Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[Maffie]

Colsy Noah was frustrated with lack of movement but he now has a forward crawl (al be it a weird one) and he can get sit up on his own (also very strange fashion) But he's now frustrated as h'es not understanding why he cant stand and walk

Noah will play alone sometimes but he has clingy days where I have no chance.

If im busy he uses his bouncer/walker/or has a stack of toys around him (he likes his mini symbols and bells lots)

Sleep wise Noah wakes between 4-5 for a feed if its closer to 4 he'll fall straight back to sleep if its 5 he has a feed gets up for a few hours, breakfast then he usually back in cot for a nap by 8 or 9 (means im up though)

 

[Kte]

Morning all,

I'm gutted, Chloe fell off the bed this morning I normally put her in the center but Nij wouldn't move his lazy ass so she was a bit to the side, anyway, she was doing her wibble and I could see it happeneing so I tried to rush to grab her but it was just too late Annoying thing is if she had falled a few more inches up she would of landed on a nice soft cushion. She had a bit of a cry and I settled her but it was awful

See now I am really confused, yesterday my ticker said 8 months old, today it says 8months and 2 days - where did the extra day go?!?

I'm really not feeling it today, don't know what it is about Thursdays, think I am just worn out by this time of the week work wise.


Colsy: Sorry I can't help with the early rise question but I will try with the others

Is anybody else finding that their Bumpkin is getting quite irritable because they're frustrated with not being able to crawl forwards? Monty can go backwards, but he wants to go forwards but can't do it. And so every time I put him down, within minutes and even sometimes seconds he's yelling because he's going the wrong way. It's getting quite wearing I am convinced that the minute he goes forwards, he will lose the frustration.

Chloe gets super frustrated on her front trying to go somewhere, she has only just started to stay on her front without freaking out let alone any kind of movement forwards or backwards! Sometimes I worry I help too much but I don't want it to be an unpleasent experience for her iykwim?! I know she will be fine really as all of a sudden she will just do something.

One more Q. Monty has never been the best at entertaining himself. Whether that's part of him, or whether it's because OH and I barely ever put him down alone when he was newborn I don't know. But anyway, that's how it is. So, at this stage, how long is your Bumpkin happy alone for?
I don't mean 'alone' alone, but 'alone' as in not physically touching you but can still see you.

It depends on if she has been to nursery or not. Sometimes she will come home and be happy to play for an hour before I get her ready for bed but I still have to be in the room or she whines. (As in Nij is in the room with her anyway but she has to see me to be content). When I say and hour I have dipped in and out to talk to her etc but she is usually in her bouncer then sat with a variety of toys on the floor. If its a weekends she can extra clingy by the end but I think that's because I try and make up for not spending a whloe lot of time with her during the week, plus I still think she is going through her 2nd round of clinging.

I was intrigued by Kaites' post yesterday about the toys that interest Emma. She seems way advanced! Monty is still very much into rattly things. TBH if he can grab it, he likes it. It doesn't really seem to matter what it actually is So that gets me wondering, is that the way it is with all little ones, or is it because we've never really gone OTT with toys, tending instead to encourage him to play with random household objects. (Lest you think we're totally weird , he does have toys, just not loads and loads of them.)

Most things Chloe likes is wrattling things too. Its prob just another one of those things they all take to differently. Chloe has toys at home but at nursery there is some 'sensory bottles' and a 'natural basket' they get to play with with normal objects in too. She can't put things into things yet and I was surprised to read some LO can do this already (think LK mentioned something about James being able to do this in her parenting journal). Again though, I know she will get it and I am sure Monty is being well stimulated with the things you are presenting him with. Most of Chloe's toys are ignored whilst she plays with a cushion or heads for the tv remote!

Oh, and actually one more Q. To those whose Bumpkins are mobile now - what do you do with them when you're cooking/cleaning/peeing etc.?

I don't know but will be interesting to hear what people do!

 

[Bingers]

Really sorry Chaos

 

[colsy]

Most of Chloe's toys are ignored whilst she plays with a cushion or heads for the tv remote!

For Monty it's a wooden spoon (girls, try it - it works wonders when he's having a right good whinge). Also discovered today that my little wooden hairbrush is interesting. Oh, and screwed up paper ... I worry that he shouldn't be eating the ink, but then I think it can't be that awful otherwise I'd have read something somewhere about never allowing a child to eat paper.

I hope Chloe is OK after her tumble. Did she get a bruise? Did it bother her for long? I know of a few babies now who've fallen from a bit of a height. Is your bed high? Ours is, as it's an old Victorian bedframe and with a v chunky ortho mattress, so if Monty ever falls off it's gonna hurt

 

[Maffie]

Hope Chloe is ok Kte, Noah plays with the natural baskets are baby groups and loved them.

Colsy Noah loves scrunched up paper and hairbrushes In fact he likes most items that aren't toys

 

[Kte]

She seems okay thanks, I checked her head for a bump but there didn't seem to be anything thankfully. More just the shock and tears bless her. I was trying to figure out the scale of her fall, the bed is as tall has she is at the moment stood up so its like one of us falling from our height iyswim. Not good Brave little madam. Last time I do that again I can tell you!

 

[sam76]

Chaos, So sorry. xx take care xxxxxx

 

[florabean1981]

chaos & mr chaos. are you ok? well, obviously not ok, but i mean, are you dealing with it ok? (sorry, as usual words fail me)

 

[Chaos]

Thanks loves.

I put an update in GS...

 

[Bingers]

Chaos - can't read GS but thinking of you x

 

[Kaites]

Good afternoon ladies!

Happy Canada Day Okay, so I'm the only Canadian who frequents the Bumpkins thread, but hope everyone is having a happy day none the less, lol Hubby is working today in exchange for having tomorrow off (and a long weekend ) so I'm just puttering around the house. I briefly contemplated heading to Parliament Hill for all the festivities, but figured it'd be insanely busy (like it always is on Canada Day) and I don't really feel like dealing with the crowds with Emma. She'd be in a carrier but I still can't be bothered.

Chaos- huge So sad

Flora- hope you and Harry are feeling better

Kte- toaster I don't pack light, but a toaster might be a bit excessive I hope Chloe is feeling okay after her tumble. My Mum always says first babies are made of rubber and I think there is some truth to it, lol

Colsy- I bring Emma into the bed anytime she wakes after 4am in an effort to make her sleep longer and so far it's worked for us. I think she does go to sleep later than most though, so I can see it not working if she was in bed earlier Emma was hard to deal with before she mastered forward crawling too (my best friend's son was too so I guess it's a common thing). It's better in some ways now that she can go forward- not frustrated anymore but more work for me since she's always getting into stuff! Now when I'm trying to get stuff done, I'll attempt to place Emma within reach of a mountain of toys in the hopes that she'll occupy herself (only works for cleaning the livingroom), if I'm using the toilet, I'll sit her outside the bathroom on the floor and baby sign "toilet" (she thinks it's hilarious) and when I'm cooking, I try to give her loads of pots, pans, different types of spoons to amuse herself with, and failing that working, I'll put her in a back carry in the baby carrier where she'll play with my hair and then fall asleep I think we probably are a bit OTT with toys though (first grandchild for both sides of the family + my parents live 5 mins away = lots of toys). Emma still loves rattly things too. She's branched out a bit to blocks (driving me crazy with those since the minute I get them put away, she crawls over and dumps them back out on the floor to play with them some more) and anything animal related. I think the animals amuse her because we do the baby sign and sound the animal makes and she loves it. I think her current favourite toys are her rubber ducks.

Well, hubby just got home early so I better get going. Here's a pic of our improvised highchair for camping:
https://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy65/kayjengirl/Emma%20for%20sharing/june072.jpg

 

[Maffie]

Kaites ive been looking at chair covers like that, is that one you've bought or made?

Happy Canada day

What time does Emma go to bed? I was worry Noah goes late (last BF at 8.30 normally)

 

[Kte]

Happy Canada Day

 

[Kaites]

I bought it- it's a "totseat" (made in Scotland accoeding to the pkg if that's any help, lol). I probably could have made one, but it was an impulse buy in the grocery store Emma goes down anytime between 9-10pm depending on when she wants her last feed before bed. Dinner is usually around 7pm, bath routine is right after (about 8pm) and then some quiet play time before a feed and then bed. She's usually ready to get out of bed at 8am but sometimes I can stretch it to 9am. I guess I've turned her into a night hawk like me

 

[Maffie]

oooooh i'd love to sleep that late, when it's hot Noah has a feed and bed at 10pm but still has a 4-5 feed and may go back down till 7.

 

[Kte]

Chloe just had a feed now although she has been in bed since 6.30 (she goes between then and 7.30) but she is up at 6 / 6.30. Sometimes has a feed at 3am ish.

I saw those Chair things advertised and ummed about them, they seem good for travel and outings emergencies where there is no high chair provided.

 

[Kaites]

I bought it after our unsuccessful trip to Montreal where we didn't have a highchair in a single restaurant Of course now that we have one for emergencies, all the restaurants we've been to since have had highchairs, lol

Maffie, Emma may sleep in later, but I think she still wakes more during the night (usually 2, 5, 7am- more on bad nights). I think I'd be a bear if she didn't let me sleep til 8 or 9!

 

[florabean1981]

is this where i make you all jealous & say harry goes to bed between 7:30-8:30pm, has been sleeping through till about 6/7am, has a feed, then falls back to sleep again till about 9:30-10:30am ish most days??? hehehe. I'm so glad he hates mornings just as much as me!!!

i'm still feeling rough as hell (snotty nose, throat sore, achey ears) but Harry is ok again, just a few sniffs & snuffles, so at least he's ok. Plus hubby's home now for the next 4 days, so we're going up to Oxford to meet some friends from uni on saturday.

Kaites, happy canada day (So, what is Canada Day???!!!)

Colsy, Harry will play with anything & everything- he seems intrigued & entertained by everything tbh... he really likes stuff that he can bash together & things that rustle & shake, and loves things with tags or string on. At the baby group, he is obsessed with this bit of manky rope attached to a wooden bracelet He's pretty good at entertaining himself so long as there are toys around, or the radio on. (he really likes music)

I cant remember whatelse i was gonn a say. i'm pretty dosed up, lol.

 

[littlekitten8]

Chaos I'm so sorry hunni Will go check out GS in a few. On nights so sorry if I dont make much sense.

How is everyone? James has a tummy bug and has had horrid diahrroea since yesterday. Has a fever so is being dosed up on calpol and baby nurofen. He is really clingy which is hard cos obviously I need to sleep during the day luckily my mum has been on hand to take him and let me sleep. Don't even know what caused it as nobody else is poorly but I think its either something he got at the childminders, or his teeth. He is cutting his 2 top teeth, and another on the bottom at the same time poor little man. Whatever it is he aint happy and he was actually sparko at 7.20pm so god help my mum when he decides its time for up at 6am lol. Ooo and he was trying to say 'ta' this evening. Was so funny cos I would say ta to him and he would alternate between replying with 'ba' and 'ra' lol.

Can't remember who asked what we do with mobile babies but if I have to cook I stick him in the high chair and give him a wooden spoon lol. If I need to shower or hang washing out etc I put him in his travel cot with some toys. He is generally pretty good at entertaining himself for a while. Has a new cot toy which has animals on it and if he presses them they make sounds. He thinks its hilarious! That and his drun lol.

 

[Kte]

Morning all,

Sun, Tue, Wed and Thurs night Chloe slept through!!!

Well Choe has decided that her favourite toy at nursery is . . . . a plastic hammer!?! She loves it so much they let her take it home yesterday and bring it back again this morning as she really didn't want to leave it!

Flora: Does Harry wake up then go back for a nap shortly afterwards? Chloe wakes up then about an hour later is worn out and goes back to sleep. Downside is I am awake then!