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shabster · 22/06/2008 23:35

Hope I have done this right.....

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Egg · 03/07/2008 11:27

Dark and about to pee down in Hampshire . Had a downpour this morning but thankfully got DS1 to nursery in a dry patch (much to his disappointment).

SHabs, fabulous fabulous news. Hope you can really enjoy the rest of your holiday now without holding back!

Also hope Em is feeling better each day now she has been diagnosed. Poor love, but at least she has been diagnosed early and can start feeling human again now.

Lydle and Momma (well, maybe Momma...), weddings! I loved my wedding. We did have a biggish one, but that's cos I love being the centre of attention.

Lydle, my DCs are all younger but it is so hard I am sure for you, but I do think that you need to be firm and say no food upstairs (mice or rats is a good one). I am finding it hard trying to explain to DS1 that the baby DTs have to have milk every 4 hours, but he doesn't, and that he can't drink milk all day or he wont eat enough food (he is 2.4), so trying to explain why DD2 was allowed crisps for breakfast etc and DD1 wasn't must be very very tough. Presume though, now, that neither of them are allowed food upstairs? I know my sister, who has kids age 9, 7 and 5, does not allow them food upstairs and they are only allowed to "help themselves" to fruit, and even that is restricted before mealtimes. I do remember sneaking the odd Penguin / Club / Trio type thing up to my room when I was about your DD1s age, but it was very rare and I would never have let my mum find the evidence!!!!

Oooggs, acupuncture sounds interesting... esp the seeds in ears! Are you feeling any better? Do you think you will be able to go back to work on 9th (think it was 9th).

Meeely, how have you been without DH? I really really struggled some days with DS1 when I was pregnant with DTs. Not sure if it is easier or harding trying to cope on your own when they are a bit older or not. At least DS1 has long naps each day but your boys presumably don't anymore.

Timesofhope, hello I don't think I have chatted to you before. Congratulations on your triplets! I watched a prog the other day on Discovery Home and Health with a family who just had triplet boys. They were adorable.

Tigs so glad you are back online, and that your big sis came to stay too. Lets hope FH can become just H soon as he calms down a bit.

Having a bit of a cacky time myself with the DTs and DS1. Really struggling to hold it all together as DTs are so time consuming, both being buggers with milk feeds, are now on 2/3 solid meals a day, and I find it hard to find a good time in the day to get out and do fun things for DS1 as one or both DTs are always due a milk or solid feed which is hard to do when out as DS1 needs constant attention as not big enough to get on swing / seesaw etc on his own. Also our nights are getting worse, not better, with DD, and I was starting to really water down her milk at night to try to cut it out soon but she is drinking tons of white water at 2am etc and not having any more, or in fact having less in the day, and she is too small to be cutting down.... urgh.

Sorry. Loooooooooong post.

Neeerly3 · 03/07/2008 11:41

Hi Egg, DH back tonite, yay....it's not been too bad if i'm honest - obviously I work during the day, so am kid free, so just had to deal with 2 x bath/bedtimes on my own. I bought a reward chart each for them and just used that as an incentive.

"if you get undressed dead quick with no fuss, you get a sticker"

"if you go to bed and sleep without messing about and screaming the sticker fairy will come, but she will only come if you are asleep"

This morning it was, "if you get dressed while mummy is having a shower, you can have a sticker"

So far they have 5 stickers each - well Eddy is due a 6th one for not screaming when i dropped them off at nursery, Arfa unfortunately fortitted (sp?!)

Please tell me I am not feeling flutterings and movement already and that I just have wind - since yesterday evening I have had these fluttery, popping bubble sensations right down low and I've convinced myself they are too low for trapped wind....one of my friends pointed out it could be movement if there is more than one in there - helpful!

Egg · 03/07/2008 11:44

I reckon if there are three or more in there you would feel them now .

Seriously I don't actually know. With DTs, who were my second pregnancy, I didn't feel anything til about 14.5 weeks (16 weeks with DS1).

Glad it has not been too bad without DH. I told DH today that I felt like going back to work five days a week to escape. I didn't mean it though. I wouldn't earn enough to make nursery a viable option for all three, and I know once I get through this tricky patch I will be downright grateful I don't go to work.

Neeerly3 · 03/07/2008 12:10

Luckily the boys get their government funded places now, so we will cut their hours down while I am on mat leave and then having the three of them in full time til next sept won't be too bad as we get £90 a week off for the boys.

Neeerly3 · 03/07/2008 12:15

this bubbling is driving me mad, plus my trousers are too tight so I'm doubly uncomfortable

shabster · 03/07/2008 12:17

Hiya Neerley - a friend of mine, who had quads, said she felt the same weird sensation.....

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shabster · 03/07/2008 12:19

......................Im joking, just joking, only joking

Its just called weird sensation in pregnancy syndrome...

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shabster · 03/07/2008 12:21

Talk laters loves..........Im sure she had quads.....................bye honeys xxx

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TiggerLicious · 03/07/2008 12:23

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

bloody social has messed up my money!!! They forgot to fill in 10% of the claim and now I have to wait another two weeks!!! FH didn't inform tax credits like he said,so I might have been overpaid its all going Pete Tong!!!

ma stop sunning yourself and get home I need guidance!!!!!!

Oh on the upside I do have the tescos man coming today

Egg · 03/07/2008 12:27

Oooh Tigs, will it the same Tesco man that you are not going on a date with?

Big bugger about the tax credits though. Do you have enough to cover you if you have been overpaid?

Shabs, you are still making me laugh, even from all that way away.

oooggs · 03/07/2008 12:56

egg - yes due back on 9th - maybe maybe not

neeerly - I thought I had felt movement at 9.5 weeks - must be mad possibly?

scan booked for 18th July bang on 12 weeks

shabby - you are so norty - get back to that sun

tigs - as if you haven't got enough to deal with

ChopsTheDuck · 03/07/2008 12:58

heh heh, meeley is having triplets at least. I only got that bubbling early on with the dts. And not as early as that neither.

HarrogateMum · 03/07/2008 13:15

Hi all - just on quickly as am at work. Shabs great news re the house, Momma great news re the wedding, Lydle great news re the wedding! Re the food thing, I tend to allow mine fruit, raisins etc and the occasional biscuit if they are good but get mad with them if they start taking things from the cupboards.

Neeerly3 · 03/07/2008 13:18

You lot are MEAN!!!

Egg · 03/07/2008 13:42

Neeerly, don't worry, at least you and Oooggs can keep each other company talking about each of your impending triplets / quads .

Neeerly3 · 03/07/2008 14:06

you, young lady are not funny....

iamdingdong · 03/07/2008 14:10

oh girls cheer me up please I've just left DTs at reception for the afternoon, having only just managed to keep my temper and dignity due to complete lack of communication etc we've had v little info from them then were turned away when we arrived 5 mins early today as they'd go t the time wrong - no apology, no info like, leave them then come back - how am I supposed to know what to do?? must get a grip before I go back to pick them up!

shabster · 03/07/2008 17:30

TIGGY - GET DOWN TO THE SOCIAL, PREFEREABLY WITH THE KIDS, AND SIT DOWN ON THEIR FLOOR AND REFUSE TO LEAVE TILL YOU GET SOME DOSH!!!

TYPING IN CAPITALS CAUSE I AM MAD - THEY CANNOT LEAVE YOU WITHOUT MONEY. CANNOT, AND IF I COULD TYPE IN BIGGER CAPITALS I WOULD.

THEY CAN GIVE YOU PART OF YOUR MONEY, HONEST, THATS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE FIRST WENT ON BENEFITS. IF YOUR SIS IS STILL THERE TAKE HER, THE CHILDREN, AND MAD MIKE.

THERE IS A WAY ROUND EVERYTHING.....SOMETHING CALLED A CRISIS LOAN ETC ETC. DONT MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE WITH MY SHORT FAT HAIRY LEGS AND ATTACK THE DSS.

DONT EVER BE PUT OFF BY THEIR FORMS ETC ETC THEY HAVE TO HELP YOU.

Seriously love, get down there and explain your situation to them. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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piximon · 03/07/2008 18:08

Momma I'll keep an eye on the postbox!

I'm having a dreadful day. Prince still poorly so one of the mums offered to collect ds1 from school. Only she forgot. So 3.30 I get the dreaded call from the school and had to do a mad dash getting dcs ready then rush up there in pouring rain to collect him.
Get home and electricity cut off as neighbours from hell having work done, no notice, so couldn't cook etc. Just switched it back on now.

piximon · 03/07/2008 18:15

Shabs-glad you sorted out your housing! Keep us posted on the house warming party.

Tigs, will you let us help you?

Chops - well done on the weightloss, please tell me you have a magic secret you can share and I don't have to exercise and starve .

Triplets, hope you're ok my dear.

tkband3 · 03/07/2008 18:24

Shabs, lovely news about the house...now you can really start to enjoy your hols.

Tigs, so for you - I'm sure Shabs is talking perfect sense. Anything you need until you get it sorted, just shout.

Mars, someone's in need of your wise words here.

Ooogs, any good effects from the acupuncture today? I had those seeds next to my ears - I was meant to keep pushing them or twiddling them or something .

I hung a load of washing out earlier today - it was glorious and blowy...probably dried in an hour. I wasn't here to bring it in though - it's now having its fourth rinse .

I got a free box of ferrero rocher today when I renewed my membership at costco - DH is out tonight, so guess what I've got for tea....!!

piximon · 03/07/2008 18:25

dingdong it'll get easier, can't they give you written info to avoid any confusion? Any nursery I've used usually gives a welcome pack with all the basic info like times and procedures etc.

tkband3 · 03/07/2008 18:29

Pixi, how horrid for DS1 to be forgotten and for you to have to do that mad dash - hope the other mum has apologised profusely!

Oh and Dingdong, hope your girls have had a good afternoon. Our school is a bloody nightmare for organisation as well - I wanted to be a parent helper so I filled in the CRB forms at the end of last term. I got my certificate thingy back in the easter hols so took it in at the beginning of term. I did my first week last week - deputy head was too busy to sort it out apparently . Then I turned up this week for my morning, only to find the classrooms empty - they'd gone on a school trip and had forgotten to tell me when I was there last week . Sorry, no consolation for you, I know, but just to say I understand how you're feeling. Glass of wine time now isn't it? .

oooggs · 03/07/2008 20:10

tkb - no idea if its working, I haven't felt so sick to had and had 'some colour in my cheeks' but I have just been very very sick and my lovely homecooked chilli went down the toilet

tigs - go get them with guns a blazing

egg - you are very very naughty - its only one (we hope!!)

pixi - poor ds1, hope prince feels better soon

dingdong - hope the girls ok, the school ds1 starts at in September are very disorganised too - heaven knows what it will be like when we visit next week

neeerly - how you feeling?

shabby - hows your white bits?

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