December 2011 - April drools!

[OiMissus]

A new thread! squee-eeeze. :)

DSM good luck with the POAS.
Honey yay Rocco! Hope he keeps it up!
AWCH I lay monkey almost flat as well, he seems to prefer it like that and doesnt fight me as much, and he's less sick. As long as you're watching him and don't let him gag on it I'm sure it will be fine.

Monkey has fallen into a pattern of bed at 7, waking for a feed at 12.30, waking for a feed at 5, then up for the day about half 7. He has small naps at about half 9 and about 3/4 and a big nap at 12. He can also roll over (front to back), well, he's done it once! The HV is coming to talk about weaning next week, he seems far too little though.

I have had my 1st soft play experience today with lo they had a few things for the younger ones and a few bumbo seats but will be much better when he is bigger.

Bit worried about him he seems ti have a dicky tummy today we had 2 poos this morning (1 huge but normal 1 small and looked a bit dodgy) and 1 this afternoon so far the last of which looked v dodgy. He seems fine in himself but has dropped feeds so keeping an eye on him. He is usually a once a day pooer so this is a surprise!!

On a brighter note the skunk attacked his sophie the giraffe last night think she liked the smell of her. Had to wrench her from her jaws but she seems to have escaped intact. Lo has massive pink cheeks at mo funky giraffe bibs required i think.

Blimey dsm i would be freaking out if i were in your shoes especially with darcie and your DH causing you stress. There is only 13 months between me and my bro massive pom poms for super mums with such short gaps.

I stopped Bfing 8 weeks ago still no periods should i be worried?

Figgy There is a 2.5yr gap between me and my sister. 7yrs between Darcie & Sky. It wouldn't bother me too much as Darcie is that little bit older and when she's in a good mood she can be really helpful. Is brilliant with Sky anyway and is already asking about No3! Love the fact you have a Skunk :)

My nan had 4 children. 1 straight after the other. Sept 1959, Oct 1960, may 1962, Dec 1962 (my mum who was born at 24 weeks). She was supermom! esp as my grandad was in the Navy then and our on tour for anytime between 6&18mths at a time.

Ah, only here would you read the line, 'On a brighter note the skunk attacked his sophie the giraffe last night' and nod understandingly ! Hope DS is OK figgy.

After the hail, we've had more rain (natch, we have a hosepipe ban ) and massive thunder.

Am going to get on with delightful jobs such as reducing the amount I save and cancelling my contact lenses as we move towards having a joint account and no money to put in it.

Yaaaay for Rocco .

3.40 and am already shattered! Managed to put away monster pile of Washing Of Dooom, then took DDs out to park, followed by mcDonalds, library and a quick wrestle around Sainsburys (required for loo roll supply, bread and cheese). Got back in one piece and sat down with cuppa to feed Albert. I am not moving apart from tea refils unless the DDs set fire to the house....

Thanks northern, fortunately neither of the girls have had a convulsion (I only had one aged 3 but it was v scary for my mum and they kept me in hospital for a few days ruling stuff out. I always pounce on mine and medicate them whenever they have a temp of 38 or more, it makes it less likely they will have one, and so far we've been OK.

Right, more tea needed!

Ps no aspersions being cast about your nan, DSM but 24 weeks is TINY for that time ago: are there photos? Just asking, cos my great-auntie had three siblings, one of whom was much younger... Turned out that the fifteen year "sibling" age gap was due to my great auntie going into service after leaving school at fourteen, and then her mum had a "miracle" baby in her early fifties... No one found out for sixty years...

Aethel My mum wasn't due till end of feb-beginning of Mar and was born Dec 3rd. My nan wasn't aware she was preggers either - only knew when she started haemorraging :( Mum was the Jelly baby lol

The thunder and lightning was pretty impressive here too Northern! scared the bejaysus out of me first time as I hadn't seen the lightning and the whole flat tends to shake during a thunderstorm

Wow 24 weeks is amazing at that time - survival rates at that gestation are pretty low even nowadays, aren't they?

My Nan was raised thinking her Mum was her sister due to out of wedlock birth. Proper cockneys, born within the toll of Bow Bells.

Wow, dsm that must have been terrifying for her :( glad your mum was OK though, she must be made of tough stuff!

It's toy carnage over here. Oh joy...

I've been rearranging f's clothes to ge the next size up it (another 245g gained this week). Feeling totally broody so am hoping we'll be lucky enough to have a number 3 in a couple of years.

That's awesome hawthers, woohoo!!

dsm, sorry things are tough. Repeat 'this is just a phase, this too will pass' ... Not so easy when you're right in the middle of the phase!

I just made an omelette. It was rubbish :( my husband makes the best omelettes ever which somehow made me think I could too. Erm, no.

Well Done Hawthers On weight gain :)

Thanks Mopsy I still can't stomach an omelette - made me feel sooo sick 2 days before I found out I was pregnant with Sky!

Still no AF!!

Same over here... I have a pic behind me of my Gran and Great Aunt, and their 'cousin', who was in fact their Uncle (I think that's the right way round!) and my grandfather's mother was meant to be one of the youngest grandmothers in the country at the time, at 27 . Also born to the sound of Bow Bells MissRee, must be something in the water! I'm sure there were younger now and then, but blimey.

Glad to hear that none of yours have suffered convulsions aethel, they are bloody scary to witness.

Owing to his massive sleep this morning, we're totally out of synch with DS, and so he's had to stay awake for another hour before going to bed- DP is doing a good job of wrangling.

My meat and potato pie for dinner tonight, nyom!

I'm also rubbish at eggs Mopsy. I can't hard boil an egg - soft boil, yes: hard boil, no! My eggs are always dippy! Not good for salads

We have some tiles on the wall!!! Progress at last.

I think me and little miss sunshine will take a walk into town tomorrow if the weather holds off. We haven't been for a walk for over a week as DP has been home. Need to start doing more to burn the chub off!

I also think I need to move Freya's bedtime forward - I've had to wake her up the last 3 mornings as she's still been asleep at 9.30am

And for all those in Hawthers Towers!

Bedtime hour here for the girls and me

Ladies are any of your OHs still useless with the LOs of is it just mine?

Lo is 16 wks tomorrow and dh still seemingly has no idea what to do with him and its starting to annoy me. Dh works from home so spends a lot more time with him than a lot of other dads so i would have thought the opposite would have happened. He hasnt changed a poo nappy for probably 2 months because he doesnt like the smell (like i do?!?), every time lo cries he says he is hungry regardless of if he has finished a bottle within the hour and is definitely not, he refuses to do bedtime bottle as he says he wont sleep for him. If lo cries or coughs strangely he panics and the most annoying thing he does not listen to me. 2 examples this week lo has cried when he has been recently fed, changed and has been up over 2-3 hrs so he is clearly tired dh insists hes hungry 2 minutes of comfort and rocking from me has lo asleep. 1 of these examples we were on a plane i told him when we boarded i wanted to sit in aisle so if he got tired i could get up and walk with him DH doesnt like flying so wanted aisle which was fine but because he refused to accept lo wasnt hungry he wouldnt let me up to walk round with him. Instead he faffed about sorting a feed i told him lo wouldnt take actually prolonging the crying and upset to other passengers which he was Panicking over.

WHY cant he see it? I just dont get it!!

I suggested he do the bedtime feed tonight so if he did have a problem getting him to sleep at least i was here and could see if he was doing anything different to me he refused as its "too stressful" and he will try when he doesnt have to work the next day. What in the wide wide world of sport does that have to do with anything??

I know its just panic but my fuse is getting shorter and now I sound like a bitch dont i? Gah mega haddock!!

Squelch.

MissRee I don't understand how you can't hard boil an egg. It is easy. Boil water in pan, put eggs in pan, go and play with LO and totally forget about the eggs. Start to wonder what's happening when the air becomes a bit smoky and smelly, then realise that you had eggs on the hob. Get to the hob to see the pan boiled dry. Et voila: hard boiled oeufs-a-la-baby-brain. Easy-peasy, n'est-ce pas?
Sympathy for figgy. I'm not sure what to suggest, apart from standing firm and insisting he listen to you.
We're having a similar-ish problem here. LO just won't go to sleep easily. He won't go down easily by himself during the day, - he'll just have a mini nap if we go out anywhere in the car, or may fall asleep if I'm lucky in the house for 20 minutes. But in the evening he's terrible. He fights and fights tiredness, and so screams the place down. W e rock, cuddle and shush him. Often, the only way to calm him is to let him feed (bf)- even if it has only been an hour since his last feed. If he wakes after that, then we need to do lots of rocking and shushing again. Next week, we're offto the theatre and LO is with a babysitter (friends), how can i train him out of this habit? The week after that, I start back at work. I'm scared that he won't feed or be calm with others. He's refused to take a bottle of formula from me (tried two types withdifferent bottles), I need to get DH to try again, he refused at the weekend. AND last night he woke up 3 times. we are regressing!
(he's an angel during the day!)

Ahhhh I'm more if the school of dance around like a fairy whilst it cooks wondering if ghats long enough... Surely that's long enough.... That's gotta be hard by now? Oh balls, it's still dippy

Am ashamed to say I can top not being able to hard boil an egg. I am such a bad/cant be arsed cook that I had to ask someone how to purée (as it's Such a basic concept my annabel karmel book doesn't spell it out for me ). Just as well DH cooks based on rereading my (very long whingey) previous post

Get water to boiling point. Add eggs. Play the full length version of bohemian rhapsody. Remove eggs from heat. Bon!

Today involved random unexpected meal out. Ver' tired. Off to he'd with a bottle of grapetise and a bag of wispa bites. They're new, I need to test them

Haddocks and sympathy for those that require them.

dsm how many periods have you had since sky? I've had 2 so technically only one proper cycle, it was a couple of days shorter than my previous very regular cycles. Your cycles could be different after childbirth. Anyway hope you get the result you want.

We had a successful day shopping. DS got some new shoes and bright summery jeans, DD got 2 dresses in next for £15 and I spent my birthday money on baking tins from Lakeland and a mosaic mirror. I'm doing another street collection for Muscular Dystrophy tomorrow, so I'll be outside in the cold and possibly rain all day. Fingers crossed it won't thunder and lightning, and that DH will cope with both of the DCs all day.

Ah, the Lakeland habit... Have you heard of Pampered Chef? Tis like an Ann Summers party for people who like over-priced kitchenware. I love it. Forget Rabbitry, I get excited by stoneware.
Good luck for your collection tomorrow. I hope the weather, and the public, are kind.
Tomorrow I shall be trying to get paperwork and work-work done (speaking of work-work, and "going out going out", and being born within the sound of Bow Bells, are we fans of Micky Flanagan?), and then going for blood tests to see if I'm getting arthritus. (It can't possibly be happening to me, I have babies to have, and martini to drink from fancy, delicate glasses. And Karen Millen dresses do not go with knobbly, misshapen fingers!)
G'night, me hearties. May the babies be kind and allow us some kip!