Slatterns and list makers reunited - FAQ returns!!!

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new thread - a little early but I wanted to mark my return.

Sorry for everything I've missed - but I can promise you I'm BACK now

(any major updates please let me know )

clairy big hugs. This is what started me off, thinking i was pg then being gutted when i wasn't. You are not being silly at all, it is perfectly reasonable. You never know he might feel differently in a year or two. I admit i do feel very jealous of all my friends that are pg with their first and are enjoying all the attention and excitement. I had a terrible pg and i begrudge them having a good time iyswim?

Don't get yourself down about it, do something nice this afternoon with the children, play a game or do some cooking or something, and just enjoy them. DD always makes me smile

Clairey - have a (hug)

Right, must get on really....

Tues:

• up too early DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• online food shop for weekend DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE & home DONE
• laundry finish - sort last pile, iron & put away
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• ds2 naps x 2 Doing2nd
• old school friend coming over DONE
• lunch DONE
• plant sunflowers seeds from kit (finally!) DONE
• poss friends round for afternoon NoThey'reAway

(good job too as got lots to do!)

• tea ChickenTonightReady
• tidy kitchen
• boys bath & bed (promptly!)
• orchestra coming here for bbq social*
• bed

*Orch Social Tonight:

• check gas (ask DH how i do that - DONE)
• tidy patio (covered in garden toys after grass cutting at weekend) Started RainInterrupted
• get extra chairs outside
• check weather forecast....hmmm....
• put jacket potatoes in (about 6.30)
• crisps in bowls
• salads sorted
• cutlery & plates & serving stuff out
• anything else?!

Panicking about gas, haven't checked it yet & now have limpet baby until bedtime so will have to hope! DH said it was full enough but ...

Tues:

• up too early DONE
• breakfast DONE
• all dressed DONE
• online food shop for weekend DONE
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE & home DONE
• laundry finish - sort last pileDONE, iron & put away
• general tidy pre-cleaners DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• ds2 naps x 2 DONE
• old school friend coming over DONE
• lunch DONE
• plant sunflowers seeds from kit (finally!) DONE
• tea DONE
• tidy kitchen STARTED
• boys bath & bed (promptly!) SOON
• orchestra coming here for bbq social*
• bed

*Orch Social Tonight:

• check gas
• tidy patio DoneMore
• get extra chairs outside
• check weather forecast DryYey!
• put jacket potatoes in (about 6.30) soon
• crisps in bowls
• salads sorted
• cutlery & plates & serving stuff out
• anything else?!

JKS - hope there was enough gas, if not then you can always shove things in the oven

Well the Wiifit didn't happen, played on the Xbox for 2 hours while DS napped this afternoon and ate too many chocolate digestives

DONE
Up and dressed
DS boobed and changed
Take DH to station for 7am
Clear up kitchen
Hoover downstairs
Dishwasher on
Breakfast x 2
Wipe over tables in living room
General tidy round
Ocado delivery 8:30am
Unpack shopping
DS nap
Shower and get dressed properly
DS changed and dressed
Go to jolly babies
Lunch x 2
Make pork and peppers for dinner
DS nap
Pick up DH - not sure what time
Dinner x 3
DS bath and bed

TO DO
Put nappies on to wash
Clear up
Relax - doing

Hi, sorry not been on for a bit. Have lots of chores as per usual. Will try to get on here tomorrow with a list. Hope everyone ok.

• Get self and kids up dressed and fed done
• Hoover stairs done
• Take some photos of nappies to sell done
• Play in the garden with DD1 done
• Give DD1 lunch Done
• Put DD1 down for a sleep done
• Eat lunch done - somehow managed to burn an ommlette
• Tidy back room done
• Hoover back room
• Unpack suitcase from a holiday 2 weeks ago blush
• Watch poorly baby like a hawk in fear of swine flu done Think toddler might have it! Am going to be checking her all night!
• Clean toilet and sweep and mop floor Done
• Put cover back on Mclauren buggy
• Milk bottles out for milkman done
• Sort recycling
• Coook dinner done
• Do some excercise once DC have gone to bed
• Wash up done
• Go get in the bath or shower and ready for bed
• Hang washing up
• Put nappies on to wash overnight

Right. Going to start bath running and hoover while its filling up! Will then do washing when I get out and then check on DD1 who went to bed with a cough, cold and high temperature.

Did anybody see on the news/in the paper about a little girl who died of swine flu on friday? She lived 5 mins away from me! So scary, her poor family

Jenny - it is scary, and so sad
i am gradually getting more and more nervous/anxious about it all but what can we do?!

Tues:

• laundry finish - sort last pileDONE, iron & put away
• tidy kitchen DH DOING AGAIN!
• boys bath & bed (promptly!) DONE
• orchestra coming here for bbq social DONE
• bed Soon*Orch Social Tonight:
• check gas Did WasFine
• tidy patio MostlyRained!
• get extra chairs outside DONE
• check weather forecast TheyLied!
• put jacket potatoes in (about 6.30) DONE
• crisps in bowls DONE
• salads sorted DONE
• cutlery & plates & serving stuff out DONE
• anything else?! AllDone!

Hi everyone
can I join you too? I have tried the FLY thread in the past ( under a different name!) and it worked for a while but now I'm back to square one. I think list making is definately the way to go! Find it hard to get motivated...PND etc but DP is starting to comment on the lack of things being done during the day although in a nice way I might add!
Anyway my list...

Done -
DC's up and breakfast
Loaded d/w
DD dressed
Ebay listings checked

To Do -
Me and DS dressed
Go to shop
Go to post office
Empty all bins
Change bedding
Ironing
Make lunch
Put on d/w
Hoover

That's enough for now I think!

Morning all, welcome to kidcreole (that name brings back memories of gloriously bad 80s music!)

Did not get round to posting yesterday as had to drop into work to arrange going back. If I do go back, it seems it will be in December (what with unpaid maternity leave & annual leave), which will fall just short of Ds's birthday, so that's quite nice. I don't want to go back at all though, and I never thought I'd say that - hence the mailout I am trying to do as a freelance translator.

TODAY'S LIST:

Me & DS up DONE
DS Brekkie DONE
Me brekkie
Dishwasher
Meals for DS for freezer - beef casserole, salmon, strawberries, peaches, apples
DS lunch
Fish pie for dinner & freeze half
Print mailout letters to give to mum to post tomorrow
Tesco (forgot milk yesterday)
DS tea

Will add more later. Have a good day all

Hello everyone ...welcome newbies .

Have posted in chat so am just going to post list here as I really need to get my bum in gear .

Wash/dress me and dd's
Tidy round
prep spag bog
DD4 lunchbox
wait for shopping del
Go get L weighed depending on shopping arriving
Babygroup
nursery run
school run
sort out wine and chocs for teachers
Get dd's to make thankyou card for lollipop lady
uniforms
Tea
baths
bedtimes
remake dd's bed
wioe round downstairs loo

Think thats it although I am sure there is loads more to do .

Hi Kidcreole

Jenduck - i only work one day a week and i enjoy that, but wouldn't have wanted to go back full-time - plus don't think i would have been any good at any job f-t with being so tired, hats off to anyone who does it with young kids!

Today:

• all dressed DONE
• breakfastDONE, lunch & tea
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE and home
• ds2 naps Doing1st
• laundry; ironing DONE, put away, plus extra load from epic poo incident yest! OnLine
• Asda delivery (10-12)
• new bed delivery (1-6)
• new HV popping round (3)
• boys to bed
• my dinner (DH out late)
• weeks task of pamper session
• Tesco delivery (8-10) (wanted some specific stuff hence 2 diff deliveries!)
• bed!

• clear spare room ready for new bed
• loft trip with too small clothes for boys
• get next box down for ds2
• renew library book DONE

right best get on....

JenDuck, what languages do you speak? We sometimes use translators in our business which is many oil industry / contracts based (don't know if you know any of this terminology).

I'm working full time at the moment, have a DS aged 3 and am 28 weeks pregnant (although I do keep forgetting how far gone I am). Lets just say I sooooo wish I wasn't working full time. By 4pm I have had enough.

Yesterday one of my tactful colleagues asked when I was due, I said October 15th and he said 'blimey, by that time you'll be as big as a house'. Unfortunately this was the latest in a stream of comments about how massive I am (and I'm not even that massive 5ft 2, and 10 stone 2) and I went to have a cry in the loo. Stupid bloke - his wife had twins so he should know better! .

Anyway better write a list - apologies for rant

Wednesday
Check work emails and do some work from home
Put load of washing on
Empty and load dishy
Clear breakfast table
Make sandwich
Tidy kitchen
Audit numerous bottles of potions in the bathroom and throw some away
Pick up DS from nursery school 11.30am
Drop DS at nursery
Go to work
Online shop

Thursday
Don't forget antenatal swimming class

Other
Cards for all DS's friends with birthdays coming up
And presents
DS card and present
DH 5th Anniversary present and card
Pick my Anniversary present!
Start packing for holiday

Before October
Visit hospital delivery ward
Clear out freezer and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
Cancel childcare vouchers
Cancel nursery
Get out all baby stuff and clean / buy new stuff if necessary
Get Wii fit
Get subscription to Grazia to keep me sane
Get some DVD's to watch whilst breastfeeding

Any ideas on how to keep me sane once DC2 arrives most welcome.

HMHB can't believe you are 28 weeks already how is it all going ?

WRT to bump comments I think people really forget what a PITA it is I was so fed up with people asking me daft questions and commenting on the size of my bump by the time I was due I had had enough ...but on Monday I found myself asking a woman who is a week overdue

'Haven't you had that baby yet ? '{blush].

Morning slatterns

JKS - I'm distressed to hear that epic poos still happen at that stage! I am glad though to see that other people think they deserve a mention on our lists, they do take time to sort out!!

Welcome kidcreole There are a few of us struggling with PND or something like it in various forms so you're in good company.

CWWM I will read the chat thread in a minute.

DONE
Up and dressed
DS boobed, changed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Unload dishwasher
Reload
Clean kitchen
Shake out throws and cushions from living room
General tidy upstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
One load of washing in
Washing from last night in dryer (is raining here)
DS nap - ongoing

TO DO
Bannisters!
Sink, windowsill and loo in bathroom
Shower screen
Fold clean washing
Shower and get dressed properly
Go and meet friend in town
Lunch?
Make shepherd's pie (Freeze half the filling)
Watch some cricket
Ironing
Dinner x 3
Clear up
Relax

CWWM - doing ok really. Wish I could chill/rest a bit more and the world wasn't stressed out about swine flu. Otherwise healthy and fine. Baby doing a lot of kicking.

KidCreole - How old is your baby? I'm reading a book about preventing PND at the moment and a lot of it is about hormones (specifically progesterone) dipping after the birth which is a major shock to the system. One way of making sure your hormone levels are steady is to eat a starchy meal/snack every 3 hours (they recommend that you spread out your normal daily menu and have snacks such as a ryvita or a kitkat) and within 1 hour of getting up and just before bed. Also they say to eat some toast or something in the night if you have to get up to bf. I had really bad PND for around 9 months and am desperate to make sure I don't get it this time round. Apparently keeping the blood sugar steady is key and then the progesterone stays more steady and you feel better. Hope it works. Will let you know more if I find out anything else.

Wednesday
Check work emails and do some work from home done
Put load of washing on done
Empty and load dishy done
Clear breakfast table done
Make sandwich
Tidy kitchen
Audit numerous bottles of potions in the bathroom and throw some away
Pick up DS from nursery school 11.30am
Drop DS at nursery
Go to work
Online shop

Thursday
Don't forget antenatal swimming class

Other
Cards for all DS's friends with birthdays coming up
And presents
DS card and present
DH 5th Anniversary present and card
Pick my Anniversary present!
Start packing for holiday

Before October
Visit hospital delivery ward
Clear out freezer and fill with delicious ready meals
Buy lots of 'healthy' snack type stuff to eat on the run
Cancel childcare vouchers
Cancel nursery
Get out all baby stuff and clean / buy new stuff if necessary
Get Wii fit
Get subscription to Grazia to keep me sane
Get some DVD's to watch whilst breastfeeding

Any ideas on how to keep me sane once DC2 arrives most welcome.

HMHB - i need to audit the bathroom stuff too, it just reproduces in there!

Ali - to be fair to ds1, think he has a mild dodgy tummy atm, is so-so about food and has had 2 exploding poos - but out of pull-ups rather than nappies, so i'm keeping him in nappies for now - both nursery & pre-sch asked for him to be in pull-ups 'in case' he felt a sudden desire to use the loo....!

Today:

• all dressed DONE
• breakfastDONE, lunch & tea
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE and home
• ds2 naps Doing1st
• laundry; ironing DONE, put awaySome, plus extra load from epic poo incident yest! OnLine
• Asda delivery (10-12) DONE
• new bed delivery (1-6)
• new HV popping round (3)
• boys to bed
• my dinner (DH out late)
• weeks task of pamper session
• Tesco delivery (8-10) (wanted some specific stuff hence 2 diff deliveries!)
• bed!

• clear spare room ready for new bed DONE
• loft trip with too small clothes for boys
• get next box down for ds2
• renew library book DONE
• move old bed & set it up in what was the baby room DONE
• make bed

Thanks for the welcomes everyone
Halfmumhalfbiscuit My baby is no longer a baby, she's 17 months old now. I wasn't diagnosed with PND until she was 8 months old though. Looking back I was depressed throughout my pregnancy but didnt realise it until I was feeling better. I still have my bad and good days and have been told that I'm likely to be on AD's for ever as I have had a couple of previous major depressive episodes. The diet related theory is very interesting. I knew that blood sugar could have a huge effect on anxiety but I didnt realise it could also effect PND in this way. Anyway now you all know my life story !

Done-
Me and DD dressed
An hour of ironing
Emptied some bins

To Do-
Finish bins
Lunch
D/W on
Shop
post office
change bedding
hoover

WELCOME kidcreoleandthecoconuts, this is a brilliant thread to join always manages to cheer me up!

Right going to be quick as the washing is STILL here, I have really let it drag on!!

Went on line and read the insertions in the paper had a wee cry with dh, then went had a nice shower so feel much better now

So I am going to do the pile of dishes
(supposed to be going to go get a dishwasher today)
make lunch and then really try and get rid of this clean washing,
I've left it so long most needs ironed
my hall carpet is awful, haven't got hoover bags and my beam system is crap!

I really think I will get a dyson because everytime I get a hoover all of a sudden the bloomin bags are hard to get!

I like my dyson
is a beam system when you plug it into a hole in the wall like some hotels have?

Today:

• all dressed DONE
• breakfastDONE, lunch DONE & tea
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE and home DONE
• ds2 naps DONE1
• laundry; ironing DONE, put awaySome, plus extra load from epic poo incident yest! OnLine
• Asda delivery (10-12) DONE
• new bed delivery (1-6)
• new HV popping round (3)
• boys to bed
• my dinner (DH out late)
• weeks task of pamper session
• Tesco delivery (8-10) (wanted some specific stuff hence 2 diff deliveries!)
• bed!

• clear spare room ready for new bed DONE
• loft trip with too small clothes for boys
• get next box down for ds2
• renew library book DONE
• move old bed & set it up in what was the baby room DONE
• make bed Started

I really admire those of you that have full-time - or any - jobs! Just looking after a baby/child feels like full-time work & I have a very laid-back baby who is not yet on the move (unless you count constant rolling over!). I always thought I would be a career girl, but turns out I just don't want to leave DS. Plus the job I was in was only ever supposed to be a stop-gap while DH was at uni, then I was supposed to do my translation that I have an MA in. The best laid plans...

HalfMumHalfBiscuit - I translate from French & German (chiefly although some Spanish & Swedish also) into English. I don't have any knowledge of the oil industry but can do contracts, so if your company needs someone like that it'd be great if you could point them my way, thanks :-) BTW I sympathise on the size comments when pg - mainly from men who have no idea, I am sure you are glowing & it cannot be easy in this weather - so chin up! Come & whinge to us if they are mean again!

TODAY'S LIST (updated):

Me & DS up DONE
DS Brekkie DONE
Me brekkie DONE
Dishwasher
Meals for DS for freezer - beef casserole, salmon, strawberries, peaches, apples
DS lunch DONE
Fish pie for dinner & freeze half
Print mailout letters to give to mum to post tomorrow STARTED
Tesco (forgot milk yesterday) DONE (embarassingly bumped into neighbour from 2 doors down but didn't recognise till I was past her )
DS tea
De-flea cat DONE (handy tip, if you use frontline for pet fleas get it online as is half price of getting it at vets)
20 mins exercise bike DONE

Plum - I have the dyson ball and love it! Makes it SO much easier to hoover and picks up all the cat hairs! I also have one of the battery oporated handheld ones and it was worth the £100 we bought it for. Makes tidying up after DD much easier and great for the stairs/spider webs/small gaps etc.

Todays list:

• all up dressed etc done
• Breakfasts done
• Put DDs washing away in her room done
• Put nappies on to wash done
• Put everything back away clean in the toilet after moppinge etc yesterday done
• Take washing off the airer
• Take clean washing upstairs
• Cook Lunch and eat done
• Make dinner
• Take DD out to play in the garden
• Sort Dsis out a card and money for her birthday tomorrow
• Tidy bombsite of a front room
• Hoover front room
• Tidy bombsite of a hallway
• Hoover hallway
• Clean bath and sink
• Tidy bathroom
• sweep and mop bathroom floor

My new Dyson handheld arrived yesterday - I love it! I was so fed up of having to get the big dyson out each time DS had a meal! I am about to order a ball Dyson, the animal one - very exciting as our current cylinder Dyson is 6 years old and dying.

JKS - yes I think that's what a beam system is, I covet one badly.

Plum - I told DH about it and we both got all upset thinking about the number of times we had DS in the bed with us when he was little. I feel so sad for you all

HMHB - that is a very interesting theory. I wasn't diagnosed until DS was 8 months, but looking back I think it started when I was in bed for 2 months with hyperemisis at the start of my pregnancy. It's a vicious circle though isn't it, for me anyway. When I feel down I want to eat rubbish and tend to skip the exercise, which makes me feel worse!

DONE
Up and dressed
DS boobed, changed and dressed
Breakfast x 3
Unload dishwasher
Reload
Clean kitchen
Shake out throws and cushions from living room
General tidy upstairs
Hoover upstairs
Dust upstairs
One load of washing in
Washing from last night in dryer (is raining here)
DS nap
Bannisters!
Sink, windowsill and loo in bathroom
Shower screen
Shower and get dressed properly
Go and meet friend in town
Lunch - had in town

TO DO
Fold clean washing - started
Make shepherd's pie (Freeze half the filling)
Watch some cricket - doesn't start today - doh!!
Ironing
Dinner x 3
Clear up
Relax

I have a handheld (not a Dyson) and love it too for post-meal times!
(though emptying it out is another job that i get lazy about!)

Not done much more really, had upsetting phone call with GOSH about DS2, when i got told off for the way i was speaking to the doc & &

Today:

• all dressed DONE
• breakfastDONE, lunch DONE & tea
• ds1 to pre-sch DONE and home DONE
• ds2 naps Doing2nd
• laundry; ironing DONE, put awaySome, plus extra load from epic poo incident yest! OnLine
• Asda delivery (10-12) DONE
• new bed delivery (1-6)
• new HV popping round (3)
• boys to bed
• my dinner (DH out late)
• weeks task of pamper session
• Tesco delivery (8-10) (wanted some specific stuff hence 2 diff deliveries!)
• bed!

• clear spare room ready for new bed DONE
• loft trip with too small clothes for boys
• get next box down for ds2
• renew library book DONE
• move old bed & set it up in what was the baby room DONE
• make bed Started

JKS what happened? That sounds really odd. Am for you.

oh long story
here

not sure i've explained it well but know i feel crap about it.