Emmy's weebles are taking over mermaid's greenhouse!

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....therefore she cant throw us out!

Long may the support continue x

Very very quick one from me as I must get to bed, but just wanted to saying I have been trying to lurk, and am thinking of you all, but had no time really to come on MN

Am so loving all the festive names - in fact StNeekolas we love you so much in this house that ds has been singing the St Nicholas song for the last couple of weeks. It goes like this 'St Nicholas, St Nicholas, St Nicholaaaaaaaaaaaaas' Not annoying at all V clever name!!!

Thanks for all the thoughts, am trying not to think too much about things by keeping busy and immersing myself in Christmas preparations. Probably the cowards way out, but I should be able to get through it like that.

Neeko Good luck for Wednesday, I hope you don't miss little H too much. I found the anticipation was worse than the actual going back - will be thinking of you!

VJay Cjay sounds like such a grown up boy, doing all his Christmas cards, bless him! Hope you're okay x

Sooo sorry but really have to go - only had 2 hours sleep for one reason or another on Sat night, and am desperate to catch up... Lots of love and hope you're all okay! Xxx

blue glad you had a good night and managed the pants though, looking at your pictures not sure why you needed them That dress was a bargain

StNeekolas that vjay is definitely the official Christmas name giver1

thanks to you both for answering my DC1 query, I should imagine you are right blue and it was MLS AKA chief white coat wearer, that knows about the official CD1 I am going to use OPK's, I am pretty regular, so will start using them on CD 7/8. did aim to temp too but i am just not switched on enough in the mornings and keep forgetting

What is it with me and Xposting tonight?

hello monkey immersing yourself in Christmas preparations sounds like a good plan, not cowardice. Sometimes keeping busy is a good thing hope you do get to catch up on your sleep tonight x

Pokes tinsel adorned head around the corner. Hello all, sorry another lurker here. I really should be able to post more often, I've been very lucky for the last few nights as I've only been woken by dd2 once at around 2am. DD1 is another matter though & has been creeping through to our bed most nights in the early hours.

StNeekolas love love love your new name! A big booooooo to work but hey it's only 12 days to lots of days off Christmas.

BQ yes no news is good news. Can't believe you've not told anyone yet!

QFS yes first full bleed would be cd1.

Blue OMFG you are way to glam to be a Mum of two!! You seriously look amazing in that photo .

Louey have you had your nuchal results back?

Barbie when are you flying back? I think you may actually be in luck & have a white Christmas, the big freeze is forecast for later on this week.

The only news from me is that dh has now started to put dd2 to bed which is a massive pressure off of me. However tonight she just wasn't having it so I put her bottle of ebm in the microwave & she then guzzled it up. She still didn't settle with him so I took over & put her on the feeding cushion on my lap - she was asleep within 30 seconds. She knows what she likes, a warm bottle of milk & a comfy cushion - nowt wrong with that!

Another quicky from me - barbie, the photo was taken in our garden and we wanted to get it taken quickly as the snow had started to melt, so quick togging up of bemused kids and quick photo - good result though. WE use the kids as the card every year, not sure how long they will tolerate it though, think teens might be a bit cruel!

If anyone has 5 mins, check out the thread on things I bought cos mumsnet told me too - very funny!! Not as funny as the thread that Sabs found but funny none the less.

neeko Going back to work will be horrible but it will soon get better. I remember crying when I got home that first night as it was just to hard trying to do everything, but 2 months later, it doesn't seem anywhere near as bad, and thats with BabyJ not sleeping. Looking forward to Christmas though!!

BQ Have fun telling everyone about babs - that was what we spent Christmas doing last year and it was a lot of fun!

Hiya good to see it busy again

StNeekolas what a fab name! Hope you're ok today, and I really hope that the next few days run nice and smoothly for you

sexyslinkyblue my god woman you look like a twenty something model in that pic, you make me look like a sumo

I reckon A & B would get up to sum right mischeiviuos monkeyness. I caught Ajay sitting in a kitchen cupboard this morning, trying to close the door on himself

I have tried posting this 3 times so far and each time it doesn't work...

Oh good it's worked,

IHQFSanta I was concerned about the kindle too and longing for a real book, but I've read loads of reviews and people with the same concern do say they love it. Anyway I might not get it yet

barbie have a safe journey tomorrow.

Was lol at all the cross posting going on, we've gone from one extreme to the other.

Right im off to bed..all packed (finally)....will see you on the other side!

Ill text someone tomorrow to update that we arrived safely, and ill get back here as soon as i can.

Much love to you all xxx

I'm here - lurching from one disaster to another. More on that later but first I want to try and do some personals while I can.....

barbie hope you have a smooth flight and a fabby time - you may well see some of the white stuff after all. Can't believe Dolly's performance with the bottle - little minx. Maybe she needed a little peer pressure to get her going....

vjj bless Ajay in his cupboard . They are funny aren't they. What a clever cjay too - can't yet imagine mine writing, let alone Christmas cards. They are just not bothered. Glad you had a good time at DH's party - did you get all glammed up?

ljbm what photo?? Have I missed something - is it on FB

bq am so so pleased for you but boo to still feeling sick. I know some people say 16 weeks is the next milestone for symptoms getting better. Really hope you haven't got to wait until then though. And how have you managed to keep it quiet until 14 wks You are going to have so much fun telling people

mls fabby news that DH is putting DD2 to bed. Hope that improves things all round. Have you been back to the cranial osteopath with her??? I haven't had my scan yet, next Tuesday (eeeek!!)

IHaveQuestions am sooooo excited that we are getting another TTC'er and hopefully soon to be medium-panter. Hope you have a shag-tastic xmas . THink you have had an answer from mlswhoknowsthesethings but I marked CD1 as the day I had enough red blood to use a tampon.

monkey I think keeping busy sounds like a very good plan my lovely. I hope your 2hrs sleep over the weekend was for fun reasons??

blue am very jealous of your fab night out and wow don't you look wonderful in that pic!!! Well done on your bargain dress too - I love Coast - am a bit sad I can't buy anything in the sale

stneekolas agree that is a fab name well done vjj. Hope your return to work tomorrow is not too traumatic and it is good that you only have a short bit of time before Christmas. Poor H with teeth, I know that's not fun for anyone. Will be thinking of you tomorrow x

4ever so glad S enjoyed her first Santa experience (and you did too!!!)

cupcake you are making me want to make mince pies (rather than buying them from Waitrose which is what I normally do cos I'm lazy...) And oooh Johnny Depp am jealous!!!

buddha hope you have warmed up now. Did you put a tree up and is it still standing?? They do get used to it, I promise!

waves to moon, mermaid , jools, gracie and the inevitable person I've missed

Got to go, dinner is ready (DH is cooking sausages....) Will try and get back on later to post my news.

OMG, I am now officially sick of writing Christmas cards, its the one part of Christmas i am enjoying less and less every year.

MLS glad to hear that you have had a few good nights sleep, hopefully will top you up for abit. your DD2 has got the right idea though with milk and comfy cushion, could do with that myself. thanks to you and louey for also clarifying the start of CD1

Speaking of louey don't like the sound of lurching from one disaster to the other, hope you are ok and erm, have enjoyed your sausages

Littlejinglebellsmum I don't think anyone would want a picture of teens, even if you could get them to do it, which based on the teems in my family is very unlikely good that you are making the most of their cute factor!

vjay well if you have been a good girl you should get one.....

barbie well done for finishing your packing, hope you have a safe journey x

Hi IHQFS the sausages were lovely
I still haven't written my christmas cards so you are doing better than me.

Right - update on me

As barbie said I have been ill with something between a heavy cold and flu. DH picked it up on the plane and then infected me. Felt dreadful from last Tues onwards and to top it all, got a call on Thursday morning from my childminder to say that she couldn't work because she had a suspected gallstone and was off to hospital. So we were both ill and having to look after DTs. We were supposed to be going away on Saturday night to stay at a posh hotel and eat nice food and we felt so awful we had to cancel. Am hopeful we will be able to rebook it at some point assuming they allow the insurance claim.

Then I started bleeding again (brown) on Friday night, but fortunately it seems to have stopped for the moment.

I was just starting to feel a bit better yesterday and then my wisdom tooth started hurting, which is just perfect timing. I've got a dentist appt on Thursday but I don't know what they will do as I'm pg.

The childminder is not working all this week so I have been attempting to work whilst looking after DTs and feeling generally rubbish. Their nursery finished today so I think I will have to take unpaid leave tomorrow as I have no holiday left. Poor boys have watched far too much tv in the past week.

On the plus side - I have carried on puking and tonight I got out the doppler and managed to find the heartbeat. So am feeling much happier Scan is a week today but I won't find out the results of the bloods until after Christmas which is a bit annoying.

Oh louey what a stress, but a relief to hear the heart beat on your doppler I bet

barbie hope you got over ok and the journey was uneventful.

StNeekolas how did your first day back go, I did think of you yesterday

Early bird here today, Cjay has his first dental work at the hospital, he's got to have gas to make him drowsy then they can work on his tooth, the poor love.

Also my module result is in....I got a distinction, I'm so pleased

Will be back later x

Massive pat on the back and emoticon to you vjj for a distinction! Well done you! Mrs fabulous indeed, really dont know how you manage it all!

Louey hope you feel better soon, i was 16wks last christmas and swore i actually had swine flu i felt so ill, dh too, but i didnt have dt so sympathise greatly..

Barbie hope you had a safe journey and enjoying time with your familys.. Dollys 1st christmas in the uk!

Sorry for lack of more personals and also in advance for offloading, but im a bit freaked out and not telling anyone in RL as dont want to worry them, just need to let it out.. Basically my lovely dh honourably gives blood, he went last fri and even got given a heartmelting 'my daddy gave blood today' sticker for S, however he got a call from the hospital on tues saying his white blood count and platelet levels were low, and they were writing to him to advise he see his gp...
He went to the gp yesterday and has had a full blood count test, hopefully will get the results today.. Im absolutely bricking it, dh is being quite optimistic and brave, im trying to be, but cant help being so scared of the worst, my bro had lymphoma and dh bf had leukemia so we are both fully aware of blood count issues, obviously google is just putting the fear of god into me too, not that many reasons why blood counts are low, just praying to god its something of nothing and irrelevent.. Clutching onto fact dh is on stop smoking meds for last 3wks and that might of affected the test?
He really is being fine about it, but sure he must be secretly a bit worried, so im hiding how worried i am as dont want to make him worry! Obviously S means im just getting on with things, but my insides are a mess and all my excitement at christmas is now very hard to muster up, he is my absolute world and my life and i love him so incredibly much, he has got me through so much, i just pray all is ok..

So sorry for the ramble, just really needed to get it off my chest..

4ever here's a big hug and hand hold from me, what a worry! Let us know how he gets on please.

Sorry but I need to offload too. I gave Ajay a teeny tiny taste of peanut butter this morning and he had an anaphylactic shock reation. It was so bloody scary. He didn't eat it just licked it and than about 5-10 minutes later we noticed his lip was swollen, then he started getting a rash around his eyes. I'm so glad dh was there, he just grabbed him and drove up to hospital. I got Cjay ready and followed them, by the time I got there he was really swollen and red in the face. They gave him some steroids and antihistamine, and about a couple of hours later he was allowed home.

Now I only gave him the smallest amount of peanut butter, even though no one I know in the family has this allergy, but I still wanted to be careful. I dread to think what would have happened if he'd actually eaten it. So PLEASE BE CAREFUL, I never in a million years thought this would happen to us.

We now have to see a paediatrician and he will get an epipen, and he has to avoid all nuts, obvously.

I really need to share this with you all as you just never know!

Louey sounds like you have had your hands full the last week! Hope things settle down for you over the weekend and you can get some rest. Fantastic that you found the heartbeat, that must be such a relief.

Vjay Firstly a big well done for getting a distinction, like 4ever i don't know how you manage it all either, but you are obviously doing something right So sorry though you have had such a shock with Ajay, it is scary and will no doubt have left you reeling. The 'good' part of it is that you will be given the epipen and won't have to fight for it as many parents do, it will at least give you some reassurance. There is an allergy section on MN where there is some good advice if you need. So pleased that Ajay was ok, but what a shock for you all

4ever I know you must be worried You are going to have to try and not let your worries run away with you iyswim? There could be lots of reasons for the low count, it's good that you should find out more today, the last thing you need is it worrying you over Christmas. Let us know when you find out.

to all 3 of you, think you could all do with one today x

oh Vjay - you're heart must have been in your mouth and then some . So relieved everything is OK with Ajay and great adice from QfS re: reading up on allergy threads on here.. Sending you a big big hug and calming of brow.

Absolutely fantastically well done on getting distrinction, you brainy box and fantastic mother you

4ever - another day for you too. I know you will worry until you know the results but as you say low bloo counts are common for a myriad of reasons, please hold on to that. Your DDH will be fine, I just know it. at S's sticker

Louey - sroic award of the week goes to you honey. pg, ill, looking after DT's and DH whilst trying to work - I salute you. REally hope you can get some rest over the weekend x

StNeeko - two down, one to go til the weekend. Been thinking about you this week, bet you've straightened the pencils out already

QfA - are we in gearing up mode yet?

Will be back tomorrow for proper catch up x

Big hugs for 4ever and vjay

4ever I know you must be really worried but hopefully it is nothing and you will get the results back quickly to put you out of your misery.

vjay oh poor ajay and how scary for you. They do grow out of some allergies though so it might not be forever. I was really careful with my two as there are allergies in our family (although not nuts). And then I caught my niece feeding DS2 toast with peanut butter and it was too late by the time I got to him. He was fine but I watched him like a hawk. Big claps for you on your distinction you clever lady.

neeko how has the first week been?

QA white coats a ready

Am getting worse if anything - went to Drs yesterday as woke up with an ear infection but she thinks its all viral. Ears are better today but have ridiculous cough (as does DS1). We are supposed to be going to cornwall tomorrow to stay with the ILs but keeping a careful watch on the weather. They don't yet know I am pg although it will be obvious as soon as I get through the door

Vjay how is Ajay today? Hope you are ok too, the shock is often worse the next day after something like that.

louey sorry that you are actually feeling worse will the Il's be any help this weekend if you do go? Can you let them take over the DT's while you recover and rest a bit?

Blue yep gearing up for ovulation, MN ovulation calculator shows ovulation from tomorrow through to Wednesday, though started a bit earlier, just for good measure

4ever How are you, any news? x

Hi IHQFS - starting early always a good idea

Any news 4ever

barbie glad you got there ok x

Hope you are not all snowed in. We had an inch and now the roads are awful so we are not going to Cornwall after all

DS2 appears to be coming down with bug. Currently asleep on the sofa despite monsters inc playing.

4ever how is everything?

IHQFS my pompoms are a ready

Ajay is ok, I've spent today getting hold of an Epipen and buying food for the weekend away (if the snow lets us). Not all food lables are as clear as I though they would be, this is going to be quite a learning curve, but we'll ge there.

Off now to check road and weather reports, if I don't get on again, have lovely weekends everyone

Hello ladies! Thank god Dh results came back ok! Still low, but trebled from the original levels, so they will monitor them, but its nothing really bad to worry about! PHEW! I felt like i did pre scans, sick to my stomach with worry, im just so relieved now! So now we can get on with enjoying the lead up to S 1st christmas! We are going to a nativity play and carol service at church on sunday and ill be giving a big prayer of thanks!

Huge hugs to all of you, thanks for your support as ever! Have lovely weekends, hope your not snowed in! X x x x x

I'm so so relieved for you both 4ever!!!! Now you can have a lovely weekend without worrying.

vjay stay safe. Its not nice outside down here and Scotland looks like a mess.

4ever That's great news So pleased that you can just get on with enjoying your special Christmas. enjoy the nativity and carol service. I went to the carol service last week, was so lovely and made me feel very christmassy!

Vjay thanks for having your pom poms at the ready! It was really strange yesterday had a bit of a wobble about ttc again and all the what if's it brings. I do tend to worry over think things a little times. Things will hopefully get easier for you as time goes by with ajay's allergies and choosing food. Are they going to refer you for testing to see if there are any other allergies? It might be worth looking up other common allergens that go alongside nuts and thinking about which food groups Ajay has already tasted so that you can cautious about any news ones if that makes sense?

louey How is Ds2 today? Hopefully it was just tiredness or fighting it off and he is ok. Hope you're starting to feel better too.

Hello to all you other quiet Emmsy's. Hope my ramblings are not putting you all off

We are going out tonight, so I am going to let my hair down, eat, drink and be merry

Hello all!
We are completely covered here in Cardiff...no chance of cars getting off driveways...just masses of the stuff, more than I ever remember seeing. Gorgeous views and we took ds out in it earlier for piccies- so cute all wrapped up in scarf, hat and snowsuit

Sorry for being a bit absent. I do read every day on my phone but don't like to post one-liners from it so here I am for a proper catch up!

blue you're an absolute star sending that stuff thanks so much :) Jude is literally just into his 6-9 month stuff now. Can't believe some of the clothes we were given when he was born that were 3 times the size of him, now fit him
I'm getting one of those M&S dressing gowns for Christmas too! I'm always borrowing dh's when I get up for night feeds so will come in handy!
Also, you look AMAZING in that pic!

Vjay to your ordeal with Ajay, can't believe it. Thank goodness Pjay was with you I'm sure that eased the stress a teensy bit. My brother has an epipen (for bee/wasp stings) and first had the reaction at about 11 years old- we were away from home & it was flipping scary my parents having to rush to hospital with him As louey said though, a lot of kids grow out of these allergies and the ds of a friend had the same reaction to nuts but has now grown out of it at 3 years old. Will they do more extensive testing on Ajay over the next couple of years?
So glad you had a good night out though last week, sounds fab :) and re book group- you should start one! Ours is just made up of our book-loving friends. We don't all read the same book- we read whatever we like then review them and lend them to each other. It's fab, we never have to buy books
(And yay for Strictly final tonight!! I'm happy for Matt or Kara to win..love them!)

Oh my...can tell this post is going to be epic apologies!

barbie looks like you're getting your white christmas! Hope you're enjoying yourselves so far. Wow to D drinking that whole bottle! Jude had his first ever bottle of formula the other day and guzzled 7oz. Felt weird! Hoping to stop bfing at 9 months in time for my sister's wedding.

Neeko love the name! Well done you on getting through the first couple of days back at work. So sorry to hear M was ill too- what an unneeded (not a word) extra stress :( hope you're feeling ok.

4ever lol at Summer pulling Santa's beard most babies hate beards so she's doing well! at dh's health worries but thank goodness it turned out ok in time for Christmas. That's an advert for giving blood right there though- things could be picked up so much earlier.
Massive hugs to you.

BQ hope you've been baking up lots of Christmas treats 14 weeks, completely amazing. Can't believe you've resisted telling people so far! Hope you really enjoy doing that over Christmas :) My bf had sickness until about week 17, really hope yours clears up soon.

QFS Yes, have bought all the BILs pressies now dh actually came up with some ideas! Did you enjoy the Apprentice interviews? Margaret is ace think I want Chris to win.
Sorry you're having wobbles re ttc...it's only natural. I was really freaked out for most of my pregnancy... when we've wanted something so much I guess there will always be doubts and questions about whether it's then the right thing. Hugs to you too!

monkey hello as you dash through! Hope you've caught up on sleep.

MLS great to hear some of the burden is off you with dh doing bedtime. Early on with ds, dh took over on his first waking and it was a huge pressure off me! Really hope the sleep keeps improving. Have you bought her much for Christmas? Bet your dd1 is so excited!

louey yeurch to everything you've been dealing with hope you're starting to feel better. I had horrible wisdom tooth pain when about 6 weeks pg too...the dentist said I needed them out really after I'd had the baby as they cause me constant gum problems but I'm too much of a wuss to go back now

As for us- Jude is really on the move now! Can't leave him alone for a second he is shuffling all over the place, mainly backwards which is really cute

Right, I am off to play the Christmas playlist I spent yesterday making and eat more mince pies

I've been lurking lovely ladies and tried to post about 5 times, but just don't seem to actually finish!
Louey Sounds like your little bean is going to give you a rollercoaster ride little monkey I'm so glad you found the hb and can relax a little
VJay How scary must your peanut butter experience have been?? So thankful you found out this way and not after poor little AJay had actually eaten nuts, give him an extra hug from us How's Cjay after the dental work? Oh and of course congratulations on your distinction - woo hoo!!
4ever Thank goodness all is well with Mr 4ever
Barbie Hope you had a good trip over, hope to hear from you soon
Mermaid missing you x
Blue Looking fabulous on FB!
QA I have dusted off my pom poms too

Well we have got the tree up but cheated slightly and put his wooden toy box in front of it so he can't get to it! Still seem to have so much to do, unfortunately we didn't do our Christmas thrift club this year so relied on my bonus which got messed up by work so no present money til the end of the month not much good to anyone! So tight tight budget this month, thankfully we bought E's a few months ago so at least he's sorted
E failed his 2nd hearing test and has been referred to an ENT consultant, they seem to think he may have glue ear but not sure as he's had 3 ear infections and gp says glue ear doesn't get infected?? So we'll wait and see what happens after the referral. Not especially worried about his hearing, I know when he's ignorning me!
I'll be back soon x