May 2009 Towards the Terrible Two's

[momino]

Well, here we go again. may this be the start of a thread with lots of positive news and posts [bsmile]!

[momino]

oh goodness. such posts here.
Saus, I'm so, so sorry. Also for your mum, sounds like it could be treatable when they said 'pre cancerous' ? anyway, you're in my thoughts. And muddled, your dad? will add him to my list of people to send healthy vibes to.

I'm going to stop there on the NC but sending hugs, virtual support, and lots of to those who need it.

[belgina]

Oh no f f and the same again. I'd done a mamoth NC post and it's all GONE!!!

I cant do it all again, as i'm on my phone and it takes ages to type it all out again.

I dont want to leave without sending lots of non MNy hugs to sausage. It must have been so scary and upsetting for you. I dont think the length of the pregnancy matters. In your mind there was a baby and all the plans that go with it.
I hope your mum gets better soon too. The fact that they were pre-cancerous cells sounds hopeful :)

I like the new smiley. It's come at such a great time when so many of us really could do with some.

muddled was right: what a crappy start of the year. But it can only get better now, no?

A big wave to all of you. Sorry for the lack of decent NC.

[essenceofSES]

Thinking of all on this thread - particularly those in the middle of tough times at the moment.
I'm sorry so many have had such a rubbish start to 2011 and let's hope things improve for everyone soon
xx

[flippineck]

What a few weeks for everyone, hugs and (closest there is to cake!!) all round. May things improve all round soon. Thinking of you all x

[pikachu999]

Saus- so sorry to hear what you've been through, and your mum's health problems. I was told to wait for a period before TTC but in hindsight i wished I had just started TTC as that period seemed to take forever to come (only 5 weeks) and only being pg again could make me feel happy again. Luckily I conceived after that first pg and I am sure it is quite common to fall pg quickly as smokey says.

smokey - sorry to hear about your DB. It must be hard being so far away from him.

muddled- I am sorry your DH has changed his mind as I know how excited you were about it.

belgina- sorry the scan is still not conclusive either way- it must be very hard for you.

Thanks for all the ideas and comments re. DD. She does have friends, but just a few really close ones, but if they are off playing with others, she will just play on her own. She gets invited to friend's houses for tea, but i can't often have them back here due to working, and not enough car seats if i have the DSs too. She also does lots of out of school activity - swimming lessons, church after school club, school after school club, art club and can be sociable, but also seems to ignore friends too . Maybe that's just 6 year olds. Anyway, it's parents evening soon so I will discuss this then. It was a different group of boys dandy- they are all only 1 year older, but DD is quite small and i'm sure they see her as an easy target .

[belgina]

Hi everyone. Well, the inevitable has now started. I've had bleeding like a period all day now. I'm sort of glad i waited for nature to take it's course now, as I know there cant be a mistake and for me so far it hasnt been any worse than a period + some clots. An ERPC would have been so much more traumatic.

pika I think it might very well be a case of your dd being a 6 yo. Last year my own dd was very fickle with her friendships. She didnt seem to understand that she could have more than 1 friend. Actually I spent a lot of time thinking 6 yo are a bit odd. She's starting to become a bit more normal now she's 7, lol.

How is everyone else doing now? I'm sorry if there are a few xposts. I'm on my phone and started this post over 1h ago. I cant really refresh or I'll lose the whole thing.

Oh and I think the next new MN smiley will have to be a slice of cake (preferably chocolate

[omnomnomtom]

Oh Belgina , I hope it is all over quickly. Hope your DH is taking very good care of you.

Pika Hope dd is having a better week

Letting J watch Zingzillas whilst I (ahem)catch up on internet banking Am wondering whether to go out for a wander later. Might let J watch a bit more CBeebies later as there is a new programme on called Mr Bloom starring someone I was friends with when I was younger- was a bit of a surprise when I saw the trailer but it's not the first time someone I know has popped up on my tv screen- in fact it seems to happen a lot!

Oooo Zingzillas has finished better go or the boy will turn goggle-eyed x

[momino]

Hi all.
Belgina, hope you're ok!

[belgina]

I'm ok, thanks, momi :)

omnom funny how all these people end up on telly. Must be something about where you grew up.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I'm about to go off to bed and for the 1st time since we moved here it'll be a proper bed and not a mattress on the floor :o. I hope my back will become happier now!

[flippineck]

Hello everyone - just thought I'm come on and see how you all are x

[essenceofSES]

Hello flip and everyone else!
Hope you're having a lovely Valentine's Day and being spoilt.

Belgina - hope things have settled down for you but don't rush back to work and doing too much. Go easy on your self.
(That goes for you too saus !)

Hope this week brings better things for everyone xx

[omnomnomtom]

hmmmm bit quiet round here...
... how is everyone?

[belgina]

Was thinking the same omnom

Everything ok here. Bleeding is very on and off. I sm going back to work on fri though. It'll be a night shift and I know what you're thinking, but actually, nights are quieter and more relaxed, so I feel it's a better shift to go back to work.

C's become such a funny toddler now. Earlier tonight she kept pretending she was asleep and everytime I said "oh, look at C, how sweet she is all asleep", she'd open her eyes and burst out laughing. :o
I've started night weaning her now. She settles pretty quickly, but then starts fiddling with my hair, so I'm still getting no sleep. The plan is to start putting her back in her cot once she's completely used to not feeding. From day 1 she's been one where this sort of thing has to be tackled in stages. In fact, I think that my night shifts will even help in the battle to get her to sleep through.

Hope everyone else is ok :)

[flippineck]

Oooh, it is quiet. Hope everyone is ok! Would some wine tempt you all back in? , or maybe and ?

All fine here. A's sleeping has improved significantly sinced I stopped feeding her...I think she's got used to the idea that there's no 'mulkie' (her word, not mine!) any more and so is sleeping through quite a lot of nights now! And even if she does wake, usually I just need to go in a shush her a bit and she's off again. We are having a few early mornings though, yesterday she was up at 5.30, but then today she slept until 7.

She's talking a bit more now too, which is fascinating! She's very different to DD1, so this is all new - DD1 talked early and well, A is still only on odd words but then she's too busy running/climbing/jumping to put effort into talking.

[momino]

Flip, you still around?
I've been away a couple of days (to Helmsley, N Yorks) with DH.

I'm so glad A is sleeping better. and the talking is fabulous. I love when they say new words. H is in between DD1 and 2: she doesn't say as many as dd2 did at this age nor DD2's comprehension, but still a bit more than dd1 at this age. She repeats things that we say. one word things. she'll say, 'ssssssbbbblll... pasta' or 'sssssbbbffff george' , etc.

[momino]

i love the but am quite happy on the at the moment...

[essenceofSES]

Hello momino :)
Sounds like you've had a nice few days away! Enjoy your

Flip - glad A's sleeping is better. After an awful first 10mo with O, he hardly ever wakes up in the night now. I feel v lucky!

talking - O still isn't saying that much, maybe about 20 different words and not many of them very clear.
I did have a funny conversation with him this morning. It was just after breakfast and he was still in his PJs. I saw him strain and could tell he was doing a poo so I said "Have you got a dirty nappy?" "Yeah", he replied. So I said, shall we go and get you changed and ready for the day?" "No" he said. We repeated this about half a dozen times and the look on his face told me he understood exactly what he was saying!

Hope everyone else is doing ok?

Things ok here. I've just had a lovely week off work. DH has just been put on tablets for high blood pressure though and also has to go and see the diabetic nurse as his fasting blood glucose was high. It's a bit worrying but at the same time I'm glad he's finally seen someone as he knew his BP was high but was ignoring it.

[momino]

glad you had a good week off, Ses. hope DH's blood pressure goes down and glad he's doing something about it.
Hope youre having a good night.

[pikachu999]

Hello ladies,

Glad you had a nice time away momino

flip I am so pleased that A is sleeping better - you have had a hard time and I hope you get some good nights from now on. S was bad for the first year, but he rarely wakes now although he does wake up on the early side

ses - O sounds similar to S - S can say some words, many only recognisable to me and DH. He also tells us when he's done a poo- he pats his nappy and says "do do". Glad your DH is getting treatment for his high BP.

I was feeling very sorry for myself yesterday with a suspected UTI. Got an appointment at the out-of-hours GP at 9pm last night and was prescribed some antibiotics. It made me think of cupboard's DD2 and what she is going through. I don't think i've had a UTI before but the pain was excrutiating until the painkillers and ABs kicked in.

[smokeybacon]

Morning/Afternoon all.

Update on DB. He starts chemo tomorrow. 3 cycles of 3 weeks. First week 5 days on the trot and then once a week for next two, Repeat twice more. I spoke to him on skype last night and he is amazingly upbeat, just wanting to crack on with it. I think he will be ok. The docs have given him a 95% chance it will be cleared up. So am slightly happier but still wish I could give him a big hug.

Interesting to hear how our LOs chat is coming on. I find R incredible. He is a proper chatterbox and must have 100 words, maybe more. He has even got to grips with please and sorry (or "rorry" as he says). He can sing twinkle twinkle and baa baa black sheep too. I must video it as it is unbelievably cute.

The DTs keep us guessing nightly what they are going to do. Freddie can go from 10.30pm to 5am. Tobias still will wake between 3 and 4am for a feed. Last night both up at 4am and then proceeded to chat, wriggle, cry a bit and generally make nuisances of themselves so I didn't get a wink of sleep again. Grrrrr.

pikachu hope you are feeling a bit better now. SOunds painful

I need to go back to bed.........

[omnomnomtom]

belgina hope going back to work was ok
Ses if I ask Jake whether he is doing a poo- he shake his head and says 'no' but his cheeky grin gives away that he knows exactly what I mean. He doesn't have lot's of words; a few names of animals, shoes, socks, bubble, ball, mama/dada, hello, ta, gar! (star), car, tractor, mine, nose, eyes- but it is amazing how much he understands. Am to admit he can point out all the ITNG characters in his book if I say thier names and he can point out lots of different animals for example even if he can't say the name itself. He understands most simple commands too- 'go and get your coat' things like that.
His current favourite is to climb on my lap facing me and grab my hands and shout 'row row row' meaning he wants row row row your boat He also likes giving big kisses with a loud lip smacking sound
pikachu hope you feel better soon
smokey R's speech sounds fantastic, And little Freddies sleep is impressive. Hope you got an afternoon nap and am glad the prognosis for your DB is good.

We have had a great day, took Jake to the park where he had a great time playing on the slide and then we had a naughty mcdonalds for lunch- Jake demolished his happy meal and was most impressed with the balloon he was given. Am now enjoying the peace whilst he naps

[omnomnomtom]

hmmm that bit about Jake's speech doesn't make much sense does it?- but I'm sure you get the general idea

[smokeybacon]

omnom awwww row row row. So cute!

Am over tired. Dh taken ALL the DCs out and I can't sleep.