clucking bell - dh just gone back to iraq and ds2 in complete meltdown

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dh managed to get home for 3 days from Iraq (2 months into a 6 monther) - ds1 (4) and dd1 (6 months) took it in their strides, but ds2, the normally placid easygoing one, is in complete meltdown. sobbing and screaming and saying he is sad (doesn't have mnay words yet). Just had to put him back to bed literally 32 times - he's waking everyone up.... cluck cluck cluck......

I think most of us are pretty careful, after all we live with it day in and day out! but occasionally you slip... at least there is a delete option.

Ladies, I have reported this thread to MNHQ.

I know you are really helping each other out here and offering support to each other, but you really shouldn't be giving out names and addresses in what is a public forum.

Please consider Lapin's post about getting this deleted and maybe set up private email or MSN contact between yourselves if you want to contact each other away from this forum.

Best of luck, BL

Tried to CAT you, BTN, but can't

I've reported it and slapped my own wrist

Thanks for your interest Bella, but in this day and age anyone can get the meagre address I gave out via any one of a number of forums, not just this one, and I wouldn't have given it out if I thought that the risk of security is breachable in anyone of an number other ways - the days of Ni and secrecy about addresses have been well and truly surpassed by any half decent IT literate person. SG has done nothing wrong, and old big boobs wouldn't give a monkeys about people knowing her first name or the first line of her address. Still, SG, I will ask the giant mammaried one for your contact details and get in touch with you that way to prevent any more hot under the collar reporting.

LL - I gave you my e-mail when you were asking for Shriv details? Please feel free to chat if you still want to.

Will do .

Please don't be cross with Bella, or me for that matter. We were both just concerned about you revealing that info - other people have done it and then thought better of it. But they are your details and if you're not fussed, OK!

CAT me if you like and we'll take it from there.

And she does have truly huge bosoms - my DH can't cope at all!

LL- I'm not cross with you at all - I thnk you're fab. SG, will do - ask her to tell you the story about the broken kitchen scales....... oh, and the time my DS2 tried to latch on......

Hi

I know a bit of what you are going through, I don't know if this may help you. When I had to go away my dw use to send drawings ds and dh had drawn. When I wrote to dw I sent messages to them so dw could read them to them.

The hardest time for me was when ds was 4 months old and I had to go away for 6 months I had missed so much as he was almost walking and he did not know me. The 3 days R&R was to upsetting for some so they never came back for those 3 days there is no easy solution its just a choice of what works best for all.

My regiment did have a wifes club which made things a bit easier as they organised events I don't know if your dh regiment/company has the same.

Hope it helps

Hi grandad - thank you so much for posting - i will get the boys to send some more drawings out to him - thanks for the idea. I am trying to do a DVD of them to him as well as our youngest is just starting to crawl as well and when he left she was just a wee one!

Hi BTN - just a note to say I know exactly how you feel DH has been in Iraq since May (5 weeks til he's home WOOOHOOO!) And when he came back on R&R DD 4.3 was a nightmare especially when he went back. It's so hard for them when they don't really understand whta's going on - and it's really tough on us trying to be there for them and hiding how upset we feel.
Keep the faith - there's quite a few of us in the same boat on here

Hi BTN the DVD sounds a good idea I never saw my son learn to crawl so your dh will really like that.

thanks grandad - and cheers onefoot - the hardest thing I found in that brief perios was that DH was desperate to download on me too, and after the first day I felt like a huge punchbag for all of them. Oh well, thank goodness half term is nearly over - I may get a bit more headspace next week...

Hey you! How's it going today. I foolishly went on one of those Homestart trips yesterday with both of mine. The trip was lovely however I certainly needed a drink at the end of it! DS nearly got eaten by a zebra...

Hi Scootergrrl, Good thanks - made it through half term without anyone being killed...... Poor your DS!!!!! I'm too scared to go on any of those trips on my own - no matter how often people promise they will help, ultimately they have their own children too and so I usually end up in a flat spin shouting a lot

Had a lazy day today - one of thsoe walks where we went out for 2 hours in the woods, but only went 300 yards - have you seen Mrs Scottish Tits this week?

I've seen a picture of you BTN... (a kind-of weird stalkerish thing to say but guess where I've been for tea?)

Hi sccots - was it v v scary????? I am much fatter now after dd. Nice to see you on prayer thread too - think we're gonna get on!!! How was Mrs Big Tits? Did she laugh when you told her?

She chortled enormously! She's ok, although child number 2 was being a bit of a bugger. So was mine though!