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

[MarchNowFebMum]

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

on food - meatballs are fab (annabel karmel has a good recipe for chicken and granny smith which sounds bizarre, but the apple keeps them moist without adding too much appley flavour)

chicken thighs are great as the meat peels off in nice long holdable bits and more moist than breast so seems easier for baby to chew and eat. I usually just bung one in whenever the oven is on, with different herbs and spices as the fancy takes me. Thyme and garlic and lots of black pepper is the fave at the moment.

whinge/vent/moan alert so i can offload and get on with day

1. i'm effing bored of early monring waking
2. i'm so pissed off i dropped a nice silver pen down the loo just now and had to use kictehn tongs to fish it out, leaving me with round of disinfecting when i get back downstairs
3. ds1, don't have tantrums in the morning, or your loving mumma will go ballistic, especially if they are over effing tv which we now cant watch all day
4. there is a kilo of mince to be turned into delumptious food for 3 diff people plus our teatime visitors today and the freezer
5. and the school run starts again in 1hr20mins
6. my joints hurt because i had to mobilise suddenly this morning before the gelling went down and i'm sick of it
7. its grey
8. its very grey
9. i am bored of housekeeping
10. i am getting bored of childcare
11. er
12. that's it i think

and breathe

Hi- e14mum here. Finally got around to changing my quite boring name to a new one in honour of dd's favourite food!

I know I'll miss something, but thanks for the recipes and food ideas lately. Trying lots of new things with dd- fish fingers today were a bit hit. I'm going to make those apple-chicken fingers tomorrow HQ.

Sorry to hear about the illnesses and hope the LO's are feeling better soon!

Also, hope the mummies are feeling less stir-crazy/sleep-deprived/etc... soon!

We had an 8-month check. But a friend at a different surgery nearby didn't. Think it's hit and miss.

Bye for now!

on the 8 month check - i know sutton does them but epsom doesn't so just depends where you live!

Erm. My baby is 8 months old. Check. That will be it for us! Offline. AGAIN. Better mood at last though!

Sole goujons. My word. P ate 6 of them, I only managed 5...
Yum.

We had an eight month check. The HV came to the house to do it (only, I think, because I haven't been near the place for months. Plus, they sent a different HV to the one I had my, ahem, difference of opinion with.)

I took little Ff to a music group today, for the first time. All good fun, sitting in a circle singing, although there was one baby who insisted on joining in, shrieking at the top of her voice and making all the other mums laugh in a 'wow, I'm glad my child isn't crazy like that one' sort of way. And yes, said baby was Ff...She had a great time though!

How many milk feeds are you all doing now? We have four - first thing, 10.30ish, 4ish, then bedtime. We missed 10.30 today because we were at screaming music group, and I'm wondering if she could do without it. [wonders if there is a happy yet sad emoticon]

Apparently we have a 9 month check so should be due soon.
LO was wonderful yesterday babbling away, but got grouchy swimming...probably because he'd had his 3 square meals and 3 bottles before bed, another bottle at 7 for bedtime, and yet another just before midnight. Still woke up at 3.15, but this time didn't go into him as I was too knackered to get up. Then he stopped crying and I fell asleep again. Got vomited on this morning for first time since last week.

Work's been sh*t this week too, lack of sleep hasn't helped and have been struggling to stay awake in the afternoons Feeling quite down at the minute for no good reason, really really wish my hormones would sort themselves out

God, feels like the 8 month work is worse than the 8 week work for most of us! DD has bronchiolitis and is losing weight - you'd never believe it seeing her, she looks a little chubster.

Got a bollocking off the GP for not taking her to a baby clinic since she was about 3 months old but they are at rubbish times, you have to wait for ages and they are nigh on impossible to attend when working FT. She did refer me to a paed to see if there is anything else we can do for DD (and me, I am beyond tired).

Good to hear P is eating again turtle, things can only get better eh!

HQ - I am so I can barely type. Where exactly did you go? It sounds amazing.

MB - I think you need a child free day, ditch them on DH at the weekend?

CricketsMum - good to hear Epsom don't do them as I thought I may have just slipped through the net! Any idea of how to get book pack? [prays it's not at bloody weigh in clinic]

Ff - DD has four milk feeds a day on a good day, more often than not she is having three these days, she is definitely becoming less and less interested in it!

Lots of hugs and wine to everyone who is feeling stressed and down

Are you ladies really in Epsom? One of my best friends is from there, and I've spent quite a lot of time there in uni holidays, and the year after graduation, when we all lived back with our parents and were poor, so had to gather at childhood homes feeling like we were having friends round to play. Does Chessington Road ring any bells? That's where my friend is from.

Thanks Ewe - four seems about right for us at the moment. It the amount she takes for the mid-morning and mid-afternoon ones varies according to how much she eats at meal times. If she eats more than she smears in her hair or feeds to Girldog, then they are small milk feeds, otherwise, they are longer.

Am v jealous of the four feeds lot. Due to teeth, illness and general bleh of late P is now feeding as follows: 6 milk, 7 milk, 8 breakfast, 11 milk, 12 big huge lunch, 230/3 milk, 5 supper (huge), 630 milk, 11 milk, then sometimes it is milk at 130, 330, 430. Yes, he is doing this for comfort. No, I don't like it. Cannot help myself as have had to change sheets daily due to blood and goo. As soon as he is 100% (and me too, for that matter) am moving to Peru at night so that he can scream, can't take it much longer. I know that HV is going to ask if he's sleeping through and that I will either tell the truth and cry(prompting more visits as must be PND) or lie and make her wonder why I look like this. Oh and to add to the mix, P managed to give me a small black eye. That charming sitting on your lap then violently throwing head back for no reason thing... Sorry I went on a bit...

Oh...and happy Thanksgiving to Jfly. (And any other Americans among us...are there any others?)

HQ thanks for the tip on teh book, just ordered.
hope everyone coping.

Ewe nasty about bronchiolitis, have heard of someone else's baby last night who'd got it but was nearly over it by the time they went to GP...and got told there wasn't any point in being given anything for it since they'd managed to get over the worst already.

turtle, you're right, no point in letting P scream on cold turkey at night when he's in a bad way at the moment. Just a thought - would it be so bad to just tell HV the truth? You can always say he's been ill so can't sleep through? It's not your fault, but you're having to cope with everything by yourself really and he's doing brilliantly, give yourself a pat on the back and take some {{{hugs}}} from anyone who offers.

Note to self - remember that even 1 glass of alcohol can lead to being all maudlin...avoid in future.

oh yes, and happy Thanksgiving, and hope noone's out in Mumbai...

Happy Turkey Day to you, too, Turtle! I think I may make a pumpkin pie, if I have the time.

No reminder from HV/GP for 8 month check, so I just made the appt myself. Seems to vary from area to area, though, so I guess if you're wondering call your GP. I hadn't been to weigh him for about 8 weeks so thought it'd be a good opportunity to see where he was. Also had never had his height done, so was interested in that. Now feel a bit about going since he's definitely lost his chubbiness. I promise I won't worry about his weight - I am NOT one of those people.

I thought the HV put it nicely: "Is he sleeping enough for you?" I was able to answer yes to that, but would have felt a bit criticised if she had asked if he was sleeping through.

G has been in size 4 nappies from about 6 months. I think he has a wide torso (if that makes sense) so he's needed the extra girth.

G is on about 4 feeds a day now, but can vary with teething and growth spurts. I had a friend tell me he doesn't need more than three feeds a day now b/c Annabel Karmel says so. Anyway, he gets what he gets when he gets it.

I think MB's yesterday has travelled up north a little and hit me square between the eyes today. I had the most horrible nightmare last night where my Dad parked his car and left DD in it as 'she was asleep' and then couldn't remember where the car was. I spent an hour running round Barcelona (don't know why Barcelona) screaming at him to remember before waking up. Then stayed awake for about an hour afterwards winding down. My parents don't even own a car.

I have a crappy cold.

DD didn't sleep through 7 days in row so champagne not drunk.

I have managed to convince DH that there is no such thing as a chopping board wiping fairy but he still seems to believe in one that cleans the sink. He burnt his toast this morning and scraped all the bits off into the sink. And then left them. GRRR.

I feel very depressed that I am looking forward to a trip to Tesco's to buy..wait for it....weighing scales (hey...'wait for it' geddit??? Oh god shoot me now). I thought I better weigh DD for the first time in 4 months so will need weighing scales that don't make you weigh less the longer you stand on them. (I quite like them ). Who's babies are still in the little car seat? DD doesn't like hers now as she likes to sit up straight so we were thinking about putting her in a big one.

I'm panicking about how much DD eats now- she only has 3 bottles 7.30 ish , 2 and 6.30. Very miniscule breakfast (2 toast fingers), a decentish lunch and quite a small tea.

Anyway, I shall go now and make myself a lunch cup of coffee and finally get round to having some breakfast myself.

Hope everyone else is well.

am a bit at the four feeds a day but i am still trying to cram feeds in the day to stop him night feeding

and it appears i have a bum shuffler!!! we have laminate downstairs and i just sat him down with a toy in front to encourage him to reach for it, a min later i looked down and he had gone, had slid backwards all the way to the other side of the room and was hiding behind the sofa

i wanted to weigh ds today as they have scales at dd mum and toddler group but she is poorly again and is asleep, now the pox has gone i think she is weak and has caught the bug ds and i have

so what do babies have for thanksgiving dinner, any good ideas i could try?

Here we are so bored being at home that we are doing the full-on turkey bit for all. Pascal is having turkey(with cranberries), roast potatoes, baby corn, broccoli and (if I can face it) a baby pumpkin pie. I am so hungry at the moment I may just do it. I love turkey, why is it reserved for special occasions? I must have it 3 times a month...

Sounds yummy! I am bored and have been baking the past few days but have now run out of ingrediants so it jacket pots with cheese for lunch as dd not well enough to go out

I like turkey too but would love a roast of any kind atm, but no meat or i really would do it today!

littleducks- been online food shoping or i would be doing the same!

Happy Thanksgiving JFly! I made pumpkin pie back in October for Cdn Thanksgiving and it went down a treat with the Brits who were a bit wary at first (is it the colour? texture? name? I love it!)

DD is on 3 milk feeds: 7:30, 3, 6:30-7ish, chews on some toast at breakfast, good sized lunch and then decent tea. She recently stopped taking any milk at lunch so I stopped offering it.

Ewe- I was given a bookstart pack at a SureStart centre nearby. Maybe try somewhere like that?

Ewe- forgot to tell you...this

Mmmm... Roast potatoes are baby (and mummy) heaven in this house. They can be my token attempt at a Thanksgiving dinner

DS had a rotten day yesterday - a bit of D&V (nothing too bad), lots of sleep and no appetite for solids. I thought he was a bit out of sorts due to tiredness, slight jetlag and the change from hot to cold weather but I think it is actually the top 2 teeth making their way down as DH and I were up with him 7 times last night and he's inconsolable this morning. He's just taken an hour to get to sleep despite being exhausted

On feeds, he is on 3 or 4 feeds a day usually: 7am, 3pm and 6pm definitely and then the lunchtime one varies depending on how big a breakfast he has had or if he has drunk some water mid-morning. Plus if he has had a small lunch then I tend to offer milk after as a top up. Despite going 6pm-7am without a feed, he has only actually slept through once. His sleep has been worse than even as a newborn in the last month due to cold, holiday, teething - up at least 3 times per night, and usually more

Trying to decide when to start weaning off breastfeeding as I am still so ambivalent about it (at best, I quite like it, but more often I just feel like he is sucking the lifeforce out of me. I still get huge sugar lows after breastfeeds which send me racing to the biscuit tin and get me in a sugar high/low spiral and it's doing nothing for my skin, my weight or my mood. I'm really feeling I need to get my body back to myself now after it being his for almost 18 months, but just don't feel I can start to do that until he is back on an even keel. Any advice from those who have stopped on how to know when is the right time to stop? I don't want to regret stopping, but don't think I can keep going much longer.

Ewe - we stayed in the Four Seasons in Sharm-el-Sheikh. DH got us a great deal through Trailfinders which made it expensive but justifiable, rather than expensive and not at all justifiable It was fab!

Also try your library for BookStart pack - that's where I got mine.

Buckwheat blueberry pancakes:

60 g whole wheat flour
30 g buckwheat flour
30 g all-purpose flour
20 g quick cooking oats
3tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
235 ml milk
3Tbsp vegetable oil or butter, melted and cooled
1Tbsp honey (I used white sugar)
1 egg, lightly beaten
handful berries or sliced fruit

Mix dry ingredients. Add milk, oil/butter and egg and mix gently until ingredients incorporated. Let mixture sit for 15-30 minutes (this gives light, fluffy pancakes).
Drop batter by spoonful onto hot, oiled pan. Add berries/fruit, then flip over once sides are bubbling and dry. Makes about 10 medium/5" or 15 baby-sized ones. Serve with butter and maple syrup.