May 2009 toddling along...

[momino]

here we are. How long will this thread last?

The photos of the babies are wonderful!

flip I am very envious that you won one of the jackets! I wanted one too. Which one are you having?

llareggub - I can't remember! I know I put the long one as my last choice, but can't remember what order the other two were in. And can't remember what colour either . I hope I get the belted one, but wouldn't be the end of the world if it was the other one; the long one would be incredibly unflattering on me so hope it's not that. Can't wait for a parcel now! And if it's not suitable I'll come back and let you know .

Congratulations smokey gorgeous pics of two gorgeous boys and I am so in awe of your birth story too - G&A only ... wow!

flip am also hope the coat is lovely. IKWYM about the long one - I put that as my last choice too as I thought it would make me look as if I was wearing a sleeping bag :)

Hellooooo everyone else.

more congratulations to smokey on her two beautiful babies! Hope you've recovered, have lots of help, and are resting!

Flip, great news about the coat! what good luck, you should buy a lotto ticket now .

Ses, I hope O is feeling much better (and you, too!).

Hi everyone else!! hope you're all great.

Hi everyone.

Smokey Many congrats. I wrote a long post wishing you luck and all that on the day you went in, but computer crashed and it got lost... You've got 2 lovely nb baby boys there. They're so gorgeous :)

flip Whoohoo about your win. Also want to say not to worry about not getting things done in the house. It takes many many many years to get a house just right. We've been here a year and we're still sorting through stuff. Our old house took 7 years to get just right...and then we sold it

ses Also hope O and you are feeling better by now.

fi Hmm, continental style knitting? I know so little about the art of knitting that I didn't even know there are different ways. I presume continental style would have been what I learnt at school.

I'm sure some of you has seen the news about our missing cat. She escaped the house on bonfire night. We normally keep her locked in as the fireworks do freak her out, but sadly it didn't work this time. She's not been seen since and today with better weather I had the opportunity to have a decent look around the area. 2 people told me about 2 girls having her. The next door neighbour told me those girls knocked his door to tell him they found his cat and that cats should be indoors with everything going on that day. He told them that it was our cat, we weren't home, they were seen walking away and the cat hasn't been seen since. Everyone on my street now knows + the butcher (i.e. place to go to catch up on all the local gossip) + the post office + I've got leaflets up everywhere + I called all local vets. I don't know what else to do. I hope those girls were local (there were lots of outsiders in the village that night) and that they come forward. I do hope she turns up soon. She's a pain half the time, but it is a bit quiet without her around

Hope everyone else is well. I know I havent nc everyone, but thought I'd better post before the computer crashes again...

smokey your new boys are absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations again & hope you're getting some rest when possible x

belgina Keeping my fingers crossed your cat comes home. If she is with the 2 girls lets hope she's being spoilt rotten in advance of them returning her to you x. Continental knitting.. I've been brushing up on some of my seldom used knitting know how and came across it on a ravelry forum discussion. It's supposed to be much quicker than the method I knew which i now know is called 'english' style. I've been watching the videos on youtube and knittinghelp.com; it's basically holding your working yarn in your left hand as you knit/purl rather than in your right hand and wrapping it round the needles for each stitch iyswim? much easier to see how from watching the videos than it is to describe..

right have to go.. be back later x

ooo I forgot how exciting flip I hope the one that arrives is your preferred choice

Hi ladies,

Just a quickie for now. Will be back later for catch up etc, but am sure you will have seen FB with pics of my darling twins and a brief birth story. Thank you for your lovely comments too.

But wanted to let you all know that so far, so good. Although I think today could well be the hormone crash so the tears are likely to appear later. Particularly every time I think about R and the little amount of time I have seen him in the past week.

Anyhow, DH is being fab and is cooking me a bacon sarnie right now. Doula due to start today too, so am hoping for a relaxing day. Twins snoozing upstairs. Its all good . SO I will return to catch up on all the news later on. TTFN.

dandy I'll pop back later to reply properly as mid bath and bed here. Just wanted to say imo you should not feel guilty & if it was me going through everything you have got on your plate atm i'd be thinking of all manner of ways to lessen the school run stress.. not add to it. Also if my friend was having health issues let alone BP problems I wouldn't have even considered asking in the first place x

smokey hello! I'm glad things are going well. Good luck with the doula.

Dandy you are not being unreasonable at all and personally, I think they are being a little cheeky asking you, for all the reasons you outline. Frankly, I would just say no without giving any reasons or justification. I would just say "no, it isn't going to be possible." It doesn't sound like much of a deal to me.

I do hope you medical problems start to resolve themselves. I shall send you lots of unmumsnetting hugs, particularly as you have been feeling low.

Our news, well, we've put both boys in the same bedroom in the hope it will help DS2 settle. The last few weeks have been a nightmare and someone suggested that perhaps there is a problem with him being alone at night. Anyway, I'm pleased to report that last night he only woke up once at 3am, and then again at 7am, so RESULT!

I've finished another working week, only 2 and a half months left to go. I'm so excited!

Hi there everyone!

Smokey congrats on your lovely boys. Hope the doula is working out well.

Dandy sorry you've been feeling low. Hope the GP gets to the bottom of your BP problem. Although you feel you should help out your friends, I think your health should be your top priority at the moment and for the reasons you listed dicates that you should say sorry but no can do.

Flip enjoy your coat!

I can't believe that I've been back in the UK for a week now. The return flight wasn't the best, thankfully I had my SIL with me. The dc both have had colds and been off colour which has resulted in the grumpiest, stroppiest children ever in the last week! Ds2's sleep has been appalling and I've felt at the end of my tether at times.

I went back to work after 6 weeks off - it's been tough, would so rather not be there - but hey ho!

Hope everyone else is well. I've got to try and fill in some court forms in the hope that I get some money back from a dodgy 2nd hand car dealer!

dandy - sorry to hear that things aren't right, hope it all improves soon. I don't think you're being unreasonable at all, it sounds like hassle you just don't need right now. Maybe it would be different if you were getting something really useful in return, but well, doesn't sound like you are.

hello muddled. Hope things improve for you soon too.

A is ill, she has a chest infection. This is the illest she's ever been, and it's miserable for her. Sleep obviously terrible, and I miss my cheeky little wotsit, she's so subdued.

Thanks for all the reassurances about the house...I know these things take time I'm just v impatient! And DH and I had agreed that we'd try to be better in this house than we were in the last!

No sign of the coat yet...wish I knew which one I was getting!

Mwah to you all.

Dandy - just wanted to say don't feel guilty about this, or feel you have to justify yourself. I find the morning school run hard work with DD, DS1 and DS2 and I only have to do it one morning a week (we get the DSs to nursery first on 3 days and DH does it the other). It really would get me down to have to do it more frequently, and the responsibility of someone else's child is also very stressful, so not what you need ATM. If your friends are struggling, then Jack will just need to improve his morning routine/ timings or pay a childminder/nanny to come and help in the mornings...Or like you say, you should see if they would return the favour with them taking your DD 2 mornings a week (would you be OK about their nanny taking DD?).

Will read through other posts now...

smokey- congrats on your beautiful boys. You really are a wonder woman. Hope the doula is being useful . I find it really hard at first when you spend so much time with the NB and feel it comes as a trade-off with time with the older DCs. But it is all important bonding time . All i can say is a friend of mine in a similar situation as yours (when her twin boys were born, she had DS1 nearly 4 and DS2 nearly 2) has a wonderful close relationship with her 4 boys (and an au pair ).

flip- has the coat arrived yet- well done on your win.

belgina- I hope your cat is OK and finds her way home.

daisy- hope you and your DSs had a lovely time in SA. Must be hard working after 6 weeks off . Hope the DSs feel better and sleep better soon.

llare- let's hope DS2 continues to sleep well for you. If it works for you, I might consider doing the same with my DS2. He hasn't been well (he had bronchiolitis) and his sleep was terrible. Now he seems better (he still has a cold) but if he wakes around 9 or 10pm, we can't get him back to sleep until the early hours and have to bring him in with us so we aren't sleeping well too. Last night it was after 1.30am when we all got to sleep .

Yes Dandy my DS1 is 3.5 so just a bit younger to Jack and Jill's DD, and a slower walker, not to be trusted with roads etc. And I also like my little walks to school with DD once i've dropped the DSs off at nursery so even if you only had your DD, why should you complicate things for you in the morning and lose that time?. I find i have little time with my DCs on their own and it is precious. And yes, I used to take DS2 to school in his sleepsuit and sometimes without breakfast when he was that age- these things have to be done- they will just have to rethink their routine and maybe get the DCs to bed 15 minutes earlier so they wake up in time. Is the nursery that strict that they have to be there for a certain time? Is it because it is attached to a school?

Sounds like you've done plenty to help when you can Dandy. I wouldn't expect someone else to take my DCs to school/nursery just because I can't get them out of the house on time. One of DDs friend's mums offered the other week but we're in our routine now so we're OK. Maybe they need a bit longer to get used to it and get the timings right. I found it hard at first (hence DS2 in his sleepsuit/unfed), and I know Momino was dreading it when her DD1 went to school, but it just has to be done.

Helloooo. Had a quick read through and would love to NC but I feel like shit, I have pneumonia. M had tonsillitis a couple of weeks ago, still a bit snotty, but is back at nursery - so therefore has kindly given me her lurgy. Still, I have a peaceful day on the sofa off sick. I feel like I have been beaten up.

Will be back to chat when I can sit comfy again.

Loving smokey's boys