October 08 - Growth spurts and rolling and sitting and stuff

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Here we go again...

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 -
5th Oct - CherryChoc - Boy - Ryan - 6lbs 11oz - 3 day labour with natural birth in hospital
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
9th Oct (Due 17th) - Marthasmama - Girl - Martha - 7lbs 10oz - Elective c-sec
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/jrsqueak - Boy - Joshua - 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
16th 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.

Star your DH sounds like my DP. We?re also in a one-bed flat and he?d be really irritated if I got any more big plastic toys. We got a big wooden box from Ikea that we can shove everything in when S has gone to bed to give a semblance of tidiness. I have been offered a baby door bouncer on freecycle though, and I?m hoping that S will love it as he?s always wanting to stand up.

I?m sure he would LOVE a jumperoo, but I don?t think we?ve got room. Cherry, does it fold away easily/at all?

Pepper ? poor thing, you must be knackered. I hope you get some rest soon.

Myjob - Like I said last night on FB, M is a fussy little monkey too. She can entertain herself for a little bit longer when she's full and just woken up. Otherwise she wants to be carried round and cuddled all day. She gets really excited when I reach out to pick her up and she has started putting her arms up to be picked up. She has also started to cry everytime I leave the room. She watches me go, starts that fast breathing thing they do then bursts into heartbreaking sobs.

MM Stanley has started to cry when I leave the room too! My mum came down and took him for a walk the other day. He was fine and fell asleep, but when he woke up he seemed to have forgotten who she was and started sobbing. He sounded absolutely bereft by the time she got him home.

Aubergenie - It makes you feel , and all at the same time! I've always felt that dd showed a preference for DH or even sometimes my mum, but it's only me she cries for [smug].

Another fussy baby here. Poss not quite as bad as N, but won't be put down for very long happily. Dh keeps thinking it's only us who have such demanding babies, so he will be reassured to know that it isn't. I think that some of it at the moment is down to his teething (really dribbly today) and tiredness from not sleeping very well. Last night he was up from 1:30-about 3, and then again from 5:20-6:30, then was up for the day at 7:30.

I too had noticed your absence hmm. Are you back with us properly now?

pistachio - you surprise me! I gave ds some mush on a spoon today - mashed butternut squash as we had some left from last night's dinner. I fed him some and gave him the loaded spoon for the rest to feed himself. It was remarkably messy for just a few teaspoons . Perhaps he just wasn't in the mood today, so I didn't offer anything later except milk.

Q doesn't want to be put down either. I think babies in general don't like to be put down, right? I sort of thought it was normal
He will sometimes happily play with his hanging toys on his back for a bit (that's new and not consistent) but won't tolerate bouncy seat anymore and often doesn't even tolerate just holding him... often he wants us to be actually moving. he wants pretty much constant movement. Anyone else like this?
DH paces around holding him facing out, so Q is sitting on his hands. I'm not that motivated, I bounce him... but when he gets too fussy, get up and walk around! I know I know, horrid parenting. What Q wants Q gets. But... he's only a baby!!!!

Q has only been "chatting" for a couple of weeks and no where near a discernable word, myjob he doesn't sit unsupported, rolls only to the side and then gets stuckand doesn't even seem interested in rolling any further. VERY strong on his feet when we hold him and prefers to "stand up", grabbing stuff with accuracy (mostly) but forgets he has to hold on sometimes... and other times won't let go He's started trying to sit up when he's at an angle, but can't quite do it yet. head control is good.
That's what seems normal to me...

Yes!! Q LOVES books! I think it's because we're constantly shoving them at him, though - both schoolteachers here lol. We must get these babies together!!

Star - I think it's just the age they're at re: the wanting to be on the move all the time. They are old enough to need lots of stimulation and to get bored very easily, but not old enough to do anything about it for themselves. From 4 months until they are mobile, they are very demanding as you have to constantly amuse them.

Myjob - M rolls to one side, loves to stand up, does amazing sit-ups, can do push-ups now too, but every time I try to get her to sit she just throws herself backwards as she wants to stand up again. She is also a very good talker, she makes a sound like hello when we say hello to her. It's the same sound pattern rather than the same letter sounds iyswim. I think that girls are better with the social aspects of development whereas boys a generally better at the physical. DS never had little chats with us but was rolling at 16 weeks, sitting at 22 weeks, crawling at 27 weeks and walking at 10 months.

CSWS - I showed my mum the vid of D eating broccoli. When I told her he is one day younger than M she was ed! She was very impressed with his dexterity.

Myjob - Does N like lying down without a nappy on? I only ask because S much prefers going on his blanket with no nappy and will lie there much longer than with one on. I think he likes to have a bit of air circulating round his bits!

Wouldn't you just love to get all our babies in the same room together?!

That's boys for ya. Any excuse to get it out! I have video footage of DS with nicely covered bits (no nappy but babygro covering them). He was four months old and while my Dad was filming him, he pulled his babygro up and then started wiggling back and forth as if to wave his willy at us . I'll keep that for when he brings his first girlfriend home...

Yes CSWS - It would be lovely to see them all in the flesh.

Q loves to be naked, too. He's wanted this constant motion since he was born. Someone once suggested an inner ear problem and movement distracts and soothes? But no way to check that I guess. Or gp won't.
He now will be on his own for a little. It doesn't last long, but longer than previously for sure!
How fun that would be to get all of our babies in the same room!!!

Thanks, CSWS - so you're volunteering to host an October 08 Postnatal gathering at your house? How nice of you!

hi all.
Not posted for ages - glad everyone is doing well and am secretly glad its not just mine that won't sleep.
I get married in 4 weeks hence so busy and 3 children - no time for mn. Joshua has got chicken pox - poor thing. We are waiting for an appointment for the paedetrician for his eczema/milk allergy

Star - I think she has the space.......

Don't joke star - the 6 friends plus baby that are visiting this weekend are from my Feb 06 post-natal group . It's the second time we've done it, but everyone leaves the children behind .