October 08 - Growth spurts and rolling and sitting and stuff

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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.

Is there a non-evil biscuit, csws? I haven't looked at any... couldn't find them in the shop today. Maybe I'll just give him a banana in one of those netted food things... have you seen what Im talking about. It has a handle and a little net that you put the food in... I think the baby sucks the food out of hte holes?

Could you give Q a rice cake to nibble on instead of a biscuit? I think you can get ones with no salt in. Are they dairy-free though? CSWS??

I know what you mean about slumping forward CSWS. I bought a kind of inflatable thing that goes in the back of the chair to support ds' back till he's a bit stronger.

Oh, soooooo tired. I think I might have to go to bed in a minute.

Do you mean one of these? Star?

BTW - Those who are giving solids already, are you also giving water to you LOs or just milk?

Sorry - I meant to ask Star. If you've got one of those things, are they any good?

Yes, rice cakes dairy free. They're pretty much just brown rice, and get my seal of approval . I must buy some actually!
Organix is generally a good make to look out for star - lots of products without lots of crap in them (though some still contain dairy).
You could just give him a banana to eat without a feeder, but if you want to use one of them then I can see that they look in some senses like a good idea. Perhaps you could eat your dinner through a dishcloth or a pair of tights to give you some idea of what it's like .

I got the inflatable thing too aubergenie. Tried it in the store and seemed like a good idea, but somehow hasn't worked quite the same at home! Ah well, I don't need to worry about it now.

No water given as yet.

Oh bugger, ds awake again. He was awake as much as asleep last night. Sounds like tonight will be just as much fun . Having food certainly hasn't made any improvement to his sleep. I think he just doesn't have a clue how to resettle himself without a feed.

I think that I'm too young for the texture of an oatcake .

LOL at image of eating a banana through a dishcloth. I reckon DD would be right up for that. I found her this morning sucking her thumb through a muslin! We had our best night ever last night (sorry purpleflower, it must have been our turn for some sleep). DD only woke at 2.45 and 6 and stayed in her own bed til 6. She's had her last lot of needles today though so I think that will be a one off. Glad you had people to visit pepper. It's lovely t ohave friends who are happy to see you spots and all!
Been looking at houses again and have found one we quite like. Not perfect but then I think we have to accept that we can't afford what we would like to have. Anyone know what it's okay to offer? house been on market 4 months at the same price. They had a 'silly' (according to estate agent) offer at beginning of Feb but that's it. House is on at £150k - you reckon too cheeky to offer £135? Any help or advice gladly accepted

PS I love the texture of oatcakes. I also love Ryvita and rice cakes though so maybe I'm just a bit odd

ROFL at eating through tights/dishcloth csws!
ok, decided they are a waste of money!
I read somewhere that water causes brain swelling (?) so have been scared to give water! But I will use it in the cereal in a few hours... boiling some now.

Rice cake is a great idea! But would he choke on it?

Ha! I think ds would be up for sucking some fruit through one of those things too. My friend was wearing a really rough woolly scarf the other day and he couldn't get enough of it in his mouth.

BTW - If anyone does want on of those feeding things, they've got them on ebay for about a fiver.

You can get special baby rice cakes Star. I don't know whether they would be better. I'll step out of the weaning discussion now as I have no idea what I'm on about.

Smodgey - I would say that if it's been on the market for that long, you might even be able to make a starting offer of 130k but be prepared to up it a bit. The estate agent has to pass it on to the vendor, however cheeky it is.

Unlikely star. If bits unexpectedly get to the back of his throat then he may gag a little, but that is an important part of the learning process. They tend to go pretty soggy once they've sucked on them for a while anyway.

I had 6 hours sleep last night - woohoo! Gave ds gripe water when he was screaming at 9:15, and he calmed down (in fact he did a big burp just before I gave him the gw). I figured I'd try the dream feed thing at 10:30, but he didn't stir even when I thrust my nipple at him, so I gave up. He then didn't wake til 1:30, and then slept again from 1:50 til 5:40 .

Oh yes, £130-£135 not an unreasonable starting offer IMO. Depends how desperate they are to move as to whether they will consider it or not.

£130?!? WOW! Where???

OH! Just looked at profile... never mind. Sorry, forgot I could do that. We can't even bear the thought of how much we might get (not get) for ours when we sell it!

Morning,

We had slightly better sleep, just a shame DS climbed into our bed and decided he didn't want me in there so tried pushing me out

I gave DD some mashed banana yesterday and she loved it but I tried her with some veg later on and she really wasn't too interested. I'm going to give her some baby rice in a minute and see what she makes of it.

Thanks for that high chair link aubergenie but I need something that folds down ideally and Ikea is quite a way away for us I think.

I think £130k is very reasonable to start on Smudgey. TBH I would probably start at £125k but then I'm really cheeky lol. If you don't ask you don't get

Banana cereal a BIG HIT!!! SOOO Much nicer than stinky baby rice!! No more rice. Just cereal and maybe I'll try a fruit! This is so much fun!! I know I'm 2 weeks early of 6 months, but who cares.... it's close enough!!!

Wow - great news on the sleeping babies. Hopefully we'll all get there over the next few weeks. DD had too much of an exciting afternoon today and didn't sleep from about 1pm. I decided at 6pm that she was going to fall asleep when she next fed so put her in her jimjams ready - 6.20 sparko!!
Thanks for the reassurances re offers on house. Those of you in expensive areas, just to make you really sick, it's a 4 bedroom house! It is very close to the A1 though and there are other down sides but we are currently weighing them all up. Went to look at a local school today and were happy with it which is another plus.
Sounds like lots of you are having fun with foods. I think A would give it a go now but I want her to wait a bit as she seems to have sensitive skin so just in case.... Myjob as far as I know, once 6 months, the only thing they can't have is honey (something to do with a virus/bug that is sometimes present) You also have to be careful with making sure egg is cooked so don't let N lick the spoon when you're cooking We have finally got the referral appointment through for A's eye (infections for first 6 weeks) so I'm braving the hospital with 2 of them tomorrow. I'm fairly sure they'll say, everything is fine, why are you wasting our time but I want that reassurance. Anyone know if they are being treated for Mother's Day? My Mum is coming up so I reckon DH should cook lunch.

Hey all
I wont be far from going to bed, had a naff sleep last night, think its because I had 2 glasses of wine and it kept me awake! then both DDs woke after 6

Thank you for your messages, yes feel better now after having chat with DH and all ok.

myjob Hearing is pants and cant do anything to make it better gets me down alot and the thought of returning to work is making me miserable too, I am much happier at home with DDs to keep me occupied and not having to explain my situation to everyone . Dont mind telling you all, feel like you know everything else about me also not RL and dont get so embarassed to say it on here

Glad all babies eating well, DD2 not been well so only been having milk again as she has had sickness and diarrhoea she still had yucky nappies today but gave her a small amount of baby rice. She may be teething???? I cant starve her and she seems to take just what she wants and no more. Been leaving 2-3 ounces of 7oz bottles. Should I carry on with the rice again do you think? What time do you all give rice etc? I have been giving it at around her 3pm feed.

Myjob, iirc it's no blue cheese or whole or chopped nuts (choking hazard) until 1, plus honey as smudgey mentions (it's a form of botulism that isn't killed off even by cooking), but otherwise pretty much anything goes, unless you're being wary of allergies.