APRIL 2008- The One Where We Recite The Weaning Guidelines and Fight Through The Growth Spurts!

[VictorianSqualor]

07 March: Ashton, a fourth child for gemprincess, 5lb 13oz @ 34+6
09 March: Ted, a second DS for Daftmoo, 7lb 14oz @ 36+0
21 March: George William, a first baby for KnitterintheNW, 7lb 2.5oz @ 37+3
25 March: Olivia, a second baby for TheMaskedPoster, 7lb 2oz @ 38+4
28 March: Pablo, a third baby and first DS for vacaloca, 7lb 14oz @ 39+4
28 March: Matteo Alexander, a first baby for Gangle @ 38+0 (?)
30 March: A baby girl, a second child for PortAndLemon, 8lb 15oz @ 39+5
02 April: Jak, a baby boy for rainbowdays, 9lb @ 39+1
02 April: A baby boy, a second child for bunyanvillas, 6lb 14oz @ 37+5
02April: Struan, a baby boy for Donnabels, 6lbs 15oz
02 April: A baby boy for mummyofaprincess @39 weeks
03 April: A baby girl for PippiCalzelunghe @38+2weeks
03 April: Aeryn Daisy, a baby girl for Denny185, 9lb 8oz @ 39+3
03 April: Benjamin, a baby boy for Micegg, 8lb 3oz @ 39+4
03 April: Roelof Grové, a first DS for Sal22, 7lb 5oz @ 38+5
03 April: A baby boy for siikibam, 6lb 8.5oz @39+1wks
04 April: Matilda, a baby girl for AprilsFoolsBaby 7lb @
06 April: Henry Peter, a baby boy for Sheds, 7lb 130z @ 40+4
07 April: Sebastian George, a fourth DS for Peachy, 8lb 4oz @ 41+1
07 April: Jack, a first baby for ThePFJ, 7lb 5.5oz @ 41+1
07 April: Lexie Bea, a fourth baby for babywhiting, 8lb 1oz @ 39+4
08 April: Alasdair, a second DS for bunnyrabbit, 8lb 5.5oz @ 40+3
08 April: James Samuel, a third baby for honeybee10, 6lb 7oz @ 37+2
09 April: Zara Mia Martin, a first baby for V1KK1M, 7lb 10oz @ 41+0
09 April: Jasmine, a baby gilr for Niceychops
11 April: Kyran for rdk, 7lb 13oz @ 38+3weeks
11 April: Sebastian James, a second baby for Fleecy, 10lb 2oz @ 40+4
11 April: A baby girl, a first baby for CeylonSapphire, 7lb 12oz @ 41+1
11th April: Florence, a baby girl for LouMoose
12 April: Maya Alice, a first baby for egyptianprincess, 8lb 15.5oz @ 40+3
12 April: Sophia Viviana, a second DD for AussieDivaonaBreak, 6lb 12oz @ 39+3
15 April: Alexander Oliver, a third baby for VictorianSqualor, 10lb 3oz @ 41+0
16 April: Ailish, a first baby for Mollyfloss, 6lb 11oz @ 40+3
16 April: A baby girl, a second baby for elfsmummy, 7lb 13oz @ 41+1
16 April: Zoe, a baby girl, a first baby for ToastAddict, 6lb 10oz @ 39+3
16 April: Jasmin, a baby girl, a first baby for Eggandketchup, 9lb 3oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy for paranoidmumy, 8lb 9oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy, a second son for lorisparkle, 7lb 12.5oz @ 41+6
17 April: Benedict, first baby for LadyBee 9 lb 3oz @ 41 +2
18 April: Millie, a baby girl for scorpio1 8lb 9oz @ 41+?
18 April: Cameron, a second baby for munchkinmum @ 39+5
19 April: Oliver Michael, first baby for bashboid, 7 lb 4 oz at 41 +3
20 April: Samuel, a first baby for Velbels. 8lb15oz at 41+1weeks.
20 April: Angharad Mai, 8lb 4oz, 40+6, first for 7monthsplus
20 April: Emilia, 7lb15oz, a first baby for SuzeM, 40+6
21 April: Eve, a second baby for Scampmum, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first baby for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, a second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April: Hope Olivia, a second dd for northeastmummy, 7lb 11oz at 41 .
26 April: Gabriel, a third child for Bainmarie @ 41+5
26 April: Eli Michael, a baby boy for LittleMissTurquoise, 7lb 15.5oz @ 40+5
27 April: a baby girl for Ayomi, 6lb 1oz @ 41+0
28 April: Jacob Andrew, a 2nd DS for Kaybeeand2boys, 8lb 4oz @ 41+5
29 April: Thomas Henry, a 2nd DS for TLSM, 7lb 8oz 40+3
30 April: Harry Samuel, a fourth ds for Chipmonkey, 9lb 5oz @ 39+2
30 April: Ellie, a baby girl for Annamama
01 May: Sophie May, a baby grl for Annieroo, 6lb 5oz @ 41+4
01 May: Euan George, a baby boy for Jenniejennie, 8lb @ 40+4
02 May: Robyn Olivia, a baby girl for soph28, 8lb 1oz @ 42+1
05 May: Nora Martina, a first baby for Eva07, 7lb 8oz @ 41+2
05 May: A baby boy for Beeper, 8lb 10oz @ 41+0
05 May: Gabriella Summer, a first baby for Mum2babyroo, 8lb 4oz @ 40+6
06 May: Wilf, 8lb 60z for bigbadmom @ 41+6
07 May: James Andrew, a second ds for Moominsmummy, 8lb 13oz @ 41+5
08 May: Ellie Isabella, a first baby for Carey87, 7 lb 8oz @ 42+1
08 May: Robin David, a 2nd baby for Woollymummy, 8lb 11 oz @ 41+3
09 May: 4 kittens for scorpio's cat!
10 May: Astrid Mary, a second dd for sagitta, 8lb 8oz @ 42+0

I'm going to France tomorrow! Hurray hurray can't wait. Have to go pack up the car now with the millions of things babies need (rest of our stuff teeny tiny amount)

See you in a week ladies! xxx

Have fun, Ellie!!!

Ellie. we are going in September.

Soz for bringing thread down, i feel better now

Have a lovely time Ellie! v jealous - I've been starting to crave a trip away, don't think there will be any in the near future though, funds looking decidedly dodgy.

Scorpio and VS, you ladies are something else with your great big hearts, not only do you take care of several DC of your own, you have extra bods, waifs and strays that get scooped up into the mix as well. I don't know how you do it. My hat is off to you both and I don't think either of you should feel bad for not feeling totally ok with it all the time. No one expects you to be a saint 24/7

I have no plans for the weekend. I feel both happy and a bit about this.

i have no plans for tomorrow and am at the idea!

DH is now coming home in the small hours, so at least he will be here tomorrow; maybe go out for a walk by the sea or something.

Millie looks like she has grown today, her face looks different. I need to get her some new clothes as well, she is growing too fast! Trip to Next maybe in order tomorrow then

oh and Ladybee - that was a lovely thing to say

I second Ladybee. You might not feel 100% overjoyed all the time, but no-one would, and no-one can expect you to. The sad bit is that, in this whole world, you're probably the persons that actually care for these children the most. The fact that, even when they're playing up, you, and not the mom, seem to be the only one that cares enough to get the poor dc to the dr ect says so much about your heart. I can't even imagine how hard it must be, but I just think it says something about the kind and decent person you are. Getting fed up with it sounds normal and almost expected sometimes to me. Good luck.

Fuck, Alex just fell off the bed.
He had been in between me & DP but I didn't hear DP get up and Alex had obviously rolled over a few times so I got woken up to a huge bang and him screaming.

He's fine but it wasn't nice.

Ladybee, I'm nothing like Scorpio, I only have this kid twice a week during holidays as a favour, I could quite easily just leave her be, the school would soon help her with her reading or something, if Scorpio wasn't there for Z who would be?

Hope your heart's recovered, VS!!! I'm sure A is fine, but can only just imagine the shock! I upturned R's buggy once (oh, I still don't know what on earth I did!), and I was shaking for ages! (He, on the other hand, was fine and smiling again by the time I picked him up.) Start your Saturday with a nice glass of wine for breakfast - this sounds like reason enough.

For all the times that I've moaned about DH, I want to say this morning how absolutely lovely he is!!! I know it's his son as well etc etc, but he's been up since 6 this morning, feeding, changing, playing with R, leaving me to sleep. Then when I got up he refused to let me do anything, brought me coffee etc. Changing nappy as we speak. How I love him.

oof - that must have been a shocking awakening VS. I'm completely paranoid about DS starting to roll when he's on his cot top changer (oh, just had an idea, why haven't I just moved the changer more the centre of the cot so less far to fall and softer landing - duh)

You say you could just as easily let your friend's kid be, but the thing is, your instinct is not to, when you see something important like delayed reading skills, you don't automatically shrug and say 'not my problem', and I think that's what makes all the difference.
So just sit down and accept the compliment woman

I also got to have a lie-in today (well, feeding DS at 3 and 7) but apart from that DP has been very good about taking care of him and even brought me tea and toast in bed. This might be because I have been very loudly and obviously complaining that I have a cold and feel crap and tired but the result is what counts, isn't it?

Ladybee, I know you're close but can't remember exactly how close, but if you're free coming Wednesday, I'm hoping to meet up with a couple of local mumsnetters here.

Mum2BabyRoo, I know you're this direction as well, are you close? It will probably be only 1 or 2 others. Obviously if I'm missing anyone else that might live in the area, please come!

We got a great deal on Sky yesterday!
I called them to cancel before we move as I'm not prepared to pay £60 moving fee.

They offered me it half price, I said no, they offered it free, I said no, they offered it free & a half price sky plus box, I said no, they offered me a sky plus box for £49 (1/4) I said no and so on, my end offer was a free sky plus box, free moving house, free sky plus installation, and down to the basic channels&kids&music for £17 a month

you jammy cow

i feel fat today. have got to start eating better. my tummy doesnt seem to be shifting anymore

Excellent deal VS - we left Sky for that reason, went to virgin. I guess they've suddenly realised they need to work a bit harder to keep their customers now, a good thing.
So does that mean you've put down the deposit on the house you liked? It sounds like it is going to really simplify your life being so close to school & nursery.

Sal - meet up sounds good, am pretty sure I'm free. Hope to be over my cold by then too. Will add my name.

Very quiet weekend here, probably too quiet, I had to resort to planting chives and going to the co-op as my activities which is a bit sad tbh. Oh well, wasn't feeling up to much anyway with snuffly nose, sore throat and now a cough. Poor me poor me.

Am scared witless excited about the week ahead though - we've got people coming around for dinner!!! That means I have to:

1. Get the house into some sort of order
2. Somehow get a dinner prepared so that it can be cooked & served at a normal sort of time
3. Try to ensure babybee is in bed in time for point 2 above to happen.

eek! Might try to get the hoovering done this evening, for some reason that's the one that I can never do when I'm looking after DS during the week.

Yeah, we've put the deposit down.
The house isn't as big as the one we are in now, but it'll do for a year until we can get a decent enough deal on a mortgage. It's three bedroom, big enough lounge, kitchen/diner and has a larger garden than ours, plus a garage.
Garage isn't really big enough for our car but it's good for storage and 'man things'

It's right through the alleyway to the school, about 2 minutes walk maximum, and next to the school is the chinese/indian/tesco/hairdressers which will be nice, at the moment living in this bloody village it's so annoying needing something and realising the shop shuts at 7pm or noon at weekends.

Thing is it has no bath, just a shower, which means there is tons of floor space in the bathroom, but for a year we can cope with showers only, there is a little 1/2 inch deep bottom to the shower which we can put a plug in for Alex if he needs a bath rather than a shower.

£185 per month extra on rental but if we stay here I will have to get the 8:10am bus to town, 8:30 bus to school, drop E&B off, 9:15 bus back to town, 9:45 bus back to home, then get the bus back to town at 10:10!!!(I may as well stay on the bus rather than get off then go across the road to wait for it to do two stops and turn around!! I'd pick DS up and be back from there at1:10pm, and have to get the bus back to town again at 2:10 so I would have one hour to do lunch and then off we go again! Getting home at 4pm. It would also cost £250+!! B won't be starting nursery the first week, I'll call them and explain and then when we move on the 13th sept he can start the following monday.

Oh, also it will save DP 6 miles per journey to and from his station which will equal about 60 miles a week!

DD is just cooking her first roast dinner. It was so sweet watching DS sat on the floor peeling carrots, then DD has typed out everything that has to be done and is following it all to the letter.

My cousin's children have all only ever had showers right from when they were newborn, her DH takes them in with him when he gets home from work. Cousin doesn't bathe children because of severe epilepsy (chance of seizure happening while one of them was in water is too great to risk), and her DH feels that doing baby bathing isn't his style (he's a kiwi builder), so it's always been showers. Works for them.

Sounds soooo much more convenient - all that bussing would have been a nightmare, tiring and expensive and the potential for general arsiness of driver/other passengers would just add to the stress.

So you'll be packing up - good luck with that (I loathe packing. There aren't many things I hate in this world but packing is one of them. Even packing a suitcase for a holiday puts me into a tailspin).

PAL are you out there? Do you remember the lightweight sling you were wearing at the last meetup? You told me what it was and I've forgotten. Can you tell me again pls?

LadyBee, I have recently got a mei tai, I love it. If you think you might like one go to ebay.com and look for one under $37 then you can get it duty free and about a third of the price they are here.

Hey all - hope you have all had good weekends! We spent today at a friends haouse having a bbq (in the rain - doesn't stop a saffa!)

Sal - thanks for the invite - unfortunately I've already got something on. Maybe next time?

VS - I've been looking at the mei tai too - and I have to ask - is it better on the back than the Baby Bjorn? The Baby Bjorn KILLS my back! Also - looking at the mei tai's on the american ebay - are they all the same thing or should I be looking at a particular one? Oh - and congrats on the new house - hope you will spend a very happy year there! My DH's cousin has twins and they have hardly ever bathed - they pretty much always go in the shower with their Dad and they love it! How was DD's roast dinner? She sounds like a lovely little girl!

Scorpio - I hear you - after all losing all that weight in pregnancy I am slowly but surely putting weight on again. HAVE to start being better at what I shove down my gob!

I have a growly bear, not a baby
For the last couple of days I've been thinking Babybee has been really uncomfortable, groaning and straining most of the day but now I think he's just discovered a new sound and is trying it out constantly.
He also has decided that there is no point in living if living is without his hands, or a muslin cloth, or a toy, or my elbow, in his mouth.
Which is fine, but does make it quite tricky to know whether he's hungry or just awake. Anyone got any tips for being able to see whether they're hungry before they burst into tears?

The mei tai is really comfy I hardly know I'm wearing it, not at all like the ring sling I have which I HATE, and easy to do up, I have this one they're all pretty much the same thoguh, if you look at this one the 'mei tai' is a style of carrier so they alter slightly but are based on the same pattern.

Thanks VS - funnily enough the one you got was the one I was looking at!

Have my MRI and physio today - all to do with the vertigo. I am so tired of getting it now - it makes me feel awful, and although I have pills that help control it, they make me feel a bit bleugh as well.

this is a good price.

i think im having a meltdown - no sleep and am exhausted. have rung HV. feeding all the time

anyone there?