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FloriaTosca · 04/06/2008 22:08

I hope I manage to do this right...I'll kick everything off with a roll call if it does.

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FloriaTosca · 16/06/2008 19:18

Well that was only a semi sucessful trip...he had started to go in his nappy finished off on his potty but I really should have been paying more attention. Anyway we have had our dinner now...lamb and butternut squash stew...bet you dont fancy that one do you choc? However if ever you fancy a trip to Lancashire Alex would be happy to share one of his more lucious concoctions with you and R.
Crotchet; forgot to mention you missed at least one of our 2 recent pg scares...Dal was the latest...sadly neither of them proved positive in the end....can't for the life of me remember what else happened.

Meant to say earlier in the week that Alex gets so frustrated when I am not obeying his constant demand for walking practise (I can't just leave him with his push along walker yet, he just isnt steady enough) that he has finally started rolling regularly and looks like he might yet actually crawl! (2 hands, one knee and one foot crab like attempts at the moment)...our biggest backward step however is in the potty department...he no longer is happy to just sit on it and yesterday and today has stood arched backwards over it to prevent sitting (because he wants to practise walking)... consequently we got a stream of weewee arcing 2ft through the air this morning!
That has just taken an age to type..between Alexs demands and dh calling on the phone from sweden...
Right,time for his lordships bath I think

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FloriaTosca · 16/06/2008 19:23

Yo TLES!!!!
good to see you back. great that zacchary is doing so well
soprry really have got to go bath this imp now

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LisaLessLumpy · 16/06/2008 20:05

Hello all, just checking in from the lobby of the hotel we are staying at in Cornwall yes we brought the laptop

DH is waiting for Sam to go to sleep so we can then go for dinner (baby listening service).

Took us 5 hours to get here on saturday. We left home at 6.45am and the boys were golden. A far cry from last August when it took us 9 hours The weather has been fab so far, chilly today in the shade but lovely and warm in the sun. We have taken the boys swimming both mornings so far, Sam is a scaredy cat but seeing as yesterday was Ben's first time he seems to like it. Today we started ducing him under the water to see how he was... no tears which is great. Sam otoh clings to dh as if his life depends on it.. which in hindsight I suppose it does

We have been in to Newquay this afternoon and tomorrow the boys are going in the creche so that we can have some spa time. DH is having a massage and I am getting a facial. If the weather is good again tomorrow we are attempting the beach

Well Ben is well and truly over his sickness, I have never seen him eat so much, I reckon he has more than made up for that pound he ;lost. The hotel is great, they have children's tea at 4.45 with lots of choice so I have been selecting stuff off it for Ben and then they puree it for me. Today he had chicken and veg pie which he loved and polished off a huge bowlful on top of 4oz milk, then he had a yogurt, and then at 6.30 he had another 4oz. Put him in bed and he was well away within two minutes

DH has now put in an appearance so I'll say goodbye for now and catch up in a day or two.

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AnyasMum07 · 16/06/2008 21:02

crochet - tell us all about France - Mairwen sounds like she's grown up so much!

FT - excellent synopsis! So Alex is going to be a Premiership footballer then?! But lol at the potty incidents.

LES - hi, we missed you. Glad Zachary is doing so well - what a grown up boy!

LLL - taking your laptop on hols - I presume that's for mn reasons only ? at your lovely holiday - glad you are having a great time and the boys are behaving.

Inzi - really glad Jane is better, and well done at the weight loss - it all adds up you know. I have the same problem with Anya when changing her nappy - she insists on being on her front, it's impossible! If I try to stop her she shouts at me and forces her way over anyway.

Think I will have an early night tonight. Anya's woken 3 out of the last 4 nights wanting milk at about 2am - I don't mind and I'm not complaining but it then takes me about 2 hours to get back to sleep! How rubbish is that?

Have a good night everybody
x

TheLadyEvenstar · 17/06/2008 01:18

Have added some new piccies of us all taken on 6/6/08, we went to the pub for a meal to celebrate what would have been my dads 60th birthday,

AnyasMum07 · 17/06/2008 10:49

Great pics LES - Zachary looks so grown-up!

Plumber is here this morning taking the toilet apart - it was flushing on its own . He's very good, we've used him before, but he's very loud and keeps waking madame from her nap . Ah well, you can't put a price on a working toilet!

Question - what does everybody's lo's wear to go swimming? We've got Huggies disposable swim nappies but will they keep poo in or will she need something else on top? Does anybody use those wetsuit things to keep them warm?

Dalrymps · 17/06/2008 11:10

Floria - hope you got the potty target practice under control! In answer to your comment that I haven't mentioned how i've been feeling since seeing the doc... I've been feeling good I've had up days and slightly shit days but more good days and when I have felt a bit shit it's been more of normal fed up/tiredness (like any mum)than feeling down like I was, no more dark thoughts or anything like that. I was actually waiting to see how I felt when my AF came cause last time the bit where I felt really down was the last few days of my AF and so I thought it might be linked to my hormones settling back down. Anyway it's the last day of my AF today and so far so good. Had a couple of hours when I felt very stressed yesterday and a bit 'vacant' but thats more cause I was stressed cause Dylan wouldn't eat his lunch then I got a headache which lasted all day. Dh looked after me though and took over when he got home whilst I had a nice bath and he made tea and put Dylan to bed (I heart dh) so was feeling great by the time I went to bed .
Inzi - glad Jane is feeling better . Don't be disheartened by your weigh in, 2lb is great! It's taken me about a month to loose 5lb, I keep 'falling of the diet wagon' and putting 2lb back on then loosing it again , back on the wagon now though and with 4 weeks to the wedding i'm determined to loose something! So at the mo i'm at 11st 13lb (starting weight 12st 3lb), want to be 10st desperately! I'm a lot shorter than you though inzi so don't think it doesn't lok like I weigh a lot, i'm only 5ft6. Here's a thought for you, even if you onlu loose 1lb a week, thats 4 stone in a year!
LLL - sounds like you're having a lovely time on Cornwall and the hotle sounds fabulous, very child friendly , I was in Cornwall for a week last summer staying with friends, i'm going back in July when my bro gets married there and we're staying for another week as we thought we might as well make a holiday of it if were going to the other end of the country! It's gorgeous there, like another country, hope you have a lovely time!
Tles - great to hear from you, been a while, sounds like Zacchary is doing great, would be funny to see him next to Dylan, he's still in 3-6 month clothes! They'd be like the 2 ends of the spectrum! Your ;pics are lovely, he's sooo cute. By the way, 6/6/08 - thats my birthday too, a good day to be born on IMO , so i'm sure your dad was a very specila person .
Anyasmum - hope you didn't have too much of a disturbed night and got some sleep.
Crechet - sounds like you had a fab time in france and mairwen has really come in to her own whilst you've been away! Can't believe she's cruising round the furniture, in some ways I can't wait till Dylan is doing that but am also wondering how i'll cope when he does, he's a bundle of energy!
Hi to alice, strawberry, choc, stefka, muppet, J20, newmama0, mine and anyone else I haven't mentioned!
I am going to make some purres with chicken and beef today! been putting it off but am sick of buying hipp organic jars to get some meat in to him and want him to eat my food I must get motivated and get o with it!
Catch ya all soon

Dalrymps · 17/06/2008 11:12

Anyasmum - xposted but was wondering the same myself about the whole swimming thing!

strawberrylace · 17/06/2008 11:26

Hello!
Just a quick post about swimming. I think the disposable swim nappies are supposed to keep in the poo and let out the wee. But i haven't had to try this theory yet with DS! He has some swimming trunks from mothercare to wear over the swim nappy, cos i think that looks nicer than just a nappy - but they don't have any function about from looking cool

DS is fast asleep so I am gonna make lemon meringue pie to take round to a meal at my godmothers tonight. It is another one of our manic weeks - out tonight, health visitor check, library singing and pub tomorrow, visiting gran and PILs coming for tea on thurs, swimming on fri, SIL coming to stay on sat for Step-SIL's wedding celebration meal in the evening! Am wondering what sort of fool I am to organise all this for one week

Hope you are all well

FloriaTosca · 17/06/2008 12:45

hi
just going swimming now ourselves... disposable "little swimmers" are all that is necessary and that is all a lot of the los at our classes use but there are some lovely costumes available with an inner towelling nappy to catch any accidents that should be sufficient to not need the disposable sort aswell(alex has a pair of wakeboard swimshorts with the liner)....and yes we also (alternatley) use a bodysuit to help Alex keep warm, it was actually origionally bought to protect him from the sun when swimming on holiday which it did very well but we do need to use a disposable swim nappy under it.

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AnyasMum07 · 17/06/2008 16:44

Dal - glad you are feeling better.

Strawberry - enjoy your hectic week.

FT - ta for info on swimming - might get round to actually taking her soon!

Inzi - soup sounds lovely - hope Jane likes it. Anya wakes up crying sometimes - more of a wail so different to her usual cries. Think it may be caused by bad dreams because she's not hungry and the only way to settle her is to distract her by looking out of our bedroom window (so she can see cars etc on main road) then when she's stopped crying for me to cuddle her and sing/talk to her gently for about 15 mins while she stares at me and sucks her dummy - eventually she sighs deeply and relaxes, then she'll go back to bed ok.

Talking of sleeping - Anya's so far had a short nap this morning (interrupted by the plumber) than a 2+half hour nap(!) over lunch, and she's just gone back to sleep again! Don't know what kind of cot party she had overnight but it must have been a good one!

yourlonglostpal · 17/06/2008 18:18

Hellooooo again lovely ladies - I feel crap for being so crap and not coming on here for what feels like several months (and indeed may well have been several months, time is flying by so fast at the moment). It's sooo lovely to see you all again!!!!

Needless to say, I haven't had a chance to catch up properly, but have had a bit of a scan. I can't believe Alex is walking already. Huw still sits where I put him, except in the kitchen where he propels himself backwards on his bum. He hasn't managed a crawl yet, but often ends up on his face trying .

He (still) has two teeth and he can clap hands, which is very very cute. We've been out and about in the sunshine with our new 'baby friends' - I've lived here for eight years, and hardly met anyone except through work, now I can't walk out of the door without bumping into people I know! It's great. I've even discovered new places; walks, beaches, coffee shops I never knew existed.

damn, gotta go attend to the youngster ...

I will be back soon. In the meantime, love to all xxxxx

crochetdiva · 17/06/2008 19:33

Hello all - fantastic synopsis - you have been busy!

As for the swimming, Mairwen wears a cossie I bought from Tesco - it has a sort of plastic inner on the bot area - the purpose of any swimming nappy is only to contain the poo - wee goes straight through!

Rhydian had some reusable kushies swim nappies, they looked lovely - there's a lot more on the market than when I had him though!

Downside of having a mobile baby ... Mairwen decided to eat a leaf off our cheese plant earlier ... and [bad mother emoticon] - needless to say I got on the phone to NHS direct pretty smartish ... I know they're meant to have a varied diet - but I'm not sure that house plants are meant to be part of it! She's ok now - no adverse reacdtions at all! She's very excited about her mobility - she's crawling everywhere ... just because she can! Then, when she gets there, she pulls herself up to standing on whatever piece of furniture she can grab hold of, and cruises around it, babbling, and grinning the whole time!

Take care all, alice - when are you thinking of having your bbq? Could I come? Quite fancy a trip to Newcastle!

WhiteWineAndJaffaCakes · 17/06/2008 21:02

Hi, Anyasmum here, finally got round to changing my name to something more imaginative.

YLLP - hi, great to have you back.

Crochet - Mairwen sounds like she's doing wonderfully well!

Must go, think salmon is burning...

FloriaTosca · 17/06/2008 23:13

My beloved cousin, father of 4 daughters, the eldest of which presented him with his first grandchild last wednesday (another Alexander in the family but Alexander Flynn, 7lb 10oz) was darling enough to send this to us today...I had to share it.

For those of you who were fortunate to
have daughters ONLY, be glad....
be very, very glad...

Sadly the photos wont post but after several of boys with frogs in their mouths, boys looking up girls skirts, boys pouring bucketfulls of water off the roof onto their sleeping grandfather... you get the idea..then comes...

And you also find out very interesting things when you have sons, like ....

1.) A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.

2.) If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

3.) A 3-year old boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

4.) If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.

5.) You should not throw cricketballs up when the ceiling fan is on.
When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit.
A ceiling fan can hit a cricketball a long way.

6.) The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a football, cricketball, soccer or baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

7.) When you hear the toilet flush and the words 'uh oh', it's already too late.

8.) Brake fluid mixed with WhiteKing makes smoke, and lots of it.

9.) A 6-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old Man says they can only do it in the movies.

10.) Certain Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a 4- year old boy.

11.) 'Play Dough' and 'microwave' should not be used in the same sentence.

12.) Super Glue is forever.

13.) No matter how much Jelly you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

14.) Pool filters do not like Jelly.

15.) VCR's do not eject Peanut Butter & Jam sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.

16.) Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

17.) Marbles in a cars gas tank make lots of noise when driving.

18.) You probably DO NOT want to know what that odour is.

19.) Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.

20.) The fire department in East Melbourne has a 3-minute response time.

21.) The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.

22.) It will, however, make cats dizzy.

23.) Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

24.) 80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.

25.) 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the WhiteKing and brake fluid.

Now they are starting to get mobile...we have now been warned

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J2O · 18/06/2008 09:20

Aha! found you all!

lost you for a bit, haven't had time to read through properly.

I did an experiment with Shannon yesterday, she had avocado and cherries for tea, and lo and behold, i had an awful night with her, so i think fruit must give her stomack ache on a night, but do i stop giving her fruit? oh and FT-what do you do with the avocado when you give it to Alex? any recipe hints? i think its things like cherries, strawberries, apples that giver her stomach ache cos she seems ok with babanas, so will try her with some more avocado today, she's napping at the mo, so i think i'll try and have one myself, am so tired, i can't function properly and as ever, i have the upmost respect for choc when i feel like this! will try and read through later

LisaLessLumpy · 18/06/2008 10:10

Morning all, I've not got time to catch up with all the posts but, nice to see you back LES, YLLP and crochet. Like the new name anyasmum

Sam and Ben are in creche till 11am, I have just done a workout in the gym and am about to go and get showered. Ben is coming on leaps and bounds this week, he doesn't like sitting down anymore though, he wants to be standing and walking but he isn't ready to cruise round furniture yet hence I am getting backache with all the bending over and hoilding his hands.

Weather has gone crap and rain is due everyday now till we leave boooo hisss. We are going to attempt a bike ride this afternoon, hopefully the rain will hold off but we have our waterproofs so might aswell just go for it.

Catch you all soon xxx

FloriaTosca · 18/06/2008 11:35

Quick one...
Dal; I'm thrilled you are doing fine (just like the rest of us)I assumed that no news was good news (didnt want to do the clucky hen thing to you)and you have been so supportive on everyone elses posts I thought you couldnt be feeling as bad as you did a couple of weeks ago.

J20 ; Glad you have found us. Sorry for the sleep deprivation..we're still with you on that...it is a phase it will pass. Avocado mashed on toast or avocado and cottage cheese(Loseleys jersey cream cottage cheese from Tescos is Alexs favourite!)and avocado, bacon and cheese sandwiches....they are his favourite ways of eating it... I hope Shannon likes them too.

got to go ... fielding him from all the dangerous things between typing ...computer cables...telephone sockets... I need shelves! 6ft high all round the room to put everything on![run ragged emoticon]

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WhiteWineAndJaffaCakes · 18/06/2008 16:58

FT - lol - after reading that, yes I am very, very glad!

J2O - if Shannon's reacting badly to fruit I would stop giving it to her for a while. Strawberries and apples etc are quite strong so it's maybe just taking her system time to digest it properly - maybe try her again in a month and see how she is then. Hope you get more sleep tonight.

LLL - hope the rain doesn't spoil the rest of your hols.

Anya's sleeping a lot at the moment and she seems to be cutting back on her milk intake but I think she's actually eating more solids rather than stuffing them down the side of the highchair or hurling them across the room. Just when you've got used to a routine they suddenly decide to completely change it!

Might take her swimming tomorrow (at last!) - a couple of other mums from the Wednesday playgroup are going so might join them. Have just been trying to find a swimming cossie that still fits me - the best I can do is my maternity one, though now with wrinkly material at the front! Really need to go and buy a new one.

Dalrymps · 19/06/2008 11:14

Hi ladies help here appreciated
WWAJC - hope the swimming went ok! Keep saying i'm gonna take dylan but haven't got round to it yet.
Floria - hope the sleep improves. Wow at Alex eating avocado cheese and bacon sandwiches, progress with Dylans eating not so quick, he gags and then vomits if given anything lumpy , although he managed to eat some baby porridge this morning that was slightly lumpy so maybe he'll get the hang of it. How does Alex eat the bacon? Does he just gum it in to bits? Dylan's still got no teeth.
LLL - hope you're still having a great holiday despite the rain. The weather was all over the place when we were there last year too. Hope it stays fine for the wedding!
J20 - sorry you're still suffering with the sleep, hope it gets better... Dylan not too keen on avocado, have you tried mixing it with banana?
Crochet - lol at Mairwen eating part of a cheese plant, Dylan took a bite out of an envelope yesterday , why is it he'll eat paper but not lumpy food
INzi - Dylan doesn't cry when he wakes but his cousin does, he just seems to hate waking up (I know the feeling!), sorry can't offer much advice, someone on another thread said they thought it was to do with blood sugar levels and they always offered a snack/milk when their lo woke up but I don't suppose that would stop the inital crying
YLLP - glad you're getting out and about and meeting friends, wish I could find some more round here, got he pils and bil and sil though so not too bad.
Strawberry - gosh, you have got a busy week! Sure you'll have fun though
Oh and Floira, that thing you posted about having boys sounds very true, I think we've got all that and more to come, made me and dh lol, and also made me think of my childhood having 2 brothers and all!
Anyway, hope you all have a nice day in the sun, chat soon

WhiteWineAndJaffaCakes · 19/06/2008 17:52

Well didn't manage the swimming this morning - modern technology to blame. Got everything ready, including the pool's postcode in satnav (not been to that pool before, only know very roughly where it is). Set off and satnav tried to take me down a road unsuitable for motor vehicles. There's quite a few round us so put 'avoid area' in satnav and off it went again. Tried to go down another such road - then another - then another. SEVEN in all! By now it was 40 mins later and we would have been late anyway, plus we'd gone all round the houses and practically back home so gave up. Checked the internet and turns out the postcode was listed wrong on the website (I'd got it off one of those directory listing sites) - satnav was dutifully trying to take me to the middle of nowhere. GRRRRRRR. Will try again next week.

Dal - Anya's not got teeth but will eat most things if chopped small enough so she can swallow without chewing - don't think she would actually gum bacon into bits. If Dylan's ok with slightly lumpy baby rice I would just slowly increase the lumpiness - I understand some babies do take a while to get used to it.

muppetgirl · 19/06/2008 18:31

Hi all!

Been a bit busy so not on as much. Hope you are all well x

We've been here there and everywhere it seems this week as it's getting near the end of term so school has just got really busy. Ollie went and sat on a horse for the first time today?s as he's been on about it for ages so I thought it would be kill or cure to let him have a go. His beaming smile that lit up his face as soon as he went anywhere near the horse coupled with the fact that he was still smiling all the way round the lanes he was taken down has me thinking we'll be doing that again!
Henry is on the move (but only a little!) as if you leave him on the floor and go out of the room when you come back he may have moved a little is a truly lazy baby. What he lacks in enthusiasm for movement he really makes up for in the eating dept. He eats and eats and eats some more. Everything and anything he can get his hands on or have spooned in his mouth!!! I haven't found anything he doesn't like including my very garlicky lasagne, dh's roast with sage and onion stuffing...are going to try my chilli on him next He's also doing very well with finger foods and now has sandwiches, lumps of cheese and will even sit and gnaw on a raw carrot. He can nearly clap his hands -to the great amusement of himself! - And does a funny waving thing with his wrist.

Been trying some Tana Ramsey's recipes and getting very frustrated with them -the banana and apple loaf actually didn't cook despite having nearly 2 hrs in the oven when it was supposed to take 45 mins. The baked cheesecake was much better and tasted yummy.

Am now off to read the weeks posts so I can reply better
xxx

muppetgirl · 19/06/2008 18:44

re the swimming Hen and I go on a tuesday and use the little swimmers which were fab until last sunday when I noticed little 'bits' floating around us and I said to dh look at the bits with a face but he said it couldn't be Henry ( actually I confess I said that!) but when we got out of the pool and went to changed him he had pooed so it could have leaked

He's loving the swimming group we go to, loves the songs, the movement, the floats and toys and the sitting on the side and 'jumping' to mummy.