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Hoping all your new year wishes come true.

God you can tell it’s the first day back at school here. One massively overwhelmed overtired stroppy child.

It was a nsd for me but I had to order something for df online so have paid on card and he has given me cash

Someone's given me some money via PayPal but every time I try to add my bank account to it it keeps saying it can't do it at this moment in time. So I've got money but no way of withdrawing it

Can I join in?
It was payday today wooooo so I paid £175 off the credit card, and made myself a strict budget.
I've given myself £5 a day.
Today was a LSD just milk and cereal.
I'm also doing the penny a day challenge, I'm not doing it in order as I thought if I'm really skint I've probably got penny's lying around the house 😂

Of course you can Wife, are you paying the credit card by direct debit or by standing order?.

Wreck Dh had that, he sends the money to me free because we’re family and I pay it into his bank account.

Did you have a slushy gooey loved up day Coconuts?

Hmm fluffy maybe I can do that with my mum

Evening all! We all survived the first day back at work/school/nursery. 3 very tired children here tonight though! Just checking in and will read back in a bit. One benefit of being back at work - NSD!

€20 on 5 weeks of beginners spinning class, I don't think it's for me but I'll see it through.
€2 gained from locker that got stuck on some other misfortune

Wow happier I'm so jealous of that price! Such a bargain.

DD2 has refused to put on her PJs and is currently lying in our bed, refusing to go to her bed.

So I am hiding in the spare room, amongst all the laundry She'll eventually just fall asleep and we'll move her. First day back has tired everyone out.

5 weeks and three working days until half term I started counting whilst eating breakfast this morning

Ohhhhhh! That was a shock. I wanted to come home at 9. Peck peck peck.......all day. On the plus side the weather was so minging I was not tempted by the end of the sales. I was disorganised so bought lunch - a very healthy salad. So worthy looking that even in January it was yellow stickered. I happen to like raw broccoli & I have replicated it at home for tomorrow.

Wolf mine are tired and grumpy too. Not as grumpy as me but nearly.

Just hi!

Sneaky Are you ok? I haven't forgotten you.... I am just waiting for some jars from a friend. I should have picked them up at the weekend but failed to catch them. This is the downside of reducing waste over a few years...jars become precious.

Snuggly I haven't got rid of the 2 yet so let me know what date you need it by & if I still have a week or 2 out I will send it straight to you.

Cag hope you are feeling on a more even keel. Dh thought he was dying when he had his first panic attack. He is not the woe is shuffle & snuffle type so I can only imagine how scary it is. Can you get another go appointment and see if the medication can be adjusted. I just want to bundle you up and tell you that it will be alright and you will get through it.

@fluffy I'm just paying so much off every payday. There isn't that much on it, so a few months and it will be clear. But every spare £ in the meantime is going to be saved so I can pay more off go shopping
I'm loving saving money though, it's quite addictive.

Anyone else try to drop their dc's off at school on an inset day??? Anyone?

Just me then!!!

Luckily my mum and dad live basically opposite the primary school and had them for a couple of hours before dp could pick them up.
Work was fine. Lots of orders in, so busy busy.

£3.80 on milk and get me home peanuts. So a lsd.

Not today Lonely but back in the day..... But then I forgot one in he trolley at Tesco's. In my defense he was only a couple of days old.

Damn do you have to buy all the specific days for the sun thing? We only bought it today as I thought it started today. Not seen any adverts on TV as we basically haven’t watched any since I got Netflix 😂

Thanks for the loveliness as always, I am ok now pretty much, I was a little better once I arrived and had a hug from a friend, but it took until the interval to feel ok. I am at least able to recognise why these things happen so the symptoms themselves aren’t scary IYSWIM I just have to ride it out.

Happens to be my dr appt tomorrow so I will ask about the mental health referral as I’ve not heard anything. Really not sure what to do about these meds in the meantime.

Was going to get a taxi back too but DD wanted to get the bus with friends so that saved another fiver as we all have passes. :)

I am pleased that you are feeling a bit better. Ask the Dr tomorrow what you should do.

I have just realised how irritating it is when someone dh asks "what's the matter, now?". Nothing is the matter sunshine .l am just going about my business. The now is his Yorkshireness....but it is shortening his life.

God, I just took DD out of her car seat about 25 minutes ago to give her her last bottle, and her ranitidine, and put her to bed, I thought optimistically we could get her into her cotbed by 9pm maybe a bit later, and she has been screaming absolutely hysterically like can barely breathe with the screaming ever since. She woke up when I just put the handle of the car seat down so I could lift her out, she won't drink her milk (so also no chance of getting the medicine in her, as it tastes bad so it's a battle to get her to swallow it anyway), she won't take her dumy, she isn't responding to songs she likes, being walked around, being rocked in any way, cuddles, nothing, it's like she doesn't even know who we are, she's just red in the face screaming and screaming and now it's quieting down intermittently because she's exhausted herself and can barely breathe properly. Surely this is not a normal reaction to being woken up a bit and offered milk?! And she is like this a lot so...DH is currently walking around the house with her over his shoulder and talking to her in a calming voice and kissing her but it's not making any difference anyway so it seems a bit pointless...eventually she will just exhaust herself and go to sleep and then we will dream-feed her, I guess, but experience tells me she can easily do around 2hrs of this so...sad too as otherwise she's been pretty good today compared to most other days but now this...

Wise ones, it's 8 degrees tomorrow and I am having to wash her pushchair footmuff, so I'm going to put her in her snowsuit instead, is a vest and outfit ok underneath that and then maybe a blanket on top as well? I don't want her to be cold or overheat her .

Hope you're ok Cag Hope everyone with school-age kids have survived the first day back!

We didn't have a foot muff so just used snow suits. If she is cold tuck a blanket around her too. If she is too warm unzip the snow suit. If it has detachable feet taking them off is sometimes enough (this might be just mine.... None of us like having over heated feet).

Looks like I’ll be starting my piano teaching again soon.

Sadly I don’t get to actually play myself much these days, can’t think why 🤔

LOL I just realised that might have sounded like I meant I’d be teaching Rowan to be some prodigy or something. I actually meant paid work teaching other home ed kids again 😂

Awww. the cutie!

Cutie!!!

meadow hang in there. It will pass. Ds gets like that sometimes. I find actually sitting him on my lap facing out and holding him in tight (almost restraining him in a hug) helps. And no walking. No noise. Just sitting. And holding.

A friend swears by a weighted blanket for her girl who is a bit screamy. Especially at bedtime. Helps them to feel secure/comforted. Also try raising dd’s Cot up one end. 6 books (three each leg) should do it. When ds was a bit refluxy or full of cold we raise his up. Helps him.

I bloody went to the gym. On my own. And enjoyed it. Because I told myself I would. No fear. New gym. Just strolled in and got on with my workout (just cardio today - bit of a play on cross trainer and then a slow jog on treadmill but it’s something).

Picked Ds up from dparents. They’d been on all sorts of adventures today. Park. Shops. Cafe. Saw cows. What fun! Ddad got al emotional at pick up time. He said ds has said ”dandad” and pointed at him 😭😍 #bestboy

Gammon steak, chips and sweet potato fries for dinner. A “dirty dinner” as Dm would term it. Man it was gorgeous.

Dh has just started sorting out his clothes. Everything is everywhere. Why start this at 930?! but at least it’s being done

Christmas has been packed away into the attic. We have four large crates of decorations and could probably do with a fifth. Must stop buying Christmas decorations I said that last year too. There are pine needles everywhere so I'll have to do a thorough hoover tomorrow. But I'm happy to have my spacious sitting room back.

DD is back to school tomorrow (staff training today). She's been moping around all day, feeling sorry for herself. It will do her good to get back into a routine.

Sorry you're having such a bad day Cag. Adorable photo though.

Meadow sounds like you're having a tough evening too. DD suffered badly from reflux and some days/evenings there was no appeasing her. Thankfully it didn't seem to affect her at night and she slept well then. Mostly I've forgotten about it, but sometimes I read a post from a new mother and it all comes back and I remember walking the floor with her. And of course, I was a new, anxious mother and people were giving me all kinds of rubbish conflicting advice, so I didn't know what the best course of action was. It's really, really tough but your baby girl will grow out of it. Hang on in there . Your DH sounds like a gem though.

wreck yes I think it was lakeside... it was 80% geece and goose poo and 20% boring facilities they weren't happy about you using unless you were a resident. Very strange cliquey place. Have you been?

fluffy nah not the loved up gooey types dh had to work but when he finished we cuddled up watching star trek 😁

lonely I've tried to drop mine off several times on inset days, I've forgotten about dress up days and once left dd at school as I got the date of the disco wrong 😶

cag once you collect all the codes you book a date and park to stay in. Just not lakeside Chichester unless you happen to like geece....

It's on top of gym membership fee wreck, if I was in normal class it would be included

Love what date is your midterm? See if I've longer to wait, taking it off work & going on mini break to my dB's
Did your dd fall asleep?
No one would want to surprise me for an overnight-spare room is full of Christmas decorations & dc clothes, it only had a dressed bed before Christmas

I divided out decorations into what I want to keep for next house & what I don't, obviously not getting rid of anything just yet but one less job to do.

Cag I hope you're feeling a little better, suffered panic attacks one summer during college & remember it being all consuming
Aww I thought Rowan was banging out the tunes already

Well done em on the gym, I stuck to cardio my first time too because I knew what I was doing but today after spinning I went in and did dumbbell bent over rows and deadlifts & some other exercise I don't know the name off. I didn't do squat rack though or chest press there this mightn't sound like a big deal to some but it's major to me

Looks like Marie Kondo is rubbing off on your dh em I watched first episode tonight, going to watch consumed as well

Lonely how were your rolls?