April 2009 Episode 15 Bebe & BB have babies n stuff

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Ta da

Hope it turns out to be a little infection, BB.

And hope everyone else is well and the babies/toddlers too. A is a real charmer, but a right stroppy beggar with it. His talking is great fun, though. "Me pas want the livre" is a classic example.

DS1 has just been elected vice (boy) class rep and is dead chuffed. I am distinctly unchuffed with some of the nonsense his teacher writes in his homework diary and on his work, but that's a whole other can of worms thread I can't be bothered to open.

I've just returned from an amazing seminar by a philosophy professor from Birkbeck. Razor sharp, really clear, and lovely and modest with it. They don't make them like that around these parts.
I am so superficial I wanted to ask her where her shoes were from, as they were equally lovely. Didn't dare exploit the question session about Hume's approach to the passions for frivolous purposes, though I was trying to work in an allusion to my passion for her footwear.

Weather forecast for tomorrow: lows of 9° at morning school run time. Highs of 29° mid-afternoon. Some cunning layering will be needed to clothe the boys! 10°-31° on Tuesday.

I am relying on someone who knows London to find a venue for the 18th. I trust this is not overly presumptuous on my part. I am so clueless about London that it would be foolish to count on me. And if anyone wants any French goodies, place your orders!

Hope Ayse-Rose's little tim is okay BB.

Auld, I know very little of London. I have a passing awareness of a tapas place in Mayfair, will have a working knowledge of another tapas place in Kings-X after Friday, and am a big fan of the Hare and Tortoise (noodles) near Russell Square. Oh, and the champagne bar at St Pancras looks very nice indeed! That's my limit!

What sort of food does everyone want and roughly what station is best to be close too (am thinking Waterloo for the Richmond / Kingston ladies) but if there is others we can position ourselves in the middle. I'll look up a couple of options for us once we know what type of food we are after dx

auld yay for ds1 bring chosen. Do share your homework frustrations - I'm having a few issues with ds' nursery teacher so it's nice to know others get annoyed too! And yay for a's speech. K is starting to use the odd word again here and there and his gibbering has reached record levels of excitement so think we are making some progress finally x fingers crossed! He's a bit of a terror though - woke up in the most mischievous mood yesterday and amongst many other things, broke the tv control by biting off the buttons, snapped my glasses () tipped over the twins' changing water twice then proceeded to lay in it the second time whilst in fresh pjs and just generally caused chaos. All done with that cheeky angelic smile he has mastered!! Still today is a new day...

Not French food. Please.
Thai?
Tasty? (helpful emoticon)

I have no real location requirements, as I have several accommodation options, so it's best if we are handy for station(s) for those from further afield.

Vezzie is coming too...!

BB3 I love that you can be so articulate at 4.30am. Am I'm not surprised at all. I can barely stay conscious for night feeds at the moment. Often jolt awake after having nodded off with baby on boob.

My toddler is hideous at the moment. Push push pushing the boundaries all the time. It's exhausting. However, he has mastered the potty in a week flat (using Boff's chocolate button bribery . And my baby settles herself to sleep by sucking her fingers. I'm so glad I got the easy baby second - we would've got a big fright otherwise.

BB I'm sure you've seen the GP by now. A bit of a clean with cooled boiled water with some salt in and keep an eye on it I reckon.

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Haha! Unfortunately the girls are choosing that time to be up for a couple of hours so im having to make myself wake up!

Toddler boundary pushing in this house too!

Cool will look up some options this week and we can vote on best one x

Thanks for all the advice on her belly button - ended up in hospital on Thursday as she had a very very nasty rash that started on her tummy and spread all over her body within a couple or hours. Dr couldn't diagnose it so sent us in for peads to check her over. She has a nasty viral infection but is much better now (although very clingy still and refusing to be put down after she's been cuddled constantly for a few days while she's been suffering!) but a little way to go until we are completely there xx

Hope everyone is ok - boff I promise to get back to your email ASAP this week.

Gosh, that sounds awful. I hope she continues to get better.

Don't worry about the email ... it sounds like you have your hands rather full at the moment!

BB, that sounds scary. Hope she gets better very soon, and you get some respite.

It is a bit manic here, for a change, but I have been lurking as usual. Hope everyone is OK....

BB hope lo is better.

Hope everyone is well.

First week as a full time parent Mon-Fri...wish me luck!

Just a quickie to send my love to you all, especially little Ayse-Rose xx

Good luck, bebe!

day one was easy; night one not so much as Moo was up during the night...
here goes day 2 with a little less sleep then I'd prefer, too bad I've limited my caffeine intake trying to make things better/easier with my supersensitive Jem (formally babyWoo)

How is everyone else? Are you feeling happy? Enjoying the autumny weather? (I always get excited this time of year- it fills me with anticipation -I think because going to school/Uni was such a great time in my life) Looking forward to end of the year/Christmas? (Cannot believe how everyone is going on about it already!! Some of the women I know are done shopping! -where's the fun in that?!?)
Not going home for Thanksgiving this year as we're skint until money from Dh's new permanent job comes in which should be end of Nov...too much time off has stretched us to the limits. BUT we're hoping to be able to go home for x-mas this year!! :) which could/should be great fun :)

xxx

I love this time of year too. I must confess I have bought most of the girls presents. I like to spread the cost.

Yes Moo's presents are mostly bought now (I've been eyeing a duplo pirate ship on ebay to get yet)...tho I find if I do too much too early I actually spend WAY more money because I keep buying.

'ello all.

Thanks for the well wishes, the little bleeder is fine just now got some bad nappy rash from from her upset tummy (hence my permanently metonium-stained hands) and the girl is refusing to be put down at night and only sleeping on me or beyto. I refused last night and took her til 4.30 to finally give in. I'm dying!!! But she's a character I'll give her that!

Bebe good luck for your first week I'm alone with the three kids from Friday for a week - dh back in turkey and family on holiday. I'll have my sister here which may just save my sanity!

Oh and Christmas is my favourite time of the year I love love love it! I've picked up a few bits for friends' kids etc in the tesco half price toy sale but I can't start my shopping until the decorations are up! And I like to do one big huge weekend of it so the car is stacked full of presents and I'm laden with bags then home to wrap them all up whilst watching miracle on 34th street xx yay for going home for Christmas bebe - we are contemplating going to visit Beytos family over new year but it's looking less likely as flights are a nightmare x

So my tear has reopened after only closing up a week ago... :( Along with screamy kids all day long I'm feeling disheartened and incapable. Tell me some cheerful stuff please to distract me.

I love collecting all the presents and wrapping them to Christmas music while watching wintery movies too BB :)

Kids are in bed. No one is screaming. No headache....Today has been way better than yesterday so I'm feeling more upbeat again. Still distressed abt tear re-opening but it's done and cannot be undone. Just need to give myself time to heal again (and make sure I'm eating enough fiber).

xxx

I have nothing very cheery to distract you with bebe, but in a spirit of shared horror, I'll tell a tale.

Today while I was sorting out the washing Alex brought his potty over to beside me, clambered on, did the largest, stickiest, most noisome poo a child has ever done, then began climbing off again, became entangled in his pants & trousers, toppled over onto the full potty, tipped that onto the rug and then fell into the poo, squishing it into said rug. 10 minutes before we had to go and get DS1 from a birthday party.

I don't know if the (large, not cheap, of sentimental value) rug will ever recover. I have scrubbed and scrubbed, sprinkled lavender-oil infused bicarb (don't ask why I had that handy!) over it and hoovered it off an hour later and am still not sure about it.

Maybe the tale is entertaining for other people to read about, in a kind of "there but for the grace of Whoever go I" way...

The moral of the story is of course that potties should be used in the bathroom/toilet/on a tiled floor and not carted about the place at whim.

ooh, freaky x-post on comatose thread...

Just lost a long post on stupid Blackberry. Can't be arsed rewriting. In summary: Bebe - ouch. AA - ouch. How is everyone else?

Ill. [pathetic cough] Been to a PTA event and drank too much wine and now feel rotten. Have a date with old friends tomorrow night and will doubtless drink too much wine. And then off to BIL's on Friday for 3 days of most likely drinking too much wine. When all I really need is a full day in bed. Not. Drinking. Wine. Am fully aware I am a twat. How are the rest of you?