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Hello (hopefully) to Voodoo, Worley and Jennster!!

hello all,
finaly caught up on some sleep, yay!! s2 only woke once for dp how p*ed off was i!! i wanted him to have a bad night too so he knew what it was like!! (or is that me being horrible)

voodoo your dd has over took my ds2, hes 15lb 5 now, been to the dr today who changed his formula to infasoy and is going tosend us to the pead dieticin bloke. im going to give up the lunch time feed so i can can a dinner break at work also. so i will just be feeding him morning, eve and night still. i have to say that hes not bothered where his milk comes from at all its me that feels guilty and sad for dropping a feed.

dp used to have a 3door hyundi coupe thing and it was a right pain in th a**e to get ds1 in and out of. we sold it (and my beloved 4door fiesta)when we had ds2 and got a volvo v40 which we can fit everything in , its lovely. ds1 is obssessed with the rear electric windows, it drives me insane.

ds2 isnt big ebought for the next stage seat as yet but we have a britax club classic that was ds1's. if you look on the britax site you can check if your car is suited to any of their seats and where you can position them safely.

Ahh just put Neutrogena hand cream on my very dry hands and have come out in hives. They are really itchy. Maybe something to do with gardening today? Don't think I touched anything unusual.

Is that you done with nights for a bit Worley? My sister is meant to start a week of them tomorrow but has seriously hurt her neck. She has no idea how she's done it but on max pain killers and diazepam so can't do nights until Saturday. Poor lass.

Am going to bed now to finish my book. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. Not sure what to read next. I've got a Jon Ronson book that I got dh for christmas that sounds good.

What is everybody else reading right now?

I'm reading 'Cell' by Stephen King.
Zombie virus spread by mobile phones.
Not really getting into it, but persevering.

dd having a snooze just now before her first swimming lesson this afternoon.

dh took a good few minutes last night before realising just what was different about my hair

jenn you are spookily like me in the hair stakes...Ive grown out my hilights and now its dishwater colour, but all I do is tie it back...

I hated having scans, I hate hate hate having a full bladder and not being able to pee. but the oics are always nice! cant believe you have it written down in an envelope! That would drive me nuts! we didnt find out with dd, but with the second one we might.

I read Cell, macdog, and then sold it on ebay. not Mr. Kings greatest, I fear, more like a ripoff of richard laymon, but not as good.

Im reading 'the murder book' by Jonathan Kellerman, £2.99 from waterstones bargain.

I def want a 5 door not a 3-door to make moving kids in and out easier, and it has to have child locks.

Just spoke to my sis she is so cheesed off with her dh he wont save any money at all for their new baby...he even pays out £40 a month for a gym membership he never uses! selfish man. Theyve only been married a month and already the fun has started!!!

jen whereabouts do youlive again?

it may snow in NW UK tomorrow!
Its really sunny here now and about 12degrees so I cant imagine it...

Preston Voodoo. The skies are that sort of colour here. Going to Manchester tomorrow with DH.

Cheap combi carseat mothercare birth to 4 years.

wrt hair yes I just tie it back all the time. It does go nice and blonde naturally in summer (or did when I didn't have it streaked anyway).

I cashed in my gym membership and dh gave up sky when we got pregnant and got a cleaner with the money we saved. Best decision EVER

Just checked BBC weather and doesn't look like snow round here. Too warm. Surprisingly warm in Liverpool too. Now got my little sis here to babysit tonight so not too much of an impostition on my neighbour to babysit when we go to see Buena Vista.

how come you lot get time to read books???
we went to the place that stephen king wrote the shining and its where they filmed the tv version. it was a lovely place, but they were selling room13 keyfobs for about $20! there were people getting married there when we visited and it poured down with rain which was so sad, they were having this lovely outdoor ceremony and they all had to tun indoors.

we do about 2 night shifts a month. when i was full time they were 17hours shifts, we did 2pm till 7am, but now im part time i have to start at 5 and go through till 7am, after 10pm we are classed as being on call and we are suppossed to be able to get some sleep in the oncall room but a&e are always busy and patients still need xrays through the night so we dont get much sleep. we are exempt from the working time directive apparently so they can get away with such long shifts, but the pay is worth it, thats how im managing to pay for nursery, so far im paying £97 a week in childcare!!!!

it was lovely weather here today, i got lots of weeding done in the front garden, ds2 sat in his puschair and played with some toys while i filled the green wheelie bin with mares tails and thistles. then after i picked ds1 up from school , he played in the frint garden while i planted some new bulbs and some hostas. ds2 played in his leapfrog thing, that he sits in and has activites all round it. he gets excited when i get it out and tries to eat the baby microphone thing on it.

£97 a week on childcare! This government has got it so, so wrong.
They want people to go back to work but it is insane that childcare is so expensive.

I bought a fabulous yellow 80's stud belt with a twisted bow today from Matalan for...£3 wow! I already had the bag that matches (£12) so I can wear the belt around a black top and it looks like another outfit. Genius! I also bought these black sparkly slipon shoes in an 8, even though Im a 9, for £5!!! I love Matalan at the moment.

Hi worley. dd is loving her tigger door bouncer big time at the mo.
Do any of yours have a walker?
My hv told me that they delay them walking so Im glad I listened to my mum and didnt get one.

oops gotta go!

oooo, i got ds2 some dairy free cheese yesterday, its like medam but made from soya and he loved it. he was grabbing it off the plate i was holding as iwasnt quick enough so he was trying to ram it in!!
i also got a dairy free cheese sauce mix, ( i must have looked preety weird getting excited over the tub in the shop!!) so tonight for tea ds1 and 2 both had pasta, veg and ham strips in cheese sauce abd they both ate it all up!! it actually didnt taste too bad, i thought it was going to be rank but was quite nice.
the dr changed ds2 milk to infasoy which he is drinking bottles of now ( well 3 x 5oz bottles a day) so im hanging up the medela for now.

ds2 uses ds1's old bouncer he loves it. my friend told me to dip his feet in some paint and then let him bounce up and down to get some nice paintings but havnt managed to get around to it yet. maybe one day....

his leappad thing isnt a walker as it has a base so he just sits in it but can swivle himself around. we never had a walker for con either.

ds2 is now starting to put one of his legs out to the side and puch himself a bit with it so maybe he will start crawling in a few more weeks, hes got his hang of balancing when sitting now, although he cant sit himself up yet, he grunts instead and hates being put on his tummy, he cries then.

dd always hated being on her tummy, now she pushes herself up a bit more but she still tires of it very quickly. she is rolling around a lot more now and wiggles backwards on her back.

£97 for 5 days? That's REALLY good. I pay nearly £90 for 3 days and that isn't the most expensive around here.

It's now raining. Meal was gorgeous. HERE

We bought a door bouncer but put dd in it about 3 times as it was always in the way and a pain to put up. We had a walker but again rarely put her in it for the reasons mentioned below. Think those walkers where they walk and push them by themself are completely different though.

oooh just blasted through the sale rail at mothercare and got dd a great hoodie-zipup top thing in dark pink with pretty flowers. also went to asda home store and finally got a new dustpan and brush! and some colourful plastic bowls and plates for dd - 65p for 4 what a deal!

jeez Im glad we dont need childcare for the forseeable.

Worley, on subject of reading books: it's taken me 3 weeks to get to chapter 4

On subject of baby walkers, we were given my sister's dd's old one, but rarely used it. I prefered to plonk her into playpen or crawl around floor.
She now prefers her V-Tech walker for thundering around with.
We bought a door bouncer, but didn't really use it enough to justify the money . Our house layout meant it was hard to keep an eye on her in it.

Happy news now: found this website.
Got 2 pairs of jeans and a pair of trainers for under £20 [grin}!!!!
They also have some maternity stuff, Jenn

Thanks bigmac but I MUST NOT BUY ANY MORE CLOTHES I MUST NOT BUY ANY MORE CLOTHES I MUST NOT BUY ANY MORE CLOTHES I MUST NOT BUY ANY MORE CLOTHES I MUST NOT BUY ANY MORE CLOTHES I MUST NO BUY ANY MORE CLOTHES

I tend to read for at least half an hour every night.

DD did a step at nursery today while we were picking her up. She looked so pleased with herself.

oh no no no, i pay £97 for 3 days.i dont use the whole time though, they can start at 6.30am and finish at 6.30pm.but i drop him off at 8.30 and pick up at 5.
im now ordering my mum some flowers for mothersday, that will be done and dusted then.
last year i got the james blunt album , this year i've asked for the justin timberland sexy one. not sure if i'll get it, have to wait and see.

Last year for mother's day I got a home made cd from dh with 12 tracks of dd crying and screaming. Oh my god how badly did he miss the mark? Did any of you get presents from your dh/ps for giving birth? I'm too embarrassed to say what dh got me.

DD is walking though Not much but she's done her first couple of steps without holding on to nothing.