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Chatting and (Baby) Stepping, (Baby) Stepping and Chatting.

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Scout19075 · 26/06/2012 12:38

A place to have a chat, drink Brew and relax from Stepping (or not). All chatters are welcome, Stepping or otherwise.

Come on in and enjoy the company!

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carrotsandcelery · 27/07/2012 08:50

Adora my dsil is Spanish and works on a similar time frame. She has lived here for 14 years now so there is only the odd blip, and she is fab in many, many other ways so I still love her, but I do know exactly what you mean.

bessie yawning with you. I dreamt that dd got a zombie tattooed on her foot and was too scared to back to sleep. Shock I think it was all the talk of ear piercing yesterday amongst her older friends.

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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 09:58

Toddler, again, had night time wanderings to my bed. I woke in the early hours (5-ish?) to him whimpering/softly crying in his sleep and trying desperately to get as close as possible to me/behind me. I put my arm over his head (seeing has his head was about boob level to me), rubbed his hand/arm and made sure he was clutching Bunny and he seemed to settle. I know this age is prime time for night terrors and nightmares (his BFF has them often and regularly wakes in the night screaming). I didn't have the heart to move him to his bed after that because he would shake and whimper at odd times after that so clearly still dreaming but not as scary.

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carrotsandcelery · 27/07/2012 10:29

Oh poor TS. Our ds had night terrors and it was horrid. He has grown out of them though Scout and he didn't seem to remember them in the morning. It is one of the (many) reasons he ended up cosleeping though as we felt so bad for him. There is not much you can do if you are asleep though.

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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 11:17

It's starting to bother me, though, that I'm not waking up or not waking up enough to decide to put him back when he comes in.

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carrotsandcelery · 27/07/2012 11:56

It is really, really hard Scout when you are as tired as that. If you are not awake then you are not awake. We often wish we could fit a motion sensor to ds's bedroom door so we knew he was up and about and could usher him back to bed. Short of that I don't know and sympathise as we have a very, very similar problem.

Our neighbour is back and talking about being gay now. She just called my dd gay. My cousin is gay and we have a lot of gay friends so the dcs don't see this as an insult but the little girl who is round thinks it is hilarious. I am not sure what to do. I have just asked them not to talk about that sort of thing and it has stopped so it seems ok for now but I am not too chuffed.

AdoraBell · 27/07/2012 17:23

Yes Carrots, if the Latín Americans we've encountered ( in 3 Latín countries) are to be believed then poor time keeping is definitly a "Spanish" thingHmm. Anyway, Papa arrived at 9.30 so not todo bad. I still didn't get an early night though. OH is showing signs if sever stress so he toddled over to our neighbour (Dr.) for a bit of reassurance and was given a muscle relaxant which moré or less knocked him out. After prepping packed lunches and dealing with dogs I looked for the stress meds we have at home and found it's OH's - far too strong for me if I need to drive next day. So I didn't get much sleep.

I'm out shopping, friend gave me a gift card and I'm struggling to spend it on myself.

Glad to hear that DD is grown-up/relaxed enough to not be upset at the other girl's remarks Carrots

Oh well, back to shoppingSmile

carrotsandcelery · 27/07/2012 18:59

Evening everyone!

PROUD MUM ALERT !

I am soooooo proud of my dd. After all my worrying earlier on I have heard nothing but praise for dd from all those who were around her at camp this week. Everyone I bump into has told me how kind and patient she was with all the younger girls Shock, I've been told how well she concentrates and focuses on the tasks she is given to do, I have been told how confident and full of fun she is... I am sooo chuffed and feel very bad for what I thought of her earlier in the week. beams

carrotsandcelery · 27/07/2012 19:00

Adora I know all about the shopping for myself problem. It's not good for the kids to see us never treat ourselves though Grin

I hope your dh is alright. Would he be interested in yoga or herbal teas to help him relax?

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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 20:37
Torch
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bessie26 · 27/07/2012 20:46

ooooh!

bessie26 · 27/07/2012 20:47
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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 20:52

Oi! Gerroff my Torch! I'll give you Wine for it.

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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 20:53
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bessie26 · 27/07/2012 21:12
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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 21:36

This is AWESOME.

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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 21:36

It makes me proud to be American British.

(Yes, I hold dual nationality. So does Toddler.)

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bessie26 · 27/07/2012 21:39

I've never watched an opening ceremony for anything before - are they all like this? I hope it's as good for the people there as it is at home!

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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 21:46

Oh, I always try to watch the openings -- that's when you get the most culture.

I had my heart surgery on the Opening Day of the 1984 (Los Angeles) Ceremony. My grandparents had one of the first VCRs so they recorded it for me.

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AdoraBell · 27/07/2012 22:30

Carrots yoga is a no-no for OH, but he is willing to drink the odd herbal tea.

I'm back home now with one DD, t'other is at a party. I'm going to leave DD1 with the electronic baby sitter (she wants to watch the Olympics) and have a bubble bath with relaxing oils.

Hope everyone has a good weekend Wine

bessie26 · 27/07/2012 22:57

i want to stay up for the fireworks, but have to have everyone out of the house by 8am tomorrow for DD2s swimming lesson so will have to goto bed Sad

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Scout19075 · 27/07/2012 23:54

We're recording it all so Toddler can watch parts like the fireworks.

We're going to do a medal count chart Team GB v Team USA. Every morning he'll glue the medals onto the chart (just randomly, I can't be bothered trying to force him into columns) and change the date & medal count on the spreadsheet/grid. I'm going to take pictures photo diary.

I have a feeling I'll get tired of it in the first week but, like the butterflies, it's good to see how things change.

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carrotsandcelery · 28/07/2012 10:05

Morning everyone.

Our caterpillars are big and fat! I took more pics.

Dd has been watching a bit of archery this morning but I think we are heading off to an open air swimming pool near us. Brrrrrr!

Adora would your dh benefit from a massage or swimming or similar? It's awful to see someone so stressed.

We have recorded the opening ceremony so the kids can watch it too as it was too late for them to sit up and watch it. I have seen some clips though and it looks amazing.

bessie26 · 28/07/2012 13:57

we recorded it all too so that the kids & DH (he was out last night) can all watch it. I just watched the lighting of the flame bit with the girls - was fantastic! They have also seen some swimming & cycling this morning - I can see us all watching ALOT more tv than usual the next couple of weeks!

had better go do something useful now

AdoraBell · 29/07/2012 02:03

Carrots

Yes, he pr

AdoraBell · 29/07/2012 02:11

Bleedin phone with it's tiny buttonsAngry

As I was saying, OH probably would benefit from a massage but he prefiere to tire himself out by working around the house.

I didn't see the opening ceremonia as DD1 wanted to watch other things and I was too tired to insist, wish I had now. OH is out collecting DDs from a party and I'm waiting to go to bed.