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All welcome. Couldn’t see another thread!

This wardrobe and drawers to match Happier. It’s from Very and I got 20% off. It’s also partially assembled which will hopefully be a godsend although if you look at the one review it says it came with the mirrored doors in the wrong place 🙈

Glad the dog is helping your ds. I think if you’re used to having dogs it’s hard to be without one.

I need wine. Had a terrible morning. My poor DF ended up driving me to work so I wasn't late because my DM and him were worried about how stressed I was. And then left my salad for lunch and raspberries at home out the fridge so will probably need binning as well and then also had to buy a Gregg's (£1) for lunch so paid for lunch twice essentially. What a pain.

£2.30 on bus to work too. Tomorrow I have to go to another office for a meeting which is going to be 2 hour travel each way at best - likely more as I'm probably going to miss my connection each way with it being only a few mins and the trains here are shit. Dreading it and the travel will be ££ as I'm not even getting expenses.

DD has started crying awfully whenever I drop her at nursery now. Do they just go through phases? I'm worried she is unhappy there but she was fine for months before last week?

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Your DD is lovely happier

meadow . Travelling/commuting sucks. Do you think DD knows you will react if she cries? So attention seeking rather than unhappy iyswim

My dad had another of his delusions earlier and tried to shut my mum out the house. He got her round the neck too. My mum has managed to call and get a cancellation appointment at the hospital for him tomorrow. I’m so worried about them both. I’m not sure he is safe to stay with her much longer.

meadow how old is Dd now? Almost one? Ds did this at about one.

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Hope the hospital help love

That sucks meadow, hate tight changes on public transport. Yy they do go through a phase of crying. Is she usually happy at nursery? Has anything changed

Camden boo. Can you work from home? I know your house is a nightmare but could you?

Born that's gorgeous

Love so sorry to hear about your parents, your poor mum must have got quite a fright

Little she's an English setter lab cross but she's really all setter

Just been to Dunnes gifted person in front of me a €10 voucher because hers had expired, left another one with cashier & used two myself getting my €120 shop down to €100. I was hungry but disciplined. Got loads for my money too I feel. 3 of the large canvas bags full.

€29.95 on gas too, but new house has gas so it'll be used. Think I'll swap cylinders now so when I leave next person has a little gas to get her started rather than leaving my full one or an empty one.

I wish we had a Dunnes. I love visiting them abroad. The first clothes we ever bought for DD was a newborn set from Dunnes when we were on our hols in Dublin a few months before she was born. We put them on her as her first outfit in the hospital too.

DD is nearing 15 months. Nursery generally say she is happy there altho last week she was more clingy and crying more than usual but teething we all thought. Today they said she was dead happy and fine. She was trying to cling to my legs and crying at drop off I just tell her she will be fine and will have a nice day (more telling myself !) and give her a quick kiss and say bye and wave and leave, I never hang around and make a big fuss or anything.

Love hope you and your DPs are ok

Can I just say Im not reading back much etc as don't have time and on my phone a lot which is crap for MN, so if I miss big things and stuff sorry to anyone

Meadow I just passed baby section on my way out this evening & there was some beautiful knitwear there for little girls 💕 you can order online I think

My dd did this around 14 month mark for weeks but childminder sent me pics moments later with her beaming or I would look through window & see her very happy indeed 😂

Meadow you’re doing exactly the right thing re your dd. I remember mine going through it. Luckily the way the nursery was laid out I could stand in the hall after leaving the room and hear and sneak a peek to see that the were absolutely fine within a minute of me leaving.

No worries about reading back meadow. No lingering good bye is a good move. Especially if nursery tell you she is fine soon after. It feels shit at the time though. Mum guilt

I seem to remember dd going through something similar at 14 months meadow, separation anxiety peaked between 1-2 yo. It gets easier when you can talk to them properly.

I'm knackered today, think I might be getting a cold 🙁

LSD though, £2 on fruit.

Ds went through a phase of this. It’s tough so tough. But if you know they’re happy it makes it easier to deal with.

Dr today £48. Dd is perfect (well duh!). I had a goodchat with dr about me and my mental health. She’s done me a letter to sign me back on to the gym and has also given me some contacts for talking therapy. May look into this some more.

Appointment booked for consultation re mirena coil. Anyone got one?

Spent the rest of the day with dparents. When I got back from apt ds was sleeping. He didn’t wake up until 3! So little point traipsing back home only to come back out again to get dh.

Camden I wfh today (usually do on Mondays) so dodged that commuting bullet, phew. Unusually, DH hasn’t moaned though

Little very sorry for your loss

Love it’s so hard on everyone. Much love to you all

Weekend was super busy on Saturday with errands and a lovely local ‘handcrafted stuff’ market, and on Sunday we met friends and their DC in a woodland park place. Was free apart from £1.40 for naps. We took a picnic and the weather was glorious. DC loved it too.

I had loads of work to do and it was hanging over me the whole time but I didn’t get a chance to get started until DC were in bed last night. I worked till 3am and almost finished my draft but just couldn’t quite think straight enough to carry on. Up at 6am so I’m not feeling great today, and had my head down working all day. Off to bed now!

I’m Gearing up for doing the local jumble trail sale this weekend to get rid of some junk. I had said I’d do it with a friend at her place but i think I might have to let her down - I’d love the company but I think it’ll be miles easier to just set up a stall outside my own home rather than transport all my junk to hers, and I think I’ll get a lot more footfall here too as her place is a little off the beaten track. Dilemma... I think I’m going to have to be selfish though. I really just need the easiest option and to get rid of as much stuff as possible.

Dh and I are a bit frosty at the mo because he brought back a huge suitcase of comics (!) that his parents gave had in their loft for 30 years. We already have one in the garage and there’s enough to fill another SIX! SIX! huge suitcases still at PILs. And dh insists he’s not getting rid. And he’s already insisting on keeping 30 years x 3 music magazines and around 800 CDs. It might end in divorce... not sure whether I’m actually joking or not

Invite her to yours sea. Just explain you have more stuff than you thought and can't transport it.
That would piss me off to about the comics. Will they store property?

Me em they are awesome. Uncomfortable to get in. I can give more details of your want. Up to 6 months to settle down. 5 years period free. Hurt like a bastard getting it changed. More period and baby free. Deffo recommend.

I had one em. Ended up with ds it was uncomfortable to have in but breathe and count and it's over soon enough.

That would properly drive me nuts sea, can he not see that it's selfish and obviously childish! It sounds like pil are sick of having his crap in their loft as well, they should just 'accidentally' burn it all. Harsh but fair 😉

Sea that sounds alarmingly familiar! I hope they are all stored in plastic sleeve protectors

One thing though, do not bin or burn them. You could well be sitting on a gold mine depending what they are and their condition

@Lovemaltesers how awful for you all. Glad you have managed to get an earlier appointment.

@MeadowHay mine used to do that, it was heartbreaking but apparently they were fine within minutes!

@ememem84 I went to get one but fainted as they tried to put it in. I ended up with a copper coil for years.

Dd has a trial piano lesson this morning at school (the five lessons she's had previously were just with a uni student) and the teacher wants her to skip the prep test and go straight for grade one. I'm pretty jealous I wish I could play piano!

Love I missed your post. So sorry for you all such a difficult situation your poor mum

Had not has

Well lost out on that house as the other bidder matched my offer and she has funds in place so back to the search these things happen for a reason

£76 coop £48 petrol.

Dh is home today as he has a stinker of a cold. Trouble is it’s like having another child. He’s not helping at all. If he was in bed still that’d be ok. But he’s not. He’s slouched on the couch. Moaning. I’m feeding Dd. But could I get him paracetamol. No. Get up. Go upstairs. Get it. Take it.

He's really not a good patient is he em [Wink]

Ha! happier there’s a very good reason I’m not a nurse/dr/healthcare worker. Severe lack of patience with sick people.

He is suffering that much I can tell. But just do it quietly would you?! 😂

I’m on the couch now. Netflix and cup of tea. He’s just come down rambling about something or other book he’s going to write. 🙄😳 I asked him if he’d had paracetamol. Nope. He’s had Sudafed. Explains a lot.