Hi All, sorry for long absence - seems to have been all go hear for a few weeks (much the same as for all of you) and just vaguely surfacing from it all.
Kooky - wonderful to hear from you and lovely that DS is doing so well. Glad you have a date for palate repair, which must be nice. You sound very chilled about it all, so I'm sure your DS is too.
As usual, is too late in the day by the time I get on hear for my brain to function at all.
Tink - yay for ebay success
Can't - boo to smear (but make sure you go - agree, it isn't worse than childbirth
GYo - boo to spreadsheets and all the hours you're putting in in the evenings. Sounds pants. Hope you get some respite soon. Can only second what Diege and Ses have said re. 4 day week. Am lucky in that I'm in a project role where have managed to make that 4 days, but it ends soon and all roles available are full-time, but they will consider 4 days (meaning I work full-time over 4 days - just seems standard everywhere!). But, it is worth it for having an extra day at home with DC (re. money, remember is one day less childcare to pay for and one day less of travel to work and those things you maybe buy while at work - coffee, lunch, etc?)
MMM - glad work is better and you are getting breaks.
Diege - sounds horrendously long day, hope you get a rest tomorrow evening.
Playing - sorry for sickness, but glad it is reassuring - hope it stays at this level for you.
Waves to Ses, Gruff, and anyone else lurking.
Had a bit of a tough few weeks here. Really reached the end of my tether a couple of weeks ago - DD's sleep went downhill (is that really possible?! ), so took her to doctor, who said to test for possible UTI, but gave us nothing - had an awful night where she was just screaming and not really seeing anything IYKWIM - was so strange DH actually videod it to play to GP, but couldn't get video to play when we were there. GP (wife of couple - saw husband on the monday, her on Weds) prescribed antibiotics for ear infection, I had by then come down with horrible bug where I had fever, horrific aches all over (was literally crying with pain), but dragged myself into work for a morning, which just made it worse... Friday DD came down with sickness and diarrohea, which lasted 4 days, by which time DH came down with it too - so, while I was ill, he slept downstairs so he didn't catch it and I continued to get up to DD during night, then he was ill and stayed downstairs and I continued to get up during the night to DD, hence I got ill again - Finally the second weekend arrived and I DH managed to start helping me at night with DD and by going to bed when she did, I think I'm on a bit more even keel. Anyway - if you made it through all that (no reason you should) - that is why I've been feeling a bit pants and stayed away from here. So, turns out DD did have a UTI and probably an ear infection and then showed a sensitivity to the antiobiotics she was given, so no wonder she was unhappy. Anyhoo, have now properly given up bfing (had sort of tried and then kept giving her the odd midnight feed) and put her on a soya formula, which she has taken to - but is now having a bottle at bedtime and twice in night - have let it go as she got really skinny with her V&D, but am starting to get tough now. Started a more robust attempt to teach her to self-settle at bedtime tonight, so will see how that goes... (problem is am such a soppy Mummy - I read the books and they make sense, then I try to put it in practice and I'm rubbish ). Have a target though - am off to Germany with work for 3 days 2 nights in 2 weeks, so DH will be home alone with children and I neeeeed to get DD more settled by then!
Anyway, apologies for huge long waffle... To top it all off, we got told all amongst this that DD has dropped down the waiting list for her surgery (she was 3rd a couple of months ago, now is 5th ), which means is probably autumn before it happens, but my Mum has said she will come over to look after DS while we're at hospital with DD, but she is due to be in Oz visiting my DB DSIL and new baby in autumn, so is all very frustrating (especially for a control freak like me) not knowing what we're doing!
Ah well, there are so many worse things that could happen and I know that none of this is really bad stuff, but somehow just writing it down on here is quite therapeutic IYKWIM. So, move along please, nothing to see here (except for a pitiful self-absorbed muppet )
Did think David did a good 1st speech outside No.10 this evening though (wish I had ever looked as glam as SamCam when I was preggers either time ) - missed Gordon's farewell, but am sure I can catch it on news/online. Really must get my bum off to bed now... Night all!