snowboarder

Gah I'm feeling this and youngest is only 7m!! I know what you mean - I see families with 2 little boys aged say 4 and 6 and see what fun they're having riding bikes together etc and doing all the stuff we can't because they are too young - and I really look forward to thinking about something other than naps etc....but still...

I dunno....I think there are a lot of things you can control in terms of baby sleep habits, but the early morning wake has always been something that has challenged us too. We used to have a 6am start time when oldest son was 1ish and had recently started sleeping through - we would try try try to hold out till 6 no matter how loud the shouting. Lately it's more like 6.30 but he invariably wakes earlier and just bangs/sings etc - he very rarely gets upset. Not looking forward to putting him in a bed though....I'm sure we will see more of him then...

Hello sailor - yes - I think this is the reason I do want to get some food in my littlest because he has fitted nicely into napping at 9 and at 1, therefore lunch has replaced his 1pm ish feed. He's not been feeding well at all recently either - I'm hoping he's the world's most efficient feeder as he seems to feed so little - I do offer and he doesn't ask. If he completely refused lunch I'd prob try to feed him before his nap, yes. I know ideally milk would have stayed the same until solids more established but it just wasn't working with combining 2 childrens eating and sleeping routines and him going longer in between sleeps.

In two seat mode for children who don't really need to sleep in the buggy anymore I think the phil and ted's are just great, if a little heavy up kerbs. They are not bad in baby toddler mode either. The explorer is the newest 'standard' model 9Sport/dash/E3 all older). It folds with the add on seat removed, but the add on seat does fold fairly flat. It is not a small fold, even with the wheels off. I believe the verve and vibe fold in one. Have you looked at the Britax B dual? It is pretty big/wide but I know some people rate it and it is much more affordable than the icandy tandems.

Z escapes from the arboretum and hides. Please the cafe where it's open and I can bribe with ice cream?!?

Good to hear all the viewpoints. I know there are lots of advocates for BLW here - one of the reasons I did it last time - it's just I now have a 2.5 yr old who will pretty much only eat pasta - maybe I messed up along the way but I just NEED to have a child who eats more normally this time!! I think I am finding it frustrating as smallest WILL eat yoghurts and fruity stuff and opened his mouth like a baby bird for a plum fromage frais - yum - but not my vegetable efforts. And I see signs of his brother (he also happily chomped on some tomato pasta this evening) and I just want him to be able to eat, say, shepherds pie. So how do I get there if the little monkey won't eat my food?!?

If nice shall we maybe sit outside? Running space and rolling space for all?

AND this was him aged 8m. Spot the broccoli? So you can feel as smug as you like but things change... http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/11636_179772357084_532722084_3375013_2002987_n.jpg

Eating and sleeping. Both so important and both so tricky and complex!! And in later life - both SO enjoyable. My 2.5 yr old can detect a tiny speck of broccoli even when hidden in a pesto style pasta sauce. He studies everything he eats and demands 'OUT' when he spots a foreign ingredient. They are so weird.

Too clever. Rejects rice cake. What I find incredible is I LOVE food....

Smallest sb is already wise to my meanest trick - give him a rice cake, he opens his mouth for it, I shove spoon in. And this is from a previous BLW devotee. Trouble is BLW is no freakin' good if they won't pick up the tempting(!) fruit and veg. Won't even eat cereal or porridge. Tsk.

I think am only stressing as oldest is such a rubbish (well, limited range) eater despite all my efforts when he was little. 8/9m actually marked a turn for the worse with him!! Argh.

Just a rant. It is SO dispiriting! 7m old is just not interested, refuses to eat ANYTHING I make for him. Will tolerate fruity purees and yoghurts and the odd ellas pouch. Will only pick up rice cakes and toast - just looks at everything else in disgust. I'm not worried just frustrated - esp as he's not keen on bf during the day, mostly because life is v interesting and his brother does all in his power to distract him. BABIES!! Having gone slightly unsuccessfully down the BLW route with first son I wanted a little annabel karmel baby who would eat my lovely purees!

Might make it but not that early - 3.30 would prob be the earliest - would anyone be around that long? I will have both boys with me...

Ha hs - I have no idea either but, frankly, they are not expensive, they look pretty cute and they might, just might help. Anything's worth a go when a crying baby is at stake, right?

Who knows, really?!? My 2.5 yr old has had his on since he was 9m old (never taken off - he now likes the surf boy look!) and he has had no problems with teething at all. First teeth at 10m and his last molars are coming through now I discovered tonight and I didn't even notice. But who knows whether teething for him just wasn't a big deal? My 7m old has just got one from the Amber Shop in Southwold in Suffolk - am hoping for a similar effect!!

Saffron - the 15kg limit is not necessarily such. I can't remember the details but I think that in Europe buggies are only tested to 15kg - hence the limit. Check the weight limits for exactly the same strollers on US sites for instance - Maclaren state's the quest is suitable up to 55lb (so, what, 25kg?) in the States - can't see that the US buggy is any different....

To add - news also of 2 new phil and teds prams (the 'dot' and the 'promenade'), a new tandem from TFK that looks like a phil and teds and the NJoy Bubble stroller - an umbrella buggy with parent facing option! So much fun!

Well I do know she is still alive and well! I wonder whether some threads over the early summer got a bit aggressive? But yes come back F!!

Ooh they look worth a try - I have never found any other feeding bras with underwire that fit!! There are several 'anita' styles and I think these are the most supportive - rather than the one stocked by pretty pregnant

I think April. Have a look on Lullaboo Baby's facebook page for other images. The new baby jogger with reversible seat to make it parent facing sounds great. Hmm - shall I start saving?!? As I've said before, prams are the new handbags/snowboards, yes? I just like 'kit'.

Pretty pregnant on northcross rd - I find the underwired 'anita' bras the best. And I seem to have been wearing them for 2.5 yrs - feeding/and or pregnant - so they must be good!!

Ha! And I didn't end up getting one!! Pram PR sounds good - am looking for new career options....:-)

This site v good for double buggy info...

Maybe it's just me!! But some cool prams on their way - a double tandem micralite, a babyzen single that looks like a bee, a baby jogger city mini with adjustable handle and airfilled tyres and a new city mini with parent facing seat!! Too exciting... http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/313755_10150326007601100_295323881099_7912345_1745999613_n.jpg