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

Hey all, Christening went well, Tons of food, and five, yes five bottles of wine left.

Didn't get pics in church as the canon didn't want us to do it but have a few pics I will put up later.
I'm off to sit in the gazebo with said bottles of wine and wait til it's dark enoguh to turn on the fairy lights

Had a good time, yes, and have some "responsible parenting" photos I'll put up later. And I got given a free sample of a new(?) Nestle fruit puree "starting from 4-6 months" that I thought I'd save for VS LJS.

We've sort-of started BLW giving DD bits to try if we're having something suitable but she hasn't managed to swallow any yet. Won't do it in an organised way for another week or two. But she did sneak a big licky slurp of DH's ice cream when he foolishly let it get close to her, so there goes the virgin gut anyway.

Hi PAL, nice to have you back

BTW, where has Scorpio gone? Didn't she come back from her French holiday already? or am I hallucinating?

Nice leftovers from the Christening VS (sorry, refusing to acknowledge name change, it's all too much with OMa and Sagitta TheShipsCat etc.), sitting out under fairylights sounds wonderful.

I'm tired. Nothing new there, but normally I feel a bit perked up after the weekend but today I just feel a bit beaten. No reason, just a bit blah. Hey ho, maybe I'll get some decent sleep tonight, DS is on the mend so you never know

Glad to hear B is on the mend, Ladybee. Hopefully you'll wake up tomorrow morning all cheerful and ready for the week.

on double celebrations in the VS house today! Good to hear you were up to it. How did the meat prep go?

PAL, well, you have to hand it to dd - if you're going to ruin your virgin gut for something, it might as well be for something good!

Strangely depressing weekend here too, not helped by the fact that all 3 of us are now snotty. Oh well. R's been waking up every half hour since he went to bed tonight, and I really, really hope he's not planning on doing this all night, as I just don't have thee will to live energy.

My name change was only for pirate day, I'm back now

link to the Baptism album

Gorgeous, VS! What beautiful kids you have. What an amazing weekend for weather!

Something in the air last night, then - DD2 up every half hour until 1 - that's the fifth bad night in a row. She did sleep until 4.55 from 1, though, which is the most sleep I've had in a chunk for at least three weeks.

Didn't have the energy to tidy the house last night so woke up to a pit this am with DH as usual being disorganised and getting changed to go on the train then coming back in, getting changed again and getting on his bike, all the while bemoaning his disorganisation so I could hardly join in!

The buggy is GREAT! Can even run with it. So I'll be jogging every day, then .

Still can't stop eating. Is anyone else getting this? I don't seem to be putting too much weight on so I can only assume my greedy guzzler is just demanding more now she's such a big dimply dumpling.

Oh, and Suze, I lived on Mulberry and Spring in NoLiTa (East of Soho). It was so amazing. I bet we know people in common. I loved NY, really miss it. Haven't been back since May 05, just before I got pregnant. Did find the weather a tad extreme, though! and my job was AWFUL.

Suze - what technical stuff do you do? DH may be able to put some work your way, depending on the area you cover?

Total chaos here. We're trying to redecorate and I've started work again.

VS - did you put up a link about BLW at some point? I feel like I should read up about it...what should i read?
lovely pics, btw.

sorry for brief post- one-handed typing!

I'm hungry a lot OMa, I ate an enormous dinner on Saturday night and still woke up the next morning feeling like there was a gaping pit in my stomach. I'm also ravenous by dinner time if I don't have what I call my 'second lunch' around 4-5, which should just be a banana or yoghurt or something but generally ends up being a full-on sandwich, biscuit and cup of tea affair.
Blahs are still with me, I didn't get as much done on the weekend as I wanted, even though I did do tonnes of laundry and we had a lovely day out yesterday in the park, so feel a bit overwhelmed by it all this morning. Think I'll head out to breastfeeding support group this afternoon and then to library to take back all the books I haven't read but have renewed about three times already. Then do one thing at home that will make me feel like I've done something. That would be hoovering I suppose, it's the chore I hate the most so to get it out the way would make a big difference.

Lovely photos VS!

I think there's a scam going on in my street. There's a crew of guys with ladders just going into houses, 'cleaning' the windows and then knocking on the doors. But I watched one lot cleaning and they barely touched the glass with the rag, and then squeegeed a window that hadn't been washed.

I hope we don't find that the neighbours have been burgled in a couple of days. Better b)**$y-well not try it on our house

Great photos, VS. Hope you are feeling better.

OMaLittle, I love that area. I miss NY, I haven't been there in two years.

TheShipsCat, that's very kind of you to think of me. I document software - financial, middleware, and in the last companhy I was at, wrote legal documentation (mostly using FrameMaker, Word, HTML and some XML), so I am not extremely technical but figure out the software in order to write the user guides/online help. I am sure I've bored everyone to tears!

I am doing up my CV now ... should I write maternity leave from April to present? Otherwise I suppose they will wonder what I have been up doing these past 5 months.

TSC ... I normally can write and spell, honestly!

www.babyledweaning.com is the best place to start on BLW. There's also a Yahoo group about it (useful as last time I checked the babyledweaning.com forum was having technical problems).

Sorry, Suze - won't be able to help. Not my sort of subject... I really hope it goes OK though for you and DH.

Thanks Pal. Will read it now.

Hi everyone.

Still rather snotty here, so not really anything to report on. R now sleeping, snoring like his dad! I tried the snot sucker thing, but the neighbors are going to call SS, so thought I'd leave him to snore away in peace.

Watching rubbish morning tv now, and they're rambling on something about Christmas. That is shocking and way too organised for me! Part of me can see the point of being prepared and all that, but then you miss the excitement of the Christmas spirit, don't you?!

Thanks TheShipsCat. Things looking up as DH will be paid for Sept and Oct and has an interview lined up.

Sal, hope R feels better soon.

That's great news, Suze (ah, poetry, one step closer to writing that novel).

Still crap nights here. I can feel the resentment rot starting to set in again. We didn't put her in her room in the end, so planning to do it this weekend - has anyone noticed a marked improvement in sleep when they move their LOs out? She does get left a bit already because I'm so dog tired I sometimes don't wake up properly until she's making quite a bit of noise.

Also, am dreaming/hallucinating EVERY NIGHT that DD1 is out of her bedroom. It's a nightmare! It's just the same as when she was little and I would half wake up and search for her in the bed (we weren't co-sleeping, she wasn't even in our room!) every night. I don't know if it's a symptom or cause of really low-quality sleep but I do know that it's driving me a little bit mad.

Oma, we haven't moved DD yet but plan to this weekend. She is quite noisy so I think I'll definitely sleep better.

Just heard that Nomura may keep some of my DH's team on for a while so keep your fingers crossed!

Suze, that's (hopefully) great news - I'll keep everything crossable crossed! Glad to hear about Oct anyway, and well done for your dh not only potentially having a job anyway, but the interview!

Oma, re sleeping. Well, he's not sleeping any longer, but we wake up less, as every single sigh or moan don't wake you up. I think sometimes you might not realise you're waking up, but you're in a lighter sleep, so if that's the case, the room separation should help. It also means that we can chat to eachother in bed without waking him up, which is great.
(And horrible, horrible mommy, but sometimes I pull the pillow over my head if he's just moaning a little and fall back to sleep )

Lol thats not horrible Sal just normal surely? Ive got so used to having a pillow over my head these days that even if its quite in the house I still put it there.

Would second the hearing less once they are in another room, wont nec change sleeping patterns but u will hopefully sleep better in between.

Suze glad things r looking up 4 ur husband.

Our pc died last week and DH couldnt wipe it until he had retrived pictures from the hard-drive (havnt yet printed any of DD2s baby pics) so only just up and running again.

Since last posting DD1 has lost 2 teeth and DD2 has gained 2.

Sal, lovely pics!
And VS (cant be remembering new names today) too. Bas's baptism on the 12th.

If you look in aibu yu will see I am having a shite day which is a shame as last few days have been wonderful. Bas doing ever so well- loads of laughing and chatting

dh off fixing broken float tonight but as he's been off for a month (!!) cant complain really I guess!

have lost 0.5 stone now, thats good I think as bas not affected

Oh Peachy, what a rubbish, rubbish day. I'm a bit lost re what to say, because I think you're already doing everything possible anyway. Hope school sort themselves out.
Glad to hear Bas is chearing you up though. Nothing like a baby's laughing to make you smile.

If it were me Id have lost them as i wouldnt have a clue how to retrieve, I had only said to DH a couple of days b4 it died that we needed to put the ones we want to print onto disc. Still no harm done, it was quite nice having him around for a few days and not playing nerdy games all the time.

Peachy what a shit time, there is a boy in DD's class who has challenging behaviour and his parents have been going through the same thing. He has 1-1 in the classroom but nothing at break times. When care packages are devised do they think it will be 2 different children one side for the class room and one side for the playground? I know how upset this boys mum was, she stopped doing a lot of the drop offs/pick ups to avoid parents. Its all settled now as we have a fairly good headmaster who seems to have got ontop of it. I hope your school can work with you to get the right level of support for your DS.

Peachy, how awful, it must have been so upsetting to be attacked like that and then all that other stuff - frustration at the school, guilt about your feelings about DS1's behaviour, that's so many hard things to cope with all at once, I'm not surprised it's all been a bit much today. And well done on the weight loss

Today feels like it's gone on forever - quite a lot of big crying from DS around naptimes which I find quite draining, plus a lunch out meant he got all a bit out kilter and I got very mixed up as to whether he might want feeding or needed to sleep or what. Very clueless mummy today.

On the other hand, I did make chutney. 4 jars of tomato and onion, with tomatoes rescued from the enormous spiders lurking in the vege garden. Tomorrow I am waiting in for someone to come and take our pre-pay electricity meter (here when we moved in) out and put a normal one in so we can go to direct debit (and possibly change supplier).

Ooh just about forgot, yesterday I got all brave and determined and called the hospital where DS was born and asked about getting a copy of my notes; they're sending me a form to request them. I'm looking forward to getting them, eventually, and hopefully will be able to arrange to go through them with someone. I think it will be a good step towards getting some of those questions I still have answered.