July 2010: Drool it, maul it, crawl over it - that's how our threadbabes would eat a creme egg. But why the Creme Egg?!

[CakeandRoses]

Will that do us?

/panic

Morning

woodlands and chulita Thanks for the rainy day suggestions. M loved to rip apart some magazines when I tried yesterday and she always loves singing and dancing around. It's sunny and warm now, so the playground it is so she can stare at play with other children.

viksam By default, I will always take the cat's / animal's side, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask. Anyway, how are you feeling? Any morning sickness yet? Did you have any last time?

DH Hope he'll be better soon. When M was sick, I gave her melons to suck on (after MLIC suggested it) and that was the only thing she kept down for days. They are great for fluid, so maybe give that a try if you're worried he's dehydrating.

cake Nice survey. Will answer later. Well done on F sleeping through as well.

chulita Thanks for the tip about freezing quiche. Will have to have a think what to do with the lot once I finally made one. Will it keep in the fridge for a few days?

spirael M isn't crawling either. If she sees something she really wants, like a cable, she somehow commando crawls there, but she cries in anger all the way But, she's pulled herself up to standing in the last couple of days on her shiny new Vtech walker.

I properly LOL at your little beany fart tsc

Will be back later for survey answers.

Melon seems to be the only thing he doesnt like. Hes got access to his beaker whenever he wants it (dont usually do that) and hes had some rasins and breadsticks so much better than yesterday already.

Keep meaning to say - I can not believe the number of ex-veggies on this thread - and yet, I think i'm the only current one. Why did you all turn back to the dark side, just outta interest?

yeah, i do agree re making falalefelfefels and humous from scratch tsc but tahini sauce just seems impossible to make at home (for me anyway). Mind you saying that, proper lebanese gaffs' falalefeffals are way better than any I've had at home so maybe it is worth making them. I love them deep fried and coated in sesame seeds like they do which you can't really do unless you make from scratch... or use the packet mixes

what's the pov counter?

i love the way you're acting all indignant to BG when you didn't reply to their original email

Sounds like the right decision re turning down the temp work tho.

Are there no jobs going in your sure start or similar - think you'd be great with something to do with supporting parents with young children.

woodlands A took weeks to stop waking (forgot to give you cred on my survey for inspiring me to drop her feeds actually!) but the amount of time she woke up for got less and less til (if she's not teething) she might just wake for her dummy once but sometimes sleeps thru.

Sorry for your horrific early wake-ups wss i have a thing where i keep reading your posts as being from melissa not sure if it's all the Ss?

melissa A usually has a bread product (toast, crumpet, bread stick or cracker) coated in humous or dairy-free cream cheese followed by weetabix or porridge with banana & dairy-free milk.

F and I are both breakfast-fatigue sufferers (loving that term, cheers tsc) so eat an eclectic selection including: cake (on a good day), bagel and humous (on an average day) and toast and marmite (on a bad day). He'll usually toy with some cereal & DF milk too.

Right, A down for nap, banana bread/cake in oven, house semi-tidy for cleaner, just need to prise myself away from mac to do dishes and get myself showered and dressed now.

oh and in that mega-post i forgot to ask dh, outta interest, why do you limit beaker-usage usually? F and A have their water beakers near them most of the time.

The HV told me its not good for them to constantly be drinking (even water) they should have it with every mealtime and again in the morning and mid afternoon.

that's v true re sweet drinks *dh but that's a new one on me re water

tbh, my two don't constantly drink - it's just there when they want a bit. That's how I tend to drink water too, a swig or 2 now and again rather than a whole glass with meals. Also, drinking with meals is supposed to dilute digestive juices and fill you up so not the best time to drink a large amount.

i feel similarly to you re the sahm thing tsc. I actually love being at home with them (on a good day) and feel that i don't want to leave them til i have to but otoh i do like the extra money (and the 'status', if i'm honest ) that me working PT brings in.

i've decided i don't want F doing the proper 5 mornings a week pre-school thing as i still want him with me most days (quite apart from the fact 5 mornings wouldn't work that well alongside my working hours).

i'm not even sure about reception proper or even school itself if i'm honest. i'm getting more and more lentil-weavery as i get older. I've been toying with the idea of home-ed altho part of it horrifies me

i said to dh the other night that i wish we could up-sticks and move to somewhere random like fiji and send them to a totally unwestern school and live life differently. there's lots of downsides to that tho and tbh it's only fanciful guff.

I cant not drink with meals though, whatever they are I feel like it gets stuck in my throat without a drink.

i'm surprised you didn't leap into the defence of HVs there mlic , mind you i did manage to refrain from saying 'fucking HV's advice', for a change See how this thread has mellowed me?

That's another thing I love about this thread - how mlic, chul wss we all happily take the piss out of me each other and it's cool. I do actually really like that as (aside from my oldest friends and dh) people rarely do it to me in RL - i'm apparently a bit scary

Things you lot have taught me:

Falafels are tasty

Everyone goes through 'fuck-it-all-I-just-want-to-sleep-and-I-don't-care-which-shrub-my-children-are-left-under-as-long-as-they're-not-here' moments

I'm not the only sensible person who doesn't iron

Just cos I can't find friends in RL doesn't mean I'm a freak (necessarily)

That there is such a thing as a chocolate salad

There are many, many more but I just can't think of them at the mo. Good survey though cake!

The pastry thing is just shocking though the magimix I can make a batch in minutes and if there's too much it just freezes til I want it for something else.
Re quiche, it'll keep for quite a few days in the fridge (3-4 I would think although mine often lasts about 6 if DH has a picky week right after I've cooked one)

That not drinking water all day thing is utter bollocks to me.

You're most probably right, my mum made absolutely everything from scratch when we were young simply because you couldn't buy it even if you wanted to. To this day I still feel like I'm cheating buying peanut butter and ice cream. Mum used to make the most glorious ice cream the old, old way by half-freezing it, beating it, re-freezing it, raw eggs, the lot - fab!
She also sewed most of our clothes but my sewing machine rarely gets an airing

I'm on facebook at mo

What do you lot think of this dress on a 5ft3 chubby-ish me? I've got a month to tone up but can't do much for the height ishoo

That dress is beautiful chulita although it would be a little bit to short for me personally to feel comfortable in I bet it would look gorgeous on you though.

dh I hope Dylan is feeling better.

stac work is ok it's like I've never been away. I miss D and B but to be honest somedays going to work feels like a break (does that make me sound like a rubbish mum?)

B's been getting up between 4:30 and 5 this past week always with a huge poo and once she's up she refuses to go back to sleep any advice on why this is happening? I'm still feeding her at 1-2 in the morning if she wakes up do you think I should maybe not feed her then?

chulita the dress is gorge, it looks quite loose fitting though, Id be worried about popping out!

dylthan thanks, he is a bit better, hes slept loads today though, hope it doesnt mean he'll be up all night.

tsc LOL at shit scones, they are not shit! They look yummy

It is a bit short but I reckon she's considerably taller than I am so it would work, most times dresses are too long. Hadn't noticed the one shoulder
What's wrong with the scones?