August 2007- Happy Birthday babies!

[JamesAndTheGiantBanana]

New thread. Happy birthday to all our gorgeous girls and beautiful boys!!

Hersetta that villa looks amazing. Sounds like they've thought of everything for young kiddies! Must be lovely knowing you don't have to take anything with you like toys and car seat. That's one thing that has always worried me about going abroad with a baby.... that and the flight. How long is the flight to Corfu? Hope you have a lovely time. Hopefully in June the weather will be gorgeous.

I think it's 3 hours. Should be OK (hopefully) as we regularly do 2 1/2 hours to my Mum's.

hiya just a quick post, was just up seeing to callum again-he looked at me and said "oof, oof" and then had his finger in his mouth so i've just given him some medicine and hope that helps.

Also he has started to spin round and can do 3 full rotations, i was very impressed that all the strictly come dancing viewing has paid off

anyway back off to bed, will try and get on later then we're off to PIL on thurs night ready to go to North Wales for a wedding which will be nice as it's my bf's brother and my brothers bf. Also my daddy will be there and my bro, SIL and her parents (who we've adopted as parentstoo-we love them)

i meant that the groom is my bf's brother who also happens to be my brothers bf (not that it's a gay wedding, which is what it read like before i think-i'll blame lack of sleep )

that does look lovely for a holiday hersetta.

clever calum helibee telling you its his teeth. Am starting to think ds tries it on sometimes though just to get calpol - think he's a little addicted.

rant time

after last weeks shenanigans getting a bus to my sisters, where the bus driver nearly drove off cause i was folding the buggy as he arrived at the stop, then made me feel like a dirty tramp when a tiny bit of fluff came out of my pocket with my bus fare, then sped off as soon as i'd moved a step so i nearly did myself and several other people an injury, dh has struan in the buggy today getting onto a bus, and the driver, seeing that he had to fold it, gets out of his seat, holds the baby and helps dh on with the buggy, then waits till he sits down before driving away. I cant believe it - that has never once happened to me in the 14 months since having ds and its so typical it happens the once that dh has him on the bus - he now wonders why i complain about the buses.

grr that middle bit was meant to be in bold cause i'm cross - cant even work mumsnet today.

conker, I do sympathise. The buses round here are crap too, they often don't even stop if there is already someone on with a pram, even though there's enough room for three unfolded and another 2 folded up. One of the drivers doesn't allow any pushchairs on the bus at all and when I complained at the station, they told me it was entiely at the driver's discression. Really annoyed me. Your dh will just think you're a drama queen now! We believe you!!!

Oh, scary conversation with dh last night, he said he really wants another baby and would try straight away if I wanted to. EEEEK! I know I get broody but I think it's more the vision of how I dreamed it would be with ds. The reality was very different, the pacing around, never being able to sit with him, never being able to put him in the pushchair, it was horrendous and I'm really not sure I could do it again with Joe being so young. I've only just started to enjoy him this past 4 months . I think I have pursuaded him to wait!

Morning. I am sitting at my desk frozen. I can't ask for the air con to be turned down because the people over the other side of the office will complain. It's always warm over the other side because they get the sun all day. I'll have to start wearing long sleeved tops and maybe bring an extra jumper.

Ds is understanding a lot more these days. When we ask him where his tummy is he lifts up his top and looks down It's very cute. He can also point out his hands, feet, nose, eyes and hair. When we ask him where his teeth are he grins and shows us his teeth. It's difficult to explain what he does but it's very funny.

Conker - that's terrible that the bus driver would help your dh but leave you to struggle on your own every time. I've only been on a bus with a buggy once (I drive everywhere). Although there was room for buggies, it got very cramped because there were 3. When I got off, the woman with a buggy in front of me had to get off to let me out. It wouldn't have been so bad but all my shopping bags made the buggy double the width.

Hersetta - glad Caitlin is better. Your holiday sounds great. I completely filled the boot of my car (it's a big boot) just to go to my sister's for the weekend.

helibee - wow at Callum spinning and telling you his teeth were hurting. Ds is still at the walking with his arms out to balance himself and falling onto whatever furniture he was aiming for stage. I'm sure it won't be long before he's running round. I did wonder if you were talking about a gay wedding btw My brain isn't working very well this morning.

meandmyjoe - posts crossed. You may find that dc2 is very different. Dd was a very difficult baby and I didn't enjoy her til she was 9 months or so. Ds couldn't have been more different. Definitely you should wait til you're ready though.

thanks for the sympathy - i dont mind going by bus on my own at all - quite enjoy looking out the window and not having to drive but as with lots of other things, once you have a baby you feel a lot less welcome.

meandmyjoe - i agree with Gill - you have to feel ready first, and if you are like me, you will know for definite when you want another - looking at the whole last 14/15 months, the last 4 have definitely been the most fun, but I think you probably had the roughest time of all of us with joe to start with, so you are bound to be due a quiet, happy - sleeps no problem baby next time .

Gill - my room goes from roasting hot to freezing cold in about 10 mins and i just cant adjust the heater to make it constant. its was minus 2 outside this morning - hope we get snow this year - makes being cold more worthwhile.

I love the understanding that you dont always realise they have and then they do something you ask and its amazing. He hasnt seen my parents for a couple of months now (they live quite a way away) but if you ask where granny and grandpa are, he toddles through to the sitting room and points at their photo on the wall. Cute.

Afternoon everyone. I Still have not had this baby! Going to be induced tomorrow..
Hope everyone is ok.

oh poor you blackbird - you must be going mad.

good luck with the induction - or hope it starts itself before then. looking forward to hearing your news when the lo does decide to come.

i know i posted there a minute after blackbird - but for the avoidance of doubt i am not actually sitting at my desk just waiting for people to post - it was just coincidence. i do have other things to do...honest.

I believe you Conker

I agree conker, I am owed a good, complient baby that just sits and smiles all day and sleeps all night! LOL! Having said all that about Joe, at least he slept through from 10 weeks so it wasn't all bad. He had the amazing ability to drive me nuts in the day and then just crash for 13 hours at night! He's always been a good eater too. I think sometimes it's easy to just focus on the bad things and dwell on them. If we do have another baby I would need to relax a bit and not focus on what I THINK he/she SHOULD be like and just get on with it instead of worrying what people think of me. That was the worst part of all this, having my family blame me for Joseph's behaviour and telling me I was too soft with him/ it was my fault he was clingy and demanding. If I had a quid for everytime someone told me to leave him to scream, I'd be rolling in it! Anyway, it backfired on them cos he's bloody lovely now (if a little head strong!)

Blackbird, good luck with everything today. I know you won't read this for a while but I'm thinking of you and hoping you get a good, quiet, smiley baby too! Also hoping the labour is OK and all goes to plan.

How's all the other pg's going?

Me and dh had another chat last night and he is really wanting Joe to NOT be an only child and for the age gap not to be too big. However, he knows that I am just not ready yet. He was an only child and I think it has made him want Joseph to have someone to grow up with.... so you never know, maybe in another year or 2 I'll be back on the anti natal threads!

Right, I'm taking Joe to toddler group at 11 so I better go!

I'm hoping we have snow this year too. For the last couple of years in my part of kent we have had a couple of hours of light snow and then it's slush the next day. I want proper snow!

Good luck today BlackBird. Hope the labour goes well. I look forward to hearing all about the new lo and seeing a picture when you're up to it.

meandmyjoe - that's awful people telling you that it was your fault that joe was clingy. Some babies are just like that. Everyone's different. Have fun at toddler group.

it can snow as much as it wants to - as long as i don't have to drive anywhere! i love the snow.

i've picked up the dds cold - dd2 is on antibiotics - gettign back to her normal self now though. and she slept from 7.15 till 5.45am last night so that was bliss - first time in months

meandmyjoe - i can't believe people said that to you! he's a character that's all.

conker - have you calmed down about the buses yet?? it would really p*ss me off if that happened to me!

knickers - hopefully you are holding your brand new baby in your arms by now.

tasha was nice to hear your update!

helibee - have any of the teeth made an appearance yet? i'm wondering if dd2 is getting her back molars - drolling, fingers constantly in her mouth etc

gill ho's the headaches?
sorry if i've forgotten anyone...

hi everyone - sitting hovering at the computer waiting for take that tickets to go on sale. havent done this for ages. its nerve wracking.

have calmed down a bit about the buses my2 - but dh is having a good time reminding me of it over and over again and how kind bus drivers are. grr.

car being serviced today so in glasgow all day - think we will make a proper start on christmas shopping as busy most weekends from now on.

From a pregnancy thread - baby news.

knickers gave birth to Samuel at 6.42 this morning. baby weighing 9lb 11oz - ouch !

Congrats knickers on Samueal's arrival and on being the first one of us to have another!

Congratulations knickers!!! Can't wait to hear all about him and the birth.

My2 - hope you feel better soon. Glad dd2 is on the mend. My headaches are still bad. I think it's my eyes though. I've been having difficulty watching tv and seeing road signs recently so I'm going to book an eye test.

Conker - did you get the tickets?

Dd's going trick or treating tonight with my sister and her 2 children. I might actually get home at a reasonable time tonight as I'm only picking up ds Dd messes about so much some nights that I'm at mum's for up to an hour.

Congrats knickers! Samuel is a lovely name, hope you and he are doing well and getting some rest.

Hope the rest of you are ok, off to South Wales shortly so not much time to post, but I have news!

Out of the blue we have found a new house to rent. Went to view it last night and it's very modern, very nice, with three bedrooms and a large plot of land behind it (shared access with three other houses for wheelie bins though, so can't secure gates onto street which is a neg point as can't fling James out there next year safely without locking those gates) but the rest of it is so nice and ideal location we have to go for it!

We'll be moving in just before christmas so it's going to be a stretch physically and financially but I'm sooo excited. There's a playgroup/pre-school literally across the road, a playground at the end of the street, a primary school 0.5 mile away, secondary school 0.3 mile away, town/library/supermarket is a 2 min walk, huge park with big playground 5 mins away, and only 10 miles from my big sis as opposed to 20 odd miles now. It's ideal.

I'm ever so daunted though, got masses of cleaning, painting, crack filling (but enough about my lovelife) and carpet cleaning to do, to get our deposit back! Oh well, off to pack for S/Wales, have a nice weekend everyone, hope all's well! xxx

James I glad you have some good news at last. Now i am going to my mummy (yours not james i am very old) make sure you give a list of jobs/chores your dp has to do. Do not try and do everything yourself.

Congrate Knickers. as others have said samual is lovey name.

Now i am going to tell you in my best mummy voice (yours not james i am very old) make sure you give a list of jobs/chores your dp has to do. Do not try and do everything yourself.

Good for you James. I'm really pleased for you Agree with lizzie. Don't do all the work yourself. Have a nice weekend.