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

Afternoon.

Well, have got the passport application sent away. Now just have to keep everything crossed that they can process it asap. Will go back to SS office on Mon to try and explain and hope that they let me reapply.

Am very of you all meeting up. Didn't dare have a look at the menu as I thought that if I did I'd probably start crying

Yum have lovely home made bread sandwiches today....

soph glad you got passport sorted lady

lol, I'm imagining you sat there with a slice of home made bread between 2 slices of bread! Sorry, my sense of humour is a little odd at times...

Wish i could make bread. Can cook pretty much anything else, bar cakes etc, although ive never tried and DH makes the apple crumbles in this house!!

oh poo.
Oh poo oh poo oh poo oh poo oh poo.

This week I got a mysterious invitation to something that I rather suspect is a surprise hen 'do'.

It is on the 22nd and I'm supposed to meet at 11:30am. Gah! It's so lovely that this is being organised for me but I wanted to meet youuuuuuuuu.

hmmm...you're not in on the plan are you? I may just have to insist we (whoever will be there) join you for a pink drink toast at least before we do whatever is lined up for me (it's all very secret). But that means BabyBee won't be with me .

Umm, can you not say you already have plans? Are there any other saturdays free before the wedding??????

Well, I could, because I do.
There are a couple of problems with that though, first I'm not totally sure who is organising it, although could guess, but if it is who I think it is, the chances are it's the only weekend this person is free as she works odd shift patterns that aren't flexible.
hmmm, I think I will have to drop an email and see whether it's possible to meet later to go on to whatever it is...I'm sure something will work out.

At least the place I'm meeting is in quick walking distance from Giraffe.

Maybe you could all come to the mystery meeting spot (I could out-surprise my surprisers!!!...oooohhhh I feel the hatchings of a plan )

just nipping in to say speak to you all n 2 weeks

habve fun

Have a nice trip peachy!

ladybee - what a predicament. But we will speak to you again if you cannot come to our meet up (after a while - I vote we ignore her posts for about a week first ). Maybe you could pop along for a drink with us and ask for your thing to start at say 12.30 or 1 p.m. instead?

Good idea Ellie. And if you wanted to bring BabyBee along to meet us, would your lovely DP come and pick him up when it's time to go to your mystery outing?

Ugh, waiting for the out of hours GP to call... G suddenly got a temp of 38.4 in one ear & 38.7 in the other, runny nose, been off his food yesterday and today. Could very well be teeth, but NHS direct site says to call them if the child is under 5 and has any of the flu-ey symptoms. He's not a happy bunny!

Poor G it's prob an ear infection, its so nasty and they come on so quickly.

I'm getting so worried about SF. 3 Pg women have died from it now. DH is not going to greece as i think thats irresponsible of him. Please help calm me down or find me some good stats for Cornwall or something! Petrified something will happen to Smidge.

Dont know if its any help scorps but NCT are advising to avoid travel and places with lots of people (although doh website isnt)

Apparently a couple of kids from DD1 school have it, I knew it was in the area but not at her school - good time to break up I feel. We all have colds but colds not SF. I wonder how many reported cases r actually SF and not something else. The majority of diagnosis r being made over the phone with a check list that could be many other things too IYSWIM.

Any news on G's symptoms, Knitter? Hope all is good, and even though I never thought this would be a "just", I hope it's just an ear infection.

Scorpio, don't panic. Remember, even if you do get SF - I'm sure hundreds of pregnant women who also got it got over it fine. It's the single cases that freak us all out, understandably, but it is the exception. You'll be fine.

I'd probably have preferred him not to go away, so am all with you on that, but if he does, perhaps this would help: Outside of England (Peru, obviously), the SF precautions were so obvious - people working with the public wore masks (even check-in personnel, station personnel etc), and everywhere where a lot of people came together, there were helplines that you could call if you wondered about your symptoms, and doctors would come around immediately (free) and check. A lot of publicity of washing hands, tissues, not coughing openly etc etc. Also, at the airports they monitored people, and if you coughed etc (and the airline personnel also had to tell the doctors if someone looked ill during the flight) you were taken to the doctor's office first before you could enter the country. So i'm not saying it's not widespread, but I'm not convinced your chances of catching it is higher outside of London, for example, anyway. Mind you, if I had SF, i'd be pretty annoyed to find myself in china at the moment - isn't that where they actually quarantine you?

Weird how kids change you though. If it wasn't for R, i'd have preferred to catch it now. But you never know how kids would react, so I'm a little worried about it. But not taking him out of Friday nursery yet.

Oh, they have nits at nursery! Urgh urgh urgh. So far, he seems clean, luckily!

Can't wait for the meetup. I think I'm not going to bring R, as I'll go there straight from work. Ladybee, would be lovely if you could come for a quick one before your do.

We're back! The out of hours doc called and said to bring him for her to check over, she was concerned about how many children are just given the flu meds and actually it's something else wrong. Then if they DO get SF, the meds won't work because they already had them. I'm sure that's what she said. Got it in 1 Scorps, red ears and throat. G has antibiotics and is thankfully now back in bed fast asleep.

Sal, put some tea tree oil in the water that you rinse R's hair with after you've washed it... nits don't like it apparently.

Oh that's good news, hope it starts working really quickly for him, Knitter.

And thanks SO much for the tea tree tip - I hate nits. Ewww. (remember nit infections at school a lot from when i grew up, at which stage it didn't bother me. being on the other side having to check though, a lot less fun!)

Am I going to be the only sober fool-with-a-child at the meet up then?

very good suggestions for the meet-up Ellie, will see what I can do about delaying meet time and also bring BabyBee in and then getting DP to take him home again..that could work nicely, just depends on how time-specific their plans are

Scorpio, I don't know what to say, I think in your shoes I'd be worried too, but all you can really do is make sure you keep washing your hands often, try not to be around lots of potentially sick people and keep a close eye on your and your DC's health.

I had a question to ask you and I've forgotten it.

nope. Can't remember. Talk amongst yourselves and maybe it'll come back to me.

Oh the suspense, and now I'd have to wait until tomorrow night to see!

Night, all.

Morning all. Hope you all had a nice weekend. Sorry to hear G is under the waether. These things go through their bodies so fast though, hopefully he'll be feeling much better this morning, with a few doses of anti-Bs inside him.

Nits! My worse nightmare. We've managed to completely avoid them, only they have them at DS2's nursery and DS1 is also going there for holiday club! Arrgghh.

Took DS1 to get 'magic shoes' he is a size 5H! Not surprisingly they didn't have any in his size. They had to order and if he'd been half a size bigger he would have to go without cruisers as the don't make them bigger than a 5.

I've bred a mutant!

Regarding the meet up, I'm quite happy to meet earlier Ladybee, say 10.30 or 11 if you like as I will have to shoot off about 1 I'm afraid. I will definitely be bringing DS2 with.

BR

Sorry, meant DS2 is a 5H not DS1!!!

Hey ladies

Talking of swine flu - picked up Molly from nursery on fri and they said a baby in her room had been diagnosed with SW and by time I got homePublic Health called me and I had to take her to a clinic to get tamiflu cos she had had contact with this little boy when he was in. So she is taking it but is fine, though she doesn't like the taste at all and complains mightily.

Maybe we should meet up 11.30 then?

Wow Ellie. Hope she's OK

It's all very very scary isn't it. Probably because I take too much notice of films like 28 days later

Poor Molly, fancy having to take horrid tasting medicine when you're not actually poorly.

G isn't too bad this morning, hates the taste of his anti-b's so I'n havubg to lie him back and force-suirt them in. I feel like a horrid mummy but know I'm actually being kind because he needs them.

11/11:30 sounds good to me, maybe 11 if BR has to whizz off? I don't know if I'd make it much earlier than that, 11 O'clock gives me 45 mins to get off the train and re-figure out the tube!

Are we booking, then?