March 2008:A new thread before they start crawling!

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Thought it was about time....

Have put ttc on hold til December. Not my choice.
DS had a whole bowl of spaghetti yesterday, it was the funniest thing ever. He was so happy! Will try and work out how to get vid of it on fb for you all. It was covered in goat's cheese, basil and garlic. So was he.

Iwant - poor you - hope you're ok. Probably for the best (whatever the reasons!)

love to all - why did the rain come back - was getting used to sunny days!

Just popping by to say thanks to noolia - tesco socks are brilliant!

fn41 i loved all your comments on FB. How's work and routines sinking in?

I have my first non-working day tomorrow so tonight is party night! Or not, as I'm still sat here on the laptop like any other night
It's toughish going for the other 9 days of the fortnight, but worth it to get a "free" day off every 2 wks.
Am I bad mummy for foisting my LO onto his auntie and granny for the day tomorrow? SIL doesn't see him much and needs a bit of cheering up after her 2 m/cs recently but am feeling slightly guilty that I'm happy to hand him over for another day instead of using my day off work to play with him. Maybe feel a bit differently when he's sleeping through the night again, but last night was the first night in ages where he didn't wake me up between midnight and 6.30am. MIL wasn't feeding him enough! So although he doesn't like stage 2 purees with lumpier bits, he does like the quantity of the bigger jars, but she was just giving him the smaller stage 1 volumes. Am sure he has hollow legs. Or a funnel straight to his nappy depending on the time of day

So, work not as bad as I thought, same old same old in most cases and a couple of weeks before first month end workload. Am having to bite my tongue a little at girl who covered for me on leave as she's incredibly slow at doing some stuff and has to be reminded to get things done which are priority...but she obviously coped while i wasn't there, so have to not interfere too much now i'm back .

Going to see a venue near us about booking a naming ceremony tomorrow, hope the pricing works out ok, it'll be combined with a 1st birthday party for LO so the catering could cost a fortune!

just come to chase anyone who wants a london meet up!!!! as i think if we leave it any longer it will be 2009, as there is so little time in run up to xmas

i'm doing really well on the pain front, and should be able to come to a morning do. is there a thread?

meant to ask you about the RA HellyB, drugs are working fine then I take it? When do you go back for further checkups or whatever?

there is one here but has been a bit neglected recently

morning all. we had a busy weekend of doing toddler stuff, was a blast - city farm, aquarium, trafalgar square+horseguards+big ben bonging. plus some quality parental sitting around looking our age. what did you lot get up to?

fn41 it's variable tending to pretty good now thanks. had 2 actual pain free days last week (if you don't count the mornings and late evenings). am currently struggling with re emergence of swollen wedding ring finger, won't bend, can't tolerate weight or knocks. but that is fab compared to what i had to put up with this summer! it's all justa bit odd, figruing out interactions with rest of health...eg had root canal work friday night...can't take 1 of those antibiotics, and the other one i can take has played merry hell with my gut, more so than ever before. all these drugs swilling in my system act on the kidney and liver in odd ways together! and oh i miss alcohol at the weekends!

we did city farm too (mudchute) and the Tower of London! And of course the sitting around looking parental- that goes without saying!

I went out and drunk lots of wine and did karaoke! Was awesome fun.

Also helped X/DP (think I might just stick with P!) pack his stuff as he is moving in at the weekend!

DD has started really babbling, it is a constant Dadadadadadadadadadaddddddddddd![sulks]

She is crawling like a pro and pulling herself up on furniture and toys at nursery, tis v stressful, I just wish she would stay still!

She has a fancy dress party for halloween with her nursery friends. How crazy is that?

We went to a 2yr old's birthday party on Sat, was like a war zone. LO spent most of his time skydiving on the floor (one day he'll work out what angle hands and feet should be at), before screaming his head off at pass the parcel. He's having a growth spurt and is like a bottomless pit, so have had yet more interrupted nights with him waking up screaming for milk.
Can't remember what happened yesterday, that was a long time ago!
Had to take dog to vets tonight so LO was in bed when I got home for 1st time I didn't get a big smile

MB have you tried Aloe Vera juice for your stomach? Supposed to be a good "liner" when taking nasty stuff that irritates your innards.

Ewe hope this time it's a success with P!

Thank you! fn41

Acidophillus (sp!) always helps my tummy when on anti-b's and have also heard good things about aloe vera, hope you're better soon.

can someone please explain to me what is so awful about getting your nappy changed?? it's WWF every time!

off to swimming class...

MNFM glad it's not just me then Our LO wants to spend all his time on his tummy, including whilst trying to change him. I end up having him stand up as it's easier than fitting a nappy the wrong way round

And today we had our first proper tooth break through, what a little needle!

AIBU to piss myself laughing at the sounds of murder coming from the kitchen where DH has stabbed himself on a knife while emptying the dishwasher? There's only a tiny speck of blood...I had to wash the knife again

My Ds doesn't wriggle and fight but he does use my body as leverage for his legs to push further and further away as I change him so by the end is head is butting the wall

I had my first annoying-person-commenting-on-my-parenting experience yesterday. I was in the supermarket with a teething DS who had spent 45 mins refusing to sleep in his pram despite being exhausted. I'd just had him out of the pram for 5 mins to comfort him while I wheeled around but realised that he was just tired and wouldn't calm until he fell asleep. So I put him back in the pram, still crying but trying to find his thumb. Some old woman came up to me, smiled at him and said "Babies need attention you know". I was so especially as she then coochy-cooed DS who shut up and smiled sweetly at her I began to justify myself and then just decided it was none of her business, smiled and walked off before I shouted at her or burst into tears (managed to just about control myself on both fronts). Of course, DS fell asleep within 5 mins but I didn't bump into the silly cow again so she probably still thinks he is screaming. Argh!!!

What pisses me off is that she was making a judgment on my parenting based on witnessing me and DS for no more than 10 seconds. She didn't know that I'd just stopped trying to comfort him and she ignored the fact that sometimes babies just cry, but she didn't bother to think about any of that and decided to pass comment like she knew what the hell was going on. I was really upset later - I'm having a tough time at the moment (finding being a mum really hard at the moment even though DS is so adorable) and it made me feel like I really am a rubbish mum. Fortunately DS and DH made me feel better with cuddles and giggles later

HQ - big hug!! Ignore the silly old bat. I got told off by a random bloke the other day for not havng a hat on DD. Was with my MIL so had to be careful about my choice of words to tell him to mind his own beeswax!!

sorry to hear you are having a tough patch... hope you feel better about it soon. You're a fab mum - don't ever doubt that. As someone said to me the other day - you are the very best mum for your baby - no one else in the world can do it better than you.

Hello all. Leaving Canada tomorrow and praying for a better trip this time. Also having to face a few realities...I have my doula course next week and poor Pascal is STILL teething and wont take a bottle. It is looking hopeful that at least one of the four may break today, but wtf do I do if it's still a problem next week? Also, am only being given one expressing break(lunch) and P seems to be feeding every 3 hrs despite MAHUSSIVE meals...will I still be ok after three days or am I going to have to build up again...too confusing. Can't believe I'm still breastfeeding anyway. Who'da thunk it.
Don't worry about interfering busybodies. They're just jealous that they haven't got the world's best baby like you have.

HQ - don't mind that old wagon. You're a brilliant mum, it's so obvious just from reading about your progress so far on here. Your DS is very lucky to have you.

People like that lady are just so stupid. You are his mother. If you know he needs to sleep and the best way to get him to sleep is to put him in his pram and push him around, then that's what you should do. If you had continued holding him, even though you knew it was keeping him awake, then you would have been ignoring what you knew was the best thing for your child.

Babies need attention, but that doesn't mean they ALWAYS need the same kind of attention. You weren't ignoring him, you were looking after him the way you felt was right.

Cricketsmum - that is so lovely about being the best mum for your own baby

iwaso I've been expressing during work for (can it be?! ) 3.5 months now. Based on my experience, once a day should be OK, especially if you have time to express until emptiness iyswim. Your supply must be very well established at this stage, so you shouldn't get that massive engorged boob thing going on as long as you express at some stage.

Of course yesterday I didn't express at all and so today at expressing time I had some major leakiness.

hellyberry that's great news about your pain subsiding. Thanks for the apple tip - DD loved the apple butt I gave her Her face when eating it was hilarious. She kept making this "OMG it's so sour" face but then going back for more.

evie I felt exactly the same way as you about the weaning. In fact I do a bit now at the mention of casseroles!

DD is still on only fruit and veg tastes and then peary rice for supper. She's finally starting to give the impression of being more than half interested in food. It seems to take her ages to take to something, so we're having to introduce things very slowly.

We started off with baby rice and pureed pear, before introducing some more finger-foody things and her favourite thing by far is the pear and rice mixed together gloop she's been having for weeks. Most recently she's had mashed potato (inspired by you guys) and green beans (seemed a good shape for holding).

Should I be worried that her two favourite foods seem to be mushy things that contain breastmilk (peary rice and mashed potato)?

It's nice to catch up with you guys. Now I need to find out whether I need to worry about schools in this area. I have no idea.

HQ if it happens again, you should accidentally run the pushchair over the old biddy's foot. See who gives her attention when she cries .

For those with toothed-up LOs, how long after the first tooth did the 2nd one come through? LO is waking up crying in pain but going back to sleep fairly quickly...but I wake up as soon as the monitor makes a click, so tempted to turn it off tonight and wake up if the crying is a bit more constant. Great snot moments back again too.

Oh, and yesterday evening MIL dropped LO off at work for me in the evening so we could get to swimming on time. I laughingly said to her not to leave his feeding diary on the roof of her car as she might drive off with it on there. So what do I do next? Yep, drive off with it on my roof and lose it somewhere going round a corner. Mum-mush-brain.

changed dd in front of tv today just to avoid struggle! responsible parenting at it's finest :.)

am x at hq's busybody but as others have stated they're either jealous or bored, it has to do with their need to feel important/authoritative, not anything to do with what we, the best mums ever, are doing!

What is it about supermarkets and tutting? It's like it's a free for all on criticising parents. And of course LOs are always acting up/unhappy whilst you're shopping - it's some kind of universal rule. Bah. Stuff the old bint.

Holiday was fab, BTW. Hotel and weather were lovely and we had a really nice relaxing time. I definitely recommend the Esplendido in Port de Soller, Mallorca. Great spa, too. And G was so into the breakfast buffet! Was a bit before we arrived b/c it was described as being overrun by the "Boden set", but other than some hip Scandinavians in very cool glasses, it wasn't at all like that. [Disclaimer: I wear Boden, so it's not a slight on anyone!]

Got back Saturday night and G was so cold (had turned off the heating) he was shivering in our bedroom! Poor monkey. He was not happy.

Weaning is still moving slowly forward. I have all these grand ideas and recipes, but G is Mr I-can-do-it-MYSELF-thank-you-very-much, so that means we're still mostly doing bits of fruit, veg and toast. He did rather enjoy a falafel at the weekend, though, and we're experimenting with pasta shapes to see which are pick-up-able. And, he's learned to suck from an Ellas pouch, which was invaluable whilst on holiday. Blueberry one is the hot favourite.

Off to physio later for my shoulder. It's feeling better, especially after the massage on holiday, but thought I'd go in anyway. You know, since hospitals are such great places to hang out.

JFly - glad you had a great holiday and that G enjoyed the buffet

Feeling better now I've had a day to get over her pointless interference, thank you all for the support. I don't think I'd have even taken any notice except I'm feeling low at the moment and feeling quite crap with DS - never feel I play or talk to him enough as I just seem to prepare meals, clean up meals, put him down for a nap and then start again. I think it's a hormone thing - breastfeeding decreasing due to solids and I think maybe I'm getting 15 months worth of PMT all in one go... Anyone else find the drudgery of cleaning up after 3 meals just too much to deal with? Before weaning I was dreading the return to work and now I'm looking forward to a few days a week of only cleaning up after myself! I'm going in next Thursday to meet with my mat cover and my new boss as I need to put in my request for part time hours quite soon. I'm really hoping they are amenable to it as I don't think I'd want to do 5 days a week.