October 08 - Teeth n stuff

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Hadn't even noticed that we were close to filling the old thread!

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 -
28th Oct - RachieW - boy
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!

When I was 3 and my brother was born I used to help change his nappy. I also used to help feed him. I can't even trust ds to prevent M from trying to her own poo.

AAAHHH your first mistake. He is a male! Nuff said.

At least he hasn't tried to kill her. Dh tried to kill his sister on a few occasions. And I mean he tried to kill her, actively!

Ooh I read a newspaper article about kids like that - one had buried his baby sister in the garden, literally dug a hole and covered her in earth! Luckily he hadn't packed it down properly so she didn't suffocate before being rescued!

Jesus! He wasn't that bad, actually he probably hadn't thought of that. He did tip her pram over, pushed her high chair over and other things I can't remember.... So far I have caught ds trying to feed M chocolate, shaking her by her belly and slapping her face. Nothing too bad I suppose.

Oh my how do you deal with sibling jealousy that extreme?
MM is there nasty intent? (I cant spell maliscious- see) It may well be just over enthusiastic. DD1 is always over bearing, now DD2 is getting as bad. I spend all day saying/shouting, get out of his face!

He is just getting over excited with her. He gets really upset when I point out that he's hurt her or scared her. He loves her to bits but yes I spend all day saying be careful! There is certainly no malicious intent. I think the MIL dealt with DH by ignoring him completely and becoming totally wrapped up in SIL. They openly admit that SIL is their favourite

hats off to those with more than one. Don't think I could manage it.
When do babies start taking just one nap instead of two - and when is it? With 2, it's morning and afternoon, so is it midday they would take their 1 nap? and does it just happen one day that they aren't tired until then? Sorry for sounding thick here, just someone asked me the other day if Q was still on 2 or down to 1 nap yet... I was like, ????

Sounds like Dh family. He has 2 younger sisters. He was way pushed out. A lonley soul underneath the grumps.

dd was about 11-12 months before she was down to 1 nap she used to sleep 2-4 then about 20 months she stopped napping altogether.

oh thank goodness we can get through the summer on 2 naps

I was thinking about that very thing this morning Star.
DD1 dropped daytime naps completely by the age of 1. But then she was walking at 8 months and still thinks she is a 25 year old now. She is 9.
DD2 was still having at least 1 nap up until she was 18months ish, but I find that the older they are if they have a nap then they really struggle to go to bed at 7pm. DD2 had a 15 min power nap yesterday while I unloaded the shopping from the car. Little monkey did 90mins of squad gymnastics and still didnt sleep until after 8pm. Normally she is out cold by 7.05pm.
I am a absolute believer in 11-12 hours of sleep per night for a happy child.

Day time nap? What's that then? Actually M does nap in the day on me which is why I'm on here so much during the day. When ds or dh are home, she will not nap in the day. DS was still on three naps at 7 months went down to two at 8 when he started sleeping through the night and was down to one nap at 12months.

Ronshar - The thing I can't understand is that, yes the SIL is lovely but DH has been very good to his parents. They seem to think the sun shines out of her arse. Anything you've done, she's done better, particularly when it comes to poor DH. It really winds me up. DH is used to it, but I get really angry about it. SIL lives in the States now and the PIL have been considering moving out there. The FIL actually said to my dad 'Oh yes, if SIL stays out there we'll go over eventually. Nothing to stay in the UK for. We'll be much happier being near SIL and her husband.' DS heard this and got really upset for ages. He kept saying that the PIL didn't love him. I'm so glad my parents don't have a favourite. Sometimes DB is favourite because I've pissed them off, sometimes the other way round! I am trying really hard to be fair to ds so he doesn't feel like DH did.

Oooo long rant, sorry 'bout that.

Yes 11-12 hours is an absolute must or ds is evil!

Star - DS1 went down to one nap at about 15 motnhs iirc. He's 2.6 now and will still have a good 2 hrs after lunch, though he can make it through the day without one if necessary.

I think it'll be a while before Ed is down to two naps - my boys seem to need their naps - lucky me!

MIL moved to France a few years ago. We helped drive her stuff, helped clean build a fence to keep the dog in, visited loads. All she was worried aqbout was that SIL 1 was too skint to come down (lazy more like), SIL2 was too scared to get on a plane. We took her brat son mind you and they phoned him constantly winding him up and saying he could come home if he wanted too!! What a 6year old on a plane on his own. I wasnt cutting my holiday short for a child who is so spoilt he gets stroppy when told off by a grownup!

Enough. You cant pick your family. I must stop moaning

Oh but I do enjoy a good rant about the in-laws.

When I am really pissed off with DH I always trot out the line if you dont stop drinking/smoking/do some exercise/less stree/do more with the kids etc, you will end up like your dad. Unfortunately FIL passed fromm massive MI when DD1 was baby. He was separated from MIl and living alone. Horrible and I know DH really doesnt want to end up like that.
I am horrible I know. That could be why DH agreed with DD1 when she said I was horrible bitch

Bugger I am looking at the Tommys website to try and get a guaranteed place for marathon 2010. You have to raise £2500 minimum. What. That is loads.

I do the same to my DH. His dad is an alcoholic but the whole family laugh it off. The man used to drink 4 bottles of whisky a week! He got slaughtered at a Christening. A christening ffs! Is £2500 loads for doing a Marathon? Is there another charity you could run for? Cat's Protection League?

It is loads when you are lazy.
Are you saying I am a smelly old lady

Of course not , I just don't understand it as a charity. They're cats ffs! 'shall I raise money to help protect abused children or cats? Hmmmm cats are so fluffy, cats it is.' One of my friends listed Cat's Protection League as one of her top five charities she supports on FB. Just drown them in bags!

Hello all, have enjoyed reading your posts and hope it's ok if i join in? I have one son - Daniel - born 8th October and have learnt lots from you already. He is just trying solids, would be sleeping through but for his eczema - poor thing scratches himself half the night and the sad thing is its only on his face and neck so he can look a sight in the mornings!!.

I've probably found you a bit late because this is the last day of my 7 and 1/2 month mat leave!! However, I will try and keep popping in. Nice to meet you all

Hello Red and aw man, bummer that you missed having us around! DS, now nearly 6, had terrible eczema on his face when he was this age and was fine by 12 months. It usually clears up when they have eczema this young.

tutting at MM for wanting to drown cats! You are not an animal lover I see

rhian at the burying his sister!

csws see what you mean re bottles /breast. I do however think that they each take what they need bottle or breast and if BF on demand they would generally make up for what a FF baby gets in a day or more maybe. IUSWIM I have always been stricker in times with mine,never really did the feeding on demand just tried to stick with 3-4 hourly feeds and hoped they would get enough to last until next feed, when switched to bottles they appeared to take it in the same time as BF and took the required amount. The obesity thing is strange though, I have heard that but am not too convinced as know alot of BF and FF children and the only obese one was BF and fed every 2 hours with suggestions (from HV) of giving baby rice at 12 weeks as he was always hungry, he is a huge boy now, age 5 and in 8-9 clothes .

I just buy whatever yoghurts on offer never really been told about the sugar! Just got sainsburys own as they were cheaper.

Welcome red and congrats on your little boy. He is born the same day as my DD1 who is 3. DD2 is 26th Oct. Poor you having to go back to work, keep posting when you can though, this thread goes so quickly!