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Snaggles

Ooooh, and having had a baby so recently, you will be able to get away with wearing baggy clothes and eating all the lovely Xmas food!!!

Agutka

Hmmm..foood....
My mum just emailed me, saying go for it, she'd be happy to babysit.
This was followed by a comment that baby will be only 2 months old 'I hope I can manage' she said! That makes me feel secure...

I can't believe I'm booking babysitters already! :rotfl:

Snaggles

2 month old babies are a completely different kettle of fish (whatever that means lol!) to newborns, they're alert, more 'robust', their heads are steadier....a lot easier to handle! I'm sure she'll manage just fine.

SusanCarter

Two months is old enough to leave with a baby sitter. We haven't left ours yet but that's just because she doesn't settle reliably enough in the evenings for us to be certain that the person baby sitting wouldn't have her wailing and we'd feel bad about leaving someone else having to deal with that.

Alice objects to nappy changes and being put to bed because she doesn't like lying down that much. (Although she's quite content lying down in the bath but that's fun time with Daddy.) She seems to prefer sitting to lying and standing to sitting. Sometimes you can literally stop and start her crying by standing her up or lying her down.

Becles

I agree two months is fine to leave the baby. The only reason why I haven't left Charlotte any sooner is because she was refusing to take a bottle and looking for nipples. Just got her used to bottles over the last couple of days, so I'd have no worries about leaving her now.

I've just started baby massage classes this morning and it was really interesting. We only did legs and feet this week, but Charlotte really enjoyed it and she was all chilled out on her mat It was nice for me as well seeing her all content and it's good for bonding. I'm going to teach hubby, so he can have a go too. I'd highly recommend it if there are classes in your area. The course I'm on is run by SureStart and is free.

The course also covers baby sign language. I was told babies can communicate in sign from about 8 months whereas they don't usually speak until after their first birthday or later. You start teaching the signs now, and they can tell you what they need before they learn to speak. The lady said it cuts tantrums when you're trying all sorts to stop them crying because you don't really know what they want. It doesn't hinder speaking, and can make their vocabulary better as they already understand how to communicate before they learn to speak. I'd recommend that too.

heather38

i am doing baby sign too and kennedy has learned to sign hello and all gone!
we're doing it at the sure start centre too, we did the baby massage classes too but they were separate. we do baby yoga also but they are private classes and i have to pay for them.

SusanCarter

Is baby sign language the same as sign language for the deaf?

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I have just heard my friend had her baby this morning at 10.45am. Its a boy, 6lb 9oz and he's called Oliver James!

I so pleased for them, I had a feeling it was a boy. I burst into tears when I got the text, I'd been mobile watching all morning.

heather38

sort of, it's a simplified version, the classes we go to are sign along, which is a mix of BSL and makaton.
some signs are abvious such as hello is a wave, it's great fun.

andycarmi

Hi guys, not been around for a while been on hols and busy....

DD is 10months now. Thought I would ask you guys for some ideas. Basicaly DD hates the feel off most finger foods esp. cold or wet to the touch like melon, cucumber, cooked meats....

She will eat..
*breadsticks
*toast
*teacakes
*crossants
*rasians
*rice cakes
*organix baby crisps
*low sugar rusk

I offer finger foods she doesn't like but I can't think of any other finger foods she might like any ideas? Any ideas? What I could do to encourage her to eat other finger foods? She will eat anything off a spoon.