Dec '09 - We're learning to roll, we're learning to eat, all we need now is to learn how to sleep!

[hendo77]

New thread everyone...!

Hi all and welcome back to our old friends! Congrats on the new nieces and nephews, what lovely news. We have a new DN/DN due in Sept, do am excited about that! will keep you posted!

Well, to put it mildly, am having a bit of a shite week. DH found out on Wednesday that he has to go to the middle east with work on Sunday for 8 days. Is the longest time we have been apart from each other in aaaaages and am so used to having him at home, i will really miss him. So am going to go and visit various relatives next week and take advantage of their hospitality!

Then BiL collapsed on wed moring and had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance. They ran a few tests and can't find anything obvious, but have not tested for anything else and he's still feeling crap although he's back at home, so that's a bit of a worry.

Then last night, Anna was properly sick (you know, carrots and all!) all down herself three times in the night. When i was coming up to bed i heard hr make a funny noise and start sort of coughing and when i went in, i thought there was blood on the sheets. However, when i turned the light on could see she had been sick and had rubbed it around her face and it was all over her little bear comforter. So DH and I changed her and the bedding and put her back down, and then it happened another two times and the third time, there was lots of sick (sorry if TMI.) I was quite upset with it all and so i went and slept on the floor in her room just with a duvet wrapped round me . I was just terrified she would be sick again and choke. Anyway, after the last time, she went to sleep at about 1.30am and slept through til about 7.30 this morning. I wondered like you hendo if it might be linked to teething. She has none yet and had a feel of her gums this morning and could not feel anything, maybe just a bit of resistance IYSWIM on the bottom gum. on the other hand, I don't know if she is maybe just a bit under the weather though as on tues she was a horror, was properly screaming and inconsolable, which just is not like her at all.

And to top it all off, my fooking washing line broke this morning so all my washing (including the bloody cot sheets) is strewn about the house trying to dry.

Anyway, sorry for droning on. Just feel really pissed off with everything and especially knowing that DH is going away tomorrow makes me feel as i will miss him.

Oh Ethelred that does sound like a rubbish week. I hope your BIL feels better soon, always worrying when you aren't sure of the cause.

Hopefully Anna will be better now - it might be teething or perhaps she wasn't feeling well and that was making her miserable during the day. Hopefully now that she was quite sick she might have got rid of whatever it was that was bugging her and she'll feel better. Fingers crossed for you.

Even though dh goes away for me about once a month for week (this week but back tomorrow) I still often get the fear before he goes! I usually find it goes quicker than I think it will and if you have organised going to see people that will be lovely and help the time fly by. Anyway keep chatting to us all on here - that always helps me stay sane!!!!

Btw got a text late last night to say that they have finally named the baby Maxwell (I think he will be called Max) and sent us another cute picture! He looks so tiny it's hhard to remember when Imogen was like that. She has now completely mastered sitting up from lying down and has done this every 5 minutes since I got back from work - hopefully though she can stop practising this in her sleep now....

Well DH has gone now down to the airport. When we dropped him off at the station I cried! What a sap. Anyway, i feel sorry for him as he has called from the airport hotel he's staying at tonight and it sounds, well, pretty grim. Essentially it's a glorified portakabin, single bed in his room, poster on the wall in his room saying adult films will show on bills as 'room service!' L.o.v.e.l.y! Anyway, tomorrow he'll be off to Doha and he is staying somewhere much nicer there I think, fingers crossed.
Anna and i are off on our travels tomorrow so just trying to make a start on getting the packing done. There just seems to be so much to remember to pack! We are staying with rellies anyway so should be nce. She is back to her ususal self now-the sickness must have been just some short lived thing thank goodness.

Love the name of your nephew Hendo! Imogen is doing well with the sitting up by the sound of things. Anna can sit up very steadily, but she can't physically get herself up without us helping her yet.

Ethelred - you're not being a sap at all! Dh goes away for a week about 10 times a year and I still somteimes have a little cry when I say goodbye and he's been doing it for about 7 years!!! I think you will have a lovely week visiting everyone and the time will fly by. Good luck with the packing!

Lee - well done on making it to Cornwall, hope you havea lovely week there. The weather forecast seems to be changing daily at the moment so you never know.

With milk, Imogen prefers to drink most of hers at night (last night 12.30 and 4.45)!!! I need to try and cut out the second one somehow, but not sure how - think I might put a smaller amount in the bottle for a little while, then decrease it every 3/4 days... Will probably wait until these teeth come through.

I've been known to cry when DH goes away too Elthelred. Before and after we had children! Not a sap at all. I think your plan of having lots to do is a good one. The time will just fly by.

Took Alex on this today. It was fab! We were in charge of making one of the buffalo things heads move. He was so excited. Took both children to TGI's for lunch too and both of them sat quietly and ate!! No tears or noise or wanting to run round - I was amazed and very proud

Holiday just over a week away now. Not going to have made my holiday weight loss target but have lost almost a stone so I'm feeling better. Might try running every day until we go just to make sure I make it over a stone and get rid of as much of this tummy as I can before I go. Another stone to lose once I get back still. Determined to be my final goal weight before Catherine turns 1.

I finally have hope for more sleep! Imogen has been waking up for feeds about midnight and 5 am roughly. This morning she woke up at 5, I went down to do her milk (much more complicated now she's formula fed than it used to be!!!) and she was really going for it. BUT by the time I did the milk and got back upstairs she suddently stopped. I left it and next time I heard her it was 6.15, but that was more of a one of squeal then in the end we woke her up at 730!!! I have hope that she might do this again and eventually stop waking at all now.. although I do realise it might not be for months still!!!

Hope everyone else had a nice weekend - I officially return to work tomorrow (last week before summer holidays so not too bad though). WE have a nice week though this week with swimming gala and sports day so not too tough.

Al - well done on your weight loss I haven't even been trying if I'm honest. I just can't seem to find the motivation.

Ive stopped trying. (with the weightloss thing) Im currently size 10/12, although the dress I bought for my sisters wedding is a 14! I think im going to start watching what I eat again and see how it goes. Too bloody skint to buy takeaways and go out for meals anyway Theyve cut our tax credits down by more than £140 a month. The bastards.

Well Elizabeth said Dadda, to her dad. And now wont stop saying Dada dada dada and then to finish blows a rasberry. Then she gets this very pleased with herself expression on her face.
Im trying very hard to get her to say mama now but she just laughs at me.

Jealous Al, TGI's is one of my favourites! Jake eats so well when he is in there because I can bribe him to eat all his dinner because he is usually desperate to sit on the harley!

Haven't posted for what feels like ages, not much happening and I've been trying to wean myself away from the PC a bit.

Had a good night's sleep on Saturday night as both dc stayed with my parents though I did wake up looking like I'd had a boob job in my sleep! Dd was really happy to stay at her grabdparents which made us all really happy . Dp and me went out for a lovely meal and had a really nice evening.

Though I've been back to pre-preg weight for months I'm scared that I'll suddenly balloon when I finally stop bf as I've had an enormous appetite that doesn't seem to have resulted in weight gain but will do if I continue to trough the choc like I have been .

Ds says mama mama a lot which is nice.

LaDiDaDi - so glad that your dd was happy to stay there, that must have been a relief and allowed you to really enjoy your evening!

I am very of these babies saying words, I can't wait for Imogen to say something instead of growling or squealing. She seems to have got the daaa sound now but is no where near to saying anything despite my best efforts!!!

She does however appear to have almost perfected her pincer grip as however small a crumb on the floor she can get it, and then of course to her mouth... I might bypass the highchair completely save the trouble!!!

Took Alex and Catherine to this today. It was amazing. Both the children loved it. Catherine was mesmerized by the lights and Alex was running round the maze like a loon. I've got tonnes of cool photos. Bit expensive but we had a great time.

Got Catherine weighed too. She's gone from 5.8kgs/12lbs 12ozs to....5.9kgs/13lbs - in a month!! HV didn't seem too worried. She's now back on her line just under the 2nd centile. I thought she'd be huge going on how much she's eating Ah well, she seems happy so I guess she's just destined to be little.

Al that looks amazing! If I wasn't working for the next three days I'd definitely go and see that. I think I read somewhere that it's normal for babies weight gain to plateau or drop a little when they start solids as often they replace some milk feeds with solids but don't yet take in much nutritinal value from the solids and this changes over a couple of months. No idea where I saw that though, or if it's correct!!!

It's there till the 23rd July Hendo - plenty of time to come and see it.

The thing about the weight gain makes sense too. She's eating loads and seems to be settling into replacing feeds with food now so that may very well explain why she's not gained much weight. Thanks

It's just occured to me that today is the 19th so there is only 3 days left! D'oh. Sorry

Lee, glad you're having a lovely holiday. I will keep an eye out for them again, don't think there is one near us though that we can do. Glad Andrew is enjoying himself and his food and hope you have a lovely meal out tomorrow and happy anniversary!

I'm only going back 3 days a week (mon - weds) and have dropped my responsibility so am back to just teaching Maths which actually I'm really looking forward to.

Al, that luminarium looks great. There's one in Derby soon, so might be able to persuade DH to go!

Both the wheels on my pram have exploded! So am going to have to brave the mothercare returns/warranty systems and try and get either them or the pram replaced. Argh! Wish me luck lol.

ABF - exploding pram wheels doesn't sound good - good luck with sorting that out!

BlueChampagne - how is Conrad getting on with the formula now? We found that Imogen took a couple of weeks to take from the bottle enough to satisfy her, but then she started saving herself for feeding every two hours at night when bf so in the end I stopped bf completely but she seems much happier with the bottle these days which is good, although still two feeds at night! We use Aptamil 3 btw - I think you might have asked that ages ago!

Hi girls, hope everyone is well - just wanted to draw this to your attention www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/999936-DROWNING-please-read-this-you-never-know-if-you-might

Horrid stories but so important to know...

That's exactly how Alex looked when he slipped at the pool

Makes me feel even more sure that I did the right thing in wading in.

We have a buoyancy vest for holiday and will be watching him (and Catherine and Nieces and Nephews) like a hawk.

Thanks for that Kings, I remember being in the sea in Malta and being unable to shout out that I was in trouble. Scary stuff. Glad that whoever got me out, got me out in time! To this day I wont go in the sea at that same place!

Havent been into mothercare yet. Im dreading it.

Hendo, youre using aptamil 3, what's it like? Is it the same as number 2? The only reason I ask is I obviously buy the bloody expensive stuff every week and still cant get my boots advantage points on it but if I moved to 3 I could! Terrible reason I know, but I save Boots and Waterstones points for everyones christmas presents!

Hi all glad you are all ok. Thanks for the link Kings. I will have a good read of it.

Hope you get the exploding wheels sorted ABF!

We have had a few good days away, although have had two people (my grandma and my mum-my mum's ex MIL, so not in same convo!) comment on my weight. Neither of them are skinny minnies but my mum especially is like the food police, so am definitely going on a diet after Anna's christening.

We have teeth! (well Anna obv, i already had mine!!) she has two coming through at the bottom. she has been a bit more grizzly than usual and her nappies have been a bit interesting but apart from that she's been ok. i think as well, with us being away her sleeps have been a bit all over the place so i think she's been quite tired too.

The Luminarium looks mega. The nearest place to us is Derby though, which is still quite a way from us and that weekend i am away on a hen do. But will sign up for the newsletter and hopefully it might come our way soon!

hendo, I am working Monday to wed too. I am pleased to have it all sorted now so can enjoy my last few weeks off.

Hi Hendo, have been trying HIPP organic at home and SMA at nursery, but today I got a carton of Cow and Gate and a carton of Aptimil to see if they are any more enthusiastically received. I do get the feeling that he hangs on at the end of the day to feed from me, which is kind of flattering ...

Still doing a dream feed and an early morning, but trying to stop feeding around 2am. The last couple of days he's gone back to sleep in his cot. I've come to the conclusion that co-sleeping now results in worse nights than getting him back in the cot. But as usual, this will be a phase and something else will come up soon. Maybe it has - he used to go down really quite well at 8pm but the last couple of nights it has taken till 8.30 - hey ho!