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Getting exciting now !

Lag- the effects of ga coming out your system and also painkiller wind down well known to be worse the next day so your dad will hopefully seem better over next few days.

Feeling bit brighter thanks to and good news that dss passed his degree. He is staying and being lovely company and super help with the girls (as is his gf). And completely agree its fear of the unknown.

Good luck with party tomorrow- predictably I have done nothing on dd1 party (she has insane amounts of presents already from various family ).

Did I mention how lovely second nanny is who started this week? So calm and efficient. Other one has great points but it's a bit of an emotional roller coaster and I am apprehensive about her return. Apparently she cried on my mum about me .. Very appropriate (even if I am sure was kindly meant). She has been home to be her very sick dad. I am hugely sorry for this but very apprehensive bout crying nanny when I am not at most robust. Plus its not great for the girls (. Couple of things have happened where no real harm done but I would have appreciated a calmer approach).

What is everyone up to this weekend?

And most of all
Happy birthday Alex

Sorry LG, we x posted - my comment about ur dad must have sounded daft given what u said about today .

Gig, didn't know u'd found a new nanny but glad she's good. Agree that it's not appropriate for her to cry on your mum - she needs to find someone outside your family to overload to if she's finding things difficult to cope with.

Hilary Devine comment made me laugh - she's from Dragon's Den LG.

Offload not overload - and that comment was aimed at old nanny not new one!

Time for bed!

No no, all understood pirate

Yes I have heard that day 2 worse than day one gig. Thanks for reassurance.

Today I will be baking (not my forte)
Tomorrow I will be partying

Morning all - torrential rain here today so nothing planned really. I'm on a mission to reorganise some storage so a brief trip to ikea will be as far as I get I think. Although I haven't got DH a father's day gift from DS - do any of you bother with that? DH genuinely isn't fussed - happy with a card made by DS.

Glad the op went well LaG. I hope your dad feels a bit better over the w/e.

Do we have birthdays this w/e. Happy birthday to DS1 Pirate! Glad you had a sunny afternoon at LegoLand yesterday after all!

I didn't realise that you had a 2nd nanny Gig - that's good news. Are they both full-time?

I hope you all have better weather than here!

Did monster post but lost it.

Lag how is your dad?

How was ikea Scottish? Not so much rainy as windy here.

Have both nannies full time to do kids and house keeping so in theory I don't have to do anything if sick and dh not run ragged when I am poorly. Nanny 1 back and being painful as claims told me cant work this Friday . I am finding if irritating in the way you do when awaiting childbirth as it affects what happens when I come home
From hospital (need someone with me , if nanny2 has to work may not be able to stay late - which is why doesn't usually work Fridays- which could be an issue if I am delayed getting out of hospital and I need someone to come home with me).

I don't know how much of my irritation is projection cos of current stress or fact it seems worse /more irritating as I am at home with her/get brunt of her behaviour (dh not here/doesn't get her going on).

I could go on but it pissed me off that my Saturday night which was meant to be relaxing was a little spoiled by texts and an ignored call about all this nonsense. Yes it is a small issue but my capacity to cope not great at minute.

Still nice fathers day at home planned . What is everyone else doing?

That's really annoying Gig - especially on a Sat night. Can you ask both nannies going forward to request any time off via email so you can keep a record more easily? Also, depending on the reason she wants it off, can you refuse? No different from someone working in an office etc that gets a holiday request turned down?

Not sure how feasible it is - but going forward could both nannies speak to DH about any issues with shifts etc so you don't have to worry about it?

That was plan (and usually do confirm all changes by email). She says discussed it with me which may well have done but I don't remember, I suspect nanny 2 doesn't (as didn't mention last week) and was also before we got final confirmation on hospital dates.

She is full of indignation- dh and I hacked off as meant to have 2 people to avoid this (she claims that nanny 2 can work late Friday but not confirmed this and to be honest it's not the point).

Sigh - I know it's nothing but I am mega tense and know she will make a scene about this and everything else tomorrow when I will be anxious and have to go in for a scan (which is horrid).

gig, hope all goes Ok this week for you

Happy Birthday to Ethan's Birthday buddy for today

Busy weekend here and joy of joys we've discovered ds1 aged 12 looking at naughty sites on the net on his phone, and tomorrow he's off to France with school for a week. How do you cope with that, where has my baby gone? I know it's normal to be curious but the internet has made so many more things accessible that I'd rather he didnt see for a while.

Gig, can I come over Friday afternoon and cover at all? I obviously couldn't come and pick you up from hospital but I could be at home until your dh gets home and then just bung the kids in the car and head home. It's up to you. I know it's annoying with your nanny but you need to focus on you tomorrow and if it means you don't have to have a showdown then let me help x

Deb, at DS1 but sadly not surprised - interestingly enough we were watching an episode of Graham Norton that we'd recorded from a couple of weeks back last night and it had Kathy Burke on there talking about childhood and saying that children now are the most protected they have ever been in terms of their freedoms and yet exposed to stuff via the internet that we would never have had access to at the same age .

I've no idea what to suggest, except that dh has just said that Vodafone do a service where you can shut down access to certain services at certain times - maybe worth investigating?

Not looking forward to that stage at all .

Have had a fab but busy weekend, culminating in LG's DS1's party, which was blessed with beautiful weather and a very creative host . I secretly suspect she's been reading Kelly's blog for ideas . The cake was amazing - will try and load photos later!

aww that is so lovely of your pirate but think we have it covered now (nanny 2 didn't remember but can stay). Would also like you to be here when i am here to chat . but nanny 1 is not my best person at the moment .

have asked dss when he got into dodgy net stuff (yes have been through this and we are planning on asking bt to block it - as dss back and although more mature we would rather not have that going on). he reckons 15/16 was prime ages but definitely became aware (I'll spare you the graphic chat at that age)... I think you just need to have a chat with him and then block access . but easier to do through the router really.

Lag your party sounds impressive .. and yes no effort at all made here yet .

achievement here - dd2 (or mini gig as she shall be known) is rolling over ... is most pleased with herself.but then a bit like a beached whale when gets stuck .

if its any comfort , dss did it all (net stuff, girls at home when shouldn't have, booze, drugs , bad school stuff etc)... it didn't seem like it at the time but he hasn't turned out too badly.

Glad you got it sorted Gig, and yes keen to have a catch up chat soon - and see your Olympic tattoos of course .

Have just posted pics of LG's cake - I was nominated as official photographer and took over 400 photos!! Think I was feeling the pressure . LG, I have been very sparing with the pics on FB as don't know your friends or feelings on sharing photos so have only put ones on of our boys or vague group shots .

Yay at DD2 rolling !

The photos are super and I appreciate the edit for FB. TBH most of the guests there aren't FB friends (yet), but still best to be cautious.

Dad continues to improve (I think ). Its been just a wee bit busy here.

Happy birthday to the birthday buddy too Deb

I'm even more reluctant to post photos of people's kids if they're not on FB! Your neighbours (Clare & hubby) are lovely - we had a nice chat with her husband (who's name I forget!) and Elizabeth's parents .

Good news about your dad.

Oh and happy birthday Deb's DS3 !

Thinking of you today gig

How are you getting on Gig?

Wow! Mini Gig is getting less mini what with the weaning and the rolling

Glad you found nice people to talk to Pirate. Thats the first time I have met neigbour's hubby. Seems nice. She certainly is very sweet, but speaks so quietly that I am always asking her to repeat herself.

start tomorrow so will let you know -just scan today.

yes mini gig thinks she is a very big girl. She wants applause when she rolls over.

I'll be thinking about you today Gig - I hope it's not too awful.

Deb - I was re: DS1 - these things come around quickly don't they! I suppose years ago it was boys finding a naughty mag that was their brother's/cousin/dad's and bringing it into school. No tips on how to approach it, but I guess it's all about perspective and time for your DH to have the chat!!!! Is DS1 in high school yet? It won't help to say it's all going to get worse will it?

Scottish - you were shocked, imagine my face!!!! I thought he was still searching for lego and Romans on the internet, he was last week!! He said other people had been talking about things at school and he was curious , yes he is at secondary school. When I dropped him off yesterday for his French trip, the girls the same age as him looked so grown up compared to the boys.I don't think the boys stand a chance.

So far worst thing is food and waiting around... But all being very kind. Am not religious but please send all your prayers/good vibes that it's going to work! Only had one wobble when line went in ..

Food is bloody horrible though.

Oh and nanny1 resigned - is going home to be with her family so that solves an issue

Oh and as I said before stern words needed- we had this with dss a little later but he was at an all boys school.

I will spare you the condom story for now

Sending lots of good vibes Gig xxxx

Dh had his new job confirmed today which is brilliant, and the 12th NCT bubba arrived this morning - a complete set .

Deb, my friend's son has just turned 18 - I still ruffle his hair .