MN Little Italy 12

[SunflowerNeedsSunshine]

Ciao, hello, welcome!

Oh gosh rosa, sounds like a very bad day. Sorry to hear that mil is not that cooperative .
And re your dh: that is SO typical. You don't know how many rows me and dh had about sleep. My dh has always had a deeper sleep than I have, so guess who was always the first to be up at baby's first stir?

Sun, glad you are done with the consolato!

I always wondered if it is a case of deeper sleep or a good sleeping act

A bit of both in our case.

Dh used to come home from work and fell asleep on the sofa at 6.30 while the children played around him, making lots of noise . It made me furious.

when i left dd with dp on Sunday, to go out iwht ds, came back and he hadn't cleared the bloody breakfast table, excuse ds likes to do it. WTF?

Cannot manage to do any reading in the last 2 weeks, read a couple of pages and feel like falling asleep, and during the day have lots of work in the house, so when dd sleep i just get on with gardening, making those chores phonecalls..boring!

Still the kids are a delight. Been interrogating ds about your dd Damon, he didn't want to say anything, but was very pleased when i said we will see you soon...She looks so much older than she is.

Bs,have you considered getting an expert in to sort out kids' sleep, it is something an acquaintance did, and this lady sorted it out. Don't know who she was, but there must be lots of these sleep gurus around online. I guess as long as you pay them only if they manage to sort it out....I feel for you, ds did 3 nights a week waking in his early days and i remember thinking i was going bananas....

i did call a sleep consultant for dd1 and tbh it was a bit of a waste of money.. I know what i am supposed to do, not pick them up not feed them learning to self-settle blah blah but all these methods involve lots of crying... it was supposed to take 3 days for dd1 to learn to fall asleep by herself according to this woman, 3 months later she still cried for 45 minutes. plus she kept getting ill, and we had to start from scratch every time... i was getting so stressed out about it all, and so i just gave it up. dd1 is now a good sleeper i would say, she falls asleep easily and on her own, ok so she comes to our bed sometimes in the early hours but that doesnt bother us... she still has the odd awful night, but on the whole she has learned gradually and by herself that sleep is a good thing and i am hoping that stays with her in the long run- i prefer that to quick fixes involving lots of crying etc etc. i don't know, i am sure i must be doing something wrong because we are re-living the same with dd2, but i just can't change anything... it's like i simply do not believe in sleep methods (although i am aware that they work for everyone), and so i am jsut waiting for things to get better...

the consolato is such a nightmare, enough reason for me never to have any more dcs although they have gotten a bit better. i would like to shoot the smug self important usciere though, who thinks he is the bees knees and treats everyne like shit when his job is to open the door!!!

LOL viggo. When I came home Dh had managed to go to the supermarket and tidy up the livingroom (i.e. put evrerything that did not belong there on a pile in the front room ) and that's it! no hoovering or tidying up kids bedrooms nor make our bed = throw duvet on top. I did all this in about 10 seconds after getting in and having a wee. He did look truly and absolutely exhausted too . quite pathetic if you ask me! Didn't say anything as I had such a lovely relaxing day I didn't want to spoil it with usual stepfordy moan.
DD had a super great time...your ds is a true delight and I am sure the more we meet the more they'll talk ! Yes you are right about DD, I knew she was mature the minute I set eye on her when she popped out. I am quite in awe of her at times as she's so all together. she never loese it like I do . enough of my dd.

sunflower your half ricotta tiramisu was deeeeelicious!!! thanks. will always do it this way as you can hardly tell the difference except for being lighter.

where's brange gone?

franca what was the final decision on the meet-up? please be ruthless and tell us what's best for you. you are the one visiting and with family we are easy.

my dh is snoring so loudly on the sofa is beyond belief...

Sorry bs didn't work out with the expert, maybe they are all quacks.

Damon, if I hadn't met your husband I would imagine him like Rosanne Barr's husband lying on the sofa with his feet on the table snoring away. lol

My dp sta leggendo vicino a me, unheard of, ha detto che con il cambio d'orario non ha piu' bisogno del pisolino delle 8pm. I bet he won't last many days.

Yes Franca, you choose, my only advcie is to get to the NHM for 10am otherwise you will lose the day in a long queue.

Shall I try to record him... god's so loud. How can I share a bedroom with him? Thank god I'm a deep sleeper. ah maybe that's why we don't have sleep probelms - we might but we just do not hear them.

(My friend down the road called me just now - she's coming for a cuppa - her dh is snoring on the sofa as well!

dp has put his book down and seems to be closing his eyes...will be snoring within 5 minutes....

my friend just told me that she calls that pre-snoring dh's face the 'coffin face' ...

lol at coffin face....

i cannot stay awake, have you finished zeno?i used to read a lot more until a couple of weeks ago.....i will be lucky if i read a book a month...ohhhhh baby is screaming, better close the door so i cannot hear her. That's that, I am sure she has gone back to sleep now.

Screaming is increasing....

She stopped now, no she has started again,now she has stopped.

Deffo stopped. I think she got the picture.

Harvey Nicks ups, Coram Fields sound great to me, honestly!

the angry was meant to describe dd's screaming. she goes all red and looks furious.

harvey nicks
is ti working now?

do you think you can manage the kids from south ken to russell square? direct on piccadillty line but might still be a slog for you and them...

I'm on page 181 of Stieg Larsson and still unimpressed.

the other day while talking on the phone to my mum and dh was out and I was in bed dd2 started to cry. I said 'che pppalle' to my mum who felt immediately sorry for my kids. After me asking she assured me that she never shared such thoughts in re to her kids (i.e. us) let alone express them, really. she's a freak IMO. (unless when your kids grow up and you miss the LO of themselves you just forget how much they could p* you off at times).
I thought of you viggo as I'm sure you'd have reacted like me - and now is the proof you do! great!

Oh feck, is it a long way?

20 min half an hour by tube

you do realise it might be a bit damp and probably grey, and the coffee will be schifoso, and the bar of the park is always attacked by the pigeons who try to steal the food you eat.
and there might be wind.
and the kids might be tired and tantrumy.
But I am sure we will have a nice time.

Now she is not screaming, i can only hear a resigned whimper. Better go, or she will slag me off to her therapist one day.

lol franca, i thought you were asking if my sofa was far away from the baby's cot. I was going to reply not far enough. lol.

glad you liked it, pippi, I was a bit dubious the first time as I looooooooooooooove mascarpone, but haven't looked back since!

DP seems to snore when I'm really trying to watch s.thing on tv ("I wasn't sleeping"), but his dad, well, that's another story! the house trembles

BS - the smug usciere was the one who told me no pushchairs, and then while we were trying to take footmuff off to close it (with sleepy baby in arms and bags) he kept on coming outside to tell me to go to the 3rd floor , as if they were in a hurry (I mean, they work in slow motion even if they were ffwd!!). and then they're all giggly ("ciao, ah, aspetta che vado a vedere il mostro (other impiegata) di la' ...ciao cara, sei tornata, come hai passato le vacanze?") without acknowledging waiting people outside, soooooo irritating....