Feb 2011 - it's all about the shred

[reastie]

welcome everyone

does anyone wake up just feeling angry i have and its really weird. Just want dh to leave and the kids to be quiet. I think it may be this never ending monotony and that dh is behaving like a 3rd child. I just don't want to deal with his crap. It might be lack of sleep as i've had about 10 hrs over 3 days.

Weighed myself yesterday i've lost 3 and a half stone in 3months all my pre preg stuff is a little big now got another 3stone to loose till drs leave me alone about my weight.
:) for jane i hope ttc goes well and thinking of you sorting zoes room. I didn't mention before but my sister lost a little girl 3 yrs ago. I was there through her labour and after the birth of sasha as she was born sleeping. It had a massive impact on our family but my sis was pregnant again 6 weeks later and it was definatley too soon as she was still in a very dark place. I think so long as you both feel ready it won't be too long before you hold zoes little brother or sister in your arms and be a credit to your strength and love. :)

Jane so sad for you packing up your darling Zoe's things. You are both so brave and it is wonderful that you are so positive looking to the future with the wedding and ttc.

Zoe will always be part of that future. My friend sadly had a baby with a rare genetic condition and she passed away at one year old. They had two more children, these children know all about their big sister and the whole family do lovely things every year on her birthday and date of passing. Sky candles, helium balloons and once they made a heart shape of tea light candles in the garden at night and lit them all.

Your second baby is going to have lots of adoring mn aunties. Think an online feb ladies hen do is in order too!!!

jane thinking of you lots, and Zoe will be very proud that you are being so strong and sorting out the things. It must have been a really tough step to take. Big hugs xxx

hubbard well done on the weight loss, thats awesome! You'll be posting smug skinny pics before you know it :)

ledkr hows le shred going? I just did day 5 (find it loads easier to do it first thing and get it out of the way) and its still hard, esp the bicycle crunches... meant to be moving on to level 2 on day 11 - how!!!!! I'm weighing myself later so I'd better have lost something!

wiggles hope work goes OK today, hope you aren't too knackered by the end!

ponyo how did the blind go? we have one but our curtains are thin so light still gets in and wakes Cass up at about 5am, going to have to get blackout curtain lining also I fink.

Hello to everyone else and Happy Friday!

i was going to say that about Zoes stuff,you would have used it again. Thats great news on the ttc,fabulous. Go easy on yourself tho hon cos after my mc it took me 2 yrs for no good reason and i was gutted.Not saying at all this will be the same for you but i just assumed it would happen the first month.

HELLO!
Can I please come back??? Missed you all so much and have lurked a little but cannot work out for the life of me what this shred is?
Can't believe Ben will be 17 weeks on Sunday, it's getting so much easier now ( apart from teething...) so hopefully more time for mning.
I started Prozac for pnd and going to a group each week which has helped loads, almost feel normal again.
Now using iPad and not sure about using icons but hoping to bribe my way back with lots of wine and biscuits for everyone!

yay for needto being back . Here, I'll hand out the and for you - it's never too early . Btw shred is a super hard excercise dvd everyone (bar me) seems to be doing - ledkr is leading by example. Obv no need for you though as you're a slim minnie . Re: teething have you got a sophie the giraffe teething toy? You may have heard earlier everyone seems to have one(except ledkr , but let's not menttion any more on that )

Think alice is a closet french person - she keeps saying 'merde' (s**t en francais)

Thanks ladies!

welcome back needto, just send the wine over to Glasgow Im glad your are feeling better.

hubbard im so sorry to hear of your neice, it must have been so hard for you being there. I hope your siste is doing well.

reaste i now have images of you shouting encouragment from the side lines

ledkr im not expeting to conceive the first month, i fear it may take a while but at least will will have fun trying! (with Zoe, i conceived the first time!)

Sorry if i missed anyone out, im sneaking a quick look whilst the kids have their morning snack (it's half term here).

Thank you!
How do you all find the energy to exercise like that... >
reastie, I thought I was doing well in losing the baby weight but my friends son said last week " why do ladies who've had babies still look like they're having them?" so maybe I need to rethink that!
Jane, so good to hear you're trying again, I agree, have fun with it for now!
I don't have a giraffe but have bought these tommy tippee things that are like dummies but shaped to massage gums, he seems to like them but not as much as his fingers!
Oh and my preferred method of swearing is in French so maybe Alice heard me!

jane dont get me wrong i hope you do but i wish someone had told me to consider the possibility i wouldnt,i mc in oct and presumed id be pg by the xmas Its really exciting tho isnt it
MizK i found it easier by day 5 but then yesterday day 8 i found it realy hard again I try to do it before i get dressed so i can shower and get dressed after but i am finding it well time consuming and am never dressed before lunch time,going to do it later on then have a soak in the bath.

hubbard i wasnt goint to post cos im always moaning but i woke up pissed off too,it was my turn for a lie in but dh came up at 9 to ask me what time we were going shopping,he hd his phone in his hand and i guessed he was waiting to tell his boyfriend mate when he could go to the gym after all the mundane shit like shopping is done. I was thinking more of a good look around tescos clothes with D in the trolly as she likes that and maybe some lunch in the cafe- trying to have some family time as he is working all weekend. He clearly doesnt see it like that and so i got pissed off and told him to just do what he liked cos i cant be bothered to try anymore,he then had a call from bloody work to say he had to be in I have given up now and will be having a particularly boozy wild night out on Saturday now just to annoy him.Well done on the weight loss,tell us your secrets.

Welcome back need to.

Well well, the blackout blind worked a treat! big for reastie! It was a bit of a pain to put up, there was still abit of light coming in as we have a big window with smaller ones in (if that makes sense ) but it made a big difference - dd made a few noises at 5ish, but settled herself back to sleep and was awake at 6.30 but squeaking away to herself until I got her up at 7 - result! :)

hubbard I seem to be in a constant bad mood with dp at the mo, wake up feeling pissed off with him for no real reason, everything he does (or doesn't do) annoys me. Feel like a mean old cowbag but can't help it. Well done on the weight loss, impressive!

jane am thinking of you and Z today. Good luck with the ttc and agree, don't put too much pressure on yourself, I remember I got a bit obsessed, and when I say a bit I mean a LOT obsessed. Spent loads of money on thise pg tests that tell you early, then when I really wasn't thinking about it too much it happened.

MizK I have blackout curtain lining on dd's room curtains, my mum sewed it on and its really good, makes a difference. The blackout blind I got could be worth getting anyway because its to take away with you too - I'll be selling it to anyone and everyone now!

Hi needto, what is this about teething Glad things are better for you now.

ledkr pleased to hear about Dilly sleeping, good girl :) I will be sending dp upstairs when I start my shred, prob on Sunday or Monday. And he'd better not come down until I'm done!

Got the 'do' tonight, feeling ok about it. A lot of that is to do with the reassurance I got on here. I am wearing a dress and dp is wearing a suit, this may not sound a big deal but it is for us 2 scruffpots, I am usually a jeans and converse girl! So if there is a decent pic I might put it up and treat you all

ponyo read my last nights post again,D was fine at the restrant and settled fine afterward,i did bedime routine when we got home but would do it before if out later she will be fine.When i go to Ibiza there is a club/late night bar tht lets in kids,Ella has been boogieing the night away since she was ababy

Cool ledkr, not sure about a bath b'cos will be at hotel but I reckon if shes awake when we get back a bottle then a nice tight swaddle should do the trick. at E being a party baby :)

glad to be of service ponyo

oh jane, be grateful you live so far away from me

Can I join in the DH bashing hubbard ? Mine annoying me about even tiny things at the minute

needto my mum thinks alice is teething but I'm quite

Alice having (I think) reaction to jabs - has been screaming since about 10am - the manic pain real tears type crying. Nothing stops it . Have given her calpol and she's just cried herself to sleep . She's not really fed all day either. Anyone know how long this will last or what else I can do to help? Poor her, it's so hard to deal with.

Ponyo good luck with the do, relax and enjoy yourself as much as possible. We are also braving a party tomorrow night, and getting quite excited at the thought of wearing anything but tracksuit bottoms party clothes! We aren't staying out but, true greek style, the party doesn't even start until 10.30!
wiggles hope today was ok and you didn't miss the banana (!) too much. Loved the King's Speech too and wish there were more films like it out there (obv. with more zombies tho for ledkr )
And last but not least, welcome back needto I'm glad everything's going ok for you, your little one is v. cute. Great photos :)
DP is home early from work so we are going to veg for the afternoon

reastie dd was the same for maybe 2 - 3 days max after her jabs. She cried in her sleep too. She didn't feed much either. We did the same as you - gave calpol and lots of cuddles, theres not much else you can do really but its not nice is it. If you're worried maybe ring the docs just in case, can't do any harm can it.

byroni at your party not starting til 10.30, I'm planning to be in bed by then haha. Hope you enjoy your afternoon :)

wiggles I meant to say I saw the kings speech at the cinema the day before my due date and loved it, except I kept having to go to the toilet, think it was 4 times

ponyo THREE DAYS - thank goodness it's the weekend so I can get DH to help . Did you not get a headache from all that screaming

It prob wasn't 3 days Right let me think, she had the jabs on wed and was better so by sat so 2 days really dd slept most of the time, more sleeping than crying so it wasn't too bad. Poor A!

i'm having a very boozy night on sat too ledkr and have told him on no uncertain terms to only phone me if life or death. My secrets to loosing weight are i don't have any, pushing a double buggy with a 2 yr old is good for cardio. But i was already a good 6 - 7 st overweight any way so i've still got a fair way to go,
My sis was only 18 when sasha was born so very young and unable to cope with what happened when she had her son 9 months later she still hadn't accepted it and dn ended up in care as she couldn't cope, we have been trying to get her to accept some help since it happened and she is still very angry and refuses any help. I haven't seen sis since before freya was born, i don't think she's ready as freya's a reminder. She will when she's ready.

reastie i hope Alice feels better soon, poor wee love.

hubbard Enjoy your boozy night out! It's so very tragic for your sister, she is very young and that will make it so much harder to deal with the grief. I really hope she manages to come out the other side. Would she join the SANDS forum?Ithas been such a benefit to me, i mostly read and lurk on the forum but it really helps to know that i am not the only one suffering a baby loss.

ponyo hope you have a good night out.

Afternoon!

One very shouty (not in a crying way) baby here today. I think she thinks she's having a conversation with me and Sophie (the giraffe) but really she's just breaking my ears!

Good luck this eve Ponyo you'll all have a fab time.

Reastie R was a grump bucket after her jabs for a good few days. She did seem to get napping at about the same time though so that was good compensation!

Hubbard good work on the weight. I've lost 8lb so far and have another couple of stone to go.

Shredders Do you think it'll work if I do it every othe day? Feel like I have to make an appointment with DP to be able to do it and just cant be assed today, have eaten half a bag of pick and mix instead.

wiggles Hope work was ok. I'm actually quite .

Hopefully booking our holiday this evening. We're going to a wedding in the Lakes in August so going to make a week of it. The wedding is child free so we're taking PIL with us so DP and I can enjoy get sozzled go onnice country walks.

reastie ben was upset for quite a few hours but fine after that, hope Alice is okay now. He's been teething for a couple of weeks now, can feel his bottom teeth through his gum and he's had the nasty nappies and rosy cheeks poor thing.

hope everyone that's planning nights out have fun, I have a confession to make in that most nights I'm in bed by 9pm and ledkr, i hope you've extended an invite to your ILs for your holiday

thanks for having me back!

reastie sorry Alice is suffering after her jab. This is the second one isn't it? Was she fine after the first one? Claudia seemed to be OK, a bit grizzly, but not enough for me to think it was directly related to the jab.

Needto I too am in bed pretty early these days. The nights I make it to the 10.30pm feed without going to bed first are few and far between (really only if we've been out somewhere).

Ponyo I'm thinking of getting that mobile blackout blind thing. We have one in C's room but when we go to other people's houses the light in the evening can be a pain.

SO we went swimming this afternoon. It was in general a success I think! Claudia had been a bit of a pain all day so I was kind of worried, but we got there and she was just really kind of stunned I think. She didn't do much smiling/giggling, but she did a lot of looking around wide eyed, and didn't cry. She got dunked as well and didn't seem to mind at all. Glad the instructor did that though, it would have taken me about half an hour to pluck up the courage! Getting us both changed and dried etc. was a challenge but once she was dressed she went into that pre-dose sleepy thing so wasn't upset or anything.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy the bank holiday.

Dx

just marking time until bath/bed,i would be lost without dh who is planting grass seeds as we speak
I had a bit of a chat with him today but we were in the car and i was driving and had d in the front so he sat in the back and it felt like i was talking to a child i told him he makes no flippin effort and that if he wanted to carry on then fine but we'd be divorced by 2 yrs so it was up to him.i dont mince my words do i? Hes beiong all creepy now offering to cook dinner and stuff,stupid prat cant wait to have few drinks tmw.
I am shredless today cos too tired but i went off in tescos to get some healthy snacks and came back with galaxy and wine!! What is wrong with me?

Nice to see you needto Fire out Bens' birthday and weight and I will add you to the obsession stats

Well you can stuff your shred, work was so hard, forgot what 5 hours of actual physical labour was like, am so sore, I have no bloody clue how I did that job while pregnant, I thought it was the vomiting that kept my weight down but think it may have been work I didn't worry about Anna banana at all, Mr W has only just gone into work so he had her and Olivia but to be honest this morning when trying to get all 3 girls dressed and Sofia ready for school while he pissed about in the shower I did actually consider ringing up and saying nope, not doing it.

Am not best pleased with usually ok Mr W, I worked until 2.30pm, home for 2.45, I had to leave the house with all 3 girls at 3.00 for Sofias gymnastics class (he had to sleep for a few hours before starting tonight) I told him to make sure girls were ready to go, had snack etc so I could have a cup of tea before heading out, got in, Sofia was ready (she's a bit of a kiss arse), Olivia had no shoes or socks on (she's not a kiss arse and notoriously hard to persuade to dress), Anna had done an explosive poo (haha) and he had to change her clothes, well she was wearing a sleeveless vest and a pinafore , it's pissing with rain and freezing here!!! Anyway he got " a look", but still hasn't redeemed himself, and won't really see him until Mon afternoon

Anyway ponyo have a fab time, deliaskis glad dunking swimming went well .

hubbard and ledkr have several dozen drinks for me tomorrow night, am vvvvv jealous and if one of you could manage to have a sneaky cig and blow some smoke in my direction would be very much appreciated.

jane been saying a little prayer for you and Zoe over the past few days and will keep you in my thoughts tomorrow - you're the bravest mummy I know xx

Wiggles Delilah ends up looking strange in a mismatched outfit when dh dresses her or occasionally what she took off the night before he rescues from the room and puts back on with a stiff dribble bit on the neck
D was so tired today cos she missed an afternoon nap that she fell asleep at 8 during her bottle and couldnt be woken,so she will have had 100mls at 6 thern about 20ml at 8 so god know what to expect tonight.
im really looking forward to getting wasted letting my hair down tomorrow.
Dh has work at 7 so i will have to take it a bit easy.
Oh yes and bastard pig dog moron small willy ex h got ds NOTHING for his Birthday,sent him a face book message,i am seriously wanted to punch him when i see him next