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Sept 08 - Our LO's are nearly 2, and they're hiding to do a poo (is it time for potty training, not until it stops this raining)
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ninja · 01/08/2010 00:20
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MrsArchchancellorRidcully ·
17/08/2010 17:26
Just popping in before teatime madness. WE HAVE POO!!!
C had at least 4, possibly 5 at nursery today!!
She is now starving 
becaroo ·
17/08/2010 17:42
wow!! well done C!!!
I know (from experience!) that constipation makes you feel pretty horrid...bloated, nauseous, headachy and tired. 
Lactulose works for me but I take it every night.
Cant wait to get my next tesco vouchers!!! I have loads of toys to buy!!!
becaroo ·
17/08/2010 20:21
sooooo....
remember last thursday I had to go back to GP re: bleeding and pain? I was sent for blood tests and she did done swabs and said she would refer me for a scan and i would get a letter in the post.
the hospital rang me earlier and I have got an app on thursday afternoon!
I know I should be pleased that I am being seen so quickly (and I am) but I am also worried....the GP must consider it an emergency?
The woman who rang me said it was a cancellation but they would say that wouldnt they?
am worried now......
come and talk sense to me!
DebiTheScot ·
17/08/2010 22:02
those bears are so cute 
but cost a tad more than I'd pay for a bear!
becaroo ·
18/08/2010 08:10
meglet thanks!
mrsA dd wont be able to play with the steif bear....they are so very expensive and if they get damaged they lose basically all their value so it wouldnt be much of an investment in that sense (my dhs aunt collects them) Not sure about a computer either....do you mean something like a v tech smile? I wouldnt let toby near my laptop!!!!
am knackered.....dh got up at 4.45am to go on one of his jollys to dusseldorf with his friend so obviously I was then awake, then ds1 got up at 5.45, came into my bed and elbowed me in the head til 7am 
ugh
MrsArchchancellorRidcully ·
18/08/2010 14:32
Oh feel free to pour cold water on all my mum's ideas ladies. To be blunt, she's not a very good mum or nana and her gifts would all about her feeling self-important rather than what C actually wants/needs.
I spent a bit of time in counselling a few yrs back and worked out that she slapped me around a bit too much as a child and is now quite a toxic person to be around. I think she means well and cannot grasp that it is her own selfishness that rules her life.
For example, I would let C stay overnight with DP's mum anytime but I would hesitate to leave C for more than an hour alone with my mum. She wouldn't abuse her or anything but I would just not trust her to put C's needs first.
On staring at my newborn C in hospital after the shock that she wasn't a 'he', one of the first things that popped into my head was that she won't have to go through what I did regarding the facts of life/periods etc (my mum didn't think I needed to know that stuff and so when i started my periods at 9, I had no idea what was going on yet didn't feel able to talk to my mum 
).
Says it all to me, really.
So whatever she buys C, we will thank her and if it's a steiff bear I will ask her to give it to me when C is not there so I can put it away and give it her back when she's older. (or I could just give it to her and sod the money - playing's more fun . Would that be naughty??!!
becaroo ·
18/08/2010 18:02
mrsA Ah....sounds a bit like my own dear mother! I atarted my period when I was 10...didnt have a clue what was happening to me (thought I was going to die from some dreadful disease of the bottom!) she never told me anything exceot that I would now have to be very careful with boys and to remember "its not a carrot youre playing with" As I say, I was 10. She also was a bit free with the slaps but seems not to remember it now
she will be looking after the boys when I work on a weds afteroon but its only from 1-4.30. I wouldnt let either of them sleepover. I know that sounds awful and I am ungrateful but I would be very anxious about it.
wrt the gift, as you say let her buy what she wants and you do what you feel it best for c with it. Kids see teddies and want to play with them. Its natural.
Trying to keep calm about tomorrow but am nervous. I have a very chequered gynae history and a dreadful family gynae history (mum and sister both had hysterectomies before 35) so am thinking it may not be great news.
Will let you know what happens tomorrow x
Hopefully ·
18/08/2010 18:51
Debs congrats! Hope you're resting up and getting a teeny weeny bit of sleep
Becaroo hope it goes well tomorrow - I'm sure it can't be as bad as you're imagining.
Am feeling royally knackered and hormonal. T has been watching way too much Cbeebies (like, 2 hours today. I am fabulous) and isn't really tired enough to go to bed at 7, and I am generally short tempered and cross with everyone. DP must relish coming home at night
CappuccinoCarrie ·
18/08/2010 20:07
just been researching rugs for our extension and came up with this 'very handsome' one
bec all the best for tomorrow*
hopefully cbeebies is your friend! In the last month your DS will watch as much as he is now, but there'll be a time in the middle of your pregnancy where you have a bit more energy, I promise!
Meglet ·
18/08/2010 20:59
debi Is your DS1 starting school this sept?
hopefully Only 2 hours. 
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I was wondering where FP was too. I hope they're all ok.
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Hopefully ·
18/08/2010 21:07
Debi I'd be inclined to let it go as a one off, but bring it up if it happens again (do you know if it's happened before?). It's definitely not ideal, but if she wasn't feeling on top form and didn't want to ask you to take a day off to look after DS1 or something it's perhaps not a complete disaster?
Meglet but DP is only out the house from 7:30am till 5pm (and does everything once he's home), and T naps for 90 minutes of that time. There's actually not that many hours to fit 2+ hours of Cbeebies in, yet I managed it!
Carrie I sincerely hope your entire extension isn't that colour
ILTMIMI I think I need a strategy (involving soft play etc) for knackering T out and generally occupying him. He doesn't really have any outside toys [crap mum emoticon], so doesn't spend as much time as I'd like in the garden. Maybe I'll see if there's anything good in the charity shops for him.
Tell me about your cars, everyone. We really need a new car. We'd like a BIG MPV (like a Ford S-Max, one down from a Galaxy) for the crap supplies we take camping/to the parents/out for the day, as well as 2 car seats and usually my sister as well, but we can't really afford a decent sized MPV, so we're looking more at the Picasso/Focus C-Max/zafira type of thing. Can anyone recommend their car to me?
Meglet ·
18/08/2010 21:15
hopefully we have a picasso. I love it. I don't think it's the biggest of all the people carriers but it's good to drive and has lots of little hidy-holes and storage. IIRC it was cheaper than a lot of other MPV's too. Although I think if you wanted to take it camping you would need a roof box / roof rack. There are 3 adult seat belts in the back too, which means the DC's can be in there with their car seats and my sister or her boyfriend can also go in the back safely.
I often see rows of them parked together in P&T parking at the supermarket, common as muck .
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