March 2008:A new thread before they start crawling!

[turtle23]

Thought it was about time....

Hey turtle, 24hrs!!! Did you explode or express? That's real cold turkey, well done for getting through it with only a few hours (in a wardrobe? )

Expressed. Have never produced so much milk as they filled up every time I thought of him.(45 oz in 24 hours...eek)

Hello gals! Here you all are! Its me i disguise (had to change as colleague was suspicious).. I was the MNeter who made barmy predicions and was scoffing frozen creme eggs way back in early March. How lovely to ge back. Will hang about and acquaint myself with your progress!

Proud mummy alert! DS is not even 5 months old (hits that milestone on Sunday) and he is sitting!!!! He has been showing signs for a while, and getting better at balancing, and we have just been playing with him now pre-bath: he sat up for 5-10 seconds a few times and then managed a whole 30 seconds before falling over!!! Okay, so he's not exactly safely sitting, as he can't correct his balance at all at the moment, but he's getting there

Turtle glad you got a night away and Glam v jealous of your whole weekend away - you and DP must be so excited! We were meant to do it tomorrow (at a wedding in a very posh hotel in the country) but he is sleeping so badly that we couldn't bear to inflict a broken night on his grandparents. So we're at the wedding during the day and then back to deal with his night feeds... I'll be shattered on Sunday.

I think we are starting solids properly next week as he is still feeding and feeding and feeding and I'm shattered. I'll make a decision on whether I continue breastfeeding once he is well established although at the moment I think I might do a longish shift to formula if I'm still finding it exhausting once he's happily on 3 meals a day - drop a feed every few weeks. Anyone else had thoughts on that?

Hello to you all

Thought I would pop on over here and let you all know that my little girl Brooke Olivia was born on wednesday evening at 8pm exactly after induction at 41+3.

I was reading the march ante natal thread the night before and felt a bit but you were all so lovely So its a kind of birth announcement/thankyou post!

I can't believe its been nearly a year already, all your little ones are 5/6 months old and starting to sit/crawl/eat solids!

I hope they and you are all doing great!!

I have pics on my profile of Brooke if anyone fancies a nosey

ilts-Hurrah! Congrats! I'm so pleased for you and your little one! She's beautiful!!!!!

iliketosleep congratulations - she is absolutely gorgeous.

iliketosleep many congratulations! You must be so pleased and relieved. She's so sweet. I can't believe you have 4 now!

Congrats Liketosleep!!! She is absolutely beautiful

ILTS congratulations! Sorry you didn't get the home birth, but glad you managed to avoid a Csection (my bitter experience!) and you have a lovely new addition to the family.

HQ yay for the sitting up! Mine can manage in his highchair but just slumps forward if he's unsupported

LittleP, keep the predictions coming, one of them might come true if you're lucky

My LO is going great guns on the puree stuff. Sits with his mouth open waiting for the next mouthful (lazy bugger!) Not so great is the moment coming soon when i have to move him into the cotbed as he's really outgrowing his Moffii. Unfortunately he resists sleep in anything but that, including in my arms. Think we might just have to go cold (veggie) turkey unless anyone has any other suggestions?

ILTS - Congratulations! So pleased for you

Ds is biting me. It is not nice. He has sunk his two little razor fangs into my nipples 5 times now...

tumbleweed

Scarily quiet here!
Congratulations ILTS!
Just back from a rather testing week with in-laws (awful MIL who thinks bf is a waste of time).
DD is getting into food now and loves sitting in her high chair - they are growing up so fast!

One of my friends found this cute poem called When I am Ready...very relevant for us all now!

When I am ready, I will smile.
You'll have to wait a little while.
It's one of the first things i learn to do,
I want it to be just right for you.
When I am ready I will sleep through.
There may be small things that you can do
To help me do it. But you'll soon see,
That in the end it's up to me.
When I am ready I will crawl.
And then you will have no peace at all.
Into everything I will be,
No time for your nice cup of tea.
When I am ready I will walk.
And when I am ready I will talk.
Then that's it, big milestones done
.(Though you will still cherish ones to come)
Was I really as small as that?
Helpless and tiny in booties and hat?
And much as you tried to enjoy each part,
There was that wish inside your heart.
Will you ever get there you used to say?
As you wished my babyhood away.
The others are doing it why aren?t you?
Because it's not my time - if only you knew.
That all that worry was a waste of time.
The decision of when was always mine.
I did it in the end, nice and steady.
I told you I would do it when I was ready!

Meanwhile, it's been a sad couple of weeks on one side of the family with my parents and brother both having a dog die on them, my hamster departed after 3 years of being a pain, but more sombrely just found out SIL had another m/c. She must have got pregnant almost straight away after her last one, but this time even though the early scan showed everything was well at 7 wks, the 10wk one showed it had died at 8wks. She's such a proud auntie it must be hard for her, and I feel bad since everything went so swimmingly for me on that front

sorry to hear about your sil, fn41.
ilts, posted on your other thread, congrats here too!

that poem, in our house it's more like

'slow down baby
you're frightening me
you're meant to be stationary
please put down the knife and the fork
and step away from the fatted pork
don't scream when you don't see me
you're too young for seperation anxiety.
have been reading the development books?
you're giving them disdainful looks'

sigh

i could really do with having another quiet, slow to mature baby like ds1. not this roaring leaping bouncing virago of let me at it...my poor sore bones aren't up to it yet. will be a race between the treatment starting to work and this one gnawing off all the cupbaord doors i think.

Taking little Ff back to the hospital to see the paediatrician tomorrow. Am I a bad mummy because I think it is a waste of time?

Obviously, I wouldn't say that if I thought for one second that there was anything the matter with her. We have to go back for tomorrow's appointment because the paed told us last time that she thought it best to follow up to keep the HV off my back. (Do you remember my tale of the crazy HV? I used to be SHH, btw.)While I am grateful that the resources are there, and grudgingly admit that it is nice that they are being over-cautious, I can't help but think that we are victims of the HV's total obsession with size.

She is almost sitting on her own now, and I think that were her bum a bit wider she would be there. Desperately swimming on her front, and managing to shuffle sideways and push herself backwards, which she seems to think is very amusing indeed. On two meals now, and have been sitting her down in her high chair when we have dinner (Bloke slightly bemused at sudden early dinner time, although I think he is secretly pleased at being told to sit down for dinner immediately after he walks in the door!) and giving her some finger food to try. Grated cheese went down particularly well today.

We went to a friend's bbq on Sat, and to avoid the inevitability of her throwing mashed banana all down her beautiful dress I put her in her cot in her nappy until the last possible moment before leaving the house. In the three minutes she was left unsupervised in her cot, the little madam undid the nappy wriggled out of it, then rolled around, merrily weeing all over the place.

All in all, this is such, such fun. It's just a shame that the spectre of work is hanging over me...

Hope you're all good.
x

Hi, how is everyone? I am trying to get organized for a week away at my parents in the Lakes which should be lovely. As a northern girl in a southern town I feel the need to get back to where they talk proper on a regular basis. DS talks with a long A ffs. Also hoping to get to the pub a couple of times, I've been once since DD was born (when my mum was down- Queen of babysitters).
I feel so out of touch with all of you who are weaning- it makes them sound like proper children- DD still shows no interest in food and only has 6-8 oz 5 times (apart from the odd feedathon) so I don't feel justified in starting but I really want to. Got to buy the high chair as well; she's so good at sitting she's not going to need an interim I don't think. She still can't roll tho' and I don't know whether I need to be concerned yet. She is trying really hard but in a really dumbass way- trying to push off with one leg rather than sticking both legs in air and rocking over. IYSWIM.
What do I tell a 3 year old about death? MIL had dog put down at weekend and DS will ask after him next time we see her. Dog wasn't sick but had taken to biting (mind you so has DS) Want to have spiel ready.

hello ladies!! sounds like you are all having fun just imagine how much fun it is with two of the little blighters !

Back to school for the boys today, and dd has started at a new playgroup three afternoons a week, my nanny is suddenly lost as i still haven't entrusted the twins to her full time yet- but it will come soon!

Millie and Carys are nearly 9 months now- how time flies, i have a few issues- specifically with sleep, its mums bed or nowhere at the moment- for both of them! they are happily eating three meals a day with the rest of the family, and anything else they can scavenge along the way- still not 13lbs yet- they look so tiny- i get a lovely smug feeling when people see them sitting and starting to crawl, because of their size people think they are incredibly advanced 2-3 month olds

i'm ok at the moment, have good days and bad days, finished my chemo treatment (hopefully- verdict due on Thurs!) so it will be nice to have some hair again!

FfFf - it sounds to me like there is nothing to worry about with your DD as she sounds like a super happy baby and hitting all the big milestones etc. It sounds like you have a fairly sensible paediatrician - just as well given you have a psycho HV!

WeAre - oh the long A... I am dreading it!!! I am a northerner but live in London and have an Essex boy for a husband. My DS will have to spend a lot of time with my parents I think. If he ever says grarse rather than grass I'll be mortified.

preggers - fingers crossed for Thurs. Do you ever actually just pretend to people that the twins really are just super-advanced 3 month olds? I'd be so tempted...

So I started weaning DS this week at 22 weeks/5 months after 3-4 weeks of increased fussiness after feeds, increased feeds, and extra night feeds. I had wanted to wait until closer to 6 months but I think we needed to start now. Anyway, he clearly hasn't read Annabel Karmel - screeched at carrot and sweet potato, which he apparently should love, but was happier with broccoli, which is allegedly too strong a taste for him Having said that, the only thing I think he has really eaten (as opposed to move it around his mouth to taste for a while before seeing how far he can spit it out) is raw blackberries! He came picking them with me yesterday and was so happy when I squidged one up and fed it to him on my finger. He wouldn't let go of my hand :-)

So we'll be doing some BLW by default here I think - whatever he likes the taste of he can have more of, whatever he hates will be quickly replaced with a handful of blackberries

Oh WeAre - on the rolling: my DS first rolled at 11 weeks, but has only done it about once a fortnight since! He can do it, but I'm not sure he has really worked out exactly how to do it so always seems surprised when he does, and he just doesn't seem interested in doing it very often. Like your DD he seems far more interested in sitting - he can sit on his own for a very short while, and when sat in his bouncy chair or in my lap at an angle he is always hoiking himself up to be more upright.

Hah! DS not only says grarse, he tells me off for not pronouncing it correctly.Grrrrr.

does he call you 'marmaaar'?

preggersagain - fingers crossed for Thursday, the twins sound like they're doing fantastically well

FF- my LO rolled at around 11/12 weeks and did it a couple of times the next day, and hasn't done it again since! He sounds very like your ds HQ - I think he surprised himself by doing it first time round and can't be bothered since. He is nearly sitting up and is pretty good (actually too good) at pulling himself up when sitting on my lap and trying to get off!

The big event this week here is teeth! One has emerged and the other bottom tooth is just about to pop through. As a result I'm making more of a determined effort to get him to take a bottle for a couple of feeds. We're trying the 11pm feed at the moment - last night he took 4oz and the night before 6oz so hopefully we're getting there. He's already managed to nip me a few times with his tooth when breastfeeding, and the thought of him also having top teeth gives me shudders

He's not been as interested over the last few days in the little tasters I've been giving him at lunchtime, even sweet potato which he seemed to love last week. I'm thinking it's his gums being sore.

LO is 24 weeks now, and really want to try BLW but waiting for two more weeks, after which I think I can give him anything except for honey, salt and whole nuts?

Which highchairs has everyone gone for - there's too much choice and a huge price range (memories of trudging round pram stores come flooding back!)?