January 08 shiny new - year babies , night night sleep tight - yeah right !!

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Thought as there were no objections and we were at 950 i would get us all a new thread

hello ladies I have requested you as friends on facebook but not put my mumsnet id!!! I am Rebecca Jones just incase you aree wondering who this crazy person is!

bluebell... I have accepted you and WOW if you have concieved already.

I am waiting (hopefully) until DS1 is 5 and DS2 is 3 so they will both be at school and some sort of playgroup / nursery altho depending on finances etc maybe when they are 4 and 2 concieving then they will be nearly 5 and 3. DH is not convinced about having another one tho...but i think i def would have no more than 3 so really wanna go for the third and maybe we will have a girl... altho i am prepared for a boy and would love a 3rd boy, i love referring to them as my boys.... but feel like if we dont have 3 we sort of miss out on ever knowing if it was our fate/destiny/kismet to have a girl. Now to convince DH.

Bluebell - yup, Tamara has now discovered the power of a scream and yells blue murder if we leave the room or if she's put on her playmat/in her bouncy chair when she wants to be held or doing something else.... DS started doing the same thing at about this age and it took 6 months for him to grow out of it...hopefully we're not about to go through that again....

Bluebell - Yep we've got that. DD has also started to "cough" - Which I'm sure is cos she's worked out that she's picked up if she coughs. There's nothing there though, have checked a few times.

Just thought I'd let everyone know i'm an Avon lady - Don't spose anyone wants anything do they? [hopeful]

Aaliyah has 2 meals a day now but i'm worrying i'm confusing her as i'm not giving them to her at specific times. EG: She has breakfast when she gets up which can be anytime between 6-8. She has lunch sometime between 2-6. Should I be being more strict?? Also anyone giving solid food? (carrot sticks etc?) I'm slightly worried she'll choke - although did give her a carrot stick today which she sucked a little then threw on the floor. lol

Ben has worked out as well that if he does a poo just as I'm putting him down for a nap I have to spend quality time and change him - little buggers aren't they!

Hi all,

Hope you all are well. Just a quicky - been having a bit of a hard time with DD2 for the past week, hence have not been on. I've been spending my 'internet time' napping instead. DD2 been waking every night at 2am and not going to sleep until 5am - not sure if it is the teething or the eczema but she has been scratching her face very badly and waking herself up and then not settling at all. Her night routine has now become:
8pm: sleep
12am: milk and takes half an hour to sleep
2am - 5am: wake herself up by itching, little milk, very unsettled, sleep around 5am
6am: wake her self up with the itching
8am: wakes herself up with the itching and my day begins...

Oh Amani - That sounds terrible. Have you been back to the doctors? DD went through a terrible stage with her eczema and the docs gave her some better cream (can't remmeber the name now) cleared it up. Hydro......something.

Mixedmama - can't believe you are thinking about a 3rd. I've found having 2 really challenging and that's enough to put me off from having more.

Lucky - think carrot sticks aren't suitable until the teeth come though....(I think) My DD2 has lunch at 12pm and dinner around 6pm. Haven't introduced breakfast as yet...

Lucky - yeah we've got hydrocortoson (sp?) and been told to use it sparingly as it quiet strong, it soothes the itching temporarliy only though...not a cure

THAT'S IT... - Oh it cleared DD's up.

Go back then cos I know our docs was suggesting some kind of steroid cream but she couldn't have it till she was 5 months old.

Also try swaddling her so she can't itch it. Chances are she's just absent mindedly scratching in her sleep, upsetting it and then waking herself up as it gets worse.

Amani, the reason why you have to use the stuff sparingly is because it thins the skin, baby skin more so than adult I suppose.

Bluebell, thanks for clarifying it is you! (Had already confirmed you by the way! Notice that I will not live a million miles away from you (other side of Coventry) from the 17th. Maybe we should have a Midlands meet-up?

Oh oh!! I could maybe do a midlands meet!! Oh oh [hand in air] Please miss!!

Amani - Use the hydrocortisone and let it soak in, then get your diprobase (which should be the other cream you have) and put that on once the hydrocortisone has worked it's thing. Wrap her up, put her bed and then go to bed yourself!!

hi all, just checking in before going to bed. watching the end of lost and trying to stay awake for the last 10 mins...will be glad when it's over tbh.

love weekends when dh is home and i get to go back to bed in the mornings

still not enough sleep here, same old, same old. one day, hey?!

off for a 3k walk in the morning - meant to be a fun run but we are all walking/riding in buggies
meant to be a training thing for my 13mile walk in july, eek, not sure i'm fit enough to manage it yet.
tho i have, finally, started to lose some weight, hooray

right, it's over, have just calculated that i have wasted at least 35hours of my life!! (the first series was worth it!)
ok, nite all xx

Hi guys,

I am on absolute tenterhooks this weekend as by best friend was induced on Saturday morning. The MWs said not to expect a baby before Monday but it's all I can think about!

So, if I don't post on here, it's because I'm thinking, 'How is she? How is she? How is she?'

Just wanted to share a squeal with you!

squealling back susie

amani - sorry i keepmissing the calls it is just one thing after another... will try to give you acall tomorrow, sorry about thesleepless nights, hope it gets better soon.

waving at you all

having finally sorted the vanda date 24th - i may now have to go and do a written test for work but not quite sure yet which day it will be but 24th looks most likely - anyway will see. could jks filly and ginge could you all do the 23rd as well as i know it wont be that day??

All fine here charlie cold better - not really thinking abut solids here yet charlie seems quite happy with milk so going to wait another month i think but might start getting organised and freezing a few little cubes of veggies - how long can theykeep frozen??

went to the ballet last night dh mum babysat and put charlie to bed i was quite worried - she ignored a number of the things i asked her to do but all was fine really.

must go - have a mad busy week ahead!!

Thats grannys for you Nicky. Was the ballet good. I have never been but would love to it is on my list of things to do, but with me it is finding the people to do it with as my DH is not really into trying new things, if he thinks he wont like it he wont do it. He did take me to see Evita after moaning and moaning tho but then he did moan most of the way thru aswell.

Hi all

You remember I went to the baby cafe to have my breastfeeding checked on Wednesday? Well Nathan is still feeding like the clappers and dh and I are marvelling at how heavy he feels, how round his tummy is and that his wrists have gone fatter. In a week . So susie, it may work for you too, but it is normal for Sabela to feed for a shorter time, as she is more experienced than she was as a newborn. The trouble with Nathan was that he simply did not seem to be taking that much!

I think we have reached acute teething stage. Was a bit unsettled today, cried more etc, and in the afternoon got those webby red cheeks and woke absolutely screaming from his nap, even gave him some calpol. Settled happily after his evening feed though. H wants to chew incessantly and drools so bad that it makes him cough and he has a runny nose too. The little lump on his gum is now red. How long until the tooth?

Lucky, could you come to Birmingham for a meetup? Bluebell? Anyone else? Not before mid-July though.

Yep I could come birmingham. As long as I can persuade DP that your not a bunch of loons trying to steal his daughter.

I can't come until at least the 21st July. I can't do tues, weds or thurs. Apart from that i'm good.

I've just started a PFB thread all about how clever aaliyah is! lol

Oh forgot to add, MM glad nathan is feeding better.

Evening ladies. Have had a sleep deprived weekend. Won't go into details just to say I'm knackered. Will be going to bed as soon as Ive finnished this post.
Nicky6 can't do 23rd as we will be at my parents sorry.
George is realy enjoying his solids now. Been having some interesting colours of pooh too
Going to re paint the boys room on Wednesday. Only going over whats already there so to speak.
Apart from that nothing else much happening.
Hope you are all well.
Goodnight

Can someone explain to Ben that there is a time and a place to try and learn to crawl, however his cot, over 3 hours since he woke up isn't that time!!!

He is so nearly there, and I believe he would have crawled already if he'd take his fist out of his mouth!

Good going Ben!!

lol hey Ben your Mum says wait till shes up and about before you practise your crawling!
Did he listen?

charlie who usually sleeps from 11-9 had me up between 4-6am last night accompanied by dh snores and then woke up at 7.30 - mainly because dh being too noisy going to work what is annoying is i am going out tonight with work they have hired the electric cinema in notting hill as we are taking loads of solicitors all women to see sex and the city am really looking forwrd to it so could have done with a bit of extra kip last night

anyway never mind.

ok lets keep it at 24th and hope for the best