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

[jollyjoanne]

the new thread for March 09 mummies

Meep

No big party (don't like being centre of attention) but having a family dinner at mums on Sunday. And a week on saturday going to here for afternoon tea with my freinds.

Lexie keeps sitting on Robbie wanting to play 'horsey' .

Wah, can't get any photos on my camera to go on my computer!

Just trust me, Gabe looks gorgeous :-)

Starting to panic about going back to work now, I feel like first day back at school, but of course everyone else has been there for 3 weeks!

just bumping this as it seems to have fallen off my "threads I'm on" - gremlins in the machine again!

ooh fallen off my 'threads I'm on' too .

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

I have a very mobile baby now - arrgh - still commando crawling but v. fast when she sees something she wants (and usually its something she shouldn't - screwdriver, pencil etc). Also her first tooth is just breaking through which probably explains the two weeks of snot we've had. She's 7 months today too .

Some questions I've been meaning to ask -

If you give your babies water do you bother to do cool boiled water ? I've reverted to tap but not sure I should have done. She doesn't really drink much anyway...

For the breastfeeders out there (who have stopped, or stopped previously) - how long did it take for bra size to settle ? I really need to be re-measured as I suspect pre-pregnancy I was wearing the wrong size unless my cup size went up 5 or 6 sizes in pregnancy (unlikely I think ?) but don't want to do it too soon if they'll shrink a bit more ! I stopped feeding completely 3 or 4 weeks ago but had been cutting down for hte month before that.

Mdavza - we have a back carrier. Used it with dd1 who liked it sometimes mroe than the buggy. Have yet to use it with dd2 but will be doing so when we have the opportunity especially as I've just got rid of our 3 wheeler so if we want ot go anywhere where the Maclaren isn't up too we will use it. Which reminds me - must flog the Close !!

Meep - hadn't thought of using shreddies and waiting for them to mush a bit. DD1 eats shreddies so would save buying yet more variety of cereal !!

found some time to post.

Rosie is rolling - aaaggggggghhhhh!

Rosie is refusing to sleep - aaaggggggghhhhh!

Both are linked!

I'm putting her down at night and there is lots of huffing and puffing until she is on her tummy - then screams. This has now moved onto refusing to sleep any way but on her tummy. I have just been leaving her - is this okay - eek?! If I turn her onto her back she instantly wakes up and howls for hours.

I was feeling corgi's pain teh other night when Rosie didn't fall asleep until around 8,30pm then woke 4 times during the night - ugh.

Now back to just one 4am wake up call - and a bottle of water is no longer cutting it - boo.

so - that's my tale of woe.

How is everyone?

wheely I use cooled boiled water. Not sure about tap - but you woudl think it woudl be okay? Surely?!

The front thing is fine meep I think. L has been sleeping on her front for a while - I think if they can roll then its fine.

that's what I thought wheely - but it just goes against the grain - especially since dd1 didn't roll onto her front until she was so much older! But for the sake of my sanity and sleep I have just been letting her sleep how she wants to!

has everyone gone back to work - it is soooooo quiet on this thread...........or maybe it is just that our little March babies are now more demanding of our time

Hey everyone, just popping in quickly as I still have no blooming time at the moment!

Meep Don't worry about her rolling on to her front. Lots choose it as soon as they can. Mine have all done it.

Wheely Re: tap, I think once you have stopped sterilising, but I can never remember! HHB is still on cooled but we have stopped sterlising and so have just contradicted myself! I just can't remember what I did with the girls.

Also, we have tried HHB on the Weetabix (but he always brings back a lot) but seems to really like ready brek as it is now salt and sugar free. He and DD2 love it.

Have started stripping bathroom walls now and have to paint the ceiling this week. Then fit the bathroom. Then decorate it. Why do I make life so easy for myself?

I've just looked at the calendar for Oct and is packed! And I thought it'd be a great idea for us to have the halloween party for the hamlet this year, esp as I can combine it with my birthday. Am gonna be a wreck by November.

HHB is teething hard today, really rouge about the dial and slavering. Tooth number 3 soon I think.

Gotta go and see pal who had the op just now. Hope everyone's well and will resume normal service soon! xx

Did I mention the tiling?

wheely My boobs went back to normal after 2 weeks of stopping BF, can still get a little milk out, but they feel back to normal if you see what I mean. I was SO wearing the wrong size, was wearing a 36C nursing bra, am actually a 32E! Still, it was an excuse to spend some money on pretty bras on figleaves.com, for the first time in my life I have LINGERIE!!!

Hi everyone, I thought this thread had disappeared! Glad it hasn't

Wheely I alternate between tap and cooled boiled - basically, if there's cool water in the kettle I use that and if I've just boiled it I use water! Useless logic I know

Slick I feel your decorating pain. We had a new kitchen fitted over the summer, had the dining room floor sanded and varnished (ugh, the dust, the smell...) a new living room carpet after that, the loft lagged and we're now painting the dining room. Only then is our work done - until I decide I can't stand the hallway carpet any more Hats off to you if you're doing your own tiling.

Meep I'm sure it's fine to let them sleep on their front by now. M usually sleeps on her side but when she wakes up she immediately rolls onto her front and starts crying. So I have to pick her up, rock her and put her down on her back to have any chance of her getting back to sleep. Then she usually smells my milk so I have to bf her. It's infuriating.

Our nights are just beginning to settle down again after weeks of 3-4 wake ups a night. It was driving me insane but seems to be improving now. I think it was teething, but (tmi alert!!!) could be bowel related - M is still having much harder poos than I think is normal at this age - not sure why as have cut down on the bananas and she has plenty of fruit and veg. Off to get more prunes tomorrow as it's the only thing that seems to work.

Funny about all the birthdays this month - it's my birthday this week too - 36 years young

miss sounds like you've been going through the same sort of sleep hell that we have. I laugh when I think of my early posts where Rosie just slept so easily - I knew then that it was bound to go tits up at some point.

Luckily Rosie likes it on her tummy and sleeps well like that (like her mum) - and I suppose the one teeny benefit of not BF is that she doesn't smell milk from me.

But - here I am at 6.30am - BOTH girls are still asleep - Rosie only woke up at 10.30pm when I went to bed - had a mini wah at 5am and went back to sleeep. PLeeeeeease let theis be the norm from now on!

Re hard poos - I woudl eliminate bananas totally - and watch out for jars etc - a lot of the puddings/breakfasts have banana in them without you realissing (they use it to bulk them up). Also - I have heard that baby rice can be the culprit too.

If you are going for prunes - I stewed them with some pear - pureed them then added them to yoghury - a big hit. Alas I went a bit overboard resulting in a poo every hour or so for one day - oops!

Hi slick - you are putting me to shame - we have a huge list of diy to do and I just can't face it!

lau in days long gone by I was a 32E - you get some really nice things in TK Maxx if you have one round your way!

Meep Oooh, I didn't know banana caused hard poo! (I actually didn't mean to make that rhyme!) I had to extract a rock from HHB's nappy this morning but it was swiftly followed by...well...the softer variety. Sorry. Grim. Will bear that in mind tho. Apricots are always good to loosen things up too but I guess they'd have to be stewed a little.

Have managed to get DD2 down for a nap without her dummy just now. Hoorrrayy! The naps seem to be the hardest time for her to relinquish it. Am meant to be stripping wall paper but I was soooo dizzy and knackered last night I am away to watch tele and have a cup of tea as this is rare indeed.

Happy Birthday Miss What day is it? We have a lot of libras and scorpios on this thread. Am I the only actual witch tho??

meep Ooh thanks will look! I did try today but the stuff was all jumbled and I didn't have time to trawl.

slick not a witch but have been a Druid for about 10 years. I couldn't be a Goth and a witch, the stereotyping would have been a step too far....

Thanks for the tips !

I will go and get measured asap I think although am trying to lose weight too which will obv effect things too.

Will try and remember to do some boiled water when I make my cup of tea in the morning I think. I have stopped sterilising though.

L slept 7 to 7 last night with a brief 'wah' at 1.30 which needed a quick back rub so pretty good although she woke DD1 up in the process who demanded milk (aged almost 5 -sigh).

Hi, I've had the flu and only now feeling better, and now dh is in bed. and pleaseplease please let Ben only be teething? He is so snotty and it's clear, which means it's not infected, and he has now fever, and, fo course, slobbering away. Which tooth usually comes next? I can see something lurking on the top gum...
I downloaded another pic, he is a lovey!

Slick, again hats off to your diy. My dh has cut out the elephant and now it's up to me to paint it. Although I seem to be going trhough a cooking phase, been cooking nice recipes and looking frward to making a pheasant pie on Saturdy. Never even tasted it before!

Meep. Ben has recentaly started waking at 5:30, 6am , and then he is way over there in his bed, out from under the covers. I put have to put him back and just lie next to him until he's asleep, but I don't fall asleep again, ugh. Hope Rosie sleeps better soon! Must be a phase, but then phases are all they seem to be having. His naps have grown shorter, alas, but maybe he's just been feeling off due to the teeth.

I don't boil water, he drink a lot in the morning and he loves rooibostea which also does wonders for the poos.
See ya!

Ooh, Mdavza, what does rooibos tea do for poos - loosen or harden (OMG I can't believe I'm asking this in public )???

Meep thanks for other constipation related advice. I think I'm going to go to the docs as it's been going on for a couple of weeks now and it's causing her pain, poor wee thing

ugh - Rosie woke at 3am because she got her legs stuck through the bars of the cot - AND she is in a Grobag - ugh!

hi lula I remember you - welcome back!

Rosie was a 5am baby for a while (once upon a time when she slept through!) - she just slowly got later and later. Ugh while it lasts though - especially if you are working.

Only news here is that Rosie has tooth no.3 - a top one! She is constantly puling that gurning face that teething babies have - poor wee thing!

Hello again everyone, and many happy birthdays to everyone else who is or has been celebrating this month.

Been mad busy this week with work and actually meeting old friends, although I suspect I have bored them all to death with talk of Mae as none of them are parents yet!

Mae fell out of swinging chair one morning this week in her determination to reach one of her toys. It was a little unnerving but she seemed fine once I'd picked her up.

And we had our first choking epsiode this week and of all things it was on a piece rusk - a food stuff she has been eating for the few months.

Mae's poos seem to swing between hard poos that resemeble normal poo to the old style soft curry like poos. But I presume it is becos she has both solid food and is still breastfed in the morning and at night.

Love all the new photos everyone has put on. The babies are soooo cute.

I can't believe all the little ones with teeth, Mae still has none, although we have been slobbering and snotty for a while.

Mae will sit up for quite a long time now if plonked, but she hasn't mastered how to sit herself up yet and think it fustrates her quite a lot.

Still sterilising here and still using previously boiled water, but not sure how much longer for, it just seems so pointless given how she now just puts everything in her mouth.

Hope all the sleep issues get sorted again soon.

Right baby calling. Hopefully manage to get back on over the weekend.

Hi Lula I remember you too. Glad you are still OK.

Meep how do they manage to do that? (get their little legs/ feet stuck out of the cot bars) Mae has done it a couple of times and she is in a gro bag too.

Also impressed with the DIY I am too lazy to even bother putting the hoover over let alone do some DIY.

jolly We've got teeth on the top and bottom now (G seems to teethe in pairs, obviously more efficient). He can't sit up unaided either and it drives him bats poor love!

Oh for the girls who were asking, the article I wrote for Filament magazine is available in part here (please remember it's an erotic mag in parts too though!) www.filamentmagazine.com/Content/Issue_2_sample.pdf

I'm after the Placebo drummer

I feel like I'm ignoring all my MN pals at the moment But it could be that no one gives a sh*t!

First coat is on the bathroom ceiling - all the paper is off, tiles getting ripped off tomorrow and then the suit is going on sunday - give or take. I'm movin the kids to mums for about 4 days - but there is no way I'm leaving the men to it themselves - bloody come back to find the tiles on the ceiling and the bath in the wrong place (garden or something) no, sorry, they NEED instructions. Well in my experience!

Anyway, seems to have a backward step getting DD2 off the dummy as she screamed the house down for it tonight and when I thought she was having naps without it - turns out she seems to have a secret stash in her cot. I wonder who her supplier is....

Tried HHB on a sippy cup today and he just kept biting it, but then had a miraculous moment where he sooked some out and then that was it. Still, it's a start. I have to say tho, I take ages at this stage to move them off a bottle cos I know they just LOVE it and a cup's just not the same.

Hope everyone's well and will get more time after the bathroom's done to post. I will then sit down and post photos of all my before and afters of the rooms I've done. I'm not posting any of the kids - who wants to see them??

I can say that about 'the men' as I'm talking about my DH and our friend!