October 2013 - insert witty, worn out, nearing the end thread name here

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Flyer is it this week you are dressing up at work?

Congrats to your son Caz

DS is 2 years 8 months - so either a complete delight, or a pain in the arse! This morning he wanted to know if the baby was coming out of my belly button. I said no, so he asked how it was going to get out. So decided to be honest and say out of my 'lady bum', which he found hilarious as that is where poo comes out. What followed was a lengthy and slightly unpleasant conversation about what comes out of what orifice, which was a bit much for 6am.

Getting kicked half way down the bump at the sides, very random. Movement is getting really uncomfortable now. And something is pressing on my bladder.

I love putting my Xmas tree up too clapham, i'm no good at it, it always looks like it's been thrown together but all the same I love it. Doesn't your living room look bare in January when you take it down.....

Caz I agree when you have older children staying at home, I loved playing with all my toys at home on christmas day.

I have my dad up in the loft hunting for my old books and wooden toys. He has already uncovered a hand knitted Postman Pat and Jess the Cat which my late gran made me...

Yes Bowlful it's this sunday coming....totally gutted it's still going ahead. I have to sell raffle tickets around the store too for our charity, completely mortified at the thought of walking around in fancy dress selling raffle tickets.

flyer I also have a hard biggish lump at the top just to the left. Mw said its his bum so your baby may not necessarily be breach. My kicks are high and on the right, high up, I tend to feel smaller punches/hiccups low down.

Grrrrrr why does dh think he deserves to sleep more than me! He was annoyed at me being restless, although was a fairly good night. Only up 3 times but his snoring was a joke! He thinks because he's on a 13 hour shift and I'm only working my normal 8 today (just had 3 days off and off tomorrow) that I should leave him alone while he's snoring?! AIBU to tell him that if he wants a decent nights sleep then HE knows where the sofa is?! Lol

Well done to your ds caz you must be super proud!

Haha bowlful lady bum....the joy of a 2 year olds over active imagination, very sweet.

I did sex ed with my class in the last week of term bowlful. In year one it is mainly about keeping clean, different types of family etc but there was a bit about the difference between boy and girl babies so I had some pictures up on the whiteboard to spot the difference. It was funny hearing all the children's names for girl and boy bits. I am sure I went red when one of the girls asked if I had a vagina too. I was glad no one thought to ask what it is for!

Absolutely not unreasonable at all Hayle. DP is crap at getting up in the morning (which we are arguing about loads) but is very clear that he will be sleeping on the sofa if his snoring keeps me awake - however I am allowed to snore without being disturbed.

flyer -I'm trying to think of something to say to make you feel better, but everything I think of sounds like I am taking the piss....

Haha, that sounds fun Orange. I think boys bits are easier - willy is pretty acceptable, not too babyish but not too, um, graphic either. For the girls bits we just sort of fell into (no pun intended) lady bum - just couldn't bring myself to discuss vagina's with DS, and there isn't really a 'willy' equivalent is there?

My goodness I slip out for a meeting for a couple of hours and I have 3 pages of catching up to do! You ladies can talk

caz fab news for your son...let the celebrations begin.

flyer I would be raging on the breakfast front. I get annoyed when DH keeps eating DS's babybels!

Sorry to all the non sleepers. I never really (touch wood) have problems sleeping but I do waken up so stiff and sore every morning...wish I had the time to be doing yoga as I feel 90 most days.

Re Christmas, we had it on our own last year for the first time and loved it. (Mainly because my parents were in the States with my brother and his family). DH isn't close to his parents (who are divorced and mum has remarried). We had his dad down late morning for a nice long dog walk and then gave him some nibbles for lunch, he went home and we had the rest of the day to ourselves. Was so nice being able to just lounge around for ds's first Christmas. This year we will go to my parents I'm assuming which will be fab. They live near us so we can just walk/ stumble home and I imagine both ds's will prob stay over! Result! My sister is going through a divorce so it will be hard Christmas for her but I assume she'll be there too.

My cleaner has text me to say she's not coming for the second week in a row because of her back. It really annoys me as I only started her quite recently as being back at work and having a crawler and a dog mean I need to keep the floors etc really clean. I was holding out for her coming today and now and facing a weekend of housework...great. Might tell DH to do the floors or something...stairs kill me too so he might have to do them.

Warlin thats annoying. I found washing the floors on my hands and knees surprisingly comfortable yesterday, better than sitting in a chair actually as no pressure on my coccyx. I had a mat to lean on so it didn't hurt my knees. I won't tell your DH though! Definitely get him to do it!

I would like to second what Roofio says about omeprazole - I take one per day and have had no heartburn at all since. I was on a bottle of Gaviscon and about a million rennies every 4/5 days before. Go get them prescribed - it's totally worth it

can't believe you do sex ed in Year 1 "orange"! And yes, how do you teach them to refer to the lady bits...? DS thinks that my tummy will grow and get big until it explodes - and this is how the baby comes out. I didn't really correct him as this is sort of correct... only it's not the tummy that explodes... luckily he has never asked how the baby got in there... I'm honestly not ready yet

flyer have you decided what you are going to be?

warlin how annoying about the cleaner... I think I would cry if I had to clean mine now... can hardly bend and the stairs are also killing me. I now always try to plan my trips upstairs to make sure I don't forget anything and don't have to go back until bedtime. Really sorry about your sister - Christmas will be particularly hard for her... I spent the entire first Christmas after the split up crying, from morning to night, but life has a funny way of working itself out. Does she have any children?

hayle, as a fellow snoring partner / beast sufferer, you are so not unreasonable, especially now. Kick him out of bed!

We teach them the correct terms Clapham but say that it is ok for them to use the terms they are comfortable with. It does feel a bit odd but I think it is important that they know who can see/touch what and what is private and get used to talking about it. We only had one parent opt out of the lessons. Most of it isn't anything to do with sex e.g. Brushing teeth, washing hands will lead on to personal hygiene in later years. And nothing about how babies are made. The children just seemed to accept that I had a baby in my tummy and didn't consider how they get in/out. I think children only ask questions that are within their level of understanding.

oh that's good - I definitely won't opt out of these classes. And good he knows proper terms.

not directly related but talking about correct terms - that wedding we went to last Friday was in the Forest of Dean and there were plenty of midges everywhere. Very annoying. At one point I told DP in front of 4 other friends that he had four minges on his face... Oh yes I did. Somehow got it all confused... both not things I necessarily discuss at work or in London.

Haha you just made me splutter my drink!

Four minges?! Oh no, Clapham

Flyer I'm not a fan of the side kicks. I love that the kicks are a reassuring sign that all is good but they are getting increasingly uncomfortable.

Pink I'd love to have a career change too. I'm not sure what to though and as I have the stable and higher income in the household its not really practical. I'm still working silly hours (10-11 hour days) a couple of times a week and I've never been great with stress but its got worse at the moment. Hopefully a year off will give me time to think and get some perspective.

unfortunately yes shire... my non native Englishness comes out very rarely these days but when it does, it can make an impact

I'm a terrible one for spoonerisms, Clapham (like saying par cark rather than car park) and my best was while teaching Midsummer Night's Dream to a rather difficult class. I had been working my ass off to get them enthralled and in the palm of my hand, until I got the following line incorrect, delivered with total commitment and gusto...
"Was there ever such a fairy as Puck"
Sometimes you just have to know when to quit

Haha Pisser clapham, I love it!! I'd have found that funny if i'd heard you say that.

My mum used to call a Vagina a Tuppence when growing up :-)

I have no idea what i'm going to dress up as, something as low key/normal looking/discreet as possible.

Warlin if my cleaner pulled a sickie now i'd have a melt down.

Hayle get him kicked out, dp came to bed at 1.30am turned every light on (woke me up) then turned on his laptop played with that, fell asleep and started snoring. He got kicked out to the spare room.

LOL shire. Another good one is email - we actually talked about it in the office this morning as one of my colleagues emailed someone called Virginia with "thanks Virgina" and was slightly bothered. Other goodies we all shared from our collective experience were signing off with "retards" instead of "regards", "pubic interest" instead of "public interest", "enjoy the rest of your shit", "brest regards" and "excel shit"

Clapham that made me laugh out loud...no wonder everyone looked

I used to babysit for a girl who was about 3 and was always talking about her vagina, ie on the toilet she would say I'm finished, can you come and help me wipe my vagina! I found it very odd I must say! Like the sound of those classes orange

clapham I am heartbroken for my sister. She is 38 and separated from her husband last year (partly due to both having intense careers and then she discovered he'd been gambling a lot). Anyway she now wants a divorce so I imagine that will start soon. She desperately wants kids but had been putting off due to her career and now she is ready for them but has lost her husband. She is in the "I'm never going to meet anyone else or have kids" frame of mind. She is so happy for me but I know that it makes it harder for her and she feels under pressure that she is getting older. So yes, Christmas will be hard. Do you still have contact with your ex and does ds see him much?

I once worked in a call centre (awful job) a customer called up to enquire how he could use his Airmiles, I pulled up his acount only to find his name was "Mr Penistone" had no idea it was pronounced pen-is-ton and proceeded to call him Mr Penis Tone haha

Warlin, your poor sister. I really feel for her :-( my sister is also 38 and her partner of 7 yrs left her 2 yrs ago. He kindly left her in loads of debt (his that she had stupidly got in her name as he was black listed) my parents bailed her out, providing she moved back in with them so she could repay them. 2 years on and she is debt free and although still living at home, she says it's the best thing that happened to her by him leaving.

I guess it'll be difficult for her to feel positive at the moment. However I tried to include my sister in my plans as much as possible, and went on holidays with her or invited her to holiday with us. All her friends are settled down with kids. I hope your sister finds her happy ending when she is ready to.

Thanks All I am very proud of him.

bridget was hoping to take him out for dinner, but he is playing cricket until 8pm tonight, and again on Sat and Sunday, so not sure when, unless we can do something tomorrow.