October 08 - The Birthday Thread

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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
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz
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/50ftQueenie - 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
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
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz

can our babies have honey yet? Or is it not good for them? I like to use it as a substitute for sugar in some recipes - but want to check it's ok before I poison Q
I can make those oat bars like the organix ones that cost so much with a tiny bit of honey and they will actually stick together if it's allowed...

yuk at poo star, but at least it wasn't a bath full of water.
Honey ok from 1. It's a botchulism risk before that.

ooooh that oven clean sounds so tempting! What does that include? Totally can't afford it right now, but really want it

myjob - is N just teething - to explain screaming and biting? Q bit us a few times (not maliciously, just to soothe, but it did hurt) when he was getting his front top teeth next to the very front ones - don't know what those are called
Poor little girl. I hope she's feeling better soon. I hope your throat feels better, too. Sore throats are the WORST. Because it hurts every time you swallow and that is so often. yuck. Sorry to hear that.

haha - once in a while I am able to muster up a little spark of intelligence ... even though it took me what... 12 months plus to sort out ronshar's mn name. ha!

Q wasn't one of those babies who chewed on everything in sight when he was getting his first teeth but after the first 4 (top 2 and bottom 2) - whenever another comes, he bites a lot and grabs stuff with his teeth and gums.

OH! Q has learned (or as you would all say.... "learnt") to NOD HIS HEAD this morning! I know you're probably all going to come on here and say, but ds/dd has been doing that since 6 months or something like that... but Q has only been able to really shake his head "no" for a long time... once in a while we thought we saw him nod yes, but this morning it's definite, he can do it! yay! Q is also showing some signs of intelligent life... maybe he will learn to read and write after all... not just play rugby and beat up other kids

M does nod and shake her head lots but I don't think she really understands what shaking her head means! She knows what nodding her head means though.

Myjob - Biting is a sign of affection, which is why babies often only bite their mummies. So it means she loves DS lots and lots! Teething is a strong possibility too though. If it makes you feel better about being constantly ill, I am now on my 6th consecutive cold. I am fed up with it. Every time I'm nearly better, I catch another one!

Star - DS was about the same size and shape as Q when he was 1 and look at him now! Skinny as a rake! I always thought ds would be huge and rugby playeresque but now a string breeze would blow him over.

M has had about five feeds already today but seeing as she only had a small handful of raisins for breakfast I think she's allowed. Poor sickly baby......I hope she hasn't made anyone else ill.

blah. My class is at PE and coming back soon.... I still have a hard lump on the top of my left breast and bottom of the right breast - tried hand expressing but nothing is coming out now.... Not sure what to do. It's not painful unless something touches them. My class is very needy for affection today and have been coming for lots of cuddles and I almost can't bear it to let anything even near them - picking up Q is also difficult! It's been a week now... shouldn't it go away? I'm not feeling flu like as I did when I had mastitis... so can't be infected (?) Anyone with any ideas? They do feel heavy, although not full of milk (but not deflated either like people said they would be... not sure what's going on).
hmmmm, knowing that MrCSWS lurks on our thread now after his confession on saturday has me feeling a bit weird about posting this ... unless you have some helpful advice mrcsws

just forget that i lurk - i am really a big girl - nothing really embarasses me, so you shouldn't be embarassed.

Probably a blocked duct Star

If it is indeed a blocked duct, is it possible that it will just dry up and shrink and go away? Or inevitably lead to infection?
I hope M feels better soon, 50ft Poor baby. And poor you, feeding so often!! I think the patting the cushion and "oo oooo" sound is sooooo cute, btw

It is cute but fills me with a sense of dread because she's been doing it so often! I am trying to find details of how to deal with a blocked duct when you're weaning from the breast but can't. I am sure CSWS will know.

Myjob - I have just read that babies can start biting when you wean them from bfing. www.kellymom.com/bf/weaning/weaning_faqs.htmlKellymom has some info.

M is having her third nap of the day! She must be ill.

50ft maybe a growth spurt?

I don't think so Star. I think it's because she's not eating as she's ill. Plus it's lovely and cuddly for her which is what she needs at the moment!

If MrCSWS says that nothing embarrasses him star, then ask him what happened last night.

Problems when weaning are not my forte I'm afraid, never having actually weaned!

Shit. I agonised for ages about whether to post that link as I knew it would probably make you feel bad, but on the other hand ds is being bitten & it might be an explanation. I do know that babies tend to bite the people they love the most. Sorry Myjob, I really wasn't trying to make you feel bad. If you've not noticed any other problems weaning her then it's probably not the reason.

Ok, Mr CSWS, what happened last night?

Why shouldn't you be admitting that on here? What's up lovely?

myjob - you said yesterday (I think) that you are only giving up bf because you feel pressurised into it. You should give up bf when YOU and Naomi are ready for it, not when anyone else thinks that you should, whether that is now or in 6 years time (). You may find that some of your feeling not right is simply hormonal from cutting out most of the feeding.