September 09 - Hello world, we're here to destroy you!

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So the last thread could be used as proof that September 09 (and an August!) parents were kept far too busy by their babies to talk about them very often! Shall we see if we can get this one done before second birthdays (eek, 2 is so big) are upon us?

I hope you wrote a lovely thank you card to your BIL and girlfriend for your Christmas present arudolf.

I'm a bit bummed out about DP going back to work tomorrow, it has been so nice having him around every day and Gabe has loved it and I got lots of lie ins

We are clinging on to Christmas by eating up the last of our cheeses, nuts and crisps tonight. The vegetable diet starts for us tomorrow I guess, or would have if Sainsburys hadn't been a vegetable wasteland with nothing but a bruised bunch of bananas left. There was a ridiculous queue for petrol as well so DP and I were uneasy that we have missed the memo warning of the impending apocalypse or something.

I think the petrol queue was probably down to the VAT going up tomorrow which will put about 3-4 pence per litre on.

Yeah DP suddenly saw the light about half an hour ago and has just been and filled his car up. I should really go and do mine as it's empty but I am so reluctant to go out in the cold and dark.

I'm so glad to see you all I thought I had killed the thread!

I did the car yesterday and we have bought a couple of bits pre VAT increases.

Anyone else planning on trying to lose that last bit of baby weight in the new year?

Dare I suggest, anyone fancy a public weigh and shame?

DD1 was about 18 months when I finally got my act togther to lose that last bit of weight after I had her and I'm hoping it will be the same with Zoe
I don't have lots to lose half a stone or maybe a bit more. But I cannot have another year of not fitting into my summer trousers.
I'm aiming to do this by simply eating better, being more mindful about what I eat, not eating extra bits after dinner. Also not eating the childrens left overs! Anyone want to join me??

Happy new year everyone!!!

I'm also a bit fed up that DH is back at work today. We took it in turn getting up with the DCs so got to lie in lots over the holiday! DD came in this morning and woke me up, then J heard her and so started crying, so we were up much earlier than usual, but we are making he most of the 2 remaining PJ days before nursery starts back on Thursday.

We did nothing for new years as I've had this cough thing that seems to be doing the rounds and so we just watched rubbish on telly, then went to bed!

We didn't put DD in a bed until she was just over 2. We went straight from her cot to a single bed and it worked out quite well waiting a bit as we didn't need bed rails and she never fell out. Also I think that because she was old enough to reason with we never had the problem of her getting out to play instead of going to sleep. I'm in no rush to put J in a bed and will probably wait until he is 2 and hope that transition will be as easy with him!! I have introduced a pillow, but he tends to use his Igglepiggle as a pillow instead!

Right, today's task is to find a birthday present for my Step-Mum who is lovely, but so difficult to buy for!! Not sure I can face the shops until the kids go back to school so will scour the internet instead!!

Hope you have a safe journey home, Kveta!

Happy New Year everyone!

I hope you all had an enjoyable christmas and everything. Ours was nice, quite relaxed although we have been full of colds so tiring. Have finally got home from the in-laws! I used to quite like them all but I'm now finding it very difficult to be there!

DD will be in a cot for a while yet. Ds went into a toddler bed from 2.4, we have the Ikea 'kritter' bed, I would deff recommend it and a half decent mattress (I have spent a night or two in it pretty comfortably!). We intend to move him into a normal bed when dd needs the toddler one. Ds never got out of bed till morning, I think part of the reason is that he never could get out of the cot and got used to lying down and falling asleep for so long it never occurred to him to get up and down even when he could. Also, because he was older we could make a big thing of getting the bed, new sheets, being a big boy etc and he had an incentive to want to be in it. I couldn't reason with dd like that at this age, she doesn't get stuff like that yet. She still plays in her cot and I'm certain she would mess about if given the chance! It may have no effect for her but it's what worked last time so I am sticking with it for now, hopefully till this time next year... Similar train of thought to ladyem I think !

Her speech is coming along nicely, not many more words but lots more noises and attempts to speak. She can nod yes now too which is just gorgeous. Her sleep is pants still, she is cutting three molars at once so must be very sore.

Peachy dd is only just a three too. They had no proper walker shoes in her size when I went to the sales. We were given some second-hand wellies for her in a three, they fit in a way, she can walk in them at least, but they slip off when you carry her around which is still quite frequently! It is a pain not having solid warm shoes for her.

Happy New Year fellow 0909ers :)

I've been wondering about a bed for Mads too, thinking about getting new bunk beds so they can stay together. I'm fairly sure that he'll take that as a green light to roam about freely at night though J went in his Ikea toddler bed at around 2 I think. I may need to ask my mother, she has all these little milestones written down

Mads is on anti-bs again for an ear infection this time. He's trying to be cheerful, but is just wretched when he wakes up. Tis very tiring. J goes back to school tomorrow so things can get back to normal - DP at work today too, the boys are very disorientated!

I think my focus for this year is going to be how to make/save some money. I do want to lose a bit of weight, but if I make a big deal of it i'll only rebel against myself so see it more as getting into some good habits and sticking to that food wise. Good luck to anyone embarking on something hardcore though :)

Anyone got any baby plans this year?!

Definitely no baby plans!! I am done!! Will heartily encourage others, though!!

No real resolutions for this year - I never stick to them! - but am planning to get fit and healthy. Need some motivation, though so will happily join in a fitness plan!! Need to get tankini bikini-ready for June!! Also need to re-address the work/life balance as I took on too much last year with uni work. Just the one module for me this term!

No real words at all here!! He says Da-da, but to most people, not just DH!! He also says 'der-der' for Thomas the Tank engine and 'Gul' for his igglepiggle, but he's not said mama for weeks. He has started to dance, though and looks really funny as he either bobs up and down or moves his shoulders alternatively up and down!! He even turns the radio on so that he has music to dance to!! DD is very happy that he will dance with her! She thinks that she is Margot Fonteyn or something! We got her a tutu for Christmas and she didn't take it off for 5 days straight.

Big Bang, do you have a smaller independent shoe shop near you? Both of zoe's shoes came from one near us, one pair are hush puppies and her boots are a brand called Billowy, I'd not hear of them before, but they seem good. Slippers are one thing I am seeking at the moment. I think I'm going to end up getting some cheap leather pull on things from ebay.

No more babies for us either, sometimes I think if we had started earlier then I might have pushed for another but now it's just not right for us. I count my blessings that I have two lovely girls.

A few words here Da da, mum mum, ak ak (duck, at (cat), Naa na, banana or any kind of food! Strangely enough she can say DD1's name but doesn't seem to use it, She can also do baby Signs for milk, more and cat.

we're not buying our lovely house any more :( unless the vendors will spend a small fortune on getting some surveyor in to assess the internal walls to our banks satisfaction. so DH and I are both very :( as we've now got to start saving again to pay the solicitors and mortgage fees even though we didn't get the house :(

oh well, no lives have been lost, so we're just drinking wine getting on with it and will start looking again soon. this will put any baby making plans on hold though for 2011, so although I'd love to be pregnant by christmas, it gives us time to get oli sleeping better, and enjoy his toddler years! he has got hilarious recently when he misbehaves - if he does something he shouldn't, like pull rubbish out of the bin, or try and eat the toilet brush (so utterly gross it isn't true, especially in a hotel, ick ick ick!) we go "Oliver - what are you doing?"

right, have namechanged and feel like a newly emerging cicada in fresh 'skin' leaving my old one on a tree somewhere :o

Arodolf, that's rubbish. It makes me so mad that vendors can mess people about and not have to pay a penalty when it all goes wrong. Is there no way it can be resolved? If they don't pay for the surveys, then they will never be able to move, so they might as well do it!!

That is so utterly wanky. The only winner in situations like that is the solicitor, it's so frustrating. Have you completely pulled out or are you waiting for a response from the vendor? Could you go with another mortgage company?

What do we call you? Carp? Carpy? NCFM? What does it mean? I just put in the title of my favourite album when I picked my name intending to use it as a placeholder until I thought of a better one. Now I am inordinately fond of it and won't change it.

I need to lose a stone, probably more. No scales in my house, I am going to go on waistline shrinkage instead. I am a sicko who loved shredding but had to stop as I was going to do myself serious damage without a heavy duty sports bra. I really just want my boobs to go down, would give frigging anything to be a perky 34D again. I can't quite shake off the thought that I have ruined my bosom forever

Still got a lump of stilton and half an Ikea Dime bar cake to go before our house is virtuous and I can start dieting.

I managed to lose my baby weight from H quite quickly but stil had 4 stone to lose from DD! Lost 2 last year but now need to lose the other 2. WOuld like to lose 1 by my birthday in March and another by my holiday in Sept which I think is doable as long as I stop eating chocolate and drinking wine like its gone out of fashion. Made a good start today by going to the gym in my lunch break and have resolved to take up runnning again. Must admit though that I do have to wear 2 sports bras for fear of leaving the gym with 2 black eyes!

Pah, all you with your big boobs!

hmm, may need to look into the sports bra option, that hadn't occurred to me. I have also permanently damaged my boobs I think, they're a not-even-remotely-perky 38G now, which is grim - I was a 36D before Oli. It doesn't help that he likes to dangle from them mid-feed, and generally do things that might be considered torture under non-breastfeeding conditions.

Carp is the czech christmas meal (why?!) and is vile, so I always have to say words to the effect of no carp for me thanks FIL.

house looking ever less likely, which is such a fucker. oh well. back to scanning right move!

Ah yes the boobs, I haven't been to be measured yet but am fitting confortably into y maternity bras 32E. I really need to go and do this without children.

Back to work for me today. Nice to see eveyone and in some ways nice to get a way from the house and family.

Do you know what...... I think I might just have a baby this year :o

Have only made 1 NY resolution and that is to not get pregnant this year LOL

Weight :( Well.... before kids I was 9st, with Ds i put on close to 4st - I think I stopped weighing myself when i got to 12st. I managed to lose all but 7lbs before falling pg with Dd1. Only gained 1.5st with her as she was born at 36wks so never got to the massive weight gain stage. I got down to 9st4lbs before I fell pg with Dd2 then probably gained about 2.5st, obviously given she was only 9mths when I fell pg this time I had only gotten to 9st 10lbs. I think i have so far gained about 15lbs and still have 12wks to go.

Am hoping that when Ds2 is born I can join the gym (dh has done so already) and shift every single ounce of baby weight. I turn 30 in April and do not want to be a flabby mother of 4! I just wish I didnt like snacks so much!!

Carpy, what a total shitter about the house :( I really hope that you are able to find another place very soon.

house totally off now - the bank have said they absolutely will not lend on it, no matter what, without the original certificate (which has been lost). So that's us and the sellers fucked now really! Bugger. DH and I have decided to retreat and lick our wounds/save for a few months to make up the £3K we've lost in fees. We're both very :( about it, but have decided to sort out our current place - get rid of any crap we don't need, and generally organise ourselves a bit better. does anyone want an old Kenwood Chef and an IKEA futon base?! :o I'm going to try and sell all our useless crap unwanted items at work I think.

weight wise, I'm a flabby mum of 1, and my ambition this year is to be a slightly less flabby mum of 1 :o I've got 13 months until I turn 30, which is terrifying. not long until my birthday now, so I've got my present from DH already (a bag I wanted and bought, then handed to him saying it was my present - luckily he likes this approach :o), but I'm trying to work out what to do to celebrate as it's his 6 days later too. Berry and Chutes, you're both feb birthdays too, right? In fact chutes, you have the same birthday as my father :) it's a busy month!

April, I just noticed your earlier post, you're near Frimley? We go down to Farnham every few months to visit aged relative, so will let you know if we're passing by any time :)

what was the conclusion on a meet up btw? I'm now much more free than I anticipated for the next few months!! Not going anywhere without Oli though! Chutes, I'll let you know if we're down in Southhampton visiting ghastly sister and maybe we could meet and let Oli and Gabe wear eachother out in the vain hope that they sleep a bit?

this is getting ever more farcical - the estate agents will not accept us withdrawing the offer.

Good name carpy! I need a change too I think...

What a pain about your house :( It must be bitterly disappointing. I can't believe they can mess you around like that.

Peachy we do have an independent place in the next village but they are a bit odd in there! I might brave it for a bargain though, I had forgotten about it, thanks for the idea.

I lost my baby weight from both dcs (plus extra I have been carrying since my teens) last summer. I can share the details if anyone would find it helpful? I have got to the stage where I eat well and enjoy (ish) exercise and stay a healthy weight. It's the first time ever I have felt healthy and comfortable with my body, despite the jelly belly, stretch marks and smaller boobs. These things will never change thanks to pregnancy and breast feeding but I don't mind, I feel good now I'm not worried about what I look like anymore.

at not getting pregnant this year! I was born and raised in Guildford- not far from you April.

I will come to a meet up! I will prob bring dd if babies are coming but leave ds with dp. I'm happy to travel with her.

How the fark can they not accept it?! How ridiculous. Ring them back and say 'we do not accept that you do not accept our non acceptance of this purchase'.

I'd like to meet up too, you're not doing it without me :o I'll just come up and stay somewhere nearby.

Is Birmingham a possibility for a meet up? I'm just thinking its quite central with good transport links? I'd definitely bring H, I want to see all the little ones that have brought us togther!

I could do birmingham I could come from my parents in Notts or from home. So sorry about the house carp. We went through an awful process buying this place, not completeing on time and being messed around for 3 months. so I do know what it feels like. Somwhere there is a thread about it on here.

Birmingham v easy for me!! Also happy to travel London-way as long as easy access for driving and parking as no easy train stations near me. I live in the middle of no-where!! Bristol also good. When are we thinking? Feb/March? I'll leave DD behind, but bring J if other babies are coming along.

J very grumpy today. Think he is cutting a tooth as he is dribbling like a gud 'un.

Peachy - I'm originally a Notts girl! Where abouts are your folks?

Carpy - What are the estate agents on?!! They aren't going to get far when the vendors are missing a very important piece of paper!! Hope that you find something much better soon!