Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[Maffie]

We bought a plus seat which is meant to last upto 12 months, it had a lumbar support cushion thing for new babies which we've just taken out. He's still well within the weight limits but with the cushion in he was too long so e fits nicely again now. Not that he travels by car much seen as we dont have one

Honey is great for hayfever, thats what mum got me on when I was a kid and my hayfever was bad, mine has cleared up again since getting pregnant, weird or what.

 

[florabean1981]

how'd it go at the drs maf?

 

[Kte]

Its the best cure Maffie! How's your back?

*touch wood* my hayfever isn't as bad at the mo, i'm sure i will regret saying that now. Flora - i also forgot about this stuff you put on outside of your nose called Haymax, you can get it from boots.

sat in invigilation, lucky as pc is here but have to type quietly. here from now until 5pm

 

[Chaos]

8 month?! I'm moving back home! lol.

Lil Miss is nearly .. well she is outgrown her infant seat. Her feet dangle from the end and her head is level with the top! DH gets his bonus this month so we'll go get a new car seat. You can get them at full size here that is convertible from rear facing to forward facing then becomes a booster seat (they have to have a booster seat up till 40lbs)

The one I'm looking at is about $120 (about 80 quid) but its gonna last till shes 3 or 4, so I think will be worth it in the long run.

 

[Maffie]

Back is sore Kte, but doc says that fractures can take 6-8 weeks to heal and being pregnant wont help

Fleur the doc was horrid kept talking about terminating even though I said 3 times no. Got my booking in appointment sorted though so thats something.

Ive just been cooking for Noah apple and then veggie spag bol (peter rabbit sauce with lots of veggies)

 

[Chaos]

Ps, did you know that 7 month olds chase lazer dot pens like cats do? bwahah. DH told me off!!

 

[aimee-lou]

Chaos - It's 9kg/20lb AND 9 months to be safe (36 weeks if you're a pedant like me lol). Earl is the same in his car seat but I wont put him in his seat earlier if I can help it. I know a woman who puts her 6 month old in forward facing because it's easier to get them in and out. I can't carry Earl in his seat nay more, but we're still using.

 

[Kaites]

Ps, did you know that 7 month olds chase lazer dot pens like cats do? bwahah. DH told me off!!

I'm going to have to dig out the cat's laser pen and give it a go, lol.

They are thinking of changing the rear facing laws to 2 yrs here also (atm, it's 1 yr and 22lbs like the US). We bought a 3-in-1 car seat like you described but it didn't fit in our tiny car when rear-facing so we had to settle for a 2-in-1 convertible seat and will still need a booster seat later- all this baby gear costs a small fortune!

Hope everyone is well. I decided to get the book "No Cry Sleep Solution" and am going to give it a try since Emma's sleep has really degenerated since starting solids/moving to her own room. I started to implement some of her suggestions last night but I'm exhausted today. Emma finally fell asleep at 10pm, woke at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:40. We clearly missed when she was originally tired and by the time we were ready to put her down, she'd got her second wind. I talked to hubby about it and he's okay with her staying up late and then just sleeping in our bed when she wakes up the first time I tried to explain that I just need a bit of space to get a good night sleep but he's upset that if I move her bedtime forward, he's only going to see Emma on Sundays. I'm so frustrated- feels like I can't win

So anyone have special plans for the weekend?

 

[Kte]

Maffie: Grr seriously 3 times?! The nerve! Hopefully your back will be better sooner rather than later for you.

Kaites: Not much planned, TBH the last too friday's have been far to eventful so I just hope this one can be chilled . . . especially after last nights fiasco Supposed to see Nij tomorrow when he finishes work for a couple of hours then I am off to stay at my parents overnight so they can see Chloe. Then Sun Nij again possibly after he finishes work and then I said I would go to his parents so they could see Chloe; not really looking forward to that bit.

Chaos: That sounds hilarious!

 

[colsy]

V quick hello before Monty wakes from nap. Tonight is my very first night out since Monty was born. Well, we've had some early evenings with Monty down at our local but only for half an hour or so. Tonight is just me, no Monty, no OH. It feels wierd thinking about it! I'll drive so no wine with dinner for me. Plus if the past few nights are anything to go by, I shall aim to be home by 10pm absolute max, as those teeth are definitely making an appearance ...

Been to Baby Express this morning (the NCT tie-in with Pizza Express). Saw my usual NCT friends, plus met a few new ladies and babies. Bargain on eBay - an as-new Mamas and papas cotbed for 30 quid! And the lovely chap selling it even drove halfway to meet us so we didn't have to drive all the way out to Marple.

BTW, does anybody know of some good websites explaining cot death and second-hand mattresses? OH and I need to read and think and decide ...

Swimming tomorrow. OH's parents up for weekend so hope to have them babysit for couple of hours while we do a mad dash clean around the house! Gotta go, I can hear my boy

 

[Kte]

V quick hello before Monty wakes from nap. Tonight is my very first night out since Monty was born. Well, we've had some early evenings with Monty down at our local but only for half an hour or so. Tonight is just me, no Monty, no OH. It feels wierd thinking about it! I'll drive so no wine with dinner for me. Plus if the past few nights are anything to go by, I shall aim to be home by 10pm absolute max, as those teeth are definitely making an appearance ...

Been to Baby Express this morning (the NCT tie-in with Pizza Express). Saw my usual NCT friends, plus met a few new ladies and babies. Bargain on eBay - an as-new Mamas and papas cotbed for 30 quid! And the lovely chap selling it even drove halfway to meet us so we didn't have to drive all the way out to Marple.

BTW, does anybody know of some good websites explaining cot death and second-hand mattresses? OH and I need to read and think and decide ...

Swimming tomorrow. OH's parents up for weekend so hope to have them babysit for couple of hours while we do a mad dash clean around the house! Gotta go, I can hear my boy

Sooooooooooo jealous of your bargain cot! I put Chloe in hers and as soon as she can stand she will be over the side . . . naff ikea piece of .... ahem!

Website: https://fsid.org.uk

 

[Maffie]

Sounds a great bargain Colsy (I need to get one for Noah) We have a metro mamas and papas cot and its lovely quality and i'm very impressed with it.

 

[florabean1981]

Maffie, how rude of your doctor. Surely they should just simply ask 'do you know your options?' And if you say 'yep, i will keep the baby' then that should be the end of the matter? Grrrrrrr. I hate how GPs seem to treat every pregnancy like it's a mistake these days.

 

[littlekitten8]

Maffie thats so crappy. I would have walked out!

 

[florabean1981]

ughhhh. Harry was awake every 1.5-2hrs last night so we're both a little worse for wear today. He'd been doing so well in his own room, so hopefully last night was just a little blip rather than a measure of things to come!

How's everyone doing today? Any nice plans for the weekend? if it stays dry, I need to cut the grass, but tbh, I will probably 'forget' to do it, lol.

 

[aimee-lou]

Hi hi everyone,

No plans for us - hubby is working a late tonight and then a full tomorrow so I wont actually see him (properly at least) until about 10am on Monday lol. He's a bit of a blurry tired lump when it's his working weekend. We have a busy week ahead as we're going to MIL's on Friday all being well, taking a van load of stuff for her to store. I will need to get packed up this week but I'm taking it easy today and will start tomorrow. Should actually be that hard, but with Earl around it's mor difficult to pack in 15 minute bursts lol.

Payday on Friday and tbh it can't come soon enough. We're totally broke, I have just enough nappies to get us through til Friday morning but I'll be banging to door to the local shop down at opening time at the rate we're going. We have enough food for everyone (just) but fuel for the car is going to be touch and go. I'm so fed up of being skint though....should all change soon- still haven't got a job for the end of June though. My Tarot told me that June would be a good month for money....if it thinks that getting an extra 2 weeks holiday pay than expected is a 'good month' it needs to rethink it's scale of appreciation lol

The CC is going well. He went down in 9 minutes last night, woke for 2 feeds then woke at 6.30 again. He's repeated the less than 10 minutes for both his naps today (he's due to wae anytime from 1.30 so I'd best be off to have some lunch lol). It's going well and he hardly cries anymore I'm so pleased with him.....little star!!

Have a good weekend ladies xx

 

[Maffie]

Afternoon all, well last night Noah woke me with an almighty scream (it even woke OH up who was downstairs) He's never done that before and to be honest scared the sh*t out of me (sorry for the language) This was at 2.50am he had a feed and went back down till nearly 7am. I think it might be his mouth, it was horrid though.

He's been really good today, we went shopping to Buxton (OH is with his other children today) so Noah and myself got a bus there got some vests and had a wander around the charity shops.

 

[Kte]

Hi, just quickly packing to go to my parents . . . going in 15 and chloe just woke! argh!

Hope your all well

 

[Kaites]

Happy weekend all

Hope everyone is having a good day. It's grey and rainy here so I'm hibernating, lol. I guess it's a good opportunity to get some housework done though. I hope hubby has something good planned for tomorrow- it's mother's day here on Sunday. I just hope the plan doesn't involve getting together with MIL My mum is out of the country atm, so I guess we'll celebrate with her when they are back home.

Flora- I hear ya re: lack of sleep. We're going through a period of waking every 1.5-2hrs too I can't pinpoint exactly what's caused it- I figure it's either moving to her own room, teething, or trying to make up for lost milk feeds since she's getting more solids during the day and playing more. I'm leaning towards her being hungry since she frantically roots for the boob and won't settle for just a snuggle. I'm trying to offer it more during the day to see if that helps but it hasn't made a difference to the nightwakings I'll give her credit though- she's pretty quick at feeding and has been good at settling back in her crib when she's finished Just feels like we're back at the newborn stage! I was going to cut the grass today too but it's rainy so it'll have to wait til next week I really hate cutting the grass with a passion- hubby bought all kinds of lawn furniture, littering our backyard, making grass cutting an ordeal since I have to move things out of the way as I go.

Aimee- Are you still planning on moving in with MIL? Good luck with the packing. Glad to hear CC is going well for you and Earl. I'm too much of a softie for it, lol. I read an interesting article about how parents' attitudes towards it ultimately determined how successful it is (like if parents were at all skeptical, etc., they were more likely to fail at CC)- seems pretty obvious I guess, but also made me realize, there is no way we'd be successful at it I know that hubby would just come in and take Emma into bed to stop the crying- hmm- maybe he's the softie

Maffie- hope Noah's teeth settle down for him tonight That'd scare the sh*t out of me too!

Kte- have a fun at your parent's

Well, I better get going- Emma's exersaucer fun is coming to an end so it's time to find something else to play with...

 

[aimee-lou]

Kaites - Yep, we're moving at the end of June now (was originally May but we were too unprepared lol) so it's all hands to the pumps as in 7 weeks we'll be in Essex - as much as it pains me to say being a through and through northerner! lol.

With the CC- I wouldn't/couldn't have done it without hubby's help. The thing is, that without it, we were llooking at me in bits not able to get him to sleep, Earl playing up because he's overtired (which ultimately would make him grumpy and horrid lol) and hubby getting upset because he can;t settle him, in fact if Earl caught even the slightest glimpse of him he would giggle and kick and generally not comply lol. We just had to do something and having tried all the other 'softer' methods, Earl just obviously needs a firm hand (hmmmm wonder where he gets his stubborness from? lol ) so we just thought no time like the present so we sat together and did it. Hubby took the lead partly becuase I was in tears and also because Earl's problem was worse with him. It was horrid the first night - to hear him cry for over half an hour was horrible - but tonight he went to sleep in 5 minutes with 30 seconds of whimpering. He's sleeping better, longer, deeper and his naps are better. Just got to work on him consistently having a good long nap. At the moment it's a bit of pot luck to get him to go more than 45 mins. All in all, I think it's been a success and yes, maybe the first night is cruel and they only sleep out of exhaustion, but I firmly believe now that they just need to learn that lesson to fall asleep solo. As I say, I'd been through the whole menu of other options so it was last ditch and it's worked like a charm.

I'm not trying to convert you, just letting you know that if you're left with no other options, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.