May 2008 Babies....food glorious food....hot sausage and mustard!!!

[LuckyPumpkin74]

New thread as it's Nov so our babies are all hitting 6 months!

Have just put my profile up again for a bit.....

Aww serious that's really shitty. Rant away, hopefully there's some reasonable explanation for being so arsey but it;s still not on IMO. Poor you, hugs.

GoodDays fab photos! Love DD2's expression with the Santa hat on! Glad I'm not the only one who enjoys feeling like a teenager sometimes. Can't wait for my sister to move out, there will then be lots more 'quick while he's asleep!' moments!

Yes, he's in Russia.

And, I am, once again, home with baby. I adore DS, I really do, but I'm totally hacked off with the inequlity of the whole thing. AND he knows I've been working this week. I apreciate he;s not here, but just a ITTLE consideration. I feel like calling him, but I dob't dare, but I wish I did.

Just feeling a bit with my Bro's ex. They split up 3 months ago, and this is the 3rd time, he's so not right for my bro, and bro had a zillion reasons to finish with him, but alas, the ex is still on the scene and manipulating my lovely but quite nieve bro to take him back. We've just had a massive chat about it, and I feel so cos I can see that ex knows how to push his buttons and it seems to be working. GRRRRRRR!
I only say this out of pure care, love and concern for my bro. I really don't think he should get back with him.

Sorry, just needed to offload, DH at work and sis not answering texts!!!!!

serious I would be really cross too. As you say, the shere imbalance of responsibility in your relationship....OK, I know he can't help that he works away (or can he?) but he should be treating you like a queen at the weekends and giving you a break. Your life is hard enough work, esp now that you are actually working, the last thing you need to hear is him, out on 'the razz' as they say. I do feel for you. Please feel free to rant on here.

GDABD - It's awful, isn't it? Seeing someone you love be manipulated and then hurt... I hope SuperBro and you got somewhere when you talked.

Sorry about the rant last night - I was just a teeny bit mad (check the spelling!! ). I really am fine with him going out, I know that he socialises alot and that's fine, it just got to me last night that (i) he'd forgotten about DS's swimming lesson and (ii) I'm having to turn down evenings out with girls I've met here as I'm struggling to find a decent babysitter to mind DS.... Anyway, DS slept well, though decided to get up at 6am

How is weaning going for everyone? We were doing really well until Tuesday and DS is not happy with anything but milk. I am not sure if he's been a little under the weather (I have, so it's possible)... Think I will try again today.

And we still have NO TEETH... We don't even have red cheeks at the moment!!!

Well, best get on... we have a housefull this weekend so I have a lot to do.

TSO xx

Morning.

Weaning going well here. I made DD2 a 'mediterranean veg medley'...aubergine, courgette, mushrooms, peppers and a tin of chopped toms, all blended up (stir fried first) and she loved it this morning!! (good job cos I have a freezer full!).

She's eating a whole weetabix and 8oz of milk for breakfast and then lunch of 'hot' food then tea is fruit...banana and raspberries, avocado, plums etc. She was 3 8oz bottles of milk a day.

7:30am milk and breakie
9am finishes of bottle of milk (about 4 oz)
11am ish lunch
1:30pm ish 8oz milk
4pm ish tea
6-7pm (depending on how desperately I want to get them into bed!!) 8oz milk.

Dare I say it, but DD2 is finally following in her sisters footsteps and sleeping 6:30pm -7am or even later .

Feeling good today .

TSO it's like that in our house a lot about going out as well....and thanks for the plug again!!

also i would check for infection with ds as when sam went off his food at the weekend he was brewing a nice chest infection and now is on ab's is back eating pretty normally again. if you have had an ear infection it's worth getting him checked out before the weekend if you can.

GDABD glad you are having a good day. it's cold here but bright which i love! I also hate jan but February is possibly my worst month which is strage given our wedding anniversary is in Feb but it's just so dark and dingy and there's nothing to look forward to. we normally go to NZ late jan for 3 weeks to escape most of feb

took ds1 to the opthamologist this morning and his longsightedness has got better by half a unit (most kids are 2 and he was 6 at the last reading), which is jut great. and he had to have eye drops to relax the eye muscles and then fell asleep pretty much as soon as we got home!! sam is back eating well again and into a pretty good routine - foodwise it's like this kind of:

7ish wake up and have 9oz bottle
930ish about 200g of fruit pureed
1145 / 12ish about 200g of veg or other puree
3ish about 6oz milk
530ish about 200-300g veg puree
7 or thereabouts 3oz milk after bath then sleep

he has started waking around 530 for some milk past couple of days but i am hoping it's where his appetite has been a bit up and down in the day. some days he will have 250g for breakfast and around 300g the other 2 meals!

I'm too tired to take in all the posts, even though i have read them !
Hey serious, if it makes you feel any better my dp rang me this afternoon to ask for clean clothes to be left out as hes going to a leaving do. Ohhh thats for the invite say I. Ahhh says he i'm only staying for a couple of pints and anyway bri's wife isnt going ?? oh ok. I was upset, it could have been a nice evening out.
Soooooo off he goes at 7.30 for a couple of pints - its now almost 1 am. I did ring him, only to check he was alive, i didnt really want to speak, all i got was noise and a drunken dp shouting i love you.
I am not amused

I don't know if men are inconsiderate and selfish or just too thick to be either ??

And how do i get to see people's profiles, iv'e go no idea.?

Babylove

Where is says their name by their post in blue if it is has a yellow symbol, click on that.
Sorry about DP last night, hope he came home soon.

babylove at your DP too. DH has done this before and it just makes me see red!!

Just to add to the at dp's. Mine went out for a few drinks on Wednesday and called me about 7 just as I was bathing dd (having given up on waiting for him to come home to do it with me) to say I "may as well" stay at my mum's (i.e get dressed and get a cab to my mum's) because he'd be home late. I was supposed to be staying there Thursday anyway as he was out at another work drinks. So he ended up not seeing dd Wednesday, Thursday and then yesterday he finished work at 330 and instead of coming straight home stopped off for a beer with the colleagues he'd been out with both nights. He only had a pint but it was the thought that annoyed me.

Then, in the middle of the night the bottle of ebm he was giving her ran out and dd started wailing. He threw the bottle across the room and shouted "you could at least help with our daughter".

Grrrr at all these inconsiderate DP/DHs. I'm a bad mummy for the weaning today as breakfast kind of merged into lunch for DS as well as us, I think maybe he's a bit young to appreciate brunch . He certainly doesn't appreciate lie-ins!

I'm doing blw with ds2 but it's going very slowly, so we don't have any kind of routine at all. He is still bf and try to feed every 3 hours, and I offer him something that I'm eating if it's suitable/easy to hold, but most of the time he drops it or just mashes it, so I take this to mean he's just not ready yet. A couple of times he's held a broccoli floret and chomped, or rather sucked it, but smaller chip shaped things which you're meant to use, he doesn't find too easy. I'm biding my time before I start panicking that he's starving - I'm sure my mum will tell me that as soon as she sees what we're doing!

Only 2 weeks til we come back for Xmas, yippee! I'm sooo jealous of the cold weather you've been having, and ds1 is very excited at the thought of snow!

Ds2 is lots of fun at the mo. He's 26 weeks, not really able to sit but can move himself around the room by a sort of reverse wriggle/slide (we also have marble floors macaco!) and he has started doing a thing that I can only describe as downward-facing dog, if anyone knows yoga - he lifts his whole body so only his hands and feet are on the ground and just stays there making a triumphant crowing sound, until he gets tired but forgets how to go down again and I have to rescue him!

hello ladies, we've been having silly festive fun with DS and the reindeer suit....so the photos are on my profile (for a limited time only)!

DBM LOL at your DS doing downward facng dog!! DD2 does the same, I call it 'the plank' which is actually bloody hard work on your abdominals....she's obvioulsy gonna have a six pack like her mummy...... .

Had a lovely day today again, which is great. Superbro left about 3pm. DH's cousin and his wife and 4 month old baby came for the day. We went for a walk (it was freezing!!). We let the DHs take the kids to the park and we sat in Costa drinking hot chocolate. I had a really good chat with my 'cousin in law'. She is also suffering from PND, not had it diagnosed as such but from what she told me, she is suffering a lot. Her DH is lovely but works away a lot and she is alone for days and nights at a time with her DS (like serious). They had IVF and she feels very guilty that she feels depressed. I think it was great that we got chance to have a good chat.

We have just got the girls into bed and had dinner earlier, washing up done and bottles sterilised. DH just making his packed lunch for work tomorrow then it's a night in front of the TV!

I must admit, on cold winter nights like this, I'm glad I'm a mummy who gets to stay in the cosy warm on a Saturday night IYSWIM.

monkeysmama GRRRRRRRR! at your DH. What is it with these men? .

LM xxx

macoco love the photos of your DS...he looks big (tall) for months??? Maybe it's the camera angle?

GDABD I don't think he is big for his age, think it must be the angle. He's in the right clothes for his age and was always on the short side whenever he was measured and was small at birth (4 weeks early).

Hi,

wanted to join i the good day vibes. We've had fun with the in laws today, DH gone to a stag do in Cardiff and we were deposited last night. Have total respect for all you that do it on your own, I chicken out from just a weekend.

Our weaning is going very slowly, but only because I'm lazy. DS2 is 6 months today, I can't believe it's been half a year! We have had a few spoonfuls at about 12 for the last 2 weeks, but not everyday. Otherwise breastfeeding every 2, 3, or 4 hourly. No routine, but can't get myself organised. Pleased we're now at 6 months so we can do any food, he had a crust of bread to chew on at tea time, and thought that was fun. He now has 8 teeth so I'm sure he would munch on a whole variety of things given the chance.

Just found out how to look at profiles last night, lovely pics! Bit rubbish myself at the camera, can't even download the pics. Will one day learn....

Hope the rest of the weekend is good for all

wow Niknak 8 teeth! DS is nearly 8 months and only has 2 and a couple more on the way!

Hi,

Just a quickie from me. We've had a lovely weekend... Took all the kids (have a 3YO and 2YO here this weekend) to the science museum basement and they all (DS included) had a lovely time.

We are watching Peppa Pig right now, so I'd better go!!!

TSO xx

All good here except I am genuinely worried about superbro and the ex situation. I might post something in the relationships thread as I don't know if I'm being unreasonable (but I wouldn't dare post in AIBU thread for fear of getting burnt at the stake!!!)

GDABD - sorry you are feeling unsure about SuperBro... I know's it's difficult, but most often it's best let people make up their own mind about relationships.

My parents would have def. vetoed DH (previously married, two kids, not catholic, demonic ex etc etc) and lots of my friends would have prefered I stayed with Ex BF ( I didn't finish with Ex BF for DH BTW) but, for all the faults, I love DH more than anything (apart from DS!) in the world. I know he wouldn't be everyone's choice and he can be hard work, but I do love him with all my heart... Oh, I know that's me, not SUPERBRO, but I guess relationships are just complex things that other people sometimes don't get... (WDIK - What Do I know????)

ANyway, breaking news: DH says we can have another baby (see, I knew I'd wear him down!!! ... But if we are to have one, it has to be sooner rather than later (He's 44) so what do you think? Are there any drawbacks (other than the total lack of sleep, no time etc) to having two close together? I do love being able to give DS my time and attention and he is a very happy, contented baby, I feel, as a result...

My Dh's brother has just announced they are having a third = they have a 2 YO and 3YO already and it's pretty chaotic so we are a bit shocked they want another so soon....

TSOIf you're both up for a small age gap I would say go for it, you never know what nature has in store. It might happen quickly or take a while. The closest gap would be 15mnths which I know from friends is doable.

Macoco Yes I was very scared for my nipples when we found the 1st at 3mnths. DS1 was 6mnths, far more average (know a bit about it since I did dentistry at college). Can't believe so many have popped through. Got a bit munched the other night when he was overtired, but otherwise am intact

Sorry meant macaco, rubbish at this posting thing!