October 2013 Babies Club

Das Kitty

nikpmup wrote: »

Our lad has started wanting to sleep on his side or belly, he just spent his nap asleep on his front with his little tush in the air!

Aw. James was like that. As soon as he could roll it was belly sleeping all the way.

Rory STILL hasn't rolled. And no teeth.

groucho marx

Anybody else sick of dodging dog poo with the wheels of the pram? Its disgusting and ended up rolling into a bit of it earlier,annoying.

nikpmup

Das Kitty wrote: »

Aw. James was like that. As soon as he could roll it was belly sleeping all the way.

Rory STILL hasn't rolled. And no teeth.

Ah, he can sit up though! Hugo can sit unsupported, but as soon as he leans over he topples. Cushion nest around him; our sitting room floor is an adventure playground.

nikpmup

groucho marx wrote: »

Anybody else sick of dodging dog poo with the wheels of the pram? Its disgusting and ended up rolling into a bit of it earlier,annoying.

Ugh, someone let their dog sh1te right outside our house once; I wheeled the buggy to the car boot and put it in and only discovered the wheels were covered in muck when I got to dundrum shopping centre. Boot, buggy, shopping bag and other stuff in the car covered. Gross.

Roesy

Das Kitty wrote: »

How long are you supposed to use those for? The sensor mats?

Had to look that up. The manual says a lot of parents use them for 12-14 months. My friend gave us hers when she stopped using it, her daughter was around two at the time. We adjusted the sensitivity so hopefully won't be having any frights tonight!

nikpmup wrote: »

Our lad has started wanting to sleep on his side or belly, he just spent his nap asleep on his front with his little tush in the air!

Olivia turns to her front a lot of the time too. She seems to sleep a little longer for her naps when she does it but she tends to get annoyed if she wakes on her front during the night.

groucho marx wrote: »

Anybody else sick of dodging dog poo with the wheels of the pram? Its disgusting and ended up rolling into a bit of it earlier,annoying.

Very, very annoying. Have had that happen a couple of times now.

I am feeling miserable tonight. My sinuses are killing me and I'm starving but can't think of what to eat at this late hour
Work haven't gotten back to me since I sent the email. People are starting to find out where they are next year. I'd say I'll be moved alright. I assumed she'd have contacted me to confirm though.

Das Kitty

We have a tooth!

lolademmers

They are not teeth they are sharp little razors!! He has 4 and he likes to use them. Doesn't understand the concept of no so I hope he does not turn into a biter.
Rosey I hope you get what you want in work. At the end of the day it's only work and you are just a number to them. Look after your self and your family first.

nikpmup

Hmm Roesy... maybe she just hasn't worked out what to do. What does the law about returning to work say; doesn't it protect your job for you while on mat leave? I'm not really up on the ins and outs of it.

Think last night was the result of the sugar in the calpol. I normally give him the sugar-free, but in my sleep deprived addled state last night the poor chap got the first pink liquid I could find, could have been loo cleaner! I think he's getting three, perhaps four of his upper teeth - the two front centre ones I can definitely see and feel the white corners. The two each side of them are en route, one is nearer than the other. Hopefully they'll all pop through at once and he can be done for a couple of months!

My friend got us a voucher for a photo shoot for christmas; the voucher included the shoot and a photo canvas, we went out to see the pics today......



.....we spent €400. I know everyone thinks the same, but our child is so frikkin GORGEOUS!!!

Edit: Yay Rory!!

AlanS181824

I wonder am I the only guy who wonders through these threads... It's so adorable seeing how excited you all get when talking about your little babas

nikpmup

lolademmers wrote: »

They are not teeth they are sharp little razors!! He has 4 and he likes to use them. Doesn't understand the concept of no so I hope he does not turn into a biter.
Rosey I hope you get what you want in work. At the end of the day it's only work and you are just a number to them. Look after your self and your family first.

My lad bit down on me the other day when I was feeling for the top teeth; he got me on the nail bed and drew blood!

knock13

Roesy wrote: »

Ow! Tough night. Thankfully you're off today. Angel Care alarm went off on us last night. We both bolted out of the bed. Little fecker was after angling herself completely up the top of the cot head to the bars on one side and feet to the bars on the other side so the mat couldn't detect her. What a fright! Didn't sleep properly after that. Really don't know how a long baby can jam herself into such small places.

Oh rosey the exact same thing happened to us last week, the alarm went off and I never saw my husband bolt out of bed so quick. The little fella was rammed up the very top of the cot against the bars and the sensor pad couldn't detect him! At least we know it works! We are finding him in very strange positions lately and his newest thing is turning over onto his chest and then trying to crawl in the cot! Keep waking up to him shouting cos he can't figure out how to get back off his hunkers!

groucho marx

Herselfs rolling around on the mat full of chat. Shes getting a little personality now. Think its just hit me that theres a third person in the house now.

nikpmup

Mine does exactly the same, knock!

The first of four - yes, four - upper teeth cut through this morning. He's going to have a lethal set of gnashers!

newtoboards

I'm so jealous of all of your munchkins having teeth. Unfortunately none here yet. He's rolling over and is trying his damnedest to crawl but isn't able to get the whole lot working together. He can get the back end working and the front end working but not at once. He's going backwards and around in circles but that's it.

groucho marx

No teeth here either yet at seven months. no idea where she gets her energy even now with all the rolling.

nikpmup

newtoboards wrote: »

I'm so jealous of all of your munchkins having teeth. Unfortunately none here yet. He's rolling over and is trying his damnedest to crawl but isn't able to get the whole lot working together. He can get the back end working and the front end working but not at once. He's going backwards and around in circles but that's it.

I dunno.. cute and all as the teeth are, he will have six very soon. Hope he ain't a biter! I had a proper look there now, the top four are visible, the one on the right is through, and the one on the left has a corner through. The two centre ones are visible but not through the gum yet. God help the poor wee man, four teeth cutting at once can't be fun! Lots of chewing on refrigerated teething rings!

He's the same with his attempts at crawling. He can get his tush in the air and straighten his legs, but then he kind of pushes along on his face! He can also push up on his arms and ''swim'' around the carpet; but he can't coordinate the two actions. He's mad to stand though, I reckon he'll be trying to walk as soon as he's able.

Oh, and he's full of natter.. his latest is mowmowmowmmowm (or as I like to think; mamamamama!)

Roesy

My boss emailed me this morning, I'm being moved but not to the area I was worried about so not too bad really.

Tore the side of my car Friday, just got a rough estimate for the work there...2.5k!!! So not what I needed, especially with 4 weeks unpaid left I've mad pms today and a grumpy babe whose top teeth are starting to poke through. She's sitting like a pro at the moment but really gone off the tummy time since she came off the reflux meds.

We were having fajitas last night so we just gave her some of the individual parts of it, bits of chicken, peppers and a couple of bits of cheese. She was happy out until I assembled my tortilla and started eating. She started giving out like stink and only stopped when we tore off a bit of tortilla wrap for her too. She's a headstrong little madam!

nikpmup

my lad was mad to get his hands on my toasted cheese sambo today! Don't think he's have dug the mustard

Roesy, that stinks about the car. At least you're not being moved to the stressful job, that's something.

groucho marx

Aw rosey sorry to hear about your car,the unpaid is starting to hit me now.
Madam here is a strawberry beast,cant get enough of it,shes not a lover of the meat dinners though.

nikpmup

Was in the zoo with my nieces & nephew today; Hugo had a go of some of the chips we bought for the older kids (no salt/sauce) He devoured them! I bit off the crunchy tip and he sucked those bad boys dry! Mammy of the Year for feeding him chips, but what the hey! He also had a fairly decent bite of my blueberry muffin

Roesy

nikpmup wrote: »

Was in the zoo with my nieces & nephew today; Hugo had a go of some of the chips we bought for the older kids (no salt/sauce) He devoured them! I bit off the crunchy tip and he sucked those bad boys dry! Mammy of the Year for feeding him chips, but what the hey! He also had a fairly decent bite of my blueberry muffin

I occasionally make oven chips for us and Olivia devours them. Hers are only organic spuds and oil but she really does love them. She ignores anything else on her tray until they are gone. God help us the next time we get chipper food, she'll want the lot!

lolademmers

God I'd love some chips now!

groucho marx

lolademmers wrote: »

God I'd love some chips now!

Lol same!!

nikpmup

I've been trying so hard to get Hugo into finger food and he's really not been digging it, until this week. He has now got three of his front four incisors (no 4 is almost through) and he is a chomping machine! He just managed to grab a ripe peach out of the fruit basket beside his bumbo chair and he ate the whole thing, skin and all. I had to take it off him because he'd reached the stone! He gave out and grabbed a second one! He is one sticky baby this morning! (As is my ipad!)

Roesy

nikpmup wrote: »

I've been trying so hard to get Hugo into finger food and he's really not been digging it, until this week. He has now got three of his front four incisors (no 4 is almost through) and he is a chomping machine! He just managed to grab a ripe peach out of the fruit basket beside his bumbo chair and he ate the whole thing, skin and all. I had to take it off him because he'd reached the stone! He gave out and grabbed a second one! He is one sticky baby this morning! (As is my ipad!)

Cute...but not when you are trying to clean them!!! We were having stir fry last night and normally I just give her the chicken and veg to eat but she was looking at the rice so wistfully that we put some on the table for her. She had great fun feeling it and grabbing little fistfuls to eat but the mess afterwards was unreal!!

She cried today because I wouldn't leave her eat the bottle brush. She also cried because she couldn't eat the scissors. She's gone to granny and grandad(in laws) for a couple of hours while there is dusty work going on in our house. She'll come home with glowing reports no doubt. We're told she never cries there and apparently said 'all gone' when her bottle was finished the last day she was there. Now I know my child is a genius but even I'm sceptical of that

nikpmup

Ha ha! That's so funny! Hugo's grannies also attribute him with works of genius

As for the mess, I just left him off! He was having a bath afterwards anyway and the highchair is all plastic (love Ikea!) Sticky doesn't begin to cover it! He was eating pasta spirals in M&S cafe the other day and they were EVERYWHERE! Staff were throwing me evil looks! (I cleaned it all up before I left!)

Wooha

nikpmup wrote: »

Ha ha! That's so funny! Hugo's grannies also attribute him with works of genius

As for the mess, I just left him off! He was having a bath afterwards anyway and the highchair is all plastic (love Ikea!) Sticky doesn't begin to cover it! He was eating pasta spirals in M&S cafe the other day and they were EVERYWHERE! Staff were throwing me evil plooks! (I cleaned it all up before I left!)

we had pasta spirals for dinner tonight. Had to put a plastic table cloth under his high chair, the mess was unbelievable, but he had great fun and some actually went in :-)

nikpmup

Went to his cousins 6th birthday party earlier. I gave him a lump of garlic bread that he was eyeing up (full of salt & other nasties, but it was a one off!) He. Devoured. It! The look on his face was pure "WHERE have you been all of my *admittedly short* life???!!!!"

Chattastrophe!

nikpmup wrote: »

Went to his cousins 6th birthday prty earlier. I gave him a lump of garlic bread that he was eyeing up (full of salt & other nasties, but t was a one off!) He. Devoured. It! The look on his face was pure "WHERE have you been all of my *admittedly short* life???!!!!"

Smart kid!

nikpmup

Wait till I introduce him to granny's lasagne. It'll blow his tiny mind.

Madisson

nikpmup wrote: »

Wait till I introduce him to granny's lasagne. It'll blow his tiny mind.

Try icecream ive never seen anyone go so wild for something haha

Took a video giving her a slice of lemon too...High larious

nikpmup

Tried him with icecream and he started to cry! I don't think he liked the cold!

Roesy

The in laws gave my wee monkey her first taste of ice cream today. Apparently she loved it. Reckon it was bliss for her poor gums. Top two teeth are still lingering just under the surface. Slightly going mad that I didn't get to see her reaction. They also gave her eggs for the first time. Think they assumed she'd already had them. No reaction to them, yay!one of my nephews is allergic so I was slightly wary.

nikpmup

Eggs are the single greatest invention; whoever first looked at a chicken doing it's thing and decided to eat the result is to be lauded! I scramble eggs for him with a little mascarpone cheese, he inhales it! He also loves the toast soldiers he gets with it, he sucks all the butter from them Great that she seems to have no reaction Roesy.

I think Hugo will have a full row of gnashers in a day or two. Three of them have cut, the fourth is just under the skin. His gums look sore and inflamed but he's in much better form the last few days, eating better, sleeping better. He's going to look funny with a toothy smile I think he may have inherited my gappy teeth though - great. A fortune on braces it is!

Roesy

I'm miserable with a sore throat this morning. Also quite bored of our little routine at the moment. Anyone do anything like Jo Jingles, Gymboree or even a mother and baby group? There's a mother and baby group about 10 miles from us. The other two things are about a 40 minute drive. The mother and baby group falls smack bang in the middle of her nap time though.

Anyone got any nice Father's Day ideas? We usually make funny cards for each other for birthdays/Christmas so I'll need to get some inspiration going on for that. Got him a photo mug, sounds cheesy but it's a hilarious pic of the pair of them. I'd like to get/do something else but have no ideas and limited funds due to unpaid leave and a hefty impending car repair bill will cook a fancy dinner too I suppose.

Das Kitty

Don't get bogged down in nap times, Roesy. Bring her off. She'll sleep in the car or in the buggy. And if she doesn't, so what? It's just one day.

Mother and baby groups are brill. You'll feel great after it.

I got Mike these for father's day

http://twistedtwee.co.uk/im-spartacus-dad--baby-twinset-p-552.html

Roesy

Das Kitty wrote: »

Don't get bogged down in nap times, Roesy. Bring her off. She'll sleep in the car or in the buggy. And if she doesn't, so what? It's just one day.

Mother and baby groups are brill. You'll feel great after it.

I got Mike these for father's day

http://twistedtwee.co.uk/im-spartacus-dad--baby-twinset-p-552.html

Love that!!!

As for the naps, she's still a right fairy for them. 40 mins after a battle to put her down. She would sleep in the car on the way there if I timed it right I suppose. Not a chance would she sleep in the buggy if there is anyone/anything going on around though. She's a great girl until she's tired and then she's a beast!!!

Das Kitty

Roesy wrote: »

Love that!!!

As for the naps, she's still a right fairy for them. 40 mins after a battle to put her down. She would sleep in the car on the way there if I timed it right I suppose. Not a chance would she sleep in the buggy if there is anyone/anything going on around though. She's a great girl until she's tired and then she's a beast!!!

I'd still go.

If you want her to nap though, I'd recommend baby swim. James used to sleep aaaaaallll day after it. It was great.

Roesy

Ended up going to Gymboree. Even with the longer drive it just fitted in better with the rest of the day. It was hilarious, the class was all based around Elvis music. It was advertised as 6-16 months but the next youngest baby was 14 months. All the others ranged from 18 months to three. Thought she'd only last about 20 minutes but she was fantastic for the whole hour. She taught those other babies a thing or two about 'peek a boo' and how to play(and eat) maracas

Must look into water babies again. The first time I enquired she was very refluxy and cross so I chickened out and the next time I had missed the start of the 6 week block.

Roesy

Baby now has a third bottom tooth with no.4 about to make an appearance in the next day or so while the top two are atill just hiding under the surface. Didn't even notice the bottom ones wereabout to come through!

nikpmup

My lad won't let me look into his mouth to see what's brewing in there! He has five through, a third top one is *almost* there - hope it bloomin hurries up, he's been like a bag of cats the last few days. Didn't sleep at all on Tues night, or all day yesterday, and has just had an hour and a half nap, so won't sleep today either! (suits me this morning though, I managed to have a shower AND blowdry my hair AND eat!!)

On another note, reading about the mass grave in Tuam is sickening me to my core. It appears malnutrition is one of the causes of death they are looking at. Starving poor babies to death and then throwing their bodies in a septic tank.

knock13

Rosey we are exact same, 40 mins timed to the button is all he will nap for during the day and only in car or in pram if I cover it so he can't see what's goin on! I would love if he would nap for hour or longer during day as he really needs it! We went to water babies and it's great but he got really tired during it (cos he hadn't napped!) he basically gave out for whole class! Pretty pricey too, especially when you miss one or 2 classes!

Nikpmump, that whole story about those babies is just sickening, I can barely listen to it, makes me so angry some of the crap that went on in this country and no one will be prosecuted for it!

QUOTE=Roesy;90677148]Love that!!!

As for the naps, she's still a right fairy for them. 40 mins after a battle to put her down. She would sleep in the car on the way there if I timed it right I suppose. Not a chance would she sleep in the buggy if there is anyone/anything going on around though. She's a great girl until she's tired and then she's a beast!!![/QUOTE]

groucho marx

Our 40 min naps are now 20 minute ones!! Twice a day,and then in a mood from seven due to lack of sleep.
We start water babies in a few weeks.ive a fear of water so dreading a little but looking forward to it also.

Roesy

groucho marx wrote: »

Our 40 min naps are now 20 minute ones!! Twice a day,and then in a mood from seven due to lack of sleep.
We start water babies in a few weeks.ive a fear of water so dreading a little but looking forward to it also.

Two 20's!!! I better start counting myself lucky with my 2-3 40 minutes. What time is bed time?

Das Kitty

Rory slept nearly all day yesterday.

Slept in til 10am, then from 1.30 to 4.30, then from 5.30 to 6.30, then bed for the night at 8.30.

Teething or a growth spurt I reckon.

groucho marx

Roesy wrote: »

Two 20's!!! I better start counting myself lucky with my 2-3 40 minutes. What time is bed time?

Bed times 8ish and she sleeps through til 8am,today she did a 20 and a 40 minute nap. It was great,she just upsets herself when shes wrecked and refuses to nap.
Back to work the end of next week and first full day at creche monday. Somebody hold me;-)

Madisson

I'm very jealous of all your sleeping babies. We're still awake every hour to hour and a half everynight and she just naps when she wants to so sometimes could get an hour or two mid day and sometimes half an hour..I forget what sleeping is

nikpmup

He. Will. Not. Bloody. Go. To. Sleep! I've stuff to do before work tomorrow! Aaaggh!

groucho marx

nikpmup wrote: »

He. Will. Not. Bloody. Go. To. Sleep! I've stuff to do before work tomorrow! Aaaggh!

Any joy getting him down? Typical when its a sunday night.
I dont want to go to bed because im giving her into the creche when I wake up :-( gutted,feel sick

nikpmup

Oh groucho, the first day is so hard! My OH minded him for my first week back, and my mam has him now but it was still so difficult. Are you actually back to work tomorrow?

He went down eventually after a bit of persuasion from my OH. He'll be bloody wrecked tomorrow, didn't go down till nearly half nine.

I had a lovely moment yesterday morning. I work long shifts, so I dropped him into Mam's at half seven on Friday. He was in bed when I got home at half nine. (pm!) It was my turn for the lie in on saturday, so I didn't get up till ten - hadn't seen him in over 24 hours! As I came into the kitchen, he got sooo excited; his hands and feet started going like rotors and he started this half-laugh, half-cry! It was only when I thought about it that I realised that he hadn't seen me in so long! I'm totally going to have to win the lottery, I actually can't cope with not seeing my boy for so long!