Emmsys weebles; pop in for a chat, there's always someone in the greenhouse

[VJay]

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

Thanks 4ever (sad smile)

Fecking hell, Fred always moves from her if he has had enough, we always keep an eye on them, but she is getting much to quick. It took a second, one poxy second.

I was behing Fred, she crawled up to him. A second later there was a bark and a scream. Then i saw three teeth marks, one so close to her eye it scared me the most. Her skin is broken, there is bruising behind the puncture marks. Her beautiful face Feck....

I dont know what she did to make him do it, it was too quick...why is today any different. I cant leave them for a millisecond now. She will be with me 110%, makes my life harder too.

What about when other babies come around.

Ive just phoned home to see if the inlaws will have him, they can't.

Dh is working, i have phoned him 100 a few times to update him, he is on the way now.

My poor Dolly

x post with mermaid and blue

I love you girls... the thread should be renamed to lets all support barbie* in her daily wobbles, the biggest weeble ever!

Im sorry for taking over the thread This should be a happy place not full of my woe's

I think it just grows with us, please don't ever worry we have all at different times needed the support.
What ifs are a torture you don't need, blue is right. Glad dh is coming home. Have you got anything to help the bruising, arnica or something cold.

bq hope you are ok down there in the sand, will send you some shells for a bit of decoration and some seaqwee so you can see what the weather wsill be doing too

mls&k hope you are home and counting toes for the 10000000s time

seaweed even

mermaid you make me giggle, thought seaqwee was one of your cornish words! thankyou again x

Oh Barbie You must feel awful, but this is absolutely not your fault. It is one of those things that as parents and pet owners we dread might one day happen, but don't ever believe it will. Poor Dolly, it must have been such a shock. Sounds like maybe she hurt him somehow, and that's why he snapped

What an awful dilemma, I'm so sorry this has happened. It's a shame your IL's can't have him, but there may well be someone else who would?

Wish I was there to help out somehow, you have some much going on at the moment, and it can't help that you're so tired - bet you can't even think straight...
I hope dh gets there soon, and that Dolly's okay. Sending you a huge ((((((((((((hug)))))))))))) xxx

Love to everyone else too xxx

Oh barbie huge hug to you, I can't really add anymore to what the others have said. I imagine that Dolly has no idea now what has happened, try and take heart in that.

Hi ladies,
oh gosh barbie I'm so sorry :( not what you need on top of everything. I'm glad Dolly doesn't need any medical attention but what a worry for you. Hope your head is a little clearer now and do NOT apologise for 'taking over the thread'...as mermaid said, we all need the support at different times so you just say whatever you need to!
How have the last couple of nights been without the cc?

Not sure if things have improved here really...some positives some negatives. Monday night he had jabs and was a bit unsettled, then last night we decided to do pupd and be consistent with it rather than sometimes having him in our bed, sometimes feeding to sleep etc.
Last night I was ready to do it for an hour or more putting him to bed but was amazed it only took 15 mins.
He woke at 12.30pm, feed and back down at 1.30am. Then woke at 3.30am, feed and would not settle back down so started pupd & was at it til 5am when he finally dropped off felt awful that dh was awake whole time too but glad I stuck with it!

Then today, I put him down awake for his nap at 10am and was gobsmacked he cried for about 30 secs & then slept for 2 hours!! It is usually a colossal effort to get him to nap. Then tonight put him down awake at 7pm and literally a whimper and he went to sleep. Dh and I are like
Not expecting it to last, but we'll see how tonight goes!

I'm not sure if the pupd I'm doing is exactly the baby whisperer way as I haven't read it fully but I am letting him cry for 2 mins then going in, picking up, shushing/rocking for about 30 secs then putting him back down, repeat ad infinitum! :)

Sorry, that was massively long!
Thanks all so much for all your concern, advice, texts etc.. you ladies are so great :)

Vjay how's the woolly head?

4ever how is little biscuit? Can't wait to see a pic of her at her christening; does she have a gorgeous dress?
Amazing about the weebles too; I might get some for babycake :)

Neeko hope you're feeling better too. Seems we've all been under the weather with this evil cold!

I'm having an early night tonight; no Apprentice for me...boo.

I have just skim read (v quickly) to check on mls congratulations to you all welcome to the world kitty

sorry have been awol, had to go away with df, problems in family, just back an hour ago.

catch up properly tomorrow.

cd 38 and still bfns

Am becoming an insomniac again, now a wk of very bad sleep.. nowt to do with biscuit, her cold gave us restless nights from sun-tues, seems better now bless her. DH kept me awake with his cold before that, now im in a pattern which isnt helping my cold but think also slight anxiety about the christening, us all being ill, and had been worried about leaving a poorly biscuit for 3rd time ever yesterday with ILs, to get my hair done she was fine of course, but i wasnt cos got clamped in my old works car park im now £250 lighter Hey ho..

Barbie hows Dolly now? Hope your feeling less weeble like? Its just rotten luck, wish i could give you a hug. If its any consolation, any likelihood of a scar would shrink drastically as Dolly grows, my old bf son had hole in the heart surgery at 18m and looked like a pj case you could unzip down his whole chest, now hes 15, its barely an inch long

Moon hello lovely.. Boo to the damn bfn and long cycles.. Your time will be soon though hon, i feel it..

Bq how are you weebling? So crap about waiting til 10wks for a scan, such a postcode lottery, makes me

Mermaid my lovely i did and also though seaqweed was another cornish saying! Hows the decorating coming along? Is your kitten paint free now?

Blue are you all shopped out on your interior design quest busy lady? Miss your posts!

Also missing lovely busy Curly! Big wave to you!

Sabs massive luck today hon, agree its not fair your expected to do a presentation when things have changed since you been gone hope it all goes well, im sure you will shine..

Mls a thousand kisses to kitty! Cant wait to see pics and hear your birth story! Bet sadie is bouncing off the walls in excitement at her new sis!

Neeko hope you feel better and thanks for invaluable advice the other night the plug ins are on the shopping list!

Vjay hope you had better nights with Ajay and your head is less wooly now you have the grandparents visiting!

You've prob gone now 4ever but hello another non sleeper here up feeding don't worry about christening will be such a special day whatever happens.

and hi moon, rubbish about long cycle & bfn :( bodies are stupid, have a hug. x

Bloomin middle of the night server updates i wasnt finished!

Lbm hows the return to work? Is jo jo ok at nursery now?

Monkey hope your ok too? Hows doggy doing?

Cupcake glad to hear babycakes settling back down.. Whatever works for you.. We have the odd few bad nights with Summer, tbh i dont really keep a check on it.. Dont know if its bad parenting but i dont specifically put her down at night or for naps, she just sleeps when she sleeps! I couldnt say if there was a pattern, she falls asleep on us in the evening from 7ish-9ish, we take her up when we go to bed at 10 and put her in her crib, sometimes she wakes at about 2am for 5mins bf or just sleeps til 5am when dh gets up, then shes in bed with me for bf and sleeps til about 9am, this morning it was 10am! She normally will doze off again from 11-12 or 1, then thats it til night.... i think! I really havent given it much thought as after the 3yrs of turmoil trying for her we just wanna spend every waking minute with her so maybe im the exception to the rule of proper routine parenting! It may be to my peril when shes older but im not stressing right now!

Right mummy is the one that needs her routine to be fixed right now! Summer and dh both been sparko since before 10pm, i woke at 1pm.. NEED to SLEEP!

X post! Hello cupcake fellow non sleeper! Are you still there? x

Morning 4ever I'm not an insomniac but am off to work! Hope you're fast asleep by now...

Just wanted to wish Sabs good luck for today - will be thinking of you and hope it goes really well. Will have my fingers crossed xxx

Have a good day all xxx

Aw sorry 4ever i didn't check back after my post. summer's sleep sounds great and i think theres something to be said for laissez-faire instead of stringent routine. i think im just a bit of a control freak jude slept in til 7.30 after that feed, absolute bliss for me!

My bf was rushed into hosp last night with suspected placental abruption. she was in agony but has subsided now and baby seems ok so she's home again she's had such a tough pregnancy i can't wait til this baby is born now!

thinking of sabs today too. hope all goes ok. x

Ooh also 4ever those 3am server updates are so annoying aren't they! always seem to fall when i want to read mn in the night!

Morning, loving the early early bird chats I was also up then getting Ajay some cheeky milk, he soon went back to sleep thank goodness.

4ever I was like you (and still am), laid back rather than routine with Ajay, where as with Cjay it was all routine. I put it down to Ajay being my second and not going back to work. He's now in a fab routine, a 2 hour nap in the mornings and sleeps 12 hours at night (most of the time!!!), but with Cjay I was in a routine much much earlier . So what I am saying to anyone reading this that I am no help whatsoever

sabs good luck today

monkey that is a very early start for you, is this normal? If so are you getting plenty of sleep? because you know what lack of sleep does (frazzled look there). Hope you are ok

Right I gotta dash, I am sneaking in some revision now while Ajay is asleep, then it's out for lunch with my grandparents. They are amazing, they travelled on the train for 9 hours yesterday just so they can see me and the boys, how fab is that, and they are in their 80's!!!!!

Oh and moon what is with your cycle this month?????

Hello all so sorry about yesterday

Thanks for all your help... we have news....

It seems the marks dont coincide with a bite. There would be a second set of marks from the lower set of teeth, where as there are only three marks going down her face. SHe has been checked and all is ok, healing nicely thankgod.

We have the dog whisperer coming around (yes really) to help us know what boundaries to set for the both of them.

Im still shaken but have slightly forgiven fred now that i know the more likely scenario was that she got to close and he barked, causing her to be frightened and lose her balance. As she did she feel into him and he caught her with his mouth.

I cant 100% say either way as it was so quick . I have to go with the evidence presented in the form of the marks and also there would be much more damage if he meant it. Confused dot com!

Anyways we have training sessions, have moved the bed, bowls and everything else into his own space. An extra child gate will be purchased this weekend to keep her in the living room area and him outside during play and food.

So what im trying to say is that we are giving him the benefit of the doubt but if he so much as barks at her then we will send him home

sabs thinking about you today....

4ever im at your style of parenting, i wish i was so laid back. Im the other way, waited so long for her i wanted everything to be perfect

Eek gotta dash, off to the hospital to check out c section scar as it hurts

Laters, love to all xxx

Barbie im really pleased to hear that Dollys ok and freddies slightly redeemed himself! Is it THE dog whisperer coming round? He is fab! Prob all the stress and sleeplessness making your scar hurt hows things with your heart too?

It was my intention to do routines and stuff but it started as a bit of a selfish desire, and irrational anxiety, to not want to be apart from her hence the sleep when she wants thing i figure i shall just enjoy the baby bit and become strict time for bed mum when she goes to school!

Cupcake glad you got a bit more sleep, think i only got another 2hrs im sooo tired!

Monkey that is a very early start but im guessing theres a timezone involved?

Morning fellow early bird Vjay! Bless your grandparents! That generation puts us to shame, my great aunt still drives (well!) at 89!

Biscuit is chomping on my boobs at the mo, like neekos H she has started talking to them! She is now full on crawling backwards and sideways not mastered forwards yet! Also so very close to sitting on her own! Advanced for 4and a half m!

barbie thank goodness for that I am so relieved for you all and freddie.

4ever so hope you are all better for sunday we will all be thinking of you this weekend.

moon bah. passing you a bottle of whatever you fancy and a great slab of cake. Also sorry to hear dear df and you are haing to rush to be with family again.

monkey roll on weekend for you lovely lady.x

tomorrow at 7pm loads of people will be lighting candles to mark mc awareness month

mls&k come and sit on our nice communual rubber ring and tell us all about it

cupcake* hope you get another long sleep tonight.

sabs hopefully all our wishing you heaps of luck today has worked.

right yoga thats me trying to be mystic and breathe all at the same time!

Just to echo mermaid ...tomorrow at 7pm loads of people will be lighting candles to mark mc awareness month.. me too...

barbie - phew! at your update, thank goodness D's face is OK and you have certainly swung into action. Fingers crossed the new rules will work for you all. you must tell us how it goeswith the dog whisperer. So is Freddie a spirited or textbook dog ?

4ever - your day to dayness with Summer just sounds lovely, if it ain't broke don't fix it . I co-slept with Ben for his first 3 months (DH in spare room) and everyone said I'd never get him out my bed but he transferred to his cot no bother at all. I'm sure S will become more routiney as she gets older and needs less sleep and less milk, for now just enjoy every day as I know you are . Really hope you're all feeling better for Sunday and you get some sleep between now and then.

cupcake - glad to hear J continues to sleep better....

Vjay - big hi five to your grand parents coming all that way. Have you given them the highland tour?

moon - I would seriously see about your long cycles.. Have you spoken to your Doc about getting some tests like the 21 day one (which can tell you if you ovulate).

Well I've just melted the old VISA... Curtains for new room + curtain pole + hold backs + rug + frame for multiple photos.. I need to lie down in dark room with cold flannel but secretly

Oh and I've seen photos of Kitty Violet and she is perfect and beautiful .

Night all x

Sabs Hope today went well - I planned to text you this am but the day went awol yet again.

4ever your routine ( and thats's what it is,chilled as it may be) seems to be working magic. If Babybelle would have settled so easily at night, I'd have been very tempted to follow but with the other two around, it's great that she goes to bed at 6.45, I could do without the 30 minutes of yelling she's currently doing around bed/ bathtime. DO enjoy S's baby bit, they get big so quick. I'm also v impressed with S's activity - mine is a lazy little tyke who hasn't even managed to roll yet but she stealth moves - if you put her down, she moves and I don't know how. She always does a 180 turn in her cot and is all over the baby gym. She starts nursery nearly full time tomorrow as I'm going on a school trip with dd1. Hope the christening is fab - I need to see pictures

barbie So good to hear your news and that Fred and Dolly are both OK. You are a fab mum and need to be reminded of this as often as possible. Small people get themselves into trouble, especially those who stand at 7 months!! I always prefer them to be mobile when they are a bit older and have a bit more sense!!

mermaid Yoga?

cupcake hows the pupd going? Some days it works for babybelle and others it just doesn't. I find the buggy is greatduring the day as she sleeps well in that - even managed 1.5 hrs at lunchtime which is really unusual. have a lovely birthday on Sunday

I'm back to work on Monday with a new job which should be fun. Not looking forward to getting up in the mornings leaving BabyJ but am looking forward to seeing my friends etc and the money will be nice. And, I'm only working a week and then I have half term off!! night night..

blue do you think i need to? i welcome your advice, and anyone elses. my cycle is usually 28-32 days, just with the odd random long one in between, but have been v stressed out last few weeks so maybe down to that? i'm so worried that if i admit defeat and go to the doctors, they will find something wrong and tell me i will never be a mummy. i know thats probably a bit over the top but its my worst fear. at the moment i have some sort of hope, if my hope went i dont know how i could ever begin to deal with that.

your curtains look lovely by the way :)

bq are you ok with your head in the sand?