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

Star - You and Aubergenie are fabulous & have made me feel justified in my . I spoke to some other mums this morning and had an interesting chat. One of the mum's ds is struggling but has been making steady improvement & the feedback about him was completely positive, which if progress is being made, it should be. I also spoke to a mum who's ds is in the top group like my ds. The teacher told her that her ds was too quiet, easily distracted and struggling with maths. That was it. This mum is less, um, assertive than I so she didn't say anything and the teacher ushered her out almost immediately. Grrrrrr! Another frustrating thing is that my ds and the other ds who is doing well are very good friends, and the other ds is very quiet. Yet the teacher is only concentrating on doing confidence building work with those who are in the bottom group. DS's mate could really do with some confidence building but won't get it as hs' not in the bottom group.

Sorry if this post doesn't make any sense!

Can I tell you all about M's recent progress? I don't want it to seem like I am boasting (I'm not, just relieved that she is finally 'getting' things) so wanted to check first.

Oh dear myjob. That was worse than my night, which was quite bad enough.

Am off to get my hair cut this afternoon, and leaving ds with dh (working from home), so I think that ds was being kind and making sure that he is tired enough for a big sleep whilst he's without me later.

lol 50ft - yes tell us.

tell us 50ft!

Q makes NO noises but does push cars/trucks around... he can turn pages, and loves books, but doesn't say anything. But hey... he can walk! lol

Awwww poor N. M managed to get rid of her horrible cold by sleeping all day. That's probably what both of you need, lots of sleep.

Pistachio - M does the same, only with her cushion tapping rather than actually saying milk. She gets so excited that sometimes she gives me a big kiss and cuddle when I pick her up.

Right, seeing as I have permission....... M has a book with a spider in it and it is her favourite page. She points to the page and says 'biber'. She finally pointed to her nose last night and this morning when I asked her "where's the tree?" she pointed to the trees. I said well done clever girl and she started clapping. She still won't walk though

CSWS - Enjoy your haircut. And I don't think you or I are ever going to be the type of people with clear kitchen worktops.

No Star, what will go down in history is you asking me how old BabyG is.

On a post-natal thread.

Where not only do we all have babies roughly the same age, but DOBs are in OP

HA!
I still blame...
hormones
AD's
Q not sleeping well
ummm...
hormones??

Myjob - Sounds horrendous. Poor N and poor you.

50ft - I'd forgotten until I read Star post that your ds was so young. Doh! Even worse, in my opinion.

go N! Q doesn't even clap yet loves phones, too, though.

That's GREAT from M! Very very clever!! WOW!!

If you posted more often, MamaG, I wouldn't have forgotten. I actually thought you were just visiting our thread to tell us about having 3 children for a few hours . Now that I put your MN to your RL name, I feel so . I read your status updates on my homepage all the time! I'm not sure WHO I thought you were on MN! LOL

Well done M.
D doesn't clap yet either star (shall we change your name to 'AStarShortOfAConstellation'? )

so people could call me ASSOAC?

Yeah yeah STar, you blame me if it makes you feel better

I don't know any of your RL names either, except perhaps CSWS and possibly 50ft who I think is scared of me as I have a similar name to MIL!

I'm not scared of you now MamaG, but Jesus Christ, when I first saw the request to join the group I thought "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Fucking hell it can't be, noooooooooooooo!" It would have been the end of my MNing that is for sure. There is NO way I could ever have her knowing things about me.

50ft, I'm so impressed with M's talking and understanding - she's clearly very bright

the only thing Emma has done that is comaparable is when i showed her a rubber duck and saad - what do ducks say, Emma? she replied quack quack, she's only done it twice (and not since i boasted to all her grandparents about it). I guess it reflect the hours of quacking at her in the bath!!

I've got parents evening at the nursery tonight - I missed the first one because of the trains. I'm really worried that Emma will want to sit with her keyworker rather than me...

myjob, sorry you've had such a hard night, fingers crossed N gets a bit of rest today and you can get some too if DS is out.

Ksal if that does happen re the key worker, then it is only because Emma is used to being with her in that environment and that will show you she is secure with her and happy there. Not to say she isn't happy if she doesn't do that. Just to say that some kids do that. In my parent teacher conferences even at this age, some kids prefer to sit next to me rather than their parents just because it is me they are used to in this situation and it's comfortable. Either way, it's totally normal

MamaG I just posted about awaiting my half term with Q on my fb status - that should tell you who I am

myjob she must be exhausted poor baby!!