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

[emera35]

Oh and yay for impending Auntie-dom Sarah!

 

[Mork]

Ooh Sarah how exciting I wear e pretty much all the time and have a moby. I tried t in it too and can wear her comfortably-but don't!
Emera-I'm so with you re the sleep!!! Xxx

 

[Sarahwoo]

Thankyou ladies! I am very excited They will make wonderful parents, I'm so pleased for them I have a close which I could lend to them, and then see how they get on If my apple fits in their car I think they are going to get a pram attachment and borrow that, I never use it now so they might as well

I was just getting on top of my Christmas decoration making last night and thought I'd share it on a few pages to get to 150 likes (I was at about 140) and then concentrate on making stuff for the craft Fayre I have a week on Sunday....then two pages shared my link and I now have over 200 likes and orders coming out of my ears I have a wedding tomorrow too that I need to prep for, and we're going to a Thomas day on Sunday I'm loving the sewing though, I'd love to find some stuff I could make all year round, but then this fits in perfectly really because my weddings are much quieter at this time if year, so the money is very handy

 

[hope&faith09]

Sarah - I can't suggest any carriers as Eva hates going in them - she is super grumpy as soon as she goes in but huge congrats to your sister.

As for sleeping Eva currently sleeps pretty well ... she goes down at 7ish with Amy and then wakes at 11, 3 and 6.30. I wish she would sleep through but no chance yet as she drinks loads in the middle of the night.I am super happy though as I gave up breastfeeding Amy before this point but I am really enjoying it with Eva and hope to carry on for a while yet.

hope everyone is ok. x x x

 

[Sarahwoo]

H&F apparently breastmilk is at its very best at 3am, I'm not sure why but that's what I was told Kind of cruel to mummy, Oliver woke at 4 am for ages!

 

[Janny Wanny]

hey everyone just popped in to see how u are all getting on how si everyone?

im doing ok, Jared broke his arm on sunday night so hes not so good
im just wondering should i send him to the group hes been going to its 4 days a week and i dunno what to do..... any advice?

 

[Mork]

Hey everyone, how are you all? Anyone all sorted for Christmas already?!
Janny Wanny- sorry to hear about Jared's arm, how are you managing?
xx

 

[emera35]

Janny! Nice to hear from you, but sorry to hear about Jared's arm. Hope it heals quick!

Mork, i'm nearly there for Christmas. Just a few jars of jam and chutney to make and some photos to print and pop in frames, plus a bit of hand printing with the kidlets! Oh, and then all the food to sort, pudding to make, gingerbread house to make, decorations to put up, cards to send, presents to wrap!!! Argh

I'm going back to work temporarily. Managed to land a couple of night shifts a week at Sainsburys over the Christmas period, which is great for the money, but not really looking forwards to it in terms of actually having to work all night for 2 nights a week!

Freyja has been referred to a pediatrician because she's falling off the charts and not gaining weight. I'm almost certain she's fine, but can't help having an edge of worry over her lack of weight gain (about 200g in 3 months). It will be reassuring to have her checked over. On the other hand, developmentally, she's ridiculous, she took her first steps (4 steps to be exact) on Sunday evening, shocked the hell out of me, and her too i think!!

 

[Mork]

OMG emera walking already?!!!!!!!! yikes!!! They sure don't stay babies for long!!!
Hmm, working all night and then coming home to look after the children - it will be nice to have the money, but how are you going to manage on no sleep???
Is F still breastfeeding? E's weight gain has slowed right down too and he has dropped 2 centiles. Like you say i'm sure its nothing to worry about - so long as she is eating, she certainly sounds very active
xx

 

[emera35]

Mork, she's really active!!! I'm stunned she took unaided steps, i think it was probably a fluke as she soo young! I'm combi-feeding now (4 or so bf and 1 bottle of formula). I was sticking to some ideal i had about ebf until she self weans, but then decided it was stressing me out not being able to have a break, and i kept getting paranoid about my supply, so cut myself a bit of slack and relaxed about it! I think i'm less fussed about her having formula now she's eating (she STUFFS herself with solids!!). She seems happy in herself. The HVs have been pretty good and were ok with her dropping from 91st to 25th, but she's now dropping down to the 9th centile, its a big drop. So yeah, will be good to double check its just because she's active.

Oh and the nightshifts are on the days my OH is off work, so i'll be able to sleep in the evening/morning before and after work. Its only for December anyway. Not sure i could do it long term though!

 

[Mork]

It sounds like its just her being an active child and finding her natural size. Both mine have started on the 98th centile and dropped - both to the 25th.
Thank goodness your OH will be on hand to help I forget other people have their OH's home set days of the week (mine works shifts so we get different days off from week to week). It will be nice to have some money and some time to 'yourself' (iykwim) xx

 

[maybebaby3]

Hi all I've been so busy with work and kids after school stuff and day to day crap that I've not been here in ages!!! Hope you are all ok!

Sarah - glad your craft business is doing so well!

emera - wow walking at 8m! Get ready for the fun and games of a toddler again!!!

Janny - hope jared is ok!

Mork - I hate shift work!

Modo - how is Bobby's speech?

It's Dylan's bday on Tuesday! 7!!!! Can't believe he will be 7!!!!!!!!!! He doesn't want a big party so am taking him and 6 of his friends to the cinema ad bowling tomorrow and then we will have a tea party on Tuesday with my parents and in laws after school.

Apart from that I went to see the ENT privately and unfortunately have nodules on my vocal chords from overuse. I need to see the speech therapist to help me reduce stress and hope that they shrink. Really don't want surgery. Thing is that the dr told me to try not to use my voice which is laughable as I have 3 kids and am a music teacher!!! Oh well!

 

[Mork]

Oh dear maybe-cant wait to hear what the speech therapist says
Hope Dylan has a fab birthday-yikes to 7!!! I can't believe our April/may/June babies are 2.5 ish already!!! Xx

 

[L-C]

hi one handed typing. having a really down day today. DH is away until Friday.....

Ava's sleep has gone really silly, she was soooo good for the first three months. The longest she goes is 3 hours between feeds at night and will go down and then be awake after an hour. I've tried all the shhh shhh pat pat, pick up put down stuff. she sleeps with me mostly, which can only be a bad habit which stresses me out. Yesterday she shrieked every time I put her down, which made doing anything for Will a nightmare.

Will has been up since 5:30 am. Ava refuses to sleep in her bed during the day, again my fault for not encouraging her, but now it's got to that point Will won't give me any peace to get her into it.

Solids are a total nightmare, she won't entertain them at all. It's almost like her mouth is wired wrong, she can't even have calpol without gagging and nearly throwing up. urrrgggghhhhhhh sorry!!! I'm pooped and more upset as I thought I'd know what I'm doing this time but I feel even more clueless and don't get the opportunity with a 2 yr old to rectify the situation xx

 

[emera35]

L-C Ergh, i totally know how you feel! The number of times Roh has just been running around shouting when i really need to get F to sleep! Argh, drives you nuts! Worse is if i just put her down and leave her to cry, Roh cries along and begs me to give her a cuddle to make her happy (talk abut a guilt trip! ). I do have to just put her down, shut her door and take Roh to the other end of the house and put the tv on. Sounds harsh, but seriously, its the only way she gets enough sleep in the day. If she sleeps in the day, she sleeps ok at night. We are now in a place where some nights she wakes twice, some once, and maybe 50% of the time she sleeps 7-7, which is flipping amazing!! I just decided to stop feeding her between 11pm and 5am, and basically cuddled her and settled her down, but stopped having her in the bed in the night. It did mean some sleepless nights, but fortunately Roh's room is quite far away, so it doesn't bother him.
As far as food, maybe she's just not quite ready? Are you spoon feeding? F won't accept being fed at ALL! She'll happily suck stuff off her hands though, so now i just let her do her thing (dear god, i think my mind deleted the amount of mess involved!!). It really took her a long time to get in to food though. Hope this hard bit is just a phase for you!

Had F's appointment with the consultant due to her lack of weight gain (she's not exactly skinny, but isn't growing as i'd expect, knowing how much she eats). They are suspecting that she's got Coeliacs disease. I'm desperately hoping the tests come back negative, as if they are positive, she'll need a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis, and that will involve a general anesthetic The whole thing just worries me. I'm hoping its all just because she's so active.

I'm starting work tonight! Argh! I wasn't going to work at all, but we've run out of money, so yeah, nights at Sainsburys. Fun, fun, fun!

 

[L-C]

Thanks emera!! Gosh really hope they come back negative for you xxx

Goodluck at work tonight xx

 

[Sarahwoo]

* hugs* for you both! LC how old is she now? It does sound like she's maybe just not ready, it's amazing how many times I've heard that babies doing Blw just play with their food and eat very little until 8 months plus. Are you doing Blw or traditional?

The sleep thing must be really hard, Oliver absolutely hated been put down so basically always napped on me, which I couldn't do with another one. We also co-slept and I basically took the easy route on everything so I can't advise you, but I can send * hugs*

Emera I really hope that the tests are negative! Poor F I hope work goes well!

We had a lovely holiday last week, not quite as relaxing as last year for various reasons but it was still a lovely break and Oliver absolutely loved it

How are you all getting on with the Christmas shopping? I'm doing okay I think, still stuff to buy but I'm getting there. Oliver is really getting into the whole Christmas thing and is really excited, bless him he's obsessed with reindeers, the local farm shop has some visiting from the 8th so I can't wait to take him to meet them!

 

[hope&faith09]

L-C - really sorry I have no advice. Eva won't go down anywhere during the day ... between 7 and 7 she is constantly being held. We are just trying to muddle along and do lots of activities that she can be held during!

Emera - Really hope tests come back negative .

Sarah - my christmas shopping for the girls is done and hidden away. I have done the girls hand and foot prints on pottery for everyone else. I just need to buy a few more bits for friends children etc and then I am done.

Hope everyone is ok. Got to dash small sqeaks are coming from upstairs!

 

[Mork]

Oh L-C - hugs! If its any consolation after a week of E waking every hour, we are now every 2 hours and guess what - yep - my dh sleeps through every one!!!!!!!!!!!! So i'm no help to you, but wanted to assure you that you are not alone.
As for weaning, I havent started yet as E is only just 5 months, but I did blw with T and will do the same this time, and she didnt really 'properly' eat till 9 months. xx
Emera - hugs to you too, I hope that the tests are negative too. I also hope work goes ok for you tonight xx
Sarahwoo - glad your break was ok and that Oliver liked it sorry to hear it wasnt as relaxing as last year Its nice to have you back!
Hows everyone else?
xx

 

[emera35]

Sarah they have reindeers at the zoo, Roh is totally in love with them its adorable! (pic on fb)

Just finished my induction at work, knackered!

Pissed off with the consultant, he didn't order enough tests so F has to go have more blood tests. Grr.