June '05 Mummies 5 - the one with lots of smiles, and lots of cuddles.

[katzguk]

one brand new shiney thread, title thanks to eym.

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Hello Ladies

Lynny - memory books sound like a great idea, although as I still haven't finished putting our wedding album together (7 years later ), I'm not sure I'm up to the task . Awake since 5am here, dd woke and muttered to herself (actually sounded like she was having great fun) until I got up and fed her at 6.15. She then went back to sleep for an hour but of course I couldn't! Loved your description of dh dancing around too - my dh does that!

RHM - Hope cornwall is fun!

Welshie - Lol at the beer in fridge - thats cupboard love for you!

Mrs F - Hope today is a bit less 'random'. It must be weird with DS at school. Now dd is sleeping longer for naps, I've started learning spanish online with the BBC site, its really good - more fun than VAT forms im sure!

Skyler - Ahh - dd1 sounds so cute giving you a kiss for her food, lol at cherry tomatoes, could you try it with peas one by one too do you think? .

Katz - Whats a trulymadlybaby party (like yorkies ann summers but for babies iyswim) - that sounds wrong, what I mean is a sales type party.

Uki - You sound very creative! Lovely bones is amazing isn't it? I have only really read trash since dd was born, don't know when I will have the concentration to get back into proper novels again.

SFX - Glad you are a happy bunny today - sleep makes such a difference doesn't it!

Miserable looking day here, and I've arranged to go to town, unless I invest in a fetching umbrella hat, I'm going to get soaked - . Never mind, I will pick up some Sushi from M&S to reward myself.

Oh yes, I put a new pic of DD in snazzy yellow hat on the yahoo site.

Sky and sfx - another Clarins fan here too - I slap on their rejunvenating morning cream every day and wistfully hope....
Katz - meant to say glad you're feeling sunnier - I find these first months are a real rollercoaster - rarely feel the same 2 days in a row.
I enjoyed Lovely Bones too - have read sod all since ds arrived - only a couple of books 'Pursuit of happiness' was one and pretty good too.
We're having a bit of a mare at the moment with sleep. Dd has been ill with a cough/ cold for the last 3 nights - keeping us all up, while poor little ds has been improving his patterns all the time. We're down to one feed at 4am and then kip until he's woken at 7am. As soon as everyone is well again I'm going to try to tackle that feed too as I think he can go til the morning now (did get to 6am one day). I feel like a bit of an ogre cracking the whip but sleeping more than 3 hours in a row is so deliciously lovely.....
We've got Wallace and Gromit in baby cinema this morning and I might brave Baby Bounce this afternoon....it's all go

Wow, it's quiet here today. It's quiet at work too. Make me want to go home early and see my kiddies. I like working and all but when things are slow I think what the point? I might as well be at home with munchkins. Oh well, three more hours and I'm off...

mandy - you're spot on with the baby party, its just like an ann summers party just with really lovely baby stuff, i'm thinking of being arep but not sure yet.

Welshie, hope the first day of Aptimil went well. This bottle feeding lark is getting easier with time.

SFX, DH switches off in our house too. Probably for the best for all concerned

Hello
SFX - Your happy marriage plan sounds just like ours .
Well I am just flying on to say hello. Have had a good day today. DD2 is definately growing up though. We went to Musical Tots and I plonked her in one of those cloth bouncy chairs like normal expecting her to not do much so I could concentrate on dd1 and she sat herself right up and forward as if to say 'um excuse me, I am not missing out like usual' She was a bit wobbly so I ended up getting her out and having her on my lap and she LOVED it all, the singing the actions etc. It wore her quite out and she fell asleep where I was holding her in mid-air during the break awww. I put her back in the chair to sleep and so was able to concentrate on dd1 for a bit. Luckily dd1 was not bothered one way or another. She was quite happy dancing in the middle and with her little boyfriend.
I then went to my friends for coffee this pm and got lots of top moving tips (she leaves 14th Dec and her stuff goes on Mon).
Both girls very good again today. Feel so fortunate. Have realised that dh gets back and goes straight into a week of night shifts lol so I actually feel like I have four weeks of all this responsibility. He will be around in the afternoons though. It is just a pain having to be out of the house so he can sleep off the nights.....
Be proud of me too. I have done the Trust fud application and it is in its envelope to post tomorrow.
I have had lovely phone calls from my Mum, MIL and dh too so am feeling very spoilt. Bought baby rice today too and a smaller teether for dd2 which is ideal. All good.
Right off to bed now...and I am not doing the washing up ha!

Did I say the huge upside to our move being delayed is that we will not have to ship our stuff until after Christmas!!!! Hooray, Christmas decorations and presents! Packers come in on the 4th Jan. Brilliant!

Always look for a silver lining

Please ignore my patronising last post..

Just wanted to let Bubb know too that the Vaseline is working well on dd's cradle cap. She had actually been scratching her head and caused nasty marks and drawn blood hence my discussion with the HV and the vaseline. Last attempt before docs appt. Poor thing.

i'm really proud of myself today, i made beef cassorole for the first time ever and DH says it was lovely (i'm a veggie)

Thanks Skyler.
I was actually reading a cradle cap thread in the health section yesterday-there's some good ideas there too,including the vaseline!

Morning mums hugs

Im here Lynny lol wrote a really long post yesterday and lost it, im really not all that tech.

Well I thought that poem of your brothers was so lovely it made me cry, you can just imagine you two as children, and the pic on the yahoo site is lovely too. I feel like that with hubby sometimes, if william is crying or upset he says he says he wants you I say but ive blumming done everything I must admit though when im not here hubby copes very well with william.

just wanted to say to the mums going to the tate have a good day mums.

Sky wow your are a good mummy i dont know how you manage to fit everything in, how lovely your little one joining in music time, william loves music too, im always singing nursery rhymes to him.

Kats thats brilliant about the baby sales party, and im so gald your feeling better hunny, youve even inspired me to do a scap book too, we do record book but ive totally forgot about it, it would be so lovely to look back on, babys first smile ect.

Welshie typical man lol were s the beer i like that.

RHM have a good time in cornwall

Ok a bit starnge here this week, took william to clinic hes 14 1b and has grown 3 cms so all well there, and hes teething now too, but hes not that bad.

Sopke to both sisters last week about the wedding next sat in wales, and gill was ever so upset she wont see kath in her wedding dress, which obviously i tried to calm down both sisters, anyway off to see gill and baby georga tomoro which i can wait.

Finally bought some clothes for wedding grrrrrr only took 3 months and ive ended up with boots? what do you think like a mave clour creamish?brown goes with my skirt anyway not to sure.

But im feeling very sad this week all this going on, and its comming up to mums death, had a cry at clinic and HV is comming round to see me monday she abit worried i think, I just miss my mum so much it just really hurts, I am a very strong lady and the things ive been through in my life ladies you wouldnt belive, but im here still but with our baby girl ill, and mums death comming up its a bit to much for me.

chat later xxxxxx

Kat - Well done on the beef casserole. I am impressed. Your dh should really appreciate that effort. I would hate to cook something I wasn't going to eat!
EYM - You have such a lot going on. I am glad your HV seems concerned and is coming to see you. When is the anniversary of your Mum's passing? Will be thinking of you a lot. Enjoy your trip to see your new neice. You will have to point Gill in the direction of MN when she is up to it. Take care.
Lol I am not doing that well with the two dd's. DD1 has never watched so much TV, and this morning I put the dd's in the car after a trip to the library and arrived home to unstrap dd2's car seat to discover I hadn't even strapped it in . Thankfully it is only a 2 min drive on camp at speeds of less than 30 mph due to lots of speed bumps but blooming heck. What with that and dd1's great escape this week I am not sure dh will trust me again lol.
Well I got dd1 a bagpuss DVD from the library so I can relive my childhood. I wonder what she will make of it. Right off to be organised and do the veggies for dinner. Bye for now.

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EYM-Sorry your'e feeling down at the mo.I can't even begin to imagine how you are feeling just now,but like Skyler says it's good the HV has picked up on it and is coming to see you.You have so much on your plate what with the anniversary,your niece,the wedding and of course your lovely little boy,that it's bound to take it's toll on you.Sending you a big((((hug))))and thinking of you too.

EYM, sending you a massive hug. You've got so much on your plate at the minute, it's not surprising the anniversary of your mum's death is getting to you on top of everything else you've got to cope with.

I don't know if this would work or not, but when me and DH got married his grandfather (who DH was very close to - DS1 is named after him) couldn't make it to the wedding. DH rang him just before the wedding, clipped a mobile phone hands-free thing onto his suit and left it on throughout the ceremony so his grandfather got to hear the whole thing. Perhaps your sister could do something similar? Or leave a phone switched on somewhere near by? Just a thought anyway.

Uki, also loved Lovely Bones, a very moving book. I cried reading the blurb on the back of it!

Mandymac, so glad to read I'm not the only one who hasn't done their wedding album yet! Nearly six years now...

Welshie, how was Wallace and Grommit? Do you think a three year old boy would like it? Have never taken DS1 to the cinema and am contemplating taking him to see that.

Skyler, how's Bagpuss? You are doing an admirable job on your own, your posts always seem so cheerful.

Uwila, did you ever hear anything back from Megi?

Are Lua and Teabelly on holiday BTW? Haven't seen them for a bit.

Jonah, what did you cook? I popped round to my sister's last week and she was baking a Nigella chocolate cake and the house smelled fantastic. I wsn't allowed to stay and share it though (what pregnant woman wants to share chocolate cake eh? )

Lynny, blimey you have a lot to deal with, not quite sure how you do it and stay so cheerful.

Went into work on Wednesday and have confirmed that I'll be going back at the beginning of January, initially for three days but probably rising to four in March. Kept looking at DS2 and wanting to cry with guilt, but no doubt will get over it soon enough

Me and DH have survived our week of healthy living and are intending to treat ourselves to beer and crisps (him) and wine and chocolate (me) tonight, so not much longer to go now...

Enjoy your weekend everyone, happy Bonfire Night for tomorrow

hi everyone
not much time just wanted to say

eym-lots hugs darling, its really ok to feel sad

dh an dd gave me a trying night but hey dd been great today.
went for a walk by the river which is always nice.
we videoed dd last night in the bath, she was in fits of giggles splashing water all over. our poor long suffering friends and relatives received a copy by email this morningextreme
proud dad momemt

Hi - I've been lurking here for several weeks, for which I apologise, hugely in advance. I was due in July this year, gave birth to my DS 3 weeks early in mid-June and then only found this June Mumsnet "group" in the last month or so whilst researching various problems/issues on Mumsnet.

You all seem very close and I feel like the cyber equivalent of somew weirdo who's walked over to a table in a pub, full of happily chatting women, and said hello, can I sit down even though you don't know me from Adam...

So apart from the apology for lurking, I'd really like to ask if I could post here to ask if by any chance there are any other "Junie Lurkers" who'd like to chat on a separate thread and leave these guys alone!

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all though as i've found lurking here immensley useful and reassuring as my 4.5 month old battles sleep issues, I battle feeding issues and prepare for weaning etc so I hope you will all forgive the intrusion.

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I also meant to add - and I can't believe I forgot to post this - huge apologies in advance for any offence this post might cause, to those it belongs to.

welcome twitchet

i also came sort of late to the group. am sure all will wellcome you with open arms

Wow - really!? what a lovely response and welcome SFX and Lynny. If others are sure too, i'd love to join. Whast's the cyber equivalent of buying a round to show willing? It is Friday night afterall!

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Large glass of red for me please Twitchet.

Oh and welcome!

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