Nobody Loves me, Everybody Hates Me, I Think I'll go and eat Worms

[BibiBelle]

Fingers crossed for your dh there cyteen. Hope he could still hear the questions!

I love Monkey Puzzle, I always burst out laughing at the bit which says my mum doesn't have great baggy knees.

There's another film by the same guy, it's called Winged Migration & I've just ordered it. About boyds. Lovely that you have a good memory & associations like that. I'm afraid my first viewing of it was not so good. We were under the impression it was some sort of horror thing, giant insects take over Earth or something, and burst in to the cinema rather too tipsy for politesse, and scoffing loudly at romance of the snails, etc.

bbbb! I am so envious! Sounds absolutely fantastic (continue to) have an amazing time. Food sounds gorge.

hi. i hate snow.

No idea re books and my two, although can see how DS could grow into Little My from Moominland (apart from the size, obv) in fact DD is quite like Moomintroll, keen to play but hanging back a bit.

star fingers crossed for your DH

Hello everyone

kerching! just sold t broken ds lite's for £21 each!! plus £4 p+p. Thats half the dsi paid for

Thats 2, not t

Well done Captain, nice bit of dual purpose money-making/procrastinating, is that?

Star hope your DH gets the call tomorrow...

Can't quite put my finger on DD's literary alter ego though it sounds as though she and BBBB's P are pretty similar so maybe I should investigate this Peppa Pig? Otherwise I think she's going to be a bit of a Lola... Love the Mog and Tiddles comparison though Salta .

Loti glad you've got a sensible GP. Hope they can get you fit and well before there's any more fainting (much sympathy, tis a horrid experience esp. when unexpected).

Someone said something about pregnancy going quicker the second time? Definitely agree with that. I am wearing my 'Baby on Board' badge on transport to good effect, today though was v v crowded and I had the pushchair so no chance - til DD shouted out "Mummy I thought your badge said please may I sit down!"

Lots of good luck for you dh, Star.

I think DS would be a grown-up version of Shirley Hughes' Alfie, though he's currently trying to channel Harry Potter because we're knee-deep in the second book and having the collective pants scared off us.

DD1 wouldn't fit in any book. She'll have to have one written about her. She is just so peachy at the moment. She's very taken with Hermione Granger though.

DD2 would be some kind of mouse. A cheeky one. She is v. funny as well as cross at the moment. Her latest joke is 'What comes after pudding?' ... 'Dinner'. Cue mass hilarity. She also likes saying 'Whydidthechickencrosstheroadsohecouldgettotheotherside' exactly as it's printed here.

I've tried out Pert's 'What's brown and sticky?' joke on her but she refuses to believe that the answer is 'stick.' It's either sellotape or a hedgehog.

I'm just back from another Tidy Towns meeting. The annual sober one.

Thank God you've been doing some ebaying CC. If I thought you'd really been writing all that time you were sitting at your desk we'd have had to stage some kind of intervention.

Do any of you have a cure for very fidgety legs by the way? I can't sleep at all at the moment because of them and it's driving me a bit mad.

Bibi - for you. All I can offer is that old line about there being no right choice, but a choice you can live with. Sorry to be no help.

And Crispy, I'm so glad your dad is feeling better.

Loti. Good luck with those blood tests. Anaemia is amazingly debilitating so it might well be behind all the fainting.

That was all a bit random there. Sorry.

Pert - hello and at dd's sign-reading.

RedL I get restless legs too, and my nan gets it really badly. She says that cutting out caffeine has helped a lot. I think there are some stretches you can try that are supposed to help - might be worth googling (sorry ).

really smiling re red's threatened intervention!

pert sounds like M is a usual person to travel with!

i reckon my dcs are a young charli e and lola DS already rolls his eyes at dd when she tries to eat one of his firemen! he's so sweet with her, if she starts crying when i'm out of the room he sings to her (usually pstman pat!) and if that doesn't work he gives her a toy to cuddle. and if all else fails he'll come and find me (i have to pretend that i haven't been hiding behind the door watching him!)

red have you done anymore of your radio slots? ds now spends ages deciding whether i should sing or read his digging book each time he picks it up! dh was v impressed with my talents so i had to confess that it may well not have been my idea originally!

i've spent the evening with real live people! a group of local nct'ers have started a craft group and we had our first meeting tonight. was actually quite nice, met some nice girls...one of them was a bit of a lentil weaver though

pert i meant M was a 'useful' person to travel with

too tired for this typing malarky, tickets please, Bedward here I come :)

Morning ladies

Sounds like you had an interesting fun night hip!

Lol at M pert

Red hope the restless legs have stopped and you managed to get a good night's sleep!

Star hope ds is feeling much better today

I have no idea what books my two would come from tho dd1 is definitely a princess poppy I guess ( love those books and dd2 anything cheeky and wilful... I guess I would echo bbbb and say she was peppa pig

off to get bloods done today, cannot cone too soon as have fainted 3 blinking times this am! Dh wanted to shoo me off to hospital but it happens, I come too v quickly and just get on with it! I must either have v v low blood sugar levels atm or am anemic nothing more sinster!

OMG LOTI Feels odd to say this but I'm really hoping you faint dramatically in the waiting room! I also ban you from driving til this gets sorted out (bet DH has already done that).

Lentil Restless legs? You're pregnant! You're pregnant! Nanana you're pregnant!

Not sure what literary folk my kids are, for sure my big two are a mini set of my parents. 17yrs after I move out, I realise I am living with them again. DS2 is still emerging from his coccoon so I'll just say YoJoJo from Waybuloo because he has such a tiny voice. (Although apparently he had a 15minute kicking, throwing, screaming epi at CM's yesterday).

Keep losing my posts on here for some reason, v annoying.

DD off school a 2nd day with diarrhoea (sp?), well as much as her rock hard ill-nourished granny poo can melt LOL. Took her to work with me yesterday am thinking it was all hypochondria/emo stuff but apparently not.

Work a bit thin this month: £30 in, £200 out so far. Meep.

Lol at passing out in the docs silks! F infers crossed it doesn't happen as will have dd2 with me and she will just lie down beside me thinking mummy is going to sleep!

Hope your dd feel better soon and sorry to hear work is thin on the ground. Roll on Feb!

Loti please take care and don't take it so lightly. I hope you also have a list of all the times you've been sick/come down with something (here would probably be a good record) so that the doctors take it seriously too.

Red I've not been sleeping due to restless legs the last week or so!

Not sure who DS is really. He's also very cheeky and still incredibly determined.

Silks hope work picks up soon.

I am really really tired. DS not sleeping well at the moment still and work is a complete nightmare. Everyone there keeps telling me I've lost weight. I am under a huge amount of pressure at work at the moment as it is so busy so am a bit worried as to what effect this is having on me and the bump but I suppose will find out that next week.

oh merlion, please please try and take it easy.. nothing is a important as you, bump and your lovely ds.. try eating little and often and nap when you can..

know that it must be hard when work is so stressful but please try and take some much needed time out [hugs]..

promise i am not taking things lightly but as i am looking after dd2 trying not to make a big deal of it..dh completely snowed in at work so don't really want him to take time off.. will speak to the nurse when i get bloods done promise!

Merlion Remember they coped when you went on ML, they can cope with you taking the odd time off and you saying "stuff your pressure, I'm doing all I can here". When I was pg with DD I used a combination of flexitime and annual leave to book off every Wednesday afternoon up to ML. Was a great restorative and got people used to the idea of not having me around all the time and start using their brains a bit instead of asking me everything.

loti how did you get on? It's not right to be fainting so much, hope they get you sorted v soon.

merlion I lost weight at the end of my pg with ds1 due to stress (and anxiety) and he was only 5lb 7oz at birth . Look after youselves and screw work take it easy

reD I did spend most of the time at my dining table desk writing and cogitating. Today's treat is transcribing a focus group....

Ugh, I hate transcribing. I gave myself a migraine doing a telephone interview transcription the other week.

DS is asleep on my bed, so I am sneaking back upstairs with tea and chocolate biscuits to join him. No doubt he will wake at the sound of my crunching, but he looks so cute all curled up and quiet.

Aw star they are so cute when they are asleep! Is he on the mend?

Well done at keeping at it cece

bloods done and a urine sample too so hopefully they will figure out what is wrong. DH being v sweet but doing my head in with his worrying/nagging at me! Needless to say this is all by text thankfully

With you on that one Star I've been at it for too long and now i've got neckache . Still, only 9 mins left to transcribe...and I'm being selective with my transcription!!
this feels like it will never end

Hi all, just popping in, DD passed out on my leg after mammoth feed :) Had her five day check yesterday and she has maitained her birth weight which I was suprised at but also very pleased. The struggles with BF and cracked nips are well worth it :) She is still gorgeous.

DS very sweet with her too

merlion I found that PG2 went incredibly quickly. I think it's because I was so focused on S that I didn't have time to obsess over pregnancy

loti hope the docs sort you out soon!

loti he is fine :) no more puking (so far) and certainly no lack of energy.

DH's interview marathon appears to be going brilliantly. I am so proud of him.