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MarsLady · 14/08/2008 20:08

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shabster · 24/08/2008 20:09

Oh girls - Dan and Em brought Lew to see us today. They were here all afternoon. He is 11 weeks old today.

He has smiled and smiled. While they were having their dinner he sat on my knee. I held him in front of me and bounced him gently and sang 'Teddie Bears picnic' to him. I made him giggle so much and got him so giddy that he did a 'exorcist' style hurl right into my eyes, down my face and into my bra!!

Then he did a massive burp and fell asleep.

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MERLYPUSS · 24/08/2008 20:40

FG - go for the fanny doc referral. You cant afford to be that ill that often.

SHABBY - You are not a crap mum by any way, shape or form. I have only (virtually) known you for a matter of months and it shines through what a fantastic job you are doing/done. You should have said 'Yes I may be fat (dont know if you have weight issues or not) but I can lose weight. You, however , will still be an insensitive arse. xx

TRIPS - Sorry H is feeling rough still. Is there any light at the end of the tunnel yet or is it tunnel all the way? xx

shabster · 24/08/2008 21:18

Merly

BovineBeauty · 24/08/2008 22:18

hey girls, i missed 'netting' yestday as i had to work at the pony club and it was busy and i was bugga'd. not used to 'real' work!! the battle of bedtime is finally at a cease fire and its time for a cuppa n catch up.

Ohhhhh FG big HUGS. doc has no idea and he proberly is a HE, try an accupuncturist or homepath - they both got me through bad depression through twins pregnancy and helped to bring back the dreaded monthlys after. ........hugs.

i hope im not butting in but i really do love having this space at night with real mums and not some book teling how i am supposed to do this role.
well enough sap.
lata girls.x.x

triplets · 24/08/2008 22:33

Knock knock, is there anybody there?
If I didnt have this thing to go on in the evenings I think Id go mad, had a really really fed up day. H no better, spent almost the whole day in bed, looks dreadful, and has been back up since 9pm. Put the trio up at the same time and just been up to the boys, believe me I have tried everything, think I am going mad. My friend tonight told me to get some sleeping pills, but I do not want to start on those, I already take the odd diazapm when I get panicky, its not that I cant sleep, its that I dont want to go to bed early, I want to have time to me once the whole house is quiet. Then when I do get to sleep H wakes me anyway taking Gladys to the loo!!! Cant remember who asked what stage H is at, but hes just had his 3rd chemo cycle, 3 more to go over the next 6 weeks, then scan, then depending on the result up to London for liver surgery, then 3 months further chemo then ileostomy reversal, then its fingers x`d!!!!! So no light at the end of the tunnel yet. I am just feeling very sorry for myself, my brother is off to Turkey tomorrow and I am I admit green with .

Now Shabs...................I am sooooooooooo with Derkster, how come everything is your fault? How dare he say what he did to you, I am sooooooooooooo hurt for you. You and I go back a long way, we met through sadness but we have always made each other smile. I am so very very lucky to have met you, I count you as one of my truest and most loyal and lovely friends, I feel for you, and want to shake him. You have brought into this world four beautiful and good boys, you have put up with more than most people will ever have to, yet you are always there for anyone when they need help. You have a huge heart, full of love, an amazing spirit and I love you for being you xxxx

MERLYPUSS · 24/08/2008 22:40

Hiya Trips, I'm still here. Sorry to hear about H .
I am having a mare (small fry in comparison to most here) with weaning DTs. We have had screaming abdabs from Thomas at anything other than breakfast. He is such a milk guzzler and wont even eat yoghurt now and that was a fail safe. Poor Isaac sits and munches with a soulful look as Thomas turns into beetroot head baby. Pesky kids. Tried hard love and leaving him to cry but I felt such a cow that I had to leave DH with him. H-E-L-P-P-P !

triplets · 24/08/2008 22:42

FG, you must go see a good gynae, and make sure its a woman! I had lots of problems that way and was saved by a wonderful woman called Kate Neils who went on to look after me throughout the triple pregnancy. Hope they are keeping an eye on your iron levels? I can recommed a guiness a day Seriously though its not funny, I have been there with the flooding, the last episode started when these three were 8 months old and it went on for 3 months!Then it suddenly stopped, and that was it, 10 years ago, so I was almost 47. That why now I wonder if all these horrible symptems that I get are a sort of menopause, as I dont think I ve had a proper one! I`m a rare case!

triplets · 24/08/2008 22:45

Merly, how old are they now? Perhaps Thomas just isnt ready to be weaned? Mine did everything differently, always Thomas first, then Rebeca then dragging behind was James. Dont fret, it will happen, when he`s ready!

shabster · 24/08/2008 22:59

Ta Trips - he has always been like this - always. He now blames his diabetes if he gets mad with me. Says when his blood sugar level is low it makes him agitated!! The saddest thing is that Tom has never heard us fall out before and he sobbed himself to sleep. Now H feels really bad but has gone out because he cant apologise easily.

All will be well........

MERLYPUSS · 24/08/2008 22:59

They are 7 months. All was really going well until a week ago and now he thinks the high chair is going to be plugged in if it's not breakfast time. Maybe I'll try savoury for brekky as I was thinking he might have a sweet tooth and that's why he eats brekky well. Put my theory to the test he might be hungrier 1st thing ?
Off to bed. Will report back tomorrow. Night.

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:00

Night Merly - the joys of being a mum????

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:04

Holiday song 2008

Just indulge me Trips - every time I hear the opening bars of this song it makes me think of Rhodes.......all the young kids on holiday would sing this full blast every time they played it around the pool. The mighty Tomster loves it.....xx

triplets · 24/08/2008 23:04

Hi Shabs, sleep well Merly xx
Oh Shabs, whens me and you going to scarper to Greece? Wouldnt we have fun, and we both wouldnt have to pack our Eleanor Rigby mask!

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:07

Exactly right Trips.....that would be so wonderful. I would even stretch to taking our four kids with us....Tom would have a whale of a time taking your three round to meet everybody.

I have never, ever seen even Greek twins - so what they would make of Triplets god alone knows. Gloria emailed me today in wonderful broken english!! Saying how much she misses me and 'you come home to your Greek family next year - yes?'

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:10

My dad says this is our family song!

triplets · 24/08/2008 23:10

"and you bring old Mummy with three kids", did she really say that Shabs

triplets · 24/08/2008 23:12

Oh I love Elkie Brooks, ages since I heard her.

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:14

Gloria thinks you are wonderful!!

She kept saying 'you tell Anna I so sorry she has so many children!!'

You were the topic of conversation amongst the reception staff, the cleaners and all the female members of staff LOL.

She asked about you nearly every day and said 'so you tell me again your friend Anna has 3 children all like Thomas??' I wanted to say - well yes apart from Becca!! xxx

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:21

Can just see our 4 dancing to this at the Venezia

.....and me and thee!!!

triplets · 24/08/2008 23:22

Shabs..............have you never seriously tought about living out there? Is Derkster different whe nhe is there? You two already have experience running a bar, schools can`t be any worse than they are here. I could come and wash the pots in high season

triplets · 24/08/2008 23:23

I quite like being called Anna............

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:30

Gloria says it like this - annnnna.

The season is short in Rhodes - just May to end of October. IF I had the money to go I would. This is going to sound horrible but I would not go out there with H. Everybody who works and lives there has to save during the season to manage to live during the Winter.

His health is much better there but I am still like a single parent. Over the years I have often 'had enough' but I should have walked many moons ago - it is too late now.

When the plane lands in Rhodes I have tears running down my face and when we walk up the steps to the plane coming home I am silently sobbing. I am home when I am there and dont know who I am or what I want when I come home.

shabster · 24/08/2008 23:31

Somehow it is more than just the holiday blues when I come back. I wouldnt go out without money though - and I would prefer to know some more Greek. Not making excuses just having a reality check.

triplets · 24/08/2008 23:38

I think you could do it Shabs, truly, it would be a huge step but I just feel you could be happy there and you would be so good at running a place, no chance of anything at the Venetian?

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