WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - NOVEMBER 2006 - EALING, ACTON, CHISWICK, KEW, RICHMOND, ISLEWORTH, KINGSTON ETC

[MrsBonfire]

It's the 4th and I had forgotten to start the November thread. Shame on me!

Well here it is because the October one is getting way too long anyhow

baby balloon

cbeebies xmas

10 November evening meet at Brula

West London xmas do

SJ's babyshower

sfx, thanks. all perspectives appreciated. not sure what LD and MH (mental health?) mean tho.

agree on the support thing and i do have a good group of friends and my family aren't too bad. i think sometimes you have to spread the load otherwise people get fed up with you going on and on lol.

hadn't really intended to go "public" on MN with this but it's such a big part of your life it's difficult to keep it seperate.

anyways, will have to try and catch up in RL soon.

i find that i expect my neice and nephew to know far more about babies than they actually do! so now i let them keep and eye on dd but under my supervision as well LOL

I've had lots of offers from teenage daughters of friends, to babysit, but have never had the courage to leave the DCs with them. Even when I look at some nannies and au pairs I think "ooh is she old enough?" LOL

PC - would it be useful to start a thread on living with the MH issues? Just thinking I'm sure there are some MNters out there affected by family members with similar isues?

My Mum suffered from MH issues (severe depression over several years) and TBH I think still does. Makes her 100% negative about every aspect of life and very unpredictable. She responds to every situation in such an emotional way that its actually irrational.

Or have you done that already (?) Sorry I'm a bit fluffy brained at the moment. Can't remember whether I'm Arthur or Martha

hi foxiearthurmartha!

sorry to hear about your mum, it's draining enough when it's your DH! my mum actually drives me nuts but she means well...... most of the time LOL.

haven't started my own thread but have read/contributed to others and have had some great insight/information from them. thanks for the thought tho.

good old MN!

has everyone seen the Soapbox giving/receiving thread? it's amazing!

is it too early for a glass of pinot griglio?

Hi guys, been lurking today, had a long tiring day with ds who decided that he didn't want to sleep at all today but that he did want to pull on anything in reach which included wires & neatly folded washing!

I've only ever left ds with family & a close friend. The friend did suggest their babysitter but as I've never even met the woman, I decided I'd rather not. How paranoid is that?

Speaking of leaving ds, dh is whisking me off for Saturday night so does anyone have any recommendations of where we can go? Can't be too far away and we've already ruled out Bath & Stratford upon Avon as it seems they're fully booked!

what about up town? It's cheesy I know but I LOVE going up town for a really good night out, without the trauma of travelling home.
Otherwise, the Burford Bridge is lovely; right on Box Hill, good food, not bad price and close to home. Good walks around. No idea what to do if it's raining though - bed?????

hoxo, you're obsessed woman!

assuming you've ruled out bath and stratford then you're staying over? taking ds with you?

how about Brighton or somewhere in the New Forest, from this side of town it's only about 50 mins.

or oxford? or henley? or the cotswolds or hastings...........

lucky you as well for a night away!

Yep, we're staying over but ds is going to his grandparents for the night! So we need to get somewhere from Aylesbury, Brighton etc means we'd have to come back through town. Dh doesn't want to go to Oxford, but I've always fancied the New Forest...

Hoxo - v sad I know but if we end up having to stay in bed then no doubt we'll be sleeping

hmmm, firstly VERY brave! am sure DS will have a fabulous time and i am impressed with you Pud!

secondly, from Aylesbury (now i see why stratford and bath!) why not Banbury? not too sure on my geog but maybe cambridge?

there's always Hemel and Watford !

sorry, not sure that's much help altho Banbury is lovely.

Thanks PC, this is the second time we've left him with my ILs - the first time I had a major cry after we left!! I think dh is hoping not to have a repeat of that this time!

I'm going to email them all off to dh and he can choose somewhere tomorrow!

Belly dancing - I have done it on holiday many years ago & lets say I need many drinks to do it again. I was bad!

And is Mrs B leaving ealing?

hi all have been watching just benn really busy with an assignment and my ds! I DIDNT MEAN FOR ALL TO THINK ABOUT THEIR BODYS BUT ITS DIFFICULT WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGES AND U KNOW IT WILL NEVA GO BACK! I have looked into getting a tummy tuck, sa not only is it wrinkly, and resembling the oicadilly line, but it sticks out, so i cannot wear anything even slightlty close fitting! how have u all benn anyway?

Chocca - Oicadilly line - LOL Is that the one which runs through the areas where the Oiks live? PMSL

What was your assignment about?

Puds - you lucky thing - why not go for the New Forest, then you can tell me what its like?

I dreamt I had a baby girl last night called Aoife and was BFing her DS's best friends Mum (a teacher at his school) had a baby girl on Sunday called Aiofe (my fave girls name) aaaaaaaaaaaaaah His friend is over on a play date tonight, so hoping I might get to cuddle Aiofe when I drop him off home later. Will go shopping for a pink and fluffy pressie today

PC - one day when I'm drunk, I'll bore you with how mad my family all are Its a wonder I turned our so normal (twich)!

Trying2begood - so thats a "yes" then to the belly dancing?

Just stand next to me, and you'll look great

MrsB is thinking they'll probably move, 'cos of DH's new job (is that right MrsB?)To Marlow?

Me again

Each summer my sister offers to take DS for a couple of weeks, so he can spend time with his cousin. She is VERY laid back about what I'd call basic health and safety stuff (e.g. knowing where your children - she lets her DS play unsupervised in the woods ), so have convinced myself she's either lose DS, let him drown in her ornamental pool or he'd get run over. To cut a long story short, he's never got to stay with his cousin.

How neurotic is that?

am sitting here, chuckling at the mad perception you have of me.
For me bed = sleep. No hanky panky.

Don't forget, there's 4 of us in bed these days. How could it happen/ where/ when/ WHY???

We are off to Paris tmrw, and all I can dream of is - nice food, nice wine, bit of culture, and sleep, sleep, sleep.

OMG, I AM middleaged!

rotflmao! Hoxo, sex wasn't even in the ball park - I am just as obsessed with sleep and having the bed to myself.

having said that, in the last week dd has gone 8ish to 5ish 3 times! Tues/Weds are always tricky as she's booted out of her room and into mine while Grandma stays.

My new bedtime routine isn't really any shorter it just starts earlier. altho she was off by 7:50pm last night thus shaving 10mins off the usual.

going to be a quiet MN weekend for the W London crew then.

I'm in Norfolk, home Sunday night, Puds is off on an adventure to who knows where and Hoxo's dancin and romancin in the city of lurve!

good morning ladies, sleepy here for some reason dd woke in the middle of the night and refused sleep for over an hr, most unlike her

hoxo,PC& Pud - enjoy your weekends, hope you have a lovely time

choc- i would not contemplate surgery no matter how saggy my belly gets i am far too scared of general anaesthetic. although sometimes i long to reduce the boobs and pull them up a bit

PC- i am not v.comfortable talking about theMH issues in my family(and there are a few with my parents) but i will happily talk about mine.
i did suffer major clinical depression when i hit 20, it does go away, just look at me the picture of cheerfulness and gleebut seriously happy to talk about it if you wish.

I meant learning disabilities (LD)i worked a lot with people within the autistic spectrum in recent years. MH was further back and children even further back, could not deal with it these days

hoxo, pc, & pud, have lovely weekends.

It'll be a while before we go away on a long weekend sans dd. But till then I'll be dreaming of a long lazy weekend in the sun in Italy.

Youpeople talk too much. I can't keep up.

sfx, thanks but really don't want you to feel uncomfortable or anything. i think i misunderstood that you'd had experience working with people suffering from MH issues.

so, what's up with the weather? i just loaded the car and it's tipping down! so much for a biking weekend .

managed to get seat on bike okay, now need to figure out how to get bike carrier on car!

Don't worry Uwila I can't keep up either!

Have been dealing with both dc waking in the night time. Ones suffering from teething and the other from night time terrors. My friend who is a aromatherapist made this blend for the kids yesterday - and it worked! They both slept through from 7 - 7, got my fingers crossed its not just a one off. Thinking I might get her to do one for me now .

Wow, that's amazing quokka. I'd be interested in the blend for teething

How much does your friend charge for it?

Dd has been teething for ages and sometimes will get grizzly when it's bothering her.

Hi trying2bgood,

I posted on the chinese mum thread yesterday. I. Have you met any of the mums who posted on the thread?

Well she did one just for sleeping in general for both of them, you just rub it on their bellies before bed, in a clockwise motion. I can ask how much she charges.