To WIIT to whoohoo! 5th thread

[100years]

Well what happens now?

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[strawberrypie]

I vote for the second one, gorgeous and once LO is here he will change his mind about having the big bedroom as an office :)

[Leftwingharpie]

That's a good point Strawberry. He just can't imagine how he will feel about his DC. He was going round working out where all the cat's little things would go and what view he would sit and look out over, and whether we could fence in the garden. But when it came to the small dark bedrooms upstairs he wasn't bothered about whether they were nice for hypothetical DC. But I know for a fact that when actual DC comes along, he will want to give it our room!

[bebejones]

100 - You poor thing :( Hope you feel a bit better today x

Harpie - I vote for the 2nd one too & agree with Strawberry, once LO is on way he will feel differently! The bathroom in the 1st one would be a nightmare bathing a small child in. Not because of the size but tiles get very slippery, DD fell over in a bathroom with a tiled floor when she was about 18months & smacked her head, t'was awful!

Had a very odd MN dream last night where we were all at a BBQ & I checked in on MN and Quod was updiffed! (Quod wasn't with us, don't know why) Was very real though, always find those sort of dreams a bit weird!

Going to a friends LOs birthday party later...don't really want to leave the house!

[Leftwingharpie]

Bebe that sounds like a brilliant dream except shame it wasnt my BFP lol. How come you don't fancy the party?

Hmm I'm completely torn with this house business. DH loves the first house and I have to admit its the more practical of the two - but it's really expensive! I guess we'll have to see what they want for them. Hopefully they would do a deal on the cottage as it's been on the market so long... but then I worry it will be hard to resell, and we would definitely outgrow it.

What I don't want is to overstretch ourselves as it will impact on how long I can stay at home when they are babies. I'm starting to think perhaps we should wait another nine months or so and then go house hunting with actual DC in DH's mind!

[bebejones]

Just don't want to go outside in the totally minging weather!!

If you are that torn, then maybe neither are right?

[Quodlibet]

Harpie I think that second house is really really lovely - I would LOVE to live somewhere that nice....Maybe I am a bit mean but I really don't see the problem with little children having little bedrooms!! And in the early years at least you want them to be quite dark and cosy so they will go to sleep, no?!

I follow quite a lot of interiors blogs on pinterest etc (like apartment therapy and think there are lots of ways to make a lovely room out of one that initially seems to have shortcomings. Because we're so limited for housing choices here in London I think I've already resigned myself on having to compromise on ideal houses/flats and having to channel energy into creative ways to make not-ideal spaces lovely instead...

Bebe what an odd dream - no updiffings here I'm afraid. Should we try another attempt at a WIIT meetup and have a real BBQ?

[Leftwingharpie]

Good idea Quod - although in line with the dream you must not be able to attend!!

[Quodlibet]

[Leftwingharpie]

You will have a BFP though! Assuming of course Bebe's dreams are prophetic and not just normal dreams!

[100years]

Hey ladies.

Well I felt like shite most of yesterday :( boo :( but not as bad today. I'm sorry for the TMI I just needed to vent my periodical frustration.

Harpie, you don't sound convinced about either house. I think you need to be A'OK with the one you are going to move to.

Bebe how was the party?

Quod yeah to trying to arrange a WIIT meet. I know we generally chatted about it last year, but nothing came of it. Birmingham is in the middle of everyone (oh and not far for me to travel )

Well we went to church this morning. It's the first time I've been to this church, there were loads of small people there, and there are 4 groups for the littleys during the service, a 'crèche' for the baby ones, so ended up going to that and chatting with other mums while the main part of the service was on. Edith is the loudest baby known to man, she's taken to screeching and pterodactyl noise making! But they were all surprised by how active and how much she can do! Standing crawling cruising etc! Seems I get that a lot at the moment, my child is an early mover.

[Leftwingharpie]

I think I'm just trying to stay objective and not get too emotionally attached to either of them. They're both really lovely.

Wow 100years it sounds like you have found a really nice church. It must be a lovely way to meet other families. A lot of friends of mine have said they started to feel more spiritual when they had their children.

In other news DH is determined to diff me, despite my mild protestations! If I get the maternity pay package it will only be through sheer dumb luck! Who'd have thought it?

Am up for a Birmingham meet when we get back from TBT.

[100years]

Yeah, it was when I was pregnant that I changed how I feel about it all, I can't quite articulate it, but it feels quite important to me now. It is a nice church, quite different to my OH's home church, but it was nice, and yes lovely to meet other families.

Objective is much different to being non-plussed, so that is a good thing.

Oooh is it a total MURCOM?

[Leftwingharpie]

I think we are actually TTC - but only on the condition that we both pretend we're not!

What is your OH's home church like?

[Quodlibet]

MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ??? MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???MURCOM! ???

[Quodlibet]

(sorry, x-posted!)

[Leftwingharpie]

I feel like I should put my gas mask on and run for cover!

[100years]

Lol to pretending you aren't TTC. Just seeing what happens is the way to put that :)

Its hard to know exactly, because I spent a lot of the service in the crèche tbh, but the vicar at the home church is excellent, just the one, here there are three who cover a few churches, and the service is different. The home church is quite high church, so slightly more traditional, however I've only been to the local one once so far, and it was OH who said about it being different, not bad different, just different. But it will be a regular thing now :)

Been to bumps and babies this morning and some of them we're 'doing lunch' after so I went along :) yay, lovely stuff. Making the most of my time on maternity leave and new mummy friends. Mind you when I go back I'll still be able to do things like this because of only working a couple of evenings:) yay

[strawberrypie]

Hi 100, good to hear you are enjoying yourselves! I love going to
groups with Emma and it's true-you do meet so many new people when you have a baby. It's a good job really because there's only so much poo/weaning/sleeping talk childless friends can take after a while ;)

I like the way you are operating LWH...slowely, slowely catchy monkey. If it's not OFFICIAL, you've less chance of frightening off the FANTOM (formerly against, now teasingly openminded male) :)

[100years]

I don't really have many friends at all round here, so it's nice to have a few people to organise things with :)

Ah, so we're onto FANTOMs now!!!!

[bebejones]

I have been lurking with no real time to post at all this week! Cannot believe how quiet it's been in here!

100 - Can I be your friend?! :) I can bring cake?!! :o

So Harpie, how's it going with all the not thinking about actually TTCing? Cannot believe the MURCOM! Fingers crossed he means it!! How many days now to TBT? How do I get on the postcard list? :o Any developments on the house front?

I have been busy doing cake stuff all week & dashing about like a mad thing! Had to pick tiny human up from preschool early yesterday. She has a raging temperature again. Was 40.3 Tues night & dips down to 38.?? when she's had calpol then rockets back up again. Every time she gets a bug with a high temp it makes her eczema flare up. :(

Cannot believe it's Friday tomorrow the days/weeks/months are flying past!

[Leftwingharpie]

Morning all! Bebe I'm glad you asked! The Big Trip is today!!!!!!!

Suitcases are all packed, just got a few things to do at work and then as soon as I get them out the way, we're off! LA here I come!

[Leftwingharpie]

Bebe PM me your address and you're on the list!

[bebejones]

Bon Voyage Harpie!! :o

Hope you have an amazing time x

[Quodlibet]

Whoohoooo! Trip time! Have an amazing holiday.

Poor little minibebe, hope she is on the mend now.

[minipie]

Have a fab trip harpie! Can't believe it's finally here!