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CUNextTuesday · 24/02/2011 17:02

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

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Okiecokie · 07/04/2011 09:25

FP I totally believe it is the age gap you and I have. I have friends with a 3 year gap who are finding it a breeze. Peppa on her own is a breeze. There were tears 4 times between 7 and 8am this morning, 3 times mini oke, 1 time peppa. I am starting to think I either need to get up before both kids to get myself ready OR let my standards drop and leave the house without freshly blow dried hair and make up. Doing boob for peppa, milk for mini oke, expressing t'other boob, reading several books in our bed to mini oke, all dressed inc me showered and a bit of slap on all without any serious injury to anyone ready to leave the house at 8.10 leaves me needing a very stiff gin by 8.15am

AlpinePony · 07/04/2011 09:32

okie I'll bet people are really judgey if you have a wee nip at the wheel too. :( Wankers.

SilverSky · 07/04/2011 11:14

Weird how you can legally smoke at the wheel but not eat say an apple?

AlpinePony · 07/04/2011 11:24

Really? is that law now? I have a great photo of me driving home from collecting my made-to-measure Stubben (obv, not strictly for ME!) - I got a speeding ticket in Germany and there's me at the wheel with a bar of chocolate in one hand and a coke and a fag in the other haha. Until that point I didn't know you could get speeding tickets in Germany.

My bugbear is mobile phone users, 9 times out of 10 if some arsehole nearly hits you - you'll note they've got a phone clamped to their ear. :(

CluckyKate · 07/04/2011 11:49

Yep - nearly had a head-on with a Range Rover whilst taking a back-route to Badminton....was Zara with phone clamped to her ear!!

With you FP & Okie on the juggling thing - babies are a doodle; baby + toddler = mega challenge. Life is one big freakin' negotiation and I don't apologise for looking forward to the days LC goes to nursery.
That said, LC is a delight and has me laughing out loud every day with her witticisms and crazy ideas.

Cosmosis · 07/04/2011 12:41

Babyled not old fashioned I don?t think, is v fashionable now, I would say strict routine more old fashioned these days.

Just checked up on Artie and he is v happy and chatty today and is having 2 hour sleep. I wish I was having a 2 hour sleep!

muse with Artie I found at about 10 weeks he started going to bed at 9, then at 12 weeks at 8, and then about 4 months at 7 ? 7.30. He?s always done his best stretch of sleep for his first lot. Sounds like you have a very alert baybee who wants to take it all in therefore doesn?t want to nap as will Miss Out.

FP clyde sounds like a real character now!

Muser · 07/04/2011 12:54

She definitely does not want to miss out. Always staring and looking serious.

Last night was great though. TBG took her out in the sling twice because she was annoyed with the world. He has promised to do that every evening when the weather is ok, so I get a bit of time to myself.

Then he gave her my bottle of expressed milk which she drank happily. One of my NCT friends told me you don't have to put the calma bottles upright and to try it horizontally so the milk comes slower. Worked a bloody charm! Then I fed her and she went to sleep at 11pm and woke up at 5am. I wish my boobs would get used to these long sleeps though. I am tired of waking up soggy.

AlpinePony · 07/04/2011 13:28

I'm so fashionable I'm shitting Stokke! Grin

Speaking of fashionable- Btw, have any of you lot seen the threads in Style & Beauty which say things like "Am I too old at 34 to wear long hair/short skirts/denim/Joules/etc,?". Are we old? Do we fall in to the category which should only shop at Per Una/Edinburgh Woollen Mill? Should I take out a Boden account?

SilverSky · 07/04/2011 15:24

Don't get me started on Per Una. Used to like some of their stuff til I noticed women of my mum's age and OAPs cruising the rails!!!! Then there was the time a bloke in his 50s asking me what I thought of a yellow floral scrappy dress as he held it up against himself.

Now I don't have a very active social life I don't clothes shop. Saying that am out for curry ce coir! What to blardy wear???

Muser · 07/04/2011 16:24

Wear something fabulous Silvs, make the most of it.

Well, after saying my baby doesn't nap, she appears to be making up for it today. She has been fast asleep for about 2 hours now. And that was the third nap. We were out and came home and she is still fast asleep in her pram. I should probably be using this time to do housework. Bollocks to that.

CluckyKate · 07/04/2011 16:52

Plz to explain the housework concept Muse???

Have abandoned the baby at Boxers and ridden ponio - she was feeling ver well. I luffs my horse Grin

Hope you're able to find something splendid for your night out Silv. Going out to a Hunt dinner tomorrow and have similar ishoo. Have puke-covered jeans or smelly jodphurs....nothing else fits [grump]

SilverSky · 08/04/2011 12:35

Morning gals!

Had a lovely evening out and scoffed wine and curry. Yum! Managed to look half decent.

Managed another glorious ride in the sun all on me tod. Ventured to one of my cave hacking spots. Ground was bit Dodge in that it was a tad hard but aside from that was wunnerful. Nag was full of beans.

This afternoon I will be mainly burning creating marvellous food for MB to enjoy. His poo has started to change already .

Plz to explain why MB haz started to wake at 4am? It's killing me. Nuffin compared to some of the FESH babes I know....

Backinthebox · 08/04/2011 13:29

Cave hacking ... sounds interesting! Wink

Am praying for the tooth to break through asap now. LG and I both need more sleep than we are getting. I was the poor unfortunate mother with the wailer at toddler group today. Even the woman with 10 week old twins looked fresher than I do!

Had a big fat dress fail for dinner tonight. Nothing fits over my humungous bust any more. So in a moment of inspiration this morning I have decided to bling up my stretchy black maternity/BFing dress. hopefully I won't pop out of it...!

SilverSky · 08/04/2011 13:39

Bleeding predictive text!! FAVE!!

Oh and I badly need a sports bra. Boobs were killing me!!

box dress will look loverly! Praps strategically placed safety pin??

SilverSky · 08/04/2011 13:40

Ps is it common for babies which wot are being weaned to get constipation?

Muser · 08/04/2011 13:40

Box just the woman I was after. I need Babyhawk advice. Took the small one out in yesterday and she started off fine but was soon slipping down and nearly slipped out the bottom. What on earth am I doing wrong?

CUNextTuesday · 08/04/2011 13:58

Yes silv, make sure he has plenty of fluids. He should be ok with boiled water, or tap water if you're me and alps

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FannyPriceless · 08/04/2011 14:40

I also do tap water after 6 months.

clucky Loving the cave hacking.

I am exhausted. Just when we were in the middle of our conversation yesterday morting about two being harder than one, Bonnie's nursery phoned to say 'Surprise, surprise, she has caught that conjunctivitis infection that all the other kiddies are riddled with. Please collect her now like.' (I paraphrase.)

So that turned my day to custard. Off to GPs to get eyedrops, then stuck with two grumpy demanding children and all other plans for the day cancelled. (I was supposed to have nice cake and natter with the other mummies.Angry) Instead my day included highlights like washing wee out of the stair carpet after Bonnie decided to remove her own nappy then got confused about what to do next.

To top it off Clyde woke up at 3:55 am this morning and decided it was party time in my bed for for the next 2 hours. I have never seen anything like it! He was climbing on me, leaping forward with both hands, falling over laughing and doing it all again. Accompanied by a top-volume joyful meander through his entire repertoire of consonants and vowels. It would have been funny if I wasn't weeping with tiredness trying to shush him. MrP got up and slept on the floor in the study as he had only just got back to bed after trying to convince Bonnie to sleep in her own room. It was like poor Mr Bear in 'Peace at Last'.

They are very cute though. I think Clyde's thing is he is just realising that he can play with us, so he doesn't want to miss an opportunity. And Bonnie has developed a thing for our owl-shaped doorstop.Confused She wraps it in a muslin, carefully puts it in Clyde's car seat, changes its nappy. Owl now has his own bottle, and has to be carefully rocked to sleep and cuddled if he is feeling poorly. I've decided there's a major transference thing going on, as Bonnie will announce 'Owl has a really stinky poo' or 'Owl is feeling tired and wants a cuddle' etc etc!Grin I find myself having serious conversations about a doorstop. This was not in the books.

FannyPriceless · 08/04/2011 17:08

Grand National sweepstake anyone?

Muser · 08/04/2011 17:28

Oh bless her, that is so sweet.

I feel your lack of sleep pain. Yesterday was brilliant. She slept really well at night and then had several naps during the day. She went to bed at 11ish and I thought all was good. But then she woke up at 3am and never really went back to sleep. And no sleeping today, despite a walk in the sling. I should take her out again but I'm exhausted. Best of all, TBG is out tonight so no 7pm relief party.

She's so damn cute though. She keeps looking at me very seriously as if she's thinking Big Thoughts. And sitting round all day watching films hasn't been so bad. I've been out every day this week, think we deserved some down time.

Backinthebox · 08/04/2011 17:52

Muse panic not - your baby is teeny still, and you have yet to get practiced. I am getting ready for night out and also weekend away so am rushed, but if you can wait till tomorrow or Sunday I can quiz you and find out how you can improve your tie. It is possible to put a tiny baby in one successfully, but I had a lot better carry with BabyChick yesterday than I ever did with TT at the same age. To start with, are you tying your shoulder straps round her back or under her bum? How do you mean exactly that she is slipping out of the bottom, as there should be a good bit of cloth underneath her?

CluckyKate · 08/04/2011 18:26

Getting ready already Boxer?!?! Massive fail from MrCluck who has decided to come home via Sainsbo to buy beer. He should have been home an hour ago and this means he will be home 10 mins before I need to go out so, not only do I have to wear some awful frumpy maternity skirt but I'm going to have to wear woolly tights in this weather because I don't have time to shave my fucking legs. So say I'm fucking pissed off with him would be an understatement Angry

Hope you've enjoyed your duvet day....if you can't indulge in a few good films now, when can you eh?
Sound like you could do with doing the same FannyP, only would prob have to be some cartoon shite to keep Bonnie happy.

Muser · 08/04/2011 19:16

Box tying the straps round her back as per instructions, although at the sling meet the lady who showed me hers said she tied round bum. Would it be better there? It might have been my panicked brain thinking she was falling out the bottom. Basically, she started off nice and high with her head fully in the support bit. Then after we'd walked for a while she squirmed a bit and ended up way under the head support. I was trying to jiggle her back up and it seemed that maybe the folded over material at the bottom had slipped a bit so there wasn't quite as much supporting her.

She is currently asleep in her Kari-me. Good for her, not so good for me as I can't sleep. So I shall be forced to watch Buffy instead.

PerfectDromedary · 08/04/2011 19:57

Which episode? Enquiring minds need to know!

Muser · 08/04/2011 20:51

Halloween one from Riley college season. Not a great one. But even bad Buffy is good.

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