Feb 08 - Never mind my wrinkly tum, look what's come out of my baby's bum!

[Gill79]

done it

lol - just came back to this thread to do a bangs-head-with-stupidty type move. i even thought "wow, another shop assistant story!" well. maybe not wow, but i thought the rest of it . lol at the lying to HV about rolling over - thats exactly what i'd've done.

an only slightly related aside - my bro has posted two vids of my lovely niece on youtube: one of her crawling and one of her walking. at the top of each clip he announces her age - six months for the crawling, 8 and a half for the walking . they are coming round in a fortnight and i am desperatley trying to get her doing something

her current fave trick is to lock her knees so i cant sit her down. i wouldnt mind but much as she would dearly like to spend all her time time standing, she cant do it alone and i cant hold her up all the time. i've taken to leaning her against the arm of the sofa where she can semi stand for ages but at least fall back into the sofa when she tumbles.

I think the lack of standard advice between hvs is shocking.

DS has had a couple of times when his weight gain hasn't been great as I was telling Rozzy. First time I saw my lovely HV who said not to worry and just to feed a little bit extra if I got a chance. Second time, I saw someone new. I told her I was planning to wean (DS was 24 1/2 weeks) and she spouted all the standard crap about not weaning before 6 months even though I was only 10 days early and had genuine reasons to and had done my research. Then she weighed him and referred me back to lovely one for poor weight gain.

When I saw no.2 she said "don't tell me, weight gain" She then went on to say that I was the third person in a row referred back to her (which is why the wait was horrendous) and that his weight was fine and not to worry at all. I then told her about my weaning plan and she said it was a great idea for him and that she thought I should go and try it immediately!! So you can end up with completely conflicting views from hvs in the same team in the same surgery on the same day. Great - I consider myself to be fairly intelligent and able to read up for myself and make my own decision but others probably need more guidance and just don't get it. My lovely HV is so great because she is really focused on mums and listens rather than just give standard advice.

Oops sorry, a bit of a rant there but it does make me really .....

Your neice sounds very advanced Tyaca! Malcolm does the knee locking thing all the time - he tricks grandparents into thinking he can stand up and then they let go of him (and crash).

Nursery must be so sad to begin with Strawberry...not looking forward to that bit at all if we do go for it. Enjoy your last few weeks of "freedom"

Well last night was absolutely cack. He woke up every hour from 9pm till 1am then 3am, I fed him and he cried till 4 when I had to change a nappy and then he must have got up after that cause he was in bed next to me when I woke up. ARRRGHHH! What's the matter with him? He's perfectly happy in the daytime.... DP is out tonight so I put him down and let him "controlled cry" for 50 minutes while I cooked dinner. I kept going in to reassure him but by the time I picked him up he was in such a state and then fell asleep in my arms within a minute, so obviously was tired and just needed company/ comfort. Am really not convined that is the way forward and must trust my instincts but what other options are there for getting him to sleep by himself?

Sorry - haven't talked to anyone today! Apart from a man in India who phoned to tell me about the suspiciously high usage of my credit card .

Anyway. I made a video for my MIL today which is here as long as you promise not to listen to me gushing embarassingly over DS. Isn't he clever? And is that a wave to granny Fiona?

I've only seen one HV, once, but she struck me as having learnt everything from a (small) book - just a quick set of standard questions and out the door. I think it was Bean who had a great encounter with hers with DS2 - unbelieveably useless. Although of course there must be good ones but the disparity seems huge.Imagine all those people who will end up getting in a tizz over bad advice.

Gill you vid is so cute Malcolm is adorable!!!!

HV are a reall pita!!!!!!!! Glad i dont see mine very often

Gill, love the video, he's so gorgeous!! He looks so much bigger than my mini man!!!!! His expression is great, kind of "why must I do this again for the camera mum?!"

Sorry your sleep is such a nightmare. I really don't have any useful advice to offer. Oh, other than I cracked sleeping with DS when I accidently forgot to turn on his monitor one night. Was amazed he went to sleep without crying once and then discovered I didn't hear him!! Felt terrible but I swear from that night on he's always gone to sleep straight away (probably in a damaged, abandoned, no one loves me kind of way though!!)

You lot always make me feel much better.

Meant to say earlier Gill that your plan to go back to the same company is a wise one re pt working. I've often thought about having a career break until kids are a bit older but the payoff for having a year or 2 off (all we could afford) would be that I would be really unlikely to be able to get a flexible pt job when I did go back and would have to work ft. Your nights sound awful at the moment - would you consider co-sleeping to let you have more sleep? I understand if that's not an option for you though as I can't sleep with dc in bed with me but you must be exhausted.

Hello everyone, I haven't posted for ages as the thread goes really fast, and my brain goes at a geological pace these days!

I'm going back to work soonish and really wish that it was a nice bit of gardening or something soothing, but I think it's going to be quite hellish. My employer has introduced hotdesking, and they've made the two people who run the service redundant. Oh dear.

Talking of bathroom light cords (well done Tyaca!), Hector's favourite thing is pulling the light on, and off, and on, and off again. That, and pulling the cats tails.

Still no teeth and no rolling.

I read the other day that 'food is for fun until they are one'. I'm just spoonfeeding as I can't bear the mess, but he likes everything so far, except bananas. The very whiff of them makes him puke, which is inconvenient as they're such portable food items.

I ordered a high chair and it still hasn't arrived after weeks and weeks. It was from a company called Two Left Feet. DON'T give them your money - they are crooks.

Well done Princess for organising a party - it's an excellent thing to do - and you'll get to know all your neighbours.

Hello everyone, I haven't posted for ages as the thread goes really fast, and my brain goes at a geological pace these days!

I'm going back to work soonish and really wish that it was a nice bit of gardening or something soothing, but I think it's going to be quite hellish. My employer has introduced hotdesking, and they've made the two people who run the service redundant. Oh dear.

Talking of bathroom light cords (well done Tyaca!), Hector's favourite thing is pulling the light on, and off, and on, and off again. That, and pulling the cats tails.

Still no teeth and no rolling.

I read the other day that 'food is for fun until they are one'. I'm just spoonfeeding as I can't bear the mess, but he likes everything so far, except bananas. The very whiff of them makes him puke, which is inconvenient as they're such portable food items.

I ordered a high chair and it still hasn't arrived after weeks and weeks. It was from a company called Two Left Feet. DON'T give them your money - they are crooks.

Well done Princess for organising a party - it's an excellent thing to do - and you'll get to know all your neighbours.

Hello everyone, I haven't posted for ages as the thread goes really fast, and my brain goes at a geological pace these days!

I'm going back to work soonish and really wish that it was a nice bit of gardening or something soothing, but I think it's going to be quite hellish. My employer has introduced hotdesking, and they've made the two people who run the service redundant. Oh dear.

Talking of bathroom light cords (well done Tyaca!), Hector's favourite thing is pulling the light on, and off, and on, and off again. That, and pulling the cats tails.

Still no teeth and no rolling.

I read the other day that 'food is for fun until they are one'. I'm just spoonfeeding as I can't bear the mess, but he likes everything so far, except bananas. The very whiff of them makes him puke, which is inconvenient as they're such portable food items.

I ordered a high chair and it still hasn't arrived after weeks and weeks. It was from a company called Two Left Feet. DON'T give them your money - they are crooks.

Well done Princess for organising a party - it's an excellent thing to do - and you'll get to know all your neighbours.

Yup - I might bring him in with me a bit earlier than normal if it looks like being another bad night Rozzy. (which it does ) He's just starting to wake up for the second time tonight....

Have put some holiday pics up on profile.

Watching the girl with two faces on channel 4

good night!

Oh heavens, 2 Left Feet is famous for their crap service, sorry to hear you got caught up with them, Mitford.

I haven't had baby weighed since...er, dunno? 4 months ago? He's develping steadily and growing thru clothes, that's all I need to know.

SOOO... who else will confess to having fished dodgy things out of baby's mouth recently? Please don't let me be alone in admitting to the likes of...
stones, tissues (various classes of previous use), an Easter chick with plastic feet, a bit of picture backing, newspaper, bits of the Argos catalog, grass, till receipts (obligatory, aren't they?)... any better?

Hello everyone, well i'm sure my last bit of baby weight must have gone now, i've been absolutely knackered, i think i underestimated how full my days would be once i went back to work!

Thank you all for your kind words and thoughts about my dad, sat was very upsetting, all day i kept thinking "this time last year i was doing this" and i got very upset when i thought back to when i last saw him, i took my 20 week scan picture in because i'd just had it done and he was thrilled to be having another grandson. It just breaks my heart that he never got to see James anyway as you all have heard me say before, dad was a big man city fan, so me my sis and mum bought holly bushes and planted them on sat afternoon, they were called "Blue Angel"

I'll be back later...promise (i'm not in work today!!)

mitfords! hello. yes, 2 left feet are awful. i had a horrible time at their store in bedford when i was preg, remember coming home determined to start a thread rubbishing them here, but i think i just slumped in front of the telly with a fist full of sainsburys bakery products. dd fairly much only likes bananas. her eyes follow them round the room and i'm fairly sure the only reason she open her mouth to eat anything is cause this time it may be banana.

is anyone else having trouble resisting full fat milk? we've been on skimmed ever since dd born, but now i have the proper stuff in the house for her i find myself reaching for blue lidded bottles everytime. its so nice and makes everything taste cer-reamy!

gill, i do sympathise about knowing what is the right thing to do. esp when other half is out. i brought dd into bed other night when dh on duty just cause i was going to go nuts if i didnt. and i do feel like maybe i'm starting to create a problem. but i have no idea what the "right" thing to do was. as you say, its when they want company and attention that its hard.... i then start projecting and seeing a lifetime of bad parenting decisions ahead of me . last night at half four, i couldnt understand why she was so annoyed at my attempts to pop dummy back in ... turned out she already had one . without my specs i'm useless.

dh knocking off work early so we can go shopping for clothes for dd hurrah! i have strictly told that monsoon is out of the question . darn his sister for pointing out how expensise it is, i swear he'd never have noticed otherwise.....

x posts leesmum. that sounds like a lovely tribute to your dad. lovely to hear from you - dont work too hard xx

how many days are you working Leesmum?

Some good news to report - five hours uninterrupted sleep!!!

Bonjour mes amis

Sorry have not been posting much lately - have been desprately trying to organise my house before i go back to work in a few weeks time.

Rozzy my DS did the opposite - put on 7oz in a week after weaning, after months and months of exactly 4oz/week.
I sacked my HV from advising on BFing issues long ago so have developed my own theory which is that weight gain is determined by how much they get to eat in the first 6 months and then they have a period of catch up/ catch down growth once they are allowed to eat solids/are able to exercise to burn calories.
In my case I think my DS was slightly underfed for the 1st 6mo (low milk supply... long story) and now is shovelling in the food in an effort to catch up to where his genetics tell him he "should" be. So far he has attained the dizzy heights of the 9th centile

DS has JUST learned to roll, has been commandocrawling a little while, but no teeth yet this is good as I am hoping to keep bf a little longer if I can.

Gill am hugely impressed by Malcolm's hand clapping. Also by his hair Am I the only one left with a baldy-head baby?
Sorry to hear he has not been sleeping, I read somewher I think that they can go through a non sleeping phase when going through a developmental spurt, cos their little brains are so active not sure if true but makes me feel better about my own non sleeping DS.

lol re banana eating preferences. my DS loves them but is NOT ALLOWED them as he gets all bunged up

tyaca ooh yes full fat milk mmmm .... also petits filous DS not really getting a look in!

gotta go, DS just woken up... more anon

great to hear from u sally,. sounds like all is good with u guys,

When are u back to work??

Hi cyber pals! I am still here and managed to read the last 3 pages! Work is consuming me as I knew it would, but so far it is OK with DH as the nanny Leila is coping fine. We are poor but happy! We have let her cry herself back to sleep at night and she seems to have got the hint! I knew I wouldn't cope at work with broken sleep.

She is eating anything she can reach (paper is a favourite) and doing a funny version of crawling - lurching from tiptoes to chest! It looks quite painful but she can cross a room in 30 seconds if she wants to!

No teeth (thank god! not looking forward to that one) and still bf morning & night which I am so pleased about - I never managed to mix bottle and breast with the other 2 DDs it was all or nothing!

DH has set up a huge play pen in his studio so he can actually work and babysit - so far - I am sure it will get trickier as she gets older...

Gill - love your video of malcom - what a cutie!

Hi everyone.

I made the mistake of watching the documentary about the girl with 2 faces and only watched part of it - the part where she died. Not the best thing for me to watch. My emotions are still near the surface. Am starting counselling soon.

oh lovemymum, u ok??? when does your councelling begin?

Dont really know what to write but didn't want to leave u unanswered!!!

Harry gone to preschool today he looks so cute in his uniform will put a pic on, xxx

DD has had me up now 3 nites in a row screaming with her teeth, i gave in last night and gave her medised as calpol was not doing a thing for her, feel totally shattered!!!!

she is napping atm and i really should hoover but i cannot be arsed, although i have put a a stew in the slow cooker for dinner

Morning all. Feel like i have not posted properly for a few days. This is just a quickie but will hopefully be back on soon. Lovemymum hope you are ok, programmes like that are not good when you are feeling emotional.

Word of warning DS2 ate some paper today(left him alone for 2 mins and he ate the Jojo Maman Bebe catalogue). 10 mins later he had a huge puke full of chunks of chewed paper (all over himself and buggy and floor just when we were abouto walk out of the door to nursery).

Sarah hope your DD feels better soon. We now have three teeth between two babies. At least with DS at preschool you can hopefully get some rest. Mine stayed asleep til SEVEN AM this morning but DD did have a little cry in the night and I was up briefly with DS1 who misplaced his Blankie in the dark and was distraught .

I said this would be quick and am still nattering. DD had woken up from nap but seems quiet again but must drink my tea before they do wake up!

Hi lovemymum, just wanted to say hi and hope you are feeling a bit better today x

Sarah I start work in 4 weeks time, loads of stuff happening in the meantime incl sisters wedding, DS christening etc! Hope the teeth sort themselves out soon.

Egg lol DS is always trying to eat paper, card etc. We have a great photo of him chomping away at the DoH Weaning leaflet