Sept 08: They're under starters orders .... and they're off .... well, some of them!

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I thought I'd use this title as not all of our delicious babies are on the move yet, including mine

oh and ds2 seemed very unconcerned that I left him all day yest. When dh picked up up he was very excited to see him but then when he brought them home he wasn't fussed about me at all, just wanted to know what was cooking.
And he didn't have any pudding after tea and drank all of a 6oz bottle.

We got blackout material for our room which is velcroed round the window frame. I just put it up last night and me and dh were in fits of giggles going to bed because it was completly pitch black and we were falling all over the place. Then when ds2 wke at 6.30 instead of chattering like usual he did seem to try to go back to sleep and was quite quiet until we got him up at 7.

sunshine you get an 8 month check?! The only way I can think to get to see my HV again is to have another baby!! Still haven't got our books for babies yet either...hmm.

hopefully I let ds have 30mins sleep at about 9:15am (having been up since about 6:30 or 7), I wake him from this sleep at 9:45, then he has 2 1/2 hours from 12:30. T sounds like he's doing the classic thing of waking when he comes into a light sleep - which is approx every 45 mins, but not settling back. Perhaps you could try cutting back the first nap and putting him down earlier for the next nap so he's not overtired? You never know he might sleep longer at the middle of the day nap if he's had a shorter morning sleep, and then not need the afternoon sleep. HTH.

starlight you're doing brilliantly and you're not pushy!

DH and I went to vote at 8:30 this morning! I couldn't believe how many parties there are, we've only received literature from a couple of them and I hadn't even heard of at least 4 of them - one of them was in text speak. What's that about?!!

we had a bad night too hopefully M was up at 10.50, 2.00 (plus DD1 wet her bed at this time), 4.00 and 5.20 when I went in and had her on the matress with me to feed on and off until 7.30. It must be something in the air

how exciting not to be going back to work - there are a few good money saving websites, it's amazing what a difference a few things can make, good luck

starlight sorry your dad was so insensitive, your son isvery lucky to have someone as dedicated as you

Carriebo it's been a strange experience with the HVs this time. Last time they were actually rather helpful, despite missing the fact that the hospital had left a huge piece of placenta inside me which had become infected. This time I've hardly seen them, they dismissed me when I went to see them about Effy's milk problems, and now they're chasing me for what will probably be a pointless appointment.

Hopefully Effy tends to have a couple of 40-90 min sleeps a day. Random times, depending on when she's tired. Nursery say she won't go down at a regular time - she has to be shattered before she'll stop trying to look around and sleep.

Daytime sleep? hah! all over the place, hopefully Bit fed up with it at the mo tbh.

debs I have heard the old "bite them back" routine too...I could NEVER do that! Tried to bite me again earlier....looked most put out when I said "no!"

star dont get me started on stuff my parents have said to me (about ds1 particularly) Sorry your dad made you feel bad. You are a fantastic mum!

I don't have an HV (she left) my 5 week appt was at 5 months and the 6-9 month appt will be at 18 months!!

Day time sleep - between 1 and 2.5 hours

starlight - yes, I voted!

Daytime sleep - totally random but usually not very much. Also currently confused by illness - right now she is sleeping in the buggy by the front door but I don't have the heart to wake her, poor wee thing.

Are we supposed to have a 9 month HV check? What do they check? I have avoided our HV because she is so useless, but will pursue an appointment for this if it's important.

Question: DH thinks DD might have a cow's milk allergy / sensitivity. He thinks she has been not so happy/healthy since she has been on FF. I'm not sure, and possibly also a bit sceptical (though I was apparently allergic to cow's milk as a baby). What are the signs and what can we do about it?

I voted too and was a bit surprised by the sheer amount of parties! Unfortunately BNP were at the top of the list and hope this does not encourage people to vote them in

Starlight sorry to hear your Dad was insensitive to you about your DS.

Hopefully Erin's sleeps are a bit random during the day, but usually she has about an hour in the morning (about 10ish) and one in the afternoon (about 2ish). Bedtimes are more of a headache, some nights 8pm and others 9.30pm which totally interferes with apprentice watching

We had an 8 month check last week, which just consisted of measurements and a general chit-chat, but also got some freebie books too!

I voted too and was a bit surprised by the sheer amount of parties! Unfortunately BNP were at the top of the list and hope this does not encourage people to vote them in

Starlight sorry to hear your Dad was insensitive to you about your DS.

Hopefully Erin's sleeps are a bit random during the day, but usually she has about an hour in the morning (about 10ish) and one in the afternoon (about 2ish). Bedtimes are more of a headache, some nights 8pm and others 9.30pm which totally interferes with apprentice watching

We had an 8 month check last week, which just consisted of measurements and a general chit-chat, but also got some freebie books too!

Sorry about two posts - not sure what happened there

Sorry about two posts - not sure what happened there

Aghh it happened again - damn laptop.

Good to know some of the rest of you have random daytime sleep! Well, not you, the babies...
T has, completely out of the blue, had a really long morning nap, a very short lunchtime one and is currently having an afternoon one (refused to come home till he went to sleep in the pram, as didn't want him in bed for good at 6:30pm and waking even earlier tonight/tomorrow!). It's the most daytime sleep he's had for ages, so it'll be interesting to see how tonight goes. He's also been loads happier today than he has been for ages, which is interesting.

ponymum I think she would be sick a lot if she had an allergy/intolerance to cows milk....I think the reactions can be quite severe, but I'm not an expert...a trip to the GP maybe? There is a test, but cant rembember what its called!

What a ataggeringly unhelpful post that was of mine ponymum!!! Sorry!!

...that should have read "staggeringly" obviously (becaroo goes away to sit quietly somewhere.........)

starlight sorry to hear what your dad said, ignore him! And don't worry, I voted (and certainly not for the BNP!). The DC's had a mini lesson on democracy when we went to the polling station.

Poor DD is getting a bit ahead of herself and trying to pull herself up on the sofa, the only problem is that she gets herself up on her knees then topples back . I can't beleive she's 9 months today!

I have no idea if DD will be having a 9 month check, we havent been to baby clinic for a couple of months, but I'm going again in 2 weeks so I'll find out then.

Its a lovely quiet evening in my house, ex P came round for bath night so both the dc's were in bed by 7. I'm supposed to be doing something productive, but am watching an old grand designs and eating chocolate .

becaroo no, don't hide! Very helpful thank you!

unless we happen to see them at baby clinic or make an appointment we don't see hv after the baby is about 6 weeks old.

I also tried to explain democracy to ds1 when we went to vote. He was more interested in the fact that there was a park next to the polling station. He went with his childminder too so he's been well educated today.
Couldn't believe how long the list was.

So go on admit it, who'll be watching BB tonight?

debi i'm not watching BB tonight because katie & peter is on at the same time . If I get sucked into BB I will have even less time to MN do housework and look after the children.

Is katie and peter still showing even after the split?

I am soooo excited about bb

I voted too! DS came with us and watched both mummy and daddy exercise their right.

Just finished adding up the value of all the things we lost. Not including phones, laptop and satnav it's well over a grand. Can't believe it!

hopefully even though DS is going longer between naps he's also going to bed later so somehow still works out to be around 3 naps a day. Although they're totally random in length, sometimes 1 hour sometimes 20 minutes.

Am knackered. We had all the inlaws round today and DS was completely overwhelmed, crying whenever he made eye contact with any of them. Poor little thing. As soon as they went he was as chipper as anything, crawling all over the house and causing trouble. He is just getting cuter and cuter every day!

We've had some bad news from some very close friends. Their 2mo DD has been diagnosed with liver problems and is awaiting surgery but may need a transplant. It's even more heartbreaking because it took them 4 years to get pregnant after 5 MCs. It makes me realise just how lucky we are with DS.

Oh digi that's so sad. I found out tonight that another friend of mine has cancer, that's three of them now Admittedly I don't know this person particularly well, she's someone at our church, but we went away with her dh once so I feel I know them a bit.

Well yesterday was a bit dramatic, some very good friends (they're ds's godparents) had their baby as the mum had high bp at a routine appt on monday, was monitored all day in hospital and rapidly declined into pre-eclampsia, and had a c-section yesterday at 37 weeks. The baby weighs 5lb 2oz and is in special care for a bit. They're shell-shocked but doing fine. A friend and I went round to their house which is a DIY disaster zone and spent over an hour cleaning and finding bits of baby stuff in carrier bags around the place. She thought she'd be 2 weeks late and therefore had 5 weeks to get everything in order! We visited them on delivery as she's still being monitored, it brought back such happy memories and made me really quite broody!

We're off on holiday for a week tomorrow, our trip that ILTMIMI has planned for us in Suffolk! Soooo much packing to do...

And I had other bad news tonight, which I feel bad for feeling bad about IYKWIM which is that I tried on the beautiful dress I want to wear for the wedding on Saturday to discover its too...big. The waist is snug () but the bust is just gaping. So is this the cost of bf? I've got another less 'wow' dress to wear to saturday's wedding, but i'm not happy about it. I don't want how I feel to be tied up in what I wear, but that dress really did make me feel fab and i was actually looking forward to wearning it again. It was a strapless, below the knee one from Debenhams. And I can't find the straps incase that would help, and I've tried 5 different strapless bras of various sizes!

Right, back to the packing, see you all in a week!

ps, sorry for epic post