March 2008 babies: Why aren't humans born with teeth and other important topics!

[MarchNowFebMum]

new thread - old one getting too big for some...

Back from in-laws, now waiting for my parents to arrive tonight!
I do enjoy spending time with my in-laws, but if I'd had to endure one more comment about how much dd sleeps (she has 2 naps a day. I don't think that's excessive?) or if she's warm enough (yes, their house is cold, so we added another layer to her at night and kept a cardi on her during the day) I would have snapped! MIL has been known to say (to her daughter) "I can't say anything about what they should do, so I just tell them what I did" which is, in fact, the same thing!
DH arrived on Christmas Eve sans all the lovely wrapped presents that I'd left for him to bring ! He claimed they "weren't on the list" like the Calpol and top I'd forgotten. Grrrr... However, it was a lovely Christmas part 1, part 2 to begin tonight!

I think turtle could do with some moral support see here

Have seen and posted, really sucks, hope she is ok.

My Christmas was really nice until I went up to my IL's. They gave DP a rather substantial sum of money for him to "spend on himself" as he has had "a tough year financially". REALLY evil ILs?! Which bit was tough for him, the bit where he lived on his own, left us, didn't (and still doesn't) pay for half of her nursery fees/living costs/clothes etc. Really fucking tough. Not.

Suffice to say I was thoroughly pissed off that it wasn't given as a family gift and DD wasn't even given a single £ to put in her savings or anything. I may very well be being unreasonable but I think it's rude to do that. Especially the laying it on so thick about how hard his year has been... I'm the one who gave birth, was pregnant, moved on my own, was a lone parent for most of the year, woke up every night for months, went back to FT work with a 5 month old baby because I had no poxy support and he is the one who deserves thousands of pounds to spend on him not his family (that was made very clear).

Rant over!

Glad you all seem to have had a nice festive period, am loving being off of work even though DD is a non-sleeping teething monster at the moment. Happy 2009 everyone!

ewe, that's really shitty too - is he likely to feel guilty enough to pass any of it on or will he act as selfishly as his parents?

turtle remember we're here for you, don't worry that you're ranting too much or anything - you need to have someone to let off steam to.

Parents going home in 1/2 hr, been lovely having them over despite the claustrophobic atmosphere at times, but will be lovely to have the house to ourselves again for a while!
Lo's first top tooth broke through on boxing day and he's busy grinding them together making noises to amuse himself!

Thanks all
Ewe-that is just rotten. Maybe there is some kind of boot camp for fathers we could send them to? If you fancy meeting up for a baby wrestling match coffee give me a shout.

turtle - i don't have much to add. continue to be strong, take each day as it comes, and don't make any big decisions just yet - give yourself time to think about things first.

ewe - i hope your dp realises what the right thing to do is! so {angry} at his parents on your behalf.

hiya all, it seems to have been a down time for everyone recently so her to a new year and a new start

took ds to gp today as has been ill and unhappy for ages, first it was d=v then chickem pox but the whole time he has had a cold he couldnt quite shake, at first gp thought i was being fussy but then discovered ds has a 'middle ear infection' that looks quite nasty and would whats upsetting him.....we now have antibiotics so will await the nappies

9 months is pretty similar to how dd was at this age, eating rapidly improving, sleep fast deterioting, and i thought i had learnt from my mistakes

ewe just place your faith in what goes around comes around!

Thanks all, glad I wasn't being too unreasonable! He has made up for it a little by buying me a new dress today [twirls] and he has been a bit of a superstar about tonight as DD has chicken pox so we were both going to cancel our plans but he has said he is happy to stay in on his own with her whilst I go out!

Feel a bit guilty about going out but DD seems to have it very mildly and is fine apart from being off her food and not sleeping. For those of you in the area it is doing the rounds big time according to the doctor and we are the 8th family at nursery to have it and DD has been off since 18th Dec!

Happy New Year everyone, remember how fat and sober we were this time last year? 2009 is going to be great!

hey Ewe, I'm still fat and sober! I'm aiming to celebrate the new year with an early night and some sleep which is much more exciting for me than indigestion and bags under the eyes again

Happy new year everyone, our LO's will be one year old soon and think of all that progress we have to look forward to!
Anyone heard from Preggers lately? The twins are 1 already aren't they?

happy new year everyone! hope you've got some nice plans and may they come through for you all

had a breakthrough here tonight, ds has always screamed his head off at bathtime but tonight he sat in the bath happily splashing away as he is now sitting well enough to go in dds bath seat and dd was 'loose' in the bath

he then on a roll shuffled from the kids room to mine and sat next to dd while i blow dried her hair which i do in my room as it normally terrifes him, my baby is growing up!

littleducks - any tips re chicken pox? I am slowly going nuts, as is DD, she is so uncomfortable and itchy

no really im afraid the godsend is pirition but that is only suitable for over ones (so i used on my toddler to my relief but poor ds suffered)

calamine lotion
oats in bath
lots of baths
distraction

and gritting your teeth that it will be over in 7 days is all you can do when they are so small

Oats in bath... literally just put oats in it?

Poor you having the two of them having it at once. She is the unhappiest I have ever seen her and I am supposed to be back at work tomorrow. Rubbish timing and the doc said under 2s may not get full immunity from it depending on severity, how bad was your DS?

am bfing ds so he will prob get again , he was spotty and itchy but not high temps they had it consecutively but both had a cold when other had cp so was a month from hell

you can chuck a handful in but to contain mess put in an old pop sock or in a muslin ball and put under running tap

oh ewe, your poor DD (and you). What a rubbish way to start the new year Still, I guess it can only get better!

We had a fabulous Christmas and New Year here - lots of cake, lots of roast dinners, lots of chocolate and lots of champers. It has been completely knackering though - we hosted both sets of parents for 5 days in total and cooked for friends two other nights so I'm sick of cooking and washing up. Off to my PILs for the weekend and intend to be waited on hand and foot

Trying to wean DS and it's going really badly - i.e. he is refusing milk out of bottles and two types of sippy cup despite not having a problem with either before and happily taking water from them. He just screams and shouts until I give in. I'd hoped that it would be easier as DH is around to do it, but I think with all the comings and goings over Christmas he is probably a bit too unsettled and needs the comfort from me at the moment. I guess I'll try again next week once things have calmed down. Anyone know when the average baby (as my DS seems to be very average so far as feeding goes) drops that middle of the day feed, as that is the one I am desperate to get rid of and if he won't take it from a cup/bottle then not sure whether to worry or whether he is likely to drop it naturally quite soon anyway.

for those who have been Stateside recently, are there any shops/kiosks after security in the US where you can get baby milk/food? I know it's ok here in the UK , but my memory of US airside shopping experience is that it's pretty crap unless you want beef jerky, newspapers or Burger King...

And I need a new name for the new year, any suggestions?

What formula are you using fnf1? It's all different in North America. I knew this before I went to Canada, so had to bring it all with me. I brought powder on the plane and got the stewardesses to fill a flask with hot water to mix it with.
Not sure about baby food though as dd wasn't weaned when we went!

Hope everyone is having a good new year so far. My parents are still visiting, so it still feels a bit festive around here. My mom is staying for a couple more weeks to look after dd while I go back to work on the 8th! (I know I've had a good long mat leave, but I can't believe it's here already)

HQ- I'm not sure about dropping the mid afternoon feed, I wonder if you could offer a snack instead of milk? Or perhaps try a bit of cow's milk (it wouldn't be his main drink, so might be ok)? Those might be rubbish suggestions, but I'm new to all this too

ooh, powder will do ok then, using c&g hungry baby, suppose it depends if he's going onto real moomilk a couple of weeks short of a year or not.

HQ - E will still only drink out of a bottle for me, though occasionally from sippy cup for his gran...on one day, then on the next day he'll change his mind again. Tried a doidy cup and he will sip from that but prefers to bite his teeth on it instead!

How are the poxy babies today?

Happy new year, everyone. Feel like I haven't posted here for ages, but I have been lurking, promise.

Sorry that some of you are having a tough time at the moment, and hope that the poorly babies are better soon.

Ewe, I can't believe your inlaws would do that! Well done for getting a dress out of it...I would try and get more treats if I were you.

Turtle, how are you getting on? How is his sleep going? I've read some of your posts here and on other threads, (and I know that this is going to sound obvious, and probably unhelpful) but when I was cutting out night feeds with Ff I just told myself that she didn't NEED booby at night, she just WANTED it. The first few nights were difficult, but so, so worth it.

Is everyone else drowning under a sea of plastic at the moment? Despite making it perfectly clear to both sets of grandparents that we have no room for huge amounts of toys, we received so many that inlaws had to make a special trip to visit today with a car full of crap presents that we couldn't fit into our (pretty large) 4x4 for the trip back from Wales.

Can I ask a sleep question please? I know that this is really insensitive given some of your situations, so please look away now if you're feeling sleep deprived. How much sleep should they be having at the moment? Ff was born on 21st Feb, so is a bit older than some of your LOs, and she is sleeping 7pm until at least 7.20am, sometimes later if Bloke isn't in work so there is no alarm/movement from us, and is still having an hour in the morning (11-12ish) and an hour in the afternoon. Is this too much? If we're out and about then she'll happily miss one, but at home she seems to get ratty if I don't put her to bed at the 'right' times. And sorry. I know that you might hate me now

Have put some Christmassy Ff pics on Facebook if anyone fancies a look, and I will look out for some of yours.

hey ff, our LO gets very ratty if he doesn't get his sleep soon after breakfast, then again around 3.30ish, and on a non-teething night he's in bed from about 7 through to 6-7am. If he's sleeping at night I don't worry about him having "too much" in the daytime, as I think he actually sleeps better for his daytime naps than when he goes without.
That said, he's fighting the daytime naps at all now if they're in his cot, he's decided he'll fall asleep whereever he's playing instead...see latest fb pics!
Like your photos, very cute santa outfit Though I did have to pass over the chocolatey ones quickly before my compulsion to get a wetwipe out took hold! And love the doggies

Ff, that sounds right to me.

Thanks - just wanted some reassurance.

fit I know! I had to sit on my hands while Bloke took the picture. The doggies love to sit either side of Ff as in that photo.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope everyone is enjoying the tranquility of either being back at work or having the house back to themselves. I did a little dance of celebration after waving goodbye to DH and DS at 8 this morning. . I did have a lovely time at my mum and dads over christmas. Up for 6 days and to the pub 4 times. I even coped with the second big family get together of Dh's family. When MIL sat down at a meal she hadn't helped at all with and said that as 'the matriarch' of the family she was going to allocate chores I even refrained from standing up and shouting 'you're not the matriarch of ME'!!
DD is sleeping in random erratic patterns- somedays she does 2 half hour naps, or 2 of 1 hour, or one 2 hour and a 1 hour (I like those days alot). Still no sign of teeth, and I don't think she'll ever crawl. She now seems to be trying to stand up by herself but not in the logical way, oh nooo. She just pushes off with her feet and falls flat on her face, ooh 20 times a day. I keep propping her up by the sofa but she doesn't seem to get the message.
I hope those who had a rough time recently are feeling better.

happy new year again! i've kept my only resolution so far...reading an extra 2 books a day to ds1. was getting far too lazy re: tv.

am finding teeth grinding from gg very VERY irritating. he won't chew anything else, just his teeth. terrible noise, makes me feel queasy.

well, he can crawl at will now, took 4 days before/over xmas. he can crawl, dragging his baby cage behind him half way across the sitting room. his brother gets in the cage a lot, in order to play undisturbed!