Oct 2007 - These little piggies are not so little any more!

[Dalrymps]

Welcome to the thread for ladies who's lo's were born on Oct 2007!

Some of us have been here from the begining and some have joined along the way. New ladies always welcome to join in and chat with us, we're a friendly bunch!

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Hey ladies, here's the new thread, had to start it cause the old one is nearly full and Inzi has been in touch to say she can't post on it as it won't load on her phone. She has been booked in for a section on fri!!!

Hope you are all well, off to bed for now

Just putting Miles to bed but wanted to say I agree with strawberry, just go Floria! Life's to short not to get together with good friends x

Hi all!

I have been signed off work for a couple of weeks. Had a panic on Monday as I was getting lots of tummy cramps and I actually thought the baby might be coming really early but Dr said it as fine but that I needed some time off. Gives me a chance to post here.

Not much to report really, just trying to get to Christmas when I will go on maternity. This pregnancy is much harder than my first for some reason.

Floria I agree - go. I know how it is to be far from friends, you need those times to get together. Also really not ok for him to make a promise like that and then back out. Really unfair. Plus why is he spending lots of time working on your parents house at the weekend?? He should be spending time with you and giving you a break from the day to day mundane tasks you have to do when you are at home.

Presents this year, not really started. Not getting much. Got Dareh some books, DH and I just do token gifts - buy something worth about a tenner. Dareh really wants a castle so we shall see about that maybe. It's kind of expensive though.

Hope everyone is well :)

Floria just go....... it'll be an adventure for you and for Alex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know I really love you ladies????
Thank you, thank you, thank you for backing me up and letting me know I wasn't being unreasonable..I was really over the top upset on Thursday, and I couldnt decide if I was being unreasonable due to pmt and disappointment, not only in losing my visit with the girls but even more at at Dhs insensitivity.

..as you can tell I'm not actually in Cheltenham ; I was going to go alone ...(life is as you say too short to miss out on these special occasions)the decision to stay home was only finally made late last night... but I have straightened a lot of things out with Dh (his biggest objection turned out to be the cost and so in concience I couldnt justify frittering the same amount of money just on me)...he did actually eventually agree to us all going but I refused to take him along while he would have been sulking and having his internal calculator totting up the cost of every minute...however I will be getting together with my friends between Christmas and New Year..and Dh has finally realised that I wont just lay down and accept every edict he gives out.
We have spent today as a family doing things for us (with only a brief visit to his parents )
Thank you all for listening to my rant sympathetically ...I honestly wouldnt have been able to let it all out anywhere else...I think I would have lost my sanity a long time ago without you lot...you are fab xxx

chocstar; I'm glad everything is ok with the baby, it must have been awful thinking everything was going pear-shaped on Monday....try to relax and enjoy the time off. I'm sure it is harder second time round with a 3yr old sapping your energies and having to work in a job you aren't completely enjoying. Take heart,Christmas will be here really soon and you can go on mat leave and forget about everything but your imminent bundle of joy

BB4 - no snow here yet, but we're quite sheltered so usually the last to get any. Quite happy about that - snow is lovely to look at but awful to get around in - last year's prolonged winter still seems to recent to get excited about the start of another one. Good news you can get so much time off over the summer - shame you've got to wait that long though.

Pressies - I've bought Anya a doll with a couple of changes of outfits - she's quite into make-believe stuff at the moment so I hope she'll like that. I've bought a few stocking-fillers as well - a new engine for her train set, jigsaws, books, pyjamas, etc, mainly things that I've seen on sale . Plus some Dora curtains - I might redecorate her room while she's away after Christmas, I'll see how that pans out.

Talking of that week after Christmas - I was going to book a spa day with a friend but that's on hold as she got rushed to hospital a couple of weeks ago with arterial blood clots and a pulmonary embulism (sp?). She's ok - they had to operate on one leg to unblock the clots and she's on warfrin (sp?) - she's home now although she's still got to have some tests done. It was quite a worrying week though.

Choc - glad you are ok, take it easy now do you hear?!

FT - sorry you didn't get to Cheltenham. I would have agreed with the others - but I'm glad you and dh patched things up and had a nice day anyway. Hopefully between Christmas and New Year you'll get to spend more time with your friends than you would have had this weekend anyway?

Anya's cough finally seems to be better but her cold has turned into a sniffly/sneezing/streaming one - and she's given it to me. The two of us have been mutually miserable today. Anya was supposed to be at a party this morning (boy from nursery) and then I was dropping her off at the church where my parents were organising the Christmas fair while I sang in a concert on the Wirral where I'd been roped in to sing Ceremony of Carols. Needless to say we didn't do any of that as neither of us felt like leaving the house and Anya's spent half the afternoon asleep on the sofa.

Hellloooooo everyone. I lost you all again, blloming rubbish I am. Will definately read and post sometime this week.

Love to you all xx

Rubbish here too NC
You would think that with several inches of snow making me leave the car in the garage for the last few days I would have the time to come on here and have a chat with you lovely ladies but somehow everything seems to take twice as long;drying wet hairy dog after snowy walks, drying snow suits after same, mopping snow puddles off the floor...and then there is all the child entertainment, like making gingerbread and christmas cards...or is it that I'm just plain lazy?

Just had Dh in an absolute flat spin panic as I admitted over dinner that I'm 10 days overdue......never seen a man jump into a car and fly through the snow to Tesco for a Clearblue test ...test was neg but that was no surprise to me..I've got a coil fitted and I'm getting towards 'that age' I suppose..and I didnt feel preggo...still...it would have been nice...[whistful emoticon]...but it was worth it to see the blind terror on Dhs face

Oh FT, I still haven't had time to get on, dd1's school has been closed since Wed and she makes life so much more difficult, she's like a baby, I can put a DVD on and get on with college work with Shannon, but not with Miss Attention seeker.{confused}

Made me giggle about DH speeding off for a preg test

FT - i was hoping for you when I read your post... and most amused at the thought of your DH rushing to get a test - hope he bought you back something nice at the same time
NC - hope you've had a better day with the girls today
And hello to everyone else who may be passing...
Well, I have no enthusiasm for doing anything. A combination of having a cold, and hating this dark, cold weather I think. I have a house in desperate need of tidying, a pile of thank you cards and xmas cards to write, clothes that need sorting, a website and some publicity that needs writing - you know the kind of thing - and absolutely no motivation to do any of it! If someone could forward wind the clocks to April I would be most grateful...
Have done some xmas shopping for the kids, with the help of tescos double points offer on toys - a rocket for Olly and a couple of little things for the twins. Then I am recycling some toys for Olly - things he had for previous birthdays which I put away because they were too old for him - as we don't have space for too much more!
Must go now as twins are waking for a feed. love to everyone x

FT - nobody could accuse you of being lazy! at dh in a panic, but obviously that you weren't.

NC - I'm impressed that Shannon will leave you in peace - Anya's sooooo demanding and bossy at the moment. I have to play with her all the time.

Strawberry - brilliant idea about recycling toys, I should definitely try that. Hope you're managing to get some of your stuff done - I agree the dark evenings don't help. I'm craving carbs like mad - my body must think it's getting ready to hibernate. Anya told me off tonight for putting too many oven chips on the tray - she dutifully removed some until she felt there were sufficient. Like I said, she's very bossy at the moment!

Hope everyone's had a good weekend. We've deliberately not done anything - partly because Anya's just recovering from her nasty cold/chest infection (ab's now kicking in) and partly because the choir I've joined was supposed to have a concert tonight but the venue (a school) cancelled it during the week - they were worried the audience would be too few. Grrr.

Just out of interest, in what context would it be correct to put ?

QoL - LOL about Anya removing chips from the tray... Olly can be equally bossy about things, or comes out with a slightly sarcastic 'well done mummy' after I've done his bidding...

From my extensive MN surfing, i understand it may be appropriate to offer a to calm down a situation - 'pom bear anyone' (the in question refers to pom bear crisps i believe) appears to have gained a life of its own on MN at the moment...

LOL at the ...thanks for the explaination Strawberry..I dont know about a bear emoticon I think we need a [bows down with awed reverence emoticon]I have no idea how you manage tiny twins and a bossy 3 yr old and still have time to surf MN!!!!
It is a relief to read that this bossiness is probably'just a stage'...We have it in spades atm ..nothing so cute as watching my dietry intake QOL more like screams of "Not that one, I want THAT one!" across Tescos and nose to nose staring/intimidation with other children ...worse thing is that he knows exactly how to get round me when he has over stepped the mark..with big hugs and kisses and protestations of love...manipulative little so-n-so...and, yes, I cave [shakes head at self]....

Off do some serious internet christmas shopping...so much for "I'm definately going to have it all done and dusted by the 1st Dec this year!"...ok you can all stop laughing now

Well I spoke too soon, Shannon been a clingy, peeing herself, bossy, whiney pita while it's been snowing so I'm not getting any college work done, took her out of nursery as she wasn't happy thee and now paying sil to have her, the problem is I can't ask her for any extra days as I think she has enough of Shannon bullying my nephew for just the one day, sigh.

Strawberry, hope you get less busy soon, I wouldn't bother wth thank you and christmas cards myself, that's what fb and texts are for lol. Also hope you're feeling better soon :)

FT- I did not laugh at Alex knowing how to get his own way with you, I don't believe that about the angelic child for one minute!

QOL-Hope you're feeling better soon too.

Have just put tv on for her so going to look at college work.

Hey ladies

NC Hope Shannons behaviour has improved..

Sorry I've been AWOL for so long. I'm struggling with the broken sleep and just feel so tired all the time

Miles fed 4 times last night and 5 the night before

I miss you ladies and am reading as much as I can to keep up.

Have just about finished my Xmas shopping, thankfully started a while ago and did most of it online before the bad weather struck. Am looking forward to Xmas but worrying if we get more snow we'll not get to Peterborough on boxing day as planned to see my bros etc.

How is everyone?

Dylans looking forward to Santa coming. He is very trying lately especially as I'm tired and have a short fuse but am coping somehow!

Miles had a terrible virus as some of you may have seen on fb, temp kept going up to 39.9. Thankfully he's all better now.

Sorry for the me me me post, I just wanted to at least post something. Will read back and try post properly asap xxx

Hi everyone,

How's it all going?

Bet there are lots of poorlies going round, including here. Sniffles and sore throats etc. Strawberry especially, hoping the twins are getting better fast and you're coping okay.

Well, have finished my assignments for January! It's weird cos I've spent a lot of time doing them and have gone way over the word counts (luckily we shouldn't get penalised) but I just don't think they're very quality, however, the main thing is to pass I suppose. Also have got an appointment tomorrow with the head of business at Hull Uni as I can't face another year of doing Business Management so am hoping to swap to the last year of a course which has more finance combined with business so hopefully he will give me the prelimenary ok for getting onto one of the courses-there seem to be a few that are very similar. Also, if I go to proper Uni rather than doing a degree course at college as I am doing now, I will be classed as a FT student rather than PT as I am atm even though it's the same amount of work involved and will hopefully get more help with books etc. There is no definate that I'm going to do the course as I am itching to get back into work even though I know it's more sensible to sort my qualifications while I can, but still, sick of being a scrounge!

We've still not go round to Rich moving in, well I have but he hasn't, his brother is wanting to rent his house from him with his gf, but they're not able to afford what the rent would be with the bills as they only work @ 18 hours between them, even with him offering it as cheap as possible and not even covering the mortgage, so it's just a waiting game, which is frustrating.

Other things going on with us..
Did I say we're saving to go to Florida in 2012? Meant to be renting a villa and sharing the cost with DB and SIL, just hoping they don't let us down, am waiting for the flights to come out to make sure we can afford to go in 2012, if they're too much it may be 2013 as we really want to ensure we can afford to make it good and not worry too much about money when we're there.

DD1 is going abroad with her dad on 1st Jan for a week, his gf, her daughter and her grandson are going but I had to pick her up from her dads a feww weeks ago at 1 in the morning because they where having a party and she couldn't sleep, he didn't even know she'd left, he was that drunk
So, I said a couple of weeks ago I may try and get a last minute deal with Shannon to the same area they're going, just so I know I am there if anything goes wrong-well I may as well have said I was going to sit on their knee on the plane and sleep in their bed as (mainly) his gf kicked off, saying lots of horrible things, how dare I say anything about alcohol when I drove my car after I'd been drinking (1 drink at a party) and he's such a good dad etc etc and lot's of other things that didn't make sense, think she's got a loose screw but managed to keep very cool and calm and reasonable(not sure how!)and explained why I felt the way I did. Apparantly her life is ruled by my daughter and she needs to be consulted before her dad can do anything, first I know about it!
Anyway, have said she can go, but feel really uneasy about it, but what else can I do? She'd be gutted if she didn't get to go and at least she's sharing a room with the baby and the 20yo gfs daughter so their will be an adult that I trust to be responsible more than them 2.

Will stop going on about them, Rich still hasn't heard from the offshore job interview he went for but he did go for a really well paid job interview last week and if he gets it he will need to move to Aberdeen area or Bristol area. Am seriously considering going with him if he does, all this time I've stayed round here for dd1 to see her dad and its probably done her more harm than good as he and his gf and both families are such bad influences with alcohol and drug abuse. Will have to wait and see what happens though.

How are everones plans for christmas? I've been brave and refused to go to anyones on christmas day apart from to dd1s grandmas to drop her off and stay for an hour whilst Shannon opens her pressents but we're coming home for our tea. Am very proud of myself, as usually I'm emotionally blackmailed into trying to make everyone happy but I never am, so it will make a chance to get a little time to chill over christmas afternoon,

Oh and not sure if any of you have realised, but I have been doing the same diet as Inez(thanks for all the encouragement lovely! :)) and have lost nearly a stone in the past 4 weeks, but am going to be having a break over christmas as I really really miss food and would just be miserable without it over christmas.

Right, am off, love to all, and hopefully everyone will get on over the festivities to update on lives xx

Hey all, as you can see I have name changed! Every now and then I get a panic on about how much info I have given out so change my name.

I am due a proper catch up, once I finish up work (tomorrow!!!) I am hoping that I will have a bit more time to do just that. Will be on maternity from tomorrow, so glad as am so tired.

Don't know if you remember that my aunt was ill but she passed away this weekend. We are really sad she didn't see Christmas but she was in a lot of pain so it was a relief in a way too if you know what I mean. Bit worried about my gran and also my little brother who was very close to her and so soon after losing Dad I think he is finding it hard.

I am 35 weeks now so just been trying to find all my old baby stuff from Dareh. Really wish I had labled it up better as there is all this crap in the loft and I can't find half the stuff! We borrowed a lot the last time so really need to see what I need to get. Have managed to borrow a crib again which is just as well as we have no space for a cot. Also getting a baby bath from the same person which is great. Just no space in our tiny house, all the baby stuff is going in our room, probably most of it will have to live under the bed!

NC good luck with the move to a different course, sounds like it will be a good thing for you. Jealous of the trip you are planning - sounds amazing!

Dalry I am dreading the sleepness nights again. Feel like I only just got Dareh settled and now I am about to start all over again. Glad Miles is feeling better now.

Floria glad to hear I am not the only one who is bad at caving in! Dareh can be cheeky at bedtime just now and is aware that I don't really have the strength to pick him up. Sometimes I say daft things like I am not going to read him a story but I always do so it's stupid for me to say it!

Dareh very excited about Christmas. Luckily his present arrived as we are only getting him one thing really and a couple of books. He would have been heart broken if it hadn't turned up as he has been going on about it for weeks.

I am having a flu jab today. Wasn't going to have it to start with but the threads on here have scared me into it.

Hope everyone is well.

Hi Nutcracker :)

I cave in with Shannon too, she is just so cute, much to dd1s disgust lol.

Sorry to hear about your aunt, but as you say at least the pain has gone. Hope that doesn't sound too insensitive.

Can't believe you're 35 weeks already!!!!!! How did that happen?! Did you find out if it's a girl or boy? Any names thought of yet?

Well, I've been thinking, we still haven't had a meet up with us all yet, so wondering if it may be a nice idea to arrange one next year, possibly for Oct, kind of like a 4 year anniversary meet up?

Oooh and we do have a meet up where we can all go I can book some rooms when cheap ones come out for hotels, got some London ones for 1p for in March Or we could take over a small pub hotel thing, or something.

Lol can you tell I'm a bit possed from the medicinal whiskey

I like the sound of that :) I hope I can come this time.

I can't believe that I am 35 weeks too, scary stuff. They don't tell you if it is a boy or a girl in this area for some reason even though I am desperate to know! I guess I will find out soon enough though. I have a couple of names yes, they are Macedonian versions of my Dad's name - Jana or Janne - although I need to double check the spelling with my DH!

Finished work today and feeling a bit rubbish about it - posted why here - [[http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/1110961-Last-day-at-work-feeling-rubbish-about-it]

Ah to be possed, or even to be able to have a glass of something. A dry Christmas for me these year oh joy.

hello all
just stopping by to say happy christmas to one and all!
feeling exhausted by the last few days, but glad the twins are getting better and that we are home for christmas. the nurses were great though, and the stay was not as stressful as i thought it was going to be.
i would love a meet up next year - can't believe it will be our LOs 4th birthdays though!
lots of love xxxx

HAPPY CHRISTMAS DEAREST LADIES!!!!!!

I hope you and all our little darlings have all had fabulous magical days.

I'll be back to answer the posts in full when the Baileys has worn off (we have been comparing the new hazlenut Baileys with the original and my aunts home made version). but Nutcracker I'm sorry to hear about your aunt....blessed release or not it is still painful for those left behind.(((hugs))))

Oh and yes, I'm up for a meet up ... of course

Just a quick one to wish happy Christmas everyone - hope you all had fabulous days with your loved ones.

Strawberry - so glad that the twins were home for Christmas and that your hospital stay was ok.

Nutcracker - can understand why you're feeling a bit rubbish, but it sounds like your boss is lovely and I bet she completely understands how difficult things have been. Sorry about your aunt - I hope your gran and brother are coping ok.

NC - how did the meeting go? (sorry if I've missed an update on fb). Florida sounds fab - hope the flights come through ok. I'm sure dd1 will be fine on her holiday - she's always struck me as being very sensible and at least there's another adult going. Brilliant news on the weightloss - that's a fab result!

We should definitely do a meet-up - just let me know where/when!

Oh and hello to everybody else!!

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. We had a nice day. DH's brother and partner were here and I managed to convinvce my brother to join us. He wasn't up for it to start with, think he didn't want to face Christmas without Dad but I nagged and he caved in eventually. So glad as it was nice to have him around.

Just busy trying to get things ready for the baby. Made several trips to the loft now. Why on earth did I not label things properly?! I am really paying the price now as I can't bloody find things! Getting there though.

Toying with the idea if investing in a new carseat. We had a mama and papa's one last time and I hated it. Really awkward to get in and out of the car and it looked uncomfortable for Dareh to sit in. Want one that is easy to use now that I will be traveling with two. Will keep the same pram - mama and papa's pramette thingy. Easy to use and light although I sort of wish I had one of those travel systems when I see mum's who have been able to just clip their car seat onto the pram. I was forever disturbing Dareh when he was a baby.

Speak of the devil, I can hear him get up. Have a lovely new year everyone if I don't get back before then!