July 2010: Warning, this thread contains offensive language; 1 wedding, --d--jogging and some Creme Eggs (although we don't know why). Oh and some babies who are nearly 1 year old.

[CakeandRoses]

See? Panicking works!

I know it is a bit odd, he is feeling much better today and did the blokey "Oh no I don't need a doctor" thing. He has agreed to get registered with a dr though (he has never been to one in 10 years here, which shows how little he gets ill!).

I am a bit concerned because he smokes (he has tried to give up loads of times) and sometimes eats crap - not really processed stuff because he cooks a lot himself but he does tend to fry stuff in loads of oil, puts loads of butter on toast etc. He also grabs stuff like pies and chocolate for lunch rather than eating properly.

He does no exercise, he had a complete knee replacement at 28 because of a couple of very bad rugby injuries so he can't do anything high impact e.g. running as it is too much pressure on the false joint. He could go swimming or cycling but he doesn't.

I am hoping it is a virus or a combinaiton of lack of sleep/long hours at work rather than anything more serious.

stac congrats on the weight loss.

Morning all

very busy here so can't stay long.

WSS Good to hear DH is better. I know what you mean about the doctor. Mine won't go anywhere near one.

Ciao cake Sounds like a shit few days. Hope tings are improving.

stac Well done on weight loss.

Bis scan here this afternoon. I hardly slept all night cos of worries about the scan itself and possible bad news as well as because of apprehension about leaving M. Wish today was over.

Will let you know how it went tonight.

Have a good day all.

Hope it's just a one-off wss tiredness with a bug is most likely, especially mid-winter. My dh is the opposite, he's always popping in to the doctor's for everything. His mum's a complete hypochondriac though and I think he's picked it up from her.

cake sounds like a bad start to the holiday but hope it all gets better from here.

stac that's brilliant! well done for shifting some, I know what it's like to be stuck at a certain weight and not move, every pound counts.

tsc what would you know about being bitten on the tits, eh? so wind your neck in Will they still christen if you're not married? can your dp be convincing re raising as catholics or is this all going to be some kind of comedy meeting

trudyla it'll be fine this afternoon. We always get wound up far, far more than they do and even if she does scream the entire time, it's not that long in the grand scheme of things and she'll have forgotten about it by bedtime. Try and relax and enjoy the scan!

memphis do you think that putting yourself first is something you'd be able to do? It would be great if you could get to the bottom of it all and start getting back to 'normal'. I've know a lady the same age as me who gets panic attacks at the most random things. The worst thing for her is being asked in church how work is, she just shuts down and leaves the room leaving all the oldies looking

mlic how's your week going? It's quiet on here without you!

S is back to waking at 5.20 again. I dropped his morning nap for a few days and he did start waking later but he was hard work all morning so I've been putting him back down around 8ish and now he's back to waking really early again. We're away this weekend so he'll be all out of routine, I might take the chance to try again. I'm just shattered by 7pm at the moment.

Memphis my counselor told me it was to much to aim for 100% and instead I should aim to be average. She said no one feels bad at you for being average and it means you won't be stressed and feel like a failure for not being perfect and being perfect is such a high thing to demand of yourself which no one can acheive all of the time.
It also means that anything that you manage to be above average at you can feel very proud of.
I probably haven't explained it as well as she did but its helped me a lot.

stac congratulations on the weight loss. Only one week left of school and then J will be in secondary school (or do they start before the school holidays?) How is he feeling about leaving primary? How is R feeling now?

trudyla good luck with the scan today x

TSC we are planning J's christening (CofE) and DH is an atheist, so he just won't be standing up and saying the words. In fact he's refusing to come which I think is a bit off, but hey ho. We have me and two godparents who are Christian, and DH and two 'oddparents' who are not - so we're evenly matched! I think the C of E is a bit more accepting about these things though.

wss do your doctors do a check as part of joining their surgery? May be a way to get dh checked over.

tsc I'm sure dp will pass the test, di you go through the same for C?

trudy its natural to feel anxious for the 20wk scan. Chances are M will surprise you with your friends. Try to relax and enjoy seeing baby again. Will you tell us what your having?

dythlan he finishes p7 tomorrow into first year after the holidays. All of his friends are going to the same school so he's looking forward to it. Also because he knows lots of boys from the football teams. How are you? Do you feel better with not bf?

Funny you getting early wake ups chu R is waking through the night again. I need to remove the bottle again.

What you up to today?

The friend who's bridesmaid I am and her dp are being married in chapel and neither are catholic. The only stipulation the priest had was that one of the wedding party has to be catholic and they have to do wedding classes for 6 months. Their daughter is christened catholic too. It doesn't make sense to me why they want to do this except for the fact her dp support a certain galsgow footy team.

Well just gave R nappy free time and she shit from the living room to the hall the house is stinking! That child can fairly poop.

Was just thinking about our lo's and how different they look from their earlier pics to now, they are like proper wee boys and girls instead of babies. Think violets lo is the first to turn one. Should we do a birthday list?

stac yes the drs do a check up when you join, blood pressure etc, so hopefully he will get that done. It could just be overwork. He is doing very long hours and is quite stressed by work . I've told him it's more important that he is well than that he gets extra placements at work.

Dylthan how are you feeling now re not bfing? It took me a week or two to feel normal again, I have to say.

tsc the priest won't actually refuse to chiristen him though, will he, surely if you make the right noises (and dp does too) it wil be ok.

Bit of a breakthrough here with sleeping, G is sleeping till 6.30 or 7, I have been stuffing her with food in the evening and she has also finally started drinking from a bottle! So has some milk before bed now. Seems to be helping (touches everything wood in sight)

Bethan has gone days without wanting a feed but wanted one this morning I fed her but I don't think there is much left. I don't know if I should keep feeding her every once in a while if she wants it or just say no. I feel kind of stuck in a bf limbo at the moment.

Just a quick question are any other babies still waiting on their first tooth or is Bethan the only toothless wonder. :o

stac does she have a drink then during the night?

wss what time does she go to bed? I'm not sure I can keep S up any longer than I do but these early mornings are taking their toll.

dylthan if you're happy to let her have a go when she wants it then it won't do any harm but if you've had enough then it won't be hard to distract her from it by the sounds of it.

We just dashed around town to grab a couple of books to keep L busy on the drive tomorrow, I still need to pick up some snacks for her and S (and DH) cos they'll never last 3.5 hours without munching on a hatful of snacks. I'm torn between going to the shop to buy snacks and getting S weighed this afternoon, not sure I can do both...

Yeah chul she does since the tonsilitus. I thought I had to as her feeding wasn't great so I'll have 3 nights of crap from tomorrow good thing is dp is off and ds finishes school tomorrow. Bet snacks win it, you can get S weighed next week we'll remind you.

Sorry dythlan r has 6 and is teething again. When did D get his first one?

Great news on the sleeping wss

Wow, no dh mlic or cake and it's horrifically quiet on here.

dylthan S has 4 teeth.

stac I had a root through the 'pantry' and found loads of snacks in the end, it's blowing a gale so I decided not to go anywhere, the double buggy in the wind is hard work. I'll have to go next week if I remember!

Evening all,

the scan went well and showed that the baby is healthy. We're gonna have a little boy . I really didn't care what it would be but it's so nice to know now and struggle with focus on finding a name.

I had to go on my own in the end though. My friends came early to get M used to the idea and I think she must have noticed something was up and she screamed like never before and would not leave my arms, not even to say hi or play or anything. I completly freaked out by then and said, that I would go on my own and her and DP stayed at home. It's a bit sad that he missed it, but I have photos and a DVD and the main thing is that our baby boy (feels weird writing that) is healthy.

Now, to the mums with a boy and a girl: Just how different are they?

Question to all of you: Did you find out the sex beforehand with our July lot?

D was13 months when he got his first one so I suppose there's time yet.

Omg! The little girl in the house behind us has been spying on us since they moved in. Her bedroom window looks right into our living room and she sits at her bedroom window for about an hour each evening looking in. Anyway I like to give people the benefit of the doubt so just told myself maybe sure just admiring her garden, but tonight she has stepped it up a gear and was looking in with binoculars!

Bloody binoculars! And everytime one of us moved her head would move so bloody fast that I'm in no doubt that its us she's spying on.

It just feels like such an invasion of privacy. She's only 8/9 so Aibu to be feeling so angry and uneasy about this?

dylthan thats a really good way of explaining it, I just wish I could aim for average, ive been like it since school, sadly not while I was at school and thats why I only got 1 A. on subject of neighbour cant you speak to her parents about taking the binoculars from her?? I would be livid!

trudyla congrats on the boy, I love boys, everyone keeps asking if my niece has made me broody and I dont think she has!!! I still feel like tsc that L is like her tinynewborn!!!

Had the busiest day at work, I didnt get a drink til 3, so by the time I got to mums i was feeling ill and had to lie down!! L has been toys r us looking for presents with my mum and he refused to let go of the wheel of a sit in Ferrari!!!

X-post trudyla that's great news I'm so glad it went well :)

Yes with Bethan we found out what sex she was before as soon as we found out we started calling her Bethan and I think that made things a little easier for Dylan to get his head round.

I've not really seen that much of a diffrence between them. B has got more of a temper and let's out a really high pitched scream everytime D tries to take a toy off her but that might be more a younger sibling thing. I'm sure i'll start to see diffrences as B gets older.

trudyla one thing that I can think of is nappy changes there so much easier with B with D everytime you would undo his nappy he would wee and it always used to be straight up into the air and then cover him so he would need numerous changes through the night.

Then we perfected the open the nappy and let the air in and then close it quickly wait until you feel the nappy becoming warm and carry on with the change.

So with boys watch out for spraying pee with girls not so much. :o

Hi all, I'm back! Had lovely hols but am definitely sick of rain! Not a single day and night without rain :(

Congrats on the boy trud gotta watch for the wee when doing nappy changes. L managed to wee in his own mouth the 1st few times dh changed his nappy then perfected his aim and got us instead! Other than L being extremely smiley I think he's quite similar to E although she was more of a snacker milk (bf) and food wise (still is) and he's not overly interested.
Will try to do a catch up if last few days, but if anyone fancies giving me the edited high/low lights I'd be grateful :)

Dylthan the binoculars thing is annoying, she probably doesn't realise it though.

Trudyla congrats on the scan, yes I found out with both dds, too impatient to wait 40 weeks when I only had to wait 20.

Chulita she is going to bed about 7ish still. The big difference has been getting her onto one sleep in the middle of the day. Hard to keep her up for it at first but then she has 1.5 - 2 hours sleep then is up for the rest of the day. She has been waking between 6.30-7. Bliss. The early mornings every day are hell - they really take their toll. Unfortunately A is still waking a bit early but it's all better than 5am.

trudy many congratulations, so glad all is going well!

i've never been weed on during a nappy change, i don't think - J obviously doesn't have the wee-on-exposure-to-air thing going on. It'll probably happen tomorrow now!

My best friend is in labour. I am so tense and excited for her! Which reminds me, I wanted to pop to the shop to buy a newspaper of the day her child was born (assuming it arrives tonight). She was nearly fully dilated when her DH texted at 4pm so fingers crossed!

I do that tsc anytime she's having an off day I say ooh she must be teething but I've been saying that since she was about 4 months old and still no sign :o

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