October 08 - "I said no!"

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it appears I posted the last post... so here's a new thread

Ok read th research. He will be fine. Even better, it was thanks ricemilk. He won't be having it again but he has so rarely had it anyway. As I said when oatmilk unavailable at the shop.

CSWS - The recipe I've got is actually for cashew nut creana, not almond cream. Sorry, my mistake. Here it is anyway:

Cashew nut cream:
100g cashew nuts
150ml water
maple syrup or honey to taste

Grind the cashew nuts very finely in a nut grinder/coffee grinder. Put the water in a liquidiser, sprinkle the ground nuts on top and blend till smooth. Sweeten to taste.

I've definitely had almond cream before. A quick google brings this up so I reckon you could do it with just almonds.

Things much calmer here, thank goodness.

I've got a couple of dairy-free banana "ice cream" type recipes. If you want them, I'll pass them on. I'm not desperately keen on bananas but they're quite nice if you do like them.

Thanks cf. Banana ice cream recipe would be good, as long as simple! I really should find a coconut ice cream recipe too.

You could try this one:

Pineapple and coconut ice cream

1/2 large pineapple peeled and chopped
75ml veg oil
125 ml cocnut milk

Freeze the pineapple for at least 4 hours.
put oil and cocnut milk in a blender add the frozen pineapple chunks and blend to a thick creamy consistency and serve. Or you can refreeze.

(The coconut milk can make it go a bit grey so garnish well or add some natural food colouring!)

Banana ice cream:

3 large bananas
juice of 1/2 lemon
125ml soya milk
75ml veg oil
2 tsp vanilla essence

Chop bananas and freeze for at least 4 hours.
Place all the remaining ingredients in a blender, add the frozen banana chunks and blend until smooth.

You could substitute the soya milk for coconut milk here too.

I'm probab;y the only person here, where we all just drink cows milk! Kids have full fat, we have semi skimmed. Just for breakfast and the occasional hot chocolate. Or custard i suppose.
All normal here, DS2 challenges the bounds of common sense on a daily basis (dropping his recorder down the loo and cutting his own hair being just 2 recent examples ). DS1 remains innocent of all crimes, especially ones where his siblings end up crying "it wasn't me!" "I don't care anyway" and DD is highly amusing with her range of faces, she can do "happy face" "sad face" "cross face" "puzzled face" and "surprised face" to order. Can make grown men cry (with laughter) .
Luckily i have taught DS1 to air guitar as well, no favouritism here.
DS2 knows everything and has no need of gimmicky routines....

Oh Pepper, You're all so normal with your cow's milk! It sounds like fun in your house. Remind me how old your older two are.

I've decided to take the day off today. S is at nursery and I'm at home. Actually I'm taking the opportunity to catch up on my report-writing as that's taken a back seat over the last few days and they're due in next week. Work have been really good about everything and told me to take as much time off as I need.

CSWS - How are you feeling now? Has your friend gone now?

Star - Have you managed to track down all your friends in Japan? My friend's family are all fine, thankfully.

Oh I'm glad you're having a day at home cf.
I've ordered a pineapple with tonight's shopping :).
Yes friend has gone but my parents are back instead, as still can't lift dc.

CF, I dont want to worry you but if your bleeding doesnt get much slower soon then I would suggest going to see or phoning the clinic you have been going to. The reason being that you may have a small bit of placenta stuck to the edge of your uterus. This could be acting like a tap left open.
I am sure that you will be fine and that isnt the case but I do know of a few women who have been left thinking that losing lots of blood over several weeeks is normal but it isnt always.
Put your feet up and take it easy. The more you do the more you will bleed. Big hugs to you. Shh dont tell anyone

CSWS, how are the sleeping children? Hopefully still sleeping nicely for you. Are you healing ok? Has your op helped with the pain?

Pepper. I would love to have a house full of normal people. Wanna trade??

Star. How are you? Have you tracked down your freinds? Have you looked at the google thing, where they match up messages?
Ekka how are you getting on?

50ft why are you still not here. Stop Knitting and get back on here

Hello to everyone else

Beautiful sunny day here on the coast.

oh no, ronshar. I'm going to tell my colleague/friend about what you wrote to cf... she's still struggling with it.

I have found everyone. One friend's dh's parents are unaccounted for in Sendai :( They are obviously still hopeful, though.

Everyone else safe. :) Just wobbling/shaking a lot with aftershocks and looking forward to scheduled blackouts to try to repair the problems.

We aren't good enough for 50ft anymore. None of us knit and some of us use(d) disposables.

sorry - some of us knit. Sorry myjob.

Myjob knits like a superstar. Q can STILL fit into his knitted trousers that she made for him. We love them and they keep him toasty warm. :)

Sorry to hear your friend is still suffering after her ERPC Star. That's a long time to be bleeding. She must be worn out. Wasn't she at the Portland? I'm shocked that they haven't followed her up more carefully.

How awful for your friend's dh.

Thanks Ronshar - it's all a bit stop-start at the moment. Yesterday there was very little bleeding and today it's heavier again, but nothing like Saturday. I'm going back to the docs on Wednesday so they can check me out. I'll definitely get it checked out sooner if it gets heavier again. I'm tempted to take tomorrow off as well just to get some rest, but I feel so guilty about it. I think it's because I'm part time so feel a bit like a fraud anyway (ridiculous I know, but I can't help it).

CSWS - Good to hear you've still got help. Any idea how long it will be before you're able to pick the dcs up and feel a bit more normal? Also, I think your mum was diagnosed with cancer last year wasn't she? (Really sorry if I've got that wrong) How is she?

She had breast cancer in 2009 cf, yes. Had a mastectomy and reconstruction in one go, and now has a silicone nipple too . Didn't need chemo or radiotherapy and is fine now thank you. :)

CF take it easy and don't do too much report writing! It sounds like you've had a rough weekend I know exactly how you feel about being guilty for taking time off but DO IT if you still feel the same x

Pepper we're now just "normal" milk too

I am currently bouncing on my birth ball while typing this. Baby definitely dropped again yesterday, I'm walking round like John Wayne!!

I wanted to pick your brains re Poppy. She only wears pull up pants during daytime and nighttime sleeps now. For the past month they have been 99% dry but in the last week two have been wet. I'm worried that if I don't take the plunge she may regress. What do you think? Should she lose the pants??

I'm not sure if I'd do it so close to when the baby arrives... as you just can't predict what will happen when he is born, iyswim. But if you think it will be ok, just lose them. :)

I'm planning to keep Q in pull ups for naps and night sleeps for a while yet, even though he does mostly wake up dry. I just don't want to chance it as there are the odd times he's not dry. I'm happy to wait on that and from what I've read/heard, it won't do them any harm, especially if mostly dry anyway. In a little while, I'll put a reusable nappy on him with a wrap (yes, we have a couple!) for sleeps as if he ever does wet during sleep now, it's never a lot, so would be fine, just a bit of insurance that I won't have to change bed linens in the morning protection.

We are putting Q to bed at 7 (asleep by 8 or 7.30 most nights) and it is really difficult getting him up at present at 6.45am. We have to leave at 7.30 and want him to have 45 minutes for breakfast, get dressed and a bit of a play at home before we go (I'm up much earlier preparing breakfast, lunches and cleaning/tidying/doing laundry and getting myself ready). He definitely wants to sleep more... but on weekends, he's up before 6am regardless of how early or late he is put to bed!

I don't know what the weekday solution is - put him to bed earlier than 7?? This seems absurd. He also still naps for a couple of hours in the day. He'd nap for 3-4 hours if we let him, but we limit it to 2.

I think if asleep by 7.30pm (most nights he is, tbh) to 6.45am= 11 hours sleep + 2 hours in the day. Do 2 year olds really need more than that? It just seems like a lot of sleep. I want him to sleep as much as he wants, but he's wiped out by 12.30 every single day whether he is up very early or sleeps in later weekends or weekdays or holidays...same, exhausted by 12.30, then regardless of how long he naps, he's rubbing his eyes and saying he's sleepy again by 6.45/7pm every night.

He is very active...

Star you are lucky having him sleep like that! I don't know the solution, I'm lucky with Poppy too, we usually get her to sleep by 8ish, then she'll sleep through until 7 most days. She's still having 1-3 hours daytime sleep too, so very similar to Q actually.

Right, I shall keep the pull up pants on her, I thought that might be the answer but didn't want to miss the boat with her. Thanks.

My pelvis is killing now from being on this birth ball

Don't be surprised if Poppy regresses when the new baby arrives anyway hmm - it's very common, esp if relatively newly trained.

ds1 does about 11 hours at night, with often about 30 mins in the afternoon on a weekday, as he falls asleep in the car on the school run. At weekends and holidays he doesn't nap (unless out in car at opportune time), and is very tired by bedtime. On Saturday he fell off his chair during dinner (we were about 30 mins later than usual with it) and when dh picked him up for a cuddle he cried 'bath' then 'bed'!

I have read of children who go to bed at 6:30 star, though it's a hard concept for me to get my head around!

dd gets about 10.5 hrs a night (roughly 8-6:30). It is not enough and evenings with her are often an unbearable string of tantrums.

star, I wouldn't worry about too much sleep, DH's godson is nearly 9, has a younger sister of 6 and he has always gone to bed before her, because he just needs so much more sleep. When he first started school his mum had a terrible time trying to fit in homework and food before he conked out, but once they accepted that was all he could manage, it was fine and he's slowly growing out of it, does loads of sport and gets a good 12/13 hours sleep at the weekend to catch up.
he's just built like that! So give Q as much sleep as you can fit a normal life round would be my suggestion.
We've just got back from the barbers for DS2's rescue haircut (he's 4 nearly 5, and DS1 is 6 CF ) Mucj shorter, but still with a slight gap at the front
glad you're slowly recovering CSWS and have some help.
CF, it does sound grim, be kind to yourself and a day off now may help you recover quicker?
HMM - i seem to recall keeping the DS's in pull ups for a while - I told them when they had 5 dry nights they could switch to pants (I'm big on containment if there's an incident..) but had those changing mat pad things under the sheets as well as the waterproof mattress covers to make sure. (and duvets thin enough to go in the washing machine at home)

Thanks I think we'll work harder to make sure he's done with bath and stories and lights out by 7. I feel like he's not getting ad much as he wants/needs because we want to maximise our playtime. Selfish. I got a season pass to local children's farm so went for an hour 4-5 and crawled around softplay with him today before coming home. that was fun then a play and short walk with daddy, dinner bath stories bed