March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[sportysgirl]

Glad Rubens jabs went well and sounds lovely, a trip to the cinema!! He sounds like a very well behaved little boy.

The trip to kiddicare went well! It was fab, we were there about 3.5 hours in total, had lunch in the cafe which was very nice, and had a couple of stops to feed Alfie while we were there! There was a 'nursing nest' next to the cafe for feeding little ones, it has comfy rocking chairs and each has a pillow for nursing! It was so comfy. The changing area was also really clean and nice. Perfect place for shopping with babies! I tried on and bought a tomy freestyle premier baby carrier; it is nice and easy to put Alfie in and take him out and he seems to like it as his arms and legs are free to wriggle around. I am hoping its really handy for our holiday at the end of June I would definitely recommend a trip there, nice and easy to get to, and great facilities!

We have the tomy freestyle carrier for Poppy and she loves it. We have been on lots of walks with her in it and it comes in handy at home when she wants a cuddle and I am doing some jobs!

 

[rose.]

Glad you like it too! How high up do you wear Poppy in it?

 

[Kte]

Rose: Glad you had a nice time at Kiddiecare I have the tomy freestyle as well. I like it because with baby facing you it's a nice seat for them. I sometimes use it when I am struggling to get the mei tai right and like you say, hands and legs are free. Plus, I have the rain cover for it which is a great extra. I managed to get that off ebay at a bargain price and it's well worth it! I have Sophie quite high up to me, I still try to follow TICKS rule.

babymaybe Glad he was okay after his jabs

We have a lovely day out in the allotment today, Sophie sat in Chloe's pram in the shade most of the afternoon. She has been fussy again this evenining, last night she settled at 12, tonight was about 11. But I started to bake a cake (OH started it) and it takes an hour

 

[rose.]

Thanks kte, what is ticks? I was looking at the rain cover. Does it protect from uv too or is it just a rain cover? I was wondering what to do when we go abroad and I thought Alfie could wear a hat and then I could get a large muslin and cut a hole in it and put it over his head to drape over the carrier and keep him cool and out of the sun! If there is a better looking alternative I'm up for that though as I think he might look a little amusing draped in a muslin ha ha. Glad you had a nice day outdoors, I think fresh air is so good for them! Did you finish the cake?!

We just got the figures for hubby's tax rebate (he is self employed) and its more than I was expecting which means we should be able to get our garden done this year. It needs decking, the grass needs flattening and the shed at the bottom needs rebuilding. I'm so excited as it will be lovely to take Alfie out there next year once he's toddling around and it's safe!

Alfie slept the longest ever last night, 9.30pm until 6.45Am and he's fallen back to sleep in his cot without my help

To top it all off, it's a gorgeous day and we are going to have a BBQ tonight! Yipee

 

[skeet9924]

Congrats rose!! It's so nice when they do that!! Carson has been self settling at night for awhile now.. Just wish he'd do it for naps lol.. Yesterday was a success in napping I. His bedroom and I think he is finally moving his bed time earlier.. Two nights ago he went to bed at 9:30 last night he was ready by 9.. However now that he's going to bed earlier hes getting up earlier I'm going to have to start going to bed earlier myself!! Normally he's been waking up around 10.. This morning it was 8 he's also starting to stay up longer between naps which is throwing me off a bit.. I think that is why he was having trouble napping in his own room cause he wasn't tired yet.

Today I've arranged a golf tourny for oh and his friends and a BBQ for his 30th bday.. We are having the BBQ at a friends house since they have more room., hopefully it doesn't throw Carson off as we will be out late.. I'm bringing his pjs with us so I can lay him down there if I need to

 

[Kte]

Skeet: Hope the tournament / BBQ / birthday treat goes well. Hopefully it won't knock Carson's routine too much.

Rose: Hurray for the extra funds to sort the garden The cake turned out okay thanks, it's nice but I may tweek the recipie, it was a bit heavy for my liking, but all in all a success for a first attempt. The freestly cover says it's all weather, wind rain and sun but it doesn't state a UV rating anywhere on the box. It's good as it folds into a handy pouch to clip onto the carrier when not in use. I never thought about using it in the sun!

Oh and TICKS - https://www.schoolofbabywearing.com/Images/TICKS.pdf

 

[MrsChezek]

Sounds like we're all experiencing sleep issues so I guess the 3 month sleep regression thing is true! Hayden wouldn't go down last night and finally passed out in her Bjorn Bouncer at like 9 so we left her there with a blanket to keep her warm until we finished eating and packing up the car. We drove out to our beach house and she barely woke when we moved her into the car seat. When we got here she slept in the carseat until we set up her travel bassinet and unpacked and got ready for bed. She then slept on until 7:20am!!! So when we're at home in the comfort of her crib, she wakes twice but when we move her around and even changed her diaper and clothes last night, she didn't wake. Go figure!!!

Kte - your trip sounds lovely! I love time with family but I have to fly to Poland to see several cousins as I'm an only child So here in the states it's just my parents and I...

Rose - I wish Hayden slept in me and I could enjoy the snuggles. Sounds so nice! She'll only sleep on me in a carrier if I'm moving pretty much the whole time! Glad u had a great trip to kiddiecare and Alfie slept so well!

Skeet - hope u had a fab time at the BBQ and Carson went down regardless

AmyB - well done Emily! Self soothing is so nice...Hayden does it once in a blue moon and its fab

Well, time to go eat some of the great seafood around here!

 

[AmyB1978]

MrsC, where is your beach house, if you don't mind my asking?? You mentioning eating the great seafood makes me homesick... I think I mentioned I grew up in MD and lived in PA, outside of Harrisburg. I lived on the Eastern Shore of MD and was never more than about 30-40 minutes from several beach towns.... I miss the east coast seafood... everything here is fried!

 

[MrsChezek]

MrsC, where is your beach house, if you don't mind my asking?? You mentioning eating the great seafood makes me homesick... I think I mentioned I grew up in MD and lived in PA, outside of Harrisburg. I lived on the Eastern Shore of MD and was never more than about 30-40 minutes from several beach towns.... I miss the east coast seafood... everything here is fried!

We live in Bucks County PA - 30 minutes north of Philly, but the beach house is on the Jersey shore. It's about an hour and a half drive so not too bad. We used to drive down to Baltimore for steamed blue crab on the weekends!!! Sooooo good. We get some up here but the XL are hard to find. I love the steamed seafood and all the seafood pastas they make around here cause of the huge Italian community...yuuuum

You have fabulous Tex Mex though!!! I miss that

 

[AmyB1978]

MrsC, fabulous TexMex and BBQ, just no great seafood!

 

[anna1986]

Hi all just thought id check in. Alls well here apart from havin a few unsettled afternoons early evenings with william recently. We moved last friday to a bigger house which is fab n were off on our first family holiday as 4! So all go go go.

 

[rose.]

Thanks kte that's really helpful!

Sounds like lots of us are going/about to go on holiday!! It must be lovely having a beach house mrs c. Home from home! It is typical that babies sleep best when you least expect it. I used my carrier in sainsburys yesterday to get some food for a BBQ and Alfie fell asleep! He was soo comfy. I am so glad I got it. The movement definitely helped rock him to sleep.

Anna, hope you have settled in to your new home well, and enjoy your holiday!

 

[JenJen80]

We are about to take our first holiday too. We are off to the peak district as my sister lives near there and she hasn't seen M since she was born.

Taking M for her first swim today which is very exciting.

 

[baby_maybe]

We'll be going on holiday, but not until Ruben is about 5 .months old. We've got 2 weeks booked in Devon and Cornwall for when the girls break up from school. We all love it down there so I'm really excited about it. It won't be Ruben's first time away though, my dh does motorsport so we've been taking Ruben to the race weekends since he was 4 weeks old

Well Ruben has been sleeping great recently. He generally has his last feed between 8-9pm and then he goes to bed (still in our room currently) and doesn't usually wake until 7-8am. I'm loving all the sleep and now thinking about moving him into his nursery. His daytime naps have improved a little too lately, although some days if we miss that window to get him down he can be a real grump still!

 

[rose.]

Jen how did the swim go? hope you have a lovely holiday! The Peak District looks lovely we drove through there the other weekend on our way to Scotland and it looked gorgeous. We will definitely be going there at some point, hubby is in to cycling so its his perfect place!

Baby maybe glad you're doing well with sleep. I love Devon and Cornwall too it's such a nice summery place.

We've had 2 successes today - actually 3. Went to Costco for BBQ food with Alfie in his new carrier and he slept the whole way round, he was so good! Second, had a nice BBQ this evening with hubby's brother and his girlfriend, Alfie was pretty well behaved and even had an early evening nap in his carrier, and let me eat my dinner without crying and finally, moved his bath back at 8, put him in his cot just after 9 when he was not really feeding anymore but was still awake, and after some wriggling around he went to sleep on his oak by 9.30. Which is his easiest and earliest bedtime yet. lets see how he does in the morning - hopefully well - as we have our first baby yoga class!

 

[rose.]

Wth is wrong with this auto Correct?! He went to sleep on his own not his oak ha ha

 

[MrsChezek]

Rose - I'm glad Alfie is loving his carrier! That's fantastic and really allows you so much more freedom during naps the beach house is awesome and we're definitely very lucky

Maybe - traveling since 4 weeks! Wow!!! Impressive. I really liked Cornwall as well...makes me crave fish and chips to think about it. And nice work Ruben with sleeping!! I hope Hayden gets back to her prev schedule soon...


We've had a fabulous weekend away. Was nice cause when H napped, I actually rested as there were no chores to be done and no Internet to lose time on She seemed to really enjoy the ocean air as she slept really well during all her naps in the travel bassinet when we placed it outside. She was very smiley all weekend as well...very nice time

I'll share a pic or two when I get home...

*EDIT: here's a pic now...
https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/katzeyes/1704D84F-F228-4D35-9CBA-C49D204A444E-5499-0000036A23736CC9_zpseaf03481.jpg

 

[baby_maybe]

Glad you had a nice time away mrs c, hayden is so cute

I'll have to share a couple of recent pics of Ruben whe I get a minute, he's grown so much lately it's crazy! We took him and the girls up to meet their new cousin today and Quinn was wearing one of Ruben's newborn sleepsuits that I passed on. DH kept saying that Ruben was never that small until I pointed out the sleepsuit he was wearing, crazy, I think Ruben is at least twice the size, you just forget how small they were!!

 

[MrsChezek]

I know! I was putting away Hayden's first socks last week and they seemed tiny but they were too big on her back then!!! So hard to imagine that she was that tiny. And all her gloves were as big as her head and now seem minuscule...they're growing so quickly!

 

[MrsChezek]

And I hope everyone posts pictures soon! I love pictures