Are you on the wagon?

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Hope this is ok?

heya, took DS for a walk round to the shops, and to my friends, and he did really well considering i didnt take the pram with me. must have tired him out tho as hes still sleeping now, must get him up soon, hes going to be up late tonight. but he was exhausted poor boy.

evening

diege - snap with boden parcels i was out but luckily it fitted in the letterbox
next on list is mothercare tshirts may look on boden website @ theres

good luck with wisdoms

mm - ye for reins and other shopping bits

enjoyed friends this aft
had cuddles with my friends new baby gorgoeus

MMM, good going on the reins Were they helpful on the walk this afternoon?

Rugby, good luck for tomorrow, don't envy you at all, any talk of teeth set's the hairs on the back of my neck on end DD sound's like she is doing brilliantly! We did BLW with DS2 and 3, they are both brilliant eaters, DS1 on the other hand... might just be coinsidence, you tend to pander to the PFB afterall!

Can't, hope you've been better this afternoon?

Gruff, we've always used a soft baby toothbrush (not the finger ones - work of the Devil!) with just a tiny bit of our normal colgate toothpaste, DS1 we used to use the 'kids' toothpastes but dentist said something (can't even remember what it is now - not enough floride? Too much floride? Can't remember!) so we've just done normal toothpaste since. Re. the move v. schools, it is deffo something that need's considering, we got DS1 into his new school no probs, DS2 on the other hand probably isn't going to make it in, his class group had 40 odd children on the list when we put his name down (4 sets of twins on the list!) I have no idea how we're going to work it if they are at different schools. Also finding refresh really slow today.

Diege, sorry you're worried about the results Am sure it's just down to the usual NHS problems, not enough time/money/people etc. If there had have been anything to worry about, surely they'd have contacted you by now?

BlendedStar, has a bit a of a ring to it!

Playing, I really hope tomorrow isn't bad news, if good thoughts and wishes count for anything then the wagon alone will see you through. Oh god that sound's really preachy, even having been there it's hard to know what to say, I suppose there isn't anything.

Just had some crap news, my friend's daughter has just been taken into hospital, she's been really poorly since Friday, seemed like she was perking up a bit when I spoke to my friend earlier but she's gone back down, wish we were closer for the first time since we moved, it's not anything serious serious, but just makes you realise how much people actually mean to you. Feel as bad for my friend as I do her daughter, daughter undoubtedly feels like shit, she's poorly, but my friend will be worried sick thinking alsorts. Doesn't help that the GP has been that worried that she has rang my friend to check on her DD 4 times today before finally deciding to send her in. Here's me banging on about a silly course and then there is Playing dealing with this and my friend dealing with that. Kind of put's it all in perspective.

I am off for the night, going to have dinner, get in the bath, wait for update from friend and get in to bed, and go to bloody sleep, with no dreams, no sleepy sobbing, and no thoughts of ID at all, well nearly...!

G'night everyone x

ye they were very helpful on the walk, as they caught his fall, although some of the time, he just was messing when he fell, because he knew i caught him, but he was really good considering it was his first time on them, and walking without his pram there.

Hello all!

Well had a nice day with Gruff cub. he did manage to get all the way under the sofa and was crawling about under there but then couldn't get out and cue huge panic while me absolutely wetting myself laughing trying to pull this poor child out. I had to turn his head to just the right angle and then I got him out but was so funny. not for him though!LOL!

NJ - sorry to hear about your friend's daughter, I hope she is ok.

Thanks for advice re toothbrushing. we have been using soft toothbrush and dentinox baby toothpaste but will probably switch now to normal so thanks

MMM - great about DS walking without the pram!

Hi STar! I will try and stick around tonight if you're about! I will be doing my work so will be up for a distraction

Hi tink - glad you had a good time with your friends this afternoon.

Right going to do some work now before one born every minute is on but will be lurking here too

evening
quick post as Im am supposed to be going to bed soon.

Nat- sorry for your friends daughter. Hope she is ok - sounds like she is in good hands.

MMM- glad the reins worked well

Gruff- so amusing about the cub going under the sofa!

Kay- if you are lurking, hope everything is going ok for you. Come and say hi when you can.

Playing - all the best for tomorrow. Least you will know one way or the other.

Hello everyone else. Catch you tomorrow.

Morning all. Am on train on way into our London office, so have the luxury of getting to MN while on the commute. Can't do emoticons on my phone though.

Thinking of you today Playing.

Thanks for offering to be around last night Gruffbut decided I had better get some chores done and an early night (if 10.30 counts). DS sounds funny under sofa yesterday.

Sorry for your friend Nat. Hope her daughter is improving.

Catch you all later.

popped in to say take care playiung today u will b in my thoughts

off to music with mummy in a min

Just popped in to thank everyone for your kind wishes. Its really nice that everyone is being so supportive, it doesn't matter what you say its just nice to know people care. Will be back on later to let you all know the outcome although I cannot see how it can be good as I'm still bleeding.

Playing- i have everything crossed for you. wishing you love and strength this morning. xx

Hi everyone else.

perked up by about 5pm yesterday- finally!! stupidly ate chinese for tea tho so i didn't ahve to cook... so my 7lb has most likely gone back on overnight!! haha!!

trying to decide what to do for Dd1's bday in a few weeks, she wants a nice family day out, so we were thinking alton towers or flamingo land etc... invited our friends along who we're staying with over easter weekend too. Hopefully should be a nice day again.

Weather aint too bad here... hoping it stays ok as i promised the DC's they could play in the garden after school so they'd stay in bed quiet till 7am!! Not that it got me any more sleep!!

thats what we r here for playing good luckxx

hi cant it is dark and abit chilly here!!
we enjoyed music with mummy then bought choccy in tesco
wish they hadnt reduced the easter eggs to yummy

dd1s bday plans sound nice we took dd1 to paultons last year for her 4th was great

Hello . Just posting from work, though have to leave in a few mins to get back for school pick-up as childminder still in hosp.
PLAYING, have been thinking about you - remember being in the same situation all too well, and really hope you get some answers and whatever the outcome can face it with as much strength as possible xx
CANT, we always enjoy flamingo land though would take a picnic as their prices for food are a little steep. Hopefully you'll get warmish weather too. Or you could always come over to Liverpool ?
TINK hope music class went well.
GRUFF, was telling dds about GC this morning under the sofa - they looked at me like I was mad 'why would the baby want to go under the sofa???' Well, why not!
Hopefully post again when back home later. Oh and thanks NAT for advice re: smear - as you say, no indication that things are wrong, and of course if they are, better to know anyway!
Right, back later

hi diege - fellow shopper

music class good thanks

have a good day

just got my cluncard vouchers there is a top i want to ger bracken

Afternoon

Playing, hope you've got some answers by now, still keeping you in my thoughts.

Gruff, for GC under the sofa!

Can't glad you're feeling better

Tink, just again, I daren't even look at chocolate and I'm still only losing 1-2lb a week!

Diege, hope you hear sooner rather than later, but I am sure they'd have let you know if there was something.

Friend's DD is doing OK, no better but no worse.

Have good news, well hopefully good news, a house has come up for rent, it is perfect for us, only problem being that it's on for sale as well, so waiting for a phone call back from lettings agent to find out if it's going to be a long term let or not, do not want to be moving again. Link Also need to sit down with DH and decide whether we can actually afford it, we'd said with going for the course that we'd probably have to put the move on hold, but it is just so perfect for us, (save the sickly sweet purple paint, but that's easily changable!) Am watching the phone for any signs of it ringing, hope she bloody hurries up!

afternoon all,
PLAYING thinking of you, hope you have some answers.
GRUFF sounds very cute / funny abot GC under the sofa
been to little angels this morning, and max loved it as always. although it was very quiet. probably about 10 children / babies.
usually at least double that.
waiting in for a man coming to have a look at the hole in my bathroom wall now. hope he comesoon so can just relax.

Hello.

Well, I've def had a mc, just as I suspected. Happily though there was nothing to see on the scans which means that my body has dealt with it all naturally so no d & c and the worst is over.

I actually am feeling like I've got out of it pretty lightly. Sure, I've had lots of bleeding, feel washed out and been a little uncomfortable with period type pains but thats it. So as mc go, this has been pretty good.

I am also still ok with it all. Thought I might be a mess by now but still feeling alright. Maybe because I don't really feel like I've lost a baby, just lost a pg. When I get a positive pg test, I see it as a start of a journey where the life inside you is growing into what will hopefully be a baby but I am well aware that it might not make it. I don't really consider it a baby and bond until I've had a sucessful 12wk scan. I know plenty of people disagree with that (in fact I'm sure its a MN crime to say that I personally don't consider a group of cells a baby)but it really wouldn't even have looked like a baby yet. Sure, I'm disappointed that I'm not going to have a baby this year and I'm sad that I thought that just maybe I was going to, but it wasn't meant to be and unfortunately mc is just a normal part of having a family. I'd rather not go through it but better that then a pg continuing when there really is something wrong.

Right, I need to go and get some lunch. I'll catch up later.

So sorry Playing You sound very strong and rational. Lots of TLC and taking it easy, and watch out for it catching up with you. Hope DH is OK too.

hi all

so sorry to hear that playing By the sounds of it you are dealing with it very well and are so right, it was a failed pregnancy, a ball of cells, and just not meant to be. thinking of you xxx

NJ - house looks lush - snap it up!

news on my "life dilemmas' here too. we are contemplating selling up and moving into a rented house. have spoken to my sis who is in finance. we can get loads more for our money and still live in a lovely house and area. and still save our equity up and if there is a housing crash or if something comes up we will be ready to pounce where we are at the mo is not that great for schools and in the middle of town but is very commutable for london so pushes prices up. sooo...we are needing to get the flat ready for valuations etc and then depending on that we will review whether to go ahead.

basically means i get all the things that I want...nice house, good area, good schools, more DC's and I dont have to go to work. so that is what we are going to do - I think!

MMM - glad you and DS had fun at Little Angels

Tink - glad you had fun at music class.

we had to miss our baby sign class today as friend who was going to take us cancelled at last min as son was ill Im feeling a bit stir crazy

Hi,

Thanks Nat, I am waiting for it all to creep up on me! Like the house btw.

Gruff, your sofa story made me laugh and so reminded me of DS. He got stuck under a friends bed once. I was at a friends and he needed a nap, so put him down on a playmat in her room. This was before he learnt to crawl really but could crawl a little backwards. So that must of been exactly what he did. We heard whinning went into the room and couldn't find him, then we saw him halfway under the bed!

Ooo, I like the renting idea. We were very happily renting and down here you can certainly get more for your money if you rent. In fact technically we are still renting (well, my parents own the house but we pay the mortgage and all the bills so its basically ours in all but name) however, that costs us slightly more than renting it would and Mum and Dad put down 25% which we wouldn't have been able to do ourselves, so it does prove renting can be a good bet. Move slightly more into Hampshire and I'm sure you'll get more for your money. Oh and second stir crazy, haven't been out this week (apart from quick trip to park) and going a bit crazy here too.

oh playing - you do sound very rational though
take carex

nat - rental sounds exciting

got out elc click clack track and wooden bus sorted for bracken now bought on her 1st bday and put away they r from 18 mtnhs she luvs them

hi gruff

Hi Playing!

Your status just popped up on my FB - def have a G&T

yeah we went out to town on Monday and nowhere since. living on third floor with no lift is pants! I might have to go out for a walk in a minute! Im feeling ill from lack of fresh air and DS is up to so much mischief! though gladly no more sofa antics!

LOL at DS crawling under the bed!

re areas my DH works in Godalming so will be looking at Godalming areas, around there and Hindhead areas and Haslemere. Pretty pricey to buy but it is doable to rent. I already have a list of properties in my favourites to show DH when he gets home (this is after a conversation through texts today with me saying about renting and him replying maybe we should look into it) if he is not careful I will have sold the flat before he gets home

Thats great that your parents helped you out, my sister is very well off and has offered to go guarantor on our further mortgage but we still cannot get the areas we want even with her help. we have to settle for the slightly worse areas with the not so great schools and I am not prepared to do that when I know a year or so and I will get itchy feet again and want to move again!

Oh my sorry for the rambly post - it does help to get it into perspective though!

And we're down and out already, letting agent said the landlord is to prepared to rent it long term, but, he's not taking it off the market, so if someone came along and wanted to buy it, we'd be out on our arse. Another one bites the dust, except that is the first house to come on since we moved in here

Oh well, it wasn't meant to be...

Nat - thats a bummer. In my experience its best never to rent a property thats for sale. Whatever the landlords say if they just wanted to rent it would only be available to rent, they obvioulsy would rather sell but would consider renting if they can't sell but only until they get a better offer. Friends of mine have just been chucked out of their rental place for the same reason, when they rented it a year ago it was for sale as well, now the landlord wants to try and sell it again they have been given their marching orders.

Gruff. Twas very funny. Haven't had the G & T yet but am very tempted, its been eyeing my in the fridge teasing me for weeks.

Godalming is very nice, so is Haslemere. Could be worth looking further down the railway line as well. Petersfield is on the same railway line about 30 mins by train and will be cheaper than Godalming! Lovely little market town with an outstanding rated infant school, but of course I am completely biased

Hello Everyone

I cant believe this is the first chance I've had to get on here today.

Playing- I am sorry to hear that the outcome was a MC. You do sounds very cool and ok about it but do look after yourself. Maybe treat yourself to a nice treat when you can.

Hi Nat, Tink, MMM

Hi Gruff- interesting news about moving! I love haslemere (where we got married so thats why I love it!) We visiting Petersfield back in the summer (I thought of you playing!) and it seems a lovely town.

Playing- perhaps we should arrange mini SUrrey/Hampshire meet up in one of these towns?

I am feeling much happier today after a much better day at work.

Will be lurking online tonight as i've got some work to do, but with a glass of wine to help me on my way!

Wow- I am competing with Nat with the number of smilies!