October 08 - Toddling round the Christmas tree & Ooooing at the lights!

[50ftChristmasTree]

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 - 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
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

[ronshar]

Happy New Year ladies.

I went out and I am still in bed

It is horrible to read of the things that we do to ourselves, especially with food.

50ft I would put money on the fact that you are happier in your life now than the bitch from school.

Pistachio, most schools offer a fruit snack at first break but the children can have something out of their lunch boxes as well.
I get moaned at because I refuse to put chocolate or crisps in the girls lunch. The school policy states quite clearly that no unhealthy snacks to be brought in but some mums obviously dont give a crap!

It has taken me a long time but I think I have finally learnt to accept myself. I have come to love myself as I am and realise that I cant change anything so no point ruining the rest of my life over the whole thing. I have a fairly healthy relationship with food. I like it so I eat it. I very rarely deny myself and if I over eat I walk a bit further for a week!

DD1 has made me a cup of tea in bed. It is bad. But I have to drink it or she will be hurt!!

[heather1980]

happy new year all!! can't believe that our dc's are in their 2nd year already!

well i hope that your new years day is going better than mine. alex fell off the bed this morning and gave hime self a nose bleed. we have put his cot into a bed in preparation of moving him into bunkbeds later in the year with dd. we only have 2 bedrooms so he is still in our room atm.
and then i just found out that dc 3 is on the way i am very confused and shit scared, i had a little cry as well. prob due around september ish which will give me 3 under 4.

[heather1980]

very very very unexpected.
i may have got a bit drunk one night and got a bit carried away

[heather1980]

thank you. i'm sure that all will be well when it sinks in. no question of anything other than keeping it
i wouldn't mind but i only just went out last week and bought some new bras!

[heather1980]

lol seriously have only had 2 peiods since i stopped bf alex and i get up the duff again. sods law, and the bras were expensive too.
we were planning a 3rd next year or the year after, so it's just a bit sooner than we thought.
but omfg 3 under 4 i'm gonna be ready for the nut house!

[StarExpat]

congratulations heather!

[Honeymoonmummy]

Hi all, happy new year! Congrats Heather! I haven't got long, Poppy is ill, she's been sick twice (food/ water) within 10 mins, no temp, no rashes, she's rubbing her eyes and is a bit lethargic, should I BF her to sleep early or keep her awake for a bit?

[aubergenie]

Congratulations Heather!! Sorry to hear it's a bit of a shock (and sorry about the bras. How annoying!). It will be hard work, but you'll manange. What does your DH say?

Ronshar - I'm in pretty much the same place as you, body-wise. I can accept myself despite my wrinkles and saggy bits. It's funny, I look back at pictures of me in my 20's and think, bloody hell woman, what on earth were you worried about?! If only I'd had the confidence then!

We've been for a bracing walk on Hampstead Heath. So lovely up there. If we could live somewhere posh like that, I think I could happily stay in the Big Smoke. And they've got snow!

When can we give our LOs chopped nuts? I'm making a butternut squash and feta pie and it's supposed to have walnuts in. Don't suppose I should, should I?

[StarExpat]

I'd put to sleep early. But I'm probably wrong. Having said that, I'd also ring NHS direct. I'm a bit of a worrier, though.... I'm sure someone sensible with better parenting skills will come along shortly!

[StarExpat]

damn it. I'm really not doing so well... aubergenie - I've given Q crunchy peanut butter and today he ate a muffin that I made with lots of nuts and seeds in it and he ate it... He's still alive, though, so it cant be all wrong.

[aubergenie]

I'd put her to bed if she's tired HMM, and just keep a close eye on her in case she's sick again. But , I haven't really got a clue either.

Star - really? I think I'll chop them small and see what happens...

[heather1980]

they can have nuts after 12 months, dd has been eating whole peanuts since she was 18 months and loves them, never once has she had a choking episode.

Dh is as shocked as me, but he has been making plans all day and looking at our finances to see if we can afford a bigger house. and he has agreed to the snip if the pregnancy 'takes' so to speak which is good. no more babies after this one!

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Official advice says 5 yrs for whole or chopped nuts, but dd has had a few whole ones already, and ds will get finely chopped ones as soon as I get round to making a veg crumble!

I would feed Poppy and put her to sleep if she's tired, and then make sure that I don't stay up as late as usual myself .

Congratulations Heather! My pregnancy is also from a one off unplanned event! And I'd only had 1 period since ds, and haven't stopped bf'ing either of mine yet, but dd does turn 4 in Feb, so I at least I will only have a few months before she goes to school full time. Dh is also planning a snip once we have had this one.

[aubergenie]

Thanks Heather. That's good news. For some reason, I'd got it into my head that they couldn't have pieces of nut until they were three.

Wow, so you might be moving as well? It's going to be a big year for you all!

[Honeymoonmummy]

Thanks all. I BF'ed her and she vomited again It's taken ages but she's finally gone off to sleep. Good point CSWS re the early night! I better get into the routine as I'm starting work on [EEK] Monday!!!!!

[aubergenie]

Thanks as well CSWS.

Poor Poppy. I hope she manages to sleep.

How are you feeling about going back to work HMM?

[StarExpat]

I don't want to go back to work, either I know it's not as big of a deal but I want to stay home with Q longer. Only 4 weeks until he's home for 2 weeks again for my and DH's feb half terms But it seems like forever away!

Ok, I'm not going to worry over the nuts. I'll confess now, Q has had loads of stuff with chopped nuts in it . The crunchy peanut butter was an accidental buy but now we get it all the time because he really likes it. Especially if the item is cooked, like breads with nuts in them, they must get a bit softer? Not sure.

Wow heather, a move as well! We really want to move, too, but it's not happening until we get our home on the market. This stupid portfolio thing that you have to have for your home before selling it is a bit of a hurdle for us first... the HIP is it called? ugh.

[heather1980]

we really need to move, 3 kids in a 2 bed house would kill me, i have no idea where to put them all! i also want a dining room (which we don't have here,only a living room and the kitchen) so we can have a play room for the kids. (and a cellar so i can lock them away for doing my head in )

[StarExpat]

I can't imagine 3! I'm struggling to cope with 1 child in a 1 bed flat with only a living room and kitchen, no dining room, playroom, baby room... but he's happy