Jan 09: New thread, new babies, new year...our tiny newborns turn two and are full of birthday cheer....

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Hope no one minds....I took an executive decision

Seriously need some sympathy this morning

Tea Don't worry about that cow now. At the time though, I bet you wanted to rip her a new asshole, but are far too tactful and full of social grace's to stoop to her level of cowness.

Waves to Sparkle

Evening all. No time to catch up....H coming home tomorrow All good here, boobs like giant melons, wish they were always this pert

Big waves to Sparkle!! Helooooooo

Hey HKZ - great great news she is home tomorrow What was it all then? So so glad she will soon be home.

Off to rad your thread Tea

HKZ We should call you GMB now... giant melon boobs...

PMSL at GMB

Hurrah that she is coming home, such good news! What do the other little ones think? Have they seen her yet?

Hope everyone else good, we are the house of plague at the moment, well DC's are fine but DH and I have horrid tummy bug.
Also had my first masters session tonight whilst feeling about 30% of my normal self, not good! Excited about starting but rather daunted by the workload.

Big waves to sparkle

Best get off to bed I think........

Nah GotArt I was in shock tbh couldn't think straight with him yelling and the woman confirmed my worst fears as I always worry about what people think of me

GMB HKZ so glad H is coming home tomorrow. Can't wait for all the pics to go up on fb, so I can oohhh and ahhh over her. And then it won't be long and Miss J will have hers and then GotArt. Yay for babies!

Tea Honestly, I never would have expected such crass cowism from someone at a Sainsbury's... that comment is more like something you'd hear at Harrod's or maybe even Waitrose in some areas, like Beaconsfield. Ok, reminded me of something funny... DH and I first lived in Gerrard's Cross when we came in 2004, for about a year we lived there. I used to have a luggage carrier that I bungy corded a milk crate to, (totally classy, ) and used it for my recycle and then would head to the grocery store there, can't recall the name. Anyhow. I zoomed passed a posh woman who gave a snide remark and face about my 'trolley' but DH was coming up behind her and was all, 'that is the coolest thing ever eh? I love it too,' pretending that perhaps she was saying the same thing. He totally took the piss on her in front of her daughter and having an 'American' accent, was taken aback and she just nodded. It was on of those 'had to there' moments, but trust me, absolutely funny.

Oh I'm smiling as I worked in GX for 3 years before kids and know exactly what you mean. LOL

Glad you are feeling better Tea. No one in their right minds judges a single parent anymore Tea. Only the people you would never want to be friends with anyway. As my nan says "T'would be a misfortune to be liked by them"

Am miserable. So much to worry about. Poor dd1 is constipated and had consultation yesterday. DIdn't go well and I'm really down hearted about it all. Lonely business being worried about your children.
Having annual leave week from hell so far, feeling more drained and stressed than when I started. Only been back at work a year and am at rock bottom with it all.

Tea what a cheeky cow what right did she hv
U r doing so well it must b hard
I rarely take both girls 2 shops find it 2 stressful
Tree sorry for stresses!

I stopped my anti depressants nov hv decided to go back
On them hv been so stressed latley!
Seem 2 hv excess adrenaline all the time

tea, can't believe what that woman said to you. Obviously can't be very happy with herself if she has to take it out on you for something so everyday as kids screaming in a supermarket. It sounds like you held it together very well. My response would have been rather rude and full of naughty words

tree, sorry to hear you are having a week from hell. January is such a crappy month, but it's nearly over!

HZ glad to know that little H will be home with y'all very soon.

tea that's just ridiculous, I can't believe anyone would say something like that these days. I think you should have, in a very sweet and polite and posh voice, said 'oh darling, do fuck off' with a big smile... but it's always easy to think of these things afterwards! I know you are supposed to rise above it, but sometimes I think the only way is to actually tell people to f* off. But very politely. I'm sorry it upset you.

tree big hugs for you - sorry to hear the constipation thing is ongoing and hope some good comes of the consultations.

pat hope the masters class went well! I've missed what you are studying? How on earth are you finding time?! When is half term? Can we get together?

hkz how exciting that H is coming home - bet the other two are super excited! You'll have to let me know how J in particular takes it. Am wondering how on earth N will deal with it. He is such a mummy's boy, not in a whingey way but just that he adores me with such passion - what a heavenly thing to be loved like that! Even just for a few months... also N only stopped b-fing a couple of months ago. But we have been practising with his baby doll, he brings it to me for 'B' and I have to sit there with a plastic doll attached to my nipple .

Just got back from big shop for N's tea party - how do these things always get out of control? Have various family members arriving over the next few days - I love the fact that my family adore him so, but the word clusterf&$k springs to mind.

afternoon mj. the parties are crazy from now on. We invited 6 families and ended up with 30 people! Fun though .

H is being like N with me, though I must confess I'm finding it frustrating rather than adorable. Particularly as he only wants me to do everything for him and no-one else, and can say 'don't go mummy, don't leave me' with heartbreaking intensity whenever I need to go/leave him somewhere, which makes me want to cry.

random question for everyone. our washer/dryer in the rental flat looks quite new but makes the flat stink when we use it to dry clothes. What can I do? Am thinking of getting my machine out of storage to use here as the flat smells funny all the time and I don't like it! Maybe I should start a thread in housekeeping.

Yes, 'do be a dear and fuck off would you.............'. I always think the best reaction to these things is to laugh in their face but sadly its not your instant reaction, shock and shame seem to take away your ability to retort or react in any way.
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You don't deserve it tea, and she doesn't deserve oxygen. Don't worry, we all love you x

Anyways, hey-ho! Onwards and upwards.

Tree- how stressful for you and poor J, sorry to hear it is still ongoing. Like 120 says, January is nearly over. I think I caught sight of some snowdrops trying to poke through the ground at school today so I am holding this in my mind when I start to despair that spring will never come!

Hope H had a great homecoming today

120- How are things with the house etc?

Tink- Hope things settle down with the AD's

MissJ- Ah, good to see you back amongst us. How is the Pink Bump getting along? Yes half term is but a few weeks away. Think I break up on friday the 18th. Lenni and I have pencilled in a meet of some sort, I have offered that Lenni could stay over here en route to her mum's so maybe we could organise a mid-week meet.
Masters is an Med in Teaching and Learning, you would think this would come easily as its my effing day job but actually it involves quite a lot of brainpower. Sessions are once a month so not too hard to fit in, not sure about all the assignments though, probably be burning some midnight oil doing those babies!
Hope that N has a great tea-party, won't it be amazing when there are two of them for your family to fuss over.................no comment needed.

Better get back to entertaining DD and her little friend ('Mummy, She's from Polish....do you know where that is?.....'Bless her heart!). When does this novelty of inviting such-and-such round for tea finally wear off? There are some worrying banging noises coming from upstairs!

120- we had a washer-dryer before and it also smelt funny when drying, never got to the bottom of it, just didn't use it when the weather got warmer. It also did not dry the clothes properly. Someone in housekeeping will know I'm sure.

Hi Pat. DD hasn't got the hang of playdates yet.. she keeps inviting people for sleepovers. Unbelievable given that she always says how much she dislikes her friends . Think it's just to wind me up (it works).

Flat is good. We bought a Hemnes sofa from ikea at the weekend in anticipation furnishing our new garden room in the house. Am so excited, but still enjoying the flat. H is still on his potty training drive, which is a blessing here as none of the floors are mine.

x-post. yes, it doesn't dry properly either, the stinky thing. roll on summer!

Fab pat, will look forwards to a half term meet-up then somewhere or other.. maybe slimbridge if the weather is nice? I can waddle around. Masters sounds great.

No advice on dryer, sorry 120 - I am assuming you have cleaned out lint thingy properly (that would be me forgetting to do that)?

I'd probably remove the drain pipe at the back and pour something heavy duty into the pipe, from a plumbers merchant to clear it and then re-attach it and run the machine empty with soda crystals or something in it on a hot wash. Hopefully that'd kill the bugs in the pipe and clean the machine out too.

My pipe drags along the ground behind my washing machine and then feeds into the U bend under the sink which can cause smells. So in my case bad plumbing is an issue. So I try to keep my drains mega clean. As the pipe doesn't drain too well.

Thanks for all the lovely words about yesterdays incident. Very of the meet up at Slimbridge.

thanks ladies, will try all of the above. I'm about slimbridge too. I like it there. Do they still have the eel head? DD still goes on about it, even though it's over a year and a half since we were last there. Wellyboot land didn't exist yet..

1.5 hrs into trying to settle dd2. Not going well, poor dh has patience of saint. He has done this every night for months, sat in dark hoping she'll go into deep enough sleep so he can sneak out.

Thank Gpod for his i-phone!

Hello ladies.
A ridiculously long time since a post from me. Hope this finds you all well.
Just wanted to let you know that after over a year of trying I am finally pregnant with no 3! Early days yet as just 8 weeks. Bit apprehensive after all the pregnancy worries with S but I think everyone is always anxious.
Hope all your 2 year olds are thriving. If mine is anything to go by no doubt you are being run ragged but laughing a lot.
Best wishes to you all x

Hi gumps,miss j,t, tree etc
Taking first tab before bed dreading it!
Dd2 awful @ month terrible 2s
Has started throwing food at meal times
When she has had enough
Any 2 year olds in bed
Going 2 make brackens sat driving us nuts in cot
Keeps banging various body parts on cot bars
Put 1 leg over