Babies Born June 2007 #8

[Celsie]

I'm jealous girls... I want to meet up with you guys too!!!

We just had a Mothers Group meet at a dodgy play cafe in SA called Snakes & Ladders. We've been there before and the owner was a bit iffy. Today, he was just a PIG!!!
Firstly, he made me pay $1.50 for Caeleb to be there... WTF? It clearly states that under 12 months is FREE on the door. We bought subway with us, but ordered drinks there, as they mainly only serve fatty fried foods. I was paying for my drink and he said... "You can't eat that here", looking over at my friend who'd already started eating. There was no-one else there. He made us go sit outside, across the road. Who cares? It's not like we hadn't spent any money there. I was waiting for him to tell me that I Caeleb couldn't eat the food I'd brought for his lunch! Effing PIG!!!

[teepee2]

Ohh Sarah we'd love to meet up with you and Caeleb too!!! Quick hop on a plane and get your butt over here!!! LOL

Sounds like you had a horrible time at playgroup. What an A'hole!!! Isnt there any where else that you can go??

[Celsie]

If I wasn't terrified of flying, I would!!! I'd love to meet you all IRL, especially those gorgeous bubbas!

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Diana has started waving byebye - she did it to a shopkeeper yesterday. It was so cute.

Last night I did a 5 minute stand-up comedy set at a local pub. It was great. DH and Diana were sitting in the front row and at one stage Diana tried to crawl over and climb up on to the stage with me. For the rest of the show, I sat in the front row and most of the other acts commented on Diana sitting up front watching them. She was laughing and clapping and having a great time. Her first comedy outing. Towards the end I breastfed her (still sitting in the front row, watching the show) and she fell asleep. All in all, it was a great night.

Celsie - Eugh - what a horrible play cafe. Hope you never go back there and tell others not to, so they'll have to close down and hopefully something better will open in its place. What was the reason for him charging Caeleb to get in? Surely that's illegal! Take it to A Current Affair or something... That is just crap. And congratulations on Caeleb walking.

Teepee - Lollipops at North Strathfield should be okay for me to get to. I'll send around an email so that we can decide on a date.

Dragonstorm - Congratulations on your new job. Hope it works out really well for you. I am slowly starting to look for jobs too, as I plan on going back to work when Diana turns 1, which is getting ever closer...

Sarah - I am with the others on the walker thing - I heard that they don't help babies to walk, so I agree that the pushing thing is a better idea. Diana is not walking yet, but I am not too worried. They all learn to walk in their own time, and humans were learning to walk long before we invented anything to help us learn, so I am sure that she will get there when she wants to. At the moment she is crawling so fast that its probably not worth it for her to get up on two legs...

Missbanana - poor Dane - hope his nappy rash clears up soon. Sounds nasty.

For Diana's birthday, I am going to make her a frog cake, as she loves frogs (well toy frogs anyway, she's never seen a real one), and am going to invite some of her friends over to play.

Hi to everyone else.

[Celsie]

Well done Zofia! That's so brave of you! Congratulations!

[MumofLewis]

Hi

yes Zofia, that's a real achievement, have you done comedy before?
Very true about humans not needing pushy things to learn to walk, what did the cave men do??!! I'm not at all worried about Lewis not walking, he's only 10.5 months after all. I just thought as he hasn't learnt to take steps yet he might benefit from a walker. But you guys have changed my mind and I am still going for the pushy thing. I didn't end up going yesterday as he was in one of those moods where he would only sleep for 30 mins and then be grumpy all day!

I saw a girl I used to know yesterday who's baby is 4 weeks older than Lewis and she is 6 months pregnant with her next one! As he little boy wakes up to 5 times a night, I think she is in for a good few months of sleep deprivation poor thing!

Just wondering those who aren't breastfeeding, is everyone swapping to cow's milk at 12 months or using a follow on formula?

[Celsie]

Just wondering those who aren't breastfeeding, is everyone swapping to cow's milk at 12 months or using a follow on formula?

Hmm... it's a tricky one. We first said we'd go with cows milk, as we've been told that toddler formula's are unnecessary and have too much sugar in them. Then again, cows milk is natural and not overly processed. But, I think I'll do a little more investigating with my GP before I say either way.