FESH Spa & Creche: Plenty more FESH in the brie

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Welcome all those with aching scars, undercarriages, eyelids and limbs. Find comfort here. Menfolk barred.

Alps jelous of your nights off. I am getting to the stage where I am seriously thinking 4 months of full time work starting with the 5 weeks of retraining and the 4 days of exams before I can settle back down into my cosy job will be worth it for the couple of nights a month uninterrupted sleep and the ability to go to the pub when I feel like it. LG has slept better for the last couple of nights, but there is room for improvement yet, and it would help if TT didn't come waltzing into the bedroom at 6am to show us her princess dress (thanks, Cluck!)

I'm waving a 'get well' wafty hand in the direction of all poorly babes. Tis truly crap to have a poorly one to look after.

As for the racehorse, I had a very therapeutic hour today telephoning the vet, the farrier, the insurance company, the wormer people, the feed merchant etc, and telling various riding club committee friends about MJ. All of them shocked. Some of them were glad of the heads-up. Some of them commented that she had called them earlier last week to get racehorse's records transferred into her name, including in one case attempting to get access to the remainder of the year's wormers. I did offer to transfer the worming course over to her, but that was because it makes sense to have a horse on my land wormed correctly. The second she left that was no longer an option for her, but what a cheek! I have also been attempting to get in touch with the local hunt master to lean on him to stick up for his subscribers. The only masters with balls in the hunt seem to be those wearing lipstick. Cluck and I are off out sans girls with the neighbouring lot tomorrow. Picnic in the car! And finally, the planning people seem to be listening to me at last. Getting a visit on Wednesday to look at my bricks. Yee-ha, I know how to live!

Last bit of good news, little horse is settling down, bless him.

Now. I'm off to give the village hall bloke a bit of a verbal kicking. This is making me feel so much better!

Hi folks. Quick hello from sw londres.

Pol And curly am v jelus of spa day. Glad you had a good day.

Pol we moved Babymoo at 6 weeks so no you are not. Best thing I did I reckon. He hated Moses basket. We all sleep so much better. He doesn't like our bed now. Cries if I try and make him sleep in if! Result!

Silver we are getting early morning waking too but don't think he is ready yet. Going to leave it another few weeks before trying again. Can't face more choking/vomit for now.

Muse v nice of you to brave the journey to your dads. Journey will be fine I'm sure and once you've done that you can do anything! Im such a twit I'm scared of going on the tube with Babymoo.

I'm feeling a bit stressed with various things at the moment. Am doing bits of work and really struggling to keep on top of it all. Feel like every day a massive treadmill and continually shattered. If only I could have some decent sleep it would be different.

I am terrified of the tube honeymoo, I won't use it at the moment. Escalators scare the hell out of me.

Got tbh box, I think that sounds really snide making a handful of phonecalls about MJ. :( more AIBU than FESH.

hope all the little ones are doing better this morning.

I understand where you are coming from Alps, but farrier makes shoes specially for racehorse and is due to come day after I get back from holiday - so I had to tell him not to, racehorse has lessons at riding club, so had to cancel that, wormer people devise a yearly program for worming and the size of the wormers they send covers racehorse and shitland together, so told them to alter program - am on mat leave SMP and don't want to pay for 5 months of wormers and worm counts I am not going to use, vets - racehorse still has treatment ongoing for cellulitis, insurance company - see ongoing cellulitis claim above, feed merchant - MJ had used my account to buy things because I had vouched for her until she got her own account set up and she owed me money for things she had bought and I wanted to check she had settled my account, and the hunt people - they are just friends and if you can't have a grumble among friends then where can you?

The size of the hole she has dug should not be underestimated. I am fed up of being taken for a ride atm.

And you are right about AIBU, but I don't like it over there. Feels cosier here!

I did realise afterwards that there were probably accounts to be settled and orders to be cancelled... and obviously you don't want her getting a big ol' hay delivery in your name. I just don't think that given the amount of silliness going on right now there's any reason to add to it. You know, hold your head high and get the Titian Terror on the Shitland to ride across their picnics at the county show instead.

Where are you off for the skiing anyway and what are you going to do about babysitters?

Soldeu - we have a place there. Would like to sell it, but if I can't get it sold we might as well use it. So free accomodation, free flights, tis a troo budget holiday. Babysitter is mother. I know the place really well so should be able to time diving back for feeds well, although we have discovered LG will take a bottle of express milk if the teat is smeared with teething gel. Weird boy!

As for the pony shit, I have offloaded the lot, and am now backing out gracefully, will say no more but forever hold in my mind the time we both did dressage under the same judge on the same horse and I scored 10% more than her. That about sums things up - line drawn under the episode now.

It sounds as though the holiday as come at just the right time for your entire family and that's great news about LG taking a bottle! What are the conditions like right now? Seems to have been a weird season - friends in the US are getting 3' dumps which turn to slush a week later - even in January! Europe of course has been a joke although I gather Norway's had an epic year. I'm always in the wrong bloody place.

box horses are never simple are they! Your paths are bound to cross at some point in the horsey future. Unfortunately it's a small world, the equine one.

Sharer is back and working out well despite being ditsy. Well, has a good heart but is a bit airheady.

I'm joining the ranks of the sleepless but on a beginners level. Woken at 130 and again at 530 then our day began. Luckily I went to bed at 930 as I felt achey and knackered. I don't know if he's teething or ready for weaning or wot.

silv Give him a teething gel sarnie & see how he gets on!

Just spoken to JB, apparently Bear had a bad night. I think perhaps he was over-stimulated yesterday (KISS please people ) and in a strange house etc., etc. :( Apparently MIL had bought some sort of nightscape nightlight thing which projects images of the galaxy on to the ceiling. JB said it was like trying to sleep in a nightclub so he hit the switch. n.b., can I just make it clear he wasn't sleeping with his mum?

I have been to my Bumps, Babies and Toddler group. MB started off well, having a rare ol' time. Even managed to avoid gettig stomped on by toddlers. Twice. Then complete shit fit as tired and would not sleep so have left early. Child asleep and I'm meeting an old work chum for coffee and cake. No doubt MB will wake any minute and demand feeding too. Will have to try and multi task without flashing my boob at the grey army.

just wanted to say silv, wakefullness is no longer considered a sign to wean - I'm not saying don't, but look for the other signs as well.

Well artie different baby today - still clingy and tired, but so much happier. We saw doc last night, he said just a virus - nhs direct wanted us to see doc as artie was throwing up pure bile and it had come on so voilently. any way had no vom since 7 last night and he's wolfed down som toast and cheese.

I hope he's well on the mend now cossie - I was terrified the other week when Bear was puking and we weren't even at the bile stage! :( We did the very same "12 hours without puking", "24 hours without shitting on your neck, good boy".

What's your action plan (if any) for sleep resolution and your return to work? Or is the ostrich plan working out well?

costa sorry artie is poorly. Glad he's happier little fella today. Trust me, I'm in no rush to wean. At all. For many selfish reasons. My gut says it's teeth. He's still not really interested when I eat. I've heard that the extra feed could just be cos bm can be soothing on sore gums. True or bull? His cheeks were rosy this morning and are again so....... Your guess is as good as mine.

Lovin' the weather. Nice.

MB didn't wake and slept for two hours!!! World record in this household. Not sure why he did. Maybe purely knackered or rundown?? Who knows. So now he's stuffing his chops.

Lol @ sleep resolution in prep for returning to work. I have seen some, if not all, of every hour for the past two nights, then had to get up at 5.50am to go and work a 9 hour day, followed by going to collect the wean and arriving home at 6.45pm. Alas one's baby does not automatically sleep through in response to one's return to work. Sometimes they get worse

deffo ostrich here alps we're firmly in the, it will get better at some point camp. Will see how it goes when I go back to work and how I'm coping.

Yes I think increased feed often for teething, but also could be little growth spurt?

It's so quiet around here, have you all become shells of your former selves? :(

cossie You're right, it will get better one day. I read something last week which said something along the lines of rather than trying to "fix" the baby, just try and work out how you and TGO can survive it.

Danielle Lloyd is pregnant. This annoys me because we were pregnant at the same time although she gave birth at term. She dropped the butterdish in December about the time I started trying. She says she had her coil removed for a month and so "must be the most fertile woman on earth". At least she won't fit in to her wedding dress this summer.

cunty What were to happen if you "had to go away on business" (spend the night in a nice hotel in central london) ? Would homme step up to the bar? What's going on at daycare with him? Are they giving him amphetamines and all doing the conga?

I don't know :-( I've got a poorly sick child that won't go to sleep cos his nose is blocked and just wants to stand at cot bars shouting the odds at me. It's my non work day and i'm due at the dox for my contraceptive jab at 10.30, and I've developed an incredibly painful problem with my leg which is making walking very difficult. My life is shit. And i'm 37 this week too

Cunty Alps has a good idea wrt going away on business for a night or 2. I am looking forward to a night in a hotel every now and again when I go back to work! I am going 'lalala' about the number of exams I have to pass on nosleepatall before I get the hotel stage though!

LG had a good couple of nights (well, I think LG regards all nights to be good, it's just how I feel at the end of them!) Then last night was up again. Only now he is in the cot I have to get up to feed him if he wails. Oh, well, next week we are on our hols and I will have 2 other responsible adults to deal with him while I try and catch up.

Alps you know I am just too busy to join in the banter lots! Bummer about Danielle Lloyd. You've proved you can do it once, and all that. A few months isn't a long time yet.

Right. Skiing people and secondtimers, I am off over to the skiing section to ask a TT skiing question.

Pfff - I was 37 months ago - and I forgot until yesterday.

Blocked nose - have you got a nasal spray? He'll hate you for about 10 seconds as you jam his head on to the nozzle, then he'll forget. Plus the old fanny trick of cot up on books? Then, phone in bloody sick (tomorrow) and lie on the couch sobbing in a dirty dressing gown with the pockets stuffed full of mars bar wrappers.

I take it no matter what comes, hell or high water, you'll be going to the doctor today!

Your life isn't shit - you have an amazingly high-powered job, a killer wardrobe, an adorable munchkin, a man who loves you, a big house with a normo garden, a mum who adores you, older sisters who adore you, brains, wit, sense AND , there's a FESH meet a fortnight today and I believe there will be cake.

alps you clearly have a Masters in saying EXACTLY the right thing to raise a smile, glimmer of hope etc. Me - well I don't seem to be able to get me words out anywhere near as well. So RubyTues I'll go with "wot she said "

sorry for silence. monday was a write-off thanks to shitty body and I had to work yesterday, and do actual work rather than fanny round on internet. off to mums and tots in a mo, then I have to baby proof, aka tidy up because crawling has accelerated and been joined by a level of cruising/climbing that is driving me insane.. Hope to catch up this evening.

but I do have time to give cunty an un-feshly hug ((()))

Thanx everyone i'm such a drama queen.