October 08 - The race is on to be the first to walk!

[CantSleepWontSleep]

My money's on Q.

Short and sweet list this time.

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - Bethoo - Girl - Maia - 7lbs -
3rd Oct (Due 26th Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - Rebecca Jill Erzsebet - 8lbs 10.5oz
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz
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
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz
20th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - bigmouthstrikesagain - Girl - Polly - 8lbs 7oz
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
28th Oct (Due 31st Oct) - Jojay - Boy - Edward Alexander - 7lbs 7oz
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz
1st Nov (Due 22nd Oct) - SmudgeyDoodle - Girl - - 8lbs 2oz
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz

eek myjob to the infection, hope you ok and the AB's work!

heather sorry about the swine flu, lets hope its not and it is the teething!

ronshar I watched that last night and it really made me realise my hearing problem is not that bad! I could not watch the second half, I did want to but was falling asleep trying to stay up so had to go ot bed. Its sooo sad.

We have busy months with b'days too! my mums, friends little boy and another friends daughter all this week then oct is both my dds, my nephew and my MIL on same day, my god daughter, and another friends little boy! (Me and my 2 friends have each got 2 kids with b'days sept/oct!)

Been to tescos this am and it was a nightmare, dd2 tired and dd1 bored and I really spent too much and still not sure what I actually have to cook! eek! Off to my mums in a bit to help her sort the car seats out I gave to her from a friend.

where is everyone?

Well, I served Q fish fingers tonight . He ate them!!!!! Yay!! been trying to get him to eat fish. He does NOT like salmon.

But fish fingers doesn't really count as fish, does it? I got really healthy ones. I got salmon ones last time. This time white fish and he gobbled down two!

I don't seem to get much time to post at the moment.

Ds seems to be over his major grump though - phew!
And dh is starting work next week, but prob won't go away until the week after.

Dd has hideous cough.

That climbing cube is great, but look out for used ones in your area on ebay to save a bit of money (perhaps not the best time of year to find one though).

Try lemon sole for him star - nice mild flavour, and seems to be the favourite fish for both of mine. It's nicest IMO if you buy the kind in the 'light/floury/herbed' coating (depends which supermarket, but they all seem to have one something like this), although that contains milk so we're having to settle for the ones in breadcrumbs at the moment. Should prob just buy the fish from the fish counter and coat myself I suppose.

I'm here.
HMM yes that is pretty much the thing I am looking for. I shall try ebay first as there are bound to be some on there. We had somthing like that for DD1 years ago.

Jenwa. Yes does put things into perspective really.

Heather I would recommend NOT taking Tamiflu as it hasnt been proven to help in children. It can also make symptoms worse. Is there anyone around you who has pig flu?

W loves fish, he will eat smoked Salmon on brown bread, fish fingers (he had those tonight) fresh Haddock pretty much anything fishy.

Myjob, have you been bitten by something? Or maybe it is a hair? You could be turning into a unicorn

CSWS, how long has D had his cough. DH has had a nasty cough for nearly 5 weeks, W has just started to cough now. Poor baby looks quite sad.

William has taught himself to stand up from the floor. He has been looking like a frog for a few days. He has now finally mastered how to stand straight! Walking not to far away. Uh oh. Life all goes downhill from there

Ooops I obviously meant DD and her cough!

Lemon sole is lovely! J loves fish too and gobbles up fish fingers, in fact he had them last night with a few oven chips and peas. Nursery has been going much better, another good day today and he allowed them to give him a bottle The only negative this week is that he tried to pull himself up on a little plastic chair and fell back and split his lip open He looks like he's been in a fight. He's fine though, managed to eat dinner no problems.

Work is going good thanks Ronshar. It is utterly exhausting teaching Nursery but great fun. I'm losing my voice due to all the talking and answering "why" a million times a day. Great news about W standing, so clever

Great news about your dh's job CSWS- does he have to work away a lot?

Heaher- sorry to hear about the swine flu. I don't think I'd take tamiflu either. I hope he gets better soon.

Thanks Myjob! Sorry to hear about your infection, it sounds really uncomfortable. I hope the AB's work quickly.

Pistachio- I think it will settle down too. We're taking them all to the park next week to find Autumn leaves. There are 25 chn each session...I think I'll be a nervous wreck afterwards

Myjob sounds horrid for you.

Ladies have you seen the XMAS MEET UP THREAD. It is in London on 28th November.
Shall we be brave and go?

Evening all.

Heather - Sorry to hear about Alex. Someone I know was given tamiflu earlier this summer and she said it made her feel dreadful and that it was the worst bit.

Myjob - ouch! infection sounds painful.

Glad the nursery settling is improving, Rachie. You must be relieved.

I think I might try some lemon sole on S. I'm constantly looking for more protein ideas. I don't eat red meat and S doesn't seem to like chicken (I think he finds it difficult to chew as he's still only got two teeth so he ends up spitting it out), and we're all a bit lentilled out. I made some turkey burgers this evening and they all ended up on the floor. He can eat his body weight in pasta or risotto though.

Sorry I've not been around. I feel I have lost my MN mojo and have written a few mammoth posts only to delete them before posting. I think I just have PMT!!! I'll be back soon, please don't think I'm being rude.

I do have to say, eeeewww to forehead infection! Oh Myjob what a nightmare! I would have been poking it with pins to try and get the yuck out (an I am sure Ronshar would have been trying to remove the pus too )

Ronshar - DH had a whitlow last week and refused to let me squeeze it, then the selfish bastard squeezed it himself! I refused to talk to him for about an hour (that's ages for me, I can't go long without talking).

I have tried to restrain myself and not scare myjob too much. I would love to get my hands on her forehead. What kind of DH have you got? My DH wont even let me squeeze a spot on his back. He tells me it hurts. Big baby.

DH will let me get spots on his back and on his face, but I am still pretty pissed off about the whitlow. I managed to convince him to let me squeeze the last one he had (which is probably why he refused this time). It was fabulous! Ingrown hairs are my personal favs.

Sorry Myjob, I am not making light of your pain, I am just terrible for picking and squeezing.

I love the hairs. I cant have any waxing because of ingrowing hairs. Although I do like digging them out. [gross]
Myjob what you doin tomorrow?

aubergenie - could you make a bolognese sauce with turkey mince for S?
I will also dig you out a recipe for turkey meatloaf which doesn't need teeth to eat.
Remind me if I don't post it in the next couple of days.

I would happily go to a Christmas meetup with the rest of you lovely ladies, but I have little interest in meeting most others this year, as the board has changed a lot for me in recent times. You can all come to mine for a meetup though!

Rachie - historically dh has worked abroad all week (or sometimes just Mon-Thurs), but he managed to work from home for much of last year, and has then been out of work all of this year.