November 2008 - The Birthdays thread.

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As we will still be on this when the first birthdays roll round.

I'll try and find the list to remind us all.

right, off to watch telly; will catch up properly tomorrow.

CriCri you poor thing - must be knackering. I'm sure it means E is about to reach some major milestone. It is or course possible she is going to be a child genius!!

I took Plum back to Doc's yesterday and guess what - she DOES have a chest infection and is now on antibiotics. Hoping this will clear it for good.

Lacks good for you knitting and hosting MN gathering. don't know where you find the energy!

Twink When I saw the small one I was quite dissapointed as it looked really tiny BUT J loves loves loves it and DS1 and my friends 4YO zoom around on it too. J can't touch the floor when he is sat on it yet but he pushes it around at lightening speed! HTH!

I am so looking forward to seeing everyone again - and meeting Barbs too (and anyone else I haven't met before)

Hope all these poorly babies are getting better, vand the non sleepers will sleep tonight!

monkey I have taken J so many times due to his floppy larynx thingy - I know that is usually the cause of his wheezing but I like to be sure just in case - in fact i'm going to try and get in tomorrow as it has lasted a couple of weeks now. Hope plum is better soon.

Sorry if I have missed anything important I just had a quick skim through!

Hi to everyone

Hey all

Twinks can't help on the wheelybugs as we don't have one - sorry.

Hope all the sicky babies start to get better - definitely must be the time of the year!

Had a lovely day today. Me and DH both had the day off work and went to the Traff Centre to do our Christmas shopping - although it is my works Christmas do tomorrow night and I still needed an outfit so that took up at least 2 hours this morning Got a lovely lovely black dress from H&M for £8 - it is so flattering and SO cheap....so I had to buy a pair of bright blue shoes to wear with it

The do is in a hotel so I have booked a room to stay in - am I a little bit sad in that I am probably looking forward to an uninterrupted nights sleep/no 6am wake-up more than the do itself

Hello

My name is Daisy and I'm an EX MN-aholic. I haven't logged in for Two Whole Days ...and I haven't even been away!!!!

Things soooooo hectic here. I have just managed to sit down for the first time today at 10pm and am desperately trying to catch up with emails/FB/scrabble/farmville etc etc etc.

Sorry to read about the ongoing poorliness and hope that CP is getting better Monkey.

Cricri, I would take DD to the docs anyway, regardless of wheeze/chestiness. Asthma in little ones persents as a dry cough, and is usually worse at night and when ill with colds etc.

love the Christmas name change barbs...definately a contender for the name change competition! Yay for the sling borrow from Misdee; really really wish that bumble would have settled in a sling, but he hated it. I have a couple you can have a look at as well on the 21st, but they are probably better suited to smaller babies I think. And the maxi taxi speedy dodah binbong thing sounds like an absolute bargain!!! Yay for local rags.

Off to do a long thing to post so will do it in word and cut and paste incase I lose it...just some stuff about eating that might help reassure everyone.

Ooooooh, Kirsty Allsop on Question Time...I may be some time

sorry for asking a question and not following up.

soph now has a diagnoses of benign joint hypermobility. which i am releived about. no news on x-ray yet.

she is rather slumpy in her buggy and highchair, and seems like i'm constantl;y repositioning her.

she still isnt sleeping, but that could be becayse her molars are cutting through [ouch]

hi misdee. you mentioned her joint hypermobility a couple of weeks ago. Is this something that will improve by itself or will she need physio? bumble slumps, but mainly because he can

Reet...I constantly worry about how much food DD is eating as she has the appetite of a sparrow. the following will (hopefully) reassure everyone that their DC are getting enough nutrients, even from their sparrow like diets...although in typing this I'm wondering whether any of mine get enough iron now!!

""Reassuring Food Facts

It is depressing to know that your child can make up his iron and calcium quota for the day by consuming his bodyweight in curly kale and sardines. Do not fear though; there are other sources of these in important nutrients that he is more likely to eat.

Protein: Your toddler needs about 16g of protein per day
8oz milk = 8g
1 small pot yogurt = 4g
1 large egg = 6g
1oz cheddar cheese = 7g
1oz chicken = 7g
3oz tofu = 7g
3 tablespoons baked beans = 7g
Tablespoon peanut butter = 7g
Small bag chocolate buttons (shhhhhh) = 2.5g

Iron: Your toddler needs about 7mg of iron per day
1 slice of roast beef = 1mg
3 tablespoons baked beans = 1.7mg
2 dried figs = 1.7mg
1 slice wholemeal bread = 1mg
1 boiled egg = 1mg
Breast milk = 0.15mg per litre
Formula = 0.4mg per litre

The iron in red meats are more easily absorbed by the body. Serve iron-rich foods with a source of vitamin C because the body needs vitamin C to absorb iron.

Calcium: Your toddler needs 500mg of calcium per day
8oz cow?s milk = 300mg
1 small pot of yogurt = 200mg
1 oz cheese (matchbox sized) = 200mg
1oz mozzarella = 150mg
1 sweet potato = 70mg
½ can baked beams = 90mg
1 cup brocolli = 180mg

Note that the calcium from leafy greens is more easily absorbed than that from milk""

+VES - I have got the x-mas tree and decorations up and have managed to swap DS and Alyssa's bedrooms. Also going to Edinburgh for the weekend.
-VES - Alyssa has started waking up in the night. Ryan still having weird behaviour and acting strange at night even though I swapped his bedroom like he asked. Ohh and dented and scratched all one side of my car on a Morrison?s car park bollard because I wasn?t bloody concentrating . S**T!

tiredbuthappymama (vbab78) now is xmaslovingrinch .

Took J to the docs today and he too has a chest infection and is now on antibiotics.
Poor little man, he seems ok in himself but sounds very much like darth vadar bless him.

Vbab sounds like you have been busy!Hope you enjoy your weekend.

ceebee your shoes sound fab, what a bargain!

We don't have a work doo so I have no excuse

daisy that food thing makes interesting reading and I think J is about managing to get his daily intake of everything - He must be he eats more then DS1 most of the time.

barbs you new buggy sounds like a great bargain!

Right must dash I have to go to work in 10 minutes!

Helloooo!

Sorry to hear of the poory babes. Hope J's antibiotics kick in soon.

Wheely bugs - We have got Becca the big one. Small one not that much smaller so made sense to get the big one. We sat her on one in John Lewis , sh preferred pushing it about to sitting on it

Hope you had a good night Ceebee. Me and DH had a night away last night, met his work colleagues in the city. We had a very good night, we did not sleep much !! We went for breakfast this morning and then did a spot of shopping.

I am going to the doc's on Monday as we are being too uncareful about contraception and I don't think we should have another, life seems to good at the min. If I started to take the pill and stupidy I had conceived this month what whould happen. I know we have been very irresponsible

I hope you are all having nice weekends.... X

Hello all

Coolkat you minx sounds like a good weekend!

LB hope J gets better, and Plum too. And all the other poorly babies.

Ceebee blue shoes how fab!

I need some going out shoes.

I need to go out more.

Do have a bit of a hangover from last night though!

AM back on old laptop as the new power cable arrived today..YAY I can post without crashing!!

Pram sounds good barbs.

Friend of mine found this ace place to get cheap prams- it's a charity shop not far from Manc Airport- apparrently loads of people abandon prams at airports,and Manc Airport doante them to this charity shop which sells them very cheaply- my friend got a mac techno nearly new with a footmuff for a tenner.Bargain.

yay, finally got bumble's christmas sorted out!

a wheelybug bee (went for the small one), a shape sorter toy, a washboard type musical toy and some finger crayons. Will also get him his own colouring book to avoid the usual "that's mine" complaints and a couple of books as he is very into books at the minute.

DD is sorted (she seems to have the most ) but DS1 is the tricky one....most of the stuff he has asked for is out of stock; yikes!!! DH and I are going to trawl the internet tomorrow.

We will probably spend the same amount on all three of them together that we used to spend on DS1 himself! Christmas is definately a more frugal affair with three children. Am also slightly vexed as they don't actually need anything else, but to not get them anything is just mean, isn't it?

No tree here yet...next weekend for us; I don't like it up too early, and we need to get tidies a bit before we do as planning on putting it in the toy corner, which is, obviously, full of toys

hope all the illnesses are better....

love to all xx

Glad others have their decs up. we did our yesterday. Mx likes lights generally, and loves our flashing ones. Can't find our christmas tree. we have 3 in the loft???? mind you they will only pull them down, right ?
work is better. fine.
MN party was good. I have 5 parties this year. not the normal 1 !! Think I have been invited to Dozy's. Have you northern ladies had your meet up ?ceebee, love the shoes. I have 2 new pairs, medium heels. beautiful. and 2 new dresses. I am looking goooodddd
ds1 sorted for christams. mx nothing as yet. he needs nothing. struggling to think.
no walking here. close, but no.

sorry, sorry, missed that. ceebee on a night out. booked hotel for work do.
HOOOOOORRRRRAH.
ceebee and her dh on a night out. proper style. full monty. love it.

Hi everyone, been lurking around a bit but never seem to have time to give the thread the attention it deserves.

Sorry to hear so many of the little ones have been ill. We had such a bad sept/oct with dd1's asthma that we have been staying away from people so no bugs here yet. Makes me wonder if the worst is yet to come.

The girls both got their swine flu jab last week. They got the egg and mercury free one due to dd1's egg allergy and were both fine afterwards. Anyone else getting the vaccination for their dc's?

Can't believe Guggi is 1 now and I am still been woken in the night for breastfeeds. It settles her like nothing else even when she is teething so will continue for now.

Not walking yet but very close, cruising and doing 'look, no hands' the last few days.

hey hana.....they should get their Hib/MenC booster at 12 months followed by MMR and Pneumococcal. Bumble's MMR is due 15th but I'm waiting till after Christmas as the other two have had reactions about 10 days afterwards and I don't want anything getting in the way of a good Christmas!

His walking has rreally taken off the last couple of days and he has been teetering about all day today. It has ceased to be the funniest thing in the world as well.

Obs, glad the work situation is better and am also envious of all the parties. We have a birthday party on the 19th though and the children's centre party on the 18th, and of course a wee get together here on the 21st. that's probably enough actually

I am stuffed. Had a sumptuous and butter laden dinner (pork chops cooked with apples and cider, buttery mashed potatoes and cabbage fried with crispy bacon) followed by a huuuuge pavlova with loads of fresh cream, blueberries, rasps and strawbs (that DH got given at work!) with a warm blueberry and raspberry coulis. Divine, but I can feel my arteries clogging up as I type

Evening all - p*ssed off that the X Factor started at 7.30 tonight so I missed the first half hour

Anyway, Obs sorry to disappoint you but DH didn't come with me on Friday night - it was just me on my own Had a fab fab night though - I had forgotten how great it was to drink, eat and dance!!! I pretty much danced constantly from 10.00 till the disco stopped at 1.00 and then stayed up until nearly 3 chatting etc - it really really was a great night

Tree not going up here until next weekend either - I am fully expecting Hamster to pull all the baubles off it so not in any hurry to put it up and pick baubles up constantly

No walking here yet either - just started cruising and walking with DS1s pushalong Thomas the new walker we bought up for his birthday.

Hi all
Not really had a chance to get on lately seem to always be on the go, since I had that chest infection a few weeks ago I decided I would get my act together and actually start trying to look after myself so have decided to take up running (never ran in my life before) so am doing the bupa couch to 5k training programme, I have to say I am really enjoying it at the moment just put my ipod on and off I go!
We put our xmas tree up yesterday too (dh goes away next week )so thought I better make the effort we are going to have a xmas type dinner next weekend and each open a present.
Yay to all these clever walking babies, Millie isnt even standing for very long I dont think I should be worried she does stand if you hold her hands and she will walk if you walk her but it seems like she hasnt built up the strength yet IYKWIM in her legs, she crawls properly sometimes but she gets on quicker doing the commando crawl I think our laminate floor is putting her off a bit too. She is coming away with more words lately, dad, mum, whats that, hi, baby and a few others.
daisy your meal sounds lovely, we had homemade pizza and caramel waffle ice cream!
coolkat glad you had a good night out, I dont think anything would happen if you conceived whilst taking the pill, I took my pill for about 2 weeks before I realised I was pregnant with DD1.
ladybuzz hope J is feeling better soon, there seems to be loads of people coming down with that chest thing.
obs quite about all your nights out, the miserable buggers at my work have decided to go out for lunch and not have a proper night out am a bit peeved tbh was looking forward to a xmas night out, hope you enjoy them all and mine is a jack Daniels and coke so have one for me
suilidonne I will be getting my DD's vaccinated I think but will just be the normal one as they have no allergies to egg.
Millie is getting a ladybird rocker some bath toys and the baby sensory pit out of the ELC (saw it on chocgals fb photos and thought it looked fab) does Ewen like it choc?
Now I need to think of a Xmas name

Hi all, typing through blurry eyes as I did a nightshift last night...
Well, it's M's birthday on Wednesday so I've been wrapping his presents. He has a shape shorter, a large ball, a vtech walker thingy and a couple of those books that start "That's not my...." as he loves them. He doesn't really need much but as said before, doing it for the older two's benefit really. We're not having a party, but a little party tea for the DS's. Wotsits, Buttons and animal biscuits are on the menu as they are M's faves .

Have also started the Christmas shopping, but like you Daisy also finding things are out of stock, especially the Lego. Grr, I don't want to start my shopping for them in September, as I know they'll have changed their minds 5 times before September!

One big party to go to over Christmas here. A friend's 40th. As you may know, it's also my 40th on the 29th, but no party for me.... not really my thing! In fact, I'm going to be a real party pooper here as I'm working a nightshift on New Years Eve....

Oh yikes!!! Just remembered SS............. I know exactly what I want, I just haven't bought it yet

oops,I meant December, not September....

ikwym fudge. DD was telling me for ages she wanted a "stay and play" kitchen, so we ordered her the vertbaudet one with all the utensils, and being only 2.5 she now has no recollection of ever wanting such a thing and when asked what she wants says peppa pig and dora. So she has a dora jigsaw and some peppa pig playing cards, and I guarantee that she will love those the most!

got some lego from John Lewis in the end and with free delivery. He also wanted airfix models and all the ones that include the painting kits are sold out until the end of January! But good old Ebay came up trumps for us there.

I should be in bed; bumble still getting up at 5!

ellie, bumble does the walking, but not the words...just remember Pinky's wise words "It's a stage not an age". Aw, sorry you'll not have your DH home over Christmas. Are you going to family for the day?

waves to suiledonne; sorry I missed you out earlier

Hello all,
obs 5 christmas parties lucky lucky lady.

ceebee glad you enjoyed your night away, sounds like you had a fab time.

I too have no parties this year, except of course the lovely Daisys

We put the tree up on Sat and so far there has been no touching but J is so poorly so it might start when he is better I have plans to enclose it in the playpen if he gets too bad .

We are nearly sorted, DS1 has the most but its mainly little bits - all he wants is a marble run and just some presents - bless him.
J is getting a motorbike rocker and some gorgeous wooden toys off us. I have no idea what they are getting from family but I'm guessing we will definately need to m,ove house soon

I am taking him back to the docs today, he has been on ABs for 3 days and if anything he is worse then he was,I have been up most of the night with him and his temp keeps soaring, he looks awful poor little thing. So back off to see if they can give him something stronger.

Oh and yesterday I got the most fantastic news my RLF that lost her 20 month old in June is pregnant. I am so so happy for her, she is very excited!

Waves to everyone else.

Buzz, we sold our motorbike rocker on e-bay the other day. Ds1 loved it, but ds2 doesn't.
Funny how you have one.