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

[Gill79]

done it

We have builders! (and doors and windows!)

I really hope Malc will be the first walker! I'm so competitive. Yesterday I was getting him to stand for three or four seconds unaided quite consistently. The trick is to hold onto their hips, tell them to clap hands and then let go when they're busy clapping. Takes a few seconds to realise they're not being held and panic and sit down!

My horizons are so small. Spoke to my friend this morning and she said - well, what a momentous day! I said - oh, is your DD at nursery?

Well came on for a moan and then realised that other people suffering too (Bovril, Betty to name two - oh and Egg and other twinners of course). Malc just not sleeping, didn't really eat yesterday and not at all today, got quite a temperature and a sore botty (blisters!!) and runny nose. Teething anyone thinks?

Sounds like my DS too gill. High temp and hardly ate yesterday or this morning. Just been to Jo Jingles which he seemed to enjoy he's back in bed now though. I think its his teeth as he won't let me clean his teeth which he usually loves. Cant see anything coming but he refuses to let me look

Thanks Sarah and count for the christmas presents ideas

Gill poor Malcolm, blisters on his bum sounds bad, are you still BF? if so breast milk is fab for sore bottoms. Can't believe Malcolm is standing up!! well done to him, i do believe he will be an early walker xx

And Alkar how you doing love? It sounds as if your Daniel and Malcolm will be getting some teeth soon, try lying them on the floor and dangle something they shouldn't have over their head...it's the easiest way to look for teeth!

I've put some new piccies on of the lads.

Gill79 I think you're quite safe, whilst Teddy takes the stairs at a rate of knots and cruises around the furniture he has no intention of letting go, and I am in no hurry to encourage him. In fact I was a bit gutted when he started to crawl quite early and all I could see was death by lego, Hama bead, stray cheerio etc

Thanks for cheery welcome Leesmum other children are DD 5yrs and DS 4yrs (in 2 weeks) They have been the most fantastic help with The Tedster,

This may have been covered in the 800+ posts on this thread but..... is anyone else broody????

Hi All,

Proud mummy alert!!! Henley took his 1st steps on Monday!! He only managed 2 before he fell on his bum but it was so cute. He walked from me to DP. It was lovely . Although DP said that this now confirms that he's no longer a baby, hes a toddler . He will always be my baby, even whe hes 30 .

Hope everyone is ok. Henley came down with a viral infection at the weekend. The poor mite was covered in a red rash, had sickness & diorea and wouldnt eat a thing. It only lasted 48hrs but that was long enough. I was worried about meningistus and kept doing the glass test on his rash. Thankfully it wasnt and all his symptoms went as fast as they came.

Whats everyone doing for bonfire night. Were having a little fire in the garden and gettign a few fire works from Hootys. Having a couple of friends round too. Im going to attempt to make some parkin later .

gill Malcoms blisters sound quite sore. Have you tried Bepanthan. Its fantastic. The Dr prescribed some for Henley when he was on anti biotics (he always gets nappy rash when hes on anti biotics), i really do recommend it. Sounds like he will be walking soon too.

There seems to be so much sickness around still. Its horrible when your LOs are ill or your ill yourself.

Got to dash, im off to Hootys to get the fireworks xx

Wow missnat, bet he looks cute, he is a very early walker! DS2 can stand unaided v briefly and loves to cruise one handed but I think it will be another month or more before he walks. Think DD might crawl in a month too!

Everyone ill here, or not 100% anyway. Bit worried about DS1. His eye is all red and very bloodshot but he says it doesn't hurt. He voluntarily took himself to bed at 11:30 (although didn't sleep and came back down at 12:15). He leaned back on the sofa and then said the back of his heart, and when I lay him down in his bed just now for his nap he was wincing when his head touched the pillow . He keeps saying "I'm ok" but he has been almost silent today except when we had a bath together earlier and he was his usual happy self. Doesn't seem to have a temp (it was 37.5 which I think is normal or v slightly high???).

Am trying to cut down on DTs food intake to see if sickness reduces. No pukes yesterday, but DS2 awake and screaming from 4:30 and DD up before 6, and both drained their bottles within a few mins when I finally gave in at 6am and fed them. DD puked during lunch today after not very much, so don't think it is that I am overfeeding them... Also they both woke screaming blue murder only 30 mins into their lunchtime nap yesterday and were desperate for milk at 1:15 when they normally dont get offered it until after 2pm and often ignore it even then.

Gill glad the builders have returned. We had our garden completely gutted and then repaved etc (at our old house) when DS1 was 10/11 months. I thought it wouldn't impact on DS1 at all but with them going back and forth through the house leaving front and back doors open all the time it meant he was confined to the upstairs, his highchair or his playpen.

Welcome to angrypixie . We will finish this thread soon enough, although looks like you have slotted in nicely on this one anyway!

Keep trying to look back at last lot of posts so I can reply to people but my computer has gone mad and settings have changed (DS1 was playing on it last night) and every time I try to scroll all the other toolbars disappear so I think I will give up for now.

Ohhh, forgot, one nice bit of news. DS1's big Christmas present arrived yesterday. His new BIKE. It is fabulous. He still wants a basketball more than anything though, when I told him it was his present (it is boxed) he looked very dubious and said "that's not a basketball" and his bottom lip started to wobble.

Your pictures are really lovely leesmum and whilst I am not broody yet angrypixie seeing photos of brothers makes me think I want another little boy too.

I was just in the swimming pool at the local leisure centre, with DS in the creche there but the childminder had to come and get me because DS was cying. He never crys there at all poor little love. Have given him calpol and put him in his cot hope its just his teeth, a friend who was here last week said her DS has had a viral infection and is now covered in a rash

Have a lovely bonfire night missnat. We aren;t doing anything, DH thinks DS is too small to go anywhere and I dont like having fireworks in our back garden, the poor cats terrified enough.

Sorry - congratulations to henley on his first steps!!!!

Alkar poor you! Must be awful when they have to come and get you, esp when you are in swimming gear and then (I presume) have to go and get changed before you can go and get your little man.

Both DTs have top teeth coming through at mo and are very grumpy and crying even more than normal. I keep forgetting to put the anbesol on .

Leesmum I will go and have a look at your gorgeous boys now. I will not be broody!

but if I was going to get broody your pics would have been the ones to do it!

Oooooh they are so cute. I love that they really seem to look like each other. DS2 just looks like a little clone of DS1 in most of the pics (unlike my DSs!).

Yes, I have never changed faster in my life

Egg that happens to my computer every time the cat walks on it, dont know what he does but it goes back to normal the next time its switched on. Have you got your DS1 a basketball???

Nooooooooooooooooooo Henley's beaten Malc to it! Gutted.(and sounds like Teddy a strong contender too) Congrats MissNat - you must be so proud (and sad too of course - I know I will be) Glad he's over nasty illness too.

Leesmum do you apply breastmilk directly to the botty?

Love the pic of Lee trying to eat a chicken and of buddha!

temp sounds normal egg unless you taking it under arm in which case should expect it to read about 1.0 down. Hope your wee guy ok. about the basketball.

Yep Gill, get em out and squirt it all over bum, it's fantastic xx

And thanks for comments about my lads they are scrummy xx

Egg your ds1 doesnt sound himself, if you are not happy take him back to doc's or better still call one out, thats what theyre there for x

Well done hugs for Henley, wow missnat that is very early to be walking, they are all so different aren't they?

Congratulations MissNatalie

I really don't think Teddy will walk unaided for awhile, my other 2 were 14 months!!!

Lovely pics LeesMum Will try & get some up of my brood too.

And I am sooooo broody, I saw a heavily pregnant woman coming back from the shops today. She was huffing and puffing somewhat with bags of shopping and all I could think was 'I wish she would bloody stop showing off because she's pregnant!'

Hope being broody is not going to turn me into the psychobitch from hell!

wow- well done Henley- felling very as dd still not crawling but she is moving around the floor, however, in a way am glad as i know once she is off she will become a demon!!!!!lol

Lovely pics leesmum, your boys are gorge, (i too have added a few halloween piccies, )

i am very broody i have a few friends who are expecting atm and am so green with envy!!!!lol

dh is adamant we are having no more but i would really like one more, (we have given away most baby stuff now except moses basket,swinging crib as i cannot bare to part with them- Dh is determind they are going too!!!boohoo lol we will see

oh alkar, you must have been panicking to get dressed!!!!

Miss Nat- dh and i visit Hooty's alot, we like some of the bargains there!!!!! happy shopping for fireworks, hope your party goes well- Glad to hear everything is good with u again xxx

Well done on the walking Missnatalie and standing gill!! Andrew is making progress with moving. He can go backwards and round in circles which is huge progress considering he didn't even like lying on him tummy a few weeks ago. He is nowhere near walking - my other 2 were 14 months when they took their first steps too.

Leesmum - I am still bf during the day. Last night was not great - he was only up once but took more than 2 hours to get back to sleep without a bf. I was a bit demoralised until I took him out of his sleeping bag this morning and realised that not only had he cut another tooth but had managed to wedge both of his legs into one leg of his sleepsuit and couldn't move them - he looked like a mermaid. So if he's struggling to settle tonight I'll make sure to check he's not done that again - we've just moved him into the bigger size sleepsuits and there's obviously more room for manouvre!!

Angriepixie - I also have a 5 year old and a newly 4 year old - although ds1 will be 6 next month. I have felt broody on occasion but I think that's just because I'm sad I won't do the whole baby thing again - don't want 4 kids though - 3 is enough for me!

Egg - it sounds like you're having a nightmare - I hope dc are on the mend soon. Make sure you look after yourself - you'll need to be fighting fit to deal with that.

We had a few fireworks on Sat as dh is working tonight - what is hootys?

6 weeks until nurseries break off at Christmas Sarah - didn't realise it was quite so soon!!

Oh Noooooo Betty, Do I have to hate you too now? And joining this thread was all going so well

When is bump due to land?

Broooooody!? no i am not! Too busy to be broody!
Egg - so sorry yours are ill - awful.

LO has suddenly gone into a new phase - she shrieks to be picked up and is very clingy and whingey - separation anxiety? she is nearly 9 months. No teeth but I'm sure she is feeling them. Breast milk on botty eh? never knew about that one. I will try it - though so far botty is not sore.

DH gave her a whole scrambled egg yesterday for lunch and she screamed all night with a sore tummy and did a rock hard poo his morning. no egg today!

I am supposed to be marking so I'd better get back to it.

waves to all.....

Saw a nubie at preschool today and did feel those broody pangs but no more here, I just couldn't cope. having said that I spose if someone presented me with a child of about 3.5 all potty trained, weaned, sleep trained etc etc then I doubt I'd say no!!!!

Well ds2 had his first proper afternoon at nursery today and it was sooo weird. I nearly had tears saying goodbye and then when I got back from shopping, I just sat wondering what the hell to do with myself it was soo quiet!! I kept straining to hear him thinking he was asleep. He was so pleased to see me when I got there and came crawling straight over and he'd been abosolutely superb and really enjoyed himself so not all bad. It just felt odd leaving him and I'm so glad I'm doing it before going back formally as at least my first day back won't be spending the entire day worrying. I think its cause I've been spoilt with the last year being at home with the boys, I feel really horrendous all of a sudden that I'm gonna be leaving them. Ooooo there's gonna be tears I just know it!!!

Speaking of tears, I actually had some watching Obamas speech this morning on the news. I just can't get over the enormity of a black president and I was so overwhelmed by it and also proud that its happened in my lifetime. Think ds1 thinks I'm mad but no explaining could get across to him what was going on!!!!

I was crying in the car on my way to work when I head the news - such a momentous day!

Betty - the hysterical crying when you put them down at the mo - yes - DH is tough and says she is trying it on and to be firm! She seems to stop crying quite quickly - but are we ruining her for life~?

what happened to my marking?!

Oh yes rozzy - i know that feeling of doing everything badly - work and home...

God its been a busy day on here. I'm only a night behind and there's so many posts to reply to!

Wow, Miss Nat, walking is really impressive. My DS is probably one of the babies on here because he was born on 26 Feb and was actually due on 17 March, so walking seems quite far off. He's crawling and can stand holding onto something just about, but I don't reckon he'll be actually walking until nearer to his birthday. DD walked at about 13 months and he seems about a month in advance of her with crawling etc, so I think sometime in Jan/Feb.

It does seem like all the babies are sick at the moment. I think DS's is due to starting nursery but he's had a terrible cold/cough and two new teeth all at once, and conjunctivitis so he's so sad and sorry for himself. I bought up half the chemist today, including medised (why didn't I know before that there is a medicine which makes sick babies drowsy ) and a plug in vapouriser. He seems to be sleeping better at the moment. I had a real low point last night, work being crazy so I was still trying to work at home at 10.30 when he woke up and started crying. By the time I managed to settle him it was midnight and I still had about 2 hours of work to do for today, and I was due to be on a course this morning and I'm not even supposed to work on Wednesdays. I felt so tired and vaguely hysterical and DH sat me down and said I am heading for a nervous breakdown and made me cancel the course. So I worked from home this morning and tonight but have the whole of Friday off as a result which means I have time to plan DD's birthday party.

Rozzy, I so know what you and Omy mean about doing everything badly, It makes me want to cry.

As for all the broody talk, so glad its not only me. DH is adamant that there will be no more and I feel devestated, even though I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to tempt fate when I have two gorgeous DCs.

Re breastfeeding, spoke to the allergist dietician today and told her I thought I would stop now. She said there was no good reason to continue really and that lots of pressure is put on us to continue. SHe kind of gave me permission to stop without guilt, if that doesn't sound strange . So am going to phase it out now, I am kind of down to 2 feeds plus an express at night so I have cut that out tonight and plan to try and finish altogether by the time DS is 9 months. That also makes me so sad though, can't believe I will never do it again. It makes me feel like the best part of my life is over

Count, my DS completely loves nursery. He is insulting happy there so am sure your DS will be fine too. When do you start back at work?

Hello Angry, I'm still quite new here too but everyone is so lovely, I wish I'd found this site when I was pregnant and shared the whole journey!

We didn't have fireworks tonight. We will have a few with our grown up friends after DD's birthday party on Saturday.

Wow, can't manage any more for now. Am going to wake DH up from the sofa and go to bed. See you all tomorrow, am working at home so will try to keep up!!