Fab Feb 2009 - 9 months in, 9 months out, now they're sitting, standing and crawling about

[TheHAUNTEDHouseofMirth]

Here we go again!

Hey all..

just a quick pop in.. I am doing ok, thanks to those who were asking .. we are kind of in limbo, with the move in progress, but dont think we will actually move until mid feb /begining of march.

i have sorted out my lovely cousin to live with me, DS's nursery but nothing for DD yet .... anyone know anyone wanting to do a nannyshare in birmingham???

Feeling pretty nervous, it is going to be hard and involve masses of commuting and some nights away (which after reading about lmn's trip makes me pretty scared..but i am sure it will be for the best..and in 3 months DH and I are going evaluate how we feel/where we stand.. if we can make it work I am open to that...i have missed masses of the thread ..did you sort out things with your DH MOS? spotty I hope tests come back ok, big hugs to you and as MOS said, definately talk to a GP about potential PND.

Dinky sorry to hear sad family news.. i hope 2010 does pick up more positively... and that danny stops being such a great super-explorer

STW congrats on new job and sounds great.. i am sure it work out great for you..

wave to everyone else..apologies to anyone i have missed....oh yes.. i cannot believe Feb 2010's are about to pop..i have started feeling all nostalgic too..

dinky sorry about your sad news. Poor you and your mum, what a crappy start to the year

nkweto good to 'see' you. Hope everything ggoes well with your move and that you sort something out for your DD.
We are trying to sort things out but very early days yet. Hope you manage to try as well.

Nkweto - good to see you on and good to see things are starting to slot into place for the move Brum-wards. Am sure you'll sort out childcare for DD in no time. Have you looked on nannyshare.co.uk and gumtree for Nanny shares in Brum? May be worth a look - and on nannyjob.co.uk too. Good luck. And thanks for your kind words re family bereavements - just feel so sad for my mum as she lost her other brother, SIL and another brother at the end of last year too so all of this is really hitting her really hard, but guess its a fact of life.

Hello all long time no see!

Its been ages since i posted on here - the moving was stressful and we were without internet for three weeks (bar my i phone) - i didnt know how much i missed it!

I hope everyones DC's are doing ok, i will read back a few pages when i get a bit more time.

The new house is lovely and we have loads more space but even so we just seem to 'fill' it all up again, Milo's bedroom is still full of all the boxes that we have not yet unpacked and i keep saying that he is going to go in his own room (but he is still in a cot at the end of our bed [blush).

Just reading over a few posts in the last two pages and everyone's DC's seem to be doing all the things Milo is He is still cruising around the furniture and doesnt seem to want to actually take his first steps - no rush though, he can scoot up (and down) the stairs and is lighning fast at getting about. He stands for long moments on his own as well, i cant believe they are all nearly 1 - it makes me a bit sometimes as i loved loved loved his 'little' babyhood so much.

Twice now Milo has had burning cheeks and temperatures for a couple of days on the trot, aside for the 8 front top and bottom ones that he got when he was about 7 months no more seem to be coming through and all these temperatures seem to be in vain as the appearance of any more teeth just arent visible.

Has everybody got their lo's going though the night now? I hope so Im a bit worried that if we dont get Milo into his own room fairly sharpish then he will not want to go in a room of his own away from us so i suppose i should sort that out.

Well im going to try and post alot more now that i have got some semblance of a routine going again.

spotty i hope your test results come back with good news, will keep everything crossed for you and dinky i am so sorry to read about all the bereavements that your family has suffered I hope you are all ok.

No snow for a whole weekend, i love snow but i fell over twice in it (once with Milo in my arms but managed to fall straight on my arse which is obviously well padded lol) so i am glad to be walking on normal pavements again for the time being!

BTW Milo is completely recovered from his fracture and is still as wriggly as ever, am still very paranoid about him in shopping trolleys though - he has a 5 point harness and even that struggles to keep my mini houdini in sometimes.

Oh spotty am so sorry. Hope test results come back ok. When will you get them?
dinky Your poor mum, hope she's ok.
LMN I was watching your status' on FB re your trip. What a nightmare!
rosie ds1 didn't go into his own room until he was 11 months and we had no problems at all. Not sure he even noticed!

Last night was better for us. Ds1 didn't wake until 4am but then didn't go ack to sleep until 6 just as Luke woke up.

I'm feeling a bit that in a few weeks Luke will be 1!!!!!!! i CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER IT'S FLOWN BY OR DRAGGED. I'm thinking dragged.
He is so much like ds1 though t's frightening, they are a right pair.

spotty. you must be a wreck waiting for the results, especially with dh being unwell too. i hope you do get the all clear sweetie... i'll be thinking of you.

hello rosie, welcome back. how did milo recover from the fractured skull?

nkweto... {{{hugs}}} i'm sure it'll be fine and the commute and childcare will fall into place for you.

dinky sorry about your bereavments... i hope your mom is ok... what a horrible start to the year for her

we thought A was a bit better last night as he slept in his cot from 8 til 12 but unfortunately he was miserable the rest of the night and is now covered in spots

and to top off our uber shitty week i came downstairs this morning to find the dining room flooded. the cistern on the toilet in the upstairs bathroom which we don't use as it's premanently blocked had started leakig and as the water couldn't go down the pipes it had all overflowed and flooded the bathroom and leaked down through the ceiling into the dining room

Hi Rosie - nice to see you on and good to hear Milo is on top form! Hope the move went as smoothly as possible.

Snowtulips - so sorry to hear about your dining room flooding AND A being down with a lurgy (possibly the pox?) too. Poor little man. Hope he gets over it soon.

Aw shite Snowtulips thats awful - i know its not great at any time but in the middle of winter

What are the spots all about? Allergies? Hope he gets better soon what a nightmare!

Oh no ST how crap. How's A getting on - have the spots got any worse. Poor chap.

Spotty so sorry to hear you are having a tough time. I really hope everything comes back ok for you - and quickly - and that your DH gets through his treatment ok. I second (third, maybe) about talking to your GP. Wishing you lots of strength.

Dinky sorry to hear about your family bereavements and hope the rest of the year proves a bit more uneventful.

Nkweto - hope you are ok and looks like things are starting to slot into place for your move northwards. Hope you get something sorted for DD soon.

Rosie good to hear Milo is doing fine after his trolley accident. I must say I am much more careful after you posted, in both shopping trollies and highchairs. Sam generally sleeps through the night (at the moment ) sometimes wakes for his dummy but is getting better at finding it himself. He was in his own room at 10 weeks . I didn't "like" him much at the time if I'm honest - I'd love to have him in with us now!!!

SM I had one of your tearful, happy moments today with the DC's. We went to Wisley and after lunch Sam was desparate to go into the little soft play area - he kept smiling at DD and in the end she was brave enough to go in and went and stood with him and gave him a big hug and said "He's my bruvva". It filled my heart . She whacked him on the head later at home though....

I would say that the first 7 months with Sam dragged terribly, but now time is flying by. I love this stage when they are learning so much. He's been pointing a waving all day today, just watching his hands, bless!

Must go and fold some more laundry now, in between writing Christmas thank you notes....

STW - snap, I was writing christmas thank you cards too last night! My aim is to get them all done and posted by 25 January Aaah at O and Sam in the soft play - that's lovely.

Rosie - Danny has slept through a grand total of 4 times. He is an insomniac teething monster at the moment - but still very cute with it.

SM - I cant believe our little ones are nearly one. I think the time has flown - in a kind of sleep deprived haze - at this rate they'll be off to university in no time at all...

dinky I'[m counting down the days lol

Bad night last night. Luke was a screaming monster! No clue what's up with him now, probbly teething.

I am so going to give my downstairs neighbour a piece of my mind next time I see her.
Another party/gathering last night til gone midnight (remember this happens at least twice a week), I'm getting slightly bored of it now. Her and her friends sound like a bunch of 15 year olds who have been left on their own for the first time. It is a joke. And she has the nerve to make sly little comments to me about walking around my flat in the middle of the afternoon.
I hoovered at 7am this morning and encouraged the biys to be very loud. Childish, yes, but I'm waiting for her to have the front to say something, unless I see her first.
Bang out of order IMO.
Then when it finally stopped at about 1am, Luke was still up screaming......aarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh

Morning all

Blimey its been busy on here....

Spotty What a crap time you are having. Hope you don't have to wait too long. You should speak to your GP who may be able to ring for results rather than wait for a paper report? Hugs to you x

Dinky - your poor mum . So sorry to hear and hope that's the end of it and the year improves from this point on. I also sent off my Xmas thank-you cards last week. I get DD to do pictures/random colouring on the inside berfore I write them and it looked really sweet

Nkweto Hope things are ok - don't let my awful trip put you off commuting - I'm sure it will be fine. If I had spent more that 3.5 hours in bed that night I would have quite enjoyed the bit of "me" time that it gave me.

Rosie glad the move went OK and good to hear Milo is ok following the trolley incident. I have to say that E is always put into a trolley in his reins now that I strap onto the trolley. I was one of those that got E into his own room early (5 weeks )....I couldn't stand the shuffling about. Having said that, he slept with us from 4.30am this morning....I was desperate!

How is A PT? E has Hand foot and mouth and had to take him to OOH doctors on Saturday. Looks a lot worse than it actually is I think but he is covered in spots, feet and legs, hands and arms, bum and also around/inside his mouth. The fever is almost gone now but he is very miserable with it and its playing havoc with his sleep pattern. Presumably, DD will get it now and I think I have a touch as I've got a sore throat and mouth ulcers. All good fun in this house

SM - what a nightmare. I'd have to say something. How bloody inconsiderate.

What do you all do when the DCs scream for hours (I have to admit its not something I've had before). But last night after putting him to bed, E screamed for 2 hours before I got him up and bought him downstairs (he went to bed about 10pm - unheard of here)and every time I couldn't settle him during the night I gave him some milk - which meant he had loads of milk, cuddles and also some calpol but I just could not get him to stop . In the end he came into bed with us - but now he's knackered again

LMN Poor E and poor you
Normally if Luke is a little unsettled, which is rare, I sit next to the cot shushing and stroking him. If he is actually crying, I pick him up and give him a little hug. If he is still upset, I bring him into the living room so we don't disturb ds1 much and I tend to just hold him. However, last night, I fed him and gave some calpol just to cover all bases.

Must dash. Play group is waiting.

LMN... sorry you had a horrid night. A is a real man when it comes to teething or lurgies so we have alot of night like that here, i just bring him downstairs and then to bed at the same time as us.... i used to fight the other two and spent hours up in their rooms trying to settle them but it didn't improve matters and just made me miserable too so with A i just go with the flow, if he wants milk and cuddles so be it. he seems able to go back to normal sleep patterns (read; only wakes twice or so) once he's better so all the horror stories about ruining their sleep and rod for your own back that i wholeheartedly believed when the older tow were babies are utter nonsense.

STW..... awwwwwwww those moments make all the carnage worth it don't they

A is still spotty but slept well (8-12-2-6-10 ) and the spots seem a bit faded so i think i'll hold off on the docs, he's in good form and the spots fade under pressure and don't have heads/seem itchy so i think it's just heat rash from the fever or maybe a viral rash. i'm keeping an eye on it though

SM - I'd definitely be having words with my neighbour. Is there a landlord/management company in your flats? There should be rules about noise beyond a certain time being kept to a minimum - there certainly were in the flats I used to live in. And she has a baby around Lukes age too doesnt she - talk about inconsiderate!

Snowtulips - hope A continues to get better today. How's the flood situation? Fingers crossed all is sorted soon for you.

LMN - sorry to hear E is ill with hand food and mouth. Usually I will hold Danny till calm, use calpol or nurofen if he has a temperature/seems to be in pain, give him a bf for comfort or if he's thirsty and try to co-sleep (works less and less). Shush pat only works if he's tired enough. Do what works for you guys and gets you through it.

dinky... luckily i know how to turn off the water to the toilet cistern so i stopped the leak and except for our table looking a little worse for wear it's all cleared up now.... just hope the ceiling doesn't cave in

OMG LMN I completely missed that E has hand foot and mouth! That'll teach me for skim reading. Poor thing
Don't listen to my above post about what I do when Luke has a bad night. If he was poorly like that, I'd keep him with me all the time. I'd be wherever he slept, so if that was being held all night, I'd make dp take 2 hour shifts with me, or have lo in bed

I haven't seen my neighbur yet. Should I just yell "selfish cow" at her or try to have an adult conversation about it?
dinky no management in the building, is only a small building with 8 flats, not a storey block or anything.
I don't think her baby could have been there last night, but rememebr she has told me in the past that she keeps him up late (2/3am) so they can lay in...........
I think I'll wait and knock on her door tomorrow when I'm in a better mood and more likely to stay calm. Ds1 hasn't stopped whinging all day either.

What activities/play things do you all do with the babies? I can't for the life of me remember what me and ds1 did when he was this age and I'm feeling that everything we do is still pretty much for ds1 still and would like to involve Luke more, but not sure how or what to do????????
What do you all do?

Hmm, with Danny (and DS1) Bubbles, building blocks, assault course round the living room, trips to park and library, music sessions and lots of snuggly reading time all seem to get good reactions.

God im out of practice as well, Milo plays with everything he isnt supposed to, glad we didn't go too crazy with his Christmas pressies as he currently seems to prefer a nylon spatula but Dinky's got some nice suggestions (some of which i shall take up myself especially the bubbles )

Silverymoon hope you get your neighbour problem sorted, i would probably be inclined to have a polite word if i was you.

LMN sorry to hear about poor E and him being so poorly, its horrid when they are so little isn't it? Really hope he gets better soon.

Thank you. We do bubbles, park when it's not too cold, although because it's normally wet/damp, Luke only really sits on the swing. They made a little assult course thing with the sofa cushions today actually which seemed to keep them happy for 2.5 seconds! lol

Thanks for suggestions.

hello - E seems a little better today and has gone straight to sleep this evening . Its a nasty little rash but doesn't itch and although it looks horrific, doesn't seem to cause him too much grief. Nursery are happy to have him tomorrow providing no blisters and I can't see any, so will see how he is in the morning.

Activities in this house revolve around DD and adapted for E. Reading, block building (DD) and knocking down (DS), duplo and he LOVES us singing and dancing as well as row, row , old macdonald and all that. He loves the swings and just crawling around the lounge generally. Don't need to make an assult course, its like that 5 minutes after they come downstairs. And he loves ITNG

Spottyshoes ? thinking of you and hoping test results are in your favour

Dinky ? sorry about your familys losses

Mos ? hope your youngest two are sleeping better now

Nkweto ? hope the move keeps moving along and that find something suitable for dd

Rosieposey ? yes L sleeping through the night in his own room ? can say always for the other 3!

Silverymoon ? I think the last year has flown ? maybe because I rarely get to sit down (except in the evenings when I am too tired to do anything constructive and dh is working)

Snowtulips ?Bugger about your flood. I am much more go with the flow with L (he must be the last)

STW ? lovely your dd said that made me smile

Littlemissnorty ? sorry E has hand foot & mouth ? hope he recovers soon

Luke had a haircut today - he was really good and it looks ok he teeth are bugging him and he was hard to settle tonight, which isn't great when I have 4 to put to bed and dh is at work. Poor little mite

Luke was the third baby to be born on this thread - his birthday is on wednesday

Wow - we're on to birthdays already! Happy birthday for Wednesday Oooggs Luke. Hope his teething subsides by then. Took me 30 minutes to get Danny to go to sleep tonight too due to teething -teetha sachet and nurofen finally helped calm him enough to be shushed down poor poppet.

SilveryMoon - another thing DS1 and Danny like to play is space explorers - we use our huge beanbag and cushions and they get to fly the space ship with DH and I being extra-terrestrials with building blocks (and toys) being meteorites and space flotsam and jetsam. DS1 and Danny also like puppet shows (both at home and outside) = when we do them at home DS1 and I put the puppet show on (using finger puppets, glove puppets or socks as puppets) and Danny watches clapping and then tries to eat the puppets afterwards