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

[hope&faith09]

Happy Birthday Alex.

Jo - 34lbs is still alot of weight tho and I am sure the rest will come off aswell.

I am fighting my will power tonight - I really want battered sausage and chips but I think I should just have bbq chicken melt with a jacket potato! Argh I dont know what to do!

 

[L-C]

Happy Birthday Alex!!

Jo and H&F you have both done great on the weight loss, I've started gaining again - urghh

Will had a great day at nursery today, they even went on a trip. I held my breath the whole time they were out but is was fine, in fact he was really giggly when I collected him!

Hope you've all had a great day xx

 

[maybebaby3]

jolou - that is a great weight loss! i am also doing ww but haven't done it well for the last 4 or 5 weeks i've lost over 10kg though. i have about 6lbs to go to my target.

h&f - wow that's so much weight if you have the points splurge, if not then don't. you know you'll regret it if you go over points (at least i know i do )

LC - glad will is getting on so well

i'll post more later. it's taken me 1 1/2hrs to settle Owen and I'm off to get some food! as it's almost 10pm!

 

[muddles]

Happy Birthday Alex

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe - We have nights like that every now and then and they are SO hard - esp when you are hungry or need the loo I hope Owen stays settled for you now Oliver settled well tonight but has woken a few times really upset so I've given him calpol, I think we might be getting even more teeth - he was like this all night last night too. Fingers crossed that the calpol takes the edge off.

L-C Wow a trip! Thats so grown up! Where did they go? Thats so sweet that he had such a good time

H&F & Jolou great weightloss ladies!!!!

H&F I would have had the naughty food I would be terrible if I had to diet properly, I am SO grateful that my weight has just dropped on its own. I still could do with toning up my belly mind you

Well we've had a lovely day, we took Oliver for a walk on his new Trike and he absolutely loved it! He looks so grown up riding along

 

[A3my]

H&F - you are looking amazing! you dont look big at all.I loved Amy's birthday pics

Maybe - glad Owen had a lovely birthday - I also loved his birthday pics on fb

Lc - Will is so cute, handsome and grown up looking sorry to hear you are so busy at work. Will's birthday cake looks delicious

Jolou - soooo fab to hear from you!! Harrison is another gorgeous boy - didnt we all do well! I'm glad Harrison enjoyed the mum and toddler group - I dont think it matters you waited a year - I never took my girls to any and they turned out fine! How frustrating about your house, hopefully you'll get a few more viewings now summer is coming!

Muddles - wow moving!!! how exciting! are you changing location?oliver sounds so cute with his smart-trike

Sarah - yey to Oliver joining the smart-trike gang I'm glad he likes his megablocks too

you're all doing great with the weightloss! I put on 7 lbs going back to work so I am hoping to shift that again. I have no willpower at all though so I really admire how you have stuck to it

we had a lovely day today, Alex woke at 5am I am soooo tired. We gave him his presents and he is another smart-trike lover he also loves his sandpit - well chucking sand about then i had to take him to nursery as I had an interview for a nurse position. This afternoon we went out for a walk with the trike to the part - Alex is really into the swings at the moment, he giggles and giggles when I push him
I had some good news today, I was offered the nursing post I was interviewed for last week. Its great to have a job lined up but I much preferred the place I went to today, they were so warm and friendly whereas the other place was cold... I dont know the etticate (sp) for telling one place you want to wait to accept a job becasue you are waiting to hear about one you prefer

 

[Sarahwoo]

YAY for the job offer Amy!!! WOW!!! Fingers crossed for the one you had the interview for today, but still it's great to have something else to fall back on!!! And I'm sure you'd warm it up I'm not sure what the etticate is there I'd probably say yes to the first one and then if I was offered the second I'd tell them that something had changed and I could no longer take the job . . . but I'd feel crappy about doing it

xx

 

[A3my]

haha Sarah, I am thinking thats what I will do! and I'm not sure i could warm it up - the senior nurse there is a right old battleaxe, the kind of woman who made me leave nursing in the first place!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Oh, and I forgot to say earlier, I think I still have baby brain I forgot to go to baby club today because I forgot it was Thursday What's worse is that I did all the normal Thursday morning jobs (putting out the recycling, bringing in the organic box delivery etc) and all the time I was thinking I KNOW I've forgotton something

 

[A3my]

I did the same thing on Monday!! I forgot to go to a sing and sign group I've signed us up for I missed the previous week and they rang me, I promised I'd be there I am taking Alex to baby club tomorrow for the last time, he's not allowed anymore now he's 1 but I want to get his scrapbook

 

[Mork]

Amy - yay for job offer!!! When do you expect yesterday's to get back to you? Fingers crossed!
Xx

 

[maybebaby3]

amy congrats on the offer. when will you know about the other position?

sarah i have baby brain all the time too

am going to have a cuppa now and watch a bit of tv danny is doing overtime tonight so i am home alone (well not really alone with the 3 kids i guess ) we had a nice time at the park earlier and then stopped for icecream on the way home. when i got home i left the kids with danny and nipped out for 2 mins to take the rubbish to the bins. when i got back danny was happy to report owen took his first steps! i was very happy to hear that but sad to have missed it seeing as i'm the one he's always with! couldn't he have waited another 2 mins til i got back from throwing the rubbish

tomorrow i'm getting my macbook and we're meeting up with a friend and her 2 kids and going to see the old car rally, museum open day and the airshow on one of the beaches! so a pretty full day but no doubt the kids will have fun and she and i will get a much earned chinwag hopefully! there seem to be so many events here tomorrow, i don't know why they don't space them out better! at least we won't be bored! anyways going to have my now

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe I was going to ask if you were going to the museum open day tomorrow - I have a friend who works there and she put it on her facebook! I think she helped organise it or something! I hope you have a lovely time!

YAY for Owens first steps!! It's over a week since Oliver did his but he hasn't really done any more yet i thought it would be like crawling and when he started he wouldn't stop but nope YAY for the macbook too - lucky you! We need to buy another laptop, the one Steve uses is SO slow!

We had a nice day, my parents came up so Oliver and I went out for lunch with them while Steve was asleep. This afternoon Steve watched Oliver while I coloured my hair - I needed to do it SO badly I have way too many grey hairs for a 30 year old While I was in the shower Steve shouted up that he was taking Oliver out to get petrol in his car . . . I shouted to him that he had to do pay at the pump and not leave Oliver on his own in the car and then he went out. Half an hour later they STILL weren't home! It was awful, I was all worried I ended up phoning Steve and he was stuck in traffic - he'd gone to Asda because he knew they have pay at the pump and then hit rush hour I was so glad to see Oliver when he got home!

Tonight I've been ironing and working, I have three big weddings next weekend so I've got quite a lot of prep to do, plus my normal paperwork, emails, ordering stuff etc. Phew! I also took a booking for 2013

Well I just have a few more things to do and then I'm off to bed, lots of love to you all!

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah i didnt realise you had a friend in gib!!! did you meet on b&b? i'm the same with the grey hair i've had a hair dye in my cupboard for 4 weeks and still havent had a chance to do it

owen's sleep is still rubbish i have been putting him to sleep in his cot but halfway through the night he ends up in our bed! i'm out of ideas TBH

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe I 'met' her through a Derren Brown thing

I'm not sure what to suggest re Owens sleep, has there been no improvement at all? Does he have a set routine now?

The other thing is how dark is your bedroom? We have a blackout blind but I used to have a night light on so that I could see better where Oliver was etc. One night Steve turned it off and Oliver sleeps SO much better in a really, really dark room. Might that help? He also sleeps really badly in a sleeping bag or with a blanket unles its really cold. Could it me something like that waking him up?

Have a fun day!

 

[Sarahwoo]

And HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BOBBY!!!!!!

 

[maybebaby3]

happy birthday Bobby!!!

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah we have blackout blinds. he used to sleep in a sleeping bag but it's too hot for it now. he slept last night in a long sleeved bodysuit and a thin blanket. some nights are better than others but all are far from ideal the last few days he has woken about 4 times before i go to bed (he goes to bed at 8/9 and i go about midnight) and then after about the 3rd or 4th night waking i give up and have put him in bed with me. last night after i did that he had a bf and then slept til 7ish, not sure what time i put him in bed tho so really i have been going backwards this week because before that i wasnt bf at night. i'm just so tired and disheartened tho!

 

[Mork]

Happy birthday bobby!
Maybe-we have cut 3. Teeth this past week and since then she has only been waking 3x a night-could he be teething? Also we have to put her in a 1 tog sleeping bag as she
Sleep better then. Fingers crossed you turn the corner very soon xxx

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe that must be SUCH hard work, I'm not sure what else you could try. How does he nap in the day? Maybe he needs a really strict routine? Its almost like he wakes out of habit after each sleep cycle? Is there anywhere you could get some professional help?

Mork Oliver wakes loads when he's teething too, so if he's waking often and he's upset I give him calpol and that always seems to sort him out

We've been to the sorting office, had a wonder around a few shops, bought everything to make Eton Mess for pudding later (YUM!) and done some housework. Phew!

I hope everyone has a good day! Xx