May 04 babies - number NINE

[Bozza]

Here's a new thread especially for Kate79.

(she couldn't access the old one).

oh libb, are you moving???

we are in berks, near windsor

Congrats Susis!!! wow i'm stunned it's brill i think i'm even abit jelous

thanks kate!!! still quite overwhelmed

Hi everyone,

Wow Susi- I've said all of this already of msn but to reiterate: You are a fab mummy to Lucas, it's daunting right now (obviously judging be recent events i sure as hell couldn't do it) but you will be fine. It's a new challenge, a great big scary one, but hey so was having one baby. In fact, in a way having one was almost bigger and scarier. You will greet and handle it as fantasticaly as you have with Lucas and you have the undying support and love of us on the May thread. Behind you all the way {{{hugs}}}

Oh and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Libb- Oooh ooh! Cambridge? Are you moving into the center? How fab! Cherry Hinton is lovely
I await your contact with bated breath Would text you my new number except my old phone refuses to let me turn it on any more so i don't have acess to your number!

Kate- I do hope DS feels better soon, poor mite. Sorry those tests were inconclusive, must be worrying for you hope you get an answer soon.

Prufrock- Oh those horrid colds! It is the time of year it seems Feel better soon hon.

Egypt- Oh sweetie, you are having a hard time lately aren't you? Huge {{{hugs}}} It WILL get better, it really will. Hopefully when you get your broadband sorted you'll be able to get on msn and have a good moan at me. Get as much rest as possible k?

Spots- Oh no! Not sickness with you too! and what a shame about missing your publication

I still have a really sore throat but otherwise i don't feel as zonked as i did. Poor Kiera had a temp of 39 today, she was off her food but generaly didn't seem to unwell. She charmed the doc who gave her her 8 month check anyway She is petite at only just 17lbs but it's to be expected seeing as her daddy and i aren't exaclty hungarian wheightlifters and the doc seemed happy with her, in perfect health in general. Even though she's not crawling

BUT.....SHE SAID HER FIRST WORD!!!!!! We had a definate clear cut Dada this morning. Several in fact all said in response to me and with a huuuuuuuge grin on her gorgeous chubby cheeks
I called dp at work and got her to say it down the phone, and he actualy choked up...so sweet

Lots of love everyone
xxxx

Hello -
congratulations Susi!
Egypt, spots, Cat82, Prufrock, sorry about your illnesses. I haven't been on mumsnet long - are there any months when everyone is well?

I haven't been able to get on the computer for a few days - computer and dh and dd1 all had viruses . Dh actually has worse than man 'flu this time - he's got a nasty eye infection, a bad throat and he keeps being sick.

I have a quick look at this thread most mornings when I'm at work but I can't post a message It makes me even more fed up to be at work, though.

Dd2 (Boo) slept for six hours last night - longest in a while - we've been doing controlled crying for four nights and I think she's getting the message. I know, I've just jinxed tonight haven't I? She's trying her best to crawl but her legs and head go up and her belly won't move, so she gets frustrated. She's eating a lot better now. I think nursery has helped. Still all jars though.

Nice to hear from you Helsy and you Kate. Sorry you can't post at work helsy, that is when I am usually at my most prolific - don't have requests to switch over to cbeebies website very often.

Cat I am very impressed with Keira actually talking to demand down the telephone. DD has finally got the hang of babbling and never shuts up but no signs of any actual words.

Am going to bed shortly because had a bad night with DD. She had too little sleep yesterday afternoon so wouldn't eat her tea and so woke up at 1.30 am hungry. We decided to give her a bottle and she was very upset about that so I ended up breastfeeding her but we couldn't settle her and she ended up in our bed.

Susis congratulations. what wonderful news. Im pleased for you and im sure it will be ok and fun.

Weve been the germ household this week. DD caught a sickness bug on Friday and then passed it to DD saturday night, although I dont think the 7 pints while watching wales beat england at rugby did him much help. Grandparents caught it sunday and then me yesterday. So after a weekend with at least one of us with our head down the loo were all now feeling better. DD's off her food. she used to eat anything and everything but today for example she ate porridge but no milk, dinner was 2 mouthfulls and half a yougurt, teatime was 2 mouthfuls and 4 ozs milk. Shes been like it for a few days, I hope she gets better. Shes only 18lb and cant really afford to lose any weight the poor thing is still in 3-6month clothes.
On development - Is anyones lo's pulling hair and scramming faces. DD is facinated with other lo's faces but keeps lunging for them and making them cry- Im quite worried about it as none of the babies at baby group are doing it.

That is a good question helsy. I wonder if there are many months when everyone is well?

Kate, am in Scotland, facing Edinburgh across the water. BTW DD had a diagnosed clicky hip at birth, then they decided it wasn't after all, after scan etc. Think it's a bit of a hazy subject. Hope he is ok - have you noticed any problems with his leg?

Poor DD was so floppy today we couldn't do anything. Watched Ellen Macarthur arrive and then tied DD to my hip with a scarf so I could at least move. She just wanted cuddles all the time, partly making me feel v. soppy towards her. She says Ma Ma Ma all the time and makes me do things for her, but I'm not convinced she actually means anything by it purely because she does it all the time! Her other noise of the moment is tongue clicking a la horsey horsey.

I think her nose has got a bit longer; she looks older somehow.

Prufrock sorry you are a lurgy household too. Bozza and Egypt, your night times make me want to give you a cup of tea.

and you too Kbaby!! blimey. My DD does a lot of face pulling and hair yanking too yes; she puts a hooked finger over your lower lip and hangs on while you talk.

Forgot to ad on last message that I went shopping on sunday when DP was ill. I said b4 I went was he sure he was ok for me to go and he said yes, anyway I get home to find out that hed been to the emergency doctors, why you may ask? because he couldnt get warm and was shivering i bet the doctor loved him wasting his time on a sunday afternoon. typical man.
The only new thing dd's learnt is how to blow rasberries properly. she still only says dad and cat but she knows who the cat is as when he enters the room she screaches and shouts cat, cat, then grabs him and drags him to her. Its a good job hes so docile. Although we woke up sunday morning to find half a Koi carp on our doorstep opps.....

Kbaby, DS likes to pinch one's batwings - it does smart a little!

Cat, if I am to move to Cambridge then it will depend on where the housing is. I will contact you when I can access Hotmail, for some reason this computer has bottomed out on that score. Things are still uncertain here so I don't know what will happen. Single parenting is not my idea of excitement, I had hoped my life would settle for a moment once DS came along . . .

Egypt, be sure to keep us all posted! Susi, hope you are taking it easy.

morning ladies, not much sleep for me! dp is still quite ill (high temperature and bad cough) - will take him to the doc today (if he likes it or not )

thanks to you all for your congrats!! getting used to the thought slowly! any tips are welcome what to get and what not, what to expect, just anything regarding having 2 little ones!

i hope all the sick mums, dads, babies are getting really quickly!!!!!

helsy: what do you do? good to hear that sleeping and eating have improved

kbaby: yes, lucas does that too! he loves to look at my face and get hold of lips, nose, eyes, hair; just anything and puuuuuuuuull - esp painfull with long fingernails

lol spots, when i saw you on the other thread, made me wonder

lol kbaby: very funny story of your dp

libb: i didn't know you are a single parent - must be very hard!!!

egypt: have you tested yet?????

Spots don't worry too much about me at night time - its poor Egypt who has the real trouble. Although the last two nights DD has made me want something significantly stronger than a cup of tea. She was awake for 1.5 hours last night and I don't really know why. Seperation anxiety? - was happy to lay in her cot with my hand placed on her tummy but as soon as I left the room.... Fell out with DH about it as well.

DD has for ages been a hair yanker and face grabber. And I know other babies who are the same. I have my hair tied back most of the time but she still manages to get it. DH's hair is too short to pull but she managed to stick her finger up his nose, scratch it and give him a nosebleed . Cue DH going on the rampage with the nail trimmers.

Libb sorry to hear things are still not going well darling. Have you made any firm decisions to seperate or are you still keeping your options open?

Kbaby LOL about your DH and his emergency doctor. We do seem to have a lot of man-flu going on on this thread. My personal peeve is that DH always gets poorly on a work day and I never do. So he gets to stay in bed in a quiet house while I juggle nursery drops/pick ups and getting both children organised whereas I end up carrying on as normal with two children or sticking non-stop loops of DVDs on.

Libb oh no... I have missed a trick here... have you and dp made a decision on this?

my goodness, it's like a soap opera on here at the moment. do you think ITV would be interested!?

lots of hugs to all of you feeling poorly, either with yourself, d's or men!

had a much better night simply because my mum totally did the whole night bless her. i went to bed at 9 with a sleeping tablet. they are from france, where dad often goes to work, and he always has problems sleeping in new places. they are supposed to be just herbal, but OMG! i was zonked. i kept coming round when dd woke but i was totally dead headed i could have barely been able to get out of bed. not a good thing to take when alone with a baby, but certainly did the trick last night. anyway...

dd is totally strange, we just cant work it out with this sleep thing. anyone? she goes to bed awake, sleeps fine. wakes at around midnight, works herself up until she cried and you have to go to her. no amount of shhing or patting or music calms her, so you pick her up and all she wants to do is escape from you and go back in her cot. so you put her down and she instantly puts her comfy on her face and goes to sleep. WIERD. it happens every time. she doesnt want to be held, but wants to be put down, so in order to do that you have to pick her up. can anyone PLEASE tell me what's going on there?!! its not like she just needs to know you're there or going in to her would suffice. nor is she unable to go back to sleep on her own as we always put her down awake. hmmmm. might post a thread about this. not q sure how to wean her off it but its been happening for over a week.

anyway. as for feeling sick i feel ok today, so maybe i was just tired out. fingers crossed. that sleeping tablet wouldnt have done much good if i am pg. no no no, cant be. havent even had my periods back yet and stopped bf only a month ago and still have a little milk. but i know you need to ovulate b4 a period anyway.....la la la, i am just going mad.

sorry.

how are you feeling today susi?

kbaby, my dd always grabs other babies faces in group, and steals their toys and pulls hair. she sounds v much like your in fact. inquisitive little things. sounds like your dd is a clever little one and there's certainly nothing to worry about.

helsy sounds like cc is doing it for you. wondering if i have to go down that route again.

i am in norwich at the mo at my mums but live near derby tell your mum!

right..... going xxx

OK, doing this at work! Bozza, if I get sacked I blame you....

Egypt, Boo wakes up every night still - just once, though - and we don't pick her up but we have to hang our faces/hair over the side of the cot so that she can fall asleep touching us - she desn't mind who it is! We gradually pull away when she goes floppy. Can take up to 30 minutes.
She also pulls HARD on my mouth/earrings/sticks her fingers up my nose when I'm holding her and apparently she does that in nursery too!
Libb, are you able to say what's happening? Hope you're ok.

Egypt, I will happily drop out of the soap drama and be the character who moves away to Brisbane or Norwich and only pops up for family shindigs. Or turns up to startle people and get everyone reminiscing about the good old days . . .

Susi, I am not a single parent yet and hopefully I won't be - DP and I really hit the ground running a couple of years ago and now we are going through the subsequent fallout. I really don't know what will happen, it hasn't been mentioned in the last few days as we are all suffering with various chest infections and bugs.

I think we both want to have a good go at it as we do love each other. However our attitudes are quite different, he comes from a broken family and I don't. It does seem to have a strong pull on how we each approach the situation - Does that make sense? I did say to him that if we can survive the last year or two then we survive pretty much anything else. Fingers crossed hey?

Anyway, I don't want to bend your collective ears - it seems you are all quite capable of doing dramas so I won't add to them for now!! (but obviously I will keep you all posted)

Right, I'm back off to Brisbane - via Norwich to say hello to me Mum and Dad. xxx

Libb - hope things work out for you and DP....
I am counting the minutes until DD is whisked off for quality time with grandma and grandpa this evening (back Sunday). DS never settled last night and finally screamed nonstop at 10.30pm. At midnight I was on the phone under the covers in bed to DH just saying "He won't stop". He woke a couple more times in the night and I had to go in at 6am and just sit there rocking him. Every time I stopped rocking, he woke up and cried ...
He is very snivelly and wheezy but he is so hard to comfort - doesn't actually like being held or cuddled but yells when you put him down. So I am knackered today.
Sorry, whingey me, me, me post. On the positive side, DS can clap and also likes to cock his head to one side in his high chair. DD did exactly the same and it's hilarious! We have had a date through for his 8 month check ....middle of March when he will be 10 months! Hurrah - they will think he is The Golden Child.

Heard a rumour on the April thread that Susi is expecting baby no 2 - so just adding to the congratulations!!!!

Btw - perhaps a bit soon to be thinking of this, but you cannot do better than a Phil and Ted Kiwi Explorer (tandem) double buggy. People actually stop me in the street to marvel at mine!

Fingers crossed Libb, yes. x.

Judd blimey poor you with DH away, all that in the middle of the night. not surprised you're pooped.

DD much much better, miraculously better in fact. Glad we had such a quiet day yesterday, even if I did miss my moment of glory . Today she went to the childminder's for her longest ever stint... 10-3... and I think it went fine, though she can't speak to tell me so and the c/minder is too professional to grumble! I got some work done while she was away, and lots of washing. Actually it was great to be able to work in the daytime... I hate working evenings.

Staying at mum's tomorrow; meetings thurs and fri and mum will look after DD on friday while I work. Am getting used to this idea of other people minding DD for a bit!

yes it does get easier to pass them around!

libb, are you really going to norwich? iam here until sat.

judd, poor you. that sounds horrific and much worse than dd. bless him. i'll think of u when i get up in the night if you think of me too. perhaps our vibes will do some magic. or not.

xx

Libb I do hope things work out with dp.

Egypt - I hate to suggest this, but maybe it is time for real CC? She obv. doesn't really need anything in teh night, so you just have to break teh habit.

Hi all,

I cooked pasta and homemade cheese sauce for kiera for dinner tonight and, while she wasn't exactly over enthusiastic, she didn't gag and look like she was about to vomit on the spot either She didn't eat much, but i think that her temperature the other day knocked her appitite out s bit.

Spots- Hurrah! so glad dd is better.

Judd- Oh honey, poor thing It must be tough with dh away. Big hugs, love and good vibes your way.

Libb- No hurry about accesing hotmail for my number! If you'd like is there any other mail adress i can send it to? If not no probs, i'm sure we'll speak again!
I did attempt to do some extremly dodgy resurrecting technique involving cellotape, a charger, brute force and a will of iron to access your number on my old phone to see if you're okay, but no, it is absolutly dead as a dodo. I do hope you and dp manage to sort things out {{{hugs}}}

Helsy- Kiera has been using both mine and dps faces as a stress ball for some time now, and has actualy drawn blood on occasions from poor dp! She's quite stealthy about it as well, so by the time you realize her little hand/nails/teeth are in the vicinity of the most deliacte parts of your body, it's usualy too late and you're in for extreme pain like it or not.

Egypt- Good to talk to you today, if you still have my email adress can you send me your number again? The instruction "Please don't close down my conversation windows on the computer because i need stuff on them" was cleary too obscure for dp, and he closed them down. Before i could save your number. Sigh

Bozza- Sorry you're having a tough time as well, best of luck for tonight.

Well, i spent the day drooling at Colin Firth, thanks to Casmie who sent him to me for my birthday. It's amazing what you can find on Amazon theese days

Oooh okay... i was drooling at him on my tv screen in Sense and Sensibility. Kiera curled up beside me for quite alot of it, clearly impressed, ahhh i have a baby with excellent taste

Take care everybody
xxx

Cat82 I with my DD liked colin farrell, instead she seems to have a thing for Elton, not sure if I should let her in on his little secret yet
Egypt, glad you had a decent nights sleep with your mum helping.

DD still wakes at night. somenights she fully wakes and milk knocks her out or others its just for dummy. Im sure im going to be the one starting a thread titled ' my 5 year old still hasnt slept through the night'

Dds been a terror today, everytime ive tried to feed her she pushes my hand away so the food goes everywhere. Again shes only had a few mouthfuls. We're on the jarred food now as im quite protective of my homecooked stuff and cant bear to see dd throw that around. Once shes eating properly she can have the home cooked stuff again. I am thinking of just giving her finger foods now as I cant stand the fight each meal time. I dont know the ones with fussy eaters havemanaged. Im now beginnign to understand how you feel.

Well, all is quiet upstairs, just a few little coughs coming over the monitor every now and then. Hope DS (and therefore also I) can have a good night's sleep - DH away again. DD has arrived safely in Derby - tomorrow she is going to guitar practice (very excited - "Grandma plays guitar like Roly Mo, mummy" (it's actually a banjo )) and then on Friday she is going for a pub lunch - somebody at FIL's office is having a leaving do. If I wasn't going out with DH on Friday evening (celebrating 10 years since our first snog - keeping that romance alive!)I would be jealous of my 3 year old's social life!
Standing up is still DS's activity du jour and he's getting very good at it....that is until I think "oooh he's getting very good at it", take my eye off him for a second, which is when he keels over.