July 2010: Weaning's in full swing, the kitchen floor's covered in ming

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And voila: our 6th postnatal thread... which neatly works out roughly one a month [maths genius emoticon]

Well done tsc on the job offer! Id def accept it, just in case there isnt another one or something.

tsc the same thing happened to me before had R and i was told i would have 9 to 5 but instead they gave me shifts so i declined the job. Hope you can work it out.

hg whens the test?

dh try not to feel bad dp will understand. Fwiw dp would go but make it up to me another time.
viks the doc sounds like a complete tosser. Maybe make an app for a doc you know. Its understandable that you feel work is a break especially when things are tough.

cakes how was your trip to the big smoke?

wss any news on your friends parents?

mlic totally agree with not paying more than £30, its your friend that does yours isnt it?

kk has the phone been going mad since the woman was on tv?

R had our spag bol for dinner and managed great. I have cramp again so going to have a nice hot bath then get us both to bed. Dp will sort ds.

Congratulations on the job offer, TSC. :) It is a bit of a problem they can't confirm your hours, have they given you a date for when they'll be able to tell you?

A bit at the price of hair cuts. I get mine done for £6.50. At the local uni-sex barber shop. I wash it myself beforehand and just turn up with damp hair. The husband and wife team that run the place are lovely, DH and I have been going there for years and they like seeing M. When she's got some hair big enough they'll give her a hair cut too.

We've decided CC is the way forward, starting fri night. Fingers crossed it works.

evening all

had a lovely day in the city - survived the 'getting us all ready to catch a train in time' rush, F was sooo excited about getting on 'thomas' and 'percy', had a great lunch and catch-up with my friend and then hotfooted it over to see dh at his St Paul's office so he could show off the children to his workmates then went for a curry before catching Thomas home. Phew!

tsc i agree with mlic - accept it and explain you'll need a month's notice of shifts in order to book childcare. I'd ask them to note which shifts are your preferred ones and keep your fingers crossed you get those. If you get the crap shifts, you can always turn them down. Personally I wouldn't throw myself at them if it works out to be the crap shifts, you'll hardly see your children and tbh, a bright woman like you shouldn't struggle to find something else.

dh sorry if i'm speaking out of turn here but i agree with mlic (again) - it's a bit of an extreme to go from co-sleeping and bf to sleep to cc. I'd personally get him in his own bed/room and try other methods like shush/pat first, if only to wean him off the closeness and hands-on settling he's been told to expect.

dylthan awful news on both fronts. best wishes for your aunt.

right, catch up more later - dh bugging me to watch the real kings speech

DH do u mean controled crying?
TSC well done on the job and the kitkat time!
I pay £37 for my hair cut, i get free fringe trims but havent gone for one yet, must do soon, not even a grip can hold it back now, i have strong hair!
Well, i set up the humidifier and its pumping out steam as we speak, bobs has been down since 7 and not a peep, but im off to bed now so its about his cue for a wake up! I did things a little differently tonight, i did bottle, then bath then rest of bottle and it seemed to work a bit better as he hasn't been having much of the bedtime bottle for the last few days probably contributing to the henus night waking. Good luck to all the poor sleepers, hope u dont feel as anxious as i do at bed time. Sweet dreams babies!! xx

dythlan so sorry bout your aunt. I heard about the little girl on the news glad your off. You ok?

dh i was watching the baby whisperer today and she had said puting lo in their own room and doing the pick up put down method can work within 3 days. Its hardwork at first and dp would have to do it as D would want to feed from you. The tips are online, and its on sky 255 @ 11am. A friend of mine said its great and gentler than controlled crying.

spireal do you have short hair? My aunt goes to the barbers the only one she lets do her hair

cakes sounds lovely bet your knackered now

mlic its the grey for me too

I'm fine thanks stac I think it's just having a child the same age makes it hit you harder when a child dies

I don't think it's sunk in yet about my aunt when they did the biopsy they said it was really un likely to be anything so it's come as a bit of a shock. I just want to make everything better but I don't know how.

it does hit harder when its anything with kids dythlan. With your aunt just being there will help, its horrible how helpless you feel. You know we're here if you need to talk

Dylthan thats so sad about the little girl :( and must be a big shock about your aunt. Really hope the treatment goes well for her. Hope you're holding up ok :(
dh i think putting him in his own room first is a good plan. You might be suprised!
Cakes sounds like you've had a really lovely 2 days!
Tsc definatrly tell them you need plenty of notice about shifys due to childcare. They'll completely understand and couldnt expect anything different
had a big shock myself this evening. Mums best friend just dropped dead. She absolutely doted on ellie. Hate being an hours drive away from mum as i want to be down with her but cant go dragging ellie down at this hour. Mum is going to be just lost without her as she's her o ly really close friend.
Stac yeah the phone has been hopping! cant keep up with the demand

Stac yes, friends' families are all OK.

Dylthan so sorry to hear about your auntie.

kk so sorry for your loss, hope your mums ok. Will you go tomorrow?

Oh kk, how sad and what a shock for you and your mum. Hope you manage to get to spend some time with your mum to give her lots of hugs soon.

Thanks ladies i'll hopefully get down tomorrow. I have appointments tomorrow evening so hopefully i can get them changed. It'll probably be removal friday and burial sat so definately want to be by her side for them so might be better to do the hair tomorrow. Just cant get my head around the fact that she's gone. Such a lovely woman and full of life and would do anything for anyone. She got ellie some lovely really thoughtful things and lived to ser her coming. Just so sad

Oh dear kk thats terrible. Do they know what happened to her?
dylthan how is ur Aunt in herself? My uncle has bowel cancer, he has been so brave and delt with it so well, they say cancer has impecable taste, always chooses the best people. I saw about the little girl on the news, horrible. All this news makes u realize how fragile life is.
stac what channel is the baby wisperer thing on, i have sky freeview, is it on that do u know?
We had a much better night, Devon didnt even come out of his cot! and he only woke for his dummy twie that i remember but couldnt tell u what time...... he had the calpol plug in, which smells lovely, and the humidifier on all night which must have made the difference. He woke at 6.10 and chatted to himself for ages. His cough is bad though so i got him up in the end at 6.30, so all in all a really good night, thank god!

Yes controlled crying.

stac yeah I was reading old threads on here about the PUPD method and some people said it worked within a few nights.
I might try that first and see how it goes.
I def want to get him in his own cot at least.

I need him to be going down awake and settling himself by the wedding as I want DP to have him the night before and my mum is having him on the wedding night.

Im also going to slowly wean him off the boob, I dont want to be BF on my wedding day and honeymoon.

kk, sorry about your mums friend, that must have been a huge shock to you all.

nice one on your night vik, wish i could say the same

mlic Felix randomly says he doesn't want to go to nursery at times even now (usually after we've been on hols) but seems to forget all about that once he's there and stuck in. It just seems worse when they've not been for a while, like E who's got used to a new routine now. Try not to feel bad - he'll have a lovely time and do things he wouldn't have done at home. ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Feeling v tired after 2 busy days and crap nights but F in nursery too today so aside from a few chores (very overdue xmas thank you cards for instance i'm going to try to get some sleep when A does.

oh and in other news - our neighbour friends is talking about having a street party for the royal wedding I'm up for it in a totally ironic, 'let's pretend we're in Eastenders' way. I'm old enough to remember the silver jubilee street party we had when i was a child

any decisions there tsc? how's frankles now? I had a travel cot up to bung Felix in for ages from when he first got mobile- can you do the same with F?

oh i was bf F when we got married - can totally recommend choosing a dress based on easy access for bf

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