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....

Hi ladies, thought I'd better post here under new name incase anyone wondered who I was! I am / was Dizzymama until the thread on envying mumsnetters names started me thinking about something a bit different.
E has had yet another hideous bug (do you think she saved them all up then had them all in one month just for a laugh?!)Really high temperatures with this one - at what point do you start to worry do you think? She very briefly hit 104 oF at one point and we were heading for primary care until the Calprofen kicked in and it came down again. Anyone else had a Dd/Ds with very high temperatures?

Hi Lynn, will have to check about our 18 month checks, not sure. E did have the start of her bugs 10 days after her MMR but I think she would have got them anyway and the MMR just 'l;owered her resistance' iyswim. Hope your Dd is one of those who just take it all in their stride

Hi HM like the new name! sorry to hear E been so unwell. My DD had one thing or another since New Year too and two courses of penicillin. Maybe a dose of something like that from doctor would help E to fight it? I took dd to docs when she was sick and not eating and didnt realise she had ear and chest infection as well. Sometimes best just to get checked anyway. E's high temperature sounds awful, no experience of that although must be worrying. Poor soul, hope she fights it off soon.

Thnaks Lynn, she's on the mend, has had two courses of antibiotics and went to the Dr's again yesterday (feel like I should have a seat in the waiting room named after me we've been there that much!)Both her glands at top of neck are very swollen and poor thing is very miserable but temperature is down thank God!
Thank you for appreciation of name change, I am incredibly sadly pleased with myself for being vaguely witty! It doesn't happen often and I have to enjoy it when it does!

Sorry to hear that your DD has been ill again, and I too love the new name HM. How are you Lynn and the LO? DB had his MMR last thursday everything so far so good. He has started to talk it is so cute and infuriating! He keeps saying Cuddle (or Cuggle) when he wants to be picked up or cuddled, but he's using quite a lot.....

Hi how everyones LO?

I'm doing well suss thanks for asking, tired from sleepless nights but apart from that fine. Hope you and DB are well too. Glad you got the mmr done, I know you were keen to get it as soon as possible. How has he been since having it? DD thankfully didnt really have much reaction. Got a bit girny about a week after for a day or two but could just be coincidence rather than anything else.

So cute asking for cuggles dd says few things like, nice (when put her hair in clasp) down (when wanting out high chair) poo (as in the bear thankfully ) How everyone else's doing with speach?

DB is talking loads - Hows the sleep Lynn?

Hi suss - replied on sleep thread, still no change but hoping to be strong enough this weekend and go through with getting dd back in cot!

New word from DD is bubbles....I have to blow them constantly and she even managed to blow one herself. Just got downstairs this morning in kitchen to heat up her milk and she was pointing...bubbles..bubbles...bubbles!

Hi everyone how are all the little ones coming on?

DD is starting to get cheeky when she doesnt get her own way and starting to hit. Trying not to laugh as she puts on frown and makes oooff sound as she does it but explaining she has not to do that. Anyone else going through this? How you dealing with it? She is not in nursery so not hitting anyone else apart from family thankfully.

Hi Lynn, yes E is doing exactly the same. I vary between just saying 'No, gentle' and showing her how I would prefer to be touched and saying 'No hitting' and putting her a short way away from me. To be honest it doesn't seem to be working! She tends to hit me when she gets too excited or gets frustrated...which at the moment appears to be most of the time!
Apart from that she's very enjoyable at the moment, very cute and, as you say, cheeky! How is talking coming on for everyone? Keep reading those milestone books and they all say E should have 3 words by now. She says Bye bye but apart from that it's all kind of noise! :)

Talking just seems to be DB's thing he does it all the time and just wants to know what everything is called and shouts out words all the time, if we don't respond when he says something then he just goes on and on. Honor stop reading development books - some children don't speak much until they are three! DB hits me sometimes too, but he has a friend who pokes him in the face so I tell him that he doesn't like when his friend pokes him so don't do it to me. I think the gentle thing works better than no. No just seems to make him want to do it more, unless I say it so it makes him cry. I think its one of those things which is going to happen until they understand!

Thanks Honor & suss, trying the gentle approach and think it is helping slightly. I know its probably frustration and just testing us but think she also understands its wrong and would like to put a stop to it as soon as possible.

Honor I completely agree with suss and think you should never look at a development book again. They send your mind into overtime thinking whats wrong with my baby, or why havent they reached this stage or doing certain things. There is nothing wrong with E and she will develop more words in her own time. Probably the noises actually represent certain things she is trying to say and will become clearer eventually. Sure it wont be long before she is a proper little chatter box.

DB has starting poking his friends in the face and scratching me - quite hard and drawing some blood sometimes. Sometimes I think its frustration as I won't let him do something he wants to and sometimes I think its attention seeking. apparently it is attention seeking mostly - so hopefully as they learn to communicate more then the scratching might stop, although i get quite tough when he does it to his friends! Any advice would be welcome!

Hi suss, how is db coming on? Sorry no advice to give but hoping it was a short phase and he has now stopped?

How is E doing Honor - any more words?

violence seems to have stopped at the moment. I think it was attention seeking as he was doing while I was going through IVF so hopefully it won't return as all the hospital vists are over.

Hi suss and Lynn, E is hitting things slightly less frequently at the moment...we'll see, trying a bit of baby sign with her to help her communication too. She's still mainly saying 'No!' and singing very tunefully. I've put the development book away - you were both right, they just panic me!
Is the poking still on hold suss?

yes the poking has stopped, he still wants to touch faces which some children don't like, I think its because he is talking quite a lot and knows the words for eyes, mouth, ears and nose and he wants to tell his friends. sometimes he strts touching me v gently and then it gets rougher and rougher, but I think thats because he doesn't realise he's hurting me. The no thing is starting to pay off as he will listen to me more now. We have started having accidents as well, nothing serious but falling off the slide and other things he is a little boy, my baby has well and truly gone , although I get more cuddles now! how about you HM and Lynn, do girls cuddle more?

I'm very of your DS's talking suss! Good for him though, sounds like an adventurous and intelligent little man! E has never been massively cuddly, she has to be in the mood iyswim! She's also a complete Daddy's Girl and so he always gets more cuddles than me She's started to kiss properly though which is very very cute and as for her comedy dancing..... I'm loving her big time at the moment!

don't be! HM Once they start they don't stop talking and DB says a word over and over again, louder and louder until he gets a response or many responses! No it is lovely really and talking seems to be his thing he has just got it. I did read bedtime stories from about 3months as part of his bed routine (I know I am mad) and I talk a lot to him. I would love a daughter - I was such a mummys girl - but I don't think its going to happen. My attempt at IVF failed last week and we are having one more try before we give up. I think the whole mother daughter thing happens much later and you will have such a fab time.

Sorry to hear about failed IVF suss, here's hoping for the next cycle
I'm definitely hoping the Mummy's girl thing kicks in later on, it's sometimes hard not to feel just a teensy bit jealous as she always wants her Daddy! I may have been too quick to write off her talking, she's kind of saying (not very clearly i'll grant you though!) shoes and belly! What an odd but adorable little thing she is!

Hi suss & HM hope your well and lo too. Sorry to hear the news suss and sending best of wishes for next attempt.

HM glad to hear E coming along with her words and laughing at her choice of things to start with but then again why not - sure there will be no stopping her now. Keep us updated!

DD not overly cuddly either but think she senses when I really need it as thats when she seems to give great big hugs. Most of time though she just pulls at my hand to go wherever she wants to play. DD is a complete mummys girl which I have to admit I love although sometimes it can be a bit too much. I dont mean that in a bad way but for instance I go for a shower and leave her downstairs playing with her daddy and I can hear her crying or shouting "MUM" at the door. Which can obviously be upsetting for dp too. Hoping to get good balance one of these days.

Thanks for your messages, it really helps. Its all a bit odd feeling sad for something that didn't happen and having the time of my life with my little boy - even though he drives me insane, stuffing things in the loo, pulling out all my DH shirts from the drawer etc. He swore today (all my fault as I said Oh S**t when he stuffed a deodrant bottle cap down the plug hole). He than said it when he pulled the handle off the chest of drawers and when he spilt pasta on the table. I think I am in trouble. I just hope he forgets about tomorrow. Hope youare all well. S xxx

Hi how is everyone getting on? Just had very proud moment this morning leaving for work and as always told DD I loved her and she replied "love you" for the first time. So left driving to work with eyes filled to brim with tears

Aww how sweet LynnC! They are adorable at this age I think. Well apart from the odd tantrum now and again

Ds isn't saying that much at the moment, but it doesn't seem to have stopped him from interacting with other children. And he's already started chasing little girls round the playground. Its so sweet to watch! Can't beleive they are going to be two in not many months! Is anyone else feeling the pull of mother nature to have another?

That is so lovely, DB says it too and it makes my heart melt, the best bit was when he called me mummy for the first time, as I thought I would never hear those words. He is beginning to say phrases and simple sentences like 'mummy do it' or ' nana cut up in the bowl'. Angelcake I would love another baby and do lots of praying that it will happen, and I think having one has in a way made me more broody for a second. I hope it happens. Are you trying?