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

[jollyjoanne]

the new thread for March 09 mummies

Aw, Jolly, Mae is so cute! She crawls in a very similar way to George, though he is alarmingly fast on occasion!

Corgi, I hope Rhys starts to feel better soon. It's such a shame when they're poorly, it makes you feel rather helpless. If it's any consolation I'm pretty sure the clinginess is a phase, as George cries if you even threaten to put him down. I swear he already understands spoken English!

Lau, your health visitor is totally mad. All babies develop differently, George can crawl but he can't sit up unaided let alone go from lying to sitting, and I think that's supposed to be physiologically impossible.

I passed my driving test yesterday, whoop whoop! First time and everything. Went out on my own this morning, now I've just got to muster the courage to take George and DD out. Bit scary, but I'm sure I'll get there!

Hope you all have a great weekend

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Well done Ellie ! Freedom is yours .

Lovely video Jolly - Mae looks v. cute.

Welcome back Corgi - sorry Rhys has been so poorly. Hope he perks up soon.

Mdavza - hope going back to work is ok.

We had a bit of a shock this morning - L was in her cot which is still on its highest setting as she likes her back rubbed (in the middle of the night - sigh). I put her in it sitting up to go and get ready and came bakc and she was standing up, having pulled herself up... yikes. She did it twice more after that whilst we were watching so time to lower the cot I think !

Hope everyone's having a lovely weekend - we're off to the New Forest on Monday for a few days. Can't wait !

Well done Ellie ! Freedom is yours .

Lovely video Jolly - Mae looks v. cute.

Welcome back Corgi - sorry Rhys has been so poorly. Hope he perks up soon.

Mdavza - hope going back to work is ok.

We had a bit of a shock this morning - L was in her cot which is still on its highest setting as she likes her back rubbed (in the middle of the night - sigh). I put her in it sitting up to go and get ready and came bakc and she was standing up, having pulled herself up... yikes. She did it twice more after that whilst we were watching so time to lower the cot I think !

Hope everyone's having a lovely weekend - we're off to the New Forest on Monday for a few days. Can't wait !

awwwwwwwwwww jolly I love the video! Great crawling skills. When I said Rosie had got up on one knee it was nowhere near as proficiet as Mae - what a gorgeous wee thing she is!

Well done Ellie - even after 22 years of driving I still sometimes get a bit freaked when I have my 2 girls in the back, but the freedom is great (and a car journey with Nellie the Elephant playing on loop normally keeps the toddler quiet!)

Mdavza I feel your pain about going back to work - my return is a week on Monday - ugh (though I am looking forward to having some adult chat and baby free time!). I have nursery settling in next week so will have a few hours totally to myself..........what am I going to do?!

wheely ....... standing ......... eeek!!! Rosie loves standing but I don't think she could get there herself.

corgi glad you had a lovely holiday. This is a notorious time for clinginess. The wee souls are just beginning to work out what is going on in the world and they just do not want to be away from mummy! If it's any consolation, when you are gone they kind of forget about you - so at this age they are not waiting for you to come back - but as soon as they see you again they think it is the most wonderful thing ever and normally start crying! I left Rosie asleep in the care of my mum and dad - they got her up from her nap, gave her lunch, played with her and put her down for her next nap and she thought it was all great. I came home, gave her a cuddle then left the room and she started howling. Oh they know how get the mummy guilts working!

slick Rosie is babbling too - actually it is mostly shouting. Dd1 shouts at her "stop that noise now" which is what I say to dd1 when she is whinging constantly !

Well.......dh is away this weekend and last night I was exhausted after a day with teh 2 of them on my own and a fraught trip to buy shoes for dd1 (meltdown because I put Rosie in the front of the P&T because dd1 was walking !). So I really couldn't be *rsed to do an 11pm dreamfeed and went to bed thinking that what will be will be. And Rosie slept until 7am (well 6am with the clocks back) - so hooray - her first sleeping right through. Please please please let it continue so that I can move her out of our room and into her sister's room.........I want my bedroom back!

jolly Aw, she's lovely!

wheely It's one of my Fears that G will just pitch out of his crib one of these days! Will have to get DH to lower it.

meep I'm waving my sleeping through pom poms for you!

News here: it seems there is an explanation for my post-birth insomnia (3 nights out of 7 I get 2 hours sleep max and it's not the baby!), it's called post-natal insomnia. Going to doc's for short course of sleeping pills to reset my sleep patterns as really can't do my new job in this state!

Article about it here.

lau I hadn't realised it had been so bad for you - you must be exhausted. I had no idea you got post natal insomnia - I siffered from pre-ntal insomnia in both pregnancies but slept well afterwards. Big sympathy to you and hope the pills help.

5.45am start today - ugh - little Rosie is still working on her normal body clock. Damn those clocks going back. And she didn't sleep through - instead woke at 10.30pm and drank about 4oz milk - hmm!

Thanks meep, of course I couldn't get an appointment today, I was calling the surgery's emergency appointment line since it opened at 8.30, just got through at 9am only to be told they've all gone and I might get an appointment next week. If I could wait until next week I wouldn't be ringing the emergency line would I?

(headdesk)

Anyone else HATING the clock change? Both boys were wide awake at 5.55 this morning (yawn)

5.45am for Rosie - 6.30 for Emily - ugh!

5:50 for Ben...yawn. Suddenly his sleep has gone bonkers, he wakes up at least once a night, never for longer than about 15 mins, but ugh, I'm tired! He's now standing on his knees and trying to climbing on people, couches, things, and I think all these new movements and abilities is playing havoc with his normally excellent sleep. What's soooofunny is that, everytime we hear him crying and I have to get up, dh wakes and mumbles 'sorry'. B only wants mummy now, also something new.

Laum - shooeeeee, I feel for you! I've had periods of insomnia and it sucks big time. Hope you get those pills soon. Would you consider going to an acupuncturist? I went to one during pregnancy and it worked incredibly well for my insomnia. So meep, I also went through that.

Corgi, I'm also finding that lB is incredibly needy, especially of me all of a sudden. I hope it's just a phase and that he cheers up soon. Is his cold better? Sounds an afwul lot like teeth!

All is quiet in his room, he was sobbing in his sleep, aaaaauw!!!!

5.30am - I wish you could reset a baby's body clock by just pushing a button. Ugh!

just left Rosie at nursery for 2 hours. She grinned at the girls and went with them happily - but had done a poo. I could hear her howling as they changed her . I know she will be fine but I sat in teh car and howled myself - then phoned dh who thought something awful had happened, not just him having a big sap for a wife

But am now alone in the house with a cup of tea.............

meep it gets better I promise!

Got an appointment at the doc's today and have my sleeping pills, hopefully this will sort out the insomnia monster. Either that or getting dirty with DH, did that last night and slept like a baby

In other news, I'm getting my colours done! (They assess you and tell you what colours suit you best).

I know it will get better - and I am definitely not as weepy as I was when I put dd1 into nursery.

Well - she is home now and having a well earned nap. She didn't even notice me come in for her and was happily bouncing away - and had eaten lots of food for lunch and drunk a whole bottle (which she never does for me!). She just looked so happy and pleased with herself!

lau your dh will think he's won teh lottery if he is the cure for your insomnia !

Meep - trust me you get used to the nursery thing quickly. I am currently working from home, whilst Mae is at nursery and I have no intention of rushing to pick her up - to be honest I am enjoying the peace and quiet. Although I keep expecting to hear her babbling over the monitor or from the cot. She now seems really settled and seems to be really happy when I drop her off and when I pick her up. At the start she used to cry everytime she saw me when I came to get her.

Lau - hope the pills sort out your sleep, it sounds like you need it.

Mae is also still getting up particularly early, but she is getting better, it was nearly 6.15 when she got up this morning.

Ellie - congrats on the driving.

And thanks everyone for the nice comments about Mae. Just wish I could get a decent recording but she just stops and starts doing a parachutist impression everytime she spots me looking at her!

Wheely - very impressive with the standing already. Mae keeps trying but she isn't that advanced yet!

Oh everyone appears to have gone . . .

Well I have been horse riding this afternoon, the first time since I was a teenager. And now I ache in all sorts of places I never knew existed. I think I may regret it tomorrow.

It also felt strange just doing something for me and leaving Mae with nanny.

jolly It's so important to have time to yourself, and it really does help you keep going in the crappy times.

permission to moan.........

Rosie had a temp spike last night and has more snot coming out of her than I have ever seen - so only a couple of hours sleep for me (and her) last night - she is a poor wee thing

I have both girls today and have had to cancel my trip to soft play and coffee with a friend

My dh is snowed under at work and will be working late tonight and all weekend

Rosie was booked into nursery tomorrow to give me a day of "me time", but unless she dramatically improves I won't be sending her in

Even my Mum and Dad are busy all day so can't even come to mine to keep me company

I have tearful pmt

the sun is out and I doubt we'll get out today if Rosie stays the way she is

I have to go back to work on Monday

it is rubbish

Hey Y'all - Hope everyone is doing ok.

We too are struggling with clock-back-set-backs. The wee ones keep waking up really early and even DD1 was up at 5.45am this morn. I mean WTF?? What's WRONG with kids?? Why don't they want to sleep? Me and DH are just soooooo exhausted because we are still breaking our backs to get the bathroom finished for Saturday (my birthday where I am also having the halloween party for the kids in the village - hmmmmmm really good idea ) Anyway, we are getting there but I spent days grouting (WHY does it take soooo long and why is it so difficult!!) When it came to papering that was a piece of P*ss and just wheiched round the room. Now I painting and I'm going through the; "Shhhhiiiiiit! I don't know if this is the right colour? It's really strong" phase - which I do every time and then end up loving it. I actually dreamed two nights in a row about grouting. I mean, that's just not right....

Meep can't believe you are going back to work on Monday Who will keep this thread going as you are at the core of it I believe. I will try to take over the mantle (if I can just get this bloody bathroom done!) Hope the transition is painless for you. I also hope Rosie is feeling better soon. I have PMT too, but mine is the 'being frustrated with everyone type!'

Jolly Good for you for getting back in the saddle. I tried to find somewhere round here but all the stables are either livery or doing lessons. No-one seems to do hacks/trecks anymore because of insurance purposes. It's crazy.

Wheely gosh, standing! Not had that one yet. The best he is doing is seal-humping his way across the floor. Although he is clapping now and he is VERY pleased with himself.

Lau I also go through awful periods of insomnia but I have always been like that. I've never gone for the sleeping pills tho. I should have on times, but am a bit paranoid about taking stuff.

My friend asked my DH what I was doing for my birthday; "Having a bath" he said. And he's right. I will be. With candles. I can't wait!

Meep Any ideas on how to spell 'Wheiched'?? 'Wheeched?'

hi slick!!! Alas I am even moving back to an even more open plan office so won't even be able to surreptitiously read our thread whilst at work - I will do my best to post in the evenings though!

And I woudl say wheeched - great word - and have just googled here!

I also hate grouting - it is knowing that you have to clean really well as you go because if not you are left with a horrible horrible cleaning job at the end. I am also a real ditherer with paint colours - in fact am about to employ someone to right a couple of wrongs from when we moved here (I was 39 weeks pregnant with dd1 so my brain did not work!)

No Halloween parties at our house (bah humbug) and the average age of our street is 89 so I doubt the grannies will be out kncking at our door.

Dd1 does have a delightful witches dress to wear to nursery - and if Rosie is well enough she has a pink top with a spider on it! Very cute!

If I forget - happy birthday to you slick - enjoy your bath - that is good incentive to get the room finished !

Hah! I wonder if it's in the Scot's dictionary. One of those words I use without thinking. I love the contexts that the urban site used. Lol.

I had the horrible cleaning (scrubbing with wire wool actually) of leaving grout on too long. And I still need to go over a lot of the tiles again. I swear, even when you think you've got rid of it, it dries and it's still there!!! I guess after a nuclear war the only things that would remain would be cockroaches and grout.

I'm keeping the wee ones away from the scary kids as I think they'd be hysterical. So we are decking out the garage and doing most of it all there. The adults can be inside having a nice civilised drink. I will run back and forth between the two. At least I'm not pregnant this time.

POpping in - back from hols. Had a lovely time. Will catch up over weekend!

Hey all! Just popping in between icing cakes with monster hands to say hi. Also DH's LAST NIGHT SHIFT tonight, wheee!

Also a happy Samhain to you all, as it's my New Year today (Druid). To celebrate I'll be digging a pit and lighting a fire to the death god in the back garden... No, seriously I'll be laying an extra place at the table for those who've gone before us and leaving a lit candle at the window to attract good energy for the next year (it's less difficult than a fire pit). And drooling over Jensen Ackles in Supernatural. Yum!

a fellow Supernatural fan.......I love it and am even watching it from the very beginning again as they are repeating Season 1!

Happy Druid New year to you lau

Well - nothing exciting happening here apart from vomit.

Both girls have a weirdy vomit bug - milk has stayed down so far but solids juts come straight back up.

Dh is at work and I am having a duvet day with them both.

Maybe they won't be well enough to go to nursery on Monday and I won't have to go back to work..................

ugh - the milk has come out of dd1 - as a very runny poo which soaked through her nappy, pants and all over her bed, duvet and teddies. I was scared to open her nappy the smell was so bad. Poor wee thing thought she had been sick