October 08 - Chit chat

[CantSleepWontSleep]

That's us with the chit chat, not the babies!

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 -
8th Oct (Due Oct) - RedElsie - Boy - Daniel - -
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 -
17th Oct (Due 27th Oct) - Rhian82 - Boy - - - Episiotomy and ventouse.
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 (Due 23rd Oct) - RachieW - Boy - Jack - 7lbs 4oz - hospital birth, epidural, stitches, 24hrs start to finish
28th Oct (Due 31st Oct) - Jojay - Boy - Edward Alexander - 7lbs 7oz - hospital birth - gas and air, 2nd degree tear. 7 hrs start to finish.
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!

CSWS - That is fantastic!! Well done both of you!

M- I love those nappies too. The only thing is that I can't get many pairs of S's trousers on over them, and his ample bottom. I think some brands of clothes are cut bigger and I'm going to have figure out which they are. Actually Myjob, you're a cloth nappy user, aren't you, can you advise, or did you just buy the next size up?

Ahhh, homemade cakes? That is totally different and obviously allowed.

I have noticed that too Aubergenie - Monsoon stuff is a little snug as is gap. That's the good thing about having a girl, dresses allow room for the big bottom. The Itti Bittis are one of the smaller ones I think, but they do make her look like she has a very long body! The Blueberry pocket nappy is HUGE and M can't move in it!

Thank you all for your good wishes for tomorrow. I am going to make some room on the camera for lots of pictures and spend some time with DH (for a change )

aubergenie - are you familiar with this site? It's one of the reasons I haven't really put ds into cloth yet, as I struggle to get clothes to fit his bum as it is. He's outgrown all of his 6-9 month stuff already.

Funnily enough CSWS - I had just found that site. They've got some lovely trousers, but they're out of stock. I might post the question in the nappy topic.

CSWS - that now stands for 'can sleep will sleep' - well done you and ?dh for persevering last night. Looks like it paid off in the end

MM - have a great day tomorrow and don't worry about m's spot she can have it airbrushed out or get her to turn the other way . Joe has had a spot on his chin for about 6 weeks as he dribbles all the time not sure whether to take him to gp as hv was a bit suprised it had been there so long. Luckily DH is a photographer so he can airbrush all Joe's photos as it stands out like a beacon.

Myjob - poor N, hope she starts to get well soon

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well done csws!!!! Q also went down really well (although late - 9pm ), but only fussed for a few seconds. Fingers crossed for a good night all around. Also hoping late bedtime = lie in??

myjob - I hope N is better soon Poor thing.

Ds stirring now (has been for few mins), but hasn't worked himself up to proper crying quite yet. Ooh, here he goes...

DH just brought him downstairs.

csws yeh come on D sleep well and do not get up early

MM Lovely dress, yes I remember you putting it on here now but wasnot sure ifyou had got it for def.

As for healthy snacks etc, whoops! DD1 loves her crisps and chocolate, she also loves fruit and veg so gets both. DD2 ate a jaffa cake the other day well she swiped it out my hand and polished it off...they have jam in so thats healthy.....strawberrys...counts towards a daily portion right

star will have a look at that thread in a mo.

myjob I sent DD to playgroup with some organix carrot crisps today but felt guilty still that they were like crisps. Maybe should just put some in a pot like you do as always worried that other children wont know the difference between them and crisps and will think dd is very lucky to be eating crisps and them all wanting some! they are actually really tasty!

csws oh no! Did you want dh to bring him down?

Of course I didn't! We had agreed on the method that we are using, but he was having a lifetime moment of fuckwittery.

I thought maybe that was the case did not want to say how naughty he was incase you told me off

Hrumph - DH is doing work so I may as well stay on here.

ARGHHHH CSWS - Why did he do that?! I thought he was the one trying to push you into CC?! Tut (at your DH)

Why do men not get it, surely he would appreciate sleep too??? Can he take him back up to bed now? Tell him he can deal with D being upset seeing he just has confussed what you have been doing!

Me and DH have just raided DDs smarties, of course we thought we should eat them rather than let her eat them all!!!

He's taken him back up and told me that I have to deal with him then .
D's waking doesn't disturb dh jenwa, because he sleeps upstairs with dd, so is oblivious to what goes on in the night.

CSWS - My DH can be a bit like that. I have asked him to stay away when I am feeding M so that I can make sure she is getting enough, but, no. 'I just need to get X' or 'I'm just popping out to the shop....' cue M being distracted and then screaming the house down because she can't look around and have milk. Not quite as bad as messing with a planned night time routine though. Naughty DH.

CSWS - Is he being huffy with you about it?

maybe you should make it him sleep with you to see how bad and tired you can feel. I dont think anyone truely appreciates tiredness until they actually go through it, although you would have to give him 7 months worth now

What a nightmare though! Why get him up if he is making you deal with it! My DH has done simular as they dont like it when DC cry and neither do I but if you have agreed something then you have to get them to stick with it. I hope he realises and does not get him up again. Hope you are ok and not too stressed.

agreed MM naughty Mr. CSWS. Bring him on here and we'll tell him off for you

My DH can't cope with crying... he is a bleeding heart for Q (of course, so am I... but I can handle a short fuss as long as I know he knows I'm there...etc.). DH doesn't ever like to see Q unhappy with anything. ... going to be a difficult toddlerhood if he keeps that up I think...