October 08 - More chit chat!

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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 6th Oct) - Bethoo - Girl - Maia - 7lbs -
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 -
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 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!

loulou yes I did want a swap but now am thinking of just giving her to star happily have her back when she is 11 as you will have trained her well star

HM Lovely pressies I have only used wipes or soap and water to wash of paint, ink etc. White spirit would do it but best opt out of that option!!!

myjob ahh, bless with tiny N and you not worrying re car seat. at least you have a grwon boy to know N will be like that too one day Sorry about the terros, poor thing and yes agree it really can wear them out

I have been shopping and feel good but a little guilty as no money to shop really! Never mind!

Yeah Jenwa i would let her run wild for 11 years and then hand her back drinking alcopops and with loads of tattoos, whereas Star would raise her proper and return her in a fit state.....

HMM thanks for the Fathers day reminder is it this weekend ((worried emoction))? No help on the ink I'm afraid, maybe a bath before DH gets home.

WHoops sorry loulou I meant to say that star would have trained her well in her teaching knowledge not that you would have raised her badly also meant to say she could have your DS too, I was typing quickly so I can have a quick read of my mag before I went to collect dd1 from playgroup

Father day next weekend, 21st I think.

Yes pistachio - still enough room for him. His seat is ok up to 13 or 15kg iirc, so will last a little longer.
I totally disagree with ronshar re seats only being weight related though. They must be able to sit up for 20mins unsupported before moving out of their first seat.

Hedgepig - not this weekend, but next.
lol that your idea of a bad night is roughly the same as my idea of a good one!

Hello, will catch up properly in a min but can I just ask a question? Ds has a rash, mostly on his tummy and back and the top of this arms and the top of his legs. He seems fine to me although dp is convinced he's got a temperature. I called the docs and they can't get me an appointment till Monday, so the doc is going to call me this evening. I don't think it's anything serious but Dp is getting worried and now I'm wondering whether I'm a slack mum. He's been refusing food, but I'm not sure whether it's related to teething. I think the rash fades when I hold a glass on it, but it's not very dark, so difficult to tell. So tell me wise ones, would you worry?

He ate some fish for the first time the day before yesterday but apart from that, no new foods I don't think.

Thanks Pistachio - I'm a bit like you, I think, but dp's making me feel like I'm being a bit gung ho.

Doc called and said to go down to get him checked out.

Good luck aubergenie. Hope it's nothing much, but do let us know.

Ahem, can I see if this link works? It is regarding car seats. Not that I want to cause a riot.
www.childcarseats.org.uk/carrying_safely/carrying_safely.htm

Aubergenie. I hope DS is ok. Are you off to A&E?
Star if you are offering, I too have a preschooler who needs reform school a good home. We had a good throwing on the floor tantrum this evening! What fun.

I have read further and it states weight and if the childs head is above the top of the seat. Legs are ok crossed.

Link doesn't work Ronshar but i have had a look at the page, I think. Joe outgrew his rear facing as it is for up to only 9kg . His legs were half way up the back of the seat and i'm sure that was dangerous.....

CSWS - you mentioned the sitting for 20 mins thing before and i looked for it but couldn't find it anywhere - where did you see that? I'm not sure Joe could sit for 20 mins now as he never sits still and constantly tqists, reaches and falls over....

Jenwa - Don't , i was kidding you and took your comment light-heartedly,...although i have booked your dd for ear-piercing next week and i thought i would get Joe's done whilst i was there - best to get it done when they're young so they don't feel it heh ? How about i dress her in a nice strapless minidress with a playboy bunny on the front and some toddler stillettos?? I could be a great surrogate - oooh maybe i should apply to be a foster carer???

whoops that should be twists not tqists

Found this in the FAQ section of that website to answer my own question!!!

My baby is not yet 9kg in weight, but his feet are dangling over the end of his child seat. Should I move him into a group 1 forward facing seat?

A: No. Child restraints are tested and approved for the child's weight not age. Provided that the top of your child's head does not extend above the back of the seat, s/he should remain in the rearward-seat until s/he is over 9kg and can confidently and comfortably sit up for a reasonable length of time (30 minutes or more is a good guide).

Oh bravo for finding what I was saying written down loulou. I've never seen it in writing (but never looked), but we had a road safety expert come to talk to my post-natal group when I had dd, and she told us.

CSWS sorry that my bad night is your good night it's just he had slept for 6 hrs (for the 2nd time ever) the night before and so I was getting all hopeful, although I should know better as this is my 2nd child .
LouLou I think the sitting up recommendation relates to how well the babies neck and back muscles are developed so if they were in a crash facing forwards, they would be strong enough to cope wih the whip lash.

Aubergenie I hope DS is Ok.

can you help me I'm struggling with finger food ideas, i get as far as carrots, pear, apple and rice cakes and then get a bit stumped, any other suggestions would be welcome..please!

Back from doctors'. She thinks it's a viral rash and has prescribed some paracetamol (despite me saying we'd got some), and some itch cream ("just in case") and some Bonjela. He is completely overtired now and we can't get him to sleep.

Night terrors sound awful Myjob. I wish I could suggest something that would help.

Loulou - I had to laugh about the choking incident. Exactly the same thing happened to me when we were visiting a friend who's really sceptical about BLW. Typical!

Oh, and the teachers out there will appreciate this one. My school was Ofsteded last week. I thought there was very little chance of it being done before I go back next month. Result!!

Awww hedgepig, hope you have a better night tonight.

Everything is a finger food chez csws (though I did offer his couscous on a spoon tonight!), but ideas that mm hasn't already mentioned are beetroot fingers, roast or boiled/steamed parsnip fingers, stringless beans (these are very popular with everyone here at the moment), fresh apricot wedges, nectarine wedges, puffed wheat (if they have the pincer grip mastered), raisin wheats, pancakes, chips, sweetcorn patties (I use the recipe on Aitch's blog), baby courgettes, baby corn, baby gnocchi (waitrose sell a nice one in 3 colours)... I'll stop there!

Glad doc was helpful aubergenie. Hope he settles off soon and makes a quick recovery.
D was a bit overtired at bedtime too (been up since 1:25 until bed at 7 with just a 2 min nap in car at school pick up), and has consequently been a bit unsettled since, but hopefully once he gets into his sleep he'll sleep quite soundly.

Just had some good news here. Dh has been offered some work with his old client, starting late July. No idea how long for, but we'll glad even of just a few weeks! It does mean that he'll be away all week all over the summer holidays though, which is obv the downside. Will have to get v organised with activites and playdates!

Sorry, that should be myjob, not mm suggesting finger foods.