Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[Kaites]

Chaos- Hope the barium test goes well/quickly this am! Cute about the southern accent too

Kte- Hope you had a nice weekend visiting your sis

Milosmommy- Congrats on the first word!

Someone just woke up... gotta run- ttyl!

 

[Kte]

Chaos: Hope the test goes well for Autumn - and quickly so she can eat!! Wow, I would hate to not be able to feed Chloe, she can be such a grump without! Cute about the accent!

Weekend away was great thanks Kaites. Train journey went well minus the last too stops on the way there, she ended up having a dirty nappy but I didn't have enough time to get the loo's at the other end of the train to change her in time to get back to the bags to get off. It was a busy train, if it had of been quiet I may have just changed her on the table (I have anti-bac wipes!) She was screaming and screaming, I overheard someone say 'I'm never having kids!' Had lots of fun with the family and Chloe slept really well in the ready bed, I was so pleased with her, I only had to go back to her a few times when she was settling down for the night but she rarely got out of it, one time she just sat on it crying for me, she didn't even get up. By the last night we had one episode of tears, I went to her, said it was bedtime again, sat next to her and she settled down and went to sleep. So I am hoping when it comes to getting her a toddler bed, she will adjust quite quickly. She did have a few rolling off incidents the first two nights though But I still think it went really well - and no problems being back in her cot last night either - phew!

 

[Fraggles]

Afternoon all, are words are still few and far between. We mainly have hi and bye with a wave. Everything is also a telephone, phones, remote controls, balls, shoes.
Shoes are also massively popular at the moment so many pairs get worn around the hosue with an accompaning handbag

Just been and bought a scuttlebug but little man is fast asleep. Cant wait to try it out.

 

[Kte]

Chloe said 'apple' and 'Dora' over the weekend. Apple must of been something she learnt at nursery are we rarely get them in at home, she said it whilst looking at some too. It was quite a shock! Dora was for the dora yoghurts in my sisters fridge! We seem to be having a word boom at the moment.

He he, shoes and handbacg! Get some good pics Fraggles! He will love that when he is older! How has the scuttlebug gone down?

 

[Kaites]

Shoes are very popular here atm too- Emma's recent vocab additions are shoe, flip flop, boots, socks, toes.... See a pattern? Emma likes handbags too but hats seem to rate just a tiny bit higher, lol. The shoe fetish is driving me crazy though- she wants to be wearing shoes at all times (even when she naps ) and she is constantly bringing shoes from the front hallway back into the kitchen and into the playroom, where they inevitably get separated from their partner, making hard to find a matching pair

Kte- we have "Dora" as a word too but it's Dora the Explorer in our house. Hubby bought her a Dora doll and fishing rod over the weekend on our way to the lake.

 

[MilosMommy7]

i tried getting milo to say hi again. but couldnt get him to do it. i'm really hoping this is a step in the right direction as far as his speech goes. i waited 19 months to hear him actually say a word and it felt so great to hear him talk.

 

[Kte]

Kaites: It was Dora the Explora on the yoghurt pots. She sometimes watches it on Nick Jr but only ever shouts out when Peppa Pig comes on so I was surprised as she must take notice of Dora!

Chloe says 'shoes' and brings me or Nij our shoes. She sometimes asks for her to be put on but she certainly isn't as manic for them as N or Emma!

Milo's Mummy - I am sure you will hear it again, I was asking Chloe to say apple for Nij earlier and she just wouldn't but she does know it. I'm sure he will say it again soon for you

 

[aimee-lou]

Sorry I've not been on lately everyone. Hope we're all doing well. Things are incredibly busy here - lots of stuff going on at work, exams for hubby, bills to pay, childminder is going off on holidays, plans for day trips and also the whole rollercoaster TTC has started again so I'm so frazzled it's just silly. We were hoping to get away for a couple of night but it looks like we're staying here instead and planning a number of day trips. Proper holiday in August. Hubby is a little upset but we can't afford the car hire and the accommodation and the fuel on top of fixing his bike, so it's up to him lol

I took Earl to the local soft play on Monday and he loved it. Yesterday he went on a trip to an open farm and play centre and loved that too....it's ever-likely that he asked to go up for a nap at 9.30 and is still asleep! I'm contemplating taking him swimming this afternoon.......I've been itching to take him for ages but it's half term so I'm not sure if it will be too busy. Having said that, he was ok at soft play and that was really busy. Hmmmm....we'll see what time he gets up.

Hubby has his last exam today and then he's off for 3 months solid lol - alright for some eh! He deserves it though....he's hoping to get his bike back on the road by the end of July so that's going to keep him busy lol.

Not a lot else to report. Hope we're all well and I'll try to do a proper catch up later on once short one is in bed.....bless him he's really keeping us on our toes at the moment. He scribbled orange crayon on the wall earlier and it's left a lovely orange stain. Looks like I'll be painting over that later on!

Have a nice day everyone...whatever you're up to.

 

[colsy]

Hi all, sorry so quiet at mo, OH away this week so don't get much time to check in. Mum has now arrived for a few days, but my poor boy is sick. Am guessing it's a virus of some kind, but he's not happy at all. In fact he took his first indoor nap today for the first time since December. Bless him, just curled up next to me on our bed at 10am and sleep til midday. Hope you're all well. Will try to check in again soon xxx

 

[MilosMommy7]

colsy - hope he starts to feel better soon.

 

[Kte]

Hope Monty feels better soon Colsy

We had 'fun' yesterday, Chloe dropped one of her fave teddies, dummy-duck on the way home yesterday, we ended up trailing the streets over and over! Thankfully, third time around we found him - heart attack over!

 

[Nanaki]

Colsy, hope your boy feels better soon!!!

Not much to say at the moment. So i'm having a relaxing day and do some easy housework.

Ta-ra for now! xxx

 

[Fraggles]

Afternoon all

Colsy hope Monty is feel back to his normal self soon.

Milosmommy I wouldnt worry about lack of talking.

Kte glad you found teddy. Ive bought a duplicate of fave ted and he goes out while the real one stays safe at home

Well had a morning riding his trike then ab afternoon at the park feeding ducks and playing ball. Had a nice meal while out too. J was great in the sling. Made it easier than using the buggy.

 

[littlekitten8]

Colsy - hope monty feels better soon.

Milosmummy - yay Milo on the first word!!

James started nursery yesterday and went again today. Yesterday he was quite quiet, cried when I left and didn't speak until about 5pm. Barely ate and didn't drink very much either. He was so clingy when we got home and I didn't manage to get him into bed until gone 9pm. This morning he was the first one there in his room and cried his eyes out when I left....but has been great today! He ate breakfast, a bit of lunch and loads for tea! Drank really well (good job really cos he hadn't peed all night!). He chatted and played and the girls said when I picked him up that he had been really kind. One of the children was crying and he took her a toy So looks like he is settling in quickly. We are at nannys house now and he is demolishing a plate of pasta in just his vest cos its still 24 degrees here. Hope everyone else is well

 

[Kaites]

Afternoon ladies

Kte- phew- glad you found teddy!!

LK- glad to hear James is settling in well

Colsy- I hope Monty feels better soon

Not much going on here either- I finally got out for a bike ride with Emma in the bike trailer yesterday after the other kids were gone for the day. She seemed to enjoy it and today when we went into the garage to get into the quad stroller, Emma climbed into the bike trailer with her doll instead, as if to say she'd rather go for a bike ride than a walk with her friends.

well, I should keep this short- I should be menu planning for this month... Hope everyone is having a good day!

 

[Kte]

LK: Glad to hear James has been settling in well now and he was kind to the other kiddy

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend. I am de-flea-ing the house, and giving it a thorough scrubbing. Chloe is sleeping over at my Mum and Dad's . . . so odd without her here, even if she would be asleep right now!

Fraggles: My sis is digging out the website for a spare, she bought it online when she was pregnant but she gave us dummy-dog as a spare too and he is climing the ranks within her teddies already!

 

[aimee-lou]

LK - Glad that james seems to be settling in.

Kte - thankfully any old muslin will do for Earl...can't imagine if he ever had a cuddly what he'd be like! lol

We're having a bit of an issue at the moment. Earl appears to have developed an allergy, we think to cats. The CM he goes to has 2 cats and while he's fine at home, he goes there and within half an hour he's all snot and watery eyes. hubby took him to the Dr's and they gave us some children's piriton. The Dr wasn't sure if it was a cold or an allergy but the patterns are all there for an allergy. Hubby and I were both allergic as children (I still am) so I suppose it could be that very easily. Problem is I'm not happy about dosing him up on piriton 4 days a week, but I'm equally not happy about moving his childcare provider! Oh well, I've been meaning to sort out the whole nursery situation situation for a while. Had kind of hoped to keep him in until either I start to work from home or when i'm on maternity....whichever happens soonest.

On the work front I've been given a sideways promotion and I'm being moved to a new billing team at work. Means I will no longer be frontline call centre but back office admin! No more horrible customers and call stats to worry about! Woohoooo I start on Tuesday.

 

[MilosMommy7]

aimee- congrats on the promotion!

 

[Fraggles]

Morning all hope we are all having a great weekend.

Feeling a few mixed emotions today as im stopping the regular ebm for N, he can have the occasional bottle but with feeding J and pumping a store ready for work I think it's time to move on. It's a massive time commitment feeding and pumping so much but I feel proud ive managed to tandem feed for 5 months. N is getting used to the follow on milk and seems happy with it now.

Just blown the bouncy castle up and he's been having a whale of a time He's now gone shopping with his gran so im having half hour relax while baby sleeps

 

[Kte]

Congrats on the promotion Aimee Shame about Earl's cat allergy and hope you can sort out something for him

Fraggles: You certainly have done well to tandem feed for so long