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.

Oh dear Heather. What exactly is croup, is it a bad cough?

aubergenie fab, thank you will have to go and get some and good idea about the glass too, mine is minging

Liking the idea MM and myjob re when taking control of money, will have to find out about that as dont want dd's spending on all sorts!

heather sorry alex is poorly, not nice. I have a pathetic cough and so does DD so will stop moaning about it as would not fancy the croop!

CSWS - just watched your video of D blwing. Um, yes, no question he was ready! Wow!

This is a description of croup HMM, but it is slightly more than a bad cough. It's not very nice at all. Oh and ha ha, yes funny how I sound like a financial advisor eh?

Heather - poor DC. Croup is so nasty, I hope they're both better soon.

Myjob - Maybe she wants some broccoli?

We've got horrible colds here today so M is covered in snot and feeling very sorry for herself.

Wow csws! Brave! I have to admit that I'm scared to death to give Q food other than milk! I want to try some baby rice but worry about how he will react to it. What if he chokes? What if I don't give him enough of the stuff he needs and then he suffers lack of nutrients because he's taking less milk? I know this sounds psychotic, but I guess I am .

OH LOL! I read that so quickly and thought you were going to try Naomi with chicken, myjob!! Ha!

How the hell do you all get time to cook/ bake??? It makes me realise just how high-maintenance Poppy is!!!

HMM I don't cook or bake much either - DH does it all. I do on occasion if it's easy and quick or something DH doesn't want (like Quinoa ). I LOVE Quinoa. I like bland things, though. I never use salt for cooking (nor does dh) or add salt to anything but recently put soy sauce on some tofu I made... it was yummy, but really worried about sodium content in that. I wonder if too much gets into the breastmilk?
I've never been a big wine drinker, but for some reason I'm craving a big glass of wine! I think it's because I haven't had any in 14 months.
lol about N and the food myjob! Q doesn't care what is in his hands, he puts EVERYTHING into his mouth... I'm sure he'd do the same with food!

I like your new FB photos Star! I see you took your relatives to Buck Palace in the end...

Yes but you're woorking Star which is even more incredible than cooking/ baking! Poppy barely lets me make toast if I'm on my own, I spend bathtimes getting the medicines ready and feed her to sleep then am too knackered to do anything other than essential housework! Good job DH can cook!!

Thanks HMM
Can you put Poppy in a sling or carrier and do stuff with her? Does she just not let you put her down? We have a hard time putting Q down as well... he loves to be moving... constantly . I've learned how to do lots of things one handed

I don't really seem to get the chance to put her in the sling, we have two, a sling and a baby bjorn and have rarely used them. she doesnt like the sling due to her reflux, she seemed to like the baby bjorn but by the time I've kept her upright and still for 30 mins after every feed then going out, for walks etc I never get to use it.

Thanks for all the comments on the video. He isn't that co-ordinated always (well, on the handful of occasions that we've given him something), but he seemed quite keen on the broccoli. He didn't really eat much of the stalks, but loved the frilly bits, and his sister hoovered up the stalks instead, as they are her favourite bit.

HMM - couldn't Poppy's 30 mins upright after a feed be in the Baby Bjorn whilst you wander about cooking or going for a walk or whatever?

Glad that you have your answer re weaning myjob .

Star - please don't obsess about the sodium content of breastmilk. Bm will contain salt in just the right proportions for Q, and your liver will quite happily process the salt you eat, given how little it is. We do actually need some salt in our diets.

She'd vomit all over it CSWS. She needs to be still.

Sorry to hear you have a cold Myjob.

csws - I know we need sodium, I'm just also aware that there is so much sodium in everything that we eat already without adding any to it. You must think I'm a total nutter - it will be a miracle if Q grows up to be a sane man

Wow CSWS - I've just seen your FB video of ds eating. He's so co-ordinated! So, did you just cook the broccoli really well and give it to him like that?

I'm like you Star, nervous about starting with food (you can tell the people who've already got more than one child, so much more relaxed!).

Gawd its hard tokeep up with these trheads! I might have to be an annoying poster who pops in and out.

It is horrible of me to think that our 2 week holiday in April (which both dh and I have at the same time) is going to be difficult... just because dh will be around 24/7?!?!? I know that sounds awful for anyone who has a dh /dp who travels, but it's just so much extra work with him not at work.

lol star. Sounds like I used to be when dh would only have an odd week at home and interrupt my routine. Am happier to have him here now we have 2 though! Still no further word on whether he has the work that was mentioned last week.

Aubergenie - I didn't cook the broccoli specifically for ds. It was just some left over from our dinner, so was cooked as we would have it. It was the 'tenderstem' kind, so had a good 'handle' for him to hold on to. It was a spur of the moment decision to give him some (to stop him whining mostly!), hence the lack of a bib.

Just had ds' 3rd lot of jabs. Horrid. But he's now had calpol and a lovely big feed and is being allowed to sleep on my lap as I feel sorry for him.

Star - you've listed the kind of food that you eat, and there's very little in the way of sodium in that tasteless rabbit food very healthy diet . Have you thought about what Q's first food will be? Quinoa is hilarious in nappies .

I always let M sleep on my lap . Big old rod for my back eh?

Morning all,
CSWS - loved the video (do you think it's the most watched video on mumsnet??!) Your DS is exactly a week older than DD and she can't roll yet, let alone sit! She can flip from front to back but only if she's really cross - and it makes her even crosser.
Well, DS1 has 2 definite chicken poxes this morning - like vampire bites on his neck, this is of course just as DS2 has recovered enough to take out again, so we're stuck in still [going stir crazy emoticon!] and I thought DD was OK till I changed her just now - and her bottom and (searches for appropriate word for ladybits for DD) those bits are covered in chicken pox! rest of the baby completely clear? How does that work?
So that's a full house chez pepper for pox.
I'll be online a LOT this week!
And DS2 has a black eye to complement the pox scabs, where he fell over getting in the car yesterday even tho he was holding DH's hand at the time. Poor poppet looks very neglected.