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.

You have an older one at school don't you MM? I can't get away with ds always sleeping on me when dd is around, as she then feels neglected, as well as me getting nothing done.

Oh, yes I see why now. I thought you were being very disciplined to avoid bad habits. Even though DS is nearly 6, he still gets jealous! He's such a mummy's boy!

Pepper - Poor DC. At least DD can't scratch too much.

Oh poor you (and poor dc too obv) pepper. Dd's first cp spot was just by the waistband of her nappy, so the top kept getting knocked off - ouch. It's the only one that has scarred I think. The spots all round her girly bits (as we call them chez CSWS) did look horrid, but didn't seem to bother her any more than the others.

Ds isn't actually much of a roller. He's only done it a handful of times, although he flips from front to back quite easily (which is most annoying when you're trying to get him to sleep on his tummy).

Oh and Pepper - DD is one day older than CSWS's DS and she can only just roll. I've been trying to get her to sit up on her own but she just wants to stand up all the time.

Am sitting here nervously awaiting a text from a friend to say whether she's had a missed miscarriage or not. Scan was booked for 10:40. Cross your fingers please ladies.

Oh deat CSWS , your poor friend. Hope everything is ok.

Oh DEAR not deat.

CSWS - fingers crossed for your friend. I'm glad your DD didn't get too many chicken pox scars.I think DS2 will have a couple as some of his were really nasty. Hopefully the 2 vicious looking one's on DS1's neck won't scar - they look just like a vampire bite at the mo!
myjob - looks like Dh sorted the weaning question for you - have fun! I'm a puree and finger foods girl too - but putting off for as long as possible.
star - I find it annoying when DH is home for more than a weekend, we have lots of little routines that he can't know about as he's out from 7-7 every day so he doesn't realise when he confuses them all .
HMM - I barely do toast let alone Proper Cooking!
MM - I'm glad DD's not backward in the rolling sitting dept!
Right, off to do some crowd control.

Q barely sits but definitely not on his own! We have to be right there to catch him, he's like a weeble wobble.... but he does fall down. He sometimes goes to his side from laying on his back but can't sort out rolling anywhere from his front (you'd think he would have by now, being slept on his tummy most of the time!).
I think he's just lazy and his belly is too chubby to let him move about.
He does grab for toys and put everything in his mouth, though.
He had a brilliant time trying to grab running water yesterday that was hilarious!
Congrats on the banana myjob! What a good idea!
Is there a book out there... no a website would be better... on how to wean? I don't want to screw it up!
CSWS I hope your friend is ok. How scary

thanks pepper - good to know I'm not alone

yuck about chicken pox. I'm so sorry for you!!

I've used Anabel Karmel's book as my weaning bible - but it's a puree one - if you want to do BLW then maybe CSWS can recommend?
Don't worry about doing it wrong! Mostly it's a case of muddling through - you'll soon know what Q likes and dislikes. Some babies love everything and grow into really fussy eaters (DS1!) and then some love everything and stay loving everything (DS2)Did exactly the same with both of them and they are soooo different.
The trick is - not to blame yourself. Tho maybe if you follow the puree chips regime you'd have to take some responsibility!

Just a quickie as about to take dd to school, to say that it was bad news for my friend .

oh so sorry

Oh no, how . So sorry for your friend.

Oh, so sorry CSWS, what a shame.

Pepper - sorry to hear about the chicken pox, what a nightmare for you! How long do you have to remain in quarantine? Must be driving you mad!

Yay for banana myjob - sounds like N is pretty much ready for weaning. I know the guidelines are 6 months, but lets face it, they are general and I can't see that a few days here or there are really going to make any difference. Lets face it, babies are supposed to stay in the womb for 40 weeks, but how many arrive exactly on time....

Star, I bought loads of books on weaning - the NCT one was good, with plenty of stuff I can use for both baby & family meals (with a little adaption) but if you go into any bookshop there are always millions to browse through. Pick one that seems to give recipes you can see that you might be able to adapt for you as well (saves time). Obviously the first month or so is just basic fruit/veg purees etc, so no adaption required.

Well, we've had a busy weekend. We changed dd's cotbed into a bed and she's loving it, hasn't fallen out yet, and she's also not realised she can climb out . I'm sure it won't be long though... Have baked a cake for dh's birthday tomorrow (dairy free) and am going to decorate it with dd this afternoon. But I am a bit . Ds woke at 6 this mornign and wouldn't settle after his feed so I handed him to dh who got him to sleep finally. Anyway ds woke at 7.30 with a leaky poo and really red bottom. Am rather at myself for not checking more thoroughly as he is really sore... Thank goodness for metanium nappy cream!

Must dash, have a cross ds on his playmat and I need to get lunch.... Will catch up with all the messages later.

I'm so sorry to hear about your friend CSWS, had she been trying to conceive for a while? I had some bleeding at the early stages myself and altho I was quick to conceive I couldn't bear the thought of losing my special honeymoon baby, I can't imagine how horrible it must be to get that news.

Ooh what's metanium nappy cream Ekka? I always use vaseline and am stiill only usibng water rather than wipes but I noticed she was a bit red before, maybe because she's teething. That's a good point you make re the 40 weeks too.

That's so sweet re your DD and the bed! I'm going to look up the NCT book too, I was previously just planning to get the Annabel Karmel, will it be too much/ confusing to get both?

I had about 4 hours' broken sleep last night. Had a good chat with the HV this morning and she's suggested I need to put her in her cot when she's still awake, rather than feed her to sleep and to get DH to do it as she's getting too dependent on me. She's the best HV I've seen to date so I respect her advice and she knows about the reflux etc, but I can't see it working, will give it a go tho. She said to try to put her in cot in the day at the same time to try get her into daytime naps too. What do u all think? Any words of advice?

Been DF (apart from 2 suspect scampi incidents) for 2 weeks on Weds, I'm not noticing a discernable difference ... I'm going to carry it on anyway as it really doesn't take much effort.

So sorry to hear about your friend CSWS. I've been there - not nice.

Hmm - Metanium cream is a God among nappy creams! It clears up any sign of nappy rash in hours! When DD was newborn she got terrible nappy rash that bled when touched. We used Bepanthen (sp?) for two weeks and it got a little better. Then the HV recommended metanium, within three days her bottom was clear. I shall be looking forward to hearing from you as to whether the day time nap thing works. M still only sleeps on me during the day and I have to feed her to sleep at night. DS had three daytime naps from 5 months. I just popped him in his cot, he'd chat for a while then doze off. No chance of that with M! I've always been told that boys are more clingy than girls but that is definately not the case with my two!

Watch grow your own drugs. It is BBC2. On now. They are doing Excema creams tonight. i watched it last week. It appeals in the inner hippy in me

CSWS, So sorry about your friend. Ive been there. Hell on this earth was the whole experience.

Aubergenie & Ronshar - I'm so sorry to hear you lovely ladies have been through that.

hmm - she has a dd the same age as mine, got married last year, and got pg within 2 or 3 months of trying I think, but obv would already have had a sizeable age gap, and she doesn't want it to be too huge. She had a dating scan 2 weeks ago, as she wasn't sure if she was 8 or 12 weeks, but they dated her at 6 weeks (no heartbeat yet) and told her to go back 2 weeks later (meant to be tomorrow). Since then she's had a bit of light bleeding, so went to A&E over the weekend, and they re-arranged the scan for today. I've also been there prior to having dd .

hmm - did this hv acknowledge the fact that Poppy is at an age where growth spurts and night waking are very common, and that she may genuinely be hungry? Did she say that you shouldn't feed her overnight at all, or just to limit the number of times?

Am disappointed to hear that df hasn't made a difference for you so far hmm. Am not sure whether to hope for a change soon or not, as if there is one then obv she will need to be df when weaning too, which can be a bit of a pain!

If you want to do blw star (or even if you just want some ideas for finger food) then Aitch's site is great. There's only one book on blw, which is by Gill Rapley. I haven't read it, but it is apparently quite good if you are the sort that likes a book rather than trawling through a website.

Yes to peeled cucumber myjob. Ds had a suck on some yesterday - nice and cool for his gums . He didn't really eat much of it, but didn't like it being taken away!