October 09 - rolling, crawling, laughing into summer time (pass mum the wine!)

[Igglybuff]

New thread!

Yay! Thanks iggly [proud of thread name emoticon]

Will post about holiday when F's in bed...

Passes everyone's favorite cakes around to celebrate the new thread.

Excellent, cake! scout when we arrange another meet up please bring cake!

princess I think you came up with the last one too??

Just had a loooooooooooong shower. Ah feeling much better. Now off to bed early (again!!!) as W was up every two hours last night. Not sure what is wrong with The Boy.

When should we have our meet up? June's looking good -- except Father's Day, of course!

It's also DH's birthday the weekend before Father's Day so he wants a Big Present

Late June, July is good for me!

Just marking my place. Brilliant thread title!

HC
x

HC We haven't taken F swimming yet. On hols he went in a paddling pool next the pool, it would have been much too cold for him in the big pool. Hope your heads ok now and M is not sick.

fidelma Glad the blessing went well

littlepea I really hope your uncertainty is cleared up soon. You just need an answer now don't you?

Hi scout ht bella ruby calypso and everyone else !!!

my holiday !!!
We had a fab time. Stayed here www.solmarvillas.com/Villas/3/Villa%20Pinaret/False/default.aspx
Villa Pinaret if the link doesn't take you straight there.

We went with dh's parents, his brother and his family. 6 dc's in total. F slept most of the flight there. Our flight was at 6am!! Awful time for a flight. littlepea they let us take the car seat on.

On holiday we had lots of beach/pool time. F sat on the sand and I dipped his toes in the sea. He cried!

He stayed up in the evenings and ate when we were out for meals. He ate/tried/sucked/gummed paella rice, pasta, spaghetti, pizza, garlic bread, ice cream , french bread, salami, banana, nectarine, cucumber, strawberry, croissant , chunks of lemon, burger etc etc!!! The waiters adored him and always loved seeing him eat. A few of them picked him up and flung him about and showed him off to the other staff!! Nobody made any mention of all the BLW mess!

He napped for 4+ hours during the day, usually having a 2-3 hour sleep in the morning and more naps later. He went down at 9.30/10pm ish. He slept FANTASTICALLY(sp)!!! in the travel cot only waking once at 4am ish . The room was lovely and cool and dark which probably helped. Darker than our room at home.

Ds1 and dd had a great time too. Dd seems much more confident and really joined in with the boys, she's the only girl. There are 3 other boys cousins on that side of the family(they didn't come this year) and when they're all together she usually seems so left out.

Bad points were me being stressed out by the other family members (long story, we parent VERY differently)and one night F woke and was screaming for an hour. We don't know why. He wouldn't latch on and he was so upset. I can only assume it was tummy ache. It was after a dinner where he ate (prob only swallowed a small amount) spaghetti caronara and paella and pizza!!
Also at the airport on the way home, we were just about to park the hire car and another hire car, driven by a worker from a different hire car company, crashed into us. Into the front side panel. Our car was written off. It was very upsetting and we almost misssed the flight sorting out all the paperwork Nobody seemed atall bothered that there were 3 kids in the car.

My mum did all my washing for me yesterday, 5 loads!! Such a huge help.

Hope you're all ok xxxx

Hi iggly

I did iggly [proud]

Remembered another thing.
On holiday dh was a hero! One of the cousins fell into the pool. He's 4 and a can't swim. We were upstairs ( we had the top floor to oursleves) with our 3 dc's and the others were all downstairs. Nobody was by the pool, and he fell in. Dh heard the splash and FLEW down the stairs, jumped in fully clothed and pulled him out. He was face down and flailing. Arms flapping.
Afterwoods, I was so upset, burst into tears and was shaking. I got really cross with all the adults and shouted at them for not making sure an adult was by the pool with their dc's.

Very scary.

Hi iggly July can be good, too, just not the first weekend of July. July 3rd is our big Guide county centenary event and July 4th -- well, let's just say, since it's a weekend this year I plan on doing something to celebrate. August gets a bit hairy as I start my treatments at the start of the month, then Guide Centenary Camp in the middle of the month (I'll be camping on my birthday!) and family holiday at the end of the month. Think I'll need a holiday in September to recover from August!

princessmel Sounds like a good holiday to me!

No swimming lessons (AquaBabies) tomorrow and no Tots on Wednesday because of half term. Probably a good thing because I don't think Seb's feeling 100%. He's good out and about but towards the end of the days he gets quite cross/upset/frustrated at me and just cries and cries and I don't know why. I know lots of babies have a fussy period, but this is a new development this weekend and I do think it's unwellness and maybe teeth.

Don't know if anyone remembers, but just before I went home I blew my whizzer. Well, I thought maybe I just shorted it and put it away. Got it out earlier to try to whiz the minestrone I made Sebby and it's official, I killed the whizzer. I'm at the thought. Oh well.

Now that I've mentioned cakes, and I was looking at the two new cupcake books I bought at home, I want to bake! I have no time to at the moment, but really fancy making cakes....

Seb slept through the night! Yes, that's right, my Sebby, king of getting up, SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT. Down at 7:10 p.m., up at 5:50 a.m. for milk and a nappy change and is back down and asleep since 6:10 a.m. WAHOO.

(And breathe.)

Hello new thread , thanks for starting Iggly. Weather here is terrible, peeing down with rain. Joe seems to have a bit of a cold and I''m coughing too so we're in for the day I think. More time to practice crawling anyway, bless him-he's getting a bit frustrated with it all.

princessmel Sound like an excellent holiday but at the pool incident, I'd have been crying as well. Thank God your dh saw and reacted so quickly. glad you are all ok after the car as well.

Scout YAY! Well done Seb

ruby Is this your first week back at work? Good luck, hope all goes well

waves to HC and Iggly

princess you're obv very creative! Your holiday sounds fab aside from the crash and pool incident. Great that your DH reacted so quickly but how shocking that the parents weren't on watch

scout lol at the whizzer. I've broken our fancy pants blender - it started smoking. It was a wedding gift. Whoops! We've got a cheapy hand blender though which has lasted us 5 years and counting.

How have you been getting on with weaning Seb onto formula? I know you had questions about dropping feeds.

Well done to Seb!!!! I'm going to tell William to see if that spurs him on however he seems to be so hungry at night so I doubt it.

HT maybe you can get Joe to chase you William does that if we get on all fours.

I can now report that as of yesterday, W is crawling properly now!!! And he's pulling himself up with ease. It's all happening so fast. I was looking at old pics of him barely sitting up and now he's whizzing all over [proud mummy]

meetup last June weekend might be ok - let's see what the other ladies say.

ruby how long til work? I hope you're ok!

What's happened to smallone and devils? also there were a couple of newbies?? And everyone else of course?

to all.

Weather is rubbish here too. We've been out to get a mop bucket and register at the dentist (yes, life is glam) and will spend the rest of the day supervising builders and waiting for the in laws.

Marking my place laters x

Marking my place quickly be back later xx

Stressful day and the stress had nothing to do with Sebby. Could use a drink -- and I so rarely say that!

Since the death of my whizzer (which was, to be fair, a cheapy Tesco one), I have been spurred on to dig out my KitchenAid attachment that was given to me on my last birthday for the sole purpose of Sebby. I have a jug full of minestrone that needs to be pureed to varying degrees so I can freeze it. Have ingredients to try some other recipes as well.

Is amazing what a full night's sleep will do! Told DH this morning as he was getting ready for work, had I known Sebby would sleep a full night I'd have gone to bed earlier to take advantage of it! LOL It's only the second time ever -- the first was in the States.

iggly I forgot to post that I am no longer a breastfeeding mom. and and maybe a bit I dropped one feed for a full week before going to the States and dropped two more very slowly after that while we were in the States. Then, suddenly, before I knew it, breastfeeding became a struggle because I could feel how hard Seb was working and that nothing was happening for him and he would cry and scream. Just before we came back, after a particular rough feed (at that point I was only on one feed a day), I finished and said to my Mom "I think that was my last breastfeed." And sure enough, the next night there was nothing and Seb didn't even try to nuzzle for breast just cried when I offered it and went looking for where he knew I kept the bottle. I cried hard that night and Mom, bless her, tried to say all of the right things (the things that I know logically but didn't make me feel better at the time) and I ended up saying "Let me wallow in my self-pity for now and I'll be fine in 10 minutes." Sure enough, we were talking about it an hour later and she was like "You were right, you really are okay with it, aren't you?" I've had months to get used to the idea and realize that I'm doing what I need to do to take care of my boys. (Thank you for asking.)

When I went to the weigh-in clinic on Friday, I was chatting with a woman who volunteers with BFN (who help at the breastfeeding group we go to on Mondays). She knew I needed to wean for health reasons and when we were chatting I said "I feel funny going back because I'm not feeding any more, but I really like going." She told me that I shouldn't stop going, that the group isn't meant just for people with problems but people like me as well who go for socializing with other bf-ing moms, and she said that I could be support for other moms who are new and use it the way I do.

HT Pouring with rain here, too. It's June, where's the sunshine?!

I was wondering what happened to the newbies as well. Anyone know?

How is everyone else?

scout I'm impressed with how you've handled giving up BF. You should definitely keep going to the BF group! I know when I was finding it hard feeding in the early weeks, it would have been so great to speak to someone like yourself as you're very positive and happy!

Oh and our fancy blender that broke was a kitchen aid...! I'd only used it a handful of times.

I'm now going to eat cake (sticky toffee pudding) with DH before heading to bed early (again...)

Scout I am impressed too. You know in your heart the reasons for stopping are very good reasons though so maybe that helps. What was stressful today??

My friend came over today with her dc's, then dd went up the road to play with her friend and have tea.

Rained all day here. Grim.

iggly maybe I should namechange to PrincessCreativeMel ??

princess

Now I will really go to bed - I keep getting distracted!

Aww, thanks iggly and princess. You've made me . I don't think I've done anything particularly brilliant or special -- just doing what needs to be done! I am, I guess, very practical that way. Crack on with what needs to be done and wallow about it later. Very few people, however, know just how sad I was about giving it up (you ladies are part of that priviledged few). I thank you for being so supportive!

I did realize, however, that eight weeks tomorrow and I have my first treatment. I am getting increasingly nervous about it. I'm going to go to the family support clinic tomorrow (which is run during creative play) to talk to the family support counselor to see if we're eligible for the funding for respite nursery (and if not eligible, how much would it cost and could I still utilize it). My PiL have offered to come up and stay in the area for the first few days and come and take Seb if needed, but I don't like putting people out and asking for that much help. I know they want to as they have offered, but it still makes me feel a bit funny asking. They are older and while they often babysit my nieces and nephews, it's usually in their own home or in the DN&Ns home, not out and about in an area they are not familiar with. As well, they don't see Seb as frequently as they see DN&Ns (who live 3 blocks away) so am afraid he'll be funny with them and FiL is not the most patient man. (Seb will have just turned 9 months at that point -- prime stranger & separation anxiety age!)

Does that make me bad/rude/overly protective of PFB?

iggly at breaking your KitchenAid. I will CRY if mine breaks. Up until my fancy-smanchy camera for Christmas this year, mine was the best Christmas present EVER. Makes making some of the more complex cake recipes easier. And mmmm, sticky toffee pudding -- had it for the first time a few weeks ago and it was scrummy!

(What is it with me and novels today? Sorry about that, Ladies!)

I like princessCreativeMel, v appropriate

Scout Am also v impressed at the way you've handled giving up bf. Re.your PIL, they would probably love you to lean on them a little bit and take this opportunity to get to know Seb a bit more-how about if they helped you out with Seb in those first few days but in your own home? That way, you can rest, be waited on and Seb will be in familiar surroundings. If for any reason, he has a meltdown, you'll be right there to soothe him.

Iggly Yay, clever William! V funny image of you being chased by a crawling W though! Have you decided what to get dh for birthday yet?

HC Are you all set for this weekend?

Bella Are you still co-sleeping? How are you doing in terms of night feeds?

waves to fidelma

Latest from the "Are the immigration civil servants going to lose their jobs" watch - looks like its going to go to 9-5 hours but some standardised version where you do a set amount of hours each week any day you want-so he could do Mon to Wed 9-7 and be off Thur and Friday. It would mean I could do some voluntary work or get a p/t job. I wish we knew for certain what was going on, I could do without the stress.(and it is so stressful). He's not bothered. I think because I've always earned my "own" money,(this is the first time I've stopped working since I was 15) it's a tough adjustment to be out of control like this.

Joe fed every 1.5 to 2 hours last night and I am so tired! Dh working 9am to 10pm today so loong day, I need to find something to do with Joe. It would be quite nice if I could have a conversation with another adult as well . Never mind, off to Wales at the weekend. Two lovely days of family, warmth, fun and laughter.We will be in each others houses all weekend, the sheer volume of people always makes dh's head spin!

That was meant to read "Are the immigration civil servants in dh's dept going to lose their jobs"

Sending you all a beautiful, not too hot sunny day

scout I know what you mean about PFB! Similar to HT's suggestion, you could get them to have a trial run. One thing I've been doing with W is playing peek-a-boo and waving when I leave the room so he knows I'll be back. I also leave him with the ILs for half an hour a week (in our home) while I potter off or go for a walk. First of all I'd just leave the room for a bit. To be honest I think babies are pretty resilient - it's harder for the mummies! Even though William is fine, I still get a bit funny about leaving him.

William def has stranger anxiety (he clings on to me/DH for a few mins when we have visitors until he's happy then he'll interact. However visitors get in his space without that warm up, he freaks out!) but takes his cue from me I think.

Your treatments are fast approaching! I hope you manage to do all the things you want to beforehand. Also take up all the offers of help!

HT I'm getting DH a big tv! He's wanted one for years so as it's his first Father's Day too I've caved. He's very excited as he's a massive footie fan so will get it in time for the world cup
How's Joe's crawling coming along?