FEB 2011 - Peekaboo!! Sitting, Eating and sometimes Sleeping

[wigglesrock]

, Welcome all - will post stats later, so any lurkers decloak

ahh ponyo see - you need to ease yourself in with zumba gold . Peope are weird - it's odd how dhs either can't see the mental games people play or if they do see them they arn't bothered . I don't mind if they are too busy anyway - it's their loss - we'll just do something as a family . MIL sent me 2 emails in the last few days catching up and sharing news etc, neither of them mentioned anything to do with my grandad and how he was/how I was/how family are/how sorry she is etc which I felt a little [dissapointment] about

reastie well you did your best trying to organise a meeting, they cancelled, you can relax and do what suits you next time.Do you know when the funeral will be yet?
I am actually slightly of zumba gold. Found my Shred Dvd burried, kept safe underneath a mountain of bills paperwork.

ILovePonyo to be honest it sounds exhausting, sometimes time with my Mum feels like she is sucking the life out of me and I quite like her!

jane say hello to Brad for me

Anna slept until quite late this morning and has had a nap already, she is getting much better at napping in her cot.

Hope everyone has a lovely day, weather is really nice here

And yes Mr W has compartmentalised the condom drawer - one for his birthday, one for mine, one for our anniversary, and what the hell two for Christmas

Ello ello.

Had such a lot to catch up on,apologies for not remembering everyone but lovely pics and glad you are all ok and had nice holidays.

reastie sorry about gdad,poor you.How are you feeling now?
Re pils-at least it didnt happen,the only thing id say is that since we went away and i learnt to let go of D's routine occasionally i have felt much more relaxed,we wne to a party sat and also stayed out late at longleat yesterday and she was fine,i still do the bath tho even if its at midnight,just to let her know its bedtime.Having said that you know how i feel about selfish pils so i wouldnt be badgered into anything i didnt want to.
Oddly enough i think mil is game playing now too,what she doesnt know is that i couldnt give a shit whether we see them again or not.
They are on hols at the mo in canada and still manage to ring dh most nights for idle chit chat late at night for half an hour-i find this odd!!
They are back next week but we will be away and then dh back to work when we come back so im not sure how they will wangle that one.

borg-id say diluted oj for the pooh,poor bugger,Dilly was constipated when she started solids too.

ponyo my dad is like that,only interested in himself,i cant stand it.Everything he does is unique to him iyswim,he even thinks martin lewis sends him personal e mails.

Well the bags did get unpacked eventually with lots of huffing and puffing from me,he managed to extract himself from the pc.
He was good yeserday tho,i had a migraine on the way home longleat and had to go straight to bed,he surpassed himself and sorted the girls out and got up with Dilly this am.
Dilly is crawling too,well squirming.We had to have a couple of pit stops yesterday as she needs to get out of the buggy now and then for a squirm

wigglesh har har har

ledkr glad the fairies haven't whisked you away yet

jane - fingers crossed for you, I can't believe how excited I am for you! I had a similar thing, woke up in the middle of the night and vomited (thought it was some dodgy food as had been to a barbeque) and a week later I had a positive. Hope it's the same for you!

wiggles - at the organised condom drawer.

I can't believe I'm writing this but: L slept through the night. I still woke to check on him, nearly got him up for a feed as I was so uncomfortable (what is wrong with me?) but dug the pump out in the end.

Gotta run, L is waking. Sorry I couldn't respond to everyone!

Jane fingers crossed.

Chaotic here one friend gone with her darling child (leaving a complete mess) and another one coming soon! Gotta run!

jane how the hell did i miss your post. What????? When was it due and have you been sick again

due on today ledkr but i just had a bfn, think im in for a long one this month. Hate by body playing tricks :(

wiggles I meant organised in date order as in out of date order, but order of use works just as well . We have the funeral next thursday. Only prob is I have NOTHING to wear that fits me that is suitable (aside from my granny styled christening outfit which I don't want to use) so may have to go shopping tomorrow

ledkr glad you had a nice time at longleat but to migraine ( to dh being good though)

american massive cheers for full night (and touching wood simultaneously for tonight)

I'm slightly alice displaying seperation anxiety already (is that even possible?!). She screams like it's the end of the world when I leave the room for just a few seconds and then stops as soon as I'm back,she stares at me every time someone else holds her and in the evening she's started not settling for dh - she has to be lying next to me in bed snuggling up - any other way will not do . I'm unsure if I should just go with what she wants or be strict.

jane sorry about the result, it's a cruel trick that PMT and pregnancy feel so similar isn't it, at least if/when AF comes you can have a large bottle glass of wine.

Everyone, thanks for the poo advice, going to pop out to get some OJ and prune juice, it is now DAY NINE.

ledkr thanks for the bag-gate update!

expat at the sleep but congratulations, that's great news [said through gritted teeth]

N going bonkers in his jumperoo since he is now finally big enough for his feet to touch the floor, nice to have a sit down!

reastie Nate does that too, he burrows his face in my chest if people try to talk to them and sometimes cries, usually if it's a man! He cries when I leave the room too, and for the morning nap now it must be in our bed with me lying next to him with until he drops off. He is not usually clingy/cuddly so I think it must be the separation thing. I think it's important developmentally so we should ride it out otherwise it might get worse if we leave them on their own to deal with it (so I have been told by a pal but she is a bit co-sleepy/breast feedy, but is a paediatrician though).

Oh she also said to play hiding, and peepo (peekaboo, whatever!!) games to get them to learn that we will come back. I think it's quite sweet as Nate as always been a bit of an independent one so it's nice that he's now all lovey dovey, although I have many scratch/pinch/love bite marks from his efforts!

Oh no reastie go with it,it is sooo normal and you just need to reassure her by moving away but still in sight,it wont last wrong.
Dilly is far from this and loves everyone but she does bury her face in me if anyone makes her laugh,its as if she's gone coy.so funny.

My little sis didnt speak to men until she was about 6-wise girl.

jane was it a cheap test?Its quite early still,any symptoms? Its frustrating its happened to me twice now-not conceiving straight away.It does seem to be true that you can try too hard.

Everyone is annoying me today "i just want to be left alone" haha

glad it's normal but doesn't make it any less frustrating - i'm lucky if i manage to empty the dishwasher before dh comes home at the min. it's funny you mention men as alice is the same - she gets really nervous around men apart from dh. infact, she gets a panic look just hearing my dad speak (who isn't loud or anything) and screams whenever he trys to hold her. i feel really for him. I wonder why that is - do you think she just sees alot more women (don't really have any men to hold her excluding dh except dad and fil who hasnt seen her in well over a month

jane still hopeful that soon will be your time and thinking of you lots xx

Hm reastie I think dd is a bit of a flirt with the chaps, she gives big grins to random men quite often Your poor dad, my dad also looks really hurt if dd cries when he's near her. Good luck for next thrus and the shopping, are you getting a black outfit or do you need a bit of colour in it too?

jane really sorry re: bfn, give it while and see if your period turns up, if not test again if it does then roll on next month :) Its so frustrating though isn't it. By the way I think I missed the pic of your wedding dress, did you post it recently or a while ago? Love the idea of wedding converse, can't wait to see them.

ledkr I did at the martin lewis emails, mil watches to see if you are paying attention when shes talking so I can't even drift off and daydream. I think its weird your dh's parents ring from hols too, odd.

american hooray to the sleeping through the night!

wiggles at condom drawer, I;m sure thats what ours would look like too (if we had one)

Thanks all for being understanding re: mil, I wasn't sure if I was being petty. But I'm not haha.

Had a nice afternoon with a friend and her baby, was being grumpy with dp earlier so think he was glad to be rid of me

Yes definitely men, I don't know why. He seems okay with my dad, but he always speaks really softly to him. I think the other men might be a bit boomy? He always does the upside down smile pout thing then bawls whenever my FIL speaks to him! He'll let my friends hold him as long as he can stare sadly at me but he's usually fine after a little while.

I've given Nate the OJ, couldn't find prune juice in tescos, and have done the colon cleanser as learnt from baby massage.

Ha ha yes I often an everyone is annoying me day too. Was meant to go to buggy fit class but really can't be bothered with the competitive mum's run down of how advanced their babies are, enthusiasm is nice and I do like comparing what the babies are up to to see what's normal etc. but they really harp on

ledkr it was a cheap dip strip from ebay. I do have some symptoms but they could may well be pmt. Ah well it's another waiting game fro Af.

borg Hope Nates explosion isn't too big!

ILovePonyo Anna's a big flirt too, gets it from her dad , she does launch herself into the arms of virtual strangers! Although she is a little unsettled with my mil, but I think thats because she can sense that mil is worried incase she starts crying, top tip #101 never let a baby smell your fear It doesn't help that pil is Annas' favourite person in the whole world, all the girls have loved him from the minute they have set eyes on him, a lifetime of raising boys and now he's finally getting his reward

WeAreBorg good luck with oj, Anna had a dinner with prunes last week and the nappies were a real 20 wiper as we call them

american well done on last night, I'm sharing Borgs gritted teeth

jane shite result, have Mr Leto update - apparently he was scrummy but his brother was even scrummier. Also lovely as we are, it seems we would be barking up the wrong tree if we thought we could tempt Mr Leto [taps nose in a knowing way]

ledkr feeling any more sociable

wiggles you have just destroyed my fantasies, ah well he is still super sexy!

jane sorry!

Btw - got stung by a wasp at the park today, just underneath my knuckle, I usually require pethedine for this amount of pain , it's really sore - any suggestions. Ps if anyone suggests anything homemade I remind you all whose kitchen you are dealing with

vinegar. Or wine-drink it sudo creme or savlon.

Hey all

Boo to jane's AF, but it's not over yet

wiggles ouch to wasp sting, evil feckers, I know it's either bicarb of soda or vinegar??

reastie S is the same, has been for a while, but that's probably because no-one ever holds her, changes her nappy, feeds her, puts her to bed apart from me [second child syndrome]. Deffo go with it, it won't last forever sadly

Took my girlies swimming with my mum today, S was nonplussed but Imy loved it. My mum played with her the whole time and afterwards said it was worth going through all the chemo so she could be well enough to do that with Imy today. (aaaahhhhhh )

borg love your description of your breast feedy co sleepy friend- I'm breast feedy and sling wearing but as far from co sleepy as is humanly possible! BTW reastie can your back manage a sling? Would help you to get more done with A being clingy. I'd def recommend my Moby, I hardly know I'm wearing it.

expat hooray and long may it last!!

hi ladies,
Jane i didn't get a bfp until 2 wks after af was due.
Wiggles an ice cube may help sting pain
Freya hates when anyone leaves the room, she just screams and screams till we come back unless its bed time then she's fine

Ledkr
Last wed night i was sitting on the sofa with freya and tom was playing on the floor. The dog was sitting on the end of the sofa. Dh took tom to brush his teeth while i was changing freya. Tom then climbed up on the sofa to kiss me goodnight and the dog just turned and jumped on him growling and shaking my babys face in his mouth, it was only a couple of seconds but felt like forever. Dh grabbed the dog and put him outside. His face was covered in blood and i phoned the ambulance. The ambulance came so quickly shortly followed by police. They tried to calm tom but couldn't and tried to give him morphine. Even a trip in the ambulance with the blue lights. He was hysterical and i was panicing as he was pouring with blood. At the hospital they gave him ketamine which was horrible as it knocked him out but his eyes were open and glazed. He had 13 stitches in one side and 2 in the other. As they were doing the last 2 he was coming round crying saying mummy tell man stop it was heartbreaking. We were back home 3hrs after phoneing the ambulance. If one of the punctures had been 1cm higher it would have been his eye and he probably would've been blinded. Today was just as bad as he had his stitches out and because he wouldn't take the oral morphine they wouldn't give him anything else. So i had to hold him down whilst they took them out. He was screaming and crying i have never felt like that before. It was horrific.

I still feel immensly guilty and numb. I know i shouldn't but i really can't stop. If it was someone elses dog i could be angry at them but it wasn't so i can only be angry with myself. We had had the dog since he was 8wks old. 6months before tom was born. He was a staffie and normally so kind and gentle. But i could never have trusted him again so he had to be put down.

Sorry for such a long post

Yes i was going to suggest the sling reastie I love mine and may well treat myself to a moby soon but Ellas school shoes first eh.

OOps i seem to be halfway thru a bottle of rose yum yum.
I didnt feel very sociable today wiggs its hard with the age gap somtimes, ds2 wants to know what we are doing cos he is off work.ds 3 has tonsilitis and needed lift to drs and prescriptions,lucozade chicken soups etc.I feel sorry for him cos dil is a bit high maintainance and dgs is 2 so a bit noisy and he is sooo ill. So was running about all day and dilly is grumpy too and Ella was bored arrrrrrrrrgh! No wonder i need a drink.

Oh hubbard that must have been so frightening for you all, I am in tears reading about your poor boy. I hope he (and you) is ok after today, sending some hugs over to you both.

wiggles hope the wasp sting is better hate the little buggers!