April 2011 - silence might be golden but the April ladies are diamond so chat on

[GlaikitFizzog]

Ta Dah!

Hi Jo sounds like money very well spent. S wakes a few times in the night now but generally goes off with music and I don't have to get up which isnt too bad. Can't believe c is nearly 1. Will u have a party? I'm almost 9 weeks by my dates. Got first blood test in the morning. Scan is 7th march. Telling friends who are expecting their ivf baby 2 days after s' 1st birthday tomorrow. She is gonna be so excited

Glad ur both on the mend fizz

Fingers crossed nbg. and ur poor friend. Thank goodness the baby is ok.

Rest up ilike

You're very quiet ladies. Hope you and the lo's are ok.

Checking in! Went shopping today. It's my friends 30th tomorrow so I bought a dress! Tried to meet dh foe lunch but we couldn't get parked as his office is on the same street as the national museum. so we stopped said hello and then left again!

Got to go pack now!

Here, trying to get some online shopping done but DD now awake & DS2 had taken off his pooey nappy - nice.
Luckily DS1 is occupied with a film.

After DD"s grumpiest day ever yesterday she is much happier today, still lots of dribble but at least she had a nap.

still here, still got a roof!

DS's sleep has turned rubbish again

Enjoy the party Fizz!

Glad to see you haven't blown away Frakk, but not so good to hear about crap sleeping.

If it makes you feel any better I have no idea what to do with i's sleeping. He is just so up and down. One day it's 7-7, the next it's 7-5 with wakings in the middle. What we do, ie routine etc, is no different so we are at a loss with what to do. His sleep has been the most challenging of the three by a looooong shot.

Hi ladies, looks like I missed a load of goss while away.

Unfortunately, while it was lovely to see my parents, the two nights mum had H all night were wasted as I was ill Then, the day we returned, H started the explosive diarrhoea and vomiting of a horrendous tummy bug. He's still attached permanently to boob but seems to be slightly on the mend thank God.

Hope little one is better NBG.

That's so stressful Punch, I hope your dad's ok xx

Oh another poorly baby :( and cycle :(

Nothing really to report here. Sleep still not good, M had a 4 hour stretch last night but it was the first part of her night, and then every couple of hours after that. DH has been trying to get her back to sleep but we keep resorting to BFeeding for the second wake up about 5.30. That's the one I'd really like to miss.

Just popping in to say Hey.

We've had the most hellish drive back from Leeds this afternoon, S screamed/cried/almost made himself sick most of the way. My nerves are shredded but I can't hide in my PJs as PIL are here. Thankfully I do have a large

Will be back tomorrow to read up and post properly.

Still here too, been working since Thursday so will catch up properly on my days off. R much better now but has turned into velcro baby after having so many cuddles when she was poorly, sleep's up the spout too!! :(

Journey sounds like a shocker Dairy. I think you deserve that vino!

We have a poorly baby here too. Nothing serious, just a cold of epic proportions, but she is clearly feeling sorry for herself and I feel sorry for her too.

I need to start going to bed earlier. I am beyond tired and (for the first time in 9 months) it isn't really DD's fault. My bedtime has been edging closer and closer to midnight over the last month. I'll never be able to get up for work if this continues!

Cycle welcome back hope you both feel better soon!

Starshaped i know what you mean about bedtime. It's awkward here as if I wanted to get enough sleep I'd have to go to bed by 9 but given that my DH gets in at eight thirty then I serve dinner then that seems a little harsh. :(

Dairy I can empathise with a car stress. Yesterday F kept managing to wriggle out of the shoulder straps of his new car seat. I stopped twice once to tighten them and then the second time I had to put him in the passenger seat whilst I refitted the whole thing. It seems that the strap height needed changing. There were screams a plenty!

Chilli and NBG I'm getting fed up of the wake ups too. I really wish she would go back to sleep after her five thirty feed but she just wont :(

News alert DH is currently out at a job interview for a role that he would be perfect for and that would remove a lot of our hardships and after a year would put us back on an even keel as well as allow him to come home when the children will still be awake so will see them for a short time every day instead of being snappy during the short weekend days that he sees them now. It would be wonderful and it has a pension scheme. He left the house looking very dapper after spending this weekend being drilled by me with interview style questions. I hope to God he gets it I'm going to give him a call at one thirty to see how it went.

In other news I lost 5.6lb last week and gain 2lb in muscle mass so all the dieting and crunches/lunges that I feel are killing me are actually doing something. I really need to work off all of the weight that i put on by having two pregnancies with SPD. I can't remember what it feels like to not be in pain when walking/climbing stairs and although weighing less wont remove the ligament/pelvis problem entirely I'm certain it will improve.

Wow! What a brilliant weight loss Punch. Glad you're feeling better for it. Go you!

And go Mr Punch too. Fingers crossed for his interview.

Hi everyone :)

punch - massive crossed fingers for your DH, and well done on that weight loss!

((hugs)) and for those who are still poorly.

We are still struggling with bugs here, DS1 and I are really wheezy and coughing, and T is pouring snot from his nose and eyes. My brother gets married on Saturday - I am really hoping we are all better by then!!
Lots of early nights needed this week.

Fingers crossed Punch! Care you share your weight loss secrets?? I really need to do something about my ever expanding arse! Have you heard from him yet??

GP appointment in half an hour! Best go make noise to wake B.

Thanks guys.

Ali I really hope you all are feeling tonnes better by Saturday!

Fizz did you have fun? I'm afraid it's good old fashioned diet and exercise that seems to be shifting it. Lunges, wonky style because hips aren't balanced, attempts at sit ups, push ups, knees up running on the spot for 2 minutes and tv screen based dancing/ aerobic classes shred style adding up to 2 hours a day. I'm short so I'm sticking to around 12-14 hundred calories. My zero key has been pulled off by tiny R's fingers.

I only just spoke to him. It sounds like the interview has gone very well and we will hear from them tonight. If he gets it he'll be working on the same road as Mr Fizz.

Sending positive vibes for your appointment Fizz

Oooh really! They can be lunch buddies! Thats good they are getting back to him so quickly!

GP was nice, but policy is not to prescribe anything right away, but to try to change lifestyle things first to see if that helps. I have made a commitment to get out on my own and do some sort of exercise and go back next week. Managed to grab a quick chat with my HV while I was there, so I'm seeing her on Friday again. Then back to GP on Wednesday. HV said that she's been notified of my debrief appointment, but I've not had anythign through yet. I need to call anyway and get a copy of my notes so I'll speak to the consultants secretary a find out how I do that because HV wasn't sure how to go about it.

Better goo B is tangles up in his ball pit!

Good luck to Mr Punch :)

Met up with friends today & DD only cat-napped in the car so went to bed early.
She still isn't crawling - thankfully! but loves being in her walker & trashing anything in reach

Fizz your GP sounds nice and sensible, glad it went well.

JKS Sounds like a lovely day :D

Mr Punch has been staring at his phone and email inbox. We've heard nothing. It's not looking good is it? gulp

In my experience I've never heard back from them in the timescale given by the interviewers. Give it time.

I can't remember if I said exactly where DH works or if I just mentioned the street. I really hope you get good news though.

Keeping my fingers crossed for Mr Punch

Yes that would be me in the red dress! I don't think I've ever been called divine before!! Dress was from Monsoon and a very last minute purchase!

The party was good, but my friend was very sad. She kept following me into the loos to have a weep about her ex not being there. I really felt for her, because they haven't split up because they don't love one another anymore, they both want different things, and for her its a deal breaker. There is part of me wants to cave his head in with a blunt object but another that feels sorry for him, because my friend is the best thing that has happened to him, and he's lost that now.

Has anyone been watching the Diamond Queen on BBC1? I'm loving it, it's nice to see little moments when she isn't on ceremony! And her Grandchildren all speaking about her. I just thinks it's nice. :)

Punch people never respond on time IME, don't lose hope yet.

ILike, DH starts tomorrow. We should be asleep, but he was faffing and now T has woken for his first nocturnal refreshment

Fizz well done on going to the GP

Fizz - yes to the Diamond Queen, haven't seen tonight's yet but I've really enjoyed it.

for baby I and Mum
Don't mention Lego. Fed up with high speed removal of it from it gravitating to places where R might find it

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I found the link again of what I'm using. It takes account of metabolic rate reduction, exercise and muscle mass changes to give realistic expectations instead of the "2lb per week" one size fits all approach which IME doesn't make any sense:
bwsimulator.niddk.nih.gov/