October 08 - A spoonful of sugar* (*not recommended as a first food)

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Have done shortened stats this time, just for those of us who seem to still be around.

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz - Induction due to rhesus sensitivity, G&A.
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs - Just beat induction for PE!
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.
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz - 36hr labour, ventouse and stitches.
3rd Oct (Due 26th Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - Rebecca Jill Erzsebet - 8lbs 10.5oz - Homebirth with paramedics due to meconium.
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz -
5th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - hedgepig - Boy - Oliver - 6lbs 3oz -
5th Oct (Due 29th Sept Oct) - CherryChoc - Boy - Ryan - 6lbs 11oz - 3 day labour with natural birth in hospital
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz -
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!
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!
16th Oct (Due 17th Oct) - rowanmac - Girl - Anna Ruth - 7lbs 2oz - 2 hours ARM to placenta delivery.
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz -
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz - Home water birth with gas and air.
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz -
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. 24 hours of labour first though, and don't you forget it!

I heard something about bonjela on the radio. We've got the dentenox (??sp) gel which I'm assuming is fine.

Am very sad that David T is leaving Dr Who- he is lush.

I think so, it is the Salts in big Bonjela, they act like aspirin. So no good for babies & children.

Yes Mr Tennet is fine indeed. Did you see him on comic relief?

Yes when he snogged Davina? Was so

Thanks for the bonjela bit too. It's amazing all of the things that you have to watch out for.

Ds has now been asleep for nearly 2 hours, he looks so cute but I'm also wishing he'd done this earlier this morning so I could be asleep for 2hrs as well. Still have had lots of time to get on MN

Yes I did and I wanted to kill Davina (more than usual). He was so full of energy and oooo just lovely!!! I have loved him since Casanova! I think we've got the teething one but I'll double check before giving it to her. I'm sure I used the regular one with DS - scary Is the teething one the banana flavour one. Urgh!

loving the saucy men discussions. I surprise myself by having a great big crush on dr mark sloane from grey's anatomy.

I will throw into the pot DCI Gene Hunt. For the bit of rough in our lives

Ksal - I nearly oassed out with shock there. I thought you meant Dr Mark Sloan from Diagnosis Murder Ha ha ha!

Me too Ksal- I think I'm getting worse as I get older. I decided over Christmas that I Gary Barlow was quite tasty, now I liked Take That as a child and thought he was hideous. Maybe it was hormones...

I've never watched Greys but it's one of those progs that I see the advert for and wish I had.

MM- I know banana flavour teething gel- urgh. That's why I went for dentinox, it tastes like real bonjela. Having said all this I am about to go mash a banana to try ds with for lunch today

I love scottish accents.

Just had a discussion with the doc and he was not happy about the idea of Poppy being DF. He's really nice and was nice about it and will do the referral to the paed dietician but will also refer me to a paed because he wants their opinion on whether she should be DF. I mentioned she had been worse on the lactulose and teething gel. He said that her improving could be due to her age or the meds. I said yes but it doesn't explain the times when she'd got worse due to the lactulose or the teething gel. He was really pleasant but I have butterflies in my tummy now. The old HMM wouldn't have batted an eyelid at that conversation I just can't stand any confrontation at the moment, I'm turning into a wimp.

He's doing a prescription for soya formula CSWS, is rice milk better? Is it proven to be OK for babies? By now you know I bow to your superior knowledge but I do worry about these things.

Was gonna have a kip while DH out with Poppy but I feel too wound up now. I'll go and repaint my toenails see about tidying the house.

Oooh yes Gene Hunt, you want to hate him but you can't. Have recorded monday's Ashes to Ashes but haven't watched it yet.

Hahaha- to Mark Sloan...am so sad have started watching Diagnosis Murder since being on mat leave.

You can still use the infant bonjela can't you?

Yes I believe so hmm, not that I am talking to you because you seem to think I'm older than 37 .

HMM- According to the news the infant teething gel is safe for babies.
uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090423/tuk-warning-over-bonjela-products-dba1618.html

HMM, GP's generally dont know much about babies. They def dont know anything about allergies. I can say that several of the gp's I have seen know fuck all about allergies. One told me not to get DD1 tested for nut allergy because you can get false positives. I am letting the dust settle before I go back and shout.
I struggled for years with allergy related sinus problems. A doctor told me to clean my house more often!!!
Anyway. carry on as you are and wait ofr paed ref and talk to dietian. At the very least you will lose some weight by being DF.

MM I can assure you the comment was not a reflection on your lovely fair skin but rather on the fact that he doesn't appear to need to shave yet... I certainly don't think you look older than 37. I would have put you closer to 36

Thanks Ronshar x

• Whahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Hrumph.

oh my god RachieW i thought the same thing about Gary Barlow during comic relief - i was very upset about it but have decided its because he has aged very well and has nothing to do with me developing dubious taste in my 30s!

just google diagnosis murder - very funny.
no the one i am on about looks like leonardo dicaprio with a beard... odd choice admittedly!

But surely MM you will need a mouth hole as well[evil laugh]

Oi MM. There's nothing wrong with being older than 37!!!

No Aubergenie there isn't, unless you're not older than 37 yet. Actually Ronshar, the lack of a mouth hole would probably very good for me.

Fair enough. I'm just jealous.

The weather here is absolutely gorgeous - We've just been in the park and it's full of people sunbathing. I hope Myjob's got all this sunshine for her holiday.

It's a very pretty time of year, especially when the sun is shining. Alas the sun and I are not friends. The sun likes buring me, even with factor 25 in. Stupid pasty white/blue skin. It's strange. DH is half Scottish and he tans beautifully, I have Italian blood and I'm a milky blue colour. Aubergenie - I find it very hard to come to terms with the fact that I won't ever be 20 something again. I want another go! I want my old pre-baby tummy back.

Q is going to crawl soon