Sept 2010 - Another 6 months past, it's going too fast!

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Our lovely new thread for the September 2010 babies. Dive in folks!

Just an update on the breakfast front - we've only just twigged that Aphra must have gone off the muesli to a certain extent: she's been eating our muesli from our bowls but not her own, and I'd assumed this was because it was more interesting to pinch other people's. Well, maybe so, but yesterday she had some of DP's sultana bran flakes and today she had a whole helping of her own puffed something-or-others from the wholefoods shop! I put a few sultanas in cos she loves them and it seems like it definitely did the trick. So in that case at any rate, a change was as good as a rest!

hi everyone.

sorry not been on for a while. had a few bad weeks months

me and dp have not been good and it came to a bit of a head. i thought i would be the first to say i'd split. we are still working at it, but it looks better than it has for years. we had to delve deep and say really hurtful but truthful stuff to each other. i felt like we were at relate.

then about a week after that, my mum had a stroke. to say i was hysterically, would be the biggest under statement in the world. my brother told me over the phone. it sounds melodramatic, but when he said 'mums had a stroke' i just cut him off. i couldnt face him saying ' and shes dead' i had to rush round and ask him. so that probably made it worse for me.

she's not even 60. she was admitted to the stroke ward which was horrendous, as she was about 30 years younger than everyone else. but luckily in terms of strokes 1-10 she probably had a 2/3. she is signed off work for at least 6 weeks and is having occupational therapy, but apart from her left arm and being tired easily, she is ok.

god i love my mum. i cant bear it. she's like my best friend. oops crying now. thats the most ive been able to say since it happened. i cant even entertain the though usually. i will need sedating if something happens to her.

hope you had a good holiday lumpy ive been to turkey 3 times. i like it but dp doesnt. we always get bad bellies is why.

newmum yeah for grace and potty. i havent tried with twins yet. been too busy trial and errorring bedtimes. been a fecking nightmare cos they can both climb out. even cut out naps to make them shattered but they just fall asleep about 4pm - not good.

i basically have to sit outside there room until they get sick of trying to climb oyt and go to sleep. little buggers!

beadit so sorry about jack. poor little love. how is he now?

Oh Sassy that's dreadful for you all. i hope your mum gets better soon and that your dp wakes up and realises what a lovely family he has. I imagine these last few years have been hectic for you both and relationships are usually the first thing we lose sight of.
The twins sound like Lucy, she is a nightmare with sleep and hasn't napped properly for a few weeks now. this evening she climbed in her pram and strapped herself and nodded off. i hope she sleeps tonight still.
She has dreadful nappy rash, it looks like her skin has been ripped off. She is in agony when pooing and wiping it away makes her shake with pain. Got some bepanthen for her and if it doesn't get better for her tomorrow I will see what i can get on the minor ailments scheme

Oh my god sassy how scary! At least she's coming out the other side of it now and fingers crossed she has a speedy recovery. God i can't even imagine how scary that must have been, id have reacted in the exact same way.

And as for you and dp. From what you've said it seems like you have a really good relationship. You've had a few rough patches and thats not surprising with 3 babies and a nearly teenager (with an arsehole of a father) but you always get through it. Just stay strong and keep working at it it will get easier! Xx

Oh sassy how it does sound as though your Mum has already made a good recovery so fingers crossed she'll be ok.
How on earth you do it with all your little lovelies is beyond me. I feel like such a stress head so often...... Probably why there's no bump on my front! feels like it'll never happen here. We're either so run down we never think of it or both working til silly o'clock in the night and collapse in bed....... Our own sides!
Jack will never have a sibling with parents like he has!!!

lumps how was your holiday? Looking forward to seeing pieces of your two boys on their jollies
We've finally booked a week away.... Nothing fancy, just to North Wales to play on the beach all week. Can't wait and hoping the sun finally arrives by the first week in Sept.

Anyone else's bedtimes getting later recently? J is napping for about 2.5 hours after lunch then goes to sleep at 8pm and wakes at 7am ish. Spose it's normal but he was always shattered by 6.45pm and still napped the same.

Off for a soak now after days without hot water. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

That would be "piccies" not "pieces"

Beadit sleep here is very hit and miss at the best of times. I really don't know why as DD1 and ds were good sleepers and easy to settle, these two are just nightmares. Lucy alternates between napping for a couple of hours each day to about 3 days were she refuses a nap. You never quite know where you are with her.

On the plus side she is talking loads. I had just decided to tale her to 'talking two's' where they try and encourage them to talk when she just started really talking to us. She will copy almost anything we say to her and her words are so much clearer. One worry off my list.

She is still trying to potty train herself and whips her nappy off all the time. she has managed a couple of wees on the toilet and potty but then did a big poo on the floor

Crikey! Where is everyone??? There's not been much action on here while I've been away!
We had a fantastic time but it was pretty stressful & I had another numbness attack thing last friday that has resulted in a 6 day migraine that I just can't shift! I'm getting really fed up. My GP has given me some tablets so fingers crossed they work!
The boys coped really well in the heat although Olly struggled a bit. He settled really well to. he had no problem sleeping & slept in till 7.30-8 every morning. That could have had something to do with not going to bed till 10.30!!! By the end of the holiday Toby was swimming without any aids! Not bad to say he's not even 4 yet!

Anyone watch Hollyoaks?? Whats happened to Carmel??

Sassy sounds like you've had an awful time. Hope things pick up for you soon.

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morning. thanks everyone.

up early as babies all crying and waking up throughout the night- came down at 5.15am. bogeyed.co.uk

eva has started to move from the baby stage towards the toddler stage in the last week or so. she can pull herself up to standing now.

off to playgroup today. the twins absolutely love the nursery rhymes section. wind the bobbin is jacob's favourite and twinkle twinkle is isobel's. so cute.

HI

sassy sorry about your mum. How´s she doing? I hope you and your DP continue working things out.

Been lying low for a week as DS and I have had a nasty throat virus, but feeling much better now. The summer has officially started here, schools broke-up last friday and the beaches are full already.

We´ve got an allotment, the local authority have given away 26 plots (all free with water access). All organic as well, nobodys´allowed to use pesticides etc.

Bloody hell its quiet on here and i've not posted for so long that i lost you. So whats everyone upto? I'm off to tge drs later to get the implant, anyone know anything about it, the thought of javing a permenent object in my arm makes me feel a bit iffy but i cant find a pill i get on with anymore so i'm running out of options. Any plans for 2nd birthday parties yet? We're having Graces' at the local fun factory and she's having a postman pat cake (she bloody LOVES postman pat) shes started playing with her dolls and pram so much recently they are definitely her favourite so we're getting her a new doll for her birthday and a new pram set thats got a pram, carseat, highchair, baby swing etc and some dressing up stuff. I csn't wait. Sorry for typo's i got fed up of correcting them.

Hiya newmum, I've been reading but been rubbish at replying! However I am procrastinating over something else so now's a good moment... I had the implant a few years ago, it was fine & worked well for me though I know it can vary. Hope it works for you!

No plans or thoughts yet for 2nd birthday parties - but I've got to have this new baby first of course! DP's dad is making Aphra a rocking horse, that I do know.

Been thinking about wht to do for 2nd birthday, but haven´t made any plans. I was thinking of having a BBQ (weather permitting).

Just found out PIL have self invited this weekend, great! Its not that we get on badly but I hate it when they call and say we´re coming tomorrow! Not even "Can we come this weekend?" Oh well, will make the best of it and get them to babysit so Dp and I can get out on our own.

Comix when are you due??

Welcome back newmum I thought everyone was deserting! Does anyone know whats happened to Saoirse??

I'm planning the boys party. We're going to do the same as last year, a joint party in the local pavilion. Ollys having an iggle piggle cake. Not sure about toby yet. and party bags are going to be an activity at the party. I'm going to get some plain canvas from the works & some paint. They're going to do hand prints!!!

Patito are they stsying for the whole weekend? I wouldn't be best pleased about that either but i hope you and your dp get to go out.

Diddly no idea about saoirse i did notice she'd posted on another thread a while ago but not seen her on fb or anything for ages. Cinnamon hasn't been on for ages either but been keeping up with her on fb and all seems well with her.

I've lost 11.5lbs on slimming world in 3 weeks!!!!! I'm so happy and my clothes are starting to get too big yay! Also attempting to stop smoking. It turns out my apptat the drs yesterday wasn't for the implant (thats next tuesday) it was my stop smoking appt so i've got some kind of spray thing and really hoping that works. I'm not a heavy smoker by any stretch but i want to be a non smoker. It's all change in the world of (not so) newmum!

Comix when r u due? I love the sound of the rocking horse!

Newmum you've done brilliantly! & stick with the no smoking. Its hard at 1st but it does get easier. Think of Grace as your motivation. I stopped when I found out I was pregnant with ds1. I do miss it at times but not enough to start again!

Ollys in a big boy bed!!!!!!!

Go Olly! Did he sleep okay? Get/fall out at all?! We need to think about moving Arlo, I feel like we ought to do it before no.2 arrives at end Nov, even though that one will be in with us at first. But currently having downstairs renovated, so have no kitchen at the moment, and stuff everywhere, and can't contemplate decorating anywhere else at the mo! Did you buy a toddler bed, diddly?

In the end they (PIL) didn´t come, apparently DP said we might have something on so we wouldn´t be around. But now MIL isn´t speaking to us! Maybe not a bad thing though as she normally calls EVERY day to speak with the kids .

How did Olly get on with his big boys bed, Ive been thinking to move Maia out into her bed, but am put off with having to redecorate and make changes to bedroom.

Welldone newmum thats great. Good luck with the smoking, its very hard but well worth it. I gave up when I got preggers with DS and couldn´t imagine ever going back now (4 yrs ago).

The sun is shining, my afternoon class has cancelled so we´re off to the beach later - yeah!

patito, not sure whether it's a shame or not that PILs didn't come - if they're going to take the hump. Ringing every day, blimey! My mum isn't as bad as that and she's also from a Latin country.

Go Olly in a big boy's bed! Aphra's cot is a nice large size and can be converted into a bed when we want to but I've got no thoughts of doing that yet. The new baby is due on the 21st August and we'll have him/her in our room for the first 6 months or so, so we're not in a hurry...

newmum, well done for all your hard work!

Well the quitting smoking isnt going so well, the spray they gave me at the drs burnt my mouth so had to stop using it but gonna go back and try something different. Also chickened out of having the implant, watched a bloody video of it being inserted on youtube and it scared the shit out of me. I need to do something soon though cause my moods are all over the place. I went back on the mini pill a couple of months ago and bled for 6 weeks out of the 8 i was on it. Im running out of options but i need to sort something out. Im in such a funny mood today and dp isnt being very tollerent which is pissing me off. Someone needs to invent a male pill so they can see what its like to keep messing about with your hormones!

On a very different note has anyone read the 50 shades books? Ive just finished them and LOVED them!!

Way to go olly I still have Lucys cot on the high setting! I think she would be ok in a bed as she shares ours loads. We will find out September when we go away on holiday. She will either share a twin room with dd2 or a double bed with dd2

He's been fine. 6.30-6.15 the 1st night, same the second. 6.30-bang crash "waaaah" 5.50 the 3rd night. He's up there now. He's not settled yet but he's just pottering in his room. Toby was the same age when we put him in his bed. I was expecting Olly & didn't want him to think the new baby was taking his cot! He used to play a bit but I just leave them to it.
Its this one
We already had some furniture to match & the cot mattress fits so it was a cheap transition.

Newmum God, I wish dh could experience the whole hormone thing too. I've beed awful this last 3 weeks. I almost ended up on anti depressants but i think i've managed to snap myself out of it by coming off the pill and making myself think happy thoughts everytime I started with the bad ones. It has left me with a horrendous knotted muscle in my shoulder and neck. Its so painful. I'm actually considering paying for some treatment on it! Hope you get sorted soon.

Comix how are you finding pregnancy and toddler??