The new rolling ILX parenting thread, since the other one was getting unwieldy

Belgiums, oops :)

Hi everyone, finally caught up on this thread after being away for a couple of weeks. Everyone's kids looking great as usual. ILXors got good genes.

PJ Miller I have the same car rug thing as you. I'm hoping Megan wants to play with cars as the two boys never really did.

Megan learned how to climb stairs, the first time went something like:
Me: "Where's Megan?"
A: "I thought she was with you..."
We then find Megan at the top of the stairs laughing at us. I immediately start shouting at the boys
"Which one of you carried her up there? You've been told not to lift her when we're not there"
Boys: "We didn't touch her!"
Me: "Don't lie to me!"
Boys: "Really, we didn't!"

So I carried Megan back down stairs and put her down, she immediately turned around and climbed the entire flight in seconds while roaring with laughter at her latest trick.
Me: "mumble mumble sorry guys mumble mumble where's that other stair gate?"

Obligatory photo:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1123/830715906_4706cf1f18.jpg

Ooh Megan's going to be a tearaway isn't she, but what a gorgeous one :)

Alice was on both ibuprofen and paracetomol after her operation and although they were much needed and haven't done her any lasting harm, I still tend to avoid for anything else, because they really did upset her stomach and suppress her appetite :(

And GOOD LUCK to Vicky with the final fortnight or whatever it turns out to be!, Shakey+wife with the rest of pregnancy, and Kiwi+partner with more ILX TWINS yay.

Megan is so smiley for the camera! Once Mum or Dad disappear behind the viewfinder, Lulu's smile drops - that's why we have so few snaps of her being her usual giggly self. Bloody paparazzi.

We're all ill at the moment and there was no putting Ava to bed last night at all (she must've said "Cuddle?" 500 times during my various attempts to leave the room), so she slept with us. I was late for work this morning but she was still snoozing in precisely the same position she fell asleep in at 11pm last night. Poor, weary gal. Tixylix did the trick though - a night without coughing.

Congrats to Emma and Alan - ILXors of yore - on the (early) arrival of their first!

Meanwhile, here's Ava laughing at her dragging-not-crawling "baby sistah" in the garden the other evening:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1229/854246719_c94f954311.jpg

Adorable! Blimey they grow up quick don't they...
I'm really not ready for a second, but I do miss Alice as a newborn already.

Here she is having an apparently hilarious time in her cot:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1170/875383127_5f7805c8f8.jpg?v=0

Oh and congrats to Emma and Alan wherever in the ether they may be!

Tell me all about "vocalizing, " I mean lanugage development. Ophelia spends hours looking in her books, either pointing out something and saying (sort of) what it is or pointing at it asking us what it is. Her pronounciation is cute and sometimes she makes up words for objects (most popular one is baba for ball). She understands a lot of words. It's so much fun asking her where mommy's brain is and then she shakes her head. Just kidding.

If all goes well, she's off to her grandparents (my husband's parents) tomorrow until saturday! EEEEEK! It'll be VERY strange for us. First time that she's away for a few days and we, the parents, are left helpless at home. ;-)

HI THERE, THIS THREAD. look what we done made. (Ta, Archel and Mike)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1250/870545085_78d067c1ed.jpg?v=1185127843

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61898285@N00/sets/72157600948979368/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/lynskey/bryher1.jpg

Despite not being around here much anymore you kinda need to shout from the rooftops on these occasions. Mrs. Lynskey gave birth to a gorgeous baby girl at midday on the 20th. Mother and child are home and well and we're currently settling into to ikkle bliss.

Yay new babies! Congratulations and well done everyone!

Hurrah! Going by the description of that photo, Lynskey - is that a Celtic name? One of the Scilly Isles, isn't it? I like it. (Apols if I've got the wrong end of the stick).

new babies!

Saw this updated and thought it must be you, she's gorgeous!

Hurrah to Alan and Emma, needless to say I am very jealous that Emma gets to miss out on the misery of late pregnancy!

Congratulations to Lynskey and Mrs Lynskey!

Congrats to Kiwi on the twins too!

Despite the fact that the labour ward at our local hospital is overflowing at the minute I am SO ready to have this baby, but I have a horrible feeling it's way to comfortable in there :0( On top of backache and SPD I had a migraine today :0( I'm sure it will all be worth it when squirrel arrives though!

Lovely smiley fluffage of ILXOR childers!

we need a 2007 ilx baby roll call

Instead of responding with "here" or "present", our Beeps would answer with a Pterodactyl call.

Yes, she's named after an Isle of Scilly. I used to go on holiday there as a kid and me and Mrs. Lynskey had a nice week on holiday there a few years ago. One of our friends is a proffesional photographer and came round this afternoon to take some snaps. Can't wait for the results.

Wow, Kiwi - more ILX identicals! Good luck with the pregnancy! All sorts of cute babies today. Here's my contribution:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nLGXzd4YEmw

xpost - there's a bit of a Pterodactyl call in that vid as well. Ben has a particularly ear-piercing shriek.

Ha, youtube could open up a whole new can of cuteness on this thread.

Your boy made that shriek, and my dog's ears went up.

I know... I think my only real ILX feature request would be for embedded video.

Check these out. A friend is a photographer
http://northernskyphotography.co.uk/Bryher/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nLGXzd4YEmw

-- schwantz

I like "ignores toys, reaches for remote" at the end :)

Lynskey - those photos are absolutely fantastic.

I'm really looking forward to be able to contribute to this thread properly.

also.... How many ILx babies being born right now???

oh, there are a few more. =)

i blame halloween sex

Thank you all.

Archel that shot is hilarious, "first we take my cot, then we take berlin", she's a breedin frenzy, congrats Alan and Emma and Mr/Mrs L!

Wow, ILXors be spawning lovely babies! It's like a natural progression from the hottness all over the WDYLL threads. (congrats to the Lynskeys and Mrs & Mrs T)

Kim? Baby?

(oh, and Kiwi too)

congrats everyone

also.... How many ILx babies being born right now???

under three months to go...

Photos are stunning, Porl

Oh yes, so so lovely! Should beg our friend to do the same. Never thought of it.

Sorry that I forgot to congratulate you, Alan! And Lynskey!

Three months to go and baby is kicking up a storm. As a result I have MAJOR case of reflux. Urgh! :-)

Ophelia is going on her first trip to her grandparents! Thom and I are nervous and excited. "What shall we do? GOOD LORD THE FREEDOM HOW WILL WE COPE!" hahah

A friend was wondering if she really HAD to wait for her 12-week scan before telling everyone she's pregnant. Do ILXors have hard-and-fast rules about this, believing you should get everything properly checked out or does everyone advocate the "blurting it out" gambit?

Just out of interest...

For our first one we decided to wait until after the scan but both confessed afterwards to telling our siblings much earlier :)

For the second we actually did manage to wait until 12 weeks, I think.

For the last one we had to tell everyone after 6 weeks as we had a bit of a scare and it's kind of hard to turn up at your mother's in tears to drop off the kids so you can get to the hospital without giving them a reason.

I think I started telling EVERYONE after a week or two. Not necessarily a wise thing to do, because the highest risk (of miscarriage) is in the first three months hence why people tend to wait until the first semester has passed. There's no hard and fast rule on this, just that, if something does go wrong, then you will have to tell your friends and/or family which makes the healing process a lot harder. This is the main reason why people tend to wait those first three months. But I think it's entirely up to the person. I couldn't wait cause I was just *beaming* and so effing proud. :-)

So in short: of course not, she can do as she pleases! :-)

With our little girl, I think we left it for more like 15/16 weeks, mainly because it all happened a bit quickly...

It's a tricky secret to keep.

one of those areas where superstition actually makes sense

So yesterday the twins saw each other for the first time. Until then, they just sort of ignored each other or just didn't "get" that there was another person there for them to play with. Ben looked at Owen, and Owen looked back, and they started smiling and giggling. This video was taken about 30 seconds later:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aG5z5dTlrIg

Brilliant!

kim wtf omg???!!!!?!!

congratulations everyone on the little ones in utero and ex utero!

Hahaha, the Kim news is starting to spread at last. ;-) (I only found out via a Facebook photo that rather gave the game away...)

Congratulations to all new parents and yay babies!

Ophelia is now two days with her grandparents (and staying till saturday). It's a very strange experience. I miss her and feel a bit strange. Of course we're taking "advantage" of the situation and going out but it's still so weird.

Kim, sorry I didn't catch on. Congrats!!!

And David, taht is SUCH a cute video! My husband came to watch it as well. So utterly cute. :-)

Congrats, all y'all!

Ben and Owen are so cute I can hardly stand it. I love the bits where they look like "oh, a new hand to put in my mouth!"

Since we're linking to Youtube, I recently made this video of Ivy charging around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un0eiQFXP68

She's adorable (and quick!) and the end is magnificent - that wee mug!

Hehehe. Very sweet. :-)

That is some CUTE stuff.

Ivy is adorable and the video of the twins discovering one another? Oh lord - might be the best thing ever.