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.

Crawling

lol honeymoonmuumy - can't believe your having carpets with a small baby with reflux!! [didn't see that post before] We have wooden floors with rugs on ....i would recommend you get a washer vaccuum thingy as i think you might need one....all our rugs had sick splatter stains from ds1 until he stopped puking and throwing food about and then i cleaned them all before Joe arrived. they are all covered in vomit stains again. i am waiting till he stops vomiting and then i'll do it all again....

Oh yes, and then there's when it comes time to potty train...

sorry myjob - am a bit a way from you, in fact i don't think we could get much further away!! Would love to see Naomi though.

csws - i always knew you were the brains of the operation!! Will be visiting Exeter as soon as a i can bear to fly with 2 small children - probably a while yet then.

...oh yes, wee/poo stains on the carpet, i'd forgotten about them. dh changed joe's very messy nappy a few days ago and before he'd finished wiping him, he'd put Joe a**e down on the rug so he couild get more wipes - cue yellow stain on the rug. God knows why he couldn't have put a change mat down but there you go. have to be careful if ds1 is eating in the lounge and drops something on that particular spot (yum)....right off to bed now

Oh god, potty training... the lounge/ dining carpet is a very light mustard colour - what was I thinking?????
Rugs. Lots of rugs is the way forward.

Do u really think I should get a refund? I think they might give me one.

How about a compromise Honeymoon and put carpet in lounge and bedroom and laminate elsewhere? In our rented house, DS peed on the carpet the other day (we haven't even started potty training, he was just messing about before going in the bath) and DD regularly threw up for the first 2 months. The carpet is cream - or maybe more accurately, was cream!
It would be lovely to have a meet up but in all honesty, I can't really see it happening because we all live so far apart. Would be great though to see the people that we've all shared so much with.

a meet up would be lovely!
anyone here in manchester?

speaking of carpets, i have spent all day today shampooing our living room one, it was disgusting and dd isn't even potty trained yet!

Now then honeymoonmummy don't panic. We have carpet everywhere except kitchen & bathroom, and yes, it's not perfectly clean but honestly - the worst stains are red wine and shoe polish! I was always happier with the idea of a softer surface for the babies and we've been quite happy.
All carpet was new when I was 6 months PG with DS1 and we bought cheap cos we knew it would be trashed - but he's 4.7 and it's going ok.
It's warmer too I think

I'm Cheshire Heather. We have laminate already in our bedroom, that's what I wanted to get rid of! I'm just gonna go for it and so be it. I'm going to bed now, night!

Thanks Pepper!

X posts!

Anyone want to meet up near London/Surrey?
My Dad and his wife coming here from America for my school holiday - arrive this coming saturday... will be here NINE days!!!! Any ideas on what to do w/ them? They only want to see Q of course, but I imagine 9 days hanging out in our 1 bed flat will get old fast. they will be staying in a hotel across street.
Any cheap ideas for activities w/ grandparents? I will take them into london one day for sightseeing and maybe to a castle...

Morning all, well Poppy has my cold She's all snuffly, it woke her up this morning. i fed her in the bathroom having filled a hot bath (not in the bath, sitting on the toilet, with the lid down!!!), then DH rang the NHS helpline and that is the wrong thing to do apparently.

they said plenty of feeding, put additional water in gaviscon, karvol or olbas oil ok and to get some nasal saline drops. And to give calpol if she seems in discomfort (how do I tell if its the cold or the bloody reflux???) Oh and to keep her cool and taking her for a walk is ok as long as she's wrapped up.

Any other advice?

Bet you wish you'd never mentioned your carpet now .

Advice sounds good honeymoon. I'd get a plug in vaporiser if you can too (karvol or calpol). I'd advise medised too (instead of calpol, not as well as), but you like to follow the instructions on medicine, so prob wouldn't give it .

I'm always up for a meet up, but we do seem to be a geographically diverse bunch! I'm North Herts, but close to Luton airport if anyone wants to fly to see me .

He gave me a great deal on the lounge carpet cos it was mispriced so i think he'll jump at the chance to change it. I might go for something darker...

DH just brought back the nasal drops - am reading the instructions now

plusonemore is the only one in Worcs near me but she not been on here for ages.

I was thinking of taking dd to airport to watch planes but not sure about flying csws

star Its difficult when people staying for long as you feel you have to always entertain but I am sure they can have some days out by themselves too

Shame on weather as if nicer you can go for walks etc, although still can if you wrap up. Castle good idea but remember pushchairs not that great on the grounds there as always uneven and inside you wont be able to go up the tower if there is one and you wanted to off course!

Shops and sightseeing always good but have alook at places before hand top check childfriendly as Q might do an explosive nappy and you will need changing facilities
although can be done in the boot of the car if you lucky!
Aquariums nice and calm to wakk about although maybe busy with school holidays but its an idea.
I am sure someone else will have some good ideas!

What about Hampton Court Star?

Honeymoon - My DD has had a blocked nose FOREVER, well since she was born. The saline nose drops made her really unhappy. Someone on MN recommended using breast milk up her nose instead which is what we do now. She still doesn't enjoy it very much but it seems to bother her less than the saline did. Plus it works just as well!

We do seem to be scattered all over the country. I'm in Kent.

I have a mental image of you sticking a nipple up her nose now MM!

I just tried it on myself (the saline drops, not the nipple) and it does feel quite cold but they are not botherig Poppy too much.

CSWS DH just got a plug in calpol vaporiser, thanks, the instructions say for three months plus, which isn't till Thursday, but what the hell!!

Poppy and I have spent the day in bed, she seems in a good mood considering. Have not given any calpol yet, might give her one before bedtime.

Dammit my phone has started making "I'm about to blow up" noises!!

Can anyone recommend a good PAYT moby with a good camera?

Where is everybody today? Poppy has just had an explosive green poo - that's because of the cold isn't it?

Yes probably. She's probably got a bit of an upset tummy with the cold. Martha has a cold too and the last nappy I changed was green. Is Poppy eating ok? Sometimes green poo can mean they're getting too much watery foremilk. But, it is most likely to do with cold. Our poor autumnal babies! They seem to always be ill! Roll on summer! Oh and is the face Martha pulls when her food goes up her nose!