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gosia
im so happy for you, god has mistarious ways of worrying us. thanks for letting us know whats going on.

monkey that must have made you laugh
especially being a weaning talk......
iv never heard of baby led weaning

got to go clean up

sophie

Gosia
I can really recomend the Annabel Karmel book. Its has so much info in it.

this is the one i have http://www.amazon.co.uk/Annabel-Karmels-Complete-Toddle...id=1216389239&sr=8-1

they were saying as bland as baby rice is to start on this but as you are waiting until 6mth you dont need to puree things smooth they can be mashed up foods and finger foods. Before 6mth its pureed food.

caz

hi all!!

gosia i am so relieved for you that is brilliant news!!

i was really confused with harvey, knew he wanted food but didnt seem too fussed with rice or porridge but...... i found carrotts purreed is fab!! he loves them!!
got a real bargain with a blender in asda for £3.89!!! lol

sorry for lack of personals! i am on my way out of the door we are having a sleepover in work!! its a old school building and god knows what before that and we are sure there are strange goin ons in ther and have always said we aould do it but this is our last chance!!! DH has pulled a sicky as i wouldnt leave him with any one else!!

speak soon liz xx

Hiya all

Liz enjoy the sleepover, i remember how much fun they were when i was younger, would be wicked to do one now.....

Gosia

I really recommened the annabel karmel books
i have two different ones, ones a meal planner for the first year and the other is 100 purees
They are so usefull.

Have fab ideas really would say to invest in it.

I hope your alll doing well.
Me n dh braved the next sale, to our surprise they had no 0-18 months clothes left in the shop we couldnt stop laughing, went yesterday and there were loads to go in to the sale.
we did go at lunch time it had been open since 5am mad.

We went to international markets in bradford, really good fun, weird stuff especially food.

Hope you all have a fab weekend catch up soon.

Sophie

Morning Girls

DH has taken Ella out with him so a have a few minutes to log onto here and grab a quick shower, thank you so much for all your advice.
For the last 3 days Ella has gone off her milk, I am still giving her the powders as I know her gums are bothering her so much, but she is drinking just over 2oz every 3 hours, which is insane, so I must put some thought into maybe introducing some solids, as I dont want her to loose weight.
If its not one thing then its another!
Apart from giving solids I should still give her formula, but when do I give her what?

Liz glad harvey likes his carrots.
monkey when do you start with Becki.
Sophie that is crazy, I dont think I could start shopping at 5am, and I love shopping.
there is going to be a sale at my favourite shop at the end of the month and I plan on going early.
Joanne how did the hairdresser go, what colour did you do, and hope the ex coming over wasnt too bad.
Karly the invites look stunning! hope you had some relax time.

Okay girls I gotta rush now, I am really worried about this eating thing with Ella, I though maybe we are making the milk too warm and her gums are sore, has anyone had their babies going off feeds ( due to teething I think)
I must mention I had such drama yesterday, we went book shopping ( for the annabel K book) and as I was bending over to have a look at ella sleeping in her pram I felt someone tug at my bag, I lookes at it and noticed my mobile missing from the side pocket, noticed this man quickly walking away inbetween book shelfs and glacing at me, I shouted that he stiole my mobile, somone called security and they brought him my way, he denied everything , they body searched him, he swore at me and left even though I told everone that I know he stole my mobile and am sure he threw it somehwre among the books and will come back for it, anyway after he left the security looked at the camera footing and noticed that he was following me around the shop but the plave where I stopped and he took my phone they couldnt see as a hanging poster obstructed their view, after over an hour of searching my mobile was found in a shelf next to some books, arrghhh I was so angry.....
But thankfully I got my mobile back, on it I have photos of Ella from the time she was born, I need to back them up on my computer as I never thought I could loose my mobile.

take care girls.

hi all!!

OMG gosia!! good for you sticking to your guns about your mobile!! just think you might not have got it back! i backed most of my pics on the pc but must do my latest!!
cant really comment on the milk thing as harvey has NEVER gone off his feeds he loves his milk an would drink forever if i let him lol!!

i give harvey the same amount of milk he takes 8oz at 7.30am
8oz at 11.30am
8oz at 3.30pm
8oz at 7.30pm and some solids
i am waiting for him to want more solids and for him to drop his milk himself (is this right?)
tried looking for the annabel karmen boot in asda but had no joy, i know they have it in mothercare but its quite a distance so will have to wait, the website helped though!

how is everbody?
the sleepover was fun, took my video cam, it was quite spooky but most people had a little too much to drink and i felt a little like a spare wheel! but saying that we had a blast!

i am sooo tired harvey had meup at 5.45am, he is asleep now but its because he was up all day and hadnt had a sleep since about 10am, so went to sleep at about 5.45pm and i didnt have the heart to wake him!

i went to the next sale yesterday sophie and they had tons! i had to take the bus and it was a nightmare trying to get to the racks in next (i have seen grown women fight before now!!)
they seemed to have more for girls but i have stocked up on my 6-9 months and a bit on 9-12months, i have bought him clothes upto 18 months!! lol i got some lovely things for him jeans, cargo pants, t shirts, caps etc!
i normally go to the summer one and christmas one but this year they seem to be every couple of months, i went when harvey was about 6 weeks old! i love that shop!!

well ladies i hope your all well
oh i froze carrots in ice cube trays and they are fabulouse!! i defrost them in the microwave and warm them up and they are just like before, (i was a little warey at first!)
gonna try sweet potatoe tonight!! i love him trying new thing!!
speak soon ladies liz xx

hi, just thought i would let you know i have added a pic of dh and harvey to msn its fab!!

Sophie im thinking of getting the 100 purees too is it good? Have you started Eisa on food yet? I did my next shopping online with a vip slot but they had hardly any childrens stuff - wish i had gone to the store but i couldnt face getting there so early lol. I didnt realise the international markets were on in Bfd would have loved that as some stuff is amazing.

Gosia - Sorry to hear about your ordeal with the phone - glad you got it back and well done for speaking out. I cant do with people who think they can steal. I have just started Becki on baby rice yesterday and she gets sooo excited with it she loves it. I feed her a bit of milk first then rice then milk feed. Only do this once a day about lunchtime. They recomend milk feed to begin to take edge off hunger.
Not sure why Ella would drink so little have you tried changing her milk? maybe she isnt keen on the formula she has hence only taking small amounts. maybe try the baby rice see how she gets on. You start for the first few days/ week with one meal then increse to two for a week and so on.

Liz glad the sleepover went well. How are the pregnancy symptoms. I have listed out all the things i want from the new next catalogue for Becki so gonna order them all. lol.

hope everyone else is doing well.

Gonna go look on msn at pics

be back on later - Becki is going mad in her jumperoo

caz

Hiya ladies

Gosia, thats was an ordeal n a half well done for speaking up,
Hun Eisa has 4oz every 3-4hrs 6 if hes really hungry and that is mainly through the night.

I have started him on solids, hes not into baby rice but loves porridge cant get enough of it,
I dont know what the best time is to give solids so i am going with around 5-6pm
I do give him milk to take the edge off the hunger as milk has much more protein and calories.
he is a fan of sweet potato and carrots n papaya.

Gosia i would recommend solids as when eisa started teething he went down to 2oz 3 hrs apart, giving him small amounts of solids have bought his appetite back, just didint want him losing any weight.

Monkey hun sorz i would have told you thought it was end of month like last year only happens to be we had to go in to town to get blender and we arrived at the markets. Was very pricey this year dh got a almound tart of a french man small thing fitted in palm of my hand cost £2.20 lol.

So gutted about next clothes i love next spent a fortune in non sale clothes, will go back to have another look.

Does anyone else find that kids clothes six=zes are a bit dodgy???? eisa is not fat but will not get into 3-6 anymore im confused

Liz sleepover sounded like fun, didnt think of defrosting in microwave will do in future so much easier.

love

Sophie

hi ladies

gosia omg i can't believe you got robbed! so pleased you got your phone back though i bet you'd have been heartbroken if you'd have lost your pics of ella. teething does sometimes make babies go off food/milk.. maybe you could try a little bit of baby rice, she if she takes it? it's mixed with milk anyway so at least she'll have more. as you introduce more solids they generally take less milk and then drop a couple of feeds altogether..

i have the annabel karmel complete baby and toddler meal planner, it's really good lots of recepies in there.

phoebe's doing just fine on milk for now, so i'm going to hold off weaning for a while yet. got her weighed last week and she's now 14lb, little chunky monkey.

couldn't face going to the next sale so just had a look online and they had sod all left, nothing in girls 0-18 months. i'm wishing i'd gone to the shop now, oh well. i love next clothes, they wash so well so worth the cost.

liz, glad you enjoyed your sleepover! you must be mad it sounded well scary! dont think i'd have been able to sleep.

liz get you making your own baby food! i spent hours making and freezing food for ollie when i started weaning him but he turned his nose up at it! he refused my cooking until he was about 7 months would only eat the jars..

phoebe's had her 2nd set of injections today, cried her heart out poor lamb it's so upsetting. DS is at MIL's today so i can have a bit of peace, he's been a proper terror recently. has anyone seen mamma mia at the cinema yet? i'm going tonight with the girls, can't wait.

take care all

love

karly x

OMG Gosia what a nightmare so did he get away with it because he did'nt have it on his person? Please back your phone detials up our photos are so precious to us mums.

Liz your sleep over sounds a whole load of fun,

Lucy has her injections on friday this week on Shauns day off so guess who will hold her this time, it breaks my heart when the kids have injections. I never went to the next sale which i am thankful for as i keep spending & not saving LOL, Lucy is getting so big i have had to put her in 6 to 9months clothes now & she is only 3 months old. I have just put her in size 3 nappies too. I do worry about her weight so going to get her weighed on wednesday at baby clinic.

I really must get some pics on here or msn of her & Joel i did go to the black country museum the other week & had a photo of me & Lucy done in the old fashioned clothes etc.. Which was quite cute.

I am after some advice from you all though as you know I traced my ex & saw him last week, problem is when he left he left me with not only Joel but his daughter whom i have never mentioned due to the fact that she is subject to a court order i can't go into details there but she is 7years old.
I let my ex take her on friday for the afternoon away from Joel(Joel was at nursery)well he brought her back & asked about this week he said he wanted to pick both children up & take them to his mums & there he was going to introduce them to his new partner at his mums. But I said this was far too soon for both the children & i suggested he comes here gets to know his son & daughter again in their own environment and establish regular contact first & then he can introduce his new partner & her son...I also asked him not to mention that his partner was pregnant as she is only about 6 weeks & well he claims that she has already suffered one miscarriage this year, But yet he told her! He also said he had kidney stones & he could die which i thought was totally out of order this young lady has been through so much in her short life all i want to do is protect her I have to go to court on Aug 1st & well thats against the grandmother i just feel like everything is getting on top of me & I don't know which way to turn or what to do for the best.
I am going to see gp tomorrow to see if he can help but i dare'nt go on anti D's as the grandmother woud use this against me.

Sorry for going on but i needed to get it off my chest

Joanne x

ps up until friday he had'nt seen or been in contact with the kids since 30th September last year & he pays no maintenance

Karly - Hope you enjoy the film. Hope Phoebe is ok after her imms. Becki screamed at her last ones.

Sophie - How much for an almond tart!!! I know they do international market in Leeds too.

Joanne - you sound to be having it tough hun. You are an amazing mother taking on his daughter. Im guessing she is happy staying with you and to her you are her mum. You need to do whats best for you, Joel and the young girl. I agree that if you can keep off the anti D's that will help. While this is all emotionally and mentally draining you need to stay strong for the kids, i know its easy for us to say as we arent in the same situation. I agree he should get to know the kids in there home environment and he needs to realise if they dont want to see him they dont have to. The 7yr old will begin to make her own mind up soon. I reckon he is maybe trying emotional blackmail on you with the stories. Could you take abit of time out and have a relaxing day to recharge your batteries? in terms of what to do for the best that is something your heart will dictate and your love for the kids will make the decision. Sorry i cant be of much help and maybe i have waffled on a bit lol i always do that.

well Becki had a major crying episode tonight. I think the baby rice is giving her tummy ache so gonna hang off it a few days. She has hardly slept today too. Im gonna still do the the carrots, sweet potato etc i bought and freeze the puree. I bought her all organic stuff so gonna steam it tomorrow.

Becki is still in size 2 nappies, Size 3 are huge on her. She is in some 0-3 and some 3-6mth clothes. I agree each store is different in sizes. Asda seem really big. She has just finished wearing a first size cardigan. Kaloo is a small fitting and she is in 3-6mth in there things. Marks and spencers are huge on Becki.

best go Hope everyone else is ok

caz x

Hi Caz
Your right about clothes sizes lol how strange mind you in my clothes some i am a 14 or 16 tis all weird.

As for my young lady yes she is more than happy to stay with me & is very old headed for her age I know her dad won't seek legal advice or take me to court as he is a tight fisted control freak & this is one woman he won't control now. His partner said it was morally wrong for him to visit the kids in thier own home how i am not sure. Spoke to my solicitor who said to stick to my guns & also to send all the emails to her which i have done. CSA called to say they are dealing with my application which i made last Thursday in a temper! I know the courts won't take dd of me but i worry about the grandmother as she is a nasty woman if she don't get her own way but i can't force her to go anywhere but they will use the fact that she is'nt seeing her dad to thier advantage but at least i can prove i asked for mediation tried to sort contact through solicitors then hired a PI to find him...

I am so stressed out

so sorry for ranting
Joanne x

hi all

Joanne darl hats off to you, i have so much respect 4 u, what you have been doing is amazing sweetheart, pls stay positive and keep your chin up. Try to stay away from anti ds, i have been given them as me n dh r just driffting but trying to stay upbeat without drugs, i know ur cir****tances r way different but try to keep off at least until after hearing as they will hold it against you from what they sound like.

The little women loves you as her mum and im sure she understands whats been going on more then we think, obviously she aint seen her farther for that long, he needs to get to know them in there comfort zone, not some lethal twisted old biddys home.

Did his partner not mention how its morally wrong the fact he cant even support his own kids, daft cow.

There is no way any sane court would take little women off you after all you have done and r still doing for her

With regards to goldstones, i did two years of medicine, he can not die from them all it is is a simple day op its keyhole surgery or up the bottom and remove them, most people walk around not knowing they have them...... lol

he is just trying emotinal blackmail, if he was dying y put the kids through that disappering and then getting in touch to tell them hes dying.

I want you to remember how you are one special person for what you are doing, every time u feel down.

i would jus stick to my guns and def not to introduce them to new partner they need some stability with there relationship with him first of all.

you just stop thinking what to do and when you get a good nights sleep youl know what to do it will come to you.
i hope i have helped i have babbled on n on...

Ihope everyone is doing well

Eisa has been having screaming fits through the night,
took him to drs as he seemed in pain around his belly and his stools very weird, got told he has too much acid in his belly, so been told to keep him off fruit n veg and baby rice, hes only allowed porridge which is ok as he does enjoy this.

We also have a little tooth appearing , just the sharp tip so pleased for him hope it helps with the rest...

sorz monkey forgot to say earlier 1oo purees book very good, i have frozen quite a bit, well good.

Karly
pics lovely hun so cute, will have to get sme of eisa on there too....

take care all

Sophie