Runners United - Conwy Cockwatch, a live birth and Alex "Rhet" Ferguson in one thread. What more could we ask for?

poor bonkers - I was going to suggest pilfering some of those little cartons of milk next time you're in a cafe, but Fanny's suggestion is much more honest! Is the milkman sickly?

moshi hope you get well soon, though with all the stress I guess you'll be extra susceptible at the mo. Get lots of vit c in you!

peach I reckon some gentle persuasion is in order, if possible, although little K is of course tiny still. My main method was to feed them pretty much constantly though the evening, so to go to bed as full as possible. It worked because they played along, of course.

fanny my mum had that multiple sending thing with vegetable steamers. Which are less fun than scooters, but very useful at Christmas!

Weather atrocious here today - high winds, rain, really cold and dark. Fortunately no run scheduled, so I can stay hibernated with our Jills and the gals. Brrrrrr

Oh, and eagerly awaiting the arrival of postie today as he might bring my new headband!!!

Morning ladies. Thanks fro kind words about niece and Garmin, both are doing really well, she should be allowed home tomorrow

hat I can see no pic of red hair, just lots of snow capped mountains

peach You do know that pile cream is also good for under eye bags? All the supermodels use it doncha know.........

4 mile dog walk this morning with a friend and the dogs, trying to see if I can fit a run in later but have so much to do I shouldn't really be here......

Have a great Friday all

Sore throat today. I seem to have succumbed to the family cold. Was hoping I was invincible and able to soldier on with the move .

If she was a sleepy baby to start with peach it might take time for her to wake up to daytime noises and light. Eventually she will be more wakeful but you can encourage it by stripping her when she is feeding etc so she is awake for those times. Because I was worrying about going back to work with all but the last of my babies, I was hell bent on getting into a rhythm sooner rather than later. DC1 was a textbook baby but DC2 was anything but (sleepy feeder and very highly strung). DCs 3&4 were dream babies. I think it helped to organise myself and be there for the other DCs if I had my days and nights the right way round, not least because it meant I wasn't a danger when driving them around because I was so tired! I think you can try to stop her getting used to getting her daily intake of milk during the night by stretching out the delays between nighttime feeds and encouraging those day time feeds. Hope you get settled soon!

Oof sonic that is hottttt! Glad the forecast looking better for Sunday.

bonkers, you need to get yourself a goat.

bit of a nightmare night. Kate came up to bed with me at 10 and fed constantly till 5, and I mean constantly. Just as well my nips ate sorted or they'd be in shreds this morning. As soon as it is daytime she literally cannot keep awake. Sigh. She just woke up and fed for 2 mins and now is back asleep, which is where I am going. Yawwwn. It seems virtually imossible to get her to stay awake fir decent feeds during day but do you think if I made a real effort with this that it would even make any difference overnight. My tendency would be to think that babies will do what they are gonna do and nothing you can do will change it anyway so best just ride it out till it improves, but am open to suggestions!!

Fanny, I went out before six, but think I need to go a little later, and drink more first. Was about 25 then...

Wheely
I just got DS2 the micro-mini scooter from Jojomamanbebe!
He's going to be so excited when he opens it.

Milk man has not delivered out milk AGAIN today. Last Friday I cried when this happened and put the extreme reaction down to PMT. This week I have just cried and since it can't be PMT I now know that in fact not having my morning cup of tea does make me cry.

All ? not been able to long on recently so
peach - belated congrats

And I notice there are a lot of races this weekend so good luck to everyone. I?ve not been running all week under the guise of tapering, but really beecasue it?s been over 34 every day... actually I did 5km on Tusday morning but then had to stop as was dehydrated and dizzy. A good learning for Sunday, which is thankfully forecast for rain. DH says I?m twisted that after a whole week of summer weather I?m actually happy about a rainy Sunday as it means I can run this bloody race without collapsing!

pic of ginger red hair on profile

Don?t think I?ve managed to get on here since the weekend ? manic week!
Big WELL DONE to Fanny and DrNo on your super speedy times at the weekend and Ange too

Peach - loved the race birth report.

hat - what a great moment to have

Hope all the injuries are feeling better and your niece DrNo

Interesting to hear all your career and academic stories too - peach - I did an MSc in IT after a non IT degree too ? have been in and around IT ever since.

Cherry - one of my best friends got married in scarlet ? it was lovely. I got married in an Armani trouser suit which I?ve been able to reuse in several combinations since (it suited our Las Vegas venue! )

This week I?ve managed to do a slow 8 miles, 22 mins of hill repeats with running club (ouch) and a plodding 4 miles in the wind yesterday. Might do a wee 3 miles tomorrow or Saturday before I don my antlers for Sunday?s 10k.

Have been practicing ?Rudolph the red nosed reindeer?..?

I'm a red head too. and I love it.

I once had to sit through an entire wedding dinner sat with a man who described his recent "banding" op in loving detail . Just a thought to push you over from nightmare to psychosis .

Oh sticky, if only they were on the "inside"....Aaaaanyway, sweet dreams m'love!

aah, I'm off to bed (probably to have grape-related nightmares )

You mean, fanny. Mean girl.

peach too late, already did. Could only read the first few lines tho, I don't cope well with people's insides. Makes me faint (really!). I am now more educated tho!

don't worry fanny, no one who's read your other posts would imagine you weren't joking :)

Hope your niece gets better soon DrNo, as others have said, thank flip for the NHS.

I think red/ginger hair is supercute, and we are Scottish so really it's our birthright!!!

Re. Body hair, I dont have any excess really except for my Bert style mono-brow which poor old DD has inherited.

cherry, agree you should wear what you want to wear, not what you think you should want to.

sticky for the love of god woman, don't google piles, you'll have flipping nightmares... Definitions always mention the bunch of grapes thing, but I find them more to be like a set of badly tied Scout knots....