The PESH Deli; Won't somebody think of the children???????

[Cosmosis]

THE NOT LIST

BESH BAYBEES
dontrythisathome, girl born March 25.
Cheggers, twinz girlz, born April
FannyPriceless, boy, born June 8
CurlyCasper, girl, born June 24
CUNextTuesday, boy, born June 29
Skihorse, boy, born 1 July
Carrots, boy, born July
IggyPiggy, girl, born July

UPDIFFED
Cosmosis, the one that likes a good ride, due August 22
backinthebox, thinking of inventive uses for courgettes, due September 6
skatergrrrl, the one that overtook the rest, September 1
VAG, lives in De Nile, due 19 September
silversky, the biggest farter, due 18 October (first baybee)
Honeymoo, 3 wees a night, due October 31 (boy)
okiecokie, self-confessed control freak, due November 6
SomethingSuitablyWitty, benelux babe, due November 14
ReginaMonologue, knows when all the sales are, due November 20 (boy)
maswera, jungle hottie - due December 11
PollyPoo, wants to name her baybee after the dog, The New Messiah is due December 25

muse I've already said YAY in the Palais, but dammit, I'll say it again. YAY for scan. Even if Bob was playing hard to get.

gin good luck for later. And have a fantabulous holiday.

Pliz to all be enjoying this tray of french stick, soft cheese & pate.

Very kind lozza

Hurrah for the scannage peeps!

boxybox Rosehill is local pour moi! Will wait to hear your times etc...... It's in the diary.

Brilliant brilliant muse . Mucho hurrah!

Bleedin hell Boxer that is one long travel experience visualisation. What happens if you've only been to Devon a few times? Have deep pillow envy.

okie I suffered a similar fate. Bought pretty spotty blue tankini from John Lewis. Does it hold my waps in whilst swimming? Does it fuck. Wetsuit peut etre?

Winkie is the business. I WISH we had seen her earlier, she was ace. We had about 1 and a half hours of chat and exercises and already he is alot calmer and we are practising homework with walks and recall. Her view is that dogs running around in parks with other dogs is like kids going to a party and we shouldn't be doing it twice a day. apparently this has been making things worse and getting all hyper can actually make them unsafe. To prove her point hairy moo went nuts when we were changing linen in guest bedroom and then jumped out the fucking window!!!!!!! I honestly thought he was a goner. Cried for ages and cuddled him all weekend. God only knows what I'm going to be like with baby Moo.

Hilarious about shoe shopping okie. Sarah Beeny is (partly) responsible for my hubba hubba so she can do no wrong in my eyes.... Is she up the stick again?

Loving your work muser! Excellent news.
Good luck for later ginster and have an amazing holiday you deserve it.

What is the norm for your partners' paternity leave? 2 weeks paid/statutory? I think my husbo's firm are being v stingy, but have no point of reference other than where I work (where 2 weeks paid is normal).

Okie also did that broccoli dip on saturday night and magimixed the veg prep a bit too much. The result? A deep dish full of dip that looked remarkably like vomit. I didn't manage to get the slow cooked lamb on the table til 9pm so everyone had to eat it. ha ha ha. Oh well, the fuckers drank TWELVE bottles of our wine so serves them right.

What you need Moo is a hand chopper and not a fancy smancy magimix! Think Mr C's firm's policy is 1 week paid the 2nd week Statutory but think he wangled 2 weeks paid last time since he had just started and negotiated it.

OH self employed. No idea what happens there, but he's going to be paying himself anyway - gotta pay the bills!

Moo visualize wherever you want. My second choice of head-place is on my horse in a damp and green forest early in the morning, noone else around. With a hipflask. You've got to have all of the senses covered, and be very familiar with whatever you are visualizing. And work on getting your muscles to go limp.

For anyone who wants to be jealous I has put piccies of Kipepeo over on FB. Please be nice and remember I have never been to Maldives like everyone else has. OTOH, I was getting paid to go to Dar

Oi box don't be mean about derren,he's actually a really nice bloke.

Had bloods done, going back for scan shortly.

Yayayayyay muse :)

Well that's not too bad on pat leave then methinks. They are offering a week paid, and he's got 9 days on top of that. Do you think take 2 weeks at front end and then 4 perhaps in December? Or other way around? I can't believe it but I have said yes (at different times in last few months) to Mr Moo going to 3 gigs. Turns out they are all in the first week of Dec. The National, The Arcade Fire and something else. Really . Oh well. Start as we mean to go on no doubt.

My magimix normally does not let me down. Twas quite funny to serve green sick as a starter. Luckily I wasn't trying to impress anyone.

Box I am a bit worried about this visualisation lark. When I try and think of somewhere I can smell I think of the pub or my dog. Oh well our first hippobirthing session is a one to one due to our hollibobs, so hopefully she can give me a bit of a steer. My life just isn't that sensory!!!!

I used to quite fancy Derren Brown.

TGO is doing a week, then going back to work 2 days the week after, then 3 days the week after that - we figure it will be a nicer ease in to it than 2 full weeks off and slap bang back to work full time.

I enjoyed having Mr C around for the 2 weeks, my mum came down for a week once he went back to work then I had a couple of weeks on my own then he was off again for Christmas. Some companies make you take the paternity leave all in one chunk but I guess if he is thinking of using holidays then it is a bit different.

To be honest, it kind of helped having him go back to work after the 2 weeks were up as we were better able to get into some kind of routine! Not that you can have a routine that early on but I was just left to my own devices and worked out what worked for me. However, I did long for the door to open and for him to come home form work in the evenings. Maybe if he is having to use holidays rather than the miserly Statutory he could do with TGO is doing too.

I think I am waffling...

No this is really helpful. It's hard to know what is going to be best. Realistically though, his going to work actually means going up to the 3rd floor of our house and shutting the door. Luckily for him, he has super dooper headphones so he can't hear my or mini moo's cries!!! I've told him he's in charge of the dog during the day. Obviously it's fab having him in the house, i.e. can help at lunchtime etc, but in some ways does blur the boundaries a bit as he does have to focus and get on... And I'll pop up for a whinge/nag every 5 minutes!!!

Bugger bugger bugger. Had another scan buddy today and things did not go as well for her. I am gutted at the complete unfairness of it all. Bastard bastard bastard.

That's horrible. Makes you feel so lucky... You don't appreciate how precious and delicate life is until you start all this.

Mr Hen missed out on pat leave last time - the crappy, meanie co. he works for said he hadn't been there long enough to qualify. They also wouldn't allow him to take paid time off for the birth as I wasn't a dependant so he ended up taking it as holiday instead . Was all for giving his stupid boss a piece of my mind but Dh wouldn't allow it.

Muse - so sorry to hear sad news about your friend. Life can be a fucking bitch

Jailbait only works mornings so I went in to hospital on the Tuesday and he worked Weds morning (too late to cancel). He then went back to work the following Weds/Thurs (?) and actually it was really nice that I was able to get used to being a mummy but he was only out of the house for 5 hours. But then I had the nurses coming in at 8:30am so I was only actually on my own properly for 3 hours.

okie Freya do maternity and swimwear so I'd hope they'd do a combination of the two.

I'm really pleased to read about your good scan, Muse but sorry to hear about your friend.

honey 2 weeks statutory for mine.

Ginnie did your scan go OK? Not seen you post since you headed off for it.

...checking in to see if Gin has updated. Muse, am so sorry about your pal.

music thinking of your chum. It's the pits and so hard to know what to say or what not to say.

ginniegingin you there?

Turns out that baybee no longer likes raisins. Within 5 mins of scoffing a handful the raisins managed to kick start a swift exit southbound. Anyone else having odd bathroom manoeuvres since being diffed? TMI? Tough! I gotta ask someone!!

Went to preggo yoga. Can't believe I farted. The shame. So embarrasing. If anyone heard it they ignored it. It appears I am totally stiff and tight and my next career move will not be into fitness. Oh and I was the only eejit in socks cos my toenails need painting as they are sporting the chavtastic chipped hot pink look. I need to sort my life OUT! Won't someone think of my baby???

Sorry lovelies haven't had a chance to update. All good, very happy...

muse really sorry about your mate. Is truly shit.

phew, good news gin

silver I bet the fellow yogaers would have paid as much attention to your fart as to chipped nail polish - ie none.

Good news Ginster!

medee being as I was the new girl who knows !!! everyone else had good toe care going on. I let the side down fo' sho'.

A midwife took the class and I learnt loads of stuff. Him Indoors is being signed up to a couples active birthing class. That should shit the poor fella up a bit!!