December 2007 - Oh what fun, they are almost ONE!

[Caz10]

OK here we are ladies!

Hi Buzzy!

Been to ILS they're fine, MIL is getting about with a big strap thing for her leg and a zimmer frame, and they have someone coming every day to help out around the house. Lunch went very well too.

TMI ALERT - don't read any further if eating!

DS has been trumping loads all day, and has been out of sorts since yesterday afternoon - partly due to toothypeg no. 8 which is now poking through the gum and I think partly to do with his jab. He was very unsettled last night, needed calpol and nurofen at various point as his tooth was clearly causing him pain And all today been clingy and unhappy too, as well as off his food. Didn't eat all of his breakfast, which is unheard of for him, and hardly touched his lunch. Had a few boob feeds though instead. Been sleeping loads as well - slept all the way to ILS (1hr20min) half an hour laid on me and then slept most of the way home, though stirred and cried a couple of times.
Got home, another boob, wanted to play but was still trumping loads - and very smelly ones! Couple of times we've took his nappy off firmly convinced he has pooed but he hasn't!
He was in the ball pool when he trumped again, DH decided to pull him out and just as well as this time he had pooed and it was escaping from his nappy Got him on to the changing mat, stripped him off, it was everywhere - all up his front and all up his back! So while DH was getting as much of the poo off as possible I ran upstairs and ran his bath. Into the bath he went, but I must say that after that he started seeming a bit better!
We've given him some A&P and some Calpol as well though, but hopefully he'll have a better night tonight.
Thanks to DH's quick actions was only a tiny bit of poo to clean up from the changing mat and ball pool (am thanking God for Daniel's habit of chucking half the balls out of the pool so there wasn't many in there!), but I had the grim job of cleaning his nappy, wipes and vest lol!!

DS still out of sorts today
Though I guess I should count myself lucky as this is the first time he has really been poorly.
And he didn't get up til 7.30 this morning!

Helloooooo everyone!

Have just managed to read through all of your posts. Have been a terrible MN-er tart, keep logging on, going to active convos, wandering off and talking about useless things, then before I know it my MN time is up!

So last night I sat and read through all the posts I'd missed and remembered how fab it is to be in touch with all of you, so I vowed to come straight here tonight!!

Insy how are you, how is this pregnancy compared to the last one? I feel your pain both re crying at work and stressful inlaws! MIL is great in that she is very hands on and can be relied on to take dd and look after her (my mum is a bit flaky), but she is v controlling and takes it into her head to do random things like wake her up from her nap because she's decided she's "had enough"

BT you're famous!! I got an email with your name in it and everything!! How is your wee poorly ds?

clairey i am a bit of a skinny minny too, it is quite hard isn't it, because people always say oh it's alright for you etc, but in actual fact I feel that I look quite ill sometimes, and it's worrying not being able to put on weight. If I've had a stressful time I tend to look quite ill.

Ooooh - noises on the monitor - may have to dash...DD is in her own room for the 1st time tonight!!! I am quite sad about it actually although it was nice to be able to go into my bedroom earlier! It's taken us this long to get her room sorted, plus I'm a sad git and will really miss her at nightime! But her sleep has been so horrendous, I thought this would be worth a try...[hopeful emocion]...

suey your holiday sounded amazing, you are so brave re travelling with the wee one, we are humming and hawing over going somewhere like France in the summer, and you are off long haul...I think we need to just go to it! How is your business, are things slowing down at all? I hope not.

beckle how is your wee one?? Scary! How on earth do you use an inhaler with a baby? We are going for dd's mmr next week i think, she's had a cold pretty much permanently since her birthday so been putting it off, I hope she is ok with it.

whizz how is work? I am missing my evenings too, trying to get home as fast as poss from work to do bath/tea/bed etc, then I always have 2-3hrs work to do, then I'm needing my bed! Very tiring, I feel like I'm on a hamster wheel all the time.

clairey again! - we had a mould issue too, it was bizzare, a wicker chest thing full of jumpers and it grew mould on the back of it, no idea why, it wasn't damp or anything. Had to chuck the chest though, there was no way of getting it off entirely. We have a funny plastic sheet thing under dd's fitted cot sheet, I think it is meant to deter stuff like that, maybe get one of them? she is a tummy sleeper too, spends the night huffing and puffing face down, it's no wonder condensation could build up hee hee!

buzzy enjoy the summer holidays! I am very excited as one of my oldest friends from school is coming home from Oz in our summer holidays this year, with her wee girl who was also a Dec 07 arrival! It must be cheaper for flights from NZ/Oz at that time?

Awen helloooooo I liked your little summary!! Ours is...

6 teeth, big ones brewing at the back I think, no walking on her own but very good at it when pushing her little cart thing! Still a super speedy crawler! A few little words/sounds - oof oof for the dog, baaaaaa baaaaa for bath, ba ba for bye (note the distinction between ba and baaaaa ) and lots of random chundering, she actually NEVER stops talking! She does about 6 of the baby signing signs now too. Still bf-ing, in the morning, when I get home from work, before bed, and then 2-3 times during the night....zzzzzzzzzzzz....although tonight we are limiting her to once (maybe a cop out but I am too weak to deny her ltogether from 7-7 in one fell swoop!)

Ok have I broken the longest post record?!!

Oh - PS meant to ask - how many bottles/feeds are people on per day now? Who was it said their ds(?) had just stopped asking? That is what I'm hoping will happen here. I'm still asking whoever has dd in the day to give her a bottle mid morning and mid afteroon, but I'm wondering now if she should be dropping that? She's never very interested in it apparently.

Also are people still having 2 naps a day or just one? Well, heir lo's....lol 2 naps a day would be bliss!!

Caz10 - hello! IKWYM about getting drawn into random threads!
DS is much better today, hooray! BAck to his normal self though his appetite is still a bit off.
He generally walkes up 2-3 times a night for a feed, and I'll feed him 4-5 times a day except when he is at nursery when it is more like 2-3 times.
When he at home with me he'll have a nap after breakfast and a nap after lunch, but at nursery he often only has one after lunch, but might have another in the afternoon as well.
He tends to have a 15min nap in the car on the way there and from.

hey caz!
Business ok, but not great, thanks for asking. Next 6 months will decide one way or another.

DD has one nap- just moved it to after lunch; about one till 3, although she could go much longer. She has milk on waking, after lunch and after bath. otherwise some milk with cereal. We are gradually introducing cow's milk.

LOL chundering means vomitting in scotland! they use chuntering there

Caz:

How did DD sleep in her own room?

DS still on 2 naps most days, he had gone down to one and was really grumpy and horrible but then I discovered my sleeping in the buggy trick and now he has two again. He will not nap in his cot or anywhere other than buggy or car though! When he starts taking his morning one later I'll see if he can get by on just one but at the moment he gets up at 6 and is more than ready to nap by 10.

Feeds-DS has bf first thing (used to be one boob now is 2), cows milk before both his naps (only 4/5 oz) bf before bed and whenever he askes for it in day. He wasn't having any in the day for a couple of weeks but now we've stopped giving him night feeds he usually wants it a couple of times or more! He is a bit of a milk monster!

He is still waking most nights though but I am making dh go in to him because I know that as soon as he starts crying and pulling at my top I'll give in and feed him! When DH goes to him he usually settles within minutes so it is much quicker than if I feed him and makes me feel reassured that he doesn't actually need the milk then. DH is complaining how tired he is and I do feel bad but at the same time I think well I've done it for over 2 and a half years so you shouldn't complain about one or two wakings a night for a few weeks

Molars buzzy??? Wow she is super advanced with her teeth isn't she!

hi caz

pregnacy is just passing me by which is really sad as I rarely give it a second thought and then I get all worried and hope 20 wk scan will be ok!
still a house full of illness here, I can't work out if I'm doing something wrong or thats just what happens when you have children. ds1 has been miserable since wed and flopping/tantrums around all weekend, can't blame him as he feels rubbish but wish he'd just chill out and watch cbeebies, but well enough to go to nursery today and apparently having a good time (tears again when I left him) ds2, who has been on great form all week, had a temp at lunch time (39 deg) so I picked him up straight away and took him home to dh who is off with tonsilitus (sp?) I on the other hand feel fine health wise (I though pg was meant to comprimise your immune system but maybe it can work the other way?) but am shattered as having to look after all 3 boys, dh is waking me up with snoring and coughing and the boys are taking it in turns - feel like everything is in a haze... I'm hoping it doesn't last forever!

as for routine and stuff, ds2 has two naps, at nursery (3 days a week) its a 45 min nap in morning and another one after lunch, at home we have 45 min nap in cot or less if in buggy/car in morning and then 2 hrs in afternoon and he sleeps 7-6.30, he's just learnt to walk tho so I figure he's generally knackered.
ds1 at this age was only having 7oz beaker at night time for milk but ds2 would quite happily have 3 7oz beakers (after breakfast, after lunch and before bed) but I've offered him cows milk at breakfast and he's dropped that one, I've cut the lunch one to 5oz but want to keep it till he's settled at nursery and ds1 (2.5 yrs) still has big milk drink at bedtime so will keep that one for a while yet - I stuck with formula till he was about 2 so prob do same for ds2, for ds1 it was more necessity as he had a cows milk protein intollerance and the way formula was processed meant he was ok with that and I was paranoid he wasn't having enough dairy, will prob do the same for ds2 just because I want to do the same for each baby not strictly necessary at all!

hi everyone else - will post to you all later but must do some work now!

Hi all. This is a quick one after a skim through all the posts.

Buzzy - DS has a molar too, it was a nightmare when cutting through, he went off his food.

Bouncing - last week after jabs DS was clingy and moany too and we could hardly get any food in him.

Insy- illness is everywhere, but you seem to be having a rough deal. Sympathy.

Caz - like the hamster analogy. I'm busy at work at the moment but it is tiring and I don't like that when I get home DS is ready for bed. The weekends seem so short.

Hello everyone else...

I think my viewpoint is slightly skewed regarding teeth cos dd was so late with hers! She only got molars after she was 2!

Right, don't have much time to post as we are packing AGAIN as we are finally moving back home tomorrow.
Just quickly then, dd2 is sort of on one nap a day - roughly 12.30 for 1.5 - 2 hours - but very often sleeps in the morning too as we are usually out and about and she drops off in the car, often just a 10 minute nap which will get her through to lunchtime.
She has two bottles of milk a day - mornings and evenings.
And I think she now has all her molars!
She is walking really well, pretty well trotting around but is very undisciplined so I don't dare take her outside in case she runs into the road. She loves climbing and frequently falls off tables etc (I mean the low toddler sort of tables....).
She is sort of starting to talk - dat for cat, lots of animal noises, mama, dada, Emma (her big sis), danku for thank you etc. She is cheeky, mischivious and very sociable, I love her to bits but I can see we have trouble ahead with her!
I won't be online for a while (apart from tomorrow) so look forward to catching up when we are back.

And I must get round to changing my name back again as Christmas is long gone....

Wahey Claraq!

Good luck with the move!

Hi all!

Hi Awen, Samuel sounds adorable, they are at a really lovely age at the moment - such little characters!

BT, love the new name! Saw you in the round up too - you are now our resident sleb! How is Daniel now, hope he is much better after his explosive moment in the ball pit!

Buzzy, see, your life is not too different in essence to mine, Evie is adorable too, my little sunshine, its just everything else that gets me down. We're always here to listen and support if you need us too.

Clairey, I was the same as you after my first 2 children, bag of bones - DH really didn't like it. I have to say though that after the 3rd I am a little heavier than I used to be and DH loves it! Even friends have commented that I look better now (although my backside is a little bigger than I am happy with - luckily DH is a bum man and loves it!).

Caz, welcome back to the fold! How is DD doing in her own room? I have to say mine did become more settled sleeping in her own room although I hated her not being in mine. Now I have the baby monitor turned right up so I can hear her breathing and pretend she is still in my room . She is much better now though thanks, the inhaler was not too bad, they give you a chamber thingy with a mask and you puff the inhaler into the chamber then put the mask over baby's face for 30 secs or so (or until they take a good lungful...). She didn't like it much though so glad she doesn't need it anymore! She's got her boosters tomorrow though so fingers crossed that'll be alright - she's actually been snot free for about 5 days now (touch wood)! Then it will be MMR for her too, always a worry - hopefully your DD will stay snot-free long enough to have hers. BTW, Chundering also means vomiting here! DD also 'chats' all the time.

On the milk/nap front, she has milk morning, afternoon and night and tends to sleep 9.30-10.30, 1-3 and then 8-7.30.

Clara, good luck with the move!

Had DD's 9-12 month check today and that went well for her, HV was impressed that she was running about and carrying stuff while she walked! I think she has most of her teeth now, 4 molars definitely through and top to canines are through, not brave enough to put my fingers in her mouth to check for the bottom 2 though! I didn't do quite so well, they asked me to fill in the questionaire thing again on how you are feeling and I got a higher score than I got in the summer when I was really down. Apparently over 12 they like you to go to the doctor - I got 14. She said I seemed sensible though and told me just to keep an eye on myself and talk to them if I felt down. Daft thing is I don't feel anywhere near as anxious as I did in the summer.

BT, is that your Burns Night name? Like it. What's this about you being in the round up? I haven't seen it.

Beckle, I don't think we get a 9-12 month check where I am. I haven't heard of one. What a shock at your score, still glad you think you're feeling better than the summer.

I've always used chunder to mean sick. Chuntering to mean talking/mumbling.

Hi Wizz, I think we get the 9-12 month check instead of the 8 month one which I seem to remember some of the other babies on here had. I am still a little at my score but am not too worried about it. Hows things with you?

Feeling very good today as DH has got a job!!! He starts tomorrow, they were very keen, the money they offered to begin with was too low for us to live on so he asked for more and a company van and they said yes! Apparently they had over 100 applicants for the job but his CV (written by me ) stood out. Fingers crossed it will work out but its a step in the right direction!

DD was a little trooper this morning for her injection, she had a little chesty cough so doctor checked her over before she had it but her chest is still clear (phew). She barely even whimpered when she had the injection and then proceeded to charm all the elderly people in the waiting room afterwards .

Hello everyone

Not really had much time to catch up on all of your posts

Clara - hope all goes well with your move

Beckle - well done to your dh on getting the job and to you for writing a brilliant cv!

Your post about your 9-12 month check got me wondering. I had a check at 6 months when hv came to the house but nothing has been mentioned since. I'm never quite sure what is going on at my surgery. Haven't been to the clinic with dd since October but might ask dh to take her as it is on a Friday when I am at work. I had a borderline score with the pnd test the last time but nothing happened after that. Glad you feel better in yourself though, beckle.

Re bottles/milk - I offer dd cow's milk in a cup at breakfast time but she hardly drinks any. I still give her a bottle at night but it is now cow's milk. She has been drinking the whole bottle this week. I'm not sure if that's enough but as usual everywhere I look the advice is conflicting! I think she eats a varied diet and has milk with cereal or porridge and loves yoghurt and cheese so hopefully she is getting enough calcium

Re teeth - one of her lower molars is now poking through her gum and she keeps touching it with her tongue

She's still not walking on her own but has started walking holding mine or dh's hands and stands on her own and pulls herself up to standing from sitting so she'll probably do it quite soon.

Beckle - congrats to your DH on getting that job, hope he has a good day tomorrow I'm impressed at all your dd's teeth - no sign of molars here!

Wizz - yes it is my Burns night name - I'm a bit of a Scotlandaphile! I was in the roundup because of a thread I started in chat about a Mumsnet version of Bounty packs!

Louise - I wouldn't stress too much about not going to the clinic, you know where it is and obviously dd is healthy and doing well so not really a great need! Plus you have us lot to give you advice

DS was better yesterday than today, he was ok in the morning but the nursery staff commented he wasn't his usual self this afternoon, just wanted to be cuddled and hardly touched his lunch. He had 2 explosive poo nappies and went through 2 pairs of trousers
He seemed better when we got home, he was having a great time attempting to throw the balls from his ball pool at the cat! Luckily for the cat, he has quite the hang of throwing and usually ends up throwing them backward!
He was giggling at the cat chasing the balls as well, then pointed at his hide n squeak egg box so I got that out for him and he was happily playing with that!

caz - loved your round up too.

Hi beckle - bless her cheering every one up. THey are brave little ones arent they

Is anyone else's little one starting to strop and completely ignore word NO. He laughs at me when i go all serious. Am completely flummoxed.

I got told today by my mum that i have to put ds2 in his own room or he will NEVER EVER sleep away from me and it isnt fair etc etc. Also had a 'bitty' comment from woman at family centre. She actually meant it in jest.. but made me grrrr. God i am a moany cow tonight. OFf to start a am i being unreasonalbe thread now cos i've had one of them dsays where everyone seems to think they should put in there twopence worth.. this was at toddler group. always good to moan lol

LOL Awen - I must go look for your AIBU thread!

My life quandries are these at the moment:
(i) I have the opportunity of a 12 month secondment to the NZ PM's department which is possibly the opportunity of a lifetime. BUT it will mean going back to work full time to quite a high stress environment so I won't be able to pick up DD1 from school and DD2 will end up spending more time in creche. And other than my lovely Mum (who also looks after my 76 yo stepfather) I have no real home-support. What do you think?

(ii) DD2's father is pushing hard for more time with her. Currently we see him for lunch once a fortnight for about an hour and quite honestly I find that hour very stressful. This is the guy who gave me an ultimatum when I got PG - either try and make it work as a "family" (we were no longer a couple by the time I found out) or he wanted nothing to do with us (and in fact said he would prefer I had a termination). So its very slightly ironic that he's now coming up with every argument in the book that she NEEDS to spend more time with him!

You did ask Beckle!! And thanks for letting me get that off my chest...

Awen - I slept in my mum and dad's room until I was 2 - we lived with my nan in a 2 bed flat, so it was only when we moved into a flat of our own I got my own room!
I think I was ok - novelty of having my own room I guess!
There migt be a bit of trauma when she does finally move, but remember - "This too will pass!"

Am at Bitty comment.... she would have gotten a mouthful from me! Haven't had any so far!

Awen - do what works for you, if you want to sleep in the day and bf that's up to you, as are your family's sleeping arrangements.

Buzzy, that job sounds fantastic, lucky you. Can't advise as to whether to take it or not, that has to be up to you. I don't know how easy it is to find good childcare where you are.

Poor you dealing with your DD2's dad. He sounds like a right PITA.

Am feeling sorry for myself today. Have shivers and aching bones. Think I must be coming down with that cold my boss had. Grr.

Blimey at all these molars, sounds like many of this lot have more teeth than dd has-she still has to get 3 molars! DS has 6 teeth I think, 4 top and 2 bottom.

Going to a new toddler group this afternoon, it is linked to the preschool nearest to us so I thought we should show our faces before dd goes to preschool. All her age mates seem to be starting preschool already but I'm not sure about her going, mainly because it costs money but also because I kind of want her at home with me, we really enjoy each others company and she can be a ray of sunshine when ds is being difficult! Then again she would get a lot out of it and I could spend some time just with ds...

Awen if you are happy with your sleeping/feeding arrangements then ignore everyone else. Over Christmas my sister said bitty a few times and she meant it as a complete joke as she doesn't have any issue with me still bf but I bit her head off a bit and told her it wasn't funny! I admit I would find it a bit odd if he was still sharing your bed aged 14 (I did see that on tv once, think it was something like wifeswap though so I should just not watch such crap tv!)but even then it would be none of my business

Yay for the move Clara! Must be a relief to be going home

Buzzy, those both sound like difficult decisions, would you be comfortable for him to have her on his own for a couple of hours so you didn't have to spend much time with him or would that be even more stressful for you? As for the job, tricky one...are you likely to get another opportunity like it?

Blimey it's quiet round here. There's tumbleweed and everything.

Just seen Charles and Camilla come out of their tailors. I wondered why the roads were all closed off.