D'ya ever wonder where all the other mums of multiples are?

[bubby64]

....or have we scared them all off with our inane chatter and multple moans!

Morning girls xx

Morning girls x

so busy, barely had time to EAT!

dd is talking, I have tried the notebook idea, but it doesn't really seem to work for my older two. Shame, cos I think it is a lovely idea. Is Tom any better today, shabs?

No, trips, the girl hasn't been round here. TBH she wasn't really welcome after they were planning sex in dd's bedroom. I think you have a point though, and if it does look like they are going to be close I might invite her. I think though would invite TWO girls then I know nothing that way is going to happen

Off out to a gig in Hackney tonight, then away with the kids for the weekend, staying in a converted barn on a farm in Cornwall, then another gig on Monday night! Hopefully all this running around I might even lose some weight!

oh and welcome, mummypig! Do stay, though you jsut might reconsider wishing for twins!

Ended up at Emergency Docs last night!!! Tom has the most spectacular rash I have ever seen!! You can see it spreading - starts off as blotchy big pink spots and then all merges together - worse on his face. Doc says he has a middle ear infection and a bad throat infection - ITS NOT MEASLES!! Thank God. I didn't allow Tom to have MMR jabs. For many reasons....although it caused an enormous 'argument and fall out' with my former GP. The rash is a viral rash and he will not let me take pictures of it

He has been given antibiotics and they seem to have 'kicked in' this morning.

Also rang NHS Direct last night...the lady who I talked to sounded just like Trips.....ended up telling her my entire life story and having a cry - OMG I bet she was glad she was working last night

aww, poor Tom, hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

I didn't let the dts have the MMR neither. With Jack and his 'problems' I couldn't risk the twins having it. I love Jack, but things are often a real struggle for him, and I wouldn't wish asd on anyone.

Oh Chops! I like the idea of inviting her and another girl round though. Safety in numbers? If it helps (probably not a lot if I can sumarise as short as possible), when my sister was 14, very nearly 15, my parents were approached by a bloke (22 years old) and he asked if he could take her on a date. He'd seen her from my sister and I working in my parents shop and also when she had been walking home from school. I've never worked out why except my sister was particularly challenging at that age, but my parents said yes! I guess they too thought if they said no she would just go ahead and do it anyway. They started dating. A year later they got engaged and when my sister finished her gcse's she formally moved in with him (she was 16). When she just turned 17 they had a little girl. A pregnancy which despite my mother asking repeatedly, she denied until she was 6 months gone! Over the years they have had another daughter, got married and then another daughter arrived. Before my sister turned 30 she filed for divorce. I feel terrible as I once said I couldn't see them being still together when she was 30. Anyway, my parents found they weren't over fond of the guy as the years went on. But they couldn't tell her to leave him etc as of course they had allowed the relationship to start. All they could do was support my sister and the girls as best they could every time something went wrong, he lost his job(s), had an affair.

I guess what I'm saying is children may not make the choices we would like - my sister didn't get past her first term at college, but all we can do sometimes is be there to pick up the pieces and do our best to encourage them to see their own potential, not allow them to be sidetracked at important stages of their lives.

I know it's slightly different in that your daughter is embarking on a same sex relationship, but the success story is I have 3 gorgeous nieces and despite my sister dropping out of college, when her eldest was a year old she got a job, bought a house and has climbed the career ladder at work to management level with very good pay - she has long been able to support herself and the girls. It might be small comfort, but your daughter may just be pushing her teenage boundaries, especially as she knows it's a relationship which has caused problems in the past.

Hi All, checking back in.
Welcome Mummypig - Your village sounds like mine! My 2 were one set out 4 sets of twins just in their their class of 19 kids up until they left in July, and there were 3 other sets below them and another set due to start in September! We ran a "Twins Club" in our village up until recently, but, as we all tended to meet socially anyway, it has now become and informal meet up at the local coffee shop on a Friday morning.
Shabbs Your poor Tom, hope he is feeling a bit better now.
Soks Where in East Anglia- I am between Ipswich and Bury, perhaps we couls meet somewhere?
Trips, Chops and Ruby, my 2 sound mild compared with your DD's, but this is early days!
Fetched M home from school yesterday, and he is home again today. Apparently did a spectacular "Multicoloured Yawn" all over gym floor, and then passed out! He has said for a few days he has has a headache, but we thought it was just tiredness
J came home yesterday and the first thing he said was "Mum, promise you won't shout at me", so I wondered what was coming, and he then produced not 1 but 2 after school detention slips, both for homework not handed in (Geog and French)! DH and I have repeatedly asked him over the past few weeks "have you any homework to do?" and he has said "no, I did it in homework club". Lying little toad. It has now come back to bite him in the bum[cruel laugh emoticom]. We are due to go to their "Expectations Evening" tonight, to see their form tutors and find out their groupings and targets for the next year, so will have a word with them about homework. He is supposed to write it in his planner, and us tick it off, but he neglects to do so half the time. I think we need his form tutor to check on this a bit more closely.
Oh, and back is finally getting a bit better, so I am a happier bunny!

Shabs, hope you got some good advice and that poor Tom is feeling alot better, I know how worried you must be.
Not much news here..............in fact none...............kale nits, hope you get a better sleep Shabs..................z z z z z z

Morning girls xx

Goodmorning.........what sort of night did you have Shabs? Really hope Tom is feeling better this morning. Off to Deal, a nice 40 min walk along the beach!

Morning Trips xx

A quiet night - not much coughing. Peeped in on him about half 6 and he is fast asleep. Still has his weird rash as far as I could tell BUT he has slept well. xx

Hello girls, just waiting for kids to get home then off for the weekend!

Thank you for all the advice, have been reading, just been so busy and not she chance to reply properly!

I was close enough to professor green last night to SNIFF him not usually my type, but god he has his charismatic smile!

Anyone care to join me?

Plonks down couple bottles of Devon scrumpy and a box of homemade scones, clotted cream and jam. This cottage is heavenly!

Ooh I wonder who That was??

Long time no see round these parts!

OMG someone grab her quick...............what ever must she think!

Chops............get more wine quickly..............Shabs lure her back with your Monster Munch and pear juice...................Chops, where the devil are you now and why weren`t we all invited??

Oooh, who was that then?

Chops that sounds rather nice . And a gig too! We went to see the killers on Tuesday. Concert was cancelled after two and a half songs, because the lead singer lost his voice! Dh was gutted - he's waited 4 years to see them and now we have to wait again until February . We did have a meal out without children though, which was a bonus!

I don't have any advice about teenage girls yet - dd1 is only 10 so I still have all this to come. I find her scary enough as it is!

Shabs, I hope Tom is on the mend now. Ds1 is always getting odd rashes and things when he is ill. I have given up with doctors as they never seem to know why .

Bubby, I can sympathise re the detentions and homework. Ds1 got a detention during the second week of school for forgetting homework and frequently doesn't do his until the last minute. Dh and I despair!

The dts have been hard work this week. Dt1 in particular has been whining a lot. Dh has had the week off work as holiday because of the concert and his 40th (which was yesterday) and I think is more than ready to leave me with them go back to work on Monday!

Mmmmmmm. Scrumpy. Does it mix well with todka?

I miss Devon/Cornwall. Not been this year because of twins/finances. Hope you have a lovely time, I am very, very jealous and tempted to start a countdown to centre parks break.

We're a couple of hours away from Ipswich. Nearish Peterborough (40 mins). Lovely rural village. School, pub no shop/post office/bus service church. Interesting tale that the village used to be called brimstone.

We're still poxed out here. Joshua and Emily's are drying out nicely. Poor Jennifer had fresh ones this morning. She is not a happy bunny .

Eeek! Don't know what has just happened here! One moment Dts and i were sitting watching CiN, having a little cry over some of the stories and the boys were remembering their angel baby sisters, and the help they had from a charity supported by the campaign after we lost them, and 10 minutes later M was arguing with DH and flew into a huge tantrum after and threw a pot of sudacrem at the wall so hard it split and we have white goo all over the livingroom carpet!!
Came almost completely out of the blue, and I just sat with my jaw hitting the floor! Anyone know how to get sudacrem out of a wool mix carpet??

How sad am I I have nothing better to do than google this for you! Someone asked the same thing in a CHAT thread on MN in 2006! Two things worked. Hand hot water with washing up liquid or baby wipes :o

Oh bubs! I'm staring at the pot of sudocrem on the table and imagining the mess.

Woke up (for the millionth time) time this morning. Did nappy changes and looks like Jen has infected pox. Would probably explain why she's maintaining a high temp even with calpol and ibuprofen (prescribed as I thought she shouldn't have it). Woke dh up to tell him I'd be ringing out of hours as soon as breakfast and bottles done.

I'm supposed to be on a hen night tonight, and before the 3 got ill I offered to drive people home. I'm driving as taxi far too expensive for me in my rural backwater. So now I'm torn between a meal with friends and a few hours to recharge, and not wanting to leave my poorly baby. The other two are fine. They'll be with dh so I know they'll be fine. But it's that mother's guilt kicking in. Oh well. Will see what ooh say and go from there.

Hope you all have lovely peaceful weekends planned.