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

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40Weeks maybe we should get them together and send them over to tadjennyp, her Edwards' the same Lucky you this weekend, I'm one of the few people who actually like other people weddings.

Hubbard how you doing?

Hope you are relaxing ledkr and tonight goes well again debka

Off to get sorted for tomorrow, picnic organised, wellies and coats in car, Euros in purse (great gift shop) and passports ready

Just checking in, been away in Southampton for a couple of days and now back in riot torn Birmingham. Bunch of f**king twunts.

Hope you're all safe and sound. I'm trying to hint that maybe DP should not go to work in Wolves tomorrow (via the middle of Brum) and definitely not travel to London on Thursday. It's all so scary, I was caught up in the 7/7 stuff and this feels much scarier.

Just checking in, been away in Southampton for a couple of days and now back in riot torn Birmingham. Bunch of f**king twunts.

Hope you're all safe and sound. I'm trying to hint that maybe DP should not go to work in Wolves tomorrow (via the middle of Brum) and definitely not travel to London on Thursday. It's all so scary, I was caught up in the 7/7 stuff and this feels much scarier.

it calmed down for a while but has started again. It is very scary. Seen some vids and they're completly insane. A massive clean up has been organised for 9am which is nice to see some community spirit amongst the madness. Hope everyone else is ok and please stay safe

Ledkr, hope Dilly has gone down now and you are getting some rest. Sammy also proper grumpy today, must be getting some new teeth. Only quiet on the breast

Basically, without boring you all, we are in Oregon because dh's company offered him a job in the office here and I was on maternity leave at the time. After he accepted they closed his department in the York branch so he would have lost his job anyway. It's beautiful and very outdoorsy, which we like, and we are lucky but it is damn far away from our friends and family. Don't know if it will be forever as they have cut German from the schools here due to budget cuts and I want to go back to work at some point. So if you hear of any German teaching jobs next to a semiconductor plant, let me know!

Any visitors most welcome, even accident prone middle children! How old are Olivia and Owen? Edward's four next month.

Can't believe your shopping was cancelled 40. Hope you have a fab time at the wedding.

Hope things have quietened down completely now hubbard. Hope your dh makes it to work safely choco. Meant to ask hubbard, is Star chippy still next to the brewery? Used to love that place.

Its kicking off in Wolverhampton,hope hubbards ok
Have had various texts to say our town is under threat too,ds1 was going to stay here as he lives in town but the town is coned off so he cant get here he said he saw about 20 blokes with hammers and bats,poor dh has work tomorrow he needs to get through till Friday and he has lost his mobile so hopefully we will get our holiday.
Dh is speaking to a colleague now to get ds up here safe. He is my 26yr old pfb.

Hope everyone's ok post-rioting. Haven't switched on the news so I don't really know what happened last night.

Well, S is still asleep (has been since 7.15!!!! ) but I am AWAKE and have been since 4 bloody 30. WTF? Feel tired but can't sleep, no point now either cos S will be up any minute. Sigh. Guess it'll take a while for my body to get used to sleeping for longer periods again!

wanderingsheep my mum is doing way better, thanks, chemo all over and the scan said she is free from active cancer (for the time being). She is recovering well now and has been up and about a lot more and looking after my girls a bit which has been a treat for both of us!

ledkr I heard on radio Gloucester had trouble last night, and after reading your post just want to check all is OK.

hubbard everything alright there?

deb glad bean was good girl again last night - I get the insomnia too - usually about 4 am I wake up and struggle to get back to sleep.

Whoever asked about gpa he is getting weaker but could hold on for some time yet apparently. Thanks for asking.

Hi all, hubbard let us know you are ok.

deb great that shes done it again,Dilly managed a whole night too till 7.15,i cant understand why she cant do it every night-stupid baby.

I also wake up at about 4 sometimes,id still rather that than be up with Dills tho.

Reastie glos is about 12 miles away but it will affect dh-prob get leave cancelled today.
Chelt seems unscathed as yet,

Just so angry-where are the fucking parents? Even if you normally let them out lateWOULD YOU HAVE LAST NIGHT? GRRRR

I know, I think the parents have a lot to answer for. I think they should introduce a curfew and if the children break it, the PARENTS should be done, thus putting responsibility for the children's behaviour back on the parents.

Really hope DH's leave isn't cancelled ledkr

reastie and ledkr found this link in a thread on the sleep board, thought you might be interested. controlled comforting It's like cc but gentler, but seems to solve the same issues.

Well S woke at 6, little gem, back in bed now, and as Imy is having breakfast at my mum's DH and I had a quiet civilised breakfast on our own, wtih tea in a teapot and everything. Got the kitchen cleaned and a cherry cake in the oven already, plus washing on line and dishwasher emptied!

i'm fine. The police did a very good job but quite a few shops in town have been looted and trashed. Gonna take the kiddies to funworld and sit and drink tea to let tom get rid of some energy. Really hope the riots don't start again tonight

glad you are both fine.

I'm feeling super proud of myself today - past 2 days I've actually done excercise in the form of an ancient beverly callard fitness tape . Only managed the aerobic section as any longer and alice would have waked from slumber, and, tbh the warm up alone made me sweat a little . Bue I did it [proud] . Got jane to thank as I feel I'd better get ready for the september shred-a-thon- (and nhs fat fighters).

Also feel proud (and a little scared) as taking alice swimming tomorrow for the first time hopefully. Pfb q - does anyone know how you can find out how clean public pools are? Is there a website that rates them? I'm a bit paranoid about these things and my only experience of public pools (as opposed to my lovely gym pool which I'm not currently an active member of) is they are a bit rough and dirty .

deb I checked out that site and it looks like a good idea, I'm wondering what you do if dd keeps rolling onto her tummy as soon as you leave the room (so stands no chance of sleeping). Leave her until the next check back time or roll her back and run?

ledkr let us know update re: dhs leave

hang on, it's needto arranging shredathon isn't it. I'll thank her for my excercising then

Gosh Deb-thats exactly what i do.Even the rolling her onto her side and patting her thunder thigh.

I have given up ww as im far too greedy,have dug out my old sw stuff and sobbed when i saw the last time i did it i was 10 stone 2

I need big old portions so will be doing this from now on. Anyone got any tips for sw? We had cauli cheese last night and tonnes of sw chips nom nom.

Having my hair done today,i am soooooo excited i can hardly breathe. At the mo its kiond of gingery blonde with grey roots and no shape.

Hiya, just had super quick read through. For those of you who want a nosy i put some more photos of the dc's last night.

Hope everyone stays safe. We haven't decided if we are going yet. I'm getting organised and then we are ready or can bail out. Thought this is easier than vv iykwim!

I cannot possibly catch up on the last 2 weeks of the thread. Could someone kindly fill me in on the goings on?

L is still sleeping. It appears 10 hours is his limit at night (which explains the 5am wakings when going to bed at 7) so we'll be changing his bedtime once he shakes the jetlag.

american -i think Dilly is the same-10 hours at night mostly.
Welcome back.

Four4, your babies are gorgeous and they look so happy and smiley!
Welcome back American.
I hope all those affected by the riots are ok.
Had Noah, or should I say fat boy, weighed this morning, he's 19lb, 7oz! Hv asked if I'm weaning, I didn't like to say yeah I have been for ages! She said to stop giving him milk with his meals and offer him water in his sippy cup instead and that from six months to make his food with full fat milk but formula for drinking. She also said to start brushing his teeth/gums! All a bit scary!

Hi ladies,

Hope you're all managing to stay clear of any riots and that none of those naughty babies have been out late smashing and grabbing new i-phones etc.

C is doing fine, it's my last but one week before I go back to work, so it all feels a bit final somehow. I wimped out of swimming on Tuesday as am having the period from hell and I felt all guilty (oh but there's only one more Tuesday left) etc. but hey ho, the ticking away of time is pretty inevitable I guess.

Emski interesting what your HV said re milk with food etc. C is pretty much still having all her milk as I've not gone anywhere with meat & dairy but I know I should start being a bit more structured about it.

Ledkr so sorry to hear DH leave might be cancelled. The impact of this whole thing is much greater than shop windows and TVs isn't it? Also sorry to hear you have had a crap day. I still have days like that, where I just feel like C and me aren't friends, and that I am just making a hash of everything, but thankfully they're now few and far between.

I still hate the thought of a whole day on my own with C tho, I'm so lucky that I have my Mum near.

Deb glad you're getting peaceful nights, but it sounds like it's time you learnt to 'self-settle' now lol.

reastie [impressed] icon re exercise, well done you. I am going to have to sort out my eating when I get back to work. I lost my baby weight quickly (am still a 'larger lady' as I always was tho!) but have not been eating that well, and getting away with it due to lots of pram walking, but back at desk am going to have to rein it in a bit.

Have ordered my new buggy and am excitedly waiting for delivery (have a long wait, will be another 5 days, bit YKWIM).

Am still really shocked by the horrid rioting and looting etc. I suppose being somewhere a bit more rural it feels a long way away but I know it isn't, Manchester is only half an hour away on the train. It's just weird, everybody talking about disenfranchised teenagers, sense of entitlement, etc. but my last real contact with teenagers was with a group of older Guides who after over a year of hard work had acheived their Baden-Powell award. It was really great and everyone was so proud of them. It makes me so sad that there is such a seemingly such a large group of young ish people who appear to think that smashing windows and nicking stuff is OK. I am just baffled.

Hope everybody gets through the week OK (not tooooo far to weekend now) ladies.

Dx

Hello all,

All quiet here in Birmingham thank goodness. I haven't ventured near the City Centre today and DP has worked from home so not sure what the City Cent is like - local news just said all the shops have shut up early.

Delia Good luck with your back to work plans. It's a few months til I'm back but I have a conversation with someone I want to work with on Friday so need to get my head straight. It's scary!

Emski V interesting re: HV. Mine's v inconsistent but did say to give R water with her meals which I have been doing occassionally all the time. She's just not a fan though I know I need to get her drinking it. She's on 2 meals now but no meat or fish as yet and I can't figure out when to fit the 3rd meal in. It never stops does it?!

American 10 hours sounds lovely. Welcome home!

four4 Ooohh. New pics....will take a look. Will try and put some more up myself when I get chance.

ledkr Oh I do hope you'll get your break. You must be so worried about DP all the time (you too wiggles). all our police deserve so much more credit than they get. So little respect.

reastie Exercising? You mentalist! Now I feel I should do some. I suppose that's what this sponsored things all about though...we can all encourage each other. I won't bother today though....hols in a couple of days so no point!

Hubbard Stay safe my W.Mids neighbour.

deb I'm so pleased for your sleeping success with S. Such a lovely story. Long may it continue!

tad Oregon is on our list of places to visit. DP would like to go to Portland although I know nothing about it!

Had to take R to Dr's today to get her eye checked. It's a bit wonky so they're referring her to the consultant at the children's hospital. Have everything crossed that she's ok and it will go away with time. She's still gorgeous though! Generally all good though, she stole my ice cream at the seaside yesterday and was a bit about paddling in the sea.

Off on hols on Sat...anyone Wang to tackle my packing?

Wang = want, obv!

Choco, Portland is really nice and was voted the most European city in America! No direct flights to the UK, unfortunately. Have a fab hol!

Welcome back american - did you get your target fix?

Reastie - well done on the exercise.

Ledkr, so sorry if dh's leave is cancelled.

Lovely pics 44!

I can't believe you are going back to work already delia! It's crazy how fast the time has gone!

Good weight Noah! Well done Emski.

You need to learn how to sleep yourself debka!

Waves to everyone else.

Hello all, just a quick post from me as am feeling v tired and grumpy, think all this idiotic rioting is getting to me, don't even want to hear about it on the news at the moment, I'd rather stick my head in the sand thanks. Although choco's "wang" instead of "want" did make me Enjoy your hols! Where are you going?

Had dd weighed today, she is 13lbs 4oz now, got some vague weaning advice which was basically keep doing what we're doing even though I said she doesn't seem to be swalloing much just dribbling it back out, ah well.

american hope you had a fab time, ledkr does a cracking update so I'm leaving that up to her (you're welcome ledkr)

delia can't beleive you'll be back at work soon, and hope the period from hell buggers off soon! Am not doing much too structured re: food either and dd still having all her bottles.

reastie good luck for swimming tomo, you are v brave, I still need dp to come with me! Don't know about pools and cleanliness sorry, but imagine all pools must have certain hygiene standards to maintain? Let us know how it goes :)

Right I'm off to grump around and go to bed nice and early. Sleep well babies!

Hi folks...hope everyone is safe...this rioting is frigging awful! If I hear one more time that the young people are 'disenfranchised' I'll scream. Pisses me off the younger generation have a complete sense of entitlement & don't seem to understand that you need earn respect & work hard to get on in life!

Sorry to hear of unwell & some non sleeping babies...& hooray for the bubbas finally getting it that we mummies need our sleep too,therefore it is in their interest to sleep thru ... like we can reason with them & make them understand,heh heh!

ledkr sorry to hear that all police leave has been cancelled...will u still go away tho..you're prob still in need of a holiday,although won't feel like a rest if dh not there..

reastie I think the chlorine level is something like 20% in public pools but can be as low as 5% in private gym pools...argument being that the private ones will be less irritating to babies' skin. But I think the public pools are generally fine..there is a list on netmums I think of the ranking of local pools?

Nate is finally now being weaned...just trying one meal a day..so far he like apple with his porridge & today we had some carrot...tho that somehow ended up his nose ...his wee nose was a nice crusty bright orange when I picked him up from his afternoon nap!

Evening,

Well, I've been to mothercare and spent a fortune on various baby swimming bits - had no idea what to get so came away with everything . Am feeling quite about wearing a swimming costume, let alone a swimming costume in public - think I'll give the other poor children there nightmares esp given my friend I'm going with is slim .

ems I get so re: weaning and what to do as it feels like specifics vary so much.

delia that came about quickly. I hope all goes well when you do go to work and have time to let us all know how things are going - don't leave us when you are busy with work and C will you.

44 love the piccies, esp the black and white one of ds 1 and 2

choc hope the eye is Ok

ledkr what's the difference between sw and ww? [clueless]

Hoping tonight is much safer for everyone across the country tonight. Went shopping earlier and passed a shop that had been looted