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How's that? Just hope we all haven't had the same idea and there are now 5 new Emmsys threads

Blummin wierd limit on pho posts! Louey how did your sis get on? Hope the docs ok & you got some joy with the acu? Been wondering how Lbm is too? happy hols if thats where you are! Also cyber hugs to all other lurkers, we miss you Jools moon bq qa choc, babydust comin your way! Also sloppy cyber kisses to lil ones of our mia saggy panters like curly gracie mrsk buddha annie & all others!

Can you believe Summer was 12 weeks today?! She is so big now & has really discovered her vocal chords! SO cute! Left her with Mil for 2nd ever time & went hairdressers but after hour was missing her so much & feeling panicy! She was fine though! Been busy, lots of visiting of friends & rellys & shopping & sorting! We also took her to church for 1st time on sun, lil angel slept through most of it! Got dress for christening too, will post link when back on pc, also of fab invitation site! Tomorrow (today actually! ) its IL's ruby anniversary, got dh 3 bros, other halfs & kids coming round here for get together to celebrate! Really lookin forward to it! Got them a lunch cruise down the thames & trip on the london eye, did that for my hen before the drunken surprise party & stripper at my bf's! Must go back to sleep before dh alarm goes off at 5am! X

Quick post as I'm on my phone on the way into work.

My sister didn't win unfortunately - am gutted for her but so grateful to all those who voted for her

monkey big hugs. I know the feeling and have been there myself this week. It's not fun is it. Lots of positive thoughts coming your way. I'm now on cd6 and feeling optimistic again xxx

4ever happy 12wk birthday to S!!

barbie i think there are some recipes in AK's book where she mixes sweet with savory - have a recollection of something mixed with pear. Might be worth a try??

Am sorry - I know I've missed loads of you out. Will try and get back on later if work permits.

4ever at S being 12 weeks, that has really flown. Loving your early hour posting

neeko Cjay was absolutly fab on his first day back to school, but yesterday he was more unsettled, but I just keep it cool and calm for him at home and kind of go with the flow so he can find his feet again. Oh and I AM enjoying the cylcling no kidding

Gotta go Ajay has pooped , that's me pulling a poo smelly face

Barbie wonders in, removes dark sunglasses and lets her eyes adjust to the light....whispers cc seems to be working

30 mins of on off crying fro, 7.10pm, sleep by 7.40pm, feed at 10.30 and slept til......3.30am!!!!!
Could of been longer but her alarm went off and gave us both a fright, couldn't feel the warm air when hand in front of face dh went to move her and she pushed his arm away, resettled and went back to sleep for another 10 mins before she decided she was in fact hungry! She woke a few times,did a bottom bump (one was so loud it made me jump and dh giggle like a girl!) and managed to get herself back to sleep...my little monkey is learning! From this day forth i will no longer moan about my sleep issues monkey your post made me feel most humble, im so very lucky to have her, sleep or no sleep i love her to bits and your post bought tears to my eyes. I in fact googled what time it was where you were to see if i could text but it was a little too early. I really do believe you will have another baby, please hold on to the fact that you have done it once so your body is capable of doing it again. Ok, so this month wasn't your month...maybe your body is doing you a big favor, its getting you stronger both mentally and physically for when the time is finally right...and the time will be right some day in the not so distant future. Hold on to your dreams for the day is not worth waking for if you have nothing to dream about (so says dh grandma) Big hugs

vjay and neeko did either of you see the 'who knows best' programme last night? It was on weight lose and had me giggling like a loon! I could just picture us all in sainsburys tapping our wrist and chest when we were walking down the chocolate isle...um penguins, tap tap tap! Um jaffa cakes, tap chest! ha ha

vjay no probs about yesterday, i just needed to distract myself....its funny how many words i can type when blocking out the crying! Dolly is now 13lb 3oz so still tiny really! But she loved toast last night (thanks blue) and banana. We have decided to to give her puree as normal and then some finger foods....but boak at banana, i cant touch it without gagging sick face!
I guess the main problem is following the AK book it really doesnt tell you what to offer if they dont like something on the meal plan or what they can have at any given month...im off to google finger food for 6 months old (2 days away )

blue indeed the jars are totally rank, we only tried as we were out later than planned on day so stopped in waitrose....my freezer is full of home made stuff and i will continue to be the puree queen and make my own, will have a go at the cheese sauce. We also introduced fennel drink which she seemed to like...it made the gas move so it seems to be a good thing.

mermaid you ok my lovely? be prepared for some next weather commencing next week, im packing the sun and bringing it home!

louey boo hiss at polar not picking your sis....we gave it our best shot though and she got super fit in the bargin I will dive into the ak book and look for the recipes now, thanks lovely....

Ok some barbie moments...

Just been to vets to pic up freds passport for the kennels...on the way out a cat in a box came in and the dog behind me went mad..i jumped in shock when he barked only to land in the dogs water bowl that the vets had out my foot was soaking..tried to walk away like nothing had happened....and slipped

....being a bit naughty yesterday i decided to treat myself to a bar of chocolate, the cashier couldnt scan it, went for code, the que was held up only to get home and they forgot to pack it after typing in the code i then called dh and rambled on that someone was sending me messages that i was too fat to have chocolate hence the disappearing bar!

Oh and mls i have a weird fb stalker too. Afew days ago my profile pic was me on honeymoon in my lovely Missoni dress, got a friend request from some random...ignored it then recieved this message (after changing my pic)

was just runnin through some dubai groups coz I just moved here like 3 weeks ago, so I am trying to get to know new people. U must be pretty... fed up withj receiving messages all the time cos of ur profile pic, so u chenged it? :-)

freak

Waves to everyone else, gotta go...have to pay the cleaner (ah i love thursdays, my house is spotless once again!)

4ever 12 weeks already???

waves to vjay....love the bum poop face!

Hello ladies one handed typing here...sure J is having growth spurt he's constantly on the boob at the moment

Thanks all for advice re af; I think it probably is a v light one but will see what happens on my chart! :)

I just sneezed & J burst into tears- bless, must have made him jump!

We've had the nappy to end all nappies this morning, right up to the neck & ruining my favourite outfit of his!! He found it hilarious though & grinned the whole way through being cleaned & changed!

I heard from curly last weekend she's fine just mega busy :)

4ever the para button on my phone is with all the other symbols, it's an arrow like the one on the enter key of keyboard. J woke at 3 last night too...and that's the time MN is down for server backup so couldn't even read on phone!! how inconsiderate of him.
Good luck if you go back to Portland soon.

Vjay mega well done on the cycling! Can't wait to see Ajay in his helmet!

barbie glad the cc seems to be working...she is one strong willed little lady!

monkey massive hugs to you. I agree with barbie that you will be all the better prepared when it does happen. I know saying that kind of thing doesn't really help all that much though; thinking of you loads x

MLS did you see the flooding in bb?? Madness! Can't wait to see how they deal with it. Imagine if that had happened the night of the final

blue I'm wearing your lovely bfing top (the blue one) now; it's fab!! Loving all your weaning tips too will store them away for future use! neeko also loving the idea of 'tiny pasta'- aww! :)

Going out tonight with NCT ladies sans babies which will be very weird...just hoping J sleeps nicely for daddy!

Hooray! Finally got some pics of J up on my profile :)

Hi ladies a very quick one from me to say that curly and I are planning to meet up in the afternoon of Thursday 16th September. If anyone else wants to join us (and you are all more than welcome ) let us know and we'll start up an email like we did last time

cupcake jude is adorable...and he has the same hodge podge duvet like Dolly!

Toast, banana, peach, pasta....finger foods all went down a treat!

Later lovelies, its the start of my weekend....speak soon xxx

Aw thanks barbie :) that's actually the hodge podge playmat but wish we had the cot things; i love mamas & papas stuff!

also forgot to say earlier i get those money saving emails & this wk it had a 10% off boden code..made me think of you girls. go to www.moneysavingexpert.com to find it.

Aaawwwwwww cupcake Jude is so gorgeous, I am a very proud cyber aunt xx

Hey everyone

Woaahhhh just had an impromptu meet-up with LBM! She popped over to borrow a travel-cot & she was exactly how I imagined. See, Facebook does have it's advantages when you are in need!

Cupcake lovely pics of ds on your profile. Hope you are having a good night out with your friends, I bet you all talk about babies all night! Yes bb was v funny when they had that flood, I don't know how they managed to get it cleared up again so quickly.

Sabs, where are you & Curly meeting? You were asking about when lo's drop their naps, I can't remember when my dd dropped her morning & afternoon nap but she dropped her lunchtime nap just after she turned 2. She was doing the same thing your dd has been doing & she just used to stand in her cot & cry & refuse to sleep. In turn it would make me cry & I really gave myself a hard time over it but when they get like that it is pointless trying to make them have a nap that they don't want to have.

Vjay I have a seat on the back of my bike for dd & I love taking her out on it. Having said that I've not been well enough chest-wise to take her out much this year but certainly the last two Summers there has been no stopping us.

Louey glad the positivity is creeping back in. One thing I hated about ttc was that the month was divided up between hope/positivity/fading hope/despair until you get that bfp. The lows are truly awful but it never takes more than a few days for the hope to begin to rise again.

4ever how was your busy family day today?

Moon stop lurking & talk to us about your wedding plans.

Barbie what is it with these fb stalkers. I have to admit though that I was quite flattered by mine ! I did the controlled crying a few times but it is so hard when you have a strong willed child. I had to give up when I had the cot on the lowest setting & she could still manage to throw herself out.

Neeko hoaching??? What is that? My dh has started saying shoogling now just because I asked him if he knew what it meant! I agree with you about Myleene, she is just too nice. Nobody can be that nice.

Monkey my heart goes out to you. I was in exactly the same position as you last year, believing that dd would end up being an only child & I know how heartbreaking that thought is. Please try & keep the faith, it will happen for you, I just wish someone could tell you when.

Blue I had to snigger at you having a devil on your shoulder telling you to 'see what happens'! I know I'll TOTALLY be like that! The thing is for me, getting pregnant has taken so much planning & preparation that I don't believe I could ever fall pregnant accidentally.

Right got to go my lovelies as bb has started. Thanks for all of the lovely things you've all said about my website. Remember I'm quite versatile & can paint any size, any subject!

Waves to Curly looking forward to your mammoth Curly-esque post!

waves to mls

well I failed miserably catching up but I have made COPIOUS NOTES and will be back tomorrow night

Spend the last hour laughing and crying though. You girls are really special ya know

MLS you were taller than I thought but otherwise as imagined ( and so not an axe murderer

BTW ladies - I only saw the kitchen, but it was every bit as stylish as I expected and I saw an MLS orginal painting and it is soo lovely. I'm definetly thinking if a commision later in the year ( when I go back to work and have money!)

I'm going to attempt a catch up - I do need sleep but I also need a bit of fun, baby J is soooooooo lovely at the moment but life is a bit of a blur...

cupcake your boy is so lovely and such a boy. I must post some of Jo - its amazing how boys and girls look so different when they are so young!

JoJo was 3 months yesterday and its amazing how time has flown. Colic is much better and I have my evenings back - well most of them untill I have to go to MLS's house and then she decides to scream for an hour

curly Let me know the dates for London - I'm not going back to work until Oct 18th, so hopefully will be able to meet
And btw, your not crap, you just have a baby and so are busy!

barbie Yay for Dolly sleeping so long last night - hope it lasts as she has had you running ragged recently hasn't she. Hope you have your thermals for your visit home - its cold here.
And, well done for doing cc - I don't think I could do that, I hate to hear JJ cry. SOmetimes I have to - when ds who is being just lovely says, can you just read me this story and just leave her? Just leave her Mummy... ( btw, he does adore his sister but just needs some time himelf sometimes)
Dolly seems big compared to JJ - I don't think she has hit 10 pounds yet!

vjay Ajay is nearly one? Where did the year go!! I'm planning to get a bike later in the year - already have a seat for JO but just no bike to put it on but need one to keep up with the other two who have both had bikes for their birthdays this year.
And I loove it when they do the long 2 hour lunch naps - at the moment, the most I get is 30 mins and I am really happy with that! Especially if shes in her cot rather than on me!

louey Sorry for your sis - they clearly had no taste

4ever Please can you make sure that biscuit keeps you awake every night as I just love your long late night posts! Thye make me smile - you just sound so happy but I can;'t believe that you are starting to think about no 2. Having said that, I got pregnant with no 2 when no 1 was only 8 months old - this time round, I think dh will still be in the spare room by 8 months!

neeko Hi to you too! I'm also heading for the coil, no more littlebells here ( but I do keep looking at Jo and thinking wouldn;t it be nice to have another). DH would leave!
But today, she was sat in her bouncy chair on my bed as I was packing , cooing to me and listening to me give her a blow by blow account of everything I did and I could have carried on with that for ever!! She is so lovely.

MOnkey I'm with the others - it will happen and lets persuade the gods that this month is your month

And now, I really have to go - we had a good holiday ( DH nearly throttled his mother but still) - all DC's were good, epscially Jo who settled at 7pm each evening, so Mummy and Daddy could go out.
Tomorrow, we are off to a festival in Devon for 4 days - car is packed and DH wants to leave after breakfast. It's likely to rain all weekend but the DC's love it so much that I persuaded DH that it will be fine ( he is very worried about how we will cope - I'm not)
I'm likely to have a small person in my sleeping bag for the next three nights and so, must go and get some sleep ( espcially as she'll want a feed in a couple of hours)
Night...

Morning,

lbm enjoy your festival and I'm loving how relaxed and happy you sound , and at you having a small person in your sleeping bag Oh and sorry mls screamed for an hour when you went round to see her

curly look forward to your mammoth post tonight , and it's lovely to see you.

mls hopefully next summer you'll be out and about on your back with dd on her own wee bike and ds in the seat

OK weigh-in day, and I have GAINED a pound, but I'm hoping with my new found passion for cycling it will be a better result next week.

sorry vjay you must have caught the pound I lost this week. Come join me on the cake diet! The lady at the gym asked me if I was starving myself

monkey ah lovely lady where is the rhyme and reason to it all?
I am so, so sorry that this month is out it is a very hard and narrow path to follow and you have been so strong.
It always felt to me when I waited a year to get that magic bfp that my body and maybe my mind just weren't ready somehow.
How is it standing with the dishy specialist? are they just waiting for you and dh to do your thang before they all leap into acion stations? Thinking about you lots.xx

hi curly missed you.x

omg lbm the weather in devon you wil be going home with webbed feet.x

gotta go muchus work going on.x

Oooohhh mermaid the cake diet sounds interesting I am making neekos red pepper soup at the moment. Oh and the other day I looked out the window and said it was 'mizzling' , dh and ds1 were then asking me what on earth I was talking about Thanks for the pound

Well done to neeko on your weight loss, and I've got my sis joining in too, she lost 2lbs

Hello :)
the weather in Wales is DELIGHTFUL We all turned up to night out last night lie drowned rats with macs & brollies...it's August!!! Why do I live here?

Aw thanks for the lovely comments on Jude :) lbm I'm v chuffed you think he is a proper boy! When I'm out with him people ALWAYS say 'how old is she' or 'isn't she lovely'...the other day he was wearing blue dungarees, blue socks, blue t shirt & an old lady said 'she's very well behaved' I said 'thank you but it's a he' and she replied 'oh...very pretty boy' !! Looking forward to pics of Jojo.

Vjay I lol'd at the image of MLS screaming for an hour at LBM
I made tomato and red pepper soup toay with toms from the garden...it was sooooo yummy. But I think the half a pot of cream I added makes it a 100 point soup
Boo to the pound gained but onwards and upwards!

Hi mermaid and curly :)
very of meetups. Wish we were closer to London! My sis lives there though so I may have to drop by sometime & see y'all :)

goodevening from dubai

I had the best night sleep in over 6 months last night i feel alive and refreshed...i think Dolly is finally getting it, although im sat here holding my breathe as the 45 min wake up is coming up in t minus 3 mins, i wonder if she can stay asleep??? She woke for a feed at 9.30pm last night back in bed for 10pm and then...wait for it.......5.10am i nearly feel out of bed in shock when i looked at the time!
CC is going well (touch wood) not nearly as bad as we anticipated neeko and lbm i hate to let Dolly cry at anytime too but this really was our last resort i was getting so tired that i was worried that i wouldnt move fast enough if she was to fall over, or awake enough to drive safely on the manic roads here etc etc. It seems like its doing the trick so we are all so much happier now

lbm Dolly is still only borderline 5th to 15th percentile, at the same age as J she was only very slightly heavier...Im sure she will stack the weight on now she is feasting on toast, pear, pasta etc. Have fun in my home county...shame you are only there for the weekend, i miss you by a few days. Hope dh isnt too stressed by it all, im sure its going to be great fun!

cupcake Jude looks so much like a boy im that anyone could think otherwise Mind you i always get asked if Dolly is a she, normally when she is head to toe in pink with a hair slide i normally say nope its a boy in drag To be honest the name doesnt help, although there are more called called Devon then there are boys! Hope you dry out soon.

vjay lol at you putting on mermaids lb slowly slowly catch a monkey...it will come off, cycling will tone you up too so you will feel slimmer in your clothes sooner. I weigh 63.1kg think i was 64.5kg on starting. I just cant get below 60 bloody 3!

curly you have been missed!

Right she has woken, off to sort her out and then relax on the sofa with the remote to myself while dh is out with the boys...ahhh bliss

Have a good weekend everyone x

Evening ladies :)

ok mls just for you i will de-lurk for the evening sorry cant remember whose phrase that was, its a good one! wedding pland are on hold atm due to lack of funds and stuff going on, but dont worry still very much happening just at a later date.

cupcake i agree with the others, Jude is just gorgeous and looks to me about as boyish as you can get, he looks obviously like a boy to me - some babies at that age could be either sex, but he looks like a proper little man. I love the bath photo, just adorable.

barbie love reading your blonde moments, but especially liked your pep talk to monkey yesterday (been catching up today) and i needed to pinch a tissue out of your box! It makes so much sense when you tell someone else, im just not very good at hearing it when its directed at me. btw Dolly just sounds the best!

happy 1st birthday to Ajay wow where did the time go its such lovely news but it just reminded me how long i've been sat on the sodding small pant bench

am cd17 today, think i ovulated late yesterday have been bd-ing for england again but probably all in vain? i am actually starting to think now that i wont be a mum, maybe its just not my destiny, i want it so much but im trying to distance myself from it because its been driving me insane.

anyway, sorry for lack of personals, big hugs to the yummy mummies for being supermums, excited hugs for mls and bump (are you the only big panter?) and baby dust in buckets for my small panter friends xxxxx

YAYYY... hello moon I am delurking too (I think - what does that mean exactly? ) nice to see you hon

I have just eaten a big dinner and am slouching on the couch. DH is back in his chair where he belongs, cheeky bugger worked from home today, used MY couch, and now reckons his chair is not comfy enough

ok time to find those COPIOUS NOTES and catch up properly :)