June mummies '05 thread 7 -The one with their first Christmas

[katzglitterytree]

hello all

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giddy thats very scary but glad jess seems to have recovered. nothing i can say will ease your mind but be thinking of you. hope you both have a quiet night
lots of love
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Oh Giddy how awful for you. Had Jess had something to eat, I thought you had put her back on just milk again? Do they think it could be an allergic reaction to something in the air or a fabric or something? It sounds like you coped brilliantly, what a scary situation.

Thanks for the good wishes about my friend, in some ways I think it's better that they've found out quickly that they can't have a baby, rather than spend the next three years trying.

Re: constipation, one good tip I did read when researching this (for dh) was that a glass of red wine can help - not applied locally of course, but poured down your throat. I think this is more one for IBS sufferers, as it irritates the bowel just a little bit. My dh uses preparation H I think (I try not to think about this too much really!).

oh Giddy thats awful, love and hugs to you and yours

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Oh Giddy-What a horrible scare for you all.Sending you lots of love and a big (((((hug)))))).xxx

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Giddy but very relieved she's had an ok night. Poor you, how frightening, ((((((((((hugs))))))))))

Trib for your friend; life just seems to dump on some people doesn't it? And thanks for the gluten-free advice. Nearest Tesco/Sainsbury's over an hour away so will have to do HUGE shop and stock up!!

Skyler - ugh! Not nice to have so little sleep, and your poor dd all those teeth coming through at once

Katz - good luck today at the hospital, hope they get to the bottom of the rash

Thanks to everyone for your good wishes for my Mum. Typical nurse, though - she makes a rotten blooming patient. Refuses to sit still, then wonders why her broken leg is so sore! Keeps saying she wants to be back at work after Christmas, but I don't know how she intends getting there since she can't drive with a broken leg! Hop the 8 miles???
I have works Christmas night out tonight, but dh just announced last night he's going curling - so who's going to babysit? told him a month ago when night out was. Will only be my 3rd evening off since ds born (and first that dh has babysat himself), and I can't exactly ask my mother can I? Men!
Does anyone else have any problems with their baby monitors? I keep getting interference on mine and I can't work out where from. Keeps buzzing and waking me up overnight.
Sorry, long post!

tropical greeting fellow junies!
The last week has been a bit of a blur, so sorry I haven been posting. In a rubbish attempt to catch up:
Happy birthday Tea!
Thanks for my present secret santa!
Hope your mum settles soon 2happy and in your behalf for tonight... can you stomp your feet and remind your deal?
Giddy - So sorry about jess troubles! It does seem unfair that you are having to have all worries again! Is any one talking about testing her to determine her allergies?

We are down south with my family. It is lovely, but we are trapped at home because the airline lost the stroller wheels, and DS is too heavy to carry very long...
That means I might be able to post more though....

So, am I the only that have not started xtmas shopping yet?

No Lua don't worry - I haven't done any either yet! Plenty of time.

Afternoon ladies

Trib - so for your friend, but as you say best to know at the off as it were, much worse after years and years of trying.

Giddy - oh sweetie poor you! 1) Amber's also had a cold and chesty cough, was very flemmy yesterday and puked copious amounts in the evening, right as rain today so fingers crossed it's just side effect of cold for Jess. 2) Shall I come and beat you with that stick too don't be silly of course you deserve a georgous, happy, lovely baby...you daft old thing 3) will hold off on that pile's cure for a while - rather like the idea of Trib's red wine

Katz fingers crossed for an answer to the rash today

2many - grrrrr at thoughtless dh's, my advice would be to get ready asap and just leave him with ds - not alot he can do once you're out the door! - if you do get to go have a fab night

kids are funny old things aren't they? ds hates crusts and I always have to cut them off, just now making his sandwich I discovered we only had one slice and the end of the bread left. Made up the sandwich anyway and with him watching like a hawk I cut of the crust edges. He then took it away and ate the lot will save telling him he's eaten a giant crust until next time he throws a wobbly about crusts

hello junies

thanks for my pressie, caused snorting and startling of baby.

giddy- so glad jess had a good night, we were aall thinking of you last night.
i have similar feelings to you when i am most happy, some part of me keeps thinking something trully awful is about to happen and i will loose it all. its a constant voice that i reason with and sometimes nags louder than others. i am sure its linked to early loss, take heart and live for the good things today.

trib- so sorry for your friend, its like a bereavement, hope she feels better in time.

kvg - reminded of explosive poos! we used to have lots of those but not since solids. sometimes only a bath would do.

eym- like others have said i am sure the weight is nothing to worry about when all else is going so well. my hv says that as long as its going in the right direction its ok.

lua - feliz natal (at a guess - sorry)

all ok in our house dd slept great just waking up once
today startled to realise christmas is next weekend yikes!
frenzied activity will ensue as i clean the house and put tree up.
still refusing to take dd to santa, guess we will have to sort that one out before next christmas

Tea, shocked that you would get on board with my "red wine for medicinal purposes" theory

2many - I'm afraid you just need to tell dh he can't go out. You've arranged your thing first, he'll have to go curling another night. Btw, never let the word "babysitting" be used by him in reference to taking care of his own child!

Giddy hunny im so sorry you must have been so scared, but you dealt with it like you always do extremely brilliantly hugssssss, You are the most wonderful mother and you deserve your beautiful girl, and all the pleasures of sharing her life with her, dont you forget that lady.

lol Mrs christams I would love to look after yor darling boy, thats so nice of you to say that and that means so much to me.

Sfx mum im so sorry hearing about your mum bless her hope she gets better soon im sure she will with a daughter like you hugssss

Trib hunny im so sorry for your friend, I too thought i wouldnt be able to concive again before william it is very frightening. Just be there for her when she needs you im sure you will do this anyway hugss.

Right spoke to Hv yesterday about my sis gill and she said if my sister says its ok i can speak directly to her HV and do i have some choice words for her, anyway i dont want to push it i just feel i cant support her the way i could if she lived closer to me. My Hv said gillian should be having resuitation techniques taught to her and recovery position ect i cant belive the HV isnt going back for 3 weeks its mad grrrrrrrrr.

wow why do i always having problems posting lol

its that hubby hes been messing i bet

right im off out tomoro nite, first giley nite out cant wait thinking of wearing my flashing santa hat lol what do you think?

Pin the willy on the man went good last nite, i think i might have turned the girls around a bit to much though, we had to careful on slippy floor lol.

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HOpe you're doing ok Giddy - pretty scary stuff. And of course you deserve your lovely little girl, you old daftee
Trib - sorry about your friend but I think you're right, if it was me I'd want to know soon too.
Tea - you can pull the wool over their eyes really easily I find. In the kitchen the other day dd told us she was too tired to walk across the room to put something in the bin. 'Look there's some chocolate on your table' I said and she dutifully trotted over to look for it [ smile] To be fair though she did get the joke, bless her, but no chocolate.....

Welshie - he he he, we use the lure of treats too! I'm sure everyone does...bless him tho as Trib will attest ds lurves balloons so they get a better response than chocolate atm - sure that won't last for too long!

Giddy - I hate it when they say that too, like you're lying and trying to rip them off in my experience just keep complaining, esp very loudly in store and to the manager, that usually elicits the correct response bloody pain having to wait until Sunday - surely the person in charge last night knows if any tills were over/under, I mean they don't just leave it to the cashier to total up and take their word it's correct??? I'm not slating people that work in supermarkets, but purlease some of them are just downright gormless!

Trib - yup, hic, who'd have thought I'd go for the wine option, moi, as if

Giddy - Blimey, poor you and poor little Jess. Don't blame you for thinking you're silly at all, I'm v similar, can't believe I've got him and am convinced something's bound to go wrong, makes me quite tearful every time it crosses my mind. Like sfx i think it's sometimes more forceful for those who've had tough times and tragedy. Thinking of you.

Mrs CD - You write such lovely posts you know, if that's not cheeky from a newbie. Glad I'm not the only mum to hand over the remote control to a Junie baby, DS just loves it - typical bloke!

2many im with the others, it's your turn dammit!

Trib - sorry about your friend, does it make ir easier or harder for you to see her?

How is everyone's weaning going? Katz were you about to start, i loved the look of your routine. Ours went pear-shaped, literally, and I stopped everything for three plus days and have only just restarted. Thinking of abandoning AK and some of my frozen cubes and now sticking with Heinz powdered porridge, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Think I overdosed DS on fruit and veg and poor little thing became unbelievably sicky, partic as he didn't like baby rice, even mixed in, and combined with new car and long journeys giving him car sickness, aaagghhh. Poor love. His fast has worked though and he seems to have perked up and have decided to give him heinz powdered porridge (from the sublime to the ridiculous) only for a few days in the hope it'll be like some of the thicker formulas and bal.ance out fruit and veg later on by weighing down his tummy.

Just popping in.
Giddy. Poor you and poor Jess. What a fright. And how bloody useless is your HV!! I really hope you get some better feedback and info from the specialist and soon. YOU TOTALLY DESERVE YOUR GORGEOUS FABULOUS DAUGHTERS. You are wonderful, remember??? It is true . You DON'T deserve the heartache that their complications cause you .
Trib - for your friend too. What a lot to come to terms with.
Mrs CD - Thanks for your bottle suggestion. DD2 doesn't take a bottle yet (I haven't tried that hard tbh) At night she is not really wanting a feed for hunger either she just wants a little comfort suckle and because she didn't take to her dummy either it is boobies she wants. I will have to get tough with her eventually.....but not yet .
I hope you DH brings you any yummy party food left over from his work at the moment. I was thinking about that the other day whilst in the shower. I often think of you all when I am in the shower or trying to get to sleep lol.
2many - YOU go out. No questions. He can go curling another time. Your do won't happen again. We have a calendar and write everything on there so we can't double book. It saves a lot of upset and disagreements esp when I am too tired to remember dh told me something. I check the calendar all the time and often see things dh has snuck on like football matches, watching rugby etc, so I sometimes sneak my stuff on too hee hee. Whoever gets there first wins lol.
Have to go and fall asleep on the sofa for an hour insisting it is MY time before I go to bed, despite the fact I would be much better off just going to bed.
Sorry for patchy catch up.
Weaning.....I start tomorrow! Breastmilk and baby rice. Lucky dd2 !

evening all

eym - think you mean 2many mum, mine died over 20yrs ago. but we both lovely daughters

2many - hope you out having a great time, agree with trib the word babysitting should never be spoken regarding own child, i mean really..

giddy - your HV seems like a complete cow, i think that for many people, particularly in health care, a title is enough. they should be challenged and complained about mercilessly

welshie- was thinking about your school dilema, one of the reasons i bought a place in this area is so that i have access to good schools. i would rather not send dd to one with a religious affiliation but the school system in england is pretty crazy and unfair and for the most part denomination schools do better. its probably worth checking if any offer 'fast track' to a good secondary. oh this is insane!

on a positive note, last night directed dh to webpage where my christmas present could be found, might not get here in time but its lovely

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I may be the first but won't be the last dont' feel you can't say these things. Isn't this meant to be the place where you can say the unsayable, not that it is. My DS was poorly in the first three days, I took him to A&E with atouch of jaundice, being a little too sleepy expecting them to say saddo first time mum go home, they didn't. Instead they admitted him for three days and treated him for suspected meningitis, lumber punctured as well and said he was dehudrated and various things. DH was a v v v poorly premmie himself with meningitis (In the days when they rearely survived) and I was convinced we were in for a very unpleasant time. Combined with the fact that seeing my parents mourn one of my brothers (he died aged 30 eight years ago) meant I put off having kids for nearly six years because to me there was no point having kids unless I felt I could cope with losing one...as if... Have I gone too far now? Do hope not.

Giddy meant to say that I like you watcfh and enjoy each breath. I havbe to admit I actually asked my mum that even if she knew my brother was going to die woudl she have done it all the same and she said without a pause, yes, no question. Sure not everyone would say the same, but its inspirational I think nonetheless, and that's saying something because my mum's bonkers!