APRIL 2008 - The One Where We Step Away From The Psycho Pill and Try Not To Need Pregnancy Tests!!!

[VictorianSqualor]

Our Babies

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 SalLikesCoffee, 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 @
05 April: Ellis, a baby girl for MadameOvary
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
20 April: A baby girl for SushiMama
21 April: Eve, a second baby for OMaLittle, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
21 April: A second DD for Monmoo
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
22 April: A second DD for blinks.
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
30 April: A second DD for luckymummy74
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 MommyHasAHeadache, 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

sometimes. Not sometime's.

oohh...sometimes is one of those words that start looking wrong when you look at them over and over...

I just feel guilty if I am not entertaining her all the time - although I know she loves being on her mat/gazing in the mirror/playing with her toys etc.

Yesterday was the first time she has really taken any notice of the animals - normally it is just the trees, or more often, her hands, that hold the most fascination. It's a good job we went yesterday though as today the rain is back with a vengence, whihc is not helping the huge amount of mud the builders have created outside my back door grrrrrrrrrrr.

lol Ladybee, the first signs of madness! (Just joking obv.)

I am absolutely shattered. Also nearly killed dh last night. I know I shouldn't really complain, as he helps with nightfeeds and work really, really hard during the day. BUT, if he is going to help, he needs to do it right [control freak emoticon]. What he's been doing lately is getting up for the middle of night feed, but instead of just given R's milk, he's chatting with him, waking him up completely. As you can imagine, R is then completely awake and no way in hell will he go back to sleep. Then dh grumbles, and I feel sorry for him and worry about him being able to concentrate at work, and then I have to spend at least an hour (which feels like eternity at 3am) trying to persuade R that he really should be tired. I've banned him from R's room during the night if he so much as say a word or make eye contact again. Will see how it works, but honestly, it's easier and quicker giving a quick drink and letting him fall asleep than someone else giving a drink and me pacing up and down with a crying baby in my arms!!! Sorry, rant over.

I could do with a nap now - let me see if I can persuade R to do the same!

Ah you see there aren't any baby & toddler clubs bar the HV one that Bas is too ld for now. If I were near the traffors I might be tempted, even Cwmbran centre is worth a walk, but all we have is the Ffrwm (sp-think there's more f's in there) which is semi-porno carvings and crap cherub souvenirs- bollox!

Weightwatchers weigh in- lost 5.5lbs. Fab.

I'm looking for baby groups too at the moment, but not having a lot of joy. Going to try one this afternoon, so we'll see if its good.

Had another good night with A. OMaLittle - how's it going with you?

By the way, I've namechanged. Was Sagitta.

Hello TheShipsCat, thanks for the shout out! Actually feeling terribly sorry for myself as I have food poisoning and DH flew to Libya (AGAIN) this morning. Back Thursday. Luckily my sis is staying until Thursday when she goes to Indonesia but I feel slightly guilty about asking her to do stuff (even between dashes to the loo) in a way I don't when I tell ask DH to. Feeling a bit better, though (been ill since Sunday) and just managed a pitta bread so will see if that stays put. DD2 has been waking a lot in the night (every 20 mins between 2 and 4 last night, so what with my fever and loo dashes and feeds I didn't get more than one hour in a go), not sure if she's cold. Room is much more like 16-18 degrees now but I think she's used to much warmer.

DonDons, that cracked me up about having your thumb up your arse. I have been known to respond rather aggressively to 'but I've been at work' too - e.g. "WELL I HAVEN'T BEEN HAVING A F*CKING PICNIC!" The other one that annoys me is 'but you can go back to sleep at lunchtime' - hmm, yes, IF I can get them both to go down at once, and believe you me, I would HAPPILY trade my daytime nap for just one full night's sleep. Just one.

Urgh, I should probably come back when I'm in better spirits. Early 2009, maybe?

So sorry to hear you're having such a terrible time - the squits on top of everything else is a nightmare. Have you tried a touch of controlled crying with E? I was a bit of witch last night and wouldn't feed her when she woke at 4, as she's done 3 nights in a row without it. A cuddle and back down again was all she got.
I realised last night that our room was freezing, and I can't find the thicker tog babygro that i know I've got somewhere. Had to turn the heating on, and then I was paranoid that it would get too stuffy in there and she'd stop breathing. I made DH go and check our her room in the night, between feeds.

At the start of each day I keep wondering what I am going to do - so I promised DH I would properly clean the bathroom and varnish our bedroom windows this week. But I don't seem to have found the time to do anything apart from --MN. Where does it all the time go?

Well done Peachy, that's brilliant!! You and Scorpio are supposed to be inspiring me but my chocolate habit is too strong at the moment. I really think I might be addicted, I start feeling quite unhappy if a day goes by without some small chocolatey treat.

Maybe I could get chocolate buttons and just have one a day

hahahahahahaha

No that's never going to work.

Dondons I have found that by sitting on the floor next to Ben with my laptop I can feel like I'm entertaining him while still MNing guilt free...as I am doing right now.

OMaLittle, I am feeling terribly sorry for you too.

oh poor you Oma- sounds awful!

Oma, thinking of you, hope everything's settled now! I'm in awe of you as it is without the additional, well, uhm, runnings, so was funny to see you haven't lost your sense of humour, lol.

Well done on the weigh-in, Peachy. I'm with Ladybee on the chocolate addiction, but whereas she's sensible and consider buttons, I've bought they buy-one-get-one-free huge tin of Quality Street. What the hell is wrong with me??? I'll have to go back to work just to stop me from ending up as a wallrus (am getting closer by the second).

TheShipsCat (I got really confused halfway through your first post, thought I've completely forgotten the name of a regular poster! Was quite relieved to reach the end and see it's you), I've been tempted to switch on the heating too. Dh said at 18 it's within recommended guidelines, but I'm thinking same as you - poor thing is used to warmer climates now. So I feel too guilty lying there under my warm and cosy down duvet while he's in a summery growbag!

Dh bought a syringe at the chemist today, as trying to give R Calpol doesn't quite work with a teaspoon (his clothes have no aches left though). He's still not great, I blame teeth. He's also been a bit pukey today. I smell funny.

VS, where are you btw? You haven't moved yet, have you? If you're reading this, good luck with the packing (unless you're already there...)

I always smell funny, Sal! A is a real puker...

Had a shocking night, so I shouldn't have gloated so much before! I am so tired, and I've got both dds all day today, and DH is away. Dreading it. I think its going to be a Cbeebies day...And wondering if cleaning the bathroom will be a fun activity for a 2 year old.

I just realised [dense emoticon] that instead of worrying about the thin grobag, I could always put A in a vest as well as pyjamas,..can't believe it took me that long to think of it!

By the way Sal, you get a free syringe with Nurofen...

I shouldn't have spoken too soon either... George went down like a dream after only having one side, woke at 10 for the other. Then woke up at 2:30 and stayed awake for an hour and a half. He only came out of the cot a couple of times to see if he would feed to sleep, the rest of the time he was singing and chatting to himself. Bah.

Our bedroom gets really quite cold overnight too, and G has been sleeping in long sleeved vest, babygro, 2.5 tog grobag with a pair of socks over his hands and a single layer of cellular blanket over him too. He's also been having his cot pushed right up to our bed and has a cot bumper along the other side to try to keep the draughts out too. We have floorboards and it's colder in that room than any of the rooms with carpet. He's been sleeping better with all those layers on so he must have been cold before.

Bummer TheShipsCat, hope you get a rest today to make up...bathroom schmathroom.
We're back from the immunisations, and Ben did sooo well! He didn't even cry for the first two, and only for about 2 seconds on the third which the nurse said was more stingy. Such a brave boy

Whoever suggested that I feed him in small stages in the mornings, thank you! This is really working for us, he hasn't done a big puke in the morning since we started. We do about 3 x 5 mins sessions with breaks in between. But...

For the first time we weighed Benedict and he's lost weight since his weigh-in last week. I'm not too worried, as it was a different scale used for the home visit weighing (last week), and I'll just take him in next week to see how he's going before thinking much more about it.

DS is still asleep from the walk home, time for a cup of tea I think

Hello! Pleased to announce that I have managed to retain a couple of pitta breads and lots of hot water and sugar (which is nice and potentially quite addictive).

Another desperate chocolate addict here - recently switched from Green and Blacks to Divine as it's cheaper more ethical, used to be able to stop at one row, now I have to make DH take it away and hide it or I eat the whole bar (and barely even chew between swallows).

We had an OK night last night, up for a few minutes at 9.45, 50 minutes at 11.40, ten minutes at 3.18 and about 45 mins at 4.34. DD1 up at 6.36. Still, a couple of good blocks. Who needs sleep when you've had no food and are recovering from food poisoning, anyway? Managed to argue with my sister by 7.10am, too - nice.

DD2 has been a RATBAG this morning. May be my fault (most things are, you know) - she was dropping off as I was giving her a top-up feed at 9.20 prenap (another adherent to max two hours' awake time here, though does cause probs in the evening, more anon...), I was watching Entourage so perhaps waited a bit too long to put her down, then figured she was a bit ratty anyway, and she was sucking my arm, so brought her down for a bit more food (and Entourage) in her sleeping bag (she's still swaddled ), took her back up, had a few gurgly moments so I left her and she quickly worked up into FULL ON SCREAMING, the kind where you understand where the saying 'scream your head off' comes from. 1hr 45 after starting to think about it, she FINALLY goes to sleep.

Er, got curtailed there (but no-one seemed to notice ) by friend arriving to watch DD2 as she had then timed her nap for just over the nursery run. Been down for two hours now.

The thing is, her naps tend to be round about 9.30-11.30 and 1.30-3.30 (I know, I'm very lucky she goes down for so long, DD1 never did more than 45 mins before her first birthday, and though DD2 wakes up, she will be coaxed back to sleep which DD1 wouldn't... but then DD1 was sleeping through at this age). Then I'm not sure what to do at 5.30 - sometimes a nap in the BabyBjorn but I never put her down. Thing is, this (I think) can mean she's too tired to take her bedtime feed properly. Any tips?

our house is really cold- gaps around doors and windows would account for that- but he sleeps in with us so fingers crossed OK.
Well, in that he doesn't get cold- the waking nights are starting to take a toll

Well anyway just collected my glasses- goodness I look scarily bad now I can see! seriously! skins aged about a decade- eeeeek! also have a chest infection and worried abiu bf if i need ab's (still won't take bottle)

so spent £35 in boots on de-ratting stuff and now have to go peruse bettaware as can now see the no-longer hidde house dirt. Damn full vision!

OMaLittle - the same problem here - A is too sleepy for the last feed. No suggestions, I am afraid. I've tried all sorts of different routines but none is particularly effective.

Had a crappy morning. Went to the farm shop/garden centre/playground at dd1's request. A went into full-on screaming mode, as I was strapping her in her car seat to leave, turned to get dd1 and found her sitting on the ground eating broken glass She promised she didn't swallow any, but I made her eat some bread anyway.

I feel like such a crap mum today as I am so tired I am being horrible and shouty to both dds, and its not their fault. (Well, actually, yes it is, its dd2's fault.). But I've had so much coffee to compensate that now - in a rare moment when both are asleep, I can't sleep .

Peachy, we have rat troubles too. I've just bought all the tomato plants inside as something has been very busy eating them - the low ones. DH is going to be a bit pissed off as we already have two 7 foot tall beefsteak tomatoes inside which he is desperate to get rid of. But he's not here so tough.

Peachy - by deratting, did you mean rats? Can you buy that sort of stuff in Boots?

LOL- no, de-ratting as in stopping myself looking ratty!

Ah TSC, so you just confessed to your rodent problem without any ready-made solidarity!

Is it OK to think of you as Sagitta? I kind of think of it as your real name. Does everyone think of me as OMa yet?

DD2 went down again (6 mins this time, phew) at 3.40 and DD1 is still asleep having gone down at 1.30!! Not quite sure what to do with myself (so ate a magnum which prove to be a bad idea... so much for the recovery ).

I should work on my crap barely started then abandoned for literally months novel, shouldn't I?

OH, and I can't believe I've forgotten to ask this for months, is anyone's back in crippling fucking agony all the time? It's alternately slouching and arching my back when carrying either DD, I've got to sort my core muscles out I think. But I don't have time. Hang on, I'm on MN complaining I can't think of anything to do... (not to mention the pigsty mildly untidy house)

Oh, and Peachy, you forget we can all see and know from your pics that you're gorgeous .