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

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Arcadie · 30/03/2011 14:20

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

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

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MissPenteuth · 10/04/2011 17:35

Oh no Sariska, poor thing. You've probably already tried Calpol, right? OOH is a bit crap here too, although they seem to try to be quicker for babies. A&E is worse. Hope she feels better soon.

We're all ill chez Penteuth too. DH had stomach cramps and runny tummy (sorry, TMI) yesterday, Izzy's watery nappies which I first attributed to teething have continued and she's been sick twice. And I've been feeling queasy all day.

How's J doing, Manda?

evitas · 10/04/2011 20:22

oh Sariska :( Have you tried to bath her (if she likes the bath, it might help to bring the temperature down for a while)

MissPenteuth sorry to hear that DD and DH are not well either :(

Flisspaps · 10/04/2011 20:53

:( at poorly babies (and DHs!). Hopefully they'll all be much better soon.

Manda and evitas Your dresses are ovely. You'll look beautiful at the weddings :)

Time for a wee moan. Have had a lovely weekend at the out inlaws place. Am slightly and unreasonably annoyed with DH's cousin though. She popped in today and DD and DN (6mo) were both there looking lovely. This afternoon a pic of DN sitting on DH's knee pops up on the dreaded FB with a caption of something like "My gorgeous XXX in the sunshine". No pic of DD, no mention of her being around at all. I know that she sees DN all the time and is closer to her, but seeing as both babies were there today, it would have been nice for her to have acknowledged DD's existence at least. Especially as neither is 'more related' to her than the other, IYSWIM? I know it won't bother DD now, but what about in a couple of years when she's old enough to notice that she's not being acknowledged?

Anywhat, hoping for a glorious day tomorrow so that I can take DD and the mindees down to the playground so we can sit on the postage stamp of grass for our picnic, which is packed ready to go. Otherwise, it's the living room for us!

hecklephone · 10/04/2011 21:58

Evening all. Sorry to hear of all these poorly babies (and mums) - get better soon everyone.

RKD glad things are looking better for your sis - will be thinking of her and hoping all goes smoothly for the rest of the pg.

All this talk of weddings - we were at one yesterday! It was fun and because it was a bit of a distance away from where we live we stayed overnight - our second night away from both girls! (last week too - that was a practice run for the GPS Wink) I can't describe how lovely it has been to have two full nights of sleep after more than a year of silly sleep!! DD2's sleeping habits are still bloody awful but I'm just wishing and hoping she'll turn a corner one of these days...

DH has taken DD1 down south to visit his brother and wife so it's just me and DD2 until Tuesday.

The weather was fab here today - we had a lovely drive back from the wedding. I could definitely get used to the sunshine Smile

IWCAS how exciting about your new career direction! Are you doing a course or some training with a company or something? I hope it all goes well for you.

evitas · 11/04/2011 10:03

Sariska how is DD, today?

x

Sariska · 11/04/2011 11:06

She's quite a lot better, thank you. I take back what I said about the OOH. They sent us along to their clinic at the hospital. Thanks to nurofen, calpol, some stripping off and a cool bath, her temp was down to about 38.5 by then - so much less alarming. The GP reckoned it was part and parcel of her stomach bug so nothing we can really do apart from try to keep her cool and wait it out. She slept OK last night but her temp shot up again about 5.30am. After some nurofen she went back to sleep until almost 9 and is fairly perky at the moment. It really is amazing how they can be miserable as sin one moment and right as rain the next.

Goodness knows what I'm going to do about work tomorrow tho'.....

MandaHugNKiss · 11/04/2011 12:06

sariska and missp I'd completely forgotton the awfulness of a nsty, full on, D&V bug, so sympathy and much 'get better soon, y'all' thoughts from me to you.

We ended up in a&e for a few hours yesterday eve - J's temp shot up even more to 40.1 at one point. And still throwing up every hour by the evening so as much as my 'sensible' self was whispering 'you know they can't do anything' my neurotic self (which seems to have a huge voice since last week Sad) took over and, I think, I just needed a professional to reassure me. I seem to be second guessing myself all the time - I suppose it's natural given what's happened, I just need to try and quieten it down a bit.

Anyway, he's much brighter this morning, although still hot. Last threw up at 2am (straight after calpol, naturally). But the diarreah has reappered. Ugh, awful, awful.

Here's hoping all bbies are on the mend now...and that we're not struck down!

rkd any news on Dsis/DTs?

pixie I overlooked saying so on the other thread, and somehow seems odd to go back and do it now, but thank you so much for lighting a candle. It made me cry. In a good way, mind. How's DD2, by the way? You haven't mentioned the hospital in a while so I hope that's a good sign (and not you simply withholding info!)

fliss It's tricky. It could be she simply liked that particular shot and didn't like any of DD... or she could simply favour DN. We all have our favourites whether we're prepard to consciously admit it or not, and I think people without children (I presume she doesn't have any) aren't really aware of how important it is to not act so obviously on favourite feelings. When it's our own being overlooked, it can enrage us, but I don't think DD will be very affected, if at all. She'll be favoured in some way over another family member, I'm sure. It tends to balance out somehow, somewhere down the line. Hoping for good weather for you tomorrow!

Shroomer · 11/04/2011 20:19

DS slept from 7pm til 8am this morning. Usually wakes at 6.45, so I kept going in and looking at him. Stupid eh? I could've sat downstairs watching breakfast telly, or stayed in bed. But no, I keep staring at a sleeping baby wondering when he'll wake up. Confused

Sariska and Manda - I hope your babies are feeling better now.

itwascertainlyasurprise · 11/04/2011 21:09

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slimmingsarahandco · 12/04/2011 08:50

hi every one, hows things?

MandaHugNKiss · 12/04/2011 09:22

Good luck with the theory test, IWCAS - You seem far too switched on for a multiple choice test to prove any real difficulty! That said, I realise our babies can mean sometimes we're too tired to remember where the 'on' switch is!

MandaHugNKiss · 12/04/2011 09:46

rkd Is this your sister?

I know, I know, I really shouldn't be lurking on pregnancy - these last couple of days I seem to be drawn there.

Also... I'm feeling queasy. Really hope that if I'm getting J's bug that I at least only get it mildly.

Arcadie · 12/04/2011 10:10

Manda might be......

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MandaHugNKiss · 12/04/2011 10:16

I still wouldn't have a clue who she is irl, if that's any consolation. Should I request my post be deleted?

PixieOnaLeaf · 12/04/2011 10:33

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Arcadie · 12/04/2011 14:38

Naaaaaah Manda don't delete - tis fine. The big issue is that our parents are away on holiday at the moment and haven't been told ( tis the family way!) so DSis would not appreciate them finding out from a difft source! (eg Facebook etc) Don't think DMum is on MN though....

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squiggleywiggler · 13/04/2011 11:35

Sorry to hear about other poorly babies/ I We've had a nightmare 5 days with DD whose had a temp of between 39 and 41 constantly and hasn't slept for more than 15 mins straight since Sunday. I think we've finally turned the corner (2 doc visits and an AandE trip later) but after 3 weeks of very broken sleep and 5 days of no sleep at all I feel pretty awful.

I'm also having/had meetings with 5 potential new couples this week so having to pretend to be a normal human is quite hard!

How's your sis doing now RKD

IWCAS best of luck with the test. I also though the photos on FB looked amazing! A friend of mine with a DD the same age as ours has just started doing some professional photography and is specialising in pictures of pregnant women (gorgeous shots of them naked/clothed communing with their bumps) and then taking pics of the newborns too. Could be a market for that in Brum I reckon?

Ah - crying again. Well she's has been asleep for 15 mins!

Arcadie · 13/04/2011 13:21

Just heard back from DSIS that her scan went well this morning, that both twins are growing and have more fluid and that, as the consultant said, it's all looking much more positive. THANK YOU GOD!!! And thanks to all those of you who've been "vibing" and praying for her & her DH.

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squiggleywiggler · 13/04/2011 13:42

Amazing news RKD

SiameseIfYouPlease · 13/04/2011 13:53

Hurray! I'm so glad for her :)

evitas · 13/04/2011 14:14

Fantastic news RKD

Hope all poorly babies are better and mummies Sariska, Manda, MissP and squiggly are coping.
Squiggly hope you can have some rest ... 5 days with little sleep is very hard, my sympathies!

x

MissPenteuth · 13/04/2011 14:38

That's great news Arcadie, it must be such a relief for your sister and all the family :)

I've ben to the GP with Isobel today as she's still not keeping solids or milk down (since Sunday). Just the usual advice; keep her hydrated and give it a few days. I'm slowly recovering, only vommed once and now just feeling intermittently nauseaous. DH was stuck down yesterday too, but seems slightly better today.

Hope all other poorly babies are feeling better.

FlipFantasia · 13/04/2011 14:55

arcadie am delighted for your DSis and the twins Grin. She must be so relieved, but I imagine she's not going to stop worrying until she has both twins safely delivered (and then a whole new level of worrying will start!) so I'll keeping sending good vibes her way for a while yet Smile

Sorry to hear of all the sick babies and mums (and dads). Hope all vomming/high temps/sleeplessness improves soon.

IWCAS good luck for your theory test! I found the hazard perception test a bit harder, but had practiced using a CD-rom thing so it was fine. Will keep my fingers crossed for you!

Big waves to everyone else.

MissPenteuth · 13/04/2011 16:16

Oops, meant to say DH was struck down. I guess 'stuck down' could mean a whole bunch of unpleasant things when you're talking about D&V Hmm

Arcadie · 13/04/2011 19:05

Thanks guys...

Copying and pasting from Rinders thread.... Sad

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My wonderful, beautiful husband Richard Anthony Smith died at home today at 3.45pm. His son had arrived a little while earlier and Richard was at peace, knowing all his children were here.

I was with him when he died, holding his hand and having a lovely chat with India. His passing was so peaceful that I didn't immediately realise he had gone.

Thank you all for your amazing support and love during this most awful year of ours. xxx

**

Rinders when you feel you can, you know you'll always be welcome on here to chat, vent or moan. So so sorry and find it almost impossible to believe that this can have happened in such a short space of time after we all had tiny wriggly newborns. It's so unfair.

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