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

[emera35]

Delaying eating to say - Sarah, Steve either needs to be perfect and always superhumanly be there to catch Oliver (oh and not let him hang off unstable things like poles...) or he needs to wind his neck in about any bumps Oliver gets when he's not there! The cheek! You should flick him on the nose for that sort of thing, he'll soon learn! Glad Oliver is ok though, Roh looks i've been battering him most the time at the moment They won't keep falling this much forever happily

Right... fooood!

 

[A3my]

sarah - bad naughty Steve!!! I remember when Emily was a baby and I'd gone to work. She'd just started crawling and Kerry put a hot lamp on the floor - because she liked the light he turned her back for a second and she'd crawled over and put her hand on the hot bulb He called me at work and luckily I could call in a favour (it was when I was a nurse) and got the paediatricians to have a look! I dont know why but in my experience men are slightly lacking in common sense when it comes to babies! I hope Oliver is OK

Kerry was embarassed about Alex's mess at ASK but I dont mind it I just scooped it all up with babywipes and then rolled it up in a tissue and said sorry about his mess when the waitress came to clear it. She didnt bat an eyelid, I'm sure they wont mind at the Jamie Oliver resturant.

emera - I love the treasurebox idea!

H&F - yey for the nice comments about Amy curry mmmmmm I could just eat that now.

I forgot to say, ALex has developed a habit of smearing his food in his hair, always above his right ear It always makes me giggle so I've probably encouraged him. He was doing it in ASK

 

[Sarahwoo]

Thanks Emera Like you say, I expect some bumps etc and if Steve didn't give me a hard time about it I wouldn't mind. Talk about double flippin standards. I've been biting my tounge but I swear if he does it again I won't be responsible for my actions

Oh, and what do I need to buy from Holland and Barratt for the bruises?

 

[Sarahwoo]

Amy I think our men just lack brains full stop

 

[emera35]

Amy, Roh smears his food up the left side of his face, in his ear and into his hair too, so he always finishs meals with hair all sticking up on the left side i too find it amusing, OH always grumbles about it though

Managed to find enough bits knocking about to make a tuna salad, yum!

 

[emera35]

Sarah, is it Arnica for buises?

 

[Sarahwoo]

Awww I love the food smearing Oliver touches his left ear with his dirty foody fingers and always has an ear full of food

Emera everytime I see tuna how I'm going to think of H&F's inlaws They must have HUGE cupboards . . . and one just for tuna

I want a chocolate pudding . . . . . mmmmmm might go and get one. Well some one has to eat up all the custard!!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Arnica . . . that could be it, thankyou!!!

 

[A3my]

yes Arnica is for bruises love the food smearing stories

 

[muddles]

I needed a giggle so thanks Emera for the 100% raisin poo story and to Sarah for the tins of cats one.

Great bargains Sarah and Frufru. We might have just bought another buggy in our defense the Micralite one my H got from Ebay is lovely but has a dodgy wheel and no hood so it is very much for use when you have to leave the buggy outside places or for use in the gym changing rooms. The one we got is a brand new red micralite fastfold. Think I will still use my My3 most of the time for now but the Fastfold will be good if we go away or round town as it takes up very little space in the boot.

Hope OliverWoo's bumped head gets better quickly. That's rubbish Steve tried to make you feel bad about it.

Amy that's funny about the food smearing in his hair. Oliver always seems to have random bits under his chin or up his nose

Loads of drama with my Mum AGAIN!

As she works shifts I keep asking her to let me know her off duty when she gets it (she gets it a month in advance) so I don't book things for those days. She doesn't tell me then gets really annoyed if I have plans.

Today for example she asked when she could see us and said she was off Mon, Tue and Fri so I said I am only free Tues morning and she went nuts! She said I am keeping him from her, I am clingy and wont let him out of my sight, he should be left with people other than me or my husband, it would do me good and it's not healthy that I don't. I should be going back to work as it will help him to develop and will help me to be a better mother-less clingy and more natural.

When I said insulting my parenting isn't going to make me want to spend time with you. Her response was that she wasn't insulting my parenting skills but she was immensley worried about them. She also said that she isn't sure why I cling to him as it isn't for his benefit as he enjoys stimulation with others and enjoys the company of others other than me and his Dad (yes she really did tell me what MY child feels and thinks, and not for the first time!)

Thing is I am not remotely clingy to him, when we arrive somewhere I sit him near me until he gets used to his surroundings then if it's appropriate (someones house etc) I put him on the floor with his toys to play and roll around. He doesn't nap on me...etc (though she tries to get him to nap on her anytime we are with her when it gets to nap time).

She twists everything as I asked why I would dump him in a nursery when he could be with me 1:1 and go to lots of groups/meet with other babies she said I was insulting everybody who puts their child in a nursery! That isn't what I said at all.

Anywhere we have been invited Oliver has been invited too, or one of us has been out and the other stays at home. Also my H and I have always preferred a takeaway and a good movie at home so we haven't needed to leave Oliver anywhere. I am not going to leave him with someone else just for the sake of it, would rather wait until we need to or until he is not a baby anymore. He also is still breastfed and isn't a fan of expressed milk. I feel so sad for Oliver as I had so much fun with my grandparents as a child. At least his other sets of grandparents aren't being like this.


Anyway on a happier note I was thinking about starting a baby and toddler group. I wonder how I would go about it. There are quite a few in this area but I know that a lot of the Mums who go the one which is up to 8 months have all said that they wish there was a follow on one on a Friday. I am sure it would be easy enough to hire a local hall, get toys from NCT sales or Ebay, get insurance....and to go to some of the baby groups and tell Mums about it. It's still very much an idea at the moment but perhaps I will be brave and try and do it!

 

[A3my]

muddles - your mum sounds mentally draining. I cant understand why she isnt proud of you for being such an amazing mummy! I am concerned that Alex will feel abandoned by me leaving him in a nursery, you are so lucky you can stay with Oliver. He will grow up confident and happy with his mum and never go through separation anxiety does she ever say anything positive to you??

the babyclub sounds like a great idea

 

[muddles]

Amy Thanks. Oliver sometimes gets separation anxiety if I am in the shower and he is in his cot and isn't a part of whatever Mummy is doing too There are lots of great nurseries around and I would have no worries about leaving Oliver in one (apart from I would miss him terribly) if I was going back to work but because we can afford for me to be at home why would I need to use one? I am sure Alex will be absolutely fine and will have lots of fun when you are at work. Imagine how pleased Alex will be to see you when he sees you appear to collect him at the end of the day, it will be like when he was tiny and you would go to pick him out of his cot in the morning and he would give you that HUGE beaming smile as soon as he saw you. If your house is anything like mine now you just get shouted at by a very wriggly and impatient little person who is awake and wants to be picked up NOW.

She has her moments and can be lovely but since I had Oliver she really seems to struggle with the fact that she can't control things anymore. It's really sad.

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah - to steve!!! how could it possiblly be your fault if he's sat with steve our car was flashing system faliure with a flashing engine light. danny reckons they've just reset the computer and are hoping that was going to fix it it makes me really mad that they charged us £360 and have obviously done nothing

emera - how cute of roh examining the objects. owen just shoves everything in his mouth

amy - i know i am freaking out. i should've just gone on the pill

muddles - your mum is such hard work!!! separation anxiety to a degree is perfectly normal. i agree with you in why leave oliver just for the sake of it for now. when he's a bit older and want to then that's different.

h&f - have a good time at the new group today!

well af is still no show and my diet went to pot over the weekend and i have put on 100g it's my fault though so i have no-one to blame except myself

at 9.30 i am meeting the head of one of the middle schools as he was on the board at the last interview i went to and offered to give me some pointers. anyway must dash as was quickly writing this whilst dylan and erin were having brekkie (and owen is sleeping - poor thing is still poorly) but now i have to go and get them ready! to all xxx

 

[hope&faith09]

Muddles - your mum sounds very much like mine ... she talks all the time about why I am not planning on going to work and keeps asking why I havent left Amy with her for a day yet ... like you said there isnt any reason too as Amy is happy just being with me! The baby group sounds like a fab idea.


Maybe - hope your meeting goes well this morning - it wont take you long to get back on track with the diet ... I am not looking forward to weigh in this week but I am going to be so good till Wednesday.

Mmy inlaws dont have huge cupboards ... i have no idea where they hide all the tins! Who needs that many tins of tuna?

Right I am off to rhythum time, quick lunch at home and then walking to town to take amy to tumble tots (I am not looking forward to the walk as its all up hill but I promised myself if we are going to do more activities in our town I will walk and get fitter!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Morning!

Maybe I hope today goes well and that you get a fab job soon!!

Muddles I'm sorry to hear that your mum is so unsupportive she really does sound very controlling and unreasonable. In my opinion she is talking absolute crap, I am very much the same with oliverwoo (except he does nap on me and he still cosleeps ). Blimey what would your mum think of me? Its such a shame she is like this but I can't think that you can do anything except ignore her, and hope she gets over herswlf.

Re setting up the baby group, what a great idea!! My first step would be to call the local council and ask them what you would need to do - I'm sure if they can't help they can point you in the right direction My mum set up a baby and toddler group when we were little, it was great!

Oliverwoo's bump is much better today, I could hardly look this morning as I was so worried it would be all the colours of the rainbow it looks more like a dirty mark but its not! (I have checked )

I was just giving Oliver some raisins, someone asked about raisins didn't they? I just feed them whole, I have the organix ones in the little boxes and I just put them in front of him and he picks them up and shoves them into his mouth

Xx

 

[hope&faith09]

Sarah - Dave 'let' Amy fall off the sofa yesterday and today she has a big red mark!

Glad Olivers bump isnt too bad today! x

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah - i'm glad that oliver's bump isnt as bad as you thought it was going to be.

h&f - to dave dropping amy off the sofa! men!

ooh i think i may try some raisins. owen would probably love them. he's still under the weather and very bunged up but am going to wrap him up warm and head to town as have 2 kids bday presents for parties tomorrow and thursday. i am spending a fortune on presents at the mo

the meeting went well and i got a few pointers. i also handed in my application for the job as the closing date is tomorrow. hopefully interviews will be in the next 3-4weeks and i shall keep my fingers crossed. this time i'm going to go out and buy a suit i never wear one! lol

anyway i am off to town, meeting my sister for lunch and hopefully find something diet friendly!!!

hope you all have a wonderful day xxx

 

[Sarahwoo]

Blimey Maybe, you've done loads already today - Oliver and I got up at nine and we are still eating breakfast

 

[A3my]

morning all, will reply properly later. Just searching the net for info as Ive been to the docs for a UTI and he's given me trimethoprim - I've read the label and it says not to use when BF I took a pill and I'm now worried about ALex!!! arrgggh x

 

[Sarahwoo]

Amy that's so rubbish!! Maybe call NHS direct and ask them?