MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 3

Gillyx

Anything by Julia Donaldson here. We have almost all of them and he never tires of them. His favourite at the moment is 'squash and a squeeze'

*Nutella*

Mrshaworth2b wrote: »

Question - lo has now got into stories in books however we only really have 3 books of a story, and they are getting VERY VERY boring after being read all day. So can you suggest any that your los love?

The very hungry caterpillar is a long standing favourite here, and at the moment LO's really into anything and everything involving Thomas and friends. We also have lots of Richard Scarry books, which are brilliant as they've got tons of detail and things to talk about, so also good for learning words - we've read them a million times and still find new things to discover and talk about.

If you've got a library near you, you could perhaps go and borrow a few books and see if he falls in love with any of them, and then buy those?

lazywife

Hi Mrs H,
T is just starting to listen a little too now, rather than just grappling the pages. A friend gave him Aliens Love Underpants which is good (short enough to keep his attention and good or noises etc). I love the Julia Donaldson (Gruffalo, Snail and the Whale etc) but they are a bit too long for T at the mo. Each Peach Pear Plum is a favourite from my childhood. Is the 2nd still in the planning stages? You'll have to keep us up to date! I think we'll settle with just 1, so I'm keen to involve in anyone elses possible excitement!

CD, it's tricky, my MIL can really irritate me, but T loves her and as Nutella said, it's almost like you have to build a few bridges to let he make her own choices when she's older. Having said that, when it comes to more distant relations (aunts etc), if DH doesn't bother, I don't know I'd push that hard. In laws, yep, they sound horrid and I don't envy you, but I think maybe having a fixed, booked time once a week when they can pop round is a good idea, then if they can't make it it's their loss, they can catch up next week and you've not got the fear of them popping up any time.x

Hope you have a fab time at Longleat CP Fran-o. We went when T was 7 weeks old. Loved it. Just lots of strolling round with the pram, and a yummy lunch at the Pancake House

Nice to see pics of all the LOs growing up. T at 16.5 months is a bundle of fun and I really enjoy spending time with him at the moment.

xxx

Crabapple

Hello everyone!

I have another snail fan. Have no idea how many empty shells we have acquired in the house and car, I have to keep chucking them away when she's not looking! I do make sure it's the empty ones she takes with us!

My little man is loving his food but it's all a bit random at the moment. Big fan of cheese apparently. Two weeks in a row he's eaten more sunday dinner than his big sister (well, had a go at, a lot ends up down him). He also cut his first tooth last weekend which I wasn't really expecting as his sister didn't have any until she was a couple of months older, but of course they are all different. It looks like the other bottom one is lurking just beneath the surface too.

Had one of those moments at a playgroup that bugged me. Another mum that has a baby almost exactly the same age asked 'Is he not sitting up yet?' and then when we were talking about teeth 'Are you still feeding? That's gonna hurt'. Grrrr

CD I'm sorry that you have such issues with your family. We've got different problems to you and my decision on it at the moment is to just let them get on with things and if they can be bothered to see my children then that would be nice. However, they aren't seeing them because they are drunk so it's rather different to being unpleasant to me.

I'd prefer that they had a relationship, but in this case it can't go two ways and I can't just be the bigger person and let them see the kids not knowing what state they will be in. A relationship with grandparents should be a lovely thing, I just wish they could see that . 8 grandkids, the only child they haven't pretty much driven away is my hubby and they try to hide their problems from him by not seeing him either.

(Sorry, just needed to vent about that cos things are at a head at the moment.)

little_miss_sunshine_3

Hello everyone,

please can I join your thread, I have a newborn son, born on 24th August 2014, he is called Oliver.

I know the early days are hard work, but the past day has been very very hard, little man is so upset after feeds, I am sure its wind, which he was struggling with last week, so started on Infacol, but it no longer seems to be helping him

I look forward to catching up with the thread and getting to know you all.

Em x

Crabapple

little_miss_sunshine wrote: »

Hello everyone,

please can I join your thread, I have a newborn son, born on 24th August 2014, he is called Oliver.

I know the early days are hard work, but the past day has been very very hard, little man is so upset after feeds, I am sure its wind, which he was struggling with last week, so started on Infacol, but it no longer seems to be helping him

I look forward to catching up with the thread and getting to know you all.

Em x

Welcome and many Congratulations on your little boy. They are awesome but the hardest work imaginable

My brain is failing me but there is another over the counter medicine that might help him with trapped wind. I just can't remember the name. It might be worth you asking a pharmacist, or your HV if you have a decent one.

Are you breast or bottle feeding? Will make a difference to any ideas we can suggest. Bottle fed babies tend to take in more air generally as they are feeding, breastfed ones not as much unless they are particularly fussing during a feed and popping on and off.

Crabapple

It came back to me! Colief I think.

One of them is better for wind trapped up top and the other down the errr bottom end

little_miss_sunshine_3

Hello,

I am breastfeeding him, which is going quite well. I just can't help him much when he is upset, I burp him for about 5 mins each time, but this doesn't seem to get the wind out

Hoping this gets better, its hard to change my routine to match baby's, I don't like sleeping in the day, but struggling to survive on 4-5 hours a night

Em x

fran-o

Hugs to everyone having family problems. We are fairly lucky in that department though doesn't mean I don't have my moments with the in laws. Have to remind myself sometimes that they have heart in the right place even if they drive me a little mad!
Welcome Little miss sunshine, hugs to you too as early days can be so so hard. This board isn't always busy but it's a nice place for advice, company and a bit of a vent when you need it!
Crabapple, I had plenty of comments re teeth and breastfeeding. what makes people think your boobs are now an open topic for discussion?! Especially with blokes, I just cringe. If it's any reassurance, it's not been a regular occurrence here, tends to be only if distracted while feeding. And it's been worth sticking with it for me.
Have a good week all. My nct buddies are all meeting up as I type this. But baby sleeping and unlikely to wake for another half hour... Then it'll be milk and off we go with a packed lunch.

lilmissreading

*de-lurk*

Hello as a mum to be (36 weeks) I was just nosing round to see what proper mummies are up to and cd's post caught my eye.

Just adding in a personal perspective: my paternal grandmother hated me and I always felt she did. The fact she cut me and not my siblings out of her will probably speaks volumes. I would say this started for a long as I knew her so stemmed from when I was presumably too young to merit such dislike. My mother thinks she was jealous of the attention i got.

I have no positive memories of her.

I do have positive memories of my grandfather.

My aunt was so messed up by her and has refused to see me or come to our wedding due to long standing mental health problems and the fact she told my dad she can't bear to see people happy as it hurts her. I always check with him before sending cards or wedding invites to see if it is going to make things worse.

Basically, I admire your intention to keep those relationships going but they aren't always worth the effort. Only you and LO will know if you either one of you are getting something positive out of this and if you are not, it's ok to to take a step back. Have a think about what you think you can manage so the next time of asking you and DH will know if it is yes, no or vague putting off in hope they don't ask too soon.

PS Re popping in after work. Mil (stopped work about 35 years ago) and Fil (stopped work 5-10 years ago) think it makes perfect sense for US to pop by them after work even though they are not in our direction, we work full time and pg hit my energy levels hard. Go figure. I spend a lot of time going 'oh what a shame, why don't you come over here on x weekend date' instead and on and on the game goes.

Really really good luck with finding a solution that feels right. With past experience, as a pre-mum, I wouldn't be anything like as nice and accommodating as you so fair play!

PPS Oz rocks and Margaret River is one of the most beautiful places I ever had the honour to visit.
*re-lurks*