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stripeywoollenhat · 02/08/2010 22:21

there you go

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teaandcakeplease · 31/08/2010 21:50

I prefer Joss as well.

Thanks for the link HKZ, that all in one is £15, the ones I found online were £12.99. I bought the ones online yesterday, so I'm glad this one wasn't cheaper after all. IYSWIM?

hackneyzoo · 31/08/2010 21:53

Tree they ad little spotty long sleeved sort of empire line t shirts. Blue and white striped dresses with a pink motif on and other stuff I can't remember...I made myself walk away! gah!

treedelivery · 31/08/2010 21:55

Totally x-posts!

Cheers Moose! Will look at those carefully. Have read your reply too, and am so heartened by it. You are a star.

Tea, the poor little lamb. Honestly though, it's all part and parcel. All can be dealt with and sorted, and will wear off as he matures and develops. It's the road they have to travel, poor little mites.

moosemama · 31/08/2010 22:01

Thanks folks. Thought I would be a little sad, but am actually just really relieved. Life is tough enough at the moment without adding a pregnancy/baby into the mix.

Still have the same background/low-grade sadness that my pregnancy days are over, but no more than before iykwim.

RANT ALERT - please feel free to ignore ...

Almost called the assesment centre today to beg them to bring ds1's assessment forward. Things have been really bad with him over the past few days and I honestly don't know how we are going to cope until next April, which is the earliest he will reach the top of the waiting list.

Today was pretty much ok, as I let him have a pj day and chill out doing whatever he wanted and I was starting to think I was just being influenced by PMT and its not that bad. Then, at tea time I discovered he had stolen some of the sweets dh and I brought back from the wedding. I had told the boys that we would give them to them as a treat when we considered their behaviour had been good enough - hence them not having been given them for over a week!

First he lied about having done it, then he tried to tell me he did it because he thought Daddy's favour had more sweets in it than mine, so he thought that was unfair and he needed to even them up. Hmm Then he said it wasn't his fault as his curiousity just got the better of him and he couldn't help it.

No matter what I said, he just couldn't grasp the concept of why what he had done was wrong and he got more and more angry at being told off, until he had a full-on meltdown and had to be put on his bed for half an hour to calm down. He did however, come and say sorry afterwards, but still said he didn't understand why I was so cross.

We had a long chat about right and wrong choices and consequences for wrong choices etc and I gave him the analogy of a burglar stealing a tv, but saying it wasn't his fault as his curiosity just got the better of him. I asked him if he thought the judge/police would say he didn't have to go to prison. He said they would say he still has to go to prison, but he only took sweets and not a whole tv so its not the same thing - aaarg! Flipping literal ASD!

I also tried to point out that he has been the harshest judge of the boy in his class who is a cleptomaniac, despite the boy not being able to help it due to his hard life. Again - he couldn't see how this applied to him, because he only took sweets once and the other boy steals all the time.

He did apologise for upsetting me and eventually he did accept that he had made a wrong choice and agreed to never take anything that didn't belong to him without asking again. I'm pretty sure he still things I am in the wrong and decided to agree with me to end the discussion. But boy, what an epic. Any other child would have just taken it on the chin after a bit of a whinge/cry, not my ds1 - the rules don't apply to him - apparently. Hmm

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moosemama · 31/08/2010 23:02

Nah - I think that was me! Grin

Love the name Joss by the way.

treedelivery · 31/08/2010 23:16

Joss Patrick
Joss Alexander
..erm..I think it mostly suits P, K, A, maybe M names. Words that have a strong new sound after the '...sss' at the end of Joss.

Sorry to hear of the stress with ds1 this eve Moose, I know how important honesty is to you.

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moosemama · 31/08/2010 23:42

Kids eh! Who'd 'ave 'em? Grin

treedelivery · 31/08/2010 23:56

Has anyone seen the bi-annual pop at Pedlars? The thread is really very funny. And then you get to this.

Is it wrong to be a bit frightened? What is it? Why has it got a tail? Eh? WTF?

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treedelivery · 01/09/2010 00:04

Do you have a cube Moose? That could be it you know! Grin

DOG - one look at the cube and your waters may go.

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teaandcakeplease · 01/09/2010 07:54

That is a gross item indeed to buy.

What would you take in to your SIL at hospital? She'll have flowers no doubt, they've been given a big bag of prem clothes by a good friend who had twin little girls a couple of years ago. So they'll be ok there and they're getting all my 0-3 boy clothes once he's bigger. So what shall I take in? Something for her maybe? A treat?

tinkhasboughtoutalltheshops · 01/09/2010 08:44

morning Grin

has anyone got a printable elc voucher i can print off please ?

mm - great news for af Grin

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tinkhasboughtoutalltheshops · 01/09/2010 08:53

hi dog hopefully u wont have 2 wait long

moosemama · 01/09/2010 10:01

OMG that cube is downright scary! Over four hundred quid initially as well! Hmm, I wonder why they've had to drop the price by half. Hmm Grin

Sorry Tink, just checked my email and they haven't sent me a voucher this time.

Dog, dd did that yesterday. Woke at 3.30 am and was still awake at 6.00 so dh took her downstairs, so I could get some sleep. She took another hour to go to sleep on his lap apparently. Not sure if its her teeth, as she's very dribbly at the moment. She was crying out in her sleep for much of the first half of the night, but then happy and cheerful as larry once she was awake. She did have a few really horrible nappies yesterday though. The kind that seem to delivery instant nappy rash - either teeth/drool related or a mild bug I suppose. Fortunately she slept through last night.

By the way, I have now officially dusted off my labour pim poms/pom poms - took a while to find them its been so long. Grin So, you are going to go into labour naturally without an induction. Maybe we should all try having a collective pom pom shake and see if it starts you off?

Had some bad news yesterday. My sister's cervical cancer symptoms are back. She told me on the phone yesterday that she has had signs for months but has been in denial and hasn't even registered with a gp at her new address. Shock She has filled in the paperwork now though and is registering and booking a smear today. I am really worried, as she was a high CIN last time and had surgical intervention, but no radiotherapy or chemo because they thought they'd got it all. Its so frustrating because she lives an hour's drive from us and I don't drive. I offered to go to the appointments with her and said I'd do everything possible to make sure I can get there, but she said she'll go for the smear on her own, but would like me to come with her for the treatment. She is pretty much 100% sure it's back with avengence. Sad To make it worse, she doesn't want to tell Mum. I understand why, as Mum has a tendency to take over and make every problem her crisis, plus dsis will be inundated with hundreds of texts every day. She has promised she will tell her when the smear results are back.

treedelivery · 01/09/2010 10:23

Oh Moose! That's very sad and worrying for you. I hope it all turns out to be erosion or a repeat loop or whatever she had. ((hugs))

Snot, sneezes, itchy eyes and grumps x3 here today. Can't believe this is last day of holidays and we are all lying about groaning. H having a sleep on me, dd1 in playroom 'keepng out of the way' Poor thing!

Tea - take her some lipbalm, those face wipes, cleaanser and moisture in one, some lovely bodyspray, and some really kick ass handcream. If she has long hair a nice pair of hairclips and a bobble. And a big bag of haribo.
Imagine having to face up to a huge ward round full of glam young things, whilst you stand feeling scared, knackered, grimy, undernourished, dehydrated and milky. It must be the pits.

Dog, hope you catch up on sleep. I seem to remember beng mentally prepared to labout everysingle night but one, and getting loads of sleep when I could, except once...and yes that was the night. Went to bed at 01.00, waters broke about 02.00 I think. Tut.

moosemama · 01/09/2010 10:29

Tree she had a loop, then they discovered they didn't get it all and it was deeper in the tissue than they thought and inside the cervix so had to do more. Its not erosion, she's developed another lump and has had a lot of pain and problems iyswim. I am so cross with her for not going to get it checked straight away, but I do understand why she is scared. Sad

Tea, have you popped over to the premature birth section of MN? There's a fair bit of advice over there about what people appreciated being brought in when they were in hospital. Also helpful with knowing what to say and how to be supportive etc.

I second Tree's ideas though, I think some personal items to make her feel more comfortable etc would be really appreciated. Hope you get to have a peek at your new nephew.

tinkhasboughtoutalltheshops · 01/09/2010 17:09

evenin Grin

went to town had a very successful trip

got dd1 school shoes in clarks for £8 and molly cat ones so gorgeous
dd1 still a 7f other shoes in quite a state
went in elc bought dd2 happyland luv it

mm - oh no thats sad

hi dog hope u dont have to long

120 · 01/09/2010 17:21

hi tink

Moose, I'm really sorry to hear that. Good that she has plucked up the courage to go and sort it out. I can't imagine how she is feeling having gone through it all once. Fingers crossed for her.

All is very quiet on the Dog front... maybe it is just hanging on for the water pool?

All still a bit manic here. Managed to go out for work drinks last night and got absolutely mullered! Dancing in Soho and no memory of coming home on the night bus at 3. Lol. Feel hideous today. DP loved it and got on well with the work boys and girls, which was lovely.

We had four viewings in the first week. Nothing doing yet this week, but apparently things will pick up in September. It's such a mixed thing for me as I never ever wanted to sell this flat. I tiled the bathroom when I was pregant with DD and laid the kitchen cork floor when I was 7 mo pregnant with H. So many memories and so much light. DD keeps saying 'please can we stay here, it's my home!' Sigh. And the endless tyding every morning in case there may be a viewing.

Come on ladies... help me cosmic order a lovely young couple with some parental cash who need a nice east london residence pronto!

120 · 01/09/2010 17:23

Lenni, meant to say on the work thing, it's actually quite nice having the time to be yourself for a bit. It really did wonders in lifting me out of the blues. Working full time isn't ideal, but maybe you can make yourself indispensible, then ask for an hours reduction after a few months?