Fab Feb 2009: things that go bump and "mummy, mummy, MUMMY!!!" in the middle of the night

[dinkystinky]

New halloween inspired thread (in honour of this time of year) to talk about our little jekyll & hydes [hgrin]

Is anyone going to be taking their little ones trick or treating this year? We'll be at MIL's for Halloween and she's already told me she has both Danny and DS1 costumes -so it appears that decision has been made for us

SM... I smoked in pregnancy too, all three of them. And dp has asthma so mine have a 1/3 chance of asthma anyway I know the guilt, and I also know that whatever the statistics say I know plenty of smokers babies who are the picture of health (including my cousin whose mother smoked 40 a day through pregnancy and smoked around him as a baby) and I know several asthmatic kids whose parents are non smokers. As dinky said, there's no rhyme or reason to it and beating yourself up serves no purpose. I hope Luke is out of hospital soon.... it may not be asthma, A's SATs were low at birth due to pneumonia so it could just be a bug that's spread to his lungs.

mos.... your story about your friends made me well up I'm glad you had such a nice send off but I'm very sorry you'll be leaving such good friends. Good luck with the move

morning all, SM glad you are home and hope ABs kick in soon

dinky good title, how about you come up with my new name as will need to namechange soon

what is this about rain in the UK? thought it was nice and sunny, don't think I'm ready for rain

Lovely meal out last night with some close friends at japanese teppanyaki (sp) which was good fun. Frantically packing.................

Thank you
SR Didn't realise you were a smoker. I suppose like everything else, we all know the risks of these things, but it's just luck of the draw maybe.
Mos It's been p*ssing it down!
No idea about a new name, I am rubbish at thinking of stuff like that!

Luke is so much better. He's on his pump 4 hourly so did not enjoy that last night, but thankfully he seems close to being completely normal.
Last day of AB's and steroids today, thank God as he is hating them, think they taste horrid.

Sickness has made way for indigestion, rennies give me a disgusting after taste in my mouth. Oh the joys!

aint pregnancy great MS! Hope you feel better soon.

MoS - new name... How about LaBelleDameSansSand or Brokenoutathere in a nod to departing KSA...

MS I couldn't stand rennie's or gaviscon so I used toothpaste. Just a sqirt straight into my mouth when needed. Prob used it more often than I'd have to take a gaviscon, but it did the trick. I carried a little travel travel tube in my handbag.
Hope it passes and gets easier soon. Xx

MS I couldn't stand rennie's or gaviscon so I used toothpaste. Just a sqirt straight into my mouth when needed. Prob used it more often than I'd have to take a gaviscon, but it did the trick. I carried a little travel travel tube in my handbag.
Hope it passes and gets easier soon. Xx

they do that new strawberry gavison I think - even I would try that as I don't like mint or liquroise (sp?)

Luke split his head open today on a kitchen cupboard door which was left open - he is fine - lots of blood but nothing to really stick together - he was a very brave little boy

hope you and your 2 years olds are doing well today (and all the other dcs we have between us!!!)

Oh oooggs Poor Luke
How's he doing now?

SM - have you chnaged your fb name????

Luke is fine and played well today and was an angel at the hospital - sleeping well at the moment thank you

how are you today?

Yes I have. My surname has changed, I did it by deed poll so it's the same as dp and the boys. My initials are now NP.
Glad Luke is ok.
I'm ok, thank you. Will be better when the boiler's fixed. Fingers crossed it'll be tomorrow

yes I remember you telling us on here but didn't relate that back to FB hope the boiler is fixed asap

Yikes poor Luke! Sounds like you were more upset by it than he was though. Sounds like both Lukes are in the wars at the moment.

Hello

Thought I would share a funny story with you all. Had to take DS to my bikini wax yesterday, I was hoping he would nap in his buggy but no such luck. He spent most of his time touching things in the room he wasn't allowed to but looked very alarmed when she started waxing me and stood at the end of the bed stroking my head and saying 'WHAT DOING MUMMY?!'. I reassured him it was ok and that I was fine and he looked at the wax strips and said 'Is it a plaster?'

We then left the treatment room, DS wandered over to the couch where there was a lady waiting, sat next to her, stuck his legs in the air, pointed at his crotch and said 'My mummy just had a plaster stuck there'.

MS lol

MS How funny

We've had our second outing today without a nappy on Luke, he is doing really well. Just 2 accidents indoors today, and he wee'd 3 times on the walk down to the shops.
When he was sitting on the potty in the middle of the street at one point a few workmen walked past us and when Luke stood up all pleased with himself they clapped and cheered him too

Boiler is still not fixed, this is day 3 of no hot water. Dp has arranged for his boss to come round tomorrow evening to sort it out.
I am not hopeful.
Dp's boss thinks he knows it all, and says he knows the problem without having to look at it so he'll bring the part round tomorrow, but if a proper boiler-man who came yesterday doesn't know what's wrong, how will a train-track repair man?

Ah bless Frank - brilliant!!

Sounds like Luke is giong great guns on the potty training - no sign of any interest from Danny at the moment. I fear it may be like DS1 all over again - many many months of encouraging with stars to do wees on the potty to get a coveted prize (think it took him 5 months to get the fire engine prize!). Sorry you dont have a boiler SM - total pain in the arse, especially as its come all wintry again. Fingers crossed your DP's boss can fix it.

Nope, pretty much need a new one.
I have a guy coming back tomorrow (if he can get a part) to get it up and running for now, just to gives us 6 weeks or so to get the money together for a new boiler.
Then I'm hoping to get the place on the market, sell up and go rent somewhere. i have so had it with living like this!
I nearly have dp on side............

sounds like a plan SM! I'm not sure I could have stuck your crazy neighbour as long as you have done!!

Thanks dinky It can't be easy for her either though, having us running around at 6 in the morning.
I just feel sorry for those lo's and all that Vit D they're missing out on (not today though).
Maybe I'm a bit jealous that she doesn't have to get up at the crack of dawn and she's got a dh who is happy to be taken the blatant piss out of............

Anyway, I've told my friends that I'm having the worst week I've ever had. I've also (as you know) been in a bit of a dodgy place lately, but have decided that if the worst thimg that has ever happened to me is to have a boiler breakdown, then I'm not really doing that bad in life, am I?
Really trying to pick myself up.
Am a bit disappointed in my best friend for her lack of checking on me. I know that sounds really pathetic, and I know she has a life of her own, but I called her in a state on saturday and she didn't answer so I left a message saying I was at the hospital with Luke, that he'd been admitted for breathing difficulties, and she didn't even send me a text, even after I called her Monday and said we were home and he was doing ok but that I was really down, she hasn't checked on me.
I konw, I know, IABU, but other friends who I'm not as close to have been sending texts and calling to check I'm ok, offering to have the boys for an hour or so etc, so I'm a bit my bestie hasn't, but then I don't know if anything has happened with her.
I'm pathetic aren't I?

No, you're not pathetic SM, just disappointed - but if your best friend not getting in touch is out of character for her, I'd assume it means she's got some shit going on in her own life too. At the end of the day, Luke is fine and will (touch wood) continue to be fine and you will be too. And you're right, counting your many blessings is a good way to look at your life. You have a DP who loves you, 2 beautiful cheeky funny boys and your health and good friends - here's to the glass is half full approach to life

Thanks dinky

SM I'm with dinky - when people behave badly towards us it says much more about where their heads are at than whether or not they care.

Hope you feel better soon - I can tell from yr posts here and on fb that you've been having a hard time of it recently.

It happens to all of us - I felt like sh*t during my pregnancy - and it will pass. You are doing all the right things - be kind to yourself (people tell me this and I always huff and puff but I know there is a lot of truth in this expression).

xxx Lucy xxx

well typed dinky SM she is right as usual

TBH I have found support on here sometimes better than RL (April 07 ladies are also fab)