Feb 2011- the one where Jane gets married and ALL the babies sleep through!

[deadka]

Hello everyone!!

Borg I thought it our dodgy floors that enables A to bounce in her highchair - think we could create a new extreme baby sport - stick a cycling helmet on them and watch them go

emski I will have to share ..... when Olivia was about 6 weeks old, I took her and Sofia to Tescos in the double buggy (this will explain why double buggies are the bane of my life ) Sofia managed to slide down in her seat, and she was not a wriggler, she got caught in the straps, harness and started to scream. Every time I tried to lift her up to free her, the buggy kept tipping, Olivia was so tiny and no-one came over to help me. In fact the customers (read old people) thought Sofia was throwing a tantrum and were throwing really dirty looks . In the end I collared a member of staff who had to hold the buggy while I untangled Sofia and lifted her out. I don't think I've ever felt so simultanously angry and scundered Lets just say Mothercare felt the strength of my wrath the next day.

deadka at fringe, S & O are the queen of fringes. Sofia started to grow hers out this summer and her new hair do makes her seem so grown up . Hope all goes well for your Mum tomorrow. Thinking of you x

ledkr hope smear goes smoothly tomorrow, at ex knobhead/wanker.

hubbard A has the same amount of milk in the same volumes as well.

I'm never in a rush to move them off bottles, I know its encouraged by a year but its the one thing (of many, I hear you say ) I have never stressed about. S&O both had a bedtime bottle before brushing their teeth and heading to bed until after 18 months or so.

Ah feck x posted with everyone , big wave to all xx

wiggles Intetesting what you say about bottles. I seem to have it in my headache should be drinking from beaker in the day but imagine her with a bottle in eve til she's approx 22. And am giggling at you letting Mothercare feel your wrath!

ledkr Mine is always the thing where they find dodgy cells. I think they give it a level but mines always been the "best" one. I get called back to doctors, then hospital where they stick a camera up your fanjo and ask if you'd like to watch on a plasma screen. It's always been fine though and I've never had treatment. Apparently the cells can change all the time.

Thanks all for advice and sympathy re: R's sleeping. She used to be so good! She might be teething again i guess. Just worried cos of work and we're going out on Thurs to a gig (Ash, I am a massive fan!) and I'm worried she'll yell at MIL all night!

chocoBoo I've seen Ash quite a few times, they're fab live Don't worry about your Mil - she'll probably think its cute

i watched the k dash wedding too. Started blubbing when she started talking about how her dad should be there etc, as thats the main reason ours has been put off for so long. So i'm now really down and teary. I miss him so much, it'll be 2 yrs in 3weeks since he passed. Still feels like yesterday. I tend to put all my grief in a box and not think about him as then it doesn't hurt. I can't talk to dh as he doesn't do emotions and gets really awkward. My bff lost her dad 3days after my dad and doesn't really hear what i'm saying and feels i should have dealt with it by now. If i say anything to my fam it gets them all upset and turns into how they miss him, without hearing what i say. I just wish i could have him back. It's like a part of me is missing. I feel disjointed and awkward when i remember him. I'm so sorry ladies to spill like this, needed to let the excess out the box so i can close it again (weak :) )

I always give water in a beaker and formula in a bottle until 1. Then it's daytime cow milk in a cup and 1 bedtime milk in a bottle and possibly nap time bottle.

So sorry hubbard. That's so sad for you. I wish you had some more real life support but rant on here any time you like. I hope it helps. xxx

aw hubbs poor you,i didnt watch it all too tired. Have you thought about getting some grief counselling from cruise? Grief is very personel to everyone and there is no time limit on it but your Dad wouldnt want you to still feel so sad would he?

Ells had a bottle untill she was about 2 but then im a very lax Mummy

Dills woke up at 11.30 4.15 then i got up with her at 6,dh did shush pat in the night for ages so i felt obliged to get up.Half term starts today for us so can chill oyut for 2 weeks now,love it.Me and Ells have a few plans.
Oh dont forget the big event ladies "the pils are coming Sat" I wonder how much they will annoy me this time,im going to see how much i can get them to do for Dills to give us abreak,mil offered to get up with her when he stayed there but i dont think that offere stands if you have a vagina

hubbard Im so sorry you are feeling this way, of course you still miss your dad. Its such a shame you don't have much rl support, as bledkr says grief is very personal with no time limit, everyone deals with it diffrently. Anytime you need to talk about your dad we are here. x

i'm ok this morning. I did have counselling and cbt after he died ledkr but it didn't really help. I just sometimes have mini meltdowns if something triggers me off. Thanks so much ladies xx

hubbard Oh God pet, my mums dad died when she was 18 (which is 43 years ago), she wept when I got married that he wasn't there and I know she had a little sniffle when I had the girls. It doesn't matter how long ago he died, he's still your Dad and you'll always miss him xx

Oh hubbard I know exactly where you're coming from. My dad died almost 10 years ago and I still don't know how to handle getting married. I know I'll be upset, as will my family.

wiggles I think this is the 12th time I've seen Ash, met them a few times when I was a youngster too. I'm a proper purist though and am a bit annoyed that Charlotte is back for this tour. In reality I'm just jealous!

Boo to the bad night ledkr I am totally amazed but R slept through (after a few brief wake ups pre midnight) and came into bed with me at 7 then didn't wake again until 8:45! Random!

Better rush as the late get up means we're running late for buggy fit....

choco Enjoy Ash .

I have a quiet week, it's half term here so im off yay (but I have baby mindee wed and thur morning)! One of the girls from the bereavement/ttc thread is have a elcs today, I am so bloody nervous for her! Will be a relief when her little arrives kicking and screaming.

Hope everyone has a good day

No half term here until week of Halloween, then both girls off for a week and then we are all back to work/school

I've just had to ring up Sofias primary school to put my name down for open night to enrol Olivia, can't believe she'll be P1 next September [sobs, whilst vowing to let A use a bottle for as long as she wants ]

chocoBoo I never liked her anyway

janedoe25 lovely news from your thread, let us know how she gets on xxx

Rain has actually stopped here , Mr W has an exam at the weekend, so he's out studying and them think we might mooch to local toy shop, have a sneaky Christmas purchase for the girls.

Hi hubbard, glad you're feeling a bit better today, agree with jane though anytme you want to talk about your dad we are here :)

at wiggles

ledkr good luck today, the last time I had a smear the nurse said I have a "very nice cervix"

Wonder where reastie is and how she got on last night.

choco I used to love Ash, and I hated Charlotte too when she joined (jealous )

Hi everyone else, I am posting and running as dd is asleep and I need to do something productive

hubbard and choc you are really brave, I'd be a mess if anything happened to my mum and dad.

jane how exciting, good luck!

choc I loved Ash too, they remind me of being young and wearing trainers to go clubbing in. Is it still called clubbing these days BTW?
N has good nights where I don't really hear from him at all (he is curled up in the crook of my arm though), and some like last night where he refused to go to bed until about 10, then woke every hour or so for a moan.

wiggles at your buggy story, how horrid that nobody helped. Loving the extreme baby sports, nate and Anna in the high chair 10m sprint, Dilly with her farts propelling her along in the swimming, Romilly in her body armour doing the obstacle course etc etc.......

ledkr love the image of Dilly with her legs wiggling about, and that's so weird about the trolley thing cos I remember getting to the checkout once ages ago and finding 6 tins of spam in there . Obviously my practical jokers were not as creative as you

reastie did you get in with the GP?

Well off to court, see you all in a bit. Hope you don't all see me on the telly with a blanket over my head.

Court? Did i miss something?
It wasnt me putting spam in your trolley Id have put something far better. I remember someone took the massive fish out and dumped it on a shelf,a lady saw it and went to tell a staff member so we put it back in the fridge queue nosey parker bringing back a staff member and looking like she was off her rocker Disclaimer.i was only about 21,i wouldnt do it now im elderly

Well, I'm not sure if I was too untrendy or the wrong age but I missed the whole ash thing somehow . All that I know of them is that I think they did a song called hush at some point

hubbard I can't offer you any advice as I feel I have no experience but I can second ledkrs thing re: cruise being great. They are a charity and to my knwoledge offer counselling free (my mum works for them )

ahhhhhhhh ledkr you mean an actual real edible big fish? I thought you meant a big blow up comedy fish

borg is in court for something super secret that she won't can't tell us about. Btw borg re: clubbing - ledkr might not know what you mean - wasn't it a discotheque in her days

Well, cc went OK last night. This could be coincidence but she only cried once in the night and then self settled quickly. She was pretty much sleeping from 8pm - 7:30 am when I went in to wake her up . Hoping but not expecting a repeat performance tonight. BTW I am still dreamfeeding alice at about 9pm - is anyone else? Can I drop it yet? She's dropping milk feeds in the day and tbh I'd sooner drop the dream feed than a daytime feed

Baby sensory this morning only usual baby sensory lady was ill so we had the lady from bromley to do it ( grannyapple is it you who does baby sensory in bromley?) . Let's just say I found her a bit shouty

Cripes alice is getting fussy with her food too. She refuses almost every savoury thing I give her, won't have water, wolfs down fruit only and then makes grunting noises for baby biscuits/rice cakes but gives them a little lick and drops them on the floor then keeps grunting until I give her a new one . The only thing she doesn't drop is organix carrot sticks

Sorry if I've missed anyone

Just a quick hello, trying to hide Olivias birthday/Christmas presents in the loft before getting her from school - she's now in until 1.30pm

Borg hope today goes ok - know youi weren't looking forward to it [hugs]

deadka hope your Mums results are positive xx

reastie Anna has been particularly difficult to feed today, she only wants to drink water.

ILovePonyo nice cervix

Reastie, glad Alice slept well last night, maybe try dropping the dream feed and see what happens. We haven't dream fed Noah in a Long time.
Did you ever get doctors appointment?

Hubbard and Choc, sorry about your dads. I've never really had contact with my dad as grieved for him as a teenager and still sometimes now wonder what it would be like to have a proper dad. My sister is still in contact with him do it can be very hard at times. Please feel you can both come on here anytime to talk about it, that's what friends are for.

Ledkr, hope smear goes ok, I hate the bloody things, I have a tilted womb too and wow smears can sometimes hurt! I've read the Lemon Cake book, so if you pm me your address I will pop it on the post for you, promise I wnt turn up at your house!

Borg, hope court goes ok......are you a secret crim??

Deb, let us know how your mum is as soon as you can.

Noah had his first solo session at nursery today and we both did really well. I'm so proud of us both.

We're chilling now then walking to post off some curtains I sold on eBay. Dh told me off as I blatantly underpriced my postage costs and made a loss on a clothes bundle I posted yesterday. I have asked him to bugger off and let me make and learn from my own mistakes!

Hi to anyone I have missed

yay Alice! What a success you had last nigh reastie! I will be if I'm wrong but I think it was Kula Shaker who sang hush?

borg hope today goes well for you.

deadka fingers crossed for your mum.x

ponyo I am of your nice cervix!

reastie Yep, Jane's right, Hush was by Kula Shaker although they're the same era as Ash. Also had a massive crush on Crispin from Kula Shaker as well as Tim from Ash. I am a total saddo. DP is going to be so ashamed of me on Thursday when I scream like a girl.

borg Hope today is all ok.

jane Am well jel of your holidays!

emski good work on solo nursery effort. I always want to stay because R is just do cute playing!

wiggles Is now a Good time to admit to not having bought a single Christmas pressie?!

ledkr Happy smear day!

Off to buy R a hat. None of hers fit her massive head and it's freezing today and she still has no hair!

I've been ignoring the gp apt comments as I haven't yet made one. I keep thinking maybe I'm fine then flitting with that I'm only not making one as the thought of telling my gp makes me cry which then makes me think I must have a problem

Re: tilted cervix - apparently I have one too. I found out when I was having my coil put in

ems glad nursery went Ok. I sold something last week on ebay and charged £4 for postage when it cost me £4.40 to post, and the item only sold for £1 . Had more success this week with selling stuff though. Off to post office this afternoon so here's hoping I haven't undercharged postage again

Ooh quick sneak onto MN whilst Cass snoozes away....

reastie Could you take someone with you to the GP who will make you tell how you are feeling? It has to be done so you can feel all better! And btw glad Alice had a good night, long may it continue....

ledkr eek to smear, hope all goes OK.

borg court? Won't push for details, but if you are trying to have a superinjunction overturned against a sleb so you can 'reveal all', feel free to spill.... !

choco ooh Ash, takes me back! I fancied the weird scruffy one, Mark? Wonder if he still has the magic - off to google.....

hubbard sorry to hear about your dad that must be hard. Imagine how proud he would be of you tho, having lovely babies and getting married, I'm sure you're a credit to him x

(Ladies I just saw ponyo and she looked well, I didn't realise it must have been the power of her marvellous cervix giving her a special radiance......!)

Off to see Katy B tonight, I shall be the one nursing a drink for hours and raising the average age in the room by a few years!

You will do Mizk I like her tho.I am goingto take Els to a concert soon not sure who yet,dont think 1000 quid for one direction is good value. Are you going to join us on the brum meet up?
Thanks for all the smear good vibes.It was ok apart from toothache in my cervix when she took the scrape bit owwwwwwwch.My blood tests were clear too so im feeling happy.
hubbard Just blubbed at the Kardashian wedding,same bit as you,no womder you felt down,i love how Bruce was with her too,i imagined dh being like that with Ella to make up for knobheads lack of parenting.
I wonder what a nice cervix looks like.MW used to say i had a nice tummy but its gone spotty since dd was born
Dilly is a right moaner again today,will only sleep on me and hardly eating.

Dh has gone to pick Els up from school and cut off her bike lock cos she lost the flipping key

I just looked up Ash on Youtube as I couldn't remember them either.

Ten to one, Els will find her key at the bottom of her pencil case or something! Hope you two have a great half-term. Glad the smear went ok, ledkr.

Well done Alice with the sleeping. Dh actually got up with Sammy last night as he was crying for ages around midnight. I'm so lucky that is unusual. He slept the rest of the night though. Phew!

You're so organised with the Christmas presents, wiggles! I always wait till after my birthday before I start. A hangover from being a kid when I used my birthday money to get the Christmas presents.

Have fun at the concert tonight MizK! (No idea who Katy B is - an x-factor contestant?) Hope Borg's court appearance went ok too, and Romilly's hat buying and emski's e-bay posting!

Hello to everyone else!