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!

Deemented, I also bottlefed EBM for 6 months with my first two.

mitchell glad to hear he's sleeping better, sounds really good!

Don't worry Deemented, you're not the only one at the prospect of more babies, over in luckymummy camp there will definitely be no more children!!! (DH on waiting list for the snip!)

Keep thinking about Haribo....'shoop shoop shoop....' (Friends reference...when Rachel is meant to be going ski-ing....anyone know what I mean??)

Well, had quite a good day. Met some friends at soft play.

In laws decided to ring us half an hour before turning up to say they were popping in (at 5pm) and um, oh, by the way, they hadn't had any dinner yet , so I had to rustle something up for them. They were then late for it, so it overcooked in oven, and they were then here during the witching hour.....6-7pm, the time the kids go to bed.....arghhhhhh!

Also, is it sill for me to think my MIL is ridiculous for buying her third three piece suite in 5 years???!!!!!
My parents (who are VERY different) have had the same one for 25 years!!!!

LM x

silly, not sill

Hey all,,,

No time to read all the posts, so just marking this for later, when I've had a chance to catch up.

Skiing was great and DS had a WONDERFUL time stomping in the snow!!!

GLad you are all well and will catch up more tomorrow.

HM xx

Hey,

OK, first off, apologies - I haven't read all the messages... sorry!!!! I did mean to, but I haven't had time.

Fuzzypeach - Glad you got through today OK... Hope it gets easier... Love the new name and great news about your DH saying OK to another baby... My DH has agreed too, not sure when (even if) it will happen, but we'll see if nature does it's thing!!

LM - def. with you about 3 new suites in 5 years!!! WHat's that all about?

Mitchell - thanks for the messages on FB.. It was DSD2 loading piccies on my FB page, so sorry for the slow responses!!!

How is everyone? I promise to catch up with all the news, but I just haven't stopped today - what with washing and cleaning and everything...

Coupled with the fact that DH's ex was demanding DSD2 back the minute we returned to England but has now gone on holiday She really is a character!!! It's no problem at all... Both DSDs are always welcome here but it's hard to make plans as we never know when the silly woman will reappear and demand to see her children immediately.... grrrr!!! Honestly, without going into too many details, the woman is totally insane!!!

HM xxx

fuzzypeach sorry to hear you are feeling about work. Hopefully it will get better. Are you working at the same place? Was it a coffee place at the airport or was that someone else?

Well, I did a 'body attack' at the gym last night.....my body was well and truelly attacked! I'm aching so much today, but I just keep thinking about being matron of honour at my sisters wedding in Aug!!

Took the girls swimming this morning. DD2 is getting really good at going under already, in just 3 sessions!

LM xxx

Fuzzypeach I started with patting his shoulder/back whilst lying on his side whilst he was in his cot next to our bed and played his cot music. Then I just left him with the music playing and he would fall asleep on his own, but never screaming. So now I just put him into his cot with the music and/or light display and he falls asleep. I gave him a bottle at 4am, but last night he only had a bottle at 1am between 7pm and 7am. So he's getting better on his own, hopefully tonight is the same.

Fuzzypeach Can't DH get WFTC instead of you, if you weren't working? Sorry that you had another bad day.

Hi all

fuzzypeach so sorry to hear you're hating being back at work. It's shit, isn't it? I don't even hate work but I would sooooooo much rather be at home with DS. Are you really not better off at home? Is there some way you can still get the credits etc by not working?
Mitchell hope the good sleeping is still going well.
Haribo sounds like you had a fab holiday, still think you're mad even thinking about TTC already but good luck when you eventually get, ahem, stuck in.
We're still BLWing and absolutely LOVING it. I started on purees but got a bit alarmed about the enormous amounts I seemed to be able to feed him and started worrying about obesity etc LOL! Then he started fighting to get the spoon off me every time and so, as we'd been doing finger foods in the high chair once a day or so I just stopped purees and did all finger foods in the chair.
He had about 3 weeks when he didn't get much in or didn't seem to eat a lot but then suddenly this week he's been really properly eating.
I have to say I've found it so easy and actually not that messy at all which was my big concern. If I had another baby I'd BLW from day one.
As a disclaimer I'd like to add by the way that I am not in any way anti purees, each to their own. And you'll not get me calling it mush as I've seen that around on MN and I think it's as rude as people saying formula's shit. I FF and I'd take offence to that so you won't catch me being rude about purees. Even though I feel almost religious in my enthusiasm for BLW. But I'll keep a lid on it except on the BLW site !
Time to stop rambling go and sort laundry.
Hope everyone is well.
M

obviously when i say I'd BLW from day one I mean I'd BLW any future babies from 6 months not newborn!

Macaco Glad BLW is going so well for you, we didn't think you were going to give your 1 week old baby a carrot stick to chew on
Well another night of sleeping through except for the 12pm bottle. So tonight I will try give it to him at about 10pm and see if he sleeps through till 7am. Fingers crossed it works.

Do any of you use a baby breathing monitor for your lo? I have one from DD, which we had to use. DS1 slept in our bed until 2 so didn't need it. But now that Ds2 is in his own bed I am in two minds whether I should use it.

DS slept through from 9:30pm until 7:30am last night

I really did consider a breathing monitor for DS, but decided against it. He is still sleeping with me, though I am getting better at using the baby listener for day time naps.

I think the real risk of cot death reduces after about 5MO (no expert though), though being totally honest, I probably check on DS 4-5 times a night (even if he's in his cot, I'll get out of bed to check him) and during day time naps, I'll check in with him probably every ten minutes or so.. Probably sounds OTT, but he's my PFB!!

DH's ex still being a PITA. She is due home tomorrow but her time of arrival appears to be a closly guarded secret!

God, I must have struck lucky with DS as far as sleep goes! He's slept more or less 7pm to 7am for ages and ages now. teething recently meant it was 7pm to 5.30 or 6am but still I count myself as v lucky. i never dream fed as I didn't see the point. I did it once but then decided if he was too sleepy to wake he could go thru without it and sure enough he did. Probably just luck though.

Macaco - You are lucky!!!

DS have never slept 7-7. Never. On the very best night, it's 9:30-7... He's still wide awake now.

He's eating like a horse, so he's not hungry and he doesn't nap that much during the day (1-2 hours max).

And, even when he IS asleep, he is such a light sleeper, I hardly dare move!

DD2 still wakes every 2-3 hrs at night to feed. She went through a stage of sleeping 12 hours with only one feed sometime in there around 3-4 months but stopped around the 4 month growth spurt and never got it back again.

Some nights I wonder if she is hungry or just waking out of habit, but popping a boob in her mouth is the easiest (and fastest, and quietest!) way of getting her back to sleep so...

I'm beginning to wonder if our daughters weren't seperated at birth, FM....

Well, deemented they are both stunning gawjus, so very very possibly!

DD2 has been sleeping since 8pm. She woke and fed at 10pm but has been laid beside me on her pillow sleeping since then.

Well girls, you know why I call myself luckymummy......both my DDs sleep 6:30pm (will go at 6pm if I put them to bed at that time) til at least 7:30am, usually nearer 7:45/8am and one day last week 8:30am!!!!! YES I do know how very lucky I am. It is honestly ny first thought as soon as I wake up and look at the clock...."thank-you God for giving me such lovely sleeping beauties"!!!

Weaning is going really well here. I suppose I would now say I'm doing a bit of both...I don't puree anything anymore though, just mash what we have, and last week DD2 has exactly what we had, butternutsquash risotto (sorry, I think I might have already said that). She also finger feeds herself little sandwiches, cheese, fruit, breadsticks. I'm really pleased with the variety she is eating. I agree that just putting some finger foods on the tray and keeping an eye on them is easier, and less time consuming. I still personally like to spoon feed her once a day her 'hot' food, but we do both, which is working for us.

We don't use a breathing monitor. We have a standard monitor which I put on if they are asleep in the day or in the evening when we are downstairs, when we go to bed we just rely on being able to hear them as they are in the room next to ours. We go in and check on them before we go to bed, but that's it. I used to check DD1 when she was a baby if I got up in the night, but I'm a bit more blase now.

I am definitely more chilled about this than I was with DD1. I had a monitor on full volume right by my side of the bed right up until DD2 was born !!

Horses for Courses and all that....

LM xx

fuzzypeach I realise that I don't know your financial situation (and I don't want to know, it's none of my business) but if you are so unhappy at work and only £50 better off, maybe it would be better for you to be at home? I know it might mean less money, but do you think you could cope, financially?? I know it's a tough time. credit crunch and all that...

I'm a firm believer in quality of life over financial earnings. My DH was a financial advisor when I met him and 6 months after we got married he changed career to become a paramedic and took a 50% cut in his earnings, which was hard, as we were used to his big salary, but we soon adjusted, and now it's the best thing he ever did, as he has so much more time at home with us and less stress in his job (no 'targets' etc). Don't get me wrong, we're not skint, but
we have less fancy holidays than most of our friends (we always holiday in the UK) and I buy most of my clothes in supermarkets but we are so happy and that's what matters to me!

Sorry, I'm gibbering on now....what I mean fuzzypeach is that you might be happier, even if a little worse off financially???

just 2 little words chicken pox!

Oh no Niknak! I am dreading the day my DD1 comes home from school with CP. I hope you are not getting too stressed out.

It's not too bad really.The cousins he caught it off were absolutely covered. He's onloy really got it down his back, none on his face so far. The only annoying thing is not being able to get out to our normal activities tomorrow

Evening ladies

Hope everyone is okay - I am knackered this evening and haven't read all the posts for a few days.

Macaco I am glad you're loving BLW - I too am quite passionate about it and am really pleased it is working so well for you too.

HM - Sounds like a good ski trip. I haven't been skiing for 2 years and miss it a lot. We did think about going for NY with some friends but said friends thought it was such a good idea they invited ten other couples and it ended up being a totally different trip to the one we'd hoped for so we didn't go.

TMI warning! Dd isn't very well. She has kind of greeny yellow snot coming out of her eyes and has been off her food and very, very clingy for days following the bad nappy rash (which has now cleared up). Vaseline worked wonders on the nappy rash btw.

I am knackered. Had some friends over for dinner last night and didn't get to bed until midnight which isn't that late but as dd is sick she's waking even more than normal. We're weaning her off co sleeping at the moment as me and her are waking each other up all night. It is going well so far but to be honest I HATE it![blush I know whatever we do has to be right for her & moving her into her cot (still in our room) is right but personally, as as I am to admit it, I feel a bit bereft without her in my arms at night.

Any other LOs stopped crawling? Dd crawled for a week around 5 weeks ago but has just stopped all of a sudden and only wants to attempt standing and walking...?

Oh - thanks for everyone getting back to me about bfing. My question is quite simple - why are you still doing it? The reason I ask is this. I understood the WHO's reccomendations were to bf for the first 12 months. On NYE we ate with some friends' friends one of whom is a GP and he suggested that in the western world research shows there is "no real benefit" after 6 months. I spoke to my GP about it last week and she said bfing for 8 months is great and I think misunderstood thinking I wanted an excuse to stop (which I don't). I don't want to start a bfing war (and actually plan to continue until 12 months whatever just in case) but am interested in others' thoughts (FMLs only!)

Right - off to bath dd. She's having an early night because she's not very well. Then we're ordering sashimi from the brillaitn Japanese place down the raod and going to watch a movie on dvd.

MM