July 2010 - The gang's all here, we're now getting started on our baby's first year.

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Starting our first post-natal thread since we are all over to the other side

tsc I use our sure start centre all the time and they can be a bit funny. One lady insists we play with our toddlers but DD's at an age where she wants to play away from me so I end up chasing her around shooing her away from her games effectively. Another insists the toddlers sit down to eat/drink which is like trying to catch wind in a jar as far as youngsters are concerned. She also gives me the eyebrow when Sam cries which is all the time. I still go cos we live opposite and I like the others who go there. No sure start where we're going so I'll really miss it!

This is my sister's 4th, 2 girls, 2 boys, 6,4,2 and newborn. We only see each other once a year cos she's in Liverpool, we're (currently) in Dorset and neither husband gets regular time off. Her husband also doesn't like 'southerners' so that rather puts a spanner in the works We'll use the same name anyway cos we rarely see them. I love my sister and I hate the way our lives are so separate but that's the way it's panned out for us.

was about to post when DD's v loud ** appears to have woken Ds from nap, so laters...

note - they were in different rooms

LOL!

bloody tyres are going to cost £285 could get the cheap-ass ones but we both reckon decent tyres are worth spending out on...still didn't realise how much they'd cost. And we're skint this month cos DH topped up his ISA and we're moving and moving house gets freaking expensive.

maybe she enjoys the fact that even with all the stuff you do, you still have a toddler that acts like a toddler. who knows? worth emailing though for sure!

tsc i would report her! she sounds like a childless woman who thinks children should be seen and not heard!! hmmm maybe i will think again about starting to go to a surestart group i hate meddling busy bodies!
chulita £285!! do all of them need replacing then? have you got a national tyres neat you? they always have offers like money off 2 or 4 and it usually costs me the same for a decent tyre as it normally does for the cheap ones!
ive just been tesco and got asked for ID, im walking with a limp and have no make up onand wasnt until i left i realised my hair hasnt seen a brush today so made me feel better!!

anyone who had had an epidural or have friends who had one heard of having back pain? my back is getting worse, im walking so stiff its effecting my hips! dh tries rubbing it but area where they put the 3 needles in hurt so much i go through the wall!!

tsc i would totally complain, this is a place for kids and they do get boisterous. Instead of sending you away for a chair could she not have let you sit till frankie was fed? Or even got you a chair so you didnt have to drag dd about. Wonder how perfect her kids are to be speaking to mothers like that. Hers must have read the manual. Defo complain.

Lol bout the boobs, i've never bf and mine are like plump spaniels ears I am currently a 36DD but take the bra off and they hit the overhanging tummy and imalgimate into a pile of lumps that is hideous.

I have just developed foot in mouth, where i cant get my foot out my mouth. Was meant to go to my cuz at the wkend but couldnt be arsed so i txt bout a prob we had at the bank leaving us skint then sent a txt to dp saying to remember that was the excuse but i sent both to my cuz and his wife txt to say if thats the way i felt i wouldnt be invited again. I didnt mean to hurt anyone and should just have been honest that i didnt want to leave rileigh. But now i feel rotten, i'm a bitch.
gracie my cuz in manchester had trouble getting her boy into school but it wasnt as bad as yours. She did say a family wanted to move their child due to an incident and couldnt as there was no places. Its not like that here, our kids go to the school you want unless its outside the catchment then its a placement request but its normally fine.

Be back later, not dressed and have to get ds at 3, oh well holiday weekend here x

memphis only 2 of them but they're GoodYears so they cost a bit, going to ATS too so that's the cheapest we could find. Also re back pain, I definitely get pain where the epidural/spinal went in but I had previous back trouble anyway and not having any stomach muscles left makes back ache worse so I'm going to work on core strength before I worry too much.

tsc I would complain too just cos like you said, if a less confident mum or someone with post-natal depression had that treatment they'd be even more upset/doubting.

stac and lol, oops! couldn't you text and say that it's more that getting Rileigh ready and all that is just too much at the mo but you didn't mean to offend anyone.

gracie I've been tempted to HE but I live in dread of DH getting a 6 month tour and I think 6 months without him and teaching the children would drive us all round the bend!

Hi

I also missed out on the ante-natel thread but would very much like to join you lovely ladies.

Bethan was born on the 31st of july making us eligible for this thread (and the full child trust fund amount) only by the skin of our teeth.

I now leave it to your good selfs to decide if I am to be welcome or tossed out on my ear.

i did chulita but to be honest his wife doesnt like me so probs right up her street i made a boob, oh well just annoys me that when their lo (who is just over 1) was younger they didnt go anywhere let alone a 40min drive away with her, i know its not far but theres hardly sleeping room for them never mind us then getting up with a hangover and having to drive home is crap.

tsc i hadnt read this page when i posted, are you making a formal complaint?

Does anyones lo's make themselves retch by sticking their fingers in their mouths? X

lol dylthan all welcome here, is bethan your first? Hope you like gabbing cos we do loads

stac- No I also have a 3.5 year old ds (dylan) but i'm fairly new to mn wish I'd discovered it when he was little though.

I'm finding life slightly more challanging with 2 although I am surprised at how much more chilled out I am about other things I've found bf much easier this time, which is great because it was one of the things I was looking forward to and dreading in equal measures while pregnant.

Thesecondcoming- I'm also known as "kirsty" I'm 24 and I live near Inverness with my dh and now 2 beautiful Dc.

Bethan dosen't sleep through the night and sometimes still wants to feed every 2 hours but after a really difficult pregnancy we've sadly decided to have no more children.

So even when she's screaming and difficult I'm tresuring every moment because I know how she'll be this little for only a short time and then they'll be no more.

Hi Dylthan, I'm needle (grace), I'm 24, live in central London in a dissused strip club with dh, an endless stream of itinerant artists and dd1 Gwendolyn who was born 26th of July at 7.8. She's a lovely, chilled out baby who sleeps through and loves bathtime more than anything. Gloating over.

Welcome to the club. I swear it's kept me sane over the last fee weeks!

hi dythlan i'm stac (stacey) 31 from glasgow, I have 2 dcs a son jack 11 and daughter rileigh who was born 7th july at 9lb 12oz, i also have a stepson scott 12. This thread has been great for all whinges etc. We also have a facebook group you can join called july 2010 babies, its the pic of a baby bump

and the same about fb for you cakes

Hi dylthan my ds is called Dylan born on 9th July.
My name is Natasha, Im 20 and live in Kent, welcome to our thread!

Ive had a very good day today, lovely lunch at my friends and a good old gab with my sister et al.

Back home and played with a load of new toys my friend gave me, which Dylan loved and then I gave his legs a massage.

Ive signed up for a 4 week baby massage class in Nov.

Also there is a class starting in Oct for mums aged between 20 and 25 which will be great cos I dont know anyone my age with kids round here really. One from school and one I met on here but would be really good to have a gang of them!

God i hate doin introductions!! But welcome dylthan!! im karen, 25, from ireland, 1 child and thats my lil lady ellie, born 12th july. Shes an absolute dream! sleeps from about 10 at night til 9 or 10 in the morn so shes lazy like me! im currently in a bid to battle this baby bulge and get rid of my new humungous tits which i hate. Live with dp and loving family life. Think that just about covers it! Oooh and i love my nights out :-))

lol tsc I apologise for making you weep, I always knew I would be a young mum such a dynamic group we are!