hello everybody,

Just thought it time to introduce myself. I'm 29 weeks (due 3/11) with boy/girl twins in Merseyside. Just had a 28 week growth scan (normal with twins) and both babies nice and big, growing more like singletons! eek! I have two older DCs, DS - 4 and DD 2.

So, what's a happening with all of you?

Great news on the scan Pavlov!

The scan was great, DD came along and she was great, and when she stopped being great, DH stuffed her with a donut! We also managed to get 4 scan pictures for free by offering the sonographer a donut with her coffee at break!

All is well, and we did find out what we are having - due the well endowed tackle in between the legs, we are most certainly having a BOY!!!! I won, I said ALL along it was a boy. and DD said 'a boy? not a girl? a boy? oh' and now she is telling everyone she is having a brother so we can't keep it a secret even if we wanted to.

Good morning. The thread is getting big so I started a new one here

Haven't done it before so forgive me if it doesn't work

Good luck on your scan Pavlov! hope it is a very enjoyable moment for you.

You little ones don't need to have big parties to have a good birthday (as you say Koumac they can end up costing a lot of money and stress) so don't feel bad Pavlov your plans for your DD sound lovely to me. On DS1's third birthday DH, DS1 and DS2 (then 6 months old) and I went to the Natural History museum in Oxford and then had tea and cakes at home - it was lovely and just the four of us. DS2 had a family party with just cousins, grandparents, etc for his third birthday and he had a great time too. DS1 has had the 'invite all the children and hire a village hall' do for his fourth and DS2 for his second so they've had a variety. I think variety is nice for them - makes their birthdays more memorable.

Pavlov I am not registered to CAT. I really appreciate your help. I am online now till 12 and then again tomorrow from 8.30am onwards.

We have very similar bike for ds look here

He is 4 now so grown out of it but try telling him that he won’t give it up! He learnt to balance really quickly and goes incredibly fast! We are looking into buying proper bike as he is more than ready. No stabilizers needed here!

Big birthday parties can be so stressful! And they end up costing as much as small wedding! Smaller ones on the other hand are relaxed and she and you can enjoy them more. Ds is starting reception in Sept and apparently you are expected to invite all the children to the first birthday party so the children “can get to know each other”!

Our scan today too. But not till evening. So very excited and nervous at the same time. We are taking ds with us, he is 4 so understands about the baby. I showed him pictures from pregnancy book and he is v. interested in the scan. He gets shy with strangers so should be able to keep still when we are in there! But I am also taking Thomas magazine and loads of snacks to keep him busy!

Ds and I have “new reception children” visit of the school to get through this afternoon before we get to the hospital. I really hope he likes his “big” school!

Hobnob I have been wanting to go to NI or anywhere in Ireland actually for as long as I can remember! Even looked up the ferries last year but that was it. It looks so lovely!
I am N northern Moravian! I will be flying to Brno but from Ostrava on the way back. And I know what you mean about the alcohol poisoning! Although it’s probably safe to return now as so expensive he wouldn’t be able to justify it this time round!

We just had massive flooding over there. It looks so bad. My parents’ house seems to be ok so far (yet) but we have a little stream running through the garden so any more rain will be killer!

Beepbeep your mum sounds pretty much like my MIL, both PIL actually. We hardly see them now and its usually only dh and ds who go for “longer” weekend the most. For me it’s just not worth the stress anymore. They are always busy doing their stuff (what normal person would’ve finished in an hour they spent 3 hours doing) so ds it’s just bored. They never buy anything for ds even though it’s their only grandchild so far. They haven’t seen him for almost a year and he was given a book and I think that’s only because my ds and dh went to bookshop when visiting them and dh didn’t have the currency with him so FIL ended up paying!

Goodluck with scan Pavlov - bloomin DHs! mine is now working next tues which he was meant to have off, no childcare sorted. it needs sorting today and i'm at work but apparently it's still up to me to arrange! not sure how that works?!

pavlov your DH sounds JUST like mine! (not surprising, they have the same birthday). However, at our last scan he was really trying to get DD involved and she wasn't interested at all and was a bit of a pain to be honest. I just wanted to concentrate for 10 minutes, but when there's a 2 yr old around the only thing you can concentrate on is them. Maybe this time round he'll see what I meant (won't admit to it though!).Having said that, we might have to bring her to the next one anyway and just both be in a huff about it.

Hope the scan goes well! And let us know how DD gets on on the bike, it looks very cool. Has she ridden a trike before or this her first go?

Good luck with the scan Pavlov!