Emmsy's ladies lets roll into spring together! Bring on some sunshine!

lbm I'm still defrosting , I don't think we will see summer this year, have you seen the snow I've got forecast today?!?

4ever your poor poor nephew, I can't believe he can't resit, it was totally out of his control!!

Hehe lbm no I'm still here! Thanks for the bed/bath tips, I guess it's just a case of muddling through.

4ever after my year of mc's in 2009, I fell pg with dd2 just after dd1's 2nd birthday & the age gap turned out to be perfect.

cupcake have you heard of using epo to help ripen your cervix?? I was speaking to someone who started using it at our stage & she gave birth 6 weeks ago & said she barely knew she was in labour & the baby just dropped out of her! So I bought some from sainsburys yesterday & started using it last night. You don't take it orally btw!!

Gotta go, a little person has just started shouted "milky Mummy"!

evening ladies - any more baby signs,ladieswhoarereadytopop? At the risk of worrying you, cupcake, MLS hasn't been on for 2 days nor on facebook.... She's going to beat you.....

MLS Incase you're not having a baby - how do you do three kids bed and bathtime? stay at work untill late and let daddy do it ? More honestly, you have discovered my scummy mummy secret - the older 2 don't have a bath everyday and so, BB has her bath at 6.30 and is in bed by 7, older 2 read/ go on computer untill 7, then they get in PJ's , hve a wash and DH reads to them before they go to bed - used to be 7.30 for them but is now nearer 8. With older 2 dc's being close in age like your dd2 and baby will be, ds had to scream whilst I sorted dd1 or they were bathed together and I then sorted him in the bathroom while she splashed. Just wait untill you have to add homework into the mix...

cupcake we too have no plans for BB's birthday - need to go in the loft and find out which second hand presents to give her(!) We have loads and I don't want her to have too much and will probably do cake etc on her birthday and maybe a picnic over the weekend, assuming it ever stops raining....

4ever as ever, you are the organised one .I hope Summer realises how lucky she is to have a mum like you. Lovely to hear how well the preschool went so well.

barbie Hope the move goes well and (whispering) that the corner is most firmly turned.

blue Loving the idea of daddydaycare - I've just booked to meet up with some school friends in a couple of weeks for lunch on Saturday in Birmingham, which means that daddy will be in charge here all day. And as you mentioned scones, I have to share my top tip - I had friends round for coffee last week and wanted to make some scones. But as BB had made such a meal of walking home, didn't have much time left and not enough time to cut them out. So I just rolled the dough once and cut into rough fingers. Ta da, the lightest scones I've ever made as they were so lightly handled!!

neeko lovely to hear from you - it's funny but as all mine have been in nearly fulltime daycare, I've never had the preschool bit to worry about. They just move into a different room. However as BB will only be 4 and 4 months when she starts school, that does seem really young. Has the dreaded marking started yet?

vjay Hope the beach wasn't too chilled?

On that subject - does anyone think we are ever going to get a summer? Or even a break in the rain long enough for me to plant some seeds - I need something in my veggie plot!!

Wow 4ever you're so organised!! we haven't planned a thing for ds' birthday!! So glad your tour went well, sounds like she'll get on perfectly there.
Yep, SIL is back round the corner now and on red alert! I have a huge list of backups and lift options etc cos I'm so paranoid something won't work out! She did his whole bath and bedtime on Sat when we went for our date night and he was an angel for her so I feel much better about it all now; I know he'll be absolutely fine!
Pompoms waving for a perfectly timed bfp for you!
:( about your nephew what rubbish timing.

LBM lol, so cute about bb's singing.. we often play 'guess the cbeebies theme tune' with ds and it is shocking how fast he can name the show from us humming a few notes of the theme! definitely watches it too much

MLS how are you doing? I have a sweep booked for Friday but sure it won't do a thing...my midwife just seems to really believe in them and said she'd do them every few days so I thought why not!

Hi barbie! Good to hear from you. sorry things have been tough with young man hope they are improving now. Good luck with all the moving!

Knock knock can I re enter the green house?

I haven't caught up yet and am finding it hard to find time to post, but I will be back and update once we move on Thursday.

We have been struggling with Henry so I we put home to the folks for a week, hence no contact. I think we have turned a corner...but don't want to jinx things just yet.

Love to you all x

Lol cupcake & I make this face no you can't see it because it's as white as the screen on your phone!

Haha, mls as if height even comes into it at all, my mum is clearly deluded.. and I think making light of it is really all you can do.. when I actually think about it properly I make this face then this one (sick!) But I like stories like yours vjay! I know you were massively overdue with cjay too so there is hope that I might have spontaneous labour with this one.. have been bouncing & leaning on my gym ball all evening..come on baby!

Ok so I won't mention then that my first labour was 12 hours & my second one was 30 hours (& back to back) and I'm 5ft 10!!!

I don't even know why I'm making light of it as I've got to bloody-well do it all again any day now!

louey I found this on a sn thread. I've only skim read it but it may be helpful.

cupcake Cjays birth was horrendous, induction followed by 4 days of pain and waiting ending in forceps, then ajay was 'pop' and there he was , well not quite but you get the picture. Cjay was heavier so had pave the way for ajay.

Don't encourage her neeko

vjay my mum always told me having babies would be like shelling peas for me as I'm so tall and she had 4 with no complications at all (she is a tiny 5ft) ..she felt quite guilty after I had intervention-central birth with ds!! hopefully she's right for second time.round..

What the heck is yea?? TEA

Morning.

Vjay I snorted into my yea at shelling peas! A clean house always helps with the mood so well done. Enjoy the freezing fresh air.

Cupcake and bounce, bounce bounce!

Blue You are in the callendar for the 19th and I refuse to cancel this time I can imagine what your house will be like onight after a boys' day.

MLS I challenge you to go before Cupcake

LBM Hope Babybell is behaving today. The underarm carry has been used here too.

Barbie Hope country-change mark two goes smoothly. You're missed on here.

4ever What's your princess anting to mark the beginning of her third year of life?

at the early ante-pre starts. It's the term after their third birthday here so H will be Aug 2013 and she'll be almost 3.5! And I'll be back to work full time then

Thanks blue for the hug, I am quite calm at the mo, I try to make life as simple as poss any way but sometimes things are out of my control. Today I have done the housework while the boys lay in my bed watching telly, then after lunch we're off to the beach, the boys can play and I can chill,

mls things could be starting and I reckon this being your third it will be like shelling peas

Morning! I'm at work on this public holiday (boo!) but my colleague's made scones and we have the radio on (yay!). I'm taking next Monday off instead as my Mum's on holiday. So its Daddydaycare chez Blue today

MLS - twinges, braxton hicks, my oh my! I love the run up to giving birth, the anticipation, the sniffing of the newly laundered tiny babygrows, the narrowing down of the name choice, the treasuring the final weeks with your existing DS... the calm before the storm

I used St Johns Wort many years ago and found it helped. You never know if its just a placebo affect or if it gives your some calm in order to sort things out in your head (I took it after splitting up with on-/off/on again long term boyfriend and moving into my first flat which made me feel very isolated..). took it for a couple of months and my mood definately lifted. Anything that can help can only be a good thing .

Vjay - sending sisterly hugs through the ether, two DC are a handful without the added challenge of no family nearby AND studying too. Hope some calm times wash over you x

Neeko - can't do the 12th June as have an eye appointment for I. Can do 19th or 26th though . how harrowing was Grey's last week with the abducted girl . My worst, worst nightmare....

Right its 10.30am - cuppa and scone time

Yes still the odd twinge & some braxtons too!

Ooooh mls how are the twinges this morning?

Twinges you say mls?? Don't you dare have that baby before me Mrs!! ;)

barbie when you are back in the land of technology, someone on the name threads is asking for advice on the name Devon.

Ah yes lbm you are right, it's next week she moves, she's in the west country now & I think she's back to London tomorrow.

louey you are such a strong lady, I'm sure you will find just the right words for your chat with your dt's. Are you still feeling broody??? Actually I have a question for both you & lbm, how do you both tackle bedtime with 3 dcs to bathe & manhandle into bed??

4ever where are you at with your cycle now & how's the ttc going?

moon same question to you too, aren't you about to go onto the 2ww?

blue it must be because you are such a chilled mummy that you have chilled dc's. I on the other hand regularly turn into a screaming banshee-type mummy, much to my shame! Dd2 is much better now thanks. She had her scan on fri & it might be her glands that are swollen this time, rather than the cyst. I'm having a hell of a job getting her to take her antibiotics though. I have to pin her down & hold her arms still whilst simultaneously squirting a syringe-full of the stuff down her throat with her kicking & screaming.

Well the belly-cast is done. Just as well as I've been having twinges all day (I'm 37+2) but I'm sure they won't amount to anything just yet. Off to drink a vat of gaviscon now & then bed, night night all.

Barbie isn't in france yet - but she will be next weekend. She was uber efficient at house hunting the other week and moves out next week, I think - unless I haven't been keeping up on fb!! AT least, I hpe she hasn't gne yet, as I found a bilingual matching game for dolly and was only hoping to pay UK postage

Hello to all - will try and catch up soon. Currently BB is being a very determined little monkey and refuses to go in the buggy - "too big" she told me !! and is too heavy to carry for long. Tantrum city here too - I often carry her under my arm when she is having a paddy and we need to go somewhere - the kicks don't get me then!! Very few plans for the birthday but am teachjing her " Happy Birthday!" Oh and she is learning loads of songs - postman pat theme and Jesse J's Price tag are two fav's. Very funny and I do need to video it.

Hi mls yes the st johns wort is working, it's a mild pick me up for low mood and has really helped.
Is barbie in France house hunting or is that her moved there now? I can't keep up with the woman!!! . Thanks for letting us know mls
Thanks for the hug neeks

Btw for all those non-fb peeps who are asking about barbie she's in France now.