March 2010 - Babies: "Climbing like an evil genius". Mummies: "Avoiding the Shred DVD"

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Welcome to those with a March 2010.
Happy Easter from me....
Unwrap it quick!..

Oh, it's a new thread. I was hoping for chocolate.

MN iPhone app is finally out!! Huzzah!!
Agree with Heckle, zombie like tiredness here too, it's horrid isn't it... in fact DH and I had the mother of all arguments yesterday (at 0645 no less) as I made sandwiches for the day.. purely because of tiredness methinks.
Anyway to all x

The mumsnet iPhone app is here!!!!!

Although it doesn't have a go to last page function -rubbish!

Hey everyone, decided to give the new app a go. No doubt my spelling a random word count will still be as apparent as ever

Having to get tough on Miles and the whole sleeping thing. Basically I didn't want to leave him him to cry for any large amount of time before I was sure he had grasped object permanence (that I come back when I'm out the room and haven't disappeared forever) Anyway, we're going for a two pronged attack.. In the night we've been reducing his feeds by one minute every 2 nights. He's down to 5 minutes a feed if he wakes now, not sure what we'll do when it gets to 1 min

At bedtime, if we stay in his room he will stand up and sit down to his hearts content for anything up to an hour and a half. The problem is, we couldn't just leave him to it to go to sleep in his own time cause as soon as we leave the room he screams the house down!

Anyway, we've resorted to leaving him to cry for 5 mins then going back in and tucking him in, then leaving him for 6 mons and going back in and so on. I feel AWFUL doing this but nothing else we've tried is has worked and this is working. One night he only cried for 1 min and then went to sleep, overall the crying period is getting less and less It seems to work at naptimes quite quickly and this morning when he wanted up for the day at 4 we just tucked him back in and after a few minutes ofcrying he went back to sleep till 7.10!

Sorry to be so me me me. Just a little sleep update, for the first time in 14 months I can see glimmers of hope we might be able to get him sleeping better

I had my hysterosalpingogram yesterday (where they insert dye up cervix then take x-rays). As I suspected they couldn't get the dye up my cervix - it was blocked. So Asherman's (uterine adhesions/scarring) looks increasingly likely. I now have to wait and see what my consultant suggests next, but I think it will be a hysteroscopy. I think it all means that I won't be able to have another child. Guess it was meant to be.

On a happier note, I'm on hol as of tomorrow. Toodlepip

Shroomer, to you . I hope you are as ok as can be expected with this kind of news. Did they get any dye to your uterine cavity/tubes? Maybe a hysteroscopy will tell more...
I really hope you have a lovely, restorative holiday - you deserve it .

Dalrymps, oh my, symptathies. CC worked an absolute treat for DS1, but I also hated it. Hopefully M. will get the message sooner rather than later and Go To Sleep and Stay Asleep.

Btw, what is this 'iPhone app' you all speak about?? Newfangled nonsense!

Melk, hope you are ok (and have made up with DH) and Project Not-Bfing-Thea is going as well as you want it go . I have to say, in the last few days when Joe has been unwell, I have missed the ability to feed him for comfort .

Joe is better, slept last night, no fever this morning. But he is Mr Grumpy and entirely unputdownable without nervous breakdown. His poor bitten tongue looks just awful - all white and macerated (which is the way mouthwounds are ment to look, but still ). He is on yogurts (without lumps, natch!), milk and water and that's it.

Sunny here today, must hang my washing out - cheeriebye !

Oooh. A new iphone app. Surely this will mean that i will stop procastinating and actually contribute to this fabulous thread.

shroomer i hope it all works out ok for you. Enjoy your holiday!

evitas how is v? Y had a bad allergic reaction to eggs a few months ago. He now has an epipen with him at all times.

pd ouch. That sound really painful for joey. Hope it all heals up soon.

rindercella how are you holding up? I think of you often. I will be attempting a 5k run for life soon and you story is part of my motivation.

I am still working full-time and actually love my new company and the job. I am also doing pretty well and have been noticed by the top management . After years of being put down and fired as soon as i got back from maternity leave, this feels SOOO good. It is hard leaving the kids all day bu i leave work at 4:30 so i have some time with them each evening.
We will have a belgian au-pair with us from august though. Am excited and nervous!!

Must get ready for work. They do cooked breakfast on fridays! Yumyum

Forgot.

dalrymp Y screams blue murder when we leave the room as well. I now say 'slaapwel' (goodnight in dutch) to him firmly, give him a kiss and leave straight away. I will scream for max 2-3 minutes and then go to sleep. He still lives me the same the next morning.

Uhum... HE will scream. I go watch tv.

Dizzi - lol at you being the one screaming. I didn't even notice you'd written that but it's a tempting concept

Shroomer - so sorry to hear about the problems with scarring and the news you have been given. Hopefully the next procedure will bring more clarity. ((hugs))

Pacific- glad I'm not the only one who hates the CC. I swore I'd never donor but I'm all out of options

Poor Js tongue, hope it heals soon for him!

Shroomer sorry to hear your problems. I hope the further procedures will be more positive - maybe things aren't as bad as you suspect ((hugs))

Dalrymps glad sleep training is going well - your experience is making me think perhaps we should give it another go with R

Dizzidoll good to see you again! Lol at you screaming. Lol at you watching TV! Either way - funny

at new iphone app - I have downloaded already but still getting to grips with it. It's pretty good, but I reckon a couple of updates down the line it'll be great!

OK, epic moan alert:

AAARGH. Parenting is so NOT FUN at the moment. I'm really struggling to find the joy.

I'm constantly running around after DD2.
DD1 I feel I am neglecting - she doesn't get enough attention and it's showing sometimes in her behaviour and now in the past week she seems to be quite teary and upset about silly little things that wouldn't normally faze her. She could also be anxious about starting school in a few weeks, so I have that to worry about too.
THe house is A Pit. Every surface has something that Doesn't Belong and I have zero time to clean or tidy. The girls' rooms in particular are awful.

All this plus not having a job means I have very little time/headspace for myself and I'm just longing for some work so that I can do something for myself for a change. Plus we're skint and getting fed up of that too!
I said in my last post that I have to stop wishing their lives away, but I can't help it - I'm really looking forward to when they're both a bit older and more independent and not quite so needy when it comes to time and attention. I know, obviously, they'll still need that but it gets a bit easier the older they get, right? Right??

Blurg, I sound like a moany cow that needs to count herself lucky. But I did need to get all that out of my head so that I can try and get something productive done today.

Have a nice Friday everyone x

Swore I'd never do it NOT Donor

Hillllooooooooo - apologies for long time no post. Nothing particularly gripping happening here and before I went away to the lakes NO ONE was posting. Now I check back in, everyone and their mother's been on. tsk tsk

Will read up and catch up. But it in the mean time...

Dalrymps I swore I'd never donner either...... Vile garlicky things....

How were the Lakes?

Did you see Chaos' typo on the MN exam thread??

Anyhoo, thank you for all the good wishes for Joe - he is still miserable although has no fever anymore. His tongue is just disgusting and reeks to high heavens

RKD lovely to "see" you again! we've missed you

PD hope little J. is better and that soon he returns to his 12h sleep very soon. And his tongue if you say a lot of blood (I'm sure you are used to see blood often) I can only imagine how bad it looked.

Shroomer hugs Enjoy your time in Italy

Dizzi :) glad the job is going well and that you are managing full time job + full mum = success!

Dalry CC - I know it is bloody hard, but have faith, it works in the long term.

Melk tiredness and arguments, typical isn't it? Hope things are better. Hugs

Heckle could you ask your inlwas or your parents to look after you girls for an afternoon, so you could have a bit of breathing space, go for a walk, to the hairdresser, a treat to yourself.

V. is on the mend (I hope). His conjunctivitis is not looking good yet and his eyes are really puffed. I hope his better by Monday so I can send him to the CM, I really need to do some work.
This morning I said to DH: "it's cold isn't it? I think we should turn the heating on". And he said "I refuse to turn it on. It's June!! If you are cold dress another layer of clothes"

Waves to everyone else.

evitas our heating is on today and we are in surrey. Just sneak it on. He probably won't notice.

I am sat here givin Y a bottle. I know i should't at this hour but i love the cuddles.
He kissed a 10 month old girl at dd's school fun day today, followed by him walking backwards to show off, a little celebratory dance and then back for another kiss.
5 minutes later his target was a 1 year old girl . I smell trouble!!

Night night all!!

hi all- just checking in-= am lurking but not much to say atm x

as its sunday- have bacon butties on me ~:)

PD if you are around does this sound like hand foot and mouth?

Spots on bottom lip(outside mouth) White spots on Tongue, small red spots on two fingers and red spots on upper thigh/bottom?

If so how long before he can go to nursery, spots on Tongue came yesterday ones on mouth etc this morning

Ang, sorry to hijack your post, but V. had it a a couple of months ago and it was very similar too what you've just described, but he also had some spots on his foot, and not many on his mouth. I can't exactly remember how long he had to stay at home... but it's just another viral thing :( 4 of my friends' babies have it at the moment.

It's a grim virus he looks like a glue sniffer with spots all round his mouth!

Evitas - sorry V had it too but also reassuring.

Was supposed to be having a lovely afternoon in the sunshine with my NCT friends too

ang sorry to hear DS is unwell, sounds nasty. Hope he's better soon.

So...am still exhausted, got the cold, rather fed up with everything at the moment. Adding to this, DD1 seems to have a major dose of the wobbles about starting school , to the point now where she's getting hysterical when we leave her at nursery. I'm at a loss how to tackle this - is this just one of those things we have to ride out til she's finally settled in at school after the summer?

I've also got a job interview on Monday. It's for a temporary full-time post. I have to say, in the past week or so I've seriously thought to myself that if someone came along and offered me a full time job, I would take it as I'm so fed up at home. But I know the childcare/maternal guilt thing would not be easy. Anyway, I have to get through interview first and that involves me actually getting my brain in gear to write an article and a presentation. This could be tricky, as I'm finding it difficult to think straight enough to write my name, never mind anything else

It never rains, but it pours. I know things will lift soon and I hope I'll be back to tackling life with a bit more enthusiasm soon but can't I just fast forward to the good bits???

To look on the bright side, evitas I have taken your advice and booked a haircut (although partly also to look smart for interview!) Plus it's DH's birthday on Saturday and we should be getting the whole day and night to ourselves - hurrah. Wonder if I can persuade him to stay in bed all day...and SLEEP

Much love to you all :) Am keeping up with those of you on FB, but the thread had dropped off my Active Conversations again. Not good, must do better. All of you having tough times at the moment, remember PD's mantra - TTSP! :)

Good news chez FP - someone at DH's work resigned, they've moved one teacher to that department to take on her classes next year, and DH is now taking on the moved teachers classes next year (in another subject, but still, he can teach it) and now has a full timetable, meaning the redundancy process has stopped

The relief is immense, I didn't realise how much it was preying on my mind until he rang with the news which was completely out of the blue.

Ofsted still haven't registered the garden which means the girls spend their days pressed up against the back door looking longingly at the garden which they cannot play in yet - grrr! All that work and it's going to waste! Still, given that that's the worst thing going on here now, I can live with it.

Other news? I have finally started to come round to the idea of a DC2. DD is getting so grown up now, and she's been so much fun as a tiny one - and seeing her with other children I think she'd make an excellent big sister. I'm still not comfortable with the idea of a hospital birth next time, but given the Intervention Bingo that I nearly got a full house for, it would be the preferred option for my body, if not my mind...nothing doing yet though.

Meant to add, nothing doing because we're doing nothing. It's still only coming round to the idea. I'm not there yet!

That's great news fliss about DH. And about DC2 ;) we were discussing DC2 this weekend, hormonally I'm there but logically and happiness-wise I'm really not. We'll see what wins..

Hope T not too bad ang

Back later x

well ladies if you want another March baby then get on with it