*~*~* August 2010 *~*~* where does the time go?

[CherryPie3]

Only 5 spaces left on the old thread - wonder how long it'll take us to fill ths one up?

Happy chatting :)

Bath crayons are a winner here, S loves drawing anyway so the added bonus of doing it in the bath is brilliant. A teapot and a couple of cups keeps them both happy for ages too! He crawls around non-stop in the bath so it's a nightmare tbh.

Go with what you need to for car-seats, I know some children get car sick in a rear-facing so you wouldn't want to splash out and find they vom every journey!

We just completed on our house purchase it's a LOT of money isn't?! Buying a house is scary stuff!

Congrats Chulita on buying a house, exciting stuff, now comes more expense, redecorating how you want it

Bloomin 'eck 10 teeth Devon, that's amazing. Thomas has 6 and that's enough for now as I hate it when he's teething, as we all must do.

Bath crayons sound like a good idea, will have to invest in some of them. Thomas also has lots of cups and plastic watering cans of different sizes, he likes the feel of the flow of the water from the spouts.

Thomas is full of cold, he woke up at 4 am crying and wouldn't settle back down. Put him in bed with me, which is something i only do in emergencies, and he still wouldn't go back to sleep. I had 2 hours of him poking and prodding my face, neck and kicking me in the belly. If I tried to stop him, he would start crying again. Now at work and I'm knackered. Oh yes the lazy pre baby days are a distant past. So looking forward to DH coming over from Germany this weekend, not seen him for a while. Hope to get a lie in this weekend, as when I'm on my own, I have to get up with Thomas as there is nobody else to do it. I don't think I could be a permananet single Mum, hats off to them as it is knackering.

Hope everone has a great weekend, I've got my Mum's 75th surprise birthday party to go to. As there are quite a few young children, we're having it in the afternoon, which is great, so we can all attend, without having to worry about bed times etc.

ta ta for now xx

We'll be renting it out to start with hopefully til DH quits his current job - we can save up for decorating :)
You tried Karvol? doesn't solve all the world's problems but can help clear nostrils. S has just got over a cold/fever and it's no fun :(

Oh yes, he's got karvol soaked items around his cot and some baby vicks stuff on his chest. Hope he sleeps better tonight, I need the sleep too.

Good idea about renting and saving up for the decorating. My work supply my housing wherever they move me, so the house I own back up north is rented out [hsmile]

Sympathies on the colds, ladies. E has been ill since Monday - we had to spend the whole week indoors going mad... Now he has this hacking cough that wakes him up ALL THE TIME. Sleep training out of the window (quelle surprise!) Really hoping it clears soon because it is extremely tiring having a cross/tired/out of sorts baby. The last month of my maternity leave is going by in a blaze and I want us to be able to enjoy ourselves a bit.

Gosh, exciting stuff, Chulita, re the house purchase. We just tried (and failed) to buy a car today. But even that felt epic!

sorry to hear about poorly LOs, E is pretty much fully recovered although still coughs a little bit. We have squirty ducks in the bath which E likes to eat, but as I still get in with her I seem to be the most entertaining toy. hope you manage to enjoy the rest of your maternity leave nat life feels very different when you're back at work.

I worked my first weekend shift since going back today - busy but not too bad. Raced home to Elodie though. She's being unbelievably cute t the moment although is making a beeline for everything she shouldn't eat then putting it in her mouth. Dried bird poo yesterday, really enjoyed foshing that one out...

Yuck! I often have that moment of seeing something disappear into his mouth but not knowing what it is. Really should sweep the kitchen floor more often

I hope the poorly babies are better. I have a horrible sore throat/cough/cold today but thankfully J seems fine and DH has looked after him pretty much all day so I have taken it easy.

Cute moment earlier - I was bfing J at bedtime and while latched on he started clapping :) (better than the usual boob/arm pinching!)

Congrats on the house chulita! They are ridiculously expensive though aren't they? We should be exchanging contracts on our first house tomorrow! Will be moving in August. Can't wait to be moved but seriously not looking forward to the process.

Poor you nat having to stay in all week! Nightmare! I had to for one day cos J had some spots that looked like the beginning of chicken pox (but turned out not to be) and that was bad enough.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend :)

I'm 3 days overdue for my period

eek!

that reminds me actually, those of you who have got your periods back, did you get any warning?
I got a bit of blood tinged mucous about a week ago (sorry if TMI) and more today - plus was in a foul, PMT-type mood on Friday. Do you think it's on its way?

Are you going to test today? [very excited emoticon]

that's how I started, had my first last month. It took it's sweet time coming which is why I'm not convinced I'm pg - I don't think I'm back in the swing of it yet!
I'm going to buy a test tomorrow and test on Tuesday if I'm not on by then.

v exciting chulita, take the test! I too have news. It is less glamourous. Elodie pooed in the bath this evening. I was also in the bath. That is all.

that girl has class!
I tested, it was negative :( still no period though...

Maybe it was too early to test, Chulita? Wait and see, eh?

I had a complete emotional meltdown on Saturday about slightly burning the lunch. Like, howling and door slamming. Bit embarrassing. And have felt really crampy the last few days - surely must be my period finally looming? I'd better prep my big fanny Mooncup. Heh.

Belly argh - a poo in the bath! I think I would have dealt with that badly, with lots of flapping about!

Maybe too early, who knows. I've been feeling really lightheaded since Sunday, everytime I stand up I get dizzy, also quite bloated regardless of what I eat but no sign of lower back cramps that I always get when due. Just a bit confused but it's probably just my period taking a while to settle into routine
I've never tried mooncups, meant to but never have quite enough periods in a row to warrant them iyswim

Yeah it could be too early - bit hard to predict I suppose with period only just come back.

belly argh! DH sometimes has baths with J but I think he might cry if that happened to him. He's not very good with poo (or sick either).

Sounds like it could be nat. I hate the way hormones can inflict such horrible moods on you. Hope you're feeling better :)

My period still hasn't made an apearance so I'm hoping it was a false alarm. I've got used to not having them and don't want them back! Have never used a mooncup - I'm not very good with putting things 'up there' so not sure I could do it

Ah, periods are rubbish! I had one - possibly even two? - straight after my lochia finished, then nothing since as I am on the minipill which I don't get periods on.

It could be too early, chulita, see how you feel in a bit. I get lightheaded and dizzy all the time, it appears to be one of those things that some people suffer from. My DH says I stand up too quickly.

Re the poo in the bath incident, it was pretty gross - it all separated out and floated away and I will be honest, there was a certain degree of flapping about after I stopped staring in horror. Fishing it all out of the bath was NOT FUN but I let DH do the cleaning of the bath afterwards. I had done enough.

Am feeling like crap this morning. E woke at 10.30pm last night - very uncharacteristic - wouldn't go back down with a cuddle, ended up BFing her and giving her calpol but the whole thing lasted about an hour. And she still woke at 5.20am, I managed to get her back down til about 6am then she came into bed with us. So very little sleep for me. Have a headache and finding it hard to concentrate on work.

Hi all, been visiting family all week. Thomas's cold turned into a chest infection, so he's now on antibiotics and he's not sleeping through, so we've got a pretty tired household.

wft the periods, buggers aren't they. I'm currently on my 4th and they are just coming back to normal. My 1st was very light, and the 2nd and 3rd weren't on time, so I guess the first few are just as and when.

I was the same last month Chulita when my period was late and I thought I was pregnant. I really want another and I am broody as hell but want to wait until DH moves from Germany.

Poo in the bath, not had that one, can't say I'd be any good at dealing with it, probably would be flapping too. Not looking forward to any of that.

Well I've now really got to start baby proofing my house. Thomas has shown no sign of crawling, so not had to do too much, but now he is walking round with the aid of his vtech push/walker thingy and he can move at such a fast rate of knotts, he has become very adept at it very quickly. However, he is soooo cute when walking as he uses lots of concentration and his face is a picture

Hope everyone is well xx

Hello all - it's J's first birthday tomorrow! My little baby is not so little any more... This time a year ago we were umming and ahhing about when to head into hospital, we eventually went in at about 8.30pm. I think the next few days are going to be full of 'this time last years'.

I really wanted to get a rear facing stage 1 seat after seeing all the stuff on MN about them, but after weighing it all up we decided to go forward facing. DH has not been able to sit in the front passenger seat of our Fiesta without his knees being really squashed for the last year with just our group 0+ seat. I do feel bad that we could probably have kept him in the old seat for another couple of months, but he absolutely loves the new seat (we installed it last weekend) and seems much happier in the car now. Plus I get to drive again as DH can sit in the passenger seat in comfort!

Well, I got the two lines on Thursday so it was too early, just waiting for the ms to start...I told DH and he said 'here we go again' which is pretty much how I feel, excited but scared at the same time!

Happy Birthday J! (for tomorrow)

Woodlands what yo doing to celebrate J's birthday/ Are you having a party? I'm going to have a party for Thomas, but what do you do with lots of 1 year olds . Hope you have a great day with lots of happy memories for you all.

Chulita OMG, so happy for you. Wishing you and DH huge congratulations. I can't wait to start again, so jealous..... and so happy for you, let the excited feelings take over and forget everything else. Take care xx

WOW! Amazing. Fantastic news Chulita! I did have a feeling! That's such great news. What's your ballpark due date?

And Happy Birthday to J for tomorrow, Woodlands! I can't believe it, can you? Ditto Dogwalker's question - what are you planning? I'm not sure what to do for Eli's birthday. Loads of our friends are away, so might just keep it simple with immediate family and birthday cake.

Congrats again chulita (I've already congratulated her on the July thread, didn't want to say anything here until she had!).

Tomorrow is going to be a bit of a write off. We've both been ill with a stomach bug over the weekend and while J is better today and I am on the mend this evening, I don't think we'd better see any other babies tomorrow. The plan had been to go to his first settling-in session at nursery in the morning and then in the afternoon a few friends with similar aged babies were coming over for cake and playing. The nursery has a 48 hour exclusion policy after D/V, and I guess we should stick to that for friends too. DH will be working from about 5.30am-9pm tomorrow. So it will just be me and J - not a very exciting day!

But I meant to say, we're having a christening and first birthday party for him in two weeks time with various family and friends, so that will be the big event.

Thank you! Mid-march I think is kick-off. I think I'll hold off going to see a mw for a while though, once you're in the system I feel it drags on longer cos you have dates to count down to.

woodlands I hope you have a really lovely day with J even if it is just the two of you.

We're not having a party for S, we don't know anyone here we'd invite which is totally crap but hey ho, we'll just stick a candle in a muffin or something.