March 2009 - The crawling / walking / talking race is on . . .

[jollyjoanne]

the new thread for March 09 mummies

missmod ouch, what crappy timing! We got our last nanny off Gumtree.com (we needed someone over the summer and she is a Teaching Assistant so we did well there).

Bits back to normal thankfully! We rang NHS Direct (love them) and were reassured that time would help and it did

Gabriel has also said his first recognisable sounds: 'yay', 'dada' and finally, 'mama'!

Work is getting me down but it's only week 2, hey ho.

hello i'm here, too, just busy that is all!

I guess with lots of you returning to work, the thread is so quiet...

meep hope Rosie is much better now. you haven't been on here for some time, so I hope you have a boring excuse like work/housework!!!

Corgi is rhys recovering too?

best wishes to loli, how are you coping now?

i can't believe 7 teeth already Mdavza, our LO still has none, though lots of dribble. and a cold.

Laumiere, is your ds1 home again? I was going to say i didn't notice teething/penis problem in my 3 boys, anyway i can't remember now my brain is mush now. good to hear it cleared up. sounds like gabriel wins the talking race, well done little man!!!

mismod, haven't used nannies before, only a childminder. i have heard though that with the recession and many parents returning to be at home, that childminders have found it tough, so hopefully you will have little trouble finding a nanny soon. can you try the trusted word of mouth technique?

wheely, looking forward to that pic..

news here at Kanga's place:

Dd1 being toilet trained, dd2 on formula during day, but still BF at bedtime and ALL night (it seems anyway). Just got to get rid of dd1 dummy....

also dd2, 7 1/2 months and crawling!!! lovely little wobbly legs, but very determined and i am sure will speed up next week. have to get on with moving all the smallest bits and bobs, putting up gates etc.

other brilliant news, at last consultant appointment dd1's heart problem is nearly resolved, all measurements normal, and will probably be off her last medicine next march...i never thought we'd get to this point, but kept praying and hoping.

xxx

Wonderful news, Kanga5!
And lau, I'm jealous of Gabe speaking. LB chatters away but nothing really legible at the moment.

Tired here, yawn. His sleep has become really disturbed the past couple of weeks, doing funny things with naps and crying at night for (apparently) no reason. By accident I stumbled upon an earlier post where I wrote about him sleeping so wel, mwaaahhhhaaahaha! (Rolls about laughing) That didn't last! Must be honest, finding that bit of parenting hard sometimes, all the changes.

WIsh we could afford a nany, maybe one day...

Kanga that is really good news.

Mdavza yep Mae used to be such a good sleeper too, and to be honest she still is once she has got to sleep but the last week or so she just has not wanted to go to sleep at all, making for very tired parents. So you have my sympathies.

Wheely looking forward to the photo and hope L is good for the christening.

Lau congrats to Gabe on his first recognisable words, very impressive.

Can't believe all the competitive mums, makes me quite grateful none of my friends have children yet. Although will have to try and remember not to be the competitve mummy myself in future.

Corgi hope Rhys is all better now, you really seem to have had a tough time.

Sorry I've not had chance to read through all the posts in detail, I will try to pop in over the weekend. But just thought I'd say hi.

Mae now has two bottom teeth but is absolutely full of cold and we seem to have spent the last week wiping snot from her face and she has a horrible cough to go with it.

And very generously she had the sickness bug over the weekend so DH and I have been sick and off work all week, and we also managed to make my parents ill as they had to look after Mae one day due to our sickness!

Hi everyone - long time no post (again! whoops).

Thanks for all the well wishes for my mum - she is actually, finally, on the mend now, which I thought was never going to happen when I saw her in hospital. She looked like she was on death's door - but she's started to eat now, so doesn't look so painfully thin and the biopsy came back clear so no chemo - thank god. All good news, in the end.

Penny now has 4 teeth, and is on the cusp of ccrawling (at 8 months and 5 days). She's been getting from sitting postion onto all fours, rocking a bit, thinking better of it and then rolling over instead of pushing forward with her legs... but I think it's only a matter of days, maybe a couple of weeks, until she figures it out and starts to do a classic crawl. Can't imagine she will be walking for a long time yet.

Says da da da daaaa all the time, but not at DH so I don't think it counts.

Sorry to hear about all the babies with colds / flu / teething etc. Pen has come through the worst of that I think, and is now sleeping through again after a couple of interrupted nights from snotty nose due to teeth.

Wheely - hope you have a lovely christening on Sunday

xx

Boobz yay Pen on the crawling! We can't leave Gabriel alone now, he can travel a good metre before we can turn around

Hi all.

Good to hear of all the progress. It's an exciting time, isn't it?!

Spike has just started doing some modified commando crawl which, in truth, makes him look like a baby seal on the beach. Both arms get flung forward simultaneously and he hauls himself forward with a big "Ehhnnn!" He has also started pulling himself up to standing on any rickety object that crosses his path! We're moving in 8 days (AAarrrghhh) to a more baby-friendly house and I'm so glad he has left it until now to get mobile.

I have a question for all the Antilop users out there. Do you take the tray off to clean it? I have tugged and pulled at it, but I'm worried it isn't meant to be taken off and on. It's quite an effort to clean all those underneath bits with the tray in place (though a lot easier than with many highchairs I've seen).

Hello, have been absent after a rough month food poisoning and norovirus on the trot! Plus a friend had to leave her partner because of dv and is now just a few houses away from me so have been spending a lot of time with her and her ds. She had a bit of a wobble but she is doing really really well (And because she has told everybody about the dv this time there is no way me or her family are letting him near them again)

Honestly, trying to lug DD and entertain her DS on my own this morning was hard work! And he was in a lovely mood, feeling very apprehensive about whenever we have no 2 lol.

I see we have lots of crawls and nearly crawls! Very exciting. Molly rocks around on her bum, really really slow but she is lunging a lot so I think maybe there is a bit of proper crawl in their somewhere.

I also think she has finally 'got' eating. On a ready made pizza at a party typically. but has been munching down lots of things since. Although she has developed a really annoying habit of throwing everything off her plate at breakfast so she can look at the pattern on it. I need some plain plastic plates!

HV said that James wasn't "the sharpest knife in the drawer" this morning and that he'd "have to rely on the pretty face in future."

Had to pick my chin up off the carpet, can scarcely believe somebody could be that fecking unprofessional!!! How on earth can you tell a child's cognitive aptitude when they're 9 months old? I' totally laid back about him being a slow developer but I really resent the implication that he's thick from somebody that cannot know in any way, shape or form! She also said it was "worrying" that he'd vaguely managed to semi-crawl but hadn't attempted it since, but didn't elaborate and was completely vague when I asked her what she meant, and essentially dismissed it and just said it was weird! FFS!

Am due on Tuesday (37 weeks), section booked for 16th assuming nothing gets going by then. Am feeling very full, I carry "tucked in" (hence small bump) so my torso is just completely jam-packed, can't bend over or hunch or anything so don't feel safe driving and can't sleep anymore. All I am aware of recently is feet in my ribs and a bum/more feet right down by my cervix. Very very painful.

loli Good luck darling! And sod the HV, Gabe bum shuffles...

Loli - good luck for the 16th, hope it doesn't all get too painful in the next couple of days. I can't imagine how heavy and painful it must carrying two babies, Mae was plenty on her own. And don't worry about the HV some of them seem to get really slated on the other talk threads on here.

Hi there, B has a cold and a bit of a fever, I feel sooooooo sorry for him! Just been si involved in real life, getting little time on the net.
He is now 9 months!! Time flies, huh.
Goodbye all,

mdavza It does shoot past doesn't it? G is 'daddy'ing all the time now, which is only fair as DS1's favourite word is 'mum' . I was looking at newborn pics of G on FaceBook and feeling quite emotional!

Life-wise, work is not going so well, I have to stay with my employer til Feb to cover my mat leave so now looking for opportunities within it to get me out of my current team.

Hi all, hope you're doing well. I'm guessing everyone's working hard, hence lack of posts!

Loli that's unbelievable what your HV said. Maybe she was trying to compliment James on his good looks and it came out wrong, but even so, that's bad. And good luck for the 16th - you must be so looking forward to not being pregnant any more!

Laumiere hope you find a new post soon. It's horrid working somewhere you don't want to be.

Law it's hard work having two - but the older they get the easier they are - DD1 actually helps bring me things when I'm bfing Melissa which is a welcome development

Yarnie, you definitely can take the tray off the antilop, although I never do so not sure how (I have a rather - ahem - cavalier attitude to tray hygiene )

We've managed to sort out the childcare stress - I found a childminder who not only lives just down the road, she's also happy to mind on an as and when basis, which is great for me as a freelancer, as I don't have to have the double stress of making sure I've got enough work to pay for the childcare booked! So fingers crossed it will work out.

hi everyone, we've been decorating the room the computer lives in so more difficult to get on MN than usual.

Anyway we have had bad colds sweeping through us too. Hope dd2 doesn't get it as it is a nasty one.

Loli not long now, bet you are looking forward to christmas with two little sweet babies to hold. Sorry to hear about unkind HV comments. They should be more supportive. You seem a devoted mum, and you know your child better than they do!

Mismod sounds like you found an ideal arrangement, hope it works out.

Laumiere hope you manage to find something more rewarding.

Our LO is now high speed crawling all over the house. Nothing is making her so happy as to make it to the boys room and dive into the lego box.

Oh, I miss my MN time! I think we're all in the same busy boat, though. Hope all are well - the crawlers, the chatterers and the about-to-be-born.

We are getting ready to leave for 3 weeks in the US this Sunday. By getting ready, I mean that we are working 20 hours a day trying to get projects finished up at work and not even THINKING about the trip, packing, etc., etc. Plenty of time for that on Saturday, right?

It will be Rhys' first trip by plane, so wish us luck. Am a bit freaked out, but I guess we'll survive.

Rhys himself is generally in fine form, scooting around and blabbering nonstop - except for the fact that his sleep has gone completely to pot AGAIN. Ho hum - maybe a nice 9-hour time zone change will put him right.

Probably won't get a chance to post again, so happy hols to everyone and talk to you in 2010!

Am seeing if my name change has worked...

ooh what a time to come on - Alittlebitpregnant - you can't leave us hanging like that !!! Whoever you are, I hope you are happy and well. Am wondering if its someone who wanted to be preggers or... a shock ! Its not me . Unless this is a double bluff of course .

Anyway, hello from me ! I have just been busy with stuff. Lurked a little bit..

Corgi - good luck with your trip !

Hope the poorly babes are better.

Not much to report here, L is fine - a complete mischief. All over the place and is on occasions standing unsupported for a few seconds until she realises what she's doing. Her chirstening went well - haven't got a photo in a suitable format to post but will try and do so. We left her for the first time last weekend to go to a wedding and she had her best night's sleep ever. grrr. Our sleep is generally much better although could be a little better but I'm not complaining.

It's Boobz!

It's a bit of a shock, but not really. I went on that special pill which you take when you are breast feeding, but the doc only gave me 3 months supply, so I finished them at about the end of July... and never got around to getting a new supply! Stopped breast feeding at the end of Sept - haven't had a period - and had always intended to go back to the GP and get the normal pill again, but never made the appointment... laziness rather than anything else. DH wanted to hold out trying for the next one until after we'd been skiing in mid feb, but didn't want to use condoms either... so he knew we were being risky..

He's away until tomorrow night, so he doesn't know yet, and I don't want to tell him on the phone tonight. Not sure what his reaction is going to be... pissed off that I probably won't ski in Feb or really happy we're having another baby?! I'm over the moon (wanted to get preggers as soon as I went back to work in Sept actually)... but I'm a little bit worried about his reaction. He'll be happy in the end, but I think he really wanted a bit more of a "break".

Rubbish timing for Xmas though!

Name changed as quite a few peeps on here know me in real life, and I don't want them to find out before DH does tomorrow night! But wanted to ask a question in the pregnancy section, so changed my name (am hoping none of them are bored enough to come on to my post natal thread!)

Glad the christening went well and looking forward to seeing the photo.

Congratulations ALBP!! Am sure your DP will be chuffed to bits

Congratulations boobs, that's wonderful news and nice of you to share with us first!!! We know you wanted this so best of luck for the next 9 months. I am sure DH will come round to the idea, a very lovely Christmas present I'd say....
Xx

By the way boobz, when are you due and how many weeks are you? Oh so excited for you!

Don't know yet Kanga - don't have an LMP to go by, and it could have been any of, ahem, a few nights in question going back a few weeks. Am going to get one of those Clear Blue thingies that tells you how far gone you are.

!!!

Congrats Boobz ! Great news... Am sure your DP will be fine after all it takes two to tango !!

What made you suspect (am only thinking if you had symptoms you might be further on than a few weeks.) ?

No symptoms - was just going to go to get pill and thought I might as well take a test before I do...

Am at least 5 wks, according to Clear Blue...