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October '04 babies - anyone fancy a kip?!!

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beansprout · 24/01/2005 10:48

I certainly do. Bean is becoming more and more unsettled in the night as the weeks go by and it is taking its toll. Florence, you have my utmost admiration for still being alive, let alone managing a trip to NZ!! Hope its going well.

Bean is 3 months tomorrow, and people are already asking me if I am going to start weaning him soon? I would like to keep bf until he is 6 months, but how do I know if he needs to start sooner? Or will I know that is a stupid question when I have a permanently hungry baby on my hands?!!
What is everyone else planning to do?

Btw, am reading a marvellous, marvellous book called "What Mothers Do (especially when it looks like nothing)" by Naomi Stadlen. It talks about what a shock it all is, what we provide for a our babies and crucially, what I find missing from so many other books, how we actually feel - exhausted, sometimes angry towards db, unsure of ourselves etc etc. It does not tell me what I "should" be doing - hurrah!!! Cannot recommend it highly enough. Is doing me the world of good and we like that.

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cazzybabs · 07/03/2005 19:18

God I feel like I haven't been away - except don't know some of the kids. And I cried in front of three parents - who said, "How lovely to see you, hows the baby". But then by coffee time I was fine! Have to teach drama tomorrow - YUCK!!!!

ohh and grace survived nursery - although she wouldn't have any EBM! And she has slept through the night 3 times now - good timing!

KathH · 07/03/2005 21:41

glad it went ok - am back next week. Am up to my eyes in S**t at the moment as ds has the squirts and dd2 who's 8 has it and also has the flu. Oh the joys of parenthood or motherhood to be more precise!

jbadgirl · 08/03/2005 10:47

Hi guys x

Went to our first session of Theraplay yesterday and it was brilliant. Ds saw the occupational therapist and the physio who have given us some things to try with ds.

Got to meet some other mums with sn children but ds was the youngest!!!

Ds has done us proud over the past day or so as he has been holding his head up very well when on his front, he is making more and more cooing noises so hopefully we will get a smile out of him soon!!!

He has also been sleeping through from about 7.30 till 4.30am, and the solids are going ok, he loves fromage frais!! After getting him weighed yesterday he has lost 1oz in 2 weeks . Cant believe it i thought he was doing so well!! Nevermind though as his feeding is picking up again thank goodness.

Hope everyone else is ok x

Was going to put a pic of ds on member profile but havent a clue how to put one on... any advise???

biglips · 08/03/2005 12:10

jbad- i can imagine that your DS1 done you proud , ive bought DD her first proper brekkie as its "Sunrise banana breakfast" by Heinz, DD just wolfed it down as ive tried to give her baby rice and she didnt like it so i got a knife and dipped it in the jam so the knife was coated and put it in the baby rice, she was ok with it just pulling faces at me ...

to put piccy on, send a thread to snugs and she will help you x

Cazzy - Youre a brave woman!, you prob appreciate going back to work and look forward coming home to see baba

KathH - hope your little ones get well soon x

Beansprout - ha ha ha! about the washing - i know what you mean as i turn the hoover on and she falls asleep! or the hairdryer when im drying my hair it makes DD go all sleepy

KathH · 09/03/2005 11:46

took ds for his review for his reflux - it did seem to be improving but as he likes to spend the day rolling over i keep finding little puddles of veg puree on his sheet and in his hair, not nice. he has to go for a barium swallow am not overly worried as he's put on loads of weight tho. dd2 on the mend just hope ds doesnt get her germs. hope everyone's ok. Biglips - saw your daughters picture - how cute? i think ds is quite cute,not that i'm biased or anything he's a bit like a baby mole but people arent keen to hold him in case he deposits his food down them .

geogteach · 09/03/2005 16:27

Had a fab day yestaday, went to Oxford on the train with DS2 and met a friend and her baby, had coffee in the Radcliffe hotel for 2 hours followed by lunch at Browns and then came home again.
But oh how I am paying for it today, DS2 teething big time screamed through DS1 hearing test. They were running so late at the hospital that I had to cancel DS2's jab so still haven't had the last one about 6 weeks late now.
As for all your cunning distractions, the washing machine is in the garage and its so cold out there I don't think i'd better leave DS1 there, I don't have enough hair to warrent a hairdryer and afraid the cleaner gives the hoover its once a week outing any other ideas girls?!

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beansprout · 09/03/2005 17:00

Glad you had a good outing Geogteach. FWIW, Bean has kipped next to a stationary Dison before now!!!

Had the last jabs today. Bit of a reaction. Has been inconsolable this afternoon. Gave the inaugural dose of Calpol, big feed, bigger cuddle and now he is asleep. Bless.

Jbadgirl - Theraplay sounds fab.
KathH - Hope the reflux sorts itself out soon. Lol at mole!!

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huppa · 09/03/2005 19:01

Hi, Sorry I haven´t been around for a while. I had a horrible sickness bug last week that really knocked me out for a few days. MIL came to rescue which was amazing as it was the first time she´d looked after the kids even though dd is now 2 and MIL only lives 5 minutes away. Anyhow we all survived - I just lay in bed and when ds´s crying got too much she bought him to me for a feed.

Have to say I love the babies at this age. Their own personalites are emerging and they´re still portable and not into crawling yet, so you don´t have to have eyes in the back of your head whenever they´re awake.

The baby photos I´ve seen are really gorgeous. Have to admit that even though I find ds cute, I realise he wouldn´t win any beautiful baby competitions. Has anyone´s baby also got a really flat head?. Ds´s looks like it´s been banged on a table to make it flat. I´m trying to lie him on his side or stomach when he´s awake, but it isn´t making much difference.

Hope everyone else is o.k. and getting more sleep than me.

bibiboo · 09/03/2005 21:19

I am sorry for being all smug about my baby sleeping through until 7 from about 2 months old. I am now being punished by some heavenly baby-power who is poking my dd awake at 4 or 5am most mornings to torment me!
I AM SORRY OH GREAT BABY POWER IN THE SKY ... PLEASE LET ME SLEEP! Oh, and spread a little sleep kindness to the other MN mummies please..?

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beansprout · 09/03/2005 21:23

Bibi - The rules are... just as you think you know the rules... they change!
Bean currently awake at same time, wanting to party on down. Uh-uh says mummy, but, alas, Bean isn't doing English yet.... Eventually get him back to sleep, only to be woken up by dp's alarm. Oh good.

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rickman · 09/03/2005 21:32

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cazzybabs · 09/03/2005 21:41

Rickman - have you seen what people think you look like on another thread (god knows what the title is)??? AND have you been for your 6 week check yet (was it you who hadn't been???) - are you feeling better???

Work is going OK - just like I haven't been away - except I am eating toooo many biscuits - am I ever going to fit into a wedding dress. Have decided to invite beautiful people with co-ordinated clothes to look good for wedding photo (although not tooo beautiful else I shall look like Mrs. Shrek on a bad day) - unlike all mine and dps realtions!!

Grace has only had 1 set of jabs - I find it too stressfull to take her - her little face all smiles at the nurse until she gets pricked. She still has had no solids just BM - but no EBM at nursery!

biglips · 09/03/2005 21:45

once you go for a (6) weeks check up, the docs will give you a form and also baba will have the injections - you must go

biglips · 09/03/2005 21:47

cazzy - better safe than sorry (about you dont like Grace getting the jabs)

rickman · 09/03/2005 21:47

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biglips · 09/03/2005 21:48

rickman -

cazzybabs · 09/03/2005 21:49

Whats wrong with your dd1 Rickman???

both of mine have colds, coughs and gummy eyes. Infact when I went to pick grace up from nursery today the only way I knew it was her in her pram (all the sleeping babies sleep in a pram covered by a blanket) was by her breathing!)

rickman · 09/03/2005 21:51

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beansprout · 09/03/2005 21:54

What's with her breathing CB? Bean is still really bunged up, has been since birth. Fine sometimes, other times, sounds like he is on 40 a day (no joke). Have been told it is common with c-section babies, but seems to be going on a bit.

So glad you said "nursery" too, as that is the plan for Bean. Have had mummy guilt as I never found that "fabulous" childminder that so many other people have and I get the feeling nurseries are deemed not quite best for babies for some reason [bloody great guilt emoticon]

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beansprout · 09/03/2005 21:55

Hope dd1 is ok Rickman.

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biglips · 09/03/2005 22:00

mine had a cough that she had since she was 4 weeks old and she sounds like a smoker too (we dont smoke)

rickman · 09/03/2005 22:03

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biglips · 09/03/2005 22:04

wheres that rickman?

rickman · 09/03/2005 22:05

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biglips · 09/03/2005 22:06

eek! im from liverpool! but at my local mums and babies group there is 2 oct 2004 babies so im ok