Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

i left harry yesterday to go out for valentines- i spent the whole time being neurotic & worrying about him n text my sis a million times, lol. he was fine tho; guzzled 6.5oz of emb then fell asleep, bless him. was so relieved to be home tbh; as nice as it was having some 'couple' time, i dont wanna leave him!

anyways, did you all have some romance???

good news from my end atm; cant remember if i already said, but OH got the Suunto job & is now the uk accounts manager for dive computers. i'm so pleased for him as he's spent the last 2yrs trying to get that job... it also means i dont have to go back to work till sept if i dont want to! :happydance: altho i prob will, coz i like having my own money, lol.

anyone else's kid obsessed with their feet atm? harry wont leave his alone, ha!
 
Afternoon all,

Eswift ~ I just went and got myself a coffee,:coffee: they have been okay chatting wise this afternoon. It just struck me as odd earlier. Fab bargains :thumbup: I'd love to get a jumperoo for Chloe but there is no room, her toys already take over the front room!

Maffie ~ Sorry to hear your BP is still not right :flower: Do you have to go back soon?

Nij ~ Bless her finding her shouty voice, must have got giddy from the roudy half term kids! lol

Flora ~ Congrat's to your OH, you mentioned he was going for it and glad to hear he has got it :thumbup:

Not a lot of romance but it was still an enjoyable day. I got a card and later on a muffin with a love heart on it! I was told a few weeks ago (when he was in a drunken state) that I would have been taken out for a nice meal and been given a proposal but the Porsche didn't sell for as much as he wanted so I got zip, zilch, nothing. lol. I was saying at work today that last year I got some flowers and a card and this year I only got a card so maybe next year I will get nothing! (Kiddin' Nij :p) I can't say anything really, I made Nij's card :D I like making cards tho! We had a really nice day though, bought Chloe her highchair with left over Mothercare vouchers, went to the National Media Museum to see an Eastenders exhibition that was tiny (it was advertised on TV and Radio but I don't know why they bothered!) and we then had a coffee and valentine bun. On the way home we bought some fish and chips although mine went cold as Chloe was hungry too and then we watched 'Hitch'.
 
Good morning!

Hope everyone had a good weekend! Hubby and I went out for the first time without Emma on Saturday. I guess she was a good girl for my parents until she realized that we weren't around and then she was pretty much inconsolable. Gotta give my mum credit- she wants to babysit more now so that Emma gets used to being left with her. She must be a glutton for punishment, lol :) It was nice getting out with DH alone though so we'll probably take her up on the offer. Yesterday we went ice skating on the canal. I had no idea how much harder it would be to skate pushing a stroller with the wind in my face- got a good workout! We skated about 5km- not bad for our first skate with the baby. We used to be pretty outdoorsy so it felt a bit like we were reclaiming a bit of our pre-baby life, lol. Anyway, here's a couple pics of me and Emma (not that you can see her all bundled in the stroller)

With Parliament in the background (playing tourist at home)
https://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy65/kayjengirl/Emma%20for%20sharing/emmaj027.jpg
On the ice in front of our old neighbourhood
https://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy65/kayjengirl/Emma%20for%20sharing/emmaj024.jpg

Kte- yep, we get people thinking she's a lot older than she is all the time. You must get that a lot with Chloe since she's big for her age too. I hope work goes better next time- maybe they just aren't used to having someone else there and that's why they forgot to offer you a cup? :shrug:

Aimee- cute pics of Earl :) Emma does the head hanging over the lap thing too if I'm sitting on the couch and she wants to watch TV or give daddy smiles. Does Earl still fit his 6-9mth clothes after this latest growth spurt? :)

Colsy- Emma has a Graco swing at my parents (and a fisher price one at home). She goes through phases where she doesn't like sitting in it too. Maybe try a different speed- we discovered that Emma likes to swing on the fastest setting. As for jumperoos, we have the Evenflo Exersaucer (https://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=3822261) and while Emma likes it, she likes her door frame Jolly Jumper even more and it was so much less expensive (grandparents bought it- no way I'd spend that kind of money on a kid's toy!). We turn on the stereo and she bounces along to the music. The exersaucer is on the main floor and the Jolly Jumper is upstairs so it's nice to have toys on both floors but if I had to choose just one, I'd go for the jolly jumper

Chaos- cute vid of Autumn :)

LK- hope work goes well for you :hugs:

Flora- congrats to your OH! Emma is obsessed with her feet too :) I usually put patterned socks on her now too so that she has something fun to look at.

Maffie- hope the ECG goes okay for you

Anyway, hope everyone is having a good day- we're a having a quiet one, probably watch some olympics later :)
 
Its only for about 6 weeks luckily. On Tuesdays my mum will have James til 1.30pm, then my sister will have him til 8pm when mum finishes work and she will pick him up again. Then Saturday is shared between mum and sis, and Sunday my mum will have him all day. So all in all not too bad. It will be nice I think once I am there cos I have kinda misses having another role other than mummy lol. Not sure how I'm going to cope looking after the premature babies now though so we will see how it goes.
 
Kte - I didnt get chance to get you any flowers, I worked last valentines remember!! lol
As for proposal - you dont know which year it was gonna be!
 
Kte - I didnt get chance to get you any flowers, I worked last valentines remember!! lol
As for proposal - you dont know which year it was gonna be!

Lol, so long as its a surprise when it happens I don't mind :)

Wsa going to reply more but Chloe needs a nap and is screaming the house down! Ill be back!
 
Afternoon All...

We've had a pleasant day, OH & DS have tried staying out the way... LOL Nah, OH is back on nights, kinda feels as though we've done a full circle (as he's back to working 2 weeks days and 2 weeks nights, golly it seems as though it's been an age...) DS has been distracted by his DS game all day; I'm gonna try and have a go on the dance mat with him later if CC will let us...

As far as valentine's went OH had a lie-in, DS got a card and I got a I few kisses and cuddles... LOL Mind I have been and ordered a Wii & Wii fit LOL I guess it's Mother's day, valentine, easter and probably OH birthday and my birthday present for the next however many years... LOL Guess a valentine's card would have been cheaper, but not half as much fun...

Kte ~ Glad today's gone well...

Right best go DS has the mats out already, guess he'd been reading over my shoulder... LOL
 
Eswift~ Enjoy the dance mats :) Wii's are a great family present! the Wario game for the wii is great fun, a fav of my nephews.

Kaites~ wow skating with a pushchair!!! Nice pics :) Yeah they certainly do treat her as older. The guy who bought Nij's car said his almost 1 year old was smaller than Chloe and its same when we go to baby groups all the older babies look younger than her. She is about 65cm now, thats only my dodgy measurements but seems on track with the curve she was on at her last official measure, will pop to baby clinic tomorrow and get her measured properly. I think sometimes people expect her to be older and so treat her differently and then don't get why she is upset!

Colsy~ Aimee put another call out for a nothern bumpkin meet a few days ago, so far it seems there is you, her, Eswift, Nij & me interested . . . . .

Got mad at what the childminder said today, she said to Nij to tell me to leave Chloe when she cries and fussesand not to go to her straight away . Chloe only settles for me at the moment but I know it's just a phase she is going through, she has actually gotten better. When she wont settle for others and is red from screaming I will pick her up! Some nights she is cranky for me and I let her cry it out for a few mins on her own, sometimes I make her wait other times I do go to her, it just depends on the circumstances. I just reminded nij she had said chloe wasn't teething just before her tooth popped up! I don't want chloe to be clingy but I know she is young abd its normal to want mum. Why do people have to interfear, okay maybe its just advice and I will take advice on boared but what she said just doesnt go with my own instincts and ideals. She doesn't know how I do it so how can she comment?

Hmmm must has food on my pants, my cat is licking them!! She can smell left over food from tea, ..... just had to chase her out the room as she nearly got the leftovers i'm saving and its woken Chloe. Bloomin' cat!
 
Evening ladies.

I hope we're all doing well. We had a very quiet Valentine's day. Nothing could top the BFP from last year and we don't really do cards etc, so just a cuppa and some biscuits did us lol.

Colsy - Bumpkins meet has a thread in the forum meets section. Think it was either the 28th Feb or 14th March. Re: Jumperoos - I'm having trouble getting one and tbh I'm not sure Earl will fit into one. :wacko:

Kaites - Yes, just lol. He is fitting into them nicely at the moment but as all the shops have different sizes, he's fitting into some better than others.

Kte - I'd be slightly miffed by the childminders comments too. It's not her place to tell you how to parent, and like you say, she's got previous for being wrong.

Flora - :thumbup: congrats to your OH about the Suunto job.....any free samples going you know where to send them! :winkwink: he he.

LK - I hope work goes ok. Sorry to hear that you've got such a long day ut I'm sure with days like that, the 6 weeks will fly by! :hugs:

We had a good day today too. First off I went up to meet a few BNB girls in York. Had a good ol' natter for a while and Earl met a few other babies and was just staring for an hour straight lol. Next quick bus trip into town and a trot around the shops. Got him a water filled teether and some dummies that he doesn't like :dohh:. Then up to Mothercare where we ordered a infant to toddler rocker as there was none in stock (drat and blast lol) and bought his highchair booster. It's nice, and fits the chair well :thumbup: but it's going to be a while before Earl can sit in it as it's really upright, but he's sitting really well now so I'm sure it wont be long at all. :thumbup: All we need for him now is a walker/seat of some description and we're good to go. I'm on ASDA at the moment having a look as they seem to have a good range.

Cuppa has just arrived :coffee: thanks to my wonderful hubby so I'm off to eat shortbread (only sweet thing I can eat at the moment :dohh:)
 
Kte ~ Trust your gut instinct! You know your child best, don't take any crap you don't agree with; remember you're paying her wages, not her your's. Chloe is your daughter, she's suppose to care for her to your wishes... Not the other way around...
 
Morning all...

Where has the time gone? I was sat this morning enjoying my 2nd cup of coffee just thinking about everything that we've all been through in the past year and how fast it has gone... I wonder if we're any more the wiser; the bundles we were so nervous/excited about this time last year are now fighting strong and growing well... How they change from day to day is so amazing... Anyway, enough of my old moment... LOL

CC was sat eating her breakie, the past two morning's she's eaten all her fruit porridge and a yoghurt too, guess I need to make her breakie bigger... Yesterday was a quiet but nice day, she played on and off, ate at her meal times (she had 4 in total) LOL sounds like she's staying at her Nanna's (we always had supper at my Nanna's, seldom have it now...)

We're suppose to be going to a weaning group Friday, may just take OH with me too... She's doing well on the food front and I guess not to bad on the settling on a night now; I must confess I'm a soft touch. I do take her into her room and rock her to sleep in the rocking chair; I kinda feel it's not doing her any harm... DS was quite a bit older when I made him settle himself too... (Not sure I can listen to her cry at the moment, I'd feel happier if I knew how much milk she was having late on, or if she's not quite having her fill before we start on that challenge) OH and I were talking about starting her on formula milk in the next month or two... I really don't want to be bfing after the 6 month mark...

I'm off to the dr's on Thursday, I've really hurt my elbow; it played up a little just after CC was born but now I'm in agony with it... Rather nervous about picking her up, I don't want to drop her. Plus my energy levels still aren't where they should be... Best go ask for some iron tablets... hey ho!

Have a great day all... OH's still not home; started at 5pm been road closure's, accidents etc so he rather delayed... He's gonna be knackered poor blokey... Best try to keep DS & CC quiet so he can sleep... I think I hear a trip to McDonalds at lunch time shouting... LOL remember all the trips to there before just for the big mac's (cravings...)
 
Morning all, I was just thinking Emily how 1 year has brought so much change. I mean 19th feb last year I got a surprise bfp (still dont know what made me buy that test hadnt even missed a period)

If rocking CC to sleep works fr you id stick with it, they are only babies once and I think theres too much rush sometimes to get them grown up.

Im savouring everyday.

Got Noah in his jumperoo last night, he didnt bounce much but he discovered how to get the music and lights working, his face had such concentration on it. He has such similar facial expressions to me.

Kaites the ice skating looks great, Looks lovely where you are :cloud9: Makes me think of all the places id like to visit!

I have decided to start on some food from this week. Just the odd bit of baby rice, home cooked veg etc just for taste and texture really as going to try for more of a BLW at 6 months as im hoping to continue with BFing or at least expressing some of his feeds up to 1. Gosh is that crazy? I hope not.

I still haven't sorted much for ebay. Im trying to get rid of all my crafting supplies but its hard to part with some of it :rofl: im such a soppy git.
 
im hoping to continue with BFing or at least expressing some of his feeds up to 1. Gosh is that crazy? I hope not.

Not crazy. I would also like to BF until at least 12 months.
 
Sounds like a good plan Maffie... Hey ladies if the bfing is working well for you I don't see any problem with keeping it going... I'm just so drained and tired at the moment, plus I'm due to go back to work; ok I'm planning for Sept, but Mum's being made redundant; so she'd have the kids over the summer for me if she's still out of work. So could be back at work come July... (I'm not really in a job where I could just stop to express... LOL could you see the looks I'd get from people passing...)

I'm a big believer in do what works for you, go with your gut instincts; you won't go far wrong... Take and listen to the advice, but advice is purely that; it's up to you what you choose to use or not as the case may be... But remember you know your child best, don't let anyone try to undermine you...

(Had plenty of that when DS was little before they'd listen to me that something wasn't right... Took plenty of visits to GP & HV before they'd refer him... Told me I was paranoid as he was my 1st! Regardless on how much interaction I'd had with toddlers etc before... (Mum had run a nursery, I was studying to be a nursery nurse and plenty of baby sitting experience..)

Guess that's why I can come across as being a bit (nah, very much) pig headed... LMAO... Have confidence in yourselves...
 
^^^^ Totally agree with you on that! & what Maffie said about savouring everyday :hugs:

Just taken Chloe around town on a few errands and treated her to a new outfit with some of my left over christmas money :)

Whilst weaning is being mentioned I got this great book from ASDA for £3, 'Baby and Toddler meal planner' Its just so simple to look at with some quick, healthy meals in. Worth a peek
 
Two night feeds last night. Tired mummy here. It's funny isn't it how loads of people report their babies regressing in terms of sleep. Not so long ago Monty was sleeping ten to twelve hours, from about 7 or 8pm. And now he is going hardly any longer between feeds than when he was a newborn. I wonder why this happens? I don't mind it too much - I have some friends who are up every hour or so in the night, and touch wood we've always been really really lucky with Monty's night sleeping (can't say the same about daytime sleeping, grrr). Just curious really as to why he was managing to go 12 hours without milk, but now we're back to about five or six. (Don't think it's a growth spurt as it's been going on for two or three weeks now, plus his daytime eating is pretty much as it's been for ages and ages.)

Ah well, as they say, 'Wot Evaaaa'.

I had a look at the Bumpkins meeting thread and put a post in there. Defo be nice to meet at some point ...

We're booking Swim Babes lessons starting in a week's time, so excited about that. Am less excited about starting next week's yoga class, as currently it clashes completely with Monty's morning sleep. As we've only just got his morning sleeping worked out, I'm a bit worried (nay, extremely worried actually) that the yoga class will just totally upset his sleeping for the whole day and because he'll be missing his sleep he's likely to be the grouch from hell for the whole class, which I have to say will be less than relaxing for the other mums and babies there. I don't mind this when there's another baby who's doing the same thing, but when we're the only whinging baby at a class I always feel really awkward. Do other Bumpkins know where I'm coming from here? Also, do you sometimes find it harder to soothe your baby when you're in public compared with when you're at home? Maybe it just feels harder because other people are there?

Off for lunch now.
 
i'll come to a meet, I could do with it.

Colsy I find Noah easier to settle when out :shrug: He is a flirt with new people and nosey so he's usually too busy checking everything out to be bothered with the bottom lip and sulking. If he does this and my silly faces and raspberries dont work the boob always does :rofl:

Ive been looking at the Anna Karmel weaning website, I like the look of some of the recipes on there.
 
Good morning ladies :)

Kte- the others have all said it- I don't think you can't over-snuggle Chloe at this age :) She's still so young, and imo, too young for the childminder to suggest CIO techniques- she's still learning to trust people afterall. Trust your intincts hun- Chloe's your baby and you know what is right and best for her :hugs:

eswift- we'll be BFing til a year (assuming everything continues to go well) too- Emma enjoys the boobie too much to stop anytime soon, lol! I bet it's more difficult to keep at it if you've got other children in the house who need your time and attention though.

Maffie- Noah sounds cute in the Jumperoo :) I agree about the savouring everyday- I can't believe how fast 4 months has flown by :( The first year is going way too fast! Hope Noah enjoys exploring some food :)

Colsy- We've experienced a bit of sleep regression too- the first time was at 3 months and looking back on it, I realize it was a growth spurt. Everything sorted itself out about a week later, but for the past 2 nights, Emma has woken up and refused to settle in her crib- I think we're back in another growth spurt :wacko: Someone posted a good article on sleep regression and I bookmarked it at the time:
https://moxie.blogs.com/askmoxie/2006/02/qa_what_are_sle.html
I want to get the book mentioned in it but it was out of stock when I last checked so I never pursued it but it looks like interesting reading. As for yoga classes, we have the same issue that you are worried about. I really think the instructor can make all the difference- the first 2 classes were a bit rough and the only way I could settle Emma was to BF while doing the yoga (made for some interesting adaptations to traditional poses, lol). The first 2 classes were very interactive with the babies and this seemed to get Emma really overstimulated and overtired. Now we mostly keep the babies on the mat infront of us and she's able to last about a half hour (longest was 45 minutes) before she starts to fuss. When she starts to fuss, the instructor takes Emma from me and Emma is good for the rest of the class- basically, just being walked around and getting a different vantage point settles her for the rest of the class. She's definitely the most vocal baby in the class but we've found a way to work through it. As the instructor said, you always worry that the crying is bothering others, but really, no one else cares. It's true- the other babies cry and I can ignore it but when Emma starts fussing, my pulse starts racing, lol. I'm sure the yoga will go fine for you- even if there is a bit of fussing :) Just look at it as an opportunity for Monty to interact with other babies :shrug:

Well, last night I got a weekend getaway to Montreal booked for my birthday in March. I'm looking forward to it since it's a short drive (about 2hours) away and we'll take Emma to see how she does with longer car rides. I want to do some more travelling with her but a bit further afield so this will be a nice trial run :) THe hotel also has a pool so we might take her there and try her out in the pool to see if she likes the water (might do swimming lessons when yoga finishes). ANyway, time for me to go get us ready for today's yoga class. ttyl!
 

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