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

[A3my]

your mum sounds brilliant people keep asking me if boys are more adventurous than girls and I think they might be its hard to say though, holly was a really chilled out baby happy to sit there and let the world come to her whereas Emily and Alex are more similar - I want that and I will get it oooooo show the pic!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Here we go . . . luckily is does wash out well

 

[Sarahwoo]

And this one shows the table better . . . . ignore the mess in the background

 

[A3my]

I soooo have to get some of those Oliver is so cute! x

 

[Sarahwoo]

Thankyou!!!

They are fab, and it just wipes right off so that was good

Right - I'm off to bed - and I'm going to be mean and wake Oliver up because he usually has both boobies before bed, tonight he fell asleep after one and I think the other one might be about to pop Night night xx

 

[A3my]

hope he doesnt mind being woken night night xxx

 

[muddles]

OMG Sarah Oliver is so cute, love the mess he has made! Glad it wiped off. I'd love the egg thank you.

H&F Glad you have an alarm, hope it's all sorted out quickly.

 

[Sarahwoo]

Oliver didn't even wake up but he did a great job of dream-feeding

Muddles I've PM'ed you for your address for the egg

I think I'm loosing my voice

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah - hope you don't lose your voice! great pics of oliver

muddles - thanks for the ant tips! i shall get some white vinegar! i have sweetner but don't want to attract them to it! this morning i thought there may be more there but there weren't thank god!

h&f - scary about the carbon monoxide! :S hope it is all sorted soon!!!

mork - thanks for the tip about the chalk!

amy - the family bbq sounds great! i would kill for a garden! our flat is too small!

i still haven't got the wheelybug i ordered from play.com about 6 weeks ago, or a refund they are being really evasive i'm not happy. i did but the ELC equivalent but am not sure whether to keep it or not as i am worried the wheelybug will eventually turn up and i will have 2! i am also a bit worried that it is inflatable and it might keep deflating it's in its box still and i hope i have the receipt. i will think about it for the next week before deciding!

so far this morning erin and i have done painting and making faries out of foam pieces (already formed pieces as i have no artistic abilities ) may do some baking later. i made garlic and parsley bread from my nigella book yesterday! was yum but took ages the weather is still horrid. i am really worried that my beach party bday party for owen is not going to happen if it doesnt improve and my flat is far too small for 15 kids and their parents and my cousins and aunty my mum wants to get a hall but the only one i like is unbookable as they have bingo there on a tuesday i shall cross my fingers the weather will improve!!!

 

[L-C]

Maybe how was last night???

Sarah/Amy I bought Will the ELC workbench for his birthday it's small but really cute!! Amy glad my dog isn't the only poo punching pooch!

Muddles, what sort of tin did you use for your one cake, think I might have to copy it looked great!

H&F Hope you managed to get it all sorted xx

Mork, glad you had a better couple of nights, I got some one togs half price from Mamas and Papas, they're really good, if not dream bags are great they do a 0.5 tog, we needed that last summer x

Will has started waking up oooh sooo early, it's killing me.... he did go through until 5 am last nigh though, guess you can't have it all xx

Hope you all have a good day xx

 

[L-C]

Sarah those pens look fab, will have to get some for Will's birthday, love the pictures of Oliver he is delicious xx

 

[Sarahwoo]

Ooohhhh I just found this, half price too! Do you think its a bit too old though?
https://www.elc.co.uk/Bosch-Tool-Bench-with-Accessories/123689,default,pd.html

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe this one is better?
https://www.elc.co.uk/My-First-Work-Bench/113297,default,pd.html

 

[L-C]

Sarah the second one is the one we went for, my Mum bought it up today it looks good, although not quite as big as I thought. Will let you know when I've managed to have a proper look x

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah - i think i'd go for the 2nd one and leave the 1st for when he's a bit older. think my friend got the 1st one for her son whenhe was 4.

LC - boo for early mornings! i disagree we should have it all

baking white bread rolls for the kids packed lunch tomorrow! i had the ingerdients so i thought why not. i have no bread in the flat so i'd have to go out and get some if i didnt bake it

 

[muddles]

Maybe if the weather is bad could you got to a soft play type place? It was great for Oliver. Our house wasn't big enough to have all the babies round either. We paid entry for the mums and babies, bought the adults a soft drink and we had cake (in total including party bags it was just under £50).

L-C I bought two tins from Tesco (well I got a round one too, just incase my number 1 went horribly wrong, and because the tins are on 3 for 2). The label says Tesco Professional Loaf Tray 23.5X13cm on it. I baked two cakes in the loaf tins then used one of them as the main part of the number one. I then cut the other cake into two bits (2/3 and 1/3). I put the 1/3 piece against the top edge of the whole cake and then cut the 1/3 piece from one corner to about 1/3 down the long side of it. Hope that makes sense.

Sarah have pm'd you back. Thanks! I think the second tool set looks better. The other one seems like it's for an older child. Saw your most recent wedding pics, the chairs looked lovey and really transformed the room.

I have some exciting news....my baby cut out his night time bf the week before his first birthday (for a while he had been having a bf at bedtime then one around 3am and that was it) and he slept right through the night (7pm ish-7:10am ish) a few times and the nights he didn't he wasn't awake for long. He did however decide that he wanted to bf before his daytime nap (he cut this one a couple of months ago) so I started offering him a beaker of toddler milk with his breakfast (started this a week ago today) and that stopped him from wanting the afternoon bf. He is now only having a bf at bedtime plus his beaker of toddler milk in the mornings and he has slept right through quite a few times now Just goes to show that babies will sleep through the night when they are ready to, as we did nothing new and he hasn't increased his food intake and he has been on the move for a couple of months so nothing changed but he suddenly started doing it! The same can't be said for me though, I have not yet slept through the night as I keep waking up to check on him

 

[L-C]

Muddles thank you so much, that's it, I'm off to Tesco, and that is great news about your bfing!! Will is also down to one before bed and I'm giving starting to give him cows milk as a top up, he only takes sips though. He only drinks properly from one side before bed so I'm not sure how long that will last. Going though is great news though!! Well done Oliver! Could he please gave a word with Will?

Sarah DH and I have had a good play and can recommend the work bench it's really good, I'm so pleased with it. It's not had the Will seal of approval yet but I know he'll love it xx

 

[Mork]

Thats great news muddles Long may it continue!
Also, thanks for sharing how you did the cake! I may do that if I cant figure out how to do a butterfly!!!
Hope you are all well and have had a good bank holiday weekend.
xx

 

[emera35]

L-C / Sarah - We have that elc workbench, we were given it by one of OH's friends (he's also given us a slide and one of those push along trike things and a big bag of 2-3 years boys clothes in the past, so generous!) Roh absolutely loves it. He doesn't use the tools yet, except for hitting his Dad over the head with the hammer But he loves pushing the screws up and down, and he's recently got the hang of pulling the handles on the drill and saw bits, and gets really excited! He plays with it every day, one of his best toys

Maybe - Fingers crossed the weather will improve. There is still time for it to get better!

Muddles - Well done Oliver for sleeping through! Its like you said, they do it when they are ready
I think Roh just takes after his Mum and Dad, we both love our sleep, and so does he it seems Although saying that, the other day i woke up, and thought it looked really light in the room, i looked at the clock and it said 10am !! I totally freaked out, and ran through to Roh's room and opened the blind. I was about to grab him to see if he was ok, when he just rolled over, had a big stretch and yawn, and then smiled at me, grabbed his dummy, and lay down again He's so lazy in the mornings, I was really suprised i'd slept so late though i almost always wake up naturally at 7.30 -8am if i'm left to my own devices, so i'm always up and about before he wakes. I must have been really tired or something I tend to go get him up at about 8.30 - 9am, depending, but often he'll get up, and then lay back down again and look at me, as if to say, "just a few minutes more Mummy?" Anyway, needless to say, getting up at 10am really screwed our day up

I really want to get Roh some toys, but i think we are too broke at the moment The stuff i want to get him is all learning / educational stuff, and nothing big or expensive, but i still don't think i can find the money I feel so bad that i can't get him all these nice things i want to get. When i see what other parents are getting for their babies' first birthday, i feel really guilty that we don't earn a bit more money, its only going to get worse as he grows up and starts wanting stuff, and i'll have to say no all the time Ah, well i guess i'll go search the charity shops on my days off, or get creative and make some of it. I wanted to get some animal flashcards, maybe i can just draw them

 

[emera35]

Mork - You can do a butterfly really easily, if you get 2 small round cake tins (like 6" ones or something) and make a sponge, then when they are cold cut them in half through the middle so you have 4 circles. Then you can just cut a bit of edge off them. If you got some chocolate mini rolls, you could line them up for the body, and then put the sponge wings onto the sides and spread pretty icing on them You could use something like Matchmakers or similar for the antennae too. Thats what i think i would do anyway