'October 2009-chattering and on the run, our toddlers are such fun'

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Right ladies, off we trot into the next stage of our gorgeous toddlers lives.

HC
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Princess You should have a wedding party! Most people were wearing their dresses.One was huge as the lady is now much smaller,a few wernt done up !!
What a laugh we had

No holiday for us tomorrow.DD1 is away over night with the school on her first trip over night.

Need to go and find some gym tops in the ironing pile.(oh joy) and put the hens to bed (sigh) really just want to crawl into bed LOL

Helloooooo, it has been so long so will attempt to catch up on all the news. Thank goodness the girls are back at school, it should give me time to MN occasionally.....

HC
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Oh, not that much I see so don't feel too bad for being away.

All well here and Matthew is a babbling, toy throwing joy. He has got to the stage where he wants to feed himself but when I leave the plate infront of him he eats some then throws the plate on the floor.

Nearly finished my AD's but this is making me be awake half the night so have downloaded a Stephen King book onto my IPhone so I can listen to that and not disturb DH. V. expensive though so haven't told him how much it was.

Watched the Royal Wedding all day and partly wished it was me.

Still waiting for a decision from DH as to whether No4 will happen but we did have a tiny accident on Saturday. Wrong time of the month though and knowing how difficult it is for me to fall PG I doubt anything has happened. Don't really want to start TTC before our hols in August as I have bought a couple of bikinis from Primark that I need to fit into.

littlepea-not long now.

Iggly-how are you?

Calypso-not that long until you TTC.

Hi to Scout, fidema, HT, princessmel et all.

HC
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Off today to the first of two hospital appointments this week. This one is my yearly cardiology appointment. I've grown up going to the cardiologist so don't mind/am not usually anxious. It's just funny being the youngest in the room by 40-60 years. It was even worse when I was 18, just released from pediatric cardiology and going to one for adults for the first time. I had ridden my bike the three miles to the appointment to be greeted by a reception room full of 80+ year olds staring at me and middle aged receptionists asking me what I was doing there. Hoping the young one does his usual "Mom's at the hospital AGAIN so I'll turn on my charm offensive and dazzle all of the nurses and patients." My bloods doctor (Friday's appointment) has a Dec09 baby so she ends up playing with S and we talk about babies/our boys.

Good luck Scout.

PrincessMel-I really enjoyed the wedding as well, even shed a tear! Loved seeing all the crowds at the palace, nice to see the country come together to celebrate something.

I've got a problem with my arm and have made the stupid mistake of googling. Not normally one for health anxiety but I'm a bit frightened and cant get a doctors appointment for a few weeks(and at this point feel too scared to go-have a family history of cancer.). My upper arm at the back and under is really swollen. It started a few weeks ago, from carrying Joe I thought. I was getting odd pains down my arm in my vein but just put it down to muscle strain-have also got an old wrist break on that arm that has been playing me up. It seems to be getting worse not better. Tried self manual lymphatic drainage and no change. I've an appointment with a chiropractor tomorrow so fingers crossed. Am losing sleep over it hence not being on here that much.

Big wave to all x

scout I am sure all will be well.Enjoy charmming them LOL!

HT I am sure it is nothing serious but can't you get an emergancy appointment tomorrow.If we ring at 8am we always get an appointment.Say it needs looking at now! X

Someone with one dd said to me today "don't you worry about your dc less because you have 4 !!!!!!!!["shock]" hell no you just get 4x the worry!"

HC keep us posted

Also went to the boden jumble sale (clothes fight) today.Kitted out the girls.£5 for a top,£10 for trousers,£15 for knitwear and they were still making a profit ffs

All well with the cardiologist, but it tends to be. It's tomorrow's appointment that always make me a bit (that's meant to be a scared face).

Thinking of you for tomorrow Scout and sending positive vibes.

HC Good luck with the TTC and any happy accidents in the meantime

fidelma Bizarre thing for the woman to say-are you supposed to have just one big pot of worry and divide it up?!

Chiropractor hurt! That cracking of the neck-eughh. He thinks my arm problem could be a trapped nerve-apparently the brain is sending messages to the muscle to guard something underneath it and thats what is causing the pain. When he was manipulating it I shot off the table! I seem to have a lot of old scar tissue from the wrist breaks on the same hand so thats not helping. Very, very sore neck tonight and have felt disorientated for most of the day. Am thinking positively anyway. Back there on Monday, a tad apprehensive.

OOooooooo HT sounds sore.You will feel a bit knocked out for a few days (well at least I always do!)
hope it starts to improve.

scout good news for today,Thinking of you tomorrow.

Hello my lovies

Well only have to wait until Monday morning and its all over (if not before).....and the way im feeling it could be sooner lol. At least my DH is now here, for 3 weeks, so happy days. Yesterday I started getting pains in my back, and walking is so sore now, I think im now coming round to the fact that im pregnant!

Faith is now feeling well again, thank goodness! Last night she slept through again, first time in 6 nights, didnt think it would happen again! Just in time and she has started her 'terrible 2's' talk about a temper!!! She has also given me her cough/sore throat, its terrible when you cant take anything for it.....oh well, could be worse!!

Better go....1 more cup of tea before the family gets up!! Hope you are all well xxx

Littlepea wow you are having another baby
Thinking of you.Keep us posted X

Hello everyone! Got back from a lovely holiday last weekend - perfect weather. W fell in love with the owners chickens - feeding and stroking them every day! We're now looking into chickens although we have a family of foxes who live somewhere behind our garden so not sure

littlepea not long now! Wow, I'm always uber impressed when I read about what's going on - how do you cope?!

HT your arm sounds painful - hope you get it fixed soon.

scout, hope it's gone ok today.

I'm now 10 weeks and time is draaaaaging. Saw the GP finally yesterday so hope to get a scan soon. Then I'll find out for sure if everything's ok. I still feel grotty so hopeful.

Am out in the garden - what lovely weather.

Last posting before the baby is born! how has it gone this quickly!!
Today I head off to my mums which is closer to the hospital, it means I dont have to go through Belfast tomorrow morning....nightmare! Mum is looking after the kids, and I need to get the cat to the cattery today also......so I will let you all know how it goes when I get out on Wednesday!!

Iggly it will go in so very fast, I think once you get past the first scan, it starts to fly in....

Take care everyone xxx

All the best littlepea-so exciting having 3.

Iggly, 10 weeks already. Scan soon then.

Hi to everyone else. Still feel ill, it has been 5 days now so hoping it passes soon as struggling to be a good mother. The children have been left to their own devices.

Laters!

HC
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Happy Mothers Day!

Good luck, littlepea.

YAY for littlepea!!!

hello all!

So happy for Littlepea, she looks so happy in her FB profile! can't imagine having a little one again already

And HC you were right, not long until ttc - we were planning last weekend but I suddenly got The Fear and decided to wait another 4 weeks, just not a good time to be tired, nauseous, potato-brained!! Thesis is going horribly slowly, have writers block which is making me panic, pft... MiL over at the mo, and she's badgering me about having another, really having to bite my toungue not to say 'yes alright, I'm getting to it!!'

HT your arm sounds awful, poor you - I have an old wrist break (run over when cycling) and it does give me gip, nothing like yours though. Mend fast!! x

Scout hope the appointments go well and you continue to get better

PPM we were in Hyde Park for the wedding, not really a fan of the royals but it was so much fun, Annalise LOVED waving a little plastic flag about and dancing to the choir/organ bits. When W turned to see K for the first time, c100,000 people collectively gasped and swooned :D

Hello to everyone else, and a big kiss X

littlepea Well done and congratulations!

HC I find it very hard being ill with one, being ill with three is tough. Don't be so hard on yourself, you're a brilliant mother and the children know you are close at hand x

Iggly Welcome back, glad you had a good time. Chickens sound like fun! We're at Coombe Mill for a few days at the end of the week -not sure I'll be able to tear Joe away from the tractors!

Chiropractor again this morning, a bit less painful initially but am feeling it now. Armpit feels all swollen where he was stretching, massaging and prodding. This time I felt energised afterwards and went on a mad gardening and cleaning fit. Dh had taken the day off to look after Joe as I was so bad after it last week and he was a bit at my running around like a loony cleaning fairy.

I am trying to wean Joe from the boob but it is not going well! Tried talking to him about it the other day when he dived in for a snack and he just put his hands on them, gave me a sad look and said "booby happy." Of course I just melted and am now feeding on demand..an awful lot! Maybe not the time to try just now.

Love to all x

Big congratulations to littlepea and family. Well done!

Calypso-excited for you but know what you mean about feeling icky. After feeling like that for a week it has put me off getting PG (well, just for a little while)

Back in Nov the NHS people came and weighed and measured the reception children then yesterday I got a letter to say my Sophie is overweight!!! My little Sophie who was 6lb 3oz at birth and always on the 3rd centile and still wearing some 12-18 month clothes is overweight with a BMI of 94 with 98 and above being clinically obese!!!! Incidently I did my BMI and yesterday I weighed 9st 1.5lb which is healthy but today I am 9st 2.5lb which is classed as overweight. Stoopid charts!

Big wave to everyone!

HC
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Oh bugger, Joe has a rash-and we're supposed to be off to a very child centred farm (to stay) at the weekend. 6 spots on his shoulder/top of arm-raised and perfectly proportioned-almost like a pattern. All same size and distance from each other. Doctor says its too early to say chicken pox or viral rash but his throat is inflamed and sore, glands raised, and he has a little cough and is very clingy. Waiting to see if more spots appear. Dh then got the gp to examine me and I also have very raised glands and the inflamed throat so we are leaning towards a virus. I'm wiped out though as opposed to Joe who is full of beans! Keep fingers crossed for us.

Calypso X posted with you last night. Royal wedding celebrations sounded like lot of fun with a fab atmosphere-now you can always say you were there.

HC What silly charts. Dreamt up by a computer and not ever checked by a human being by the sound of it. I wonder how much money the NHS managed to waste on that

Hi,
HT Joe any better yet?

HC hope that you're feeling better too!

Next door neighbour has had to take her month old son to A&E with a fever that won't break, poor her & him, very worrying.

Hope everyone is really well and happy x

Hi everyone

Just a quick one, before the feeding starts again lol....

Got back home a couple of days ago, they only keep you in for 2 days! Feeling really sore, but i did get my tubes clamped too. So glad I stayed awake for c-section, it was great. DH even got to see Gabe lifted out of me.....glad I didnt see that! He had to be looked over as he kept forgetting to breath, but apart from that has been great. Sleeps alot! He was only 7lb 12 which is small for one of mine, its lovely having a wee one lol.....My scar spilt open a bit, but seems to be doing ok, yuk! Faith wasnt to happy about a new baby, and we have to watch her with him. She seems so big now! And heavy!

Hope everyone is feeling well.....HT how is Joe???

xx

Littlepea hope you are all well.Give us an update if you have the time.
It is soooo wierd how big your last child feels when you bring a new baby home.My ds1 said last week "that it was disapointing when I brought Connor home as he took all my love" GULP quite articulate for a 5 year old and very sad for me