July 2010: It's about time, that we all went back to rhyme!

[Spirael]

Though mutiny is always an option.

I always think how much E would enjoy Justin's House. Panto sounds fab

E is a typical toddler tantrummer, but W? Dear God I've never seen anything like it. I'm with you chul, there's nothing renotely cute about it. And he gives me dirty looks a grown man would be proud of. He's 17 months going on 17...

WSS my friend's ds is 2.9 and he still bangs his head off the floor when he's having a tantrum! Hope she grows out of it quicker than him!

Memph W pood 3 times yesterday and that was 3 times more than normal. Poor L :(

I am going to see the people/place for one of those jobs tomorrow, I'm nervous already! I feel so out of practice but really want to make a good impression so I can heighten my chances of an interview! Any advice for me anyone?

Morning all,
Poo night last night, im so tired i could cry, i have gone back to bed today for the first time in ages. I just do not know whats wrong with him, D also woke at 9.30 dh usually settles well again with his dummy and muslin but didnt want either or to be held or a drink or anything, just wanted to scream and point to his mouth/ears etc. He woke again a few times and on and off from 3-5am. I feel so sorry for dh wha has a big day at work today, he must be exhausted.
mylife smile, have questions lined up, listen, basic stuff really, dont be nervous, im sure they will love u!
dh memphis what ur saying would mean that his crying is behavoural and that scares me even more than if there was something temporarily wrong that could be fixed. If he will only eat finger food what the hell can i fed him? I could really seriously do without him being awqward right now.
tsc Im just scared now and want it over, not having D's child care sorted out completely, is worrying, cm will have him but not on xmas day, my friend will have him on xmas day but he doesnt know her really really well enough for her to put him to bed etc, i just wish i knew when it was going to happen, i really do. And i wish i lived by my family
cake sounds lovely that they play togther now, must be so sweet to see.

already v late for work so just a quickie but mlic

spend some time preparing to get into confidence mode - ie keep going over all the fab things you've achieved at work, great feedback you've had from interviewers/managers/colleagues etc - really visualise it and how it made you feel.

get into that zone where you feel like you're someone worth employing again. that person is in there, you just need to get back in touch with how she feels/looks/acts/speaks iyswim?

and do some research on the organisation/company so you know what they're about and what floats their boat.

good luck!

Thanks vik and cake

I think that's definitely my issue - I need some self confidence! I will take your advice and spend some time 'remembering' for want of a better word, the things I achieved at work. In fact I might ring my old boss and she will big me up and make me feel good :)

chu my dh doesn't drink either and likes the socialising part rather than the drinking. He's got his work Xmas do on sat night but he's only staying for the meal whereas the others are going on drinking til 2am, his idea of hell!

vik he can eat anything with his fingers. D eats beans, peas even rice with his fingers. Give him a spoon and see if he can do it himself? D loves making a mess with a spoon and he does understand the concept.

W eats everything himself, either with a spoon or his fingers. He goes mad if I try to take the spoon off him to help

Eventful morning - ended up at hospital after E took a knife off the kitchen worktop next to me. I took it off him and told him off then he deliberately, whilst grinning at me, did it again. So I ripped it off him angrily quickly, only he had tight hold so my hand slid right up the blade as I pulled my hand up, slicing through two fingers.

And I'm turning up to talk about a job in the morning with my hand all bandaged up :(

It happened at 10.25 and I still feel sick now and only stopped crying (shock more than pain) probably half an hour ago

Not having the best day

oh no! am really wincing at that. You poor love!

Oh god mylife thats terrible, were u alone with the boys? can dh come home? you really could have done without that, im sure it wont impact ur visit tomorrow though.
I dont think D would eat it at all but we will see tomorrow, just text the cm, she says hes fine, so thats good.
Weather looks shite over the weekend, bummer!
trudy hows things going, please keep in touch, have u been to the docs with F yet, how is he doing?

Yes, on my own as always

I rang dh x2 phones, mam x3 phones, my friend, dh's aunt and nobody answered. I even resorted to ringing a lady from sure start to see if she could help me but she was off :( I was wailing on the kitchen floor, rocking, just saying over and over 'I don't know what to do'. I was in a complete and utter panic.

25 minutes later I'd calmed down enough to get to hospital.

Oh shit mlic how are you now? U could really do with someone with you now if you could get through to someone. That really made my stomach lurch juat reading it so can't imagine how you feel :(.

I went to sure start for an hour and had a cry there and we're currently at the freezing park cos I needed some fresh air.

Mam met me at the hospital when she eventually answered her phone then she came back & made me a cup of tea before she went back to work, then my friend popped over for half an hour.

Oh mlisc that sounds horrible :( glad your mum came to the hosp. Surestart centres are a godsend for everything!

mlisc so sorry, that's awful and utterly crap that you couldn't get hold of anyone. Get a takeaway tonight and take it easy, hope they managed to sort it all out ok and that you'll still be brimming with confidence (even if you have to fake it!) tomorrow.

viks try giving D just a bit in a bowl with a spoon, S feeds himself mostly and is brilliant with a spoon, took me a while to realise that he wasn't being fussy, he really didn't want to be fed!

dh it's nice to hear of someone else who doesn't do the whole drinking thing, some times DH feels like he's really odd. He's in the wrong job not to be a drunken lout too!

Thanks for your kind words ladies

I thought I had calmed down but I seem to keep replaying it in my head and keep crying about it :( I'll get over it soon no doubt

Oh and to top off my day, baby was sick on my bed tonight so I've had to put it in the wash. Just what I needed

chulita dh isnt a drinker only rarely hence the poo in the bath incident a few months back, if he has a lager topped up with lemonade he gets ripped by his mates he is the only one of his friends who doesnt drink in the house most of his friends have a few cans a night, every night whereas we will have beers in over xmas and will probably still have some in october, when L was born his friend looked at dh like he was stupid for offering his a cuppa and not a beer at lunchtime!
mlic how awful for you! really wish we were closer, I welled up reading that, have you had stitches or anything? what does DH say? L has started pulling things off of the worktop he smashed my cookie jar and pyrex dish this week.
viksam some days L eats like a trouper some days he wont touch anything, anything you can pick up sticks e.g. veg/fruit/cheese, waffles, flapjacks, toast? if L is being really fussy I use breaded chicken (like nuggets) beans and waffles, I got those carrot ones too and he will clear the plate, the lifestyle coach that came out says once or twice a week its fine, L loves spaghetti or beans on toast.

L has filled 6 nappies, is it wrong to hope they find something wrong with him so he gets treated, cakes does F drink milk and if so what milk? thinking about trying no dairy at all for a bit.

mlisc stuff like that can take a while to get your head around, it was a very traumatic thing. Focus on the positive bits though, there will be some, and take it easy til you get sorted. like memphis I'm sure all of us on this thread wish we were closer so we could do something more useful for you.

viksam some of the things I bake are mega easy and S loves them, banana muffins take 15 mins to mix, 15 mins to cook and he'll have two of them at a time. They're filling and nutritious too.

memphis it'd be great if they did find something they could fix, it's surely not just normal toddler stuff. Maybe next time you get an appt at the GP's, save up every nappy and take it with you. It'd be disgusting but might get the point across that these 30 nappies are 3 days' worth.

DH back tomorrow night sometime He's just off to JL oxford street so I've asked him to look for a pretty christmas tree decoration. He asked if there was anything I want from there...erm...how much is he prepared to spend?! I love that place!

chu I'm glad dh doesn't drink tbh, money not wasted on booze and I don't have him off down the pub all the time. I'm just an Xbox widow instead!

Going to catch up on the royal variety tonight and eat liquorice comfits!

Me too dh He looks at me aghast if I say I want to watch something on tv! And yea, why piss £60 up the wall when you could spend it on toys ?

Lol dh says 'yeah in a min' and it takes about half an hour of me nagging asking him!

dh's x box is in the garage and his playstation is in his office

Nobody except my children touches my remote

Poor old you mlisc, not surprised you're really shaken. Did you have to have any stitches? Look after yourself tonight and knock 'em dead tomorrow!

I keep thinking it's Friday as I've been at work all day today. Stayed with my parents last night and slept with J on a sofa bed - he kept reappearing after I thought he was asleep, I'm definitely keeping him in a cot for a while yet! I didn't dare turn over all night as the bed was really creaky and I didn't want to wake him... He slept fine though (once he went to sleep at 9.30!) and didn't wake till nearly 8am. My parents looked after him all day and he was fine, but my dad couldn't remember how to change a nappy!

mlisc that's horrible about your hand, hope it's better soon.

A has finished pre-school for summer holidays so she's at home till Jan 23rd. We went to the park this morning and they both had a great time jumping in mud (it rained yesterday).

Dh was driving home on Wed when someone came out of a sidestreet into the side of his car, they were both fine (the other guy is a professor of neurology which could have been handy), dh took the car to be assessed by the other guy's insurance people (other guy admitted liability straight away) and it's not worth fixing - panels bent and the chassis is damaged, the car is 17 yrs old and quite a beat up old thing anyway, so it looks like dh will be getting a new car - it's quite sad as it's the first car he/we had in NZ so we have had lots of road trips/impromptu weekends away in it, lots of memories.

I guess we will get a payout from other guy's insurance btu I have no idea how much, I guess they pay market value of the vehicle (which prob isn't that much). We get a lump sum child tax credits thingy for last year today so that might go towards new car.