November 09 - Autumnal times are drawing near, soon our babes will be one year!

[MsInterpret]

Hello ladies, hope no one minds me taking the liberty of creating a new thread and approves of the name choice. We've been moving a bit slower than antenatal so though we'd most certainly have some year-olds by the time we finished this one!

pav great stuff and also a bit if I'm honest!! I thought we were heading in the right direction but back to feeds around 11 and then 5:30, not so bad as you I know but it would be lovely to go to bed early and have a full night. I look forward to hearing if this is a new pattern and that might be the impetus I need!

DS1 fine today, bless him

Lets not get too excited everyone i am fully anticipating last night being a one off !

Positive mental attitude pav!

We're going to need a new thread pronto. Any ideas?

I have my two nephews & niece staying over tonight & DH out at the rugby club burns night. This may get interesting...!

dwb do you think that pregnancy may have fuddled your brain? what on earth are you thinking?!!! hope it all goes well tonight.

Positive mental attitude? not sure that is it, more resignation/slight crazy desperateness!

Well my nephews are 10 & 8 and very well behaved! Niece is 3 so a bit more challenging but her big brothers will keep her in line. Biggest challenge might be getting Ethan into bed as he's a bit excited that they're here! He's usually asleep by 7. Hmm...

Yes, positive mental attitude! And you need a wee break mrs, you were sounding pretty knackered the other night. Have you planned some time out for yourself yet?

Sounds like a lot of fun! I love it when the kids get together. Our two get very excited when we have others here. Although not sure I am brave enough for them to stay over! Not yet anyway

A break, yes, funny you should mention that, I talked to DH about this tonight, I am going to see if a couple of girls want to go out for a meal/drink next weekend. Not loud/clubby, just out, there are a couple of nice cocktail bars here, maybe do curry and a cocktail or something.

Well the kids are now asleep. And get this! I put Roo to bed, he was awake when I put him down, not at all asleep, and when I covered him and kissed him, said goodnight and he waved goodbye to me !! So i waved back, walked out. Cue screaming, and screaming, and screaming, and silence. That was 30 mins ago... I am not at all sure what to make of it...

The 10 year old has asked me, while the younger kids were playing with the farm and I joked about the tractor taking the animals to the slaughterhouse (bad aunty), if horseradish sauce was made from horses!

The three year old, who has been in my flat loads, went into the hall cupboard instead of the loo.

Ethan said night night for the first time ever, with witnesses!

Been talking to my nephews about careers and trying to explain what an ifa is and why being a teacher with thirteen weeks holiday would be fab. Interesting conversations all round.

Pav Ethan went through a stage of happily waving as you left then screaming a minute or two later. If he kept it up I'd go back in but he's out of that habit now. Fast asleep so I'm about to get the rest of them into pjs then make a round of toast before bed.

Night out with the girls sounds great. I had a nice afternoon today with my friend without any children, felt so relaxed after it! Nice to have some relaxing adult company. :)

dwb trying to recruit them young eh?! Did the 3yo actually go to the loo in the cupboard?!

Night in. Friend of DH has come over with his x-box controllers and his COD game [grr]. DH said he wanted to come over and I said 'er, yeah, ok sure' thought, should not be a misery and should at least socialise a bit. Did not realise it meant I would be goosebury to computer games! oh well about to turn in to a pumpkin anyway. Only adult company i get is at work, and it is so busy it is mostly about work. so either talk about babies and kids, or talk about criminals (not always that different )

oh meant to say how cute of Ethan! I love this age (sleep is minor compared to the positives) they grow so fast and learn so much each day. Roo is walking, has been for about a week with conviction and in the last two days he just walks up and down the corridors with one hand out to hold on to something in case he needs to and the other in front of him to steady himself, big grin on his face! He does not talk so much, babbles and points!

No she never did the toilet in the cupboard, thankfully, but is the only one not to go to the loo before bed so I hope we don't have any accidents!!

Ethan has only recently started saying more recognisable words, keys, ball, juice... Up til now everything has been dada. He said mum a few times earlier but yum is also in there somewhere so I wasn't entirely sure it was mum. Wishful hearing? :)

Not recruiting at all, but I only get 4 weeks holiday a year and it's only when you have a family that you realise how lucky teachers are with 13 weeks off in total!! I also told him what careers earn the big bucks. Had a nice chat about names for the bump. The three yr old thinks Farmer (remember the farm game earlier?), 8 yr old thinks robert/rob/Robbie (burns topics in school), 10 yr old being very diplomatic and liking all of my suggestions, although apparently I named most of his football team.

Kids are awesome, aren't they? I can't wait to have a proper conversation with mine!

How's the rooster tonight?

well done on settling Roo, Pav Hopefully this will be the start of him sleeping well for you now, fingers crossed.

dwb sounds like you had a good evening with the nephews and neice there, am intrigued also about the hall/loo situation. (btw adults are just as bad, bil once peed in his mum's microwave after a big night out. hope she replaced it afterwards!)

Annabelle says bye bye at bed-time and waves, it is so cute.

Last night wasnt so bad at work. Colleague tried tickling me with his arms around me but stopped as I told him I wasnt ticklish and probably as I was heading towards the direction of his wife, who also works there but on different section. Apparently he is known to have had several affairs with work colleagues in the past so definitely not a good character..

Pav grr, COD. Dh plays that. It annoyes me as I have to sit there whilst he's playing which is ok sometimes but I do get annoyed that the guys (dh and his mate who is often over) get to choose what to do. It is also very antisocial even when he plays online with the headset on. but he does look funny chatting away!.

juicy DH wanted COD for xmas, I refused. I bought him a driving game (well he gave me a list and i picked one that was not COD). I said that if he wants it, get himself a job and buy it himself, I am not choosing to be a COD widow. Been there with other online games. At least with footie and driving games he plays when we are not doing something, rather than us not doing something because his mates are online at stupid oclock. All our male friends think I am ultra mean. Tough (probably am quite mean). AND it is horrendously expensive.

juicy that is still inappropriate though, your colleague. He should not be acting like that at all, not even touching you. Even if you did not mind it is not appropriate and it is especially inappropriate to presume you want it. Make sure you record it in writing and tell your line manager, in writing, and copy his boss. It is wrong on many levels and you should not have to be bothered about this at work, you should be able to go in and feel comfortable working with all your colleagues without fear of harrassment.

Grrr!

3 yr old up coughing for an hour between 3&4am. DH chose 5:15am to walk through the front door. So close to ethan's morning time that he woke him up. DH then proceeded to spend 45 mins playing in Ethan's room then put him back to bed at 6am when DH decided he wanted some kip. Cue lots of crying, all the kids staying over wide awake and DH buggering off to bed while the pregnant tired lady gets up with the four kids. Last night wouldve been fine if it wasn't for DH!!

Not amused. Everyone's exhausted. DH says I can have a sleep later but that won't get my Uni work/asda shop/ironing done! Will need to catch up before working week begins again tomorrow though.

So am I right to be annoyed? He came home very quietly and not too drunk but at 5:15am?! WTF?! Or am I just tired and grumpy?

Oh dwb annoyed?! I would have skinned him alive WTF! What on earth was he thinking! He would have been better to have just stayed out for the night and come home at 9am with flowers, sheepish apology, bacon butties for all (although he is in the doghouse regardless I expect!). He best attempt some serious grovelling today. And get you a bit more than a lie-in, you poor things.

Roo woke up twice last night, at 1:30am and 2:30am, woke cried, sat up/stood up bouncing, i left him for a moment and he did not settle, so I went in, quick cuddle, said night night, straight back down, stroked cheek and left, and he did not cry again when I put him down, just went back to sleep. So while he woke twice, he put himself back to sleep with just a cuddle and not 30-60mins of sobbing and back arching etc. As soon as went in, it was clear his problem was just that he was awake. He then woke at 5:05am, quick feed, sleep til 6:15am. I really feel we are making some progress here.

But it is early days and he has not had any new teeth for a while

Pav that's another improvement for you guys, long may it continue! DH eventually got up about 11 and has bathed DS. Looks awful but is now up for the day and we'll have an early night with (hopefully) all our housework up to date! I'm not at all sympathetic with hangovers so he'd best just get on with it!!

DWBI would have been annoyed. 5.15 is ridiculous to be coming in at! He better make you a super nice tea(or dinner depending what you call your evening meal) to make up for it, and let you put your feet up and relax in front of the tv.

Pav definitely sounds like you're making progress with Roo's sleeping. well done!

Yes, agree it is still unacceptable. am hoping to see my manager on tues to talk about it especially.

He's having a nap til five then he's doing his speciality - macaroni cheese. Then all the dishes and sorting out the kitchen. Not too bad. I really wish when we were pregnant/breastfeeding that both parents had to cut out alcohol. DH doesn't drink often at all but when he does he can't stop at a decent time or level of drunkenness. Anyone remember my first mothers day?!

Trying to think up something catchy for a new thread title...

Hope this will do!

New thread here!