Happy First Birthday April 2004 Babies!

[Yorkiegirl]

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Bluecow happy birthday for yesterday and happy birthday to lunavix's and handlemecarefully's boys. Hope you have good days today!

Hugs MrsD we are going through a similar thing at the moment trying to work out when we are going to move back to NZ, the answer depends on whether ttc'ing works or not in the next few months, and money etc too we are going to have to move to a bigger flat at the end of summer and that will basically mean that I work for nothing.

It is awful having to write lists, budgets etc to try to work out what to do. We also have to think about our parents etc not seeing dd much and how sad they get about it as well.

happy birthday to the birthday boys today.

mrs d you don't sound as though you want everything. as you say when you find a job you like it's worth hanging onto it sometimes.
we are still considering moving southwards to warmth and sea, maybe next year. Dp would like large house and garden (as we have here) right on the coast (for the windsurfing, ideally garden attached to the sea or a lake), with good jobs nearby, preferably by a train station. Imagine what that would cost on the south coast (btw more than we could afford by a very long way...)

Hi all, and happy birthday to all those who are one now. Bluecow, nice to hear from you

We have been to Centerparcs this week. 3 trains and 1 taxi just to get there, but it was worth it. We had a great time - went to the swimming pool every day, biked and walked. Loads of wildlife outside our patio door - rabbits, ducks, pheasants etc. DD kept waving to them all

Saw on another thread it's chonky's dd's birthday today. Don't know if you still read this thread chonky but happy birthday to your dd

Happy Birthday to all the LOs and well done to all the mums for surviving the roller coaster of the first year!
We have a few weeks yet to DS birthday as he is the youngest on this thread. We have been on holiday for the last few days and yesterday Ds took his first few steps!! I have never seen my Dh so excited . Of course baby now refuses to perform this trick again as dad stands by with the camcorder.....
I'm now 9 weeks preg and starting to get used to the idea IYSWIM. I'm still Bf Ds and I'm pretty tired and VERY nauseous all the time so just focussing on getting through these next 5 weeks and hoping it all stops at week 14.I bet you've all forgotten how crap this first trimester is, havent you???? Well i had.......

KristinaM, sorry to hear you're getting the nausea etc - hang on in there. You're doing great, managing to bf ds while coping with the first stages of pregnancy. Out of interest, have you planned how long you'd like to bf for?

I was thinking of winding up bf, or at least reducing the number of feeds, around now. Not sure dd is too keen on reducing though...

Well done your ds on his first steps Kristina.

HD - I have NO IDEA what to do about the Bf. i never thought i would feed this long - I had such a shitty time for the first few months it was only sheer bloody mindedness than made me continue.Then i thought that Ds would just stop himself and when I tried to cut down at Christmas i got really bad mastitis.So its just sort of drifted on.....
And now I'm pregnant and have no idea how!!!! Perhaps my milk will dry up soon or Ds will decide to stop and i wont have to make the decision to stop [wimp emoticon]
How often is your baby BF? Didnt you have a lot of trouble Bf as well ? ( or is my memory fading). Do you want to stop or just feel you should?

Kristina - to answer your last question first, I think I want to stop, or at least I want to reduce feeds now. I am still feeding in the night and feel that shouldn't be necessary for one thing. I did have a lot of trouble establishing bf and didn't realise I'd still be doing it now. I bf my ds until 9 months - things seemed to come to a natural end then, so this is all new to me... I feed on demand, when I am with dd anyway (she drinks a max. of 4 oz of formula when with her childminder).

I guess if you want to stop you will have to get tough. But I see from your thread tonight that you are exploring the idea of tandem feeding. I have found that kellymom site (that hunkermunker linked to on the old thread) useful on breastfeeding info in the past. Hope you get the help you need.

KristinaM hope you feel better soon.

I'm trying to give up the bf too at present but it's not as simple as the last 2 times when I was doing half and half breast and formula, and at about 10 months we all lost interest and stopped without any fuss. this time is harder cos dd3 was fully fed til 2 weeks ago and frankly hasn't spotted that she's supposed to be stopping now! we are trying to do just 2 feeds a day but she is sneaking in a third sometimes. she is far keener on it than 2 months ago.

Hi everyone. Hope your all having nice weekends. YorkieGirl - just seen your other thread but didn't want to post there. Hope you're okay

Fennel - isnt it annoying when these babies dont follow our timetables? I cant imagine how you are still Bf AND back to work AND caring for 2 under school age. Trying to model the work/life balance stuff?????!!!!

Hd I could never have imagined that I would even be discussing tandem feeding ( dont read this fennel it will gross you out ). I didnt Bf DD and thought I would give it a go for a few weeks with Ds...... and here we are a year later

Yg - if you are out there - I'm so sorry things are so bad for you right now. Thinking of you.......

Yg - I don't do the rest of mumsnet talk any more only this thread; so I haven't seen your other thread. Are you okay? - what's the problem or would you rather not talk about it here?

Lots of messages since I last logged on:

Hunkermunker - hope that baby's UTI has cleared up now?

Hewlettsdaugter - glad to hear you had a good time at Centreparcs; sounded like a lot of fun

KristinaM - here's hoping that the exhaustion and nausea during the first trimester clears up soon

Happy birthday to Lunavix's and Blu's lo's for end of last week

MrsD - good luck working through your continuing dilemma; it doesn't sound clear cut and it must be a pain everything hanging up in the air not knowing which life changing decision to make

Fennel - what about Swansea; good for surfing and not too pricey

Thanks for the birthday wishes for ds Chuffed, and thanks everyone else. Ds had a lovely day on the 15th. In the end I decided not to get a party carterer in - couldn't justify it for 8 children. But I was in the kitchen slogging away preparing food until 23.45 the night before. The sandwiches at his party were a big hit - I cut out star shapes, elephant shapes, and heart shaped sandwiches with cookie cutters. Also my homemade chicken nuggets with honey and mustard dip went down well. Felt quite the Nigella Lawson (but without the lustrous dark hair and foxy looks)

Sorry - you got my alter ego name by accident (name I occasionally use for posting personal stuff).

It's handlemecarefully

Just looked for and found your other thread Yg. Hope you are okay.....

Sorry for asking you on this thread (my message below)what the matter is. Belatedly realised that if you wanted to discuss it on here you would have already brought it up.

OOOh - I think ds has got molluscum under his arm - need to surf to find some info on it.
Had a great weekend - lovely and sunny yesterday - planted some lovely sweet peas - hope they survive the little fingers! My pansies and tulips have taken a pounding and are scattered all over the lawn!

TracyK, think there was a thread on molluscum recently - I'll see if I can find it.

HMC, yes, DS's UTI has cleared up and he's back to giggling at everything (hadn't realised quite how off-colour he was until he got better )

Now if I say "Say ah!" he'll say "Ah!" and I say "Choo!" and he giggles at me. It's like baby knock-knock jokes I suppose!

how cute HM! ds has learned to shake his head - its cute too. Although I despair of his dancing skills - I don't know what they teach him at nursery! But he loves to dance to music.
Thanks - I'll have a search for that other thread on molluscs things.

hi HMC yes Swansea would be a possibility.

KristinaM - I read your thread on tandem feeding but didn't add to it. I did feed dd1 when pregnant with dd2, til I was 10 weeks pregnant, then the milk dried up, and dd1 was 10 months and she and I were happy to give up. will try not to let on how uptight and repressed I am about tandem feeding.... (grin]

yorkiegirl, I have no idea what the other thread is but hope things are ok with you.

TracyK - headshaking's hilarious, isn't it?! DS LOVES doing it - he's like a one-man-band with head-shaking, clapping, chattering and jigging about dancing! No wonder he's so ready to go to bed at night!

Did you find the molluscum info - have been on phone so didn't get a chance to look. Hope DS is better soon.

umm wondering if ds is lagging behind. He can't dance (not walking yet -but cruising well), doesn't head shake. I suppose he does clap, do a half wave (not consistently though), and point his finger.

Good escapologist as well - can escape from the straps in highchairs, booster seats and supermarket trolleys with ease and does so frequently (turn around and find him standing up in his seat about to jump off trolley / highchair etc)

I'm feeling mighty jealous at everyone's little ones! Think ds is lagging behind a bit development wise, he's taking his time for sure!

His birthday went wonderfully with minimal mess, although I'm panicking a little - after my request for no toys EVERYONE got him toys and we have a houseful

No idea what to do with them all we have no room for storage...

He's been shaking his head for ages, just randomly or copying although I think he's starting to mean 'no' by it. Hasn't said a word since we thought he said hello either, just lots of favava, bababa and mamama (still no dadada! and still doesn't mean me!)

His crawling is at superspeed still, but he's pulling himself up on everything in sight. I let go of him earlier for a second and he was stnading by himself, then realised and howled and sat down! It's the first time he's had the balance though, hes having problems with that.

Food wise he's eating us out of house and home - he had a mega adult sized bowl of porridge banana and fig for breakfast, plus he's already had a handful of cheerios and raisins. He's eating tons, must be a growth spurt. And he's eating completely non-mashed food - I made a shepherds pie and he's eating it carrot chunks, mince the works!

We did have fun with the beakers though - decided on his birthday we'd get rid of the bottles and try the big beakers. Howled for fifteen minutes till we poured the milk in the bottles again!

DS isn't walking - he stands and jigs about or sits and jigs up and down. He's always loved music - things like the Countdown clock music make him open his eyes wide and stare at the TV while it plays (looks like he's trying to do the sum, genius child! )

He's always been a very chatty boy, but he's never been that interested in the next step of locomotion, so wasn't an early roller/sitter/crawler - content to sit and play with toys or have cuddles (but he can crawl faster than I can run now, it seems!).

hi lunavix

we've been there with the bottles with dd1 - bottle addict til 3.5. the only major battle she won outright.

it doesn't sound as though your ds is lagging. dd3 can't dance! or walk.

remember though that ds is at least 4 if not 8 weeks older than some of your lo's - so may appear ahead.
still give ds his bottle before bed and beaker during the day amd morning. Is it REALLY bad to still let them have a bottle??