Feb 2011 - First year over! Whatya mean it gets more difficult!

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Handing out , and birthday cake

Damn, I jinxed it! She was a right pain in the arse last night.

wiggs I agree with the more sleep thing.I havent got up with dills for the last 4 mornings I just cant,im shattered. Poor dh he will be posting on aibu soon
I didnt sleep too well.Im up to my eyes in stress with ds.We have to go to Bristol today for his hospital app.He is staying with us but I dont feel that can be permanant.He is not that easy to live with,doesnt do anything to contribute even just puts his own plate in the dishwasher nothing else.He has had a week off and spent it moping in his room,he has watxhed 3 seasons of the wire I know hes heartbroken but i also think he should get a grip.He is meant to be sorting out his money and looking for a bigger place to live in,i took him to cab and they gave him loads of good advice but he has done nothing about it and i dont see why i should,hes 25 fgs. Im going to talk to him on the way to Bristol today and point out that if i get ill hes on his own.

ledkr you poor thing, you're really going through it :( Lucky DS2 (?) though having you as a mum, you're there for him but helping him help himself too. I hope I can be like you when I'm old

blizy and at your Compromising Situation, poor you! Will fil be able to look you in the eye again?

ponyo S went through a bath-wailing period, I think she realises it's bedtime and she's actually quite tired.

Having an Interesting Time with S at the moment the little cowbag. She refused to go to bed last night, just kept crying when we put her down. In the end I kept her up till almost 9, bathed her and just put her to bed again. She cried for 20 minutes then finally went off. She is a bit poorly atm (cold), DH wondered if she couldn't suck her fingers properly. I was so pissed off, I had my running gear on and slowly shed it all as the likelihood of getting out for a run diminished :( She then refused her nap this morning too, finally went down just now after a bit of crying. Anyone else's LO on one nap a day? Imy didn't go down to one till she was about 18mo and still needs one now or she turns into satan and all his minions.

Hope all well and enjoying the lovely weather :)

Hi ladies,

Hope you're all well. We're back from our week's hols and all is mostly good.

C was poorly poorly before we went away and hadn't really eaten for a couple of weeks, and we wondered if it was the switch to cow's milk that was bothering her, so we put her back on formula while on hols last week and she's like a different baby, and is eating like a horse. So that must have been it. Will go back to introducing cow's milk much more slowly, just a tiny bit at a time. Sorry and that she was poorly for so long tho.

C has taken her first steps on her own, and has also walked in snow! Was a lovely week away skiing for DH and me, and we met the GPs and C every lunchtime then did afternoon things together.

Off to catch up on what's been happening!

Dx

Deb I think C is about to move to only one nap, her morning one has moved later and later, and then she fights like hell over her afternoon one (which has also got later), but can't make it to bedtime. Sometimes at nursery she only has one. I don't think she's really ready to go from waking until after lunch yet tho, but fitting them in with a reasonable bedtime is becoming a bit of a challenge.

Also, over the holiday, Claudia has developed a real attitude when things don't go her way, she has a high pitched scream which is used for the most minor of infractions. Will be a little madam methinks.

D

Hi all, I'm on the bus posting as dp has the car today

A woke up regularly throughout the night then had a bottle at 5am then went back to sleep eventually til I had to wake her at 7.15. Why must she sleep in when I have to be up for work?! Gr.

Delia oh yes to high pitched squealing when things don't go exactly to A's liking, sometimes with real tears, sometimes she just seems furious glad you had a good break, sounds lovely.

Ledkr I feel for you, if you've taken your son to cab and he's got the info what more can you do, I feel mean saying that because he's unwell but it does sound frustrating. Plus you'll be worrying about him too.

Better go am getting into town, back later everyone

Hello all,

Well, got Alice's jabs done this morning. She screamed blue murder after having them done but am awaiting the aftermath of side effects just as well I'm at work tomorrow so won't have to deal with a probably moany baby

We get the high pitched squeal too, and Alice is soooooo stubborn about getting something she wants - wonder where she gets that from

I have a question to those a bit more knowledgeable about older children. Have bought DHs niece an easter pressie today but I'm not sure if it's too young for her or not (the last thing I bought her her been delegated to her little sister as it was deemed too young with hindsight). She's about 10 and apparently into 'fashion' at the minute so I got her a dsign your own pencil case kit (a demin pencil case with some glitter glue and shiny sticky tat) and a create your own vanity set (a little mirror and comb with some sticky sequin stuff to put on) from the pound shop. Does this sound OK for her age or will she laugh at it for being wayyyy too young ? Odd question I know, but I know some of you ladies will know ( ledkr would ella like it? )

d glad you had a good holiday, love the piccies on fb

ledkr sounds like you have alot going on at the min, I'm rubbish for advice, but I hope DS starts doing a bit more soon

deb tbh your night last night and sleep time today with Bean sounds like a regular day for me maybe I have a good excuse to look so windswept , I hope Bean decides to be a good girl quickly

Took alice to get her feet measured to check if she needs new shoes and the blooming shop wouldn't check if her shoes still fit her as I didn't buy the shoes at their store - do they not want my business to buy new shoes?! (they are clarks shoes and ftr this shop sells clarks shoes too just is a local independent). Anyway, I got her measured and she is the grand old size of a size 3 , but not grown enough for any new shoes yet (according to the salesman without actually testing alices shoes on her feet ) . Also got a happyland police station from a charity shop for 50p , so it wasn't all bad.

Oh, and I know this is an epic post but I'll add another point. We have no gas - some kind of burst water pipe has burst the gas pipe and so we will have no gas for a week or so apparently - so that's no heating/hot water without the immersion/cooking hob [deep sigh]

Oh dear to the gas Reastie! Hope it gets sorted, what a pain. I wonder why they wouldn't check A's shoes - what idiots! What size is she in? They usually make sure that they have a lot of room for the feet to grow so they should be fine!

Ledkr, I do feel for your DS . He's lucky to have your support. I hope things get better for him soon but he does need to get a bit of a grip and do more for himself. If he doesn't pull his weight do you think that was the problem with his GF?

Took L to drs this morning, it was just a lymph node as I suspected. He said that sometimes they get like that when they've been fighting a virus, which L hasn't so I'm guessing it's just the aftermath of the MMR.

She's been a right PITA today! She hasn't had a proper nap as we had to go to the supermarket and DRs so she only fell asleep briefly in the pram. The house looks like a bomb has gone off and I haven't been able to do anything as I've had a moaning little Minnie clinging to my leg every time I need to move!

All DD1 has done since she got home from school is nag and moan. I feel like throwing myself off a roof .

robin you reminded me there the nurse that gave alice her injections this morning said she may get lumps where her glands are after her jabs, I thought of you . Nearly bed time - hopefully you can relax once they are sleeping.

Hi all
Ledkr. Sorry your ds is being a bit of a pain, he does need to sort himself out, bless him.

Robin, sorry L didn't sleep well last night, sounds like you've had a bit of a bad day. Hope the little ones are on bed now and your able to relax with a nice glass of wine!

Delia, sounds like you had a fab week away, C looked beautiful in your piccies!

Deb, Noah has been on one nap a day for a while now. I started cutting his morning nap to half hour so he would take a longer nap after lunch. Now he goes from morning through to after lunch, sometimes until 1.30 pm without a nap! He took the change a lot easier than Ben did tho!

Reastie, hope A is ok after her jabs, and boo to no hot water or heating, hope it gets fixed soon.

Have heard from tap dance lady and am def going to start! Dh might not be home from his away week in time for me to go this Thursday but fingers crossed he will be. I'm also starting Zumba too! Both on a Thursday evening. Can't wait!

Chilling with a glass of wine and an Easter egg. Yum ,yum double yum.

Hi all. Well the big news is HES ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST! This is great news as if he gets lucky he may even bypass dialysis. He was a miserable fucker all the way and didnt even help me load the pram in the car or the bags to take Dills to Mums,he watched me fill up with diesel and didnt offer any money and refused all attempts at convo. On the way back i let him have it,told him life wasnt all that easy for me either and that id had cancer at his age and was raising a family.I also said that if i become ill he will have nobody.I reminded him that i knew how it felt to be dumped but he needed to at least try to move on.Is that harsh?
robin The thought did cross my mind re his gf. Sorry about your crap night.
delias Holiday sounds idealic glad C is feeling better.
reastie D is walking a fair bit now when she feels like it,i feel she needs a bit of support for her feet but dot want to waste my money on cruisers.What a knob that bloke was.What so once you buy your child some shoes you can only ever go back to that shop??
The gifts sound fab but Ella likes anything tbh.
Dilly had 2 naps today with my Mum,i struggle to get her to have one some days.
Thanks for all your support today btw,it does help.Hes gone to stay at amates tonight so im off to bed so dh can hog the tv and watch footy.

of your Easter egg, Emski. I've just said to DH that I'm going to challenge myself not to have any chocolate till Easter. He phsl and said "I don't think you'll last till Friday" .

L is still up . She should be knackered by now!

robin MMR is a small dose of the measles and the measles causes small glands behind the ears durrrrr why didnt i think of that before.

emski Go on you tube and learn a basic shuffle ball change it will help you with your first lesson. at you actually having the energy to do two things on a Thursday night? Is it a slimming world egg?

Ledkr, hooray for ds and good for you giving him a little telling off!

Thanx for the shuffle ball change tip, am off to u tube it now. No, not a SW egg, it was a Maltesers egg. I feel sick now but have lost all control when it comes to food. Am hoping a bit of exercise will help me to stop eating so much!

reastie I can't believe that is a normal day for you, you must be knackered! S has always been so obliging, put her in bed, she goes to sleep, I put my feet up. I was really nervous about bedtime tonight but it was fine, S straight to sleep, Imy did some stage whispering for a while but went off too

ledkr not harsh at all, you'll do him no favours by pussy footing around, I'm a strong believer in telling it how it is. Great news about transplant list!

delia I loved your photos too :)

emski get you with TWO classes! Am also of the egg, bought DH one today, it's in my knicker drawer

I spoke to Canterbury University today about midwifery- I need another 20 points before I can apply , so will ring about doing an a level/as level from home, with the intention of applying for April 2014 intake. I am so excited.....

wiggles no big plans, I have to work half day and he's got conjunctivitis! poor thing, so we won't be taking any pictures as he looks like a monster so poorly. I am baking a cheesecake right now, but it's the very first one I make and have my doubts...

I thought all was going well with the approaching birthday, but no, the last two days have been really hard, last night I couldn't sleep even though I was exhausted (and the dreams about having to take scallop-like things out of P's eyes didn't help).

Have you all finished moaning about how our lives are finished? Can I add my bit? sometimes I get a flash of what my life used to be, so free and careless, will it even go back to something like that? I don't know how you guys with more than one do it, right now the only thing that keeps me going is the fact that he is growing and won't be a baby for much longer, and surely it can only get better? (please please).

Sorry about all the birthdays that i missed, hope you all had a great time.

ledkr sorry you are having such a hard time, how did the appointment go? why do men never grow (oh, why did I have a boy??)?

reastie let me know about the mmr, I am a bit worried about P's, not because of that scare, just of side effects, and right now he is a good mood and do not want to ruin it.

Well, that's it from me, in about 5 hours and a half a year ago P was forced to come to the world, despite both of us doing our best to avoid it (me having a stalled labour and he getting stuck).

Evening all

ledkr glad ds is on the list (fingers crossed) xx Its hard for you having him back, and Dilly and Ella and dh and everything else you have to deal with. Try and do something just for you this week xx

Robin Glad L is ok, damn supermarkets and their Easter eggs for £1, its practically sinful not to eat them.

deliaskis Glad you had a brilliant time, I told Anna off for biting me this evening and she was not best pleased. Apparently it was all my fault and she just had to bite me, the affronted heaving sobs of her when she was told No was quite funny if a bit loud!

reastie Your present sounds lovely, I find that age difficult to buy for. In fact I get jittery from 8+.

Anna only has 1 nap in the day now, usually in the morning. She ate like an absolute monster this afternoon/evening so will be interesting to see how she sleeps.

It was great here this afternoon, I was that house that everyone talks about where all the children in the street congregate Sofia and Olivia went out the back to play and I made the fateful mistake of leaving some biscuits out, two minutes later, there were swarms of children playing on our precariously balanced slide .

Sofia is making her first confession this week and I've been going over her talking bits with her, we had to practise her telling the priest about her sin - which she picked as "being cheeky to her sisters" Anyway I asked her why this wasn't a nice thing to do, she replied "they might tell on me" . It was so funny, of course we now can't keep a straight face between us.

Oops Ledkr, I missed your post about your DS. That's great that he's on the transplant list. Glad you gave him a piece of your mind! Hope he takes note!

I dunno why the nurse didn't tell me about the glands at the time of her MMR! She just said it might be 48 hours before there were any side effects and she might be a bit "off colour". Never mind, no harm done. Our doctor is lovely anyway.

Ha ha at "they might tell on me". Well it's true, I suppose .

DD's school are having a non uniform day on Friday, in exchange for Easter eggs for the Easter fair, so we have one ready for her to take and it's on top of the fridge. I keep looking at it thinking, "hmm, I could buy her another one before Friday" but I will be strong!

Oh wiggles she sound like a lovely cheeky girl.

ledkr great news about the transplant list, you are an amazing mum getting a balance of loyal and supportive and kicking up the bum as required!

reastie no help with the presents, I usually get my god daughters those little gift cards (credit cards they call them!!!!).

Delia glad your holiday was good, lovely photos.

emski good for you with your new classes. Yum yum for the Easter eggs.

k2 big hugs for the lack of sleep, hope you have a nice day celebrating P's birthday tomorrow. Hope he is better soon.

deb so exciting about the midwifery course well done you, hope the S sleeping issues are just a blip.

All good here, the school have recruited a new Teaching Assistant for Thomas's afternoon hours as the current one is moving to a full time post in the foundation stage unit (nursery). The new one is lovely, which is a massive relief. Loving the gorgeous weather. Xxx

Thanks for the reassurance the pressies for Dhs niece are OK. SIL said I should buy her a coin purse from acessorize for easter, but I don't think she remembers I gave this niece exactly that a couple of years ago they must've thrown it out , so in principle I'm not buying another one, hence the poundshop splurge

wiggles to the confession story.

ledkr excellent news re: transplant

deb you see I get all of you as Alice will only nap in the day in her buggy, most of the time I have to walk her to sleep, which could take 10 minutes or sometimes takes nearer an hour - so whatever the weather I'm out twice a day walking alice to sleep. She also always feeds to sleep in the evening but if we time it too early she won't sleep and just goes crazy till really late. And this is ten times better than what I had to cope with a few months ago when she would only feed to sleep in the day and sleep on me for every nap, so I now count myself lucky , and go you re: midwifery.

knitta will keep you posted on mmr

Right, i'm off to bed, yawn

Have been lurking again (I can't keep up either k2!) so just wanted to say glad your ds in on the transfer list ledkr and well done on laying it on the line for him.

Great news on Thomas' teaching assistant, four4.

Loving wiggles confession convo!

Stay strong robin!

I don't have great nappers either reastie, you have my sympathies.

Exciting about the midwifery deb.

Apologies for missing anyone out: my two eldest are pretend bullfighting in the living room!

oops missed the list thing ledkr, glad to hear that!

debka didn't know you wanted to do mw! how exciting! even if you need to do more and it seems ages at least the girls will be big and let you study.

ledkr Great news about ds! I hope your chat with him makes him buck up hi ideas. I agree with wiggles you should do something just for you this week.

wiggles Sofia is such a cheeky monkey,.

debka Fantastic news, so exciting for you!

k2 Poor Pablo, hope he feels better soon.

reastie the pressie sounds fine, my wee sis would love it.

debka meant to say well done and go for it. One of my friends has applied to do her nursing degree. She had her interview last week and can't wait to get started this year if she gets in.