Jan 2008 - I´m 3 and I own the world

[mixedmamameansbusiness]

It was getting desperate and since MrsMCJnr suggestion came in last and I was being lazy I just went for that - hope that is ok.

Good plan Mixedm & well done :)

How are you feeling? Must be 39+ 3/4 by now?
When did the boys arrive?

I'm cool with 2nd hand stuff, have got some bargainous bundles of kids clothes off ebay. I'm not such a fan of rooting through clothes in certain charity shops, they do vary, some are a tad smelly for my liking
But for toys & books, etc. brilliant - and also fab for a 'treat' shop for DS1 post-dentist or similar, go and buy a video for 20p and he thinks he's got the moon :)

All ok here, pootling along, achy, tired, usual pg stuff.

Off to London to see Les Mis tonight & stay overnight with DH - a Christmas present from PIL that i was too disorganised to sort out until now! - sure i will sleep terribly but hope the show is as good as everyone says.

Yep 39+4. Sunday/MOnday is due date.

Got a dinnerout wth friends tomorrow night and the boys have a birthday party on Saturday so a few things happening. Thinking about going to see y gran on Sunday as I doubt i will get down to Southall after LO makes an appearance. Mum will be driving so we should be able to get back if it all kicks off. m trying not to think too much about it all as I seem to send every evening wonderin f this is it.

S was bang on his du date and E was 11 days lt and induction so it is anyones guess really.

That sounds lovely theatre and oernight stay. I have heard brillant things about Les Mis. I love the theatre buthavent been for ages.

Jealous JKS - hope it is great and that you sleep well after all.

We're out to a buffet supper at the bishop's tonight, oh deep joy! I'd much rather spend the evening with the friend who is coming to sit for us (whoever it is - one of a couple, they decide last minute who is most in need of a quiet evening on my sofa ). Part of the job really. No idea who else is coming.

MM - everything crossed that you pop soon

thanks for new thread. great title.

ooooooooo Mixedmama!!!!

marking place :)

Thanks for the new thread Mixedmama! Can´t believe you are due this weekend!!

JKS - I know what you mean about charity shops, plus they are really expensive! Totally out of touch with the world of eBay. I know it´s charity but.. Les Mis!!! I love that show, hope you have a fabulous time.

Madmouse - hope the dinner goes well

LaT & Ange - ¡hola!

Thanks for the new thread Mixedmama....can't believe its all happening so soon now! FWIW, I've got an absolutely brilliant ameda egnell Lactaline pump that I'm about to stick on ebay....is 2nd hand more acceptable if its from someone you know? If so, let me know :)

Simpson, I'm and for you. I totally agree about boys cooking and being made to be a bit self-sufficient, so I will definitely be swapping notes with you about what we can get J and A to do in about 4 years from now :) :) :) And again, FWIW, all 3 of my kids are mostly dressed in 2nd hand stuff, whehever I can get it....I have no shame in touting around my friends for their hand-me-downs: most stuff is in amazing condition and is mostly from much nicer (more expensive) places than anything I buy (which is almost entirely Tesco, Asda and the occasional bit of Next). So pah! to your so-called-friends :)

JKS- hope you had a luvverly trip :)

Thanks for the offer Filly. The breast pump issue is DH rather than me - I would happily have bought the advertised one, he is insisting that if I need one I will get a new one. Ridiculous really.

Hi all

I would not have issues with second hand breast pump either - all you ever do with the buggers is sterilising them (expressed 5 times a day for the first 3 weeks with Nathan so I know)

Nathas has chickenpox sigh - mild yesterday, high temp last night and spots EVERYWHERE today and a child that is just off colour. Oh well it will pas....timing could be better though

Filly - I have just put J's name down to start beavers in sept which I think he will really love

Had a bad eve with DC (well M) today as when she was putting her PJs on before bed she just stood up and weed all over the floor and I got really cross with her and made her cry

Its the fist accident she has had in 2wks....

Really don't know what to do over H's trip to come and see DC in april, he is saying he has no £££

But DC have not seen him for nearly 6mths and I am soooo close to just offering to pay for ticket myself tbh as I know it will benefit DC and tbh I could do with the break

Good news is Italy is definately on Just got to book cats into cattery

Simps I can see where you are coming from with wanting to pay for the trip for exh but please don't - he will let you down one way or another and stress you all out - it will not be a break when he's here. Remember how he behaved last time.

ou get more of a break paying a babysitter for a night on the razz...

Simpson - You are too good, Is there any legitimate reason for him being skint, or has he just not budgeted for it?

It won't be a break for you though.

Poor you Simpson. One of my friends did everything she could to maintain a relationship between her ex and her kids. She drove them across the country, paid for the 3 of them to go away, you name it she tried it. They even moved back to where they came from so the kids could be close to their Dad to spend quality time. They are now teenagers and they see him but they don´t have much of a relationship because he never invested in them after the break up. It´s really sad and I hope one day he realises what he has missed out on.

I am really struggling with Xavier´s behaviour at the moment. He is so defiant and it makes me see red. I try to tell myself to be the adult about it and understand why he does the same things that I have asked him not to over and over again but eventually I snap and shout. I am giving up shouting for Lent but I don´t know how I am going to manage it! Any tips anyone.

We've had shouting the past few days here too MrsMc. Today, she ordered me about completely joylessly and squawked constantly while we were making pancakes, threw soil out of the pots we had just planted all over the patio, pulled the door off her dolls house that I had just fixed, refused to eat her dinner because I said she could only have water to drink until after dinner and pushed Daniel over so he hit his head on the floor. All totally normal toddler beahviour but that was within an hour and a half and I lost the plot totally when she pushed Daniel over.

I'm blaming it on others' bad behaviour at nursery and tiredness . It's very wearing though, as she is so aware of what she's doing.

Managed some nice cuddles and giggles before bedtime - phew!

Feel for you both. We have this a lot aswell. At the moment E is going through a quite well behaved phase..... (hope I am not speaking too soon). He is terrible at picking up and tidying though and sometimes I do lose it a little when i have asked him for the 150th time and when they fight together my temper is very difficult to control at the moment and regularly ends up with kids sitting on their beds whilst I go to the bathroom and cry for shouting.

As is the mantra of this thread THIS TOO SHALL PASS>..... soon we hope.

any news mixedmama?

LaT ? I think bedtime is so important for us all, it´s the nicest time!!

Thinking of you MM, not long!!!

M went to bed in disgrace today as she bit me on the hand

We had been out for a nice meal foR dinner (with my dad) and tbh she was overtired....

We were in pets@home getting cat food (and cat flap yay!!) and she kicked off about something and just grabbed my hand and bit it hard

Oh well, tomorrow is another day

Oh dear Simps - H tries to bite, if he can't reach to hit but luckily hasn't mastered biting very well!!

Have PIL & their friend here this weekend, i'm finding it all a bit much, MIL desperate to feel baby moving, i'm trying to be 'cool' with her touching bump but it doesn't come naturally.

They are leaving tomorrow morning apparently so can have a quiet Sun in peace, then i can get started on the baby room in earnest (their friend is staying in there for the weekend so everything in piles/bags/boxes still).

Mixed - hope no update is good news? :)

Morning all...

Nothing happening I am afraid. 6 days over now. Am just taking solace in the fact that whatever happens we are likely to meet baby by Thurs/Fri one way or the other. My MW was quite positive about my induction requests should it come to that. Mostly just less monitoring and use of doppler with water for pain relief (this wasnt allowed last time as the labour ward didnt have bathrooms attached to the rooms). She was positive and said as long as there were no complications my requests were all fine.

JKS - bummer about your MW appointment the other day, but at least it wasnt your regular MW.

Off to my mum and dads today in Bow and my dad has had a minor panic attack about me not being round the corner from my hospital. Really anyone would think I was going to Manchester. And, as if there arent hospitals in Tower Hamlets if it became necessary.

Sorry for a me me me post..... am massively self indulgent at the moment.

MM you are totally entitled to be self-indulgent - not long now

JKS surely you don't have to let anyone except DH feel the baby????

I hope you get a bit of peace!

Simpson this too shall pass - you're doing well being calm and firm x

Simpson ? I feel for you, I know biters, mostly girls actually. X has been bitten a few times so thankfully won´t do it to anyone else but sadly he hits and he scratches and now he is pulling hair too, they learn such lovely things at nursery don´t they??
JKS ? not long now until you get some peace!
MM ? thinking of you!!
My Saturday has been very sad ? not much Family Fun in that we attended the funeral of a baby today he died in 12 hours from a bacterial infection which shut down his organs. He would have been 1yr on Tuesday and died 4 days before. He was a friend from toddler group so we went as a family. Trudged up a very steep hill path and listened to his parents´ brave and passionate words and joined them in scattering his ashes and releasing helium balloons in his honour. DCs behaved appallingly unfortunately. Very, very sad but a reminder of what is important too. We have another funeral on Monday too of a close friend of 47 who died of cancer on Weds. It´s been a very sad week

Oh Lord, MrsMc, what a horrible week. I'm so sorry. We have had a horrible day (Me and DH rowing) but that does put it in perspective.

Simpson - DD went through a biting phase. For what it's worth we tried everything I'd heard suggested over a period of time but in the end, what worked for us was totally ignoring her. Not the behaviour. Her. She was in the same room as us but we wouldn't respond or show any interest in her. She hated it and came round soon after we started it.

Mixedmama - sorry baby is keeping you hanging around. I am vicariously excited for you. Feel free to huff and gruff!

JKS - hang on in there!

I cannot imagine anything worse than a child's funeral MrsMc :(

DS came back from the CMs with a shortbread biscuit from the "blue cafe" the other day - on closer investigation he meant Greggs, but Blue Cafe sounds so much classier :). He has us in stitches every day.

Sanctions restricting his favourite thing, Fireman Sam, works if he is being naughty MrsMc.

DS has been accepted in to the nursery from September of a fantastic first school (we still have 3-tier in our part of Northumberland). I'm so pleased but felt a bit teary at the thought of him nearly being grown up enough to go to school!

Know what it is like to go overdue Mixedmama time to go for a drive over some speed bumps and all the other old wivs tales...

Xavier told me last night that he was helping Pablo (nemisis from nursery!) put his seatbelt on but couldn´t do it so Edie McCreadie from Balamory came along in her bus and helped them! Got to love their imaginations!!