May 2010 - Drooling, smiling, cooing and nearly sleeping through (and that's just the mummies!)

[rachelfruitloop]

Hi Ladies,

I hope you don't mind, I started a new thread as our first one was quite full! I can't believe we're a quarter-way through the first year already!

Hi Ladies,

I am really sorry to say that little Brucie passed away this morning.

Rachel that's so so sad. Deepest sympathies to Brucie's amazing parents and extra big kisses to all of our DC, we really are so so lucky to have them. xx

That's devastating news, my thoughts and prayers are with the family xx

devastating news; so, so sorry to hear of their loss

Rachel what terrible news for your friends . My DB and SIL lost DS1 suddenly when he was 3 weeks old and I know that SIL found a lot of comfort from the organisation SANDS as it helped talking to other people who had also lost LOs, so your friend may like to contact them at some point in the future.

thinking of them and giving DDs big hugs....

Rachel - I'm so sorry to hear that, it's a devastating blow to lose a child, I hope they pull through this and gain comfort from their friends and family. It's the 2nd anniversary of my nephews birth and death next week and we take comfort from knowing that we are one of the few people who got to hold a real life angel. RIP Brucie xx

Oh rachel. Do pass on our thoughts to Brucies family. They must be absolutely devastated. Is there anything we can do? Like mybe the family are organising some kind of memorial fund or something?

oh rachel. i am so sorry for everyone. Poor little Brucie Makes my problems seem insignificant. I hope he is at peace x x x

That's so sad. Puts my rubbish day into perspective.

Rachel - oh no poor little Brucie much love and thoughts to his family.

On a similar sad note my friend lost her battle with cancer last week. I have her funeral tomorrow not looking forward to it obviously her little girls 7 and 4 are going as well.

Rachel - that is terribly sad news..
SK - very sad for your friend with her young family too..

Rachel - so sorry :( That's terrible news, devastating. Love and prayers to his poor family. Hope you're OK.

SK - very sad news about your friend as well, wishing you strength for the funeral.

Rachael....Im so sorry to hear your sad news..poor little Brucie and his parents If there is anything any of us can do...

SK..Im so sorry to hear your sad news.....will be thinking of you at the funeral

hi all
finally got hold of a computer, we are having a fab holiday, oscar is getting sooooooo spoilt, i don´t know how i´ll cope on my own when i get back, sorry no time for reading or personals, but i noticed the sad news about little bruce, don´t know what to say really...

hope everybody else is alright...
i´ll be back, at some point...

Rachel - I am so sorry, can't imagine what his family are going through right now. Thinking of them.

SK - Sorry for your friend, how awful for her family. The saddest funeral I've ever been to was my DD1's best friends mums, who died when she was 6. I will never forget it. Thinking about you SK.

Thank you everyone!

Hollyoaks, Cari and SK my sympathies for the loss of your loved ones, too. Katey I think it's the most heartbreaking thing to see children and parents separated by death. I'm sure it is every parent's biggest fear. Thanks Cari for the SANDS support info, I will definitely pass that on to my friend.

I sent flowers to them, but I figure I will give my friend a bit of space now and just wait for them to let me know about any sort of funeral or memorial for Brucie. Once I'm able to speak to her I'll find out if there will be any sort of memorial fund or if she'd like to start one. I'd definitely be willing to help organise something.

I feel that way, too, Molly and Angel, this really puts things in perspective for me, makes a bad day seem not so bad after all.

Thinking of all who have lost a child. I'm giving my boys so many kisses and cuddles!

Well, the mood is quite somber on here now, anyone got anything to share to cheer things up? Glad to hear from you WLTK, it's great that Oscar is being spoilt on your holiday. I hope everyone else is doing ok.

I'm going to just talk about my lovely day as I'm feeling really positive after a tough evening on Monday (I had Molls at a work meeting and it was a bit of a disaster. Was feeling very down about having to go back to work and leave her. Have been struggling to express and stressed about that etc)

Anyway, today has been lovely. Ok Molly didn't sleep very well but I got up, made beef stroganoff for tonight's tea (I love my slow cooker). Then went to bf group and we had a session about baby signing. There's a group starting this weekend and I think I'll go. It's a bit early for her to start signing but it'll be fun and it's on a Saturday so I can go even when I go back to work. After that me and dh went to see the photos of Miss Molly from Monday which were beautiful. I cried when I saw them! We bought a framed one and a few others. Oops so much for the economy drive!

Hope everyone else is having a nice day.

Not logged on for first time in 2 weeks or so and seen sad news re brucie bless his little soul, poor parents

cant even imagine it.

am off to give alex a big hug

Rachel i choked up reading your post, just unimaginable. you sound like a really good friend im sure they will appreciate the space. if/when theyre up to it, the charity Care for the family run something called Bereaved Parents Network which has helped a few ppl i know enormously. on phone so cant link but should come up from a google search. thoughts & prayers with you & them.

lovely to read about your good day molly i do feel mn can be v full of negativity at times so i think is important to talk about the good times when they happen. we're starting baby development course on mon which includes sign, really looking forward to it.

quick update here. j is now 15lb10 at 13 wks! chubster. got a tooth pushing through & waking 3 times at night again but he is also laughing which is delightful :)

sorry for lack of more personals but takes me ages to type on phone love to all x

Thanks for all your kind thoughts funeral was very hard the sight of her little girls throwing flowers into the grave will stay with me forever. Feel very wrung out emotionally tonight.

Another friend I went with little baby girl is buried there too. I know a few people who have lost babies so very sad, someone once said that some souls are too delicate and precious for life so only stay with us for a very short time and are only given to the most special of people. Thinking of
Brucie and his family, may they find the strength.

Sorry it is so sombre in here let's try and lighten things and talk about our beautiful babies we are so thankful for.

Jacob is 17lbs now with theist gorgeous dark brown eyes and big eyelashes, lovely smiles just as well since he is rubbish at sleeping. The iPhone is fab when I am feeding him at night.

Evening ladies...

Poor little Brucie - thats devastating news - thoughts are with his parents.

SK - hope you're ok after today.

On a lighter note, had Rian at Baby Massage today where a woman who runs baby sensory classes did a taster session for us. It was good fun but felt funny singing and signing the songs!! Rian loved having feathers brushed over his face and we were using maracca's so i went out and bought him a little one which he holds and whacks himself in the face shakes it to make a sound

A group of us are going along to a swimming session on monday with the babes at the local hydrotherapy pool which i'm looking forward too as it'll be nice and cosy :)

Rachel - hope you're OK, it's definitely the worst thing I can imagine :( DH and I were both thinking of Brucie and his parents last night and gave Corin an extra big hug at dreamfeed time.

Cupcakefairy - I love it when they laugh :)

SK - :( about the funeral, hope you're OK, that must have been really hard.

My beautiful baby has got gorgeous dark blue eyes and laughs a lot. DD plays with him all the time giving him hugs and kisses, she likes to hold his hand while he's feeding. He likes splashing her with his feet in the bath and giggling. He sleeps next to me in his cot and it's fab because he's always awake before me in the mornings just looking around at his toys but always gives me a huge grin when he sees I'm awake too :)

Best wishes to everyone.

ML- Hope your feeling better now and resting. Hope the house hunting is going well.

FIRST- Yes! Im going to be bald at this rate! Im constantly finding my hairs everywhere.

HEFFA- Enjoy the wedding :)

TOMLIN- Get a copy of this book Its the BLW bible :)

HOLLYOAKS- Sounds like a lovley weekend :)

HOBNOB- Glad your all doing well. Re pram- Lucy will stay in the Carrycot bit of the pram till she outgrows it which will be a while yet, then she will be in a rearfacing seat.

RACHEL- SO so sorry to hear about little Brucie :( What devistating news :( Thinking of his family at this terrible time :(

SK- :( Sorry to hear about your friend, how very sad. I bet it was very hard being at the funeral (hugs).

WLTK- Glad your having a good holiday :)

MOLLY- Glad you liked the pics :)

CUPCAKE- Lucy is too teething and waking more at night, Its a killer isnt it!

DEN- The classes sound fab :)

My poor friend is stressed at the mo as her DH has just been made redundant as of now from Connaught. Never a good time but they have an 8 week old and just got a hefty mortgage on thier new house. She may have to go back to work full time ASAP. :(

Well we got back yesterday from our little trip to Butlins. It was great and DD1 had a fantastic time! She was on the free funfair rides constantly and I was able to feed my arcade addiction and won her a selection of Peppa Pig teddies. She shows everyone her fav Zoe Zebra teddy and tells them Mummy won it :) Theres so much for the kids to do there... Happy Kids = Happy Parents! :)
The hotel was fab and we are kinda sad to come home really.

Today was rather manic with a photo job in the morning for 2 little cousins (6mths and 2mths). The Mum picked up the pics tonight and loved them :)
Then DD's first Ballet lesson which turned into a huge non event. It seems they cancelled the class but I didnt know about it! Seems she left a message on the answer phone-- Just not ours! Poor DD1 was devastated so had her moaning all afternoon. Lucy was grumpy with her teeth and I was trying to edit the pics. Bit stressful all in all.

Planning a nice family day tomorrow as DH is off, but all weather dependant where we end up. Then I have another photo shoot at a 60th fancy dress party tomorrow :)

Lucy is such a smiley girl and strangers always comment on it. :) She loves blowing raspberries now and is sitting up quite well now. She looks so big now and I cant believe how quickly the time has gone. Shes pretty much outgrown the basket but I cant face putting her in the cot yet. She's generally so laid back and is an absolute joy :)

hello all! quick post whilst i grab some lunch before heading to the hospital to get blood taken.

my thoughts are with brucies family...i cant even begin to comprehend what they are going through at the moment. and like others have said it makes you count your blessings.

havent posted for a while, but have been reading when i can. florence is blossoming and i just ant get enough of my lovely children...which i s a good thing really as their dads arent interested. anyway hav to go need to make sure Ds has eaten his lunch before we head out.

take care all will do personals if i get a chance later.
xx