June mummies '05 thread 8 -The one with where they get EVERYWHERE!

[katzg]

one new thread as requested

hope the title meants with approval

Hi Jonah - Funny to see a message from you. I actually just saw you,and tought to myself I should call! I will!

Katz - Sorry to hear about your back. Hope it mends soon!

MrsW - How are things going? Baby boot camp took a long time but it seems to be finally bearing fruits! He slept all the way to 5:30 last nite. Woke up once,but settle himself without help. yey! of course, I probaly just jinxed myself.... But in response to you, I've just been pushing 15 minutes more very night, mostly just y not rushing it in as I was doing before and seeing if settled himself, and if not give him a bit later everyday ISWIM... Hope your Ds is being good on the sleep front!

Skyler - Looking forward to have you close to us ! You strike me as someone with a positive outlook in life, so I'm sure you'll fit right in, and have a good time!

Hi to everybody else! Hope all is well!

warning approaching rant; avoid at will!!!

So dh and I moved into this house, and have been discovering little flaws with it, mostly because of the previous owner's over-zealous (but under-perfect) DIY. I've been saying for ages that we should get an electrician in to check it's safe, dh finally agreed and the man came yesterday. He started off a little patronising, thinking my reasons for getting him in were a bit daft.

Oh how quickly that changed...

Suddenly, amusement at little old me turned to frowns, teeth were sucked, tongues tutted. He started looking like a second hand car dealer in fact. By the time he left, he was just chuckling - mostly relieved I think that it wasn't him who'd just bought a - in his own words - death trap!!!

The previous owner has had a go at rewiring the house, but didn't bother connecting the earth wire!!! We've been living in an unearthed house!!! And none of the plumbing has been earthed. Added to which the flood we had from the water tank (the prevous owner didn't bother connecting the overflow pipe either!) and we had a flooded, unearthed house. He also didn't replace all the wiring, so some of them are still the ancient rubber wires. And apparently there are exposed wires here, unwired bits there... Basically, we're going to have to get every single light fitting, switch, socket and wire looked at and possibly re-wired. On top of getting central heating put in. The upheaval and cost is bad enough, but when I think about the dangerousness, I'm part angry, but part terrified of what could have happened. And soooooo p*ed off at the useless surveyor who missed ALL of this! What's the point of paying hundreds of pounds for a survey then?! Jonah, if you''re still reading this, then I advise you to get the minimum survey done then pay for electricians etc to come in separately to check the potential property over!

Grrrrr. Sorry this is so long! And I know it is nothing compared to what so many of you are dealing with. I'm just angry

opps, sorry Jonah, you said surveyor was your Mum's partner - am sure in that case he'll do a good job. Not slagging all surveyor's off, just the twit who did ours. Sorry no offense meant!

OMG 2happy-that's really awful!

Do they not check these things when you have a survey done? If so,can you not get them to pay for the re-wiring etc...seeing as they failed to tell you this? I know when we moved(8 years ago)we had the middle priced survey done and it was about 20 pages long and very detailed.Surely they should pick up on something as important as this.I'd be fuming if that was me.

hello all, very quiet day here
our nights are getting better, but i guess that is just a phase too

yesterday we went for a walk at Kew, first since before christmas,dd was fascinated by the peacocks and ducks, once she starts walking i dont think they will be safe.

dh is pulling is hair and gnawing his nails in the other room preparing a presentation for work on monday, poor pet.

katz - thats awful about your back hope you on the mend soon. the best thing i have ever done for my back is pilates, did it while pregnant too and it was great.

2happy - what a nightmare, i dont think buyers have many rights, odd when you think we are the customers.

lua - sorry i did not see your message the other day, lack of sleep is my excuse, i think you are probably right about the food. i will indulge dd a bit longer since i will not be back to work until end of may.

must dash dd nappy change not to mention overdue nap

hi all , things geting back to normal now friend has made up with her dp. they are taking things slow but it means i have my flat back. things are crapped enough without another adult and 2 children .
me and partner are getting better and i feel slightly relieved that things are passing

dd3 still not crawling but i am preety sure that her teeth will be through any day now.

dd1 is still much the same - confused tired and drained. went town and brought her some work books and got some from libary too.
got home-ed pack through the post and had a read. nothing to change my mind anyway. hopefully we will have a visit from ewo soon when she back off sick
hope all mummies and babies are ok xxx
love me x

have i missed a new thread ? where is everybody?

Think it's just v quiet right now muma3. Have been preparing for a marathon catch up! So sorry to hear about your dd1, hope she is soon doing better.

Afternoon mums hugssssss

I have been lurkin but not really felt up to posting

Giddy hunny you are a wonderfull mum, i did read the post about your brother hunny, just be strong remember that this is your new start with life like mine is with my lovely hubby.

Sorry havnt had time to catch up lately really did feel bad last week, very obscure thoughts im having, and like anxiety attacks, really strange, i went to see HV last week shes comming tomoro do the edingbrough post naltal test on me again.
William is sleeping better and is more settled on a nite, his cold has cleared up.

Hes on three meals a day now, and the scond milk i thought that might help him settle more, which it has hes 15 1/2 pound and sitting up now playing with his toys.

My eldest boy was 21 yesterday and we went for a family meal, i never nade it to his nite out, which i really worried about and as my sister and her husband went, but really didnt feel well enough.

My birthday was lovely thankyou for all all your kind wishes, got my keep fit CD by angela something or other, lol only can do 20 mins than in knacked.

take care mums miss you all xxxxxx

god im tired . dp not home til 8pm and the kids are being lil devils .

dd3 just fell asleep but i dont want to wake her as she only had 30mins sleep this morning whilst i was doing housework and i havent sat down all day. she wont sleep tonight but hey worry about that later.

dd1 is a lot happier today, despite me shouting at her for putting perfume on dd3 . she said " i knew i shouldnt but still did ! what's wrong with me??" i couldnt answer that, just reassured her that we will get an appointment for family center soon hopefully.

dd2 is just a lil angel . i feel quite bad that i never post about her but she is such a happy little soul. apart from her asthma and her nose bleeds she is the quiet one at the moment. she has the consultant on friday about her nose bleeds , as usual they have stopped for the time being .

me and dp are getting on at the moment. still dont feel as special as i used to but cant moan. wish i had the money to get a cleaner then maybe i wouldnt go on at him to help more . saying that, then we would have nothing to argue about and a healthy row doesnt do anyone any harm lol

just cooked girls - fish fingers and chips and beans
and i had a microwave meal ( hotpot)
bad mummy , bad bad mummy

i need a rest .
hope everyone is ok
love me xxxxxx

happy belated b day to your ds eym, sorry havent had time to catch up xx

morning muma3 hugssss

|My middle boy also had alot of bullying, when he was younger at scholl, your doing the right thing hunny, our children come first, i took my boy out of a school for weeks at a time, when they couldnt reasure me that the bullying would stop, if you show that your concrened parrent and your doing all you can the school can take no action, i hope you get some results soon hunny, feel free to pick my brians, its so awful hearing your child saying he hates himself, and whats wrong with him, or her in your case. Bullying should be stamped out, make sure when you go to any meeting that you take down notes, and have a repersentative even if its just a friend with you, or maybe someone from family services i used to take with me, make sure you are confident, precise, and make sure your needs are heard, good luck hunny hugssss

its all gone a bit quiet lately

guess its all the moving going on!

Afternoon ladies. Well, ds is asleep, so am determined to do a proper catch up - and I'll try awfully hard not to rant this time

muma3 - how's dd1 doing? Hope she's getting some confidnece back. Your other thread seems to be full of people giving you lovely support but at the number of other people this seems to have happened to. You, too, EYM - isn't bullying heartbreaking?

EYM - 21? Happy birthday mini-EYM. And happy birthday EYM too. How are you doing? I know someone who took same tablet, it took 3 or 4 weeks to kick in. Keep your pecker up (actually, does anyone know what a pecker is??)

SFX - peacocks? Bet she'll love them. Ds is fixated by our cats, needless to say they don't feel the same way. Really pity them when he can move fast enough to catch them!

Bubbles - we went for the middle survey - we thought the money was worth the peace of mind. Humph. Work starts next week...

Katz - how's your back? Hope it is better now.

Troubles - oh yes, I'm absolutely sure you're the only one who's ever lost her temper at her LO, not!! It's so hard, especially if you're tired from working too.

Tea - any news on the jobs front? And how's the night-time non-nappy-ness?

Giddy - how's it going?

Skyler - moving next week is it? Sending calming MN vibes out....

And now ds has woken up, so I've run out of time to catch up any more - just hello to everyone else and I hope you're all well and all the lovely June babies aren't getting into too much mischief!

Lurking but trying to survive monstrous nighttime teething habits, bed at 7pm as per, awake at 10 then up for two hours, then waking every hour...Aggghhh. Pink cheeks tho so dosing up on Calpol and Bonjela. Thinking of all. x

Hi all. Gosh we have gone quiet. And its all since i posted. Not that i'm feeling paranoid. At all.

Ds has started taking interest in my mums cats. I love it. He laughs every time they move and get really excited if they come anywhere near him. Bless him. He was stroking one of them the other day and then just yanked a load of his fur. The cat was not amused and now will not go near him. Which is a shame because he loves them. Talks to them and everything!

He's been an absolute gem lately. I'm all in love with him again and can't stop cuddling and kissing him. Ahh bless.

Hope everyone is well and that those teeth aren't causing too many problems

Message deleted

I'm another one lurking at the mo.
Everything is great in the Bubbaloo household.Ds is laughing non stop which is soooooo funny.I told him to "cheeeeeeeeeeeeew" his food yesterday and he laughed for about 20 mins.I even phoned my mum in the middle of it so she could hear him.I love him to bits.

Troubles-Ds is the same with our cats.He pulled a huge chunk of Jasmine's fur out,then ate it.He's great with the cats and they're great with him.

Anyone else's baby a tele addict?
Oscar loves the cbeebies and I now know all the songs to everything.
When Razzledazzle and the Tweenies are on he sits glued smiling at the tv-it's so funny.

Hi Giddy-Wondered where you got to.

EYM-Glad you and your ds had fab birthdays.

DD2 is mad about her big sister and like your little ones likes to grab great chuinks of hair too!! DD1 isn't too keen on this and keeps saying i'll not have any hair left soon!!

My back is still achey but i'm not sure whether thats because i just ahven't given it a chance to rest? i am soooooo full of cold its horrid all snuffly!

Sorry to hear about the bullying, i was badly bullied all the way through school, mainly for being the English kid in a Welsh school, i'm sure if were the reverse then the school would have done something on the grounds of racism but hey. i guess i got through each day by having very supportive parents which i think your children have got too.

Another lurker . I'm finding it really difficult to find time for anything at the moment, generally feeling like I'm doing half a job with everything that I do (family, work, housework, husband etc etc).

Bubbs, how lovely, that really made me smile.

Muma3, hope you are holding up ok in the face of everything that's going on for you at the minute. You too Giddy. I feel bad complaining, you've got so much more on your plate.

EYM, I'm ashamed that I didn't wish you a massive happy birthday, I meant to post at the time then got sidetracked. Hope you did have a lovely day and that your DS also had a great birthday. I know birthdays can be hard as well as good when you're missing your mum but hope that you did all manage to have a good time too.x

2Happy, what a complete and utter nightmare about the house, scary too. It seems so unfair that you have to pay for this and that there's no recompense from the survey people.

Lua, I do understand exactly how you feel. Hope you are actually managing to get some rest, it's doctors orders.

Trib, how's your DH getting on? Hope things aren't too tough for you.

Jonah, how's the house-hunting going? Exciting but daunting thing to do.

Troublesmummy, nothing to feel paranoid about. I've done the same - for me, spending time without the babies means my tolerance levels drop (I know I was much less patient with DS1 when I first went back to work for example, and I'm having to try really hard not to let it happen this time round).

Skyler, how's things going with you? How much longer until you come back to the UK?

DS2 is being lovely at the moment, sleeping through until...oooh, 5.30 at the latest (still, I need a lot of time in a morning to get everyone ready to get out the house ), eating well and smiling loads. He's even learnt how to clap but despite trying very hard he hasn't managed to crawl anywhere. He gets into position like he's setting off to run the 100m then grunts and collapses (or goes backwards).

Right, off to bed. Hope the back is better Katz, and that the teeth come through very soon Cratchit.

Message deleted

I can't believe I didn't post this before. My sister is in labour . I'm so excited!!! She's been having contractions all day and is on her way into the hospital now.

Keep us posted,MrsW-How exciting.

Yay, MrsW! Hoping that your sister's young one is going to share my birthday as today is indeed that day. Happy Birthday to me. Have just opened the card I bought for dh to give me, will shortly go and put the flowers I bought for him to give me into a vase ... sigh.

Happy birthday also to EYM and EYM's oldest ds!

Bubb, laughing at your ds eating the cat's fur! Bet your cat was less impressed!

Giddy, hope all well with you.

Katz, Sky - do we have a bit of a theme of babies who don't like forward facing buggies? Based on your older dds, is this a temporary phase? I really want a light-weight buggy for the bus, but would also really like a backward facing one, not sure such a thing really exists?

2Happy - sympathies, I bought a house that had hideously DIYed wiring inside. I genuinely think this should be illegal (although not sure how this could be enforced) - I have a feeling even if you had got the higher level of survey the surveyors protect themselves against any come-back on electrical stuff.

Lua, hope you're feeling better, rest definitely a better option than pink pills. Junie northern meet-up possibly? How about Hebden?

Jonah, best of luck with the house hunting!

Right, must go as ds is indicating it is time for some food. Last week I went out to meet some friends for lunch and forgot his bottles! Took the hot water, the cold water, the formula, the Gaviscon, everything. Except bottles. Arrrggghhh.