Dec 08 Ladies - Waiting for BabyLady & the usual grumpy tots with stinky bots

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Hope this is ok...

Crikey, obviously I meant 'boys' not 'bits'!

Oh & hooray on the eBay 'win' Rubs & looking forward to those photos GlamJam!

Haha at 'bits' veggie.

Hello, v quick one from me as been at cricket today (last game of season in Bedfordshire, got back after 10 ) but just quickly to say to Rubes I have sent you a message on FB, JJ - your MIL is a shocker, my goodness...Where do people get off? Congrats on your new nephew, nephews are totally ace.

I have to crawl into bed now. More tomorrow evening as I am in London in the day, to see consultant. Uuurrrrgh. Think I am coming to the end of my energy tank!

Oh Lady you poor thing, you must be an amazing writer as you are definitely able to express exhaustion in your posts in such a way that I can almost feel it myself. At least things will feel less exhausting after DD2 makes her arrival. You can spend lots of time snuggling together albeit with DD1 standing in front of you saying 'Lady, Lady, I'd like some attention now please!'. I really don't know how you manage it all. I remember in those last weeks having to drive into town as the 15minute walk would take 40minutes and I would be so tired I couldn't actually shop.

Good morning all.

lady Hope the appointment goes well today - I'm sending you some extra energy vibes to get you through the next 2 weeks.

JJ your MIL is one mad cow, just when you think they can't get any worse. Bloody hell! BTW congratulations on your nephew

jam glad the wedding went well, I did wonder about toilet breaks in your jumpsuit but i say its a sacrifice that needed to be made to look beaut for a day! I remember once when I was about 18 I wore one of those body things that fastens underneath like a baby vest. By the end of the night I was very drunk and couldn't get it fastened up again so I just left it tucked into my jeans. I recall it working its way out and my friends pointing it out in a taxi queue - oh the shame!! Goodness knows how long it had been hanging out.

Well DD is doing her first full day at school today. I am a little nervous as she is having school dinners and she is the world's fussiest eater - I don't think she'll eat anything! But part ofme is hoping that she'll just tuck in if all her new friends are...we'll see. I'm really looking forward to having DS to myself, and give him some one on one time like DD got. Having said that I'd best get my bum off here then and get him to Toddler group (aka my time to drink coffee/eat cake and have a chat with some friends)

Hi Ladies,

Exhausting weekend. We left home at 7am on Saturday morn & all four if us drove down to Dartmoor for a wedding. Arrived on the moor just before midday, checked into our hotel, shovelled food into the girls, made them look smart, poured myself into tiny dress and drove a further 30mins to wedding. Reception was in a beautiful old manor house which was a health and safety nightmare so had to watch DCs like a hawk all day. Stayed at wedding 'til midnight then all piled back to our hotel room. Woke up at 6.30am and dragged the girls up a tor before another 4 hour drive straight to DD1's best friends birthday party! Three hours of helping entertain 20 kids later we finally got home where I whipped up a chilli con carne for houseguests who arrived at 7pm. I collapsed into bed at midnight with restless legs which I get when exhausted. If I had been Beans I'd have rounded off the weekend by giving DH a quick shag, but sadly for DH I am not Beans!

Summer, I can't believe your DH has pneumonia. Is he in hospital? I hope he gets better soon.

JJ, your MiL sounds like a horrible mother to her daughter. I hope she is not saying these things directly to your SiL. I bet you are tempted to think of a foreign name for DC2 now.

Have we heard from Jolly recently? I hope she hasn't got terrible morning sickness again. And what about MoM? When did we last hear from her?

DB - haha! I love that body story! Reminds me of a night out at Clapham Grand. Was so pissed I forgot to do up my trousers after a pee and had no pants on underneath. Not sure how long I wandered around like that, but then set off walking home (lived v near) and was escorted by a police car driving next to me all the way to my front door. Mortified when I realised when I shut the door behind me. Had been wondering why they were following me and sort of throwing them hoity toity glances all the way!

Lady - hope all goes well in Londres today. And hope you got some sleep last night. DD2 has diarrhoea and thought I was in for a hellish night, but she slept til 5am. Brilliant. Then til 8 after that. Life is sweet! I've done a big shop this morning and now have CBeebies on for DD1 while I type on here, then play with DD2, who I usually ignore, so time for some attention for her.

Then off to a 1 o'clock club this pm with NCT friends. Hope there aren't too many of them!

xx

DB that's hilarious!! The good ole Bodysuit eh? popular in Aust back in my day too
Avo - I'm exhausted reading, but v v funny! I'm with you on the zero chance of a shag after all that. Our Beans I salute you
Beans that story equally hilarious! Oh dear you girls make me laugh - thanks!

We're going to a wedding next Summer here where we will have to watch the kiddies as there is a massive cliff still contemplating leaving kiddies at home with G'ma - or perhaps just ds as I guess dd won't be walking then Can't wait - it's where Kylie launched her new Album!

yeah where are all the preggo's? Can we have a list of addresses maybe through FB so we don't have to ask everytime a baby comes? (trying to be organised )

Pubes Ibiza is supposed to be quite good for kids (except the bits with the cliffs of course) but if it was me & I had someone to look after them I'd leave them behind.

Crikey Moses Avo you must be the new definition of shattered, beyond shattered! I love how you made them climb a Tor before heading orf. I must also say wow, for your kids resilience. Long drives, late nights, rambling & parties. You didn't mention and meltdowns so I assume they took it all in their stride.

DB your groin poppers hanging out made me giggle. Also brought back memories of drunken taxi queue waiting. Mmmmm taxi queue chips.

DS has fallen asleep on my knee, he's so snuggly (and snoring!). Mind you makes a change from the horror that was attacking every other child this morning at toddler group!

Vaggie - yeah, and meat pies or hot dogs (for me - forgot you are a vaggie so perhaps not )
Not sure re the kids at that wedding. Gotta tackle one in NZ before that too, and not sure on plans re that. A couple of options below I wanted to put to the panel actually to see what you all think..... other suggestions welcome....

A) Go straight through to my parent's house (LHR-HKG-SYD then 3 hour internal flight) then stay a couple of nights with them, take there car on a bit of a mini break (3 hr drive) to see a few friends who haven't met either dc's and are dying for us to visit and have been nagging for ages, then back to my parents and leave kids with them for a few nights and hop to NZ without kids to go to my friends wedding, drink and be merry, then back to my parent's for a couple of nights, collect kids and back to London....

B) Fly to the US (San Diego) stop a week with dh's uncle (very comfortable / big house / plenty of room - easy) stay a week, then fly from LAX to Auckland, stop a week. have parent's meet us there and all rent a house or nice apartment or something as they would come and look after dc's while we go to wedding etc. then fly straight back (bypass Aust)

Option 1 is a lot of flights and changes etc initially but then staying put and driving only for a couple of days and going to the wedding footloose and fancy free sans kiddies but then my friend doesn't get to see dd, however said friend is suppose to be attending the Spain wedding via a stop in London 3 months later, therefore would see them then.... But option 2 is less faffing around but don't get to see friends, however have to make sure parent's are happy etc and although they would mind kids for wedding and surrounding activities, I would pretty much have them for the rest of the time as said parents are not too crash hot on the Grand parenting side of things if you see what I mean.....

Thoughts?

take THEIR car not there I meant

I would go with B because I like less hassle. But I am lazy...

Great heavens Avo you are a powerhouse (much like many of the ladies on this thread), I feel knackered just reading that! We are definitely going to be giving the next one a good solid Anglo-Saxon name - by which I mean Sexburga or Wulfhilda or Byrtferth let's see how she likes that!

Rubs, tricky decisions... would all the flights be a total nightmare with two nippers? B does sound like less faff, that would be my key factor tbh, staying in one place for a bit longer would probably be easier with the kids.

beans - shagging? disgraceful behaviour! [scuttles off to last thread to catch up on dirty details ]

Lady hope all is going well with consultant today. On the subject of names, can't wait to hear what you've come up with given that you said DP has chosen the middle names and even you consider them a bit poncy!

deirdre fingers crossed for the first full day of school :) like you say the sight of other kids tucking in to their lunch may well encourage dd to join in the fun. I wonder if they still have those funny trays with compartments for the main and the pudding...?

well dh has scored some big brownie points, we both got invited to do a one-day singing workshop in a couple of weeks and he's offered to be on toddler duty all day so I get to do this one. :) Wil be lovely to have a day singing without worrying that she's about to pull major parts of church furnishings onto herself etc.

I have a mental bet on two names for LadyBaby2. Am looking forward to seeing if I'm right or way off!

rubes I'd say go for option B it sounds so much less hassle. Plus I know my DC's would be better behaved if they were staying in one place as it would mean less disruption to their routine iyswim.

Well DD apparently loves school dinners. She had a jacket potato with cheese, beans some bread and a chocolate pudding. She said she only a bit of the cake - I swear she has NEVER eaten that much. i wondered about the tray to JJ, it seems they do still have something similar although DD said her tray was green. DS onthe other hand appears to be on hunger strike today .

'Ello, just on the train back and will post properly later, but all ok with the consultant, the young 'un is still high up, I have eschewed pure codeine for my 'rips'

Names...well, one friend guessed Octavia last time DP has a suitably bland two syllable name - if it was Noodlestrudeldingbat, we might have to be more chary about the ponciferous names.

Hey, I was swabbed for MRSA today, ready for hospital admission. New policy. Anyone else have this?

Anyway, a stack more I want to say to a stack of people so will stop doodling around with the phone now. Oooh, poor Mr Lightning. Pneumonia is v painful.

Hello,
avo no, DH is not in hospital, he went to hospital for an X-ray and they gave him some antibiotics as well, he just has to go back in 6 weeks for another x-ray to check it has gone. I suspect he is going to try and go back to work far too soon if I don't put my foot down. He is feeling better in the day but was in agony last night.
Your antics sound exhausting!!

Rubes I would go with B also.

Ladyt I have a vague memory of being swabbed for MRSA, which probably means it was after I was admitted rather than beforehand. So exciting, not long to go now! I am looking forward to finding out your chosen name too!

jj hurray for days singing.

Lady - MRSA is routine - dh reckons it is or should be for all elective stuff - I had it this time but not with ds so perhaps it is a new policy for CS. Mine wasa week before.

thanks for input re travel plans - here I was thinking option A was the easier one as I could leave the kiddies with parents? That way the only flights with kids would be there and back as in between we'd just be borrowing parent;s car for little trips but basing ourselves at their house plus flying to the wedding minus kids?
Oh I dunno but I need to decide soon due to accom in peak season over there

I think the other thing weighing on my mind is parents are a bit upset that I've never taken dh to their house and we've never really stayed there at all really (It's just harder to get to and not a lot to do there so we always go to my brothers house) Their fault for moving to such a remote place

Oh yes, veggie you asked how DD is, she is great, a little cutie pie. She still has hairy ears and forehead though, not a good look. Feeding going well, though I haven't had her weighed for ages so not sure if she's putting on weight, but think she is as some babygros got relegated this morning due to not fitting any more! Wish she would not take 1-2 hrs to resettle in the night though, but I remember DS being like this and it fixed itself in the end. Though I think he was better than DD by this stage.

Right bed now. rubes I am too tired to properly understand your 2 options - I shall leave it to wiser and more awake people to respond!

No problemo Summer - not a big deal anyway as either way the flight will be hideous no doubt. Gone are my days of upper class all the way for a bit!
Hope the settling at night gets shorter. I have the opposite here as dd is really sleepy at night but I pay for it in the day as she doesn't burp enough after night feeds and all the wind builds up in he morning I think!

Hello !

Sorry it has been so long again, I'm not good at keeping up. I've kind of been lurking as I find it comforting what you have all been doing even if I dont have time to post myself (or anything much to say!)

Firstly, SL I would love to meet up, Fridays are good for me, I could get the train to Cambridge and meet up in the Botanical Gardens or something. When you are all feeling better of course but I've not got many plans over the nest few weeks. Hope your DH gets better soon.

LadyT sorry you were feeling down, I am amazed at what you get done if I were you I'd be feeling burnout. I understand what you mean about the loss of a life that you should have had exactly, and its no reflection on the life you do have. Sometimes waves of sadness hit and I dont think you can stop them or feel bad for thinking them. Dont know if that makes sense. When I found things difficult I used to try and be proud of myself for getting through it and tell myself that this was the challenging bit and things would get easier and they really have, and try to find things to look forward to/plan for - not always easy.

Beans I love your stories, they really make me laugh, bet you are a very entertaining pub story teller/dinner party host :)

Glad to hear the school starters are going well. I am terrified of it next year, and wonder how we will manage with juggling the childcare. Amazing how quickly the time flies though.

Erm other than that I dont have much to report. Finding the children less tiring to look after, and enjoying a resurgence of adult time with DH (and a bit of a burgeoning social life.)

Hello NJAN - glad to hear the social life is on the up! I am feeling a ton better thanks. I think the codeine in the cohydramol, which I am only taking at night for the sore bump, is helping me sleep better but this means I have had fewer nights pacing the floors fretting and thinking daft thoughts, so bit more like usual self.

DB - how was first full day of school? And Nolda, if you are lurking, how is your DD finding it now? Those click under the groin bodies weren't mega flattering, were they? Even if you had the figure of Nadia Comaneci.

Summer, you must make DH rest - it is so important. He doesn't want it double or other complications. My sister and my Dad have had it. It's bloody nasty. Oh - wedding in Oct: I reckon knee length boots and a wrap around dress (or other dress above knee) would be flattering.

KiwiP - I am not going to read the nasty comments on your blog as I will get all furious with them. Lamebrains. Glad you are kicking up your heels a bit.

Jam - hurrah for rocking the jumpsuit, or the JAMsuit as I will now think of it.

Beans, I am with you on the emotive films etc. I can't cope with stuff like that at the best of times, and am even worse at the mo...I can't even listen to Two Little Boys, or Puff the Magic Dragon, or Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Get you, with your running! And Sybs! I have eaten buckets today. Annoying.

Avo - that weekend sounds seriously exhausting. Please don't overdo it,and yes I know that is rich coming from me. I saw D for lunch today. He seemed very bouncy. Are you still on for Weds? If you seem weary I will be sending you to the beauty salon steps away from my cottage for a massage or something. Rubes, same thing to you!

Rubes - v much looking forward to seeing you and your DH and DD in the morn. You may not see this beforehand, I guess. I too think option B sounds, on the face of it, easier...Oooh, a day in Bluewater would be nice. But I won't be doing that for a while, esp after I have had DD2 and am a blimpoid and clothes will look duff on me.

Are you feeling better, Veggie? And how was DS1's big boy football session? 'I Can Cook' - is that the bird with the guitar? Good show, rotten songs.

Must go to bed. Am shagged again. And not in the Mr Beans sense, either

Oh, and JJ, I meant to say that is good of your DH to let you have the special singing day. I mean, so he should after Venice, but still. Hope your SIL is ok. Grief about the child's name from her own mother, after a forceps delivery? I said it the other day, but that is such bad form. And 'half caste'? Dear oh dear.