July 2010:Our actions get dafter, all for the reward of giggles and laughter!

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new thread! thanks once again to spireal for the name!

Oh I'd written a big long post then went to serve up tea. WHen I got back the laptop asked me if I wanted to restart now or later after the updates it just did. I automatically clicked now. Div. Never mind.

Cake, you ok? You confessed the grey hair then disappeared off the face of the planet...I'm getting a little worried.

Well W went to sleep with no dummy tonight and no grumbles. I just put his 'ten minutes of environmental sounds' on his lullaby bear on and went to read to E. When I'd finished he was asleep!. I've given it to him more often than I'd liked today (and then taken it off him) but I figured he's full of cold so went with it. He went off in the trolley at Tesco too without it. He's been much better today - just his usual little-bit-grumpy-ness with intermittent cries if ignored and happiness when he had my full attention.

Why the shit day tsc? You ok?

Queued for over an hour (I never normally queue for anything) to see FC and it was a blood bath, frankly. children hitting other children, children (that's ds) biting adults (that's me), adults getting stroppy with other adults. and then after all that, F hated the old man in red. A on the other hand, sat on his knee beaming away like she'd finally found her real father (i'm not that old and desperate)

still feeling old but in good company now, thank you all

and kk i basically consider any blonde over the age of 25 to be grey under the peroxide,it's just impossible to see

x posted mlic i've been busy with RL -see above

evening all, have had a lovely Christmas dinner out with my mum friends. Put J to bed before i went out and he is still sleeping soundly now! yay! i had to start bedtime at 5.45 which seemed far too early as he only woke up at 9am but hey, it worked. i don't mind if he's up at sparrowfart tomorrow, he's normally happy to lie in bed with me and burble and watch breakfast telly.

Uh oh cakes i wouldn't like to be you when mlic see's that......!!
Thats definately shit tsc. I hate the feeling of having no money. Hope granny turns up trumps for you(comes up trumps??).

tsc - things sound bad there, right now :-( The money stuff is the last thing you need right now. is it xmas books not balancing or usual ones?

What's the story re washing machine now?

I'm cross, cross, cross. My (usually close) sister has arranged a xmas get together for my mother and step-father for the one day/night that they're visiting on 27th and I've just found out we're not invited because it's going to be about 'smoking cigars, drinking lots and generally not child-friendly' (this is in the day, btw). So I've now accepted an invite from my step-mother for us to spend the day with them (ie her, my father and others) which'll be lovely but I could have done that at any point as they live close by.

So we'll (and this includes my children obv) will only see my mother (their grandma) for about an hour over xmas. They only see her once every 2 months or so.

Gah!!

Ps our family is uber-complicated with mad dynamics and it'll confuse everyone totally if I go into details so this is just a vent really, I'm not expecting anyone to understand let alone sympathise!

tsc lol at your knee length bikini line. Ive had 2 waxes since D was born and desperately needs it again.

cakes we have 3 families to see over xmas, luckily they all live within 20 mins drive. Which also means we have to try and see everyone over 1 weekend and its just too much, so I sympathise in that way.

Dylan only woke 3 times last night between 10 and 8. Obv no times would be better but maybe hes slowly coming out of this hideous regression.

morning all, L woke at 1 i put his dummy back in then at 5 had some medicine then just woke up now, he seems al lot better today but still isnt very interested in food, not been able to go to work as i dont want him in my dads mad house when i think he needs rest!
cakes sounds as complicated as my family, rubbish that you wont see your mum for long! if needed my mum and dad will spend time together but dhs parents wont be in same room as each other which is sad, sil accomodates them both on kids birthdays at different times, in my house they get on or dont get invited!!
so close to xmas i cant believe it my house is normallt spotless by now as i spring clean house but i havent done it yet, dh thinks as hes home early on xmas eve i can do it then!! yes dear, that and 4 deserts each to serve 8! i think he thinks im like his mother buying ready made stuff from Aldi!

Sorry things are so shit tsc. (close your eyes for the next bit - dh managed to fix my washing machine last night). Hope you get the money for Christmas, not socks. Are your parents still giving you the money for a washing machine? I honestly don't know how you've coped this long - I know how much washing a family of 4 makes, nevermind 5!

Well W went to bed at 7, didn't wake til 10. Great, I thought, has been up by 8.30/9 for months now so niaively thought we making progress. Up again 10.50 so feed then let dogs out then bed. He was then up 12.30, 1.10, 3.40, 4.55, 5.30 then a dose of Calpol at back off til 7.25. How much longer can this go on? He's one of the older babies on the thread too :(

I'd be cross too cake. One of the only benefits of having a small family is there's nobody to fall out with!

Do you all think it's complete bollocks that babies are designed to sleep through?

It seems that at least 90% on this thread don't sleep thru (or don't with anything like reliability) - do we just have a bad batch or is this actually the norm?

I've got one of the easier babies and she still woke twice with teething (thankfully, an ambesol application and back down) and then for a feed at 5.30am then back down til 8am.

mlic your night sounds record-beatingly bad . I literally have no idea how you're still functioning on that little sleep.

Nope cake, it's a fairly standard night. Maybe a touch worse, but seriously, not massively different. It's doing my head in.

And now I have a mountain of ironing to get through and to look forward to walking the dogs in the pissing rain. Oh, and dh informed me the other night during his 4am chat that he's cancelled next week off work cos he's too busy.

So glad I have Christmas to look forward to or else I think I'd crack up even more than I already am.

tsc that sounds like the kinda day you just want to end before it's begun

doesn't dp take C to nursery or didn't he today because she was asleep (until he woke her up)?

it sounds as tho dp is telling you (in a delighfully passive aggressive manner) that he thinks you get a nice lie-in every day whereas he has to get up early and go and do real work. when the hell does he think you'll get to sleep otherwise?

real shame about not going to baby group meet. is there anyone who could have C for a bit?

god, wwalc (new acronyn: wish we all lived closer )

mlic jeez, dh cancelling next week must have been a welcome conversation at 4am.

could you send the ironing out? or just not do it?

i have a much easier time of things than you do and there's no way i'd find the time, energy or motivation to iron!

Yes it was responded to with, 'oh'.
Not sure what else I could say about it tbh. It certainly didn't come as a shock - he's always loosing holidays, carrying the maximum over, cancelling annual leave. He's very predictable in that sense.

And no, there's nobody to do the ironing unfortunately. You'll be surprised to hear that whilst ds1 is happy being babysat by peppa pig, ds2 is less than impressed that I'm trying to do something where I can't carry him at the same time

Gosh I'm in a wonderful mood today. How long til bedtime?

mlic wine o clock comes before bedtime!!!
tsc i cant believe how shit trading standards are being!
the teeth in our house are doomed my shiney new simon cowell crown has come loose!! rang dentist they wanted me there within the hour had to say no im in the middle of baking my xmas cake!! so going at 2, hopefully dh will be home to sit with L!!
this nurofen is brilliant! he has a dose 10 mins later hes snoring, ive managed to get some jobs done but im still not dressed! wrapped dh's presents, ive bought him 13 !! will be me on xmas day with 2 presents waiting for my mum to arrive with my huga sack while he is there opening his one after another!!

tsc are you going to open the envelopes? is she normally generous? i made the mistake to say to mil oooh i like you cardi, she said oh its from sainsburys, it was awful but now i know i will get that for xmas!! she has bought her daughters kids DSi xl's 1 each she has bought L a £15 ball pit its going to be awkward in this house when i ask her where his money for his bank to make his present of equal money!!

I know the feeling memphis, my DCs' cousin lives next door but one to fil and stepmil and is lavished all year round and especially at Christmas and birthdays. The DSs get £20 for each. I'm not bothered though, they get spoilt enough by everyone else to make up for it Oh, and while we're on the subject, sil's card arrived yesterday. Better very late than never.

Crack the envelope tsc - she'll never know! It might cheer you up.

have totally just risen above my sister's weirdness and invited them and my mother for lunch the following day (which may not be feasible anyway depending on when my mother needs to leave).

open it open it open it

Good news: finished all the ironing
Bad news: there's a load in the mashine & another one in the basket

Good news: William's new mattress has arrived
Bad news: the boys' Xmas pres from my aunt appears to have gone missing in the post

Good news: it's stopped raining now I need to take the dogs out
Bad news: it's snowing instead.

See you later

Well had a nice carvery for lunch, Dylan sat in a high chair for 45 mins! It was lovely eating with 2 hands again.

We then went to a baby group and made a xmas card for DP from Dylan. It was really fun, felt like I was back at school doing crafts in art class!

Hi everyone

Wow, loads to catch up on. I don't think I can reply to everyone.

I just wanted to say, I hugely admire all of you for getting so much done. You are all baking, cooking, ironing and going out meeting Father Christmas. I don't manage ANY of that.

In fact, I feel stuck at home all day, because M sleeps so much and she ONLY sleeps in her cot or in the sling, but doesn't like to be in the sling outside in the cold. So all I do is put her in and out of bed all day and night, feed her and play with her. All inside. And that's that. I don't do anything else yet still feel exhausted.

So hats off to all of you managing so well and even managing "relations"

It's snowing here all the time. It looks very pretty but is not very accessible.

Right, that all sounded much more moany than I wanted it to be. I'm actually quite cheerful. I bet you all can't wait to see me in a whiny mood now

Off I go.