D'y ever wonder what you'll find in the shag pile?

[frumpygrumpy]

Momma, I hoovered!!!

Right going to prepare for the derby football match at 1.30 - Manchester united v MANCHESTER CITY.

La la la la la la - me me me me - 'Blue Moon you saw me standing alone!!' Come on City.

triplets - DH (ha ha those are his initials as well) go to church with his child!!! I dont think so - he is beyond saving anyway.

Listening to love songs - Ive been dumped to the strains of 'three times a lady' more than you can say feck.

Will be back later - especially if Manchester City win

I have missed LOADS bugger, just took me an hour to catch up.

Welcome newbies Fizzyt and Stringerbelle. Fizzy boys do indeed rock, i have 5. Stringerbelle that is a close agegap! Do you have a triple buggy?

Mars i am sorry to hear about your dad, have you managed to book flights yet?

Shabs i just read you story, just a tragic, tragic turn of events. I have no idea how you cope with it. Lots of love to you xxx You are also clearly mad your posts have me howling with laughter.

ooogs how is Erin now?

I am v of the meetup, glad it all went ok.

Accordiongirl the chick boy is so cute

Estar are you feeling better yet?

Tkband thanks for asking about Jacob, he is ok now. No new outbreaks so he is back to school Monday!! Hooray, i may have my life back. Of course the baby is sporting a suspicious 'spot' on his cheek

Hellooo everyone else, i have missed you all. Been sooo busy making a chicken run, clearing out the garage and ebaying stuff to make some dosh this month. Things are tight

DH and DD are at church as we speak. She loves sunday school and he enjoys singing. I do not. IO end up wrestling the baby and 2 year old for an hour and a half and miss anything that has been said.

just trying to catch up and now in tears at Shabster's tale

sorry to hear about your dad too mars, I guess it is a weird ambivalent sort of a feeling just grit your teeth and get through the next couple of weeks then you should be able to get some time with your own thoughts and feelings

DT2 poorly, whimpering, whingeing, clingy, not eating, coughing so much her tum hurts and everytime I say/do anything for her DT1 pipes up with 'I'm poorly too mum' which she blatantly isn't - is using it as excuse to get her own way, cheeky minx

Just sneaking a look to make sure Shabster has her bum on a pew and isn`t still lurking, feel I must save her soul if nothing else!

BOO!! told you trips I aint going to no church today - think they have sussed me out and realise that to get DS4 into the greatest high school in our area you have to go to church!! What a stupid idea - and they have OAP's there who say things like 'thats my seat love, move your bum' cause up t'north we talk like that.

Dont save my soul Trip - think the Devil already has his hands on it.

Going cleaning out the ferrets - might sink a pale ale while Im out there cause the sun has crossed the yardarm here - ONLY JOKING if anyone from AA is here xxx

Ha!
Lurking as usual .
My girls haven't stopped telling their daddy what a great day they had yesterday. They also told him,"Mummy was always going the wrong way and had to turn round!" . How the hell I'll make it to Birmingham on my own,I don't know !

Poor you Dingdong, hope the wee one gets better soon. Wouldnt life be SO much easier if the children didnt get sick!

I have posted a pic of my lovely chickens in a run now thanks to Mr Fox.

hi everyone, there seems to be a real community here! i've found some of the other conversations have answered some of my many q's but have one that i am hoping you might be able to help me with??!! i'm tandem feeding b/f 3mth twins and its been going "ok" but now one of them has started to get very fussy. she seems to wait on her brother to get the let down (or sometimes gets it herself if i put her on first then him) and then lies under "the tap" for a few seconds before getting titchy and throws herself off by throwing her head away, screeches and then turns back, back on for a few seconds before repeating it all again. if i burp her theres not much there and if i put her to bed shes ravenous within a few mins and howling in bed. how do i win!? also, on the off chance that she does get well on she makes slurping clicking noises so i am guessing bad latching as well? i've got a double feeding pillow and have also tried leaning back (after some advice) so that the angle is different for the milk flow (ie not so fast or intense) but that seems to upset her brother and makes him really spilly (or even more so as he spills a lot). any advice for either of them appreciated! ta

Hi folks.
Hit a wall the other night. DH said I was 'losing it' by which he means he couldn't get a coherent response from me and was worried I was going to have a seizure so he let me sleep through and stayed awake all night plying the boys with formula and watching me.
I felt really rough when I woke up and also bad for OH and also because I thought I had the b/f sussed. You can guess. The next morning the boys weren't interested in me (cue much sobbing)and I felt I had failed them and was ready to chuck the towel in.
Thankfully I have since had a change of heart and bought a pump. If this doesn't work, I can't say I haven't tried. Thank gawd we had formula for emergencies.

Afternoon girls!!! I have a roast in the oven so must dash!!!

hi there, haven't been over here for a while, but feel in need of advice. Apologies in advance for the length of the post! have dts aged just 15 months, both boys. they are supposed to be starting nursery 2 mornings a week as of tomorrow. we have had 2 settling in visits, the first (where I stayed with them) was fine. second one was awful. I left them there, and dt1 was fine, plyaing well and happy not having me there. dt2 however screamed the whole time, so much so that they called me back after 40 mins as they could not get him to stop. (nursery seems fine by the way, so don't think the problem is with them. think dt2 just hates being left). we have out third DS due in mid may which is what prompted us to put the DT in nursery, so they would gain some space from me, and from each other, as well as giving me a break from having all 3 of them at once, and also giving me some one to one time with DS3. since the settling in visit, DT2 has been very quick to become hysterical (not just whinging or crying, but full on hysteria) if I even look as though I am going to leave him. so much so, that when my friends have visited over the past few days, he cries as soon as they come through the door. I can only assume he thinks he is going to be left with them, or that they will take him away from me. at playgroup, he spent the whole time climbing my shirt front, crying. usually he is happy to play as long as I am in sight, but unless we are at home and there is no one there but my husband and I, now he just cries and cries and look terrified, often even after one of us has picked him up. I have accepted that maybe he is not ready to go to nursery, (although I will try a few more settling in visits in the vauge hope he might relax a bit) and so am prepared to keep him at home, but what I wanted advice on really was whether it is a good idea to still send dt1 to nursery on his own. I don't know how he will react without his brother being there, but if he seems ok, is there any reason not to keep him there? he is a very independent wee man and I feel he would really benefit from all that nursery could offer. any thoughts welcome. Thanks!

Thank you Momma

Electronic nice to see you. You can email me on mars at mammydoula dot co dot uk and I'll send you some info on breast compression. In fact there's the link You can email me and get my number. I'm happy to talk to you about it all.

Merly you need to call me angel. We can talk things through and see what (if any) other help you need with the feeding.

ineedadrink... hmm... I think that I would be inclined to send DT1 to nursery and visit with DT2 until he gets used to it. I would imagine he senses the change that is coming (the new baby) and he's clinging to his security.

Found some flights to Jamaica. Now to ring round the family and check that we are all booking the same one (that will be fun! ). Also need to phone and get the funeral organised. I wonder if anyone else fancies being the oldest for a wee while?

[weary sigh]

the nursery I think would be supportive of my staying to help dt2 settle in more, but how much is too much? they won't want me there 2 mornings a week for weeks to come. not sure when I should just call it quits and take him out. I don't want to ditress him so it affects how he is during the rest of the week at playgroups and so on.

I'm sure that they will be very patient. Just take it as slowly as you need to. Even if you start with just one day a week.

yeah, I'll try and perceiver for a while to see if he gets used to it, but I think I need to just stop worrying so much. I just don't want to cause him any long term damage by making him so upset on a regular basis.

You won't darling. As long as he knows that mummy loves him (which you clearly do) he'll be fine.

You never know. Seeing his brother having a fab time might spur him on.

Right off out now but I'm sure that the others will be along soon.

'Blue Moon you saw me standing alone without a love in my heart, without a dream of my ooo.....' sorry everybody - you are all taking about BF and I'm bearing mine for all to see.

Just to say my beloved Manchester City just kicked the buttocks of Manchester United.

'sven goran erickson, sven goran erickson

We were mightily pleased in this household too Shabby.

Those are ample aren't they?

Right then

fizzy - well done on bf - I also have a 4 yr old ds as well as my dts
stringerbell - welcome my dts are 10 mths old so just a tad bit older
shabster - your story is lovely and I am sorry for your losses
triplets - glad your mums 80th went well
LG&T - Erin hasn't been sick today so there is hope hope the spot on B comes to nothing
electronic - welcome
mars - being the eldest isn't all it is cracked up to be
merly - I found it really hard in the begining with the lack of sleep and hands - you are doing great
ineedadrink - hello - will watch your nursery developments with interest as I think the same could happen to me with dt1 (dd) in April

hi momma tigger hm fg dingdong pixi estar slownoris egg chopster accordiongirl & pazzaplustwo

didn't want to leave anyone out

marslady - a city fan or a united hater?

I am both