July 2010: Their speech is improving but it's sleep we're still losing

[DesperateHousewife21]

Welcome back everyone!

cakes one friend passed his test here on a lesson a month and total cost was £4000, its half the price in Australia, so another of my friends who is a doctor and said he wouldnt pay the prices over here when its so cheap to learn there, he moved over there and he is now learning to be able to fly advanced so from Aus to here!
I personally would never 'let' dh spent that amount on something just for him, he would love to do it but would never contemplate it, he wants to learn to hang glide course to pass is £1800, and a lot less expensive to keep up after, its what he wants to do when he is too old to enjoy riding his bikes!

I totally forgot I had my big dentist appointment today, Im numb to the top of my nose, I come home to kitchen, dh and L litereally covered in blood, L ran into door frame (he did it last week too but no injury then) split his lip really badly and was still bleeding a tiny bit 3 hours later, had to bin his top and socks, hope I can get it out of his trousers! :(
Went to get the table and its 15% off weekend so I got table for £176!
mlic what was I saying about the dog?... dh left his satnav next to sink, we arrived home to it foating in water... and I actually stuck up for the dog rather that shout the house down!
DH is coming over at 8am tomorrow WTAF! he needs dh to do something to his bike! grr

mlisc my pil just showed me a really good way to cut up a mango, it's kind of like an avacodo in that you cut it in half lengthwise, then twist it to remove the 2 halves from the centre bit. I don't really know how else to describe it on the internet!

Apparently they learnt this way in the Caribbean (they spend half their lives on holidays).

They are meant to be here another 4 wks but prob going back soon as mil's mother is v close to dying (she is 95 and it's been expected for a while). No one knows exactly how long she has left but if they get the call they will be changing flights to go back for the funeral.

Dh and I went to see Moneyball last night, it was pretty good, we went to the bar where we had our first date before we went to see it.

Wow, memph that's loads cheaper.

Sounds like a lovely night out with dh wss. How're you coping with the visitors?

On train on way back from westfield. Ate dinner there so can just chill tonight.

Oh re eating times: my two eat at 9am, 1.30pm, 4pm snack and 6pm so much later than seems to be the norm. I think we're just 'late people' tho as dh and I don't usually eat dinner til around 8.30pm, sometimes later.

cakes L eats at around those times, 9am, 2pm, 5.30pm and snacks in between. He refuses breakfast before 9, always has!
DH asleep on sofa, L in bed, Ive made 2 cakes today, coffee and walnut and choch and fudge, not tried them yet but the coffee smells amazing!

It's been (mostly) ok with the pil because the first 6 days they weren't staying at our house (sil and bil had our spare room so pil stayed with our neighbours). Then they went away for 3 days. They were back Friday and today (Sunday) have flown to the other end of the country.

I'm starting to think step-fil has Aspergers or something though. He doesn't seem to know what emotions are sometimes. When they got to our house on Friday dh had to tell them we had received the phone call that mil's mum had had a stroke and would prob only live another few days. Step-fil didn't say a word, just looked at the TV and said "Is this Anthony Hopkins in this film?"

I wish mine would wait til later for breakfast, as soon as they're downstairs they want feeding. I like to have a cuppa and get my head around being awake but they just moan til I feed them.

wss that's an awful reaction! Your poor mil.

memphis coffee and walnut please! DH doesn't like it so I've only made it once. Choc and fudge sounds right up his street though

mlisc I just do that hedgehog slicing/turning it inside out thing with a mango to get it all out, or you can just nick the skin and peel it off with a knife.

Did you not go out in the end cake? hope you're feeling better, sounds rough round yours, esp as you're working too.

Considering I hate coffee and nuts, I wouldn't be fighting you over a slice

Families all work differently cake. I don't really want to go into finances again.

Mine are the same chul, want breakfast as soon as they're up. Although if W has milk in the night he won't eat breakfast when he gets up.

wss.

Great deal on the table memp!

wss your poor MIL, sad that she isnt at home to be with her Mum, but in a way good she is around her children if her husband isnt a support emotionally :(
chulita I've never made either before, dh moans that I make cakes that he wont eat like fruit loafs and carrot cake, he doesnt like coffee cake either, so the chocolate was for him.
DH has taken L to fil so he doesnt have to visit here so early, we had an arguement last night, I was so upset and didnt sleep hardly. Ive just had a lovely bath and now having a cuppa before they get back. Looks like its set to be a nice day, may go for a spin on the bike later.

Wow, cake heaven round yours memph! I'm trying a new lemon cake recipe next as I love lemon flavour things but have never found my go-to lemon cake recipe like I have with other cakes. I'm baking EVEN more often than before now I have the cake stand as it looks so forlorn when empty.

That does sound really odd wss. How does mil deal with him when he says stuff like that?

Fair enough mlic. Sorry if I've annoyed/irritated you. I know we've all got different ways of doing things, I just find it hard to get my head round it.

chul nope, didn't go out which was a shame as it was arranged for ages. A's teething to the max. Just ridiculous amounts of drool. Her bottom 2 canines are now broken thru and the top two look like they should be soon. Might start getting some sleep then. The blessing is is that she doesn't get the aggressive mood swings that F always did with teething.

Re breakfast - my two rarely if ever ask for breakfast. Sometimes I have to force them to stop playing to come downstairs at gone 9am!

Oh crap about the row memph. Have you made up now?

Aw memph that choc fudge cake sounds delish! Would love some
Cakes things sound bloody draining round yours. How was last night? E eats at the same times as yours!
I have finally after 6 weeks got a half decent sleep! Was still awake in the night with madam crying but dp got up to her and then gave me a lie in this morn and I slept til 10!
Dp is playing a gaelic match later so will bring E to watch that and then go for dinner and see his uncles new baby boy!

Hooray for sleep fairy!

cake I'm with you on the cake stand, I made a victoria sponge the other day and there's only one slice left, trying to decide what to make next. Poor DH, he might actually have to ask me not to cook anything else!
S is bad with his teeth at the mo too, nappies are so bad I've ditched cloth for today so I can slap on the cream and hopefully sort his skin out.

memphis a bit of biking should sort out any woes, it's lovely here, perfect day for it! what recipe did you use for choc fudge? is it properly fudgy? I'm still trying to find the 'perfect' choc cake for dh, mine are never quite as good as the shop ones

I feel properly robbed this weekend, DH was in work yesterday at 0830, he went into work again today at the same time, he starts tomorrow at 0630 Fricking hate this poxy job.

cakes we are ok thanks, Im still very upset and trying not to slow it as he is away tomorrow night.
chulita My cake making old man at work gave me the recipe as his is so moist and lovely but I havent mastered it, it isnt fudgy ive put fudge pieces in the mix, im not a choc cake fan at all but I have a good recipe for death by choc thats apparently good, my friend makes amazing gluten free choc muffins, I actually liked them!
We visited friends today and had a nice afternoon, L hasnt napped all day and came home and smacked dh, me then the dog, dh told him off then he threw a book at me, this is a first for him,I then told him off and said right bedtime then he kissed dh and me then said sorry to the do (and honked his nose-his way of showing affection)
I got all the stuff I need to decorate bathroom apart from flooring so I plan on doing that this week, a new plant pot after I broke ours months ago and a new toilet seat as I went flying as ours fell off yesterday

Haven't done my meal plan yet.

I've lost count of the amount of times W has hit me or his brother in the last two days. He made contact with my face twice yesterday and the rest were all avoided. He was in a brilliant mood this morning, but yesterday and this afternoon...

Good luck with the job tsc!

Any more pox signs round yours mlisc? I just got a text from someone saying their little one has it, DH usually goes round theirs on Tues evening but I'm not sure whether to ask him to give it a miss this week. I know the chances of him picking it up from them and passing it onto our two are slim but 3 weeks before lo, I don't think I want to take the risk!

tsc that's a really good sleep by my standard, go F! Good luck with the job thingy.

What's needle's news re baby I? I can't get onto the FB group at all - my FB profile is impossible to access at the moment and all my groups seem to have been deleted, and I can't find the group. Can someone invite me or Fb message me a link to it please?

Just back from a long weekend with the PILs which was nice, though J didn't sleep well in the travel cot.

No more spots chul. I actually can't believe, with the amount of friends' lo's who've had it, that we've avoided it. Especially since we saw one of them twice whilst he was infectious: the 1st time we didn't know and the 2nd I thought 'oh well they're bound to have picked up the virus from him already so we'll still go'

Woodlands no time to look into fb right now but I'll pm you know and look into it later

Hah finally can get back on again. Bloody bb, broadband, fb, and fb.

Really sorry to read that there's something up with needle's baby tho like woodlands I can't get on to see details.

C pox is so weird. Supposedly really contagious but often hard to catch. My close friend's two dds have just both had it and my two saw them lots but haven't shown any signs of it so I'm hoping that means they did both have it when younger as I suspect.

memph that's sad re your row. Horrid to fall out before he went away. You've got so much pressure in your life at the moment that it's not surprising.

F could be quite aggressive like that (usually when teething), I think some toddlers just get frustrated and struggle to communicate when they're cross without hitting. A's a very different character (more like dh) and only hits me occassionally when in a lot of pain or being silly when bf. She doesn't do it to anyone else in the same way but is sometimes rough with F but more being cheeky than nasty (her fave is hitting round the head with her shopping basket and then running off pissing herself!)

F's still got a temper but is much better than before. It's scary when you see your character in them tho. F's just like me: sensitive, creative and affectionate but with a terrible temper :( I hope he learns to manage it quicker than I did.

Just texted you tsc thinking I couldn't post so I won't repeat it all here!

Really pleased you're getting sleep again kk!! Long may it continue! How many teeth does e have now? I had another crap night as dh is away and they both ended up in with me. Joy.

My friend's dd (19mo) has really bad urinary infection again - she was hospitalised with it in the summer :( made me realise how lucky I've been with mine healthwise so far as the worst I've had to deal with is teething and one chest infection with A (which I think was her only visit to the GP).

Meeting a friend (the one who's just separated from her dh who we're also friends with) and her dd for tea and cake later. Looking forward to that. What are you all up to?

Busy week actually: seeing friend later, work tomo then 'playdate' (sorry) after nursery at another friend's house with her 2 DDs, another playdate and dinner at another friends's house with her 2 DSs on wed, meeting up with a different friend and her ds and dd on thurs, then spa on fri - yeah!

Hi all,
Back from Brum had a nice but exhausting weekend, The boys did us proud and were very good at the family meal for my parents 50th wedding anniversary......50 years man, hard to comprehend.
Devon is really poorly with a cold and THE MOST REVOLTING NAPPIES I HAVE EVER DELT WITH!!!! Sent a sample of poo to the docs so just wating for the results of that, it cant be normal to have such horridness for so long, its been over two weeks now that its been horridly runny, memphis what was the result with L, im sorry i cant remember what happened, are you cutting out dairy?
We are having a few mins of no whinging, hes been moaning all morning probably cos hes starving but wont eat any breakfast, hes had an apple sachet thing so it could be worse.
I have resigned myself to not geting anything done today, especially not the food shopping, good job i brought some fresh pasta on friday, that will do two days worth of teas for me and DH. I really hope D is well enough to go to the cm on wednesday!! (selfish cow!)
cake ur night sounds poo, i take it they both settle in your bed?
chu god i hope urs dont get pox! three weeks to go!!!!!!!!!OMG thats well close now, have you packed your bag? Did you decide on a name? Have you got all the baby stuff out again yet? Can you all fit in your car?
memphis shit that you argued, have you made up now? doggy day care sounds ace, how did you find that? My friend goes riding and leaves her dog at the stables, she has taken tolly a few times and he loves it apparently, hope she offeres again this week cos he also comes back knackered.
kk are you busy this week? I really want something different done, I had 4 inches off last week but would like a colour soon, never had a colour on it so its a bit scary. How long would you reccommend waiting after birth? My hair is falling out in handfulls, its a nightmare, i could make a wig from every plug hole full!
needles come back soon hope all is well with you and baby, what a lovely name. trudy where are you?
mylife how do you deal with W hitting? D does hit and push and i try and tell him off straight away but not make too much of an issue of it, I agree with cake when they are frustrated its the only way they can express themselves, must be very annoying to have the understanding but not the vocabulary to express it.
D's just bumbling around and watching tv on and off, its gona be a long day i recon.
Desperatly trying to get F into a routine with feeding, Brum buggered it all up though, and im thinking of spending a week there next week, i must be mental!!
I also have a busy week, stay and play tomorrow then meetng a friend and her ds, wednesday got a friend to coffee, thursday in going to see a friend in her new house and her ds, friday i have a friend from brum coming to stay to help as dh is off to london to the comic convention, i shall be going back to brum with her on sunday so dh wont see the children for 7 days, im very jelouse that he will have that many nights 'off' so to speak!

vik sorry to hear about D having been ill, L's nappies have really calmed down, the doc thinks he was intolerant to something, but I cut down on dairy and wheat and he seems ok at the moment, they dont want to do further tests unless it flares up again. The daycare is on the road between our new house and old house so we pass it, my dad also sends his dogs so recommended it.
cakes it is very stressful here, if things dont improve I will be a single mum within months, dh is very stressed and doesnt like talking about it, we spoke last night and he was lovely to me all night as I kept saying that I felt so sad, things should improve soon, dh gets down when he cant get out on his bike as its his time to let things go, also he had so much debt when we met and ive managed his money to clear it, he is so close to the end now and think now they end is in sight he has been freaked out by the mess he was in, It made harder as I have no one to talk to about stuff.
L woke up this morning and clear as day called me mummy, he hasnt even said mama in months so I was very emotional and then while mum pushed him around the shops he was shouting MUMMEEEEEEE!

I bought L a toilet step and some finger paints today, Im so tired and already counting down to bedtime!

:( sorry to hear things are so tough there memph

Oh man, where is everyone? I need something to read at stupid o'clock whilst trying to settle a wide awake baby!

I'd post around that time viks if I had a newer phone, I'm always awake at the mo. My cold has decided that a good chesty cough was in order - I feel really bad cos DH is really tired having not had a weekend twice in a row so 3 weeks solid work and then I'm keeping him up all night coughing.
S is still waking around 5am, I have no idea what will make him sleep til later, no matter when he has his nap or for how long, he's always up chattering away at the crack of dawn.

memphis hope things are settling down with you and that this week is different and better. It's hard when people won't talk about the stresses they're under, how are we supposed to understand?

cake I know what you mean about being lucky, while my two have been sick all winter, it's just been colds/tonsilitis/conjunctivitis whereas a few of my friends have had babies/toddlers undergoing major surgery, MRIs etc. Puts things in perspective for sure!

I'm trying to decide what to do today, I think S might have conjunctivitis so shouldn't take him to a group but that leaves a garden centre or home. Home sounds tempting cos I'm so tired but he's actually harder work when we're in...

chuI know exactly what you mean re being harder at home, I'm dying to go to group but cant cos D also has conjjunctivitus and a really bad cold, he's actually eating this morning and I bet he would have hoovered up cerial but trying to keep him off dairy, although how u do that I really don't know, what do u put on his toast? What does he have on his cerial? I don't really want to try anything different in case that upsets him further.