Jan 2010: Weaning, sleeping crawling too...at least we've moved on from discussing poo

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Roll up roll up - let's get chatting...

its gone really quiet on here! although im on another thread due in jan 2012 - i still very much love to talking to my other mummy friends!
Hows you Super - and the family xxxx

Hello all!
Still a bit short on words here but we do get jabbering and expressive hand movement like she knows what she's telling me. She's also quite into the spinning round & falling over. Babies really are crazy aren't they?!
H is being sent to chicago at the end of July. Was originally just for four days but has been extended to 9 days now. He is thrilled. He'd better bring me back some cherry nibs and a fridge magnet or there will be trouble. I really ought to be more upset about being left home with three kids, but I'm looking forward to having the bed to myself and access to the car.

hi

yes mama all good here thanks, spent a rare day out with dh as sun was shining and took erin and louie to animal sanctuary, erin loved the donkeys and is now saying 'aww hee aww hee' tis very cute.

i do believe all babies are slighty crazy sock erin is into the spinning thing as well and also climbing on the chair to get on table on decking, and she still keeps doing it even though she keeps falling off the chair.

have been putting mardy boy in his cot at night to fall asleep - mean mummy - but he is getting better, not a peep tonight, fingers crossed.

hope you're all well x

Hi all, Just quickly saying hello and goodbye for now as the big move is a week today so the computer will be disconnected and probably will sit in a box for a bit until we get organised (if we ever do).

Had a bloody awful fortnight. My Gran died suddenly of a massive heart attack on the 8th. I had just seen her 4 hours before. I went with the kids and she did say she was feeling very ill that day but seemed to perk up with seeing the kids.

9pm I got a call from my mum saying she had found her after she couldn't get an answer on the phone and the paramedics were working on her. She only lives round the corner so I ran like hell still not believeing she could actually be dead but she was by the time I arrived .

I spent my last visit with her moaning about all my house problems and hardly said goodbye as the kids were running out the door. She was a bit upset I hadn't been for 3 weeks too as I see her every week but had got all tied up in the fucking stupid house that I now want to burn. Grrrr

Her funeral was Thursday and it was really nice so im glad she had a good send off. Her ashes were buried with my Uncle George (her son) who died last April. She didn't want buried because she didn't think it was very clean ! Typical Gran statement. Anyway, Im going to miss her so much sorry for very depressing post.

On a brighter note (not hard), how is the bumps coming on? Fraoch you must be ready by now surley?

hi all

quickchat am so sorry to hear about your gran, dont beat yourself up about the moaning etc....we all do it, when something like this happens we all say i will do better but unfortunately life gets in the way :/ my gran only lives a couple of miles away and i didnt see her as much as i should so when she died i was shocked. she was out dancing on the sat night, ok sunday went to bed as normal and just didnt wake up, it was very peaceful. i can imagine its very different if its dramatic ( not the right word but ykwim). glad she had a good send off, think of happy times and be kind to yourself. i smiled at the 'not very clean' i agree, although im scared of the other so im going to get dh to dress me nicely and prop me in a chair and carry on talking to me etc....like the crazy old dude that he will no doubt be. :))))))

hope bumps are doing well

hooray, have carried on being mean to louie putting him in cot, and last night slept from 7.30 til 6.45 this morning, BUT his tag team partner decided she was going to be sick everywhere so ended up stripping cot erin etc and then woke me at 2.30 settled quickly and i was absolutely knackered this am. think i had TOO MUCH SLEEP ha ha ha

speak soon x

Monday morning i had my 12 week scan - i was so happy my chance to see my baby for the first time its so real , to be told no heartbeat so baby passed at 9/10 weeks. Shock??????????????????? why?????????????
had the op yesterday now beginning the healing journey! still have my hands full with lil man and the rest! feeling a bit sore, but will recover!

so sorry mama :( :(

Oh Mama, I'm so sorry. I'm so rubbish at knowing what to say, and obviously don't want to upset you any more than you are, but please accept a big hug.

I'm so sorry for your loss mama

xXx

Oh that's just awful mama, I'm sure you are still in shock yourself but please know we are all thinking of you xxx
Really sorry to hear your news too quick, such suddenness must be very hard. I would prefer to think that you were visiting her with the people she really cares about and acting in a very normal manner. 3 out of my GP's passed after long illnesses and there was always a kind of stiltedness in the visits we had. Her comment reminds me of the people who don't want particular lairs because they never spoke to the person beside them in life, or not wanting an area because it floods :)

thanks all - im trying very much to deal with my loss! its very hard but im getting through it one day at a time! I thank God for my lil man who is my distraction and helps me get through the day!

Thank You all xxx

Oh Quickchat and Mama - I'm so sorry for both of your losses. So sad.

xxxxxx

Hello all! Not much chat happening. We have just had a week at the seaside. Was surprised that Noop actually liked paddling in the sea, it was freezing! Boys loved it too. We didn't have the best weather, but managed to avoid most of the rain while out & about.
We didn't take a travel cot as there is nowhere to fit one in the caravan but a wedged settee back next to the bed worked ok.

Naomi now woofs when she sees a dog (and cat, cow etc) it's quite funny. We get a bit more babbling now but not many real words. Are other babies chatting yet?

hi sock

erin is really talkative now, repeats anything we say to her, but i do think the older girls chatting to her brings her on and she is soooooo fiesty. i think louie will be the opposite though, he's just happy to watch the world go by, bless him x
glad you had a nice holiday, we are hopefully going camping at the end of august, should be fun with an 18 month old who will not sit still, might buy one of those dog things you screw in the ground ha

hope everyone else is keeping well

super x

thinking of you mama hope your ok x

if anyones on facebook, and wants to find me, i am susan jones manchester and have a pic of erin as my profile pic

x

superparty I have sent what I hope is you a FB message. You can add me as a friend from that (I Hope!)

Mama & Quickchat still thinking of you, hope you are doing ok.

Hi sock

haven't had a message from you on fb
do you want to pm me some of your details and i'll try to find you

x super

Hi all - how are the lil ones getting on!
Lil man is yapping away but just saying the usual words nothing new!
Mum, daddy, brother, nanny, pig,yes, no, please, thank u, sweet!
Ice!When I asked him if he has gone toilet he pats his nappy! And goes off to get the changing stuff!!
I'm off work have not worked since June after my op just chilling!
And I'm happy to say I'm much better and looking forwards!
We are also moving and I can't wait!
New start, new beginning!
Take care all xxx

Glad all is going well mama. You moving far?
My parents have spent their holiday looking for bungalows at the east coast. Think they are fed up of the dump of a town they live in. Plus mum not so good on her legs now & home has four floors. Not good.

DH is finally home after 9 days in Chicago. It's great to have him back, but I've sent him to bed cos he's tired & grouchy

Neighbour knocked on door to tell us his son had hung himself on Thursday & had died this morning. Me & the kids had been up north staying at my sisters for a few days so hadn't been around to see all the police cars etc. It's so very sad, I think he was only about 18.

Other than that all is well here. Noop's latest word is bum. Yes she has two older brothers. She says it like a cockney though, baam. We don't even watch eastenders so who knows about that one!

Oh jesus Sock that is heartbreaking :( I know of someone who found his son in the same situation and can't even begin to imagine how horrific that would be.
On a very different tangent, I have had another wee girl. Aimee Lea was born on 4th July, 6lb14oz. 40 min labour and slightly shocked, but thankfully just as angelic as her big sister so far.
That's positive Mama, maybe the potty training will be on the horizon!

Massive congratulations Fraoch! What a pretty name. Bet such a fast labour was a shock! Hope you are all doing well. Big hugs to you x

hi hope you are all well,

congratulations fraoch, well done on a speedy labour, glad all is ok, have fun x

well all ok here although i'm sure these two have join some kind of spy ring. destined to drive me mad through sleep deprivation, when one goes to sleep the other wakes up, truly exhausting. and after having a boy that didnt sleep then 4 girls that sleep the clock round back to a boy that at 7 months i'm still feeding at night at least once if not twice some nights. i don't know what i'm doing wrong.

louie is a gorgeous bundle of mush, can turn over but thats it! such a difference between them, this time last year on holiday erin crawled for the first time, he just lies there, lazy boy :)

take care xx

Congrats to you Fraochsmum - wonderful news on the birth of your baby girl yes that sounds like a speedy birth! hugs and blessings to you and yours!
i have loads of expecting friends now on a countdown from 4 weeks, 5 weeks 6 weeks and 8 weeks!
quite an emotional time for me, but cant wait to give them a hold xxxx

Hello everyone! I've just got back from holiday in Florida - was great but spending all that time with DH drove me absolutely mad and tbh, I quite prefer my time at home when I don't have to see him all day every day .

Anyhoo... Olivia is being horrendous. On holiday she decided that she would become a daddy's girl - I mean - truly truly. She would push me away, scream if I went near her and the same for anybody else - only Daddy would do . To now when we are back home, she absolutely refuses to go in her cot and sleep. All she wants is to be cuddled to sleep and stirs as soon as I go to put her in her cot. The temper tantrums that are accompanying this behaviour are quite incredible too. I have put some of it down to her being all out of sorts. She didn't sleep at all on the flight back Saturday night so the body clock is still frazzled. She is awake for much of the night from 11-3 and sleeping through the morning. I'm trying to wake her an hour earlier each day at the moment and bring her back to UK time. That being said, she was put down half an hour ago and she screamed constantly for 15 mins, then went out like a light (fingers crossed).

She is not talking yet. She says no quite firmly (and repeatedly). She can say "Alex", "Daddy" "Muuuuum", "Yes", "Doodie" (dummy) and words that sound similar to "What, This, That". However, no signs whatsoever of saying anything else - particularly words that we keep repeating to her and saying "say xxxxx".

I have a third interview for a job tomorrow. I don't want it. I don't want to have to work in London again with a fair amount of travel. However, things not great with DH at all and I need to regain my financial independance pronto. Oh well.

Any sleep and temper tantrum tips would be much appreciated

x