July 2008 - Anyone tried dressing an Octopuss?

[JODIEwantsanewname]

New thread here.

[smudge123]

hello all, its the first time i've logged on in months, was worried i would have to search to find you all! Anything major happened? Last time i checked in mama2leah was about 20 weeks pregnant! so how is everyone? Hope all the babies are doing well.

[purplejennyrose]

POnto - same here with the child-free, catch up on work day - I just keep drifting back to the internet...!!

I should video more, I always forget I am rubbish! DD1 and Florence were sitting together on the rug yesterday, each with a toy mobile phone - Florence looked like she was texting and dd1 was having a long involved chat with someone - such a good photo opp and I didn't even know where the camera was!

[pigleychez]

Ponto- New thread here

[ponto]

I've got a day with no children so I can catch up on some work but thought I'd just have a quick MN update .

Pigley, Bryony's sore throat seems to be getting better, thanks, but she's still quite snotty.

Disney, not sure about the night time nappies - Bryony isn't usually soaking in the morning but every couple of weeks she wakes up with wet pyjamas, I think it depends on whether she's just done a wee before I put on her night-time nappy.

PJR, love the dancing! You need to video some and put it on Facebook!

Do your LOs play with toys? Bryony very rarely plays with anything as such, mostly she wanders round looking in cupboards, picks up small objects from the floor to put in her mouth and carries shoes, remote controls and other unsuitable objects around with her! The one thing she really likes playing with is the sand and water table in the garden, which I have to limit as she immediately gets soaking wet and covered in sand, despite my best efforts with a painting apron. Any tips for popular toys that might tempt her to play in the house?

I see we are coming up to the end of the thread - anyone more technical than me going to start another one?

[disneystar1]

pigley thats interesting about the nappy issue... maybe its something that happens i guess, samuels only got 1 kidney so his wee is really yellow and quite offensive smelling as well, i might get it checked anyway.
just realised he hasnt had his 3rd jab yet
he was ill everytime and nurse refused to do it
then twice we went for it and there comps were down so we came away as they couldnt.
i better get him in asap now

[purplejennyrose]

OUR BEAUTIFUL BUBBAS 1YR GROWTH CHART

RUMPELS CALVIN 82cm 26lbs

JODIES' SAM 74cm 18lb12oz

MINIS' ABBIE 78cm 20lb

SWEETKITTYS' BETHANY 76cms 19lbs 4ozs

MCCHESERS' AIDAN 82cm 24lbs 16oz

PIGLEYS' ABIGAIL 79cm 19lbs 5oz

PURPLEJENNYROSES' FLORENCE 78m 21lbs-very ish!

THEREDSALAMANDERS' LOUIS 80cm 22lbs 6oz

[purplejennyrose]

Morning all

Re hoovers - I was hoovering upstairs this morning with both girls tagging along, dd1 pushing the vacuum cleaner along and 'helping' - Florence was just hanging on the back of the thing, and every time it stopped moving she stood over the bit where air comes out, closed her eyes and grinned as her hair wafted in all directions! She was loving it!

She is a very sensory and physical child and will 'dance' to any noise that is vaguely rhythmical - kettle, washing machine spinning...
the oddest thing was the other day we had Radio 4 on and there was a bit by Robert Peston - he of the weird "I..talk..very ...slowly andthenItalkveryfastjust...like this..." - and I suddenly realised F was doing a kind of bum wiggle to his voice!!!!

Very odd children I have indeed.

Also retried measuring her last night - she's so wriggly but I think she is more like 78cm.

Hope every one has a lovely day in the su - I have essays to write but just want to sort the garden out...

[pigleychez]

Libra- What about something like this? That would look pretty cute

Well Abigail took her medicine pretty well last night, some off a spoon , then the rest from a syringe... even sucking it off the syringe as I squirted! what a difference and soooooo much easier. She started the night well but woke about 4 coughing away and so full of snotty. Topped her up with medicine and eventually settled her again. Shes her usual self this morning but just full of cold

Suns out today so off for the day out we had planned for yesterday.. trip out to a National trust place.

Disney- no real answer but ive noticed Abigails arent as wet as they used to be in the mornings... Used to be massive!

[disneystar1]

hi libra hope it goes well for you and you enjoy it , it sounds a fun job actually and rewarding
this what samuels doing noting will calm him, how odd isnt it, these babies are strange littlw things arnt they
got to collect my new signing books today the delivery guy didnt knock just left his letter

were moving on to new stages now of signing weve done the animals and food signs were now onto going out and about also what he needs and signing songs like twinke twinkle.

i have a prob can anyone help here
samuels nappies are not wet like they used to be usually the morning nappy is a solid piece of material resemblin a brick

but there just not wet i changed him last night at 4pm when he went to bed at oh eventually at 10pm it was still dry
this morning same nappy hardly wet at all surely this isnt right

i do normally change his nappies more often i wanted to see if i was right and that it had decreased anyone elses baby doing this or should i be concerned

[LibrasBiscuitsOfFortune]

Rumpel - I am just about to finish my personal training NVQ and hope to go on to specialise in the over-50s and obesity clients. After 12 years of having a job that paid fantastically but was as boring as hell I am looking forward to having a job that pays badly but I (hope) love doing.

Mama2Leah - hope you are thinking about what your new name is going to be! I hope things went well for you.

bebe - I don't think many men clean to womens standard, they just have their own dust filter on their eyes! Hope Sunday goes well.

Pigley - hope Abigail is feeling better and you found a way to get her to take her medicine! Sometimes having an A&E doc for a DH is useful he just squirts it in A's mouth mid scream!

Disney - aww poor Samuel, you're right this is the age they develop their emotions but don't know how to control them or how to tell us!

Does anyone know where I can get a cute (but not cutesy IYSWIM) outfit for A for a wedding?

He had his 12 month jab yesterday and has been in a bit of a crabby mood since, last night at 10pm he started screaming and nothing could placate him, DH thought it might be night terrors in the end just held him (whilst he threw himself around) until he calmed down.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

[disneystar1]

glad i was of some assistance tonight ma"am i hate it when i lose the thread too
off to bed now

[Poledra]

Oh, thank god you posted Disney, this had dropped off my Threads I'm on, so I would have forgotten to check for it . Sorry to hear about Sam's panic tonight, it's funny the things they get into their heads, isn't it? Orlaith loves our hoover, and makes it extremely difficult to do any vacumming with her around as she tries to climb on it.

Don't know how much she weighs or how tall she is poor NTC that she is. She's not walking yet so we're not bothering with the shoes. She has a little pair of Daisy Roots, as she was getting dreadful carpet burn on the tops of her feet witrh crawling, and the socks that that child cannot take off have not been invented yet!

Work is going OK, if I have to...... I am loving having my Fridays with the girls, though I guess it won't be quite so much fun when DD1 has to go back to school in Sept.

Things have quietened down with DH, mainly as he has been so poorly that it's not really been feaasible to have a serious discussion. He got the girls' stomach but about 100 times worse. I will still nail his feet to the floor soon, though - maybe when we're on holiday in Wales the week after next.

Oh-oh, have to go, O's grumbling. Night all

[disneystar1]

ive got to preview my spelling sometimes is awful

[disneystar1]

oh my word cass you got a big lad there then, samuels feet were measured last month and he isnt even a size 2 yet, hes a dinky boy, all legs and no bum whatsoever

my 8 yrs old feet are a size 8 now and hes on 3/4 year old clothes he goes into year 4 in september and his little school shorts are age 4 so i dont expect my samuel to be a bog lad either.....charlie says i may be small but i have a huge brain
cass you say he weighs nearly 2 stone well charlie weighs 2 stone 3lb....hes very tiny for an 8 year old but i am aware and the docs aware hes underweight, he also had a cleft at birth and was tube fed for many years hes supposed to be now tube fed for 12 hours a night but hes 8 and it hurts and wont let me do it only his dad can.

well we had a drama with our samuel tonight a total screaming fit rigid body terrified he was everytime we went into his room trying to put him to bed, 3 hours later and same thing would not go in his room,

so i said to dh this isnt right he cant just be like this for no reason hes not in pain cant be temper even though it seemed it

so i took him in there and we had a look around slowly he screamed at his mickey teddy, we removed it, screamed at his fluffy dog that went to, and eyeore and his hanging mobiles, then the main thing he went totally mad as when we removed these teddies underneath was the roomba and he hates that thing and is scared of it, he could see the edge poking out when lying in his cot.
problem solved poor little man were going to have a re shuffle tomorrow on his room
as they get to this age they develop there little fears and its so scary to them , bless him but hes sleeping now in a nearly bare room but if hes happy were happy.

M2L hope your ok thinking of you x

[cass66]

bebe 2 1/2F, how cute. my bruiser of a son now has size 5F first shoes. honestly, my 7 yr olds first shoes were a size 4, and my 5yr old a 3 1/2E.

He's also, wait for it, nearly 2 stone. only on our scales. that's 28lb, isn't it. I'm buying him size 18-24 clothes. nothing petite about him. no wonder I've got a sore neck/shoulder.....

[pigleychez]

Ponto- Hows Bryony's throat now? Abigail is still really husky and was coughing a fair bit during the night. Im going to get her some cough medicine later (Cue the nightmare of getting her to take it!) ... any recommendations? buttercup etc.

Bebe- oohh another TTC'er! (or planning to) Whats happened to us all!
P's shoes are very sweet. Abigail has 3 pairs of shoes now .. her white ones and a purply pair- Similar to P's. She also has a pair of purple and pink Boots in the next size up for winter.
Disney- Hope Sams well today.

DH has today off and we had planned a day out. Weather forcast looked ok so all was good. Typically this morning its done nothing but rain! As not to waste a day off we took Abigail swimming this morning. DH hasnt been with us for a while as we go during the week.
She loves the water and has no fear at all. She now jumps in if you stand her on the side! She really really suprised us though. We had been doing the jumping in thing and was at the side. Abigail wanted to be up on the side again and was hanging off the side. I realised that she was pulling herself up to the side without any help from me. I let go and she was climbing out all on her own! She will be holding onto the side with her feet on the side wall then flip one knee up and pull herself out!- talk about upper body strength!
We have decided to book Abigail into swimming lessons at a private school pool where they teach them to swim underwater and how to cope if you fall in the water.

[disneystar1]

i saw her pretty shoes on fb very pretty indeed. i know i hate having people over im the most unsociable person ever i think though i dont like the few family members i have to visit as there so 2 faced iykwim there nice to you and as there driving away its like ohhh did you see that mess or look at them curtains when did they last see a wash . my friends who i do like and actualy invite here are awesome though , when we visit someone we go to see them NOT the house its a shame others are not like that isnt it.
no one not one person knows where i live in nearly 3 years we moved and refused to tell anyone where we were i love it now i have a mother related no stress family, they can contact me via FB and thats it they dont have my number or mobile how cool is that. they never sent my boys cards presents xmas things anyway since they were born, that makes me sad in a way they have no family other than mummy and daddy.
i did give my mom my landline around mothers day but haver since changed it to private again. familys eh!!!!

[bebejones]

Well bit the bullet and did buy P some shoes today. I don't put anything on her at home but going to toddler group & music class and visiting people she needs something on her feet as she wants to stand up and get around. Tried all the mothercare shoes but they didn't have anything suitable. Had her measured and she is 2.5 F so had a choice of 2 pairs of shoes as they don't make many that small! All the more solid mothercare shoes started at a 3 so were too big! P has been doing really well adjusting to wearing them and stumbling around. Had about 6 steps on her own accross the living room this evening.

Got SO much housework to do before Sunday. Having people over is so stressful for me, DH does his bit but he doesn't clean to my standard IYKWIM!! So must go and clean the kitchen sink and cooker now that P is asleep!

Very self indulgent post, sorry, will try and catch up better 2moro!!

[disneystar1]

M2L hope all is well and lots of love and hugs x

[disneystar1]

ponto i know but that particular day samuel was having a great day its not always like that in fact day to day care is quite tough on us all.
samuel needs oxygen everyday to assist him, he takes frusemide and spiralactone for his heart or he would be swamped with fluid on his lungs, we have to back pat him every day over the knee twice daily or he panics and cant breathe
yes first fit, we were told this year he has approx 4mths of time left as his brain cant grow anymore hence this is the start of the downward spiral,
operation is soon now ,
that video day he was feeling fantastic hes just had oxygen , and was happily playing with his brothers for 5 mins, its so hard for me to video it it makes me so happy to watch but also so sad too, iykwim.
in general hes happy lad he knows no other life does he but hes in tremendous pain at times and his headaches are bad, he happily lies there with ice cold flannels and packs on his head he knows it feels nice.
if i can find the link and manage to put it on here il try to im hopeless at that sort of thing,
its a good website about part of his condition.

[minipinkscottish]

M2L - thinking about you honey

Disney - hope Samuel is a bit better today.

Rumpel - I was 39 when Abbie was born (10 days before my 40th) and it was a bit scarey.....she was 5 weeks early and pg was a much more difficult than the others. I also had a slightly increased risk of downs in the double test due to my age.
If I was to get pg again I would not have the double test because I went through hell trying to decide whether to have an amnio or not...decided not. I know I would accept my baby whatever so would not test. But I will not be pg again... although I will be constantly broody I think 6 is enough

Had a fab day out yesterday at a "Play in the Park" event run by the local council. Lots of fun and activities for the lo's and lots of "safe" adults around to help.

[bebejones]

Disney - thats so awful about the incinerator! Keep protesting! What makes this worse for us is the 'developer' is the woman who owns the B&B, she has made a ridiculous above the odds offer to the adjacent house which she is proposing to tear down!! Don't know how well you know Cam but it's the B&B near Tesco as you go up towards the school. It's just so awful to think of them destroying these beautiful old properties, will completely ruin the area IMO.

I really just need some decent shoes for P going out places. Have bought 'cheaper' ones before & they have never fitted her or stayed on properly. She has very narrow heels and wider toes & can get all bar the soft leather ones off! Most of the time I just say she is 'my little gypsy' as she hardly ever has shoes or socks on! (She particularly hates socks, and gets them off in seconds, very funny watching her trying to get tights off in the same way!!) Have had some weird looks in Tesco & in-laws always comment about her being barefoot when we go round there, even though we see them pretty much every week, it's not exactly new!!

Pigley - comforter has been washed twice today, and dried on the washing line outside...still smells a little odd to me despite copious amounts of fabric softner! P was very unsettled at bedtime so I had to give it to her anyway & she was asleep within about 5mins! Funny how something so silly helps her settle! Will be getting another one (maybe 2) at mothercare tomorrow all being well! If it wasn't constantly soggy where she chews it I don't think it would have started smelling weird.

Contemplating TTC after Xmas, but need to avoid a Nov, Dec & Jan baby as way way too many birthdays/events around then!! Which kinda means get PG in Jan or wait til May! Baby will be planned with military precision!!! Well, as much as one can plan for this sort of thing!!

[ponto]

M2L, hope things are going well for you and looking forward to seeing your birth announcement soon.

Disney, was that the first time Samuel had had a fit? I was looking at your FB video the other day and he looked so alert sitting up and playing with his brothers, it's hard to believe he has such a lot of medical treatment in front of him.

Haven't posted for a while as we were on holiday in Cornwall last week, which was great fun despite the weather. We made it to the beach a few times but Bryony found it quite hard going - she was toddling round, falling over, then sucking her thumb which was covered in sand, which made her cry. Every time I cleaned her up she went through the same process again and again! I'm meeting up with a friend tomorrow and we were going to have a daytrip to the beach but I don't think I can face it - will go to a nice park instead.

Bryony has one pair of shoes, a pair of Clarks cruisers, which I bought for dd1 and dd2 also wore, so they have turned out to be good value for money despite the exorbitant cost at first! I have found Clarks to be very good for the older girls, they do cost more but they usually last until they're grown out of, rather than falling apart after a few weeks, which is what's happened when I've tried buying cheap shoes from elsewhere (one afternoon at the park has ben all it took in some cases!)

Pigley, I've got a husky baby too. I've been giving her Calpol as she's been a bit grumpy, though not hot, I thought maybe she had a sore throat.

Rumpel, I think if you feel you want another baby that feeling probably will get stronger with time so you may be best off getting on with things now (easy for me to say as I'm not the one with the family history of twins ).

Work is very busy at the moment and I'm meant to be online preparing for my annual appraisal tonight but have got distracted by MN, FB, etc. Is it possible to block specific sites? It might be the only way I can resist temptation and get some work done!

[pigleychez]

Bebe- Hows the comforter smelling now?!
re shoes- My sister got Clarks crawlers, cruisers and now walkers which have cost her a fortune already. No point spending out yet if its not really needed. Its actually best for P to be barefoot as much as possible at home but I can understand wanting something for outside. I got Abigail lots of different pairs from H&M. They have semi hard soles and are well priced.. about £5. She had loads
Good luck with the council fight!

M2L- Hope you are ok and will soon have your little bubba

Libra- Welcome to the TTC or almost TTC club
Hope this month turns out the way you want it to.

Rumpel- Enjoy your weekend. Yeah ive used Moonpig loads.. they are good. Our family has seen some fantastically funny personalised cards

Disney- Hope Sam is feeling abit better now.

Had another friend/old work colleague here today. Listening to her moans has made me so glad im not there now

Abigail has had a streaming nose for about a week now but today woke with a rather husky voice! Its very funny listening to her chatting sounding like a man! Her cry is also sounding very strange at the mo.

Off out with friends to the local Soft play centre in the morning.

[disneystar1]

samuels feet are so tiny there not even a size 2 which is what they start at, he hates them anyway and throws them away at the first oppertunity and socks

bebe these developers are a world to themselves often with no heart to what our homes and neighbourhoods mean to us they invade dont they, i really hope you all get ot sorted and win your fight, so annoys me with these things at the moment do you know about the big incinerator they are trying to put on the A38 by blooms gardencentre which to you would be on the way to gloucester
well i live right near that and we are having a similar dispute here and the quedegely parish is involved too.