Moms of April/May/June 2010 babies thread! :)

[L-C]

i've tried expessing he won't drink from a bottle got himself in a right state. i think i'll be working 3 until midnight, i think they have to make concessions for Bfing but can't guarantee I'll make it back!!

 

[maybebaby3]

that's a hard one. have you tried a beaker? owen will drink water from a beaker. or a cup with a straw? erin and dylan got the hang of a straw about 7/8 months i think it was!

 

[L-C]

he drinks brilliantly from his cups, the tommy tippy one has a silicone mouth piece not too dissimilar from a teat think I'll try that, the thought of giving up breastfeeding is horrible! think i'm going to have to though I really don't want him distressed while I'm out x

 

[maybebaby3]

you dont have to give it up. i think you can get him used to a different routine. maybe make the night feed either an expressed feed or formula. maybe your OH can give it to him. if you start now then he'll be used to it when you are at work. you can still bf at other times in the day. you dont have to completely give it up. when i go to work in may i'll be out the house 8.30 - 3.30 at least so owen won't have his usual mid morning and lunch bf but i will feed him when i get in, during the night and in the morning before going to work. at least that is the plan!!!

 

[hope&faith09]

Sarah - Those invitations are so lovely ... I think I might look into doing them and those roses would work brialliantly ... thank you for all the ideas! I dont think my printer will be good enough though and I struggle with the creativeness!

L-C - 5 lbs wasnt too bad alot less than I thought but I have so much to lose its such a big step backwards.

I am supposed to be going out tomorrow night for dinner and drinks with the girls ... and I have nothing to wear! I look awful in all my clothes and the girls I am going out with will all look gorgeous so I am feeling very negative about going out. I was hoping to have my hair done tomorrow but Dave has just informed me he is doing overtime in the morning and going out in the afternoon so I am not going to have any pampering time. Maybe I just wont go!

 

[maybebaby3]

h&f - go to the shops and buy something and go out! you will enjoy it when you get out

 

[A3my]

maybe - glad you had a nice evening with Danny, I really want indian takeaway now nom nom

LC - ALex wont take milk from a bottle either but I will just send him to nursery with it in a cup. I think what Maybe said sounds like a good plan. When I had the girls and went back to work I worked night shifts and long days at the weekend and they had bottles with Kerry, its a good idea to get your DH to start doing the night feed now with a bottle because its worse if he can smell you.

H&F - you should definately go out, you'll enjoy it once your there and you look gorgeous in all your fb pics

Holly has a friend over for a sleepover so its all a bit manic here. Alex's 6th tooth popped out today! x catch you all a bit later xx

 

[Sarahwoo]

Blimey Amy - six teeth!!! I hope you're having a fun sleepover!!

H&F You should go out - go and buy you something new and even if you just go for a short time, still go. I used to always have a melt down wneh I was getting ready to go out, now I just don't go outso I don't have that worry The invites would be easy to make - if you want to keep the costs down and you have the time I can point you in the right direction for where to buy things and how to make them. Alternitively I can make them for you, I would have to charge but I would do them as cheaply as I could.

L-C Oliver won't take a bottle either

Oliver and I have had a nice day, though I've been feeling a bit stressed. I think after so long of not 'working' and having deadlines and things now I've got this wedding fayre on Sunday I'm getting a bit stressed knowing that I have to have everything ready. I'm sure I will be ready and that it will be fine, but I had to sit myself don and have a word earlier Oliver and I drove down to my parents this afternoon and Oliver stayed there while I went to my appointment with 'my' bride. It went really, really well and she booked the chair covers and loads of extras too which more or less doubled the value of the booking! Yay! I had a lovely time - it was so nice to be back in my wedding planner shoes and the bride was really nice. It was only an hour but I really enjoyed it, and it made me even more determind to get more bookings and do it 'full time' Argh I hope Sunday goes well!!!!!!

I was a little nervous leaving Oliver, as I always am. I left him for about an hour and a half in the end. When I got home he was playing with my mum, he heard my voice, turned around, smiled at me, and carried on playing! I had hoped for one of the big Daddy smiles Mum said that he was so busy playing that she wasn't sure he'd even realised that I'd gone, he probably though I was just in another room or something Never mind, at least he was okay, thats the main thing.

I have had a little issue tonight. I was feeding Oliver at bed time and for the first time, he started biting. OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! He had had quite a lot of milk, and was getting sleepy, but wasn't asleep. I stopped feeding him and popped him down, and he wriggled about for a while and then started crying. I tried feeding him again but he started biting again! I tried getting him to sleep without feeding him but he was just getting stressed. Argh! I ended up getting a sippy cup with some formula to see if he would settle with that but that didn't work, so after a while I tried bf'ing him again and then he was fine, thank goodness! Argh it hurt though!!

Right well Steve is due home any time, he's got the weekend off though I don't think he's impressed that he's spending Sunday helping me at the wedding fayre

Hope you are all well.

FruFru, if you are about, huge

xx

 

[hope&faith09]

Sarah - I really hope the wedding fair goes well for you and you get loads of bookings!

I have decided I will go out ... all the girls are wearing dresses but I think I will just wear my skinny jeans, new ankle boots and my favourite going out top. I wont look as good as the others but it will do!

hope everyone is ok ... im off to bed as dave is doing overtime tomorrow so i'm not going to get even a little break.

 

[Sarahwoo]

H&F Good for you - I'm sure you will look lovely

 

[maybebaby3]

h&f - am glad you have decided to go out. i worked out the last time i went out properly was my 31st bday so over 2 years ago

sarah - glad you enjoyed your wedding planner day and that oliver had a nice time with your parents ouch about the biting! have you tried rubbing some anbesol on his gums defore feeding? owen was really fussy earlier and that helped (though my MIL insisted i should give him formula i said why on earth when i have milk in my boobs and squeezed them to show her the milk shoots out and then she said maybe he would prefer formula as their tastes change i ended up having to before i flipped. anyway i put the anbesol on his gums and then he fed no probs. sorry for the long winded story!)

amy - good luck with the sleepover!

well finally everyone is asleep. danny is in bed and owen and dylan on the sofa. dylan stayed awake chatting with me til 11.15pm and owen went down about 10.30 and has already woken once erin is having a sleepover at my mums. anyway i'm going to transfer the kids to bed and then have a bath i think if owen doesnt wake and then get to bed myself. tomorrow i think i may go into town as danny has to study. he said that if he got up early then maybe we could go somewhere in the afternoon but i'm not counting on it as he was told it's going to be a difficult exam on monday. 2 1/2hrs! the macbook is not looking promising i told him it was £1500 and he said why dont i just get a netbook like his oh well at least the big laptop is working apart from some of the function keys for some reason. ok i am going on and on now as i am so tired and my fingers are just typing jibberish so i shall leave you and wish you a good night's

 

[maybebaby3]

morning all!!! have a lovely saturday!!!

 

[hope&faith09]

Morning - hope everyone has a lovely day! We are having a PJ day whilst Dave is at work this morning and hope he doesnt go out this afternoon as I really want to spend some time as a family .... then I have to get ready to go out, we are going to a moroccan restaurant in central birmingham where there are apparently belly dancers that try and get you up on the tables to dance ( a friends choice but should be good fun!) and then somewhere for cocktails and then on from there for a few drinks. I think I am going to aviod drinking too much tho ... the morracan is take your own booze so I think I might just take one of those small bottles of wine to avoid temptation!

Maybe I hope you have a lovely day ... I need to pop to the shops to return a couple of things its so windy here today I am definately not going to wear a dress I think I will look alright in my heels its not like I am trying to attract male attention!

For those dieting hows it going? So far I think I am on track this week I made a lovely italian beef stew last night and we all ate as a family and I have so many weight watchers products to snack on ... I really hope I lose weight this week!

 

[L-C]

H&F hope you have a lovely time tonight!! I have lost 2 lb since New Year so no bad but need to start being much better from now on...

 

[hope&faith09]

L-C thats really good at least its going down I always look at it as I am however lighter than I was 3 months ago! At the moment I am 2 stone lighter yay but 3 more to go and tonight isnt going to help but I think I will just use my weight watchers weekly points allowence!

Can I just ask about your babies naps? How many do they have a day, when and how long for? Amy was just having one in the afternoon for a couple of hours but now she is crawling she is getting more tired and sleeps if we go out in the car in the morning I have noticed a pattern developing and think it might be worthwhile putting her down for a nap in the mornings even just for 30mins?!?

 

[L-C]

H&F Will has an hour and a half in the morning/lunchtime and half and hour to 45 mins in the afternoon, sometimes he has to be driven around in the buggy to achieve the pm one though!

Have a great night out xx

 

[A3my]

sarah - Alex went through a biting phase Emera advised shouting ouch and breaking the latch and I did that a few times and he stopped biting. So painful though, especially the time I was lying down with him feeding and couldnt get my finger round to break him off. I cried I'm glad you had such a lovely time working and that Oliver had fun with your mum good luck for tomorrow

H&F - I'm glad you've decided to go out, your outfit sounds fab. DOnt put yourself down lady! you'll look just as good as everyone else. I still think its brilliant you've lost 2 stone As for naps, Alex has two half hour naps most days but if we have had a really bad night he has a little nap at lunchtime. I hope you have a great time at the morrocan yum yum!!!

maybe - what is it with your MIL and formula when you are happily breastfeeding! I love that you showed her how your milk spurts out hope you had a good day and managed to do something in the afternoon?

the sleepover wasnt too bad, they finally stopped chatting and giggling at 12.30am then Lyra woke us all up barking at 6am Alex was a bit sicky in the night too. But the girls had a great time and made chocolate coins in the morning. In the afternoon we went for a walk by the sea and then popped in on my mum. Kerry and I still arent talking but thats better than rowing! Hope you all had lovely days x

 

[A3my]

oh and happy 8 months to Will LC -

 

[emera35]

H&F - Roh's naps have settled down a bit now, he has 40 mins-1hr 30 mins in the morning and 40 mins - 2 hours in the afternoon. He's getting much more tired out now he's so active so he's actually napping, he never really used to at all. That said, his mornig nap is getting gradually later and shorter, so i think he's heading towards one long nap after lunch before long, i understand that often happens at about 10-12 months. Oh, and i hope you have a lovely time tonight I'm sure you'll look lovely oh, and i weigh 4lb more than you currently, and my target weight is 11st, as thats what i was before i got pregnant

Amy - Glad the girls had fun, even if you didn't get alot of sleep. A walk by the sea sounds lovely too

L-C - Happy 8 months to Will!

Had a lovely time with my Mum, i made us all risotto for lunch, as Roh loves it, then we went for a long walk and my Mum bought us cake on the way home, even though i told her i'm trying to diet Naturally i couldn't resist it once we got home Ah well, she said i looked like i'd lost weight, and she's usually pretty critical about my size, so thats got to be good She also dropped of the cheapie stroller i've been after, it was on sale in Argos, but they sold out here so my aunt got one for me. £25!! Major bargain and its really neat, my mum and aunt both have one too.

Roh slept from 7pm to 8am last night! I pray that the phase is over, fingers crossed for tonight!!

There is a little vid of Roh crawling and pulling up on fb if anyone wants to see

 

[A3my]

emera - I just loved your little clip of Roh crawling glad you got your bargain stroller and that Roh had such a fantastic nights sleep - fingers crossed the phase is over Alex loves risotto too, I must make some more.