August 2008 Globe Trotting Babies - Passports Ready...Where to NEXT?

[TwilightSurfer]

Spain? Scotland? France? Singapore? Canada? MEXICO???

Where shall we do our next meet-up?

Sazz be delighted as she'll happily return and it sounds like SIL adored her so its one to have for future shopping romantic breaks

high or low I'll take it

now where oh where oh where is VG when I'm needing soothing, lulling words re the paper tomorrow - what if I've made a right arse about it all [MEEP]

just be delighted you have raised a happy confident wee girl who others adore

thank you for lovely words and back slapping

no free cakes for you then!!!
thank you though

ROFL - you're on twice, once supporting and once objecting - still, takes the tally to 102

Miamla, I?ll chime in on the ?I don?t do the cry out thing.? I do let Reese cry from time to time, like when I?m in the middle of my shower or loading/unloading the dishwasher. Those are times when I know she?s basically fine but maybe (or suddenly) in need of food. As far as nights go, she typically needs feeding twice. Otherwise, she wakes in search of her pacey (dummie) or she?s cold. In those cases I find the pacey (reinserting it) and/or adjust her covers (sometimes holding her for a moment to warm her back up). I did (after learning the hard way with dd1) create a sleeping arrangement that works very well for us. We started off with Reese in a laundry basket in the middle of our king size bed. As soon as I felt comfortable moving around (from the cs) Reese slept in a Graco Playyard, pulled up against my side of the bed, that had a bassinet insert. This was soo sooo soooooo convenient. Today she is still in the playyard but without the bassinet insert and the playyard is now against the wall three feet away from my side of the bed. She can wake and see me but still contained in ?her? space. The transition wasn?t ?thought? through at all. When I felt it was good time to make a change?I made a change. I totally wish I?d followed this same process with dd1. It would have been better for BOTH of us. Parenting is a learning process. Doing things as you need and that you feel are right is always best.

Poppy and No1 thanks for sharing the sister stories. They made me smile. And Dizzy the idea of ?giving them each other? is exactly my thought as well.

Red it was string that Reese choked on the other morning (when I panicked and phoned emergency for no blooming reason). The string came out in her poop but STILL not a good thing. I think you are wise to not like sting play.

Ya?ll are CRAZY if you think I?m creating stationary for us!! :-P

Sazzles would you mind sharing your SIL? Both of mine (well there?s 3 if you count the x-ed one) SUCK!

As for life across the pond, it?s been a bit low key here all weekend. I?m sure there was a funny event/story to share but I can?t remember it at the moment.

OH?I do recall that Reese is climbing in much the same way as Theo. She scooted a little chair over to the coffee table yesterday THEN climbed up in the chair THEN climbed up on the coffee table THEN stood up to dance. Very scary as that?s how I met her father.

NIGHT!

Miamla & TS DS with your two on the moving things to climb on - he puts whatever toy he can up against the side of the playpen to climb on and can now stand up in his antilop - not great at mealtime!

We went to his friend's first birthday party yesterday which was fun although he was far too distracted too eat dinner there which sent me into a panic as usual. All the other mums seem so calm when their LOs don't eat a meal but maybe because they're not dreading everyone in the expectation that it's going to prove a battle like the last one? He did eat a bit more when he got home and slept till 5am.

Miamla I really don't know how you cope. I'm barely surviving at work and nights although can be pretty horrendous don't sound half as bad as yours. I haven't fed DS in the night for some time now as it only seems to be cuddles he requires .

He has become quite whingey though lately and is really bad if you take a toy away from him - have I made him really spoiled already and am I pandering to him too much as I give it him back all the time?

TS and Dizzy loving your DDs impending tennis partnership. Hoping DS inherits hand eye coordination from DH otherwise he's in trouble!

TS LOL at your table dancing girl!

Kurt has had plenty of uncontrolled crying in the daytime purely from me having to pick my battles eg choosing to sort out poo explosion from DS1 over picking up crying baby. If I know he's safe anyway. I guess I did do it at night but it was resettling rather than totally ignoring, as someone else said you can tell by the cry-type if they're definitely NOT going to fall asleep within 5mins. I put my faith in the 10pm bottle carrying him through to at least 5am and just worked on resettling him til then.

Made a cheesey bready thing last night, put it in a cold oven to rise and forgot about it. It was like The Blob this morning but I just baked it and it's a tasty Blob, if a little yeasty.

Morning everyone.

Can you tell I'm on a healthy eating kick at the moment? My BMI is 30 SO I've decided it's high time I did something about my weight. Am now committed to eating healthy, and MIL has said I can use her cross trainer a couple of times a week.
albs how scary about the balloon string.
miamla big hugs to you. We had a midnight screaming session last night, as DS needed a nappy change (nappy changes have changed to a new kind of hell lately) plus another wakeup at 1. Sounds like it's nowhere near what you're going through at the moment.
Oh question : can someone recommend a good (but Cheap) highchair? We really need to get one, as seb's meals involve me chasing him around occasionally getting some food into his mouth.
Sorry if I've missed anyone, as usual I've not had time to catch up properly.

VG - How scary- {{{HUGS}}} to you.

back in a bit - DD trying to eat catfood1

vg omg how scary,you poor things.Hope he is ok.
Hope ds1 gets off ok on his trip bless him, I cried when I saw my brother off on his first trip, goodness knows what state I will be in when one of mine goes on one. (dh says they will never go on a school holiday ever)

Ds very whingy this am, moaned and cried since 6.20.
Also cried for an hour and half at 11.00pm.
He also has an egg shaped lump on side of head from dd. which got me in panic mode and rang my dad.
dd then pushed him over at my sisters and he got a lump on his eyebrow.
So his 7 month assessment will go well tomorow with him covered in bruises and scratches

Off horse riding today on my own

ann think the ikea antilops are cheap and great (wish i had one)

vg I agree with that, and if you got dh on the subject he would talk about it forever.
That is why he hates it when dd comes home from my sisters with a toy almost everytime.
even though she is young, he doesnt want her to think she can have what she wants,when she wants it.
tbh its only me who follows it through and looks like the 'bad guy' as soon as she cries he gives in for the 'quiet life' he said he was so against

My older brother used to think everything should be handed to him on a plate. I used to tell him to work hard for things.
In fact I could really get going on this as I heard something on news today about people getting loads to get married. WTF..... if you cant afford it dont or save!!!

loans

ladies we are in the company of greatness - Oops is in my local paper

please see dundee courier and once again thank you all

off to catch up over cheerios

VG how awful for you - poor E hope you have applied liberal lashings of arnica for him and brandy for you (medicinal of course) and whilst I agree completely re them standing on their own two feet here (they're not going to have a choice ) it would be nice to know we could help out if need be. I worked from the minute I turned 16 and had 2 jobs throughout uni but was very lucky that my parents helped towards the cost of my rent otherwise I couldn't have done it at all.

and I'm afraid having known a lot of Irish lads at Uni you're going to have to come to terms with them drinking beer [joins in the wailing]

Ann I secondd the antilop from Ikea - we have 2, one here and one at my aunts/cousins Expectant Dylan climbing out of hers too so is now tightly strapped in

TS am LOVING the table dancing baby, lets just hope we don't find any dollar bills in her nappy I'm also hoping DD1 will take some inspiration from Andy Murray winning Queens yesterday - doubt it though

No1 how lovely that you're getting to go riding, I was going to organised a trek for DD1 today as the schools are inservice but it is pouring so Tesco and swimming with Dad it is

well I stupidly waited up until midnight to see if the courier online would update for the new day then and Dylan was up at 4am so DH got up with her at 6am and let me sleep on - he is now away back to bed and I'm going to the supermarket with the eldest two [worst nightmare emoticon]

can I please ask and am sooooooo sorry if TMI but this period is hellish and I mean awful - I haven't had anything like this in years when I was put on medication for it. I am utterly wiped and considering I have such a redface rosey complexion normally I look like the living dead here. Could someone who is further on than me in this tell me its just this awful because its the first one, please?!?!?

ann morning, best highchair imo, cheap or otherwise is the antilop from ikea. its brill and only £10
although actually, our travel one is pretty good as well.. hang on.. i'll try and link.... here it is. it says for 12mths plus, but i'd say seb would def be ok in it. fits very securely to every type of chair i've tried it on. and at £15, its still v much a bargain

i'm not here really, i'm packing a bag for today (dress fitting),really hoping its just the hem and that i don't have to alter it!

sorry, hadn't read thread before writing above. VG you poor thing, listen to Dizz re arnica and brandy!
really do have to run now, running late but i'll be back later
hugs to all who need/want them

Ann definitely get the Antilop, it has changed my life (said in best John Torode drawl). DS was eating all his meals picnic-style off a cat-hair-covered cloth on the floor for weeks, I'm still picking the bits out of the rug even now. The Antilop rocks!

VG and albs

TS I did roffle somewhat at your table dancing girl

Hello to all, I had a brilliant time at the hen do and even managed to avoid a hangover by some esoteric witchery. Was gorgeously sunny all weekend and coming back from London on the train I actually felt a little bit like I'd been on holiday. Poor DP didn't have an easy night of it with the boy though - many wake ups and then DS decided 4.30am is when the day starts But otherwise all was good, including the first offer of formula which predictably enough was vacuumed up just like everything else So that's a load off my mind as expressing is not always so productive these days.