May 09 - weather and jabs = hot cross babies

[Momino]

hope i'm not duplicating

Afternoon ladies. Well, I'm officially fed up at feeling under the weather. I have been really knackered over the last couple of days, and just took a quick nap and now am really regretting it because my brain feels like cotton wool. Harri has completely bounced back and G has been a bit grizzly, so I'm hoping he has had a really really mild case and the antibodies in my milk are helping him out.

Running - so glad you got some sleep. Makes such a difference ! Oh and at camper van. We had one but had to give it up when DD2 got too big

Brownie - welcome

Dandy - lol at brownies.

Hi BrownieBells, welcome! what a big boy you have . What did you name him? my dd3 Harper Grace was born 2 may and is a slight but long baby 10lb 12oz at 10 wks, 59cm at 7wks. don't worry about keepin up, everyone is so busy we just jump in whenever we can.

reggiee, at our hv clinic, they only measure baby's length twice in the 1st year.

grumpy, i wish i could understand cricket. i'd blame it on being american but know many brits who don't understand it either . am also very about yours and others going on road trips. we're going to be paying for this yet-to-be-finished kitchen for another year and then, of course, any of our holiday money goes to paying for trips to exciting Ohio to see my family. well, at least it's nice to see my family anyway but can't say the food there rivals french cuisine.

running, so glad you had a good night and everyone got some sleep. hope tonight goes well.

looby, did she puke? Or was the dress saved?

Jennster, happy bday to your DS. hope you're all having a good day and eating lots of cake .

flippin, the peach made your breakfast healthy, so I wouldn't worry.

everyone else, hope you're all ok .

we've been out today after waiting all morning for the plumber who never came. i finally called him as I needed to get out to run errands. don't know why he didn't show but apologised and is now coming at 4 (or will he ?). meanwhile, think i'll make some banana cake - inspired by dandy.

Tummum I hope you feel better soon. I was just about to post a response to your status on fb asking if the fuzzy head was due to one too many cocktails last night and then I remembered. Poor you.

browniebells welcome back. This thread moves a lot slower than the antenatal one so you should be fine.

dandy lol at the muffin story. You will let us know when that book is published, won't you?

Borrrrrring day today. Still potty-training DS1 and no accidents today, hurrah! But we are getting cabin fever. We can't go out because we are still waiting for DH's new blackberry to be delivered. Vodafone are being useless and keep promising to deliver, then never do. Desperately need it before we head for south Wales next week.

Momimo so we are having similar days?

May go for a swim later if I can find my kit. The pool has fitness swimming at 9pm which may be too late for me!

hi llare, have been stuck inside today. luckily, I only have Harper as other DDs are at nursery. thank goodness for nursery!

sounds like potty training going fine, well done to ds1 (and to you)!

thank you ladies -

Momino - DS2 is called Matthew (DS1 is Thomas, and he is 3½ - born November 2005). He was a big boy when born too weighing in at 10lb 8.5oz! His weight gain has been steady - on 99th percentile - but his lenght looks as though it is off the scale!
Unfortunately think his size (and the fact he was 2 weeks overdue) contributed to the fact I ended up with extensive DVT down the length of my left leg! On warfarin for 6 months now - bummer!

He isn't quit in a proper routine yet - takes about 5 feeds a day - 9oz of hungry baby milk! Not sure how much longer I can keep from giving him th tiniest bit of baby rice! Anyone else have a big and hungry baby?

The other problem I am facing is the fact he won't fit in his infant carrier for much longer! So am trying to research a reasonably cheap yet safe combination car seat - any suggestions?

llaregrub - hopefully I might be able to keep up - I'll give it a go - but don't shoot me if I get lost!

Hi browniebells, welcome back. Your ds's length and weight are virtually the same as my ds1. He weighed 10lb at birth. We managed till about 18 weeks before weaning and his car seat lasted till he was 8/9 months. He's now 2.5 and has just about outgrown the stage 2 car seat, which is supposed to last till he's 4!!!

Poor ds2 is struggling to sleep today, everytime he goes to sleep dear, dear ds1 wakes him up by screaming or making a loud noise

momino & llare hope your plumber and delivery arrive!

Tummum hope you feel better soon. DH kindly told me last night that when the swine flu vaccine comes out he and the dc will be eligible for it, but I won't , hope he'll take time off work if I get it!!

Welcome back browniebells & belated congrats on your big little boy (if that makes sense).

Dandy your muffin story made me laugh, particularly as one of the two mums I had over this morning asked for one to take back for her DH too. To be fair, she can't eat anything with eggs in, so it was 'her' muffin anyway. I now have three left, currently staring at me... the problem is, I know exactly how much fat is in them

H has done very well today considering it's been pretty much a constant cacophony since 10am. Not long after the NCT girls & babies left my Dad, step mum and her 95yr-old father turned up. Dad & step-mum dote on H and haven't seen him for 7 weeks as they've been away so they were completely overexcited and cooing in his face, which in turn made him overtired. He was back on good form after a nap (although it took me half an hour to get him to stop crying and go to sleep) and had a lovely afternoon smiling, giggling and chatting with them

Spangle - sounds like one of those hectic days that panned out ok

Momino - hope the plumber turned up

Llare - good going with the potty training!

BrownieBells - welcome back and congrats, DVT sounds a bit scary though.

Our niece has now left. It worked out really well though so hope she'll come over and stay another time.

DH is away with work tonight. My mum's popping over to keep me company between about 7.30 and 10.

Tomorrow I'm going to meet up with a friend from work for lunch. Will be the first time I've had any real contact with work. I'm hoping it won't make me dread going back even more...

welcome browniebells

momino M didn't puke but she was a misery at mum & baby group
think she is definetly teething I can see something white coming thro her bottom gum

Brownie Welcome back at your tall DS. Mine was 59cm at 8weeks and as DH and I are both 5'11 so will probably be tall as wel.

Dandy thats so funny. I am so making muffins tomorrow but not sharing with anyone .

Strolls in, whistling nonchalantly

"I JUST HAD SEX"

Runs off beaming

Grumpy - all at once!!

Obviously the hoilday began early

Just popped in while feeding after v productive day managed to iron and pack A and my bags for the weekend while she slept in bjorn. It's amazing how a bit more sleep has made me feel human and I have really enjoyed my cuddles and smiles with A today too. Fingers crossed for a good night tonight.

Tum - hope you feel better soon

hi brownie

grumps not easy to do emoticons on phone but wow! Happy hols indeed!!

Hi everyone else too x x

Grumpy yay!

running hope you have a good night

Dandy do you think it could be one for Dragons' Den?!

World's oldest mothers is on next on channel4. Am going to watch it to make me feel young.

Wanting to be a mother for the 1st time at 72 !!!!!

She does look good for 72 though !

Flippineck gah re your bras tip!! I have just bought new bf bras in the required new HUGE size and none of them approached being that cheap. I hope your tip is in time for someone else.

Grumpy . Weirdly I am more up for it than dh who is just not cooperating . Or should that be ? Hmm, I wonder whether perhaps he is as startled by my new boobs as I am - they were never small and are now a bit scary .

Anyway, runningmonkey congratulations on your night! I must say your good night though sounds like one of my bad ones so I take my hat off to your stamina for dealing with worse all the time. I hope it's the beginning of better sleep from now on.

Hi browniebells and congratulations on your long ds!

Well I had a fabulously effective shopping trip this morning - managed to get a very effective 'capsule' wardrobe for my new improved several-kilos-heavier self, thus taking the pressure off losing the rest of the baby weight . Totally failed to buy the necessary presents for other people though, but it was such fun pottering about with ds and stopping for coffee to feed him every now and again, I don't really mind an excuse to go out and do it again next week.

Sorry to anyone I've forgotten - hope everyone's heading for a good night...

Hi everyone, just wanted to say hello. Sorry I've not been around much. I've not got online very much and then I can never find this thread and have to go through the old ones and click on the links!

Charlotte is doing well and putting weight on steadily (she was only 5.5 at birth due to my blood pressure) but she cries a lot at night. We were worried we'd got her into bad habits by letting her fall asleep on us but a health visitor today said she's very young to fall asleep on her own still, and it's good we're trying but it's fine to pick her up if she needs the comforting. I was just starting to worry in case we'd spoiled her already, even though she's only 7 weeks old tomorrow!

It's such a huge change. I love it mostly but am knackered and she's not a bad sleeper - we are lucky as she will often sleep for 4 or 5 hours on a night.

Feeding is getting easier though I still have sore nipples.

Anyway, will try to catch up soon!

xxx

MsG 4-5 hours for such little one is BRILLIANT. DD1 woke every 2 hours for what seemed like months and even at 6 months woke at least once in the night. Sounds like you're doing really really well. It's so lovely when they fall asleep on you isn't it? If your nipples are sore please get your latched checked. It's amazing the difference just a tiny tiny tweak to your technique can make. Sometimes you just need somebody to watch you, as it's not something you notice from looking down. Obviously C is getting what she needs, so no worries about that!

MrsG Hi glad to hear you are enjoying being a mum. I believe you can't spoil a baby under 1yo. They do slowly 'get it'.My DS is so much better now than he was 2 weeks ago (nearly 10 weeks now)