The Wagon Round 2: wonder how many will fall off this time?

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New Threaad Wagoners!

Thanks for thoughts on buggy ladies.

Diege - with the old style McLaren, you unzipped the hood to extend it (it had a please in it, so either hood straight out like normal buggy, or unzipped, it would then pull down to make a darker shade and pretty much cover whole buggy (getting worried now that I have missold this to you )

Giraffe - good luck with DD at GPs, hope it all turns out okay for hols on Thurs.

Ses - sorry for DS being ill, but hope you can still get a good night's sleep tonight while you're away.

Bumps - sorry, not been on all day, so didn't see your thread until now. Glad you have found the cause. DD was similar last night, thrashing, throwing herself round cot, nothing would soothe her. She has 4 teeth coming through, plus we gave her dairy on the weekend and I guess that had her in discomfort as it's gone through her today , so does sound from my experience only, like it is his way of expressing discomfort/pain. Well done on how you coped with it though (am afraid we're still giving DD milk in the night - just once - so that was what got her off again finally). Hope any abs or calpol help him (and you) tonight.

well

i bought mega bloks piano for dd2s xmas pressy as elc all sold out
also bought dd2 2 wooden puzzles in sale and wooden garage for dd1s bday
what lovely sun today
we enjoyed sing and sign

happy bday nat

Thanks all for your kind words.. I feel abit about it all now, he has had 3 lots of AB and I am doubling up on calpol and I do have my little boy back now and he is no longer possesed.... I feel so silly that I over reacted so much but in my defence I have NEVER seen anything like that... It was so bad, agressive and violent but I now know that he was just trying to say "FUCKING OUCH" .. (I am not even going to mention that it was two weeks since his MMR and I actually told the doctor that I thought it had damaged him lol ..) Dont get me wrong he can tantrum with the best of them but usually they are during the day and not so self distructive..

He slept for 12 hours last night as well so he must have been much more comfortable..

Glad things are better today Bumps, I guess now you can look back and it seems obvious but at the time it never is. If I had a pound for every time I've looked back and said Aaaaaaaah, so that's why she was grumpy.. then I'd be very rich!

Ses, hope O's feeling better today

I've got my first proper cake order to do next week, it's a 3 tier square cake for a joint 50th birthday. I've finally settled on a design for it (it's only taken me 2 weeks of thinking!) and am now really looking forward to making it, and getting paid too! And while I'm feeling creative I'm going to try making a mei tai sling. I've got a super dooper sewing machine but have nevermade anything more complicated than a cushion cover so it's going to be quite a challenge! I've found a pattern but of course, me being me, I'm going to make it more complicated and try to put a hood on it and a little pocket too so I can keep my iphone safe on the London trip! I don't know at all what I'm doing, so it might come out rather, er, interesting!

Bumps - have now caught up properly and seems like your reaction was v understandable. Poor DS - hope the ABs kick in quickly and he has another good night tonight.

Moosy - you are so creative and I am so not! V impressed by your skills!

Giraffe - how is SG? Are you all set for your holiday?

Rugby - how was work?

For those of you that haven't seem my FB, GP ended up referring O to the hospital yesterday evening. She wanted the rash checked and he also had about 5 bruises come up so she was concerned there was a blood disorder.
DH and my mum took him as I was 150 miles away in Coventry at stores conference He had blood and urine tests and all came back clear but it all took hours and they were at the hospital for nearly 5hrs. I was v tempted to just walk out on conference and come home. It was so difficult for all of us really. DH says it was O protesting against me leaving him for the night!
It is good to be home and see that he is his usual jolly self and have a nice cuddle.

Hope everyone else is ok. Hello tink, MMM, Diege, Nat, Gruff, Star and Cant

Hello everyone

Sorry to hear about all the poorlies!

Ses - so glad that O is ok now. how awful for you at least you know that DH is capable of coping in a crisis so you can go away more often

Bumps - thank goodness you found out the root of the problem and that it could be easily treated.

Sorry have been AWOL but went away for our first camping trip at the weekend as DH was in his 24 hour mountain biking race on his unicycle his team came first out of three unicycle teams and 110th out of 152 teams so despite being on unicycle they did beat some mountain bike teams! [very proud emoticon] GC was an angel and loved camping!pictures are on my FB

GC didnt get as much sleep as would have at home though so the past two mornings he has slept through unitl 10.30 am to catch up. me and DH have been loving the huge lie ins!!!

It is my birthday on Friday!DH at home in the morning but working a late shift so I will be alone on the evening - boo!

right going to finish washing up now, which is proving very difficult with a scalded finger (very hot oil splashed on my little finger whilst making fish cakes - ouch)

Hi to GY, Diege, ASO, NJ, CANT, MMM, Moosy, Rugby, Star, anyone else!

Morning all,

just a quick one before I dash off to work. First day back at work was strange but good and Caitlin had a good day at nursery. She was shattered when she got home and even though she slept well last night she still looks very tired this morning, bless her. She woke up at 5.45 coughing so I've just put her down for a 30min nap before nursery. Overall it was an easier day than I thought it would be but I still feel I'm she's not ready for 4 days a week, she is so young still. I know lots of kids do 4/5 days at this age and they are fine but I can't make myself feel better about it. Never thought I would feel this way but it's so tough .

Bump - glad you got some good advice and some answers from the GP. I hope he - and you - had a better night last night.

Gyo - the camping sounds fab! C enjoyed our camping trip and slept really well but she has never slept until 10.30 - very of your lie-in's.

Ses - poor you and poor O ! How scary for you and for DH having to handle it on his own. I'm glad he is okay . Typical that it would happen when you are away though.

Moosy - good luck with the cake order and the sling. Your cakes always look amazing, I'm impressed if I can make a cake that doesn't end up as flat as a pancake - I'm useless in the kitchen .

Sorry to everyone I've missed but I'd better go and finish getting ready.

Morning all. DS & DD played tag team wake up last night and i am so tired..

I had an interview for a care in the community job last week. They called yesterday and I have to shaddow a carer today and see what the job entails and if i like it I have a second interview this week.... It is around dp's hours and it is going to be tough. It also means i am going to miss bed times every night which i am so so sad about... but we really need some extra money so I dont really have a choice!!

DS seems to be back to his normal loving cheeky self now. I think that the doctor was correct and he must have been in so much pain to be like that. I really hope I never experiance anything like that again!!!! I can handle his daytime mood swings (apart from the hitting grrrrr)... I hope I havent sullied your impressions of ds. He is the most beautiful, loving, cheeky, georgous little boy that I have ever had the pleasure to meet apart from, it seems, when he is in pain but then isn't that all men

giraffe hope you enjoy your holiday did you ever find out what the spots were?

Ses bet you are glad to be home... Hope O is feeling better now

Rugby hope you have a good day at work..

gruff camping sounds good, but not as good as those lie ins wow well done cub...

Moosy I have one thing to say... I will bring the coffee and you can bring the cake

morning

oh no @ hosp with owen glad all ok

Hello! Just about to watch the match. O is having a nap at the moment but he's been asleep about an hour so will probably wake up in a minute!

Could someone please give me a big slap? I've just foud out that one of the girls in my NCT group is 9 weeks pg and whilst I am genuinely happy for her, I am so and sad that it's not me. How stupid!! I'm v frustrated with myself!!

Bumps - I'm sorry you had another bad night. Also wanted to say don't worry, you can tell from your FB photos what a happy little boy, DS is. I also remember the first time I met him being struck with how smiley he is - especially as at the time he was still suffering quite badly with reflux and yet he still smiled through it all.

Gruff - how amazing that the unicycles beat the mountain bikes! Glad you had a good time!

Rugby - glad first day went ok. Hope it continues that way.

Hello everyone else

Hello! No time to catch up,sorry, but wanted to make some arrangements with NAT, CANT and MMM for Sat. CANT have replied on my fb, NAT, not sure you can get me on fb? Anyways, my e-mail is [email protected] - might be easier to finalise arrangements/swop moby nos on there!

Hello

Rugby- glad going back to work is ok and the first day is easier than expected. Hope that continues. The thing about leaving DD is nursery for 4 days will get easier, as you will get used to it- but it understand how tough it feels.

Bumps- glad O is back to himself today

Ses- glad you are ok. Being away from O when he was in hosp must have felt awful. Sorry to hear you are feeling about the girl who is preg. Understandable that you feel like that. What did DH say when you told him?

Diege/ Cant/ Nat - enjoy the meet up

Gruff- trip sounds great, glad the cub enjoyed camping

I've no idea what the spot things were they are a bit better now but still present. Thanks for holiday wishes Bumps

Hi Tink

Might not be on again now for a week or so

xx

Gyo - have a fabulous holiday. Where are you off to? I'm sure you've said but I can't remember.

Diege/ Cant/ Nat - have a lovely day on Sat if we don't 'see' you before.

Ses - I'm so sorry you are feeling . I certainly won't give you a slap but I will sneak you a , it's totally understandable but I'm confident it won't be long until you and DH fall off the wagon and in the long run these few weeks/months will feel like no time at all.

Well I'm having a day. I feel really pathetic but I just want to cry this evening. I never thought that this first week would be so hard . I just feel I'm going to be doing a second class job as a mum, as a girlfriend and at work for the forseeable future because I just don't have enough time/energy/whatever to go around . I know everyone goes through this but please tell me it starts to feel better soon.

Hello!

Thanks for your kind words - I'll get over it and get pg soon enough
I did tell DH in passing when I spoke to him about something else earlier on the phone and he just said "oh". He's late home tonight so I'll see if he brings it up as I don't want to pressurise things.

Rugby - I really relate to how you feel. I remember early on hitting this realisation that I couldn't give everything 100%. For me, I have managed to reconcile doing the best I can and that is good enough! I always find that the pressure is on more at work to deliver so I try to make a conscious effort to save my best self for DH and DS. Not easy!

Giraffe - have a great holiday! Glad the spots didn't come to anything else

Diege - hello!

Oh meant to tell you the reason I phoned DH earlier...
This morning I went out with O at 10am and got back around 2pm. The dogs normally bark when they hear us come back but they were particularly noisy today. Transpires that Megan had got stuck! Her name tag had got caught in the drainage grille on the patio and she couldn't move her head! I've no idea how long she had been like that for but poor thing was in direct sun and had a good drink of water after I'd set her free.
Poor thing!

Shadowing went really well, I seemed to get to grips with things ok.

The work will be hard going and the hours will be tough in addition to looking after the little ones, but at least childcare will be between dp and I so I wont have that to worry about..

I now have to call the office tomorrow and see where we go from here.....

Hope you are all well...

Bumps - that's great! Glad it seemed to work out ok and great that you and DP can share the childcare. Do you know how soon you would start?

That's fantastic Bump, I'm glad it went well. How is O today, I hope his ear infections are clearing up. Don't worry about giving the wrong impression on here - we know he is a gorgeous happy boy (from your descriptions and the great fb pics) which is why it is so shocking when he has his little monster moments. ps - i love your fb profile pic!

Ses - thanks for that, I'm sure I'll feel better about things as time goes on but right now it's just a bit overwhelming (not helped by the rotten cold C and I are sharing). Did DH bring the NCT/pregnancy thing up last night? You are so much more patient than I am - when I wanted to ttc last year DP wasn't even sure he wanted kids and I kept forcing him to have the discussion over and over until he finally agreed (I didn't mean to 'force' him, I just can't keep my big mouth shut when I have something on my mind ). It just made us both feel stressed and upset and I ended up feeling really guilty for pushing him. It may have moved things on by a month or two (and it all worked out in the end) but it wasn't worth the angst and I should have been more patient. He would have come around in his own time if I'd just waited.

morning

rugby - hope u r feeling better today!!
it is he hardest job in the world being a mum and trying to cater for everyone

ses - bless the dog!! glad she is ok

hi to everyone else

survived 2nd aerobics last nite
then watched hour long enders was great

went to tesco this morning now chillaxing

Morning, just popping in quick, can't stop, DIEGE- have emailed you and text you!x

Super quick one from me too, mad busy at work,just letting CANT know that yes, same moby number (is yours the same too?).No e-mail through as yet.
Hopefully back later, probs this evening, so hopefully we can get details sorted. NAT if you're lurking could you e-mail so that we can arrange times/places etc? Sorry for being so bossy - having flash backs about London trip with the other antenatal group

Dirge- yes same mobile number here too. DH is on a late tonight so will be about in the evening in passing.

afternoon

anyone else watching bb have just watched it always record

recieved elc bits wooden garage looks nice and puzzles

So sorry no time to post properly, had just come on to check with Diege/Can't, but will email instead

Hope everyone is well xxx

DIEGE- need you!!!! Nat can't make it, I can meet you at Blackpool train station if you can still make it?