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.

Yipee I can stop feeling like the naughty girl in the corner now.

William so far does not like Lentils. But loves sweet potatoe, squash, courgettes, carrots, peas are interesting. He cant quite manage to get a pea to the back of his mouth. All fruits really.
I started very slowly. Just baby porridge in the morning. Over three or four weeks it advanced to lunch as well. Now we are just starting to go to three times a day.

Can I ask. I have never made it this far with BF. How does it work with weaning? How many times a day should you still feed? I am a bit hit and miss at the monent and I am worried my milk will go if I dont keep feeding regularly.
Star, Dont fret over feeding. It is as simple as feeding yourself. Give him what you eat. Quinlan will only eat as much as he wants.

Well, dh went to costco tonight and came back with 4 kg of butternut squash and 6 kg of sweet potatoes for me to make purees for Matthew . Lets hope the poor lad takes to them as he is going to have to eat an awful lot of them

Metanium nappy cream is great (though truly disgusting texture and smells a bit as well) it cleared up ds' bottom in hours. You can get it in mothercare and boots I think. I'd never go back to sudocrem again!

Ronshar - the bf once established is ok when it comes to weaning. Before we started weaning dd she was on 5 feeds a day and 1 nighttime feed, she dropped the night feed after 1 month and one by one the daytime feeds shortened until she dropped them as she wasn't interested in them. I could still express milk in the three months between her being fully weaned and Matthew being born though, so it doesn't just disappear. I think it depends on the child as to how much they bf, but my NCT weaning book gave some good 'guideline' schedules. I'll look them out tomorrow if you want?

Star - the one thing which I found key to weaning was not to show them you are remotely concerned about their eating. I got quite stressed at one point when dd seemed not to be wanting much food and it made her worse, she started rejecting everything. Then dh fed her and she wolfed down everything on offer, cos he wasn't stressing about her eating. They really do pick up on your mood. Just praise him loads and enjoy watching him trying (& rejecting!) food. We still have marks on the wall where dd threw some green puree (I've no idea what was in it, spinach and something else I think - can't really blame the poor child, what was I thinking )

Ekka - that's hilarious. He'll still be working his way through that when he starts school!

too funny! Sweet potatoes are one of the foods with the highest nutrient level, though He'll be all set!

DS ate so much sweet potato, carrot and butternut squash that he had an orange nose until he was about 14 months.

one of the kids in my class just told me her mother told her to drink water, not milk at lunch as "milk has too many calories" what's wrong with people?? (my students are age 5-7yrs).

Honestly, you'd think this was the first child we've weaned! Mind you dh isn't too involved in the feeding process so I guess he doesn't really register how much (or little) babies eat at first. The silly thing is dh HATES sweet potato & butternut squash so I can't even use them in recipes for us all as a family. Though he may just have to lump it as I've no idea how we'll get through them otherwise! Anyone got a good home for several kilos of sweet potato ?

Star - its mad how some people get so stressed about children's weight etc so early on. The comeback is that milk (apparently) hydrates you better than water (if I remember the news article correctly). But honestly, who worries about calories for 5-7 yr olds? She'll run off the extra calories at playtime surely....

Ds is really grumpy today, he slept for a 5hr stretch last night , though dd ruined it by waking 3 times in that period, but he is not happy this morning and has his 3rd set of jabs this afternoon - I think today may be a rough one for him.

Morning ladies!

Sorry to hear so many of you have been through miscarriages, it's scary how common they are, I count myself very lucky that everything turned out ok.

CSWS, the HV herself said it was a growth spurt when she asked her age, but when I said it had been going on for 2 weeks she said I had to be careful cos the night wakenings could become learned behaviour, she knows she gets some milk and a warm mummy when she wakes in the night. She said she's starting to get to the age where she can be manipulative and that 4-6 months was a crucial age to get the sleeping sorted for future months. She didn't say not to feed in the night, it was just that I need to try to put her down for bedtime before she's sound asleep even if I have to rouse her a bit, then when she wakes up she knows where she is and will learn to go back to sleep during the night. I'm going to just try the daytime sleeps first and if she takes to that I'll start at night. Having said that, it's 11 already...

I'm going for my first post-baby haircut and colour today yay! I'm starting to resemble an (ungroomed) afghan hound. 2 whole hours of me-time woo hoo! DH is looking after Poppy and getting the in-laws round for reinforcements altho he doesn't really need it, I'm sure he'd cope fine on his own.

She slept well last night, only woke once, she went to the CO yesterday, the last time she had a good sleep was a week ago again the night after the CO, so he must be doing something good...

I rang the Gaviscon helpline too (!!) They said it is 15ml with a double dose, so you were right CSWS. They also said it was OK to mix the medicine before you start feeding, but that it was not OK to leave it mixed in the fridge for hours before using it - I didn't ask why, sorry. The number is 0500 455 456 if anyone wants to find out

I can't believe that Star, you're supposed to keep them on full-fat milk at that age aren't you?

HMM, strictly its after age 2 they can go to semi-skimmed milk as long as they are eating well, though I still drink full-fat milk

Great news on the sleep & enjoy your hair appt - I'm very

Oh HMM, I'm so . I need a haircut and colour! I grew my hair as DH asked me to and it looks terrible long. My neck is too short, but I have a round potato face so short hair is not a good idea. M's baby naming is on 23rd May so I'll get my hair done just before.

Funny how all our babies are doing really well with their grub . M has completely lost interest now so I'm going to leave it a while.

HMM - have a fantastic time at the hairdressers. Am very !
I don't know about you but I always picture those helpline phones as ringing in a dusty deserted office covered in cobwebs, and a strange little woman picking it up and going "hellooooo...?" but then, I don't get out much .
I had NO sleep. DS1 woke the whole house demanding a drink at 1am, then I got up to DD at 1.10, 1.30, 2.20, 3-3.15, 4.15 and finally at 5 I kicked DH out of bed as I really really needed to lie flat for an hour even if sleep wasn't an option.
He said "she's hungry" - as if that hadn't been something I'd have tried already . Little minx drank 8oz and went to sleep "proving" him right... She's not too spotty yet - DS1 looks like he's walked into a pink spot blizzard

MM LOL at potato face! Is that like Mrs Potato Head and you can swap your ears and your nose round?

Oh dear Pepper. I'm going to stop moaning about my little pickle who won't sleep as at least DS sleeps all night. Plus I've only got dd to deal with in the day. Hope they all get better soon.

That would be useful at the moment Pepper, I could swap my eyes for awake ones!

I think I have just discovered why dd hasn't been hungry. I think she was a little backed up!

Awww, hmm used my favourite phrase - 'you were right CSWS' .

Eek for your night pepper. Makes my crap one seem not so bad after all!

ronshar - I still feed on demand whilst weaning, so just have to keep my fingers crossed that he stops demanding so much once he's eating proper meals (which is still a good way off for us). Dd was still feeding about 8 times a day at 11 months .
Well done for breastfeeding past your previous record .

lol at squash and potato ekka! I would make a load of sweet potato and spinach curry - yum, but no good if your dh doesn't like them.

I worry about calories for dd . Not in a counting them sense, but in a not wanting her to stuff her face with biscuits and ice-lollies sense. Isn't that normal? I wouldn't worry about calories from milk (we only use semi-skimmed so that's what dd has had since she was able to tolerate cows milk), but do get frustrated sometimes when she fills up with milk at mealtimes and leaves her food. I might be a touch neurotic about her eating the right things because of my own weight issues [fatty emoticon].

Thanks for clarifying re hv hmm . Ds goes down still awake most nights and for most daytime naps .

Hope the jabs are ok Ekka. We are generally out of sorts today after having them yest, but don't know if it's down to them, teeth, or lack of sleep overnight. Now drugged and fed and sleeping on my lap, after 1.5hrs of sleep in cot first.

I know what you mean CSWS re: weight issues. I've yoyoed between a size 4 and a size 16 most of my adult life and do not have a healthy attitude towards food. I am very worried about passing this on to M especially as I tend to get a bit too obsessed with dieting iyswim. DS is not affected but I am going to have to be so so careful with a girl. Eeek!

MJM - not quite but boy it was close!

Q is again approaching 9 days with no poo.... He gets so uncomfortable. The CO always gets him going but I don't want to depend on that (or lactulose) to get him to move his bowels every time!

have you tried massage to get him to poo? either put your fingers on his tum, start on your left (his right) and draw an upside down U with your fingers OR try putting your whole hand on his tum and from left to right turn your hand over his whole tummy. do this 5 or 6 times a couple of times a day and the poo should come out. alex is fine in the poo dept but this always makes him fart!

i gave alex a piece of toast on saturday and he loved it, until he dropped it on the floor and i took it away, he was not impressed i can tell you! he's only 20 weeks though so no weaning here yet.

he's fast asleep upstairs in his cot for the first time ever! i am so happy

earlier this morning i was upstairs cleaning the loo and i heard the back door shut, i have an open house policy so i thought it was a visitor, i shouted down and no one answered so went down to investigate, dd had put her wellies on and gone outside on her own to play luckily she can't get out of the garden but was a bit i can tell you!

My dd (3 last month) has been doing that recently too heather (and we're still waiting for electrics on driveway gate to be fixed, so she can get totally out). How old is your dd again?

2.4 the little houdini

ooh, nice hair!

Stick a pic on fb for us to critique then .