January 2005 babies

[Pollyanna]

Hi - anyone fancy making up a thread for babies born this month? My dd (child no 4 ) was born on 6th Jan - I have had a rough time so far with feeding (cracked nipples etc) but things have started to improve now (I think). if only I could get her to sleep at night....

Lily's hair isn't thick/long enough for cutting yet and as far as gestures and things go, still no waving, pointing or clapping. Should I be worried about that ? I can't remember when ds started doing those things.

She does other things that imitate us like putting blocks into a box, trying to use a spoon to feed herself, attempting to draw on ds's megasketcher and pushing his cars about so I think she is ok. Nothing much in the way of 'speech' either. Not even a strong 'mummy' or 'daddy'.

Is everyone's elses little one saying words now?

PS - Kama - I read a post earlier and thought it was you for a while. I think it was 'Karmamother'.
She was announcing the birth of her new baby - it's not you is it?

dd not had haircut yet either like witchycat dd her hair not thick/long enough yet. dd still not walking or crawling although 100% for effort sure she will get there one day soon. She waves bye bye but usually after the person has left and loves shaking her head to say no whilst touching whatever she knows she shouldnt be. She loves music to dance and has started moving side to side rather than her usual bobbing up and down. Her favourite is still covering her face with a cover or something to hide and playing peek-a-boo. No strong words apart from mama dada and nana although does go into high pitch singing sometimes which is really cute.

Hi everyone, I am fairly new to MN and have just found this thread. Do you mind if I join? My DD was born on 1st Jan 05. Does anyone else have new years day babies? It lovely to read that all your babies are at different stages, E doesn't talk very much - says "bath" and "row, row" - no sign of mama!!! She has been crawling since 7m and is cruising round the furniture quite happily. Being nosy and looking for some ideas, what are you all doing for 1st birthday?

Welcome ttm, you'll doubtless find this thread really useful and reassuring - I know I do! E is 1 on 20th January and we'll be having a joint party with her five friends who were all born around the same time (NCT class!!) no idea what we'll be doing yet, I can only think of Christmas at the moment but then I have 19 days more than you! What is your E up to for the big 1?

Hi dd, I think we are just going to have a small family and friends get together/open house type thing on new years day. Fairly low key so everyone else can recover from the night before!

Hi ttm, ddmh my DS was born on the 20th too. We are doing large family Christmas and I doubt whether my family will come to DS 1st birthday so I am not quite sure what we will do.

Hello tinytot mummy - We dont have any plans yet for dd first birthday and think we will just have a few friends/family around with a nice cake and open presents although not all my family get on so that could be a problem as dont want to offend anyone but also dont want to leave anyone out anyway that could be a whole new thread!

How is everyones angels doing? DD was running her little finger round my hand this morning whilst I was singing round & round the garden to her...so cute! She getting better on her feet but still not crawling or walking on her own. Came to conclusion I think she is gonna just run as she is off like a bullet as soon as her feet touch the ground. And she is not sure of the Christmas decorations either, keeps pointing at tree and making ooooh noise.

being vile as DB is pulling up on everything I am not having a christmas tree this year. That and we are going to my dad's so I thought that DB could dystroy his tree and House and not mine! Well Lynn you are lucky you have to worry about offending people I just don't think anyone is going to come to DB's birthday party.

E has started to crawl properly! (as opposed to her commando style!) and today has pulled herself up onto her feet - very cute at the moment but I'm sure the novelty will wear off when we have to start nailing everything down.
Does anyone else have a problem with dd / ds biting? This has only just started and I think I'll start a thread on behaviour too but interested to hear about babies of the same age. How do I stop her / discourage her from doing this? I want to start off in the right way iyswim.

Hi Dingdong - how you getting on with the biting? DD started doing this but also nipping my neck then smiling/laughing and cuddling into me. Trying not to laugh and discourage it but sometimes she even shakes head for NO knowing fine well I'm going to tell her that. Thankfully it seems to be only me she does it with, like a game I think, just hoping doesnt become any worse and carry on with other people.

Hi Lynn! So far she's only done it the twice and not for a week so I'm hoping it may fade away for a bit! I'm beginning to realise that the baby that was cute and sat with her toys is turning into a very wilful, yet still cute!, pre-toddler!!

Hi dingdong I know exactly what you mean, dd just looks so grown up now but still my baby. Good to know your biting stopped and hoping the same on my end only the nipping seems to be becoming more frequent and she kills herself laughing now as I make an ssssss noise which she loves so I'm going to have to try not to react to discourage her...its hard cause its blooming sore sometimes!

Hope everyone enjoyed their first christmases - was so exciting for Harry he had a stocking in bed with us and then pressies and a fullon christmas dinner before travelling to see relatives in the afternnon we stayed at my mums for a couple of days which was lovely - thought it might be a bit much for him but he seemed to thrive on being the centre of attention - hes a little show off!

whats everyone doing for birthdays - hadn't ahd a chance to think about it before - want to do something to celebrate it but not sure what???

Hi katylou25 still not decided on what to do either for dd birthday, will be keeping eye out for lots of ideas.

I know its just after christmas and new year and we all have the first birthdays to look forward too but is anyone else getting nervous about thought of mmr due soon??

Hoping not to dampen spirits by last comment just curious as for some reason I seem to be thinking about it quite a lot and gives me uneasy feeling.

Hi katylou, christmas was wonderful wasn't it! I loved the stocking in bed thing almost more than opening all her big presents Has anyone else gor problems moving around their houses for all the toys now?!
For E's birthday I was simply going to have family round for cake and 'party food', will probably do some sort of joint effort with her friends from our NCT class as well,as all birthdays are around the same time.
Lynn, I'm afraid I haven't thought much about the MMR, but that is probably because I know I'd panic if I did start thinking about it in depth. As an off the cuff reactuion I'd say we'll go for the normal 3 in 1 jab, but really need to discuss it with Dh. Would also be interested to see what others think on this one.
Also, is anyone getting all bleary eyed about the fact they will no longer be babies when they reach their 1st birthdays? I know she'll always be my baby, but it's kind of 'sad' to think she's turning the corner!

AArgh can anyone help? My dd will be one soon and has just recently started waking up in the night and really early in the morning ( 5ish ) Does anyone have any suggestions? I've tried controlled crying but it doesn't seem to work and as soon as I head back towards the bedroom door she's stood up at the cotside screaming, last night I gave her some milk and she settled straight away so maybe she's hungry! What can I do? She does eat well throughout the day but doesn't always finish her bedtime milk.

Ds sometimes does this if hes teething or so tired at bedtime that falls asleep before drinking enough of his bedtime milk - I just feed him and put him back to bed - seems to make it easier all round than trying cc etc cos hes normally a good sleeper -he doesn't do it reguarly just seems to be a few nights in a stretch when he does. Think it could be teeth - DS is just getting his molars now and they seem to be REALLY painful or a growth spurt. Sorry thats just a load of waffle and not really much help

luvlymum, my DD has had odd nights where she has woken really early 3 or 4am and not settled back again until she's had milk. She is normally a good sleeper, so I don't do CC as I think there must be a reason why she's awake. I can normally pinpoint it to a change in her routine, that's made her hungry during the night. Perhaps yours is going through a growth spurt? Could you give bedtime milk a bit earlier and then try with the rest just before bed?
Hope you all had a good xmas, would have posted more but couldn't find the thread!
Has anyone had the MMR yet btw? E was 1 on 1/1, but haven't had any letters yet. DS is 2 and hasn't had his yet either, bit scared tbh.

hiya just seen this thread, my daughter is 1 on the 30th, she has recently started going to bed at about 1am and sleeping until 11 whereas before she would sleep from 10pm til 10am, i'm at home full time so this doesn't bother me at the mo but it would be nice to get a bit of quiet time before i go to bet. Any advise?

Hi Shelley,
Does she have daytime naps? If so for how long? 10pm is late.. poor you!! At least you get a lie-in, but it would be nice to have some time to yourself

Thanks for your comments, last night my dd woke at midnight and I went in to her and laid her back down and she cried for a couple of minutes then went to sleep, she woke again at 05.00 and I did the same and she cried for about 5 mins then went to sleep again, so maybe cc does work or maybe it was just a fluke!

Happy new year everybody! DB is 1 on the 20th and he still wakes up quite a lot at night, I just ignore most of it as he goes back to sleep v quickly, but sometimes he makes the most extraordinary noises in his sleep, and a friends son actually stands up in his sleep, so it sounds as though they will have some strange nocturnal habits for a while and perhaps we should ignore all but the desperate ones. Hi Lynn how are you and DD? sorry I haven't been in touch, had a v busy christmas and then my computer had new year blues so I am only just back on line.

Hapy New Year - hi suss just posted on the 10month waking thread there (bit out of date now but hey who cares) DD and I are doing fine apart from her sleeping still a big problem and not settling at all. She started crawling Christmas Eve which was lovely but still not walking on her own. Told her she has to be doing it by her birthday (15th) or she's out ha..ha! Sure it wont be long before she has lots of lumps & bumps and I'll be a nervous wreck. How is DB? Hope he is well.

hi tinytotmummy she has 2 or 3 naps during the day for about 20 mins at a time. Can't really complain about the lie in but sometimes it feels like half the day is gone before she is up and ready. I've tried waking her up early in the morning but she manages to catch up on her sleep through the day and then is in bed late again