Hooray Ray Glad you are shacked up with OH again, hope the viewing goes well.
Dog That's great news about Arlo and his speech development, you must be a proud Mummy, hooray! Bras in post tomorrow...haven't had time the last few days.
Enjoy Solfest Tree, am a huge Charlatans Fan and mahooosively of you.
EPPM We have also put the BLW on the back burner as all DS seems to do is choke and gag, albeit whilst enjoying smothering himself in veg. Am going to do a mixture from now on I think. But is hard to work out what to do as his skin is still flaring up with porridge, quinoa, baby rice, so am leaving them out. Going to try red lentil puree tonight.
120 Thank you for the nutrition book, it makes a lot of sense. Am going to try to use thier menu/food introduction plan. Hooray for potty success, go L. Think she needs to come over and give Lily a firm talking to about the benefits of potty training. We are on about the 6th change of clothes for the day, saying that, she just sat on the potty , unprompted and pooed for England...there is light at the end.... Have a lovely holiday and remeber ...visit Overstrand!
isittimefortea Who are you? Am being super dense and can't work it out Clues please...
Gumps Am liking the sound of POP, is there one in central/north/east london. Enjoy the dragon boating, used to love the DB races in HK.
Pat I'm feeling motivated by your swimming. Our local pool is a bit of a verucca hot spot though...might have to invest in a pair of sexy plastic socks. I need a new swimsuit too, any ideas where I can buy a cheapo one anyone? Preferably from the comfort of my arm chair...
Kitty Think it was you who was asking about feeding in the night. DS woke every three hours until he was five months. Then he slept through...and , unfortunately in the last week he is back to every 4 hours...boo hiss...oh for some solid sleep. I think its cos I was a smug pants with DD who slept 7-7 from 12 weeks onwards and has maybe woken in the night twice since then... no more sleeping smuggness for me
Lenni Your weekend plans sound good, as do everyone elses. DH is working Saturday so am going to take the dcs to the farmer's market. Then am off to Brighton for the night, solo (horay) for a good friend's 30th b'day...lots of people to catch up with and the chance to get a night off from being a mummy. I suspect Sunday will involve a hangover.
Hooray for all the stripes lovers round here, stripes rock.
DS saw the paed this morning. It is suspected Erb's Palsey, but not too bad as he has a good range of movement. He is being referred to physio. He has to have some neuro-electro tests to prove it is erbs, which don't sound too fun, they just run electricity up his fat little arm to look for nerve/muscle reaction. He has a stork mark on his forehead which could (very very rarely is) be linked to a neurological problem, so has to go for eye tests to rule that out. If they can't prove it Erb's and there are any unusual results fromt he eye tests he has to have an mri under general , buthopefully it won't come to that. Not 100% about the Erbs as there were symtoms at birht, but they disappeared at 2-5 months and only recently appeared again. Erb's Palsey Hopefully he will be ok, if it is EP, 1/3 recover fully, 1/3 make improvements, 1/3 stay the same. Its good to get the ball rolling and be taken seriously though. The pead was a bit , told him he has a home water birth and he told me he didn't believe in such births. But was positive about DS and said he was spot on developmentally and seemed bright and alert...and also weighd in at 21 lbs!
Am getting stuff for DCs room, thanks to the insurance company. The ceiling actually collapsed this morning...on to DD's very crappy bed (I didn't leave it there on purpose...honest ) So have taken the liberty of ordering these beds from ebay, got them for 220 with mattresses, delivered...bargain! Now I need some new bedding, am after the hippo duvet covers from Ikea but they are discontinued...so if anyone is in Ikea and spots some in the bargain bin....
Sorry for the mammoth post...lots has been going on, albeit mostly not very interesting!