The CRESH Creche and Spa - future home of all ESH

[Muser]

I liked the CRESH acronym more than FESH so have used it. Welcome all ESH to your final stop on the journey. Rest your aching lady bits, try one of the many gin based cocktails, and try to molest the gorgeous waiting staff.

I find all your sleeping through babies repulsive

cos i will join you back on that couch tomorrow i'm sure. muse my MIL is the same. Only see her when we go there and she lives 5 miles away. Btw Hom helpfully took the ergo out of the car where i put it so it wouldn't be forgotten when he drove up to my mum's . Thus it is sat on the sideboard. I will post tomorrow, promise

muse I hear you. My MIL, who I don't think I've mentioned much is the same. Lives other side of town (15mins away) hardly ever see. My mum visits once a month (4hr commute each way) and stays a week. I feel like a new woman when she's here. Lovely having proper help!!!!

I'd like to announce men are effing useless and I fear I may need the posse's help.

I have nowt to contribute. I feel v boring atm. And old. But I does heart you lot.

That's all right Cunty, as we are not at home it'll safe me a trip to the sorting office. Excellent result!

Somehow it seems worse when it's an uninterested mum than MIL, although it's all shit.

muse I think a lot of us are in a similar position. There's me, fanny & cheggers obv for starters, then reggie's parents live in Greece, cunty (as per this thread) has her mum millions of miles away and useless MIL - cossie and I were just discussing today how hard it is not having family close by.

Equally though if we did have family nearby they'd probably get right on my tits and I'd be forever moaning about it.

Vag You're not boring, and you're hardly old and I'm sure you're doing fabulous things involving cake & galleries.

Well, I have amazing news ladies - the phone has been found. Knew you'd be excited

MrCluck will be collecting it tonight, so fingers crossed it's not too damaged, and will be allowed back into the marital bed. Box - left the charger at yours on Monday so he'll be dropping by to pick that up too. Ta.

I have a helpful mother Muse - she's ver good at holding the baby & feeding chocolate to LC but otherwise just creates more hassle and work. MIL rarely visits and I'd like to keep it that way thanks.

True about the Mother vs MIL.

alps Who are you calling old?!

And yes, it is shit having no family in this hemisphere. Especially when we are sick - that sucks. But whenever I phone my sister (who lives 5 mins from our parents) she spends the whole phonecall complaining about mother's latest head fuck behaviour!

Following on from discussion of our Badminton 2012 rendezvous - today is the last day to apply for Olympic tickets, so get your skates on ESHes. We have gone for tickets for the whole family to attend cross country day, me to attend SJ, and a couple of other cycling and swimming events.

Yep - have also booked SJ for me & XC for the whole family. Have also booked rowing, cycling, gymnastics, athletics & badminton....have fingers crossed I don't get them all as I will be very, very skint

Thanks for the reminder - am just doing my Olympic tickets now. OH is not sure what he wants to go to yet. So, he'll be mostly going to the eventing then

Very glad for MrCluck that Clucky's phone has been found. I have seen Cluck in a rage before....... And it has to be said MrCluck has been putting feet well and truly in mouth on numerous occasions this weekend. I have had to have words with him myself!

Yep, put my bid in today for the olympics. Opening ceremony for the adults, canoe slalom for all 3 of us, jumping horsies for me and the small one, men's diving very much just for me, gymnastics, summat else as well possibly. Quite excited by the prospect!

clucks Glad your phone is found. And fab about 2012 tickets - I'll be able to wave at you from the cheap seats then?

Hard day today. We miss 2 out of 3 of Bonnie's nursery days for two weeks running due to bank holidays. And I didn't manage to get on top of things yesterday as I had hoped, as my (supposedly non-horsy) husband insisted on us all piling into the car and heading off to a point to point. Bonnie charmed everyone by loudly asking if she could ride the 'ponies'. When a riderless horse galloped past she was all excited and said 'Can I ride that one?'

Sounds like we're in competition for the same seats FP....am hoping I actually get to see some sport from right at the very back of the stadium.

Loving Bonnie's ambition too - it's that kind of attitude that'll have her riding round Badminton one day

Bonnie can be friends with TT - when we set off for both Badminton and Windsor last year she shrieked with dismay that we were leaving her 'Neigh-neigh' behind!

LG is going to be lucky to reach his first birthday at this rate. He has taken to refusing naps although I do spend hours each day trying to get him to nap. He is also screaming the house down when it comes to bedtime, and then is wide awake again at 4.30am. His main activity in between any minimal sleeping he might do is to flip himself onto his front and roar like a Wookie while flapping ineffectually. He is a frustrated nearly-crawler, I think. Thank God TT is back at pre-school today!

I considered applying for tickets for the eventing but i) don't use VISA (what a fucking monopoly that is! ) and ii) used to live near Greenwich and don't like crowds + public transport is cock there. :( Aye, call me scrooooooooooge.

The next winter olympics is going to be shit too - in fucking russia. Bling to the ing.

I feel quite happy today, I made JB sleep on the couch last night and Bear and I cuddled up in bed - everyone got a good night's sleep huzzah.

Aargh, napping. I feel your pain, Box. Have just had to go out for a two-hour walk to persuade Berwhale that napping is a good thing. Now he is asleep on me post-feeding. Stupid baby.

Any thoughts on helping the non-napping baby to nap? Without using cry it out techniques - neither of us are ready for that! He'll sleep ok in his sling, on me and in the buggy, but that's not massively restful for me!

If you figure it out Drom, let me know. My SIL had the same problem and said her son eventually grew out of it at 3/4 months.

Just popping over from Deli for news of little EA. Hope things are ok Meds, thinking of you all.

As for naps - I walked all over my town when Thechild was born just to get her to nap. Yes it makes them sleep and thus happier, but no it doesn't help you at all. Don't think there is any other alternative except when they are 20 months old and start sleeping for the one 2 hour nap in the afternoon. She's now 2.5 and I seriously dread when she'll stop sleeping that much

Alps the 10-month old to walking phase isn't easy at all. Suddenly you can't sit down anywhere ever again (See above comment re 20 months).

hello just popping in for nap chat which might hopefully help someone. we did a bit of crying out, but more importantly kept him up and only v v short nap in morning - that way he has a good 2 hours at lunchtime. mainly he is now fallling asleep before putting to bed. So 7-9 awake, 20 mins at 9 and then wake them up and then keep awake until noon. Another nap at 4pm but that one can be in the buggy but only 20-30 mins. you'll need to do loads of distracting and playing when they get grumpy/tired but it really does work. If you're not prepared to leave then crying (first time he did for 20 mins, and now very rarely cries maybe the odd time for 5 mins) you could just rub their tummy and they will eventually give up and go to sleep. This saved my life - I was walking the streets of battersea 3 or 4 times a day and beside myself. It got worse at 4 months and then once we did this, sorted it all out.

I'm a bit sorry for myself at the moment, predicataby got mastitis out of nowhere and had dr out last night with droogs. Feeling better today. Decorators moving in next week adn I'm moving out with dog and baby thank god. Mr moo is In Charge today and has already admitted he does not know how I do it. Ha ha ha.

And we're home again! The medication has controlled the seizures, and we'll be administering it at home for the time being - then she'll get lots of follow up as the investigations continue. She's totally fine in herself, currently screaming the place down while her daddy changes her nappy!

Really glad you're home Medee.

That's wonderful news Meds - fingers crossed it's for good this time.

Am sitting here shaking with fury at the moment so loggin on for advice. Friendly neighbour over the road had a visitor with a dog who escaped & chased one of our moggies across the road and got hit by a car (dog carried on running around so not seriously injured). Anyway, said neighbour has just torn a strip off me for allowing my cats to roam outside....apparently I should keep them under control in the house. I am livid, firstly that he swore at me in front of LC and secondly at the hypocrisy of it - his old cat was very much an outdoors animal & lived in their shed. Really not sure how to handle it as I don't want to fall out with the neighbs but will not tolerate anyone behaving like that towards me or my family. Thoughts???

Blow his house up. Semtex. Ignorant twat.