Hi again, and guten tag Pacific. I vaguely remembered that you are German! Loved it at school, our (native german) teacher's favourite word was "quatsch!" which means nonsense/rubbish. That's great that your kids at least understand it and can speak some too! My DD seems to get more into talking swedish when we're in Sweden.
Shroomer - there's nothing wrong with having visions when you're a first timer! Some of them come true, some don't. Yes pink flowers/butterflies for girls and blue cars/airplanes for boys is so boring! Maybe I will take some orders from y'all when I next go to Sweden, we have much more fun and not so gender specific kids clothes in most normal shops there. When I was little I was a tomboy and would mostly play with boys stuff while my sisters wanted to play with dolls... I think it's up to the child, give them different toys to choose from! DD plays with anything at the moment (and she wears pink sometimes). Cute to hear about little boys pushing toy pushchairs. And Pacific, that's so funny about your BFing boys.
Smac - the "violent action both ends" sounded awful! Are you drinking plenty of water?
MummElk - glad you're feeling better. at your description of how you cough! Let us know what happens in your Anti-D study, sounds interesting. My mum told me this used to be a big problem in old days before they started Anti-D injections for Rh- mothers, lots of babies miscarried or sick... So I'm grateful for my jab although of course I'd rather not have it if not necessary!
Manda - no orgasms allowed? Why? I thought that was just the same muscles as you use for pelvic floor exercises, are you not allowed them either? Maybe the doc was just jealous because he/she's not getting any...? Anyway, good that you have been able to do it carefully, the closeness is nice too. And that doctor is an idiot, must have been so frustrating, it's not you!
BPM - I feel SOOO sorry for you, I know exactly how it feels to have stupid buyers pulling out. So disappointing and especially when you had already been looking forward to moving into your new house. Well there's not much you can do except keep trying, and thinking it wasn't meant to be and maybe you'll get an even nicer house next time and/or more money for yours... That's what I do anyway, we're stuck here and I'm so fed up! Hoping to move come spring, don't care that we'll have a newborn baby, just wanna get out of here and move back to London!
It was so nice to spend 24 hours in the city and like I said the gig we went to was great. I had 1 1/2 pints of lager drunk slowly over a couple of hours... a bit naughty but my motherly instincts told me it wouldn't hurt my baby. Was feeling a little bit tipsy and it was really nice and got me into the mood for grooving along to the music, baby was kicking lots so hopefully enjoyed it too. Afterwards I was talking to the guy I know from the band, was nice to see him again, although he put a hand on my belly and said that he thinks kids are scary... not in a mean way though, more like sort of bemused. (He's 45 I think.) DH ended up getting quite drunk (he hardly drinks at all anymore either so lightweight), we finally got back to my friend's place and he raided the fridge for a late night snack. In the morning I found big BITE MARKS on the cheese! Lucky I found it before my friend did...
Sariska - don't know if it helps, but I think most people feel a bit worried/sad about weaning and wondering if the child will be traumatised... but usually it ends up being easier than you think. For me it was pretty easy as DD has started to be a real pain (at 8 months), pulling off, biting, laughing, hitting boob, etc, so I thought enough is enough and when we stopped she didn't even seem to miss it. I think once your DS stops he won't miss it either even though he's older. Make sure you still have lots of cuddles of course! I'm no expert at all but I'm sure there's lots of people on MN who can give good advice!
EmLou - well done with the potty training! How old is your DS? No suggestion for making toddlers with colds sleep, but I wish they would make decongestant medicin for children! Think you have to be 6 to take it... Saline nose drops maybe? (Not tried it myself, couldn't be bothered.)
Congrats Don't Try! Red dress sounded cool.
Pacific - I find Photoshop so userunfriendly! Good luck with whatever you're trying to do. Me I use some software that came with my camera, it can still do all the important stuff like making people look better in various ways, hehe, love fixing photos.
Oh, DH who was looking through the fridge (our fridge this time) just said "I know what we can have, I bought these apple turnovers on sale!" Mmm... And no sorry you lot can't have any!