October 08 - Clapping, kissing, waving, crawling, sleeping our babes can do it all!

[Marthasmama]

Ummm....Ooops I need to copy and paste that list don't I?

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 -
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) - 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.
20th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - bigmouthstrikesagain - Girl - Polly - 8lbs 7oz - Good hospital birth with synto drip.
21st Oct (Due 21st Oct) - hansnava - Girl - Sophia Leigh - 7lbs 6oz - Elective c-sec
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.
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz - No stitches!
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!

I couldn't do it Myjob...in fact may resign from work as I won't be able to mn in the day Or maybe I could get a better mobile and mn from a cupboard?

Good stuff about dh sewing up his trousers! I've shown dh how to sew buttons on and he has an ironing lady for his work shirts. I hate ironing and am terrible at it so the choice was do it himself or pay someone. I should probably feel bad about it but I happily hand that big bag over every other week

Ahh thanks MM He's funny really, he weighs 19lb but I think he looks quite dainty too. He's quite tall so maybe his weight is spread out? Or maybe it's all in his podgy thighs which I've hidden from the camera?

Right have to go to bed now. Night all!

Oh he's about the same as M then. M is quite tall too but she still looks very chunky. Maybe J is made of lead like my ds. He looks light as a feather (all skin and bones) but weighs a ton!

DH is watching Wanted. It is the biggest pile of shit I have ever had the misfortune to endure. I am ashamed of Morgan Freeman for appearing in it.

MM- You're lead theory could be right

Just had flick through Dh's Sun and they have lots of 2 for 1 vouchers which can be used at Warwick Castle.

Myjob - It's bound to be just the nappy rash. M has terrible nappy rash when she was newborn and that bled if anything touched it. Get some Metanium cream on it and it will be gone in about a day. Keep an eye of course, but I'm sure it's just the rash. It's such a shame we're not going to get to meet up yet as the sight of M next to tiny N would let you see that no, N is not a porker. At least not compare to my bigger heifer of a baby!

Hi all
Had fab day out today at a safety day where there were fire men, police, ambulance, life boats, jet bike things etc. DD1 got to go in the police van and wear riot gear and come out after a short spin with the blue lights to attack the police me with sponge truncheons, it was good fun, they got to have a go on stuff and see things happeing that they deal with. Then on to bbq at in laws.

I have period too....it is a MN Sync thing!!! hehe

hm hope you feeling ok?
rachie J is a cutie.

myjob oh, not sure about the bleeding, maybe from the rash and nappy rubbed maybe? Could she have some no nappy time maybe if nice tomorrow in the garden with some metanium on?

ronshar thank you for your kind words just on a downer I think. Dh has done well at work and things looking good so he thinks I shoule be a SAHM!

Ok off to chill out for a bit now.

Evening! Sorry Myjob, we've been off watching Harry Potter while J stayed with MIL & FIL. He's had a great day, loads of attention. Dh is now doing the bedtime struggle, some days he goes to sleep so easily, others it's a real battle

Have to have a mini MIL rant. She always has to push things, just a little but it makes me so frustrated. Next weekend we've been invited to a wedding. MIL has been dying to have J stay over night since well since the positive pregnancy test. Anyway I haven't felt ready until now so dh and I decided that we'd ask them to take J next weekend. He'll come to the wedding with us and then they've offered to pick him up about 6ish and take them to theirs. She is so excited about it which is understandable but she also knows I'm a bit wobbly. Anyway today we were discussing arrangements and I made some joke about being on their doorstep at 8am the next day. In my mind I was intending for us to go to them late morning and then after lunch we'd come home. To this she tells me that she's planning to take J to her brother's in Essex and bring him back to us early afternoon. Now I don't mind him going to her brother's at all and I know that the difference between late morning and early afternoon is a matter of hours but surely as his is my baby and it is the first time I am leaving him overnight it should be my decision when I see him again? I have left him for a whole day to do work contact days but for some reason overnight feels bigger.

Anyway we've left it with her taking him to her brothers but that we'll go over there too I understand she wants to show him off and I don't want it to be that I'm happy to leave him with them but only if they do what I want but also I don't want to be sat at home desperately waiting for him to come back. It probably sounds like a mountain out of a mole hill but I just wish she'd be a bit more sensitive and think that as it's the first night away from him I'd probably like to see him the next morning. I bet now I'll have a stonking hangover and be happy for him to be out all day! I guess I'm being a bit Mum of a pfb about it.

My bro has come to stay today too. He's very good at keeping J entertained, this is usually to my detriment. Like tonight, letting J help him attack me with the hose after offering to water the garden I'm looking forward to having company for the early part of next week though

Jenwa- thanks for the cutie comment, I like to think so too haha

Myjob- Hope the bleeding clears up too, it sounds like nappy rash- poor poppet. I think big fat knees and chunky thighs are fab, I just want to bite J's

Rachie - it's not unreasonable at all! I think she should at the very least have asked you (right?)... I would feel very strongly if someone told me what they planned to do with Q as if it were their choice no matter who it was.

I had a FAB girls night out last night... but ended up chatting w/ my friend until 2 am and not getting home until 2.30. DH was really angry with me He said he didn't believe I was just with her since it was so late I have NEVER done anything to rock his trust in me. not ever.

I second the loving the fat legs! I love Q's, too.

COngrats jenwa on sahm status

Thanks Star! I'm glad I'm not the only one who is/would be annoyed. about dh and not trusting you. Is he a jealous type? I hope he's apologised?

No... I apologized. Because that is what I do. with myself. He's not a jealous type... but then I don't usually go out. Before Q I always went out with him.
I tried explaining how it's the same as him going out on friday nights with colleagues until late. But he sees this as TOTALLY different b/c he's always in by 1.30 latest... gets last bus. and never 2.30. "almost 3" was just such a surprise to him and he has a hard time believing I was with my friend.

for both of you star and rachie.

Expect it's just the rash causing the blood myjob.

Party was fun. Ds was in a really good mood and charmed everyone nicking food off their plates (he ate lunch just before we went out!). Dd found 2 other slightly older girls to play with, and clearly had a ball.

Star- can't see how 2.30 is that different from 1.30. Did you call/text him to let him know you'd be later than expected? Now this is my devilish side, but maybe you should be out until 2.30 with friends lots so it becomes the norm and not a surprise!

CSWS- Thanks for the it's making me feel better to know that others would feel the same. Glad the party was good and at food stealing.

I text him and let him know... he text "i hope you're aware of what time it is"

Evening. I've been at my mum's house all day and then she came back here for dinner so I've been talking to real people.

Star - at your DH. My DH would be over the moon if I went out with my mates until 2.30am. It's important for you to have time with your friends and fabulous that you had such fun just talking that you forgot all about time. The jealousy is HIS problem not yours, you have nothing to be sorry about and as you said, you have never given him any reason to doubt you. Grrrrr.....bloody men.

Rachie - Sounds like something my MIL would do and I would be upset too. Can you not invent something which would mean J would need to be home earlier? That's what we would do.

CSWS - M did some scavenging today at my mum's. She nicked some cinnamon whirl from my mum's plate. She loved it and throw a big wobbler when it had all gone! She also stole a prawn cracker from DH's plate tonight. She pigged all that too! Glad you enjoyed the party.

Jenwa - Woohoo!!!! You're going to get to be a SAHM? That's fabulous news for you. Also really good news that DH's business is doing so well.

I have taken the dressing off my tummy completely now and I think the doctor has sewn my tummy up wonky! There is a folded bit that's really lumpy on the scar. I am going to really pissed off if it is still wonky when it's healed.

Star- Agree with MM that you need your time with your friends. My few nights out since J was born have been a welcome break. I think your dh will just have to get over it unfortunately...go out again. I'll shut up now as I think I'm revealing my stubborn mule side. Remember nobody puts baby in a corner- small attempt to make you smile if you like Dirty Dancing

MM- Speaking to real people . Dh is all up for telling his Mum that J can't go to her brother's but that will make me seem petty so I don't want him to do that. I'm just learning all the time that I need to be really specific about things and not leave her any windows of opportunity

I'm sure my friend's kidney op scar was bumpy and lumpy when she flashed it too me so hopefully it is normal and will smooth out when it heals.

Myjob at dh still being at work. Is he always so late and working weekends or is it shifts? Hope the bleeding is nappy rash and not uti- are they common in babies? Lol for the knee grabbing

Right really must go to bed, think dh is getting fed up of me chatting to you guys all the time and not him