June 2005 Mummies - the concise edition

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Okay, am starting a new thread for busy Junies to keep up with the main exploits of the gasbag Junie gang. Here's my summary report for week ending 1st October:

GOOD

• have had consultation with Welshie's sleep lady, ds sleeping well at night SO FAR
• have put ds on to Omneo Comfort at tea's suggestion, ds is now eating us out of house and home

BAD

• sink has been leaking into downstairs neighbour's flat, potential insurance nightmare
• ds still hugely grumpy about going down for his naps in the day, poor old other downstairs neighbours who can hear everything

BRIDGET JONES:

• number of eps of Sex and the City watched when up with ds at 530 in the morning: about 20

AND the ups:

• SIL went into labour this morning, waiting on news.
• ds laughing like a drain.
• ds trying to walk in the bath.
• managing to get broadband reconnected (trying to discuss techie stuff in French pretty tough, so a real sense of achievement)
• just had fresh oysters at home for the first time

AND the downs:

• second set of jabs. ds not happy at all
• sleep all upset again by second set of jabs
• maternity leave fast disappearing

Bridget:

• no. of exercise taks set myself: 0
• no. of exercise tasks failed: 0
• amount of exercise done: 0
• guilt: 0

And for those who fancy it this week:

Big Brother moment:

This week's task was to put away the washing rather than leave it around in piles and start picking bits out of the piles to use.

The housemates:

FAILED

this week's task.

THE BAD
-sleep still a problem for dd and I
-gone crazy thinking about work, lots tears ensued ( not even that close,but hey...)

THE GOOD
-dd laughing now, so gorgeous!
-dd first taste of baby rice, not a disater
-sleep on saturday, followed by nice day with friends and nice weather.

• found underwired nursing bra in my size

BRIDGET
wine-half a bottle in one sitting
choc- continued to explore G&B complete range
exercice- ....ahem...!

The Good
All 26 of DD1's thank you letters are written
DD2 loved carrots
got of lots of nice clothes are nearly new sale
sold 2 prams at nearly new sale plus some maternity clothes

The Bad
DD2 still sleeping badly
carrot stains
i had to write all 26 thank you letters

BRIDGET JONES BIT
Tubs of Ben and Jerry's eaten 2
amount of birthday cake left none

Big Brother Challenge
Find homes for all the new toys aquired without getting rid of the old ones

The housemates PASSED

Good:
Finished knitting a jumper for ds - my first garment with arms.
Took my Rose Queen dress and crown to dd's nursery and told them a story about it.
Being told several times that I am looking skinny
Ds going to bed at 7pm with no yelling (mostly)

Bad:
Friday night - up all night with dd and ds as major incident occured in our small road - joy riders/ambulance/car transporter/coppers etc etc
Ds waking up too much in the night anyway
Took another pair of boots back to the shop.
Friends capacity to lie about me being skinny.

Bridget bit;
Bottles of beer drunk a night - 1
G&B eaten per night - 1
Excersize - ha (contemplating friend's yoga class...)
Number of poos ds has done in a week - 1

Big Brother task:
Wash woolrest on our bed after dodgy smell of wee/milk/sick became embarrasingly unpleasant - completed! hurrah!

GOOD:
The sun has been shining.
Um.

BAD:
DS2 has had a really bad cold with accompanying nasty cough so has been up most of the night for the last four nights. Am running on empty - it's like having an unpredictable newborn again.
DH being sick and making so much noise he woke the whole house every time he retched. Then spending the next two days talking in a feeble voice and generally being no help whatsoever to poor old exhausted me. Sigh. (get the violins out )

BRIDGET:
Exercise achieved: one measly class this week.
Wine consumed: more than I should have but not enough to knock me out so I sleep through DS2's dramatic coughing.

BB (pseudo-science) task:
To progress research into pleasure/taste index of G&B, Lindt and Galaxy Promise bars of chocolate. PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS.

GOOD -
Mum and stepdad arrived last night.
DD2 has a tooth.
Family had a lovely time together while DH was on leave.
DD1 being generally much nicer to dd2
DD2's jabs are over with for now.
Seeing our friend from the UK for a couple of meals together.
Sitting in and getting the guided tour round a harrier.
Beautiful outfits bought over by Mum for dd2.

BAD -
Our cleaner had a week off.
Dad and stepmum flew back to the UK
DD2 has a tooth
DD2 has forgotten how to sleep for longer than two hours.
DH gone back to work today.
DD1 seems to have dropped the lunchtime nap, but still needs it
I had a filling.
That the bad list could get very long as I am so tired today.

Amount of Cheesecake aimed to eat last night - None
Amount of Cheesecake consumed - At least two thirds .

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Good:

My mum has just got her test results back,it isn't serious and she won't need any op's.
Went to another mum and baby group and enjoyed it.
Met another fellow mumsnetter and had a nice afternoon.
Have written all my christmas cards and wrapped most of the presents.
Washing machine finally arrived this morning,after waiting 2 weeks for it.
Sold lots of things on Ebay last night.
Think I'm going to have another 6 months off work AML.

Bad:

Hair is still falling out.At this rate Oscar will have more hair than me!
Not having a washing machine for 2 weeks.
No more wages til I go back to work now.

Good bits:

• My SIL was over from France for a few days and it was lovely to spend some time with her.
• My DB and his 2 kids visited from Essex. It was the first time they had met DS.
• DS had is first formula feed yesterday and it went excellently.
• We're off on holiday on Saturday!!!

Bad bits:

• Some numpty drove into the back of my car.
• DS has a cold and is coughing, spluttering and generally grouchy.
• DS had is first formula feed yesterday and it went excellently. Not that i wish to see my DS upset in any way, but the little ingratiate could have slightly acknowledged the fact that my b/milk is much nicer.
• We're off on holiday on Saturday!!! ARRRGGHHH..

Bridget moment:
No of times last week I thought about going to the gym:7
No of times i procrastinated wildly, using ANY excuse i could:6
No of gym visits actually made:1
No of Nigella cakes made and scoffed:1

Good bits

Had a gorgeous w/e in Wales and ate lots of cake.
Dd1 'made' dp's birthday cake
Had romantic meal with dp for his birthday
Sorted out some clothes for my holiday
Dd2 giggly, smiley, looking at feet etc etc
Dd1 can doggy paddle the length of the pool and is a joy to watch.

Bad bits
Ate lots of cake
Hardly posted on MN at all
Having major urges to eat white refined sugar in any shape or form.
Dd1 stammering ??? not sure what, if anything to do.

Bridget bits

Alcohol units: About 10
Gym: 2
Shopping: twice
Overspent on clothes: about £100

Don't watch BB and not sure what the tone or style of the task thingy is...

Good

DDs birthday party - she looked delightful in her princess dress and it all went fine with only one vomit and one broken glass - result!

getting skinny

Bad

got mastitis
Dh away in Japan
the above and weight loss means giving in to chocolate and alcohol temptations

bridget jones
weight: er...not losing anything for the last couple weeks
alcohol:far too much
chocolate ditto

Hi everyone. Long time, no post. SORRY!

Good:
Work is keeping me busy with meaningful employment (and paid overtime).
New nanny is lovely lovely lovely
DD an DS get along fine.
DS is showing signs of being an agreeable and very willing eater (started baby rice this week)... QUITE UNLIKE HIS SISTER WHO WAS A MISERABLE COW WHEN IT CAME TO FEEDING TIME.

Bad: I am a fat cow with no money to spend on bigger work clothes (or any other clothes for that matter)
Not enough time for mumsnet!!

Can't think in Bridget terms just now... maybe next post.

Good:

Saw all the shops on Oxford St
DS started sleeping a tiny bit better
Started eating a bit healthier

Bad:

Couldn't peak into any of the shops
Ds still wakes up 4-5 times a night
Haven't lost an ounce

Good:

HV told me Ds should now be on solids as he's over 4 months,so started him on baby rice yesterday and he loves it.

Made a huge batch of mushy carrots and sweet potato last night,so the freezer is now well stocked for the next few weeks!

HV measured Ds's head and is very happy with it and not concerned about the shape of it.

Bought Ds's christmas pressie yesterday-a really cute little rocker.

Been really busy socialising and trying out even more baby groups.

Ds is laughing non stop now which is so lovely to watch.

Bad:

Spent far too much money shopping yesterday.

Good -
Visit from Mum and stepdad involving lots of love and help
New car - Gorgeous!!
DD2 coping so well with cold and full of fabulous smiles for us all.
Decision to not visit HV for a while, feel oddly liberated.
Ups outweighing the downs at the mo.

Bad -

DH off on a course in the UK for three weeks.
All the paperwork to do for our removals back to the UK
Mum and stepdad going home.
My cold.
DD2 still waking every 2-3 hours for a feed. This is beginning to feel normal .
My muffin top.
Missing MN.

AND the ups:

• sleep slowly improving
• v nice visit from some friends
• ds sitting up "monkey style"
• ds in own room with no trouble at all
• three escaped chickens now living in our garden

AND the downs

• sleep not improving quickly enough
• ds ear grabbing
• loads of rain

number of nonsense poems written in my head during night feeds - 2

DOWNS

• Being on my own
• DD2 having another tooth and biting me (they grow up too fast!)
• DD2 having terrible cradle cap
• All of us suffering from colds
• Missing adult company but DH especially.

UPS

• Girls in bed asleep by 7pm all this week with (nearly) no fuss
• DD's really being SO good for me and making me laugh a lot.
• Getting through this week with some success and feeling quite competent about it.
• Night out go-karting
• Good girly gossip night in last night
• Nearly finishing the Christmas shopping
• Lie in until 0800 this morning . (Thank you dd1!)
• More UPS than DOWNS.

P.S. It is me Coop

UPS:
Ds turning into a very smiley socialable baby who loves to chat
Ds enjoying his solids
Ds only needing feeding once in the night
Dd being fantastic company and very well-behaved
Having more energy

DOWNS:
Falling asleep on my date with dh
Can't get ds to take a bottle....yet

Bridget bit
Still on the green and blacks and beer....

BB task;
Preparing a freezer load of veggie meals for ds

The good bits:

• Just got back from a lovely holiday in Donegal. Loads of fresh air, beautiful beach walks and plenty of food and Guiness. DS was an angel, slept through the evenings and nights as usual and was the only one who didn't feel utterly seasick on the ferry
• Bottle feeding going well. Swapped over 1 1/2 feeds so far from b/feeding
• Just started "solids" (not that i would call baby rice/wallpaper paste solids). Seems to be going fine

The bad bits:
-My car is supposed to be taken to be repaired tomorrow, though this is now unlikely as i have a totally flat tyre and no way of getting it off, as the car didn't come with the relevent tools.

• I put on even more weight on holiday. May have been something to do with eating every hour, on the hour. Usually chocolate.
• REALLY BAD MUMMY MOMENT - cut DS's thumb while using the nail clippers. Wouldn't stop bleeding, he screamed, i cried and 5 adults ran round us trying to calm situation down. Luckily, he is his mothers child and feeding him did the trick. I felt TERRIBLE

the good
-been in jolly mood, mostly.i love Autunm!
-had a lovely extended family day,dd was a star
-solids going well, eating all the purees mummy made
-dd giggles getting cuter
-dh been home earlier most of the week and is having long weekend off
-nights going ok

the bad
-my mood swings, getting mad at dh for a few minutes every other day
-the thought that maternity leave going fast

lost 3ibs and prmptly discoverd lovely choc puds from marks

task: sort self out and start running programme - must get fit again

okay so realised i'd done this for a while!

Good
DD1 is now totally in love with her baby sister
DD1 has got a place to go to the nursery attached to the primary school we want her to go.
DD2 can now sit up and rolls places
i'm feeling a lot happier with life, hoping it will last
Sold some of DD1's old toys
picked up some osh gosh b'gosh jeans for 50p

Bad
DH's new job means he's working lots

Bridget Jones bit
ben and jerry's eaten - 2

Big brother bit
Task - purchase a large rug for DD2 to roll around on - PASSED

Good

• Ummmmmm. Getting through the week.

Bad

• Our move dates changing
• Missing DH
• DD2 waking every 2 hours
• Bored due to lack of adult company

Gosh, what a negative post and now dd2 is awake again. Note to self to do this concise thread when brain is working.

wow i dont think ive done one post here

Good

getting ready for wedding in Wales
HV came round and we had a good chat
Went to see my lovely neice gave my sis a big cuddle
William got to be looked after by his auntie, which she loved bought him a hat and cloves.
Me and hubby getting very close again (wink) lol

Bad

poor sis worrying about her baby girl
William teething driving me mad
blumming pushing unit organiser getting on my nerves, lol shes told me theirs only 3 ann summers organisers in our area thought their was 200.
wont christmas lunch be good lol

Bib Brother Task

actually pack today for Wales ... wow thats a biggy
hubby wants us ready grrrrr its easy for him

Lol at 'Bib Brother task', how appropriate!

good

• more very good nights than not so good ones
• managing to drag self and baby across london to meet weshie, red and respective babies
• bright frosty days
• lots of giggles from dd

bad

• still cant find proper time for consistent exercise
• some low moments for no obvious reason

really cut back on treats but upped wine comsuption must try harder