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

[Arcadie]

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.

Greetings mummyelk!! Glad you're enjoying the challenges of toddlerhood!

I keep seeing toddlers holding onto their siblings pram walking nicely and know I have no hope of such a well behaved sensible attitude if we had no 2- DS would inevitably run screaming the opposite way or meltdown on the floor! How do people manage such good behaviour? DS is gorgeous and perfect UNTIL u dare suggest doing something he doesn't fancy!

MissPentouth- sadly we shall be alps bound for your meetup or would have joined.

Anyone got plans for summerhols yet?

Big MMMM abroad meetup?? We are off to family resort in may in Corfu if anyone fancies!

Happy Xmas everyone- hope everyone gets what they hope for. DS was due to get a battery powered sit in car from groupon ordered in October. Still not arrived........ They have changed supplier 3x- somehow don't think it's coming! Backup is a new cabin bed in hope of better sleep! ( had been bday plan!)

Hello all! Long time no see. Our thread is getting rather quiet at times now, isn't it? But I'd also like to try and make a meet-up next year if there is one.

Glad to hear that all bumps are doing well and that Scooby finally has part time working. There are lots of other shout-outs I'd like to make but I need time a proper computer to do them so will just give you all a big wave and a glass of mulled wine/your Christmas tipple of choice. Merry Christmas to you all!

Just popping on to wish all your lovely ladies and your lovely toddlers and families a very happy Christmas!

We're setting off at the crack of dawn tomorrow to drive to Ireland (via the ferry from Wales) and I won't be back to London until 2 January. And I'm not sure how much access to computers I'll have so thought I'd get in early with the festive wishes

Great to see ladies like mummyelk making an appearance (hope arcadie pops on too ).

Right, back to finish packing up the car - toodle pip til 2012!

Merry Christmas MMM and toddlers - hope you all have a lovely family day :)

Merry Christmas ladies.
Resolution: post more!
and don't kill FIL

Yo troops!

Happy Christmas to you all. Exciting times for some (you know who you are with your facebook stocking annoucement) , thinking of you in the toughest point of Christmas, Rinders. Big love to you all from beautifull Sunny Dublin where my bro and SIL live. Long time no talky - too much RKD time on the co,puter this year NYR for next year is to use MN and FB even less so kisses to you all and will write again in Jan!

Festive greetings all!

Despite being at work on xmas day and box day I've had the best xmas!

Santa delivered DS presents by DHL on Xmas eve after I made a special request due to my working. ;-). I was soo impressed. DS opened everything all on his own and loves virtually everything. Currently playing in his shop at the moment after another twelve hour sleep in his new big boy cabin bed....!

Sleep changes the world. Still doesn't bother talking but understNds everything and his new trick is blowing- blowing out candles and playing recorder!

Hope you all had a good one x

Well do hope you all had a good christmas - I seemed to spend much of it crying but it wasn't as bad as that makes it sound!

PD (or anyone else...) any experience/knowledge of Europa Park? Thoughts are turning to taking all of the kids somewhere properly fun for all the different age ranges (will be almost 17, 14, 14, and James) before this bump eats up most of my time and attention for a year+. Can't work out how to translate the whole website so thought I'd ask the only loveliest German I know...

Morning!

I'd like to start the post pointing out I'm not an alcoholic.........

I am sat in my freezing kitchen not dating to move for fear of waking my snoring two men!!!! I'm home from nightshift so they only thing to do- given it's my nighttime and Xmas- I warm ip with a teeny aren't red wine waiting for them to wake! Yay for sleep tho!

MANDA- went as a kid - bout 13yrs old- loved it!

Soooooo looking forward to a warm big duvet!

No not squiffy,,,, just bloody iPhone spellings!!

Well, was obviousoly having, despite my dark hair, a 'blonde' moment**

Managed to translate the page today, easily and have booked for next weekend! DS1 didn't wanna go though, so he'll go to his Dad's as usual.

Flying with Easyjet. Never used them before, but the flight (to switzerland, bizarrely, considering our final destination is Germany...) is only an hour and a half and it was over £300 cheaper than with BA. Is it going to be... awful? I feel snobby but I'm just worried it's going to be a nightmare. Lesson learned, if it is, I guess.

** I don't hold with the 'blonde' jokes/assumptions, especially as I was (bottle) blonde for many, many years... and got sick of people assuming I was, um, intellectually challenged.

Belated Christmas wishes and a very happy and healthy New Year to all of you lovely ladies (and associated DC/DH/DPs and bumps!). We're having a quiet one here, not sure if I'll even bother to stay up till midnight tbh. I'm fully resigned to being old and boring

Really pleased to hear DS has been sleeping well scooby, it must make such a difference. And I love the idea of a Corfu MMMM

Manda I've flown with EasyJet loads, they're usually fine. Especially short haul. No frills, and I'd recommend taking food and drinks (buy after security) with you rather than buying the airline's overpriced, unappealing offerings. But if it's all straightforward (i.e. no problems or major delays) it should be fine.

Who is Pingpong btw? Have I missed a namechange? Actually I have my suspicions, don't want to "out" you if you are who I suspect though.

All the best for 2012

Facebook stocking announcement? Have I missed something?

Happy new year to you all

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas with nothing but harmonious family gatherings, just like we did ...

And wishing you all the very best for a happy, healthy, worry-free 2012.

(Manda, I know nothing about Europa Park, had to ask my parents what it was , so glad to hear you got page translated and hope you'll have a good time there.

PingPong?? [confuzzled]
FB stockings? Wtf?? [even more confused]
Yy to Corfu MMMM )

happy new year one and all x :)

Happy new year!
pingpong read smac until yesterday. I've never seen that happen before.

Hope you all had a good Christmas and new year. I didn't murder my FIL, am pleased at my self control!

Scooby- Corfu sounds like a great plan :) I think we might go to Scilily this year ( and convince DM to take Charlotte for a week?? Slim chance..)

Happy new year everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and new year.

Arrived back home today after 12 days in Cork...had a great time but am glad to be home (even if the prospect of work tomorrow makes me yawn). DS had a fantastic time playing with all his cousins and seems to have to grown up quite a bit while we were gone (picking up new habits from his two two year old cousins in particular ). Me and DH even managed a night away in a 5 star hotel with dinner in their michelin starred restaurant while granny babysat DS overnight. Our first night away just the 2 of us and it was beyond relaxing! We got the ferry so had a long day of travelling today (left at 5.30am, arrived in north London at 7.30pm). And managed to arrive home laden down with maternity clothes and clothes for DS from SILs as well as the usual post-Christmas toy haul. No idea where it will all fit in our tiny flat!

Ach - sorry with the cryptic. The FB stocking announcement was from LouBudd I think who's having another one.

Just on to say - I've failed you all and have just purchased the 30 Day shred.....

Yay for the Shred! I Shredded this morning, although I'm back to level 1 as I've been so lazy ill through most of winter that I'm feeling very unfit and flabby.

5 star hotel and Michelin dinner sounds amazing Flip. My ILs are visiting next month so I think DH and I will sneak off for a nice meal on Valentine's Day or thereabouts.

That's v. odd about Pingpong, all the previous posts have changed name too. I did notice it and think "hang on, I'm sure that wasn't there before" but assumed that I'd just missed it.

I've taken the Christmas tree down today and the house feels very spacious or it would if it wasn't full of Lego. Poor Izzy still keeps talking about Santa and presents whenever I tell her to be a good girl though. I may be slightly half-hearted in my correcting her; hey, if it keeps her on the straight and narrow all year, what's the harm? Now that Christmas is well and truly over the 2nd birthdays are looming.. and watching OBEM the other night took me right back to memories of late pregnancy. Can't believe how quickly the last 2 years have gone by.

Just done the level 1 shred. Could so it all but the last few press ups. How do I know when I'm ready for level 2? Do I wait until Level 1 seems a little easy or should I be pushing it

Afternoon ladies

Arcadie & MissP good on ye for the shredding! Great way to start the new year.

Big waves to everyone else.

Feeling a bit down in the dumps today. Had an appointment with my consultant this morning (a new one and she's lovely) about getting into the birth centre to try for a vbac instead of going straight to the labour ward (for continuous fetal monitoring etc). I got v emotional about the CFM, as she was like "it doesn't mean you have to be flat on your back" and I was like "oh yes it does" before starting to cry . It was just that the actual conversation brought back just how traumatic I found the whole induction process with DS and just how much I hated the CFM (which meant I was, indeed, flat on my back for 7 hours, bar one toilet break, for which I was made to feel guilty, as even the slightest movement caused the belt to slip and the midwives to lecture me on the importance of me staying stock still...while hyperstimulating (so contracting every minute) for the whole 7 hours, with no pain relief ).

Anyway, she agreed that I could see the consultant midwife at the birth centre and that I understood the risks of refusing CFM.

Then she scanned me (total bonus, as hadn't expected a scan - got some great looks at the baby's face ) and it turns out this baby is measuring big. Am 29 weeks but most measurements are at about 34 weeks. Which isn't so worrying, as DS also measured big throughout and this baby has been up at the top of the charts since the 12 week scan too (so am now convinced this is another boy!) but the abdomincal circumference has moved off the charts so I have to go in for a GTT next week. So just when we'd resolved all the vbac stress she started stressing out about me possibly having gestational diabetes and the implications that could have for a vbac or going overdue (I said I want to go into labour spontaneously, even if it means I go past 42 weeks - I was induced at 42 weeks with DS). So am now desperately hoping the AC is just a normal variation for this baby and that I don't have GD! All my urine has been clear up to this point...

God, sorry for the ramble, but I'm in work and can't bore my colleagues with all this. Sorry to be so self-obsessed!

Hope all is well with everyone!

Wow Flip, I'm not surprised you got a bit emotional. I hope your GTT comes back negative and you can go ahead with the VBAC if that's what you decide to go for.

How's the Shredding going Arcadie? How did you feel the next day? My chest muscles always ache after day 1, from the press-ups. I think if you're not finding Level 1 too challenging you could move on to Level 2 a bit sooner. They recommend 10 days of each level but I would move on after 7 or 8 days if I felt up to it, similarly I'd do an extra day or 2 if I was still struggling.

I'm in the midst of a bit of sleep training atm Izzy sleeps well, but from 1amish onward she's in bed with DH and me. So we're trying to get her to sleep all night in her own bed, which has worked except she still wakes and calls for us and takes a long time to re-settle. I think the problem is that she wants one of us to sit with her while she falls asleep, so then when she wakes she gets upset that we're not still there. So last night we (mostly me) resorted to CC. Once we tried that it actually wasn't too bad; I went back in after 5 mins of solid crying of "MUMMEEE MUMMEE DADDEE DADDEE" :( and told her to lie down, sleepy time, tucked her in and left again. After another 5 mins or so she was asleep. Unfortunately I went back to check on her and put the duvet back over her and the stupid creaky door woke her up so we had to repeat. But she fell asleep within 10-15 mins again and slept through after that. I wish we'd just done the CC earlier, because DH was up for over an hour before that, sitting with her till she slept and then having to go back 5 mins later when she woke upset again. And it kept me awake in the next room too.

Sorry, that's a bit of an essay, and a boring one at that. How's everyone else doing? I have a friend nearby who's due to give birth very soon; I'm looking forward to cuddling a teeny newborn again, especially since seeing OBEM last week :)

Well, our trip to Germany was a disaster! I really can't be bothered to go into it just now (although EasyJet actually were ok... apart fromt he telling off I got for leaving a sandwich wrapper. I suppose I'm used to someone clearing up after me for a change when I fly/go away) as... on Tuesday monring, James started vomiting at 6am. Every half hour until 1pm ish. And last night, I started throwing up at 10pm until 8.30am (in terrible pain the whole time, did not sleep a wink) with james joining me for one last hurrah (fingers crossed) at 6am. I can't help thinking it's all Germany's fault! (sorry pd am obviously irrational right now!).

Haven't eaten a thing yet today, can't face it. I know I need to but... ugh. Baby is making himself known so I can at least feel reassured he's ok.

Oh! There's me all blase mentioning 'him' - yup, confirmed another boy when I went for my 20(21)week scan at beginning of Jan. It's mind boggling to think that my DS1 was the first boy in my family for over 30 years (and only one other not from me since) and here I am cooking my fourth! Everything looks good with him so... obviously now I shall throw myself into watching OBEM

Flip Argh! on your behalf - hope the GTT comes back clear. I have everything crossed for you, and am with you on going to 42w+ if necessary.

Manda about Germany being a write-off.

MissP Good luck with the CC. We did sleep training with DD in the end, and it saved my sanity, not looking forward to that again, hopefully we'll get one that actually sleeps early on this time...

All well here, now 28+1, BP seems to be settled but baby is in a breech position which I suspected, so will be attempting to encourage it into a position rather more amenable to homebirth whilst there's still lots of room and time. DD is very entertaining with her ability to say no to everything other than bloody Bubble Guppies or biscuits, interspersed with demands for hugs, snuggles and kisses

MissP just done 6 days of level 1 wihtout too much bother, so thought I'd try level 2 shred today. Oh My Word. It's like another six levels of difficult. I'm in awe of anyone who can do level 2 and think that probably you are pure muscle if you can even WATCH level3 let alone complete it.