Feb 2011 - major topics include PIL abuse, DTD, early waking, odd habits of DP's. And Luther

[40Weeks]

Here we are girls get stuck in

Sorry, we're out of

Could be wiggles yet, then... ;)

Oh my god can i share? Have just had the few hours from hell.
Ill try to keep it brief.
Took girls for tea in town as dh off and Ella had dancing at 5.30.all very idealic.or so i thought.
After that dh went to collect the car from garage-£600 then cam e to get me from town where i was buying babygros and socks but had no money cos had left bag in dancing.
Dh couldnt call me cos phone in bag.
Eventually get home with 1 hr to go before pick up Ella,im off to see Nan in hosp whilst dh gets dilly to bed and then i get ells after vist.
Get home and keys left in door on inside so cant get in.
Cue 1 hr of dh trying to break in before we realise that ds 3 has a spare key to the back door wayhey.Couldnt contact him or gf,all the time Dilly is screaming cos tired.Eventually got Ella then drove miles to get spare key from dil who was staying at her grans.
I ma sooooooooooo stressed,dh sorting dilly whilst i drink tea and tell you lot then its sofa and apprentice for us.
Just a normal ledkr day really.

ponyo at your reasoning with pils you wicked woman.

ledkr , here have

ooft what a day yo had ledkr, think i would be swapping that tea for vodka!

at the girls "clinking" wiggles

ohh so many contenders for the next baby, come one of you join me, you know you want to!

Ugh ledkr what a stress of a day, its just everything at once isn't it?! Hope Dils settles quickly and you get a nice chilled evening. Ps glad you at my PIL comments, I feel like a bitch but can't help it

Don't know why everyone thinks it'll be me with next baby when its obviously going to be wiggles! Oh and you all made me realise I've not taken my pill since monday, eek!

reastie I'll have you know 40 started the next baby convo and I hope theres not surprise news for you soon! Have you got your baby stuff yet?

Just a quick rant about babies sleeping - I spent 20mins trying to get dd to settle TWICE today and both times gave in and let her sleep on me. I know 20 mins isn;t that long now, but at the time it felt like forever and she was bawling. Was it american who said that their baby wouldn't settle for an hour? Any advice/tips appreciated, I love having her sleep on me to be honest but don't want it to become a habit.

Right got to go and tidy house as my mum is coming tomo yay!

jane don't tempt me!

Ah jane knew I'd find you here on Wed night [embracing fellow Apprentice hater] .

I know, am tempted to pilfer some of the girls money and splash out and buy some magazines put it in the poor box Think I may have a Haribo shaped treat in Poundland tomorrow!!

ledkr what a shocker of a day. I did at your story but I admit I did smile a little at your dh, a policeman, trying to break into a car unsucessfully

ponyo clothes collected - FOUR bin bags full . Just sifting through them and washing them and seeing what can be used for A and what can be given to needto (who I'm hoping to meet up with soon) . I was going to offer some money for them but only had £5 in my purse and felt that was a bit insulting for so much stuff, so am hoping to buy something tomorrow and drop it in to them. Any ideas for what to get? I was thinking flowers but then she has a 2 week old dd so not sure if she'll be inundated with flowery bits already. Not sure what else to get that would be appreciated and easy to get in my local smallish town. Someone here must have a good idea??? Please???

jane you're still alive after eating the chicken then?

Yip alive and kicking! No idea what you could hand in for the clothes reaste Pass on my regards to needto

wiggles right on time eh? DF is away again so i have control of the tv, but nothing is catching me.

jane I know, I'm sure there's a million other things I could be doing, but dipping in and out of MN and trying not to listen to the excruciating nonsense spouted by the Apprentici has become addictive . I dislike them all!!

reastie Do you feel comfortable getting her a gift card from Tesco/ Sainsburys/M&S? I would usually suggest getting her something for the baby, but if she's getting rid of stuff, maybe not. I'm not a flowers type of person

Ooh yes hello needto are you local too then? Where abouts do you live reastie ? what about some bubble bath in exchange for the clothes?

Dh loves Apprentice so we are watching but he has cracked open the chocolate orange so not entirely sufferable .....

wiggles this is going to sound classist but I don't think she was a tesco/sainsburys type of person m&s might work but if she's got a 2 week old then will she get much chance to enjoy getting something? Maybe a posh box of chocs? There's a jojo maman bebe in my local town that I've never been in - does anyone know if they sell useful gifty things?

40 needto not that close. All that I will say is I'm quite close to a previously mentioned garden centre

I'm watching the apprentice and shamelessly love it

reastie Oh God if she was that posh, I'd be going down the Iceland / Lidl route

40Weeks Mr W lives for the Apprentice but hates chocolate orange, seriously he has a really sweet tooth, but can't stand them. Meant to ask, apologies if you've already said - how was Sports Day?

can you get poundland vouchers wiggles ?

Oooh reastie look at you all coy, near Polhill? It's ok, I am not stalking - just curious as I know you're nearby.

Now wiggles I previously had a bit of a cyber crush on heroic Mr W, mainly based on the fact he is the only dp who doesn't get a proper slagging on here. And he cleverly identified me on breakfast tv. But if he doesn't like choc orange you are going to have to break it to him very gently that I just don't think it will work. It's not him, is me....

Sports day was hilarious....they had someone on the other side of the finishing line with a bumper size box of Haribo to get them all going in the right direction and over the line. Great day

Also reastie on a scale of 1-10 how awful was was the coil fitting? Have you had AF yet then?

How about a nice set of baby toiletries or a little outfit,there are some fab sales on.
It was mi casa i was locked out of btw not my car.
I had 22 months between ds1 and 2 and then another 4 till ds3 it was hard but fun,the two older ones resented the baby and referred to him as the blonde poof for years,poor bugger. They are close now and good to me too but im glad they dont live here anymore,too messy and loud.
So long still till break up,im really tired atm,not sure why,we need a holiday but no flying due to Dillys cleft so thinking of cornwall,any god suggestions for a cheapish place in august.

40Weeks but he makes great tea! oh and French Toast, but he does have piss poor taste in tv and chocolate.

Meant to ask ledkr how were their keys left inside lock? Need I ask? Nightmare day though

40 It wasn't that bad and they say the more babies/vaginal births you have the easier it is (so you'll be well away ). i'd say the painful bit lasted no more than 5 minutes and prob more like 3 mins. For me it was a gritted teeth hands over eyes type of feeling for those few minutes but apparently the way my cervix is made it tricker than normal . There was a nurse in there with the doctor who said I could hold her hand while having it done if i wanted . Then I got perdiody cramps for a few days and still getting them on and off but touchwood nothing a bit of nurofen doesn't help. No af yet though so no idea how traumatic that will be. I could feel the coil initially (despite being told I shouldn't) but now only sometimes I get this odd feeling when I notice the strings inside which sort of feel a bit wirey . Will await AF before I officially recommend it to anyone but if I can go through it then you can . But, it is just a few minutes pain for hopefully ten years contraception

btw its kids free in the west end from 12th of august if anyone wants to treat the dc's,you book thru ticket master,me and els are seeing mama mia of course.

ledkr cheap place in cornwall in august?

Sorry, appalling grammar

If you're doing self catering ledkr we go through a company called helpful holidays (google them). They specialise in west country and we've had a number of really nice hol homes through them

reastie could you just get her nice (posh) box of choccies and toileteries set? 4 bags though, fab :)

ledkr I;m pretty sure cornwall will be expensive all thru august, his is a bit random and not near cornwall but dp and I love a place called hay on wye (wales) its lovely lots of book shops and places for pottering, or if you wanted the sea south wales is nice? at blond poof that made me laugh.

40 my dp has a choc orange obsession at the mo, we have a B&M over the road so whenever I go I get him a 3 pack for 99p

Does no one have any advice on dd's refusing to sleep in the day I don't think I can face it again tomo!