October 08 - the one without an imaginative title.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz - Induction due to rhesus sensitivity, G&A.
12th Sept (Due 6th Oct) - iuseantiageingstuff - Boy - Fred William - 8lbs 13.5oz - Induction due to high BP.
14th Sept (Due 14th Oct) - twinklytoes - Boy - Samuel - 7lbs 4.5oz - Em C-Sec due to grade 4 PP.
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs - Just beat induction for PE!
20th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - kookiegoddess - Girl - Reya Marie - - Induction due to OC, epidural, 3rd degree tear.
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz - Fast and furious hospital birth.
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz - Em C-Sec due to raised BP and high ALTs from liver.
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Boy twin - Felix - 6lbs 8oz -
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Girl twin - Bridget - 7lbs 7oz -
1st Oct (Due 29th Sept) - WombFor1More - Boy - Harvey James - 8lbs 13oz - Homebirth, no pain relief.
2nd Oct (Due 4th Oct) - annwoo - Boy - TBA - 8lbs 7oz - Amazing birth!
2nd Oct (Due 30th Sept) - sambrads - Girl - Brooke - 7lbs 9.5oz -
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz - 36hr labour, ventouse and stitches.
2nd Oct (Due 8th Oct) - Alexa808 - Girl - Tienette - 7lbs 4.5oz - Planned c-sec
3rd Oct (Due 5th Oct) - rosebury - Boy - Austin - 9lbs 2oz - Delivered at home by dh!
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - Bethoo - Girl - Maia - 7lbs -
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - hoff - Boy - Oliver - -
3rd Oct (Due 19th Oct) - MrsTittleMouse - Girl - - -
3rd Oct (Due Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - - 8lbs 10.5oz - Homebirth with paramedics due to meconium.
4th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - 1sttimer80 - Boy - - 8lbs 10.5oz -
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz -
5th Oct (Due 29th Sept) - plusonemore - Boy - Alfie Thomas - 8lbs - Induction, epidural
5th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - MrsBish - Girl - Rachel - 8lbs 8oz -
5th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - hedgepig - Boy - Oliver - 6lbs 3oz -
7th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - Emmsy1 - Girl - Amy Louise - 5lbs 12oz -
7th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - snowymum - Boy - Rowan Michael - - Home water birth
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz -
8th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - 07mumstheword - Girl - Freya Mae - 7lbs 12oz -
8th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - moodywren - Boy - Hayden - 6lbs 9.5oz - Homebirth
9th Oct (Due 27th Sept) - Pidge - Boy - Arthur - 8lbs 14oz - Homebirth
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz - 4 day induction with 1 hour established labour!
11th Oct (Due 3rd Oct) - usuallytooshytochat - Girl - Megan Leah - 8lbs 2oz - Homebirth with ambulance crew!
11th Oct (Due 14th Oct) - tedmundo - Boy - Patrick Francis - 6lbs 15oz - C-Sec for breech
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz - Homebirth.
13th Oct (Due 15th Oct) - mum2jakeyroo - Boy - - 7lbs 2oz - Delivered in car by dh!
13th Oct (Due 7th Oct) - belgo - Boy - Wolf - 8lbs 7oz - Home water birth
13th Oct (Due 19th Oct) - rach010 - Girl - - 6lbs 11oz - Gas & air, small tear, no stitches.
13th Oct (Due 21st Oct) - caramelbunny - Girl - Megan Ruby - 5lbs 12oz - Em C-Sec under GA.
13th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - firsttimer08 - Boy - - -
15th Oct (Due 29th Sept) - perkypopsy - Girl - Stella Frances - 8lbs 14oz -
16th Oct (Due 17th Oct) - rowanmac - Girl - Anna Ruth - 7lbs 2oz - 2 hours ARM to placenta delivery.
16th Oct (Due 12th Oct) - milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo - Boy - - 9lbs 13.5oz - Home water birth
17th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - ajm200 - Girl - Amelia Caitlyn - 7lbs 2oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz -
17th Oct (Due 27th Oct) - Rhian82 - Boy - - - Episiotomy and ventouse.
17th Oct (Due 22nd Oct) - pingviner - Boy - Teemu Finn - 7lbs 15oz - Em C-Sec
18th Oct (Due 13th Oct) - YumMum22 - Boy - - 10lbs - Home water birth
20th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - emkay - Boy - - 9lbs 8oz -
20th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - bigmouthstrikesagain - Girl - Polly - 8lbs 7oz - Good hospital birth with synto drip.
21st Oct (Due 16th Oct) - WheresTheAuPair - Boy - Finley Peter - 9lbs 7oz - Elective c-sec
21st Oct (Due 21st Oct) - hansnava - Girl - Sophia Leigh - 7lbs 6oz - Elective c-sec
23rd Oct (Due 26th Oct) - 4andnotout - Girl - Tilly-Grace - 7lbs 0.5oz - 2 pushes and out!
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz - Home water birth with gas and air.
26th Oct (Due 24th Oct) - sparklesandwine - Girl - Poppy - 8lbs 13oz -
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz -
27th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - nuclear - Boy - - 8lbs 13oz - Gas & air and some stitches.
28th Oct (Due 30th Oct) - Jambers99 - Girl - Hannah Louise - 7lbs 3oz - Straightforward and quick labour.
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz - No stitches!
31st Oct (Due 21st Oct) - GirlWithTheMouseyHair - Boy - Ethan Christopher Loy - - Homebirth.
1st Nov (Due 25th Oct) - Flum - Boy - Bob - 8lbs 10oz - 4 hour labour with gas & air, pethidine and a healthy dose of champagne!
1st Nov (Due 22nd Oct) - SmudgeyDoodle - Girl - - 8lbs 2oz - Hospital water birth.
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz -
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz - Em C-Sec. Back to back and knotted cord around neck.
5th Nov (Due 23rd Oct) - Sallypuss - Girl - Eibhlin Alexandra - 9lbs 4oz - Induction, 15 hour labour then emergency c-section.

(apols if I've missed off anyone who has joined us post-natally.

star - at your dairy free exploits! You need vitalite or pure for dairy free butter substitute. You can ask for soya milk in Starbucks, but the hot choc powder quite possibly contains milk too, as most do (G&B used to be dairy free, but no longer. Twinings make one that's ok if you want to make it at home).

Here's your link star. You need to put the url in double square brackets...

ronshar - am very sorry to hear how low you are. May I cheer you up by letting you know that 'Divine' dark choc (available at tesco) is both dairy free, and as the name suggests, divine! You can also try making porridge with oat milk, assuming you don't want soya. I like my porridge with milk too. Actually I like it with a generous helping of fresh cream on top too, but I've accepted that that's a no-no.

I am laughing at you going to see NKOTB , but am afraid that I have no ingenious solutions for bottle taking. Dd always refused, and wouldn't even sip water from a cup until 9/10 months, and I haven't even tried ds with one yet, as don't seem to have any opportunity to express.

All ok at 6 week check. Ds now 62cm, which puts him around 50th centile, despite everyone including the nurse saying that he looked tall! Weight close to 91st centile now, so it seems I'm creating another little porker!

Jabs were horrid of course, but gave him a feed whilst the nurse filled out the book, and that soon took his mind off it.

www.mothercare.com/Bebe-Lait-breast-feeding-cover/dp/B00195JTZM/ref=sr_11_1/280-3264224-5173127?_enc oding=UTF8&mcb=core

sorry, just trying it out!! It doesn't say "here" though

flipping heck...seriously haven't been on for ages so had a LOT to catch up on, lovely to hear about all the babies and also relief that i'm not on my own with a baby who finds it so hard to get to sleep!

E is 12weeks on friday and lulled us into a false sense of security sleeping 8pm - 8am 5 days in a row...since the i've been up 3-4 times a night to feed to put the bloody dummy back in...it has to go! trouble is it's one of the only ways of getting him down without hours of overtired meltdowns

He's a gorgeous happy boy but does battle his sleep, cue me spending most of my days rocking, calming, anythinging my screaming baby...nightmare, currently asleep in my arms sucking on dummy soaked in gripe water after another unsuccessful attempt at getting him down in his cotbed sans props

hope to be on more often...

oh - is anyone still waking their dc to feed? i was waking ds if he'd slept more than 2 hrs or not fed in 4 but recently equals really angry and upset baby

ds currently asleep on my lap too gwtmh, after sucking on my breast for the first half hour of his nap. I previously attempted to get him to sleep in the Amby, but to no avail.

star - now you've got it to be a link, try putting the word that you want displayed (eg Here) after the url (with a space first), but before you close the square brackets.

Do you mean daytime or nightime gwtmh?

thanks csws... i've now completed your course on "posting links for dummies" ha ha!! dummies!!!

daytime...no way in hell i'll wake him at night! daytime he either naps for 30mins and wakes angry and screaming or goes beyond 2 hours and i wake him...cue angry screaming...sigh

i NEVER wake alex, he wakes when he wants. i don't really do routine, dd found her own when she was ready, so will alex.
he feeds when he wants which is never more than 2 hours in the day sometimes he'll be on and off 5-6 times in a 4 hour period, i'm kind of used to it now.

myjob could she be teething?

Heather, that sounds exactly like ds!

I just discovered a bag of pre-pregnancy clothes at the top of the wardrobe that I'd completely forgotten about. It's funny - I've totally changed shape. Much smaller on the bottom half and bigger on the top, so although it was lovely to fit into a pair of trousers that were too snug beforehand, most of my tops look really awful. And most of the ones that don't are totally unsuitable for feeding in public unless I want to particularly want to showcase that attractive roll of flab around my middle...

re: trousers - I'm such a fatty that I STILL can't wear normal clothes! My body absorbes calories from nearby when I'm pregnant. I really didn't eat much whan I was pregnant but managed to get very fat....AGAIN!

DH took me to Bluewater today....word of warning...if you are a bit strapped for cash at the mo AVOID baby Gap. (hahaha...DH is reading over my shoulder and just asked if he was DH. I said yes and said, does is stand for Dickhead Husband? Well, maybe sometimes!) I nearly threw a wobbler as I really can't afford to buy any more clothes for DD but the new season girls clothes are gorgeous.

Myjob - I'm pretty sure DD is teething and has started bitting me when she's finished feeding. She has also started playing a new game which involves her being the most fidgety baby in the world when feeding. Tonight she was pushing me with her feet and trying to get her foot up on my shoulder. Plus she seems to hate her hair and spends ages trying to pull it out. She has become OBSESSED with her feet and will stare at them for ages wiggling her toes. It's very amusing to watch!

My first thought was teething too myjob, but might be worth a post in health topic if you are worried and don't think that it is.

gwtmh - not sure what I'd do tbh, as it's so unlikely that ds would actually manage more than a 2 hour sleep round here without being woken by someone or something! I did wake ds up after 2 hours whilst walking about town this week, but that was to have a feed in Costa, as otherwise he'd have woken when I put him in the car and then screamed the 20mins home!

There's no baby Gap near me, but I was hoping to have got to Milton Keynes for some sale shopping last week, and would have gone in to the one there, so maybe it's a good job that I didn't get chance to go!

I have sorted myself out and given myself a kick up the butt.
I shall carry on with the feeding. DH is just going to have to deal with it on Saturday night. William will survive a few hours with his daddy.

4andnotout, my eldest is 9 so in "those" days the HV encouraged you to introduce solids as soon as they stopped sleeping through the night. Fat chance with this beautiful boy. He has to sleep all night first.

CSWS, In my extreme ignorance, what is the reason why I wouldnt want soya? I know it is really sweet as both DD's have it for breakfast cereals due to dairy intolerance/skin probs. Should I be worried I am poisoning them.

Star dont worry about development. You have entered the whole of competatative motherhood. Just wait till little jonny down the road is reading at 18months.

Who knows Ronshar, but there's nowt as queer as folk . I just figured that it would have already occurred to you to try it with soya, but maybe not with oatmilk, as it's only in recent years that it's become so widely available.
There is the issue that around 40% of milk intolerant babies are also soy intolerant, so it's not generally a good idea to overload on it, but that's the only reason that I know of to go easy on it (unless you're under 2 years old, when it should be avoided in boys in particular).

Poo. I just did a big post and then lost it./ Cant be arsed to say it all again.

Star/ CSWS - it was me re feeding in public. Thanks for the link...and the link...and the link

I think Poppy teething, watch this space....

I didnt realise that you could be soy intolerant as well.So far DS seems to be ok with his skin(touch wood). We shall have to wait and see.
I may not be going to see new kids as since we have moved house I have placed the tickets somewhere really safe and now who knows where they are. Opps.

Honeymoon, I would go with the teething. Yucky nappies galore until teeth finally appear! We need a sick smiley.

Wow four months already myjob! It's mad how fast it goes isn't it. And yet at the same time, I feel like I've had ds for ever. I can't remember what life was like without him.

I don't envy you those nappies. Although no doubt we've all got it to look forward to soon. Ds is constantly foaming at the mouth so I don't think we'll be far behing.

Another rubbish night last night. Ds has gone from waking for a feed every 3-4 hours to waking every 1-2. I've been trying hard to get him to sleep in the Amby but I gave up at about 3.30 alast night and brought him in with me. I wonder if I'm setting up a vicious circle by not persevering in putting him back.

Myjob - I am right there with you on the lard front. It is so depressing. When I came out of hospital I had lost less than DD weighed! I lost loads of blood and had to have two blood transfusions so I was like a wobbly jelly full of fluid. Now that seems to have gone and I do look better, but I still can't lose weight. My norks are GIGANTIC (I'm a J cup), I don't eat much either, but I am scared of going for it like I normally would because of breast feeding. I think DD could carry on exclusively bfing until she was 18 on the lard I've got, but I don't want to risk the feeding. I didn't start losing weight until I STOPPED BFing with DS. It's my brithday in just under four weeks and I don't want to do anything. I feel too fat to have fun.