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Pawsnclaws · 2011-10-03T08:33:48+00:00

New thread everyone! Rest for me today - just six days to go and I've woken with a sore throat .....

fannybanjo · 07/10/2011 20:29

It's not quite right without Moshi killing us all with her 300 mile runs in 3 hours is it?

orangehead · 07/10/2011 20:29

Log post . Not sure what the big gap and 8 was about either.
Fanny 21m36sec I would be so so happy if I could get anything near that. Your right this parenting lark and getting the balance is tough. So much easier if they came with a manual.
Oh Herecomesthesciencebint that sounds crap and painful. How you doing now?

squix · 07/10/2011 21:32

Herecomesthesciencebint - what a shame - take it easy.

I also need to start thinking about bone density changes - results of a blood test this week show that I've started the menopause early - not quite sure how I feel about it - it comes to us all (well, those of us that are female anyway) but its just about 10 years earlier than I thought. Also means that DD will be an only - we'd stopped trying for another, but I always sort of assumed we'd have more than 1. Not a bad thing, just not what I'd expected. She has loads of cousins so has lots of company and is easy going and makes lots of friends too. Just need to get my head around it.

encyclo - sorry to hear you are having a tough time - my nephew has DS and is entering teenage years and I really admire my SIL and BIL and MIL who he spends a lot of time with too.

DrNo - great news about DS. Loads to do in Edinburgh - ghost walks are fab and as backwardpossum said the museum is great, they've just refurbished it and its really interesting. A walk up the Scott monument is great too - particularly on a clear day. On a nice day a walk up Authur's Seat is also great - it really feels like you are in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the city.

Thanks for all the rowing stories - sounds like fun, I think the event isn't too serious so I'll give it a go and as someone said it'll be a great workout.

Ohh and I am a sweater (makes me sound like a wooly jumper!)

MoshiMoshi · 07/10/2011 21:33

Quickly dropping in to say good luck to futurity, june, cherry, pink, and runningallday for the weekend. Sorry if I have missed anyone from the list!

Am hoping all is well as only managed a cursory skim read and see that poor old sciencebint is off running with a stress fracture. Paula Radcliffe suffered a stress fracture soon after her first baby I think and trained on the Alter G Trainer. They are a fantastic tool if you want to continue running with reduced impact. But they are hard to come by and not cheap. Let me know if you want a recommendation for one in West London (sorry, I forget where you live!)

Also, don't sweat over the potty thing rhet. It will come in good time and if you are fighting to make it happen, either with DD or the nursery, that is two good reasons to park it for now. I did with my DC4 after successfully managing about 5 days of being out of her nappies and she then decided she fancied wearing her nappy again. However, as quickly as she decided to wear her nappies she decided to wear her pants again and it took no more than a day or two to get back into being fully potty trained. It is very quick when the signs are good and there is willingness on all fronts. Apparent indecisiveness (as we perceive it) is, I have decided, a key characteristic of being a 2 year old and it is because they are in fact electing to exercise what they think is their choice. Let them win the small battles keeping one eye on the bigger picture.

I have yet to confirm but I think as well as dropping out of VLM 2012, I won't be able to run the Norwich HM either as DH will be in SF by then and I won't have anyone to watch the DCs when I race. I find it hard without any targets to work towards!

Peach - getting really excited for you. Also v pleased to keep seeing these masterpieces you are baking !

MoshiMoshi · 07/10/2011 21:38

PS I too am a spitter DrNo. We can be a pair of spitters together !

sfxmum · 07/10/2011 21:38

peach glad to hear all is well with the little one. Dukes? = boobs?

Fairy hope you feel better soon, be kind to yourself

Science I am so sorry about the injury, you can pull through and it will heal, you understand the pitfalls so you are pre warned

DrN yeah for your your DS

Fanny it happens , nobody is perfect all the time, tiredness and assorted pressures take their toll, no permanent damage you can be sure of that, but of course we feel shit when we loose it, good sign I think

rhet missed the unhelpful nursery, how odd, is that normal? we never had such issues, although dd was toilet trained when she went (3y) plenty of others were not and I know they carried out compliance with what parents were doing at home.

good luck for the weekend
happy running

MoshiMoshi · 07/10/2011 21:47

PPS Banish those feelings fanny. You are human and a great mum by the sounds of things. Take it as a sign you need a break yourself. That is what I do anyway .

YeahThatsTheBadger · 07/10/2011 22:06

Oh no science. Poor you. Hope the recovery isn't too long.

Glad you're getting it all sorted for your ds orange. You're coping with so much right now with all the other horribleness that's going on with your family - make sure you look after yourself as well.

fanny I was thinking of you today as PIL's are buying DH's niece some lovely pink spangletastic boots from the Disney Store for her birthday. At her request. I can't wait to see them! Oh and I have done what you have done with my DS and he's only 3. But he walked up to DD and hit her in the face. Completely out of character for him and it was the week her started nursery so life had turned on it's head for him. I felt so, so guilty though.

DrNo that's great about your ds. I am all 3 in your list unfortunately. My face gets so red, I look like I've just had a shower and need to spit despite the fact that I'm a sipper and need to have water no matter what distance I run. I'm also short, ginger, pale, freckly and bespectacled. I definitely drew the short straw in my family. I'm learning to love myself but it's a lengthy process!

encyclo So sorry to hear you have had a shitty week but glad it's improved. My cousins ds has downs syndrome and she takes the same line as she does for her other dc - some behaviour is unacceptable and as long as he is aware already of what that is then he is punished the same as his brothers or sisters.

There are a few new childrenat ds's nursery and one girl in particular gets very upset when her mammy leaves. I realised recently that she has downs. Yesterday, I stayed an extra 5 mins after dropping ds off, to speak to a teacher. The little girls mammy left and the girl was inconsolable. Next thing I knew, she was tugging on my trousers wanting a cuddle and sat on my knee for a half hour. After coaxing her to play, she made me a cup of pretend tea and some plastic tomato sandwiches. I then snuck out when I thought she was disracted but as I went to open the door to leave, she came running up and started crying. I felt so bad but the teacher said to keep on going. It broke my heart. But she must have been ok because when I went to drop ds off today, she waltzed in and gave me a big hug! DD isn't sure of her though!

moshi glad a decision was finally made. It's a lot easier to deal with things once you know for definite what's going to happen and then plans can be made. Do your dc know and are they excited?

peachsmuggler · 07/10/2011 22:07

No no, sfx, me Duke of Argyles!!!!

Wheelybug · 07/10/2011 22:07

Oh no science . I was wondering where you were . Sounds frustrating and painful and not helpful. How long you out for and what else can you do in the meantime ?

Well done your dd drno

Off for an early night after 1 glass of wine in preparation for a early run tomorrow as have busy weekend in store. Missed Friday night wine thou (will make up for it tomorrow ;-) )

sfxmum · 07/10/2011 22:19

peach is confusing the foreigner dukes of york/ norks , not doing cryptics any time soon

peachsmuggler · 07/10/2011 22:21

Ooh never thought of that one sfx!

Duke of Argyles = piles

sfxmum · 07/10/2011 22:29

yes dh decoded that one, sorry to hear, it will clear up after the baby comes I am sure
and yes dh said what heck do you talk about on those boards?

peachsmuggler · 07/10/2011 22:36

Ha ha, what do we NOT talk about.....

Yes, suspect they will get much worse, and then better. Lovely stuff!

rhetorician · 07/10/2011 22:37

peach the duke of argyll's are a presence in our house, even though DP doesn't want to talk about it...

backwardpossom · 07/10/2011 22:41

I had a pile after DS. He was called Percy.

Wheelybug · 08/10/2011 07:15

Oops sorry drno. Obviously I meant well done your ds

Trying to convince self to get out of bed and run.

Themasterandmargaritas · 08/10/2011 07:25

C'mon Wheely get out of bed and run.

peachsmuggler · 08/10/2011 07:36

Oh dear Rhet, I bet my DP wishes I didn't want to talk about it! Quite the opposite here!!!

Up and at'em Wheely!

Gosh, that's early Master, but I guess is only way to avoid heat! Well done.

Yes and meant to say congrats to your DS DrNo, I think it's lovely that your family has a shared interest in running, it's a great thing to do together over the coming years.

good luck to all our lovely runners this weekend, futurity, june, cherry, pink, and runningallday

Themasterandmargaritas · 08/10/2011 07:37

Good luck to all racers this weekend.

A nice 5 miles for me this morning, it's quite cool today (21 degrees). LSR tomorrow.

Fanny, dd is 10 in 3 weeks and we have Moments. Usually they end up with me manhandling her in some way into her room to give her a chance 'to get herself together'. . Yesterday's special was because she wanted to do her homework when she got home from school at 5pm. She rushed it and it was sloppy so I said we would look at it properly over the weekend when she wasn't so tired. Cue massive strop. I was particularly proud of myself that I didn't end up really shouting at her as that is the norm . So consider yourself not alone, however when you find the answer as to how best to deal with these Moments, do let me know.

Sympathies with the piles and potties. One of mine potty trained himself, perhaps by his sister, at least I don't think I did it. One was dreadful and in pull-ups at night until nearly 7. We still wipe ds2's bum and after reading something on here I realised that perhaps at 4 he's a bit big for us to still be doing this . He's my PLB.

futurity · 08/10/2011 08:19

Bother ...all snotty ...blasted cold! Have taken vitamins and had orange juice and now back in bed. It's not too bad...can still run tomorrow if it stays like this...just not ideal (but when does a run ever occur at an ideal time!)

DrNortherner · 08/10/2011 08:59

Morning campers

To follow rhets theme of a thread dream I had one last night. We were staying in a basement flat in Edinburgh and in the garden we had our own running track to practice on only you were all being mean to me saying I was not allowed to spit on the track as it ruins the surface, and rhet cycled around it instead and would not accept she had an unfair advantage. Mad!

fanny I think your eldest dd's age is a tricky one. My ds is 9 (10 in April) and hovers between a little angel or a pain in the fucking arse. I often have to use the Vulcan death grip to get him to his room, don't beat yourself up over it. She will come good

sciencebint sorry about your stress fracture, that is bad news How long will you be on the injury bench for?

futurity hope you feel better soon. Know lots of people with colds at the moment. I am staying away!

I was meant to do 8 miles with SIL this morning but ds is a bit of colour so has missed footie training but dh is a coach so he still had to go. So my plans have gone out the window. Will hopefully get an evening run instead later today. My leg feels better for 4 days total rest but christ my mood took a total dip for the worse, yesterday I was an utter moody cow. Need my endorphins!

Anyone have any tips on how to help ds train for his 1500m? He is very fast over short distance and when running longer distances he tends to go off too fast and burn out......

rhetorician · 08/10/2011 09:08

DrNo - I can't see the problem with cycling round a running track, I think YABU. Very.

For DS maybe he needs to build up to a distance a bit longer than 1500m for endurance, and then learn to pace himself for each 400m split; he can go all out for the last 100m (leaving distraught 9 year olds in his wake :o) but only if he has it left in the tank.

Best get dressed and get out the house; DP and I have finally acknowledged that we are having a baby in 8 weeks, and that she might actually need some stuff...

DrNortherner · 08/10/2011 09:23

rhet. Enjoy your baby shopping!

DrNortherner · 08/10/2011 09:24

Btw your bike was crap though, old and heavy with a big basket on the front that for some reason was full of text books.......