hi all, and happy new year lets hope its a good one.
well its been so long since ive been on here, coz of college and just everything being such a rush and it never feels like everything is done, thats its just taking me 1 hour and 10 mins to read all the messages since i was last on here. so lots has happened and i don't quite know where to start.
well i hope everyone had a nice christmas (sounds like you all did)
we did, the day was going really well, ds loved opening the prezzies and then eating the paper lol. and then in the evening he fall and wacked his head on the wooden floor and screamed all night, so we nearly ended up at a&e but the nhs line said he was ok as he didn't pass out and hadn't been sick, so we had a stressful evening and night but overall it was good and we had a nice peaceful boxing day thank god!
we had a nice new years eve too, went out for a meal with friends (mum and dad had ds bliss!!!!) which was nice then went home and brang in the new year with the family.
glad to hear all the babies are doing well and healthy apart from the odd cold, i swear ds picks up a new one each week bless him. but he hasn't had any more ear infections so far which is good news.
im so confused about everything i.e. feeding, sleeping, car seats, developpment etc.
ds has breakfast at 9am which is baby rice and then rest of milk.
then has a bottle at 11am which is sometimes 6oz and other times only 2oz
then has lunch at 1.30pm which is pureed veg, meat, potatoes etc. and a pureed fruit pot for afters
then has another bottle same as 11am one
then has dinner at 5pm which same as lunch (varies day to day) and a fromage frais (ive read the debate going on and think its whatever you feel comfortable with) for afters and a bottle but only drinks about 3oz
then has a bottle before bed at 10ish.
i have no idea if this is right at all, but ds seems healthy and happy and is still following his 50th pecentile line thingy. (well he's just a tiny bit above it)
he weighs 18lb 6oz and is 30wks old i think!
he still only goes to bed at around 10 sometimes later, is this too late. he sometimes sleeps through till about 8ish and sometimes wakes in the night. any ideas how to get him to bed earlier without him waking earlier?
i think he may be teething now (lots of dribble, red cheeks and everything gets chewed) no teeth yet but think they might be on the way (hopefully)
ds can roll over but he's quite lazy so never really does he just waits to be given something rather than going to get it.
he can sit by himself for about10-15mins sometimes but often topples over if he reaches for something at the wrong angle.
we are trying to encourage him to crawl but he doesn't really like it on his front (never has done really) and when we put him up on the hands and knees he kinds of just rocks back and forward like he wants to move but doesn't quite know how (cute!!!!) should they be cwraling by now or is ok if there not?
ds says ba ba and has starting saying da da and mmmmmmmmm. i don't think he has any idea what he's saying but still i like to think he does and its very cute. he also makes me laugh coz he clenches his fists and shouts at you when hes annoyed and screams if no one is paying attention to him, anyone else finding this with their ds or dd or is it just me thats gonna have a terror on her hands before long. hes at the really frustrated stage coz he wants to move and get to things but he can't it must be quite annoying for them i surpose coz it would be for us. i keep saying i can't wait till he can crawl coz he can amuse himself abit more but i bet ill be tearing my hair out when he can (but i surpose us motthers can never win can we)
also about the car seat issue, ds is still in his group 0 one which is such a pain and so heavy now, ive heard that if their feet hang over the end (which ds's do coz he's so long) then they need to be in a forward facing seat because it can break their legs if you crash. don't know if this is right coz all the car seats say from 9 months and ds is only 7 and can't fully sit up by himself yet. so i don't really know if he should be in the next one up or not. what type is everyone else using?
well sorry for the long message but wanted to get evrything covered in one go coz don't know when ill get the chance to come on again.
take care everyone and hope all those feeling down feel better soon and i hope 2006 brings us all a really good year. well we've all got one special event to look forward at least, when all out little ones become 1 year old! then they won't be such little ones any more but x x x