August 2010 - new thread ladies!

[Chulita]

New thread cos we've nearly filled the last one!

Have just read Edgar's story :(

cherry :( for your news, that must be quite hard to face up to. I hope whatever you and your dh decide that you're both happy with it!

elusivemoose I was just thinking about you the other day cos our ds's have sort of the same name. Hope S gets over his cold soon and we might 'see' you around on other threads at some point.

nat that's a bit scary! at least he had the 'decency' to warn you off but it did irritate me when I heard the news, some people are just out for a fight.

It is a bit sad how many people have tailed off but then I suppose some people actually dare to have a life in rl I try to only mn when both children are in bed so I'm not ignoring them when they're up.

Aaaand S is up after far too short a sleep so he'll be a grumpy boy all afternoon...

Yes chulita, I used to be able to MN when J was playing happily on his mat or something but no more. He needs much more attention now!
DH is working from home today (well trying to work) and looking after him though cos I spent all of yesterday evening and much of the night throwing up :( I have never been so sick in my life! Haven't been sick again today though thankfully but feeling very weak and achy

Cherry that must be tough but it would be wonderful if your DH got better.
Agree about Edgar's story :( The memories of him she's written are so beautiful and so sad. I don't know how anyone can go on when they lose a child

marzi ack! that's rubbish, tea and toast for you and feet up on the sofa with some rubbish tv. My mum always gave us ice cream, coca cola and chocolate when we threw up cos she said that was best for a 'dicky tum'...we never argued with her

Evening everyone..... sorry it's been a quiet from me lately, had a nightmare week. Miss E ended up in A&E in the early hours of Friday morning after d & v and a really high temp that Calpol wouldn't bring down, then I came down with the same bug.... thank goodness for my DH and mum who stepped in to look after Miss E. We are only just starting to feel human again today, not helped by two nights of hourly wakings.... I hope the first tooth comes through soon!!!!!!!
DH and I are meant to be going to Dublin at the weekend, .... time will tell, unless Miss E is better we won't be going anywhere as there is no way I am willing to leave her whilst she is unwell.
Marzi take care of yourself ... if it's the same bug we've had it's really nasty, I spent two days and nights on the bathroom floor and still feel black and blue.

Good morning ladies :)

It's a bit rainy isn't it?

Chulita - I think whatever we decide one of us will be gutted, there's not really a compromise when one wants another baby and the other doesn't. I'd much rather him be well again - he's been ill and miserable for too long now :(
Oh and Ice-cream, cola and chocolate? I'm liking the sound if that remedy :):)

Marzi - I really hope you're feeling better today. I know what you mean about Edgars memories - they were lovely and heartbreaking at the same time. Her story has touched so many people even those whonarent on mn, yesterday I told everyone to be grateful and appreciative of their children because you just never know.... It could happen to any of us :(

Mors - hope you and lo are feeling better, sounds like a horrid bug :( fingers crossed you still get to go to Dublin :)

Dh lost his one and only car key yesterday had to call his brother to bring him home co's he had no bus fare . Dh hasn't caught a bus for nearly 5yrs since he passed his test - would have loved to see his face when confronted with the bus station . He wouldn't have a clue which to catch!
I know I'm mean but he's always telling me how the bus isn't so bad (I catch it regularly as I have no car now). really tickled me

No other news from Cherryland tho

Wonder if gya is up the duff yet co's it's looking likely that she'll be the next of us to have another bambino :)

Must go as theres a pile if laundry givin me the evil eye - need to go show it who's boss!

Much love xx

Why is there a ' in my cos?

marzi and morsbag - you poor things, I'm yet to come down with anything more dramatic than a cold since E arrived (although I did have a killer migraine on one particular occasion when she was v small and having a bit of a screaming fit which as probably the closest I ever came to dumping her on DH and running away) and I can't imagine looking after myself while having a LO to deal with. And some of you have more than one, I bow in respect.

cherry hope your DH gets better and you come to the best decision re broodiness for your family.

Can someone link to Edgar's story, I know the basics but haven't found the thread.

I did a long post yesterday about what to do about E's night waking - she only wakes once a night at a different time every night, and has once done a proper 12 hour sleep through, once done sort of 8pm to 5.30am, and several times somewhere between 10.30pm - 11.30pm to 7am ish. I don't mind getting up (for now) but if she wakes at say 10.30pm then that's a real pain if I'm not in (so far I've always been in when she's woken before midnight). Wondering about trying to stretch her out a bit if she wakes earlier - although not sure how to do that without crying? Thoughts? She doesn't take a bottle any more but will now take a couple of ounces although not what I would call a full feed from the cup she gets water from.

Edgars thread

Belly - I'm sorry I don't know what to suggest. C was 'sleeping through' from about 12wks but it was 11pm-6 or 7am. Keeping in mind he rarely ever had a daytime nap he probably wasn't getting enough sleep.
He has a routine now tho where from 6:45pm we give him supper, bath him, breastfeed then down in his cot at 7:30. The routine is great but he has rarely slept through since.

xx

I'm not sure there's anything you can do without crying tbh belly. We're in a similarish situation. We do a dream feed at 10.15 (though sometimes he wakes a bit before that) and then if he wakes before 3am DH gives him water and a quick cuddle and then puts him back down. He usually cries for a bit but then goes back to sleep for another couple of hours so evidently not really hungry. There's not much pattern to when he wakes though.

Poor you morsbag that sounds awful. I'm feeling a lot better today, just very tired. I think having to look after them when you're ill is the worst thing about having DC - me and DH were both having regrets yesterday!

Vix Hope you have a great holiday.

Cherrypie Hope the treatment works for DH and then you can maye think about ttc.

marzi Hope you are much better now and have had plenty of rest.

Mors I hope you all get better soon.

Sorry not posted in a while, I'm moving back to the UK in 3 weeks time and my job were not being helpful with getting me a house. The housing dept kept on telling me that they couldn't allocate me one as they had run out and that I would have to go 'homeless' , as if that is an option with a 7 month old ds. Anyway I was really stressing, even though I know my employer has to provide a house, so much so that my milk levels have severly dropped. I still have enough to feed DS but I normally express at least 8oz a day aswell for DH to give him before bedtime, but I've been lucky if I can get out 1 oz since all this has happened. I hope now that the housing situation is resolved and I know where I'm going to live, I can get back to normal.

Hope everyone who is unwell gets better soon, take care xx

belly S did 5 days of sleeping right through and now is back to his normal self. I don't want to let him cry yet so I'm going to keep going and cross my fingers that he'll sort it out himself. Sorry I've got no suggestions. DH has started trying to settle him if he wakes up after 'bedtime' but he honestly screams the house down if it's not me...definitely in a clingy stage!

DH and I both got the flu in January and it was awful. DH of course stayed in bed cos he had it worse and I phoned my mum in tears asking if she could come down but she was working so for 3 days I dragged myself around feeling like death warmed up and then it took me over 2 weeks to be back to normal. Nothing like changing a filthy nappy/feeding and cleaning up after a toddler and a crawler to make you wish you had the money for a full time nanny!

dogwalker that's horrible :( glad you finally got somewhere! You getting all packed? must be hard to know what to take and what you leave if your dh is staying there for a bit.

Chulita the moving is hard work, but not the sorting out, DH gets what I give him [chuckle]. We still have 2 of most things from when we were single, we have 2 kettles, 2 hoovers, 2 ironing boards, 2 microwaves, and weirdly 3 irons???? Plus also an excuse to get new stuff. I want a new fridge freezer, so he can keep the one we have and I'll get new once back in the UK

Oh how I wish I could afford a full time nanny, I'm employing an au pair when I get back to the UK, which are much cheaper, but they don't have the qualifications that a nanny has, but needs must. Got a few lined up for interviews, in the meantime, my Mum, God bless her, is going to look after DS when I go back to work so that I don't have to take on any old au pair.

Hope everyone has a good friday, take care xx

Morning...

dogwalker - that sounds horrid, fancy them expecting you go homeless with a baby . I'm for you. Hope things get better for you now things are semi-sorted. Bless your mum :)

chulita - clingy babies eh? I've got one of those too :). I struggle to get anything done...I dread the day I may have to leave him (hopefully not for a while yet tho).

this gave me a good giggle this morning!! Wonder how it all went?

xx

Morning....again.

Must've scared everyone off yesterday :(

Hope you all have lovely weekends x

Oh and quote of the day that I found is....

"laugh when you can, it's cheap medicine"

I love it :). True too in some cases...

thedogwalker good luck with your move, [shocked] they thought you could move with nowhere to go to!

cherry I'm not scared off! I cried when I read Edgar's thread though E is quite clingy at the mo and has gone from not being v interested in BF to being very interested (and still guzzling lots of solids). Growth spurt methinks...

I have most of today 'off' as we are trying to get E and DH used to him being in sole charge of her - when I go back to work he will be going down to 4 days and looking after her on Mondays... Went out from about midday to 6pm last weekend and went quite well, this time I'm going out before she wakes up from her morning nap so he will be in charge of getting her up, lunch, afternoon nap, getting her up and tea. Not sure what to do with my free time...

Hi belly, how's the day off going/gone?

Definitely agree that E's appetite is probably a growth spurt!

Much love x

dogwalker how unbelievably crap from your employers! I hope everything happens now with as little stress as possible and you find a lovely au pair

belly that's nice that your DH can look after E one day a week. DH would love to go down to 4 days but I have no job to go back to so it doesn't look likely for the foreseeable future.

cherry will go and have a look at that thread now as DH has taken J out for a walk so it's all peace and quiet here. Bliss :)

Went pretty well - although she cried a bit at bedtime, which was . But I think they both had a good time. I missed her a bit as I wasn't doing anything particularly fun.

Happy weekend all.

Sounds like it's going pretty well, Belly Next time you should organise something really fun to do so the day passes quicker.

Happy Mother's Day, everyone!!!

Happy Mothering Sunday everyone :)

Hope youre all getting breakfast in bed . I didn't get it in bed but dd (6) has just made me jam in toast bless her - with my supervision of course! Was delicious, haven't had jam on toast since I was in hospital with ds1 4.5 yrs ago!

Dh is off running a 10k race for charity today, really proud of him co's his arthritis is very bad at present. I didn't want him to go cos it could put him back in hospital but he was adamant! Bless him, love him to death!!! :)

Belly - I'm glad it went well!! Agree with Nat that next time you should organise something really fun (to perhaps take your mind off it to?) like a day out with friends shopping etc.

Marzi - some of the jokes on that April fools thread had me howling with laughter, I wouldn't dare do anything like that tho...he'd never forgive me

p.s - did anyone watch lost or have the DVDs? We've just finished season 6 recently and I'm missing it so much!!

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Happy Mothering Sunday to all! Well, I told DH what I wanted was him to bring E to me for her morning feed then take her away so I could have a lie in. Also got tea and bacon sarnie on bread, am now having champagne and apple and mango juice and some yummy parma ham. Mmmm.

Cherry, thinking of your DH. I hate running with a passion, which is weird, cos I like most other forms of exercise. I loved Lost to begin with but was really rooting for Sawyer and Kate and I also thought the ending, which was supposed to answer all the questions, left a lot of stuff unanswered and was a bit of a cop out.

I forgot it was April Fool's Day on Friday until I read a piece in Metro about edible newspapers, then one about unicorns at the Tower of London. Then I remembered.

in bed, not on bread. Well, obviously it was on bread, but bacon sarnies usually are.

Oh yes it was very much a cop out! And wasn't successful at answering most of the questions, and created more questions to boot. They just wanted everyone to keep talking about it I think...which I am currently doing so they were successful at that anyway

Bacon sarnie on bread and in bed? That sounds fab!!
at edible newspapers and unicorns!!

xx