APRIL 2008 - The One Where They Can Eat Food!!!!

[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 TheShipsCat, 8lb 8oz @ 42+0

might make this for dinner tonight

alcohol will cook off won't it? Only a bit of grape juice anyway, lol. Thought mimi would love potato cake thing

mmm yum - think I might make that too! And yes the wine will cook off.

there is another one on there too - Rick Stein's lemon & fennel sausages, yum.

VS, glad to hear it.

Scorpio, that looks good. I just had a sausage roll, how unhealthy is that!

Picallilli, DD used to only nap for 45 minutes at a time but I started putting her down for at least one nap per day in her cot. She used to wake after 45 minutes but I ignored her and she went back to sleep. I like her to have one nap in her cot, I don't think she sleeps as well in her pushchair.

Scorpio if the disability (doesn't need a dx) causes you to have to give your child more care than anotjer child of that age would need, then you are entitled to DLA. Proabably at the lower rate but its not means tested and worth applyng for.
Reports / diary etc essential then to back up the application

Oh and yes the wine'll cook off LOL

Thanks Peachy, i will ask SENCO about it

only asking about wine as don't really want Mimi having full on alcohol, lol

myself, on the other hand.....

scorpio- 2 minute dla test

my laptop wont read it

Afternoon all.
Extra big & hug for you VS.
Scorpio - DS1 is 6 & doesn´t speak in grammatically correct sentences (although is getting better), but that´s probably down to the 2 languages. 2 years ago his teacher suggested a speech therapist but there isn´t one on this island that speaks English & we certainly didn´t want to take him to a Spanish one as that would defeat the object of the exercise. Spoke to a couple of people on MN and have decided to wait till he´s 8 years old to see how he´s progressed. God only knows what we´ll do if he hasn´t.

Well scorpio its the cerebra website if you can get in via googe or something like that? tehn just search DLA

Scorpio It is a word.doc, I've attached it to an email for you.

Ah tis ok- copied and pasted it:

Disability living allowance for children and young people under 16
You can claim DLA even if you don?t consider your child to be ?disabled?. For the purposes of DLA, ?disabled? simply means that your child has a long term illness which affects their everyday activities.
And it doesn?t matter if you?ve been advised not to make a claim. If anyone, including Benefits Agency staff, your GP, a nurse or social worker told you not to make a claim because your child is not ill enough, get a second opinion from a professional welfare rights worker. People have all sorts of ideas about who ?should? and ?shouldn?t? get DLA, and most of them are wrong. The question of entitlement is a legal one, not a medical one. If in doubt, make a claim.
Your own circumstances as the parent or carer are not taken into account in any way, either. So it doesn?t matter if:
you?re working
you?re unemployed
your partner works
you don?t have a partner
you?ve never paid national insurance contributions
you, or anyone else in your family, is claiming any other benefits (such as Incapacity Benefit, Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance or DLA)
you have savings
Try this two minute test to see if your child might be eligible
(This is not a legal test, it?s one we invented to help make it easier to decide whether to make a claim).
Step 1 Look through this list of some (but not all) of the activities that are relevant to DLA:
walking outdoors
walking outdoors in unfamiliar places
staying safe when left alone
learning new skills
playing
waking up, getting up and going to bed
washing, bathing and showering
dressing and undressing
going to the toilet
communicating with other people
eating and drinking
taking medication or using medical equipment
sleeping in bed at night
moving about indoors
social and leisure activities
Step 2 Choose one of the activities above that your child has difficulties with.
For example, your child may have difficulties with walking outdoors in unfamiliar places because they do not clearly understand the danger from traffic; dressing and undressing because of muscle stiffness or spasms; eating and drinking because of problems with sucking and swallowing or sleeping at night because they wake every few hours or they need help to change position.
Step 3 With your chosen activity in mind answer the following true or false questions If your child?s condition is a variable one, so the answer is sometimes True and sometimes False then the answer is True. We explain how to deal with fluctuating conditions in Completing section 2.
My child can do it:
but it hurts them True or False?
but only more slowly than other children of the same age True or False?
but only by following a rigid routine True or False?
but only with more help than other children of the same age True or False?
but not as safely as other children of the same age True or False?
but only because they?ve got a special technique of their own True or False?
but they need more encouragement than other children of
the same age True or False?
but they need a closer eye kept on them than other children
of the same age True or False?
or
My child can?t do it, but other children of the same age can True or False?
Step 4 If you haven?t answered True to any of the questions, try the test again with another activity from the list and so on, until you?ve found a statement that is true or decided that there aren?t any.
Step 5 If the answer is True to any of those questions in relation to any activity then your child may be entitled to DLA.
If the answer wasn?t true to any of the questions, your child may still be eligible for DLA, you should try to get advice from a professional welfare rights worker.
To find out more download a copy of the Cerebra DLA guide for children from the Cerebra website.

X posts VS

its coming up all funny signs, i have windows vista? Don't think i have the right programme thing, can see the website fine just not the test. Ditto your email, VS.

Peachy thankyou!

Love the name change btw VSSnS

Actually, that's reminded me something, I might ask it in SN but wasn't sure if eitehr of you knew.
Does dyspraxia cause sleep issues?
I've noticed this week without DD being here that the rest of the house are still asleep when I get up at 7:30. When Dd is here they are up by at least 6am, and no quite often I put her to bed, only to find her still wide awake hours later.
I just get quite confused as to what is and isn't the dyspraxia and as a result find it quite hard to know what to try and change and what to expect from her. I don't want to tell her off for something that's not ehr fault or try and get her to do something that she won't be able to do.

Goodness, most of those activities have 'true' answers, even SENCO said.

yes, VS. R is terrible sleeper, often up at 4am for the day, bried to be quiet, hard to get sleep and night terrors

Thanks Soph.
This time last year I was still Lorayn so my halloween name was LORAYNingnewtsandfrogs, I prefer this year's.

It's a minefield isn't it?
I just feel so helpless when she does something I would correct with a child who was NT, y'know?

Sorry, Soph, here's me moaning about slight dyspraxia, goodness knows who you must get about Sam's DX.

oh hi soph

Chip day today?

VSSnS - don´t be silly that´s why we´re here I think we´re doing very well (in my completely unbiased opinion ) and I try not to worry about anything until something crops up iyswim but there are days where I want to scream and wish Sam was as on-track as the other babies on here, but hey, that´s all parents isn´t it?
Scorpio - hi, unfortunately not, chips are Thursdays but it´s fish this week and I´m allergic to fish How sad am I?

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