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[lebel]

Hello, I am new here, just found you through a search engine

I have two daughters, L is 3 and C is 5 months and has downs. She had open heart surgery at 12 weeks to repair a hole in her heart.

I was looking for weaning advice, I have been giving her taste of purreed stuff for 3 weeks now, which she seems to enjoy

We just got our dla award through and the extra tax credits, they'll really help, we weren't expecting them, LOL!

We have portage and go to a support group for ds toddlers,

Hope to get chatting to some of you soon, xxx

Hi, welcome to the board. I have a DS who's a typical 8 year-old and DD, 3 in July, who has global developmental delay, no diagnosis. She moves around well but has no speech and is more like an 18-month old. She's not a great eater so we encourage her to play with her food a lot--our kitchen floor was covered in cheerios this morning!

Hi Arabica Think I'll start giving Sam some dried cereal to play with to see what he does with them, although I'm pretty sure he'll just crush them up in his hands and drop them everywhere while having a good giggle

I've just managed to delete a big long message by mistake grrrrr . Anyway, hi Arabica and good afternoon everyone!

Hello and welcome to the board, I am more of a lurker than a poster but I do read nearly everything.

I have three children, DS1 is NT (but very stroppy!) 8 year old, DS2 is 2.2 and we have a probable diagnosis of ASD - delayed speech and no receptive language, and DD1 who is 7 month.

The boards have been a massive help to me, especially as I am new to allt his, and I do ask a milion questions but everyone has been so helpful!

And good evening!
My smugness has come back and bitten me - have been up since 5am with a baby that now thinks its ok to wake up early - he'd best rethink that before Monday!

Hope you have all had a good day. Lebel - was wondering how your DD's check up went this week and if she is still enjoying nursery?

As I now count down the hours to work on Monday, I have stupidly gone and got myself hooked on those bloody books about vampires and teen angst. Am going to be up all weekend now trying to finish books 2,3 and 4 before Monday. grrrrr.

Soph - CRAWLING... now the fun really begins! Dried cereal is prob a v good idea
Marmoset did your long message mention how your baby girl slept right through and you had a great nights sleep??? (not sure how to do hopeful face!)

Fizzy unfortunately not but we are making progress. She was up twice but settled herself (with me lurking behind her door) after a few mins each time. Next step - her not waking and me not lurking. (Note to Mumsnet - we need a hopeful face thingy!!)

Bad luck on the early start today - was it the dawn chorus, do you think? Enjoy your vampires!

Morning all. Hope you all had good weekends. The weather here is glorious at the moment so we went for a nice walk along the beach yesterday. Went shopping on Sat and got Sam a bath seat so that he can sit in the big bath with his brother. They had a great time Sat & Sun evening, was lovely to see

Fizzyanddizzy - good luck at work today, enjoy as much as you can Hope you get the sleeping back on track. I have to wake Sam up every morning because we get up so blinkin' early Did you get the books finished?

Hi frasersmum123

Hello Soph
Well have survived first day with only a splitting headache to show for it! More to the point have almost finished book three so just one more to go - everybody who I spoke to work today, I could only view them in terms of whether they should be a wolf or vampire so the sooner I finish the books the better!

Alex seemed to do fine at the childminders today but also seemed very pleased to see me when I got home from work so that was nice

Fabby news on the bath front - I bet they had a riot in there together and as for your weather !!!

Hello all. Glad you and Alex got day 1 out of the way successfully fizzy

Just to boast - I have had 6-8 hours sleep in a row for the past three nights. Hurray - don't tell dd that I'm boasting or she'll change back. She may not be a wolf or a vampire but she is a night owl

Hello frasersmum123

RESULT
without tempting fate for tonight - well done to Marmosets daughter!!! how have you managed it?

Hello all!

fizzyandizzy, glad day one was good, also that he was pleased to see you, such a lovely feeling.

Soph, am also very at the weather and walks on the beach.

Good weekend here, DS2 went horseriding, it's really good for him, he makes me laugh as due to his hypotonia he can't do the up and down thing in the saddle so his head wobbles so much I worry it may fall off!

Marmoset, Yay for sleep!

fizzy I could tell you how I'm doing it but then I would have to kill you.... Not really - it turns out that I have been far too soft on the little soul and just breaking the feeding cycle seems to have allowed her to sleep. You would have thought that i could have twigged this a bit earlier what with her being my third but sleep deprivation does terrible things to the brain! Fingers crossed for tonight. Enjoy your book

Thanks for the cheer slightlycrumpled - loving the image of the horseriding. My ds1 goes and loves it too - he also favours the 'sack of potatoes' position!

fizzyanddizzy - glad you got the first day over with successfully. I really shouldn't boast about our weather. We thought it had changed into summer and then yesterday afternoon the clouds came out, the temperature dropped and it started to rain It'll probably be ghastly all day as I've got my washing out

marmoset - pleased to hear you've got the sleep sorted

Soph, boo for the bad weather. I have my washing out, tis a 'good drying day' here. (God I'm boring aren't I)

Horseriding is amazing at 5 he is the youngest there, but it is helping him so much. Both his confidence, he is totally relaxed around the ponies (unlike his mother who quivers at the size of their teeth!)but also his muscle tone is starting to improve. Plus the extra bonus - he is knackered afterwards!

Hope everyone has a good day!

slightlycrumpled ... always good when you find something that wears them out! Weather's perked up a little bit so may be OK with the washing (don't worry we can be boring together!)

Thanks Soph - had another goodnight last night so will be setting myself up as sleep guru now on the parenting pages - yes, that'll definitely jinx it!!

Morning all on a very grey day!
marmoset hope sleeping is still going well. Thought of you Monday night as I had two of them taking turns to keep me up all night. ggrrrrr. They were all much better last night thankfully!

SC - am v impressed by 5 year old, horse riding - when did he start?

As I go into day 3 of work, am starting to realise this is now for good and am not really sure I have the energy. oh well. Have now started the last book so at least I will not have to stay up till silly o'clock feverishly turning pages

Have a good day, you guys. Soph hope its lovely and sunny for you at least cos its miserable here!

Afternoon.

fizzyanddizzy - I used to feel that way when I first came back to work, but you do get used to it. It was very wearing though when Sam was ill and me and DH were up throughout the night trying to settle him. Touch wood it's all going fine at the mo, although he now has mild conjunctivitis so had to go to the docs this morning and get some drops. He sat on the counter in the chemists blowing raspberries at everyone ... it's his favourite pasttime It rained this morning - boo!!! Bit brighter now though

marmoset - maybe you should wait a few more nights first before you go off guruing You'd never believe I worked in a Library would you LOL!

I'm sorry Soph but I am completely carried away with my sleeping success - I may even write a book on it, earn millions and retire to Barbados. [really asking for it now - teething bound to start tonight]

You know, my dd2 didn't sleep through the night till he was 2 and shook his cot to bits one night so I really mustn't tempt the fates LOL

fizzy - go to bed and put that light out at 10pm young lady! [seriously though, hope you get a good rest tonight]

Well, that's just begging for trouble with your bowl out However, if you do earn millions can we come to Barbados with you, purllleeeeeaaaassssee! I have to be very smug here though as DS1 was about 10/12 wks old when he slept through and Sam was 5 wks old .... runs for cover

Gets ready to throw tomatoes at Soph

Finds she has run out of tomatoes - will spring onions do?

Oooo spring onions please, they're REALLY difficult to get over here

Mornin!
day off here - YIPPEE!!!!!
middle son is already struggling with the changes this week so going to give him some time this morning, then portage this afternoon, then school governors meeting later, then more book reading (will I never be free from vampires????). Before I know it, it will be friday and I will be back at work. Grrrr. (wish mumsnet would do a Grrrr face).

What are you lot all up to - apart from throwing fruit and veg at each other

Mornin' all.
fizzyanddizzy - wish I had a morning off. It's study leave at the moment and practically the whole of Year 11 are in my Library They haven't really grasped the concept of "study leave" however, it's mainly because the parents don't trust them to stay at home and do any work Fortunately there's an exam in here tomorrow afternoon so I shall be in the staffroom with my feet up.

The one good thing about today is it's chips for lunch - hooray

Enjoy your day, sounds like you're going to be busy!