Phew! It has taken me 2 days to catch up (well an hour each night!)! Won?t let it go that long again!! So I have 15 pages worth of comments, sorry!
Simpson ? would you recommend an activity station? I feel that now DS?s swing and chair are no longer safe, I need new entertainment for him. Interesting the chat about teats, I thought, given his age I should change DS to medium flow ones but he struggles and the milk goes everywhere so have had to go back to the slow ones am a bit baffled as thought he?d love to get more faster! I have a bumbo for DS, got it for £7 on eBay. I didn?t use it much before I started weaning him because he could topple it backwards even when he was 4 months but it has now come into it?s own as we feed him in it and its fab. We plan to take it to the beach too. Hope you have a great holiday!
Rockdoctor ? how is it going now that you have given up BF? Do you have any regrets? I only ask because some days I wish I was still feeding more and other days I wish I wasn?t trying to feed at all doesn?t help that he is more often than not rejecting the breast altogether now
Gingeme ? is George still bottle guzzling? Do you use your bread maker often? Enjoy that TV!! Sorry to hear about your pooey day!
Isabellasmam ? can?t wait to see Mama Mia, it opens here this week! DH and I saw The Dark Knight tonight as it has just arrived, it was fab, my folks watched DS (they will only look after him until they go to bed at 10pm though!) good idea about the alphabet squares, I am paranoid about DS falling on the marble floor (again ). He has my yoga mat under him most of the time! I don?t think I bought much that I didn?t use and I sold the stuff I didn?t (like a really hard breastfeeding cushion!) if you ever want to sell on the spares muslins, let me know, I can?t get them here I think grobags are fab!
Madmouse ? I totally agree, our babies are so much more important than legal careers if only my pocket thought so I hope you can get the job share or part time for are looking for. Nathan is such a cutie! that childminder sounds great!
Fillybuster ? how was Henley?? Hope you had a lovely time. Lovely name Tamara
Luckysalem ? wow, your DD can do so much more than my DS! He can roll every which way and sit up alone now but only if I pull him up to sit. Really sorry about the dog hon we still love the name Aaliyah how are people taking to it? We have a few issues with Xavier as we pronounce it X-avier (like X- ray) rather than Zavier as most people want to call him. Xavier can do all the things on the development list apart from the last section. I?ve tried saying things for him to repeat, didn?t work here either! What book do you have on the subject?
Justkeepswimming ? glad you enjoyed your working holiday in London know exactly how you felt when your DS fell off the bed! I use coloured muslins for face and white for bottoms. DS is quite attached to the coloured ones! Agree about the bibs, DS rips off the Velcro ones.
Betterhalf ? how many kids do you foster and are they with you full time?
Latrucha - is it nice to be home again? Bet you are looking forward to 6 months over here next year my DS is loving clapping games at the moment like pat a cake and head, shoulders, knees and toes etc. I play them with him in his bumbo so we can make eye contact. I had to taste EBM at security when we flew over here uggghh! DS has two teeth and we wipe them with gauze before he goes to sleep.
Simpson ? we are hoping to get DS christened in the family gown too (it was my Mum?s wedding dress made into a christening gown so I wore it too) but we are waiting for it to cool down here and just hope that it will still fit him! LOL at your DS making lion noises at 5am, must be difficult not to chuckle at that!
Lilyloo ? your pics are gorgeous! So glad the christening went well! Ahhh so lovely to read the old thread! Where are all those lovely ladies? For all that time I had a list of all our due dates in my diary and I did start marking them off when the babies started to arrive until mine did and then I seemed to have no time for anything anymore!
Nicky6 ? don?t those doorframe bouncers tire them out?! how is your work situation now? Any easier? Bananas and avocados will be useful for you to give DD when you are away, you can just mash them together or have them on their own. I weigh less than before DS was conceived (still too heavy though) and yet I still can?t get into things, it must be distributed differently with most of it on my tummy
Barristermum ? hey there you are one of the people I really missed talking to during my ?sabbatical?! I am so pleased to hear that all is going well with Cerys but I am sorry to hear that you are not well, I hope you feel a lot better after the op hon. Its fantastic that Cerys loves nursery, it must make being back at work so much easier for you that book you recommended sounds nice, must look for that
Bluebell ? how are you hon? Any better? Don?t stop talking to us, hopefully it helps I agree with Housemum?s advice, I?ve read (and am re-reading because we are rowing a lot ) How to babyproof your marriage and one of its tips is to make the child speak to the parent rather than in law to in law.
Kelix ? thanks for the empathy on the milk front, DS loves fromage frais and yoghurt but hasn?t tried cheese yet, what do you suggest first? DS loves throwing things for me to retrieve too my DS has been in his own room for about a month now and I still check constantly. Like you, I am very lucky, he sleeps through most nights.
Housemum ? it is a PITA when they escape things and you can?t use them for precious Mummy time anymore, the Galt ring is getting that way now too I?m very impressed by your pressie hoarding, what a good idea! That?s how I sterilise things all the time now as don?t have a microwave (it?s a pain) so its Milton tablets and an ice-cream box here too!
There doesn?t seem to be an equivalent of a HV here (some of you would be delighted!) so I take DS along to the chemist to get weighed every so often (today he was 8.150kg) but other than that we have no support now which is odd and scary all at the same time. I have met a few Mums and Babies though so I could ask them if anything came up. The biggest issue for us here is keeping the babies hydrated in this heat.