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

[katzglitterytree]

hello all

come and join us new and old junies

Hi Uki-Nice to "see" your'e still around and Cooper is doing well.
I've got a friend in Oz and it always seems so strange that her christmases are always hot,but it's not too cold here just yet-I'm sure it won't be long though!
Ds also has a Bumbo,but I'm not a fan of it-might even stick ours on Ebay.
Know what you mean about the toys-Oscar already has a toy box full which he doesn't play with yet and there's a ridiculous ammount of pressies under the tree,so we'll probably have to move house too-just to accommodate them.
Hope your move goes smoothly and a very happy christmas/new year to you.xxx

morning ladies

mrsCd what an awful time, just reading it makes my spine cold! very happy you are both well. the traumas, troubles and tribulations of motherhood.

just quick drop in, not much time to catch up hope you are all well. been busy sorting out the house and have visitors today. must pop out and get some nibbles hope dd up for it.

be leaving to brave The North on friday with a stopover somewhere in the midlands to visit dh's friends. lets see if i manage to borrow mil pc for a browse on mn.

hope to update concise thread before i leave.
what do you think if, next week, we do a sort of end of the year review on that thread?

take care all and special hug to eym

ey im here been lurking again.

Katz hunny ive not recieved parcell, prezie came for william today from my lovely friend in stoke on trent a drum lol so cute.

Right serious post, you know ive been feeling down with my mum pasing away last year, well its all come to a head this week, been weeping so much, went to doctors last nite and hes suggested some councling, he says ive got mild depression/anxiouty just cant seem to stop crying, he did want to give me meds but im not too keen, ill go with the councling in the new year.
Its been really hard lately william been waing up 3 times a nite, so ive been so exhausted, im trying to nap now when he does, i know its his teeth, but its so tiring.

Mrs Wed how awful, bless you, i hope you are all ok and jack is fine, big hugsssssss from yorkie house xxxxxx

Sfxmum lovely of you to think of me hunny I hope you have alovely christmas and wonderful new year xxxxxxxx

Giddy ill email ya later hugssssssss
lol still might turn up from christmas dinner

right got to go get dressed lol sometime today
love to you all xxxxxxxxxx

Hi

Ladies hope you don't mind me popping in just to say have a Fabulous christmas with your LO's DS was a June baby 2 years ago and remember our first christmas together really well.

Was a lovely time with him being part of it, have a lovely time and enjoy it - can't believe this year is DS's 3rd!! christmas where did that go?

H x

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Evening ladies,

Thanks for all your good wishes. Trib, yes, you?re right, DH staying home with DS but not until after the new year.

OMG Mrs CD!!! You poor love!!! Big hugs to you and the CD household?

Well, 3 days back at work and I?m absolutely exhausted. Today I got up, got myself ready, got DS ready, do a day?s work, pick him up from the nursery, spend an hour and a half entertaining/bathing/feeding him, run round like a nutter doing all the jobs that need doing/tidying away. It?s only been 3 days!!!! Lord, I hope it gets easier than this. I?ve had to fight the tears at the nursery. Although I have to say DS is adapting remarkably well, but it does seem to exhaust him. He fell asleep this evening in about 30 seconds. How on earth do you working mothers manage with two????

Hope all you junies and mummies are well. Have a good night??

we wish you a merry christmas
we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year
ok im on the sherry now lol

Jonah im so gald DS is settling down ok
bless you bet you must be tired, try and have a break hunny hugssss

right weve got 3 days to do the shopping in lol
wish us luck nite junies hugssxxxxxx

Evening ladies

Just a quickie....

Meandmy - thanks for the good wishes. Definitely right the years pass too quickly, hope your ds has a fab christmas - magical now that he can really get excited by it

SFX - summary of the year a good idea - hard to imagine that this time last year I was only just telling our real life friends about the pregnancy look at us all now!

EYM - tiredness has alot to answer for, they wouldn't use it as a form of torture otherwise. If you don't want any meds then stick by your guns, hun Talking to someone prob a good idea tho - I always feel better when I talk things through - much easier with relative strangers too - sometimes easier to say how we're really feeling - good luck

Jonah - sweetie we don't manage - we just pretend to!!! Will get easier tho, honest!

Trib - if you're still interested in the clothes email me/cat me with your new address and can arrange to send them if the postage costs are ok with you...

Right better go, dd stirring for her last bottle. Night night, x

Hi All!

Mrs Wed, what a horrible scare!!! I am so glad to hear that DS is OK! I don´t thnk there could ever be enough red wine to calm me down! You are a strong woman!

Jonah, sorry to hear you are so stressed! Unfortunately, I have to agree with Tea... I don exactly manage either... we just endurfe... I promisse though, in a few weeks you won notice anymore the boxes of take outs piling on top of the table and the dust bunnys around !

SFx - Feliz natal to you too!
and yes it is very strange to have a xtmas tree with fake snow on the bottom when is 35C outside and we are all melting!

Wishing you all a very merry christams !

Morning ladies. Hope everyone is well.

Teabelly - you're quite right about tiredness and torture. I'm knackered and I haven't even gone back to work yet.
EYM - well done for going to your doctors in the first place, sometimes it's the first step that's the hardest. I hope the couselling helps
Jonah - I hope it does get easier for you. Work is hard enough without trying to cram all the baby stuff in too
Luah - 35C? Sigh.....
Giddy/EYM - forget the postie/milkman/neighbours. Pyjamas all day I say!
MrsCD - hope the bruise is all better, and I hope you're getting over it too. Am now definitely going to get stairs carpeted (steep wooden stairs at mo)! I think they should make stairgates cat-proof too!
Meandmy - that's so sweet, thanks. I bet the 2 years has zoomed past for you.

Am now off to do my mother's housework. Caught her on tuesday trying to hang things on the tree. With stepladders. With her broken leg. Hopeless...

Oh and SFX - think end of year review a v good idea

mornning lovely junies hugsss

wow your all so suppportive thank you all for your kind words hugssssssss

Tea i agree sleep deprivation is a hard one, its like going bk to william been first born, and i cant really pin the reason down gr.

katz i think i got my prezzie somebody would think i like a drink lmaoooo thank you secret santa hugss

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EYM - so understand how you're feeling, and talking will help loads. Tiredness is such a b*er, it makes everything ten times as bad. Have you tried homeopathy? I found myself starting to feel very bleak as the winter set in and got a remedy which seems to have worked well. I don't understand it all and am a bit of a cynic but it does seem to have an effect. I'll be thinking of you, I miss my mum so much too.
Hey JonahB that sounds exactly like my day it does get easier as we get more efficient at it and our systems get more sophisticated! Sometimes I even feel quite proud of myself for managing it all. The early days are definitely the worst. You'll be fine - honest.
Uki - nice to hear from you
Mrs CD - giddy's right, that's a lovely image of ds snuggling back into his home cot - they're just so adorable.
I had a crap day yesterday. Was really looking forward to my work Christmas lunch but dh came down with tonsillitis so I had to do all the childcare instead - and look after him. Was so annoyed at life in general, daft I know as I have so much to be grateful for. In a better mood today.

Hello
Just popping by to say hello.
EYM - So glad you are getting some help. Did Cruse never contact you before?? That is bad. This time of year is going to make things especially hard and I do feel for those of you who have suffered losses . Thinking of you all.
DD2 is sleeping better waking just every three hours now . Seriously this is an improvement. She (or we) need to move into the spare room as I really feel this would make a difference but I have to wait for our stuff to go first. The packers come on the 4th Jan. Not long now.
DD1 has been so loving with dd2 it is wonderful to see. She has been playing with her and singing to her and telling me when she gets stuck under the table or rolls to near the fire (there is a guard, don't panic).
DH finished work today which is lovely and I am having a top lazy day. Our cleaner has been and we are having Fish and Chips for tea . And I got dd1 a DVD from the library so she has been occupied with minimum effort for much of the afternoon. Bad parenting but hey it is Christmas and I need a break and it is her treat for being so good and ......I don't care what anyone thinks!
We have been to the HV with dd2's nappy rash and now have two creams. It is not that bad actually but after our dreadful experiences with dd1 I am taking no chances. One of them is a treatment that helps with excema and so wil be god for dd1's little patches too.
Right have to run and supervise the dd's now the film has finished. Take care all xxxx

too near the fire!

EYM - Deffo go for the chatting option, i wqas offerred meds, as if they were smarties, do the talking first I rekcon it worked for me. They say the simplest things sometimes but there were one or two that really cliked, not least being given "permission" from a stranger/professional to feel sorry for myself, who agreed that i was having a tough time and that I could feel sorry for myself without it meanign others weren't suffeirng too. Sounds silly but helped somuch for me at the time. Good on you for resisting the doc.

Mrs CD- Goodness, poor you. Must have been absolutley awful, and hospitals try so hard but they're horrid. After the initial relief of knowing your loved one's in the right palce yous pend the rest of the time praying you'll be let out soon... Thank goodness you're home. DS fall of the bed the other day, nearly went to A&E but didn't.

Jopnah - Poor you sounds tough but that you're coping so well. I haven't braved any of it yet...

Teabelly - You've probably sold it all or sent it all to Truip but I'd love some of the clothes, partic cardies, jumpers, coaty thing and trousers ... Is that really cheeky?

Hope everyone else is ok. DH is home this week rather than next so we're playing at christmas. Tons of naTeat and Dean, Frank and Bing and carols Hooray! DS is into Bach at the mo which doesn't quite do it for me ...

Hello Lovely Junies! I wanted to wish you and your families a very merry christmas. I bet all our lovely little June babies are going to have a fab time trying to eat the wrapping paper and sitting on loads of laps. I can't believe its 6 months already since they arrived!

We are off to that there fancy london today, to spend a lazy Christmas at my in laws.

Big christmas hugs to all.

morning dear junies

quick stop while packing at the last minute. we off north to stay with in laws for christmas. cant wait, to sit with MIL sampling and discussing the virtues of several alcoholic beverages

lots of love to you all and have a lovely christmas.

eym- think counseling is a good idea but be wise about what type and dont go for something which may not suit you. its ok to feel sad and you are not supposed to be 'over it' yet. grieving takes a long time and is full of ups and downs. its inevitable that you will have low moments in this, the first christmas without your mum. you are strong and have a loving family i am sure that will be a great comfort and help you along. lots of love.

Morning ladies

Merry Christmas SFX and Mandy - hope you enjoy your trips away

Cratchit - not too cheeky sweetie, I am going to sort out some clothes bits today (as DM has kids and I can get into boxes without DS being extremely helpful ) will squirrel away some bits for you too...cat me with your details for posting

Am going to have a mad morning now getting house up straight - well as straight as is possible with us and then off to lunch with the girls (hic!) and then last minute drunken present buying - he he he! So probably won't get much chance to post over next few days...will lurk tho so hope you all have a fabulous Christmas where ever you spend it, Happy Birthday Katz for the 26th and hope to 'see' you all next week! x

Happy Christmas everyone x

Merry Christmas from me too! Enjoy your trips away those who are travelling, and I will be thinking of you, especially those who are missing loved ones .
Can't wait to hear what all the baby Junies got . I promised not to spend any money on dd2, but she has managed to get gifts totalling the same as dd1 somehow. I have spent more on her than I did on dd1's First Christmas . Can't wait for them to get unwrapping now !