June 2008 babies: rolling, sitting, crawling, babbling, teething, laughing, sleeping (not yet!)

[spongebrainbigpants]

New home!

Systems, not envying you returning home to that later! There have been times here too where I think no need to set the alarm cos the babies will wake up - but then they don't. Typical!

My sister's DH works on support ships for the oil rigs and is in Aberdeen at the moment, he wasn't involved in the helicopter crash but does take those helicopters sometimes if the ship is out at sea and he needs to join it. It is a scary business! Last time he was in the North Sea a Norwegian ship overturned - he says he should stop sailing with that captain cos every time he does people end up in the water. On the radio they said getting the helicopter down safe would have been even harder than landing that plane in the Hudson. Wow.

Amber, Puree, e-mailing you now.

Just thought - Iestyn doesn't hear any English really and hasn't done since early January. Either of you able to learn to intermediate level by April?

lol Essie . I know this is very Little England of me but I am still amazed (in a good way) that you can live in Britain and not hear English spoken for months at a time!

Essie is your dh a Welsh speaker too? have been wondering.

Lots of people are surprised. In shops, I speak English (if the server doesn't speak Welsh) but Iestyn's nursery is Welsh, and so is my Mum. So to say he hasn't heard a word of English isn't true, but nobody speaks English with him.
Systems DH wasn't born a Welsh speaker, but he's learnt. And boy, is he a model of language acquisition at the moment - he's better than Iestyn, with dozens of new words a day! He is concerned though that his vocabulary is quite limited to playing and nappies and sleep... Shows, though, that the child's way of learning a language works. (Wlpan works on that theory.) Tim uses Iestyn's calendar wall hanging, and his alphabet blocks, and his little books.

Can I say (here rather than at the very top of a new thread so that people see it all the time!) I hate those rhyming thread titles. It would annoy me so much if ours was like that.

As but essie I was going to suggest - June 2008 - some have had babies for nine months, but others less than 8! Sorry that was rubbish, just feeling cheeky!

Been reading all the posts but I forget everything by the time I post! News from here - S is now really shouty! He's driving me bonkers! Also wanting to push up on his feet all the time. We got the vtech walker last week too Amber - a cheeky bargain from gumtree. A loves playing with the front panel too. Would it be mean if I just took out the batteries.

aberdeen - how is josey btw?

When I say Luke plays with it he basically pulls off the phone over and over while I keep putting it back on and tries to get that little turny thing at the top into his gob!

no bdq it would be sanity saving.. I put ours 300 miles away even though edie loves it...

packing up all the old baby gear for no2 (touch wood) and rest for nct sales ... made me very broody indeed. Currently enjoying

neenz thanks for spoon tip re feeding -seems to be working well so far.

going, that's really sweet - hope it's all good news from me then .

Essie, thanks for giving away the plot line of Juno, will save me from ever having to watch it!

When I read the v&d spread I read it as VD and thought we'd been discussing sexually transmitted infections! Wondered you bunch of nymphs had been up to?!!

Neenz, Alex is now sleeping 7pm to 7am! Still stirs a couple of times and wakes us, but puts himself back to sleep. Bedtimes also bliss - 10 mins in cot and he's fast asleep! A very different household now - although stressed for entirely different reasons .

Good to hear that no hubbies were involved in the crash. Very scary.

Amber, he'll learn to press all the buttons soon trust me! And then you'll want to take a hammer to the fecking thing! Alex loves his!

Have you seen this Essie:

Welsh in London

sponge so hormones don't improve the vtech experience and re the sleeping in cot by himself trick..still not mastered that (is it bad that I'm going to delegate that to the nanny as I'm too soft not to want to enjoy my cuddles to sleep)

poppy, no, hormones definitely do not improve the experience!

I miss my cuddles at night too .

think vtech inventors are definitely in the category "people who design things for kids that don't have em" -along with the clothes designers who make back fastening clotehs or trousers that don't have popper openings.

Totally agree poppy!

Anyone seen this?

worst Irish driver!

Fantastic!

yes that really made me laugh sponge.

just read on another thread that someone still has breast lump like mine after FIVE Years... may need some comfort wine and chocolate - seriously its like having a big boil on your breast..so unattractive and yuck.

Oh you poor thing - are you still suffering with that? Can't believe it can't be treated . Does it hurt too?

its slightly uncomfortable as it fills up but not really painful - just very unsightly (if you imagine a golf ball sized lump on your breast..its not a good look). Its nothing to worry about but its getting ridiculous (and I wonder how long insurance will cover it) to get it lanced (basically like popping a blister) every so often.

its a small thing to worry about really but annoying..

that's really crap poppy, have they not referred you to a specialist?

yep been seeing someone really good but the only real solution to it is an op and given I've gone this long and would prefer not to go through hassle/scarring I'm going this route. That said I truly didn't think it would still be a problem now. Maybe if I had anoter it might solve it

• sounds like the perfect solution to me!

Can totally understand why you'd want to avoid surgery.

ah well..bad mummy has discovered edie loves the baby organix crispy things (and indeed anything I'm eating..) now need to be really careful what/when I eat around her as we get world war 3 if she doesnt get some (seems to be blw herself sponge)

Lol! Yes, we have that problem too - I was tucking a cream cake today and Alex was not impressed that I wasn't sharing! I did give him a little bit but cream cakes are far too yummy to be wasted on a baby (and a male one for that matter, who will never truly understand the glory of the empty calorie!)

that would be "tucking into a cream cake"! sounds like i was trying to put it to bed!

Hi ladies I need help here but sponge it is quite a sad pregnancy story which is why I have done a different thread as didn't want to upset you.