November 2008: October are popping like peas.......it'll soon be our turn to moo on our knees!!

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Better, No? less cheese-tastic

Ooh, yes please! How do we do that?

Afternoon ladies

Have been busy at work this morning but my colleague has left the office for the day now so I have the place to myself so can MN work in peace

Saurus we obviously have the same boss as mine is being a slavedriver until the very end too! Have reduced down to 2 days a week for the next couple of weeks but my workload has not decreased accordingly which means I am trying to cram in 2 days what I would normally do in 4 - roll on the 24th!!!!

Reluctant if I don't get my wish for an elcs, I shall be here until the end of November aswell (and probably into December) as DS was a week late - we can count the days together

Am v of the beauty treatments - I wish I had time. Maybe I will once I start my mat leave........I would love a pedicure! But I am going to a Body Shop party tomorrow evening which is cheering me up no end!

Vbab I can't believe your DS has not had an afternoon nap for 9 months My DS is such a lazybones that he has at least an hour every day and actually asks to go to bed after lunch - and tbh, I love the fact that he does as it means I can have a nap too . I really feel for you not being able to have that time to yourself - I don't think I could have got through this pg without that 90 minutes peace and quiet.

Merry how irritating the itching must be- I wish I could do something to make it better for you And why on earth would the hospital think it is ok for a heavily-pg woman to sit around there for 7.5 hours????

Buzz how fantastic to have caught that moment on camera - I can still remember the feeling of elation plus complete terror when they handed DS to me. DH absolutely adored him from the minute he was born and he spent hours laid on the hospital bed with him on his chest - I have some fantastic photos of those moments that still make me go all funny!

Oh I would love a game of Scrabble but I think that might be taking the p**s too much at work - no?

I just need to rant before I do some serious damage to my 4 year old. I finished cleaning the bathroom about an hour ago and I mean REALLY cleaning it. 10 minutes ago ds2 yells down to me that he's poo'ed. My entire bathroom is covered in SHT. His trousers, his legs, the toilet, the sink, the bath panel, the floor. I want to f*king cry and have a temper tantrum, just like a child. I have just left him on the toilet because I know if I go near him he will regret it.

Right. Calmer now for having got it off my chest so should at least clean him up. I can't even clean the bathroom up again as the clothes are in the washer and still have 37 minutes to go.

Oh and just to add there is nothing wrong with ds2, no bugs or anything, just that he pushes how long he can leave it before going. I went mad at him yesterday for the same thing. His poop is always mushy because his diet is appaulingly bad (allergies and picky to boot). ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Ahh....rutho your DH sounds like a good-un. It's weird, as normally I'm the "strong" one in our relationship, but there's something about being 8 months PG which brings out one's vunerable side, and it's very reassuring for your man to be manly and tell you everythings going to be OK.

rutho, I send you an invite. See if you get a message, on the side of your home page, you should see an invitation - I think thats how it works.

rutho, have invited you.
Once you play with me, you can play with all the guys. But keep away from the monkeym - she is far too good

calm Heart2mum. Oh poor you.

Bloody hell, HM2J, how the ... did he get it over such a large area? Little sod. Cleaning hurts at the mo'.

My mate's kid got poo in his own ears the other month, just a couple of days after waking her up in the middle of the night by projectile vomiting over her. She said she considered putting him in the washer for a moment or two.

Big big big hug. Why do these things happen when you aren't allowed gin?

Monkey, see, housework is thankless. Put your feet up, girl. I swear DH had grown some more chest hair after being so very John Wayne yesterday evening. If he carries on like this he will turn into a proper alpha male silverback.

Ceebee, not by the sounds of it, get gaming! They owe you for working you too hard!

oh hm2j. mine have a habit of doing that as well.

or puking in their beds after i put clean sheets on them.

HM2J grrrrrr on your behalf! And that is why I am in no hurry to potty train DS tbh!

heartmum oh crikey - talk about bad timing...take a deep breath and try and put it into perspective.
Ceebee and Rutho - what a bummer your employees are working you to the bone - the buggers.
Rutho Do you want to play Scrabble with me too? ignore Obs - she's just miffed cos I beat her last time.

Obs, too fast for me! Okay, I have accpeted the Scrabble invite (didn't it used to be called Scrabulous or something?). Do I join an existing game?

Rutho play me I'm amazing my current track record is played 8 lost 8!

I think I'm playing one of you...

Gosh, this bodes well for the ol' brain, doesn't it? I can't even work out how to work the thing...

Still, I consider it my way of spreading happiness by letting you wipe the floor with me.

OMG I just had a total hypochondriac moment when I coughed just now and thought my waters had broken. They haven't, I'm just turning into my grandma and will soon need special pants. Only a tiny bit tho'

Kill me now.

lol ruth, i do that all the time.

dh is offering to buy shares in tenalady for me.

I bet when our waters do break we'll just go "oh, it's just wee" and carry on as normal until we unexpectedly give birth in the changing rooms at M&S or something. I just don't want to end up on the local news as the last comedy item before the weather.

Phew! Thanks ladies! Calmness restored....sort of! I stuck ds2 in the shower while I used wipes to get most up and then antibac spray and kitchen towels, at least it looks like it did before, except in my mind where I see it covered in cack! I have NO idea how he got it in so many places although I really shudder at the child who got it in his ears, I think I might vomit! Honestly, at 4 you would think he could manage better, mind you, he was slow to toilet train and still isn't totally reliably dry although he is much better now than he was 2 months ago, just the odd day where he needs changing often, rather than 8 times everyday. Ceebee, don't rush on the toilet training!!! It goes much better when they tell you they are ready. Ds1 just told me one day that he was wearing pants and that was that, maybe 2 accidents the first week and then he was clean & dry. DS2 would probably still be in nappies full time now if we hadn't pushed. Not sure it was worth pushing!

Rutho, you may as well come and join ds2 here, lol! I can clean up after both of you, roflmao!! Actually, I pee when I cough or sneeze too, so you aren't alone.

'kay, I think I've broken the Scrabble thing...

ruth, when they break you'll know. as you have no control over it at all. mine have never gone i na huge lot, except with dd2, when i was pushing lol. the other two it was like a constant trickle.

Hey, mine was only wee! And I didn't get it up the wall or anything - not athletic enough.

God if I become doubly incontinent, I really will just give up and live in a bucket.

LOL Ruth! You should see that contraption I have on the bed incase I manage to pop my waters turning over or something. I didn't have a waterproof matteress cover that will fit my bed, so my side has the leccy banket, covered by a layer of PUL (stuff the use for the waterproof layer of cloth nappies), then a fleece thowe folded in half over that (fleece is absorbant) and then the normal bedclothes, lol! I thought I was quite inventive!

Oh dear me, my spelling is shocking! Not sure if I can get away with blaming pregnancy for bad spelling.