Sept 08: the thread for when they may start crawling, and there will definitely be some separation anxiety bawling ....

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Welcome ladies

Well, there's no crawling going on in our house, but there's defo some separation anxiety bawling going on .... tears, screaming, the works - oh joy!

You....blunt? Not as far as I can remember star

Well done BD!!!!...what did BS eat then? Beef wellington? Sushi? Tell us! Tell us!

....that should have read well done BS...oh dear, time for bed I think!

bec - DD has a Taggies book, bought for the same reason. But even though it is covered in exciting tags, she mostly plays with... THE LABEL! How does she even know?

By the way becaroo, your description of the HV encounter is exactly like the stuff I have observed that drives me apoplectic! But I was too scared to say anything on the other thread. So for what it's worth, YANBU.

I also think YANBU. I overhear conversations that exasperate me all the time.

Oh and my sister made a taggy - just sewed on bits of ribbon etc!

Becaroo in the mon bebe catalogue they do the taggies range

Becaroo it seems you have met the 'lovely well mannered Sleeplessin stretford'
I posted on why people don't breastfeed in public and she was on and she is really obnoxious and not very friendly at all. You are right starlight she should of apologised

Well done BS!!! She will be eating you out of house and home in no time star BTW, telling the (sometimes unpalatable) truth is not the same as being blunt - dont you go changing!!

Thanks for the support, ladies Should have just posted on here - that'll teach me!!! I do feel that sometimes on MN posters sort of lurk looking for a thread that they can vent their RL frustration on Was quite shocked at the venomous responses though I was particularly upset that I was accused of saying people on low incomes are bad parents (if so then that would include me and dh) I was trying to point out that HV should understand that this area has a problem with child poverty and that sometimes the decisions people make are not based on DoH guidelines/advice - isnt that what HV are supposed to do???? I really do wonder what is the point - I have never met a good one and sadly have met some downright awful ones I wasnt criticising the mother - she was obviously doing what she thought best - my point was the HV response. Am a bit exasperated that my question was consistently misinterpreted, wont be posting on there again!!!!

Have ordered a taggie toy from amazon - will let you know if he plays with it!!!

Feel really nauseous today so off to bed x

Got home early from my big day out being a businesswoman and my little boy was nowhere to be seen! My mum had gone out without her mobile, so I spent an hour calling her hoping she would eventually realise her phone was ringing.

Anyway, am sat upstairs 'working' trying not to think about my massively rock hard boobs that haven't been used since 6am this morning. He had formula from a bottle for his lunchtime feed, apparently he messes about with the cup too much. Hoping to last till his bedtime feed. Then do the same tomorrow, even though I'll be working from home. Feels sooooo weird not to be feeding him when I usually do. I really really want to but I just know that this is the best thing for getting back to work. I think I've done really well to get to nearly 8 months without formula (sorry to blow my own trumpet, but it's not the sort of thing I can say out loud!).

Sort of the end of an era. I know the real deal is when he's completely weaned off the breast, but it still feels quite emotional.

Digi well done on getting back into work and brilliant managing to bf for so long.
The more days you go dropping the dinner feed the less your boobs will be 'rock hard'
I don't think Robyn will ever let me stop bf, she is always rooting and even with all the food she is shovelling in she hasn't dropped one feed.

Has anyone got any ideas on what 2nd stage car seat they are going to get?
The car we have has really stupid slopey seats so we are hoping R fits in the baby seat till we get the nerw car (early August) but we have no idea what to go for

DG- have you enjoyed getting back to doing some work? Glad the introduction of formula going well. I'm sure your boobs will soon adjust. One of my friends went back to work when her dd was 6-7 months old, initially for 3 days a week, then 4. She carried on bf whenever she was at home,in the daytime as well on her days off, and her body just got used to it. So whatever you do, your body is amazingly good at adjusting accordingly.

Starlight congrats on BS feeding. C is not keen on my home cooked food. She prefers Plum Baby food. Though hasn't wanted much the last couple of days, maybe cos as a bit of a cold like me. She's also sicked a lot today, staining everything in sight orange!

Who was it recommended the mystery shopping?I signed up and have just done my first assignment, though spent most of the small fee on refreshments beforehand while going over what I needed to notice!

Croydon meetup - I don't mind where - I can walk to that wacky warehouse/Gypsy Moth place,most places canprobably get to by bus,so maybe someone coming from further should say what they'd find easier???
Carrie - it's Queens Park that's supposed to be nice. Don't know Caterham well- I grew up around Sanderstead and South Croydon and went to school in Sanderstead then Sutton. So no idea if that's in the valley or on the hill.

both my dss have taggies that I made and they both love them. ds2 has just started using his to comfort him to sleep (he also has a muslin) and ds1 still uses his too. He sleeps with it over his face!

Its my birthday today (I'm sure I saw on facebook that it's someone elses too but can't remember who) and I've had a nice day. DH took the morning off work and after I woke up to feed ds2 I stayed in bed and he took ds1 to pre-schl and ds2 to my childminder friend for the morning (she'll be having them both when I go back to work so my excuse was that he needed to go to get used to her even though he sees her at least once a week anyway). Then dh came back and woke me up at 10am and joined me in bed. Then after working up an appetite we went out for a big fry up- yum yum. He's just finishing putting ds1 to bed then is going to make me fajitas for tea- yum yum

debs Britax website show you compatibility for car seats and cars. I'm not sure if anyone else does. We're lucky that ds1 is big enough to go into the next stage so that when ds2 gets too big for his baby one he'll go into the ones ds1 is currently in. A Britax something that is actually from birth to 4 years. It was the only one that would fit in our car as we have stupid weird seat belt buckles.

happy birthday Debi

debs thanks! It was the same when I dropped the regular night feeds and took about a week before they calmed down.

splish that's really interesting...maybe I'll start a thread in the bf section and see how many women this worked for. I've been worried about getting blocked ducts and mastitis if I'm dropping feeds all over the place. My days at work aren't particularly regular, it's not Mon, Weds, Fri - so thought that might make it trickier.

debithescot HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

just a quickie re:car seats
we have maxi cosi priori xp. Love it. There is a more expensive one where the starps spring up but dont think it did so well in the which report

Happy birthday debi! splish queens park is in Caterham-on-the-hill, its where I learned to ride a bike, there's a path with a teeny slope in the middle and I remember going down it repeatedly thinking it was a roller coaster and then one day my dad didn't hold on and I did it all on my own I think you and I will have lots of overlapping areas of our lives from what you've said...can't wait to meet you

Ds had a taggie - I bought it for dd and she was never interested so I'm trying to get ds into it! Some people do 'fake' ones on ebay but they look quite good - just a lot of ribbons sewn between two bits of fleece.

We have a this fab carseat from Mamas and Papas (although we got it for £100 in the january sales)- the base of it is really small so it fits on 'weird' seats, and the way the seatbelt straps it in is quite unusual and more secure than a lot of other ones I've seen.

that mamas and papas one looks very much like the maxi cosi one a good review too on the link

Happy birthday debi it sounds like you had a good day.

I also have the maxi priori xp, i think it is fab.

Im still not sure if i want to brave the drive to croydon meetup,

Will i have to drive far into london? i will be coming from the m3- m25 i think.

Where do i start with fraser, well i had him weighed on monday, 6 weeks ago he was 15lb 5oz and on monday he was 15lb 1oz, he has'nt really been ill, i quess it is because he is soooo active, he pulls himself up on the sofa now and yesterday he climbed onto the bottom step of the stairs, i cant take my eyes of him for 1 min,

back to the weight thing, i have been trying to give him chunks of cheese and pasta etc but he just gags and sicks up what he has swallowed, he likes scrambled egg but again gags,
he will only really eat puree fruit and veg, he wont touch it if it is slighty thicker than normal. i dont remember my other 2 being like this. i suppose i should just stick with it and see how he goes.

I cant find the thread becaroo started [nosy]

thanks for the cake iltmimi. Noone made me a cake so I'll go and have a slice of it with a glass of (real) red wine now.
Dh says he'll make me a cake next week as we've still got some of ds2s and we're going away for the weekend.

Happy birthday debithescot!

I got back from a weekend break yesterday and it was so hard leaving Erin for a long weekend - I kept seeing babies everywhere. I shall not be doing it again for a long while, although it was lovely getting away and spending time with my best friend who I only see once a year now. MIL dutifully looked after with Erin so I knew she was in safe hands. DH was supposed to be in charge, but took advantage of the holiday

Becaroo sorry to hear about the nastiness on MN. I stay away from aibu threads as some people get extremely rude and attack others. Fortunately they are in the minority, but horrible to see nevertheless.

Erin has one little tooth which is soon to be joined by another as she is very dribbly and biting down on anything within reach.

I have been so perplexed - I somehow accidentally hid our thread, and have spent the past 2 days hunting for it! It suddenly occured to me I might have accidentally hidden it, and lo and behold, I could un-hide it! I'm such a fool.

Have been meeting up with childminders for past 3 days. Think I've found one I like, but I'm incredibly anxious about leaving T with anyone else. She was very sweet and nice, and hopefully I'll chill out a bit once we've had a couple of settling in sessions (assuming she still has the vacancy!) Naturally, she was the most expensive one

Work finally got back to me re flexible working - they emailed at 3pm yesterday afternoon asking if I could come to a meeting today (without the baby, obviously). After laughing hollowly to myself for a few minutes, I informed them that I wouldn't actually be able to arrange childcare with 12 hours notice, so we have a meeting later in May. Things like that make me so inclined to just hand in my notice - they are obviously not remotely family aware/friendly.