waterbabies classes, we took a sneaky pic of the 6x4 photo on a mobile so the one we oredered should be much better.

I love the natural history museum leesmum, can't wait to take DS.

Those with other children, how old were they when you first took them to the zoo. I might take DS soon but not sure if its worth it?

Can't see the pics sally

Hi everyone.

Your break sounds fab leesmum - your BIL and sister sound fab too - am very envious of your long lies!!

Sally - I can't see your photos either. We started ds off on solids around 22 weeks but he's only started taking to it in the last week or so.

Alkar - ds1 was around 16 months when we first took him to the zoo. Don't think lo would be that interested yet (brother watching is a favourite passtime at the mo!).

Well we haven't had a repeat performance of the 7pm to 4am sleeping but things are definitely getting better and he tends to have one stint of 5/6 hours. Dh and I are really looking forward to him going in his own room now though as the last couple of nights he's woke up around 4 to make da da da, oooohhh noises very loudly for around 1/2 hour. I thought it was so cute when he started making these babbling noises - not so cute in the middle of the night though. Anyway, he's almost 6 months so we'll probably put him in his own room soon. It's just a pain because we'll have to take the treadmill out of his room (it's VERY heavy) and put his cot back in his room. It'll also be a bit of a pain getting up for night feeds when he's in his own room but hopefully he'll be sleeping through soon (who am I kidding).

Anyway off for a shower - just been out for a run

Hello lovely ladies. DH has broken our computer so have not been around . He has his work one here in the eve but have not had a chance to really get on much. Just wanted to say hello and that I miss you all!

Ginger I will try to link you to the meet up thread in a mo, have not looked at it myself for a week so hope all is still ok.

Everything ok here. DD sleeping more or less 7-6 or a bit later (as is DS2), so life is better! Still a challenge every day though.

We started weaning at 23 weeks or thereabouts I think. DS2 has 3 meals a day and 3 or 4 bottles depending on his mood (sometimes not keen on mid morning bottle but has big solid feed instead). DD has 2 or 3 solid meals a day and 4 bottles (hurrah, not 6 bottles any more). She is not really keen on breakfast solids for some reason, no matter what I offer her.

It is my BIRTHDAY tomorrow .

Alkar love the pics of the christening and underwater. We have some lovely underwater ones of DS1 although no idea where they are. Hope they have not been thrown out . Also nice to see pics of you and put another face to a name.

Not got long now as DH needs computer, but I haven't forgotten you all. Will hopefully be back online properly soon.

Ooops sorry about my name then, I changed it a few days ago for a specific purpose and forgot to change it back .

Hi everyone, how are we all coping with the heat?

I love the sunshine but we are not a heat loving family!! Poor ds2 is really struggling bless him so he spends most of his day in a nappy!! Still at least we're getting out. I've got PMS this week and my god I'd go mad!! I said to dp tonight, I could do with going back to work if I have anymore days like this

Ds1 has a touch of the devil about him at the mo. He ignores everything I say, pretends not to hear me and seems to go out of his way to misbehave!! I have also decided that I must secrete something when I have PMS that ds1 picks up on as he's defo worse this week than last!!! I just hope he starts calming down a bit!!

Ds2 is 6 mths exactly today! I can't believe how much its flying by, just seems like yesterday we were all announcing that we were pg!! I've been flicking through pics and we definitely have and its so lovely seeing them all change. His appetite has really picked up now and he's having 2 full meals, and had chicken for the first time this week. Not so nice when it turns up in the nappy though!! Especially after spinach!! Ooo just thought, for those of you who will be doing this for the first time, when you give banana, make sure its really ripe otherwise it can constipate them and also when they poo after, it looks like there's lots of tiny worms. I will never forget it with ds1 and almost taking him to the doctors before my friend told me!!!

Ah yes we have had those tiny worms! Well I did worry, but had a lovely close up look and realised they weren't. Spinach is indeed lovely in poo.

DS2 has a nice habit at the mo. He likes to have a poo. So you change him. Then he poos again half an hour later, so you change him, etc etc until he is up to 5 or so poos. Always just one lump...

Poor DH got 5 within ONE HOUR on Sunday when I was not here!

Ginger here is South meet up thread .

hello Ehh- wondered where you had got too-

HAPPY *BIRTHDAY*for tomorrow are doing anything to celebrate??????

still cant see pics Sally-

Ohh menat to add Rosie is now sitting for long periods unaided- and seems very proud of herself- (mummy wishes her baby babk emoction)

She is also trying to bum shuffle to get to ds and the stupid labrador!!!!!omg

did not read my post- sorry EGG!!!!

Ahhh bless her sarah. Ds2 wants to sit but just isn't big enough or stron enough although he has started rolling over and doing sit up type things so I'm hoping he will be soon as he gets very frustrated. Think he's just nosy!!

Happy birthday for tomorrow egg, hopefully you'll have nice weather again.

can't see pics Sally!

Well we are weaning but he's not that fussed about food really - hve bought lots of little jars of hipp organic so we can try different tastes - sometimes he'll take a bit and sometimes just clamps his lips shut and shakes his head around. He is still very keen on b/f!

Sounds like a lovely break Leesmum.

Happy six months to count's LO.

Well I have one more thing to add.

AAAAARRRGGGHHHHH

not helped massively by DP coming in and saying this house is a total state. Couldn't see why that upset me. I tried to explain impossibility of tidying up with a baby who NEVER SLEEPS and he then tried to prove a point by spending the night tidying up whilst carrying DS in one arm. I was torn between proving a point by a) tidying all night - the martyr option and b)beer and chocolate in front of the telly - the don't give a * option. (went for the former)

AND when he said that thing about the house being a tip I was standing cooking his dinner having just been stung on the foot by a bee! Ow!

God I feel so much better.

Have a fabulous day Egg xxxx

buggrit sorry everyone. Any better now?

happy birthday Egg

Gill I've had a few comments like that from DH - they just have NO idea do they.

lovley pics Sally- now we can see them xxxxx

hi everyone- HAPPY BIRTHDAY EGG

Happy birthday Egg!!!

Thanks for the advice re the zoo rozzy, I think we will go to the beach instead.

DS is 6 months old today, can't believe its gone so fast.

Love the pics Sally - how long did you leave him in storage!

Happy birthday Egg!

Thanks for link.
Tnaks alkar re swimming, hopefully we will be offered same thing. Is it expensive?

am a bit busy so will catch up later.

alkar, I'm not sure.. I gave him to DH to look after and returned to find DS waving to me from inside the basket: "He wanted to go in there," said DH, helplessly.

Strange child.

Hi everyone.

Happy birthday Egg! Hope you had a great day!

Count - ds2 is also being a bit of a mare at the moment. He keeps getting out of bed when he's supposed to be sleeping and then is grumpy the next morning - we had some spectacular tantrums this morning. Other times he can be lovely but god he winds me up sometimes! Dh and I can't remember if ds1 was as bad as this at this age - never mind terrible twos 3 is a much worse age ime. Ds1 who is 5 is generally really good now though so hopefully this is just a phase!

Sally - lovely pics - it's really nice to see what everyone looks like. I will get dh to take a photo of me once we get a new camera (old one has packed up coincidentally just after we started letting ds1 and ds2 take some photos with it!)

Gill - solids is a bit hit and miss here too. He's had a couple of hipp organic jars when we've been out and loves them but is not so keen on my cooking. He was taking a fair bit of solids last week when I was mixing purees with rice and ebm but expressing is such a faff I've been trying just to give him straight purees and he's not so keen. I'm trying not to get too stressed out about it because I know he's fine with just milk but a part of me is thinking 'oh great you're not eating that so I'll be up x times tonight' Really selfish I know! My dh is the complete opposite to yours - even if the house is a complete tip he says it looks fine - drives me mad sometimes cause he just can't see what needs done so I either have to just do everything myself or specifically ask him to do something which makes me feel like a nagging wife. I can't seem to keep on top of things at the moment but am hoping it'll improve when school/nursery starts in a few weeks.

Hope everyone else is ok!

Rozzty totally agree 3 is much worse than 2!!!! DS is really testing me at the mo and at 3 .5 he of couse knows best!!!!!1OMG he drives me insane-

I am sure its a phase but never mind-

Hope every one is ok xxx

Done anything special today Egg??

hello all and how are tricks? our weather has been hit and miss but yesterday was lovely. DH's sister and her kids, plus MIL came down yesterday and it made me realise how great this flat is going to be as dd grows up. SIL's kids are 2.5 and 1 and they had a great time running around our garden in floppy sunhats - 'twas all very idyllic and english!

am currently nurturing fantasties of retraining as an electrician. tenants move into our old flat tomo and dh and i have been doing the last bits of DIY there this week - today i managed to change two light switches. it was very very easy but am pleased nonetheless. you can tell how numbed my brain has got that gentle DIY-ing has sent me into a frenzy of pride!

happity b-day egg. will you be getting looked after this weekend? i meant to say in a previous post how impressed i was by the challenge your dd posed to the night nanny. were you glad of the validation? i would have been pleased to have someone In The Know just recognise how tought the last few months have been. and then fix it, of course

happy six months alkar. and sarah i confess i am v jealous of the sitting. what a lot of big babies!

and ty for pics sally. cause of your name i always thought your (gorgeous ) ds was number four - wasnt til i saw your profile i realised he was number one...

... and speaking of lots of babies, rozza i always forget how many you have til you start to do a run through of them! wd on running outside, still havent got the nerve to do that so have stopped running completley cause gym membership is over

haha gill, i am curling my toes now remembering one of my last posts when i sympathised with malcom's waking up to play at stupid-o-clock. i went on to speculate whether dd did it too cause she slept too much in the day ... i had no idea malcom doesnt nap well . i am quite a placid person but if DH had commented on state of flat while i was cooking i would have gone thru the roof.

well, i am preparing to be on the recieving end of lots of cyber glares here but i just cant help myself. i lost 4lb in the last week! no booze and v v healthy dinners. plus lots of some bonkers type of yoga that is done in a hot hot hot room. i think mainly i have sweated the weight off and it will all come back once i am rehydrated but pah, for the time i am under 10 stone, if ever so slightly thirsty.... not updating lost cause dont want to jinx it

Well done Tyaca! Excellent work. I've had a day of muesli, fish and salad and then a big bar of green & black's to myself!

Much better day here today; had a uni friend visiting from Scotland with her 4mo DS - he did a 7 day poo while he was here! Yikes - it was the worst I've ever seen!

And then LO did a poo on my hand as I was putting him in the bath.

Also we went for a walk in the park and LO got hit by bird poo!

THREE poo stories in one post - beat that.