Emmsy's weebles - enjoying comfort, support and mini eggs, onwards and upwards!

[VJay]

A new home ladies! Tis the season for mini eggs , time for baby neeko to arrive, and more BFP's, oh and mls joining the bigpant bench

QA I think you you must get a bonus point for getting the day neeko's waters broke, besides no one actually picked tomorrow did they?

MLS You know me far too well! They got me in my PJs! You see 4ever is right - I am wonderful cos I produced a cute grandaughter! Or more to the point I have selective deafness and don't care what the in-laws think! Mother-in-law took her from me when she walked in the door, Isabelle screamed, she passed her to father-in-law, Isabelle screamed even louder, so she was passed to me and instantly fell back to sleep! Do you think Isabelle is getting the vibes from me not to like the in-laws???

Blue what are you trying to say about our newcomer - Lousey!!!

Push Neeko push!!! MLS can you text me if you get Neeko news - don't mind how late/early.

I'm just hiding upstairs whilst DH tries to give Isabelle a bottle of expressed breast milk. He's given one or two a week for last 3 weeks. It doesn't sound like its going well. Does anyone have any tips for DH? I've been advised to keep out of the way so she doesn't think she can have me instead. I'm probably better to ask that question on the breastfeeding talk boards.

Just found this site from a link from a miscarriage thread. It has a list of all the EPUs in the UK and helps find your nearest EPU etc. link

Evening ladies, hope everyone is well. I think I'm going to start off by apologising as I dont think I'll be able to catch up with everyone's news on here. Sorry so sorry in advance if ive missed out any major news

Also I have a confession to make - I also dont like mini-eggs! Love cadbury's creme eggs though. Or does that not count? [hmm}

So excited for neeko! I'll probably end up checking my phone all night now for news

mls will be thinking of you tomorrow. Like moon said, its good to hear you're not weebling. Hopefully your lo will be waving at you when you have your scan. I'll be lurking as usual on my phone for news

QA and louey I dont think we've "met" yet. A sad welcome to you both. But I am sooo impressed at your posts - you're putting me to shame I'm sure you've already figured out but the ladies on here are simply the best!

mermaid Happy birthday again. What did you get up to?

blue at rolls of fat! Went to get Saara weighed today and she's 16 pounds and 2 ounces, which I think is good considering she had 11 days of diarrhea and wasnt feeding as well. She has been making up for it and we've increased her feeds to 7 ounces five times a day. Last week she was waking up in the night for feeds.

4ever sorry to hear about your weebling, but good to hear you sounding so positive today. Dont feel about how you're feeling - where else can we open up our hearts apart from on here. Ted Baker baby stuff is soo cute, Saara has a few things from there, but I try not to go too mad buying pricier stuff as she only gets to wear it a couple of times. Good to hear your ante-natal class went well too

vjay I also go through our old threads sometimes, especially on the mc boards. Hopefully we'll all stay friends forever! I sound all schoolgirly now! I know I've said it so many times but I still would love to meet up with any of you ladies. Sounds like you had a good day today with DS1.

moon sorry to hear TEW got you Love all this wedding talk too! I think someone suggested before about having a virtual hen night - I cant wait for that!

gracie Did the in-laws bring you some cooked food/goodies/mini-eggs when they came round?

monkey Don't really have more to add to what the others have said. Will be thinking of you for tomorrow morning. Sending you hairstrokes and have a hand to hold...

cupcake good to hear the move went well. As well as what mls said, having granny pants especially helped me as I ended up having an emergency c-section, and needed big enough pants that didnt sit on the scar. Hopefully you wont need a c-section though! And those big pads are one of the reasons you carry on waddling AFTER the birth!

iggy I also had a nosy at your house. Such a lovely place! How many places have you viewed so far?

barbie i'm absolutely loving the pics of Devon on youre profile - such such a beauty! Good luck with all the travelling this week.

curly nice to see you with your fab new hairstyle. I'm going to get mines cut next week as a birthday present to myself. I wasnt too proud of that thread as some of the comments on there werent very nice

lbm How did the curtain making go?

Hi to mrskate scamper lion scamper buddha jools bakingqueen and annie Did i miss anyone out?

Well our big news is we started weaning last week. Started with baby rice, but have since have also had banana flavoured cereal, homemade purees of carrott and sweet potato. Have also been given her finger foods like toast, cucumber, breadsticks. Thanks to lionstar for the advice on the weaning boards. I caught the first moments on camera. I'm just going to try all sorts of foods and have lots of fun with it, but keep on with the milk, especially as shes been drinking more milk. Also went to a session on weaning last week which helped lots. Thanks to everyone on here as well for their advice on weaning and naps and sleep patterns. Her routines messed up a bit last week but we seem to be back on track this week.

Was meant to be going back to work today, but am so glad I've extended it to September. It will be a bit tough financially but so worth it.

And finally, its Saara' half-year birthday tomorrow! I honestly dont know where the time has flown. I'm taking her into work on Wednesday to show her off (!) so that should be interesting. Will try to report back on the trip later on in the week

Night all (hopefully I havent cross-posted with anyone apart from news on Neeko!)

It took me over an hour to write that post I think

Hi gracie and lbm gracie Why isnt it going well with DH feeding graciegirl? Is it because shes not used to a bottle or is it something else? [trying very hard to be of some help but feeling dense emoticon]

neeko's had a baby girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Text from Neeko - "Baby girl born at 10:08pm weighing 8lb 15oz. Waterbirth. No name yet xx"

yay!!!!!

Yay! Congrats! Thanks for posting gracie

Yay! Mahoosive congratulations to neeko & mrneeko! What a big healthy girl & so quick too! So very happy for them! Was sound asleep when got same tx & now all excited! Welcome to the world new Emmsys graduate no 17? Iv totally lost count!

Had a text from Neeko at 2am saying that she's in the high dependency unit as she passed a clot the size of the placenta but she says she feels ok. Will update with details as soon as I get them..... oh & also the name! There is still no update on that either! So so happy for her!

Just lurking for Neeko news. MLS can't wait to hear about your baby dancing and waving at you!

Monkey I hope today flies by with good news at the end.

Sabs no in laws didn't bring food, just comments about my PJs!!! Isabelle just prefers breastfeeding so DH really struggling with a bottle.

Isabelle asleep on my breast so typing a bit hard, back later.

yay for babyNeeko - so happy!

For everyone that asked about the house hunting - we've had 3 viewings since it went on the market on Thurs pm - on person has come twice. There are more lined up this week - think with the holidays coming up we should get alot more... We've seen about 15 houses and have found one we like, which we are seeing for a second time tonight - but obviously gotta wait till we get offer on ours before we can offer really...

I had fat lady yoga last night - which am v. much enjoying after the initial week of hardcore stuff

monkey thinking about you lots today xxx

Woohoo!!!!! Hooray we have a baby Neeko Huge congrats to Neeko and of course MrNeeko Very glad you had a quick labour and hope you are out of the HDU soon. Am looking forward to name news

Monkey hope you got some reassurance on the testing thread. I'm thinking of you today and hope you have a very nice Easter present.

MLS Lots of luck at the scan, you must post as soon as you have seen a wiggly baby

Sabs Hi weaning is fun, I remember it felt like a huge milestone. Very messy though. You will be blessed with lots of orange stained things very soon (I never knew that carrot stained so badly...) I'm glad you are able to stay at home a bit longer, I remember thinking how hard it must be for people to go back to work at 6 months, right in the midst of weaning. (I was lucky though and stayed off the whole year )

Gracie sod the in-laws. I'm guessing you are not best buddies....Thanks for the EPU link although I'm really really hoping I don't end up needing it . I don't have any tips for DH on bottle feeding, we didn't have that problem because DH did some from the start (one of the "advantages" of having twins, he had to do everything). Hope you get some answers from the BF board.

LittleBells I'm sorry you are so tired. I hope you aren't working this hard all the way to the end and you can get a rest before babybells arrives.

4ever so glad your antenatal class went well and you are less weebly than before. You are probably right, it is almost certainly the hormone crash causing the headache, don't know why that didn't occur to me (or the GP)

bluemoon sorry the afw got you [btw does that stand for the evil witch?] Get wedding planning

barbie wincing at nipple pulling stories. Takes me right back (I bf'd but I wouldn't say I particularly enjoyed it)

Bluesatin I think you had it right, I was definitely Lousey yesterday, slightly less so today

QA you win the Neeko sweepstake . The nanny is going to have an op at the end of May and will be off work for 8 weeks . She is also a bit rubbish and lazy so I'm trying to sort out a childminder who might actually do something with the boys and who will be a lot cheaper. I suspect the nanny now thinks her job is safe because I've had a mc (we'd told her that she would be going when I went on Mat leave). I've told DH he has to tell her the bad news once we've sorted out CM. Going to see another one today but the one I saw last night was really good (if a little expensive).

Vjay how are the (.)(.) feeling

PFJ hope you are ok

Headache still pounding, but possibly a bit less than yesterday. There is hope...

X-Post Iggy love the sound of fat lady yoga . Hope you get some luck with the house this weekend.

Congratulations neeko and mrneeko, welcome babyneeko

louey thanks - sorry to hear you have headache - I def had them after my MC. I found drinking lots of water helped.

I feel so bad that i cant keep up as much as i used too, so sorry for the lack of personal post once again

Whooooopppppiiiiieeeeeeeee

Finally babyneekononame has arrived another good day for our fantastic thread. Well done to neeko and family, cant wait to here your birth story...

mls and monkey all my thoughts and best wishes are with you both this morning as you know x

iggy your house is gorgeous! You and your dh have the same taste as the barbie family....totally the kind of house we want when we come back to the uk, might have to save up a bit first though glad you are enjoying the yoga, im gutted i never made it past the first hour week
Where are you moving to? do you need somewhere bigger? sorry if you have said, im a tad forgetful at the mo

gg thanks for text, it made me smile and feel a whole lot better, guess im not such a bad mummy after all

moon im soooo excited to be planning the wedding with you i think we should all have a part to play, so start handing out the job roles....
You can and will have it all, i thought i would have it all by the time i was 28, however that was the worst year ever and i had to wait a little longer, dont wish your life away enjoy each day for what is is.....now back to weddings, can i be on cake duty...can i please???? ha ha

sabs 6 months already bloody hell....hope she has a happy half birthday

cupcake i use a note pad too to write notes and keep up, however as you can tell i havent done it since vampire Devon has arrived hence the crappy post of late Glad the move went well, i was thinking about you..you need to post a pic of the nursery soon

mermaid i hope you had a very happy birthday...glad you are still here x

4ever we have friends with the same surname and when there baby was born we bought baker boy stuff and they loved it, they had no idea about the range....Check debenhams on line for it as they often have sale items. Glad you are calmer now....

Hang on ill post this before i lose it....

sabs happy 'half' birthday to saara, where has the time gone indeed. Sounds like the weaning is going well

mls that is a good idea for nighttime feeding, but I am hoping that Ajay stops soon, he missed his 1am feed last night, so here's hoping. Good luck for your scan today, am thinking of you

QA I have 2 boys, ds1 is 7 and ds2, Ajay, is 7 months on Thursday, a huge age gap, but dh only wanted one child then when ds1 was 5 he decided he quite fancied another, I knew he would , but it took a while to get him

blue you could be right about B being a colicky babym he's past 3 months now so hopefully will settle soon, it is a shame for him, and you

LBM when does your mat leave start, not soon enough I bet.

louey my (.)(.) are fine now, and I've lost weight already, I thought I'd lost a stone and a half since friday and have been all excited about it, but now I think it's because my scale are broken

Yay again to neeko, will go and grab the list xx

Commando/Smallpants

Mermaid
hoping
jools
bakingqueen
Bluemoon
gingermumi
ThePF J
loueytbg
QuestionsAnswered

Mediumpants

MLS due 11/10/10
monkey BFP 23rd Jan

Bigpants

cupcake due 19/05/10
littlebellsmum due 25/05/10 - PINK
4everhopeful due 04/06/10 - PINK
iggypiggy due 20/07/10

Saggypants

VJay 01/09/09 BOY! ALEXANDER JAMES 8lb 6oz
Lionstar 27/09/09 BOY! ARLO BRYN 9lb 5oz
Sabs 30/09/09 GIRL! SAARA 9lb
Buddhabelly 25/11/09 BOY! EWAN JAMES
Annie 25/11/09 BOY! ELLIS CHARLES 8lb 11oz
Bluesatinsash 23/12/09 BOY! BENJAMIN CHARLES 8lb 3oz
MM 30/12/09 GIRL! NIEVE ELLEN 8lb 6oz
Curly 05/02/10 GIRL! GRACE ELIZABETH 8lb 4oz
Graciegirl 05/02/1/0 GIRL! ISABELLE CLARE 7lb 1oz
Barbie 21/02/10 GIRL! DEVON NIMAH
MrsKate 09/03/10 BOY! JACK DAVID 6lb 13oz
Neeko 29/03/10 GIRL! 8lb 150z

barbie I thought we had similar taste too when you posted your nursery pics - I love our house - but we always wanted to move this year to get somewhere a bit bigger - with a garden, so we just going ahead with that.

louey meant to say - Hot Milk is a brand of bra - they are nice! I don't much like the name tho....

QA highly recommend a spa day - My mum paid for me to have something similar after my MC and is was lovely.

Vjay I really can't beleive it is 7 months since Ajay was born... that seems like yesterday!

Oh iggy I know, at the moment he his sitting in his bouncy chair squealing at ds1 because he thinks he is so ace

Congrats Neeko!!!!

I have been a bit off the last few days, sorry I haven't been around. I have got plenty of mini-eggs though so I am sure I'll pull through.

Hugs everyone. xxx

neeko fab news well done. Hope that all is ok now and you are all cosy counting pink toes and fingers.xx

Noone ever texts me the good news that happens, feel I am truly out of all this happy bump stuff really.

monkey so thinking of you lovely lady, please, please try and believe, I know it is very hard.x

mls thinking you have a scan so hope you are ok.

loueytbg Gosh you have been through it lately havent you, glad you feel better enough to post, i also suffered from headaches after my mc, they come and go with the hormone dip, it does past but in the mean time orange juice and lots of water will help, as will doing nothing/ eating mini eggs and watching crappy day time tv

curly wow how did you manage to do such a big post? Im off to the hairdresser this afternoon, i have to take the baby though because i have no one to have her, times like this i really miss being near the family . Dh will drop by the salon on the way home from work to collect her so hopefully she will be sleeping for the time she is with me and then naughty wide awake for her daddy

q&a well done for such mammoth and personal posts glad you have found us and are settled, as is pfj. Its nice to have new faces here (shame its not for nicer reasons)....

vjay i too read back over the old threads, its nice to see how far everyone has come, how supportive we all are and there are a fair few laughs along the way...remember the hoover anyone?

lbm nice to see you again too....sorry you are so tired, cant believe you have only 3 months left already

blue hello...i nearly fb you the other day with a question but by the time it had loaded i had forgotten maybe i was going to ask how long baby brain last for

A massive hello to everyone i might of missed...Im in the middle of a bit of housework while baby sleeps, i have so much to organise before we fly home.

Just had my post baby checkup and everything is good...Im having the coil put back in when we get back, although i have been put off by vjays poor back
Devon was brill, she slept all the way through the appt only to wake up as we were leaving, and then scream in the car, so badly she sounded like she was choking...i was in the outside lane of 6 lanes with manic drivers all around me, i did a movie manover and pulled into a garage and pretented to need petrol so i could check she was still breathing as she went so quiet after the screams....please tell me others do silly things like that too?

We have to go and collect Devons passport tomorrow, how cool is that?

The lady who's name we do not mention on mn (gf) has been staring at me over the last few days so i finally sat down and read it, then i had a few tearful days thinking that im a bad mum cos i do everything she says not too., started to really feel a little down about lack of routine, cuddles at bed time and demand feeding. Thankfully my mum and gg made me se sense and realise that ife is too short and to enjoy the baby...routines can wait.......Until i really cant take anymore lack of sleep

Have A good day everyone xxx

hugs for mermaid im sorry nobody text you i dont have your number only gg. Please dont feel left out, we love you!

vjay snort at you thinking you have lost a stone and a half since friday, that would be one impressive diet