― PPlains (PPlains), Monday, 12 February 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Alice and I walked a very long way in the rain this morning for her first round of immunisations, only to find that the appointment card we'd been sent was totally wrong and we were supposed to book with our own GP (two minutes walk) after all. Argh. Still, defers the agony...
Question: how do you implement a 'routine' while still feeding on demand (and when feeds are demanded at fairly random intervals)? Alice slept from 6.30pm until midnight last night, neatly missing any bedtime routine window we might have had. And I hate to wake her up when I don't know when we're next going to get any peace...
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 12 February 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 12 February 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.douglasandlisa.com/sterling/s151.jpg
― Douglas Wolk (Douglas), Monday, 12 February 2007 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Your site reminds me that I need to take pix of Ava in the bath (she's often at her hilarious best when splashing about), in monochrome (that great Jan 13 one!) and I need to take more videos.
Ava still pronounces her "L" as "W" despite Daddy's best efforts at instilling palatalisation ("watch my tongue - LuLu." "Yuyu!"). It's cute, we'll just leave it. Her command of numbers is still haphazard - one through twenty but rarely in order and she confuses 8 and 2 for some reason. She's a bloody sponge though - it's incredible to watch her absorb all this stuff and chuck it back at you.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 12 February 2007 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Now that morning sickness has finally passed, even though we've had a scan and a teeny bump is emerging, I'm finding it really hard to remember that I'm pregnant, it's almost as if I'm in denial, which is very very odd. In 3-4 months time if I look back at this I'm sure I'll have a bitter chuckle to myself.
Still, 136 days until I go on maternity leave!
More fluff please! Douglas, that's such a gorgeous head of curls!
― vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 09:58 (seventeen years ago) link
I felt the same Vicky - mainly because I always imagined I was going to look enormously visibly pregnant from about 4 months onwards, which was far from the case. Plus I didn't have any morning sickness to speak of and generally felt 'normal' most of the time, so it was very easy to forget, sometimes.
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 10:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Just go with the flow. She's still young and thus not open to much *coaxing* (in my opinion). But I did make sure that I would do the feeding in the same place and would also put her beside (with the telly on, so she got used to noise) after the feedings in the evening. That way she more or less got the hang of "night time is sleepy time."
Ophelia has been extremely clingy (after Japan). It's a bit difficult as I want to do my work in the shop. But it's flattering as well of course.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/388986714_8facf31e5a.jpg?v=0
Yo peeps
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 10:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 12:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Ava is 2 today and that was supposed to be a little sequence of photos from birth to recent.
Here are the other two, FWIW...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/122170862_d37490f4d5_m.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/383716432_d04dde8cb1_m.jpg
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 12:19 (seventeen years ago) link
So her birthday is on Valentine's day? That's so sweet and befitting for a cute girl like Ava!
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 12:23 (seventeen years ago) link
lou's gone all mellow and snuggly lately:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/381877678_ee1d5bce87.jpg
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh teens, I want to smooch that handsome boy. What a sweet face.
― luna (luna), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Good luck Meg! If all the sex doesn't tire you out, try walking up and down stairs a lot.
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link
Hope he does well on the meds, and good luck with it all.
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Doesn't look like I will get my Valentine's baby after all, as he/she shows no sign of turning up today. So from tomorrow I am officially overdue and up for following any advice on how to get things moving, unless they involve castor oil.
FIrstborns are usually late. :-) Good luck with the delivery!!!
― nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 15 February 2007 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Sadly, as we live in a ground floor flat there's no easy access to stairs for walking up and down. As for teh sex, we'll see tonight ;)
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Thursday, 15 February 2007 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 15 February 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Here are a couple of pics from the hospital, when Ben got hooked up to an EEG.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/390810874_a59d9374ee.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/390811113_ab483b81e0.jpg
― schwantz (schwantz), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Meg, I never had any luck inducing with sex or anything else I tried. (Possibly because sex is so hilarious at that point, though). I do remember thinking, BRING ON THE PAIN I CAN TAKE IT. It is so uncomfortable at the end.
― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
But yes, poor wee Ben.
― luna (luna), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Thursday, 15 February 2007 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna), Thursday, 15 February 2007 23:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― schwantz (schwantz), Thursday, 15 February 2007 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna), Friday, 16 February 2007 00:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 16 February 2007 00:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 16 February 2007 01:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Archel, you had SPD didn't you? I have pain in one side of my groin when I walk so I am wondering if that is the same thing. Is there anything you can do about it?
― Liz (liz), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Liz, when are you due again? I forget and it's on old ILE. I keep hoping to feel something (16 weeks and 2 days) but it's still early days yet I guess, and the placenta's at the front which could mask it until later :0(
― vicky (Vicky), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Liz, there's not a huge amount you can do about the SPD I don't think - I was told to keep my legs together as much as possible (!) ie bring both feet together on each step when you go up stairs, get out of bed by swinging both legs to the side etc. Also, sleep on your side with a pillow in between your knees. I had a lovely V shaped pillow which was a livesaver (and is still handy now for support when feeding).
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Thanks, Archel. It isn't a definite diagnosis but I'll talk to the midwife next week & try the pillow thing anyway.
― Liz (liz), Friday, 16 February 2007 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Friday, 16 February 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Monday, 19 February 2007 10:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― vicky (Vicky), Monday, 19 February 2007 12:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Maria :D (Maria :D), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link
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