MSE Parents Club Part 3

MrsTinks

Well we had a fairly good night Roo wouldn't settle till about 2 after Dh had been trying for ages and I gave her another feed. Then she slept through till 5:30 - had a fresh nappy and another feed and slept till 11 :eek: I think what finally did it though was us surrendering to letting her sleep in our bed She doesn't like being in the basket on her own so we've decided to let her co-sleep until we've got her in a fairly regular pattern - then we'll try to get her to transfer that to the basket.
She's been a bit grumpy today but has had 2 massive poos so putting it down to that Currently she's sleeping on Daddy's lap whilst he prepares himself to go and mow the lawn - it looks like a jungle!
Height - she's not been measured at all yet which did surprise me but apparently they don't do that round here till they're a bit older Not that it bothers me to be honest
Can't stay - have to go tidy a bit - the hound returns in about an hour with her auntie and uncle (my mate and her hubby lol) from her holiday away whilst we've been settling in here at home with Roo - will be interesting to see what she says to the baby I know she came from a home with very young children so it's not totally new to her...
Laters

Lu_T

Aww, I want to join in with the length/height/weight conversations but can't because we've lost Imogen's red book! We were looking for it earlier in the week, but no joy and now the HV's coming in a fortnight to do my ante-natal and her 2.5yr check - arrgghhh!

I do know that she was 8lb 10oz and (I think) 61cm at birth. She's now nearly 2.5 and 92cm which is around the 91st centile I think? She weighs about 2st 2lb (also likes to stand on scales but ours are digital so if she doesn't stand still she doesn't get to see the numbers).

I'm breeding out my shortness. Dad is 5'8", mum is 5' dead. I'm 5'3" but DH is 6'1". Luckily she seems to have his height. According to the calculation in the red book (which took about 3 of us to figure out) she will get to around 5'6". If you double how tall she was at 2 (which is probably an old wives' tale, but anyway) she'll be more like 5'10". Anyway, I'm just pleased she'll have a shot at wearing 'normal' high street clothes instead of only shopping in the petite section or getting everything taken up like me.

Thanks for all the lovely comments. I was lucky enough to be on holiday when a team from Real People were looking for models for a before & after fashion shoot (hence the beach). Trust me, the before shot is much closer to real life, but oddly I don't have that one saved on my system. It was great fun to be preened by pros. I got free highlights, my make-up done and a free pair of trousers as a thank you. As I walked back to our appt to meet OH cars kept slowing down for men to ogle me - which hadn't happened before (or since!). Still, I felt good as I'd just got to target at Slimming World before we went on hol, so it was a nice treat. You'll see the real me in the pics I'll post when new baby arrives - both ends of the spectrum!

Lu_T

Mrs T - good luck introducing your two 'babies' to each other. I'm sure they'll get along fine in the end.

weezl74

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Everything okay Weezl?

I see you around lots but don't hear much from you...just thought I would say hello!

awwww :o:o caught lurking! thanks for noticing, that's really nice! Has benjamin got over his clingy couple of days? I'm excited about the bumbo idea, he must have fab strong neck muscles?!

yep, we're doing ok. fergie still being textbook baby, and very nice company

My only 'issue' at the mo is keeping on top of the nappy laundry (oh I so thought I'd never be that sort of woman!:rotfl:) as well as the clothes that get covered in sick/wee our clothes and fergs.

Cazscoob how on earth do you manage with 5, I think I'd just take up residence in the local laundrette!

I'm not always sure what to say when I pop on, I try to save up a few questions for you all and then pop up and surprise you!

feelie and AM and elle and rhys you have all been in my thoughts. Take care

message to sami bee's OH, about the bedroom project :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T hoorah, well done!

sami, I kinda over-egged how well I knew you today, hope you don't mind... Went to join costco with my business account details and was making my mum have my 'spouse card'. We got a funny look from the woman on reception. So I had 2 options, pretend my mum was my life partner (she would not have coped well with this!) or the one I went for which was to assure her that her colleagues in the north had allowed it for 'my friend samantha and her mum'....:rotfl:
Then my mum's doing these massive stage whispers 'I've never heard of your friend samantha?'

Anyway they gave mum the members card, so thanks sami

nadnad

hello everyone. i've given up - just cant keep up with you lovely ladies any more - you talk too much!

feeli - just to say i think you're fantastic, its amazing what you're doing.

re weighing etc - oz was only weighed at his checks - ie 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 3 months and the last time was his 4 month check and he's over a year now, i didnt obsess as long as he was feeding well i was happy, can't remember his length at birth 50 something cms. I think he was on 50th centile for height but 25th for weight.

Its MY BIRTHDAY today! baby in bath and OH gonna get food in a little while. and I got a Wii! yippee how much fun will that be.

My friend is having her 3rd baby she has been 4cm dilated since last wednesday, was due last monday, into hospital today and they were supposed to break her waters but hospital too busy so she was sent home. She's back in now but they're not doing anything til tomorrow and shes now 6cm with no proper contractions, i feel so bad for her - shes so frustrated, but I suppose baby will come when its ready. annoying though!!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Happy Birthday nad!_party_

Weezl - I think the clingy stage is gradually fading...I am keeping out of the way whilst he has 'bonding' (read 'tv') time with daddy

He likes his Bumbo!! Although after 10 minutes or so he started to wobble a bit so we took him out of it. He is still trying to sit up all over the place though.

When I got a bottle out of the fridge tonight (the measly 2oz that I managed to express this morning) Benjamin got all excited and practically jumped out of his dads arms!! I am SO relieved that he is taking to it and is excited by his daddy feeding him - will make my life much easier when I leave him overnight next week _pale_

keelykat

scruffy96uk wrote: »

Hello Keely nice to see you back with us. Howz things with you?

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Thing's are getting better thank you

My baby is officially long!! He's gone down in weight on the chart, but has got super long in length! He's lost some weight just by all his moving about i think. Got him weighed today and he's 19lb 7oz and 74cm long at 37 weeks old (8 months just over)

He's now got three teeth, and the fourth is there ready to come through aswell. In the space of a couple of weeks he's learning so much i can't keep up! He is so noisy, and is constantly talking, singing etc lol

keely.

feelinggood_2

Happy Birthday Nad! Yay on the Wii, what are you going to play first?

MFD - DS gets all upcited as soon as his bib is on! He starts waving his arms and legs around, and he starts opening his mouth like a fish!

chocaholic110

Happy Birthday Nad!

I didn't get my older two weighed that much - DD was hardly weighed at all - but Tom was weighed really often, weekly to begin with then at least monthly from six months old. Before you think I'm some crazy obsessive though, the reason was that Tom was involved in the CONI PLus programme, for families that have experienced cot death, and this contributed to part of their research. Half of these times the HV came out to weigh him, which saved me going to the clinic and gave her a handy opportunity to be able to patronise me. Tom also had a different growth chart - basically the same one as in the red book but about four times the size; they said this made it easier to be able to see any anomalies.

SusanC_2

When Alice used to have her 10pm expressed feed, if OH had the teat not on the bottle she would grab it and start sucking on it without the bottle.