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DreamySleepyBonfireNighty · 05/11/2012 20:57

Happy Bonfire Night!

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EmpressOfTheMadBoxOfFrogs · 14/11/2012 22:27
Grin When DD was that age she'd insist on going out in her pink fairy dress... over her Thomas the Tank Engine costume & wellies!
StateofConfusion · 14/11/2012 23:18

My dd is rather fond of her wellies too, usually ds' cast offs as she covets them, she is counting down the days until he's too big for the yellow jcb ones, they'll match her belle from beauty and the beast dress she tells me haha!

She also LOVES boys hoodies, its like having a teenager, she's a sod for pinching ds', my brothers and cousins hoodies and then getting them filthy!

Tee2072 · 15/11/2012 06:23

Morning all.

One more day to get through...one more day to get through...and now I have a dry throat cough on top of being in pain from head to foot. I actually took some of LittleTee's cough medicine last night as I had none for adults. Worked though!

State you do need to pace yourself. Remember, you're building a whole person in there! Probably making eyelashes or something right now! Glad you're feeling better.

Empress I have been wondering about your and DW. I hope things are going okay.

I always act like a queen on my birthday. It's what birthdays are for!

Urgh. Small boy up. Time to start my day for real...

showtunesgirl · 15/11/2012 09:53

Morning all, bad start to the day. DH took forever to give DD her breakfast and I got mad, and then he got mad and we ended up having a row again and there was yelling and a bit of argy bargy. Nothing serious and I am as much to blame as he is.

Was going to post this somewhere else but I'd rather have the Puddle's friendly ear. How on earth do I stop my temper from flaring up and also just be better in general? He's no angel here either but we just get a bit heated and overdramatic and it's not good for us OR DD.

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 10:05

Show The thing I always say (have done it too, it works!) is if things start getting heated or you feel yourself getting angry - take yourself away for 5mins. Count to 10 or 100 however much you need to,deep breathes and then ask yourself Is it really worth it?`

Does him taking a long time to do something a really really big deal or is it just because you could do it quicker?

Just because he does something a different way or slower doesn't make it wrong (most of the time) Wink .

Think about your DD, she may be young but they know when theres a atmosphere and it will come through in her. Be it that day, or (if rowing is a regular thing?) later on .... there will eventually come a day when you will see it in her and tbh how can you tell her off for doing something you have inadvertently taught her?

Think about how lucky you are, what you have, etc etc.

It works! Hard to get into the habit of it, but it works! Both of you need to do it!

And the biggest bit of advice I would give anyone - DO NOT let your child see/hear any fall outs between their parents EVER. This comes from me, who did, from the age of 5 and I remember it all . I have lost a massive amount of respect for my mum and all respect from my stepdad because of what happened between them.

If that ^ fails it won't then just look at your DD !

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 10:09

Don't mean any of that to sound harsh btw.

Shouting/Rowing etc is something I believe everyone can manage without. Dh and me don't shout/row . We haven't ever in nearly 9 years together. We get pissed of with each other yes, but it happens, we talk, its done!

Everyone can do it, the key words...Is it worth it? Obviously if he has killed someone, or shagged a pig then yes, it maybe Wink

StateofConfusion · 15/11/2012 10:11

Hope today passes quickly for you tee so you can have some well earned rest.

Oh show I wish I knew the answer, me and my dp are the same quick to get feiry with each other, most of the time now one of us takes a deep breath and walks away, but somedays were both too tired and irritable to think rationally and things get a bit bitchy. Rest assured its normal and your adjusting to working life with a small person atm so be gentle with yourself, and when your not feeling so --stabby-- stressed talk to him, I try and make sure I explain my rages to dp and he does me, the worst arguements we've ever had were when ds was 10mo-18mo I was pregnant with dd at the time so slightly unbalanced Blush.
Deep breath and don't worry, every one rows with there partner.

Feeling much better today and just packed baby states hospital bag, keep feeling I've forgotten something though...

showtunesgirl · 15/11/2012 10:13

Well this morning he wanted me to do the CM drop off but if that's so, she needs to have finished her breakfast by 730 at the latest so that she can be cleaned off, dressed and ready to go at 745/50. DH got up with her and made his coffee etc and let her play and she hadn't even got into her high chair until 725. So I got mad. I'm not saying that I am not to blame but he KNOWS that this is too late.

Things have been a bit frayed recently as I've just gone back to work and I think we're finding our new rhythm and it should settle down soon. I am worried that we argue too much in front of DD and certain lines get crossed that neither of us are happy with. Usually if it does get heated, we have a word we use and that closes down the discussion immediately and we deal with it later. Not sure why we didn't say it this morning!

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 10:18

Show That would piss me off too!

The word thing is good!

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 10:20

Next time he wants you to drop DD off at the CM tell him that if she isn't ready on time then you won't do it - he can.

If he wants to make her late then he can take the responsibility for it.

showtunesgirl · 15/11/2012 10:29

I am still worried though about my temper. I think the stress of going back to work and feeling like I'm on an endless treadmill is getting me down and I do take it out on him.

I worry that I am an EA wife to him and he is reacting to that. Sometimes I say the most horrible, horrible things to him and I am sometimes physical with that too. I am very sorry afterwards but it doesn't make it right. It's like I see red and can't stop which is worrying.

Maybe I should just leave the room and calm down when I feel like that?

I read so many threads on the Relationships forum and frankly if I read about MY behaviour, I would probably be saying Leave the Bitch! DH is not perfect but then nor am I and he puts up with a lot from me. And at the heart of it, I know he loves me and I love him dearly. Next week we will have been together for 13 years and that is I think these days, a bit of an achievement.

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 10:33

Always leave the room, take 5!

Even if you have to leave your dd screaming, you are no good to her unless you are calm!

Have you spoken to a Doc about how you feel?

Maybe some sort of counselling would help you find out why you act the way you do and manage it?

Have you spoken to your dh bluntly about how you feel? How he feels?
You need to lay out all the shit!

Tough innit? Being a grown up!

showtunesgirl · 15/11/2012 10:38

I feel that I am not being listened to. Sometimes it can take me 10 times to get out the sodding sentence as he keeps interupting me and then I lose my temper. This does not make me losing my temper right but if I was just allowed to finish what I was saying, things wouldn't escalate. But then shouldn't I be taking reponsibility for my own anger as well?

Oh lord yes, we talk and talk and talk. There is no problems with us talking about how we feel. We are extremely open about everything but sometimes I wonder if that's the problem? Do we really NEED to have every single feeling / annoyance aired all the time?

I'm not sure what going to a Doc would achieve.

I am just very quickly realising that how we used to behave with just us probably was a bit much anyway but with a kid around as well now that it's just not acceptable to behave like that anymore.

My biggest problem though is that I have an extremely excellent memory and I am shit at letting things slide. Poor DH eh? Grin

So glad you are here Bonkey. I think Relationships would've been a bit much for me!!!!

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 10:45

Maybe you need to have a no negative day?

Spend some time together, go out (without dd) , don't air your annoyances. If he spills coffee on your very expensive dry clean only cream skirt...laugh and say 'You stoopid bugger!' Wink

Talking is good, sharing everything imo is not. Don't tell him that when he puts the eggs on the wrong shelf that it really pisses you off Hmm , or when he puts the lid on the sugar pot the wrong way, it really pisses you off that it doesn't match Hmm , that when he leave the bathmat on the floor it pisses you off everytime you have to pick it up Hmm .....Grin

And yes you need to learn to let things go - It will eat you up with resentment eventually, one day you may find that you can't see the good anymore :(

Re. the Doc , you can only try! If it helps, great, if not then you haven't lost anything! I went a few years ago and got told I was depressed. They gave me pills, it was a wake up call. i didn't take them, I pulled myself back up and got on with my life with the motto Things could always be worse .

Tee2072 · 15/11/2012 10:46

I actually will have to disagree with some of what Bonkey has said. I don't think there is anything wrong with the occasional shouting match even in front of the children as children do learn from their parents how to fight and how not to fight.

The key is to shout correctly. No name calling, no swearing, but sometimes I do shout at my husband things like 'Will you let me finish!?!' and then he stops and realises he's not letting me finish (a problem I see you flag up as well). Part of it for me is my illnesses and their ability to give me aphasia and he gets impatient and it escalates. Part of it is he is just very impatient in general and thinks he knows what I want to say, even if I'm not having trouble getting words out.

So I don't think there's anything wrong with fighting. It's how you fight that matters.

Right now I myself have hit the limit with this morning's dreaded words 'Mrs Tee, can I have a word?'

LittleTee is not only not sharing things at preschool, he's hiding things from other children so they can't play with them and apparently got aggressive with one child for daring to touch a truck yesterday. I really don't get it as he has always shared fine when he was at daycare and he shares fine at his CM. There's something about preschool...

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 10:50

Tee i think alot of what i think about this is to do with personal experience. But I think you do have a point - if you have to do it then do it in the right way :) .

Is LittleTee okay with the other kids there?

showtunesgirl · 15/11/2012 10:58

Tee, I would go along with what you're saying there. My parents used to fight in front of us but it seemed to me to be a healthy way of them resolving their differences.

I got upset this morning as DH started swearing at me and I don't think that's acceptable.

How old is LittleTee? I went through a HUGE That's MINE phase when I was bout 3/4.

StateofConfusion · 15/11/2012 11:04

tee my two still hide stuff from each other, its perfectly normal, I used to work in a preschool its just something preschoolers do, that and fight over blu tack apparently!

Tee2072 · 15/11/2012 11:05

No, swearing is definitely not acceptable.

He's not quite 3 and a half. Which I keep pointing out to them. He's very tall and I think they forget that he's not as old as he looks. They are also really pushing him to play with all the areas, rather than staying with cars and trucks, which is what he really likes, which I think is ridiculous. He's 3. So he doesn't know his letters yet because he hasn't gone to the 'alpha corner' or whatever they call it!

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 11:07

Blu tack is ace!

All my ds played with at nursery was stickle bricks, cars, trucks, and the play kitchen.

showtunesgirl · 15/11/2012 11:08

What IS it about the blue stuff that's so compelling? Hmm

I've text DH but think he's in a strop with me.

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 11:10

T'is the fact that it can be anything you like! I always make cubes Hmm Grin

showtunesgirl · 15/11/2012 11:10

I go one further and make dice! Grin

BonkeyMollocks · 15/11/2012 11:13
Envy

Never thought of a bloody dice!

Grin
StateofConfusion · 15/11/2012 12:14

Dp has just had a massive melt down at me, came from pretty much no where.

Our stupid house has wall to wall windows in our living room and french doors in the middle, verticle blinds were up when we moved in but last winter was bitter and that room like a freezer so we saved and searched and eventually got big enough curtains and its kept the room comfortable but the windows are soaked every morning, so I draw the curtains back open the blinds and open the windows to clear it, there's some spots of mould on the blinds though, dp had decided to hang the curtains further out from windows/doors, the last curtain pole support won't go in so he goes crazy saying he's taking the blinds down, 1) this is NOT our house we can't just rip down huge expensive blinds. 2) we've nowhere to store the blinds 3) I don't want bare windows our gardens tiny and anyone walking by can nose in the house.

I say to dp can we leave them up because abc, he goes mad saying that's more money down the drain, throw the fucking curtains out etc. Then storms off into the kitchen and starts going on about how he best do his chores. Um yes we've always done 1 cooks, other cleans. And since I don't eat porridge and he does I will NOT scrub out the pan he can't even be bothered to run water into when he's done with it to stop the porridge cement occuring.
He throws all the dry pots from the rack across the side and just bangs around for ages. Then comes back into the living room to scream at me say I'm useless and lazy and he's got a good mind to leave and storms off, I go and tell him to grow up and come back in. He does and continues shouting about everything. So I went upstairs to put the dry laundry away.
All the while he's muttering about having to put the bins out and hang up the laundry (I can't reach the fucking line he hung up) so anyway he's gone to get dd from nursery and I'm sobbing my heart out because right now if I had friends or family nearby I'd tell him to leave. That outburst was disgusting, unprovoked and unecessary. I've never seen him like that before and right now I hate him.

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