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Gardening in the winter sun. 40-something mums Christmas thread
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somewherebecomingrain · 08/12/2013 21:00
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knottyhair ·
11/12/2013 05:36
BBD, love your description of A! Rosa is also very into pointing and the head shaking when she doesn't want something has just started. Eagle, what is it?? And what did your DP buy for your DD?
Have a lovely meet up today those of you who are going. Gutted I can't come, but my friend now needs me to collect her other kids for her so even if I could've found someone to pick up DS, it wouldn't have been any good 
. Can someone explain the Secret Santa thing to me? I don't think I was listening when it was explained 
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scarecrow22 ·
11/12/2013 09:59
Dear Babies,
Tintin here. So I have made this absolutely Amazing discovery. There is this thing called Crying? Do you know it? If not you So need to check it out. Last night daddy woke me up after a few hours sleep but then the grown ups left me in my cot upstairs All On My Own (wtf, I'm only 8mo) and the heating was not on and Monkey was snuggled down under the blanket or something so I called out to mummy to come and warm me up with some milk and cuddles. She didn't hear me so I called a bit louder...and well, eventually she came up and we had a lovely long cuddle but she tried to put me back in the cot... Well, as you can imagine I was not very happy, so I told her I would rather cuddle mummy. It took me an hour or more to make her understand (she's sometimes not good at understanding, but I have learned from my big sister that quiet gurgles and smiles don't always get the job done the way you want)....well in the end she lay me between her and daddy in the big cuddly bed and let me fall asleep taking lovely sips of milk when I needed (or just wanted to). And I slept there most of the night!! How cool is that. I've so missed out these last few months, but now I realise what happens when you Cry I definitely know what to do next time.
Mummy is muttering this morning about Going Back To Work and Sleep Training.....perhaps she wants me to show the other babies how to do this Cry In The Night thing 
I like it when I make mummy proud.
Anyway, hope it works for you too.
Love and smiles,
Tintin xx
scarecrow22 ·
11/12/2013 10:09
NoSo hello! Glad you are lurking. How old is J now? Do post news when he gives you a chance.
SnowQu33n hope you are feeling okay. Take care in slippy weather.
bbd good luck packing. So sad missing you all today. Have a really happy time in Morocco. Sunshine can help in a lot of ways.
Eagle thinking of you today with your Big News. I too had my money on a bfp, but think maybe not now... Too much a hostage to fortune to tell us before a scan or whatever.
We had DD's nativity yesterday. She was the 5th star. Was so good given how many children in tears, though cutely shy on stage. I hated pubic stuff when little, so sympathise. The furl next to her kept refusing to hold her hand though, however much she tried, which was like a very sharp knife shredding her mummy's heart. I will try and forgive the little brat girl by the time I'm 163. No nativity is complete without Mary dropping Jesus, either
Off to Oxford with a slightly heavy heart that I'm missing your meet up.
Waves to all
rosiedays ·
11/12/2013 13:04
Bbd enjoy your winter sun and quality family time. Xx
Eagle 
I'm sure now you don't have that stress you'll get better very quickly. It's a huge weight lifted. Well done xx
Tintin does your daddy like to wake you up ?
My buba likes to wake me too :) usually by tickling my face with his wet rasta
I love it, don't understand why mummy gets so huffy 
:)
AH Nativity plays :) I remember them. (A nostalgic tear Wells up) they are special times.
Dd1 age 9had an amazing voice and was chosen to lead the school choir into chapel by candle light singing silent night. It was pure magic.
Unfortunately when she got to the alter it all got too much and the tears came along with a runny nose which she spent the rest of the song wiping on her sleeve
GoatBongoAnonymous ·
11/12/2013 14:19
Big congratulations eagle! sounds brilliant. What will you be doing?
for you too.
Had lovely meet up with somewhere and somelet and bbd and A. BG had a ball (literally) at the soft play and wasn't too horrendous at lunch, then fell promptly asleep. Shame that the net line was down so he woke halfway home as took so long. Still, he is being a complete star and a business in a posh suit is entertaining him
somewherebecomingrain ·
11/12/2013 16:32
Hello! Lovely meeting with bbd and goat. Fairly quick. Not all that much conversation, despite the tiny facilitators working hard to break the ice by running off, making smelly nappies, and all that relaxing stuff.
Swiss cottage leisure centre cafe rocks. It has more cakes than the average patisserie. Three massive tables of cake.
I got a bloody parking ticket cause I parked in a suspended bay
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eagle congrats!!!! The fact that it's interesting - fabulous.
Xxxx
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somewherebecomingrain ·
11/12/2013 16:54
Hello! Lovely meeting with bbd and goat. Fairly quick. Not all that much conversation, despite the tiny facilitators working hard to break the ice by running off, making smelly nappies, and all that relaxing stuff.
Swiss cottage leisure centre cafe rocks. It has more cakes than the average patisserie. Three massive tables of cake.
I got a bloody parking ticket cause I parked in a suspended bay.
eagle congrats!!!! The fact that it's interesting - fabulous.
Xxxx
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