April 2008 - the one where we have to babyproof everything!

[EllieG]

Am I first? Couldn't think of what to call it....

VS - I think she is hungrier, yes, I tried giving more milk, which helped, but then yesterday she spurned more milk for more food (I guess she can't take both) and she did sleep better last night. Woke once at 5.30 for drink water and then 6.30 properly. She is never hungry for her breakfast til about 8 though - does anyone else have this? Should I stop giving a ten o clock feed?

oh yes lol ladybee i saw that pic and thread. He has got back to me now, and was going to home but ifelt bad at that as i am feeling better - wonder if it was that tea and food? Mimi will have nap at 2ish so i will doze then too.

Thought pole dancing fun - exercise, a new 'skill' and we will have a couple of private lessons and then join a group - so get to know new people too.

Fab Scorpio Pleased to hear you're feeling better. I'm now feeling the after effects of too many chips - was lovely though.

The weather's shite here at the mo as well. Raining & cold ... well, cold for us anyway. My feet are completely numb!

Gosh, scorpio pole dancing - apparently is very good for toning the thighs. Think if I tried it at moment the pole might bend though

TSC - sorry for you and DH xxx

Glad poorly babies are better. Mine has slept a bit better last couple of nights hurray! Am feeling almost human.

Evening all, sorry 4 being so crap at posting, DH and I have discovered star wars on the Wii

TSC, sorry to read about your MIL hope u and DH r holding up.

Poor PM, shes going through it isn't she, hopes she comes back to posting on here.

Ellie, food is being a bit of a sticking point here too. We started really well eating everything and gradually dropping milk but a few weeks ago started being really fussy with savoury stuff and spitting it out so like the others its no dinner no pudding and shes started eating again (although refuses lumps and finger foods - little Mary!). I did increase the milk while not eating so much, just do what you feel is right. Glad shes sleeping a bit better too.

Hope and poorly folk r feeling better soon

BAs has kicked up on the eating too, but its only finger foods he will eat. He's a control freak I think, and post-flu is learning how to wield his power to great effect!

Between that and standing up, feels like our baby is a toddler in so many ways . I asked Dh for a new one but he said to choose a kitten PMSL

Finger foods have become a toy here, we bite, we spit, we bite, we spit etc. LOL these LOs r good at ruling the roost.

DD2 has started walking behind DSs car, he scoots along slowly and she kind of walks/runs/falls behind him, v cute. Im not too worried about the approach to toddlerhood as I generally find them easier than babies IYKWIM.

Hi all. Back in the freezing cold and already sooo home sick!!!! travelling was fine- ds slept most of the way but would let out these moans/cries in his sleep which made everyone jump!! poor boy is teething - had 5,6,7 and 8 cut through within a few days of each other. I was fine- felt tired as hell and slightly queazy but had a few crampy feeling which i thought ooohhh nooooo, but seems to have settled down. going to dr though next week to have a check to see if all is still ok.

went to the nursery yesterday and just wanted to cry- what has all your experiences been for settling in sessions? I got shown into the room and some people said hi to me (not to ds ). Then i sat down filling out some care plan forms but no one came to take ds. He just played by my feet and then ventured off crawling around for the rest of the our but no one regarded him whatso ever! all the other babies were crying- yes it was near milk time, but still- not nice to walk into and want to leave your LO behind. There was a little toddler who had green snot on his face THE WHOLE TIME I WAS THERE! Feel like crying! I just expected someone to take him and join him in with a book or an activity. . Going back for another session today- am supposed to leave him today but think i want to stay to see what happens. DH is mad and said I am not to go to the nursery- but suppose to start next week now. aaagggghhhhh!
would i look like a new paranoid mum if i talk to the nursery manager? suggestions??

just a quick read-
Mommyhasaheadache- soooo jealous you are going to SA- sooo loved it! sucks being away from family again! to answer your questions- I didnt have any proplems. just put all your baby bottles in a separate bag. My sister got asked though 2 weeks before- she said she wanted to speak to the supervisor and they made her randomly taste and open things. To be on the safe side, you can call Boots in the airport and order formula mix and food.
what did you feed them on the plane? - I took ella pouches and boots jars. again- you can buy in Boots.
Formula - i found the formula tasted very different there and know alot of babies who couldnt get used to it. so i took my own formula- took up alot of space- but then the case was empty to bring back lots more stuff!!
Food there- Purity is pretty good and same type of foods. available everywhere. Woolies has bought stunning baby food out- fresh pureed/mashed or baby meals and very very yummy.

TSC-sorry to hear about your mil ans PJ- about your gran.

Ladybee- I also had a mc before ds. Never quite dealt with it and get sad as would have been jsut over 1 now. Nothing compares to the joy that ds bought me so am getting over it but still think often. this brings back sooo many memories and worries though. out of my control though

LR - You may have read from my post a few pages back that I was a little worried about sending my LO to nursery. At my first settling in session I felt I had to make the conversation with the staff, although they were nice enough. There were also lot of crying babies and she brought a lovely sickness bug home with her!
We went back on Weds which was a lot better and I left her for a few hours. As soon as I walked in she was happy and sat there and played so I was happy to leave her. There weren't any crying babies - apparently there were a lot the previous week, because it was there first times and I saw the same children and they were a lot happier!
Back today for a longer session - meant to be all day (8 hrs) but I felt that was too long, so just going to do about 4-5 hours this week.
Everyone on here was a great help in reassuring me and I'm a lot more positive about leaving her there today.
Good luck!

Morning guys

Everything much calmer today thank goodness. TSC- hows your DH? And PFJ how are things?

Am invting people to come see pictures of my boys on my profile after that hideous article in the Mail yesterday (its in the news section but basically stating that asd kids ruin lives and would be better off never having existed)

Morning all! Thanks to all of you that gave me travel tips - mucho appreciated! Really helps me get my head around it all! Glad to know Wollies does baby food - I wondered about that, and I think I will also take loads of formula too - saves stress there! This is when I REALLY wish I could breast feed!

Clarissimo - I am so shocked people would write rubbish like that!!!! Not once have I ever heard you moan about your boys - you always have praise for them and say such nice things which makes me think how lucky you are and how lucky they are to have such a wonderful mommy! And I don't know too much about asd, but really - to say that is awful!!! Had a look at your pics and your buys are just adorable! Don't even give that article a 2nd thought!

OMG LR & Bumpkin. This is really making me rethink nursery school. I don't want to go back to work as it is, but if this is what NS is like... hmmm - PLEASE God, I need to win the lotto, or seriously, you have to make a plan for me so I don't have to go back!!!

Have been dieting (a bit late I might add) in prep for SA. Doing a 1200 cal a day diet, although I think I am eating a bit less than that, Have lost a kg so far since Sunday! Wooh!! Although have about 1 million to go - bah!

TSC - I am so sorry about your MIL. How is your DH bearing up? I hope you are both okay. My thoughts are with you.

Clarissimo - your boys are gorgeous. I have not read article, will do and then be cross.

Morning all.
LittleRascal - it is dreadful having to leave your LO for the first time (especially with a foreign language to cope with as well), however, it does get easier. I do feel fortunate though because Sam's Nursery is lovely. Talk to the supervisor at the Nursery. If you really feel that it's not the place for LO is there another one you can use?
Clarissimo - LOL at getting a kitten Your boys are adorable & I'm off now to read that article. I got quite upset yesterday as someone is thinking of aborting at 17wks because she's found out the baby has Down's Syndrome Couldn't imagine my life without Sam is too horrible to consider.

MHaH - not all Nurseries are like that. Having to go back to work is never going to be easy. Even when MIL was here looking after Sam I would still rather it was me at home with him. Winning the lotto would be nice

Clarissimo - have just read that article. Stupid bloody woman I'd say more but if would definately be too rude to post.

LR - that sounds nothing like my nursery.....

Am feeling a bit better, got sleep last night.

Soph - try not to get too upset i dont open threads like that because of my views. Sam is gorgeous!

Scorpio - pleased to hear you're feeling better. TBH I don't normally open threads like that so don't know what possessed me to. Will remember not to in future I'm fine about it now I just felt so sad for her and her unborn baby ... anyway, that's enough sadness for me. IT'S FRIDAY, YAY! Oh, guess what, my father has arranged to come and see us He's coming in April so it will have only taken him a year to come and see Sam I'm booking him into some apartments round the corner from us as he's not staying in our house!! He's not going to like it but I'm not having him upsetting DS1 again.

Ah just been peeking at Sam - what a huge smile he has! Him and Mol are born same day which makes them almost twins. Either that or they have to get married.

added a pic of Mimi to profile from earlier.

Mimi is not having a boyfriend until she is 30. fact.

TSC, so sorry to hear about MIL. When my Dad died, the main thing I wanted was to talk about him and reminisce about the good times. And to be reassured that I hadn't been a terrible daughter to him!

The test they are currently debating for ASD invoved testing for a surge of testosterone and a bigger ring finger than index; that's me fgs! I don't thhink i'm exactly a drain on society .

Anyway

have ahd ds2's friends round tonight- DH took Sam off to do things so it wasn't too much of a problem (except for a rather comedic stripeeing epformance every ten minutes by ds3 LOL).

It's nice when we get to do things like this, makes Stirlings mile and oour week

Oh and Bas is eating like a horse again; yay!

Right M&S meal for a tenner tonight (scallops, med veg, banoffee, wine- yum). See you tmorrow.

Hi there.
Just wanted to update. It was my DD first proper day at nursery today (altho a bit shorter than normal). She had got a bit upset apparently and wouldn't sleep (but she very rarely does during the day anyway) but when I went in, she wanted to carry on playing with the toys, had eaten and was smiling at all the staff, so didn't seem too affected by it all. The staff also seemed to be a lot friendlier towards me and had more to chat to me about (my DD!). Just hoping that she won't forget about it over the next week, cos she's only meant to be going 1 day a week?
TSC - sorry about your MIL, very sad for you & your DH.

at M+S meal!