MSE Parents Club Part 12

aless02

brednall, weezl recently had a baby less than 13 months after her first! And mel is due soon with her littlest boy being quite young. Also, i think pigpen might've had two of hers quite close together? Anyone else?

3onitsway

Fitzio wrote: »

Holly has gone from crawling position to sitting up 3 times since last night and we haven't seen her do it at all. DH thought I had sat her up and I thought he had!

That bit made me think of the (was it) KitKat advert with the bloke trying to get a pic of a panda. You'll be watching Holly waiting for her to sit herself up, then when you take your eyes off her for a second, she'll do some cartwheels and backflips then be back in crawling position when you turn back to her. :rotfl:

brednall wrote: »

Morning ladies.

My little girl is doing really well at 4 and a bit months old. She weighed 14lbs 7 ozs when she was weighed a couple of weeks ago.

I'm after a bit of advice really this morning. AS my husband is not getting any younger (he's 9 years older than me), we have discussed trying to grow our family sooner rather than later. Have any of you on here got children that are quite close together in age and has it worked for you? I've been trying to weigh it up in my own mind and I can argue both sides (ie waiting until our daughter is a bit older and also having 2 children close together) so no further down the line!

Regards

Emma

We have a few Mums with very small age gaps, Weezl (where are you?), Redmel, Sept.baby (and Krystal ) who i'm sure will offer good advice.

My older two have 3 1/2 years between them, then there's 8 1/2 years between no.2 and no.3.

I think theres benefits on both sides.
With the first two, i was used to lack of sleep and doing nappies so the baby just fitted in with our routine. And they're great friends most of the time.
With the 8+ year gap, it was a shock to go back to sleepless nights and poopy nappies, but the bigger two are less demanding, and at school so the baby got(is getting) more one to one time with me. And my big DD is very helpful with the baby.
I sometimes feel like I should have another so the baby doesn't grow up like an only child. I'm thinking when the baby is 8, DD1 will be 16 and DS 19 so they'll have absolutely nothing in common with her.

Sarah_Joanne

BeenieCat wrote: »

Would it be really cowardly to do it in a text?

Something like... "hiya, sorry i won't be able to keep having Brat every week from next week - *insert reason i can't think of here*"

If it helps you to be firm with it then do it that way. I wouldn't make something up that you will be doing that day as like you say she can offer to change her work days, I'd be honest and say you can't cope with looking after brat as well as your own two, so just won't be doing it any more. Then whatever she comes back with, you just say, I'm sorry but no, I won't be doing it any more.

BeenieCat

Ah thanks everyone, you all make it sound easy and i'm making it difficult cos that's my middle name nowadays.

I rang the HO about the noise last night and she said "well lets have ameeting and get you all together then".

Because that will help what??? They KNOW they are noisy. They KNOW it's their banging and TV noise. They KNOW it's affecting my life and making me upset and angry. So WHYYYYYYYYY do we need to sit in a meeting where they all sit there saying they've never made noise in their lives while i sit there like a muppet saying they do??? Is it me or is this really stupid?

I said i want the recording equipment and she said "well i don't think we're at that stage yet"/

........WHAT?! :eek:

Jakesmummy

BeenieCat wrote: »

Ah thanks everyone, you all make it sound easy and i'm making it difficult cos that's my middle name nowadays.

No i would find it awkward as well, hope you manage to sort something, tell Housing you would feel intimidated having a meeting and refuse, SM had the recording equipment I think at one stage?

Anyway am off out for a bit, 'see' you all later, x

weezl74

aless02 wrote: »

brednall, weezl recently had a baby less than 13 months after her first! And mel is due soon with her littlest boy being quite young. Also, i think pigpen might've had two of hers quite close together? Anyone else?

Tis true, they are 1 year and 12 days apart

For me it worked well (so far!) for a number of reasons:

pregnancy 2 over before baby 1 became too mobile
pregnancy 2 sicky stage whilst baby 1 still having 2 naps daily
baby 1 still under 24lb throughout PG2 so lifting not so hard
entirety of pregnancy on maternity leave apart from 7 weeks working
baby 1 too little to be affected by encumbered mummy, sicky/sleepy mummy, and then all of a sudden, baby there in the morning! (quick homebirth!)
no jealousy/sibling rivalry
no concern over cards/gifts for new baby


and


hello everyone lovely peeps, howthedevilareyouall?:D

Evansangel

brednall wrote: »

Morning ladies.

My little girl is doing really well at 4 and a bit months old. She weighed 14lbs 7 ozs when she was weighed a couple of weeks ago.

I'm after a bit of advice really this morning. AS my husband is not getting any younger (he's 9 years older than me), we have discussed trying to grow our family sooner rather than later. Have any of you on here got children that are quite close together in age and has it worked for you? I've been trying to weigh it up in my own mind and I can argue both sides (ie waiting until our daughter is a bit older and also having 2 children close together) so no further down the line!

Regards

Emma

Hi Brednall, my LO is 14 weeks (:eek: Where did that go??)
And we're are TTC for our second one. We want the two to be close in age so they will have similar things in common and can be friends.

My 2 brothers are a year apart and are best friends

Well we viewed the house, and i loved it. So we put a holding deposit on, and just hope we pass their credit check. Fingers crossed!

I dont think my college thing went well, i had to do an English and Maths assesment, and i didn't know some of the answers

Lily is being so 'talkative' lately, she has learnt loads of new (loud) sounds and keeps doing it over and over

My_Fathers_Daughter

Oi Weezlie I'm not your friend any more. You never come and see us


Do you bring us tales (and piccies) of your beautiful boys?

weezl74

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Oi Weezlie I'm not your friend any more. You never come and see us


Do you bring us tales (and piccies) of your beautiful boys?

Awww sulks

tales?

erm..... Kessie is managing sometimes without a night feed (well he's managed 4 nights!)

and he seems not to be quite so screamy in the eves

Fergie's lovely. The HV is rather worried about his development though and has talked about referral to SALT due to lack of words/comprehension.

So that's sad

He is very smiley and affectionate though

Hope that the fabulous gingerman is doing well too?

PS erm... putting 2 and 2 together from earlier up the page, does Kristal have news?

JoleneM

Hello everyone,

How are we all? We had a goo dnight last night Sophie slept from 9pm until 5:15am, woke for a feed cried so came into bed with us til daddy went to work at 8am.
Well I rushed round yesterday and cleaned my living room etc for my friend to come round this morning with her baby boy only for her to cancel on me again, got a text at 9:30am to say she wasn't coming. She did this last week as well when we supposed to go to the library for storytime, cancelled at the last minute. So instead sophie napped while i did a couple of jobs and now she is napping again on my lap while i am my laptop.

Jolene