April 2008 - The One Where Our Babies Are All Turning Into Toddlers!

[KnitterInTheNW]

07 March: Ashton, a fourth child for gemprincess, 5lb 13oz @ 34+6
09 March: Ted, a second DS for Daftmoo, 7lb 14oz @ 36+0
21 March: George William, a first baby for KnitterintheNW, 7lb 2.5oz @ 37+3
25 March: Olivia, a second baby for TheMaskedPoster, 7lb 2oz @ 38+4
28 March: Pablo, a third baby and first DS for vacaloca, 7lb 14oz @ 39+4
28 March: Matteo Alexander, a first baby for Gangle @ 38+0 (?)
30 March: A baby girl, a second child for PortAndLemon, 8lb 15oz @ 39+5
02 April: Jak, a baby boy for rainbowdays, 9lb @ 39+1
02 April: A baby boy, a second child for bunyanvillas, 6lb 14oz @ 37+5
02April: Struan, a baby boy for Donnabels, 6lbs 15oz
02 April: A baby boy for mummyofaprincess @39 weeks
03 April: A baby girl for PippiCalzelunghe @38+2weeks
03 April: Aeryn Daisy, a baby girl for Denny185, 9lb 8oz @ 39+3
03 April: Benjamin, a baby boy for Micegg, 8lb 3oz @ 39+4
03 April: Roelof Grové, a first DS for SalLikesCoffee, 7lb 5oz @ 38+5
03 April: A baby boy for siikibam, 6lb 8.5oz @39+1wks
04 April: Matilda, a baby girl for AprilsFoolsBaby 7lb @
05 April: Ellis, a baby girl for MadameOvary, 9lb 12oz @ 40+6
06 April: Henry Peter, a baby boy for Sheds, 7lb 130z @ 40+4
07 April: Sebastian George, a fourth DS for Peachy, 8lb 4oz @ 41+1
07 April: Jack, a first baby for ThePFJ, 7lb 5.5oz @ 41+1
07 April: Lexie Bea, a fourth baby for babywhiting, 8lb 1oz @ 39+4
08 April: Alasdair, a second DS for bunnyrabbit, 8lb 5.5oz @ 40+3
08 April: James Samuel, a third baby for honeybee10, 6lb 7oz @ 37+2
09 April: Zara Mia Martin, a first baby for V1KK1M, 7lb 10oz @ 41+0
09 April: Jasmine, a baby gilr for Niceychops
11 April: Kyran for rdk, 7lb 13oz @ 38+3weeks
11 April: Sebastian James, a second baby for Fleecy, 10lb 2oz @ 40+4
11 April: A baby girl, a first baby for CeylonSapphire, 7lb 12oz @ 41+1
11th April: Florence, a baby girl for LouMoose
12 April: Maya Alice, a first baby for egyptianprincess, 8lb 15.5oz @ 40+3
12 April: Sophia Viviana, a second DD for AussieDivaonaBreak, 6lb 12oz @ 39+3
15 April: Alexander Oliver, a third baby for VictorianSqualor, 10lb 3oz @ 41+0
16 April: Ailish, a first baby for Mollyfloss, 6lb 11oz @ 40+3
16 April: A baby girl, a second baby for elfsmummy, 7lb 13oz @ 41+1
16 April: Zoe, a baby girl, a first baby for ToastAddict, 6lb 10oz @ 39+3
16 April: Jasmin, a baby girl, a first baby for Eggandketchup, 9lb 3oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy for paranoidmumy, 8lb 9oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy, a second son for lorisparkle, 7lb 12.5oz @ 41+6
17 April: Benedict, first baby for LadyBee 9 lb 3oz @ 41 +2
18 April: Millie Grace Jessamy, a baby girl for scorpio1 8lb 9oz @ 41
18 April: Cameron, a second baby for munchkinmum @ 39+5
19 April: Oliver Michael, first baby for bashboid, 7 lb 4 oz at 41 +3
20 April: Samuel, a first baby for Velbels. 8lb15oz at 41+1weeks.
20 April: Angharad Mai, 8lb 4oz, 40+6, first for 7monthsplus
20 April: Emilia, 7lb15oz, a first baby for SuzeM, 40+6
20 April: A baby girl for SushiMama
21 April: Eve, a second baby for OMaLittle, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
21 April: A second DD for Monmoo
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
22 April: A second DD for blinks.
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first baby for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, a second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April: Hope Olivia, a second dd for northeastmummy, 7lb 11oz at 41 .
26 April: Gabriel, a third child for Bainmarie @ 41+5
26 April: Eli Michael, a baby boy for LittleMissTurquoise, 7lb 15.5oz @ 40+5
27 April: a baby girl for Ayomi, 6lb 1oz @ 41+0
28 April: Jacob Andrew, a 2nd DS for Kaybeeand2boys, 8lb 4oz @ 41+5
29 April: Thomas Henry, a 2nd DS for TLSM, 7lb 8oz 40+3
30 April: Harry Samuel, a fourth ds for Chipmonkey, 9lb 5oz @ 39+2
30 April: Ellie, a baby girl for Annamama
30 April: A second DD for luckymummy74
01 May: Sophie May, a baby grl for Annieroo, 6lb 5oz @ 41+4
01 May: Euan George, a baby boy for Jenniejennie, 8lb @ 40+4
02 May: Robyn Olivia, a baby girl for soph28, 8lb 1oz @ 42+1
05 May: Nora Martina, a first baby for Eva07, 7lb 8oz @ 41+2
05 May: A baby boy for Beeper, 8lb 10oz @ 41+0
05 May: Gabriella Summer, a first baby for MommyHasAHeadache, 8lb 4oz @ 40+6
06 May: Wilf, 8lb 60z for bigbadmom @ 41+6
07 May: James Andrew, a second ds for Moominsmummy, 8lb 13oz @ 41+5
08 May: Ellie Isabella, a first baby for Carey87, 7 lb 8oz @ 42+1
08 May: Robin David, a 2nd baby for Woollymummy, 8lb 11 oz @ 41+3
09 May: 4 kittens for scorpio's cat!
10 May: Astrid Mary, a second dd for TheShipsCat, 8lb 8oz @ 42+0

Sal! Glad you are having a great time. I am extremely jealous, but pleased for you nonetheless

Work does suck, have just been paid and half of it goes to someone else to look after my baby, who I'd rather be with anyway.....boo

Molly is a 4.5 in feet, but she is a giant, so is only to be expected

Hi all,
Sal, glad you are having a great time.

We were in Dublin for a week and a half (yes Denny, it is very expensive!) seeing relatives. E enjoyed the attention but was not in good form for the last few days as she finally got her front teeth.

She has started at nursery. I left her for 30 minutes yesterday and she was fine, though seemed pleased to see me when I collected her. Today, she cried on and off the whole hour I was gone. The girls are lovely. They said that if someone held her she stopped crying, but as soon as they tried to get her to play, she cried until they picked her up again. I suppose it will take her a while to settle in.

Hope everyone is well.

Ellie sounds hard. bas starts at a Cm next term for me to get a bit of sleep worke xperience in, and I know that as he is a bit shy it will be good (love our family CM0 but was offered the chance to go at a job today I know I could shine at (ta with sen comp kids) but can't get my head round it....

Peachy that job sounds good, is there anything in particular you're struggling to imagine?

Sorry to hear your DD is finding it hard to settle Suze, I expect it will take a while and if she's teething then she won't be in the best of moods to start off with. I've just realised what a difference it makes to DS's state of mind now that he seems to finally be over his latest teething episode - I suppose dealing with an underlying low-level pain or ache would make anyone feel a bit sorry for themself.

Give it time.

Work really does suck though, I've been day-dreaming about reducing my hours so that I'm on 3days instead of 4, but I don't think it's an option really. I just feel bad that my boy spends the majority of his days with my CM, brilliant and lovely as she is. I'm jealous of the time she spends with him

Ugh, and those trains. My only saving grace is that at least I'm generally getting one at 4:45, not 5:45, so is not so horribly crowded and normally get to sit all the way home.

Boy, Soph - that's a fab haircut. Did you think about colour too? I thought when I looked at your photo that you could go a bit darker with a short cut like that, would look v gamine. You look like you've lost weight, too. You been giving up the chips?

My day off tomorrow - hoorah! I won a silvercross stroller on eBay today and the seller is delivering it to me (how nice is that!) seeing she lives quite close. B now likes to sit up really straight and the one I've got at the moment is on a bit too much of a recline for him to seem comfortable. I'll keep the current one because I love it and am sure it'll be fine when he's grown a bit more. This one will be better for when we travel later in the year and will be good for at the CM too as it folds up smaller.

Hope our lovely pregnant mummies are doing well and not suffering in the heat too much.

Do we need to start thinking about the London meet up? Or is it too soon

Hi LadyBee, I'm overexcited too and hope we can start thinking about it v soon!

Ooo I'm very excited too! ladybee - where do you think would be good to meet? We need somewhere with food and wine for alcoholics non-child-bringing mummmies but has to be baby-friendly for G and babybee if he is coming.

peachy - v exciting about job offer! Sounds right up your street. Is it work experience or paid?

Hey Suze and Denny - very of Dublin trips, have never been but would love to

Morning all.

Had a fab time at water park yesterday. DS1 quite happily ate the packed lunch I made for him so had to nick someone elses chips

LadyBee - thanks, I have lost some weight but definitely haven't given up the chips. There are just some things you can't go without

Denny - aahh, bless your DH. I really really want an eternity ring but DH won't get me one. His reason being that his Grandad gave his Grandma one just before she died I have tried to explain that hopefully that wouldn't happen to me, but I don't think he's convinced.

Sal - am even more reading your posts. Hope the rest of your trip is just as fab

Sam has finished at nursery now for 2 whole months. My friend has got him today, tomorrow & Friday, along with DS1 on Friday as it's INSET. He's still wheezy & coughing like a goodun' but is a very happy chappy still.

Peachy, congrats on the job offer.

Soph, I like your hair.

Thanks Ladybee, hopefully next week she will enjoy it more. She went to nursery for a few hours this morning. She was tearful and wanted to be held again, she didn't want to get down on the floor and play. She wouldn't eat but slept for two hours. This weather wipes her out, she really is an Irish baby. She is in good form now so obviously isn't traumatised!

Ellie, I want to go to Jersey so maybe we can swap relatives for a while.

P.S. She is having a late lunch of cod mornay and has smeared it all over her hair, face, clothes and a magazine that I stupidly left within her reach! Lovely.

Good morning. Lovely day here, I can't believe our holiday is almost over. Bunnyrabbit, you're so right - already I just want to stay here and live off papayas and bananas!

Suze, good luck with E. I bet you it'll be fine soon - it's just all a bit new for them. Soon you'll be forgotten and you'll miss these times! (Says she who's jealous of R's time with nanny often on occasion.)

Peachy, congrats on the job offer!

Re meetup - I can't wait either! It will be so cool to see Ladybee again and meet the rest of you! Anyone else coming that came before?

I've uploaded photos on Facebook if anyone's interested. Will do flickr later, but could only persuade dh that we had to sit around long enough to do one option now!

R runs EVERYWHERE, and loves stairs. Of which there are thousands in Peru. Next baby, I'm waiting until he/she's 13 years old (at least) before I teach them to walk...

Have to run.
xxx
S.

Visited baby clinic today as B had been asked to come back for a MMR booster - there is measles in the area apparently. While I was there I asked the HV about symptoms of chickenpox as apparently B was exposed to someone who was in the incubation period and I have no clue what to look out for.
HV was very good telling me about when contagious and what to do if he gets them, but was very vague about what it was like when they get them so am now completely paranoid about all the little red spots he's developed recently (probably heat rash/reaction to sunscreen/result of smearing himself with tomato or pineapple). I'm assuming that the babies actually seem sick before the spots arrive, yes? Or do they just arrive out of nowhere?

Where are people coming from? Ellie, you're staying with sister - where? Knitter you arriving at Euston? Kings Cross?

Suze, sorry if you've already said, my memory is appalling - is she starting nursery because you're going back to work or just for the experience/socialisation etc? I just wondered whether if you had any gut feeling about whether it's the right time for her or if there isn't any option. It just occurred to me that despite us all saying 'it'll get better' that if there is any option and you're worried about it, I think that you shouldn't feel you have to persist. Maybe even consider a quieter childminding situation - if that's an option. She might feel happier with less noise and and just the one carer to get to know?

Right, I need inspiration for a 1st B'day present for a little girl. Did anyone get given anything that they thought was particularly fab?

Cute clothes. Or Molly got a great little drum/zylaphone (sorry for spelling) set. Oo and a great little early learning noah's ark that she loves.

Do you think Molly will ever sleep properly? Is beginning to get me down a bit.

LadyBee, DS1 had chicken pox when he was tiny and to be honest we didn't know until the spots came out and he was absolutely fine. But each child is different. If it is chicken pox then they'll be more like little blisters than just raised bumps. Has he been grumpy at all?

Ellie, have you posted on the sleep threads at all?

BR

Ladybee, hope BabyBee doesn't get chicken pox. I thought E had it a while ago but GP said it was a viral rash.

Presents - we got E a dog puppet and she loves it.

Ellie, if it is any consolation (it probaby isn't!), E has woken at 3am for the last 3 nights for a drink. I hope she will stop this annoying new trend when the weather cools down.

I am going back to work. If she doesn't settle after a few weeks I will look at a childminder. We often go to soft play centres, Gymboree and that kind of thing, and she is normally very confident so I think it is just the change of scenery, and not being with me as she normally is.

Morning all. Well, last day of term for the kids - we have to come in tomorrow unfortunately. Library is looking a bit bare now as I've just taken most of the stuff off the walls. Poor DH is clearing out his office for this new guy I won't be able to walk past his office now & just pop in when I want

Anyway, enough of that. We're off down to the south of the island on Monday for a week to hopefully relax and swim and eat However, saying that the weather is really horrible today so it better buck up otherwise I'll be seriously peed off!

Have a great holiday Soph!
I think we have your weather. ;)

Must be quite sad seeing your library all stripped of its glory.

I'd happily swap working in an air-conditioned office whilst it's 30 odd outside for holidaying in the rain if you'd like

BR

Oo have a lovely time soph! Am very jealous, despite rain.

Might try posting on sleep threads but tbh, not sure anyone can tell me anything I don't know, if that doesn't sound conceited. I really don't know how I can do anything differently, so think will just have to wait for her to grow out of it. Heat at night isn't helping to be fair.

Thanks suze

Ellie - hope it all sorts out soon, I'm sure the weather isn't helping.

BR - come with us

Now, I don't mean to brag (not much LOL) but have I got gorgeous boys or what?!

Please don't, I shall start blubbling......

Sorry, in my 'life is a bitch' phase a the mo... missing my boys.

Oh Soph, you really do have gorgeous boys! I can't get over how grown up DS1 is looking, and I love the smiley Sam ones but especially love the 'pose 1' one, he looks as though he's flirting outrageously with someone!

I'll be arriving into Euston, and I think Ellie said her sis lives in Highgate.

Ellie, sorry to hear you're still having Mol sleep problems. Umm, could you write down exactly what you do from after tea until the next morning with her, and we could suggest things to try that have worked/not worked for us but worth a try? The heat def isn't helping at the mo. George is going to bed in nappy and short PJs, and keeps getting arms and legs stuck through the bars of his cot because he has no sleeping bag to help stop it!

We're off on holiday on Saturday for a week too, to Anglesey. Fingers crossed for fine but slightly cooler weather. We're taking the laptop, so may be able to pop on occasionally.

Oh sorry BR, didn't realise

Knitter - I know, DS1 seems to get more grown up by the day!

Thanks .. sorry didn't mean to off load but sometimes it all gets a bit much.

Feeling miserable is no excuse for not commenting on the edible looking children you have produced!! I seem to remember already offering to baste your youngest for no fee as long as I get the chunky thighs!!

KITNW, ooh lovely very hope it's a gorgeous 23 degrees with a nice soft summery breeze.......

That weather sounds perfect to me, BR!

I took so long to type my last post that I didn't see yours - didn't want you to think I was being an unfeeling old cow and ignoring you in your time of need! You're allowed to blub and moan and vent and bend our ears as much as you like, that's what we're here for. And don't apologise!

hey don't be silly, not at all. Thanks for the ice cream. Need virtual treats as I'm not allowed real ones as being good. Have just gone out and bought a shapers bar and eaten it in 2 seconds. Managed to miss the afternoon trolley with the ice creams on on purpose.

Just hating being at work full-time especially with the holidays coming up. It wouldn't be so bad if I liked my job. So many fun things going on in the hols and we won't get to do any of them. I think the boys are missing out and it's my fault. I'll get over it.