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.

CSWS - I did glance at your post when you first confessed but I didn't click that you had actually confessed anything. I thought you were just saying that you thought DS was possibly ready. It really was a coincidence. I was scared that you would tell me off though! I find my own reaction strange as DS was weaned so early, but with M I feel terrible about it. She does love the little bits she has tried though. I still feel naughty.

The instructions were pretty vague as I recall. Have phoned a pharmacist and she said doesnt matter whether 15 ml or 30, will ring and check with another justincase.

Just been to NCT sale and bought more crap toys.

Anyone know what that thing that you put the baby in but they are sort of standing up is called? myjob and csws linked it once... it has a tray w/ toys and is round? rock n' play or something like that? looking online. And any ideas on where to find a cheap one or less expensive version? I think Q would love it!

Activity stations star.

Thank you! Bidding now....

oops. I bid on one that is too far away and pick up only... didn't see that. I wonder if I should email ebay or just wait and see if over next few days someone outbids me anyway. I got swept away with bidding!

I would email and ask to withdraw the bid.

I don't know Star sorry, I'm not an e-bayer

I just had a spinach and potato curry and I feel sick now, it didn't quite work, DH made it.

Has anyone sorted a child trust fund yet and who with?

You could get one of those activity stations cheap at an NCT nearly new sale in your area Star. There were some there today where i went and we already have one from a previous sale.

I left choosing a trust fund to dh, so nothing has happened with it yet . DD's is with Abbey - if you pay in more than the max allowed any year then it holds the rest over in an interest bearing account, and then transfers it to the trust fund on the anniversary when the next year's allowance comes into effect. It's one that invests in the stock market.

avoid the walker ones Star as unless you have very flat, even floors they are prone to tipping over. Several friends have had accidents with them on uneven floors. This obviously doesn't apply to the static ones. Happy bidding....

Joe is loving food far too much. He is eating all his food so fast and then crying for more. He loves being at the dinner table with us but only if he's eating too. Myjob - i thought i would only give Joe some tasters until he was 26 weeks (on weds ) but he has been sooo hungry i have had to move onto the 6 month plan of giving him stuff more quickly. I have now progressed from orange stained t-shirts (mine) to orange stained clothes (Joe) from all the luminous poos he's been doing. I have tried soaking them but they are still vile...we had mango today and we are having sweet potato tomorrow so i fear its going to get worse!! At least he is less sick so its not coming out the top end so much, just more coming out the bottom instead...

CSWS - i just confessed as i am rubbish at hiding stuff!!

hmm - it depends on how much risk you want to take and if you want to put extra money in as well. We have CTF with Yorkshire BS for both boys but i put monthly money in Halifax childrens account for them as it pays really good interest - probably better than CTF unless you go for higher risk ones.

Star - you will have to email seller and ask for them to withdraw your bid

I had a quick look on money supermarket a few weeks ago, but I just can't be bothered!

the one that money supermarket recommend (some small bs, can't remember which) will only accept voucher if you open the account in person. They are based near newcastle so i was really peeved but Yorkshire are still quite good and you can open the account by post!!

Hello all. Regarding the Child Trust Funds. If you are considering topping them up, and you haven't fully utilised your personal ISA allowances, then it is worth considering a regular savings plan into your own ISA allowance. The Child Trust Fund money becomes their's as soon as they turn 18 and the parents have no control over this. They could go out an spend it all on, I don't know, booze for example! If you invest it into an ISA in your name, then you still have control over the money and when it is given to the DC. You can segment ISA contributions so you can keep track of the money you have invested for DC seperately to the money invested for yoursevles. The stock market is very low at the moment so it is a good time to invest in stocks and shares as you will get more for your money, plus the lentgh of time the money will be invested for means that the risk of this type of investment is reduced. HTH

Blimey MM, anyone would think u were a Senior Financial Consultant!

Bored bored bored bored bored.
Anyone want to play I-spy?

lol at i-spy. I'd been in bed since 9! Good job too as my day started at 5:20 (as well as doing several night feeds, obviously).

DH allowed me a lye in but I could not sleep but then I did go to bed at 10:30 and slept through to 6:45 as it seems I always wake at that time (playgroup morning time) but stayed in bed til 8 ish but thought would get up as not achieving anything! Cleaned the oven and OMG its gross!!! I need something more powerful then a cloth and MR Muscle! I need some oven cleaner as ran out and maybe seen those things on the advert where you put the stuff in a bag and shake! Does anyone know what I mean or tried them?

Jenwa ? you need some Oven Pride. It?s really good. Comes with a bag and you just soak all the bits in it. I took the glass out of the door and did that too. I got it in Tescos. I was so excited when I used it that I actually rang my mum and my sister to tell them about it! God knows what they put in it though. I?m sure it?s terrible for the environment and probably wipes out all my efforts with washable nappies.

Re CTF ? we wanted to get an ethical one, which limited the choices slightly, so we?ve got a cash one with Britannia (who are doing a deal with the co-op later in the year, so hopefully are reasonably ethical). We?re also going to set up another account for ds that we?ve got some control over. Thanks for the ISA tip MM.

I weighed ds yesterday at my sisters house (we haven?t got any scales) by weighing myself and then getting on with him, and according to her scales, he weighs 20lbs.

Morning all! I was still feeding Poppy at that point CSWS. When she finally fell asleep at about 11, I went downstairs and brushed and mopped the lounge floor, something I've been trying to do for a week so I can lay that rug down, then went to bed. Poppy had me up between 4 and 6 and woke at 9. Loooverly.

morning. alex has croup now argggg. poor thing sounds all pathetic and has lost his voice. last night was a longgggg night i can tell you.