Due October 2007 ~porkers can't keep their snouts out of the feeding troughs!

[j20baby]

part zillion

Alice lol at the "I dont think so!". I am soooo looking forward to that first good night out but if I go to term and bf its going to be a long wait
OMG what a start to the european grand prix!!!!!!! They all need flippers and rudders!!!!
da*m I really had better get on with cleaning this house ...see you all later

Just a quick one - big hello to everyone - glad holidays were good and hot water is back on; Lisa, great thatyou're home but tak it easy and Pheeb, hope your results are ok. fingers crossed. all well here - had MIL here over night and she was actually a huge help, so feel quite rested (or would if DH wasn't ill...head cold/extreme pneumonia- worse patient than DS!!) have a good night everyone

Hello everyone...

Lisa sorry you have had such an awful time of it lately with one thing and another, I hope the last part of your pregnancy goes a little easier.

Pheebe - glad you had a good hol, I'm looking forward too ours nxt saturday. I hope your news re health is better than you are thinking

I can't believe how some of you are suffering this pregnancy, puts my niggles into perspective, I really don't think I could cope with what some of you are going through

Floria - can't believe your dh, they just have no idea do they

Right time for my moan

Just one question... why is it when you want to lie on the sofa and doze the lo has to climb all over you, and keep wanting you to get up all the time, and then ends up headbutting you on the bridge of your nose (causing a splitting headache) but your dh can lie there quite happily in a hangover doze and not get pestered at all? And does it annoy you that they just lie there and don't offer to help/get up/ occupy lo? Also he can see me getting short tempered with ds because I am so knackered but doesn't offer to help out 'because he is tired' WELL SO AM I AND I THINK I HAVE A BETTER EXCUSE... That's my sunday afternoon so far.

Well the weather on friday was quite atrocious and I spent most of the day on my feet baking for ds's Nursery Summer Fayre, was really tired by friday evening and couldn't face anything to eat for dinner (too much working with food in the day)

Then on saturday morning I went down to help them set up at nursery, then came home and took ds down for a few hours to occupy him over lunch, got home at 3pm and then spent the rest of the day cooking again for a dinner party we had last night and tidying up. Finally got to bed at 1am. Hence being so tired today. I forget how tiring it can be doing something like a dinner pary, especially when I have to decide what to cook, shop for it, prepare it, cook it and clean up after it. All DH does is sits there and gets pissed and writes off the next day due to a hangover....

Sorry that was a real me me me post wasn't it... If anyone is thinking de ja vue, its because I posted a lot of this on the sept thread too

We had some mates over for dinner last night too but thankfully it wasn't as late a night as yours MrsFish. no wonder you're shattered! Dh was at work today so I did all the tidying up this am but I'll let him off! he was great at keeping ds occupied yesterday while I was cooking....

Mrsfish, thanks for thewell wishes. I knew my pregnancy wouldnt be easy, but didnt think it would be this hard. Last time seems a breeze compared to this one

I know what you mean about LO wanting you to get up the mintue you lay down my hubby does get up off his backside most of the time but normally not quick enough however, he has been wonderful today. His done all the washing, dried the clothes and put them away, done this weeks shopping and took DD with him, cleaned the kitchin, done activities with dd, cooked dinner and now in the process of bathing and putting her to bed
God i love him somedays

Do you all get to take your noted home? We do i love reading them, but hate the fact i cant read my consultants handwriting. Did work out that my infection "markers" were double what is normal which would explain why they were jumping up and down and keeping me hostage

Hope you are all well

Lisa

Mrs Fish, I'm thinking deja vue because it's been exactly the same here (without the complication of a child....unless you count dh!). I spent all yesterday shopping, preparing, cooking for a dinner party and cleaning up around and after the plumbers while dh whinged about his head after saturdays bbq at his cousins, faffed over a light fitting (making yet more mess) and fussed over the manual for the new boiler... in fairness he did set the table and promised to do the clearing and cleaning up ...well he managed the clearing but had downed too much stella and wine to "risk the wedgewood"!....so guess what I'm doing this morning? [frowning emoticon]

Lisa; I hope things are improving.Thank goodness you have such a suportive dh...I'm certain mine would be if push came to shove but he's definately having a "last fling" with irrisponsibility at the moment!

Pheebe; I hope the tests come back with nothing to worry about. (fingers crossed for you)

Buffy; I hope you are doing ok, hanging on in there....if Pebblesmum could give us an update I'm sure more than just me would be grateful.

Sorry if I've missed anyone.Have a lovely day.

Morning everyone, just a quickie as we're late this morning but my liver function tests were all normal PHEW!!! Going to see the GP as I'm anaemic apparently and will ask whether he thinks its worth getting scanned to see if there is anything there anyway. Soooo relieved.

Have a good day everyone, will try and catch up later

Morning Floria - I did forget to mention that DH DID set the table for the dinner party and cleared all the crap out of the dining room, but ditto about the wedgwood (we have that too) so I dealt with that.

Well I had an ok nights sleep, but still feel tired this morning. I now have loads of washing and ironing to catch up on in readiness for going on holiday on saturday... can't wait

Morning all! Quite tired after a busy weekend. Dh was working on the house on Saturday so I took ds and the dsc out for the day. Then had to go shopping and cook lunch for friends on Sunday. Their ds is 6 weeks older than ds and having two toddlers in the house was hectic!

Greedy - I don't tend to look at name threads because choosing a name is such a personal choice, but I do think both Raya and Seren sound nice. I think the sentiment behind Raya is beautiful and if that is what you both want, go for it!

Lisa - sorry you were unwell, but pleased to see you've been released...

Hello to everyone else - too knackered to do a long post to everyone so sorry!

Can anyone make me laugh please, can't stop crying, my face looks awful and I've got to go to the MiL's in a couple of hours...

MrsFish - sounds like you've been overdoing it at the weekend! Forget the housework and go and have a restorative brew and a nap...

Can't have a nap, have a two year old pawing at me and climbing over me and pulling me this way and that. Part of the reason I am crying is that I feel awful that I don't have the energy to play with him, and hence we are both getting ratty with each other

MrsFish this might make you laugh - we were looking through another name book last night in a last ditch attempt to find a boys name we both love (wishful thinking!!!) and listed as boys names (and I'm deadly serious here!!) are Gaylord and Spunk. Do you think people honestly call their kids these names? And could social services do you for child abuse in anticipation of the years of bullying?

If I didn't manage to make you laugh then I'm sending you big hugs, chocolate and soft tissues to dry your eyes xxx

Pheebe - really pleased to hear that your tests were normal and hope all goes well with the GP.

Like Floria I would love to hear how buffy is doing so if you have a chance pebblemum it would be much appreciated....

Big hello and wave to everyone else...

MrsFish know how you feel - its really hard when you're just feeling tired and cr*p and your lo just seems to know and won't go amuse themselves. Ds will often play really nicely on his own leaveing me to just mong in a chair but needless to say on the days I really need that no chance!

Hi everyone - just to say mrs fish, hang in there - I have been like this on so many days; it's bad enough feeling crap but then to have the guilt that goes alongside being snappy, non playing, emotional wreck mum is truly rubbish. (not that I'm saying your an emotional wreck, more that I have been and hate crying in front of DS) Just try and remember though that he won't be taking that much notice really - could you just stick a dvd or tv on for a while to occupy him and give yourself a breather to get your head together, have a cuppa etc?? Hopefully your MIL will be able to give you a bit of space/tlc.....thinking of you though

hope everyone else is ok - I feel shattered today. had the MIL over for the weekend which was great cause she babysat on Sat pm and then took DS out on Sun am - first time she's spent that much time with him (he's 2.3yrs!) and she loved it! I think she was acually just waititng to be asked - hopefully more of that though. will need it in a few months!

DH was , and still is, ill - so my thoughts of having a weekend of rest turned into making Sunday lunch for everyone on my own and entertaining his mother and her husband whist he sat on the sofa - so, there wasn't a hangover (and he genuinely wasn't well) but I sympathise with mrs fish and floria - HOW do we end up doing everything????!! I think they are simply programmed to do the minimum

hi all, i'm back off hol, can't take in all the thread but will do my best.

FT -i really feel for you with your dh and is mates, i would have kicked them all out of the car!

Lisa- glad your home, take it easy

mrsfish-can't you calpol and dvd ds? he may have a nap so you can have a sit down, with maybe a choccy biscuit?

sending you all hugs

well, my weekend away was a nightmare, we no sooner got there than i decided to bring dd home, she was a complete bit*h, and i know thats an awful word to use, but it sums her behaviour up perfectly. she is such a jealous little girl, very afraid that people might get something bigger or better than her, and answers me back constantly, i just didn't want to be there with her, but it wouldn't have been fair on my friends dc's to come home. she is now grounded and i have swore i will never take her on holiday with me again, anyway, rant over. it rained and the campsite was flooded so they all got bored too so glad to be home.

got lots of washing to do now so will be back later

J20 - sorry to hear you had such a cr*p weekend - not really what you need at the mo! Sounds like your dd knows how to press your buttons too! Try and take comfort in the fact that her spirit wil take her far when she's older even if it drives you nuts now! And you have full permission to quote this back at me when ds1 is 6 and behaves the same until I want to throttle him!!!

thanks alice, i'm going to take her to see someone at a mental health unit about her 'bad thoughts' as she puts them, like panic attacks, but i think a lot of it is attention seeking, and she says things to me like, 'sorry, but my head is saying that your a cow'..etc. waiting for the appointment to come through, whats the betting they blame me

also the caravan was damp, the mattress has made my back 10 times worse and i had a glass of wine the first night, which was very cloudy but apparantly 'just needed to settle' meaning i was up at 3am on the loo holding a bucket! nice! my friend was glad she had the room next to the toilet

Thanks aliceT - Can't believe Spunk was one of the names no one would call their child that surely???

Nelie - DS won't sit still to watch a dvd, Cbeebies has been on all morning, he will watch the odd programme for 5-10 mins but no longer than that :sigh:

Well I have sorted myself out, the only way was to get up and be active as I was beginning to wallow, so I cleaned the bathroom and ran the hoover round. Put some make-up on and loads of mascara (won't want to to cry and make all that run ) Ds has now had lunch and is sitting quietly watching little red tractor (his fave) will be going to Mil's in a little while and he'll no doubt go to sleep on the way there

J20 - sorry you had a crap weekend

J20 - hope you get some help with your dd. Might be attention seeking but you're doing the right thing to take her comments seriously. Sometimes as parents I think you can be too close to be objective so getting professional help is the way to go. Sure they won't blame you!!!

MrsFish - hope your day improves. Do you have the sort of relationship with your mil where you could ask her to look after ds for a couple of hours while you have a sleep / go out adn clear your head / read a book etc? If so well worth taking advantage of that!

alicet - MiL is pretty good, when she comes to me she takes ds out for a walk and I'll have a nap etc, but I am going to her this week, I'll be able to sit and let her entertain him though

I am also trying to get time to read Harry Potter, bought it on saturday and desperate to have a good old read

Hi everyone - tons of posts, just popping on quickly so no chance to catch up with all the news. Just a quickie, did the first part of my hypnobirthing yesterday and for those interested, have put my initial feedback on the pregnancy thread as there were a few posters who asked me to report back!

Hopefully catch up later on everyones news properly

Dal, I've been reading a book on hypnobirthing and I'd love to try it I think. Do you reckon I really need to go to classes or can it be self taught?

Well, the liver function tests may be normal, but the pains back!! Not sure what to do really. Bub was fine on friday, he's kicking away merrily now and its too early to monitor him anyway (can only do it from 28 weeks apparently). Can't face another pointless trip to the hospital so I think I'll try ride it out and see GP tomorow.

Pheebe - They monitored my baby at 26 weeks when I had reduced movements although they did say that if they hadn't got anything they wouldn't have been worried as it was very early.

Having said that if you feel not too bad and your lo is moving I think waiting to see the GP will probably be easiest... Hope you're OK!

Thanks Alice, its not as bad as friday at the mo so will plod on for now.

J20 - sorry you're having a tough time with your DD. I remember my godson at 6 years old telling me one night when I put him to bed that he wanted to die because all everyone ever did was shout at him (he was a very very boisterous child). It absolutely broke my heart to tell his mum but it turned out he really wasn't coping with his parents divorce at all and he desperately needed some specialist counselling which made the world of difference for him. Their minds work in funny ways and you just don't know what they've picked up from where and what they make of it. I think you're definitely doing the right thing getting some help for her. Try not to be too hurt by what she says and remember that if she didn't trust you completely to always be there for her she wouldn't dare say those things to you so there's a bit of positive in there.