Hi all, hope you have all had a good weekend! Bit of an odd one here as DH came out in an itchy rash on Thursday night, he phoned NHS direct (although I had already googled rashes and suspected it was hives) who told him to go to hospital as his throat was scratchy - they were worried about anaphilaxis (sp?) - so off he went, at 1.30 am, had to get his brother out of bed to take him! Anyway, turns out it was hives and so he was told to take anti-histamines, only trouble is they made him so drowsy he slept all weekend! He believed the culprit was the beautiful bush in the front garden so he cut it out last night , in revenge the bush gave him hives again...
DD is now up on her knees and rocking, she has tried a couple of times to move her legs to crawl but she digs he toes into the carpet and ends up tipping onto her face! She's good enough at getting where she wants with just rolling so in no hurry for her to actually crawl. She is being a bit of a moo with her food at the moment though, she will not eat anything lumpy off of a spoon, it has to be pureed. She will, however, happily eat chunks of food (crumpets, cheese, toast, various veg, yorkshire puds etc) which I put on her highchair tray and will even let me put chunks in her mouth.
Jewels, those Crawlers do look good don't they? The mat is a Lamaze Spin and Explore Garden, it was fab for tummy time when DD was small. She is too big for it now though and rolls off the spinner - not good. She still likes the mat but tends to wrap herself up in it like a little sauage roll! I got mine off ebay. Well done to your DD for sitting! 30 seconds is a good start, it only took Evie a few days to go from that to 5-10 mins, they get so much stronger every day its amazing!
Bouncing, glad Daniel has been sleeping better (apart from last night), long may it continue! Its hard when they are whingy isn't it? Perhaps his teeth are pusing or the heat is getting to him? There seems to be a lot of pressure in the air too. Congrats to your friends on their pregnancy too, I love to hear of new babies on their way! Did you manage to join the MN Facebook group? I am on it too although can't seem to find anyone on it other than Ambi! Ambi, I found you on the Facebook thingy but couldn't add you as a friend strangely?
Mixedmama, LOL at the vaseline! Poor DS2, hope he is feeling a bit better, I'm not surprised you have no energy! Hopefully you'll get a chance to re-charge whilst on your hols.
Fifi, DD is also too big for her bouncy chair so all her naps are now upstairs in her room (unless she has a mini one after tea and before milk). Still have it in the living room though, same with her playmat/gym which she doesn't use anymore.
Cazzy, hoorah for Evie starting to eat!!! Hope you have a fab time in Cornwall!
Amani, glad to hear you have been feeling better although sorry that DD2's excema has flared up again, hopefully it will calm down again as the heat drops. Bless DD1 actually thinking she was on Sodor! Not sure what to suggest about the biting, DS1 used to do it to DS2 too but eventually he grew out of it when he realised his brother got lots of attention when bitten and he got ignored. Was it you who asked what our babies where having for breakfast? DD likes Organix Apple and Raspberry and will tolerate C&G Creamed PorrigeHi all, hope you have all had a good weekend! Bit of an odd one here as DH came out in an itchy rash on Thursday night, he phoned NHS direct (although I had already googled rashes and suspected it was hives) who told him to go to hospital as his throat was scratchy - they were worried about anaphilaxis (sp?) - so off he went, at 1.30 am, had to get his brother out of bed to take him! Anyway, turns out it was hives and so he was told to take anti-histamines, only trouble is they made him so drowsy he slept all weekend! They seem to have cleared now but we don't know what he reacted to so he could get it again. At the moment the scapegoat is the beautiful bush in the front garden so he is having it removed .
DD is now up on her knees and rocking, she has tried a couple of times to move her legs to crawl but she digs he toes into the carpet and ends up tipping onto her face! She's good enough at getting where she wants with just rolling so in no hurry for her to actually crawl. She is being a bit of a moo with her food at the moment though, she will not eat anything savoury prepared by me off a spoon! Perhaps I am not making it smooth enough and she doesn't like the lumps? I don't know. Quite frustrating though! She will, however, happily eat chunks of food (crumpets, cheese, toast, various veg, yorkshire puds etc) which I put on her highchair tray and will even let me put chunks in her mouth. Hoping its just a phase!
Jewels, those Crawlers do look good don't they? The mat is a Lamaze Spin and Explore Garden, it was fab for tummy time when DD was small. She is too big for it now though and rolls off the spinner - not good. She still likes the mat but tends to wrap herself up in it like a little sauage roll! I got mine off ebay but I think your DD will probably be a bit too big for it too . I tried her on Weetabix but she wouldn't have it!
Hotchoc, hello! How are you? No advice on sleep, am one of the lucky ones as DD loves her sleep, she has around 10.5-11 hours at night and 3-4 hours in the daytime.
Buzzy, glad your cough is on the mend!
Clara, sounds like you had a nightmare journey but glad that the compound seems nice! It all sounds very fascinating and I hope you are all settling in well.