April 2008 - The one with Mother's Day....

[ThePFJ]

07 March: Ashton, a fourth child for gemprincess, 5lb 13oz @ 34+6
09 March: Ted, a second DS for Daftmoo, 7lb 14oz @ 36+0
21 March: George William, a first baby for KnitterintheNW, 7lb 2.5oz @ 37+3
25 March: Olivia, a second baby for TheMaskedPoster, 7lb 2oz @ 38+4
28 March: Pablo, a third baby and first DS for vacaloca, 7lb 14oz @ 39+4
28 March: Matteo Alexander, a first baby for Gangle @ 38+0 (?)
30 March: A baby girl, a second child for PortAndLemon, 8lb 15oz @ 39+5
02 April: Jak, a baby boy for rainbowdays, 9lb @ 39+1
02 April: A baby boy, a second child for bunyanvillas, 6lb 14oz @ 37+5
02April: Struan, a baby boy for Donnabels, 6lbs 15oz
02 April: A baby boy for mummyofaprincess @39 weeks
03 April: A baby girl for PippiCalzelunghe @38+2weeks
03 April: Aeryn Daisy, a baby girl for Denny185, 9lb 8oz @ 39+3
03 April: Benjamin, a baby boy for Micegg, 8lb 3oz @ 39+4
03 April: Roelof Grové, a first DS for SalLikesCoffee, 7lb 5oz @ 38+5
03 April: A baby boy for siikibam, 6lb 8.5oz @39+1wks
04 April: Matilda, a baby girl for AprilsFoolsBaby 7lb @
05 April: Ellis, a baby girl for MadameOvary, 9lb 12oz @ 40+6
06 April: Henry Peter, a baby boy for Sheds, 7lb 130z @ 40+4
07 April: Sebastian George, a fourth DS for Peachy, 8lb 4oz @ 41+1
07 April: Jack, a first baby for ThePFJ, 7lb 5.5oz @ 41+1
07 April: Lexie Bea, a fourth baby for babywhiting, 8lb 1oz @ 39+4
08 April: Alasdair, a second DS for bunnyrabbit, 8lb 5.5oz @ 40+3
08 April: James Samuel, a third baby for honeybee10, 6lb 7oz @ 37+2
09 April: Zara Mia Martin, a first baby for V1KK1M, 7lb 10oz @ 41+0
09 April: Jasmine, a baby gilr for Niceychops
11 April: Kyran for rdk, 7lb 13oz @ 38+3weeks
11 April: Sebastian James, a second baby for Fleecy, 10lb 2oz @ 40+4
11 April: A baby girl, a first baby for CeylonSapphire, 7lb 12oz @ 41+1
11th April: Florence, a baby girl for LouMoose
12 April: Maya Alice, a first baby for egyptianprincess, 8lb 15.5oz @ 40+3
12 April: Sophia Viviana, a second DD for AussieDivaonaBreak, 6lb 12oz @ 39+3
15 April: Alexander Oliver, a third baby for VictorianSqualor, 10lb 3oz @ 41+0
16 April: Ailish, a first baby for Mollyfloss, 6lb 11oz @ 40+3
16 April: A baby girl, a second baby for elfsmummy, 7lb 13oz @ 41+1
16 April: Zoe, a baby girl, a first baby for ToastAddict, 6lb 10oz @ 39+3
16 April: Jasmin, a baby girl, a first baby for Eggandketchup, 9lb 3oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy for paranoidmumy, 8lb 9oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy, a second son for lorisparkle, 7lb 12.5oz @ 41+6
17 April: Benedict, first baby for LadyBee 9 lb 3oz @ 41 +2
18 April: Millie Grace Jessamy, a baby girl for scorpio1 8lb 9oz @ 41
18 April: Cameron, a second baby for munchkinmum @ 39+5
19 April: Oliver Michael, first baby for bashboid, 7 lb 4 oz at 41 +3
20 April: Samuel, a first baby for Velbels. 8lb15oz at 41+1weeks.
20 April: Angharad Mai, 8lb 4oz, 40+6, first for 7monthsplus
20 April: Emilia, 7lb15oz, a first baby for SuzeM, 40+6
20 April: A baby girl for SushiMama
21 April: Eve, a second baby for OMaLittle, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
21 April: A second DD for Monmoo
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
22 April: A second DD for blinks.
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first baby for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, a second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April: Hope Olivia, a second dd for northeastmummy, 7lb 11oz at 41 .
26 April: Gabriel, a third child for Bainmarie @ 41+5
26 April: Eli Michael, a baby boy for LittleMissTurquoise, 7lb 15.5oz @ 40+5
27 April: a baby girl for Ayomi, 6lb 1oz @ 41+0
28 April: Jacob Andrew, a 2nd DS for Kaybeeand2boys, 8lb 4oz @ 41+5
29 April: Thomas Henry, a 2nd DS for TLSM, 7lb 8oz 40+3
30 April: Harry Samuel, a fourth ds for Chipmonkey, 9lb 5oz @ 39+2
30 April: Ellie, a baby girl for Annamama
30 April: A second DD for luckymummy74
01 May: Sophie May, a baby grl for Annieroo, 6lb 5oz @ 41+4
01 May: Euan George, a baby boy for Jenniejennie, 8lb @ 40+4
02 May: Robyn Olivia, a baby girl for soph28, 8lb 1oz @ 42+1
05 May: Nora Martina, a first baby for Eva07, 7lb 8oz @ 41+2
05 May: A baby boy for Beeper, 8lb 10oz @ 41+0
05 May: Gabriella Summer, a first baby for MommyHasAHeadache, 8lb 4oz @ 40+6
06 May: Wilf, 8lb 60z for bigbadmom @ 41+6
07 May: James Andrew, a second ds for Moominsmummy, 8lb 13oz @ 41+5
08 May: Ellie Isabella, a first baby for Carey87, 7 lb 8oz @ 42+1
08 May: Robin David, a 2nd baby for Woollymummy, 8lb 11 oz @ 41+3
09 May: 4 kittens for scorpio's cat!
10 May: Astrid Mary, a second dd for TheShipsCat, 8lb 8oz @ 42+0

I have been hanging about for a few days waiting for the new thread, so I thought I'd get off my ass and make one myself. Happy weekend all, and Happy Mother's Day!

XXX

Howdy!

Wow Sal what a splendid course to be on. You'd have needed a forklift to get me out of there We have 2 year checks here, Sam's going for his tomorrow. Actually, thinking about it DS1 has had one practically every year apart from last year. Don't know why, they just said they didn't need to see him until he was 8

LOL at you Scorps actually wanting a job and being qualified to have one ... shock, horror at one so young Hope Mimi doesn't have to have too much physio - at least it's getting sorted while she's young.

Ellie - yes, my future daugther-in-law is a girl after my own heart I adore pizza

Our friends finally got back on Friday. We stayed until yesterday, but I tell you what, it was absolute bliss to get back to my own bed. And this morning was just magical as there was no dashing about and no dogs to walk - yay!

Oh and it's DH's birthday today .... not quite sure why I'm telling you this but hay ho

Happy birthday soph's DH!

I got a letter through about Mol's 2 year check but I told them I didn't want one cos I don't have any worries and I see the GP regularly. But now am not sure - what if one of her feet turns in and I never noticed? Maybe I will call back. Hmm.

Thanks Ellie. Personally I'd go to the appointment if you've been offered one. I take up every appointment that's thrown at us and not just because of the Down Syndrome, I did the same with DS1. However, that's just me, I'm quirky like that

Happy birthday to your dh, Soph!

I hope we get a 2-year check-up, if only so that I can moan in someone's ears about the fact that I want his lungs to get strong enough to not get so ill every time he has a cold!

Dh in Switzerland today and I miss him. When he's here, he drives me nuts sometimes, but as soon as he's away, I turn into a lovesick teenager... Will be home around 10 though, and R asleep, so good excuse for me to do absolutely nothing.

We havent has a 2 year check, yyoud think with two asd kids woudln't you?

Bloody useless!

happy birthday everybody! BAs had a nice day, kinda quiet but nice. Seems so long ago now! he is currently worse for wear0 nice scraped nose where he tripped over a hula hoop at the weekend and surfed the patio via the medium of nose, and the remnants of a nasty bout of chickenpox. And now his hair has finally grown it is bumfluff as wellso handsome PMSL

well hello ladeez,
happy happy birthdays to the littlies I missed last week.
We had a super-fab holiday, just so nice to be away from everything, lots of walks, cheese, reading, and late night chats. Babybee was a star, even though he came down with a cold towards the end.
We ended up in a rental car - a prius - it was the only down of the whole thing, the car was so nice (and economical!) that I am now besotted with it and want to buy one. There's no way we could afford it. boo hoo. I waaannnnt one.

What are you going to do ThePFJ? I think if it was me I'd just drop it into conversation at the later date 'yeah but, you know, I'm a bad influence' with a significant look in her direction to make sure she knows. But then I'm a bit childish that way too

Hi Folks, chipmonkey here on a namechange!
We have an 18 month check up in Ireland and then I think the next one isn't till 3. Harry's 18 month check up was quite funny. It consisted of the nurse giving him little tasks to do, me looking doubtful and saying "Oh no, I don't think he'll be able to do that. Oh look at that, he can!"
Poor old Bas, 2 is the age of accidents, isn't it?
Harry has healed very well from the scald, you can barely tell anything happened. We are not sure if he has lost a little hair on his scalp though, but if he has, it isn't much. We have to go back to the plastics clinic on Friday and I hope we'll be discharged.
Ds3 needs grommets and will be having surgery early in May. Getting very weary of hospitals!

Hi again all, stupid RL keeps getting in the way...

Not sure what to say actually, just wanted to say hello!

Hey all!

Poor old Bas - I think it's just the age isn't it? Molly seems to be constantly coming to show me a bump or bruise of one sort or another. Last night bad mummy wasn't watching while she was jumping on the sofa and she fell off and hit the coffee table

Hey chipmonkey/niall - glad all getting better with H, sounds as if he's doing really well.

Morning all. Nice name change Niall Pleased to hear that Harry is healing nicely. I know what you mean about hospitals, we're never out of them. Sam's got his hearing test in May, an appointment with a gastro-type person in August & we're still waiting for the appointment to test his respiratory system - hey ho, such is life

Poor Bas, they don't half bash themselves at this age.

Sam's check was fine he's now 22.3lbs, which is very low for a NT child and low for a child with DS, but at least he's gained weight since the last check. He's tall for a child with DS though - 33.1 inches. His quarterly check with the doc at the hospital where he has all his therapies is tomorrow. He's coming along quite nicely though with his mobility. He can nearly go from the crawl to the standing position on his own and he was walking quite well holding on to his therapists hand on Monday. Little by little we're getting there

Sounds like he's doing really well soph - glad he is tall, my Molly is a giant and I don't want her dwarfing future SIL

Soph, I just did a quick inch-cm convert online, and 33.1" is 84.074(!)cm. That's what George is atm!

I really must take B back to the clinic one of these weeks, I have absolutely no clue what he weighs or how tall he is, and somebody asked the other day for some reason...can't think why now. Was something vaguely official I think. Hey ho.

Knitter when are you coming down? It was in my diary and fell out somehow.

Hey there, how are we all

Knitter - that's nice to know. I printed out a growth & weight chart for boys with DS and he's practically at the top. He's nearly at the bottom of the chart though for weight. He was sick again after his lunch at nursery yesterday so we'll have to see how he goes today. Just when I think he's doing really well it all flares up again!

Ellie - you'll just have to make sure that she always dates tall men

All exciting stuff here today as we've got rally cars whizzing past our windows every couple of minutes! The school is on a very winding road and the finish line for this leg of the rally is right outside the school doors which are right underneath the library. We're getting some very good views of the Policia Local in their tight-fitting uniforms .... mmmmm

I hope you took some photos for us, Soph! It's been raining here all day on & off and I could do with something nice to look at!

I'm coming on Sat May 22nd, LadyBee. I think I'd like to have lunch at Giraffe again, and then prob head to the playground behind the eye depending on how tired G is after we've eaten.

Hello all you lovelies. It's almost almost almost weekend. Whay hay! Thought I was about to die on Tuesday with a horrid stomach bug. Halfway through I wished I would... However, all survived and now I'm just looking forward to the weekend. We're driving to Holland to, wait for it... get my bell tent .

Work ok, I'm shattered, but nice people. R still hasnt settled in properly in his new nursery (where he goes Thursdays and Fridays). The plan was to move him out of his old nursery (Wednesday) to the new place too, but I'm now complete confused as to what to do - he's happier at his old place. Technically the new place is probably better though, so I'm not sure if it's just hard for him because I've started working again or if it is because it's all new or what. Urgh. At least it's getting better. Slowly (very!) but surely.

Hey there. Sorry Knitter but didn't get round to taking photos, as I wasn't really supposed to be gawping out the window anyway

Sal - yuk, that sounded nasty. I'm sure R will be fine eventually and it probably is because he's adjusting to you being back at work. Children thrive on routines and his has changed so he needs time to get himself sorted. Try not to worry too much

You're driving to Holland?
To pick up a tent?

Have I slipped into some parallel linguistic universe, and where you say 'Holland' you actually mean "central London" and when you say 'tent' you actually mean "chocolate/shoes/anything really...a tent?"

This must be something pretty special, Sal

The temperature's dropping here, I guess that's the rain coming in for the weekend then. Oh, well, we managed to get into the garden this morning and the rest of our weekend plans don't rely on good weather thank goodness.

Oh and YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! our loud and annoying neighbours (they on the 15 squillion footballs, that all end up in our garden every single day) have put their house on the market. I'm so very pleased about this I did a little dance when I saw the sign. Please send good vibes that their house sells quickly and smoothly, preferably to a lovely young couple with a baby or two.

knitter 22nd May back in the diary and am definitely up for a Giraffe lunch and play. That sounds lovely, looking forward to it.

You're driving to Holland to get a tent??? I am quite confused - can you not buy tents in London?

I will speak to sis about the 22nd and see if she has plans for us, if she doesn't we'll be there too!

Nah, it's an excuse! She's not going for a tent, she's going for the waccy-baccy!

terrible really, I think it's PFJ's bad influence!

Thanks Soph. I don't know why he (and me!) takes this so hard this time. Still, getting better by the day.

Ooh Ladybee, fabulous news re neighbours from hell (hopefully) moving! Will keep everything crossed for the speediest sale in history!

I'm game for Giraffe meetup too, would be lovely.

Hmm, and now, because I can't hold it in any longer...

My tent We also got the tarp that you can see on those pictures. We drove to Holland to buy it directly from the supplier there, mainly as it was more than a £100 cheaper there (and they won't ship to England as they've got a supplier agreement with Belltents, the website link). The the price difference would cover Eurotunnel and diesel costs. Hotel obv extra, but it was a good enough excuse for us Had a fantastic time, we love just driving around.

Ah, but yes, let's blame PFJ as she doesnt talk to us enough - I didn't buy anything dodgy, but did get some wines in Calais if that counts...

Oh, Sal, that tent looks fabulous! Love the photos on that site!