September 2011 babies, making more noise, more mess, but growing more amazing by the day.

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Hey, here we are again, moving on to the next round of exciting things our little babies are getting up to. :) I hope no-one minded my title, but there hadn't been a big decision and given we were so close to the end I thought I'd just go for it.

I shall update stuff from me tomorrow.

smeg did you start the juggling working thread? I'm finding it hard too. Had mini meltdown Monday eve as DH worked all wend &very tired but then I "worked" all wend looking after girls so we all tired. I'm still doing all the household noise stuff as I call it, bills paying, booking cars in service, home ins renewal, nursery bill to pay etc. But DH was star he sorted out three things on Tuesday morn from work which took some off "my" list. But its taking us both awhile to adjust and get into the swing of it again. It's hard with two DDs in different places with different hours, plus after school activities. But like other said, I do as much as poss the night before and DD1 now has school dinners on days I work which has helped too. Plus my family calendar which I could've do with out on the kitchen wall :o gd luck!

Look how cute! That's so sweet, and congrats on 2 little boys! Hope your pelvis holds out too.

Sarah - no vomiting with the teething here, but poor LO. I am sort of glad loads of my LO's teeth are coming through together and not one at a time. By about a month she'll have about 12 teeth through I reckon.

Feral hope LO is ok. Don't blame yourself - my LO has bruises all over her legs - couldnt work out why until I noticed she hits herself a lot!

Ssmile sounds manic...

Agh, spent the whole day in hospital and still didn't get the ultrasound, got to go back tomorrow and waste yet another day with a grumpy over-tired baby who can't nap as it's too bright and noisy.

Basically we were seen by a nurse who asked all the child protection questions, then a doctor, then had to wait 3 and a half hours for the consultant who said that DD's weird squidgy head could be a defect in the way her skull has grown, i.e. that the bottom layer of bone has grown but the top layer hasn't properly. Alternatively she has fractured her skull at some point in the past Either way I have failed to notice that something was wrong and that makes me feel really really rubbish, no matter what anyone says.

The doctors kept saying that it can't have been like that for very long because otherwise I'd have noticed but I thought, actually, would I? I get home from work at 6pm, spend an hour hustling the kids through their bath and into bed (whilst thinking about work) and then I sit down and do more work. I look after them all day on Saturday by myself but am probably more focused on DS than DD as he's higher maintenance.

Sorry for the me me me post. Feeling very this evening!

Hugs and to you feral - sounds like you've had a rubbish few days. Hope you get the scan done tomorrow and start getting some definitive answers. You are doing the best for her and you did notice it, that's the main thing, please don't be too hard on yourself - I think we all get given a guilt injection when we have our babies!!

Thanks for comments on the teething & sickness - it's so unpredictable but she is still doing it pretty much once a day but gave extra milk today to try and help settle tummy (thanks candr) and because she is barely eating anything.

So excited to hear your news look - you are brill being so chilled about it! Your lo sounds like she is being just adorable!

smeg Meant to say before, lovely to hear from you again, I did wonder where you had gone - hope you're doing ok.

Lovely to 'see' you again MrsL - how is married life?

ssmile you sound very organised, wish I was as good at getting home stuff done - I swear I haven't done housework properly since lo was born! Oops! Think I might need to get some sort of family planner / calendar!

Thanks for all the hellos

ssmile yes I did start that thread. Wish I could afford the most suggested idea of a cleaner

Feral do not feel guilty, I understand why but seriously don't.

feralgirl hugs && sounds like a long worrying day. Hope tom is better& u get a scan.

smeg my dream would be a laundry fairy, I'm quite happy to do minimal ironing but just a magic fairy to load, unload washing machine, move it around the line, airer &radiators without baby pulling it off every five minutes, fold and put away when dry.....oh be heaven :o

sarahseager I'm only this organised now DD1 is at school that has added a whole extra layer of nightmare. Nursery is easy flexible drop off, pick up and open most days where as school is 13wks of holiday, 6hr day, random non-pupil days with little notice and something else random most weeks, eg. Today was wear trainers day, Friday is wear red/white/blue day, plus reading homework every night grrr I think schools have forgotten that these days lots of both parents work and can't just drop everything to fit the school timetable. Sorry rant over (not aimed at many teachers on here just a system) its been a long day (7hrs travelling&6hr meeting I'm fried tonight)

ssmile sounds like a v.tiring day! I will be your laundry fairy as that's the only bit of housework I like! I know I'm a weirdo!

Feral also sending hugs. Truly awful time for you, but as the others have said, try not to be so harsh on yourself. With LOs it's about juggling as many balls in the air as possible (as ssmile describes above!) and some are sure to hit the ground. Oh god, trying to be profound but not very good at it! Basically trying to say we're all human and the important thing is you DID spot it, and she's being seen to and will be ok. But lots and lots of hugs as I'm sure no matter how many say don't be harsh, you still will be.

Ssmile - I know what you mean. So much to remember for school and DSD has a knack of not producing the little slip of paper from the teacher that "Going on a trip, needs packed lunch, waterproofs etc etc" until the morning on the trip!! (And she's 11 this month...!)

Sarah - Oh, please be my laundry fairy too!!! Although, TBH, I don't iron very much!! Only if the clothes are linen or really really creased! One of my mottos has always been "life is too short for ironing"...And hope LO feels "normal" again soon - nasty teeth. You think with evolution and everything we'd have worked out a way for teeth to come through without sore gums, bums and weird eating habits and poos!! Poor LOs.

And, thank you, married life lovely... although resembles pre-married life pretty much!!! But, does feel more permanent and solid, iykwim.

LO took 4 unaided steps yesterday - a few times too! Whoop whoop! Hopefully won't be too long until independent walking now. Although, then it'll be a battle to get shoes on her... she hates socks (thank god for "sock ons") so shoes will be fun!!

Has anyone got one of those Helper Pods (they are like a box you put toddlers in so they can be elevated to worktop level, mainly in the kitchen, but without toppling over like on a stool)? They look kind of useful, but expensive. Just wondered if you'd used them and what you thought?

Another long old afternoon in the hospital but at least it was a bit more optimistic as the scan showed that her skull is all in one piece and looks the way it should. The squishy bit is just fluid and hasn't got a blood supply so it hasn't grown as such (like a tumour for e.g.) The drs are a bit confused as to why exactly it's happened so they took a load of blood to check to see if there's something wrong with her clotting function and also to see whether having a pool of fluid has given her an infection at all. The consultant wondered whether she'd just hit a blood vessel but there's no visible bruising. We've got to take her back next Thursday and obvs keep a really close eye on her between now and then. So phew!

Ssmile, does your school not publish the training days etc for the whole year in advance? I thought all schools had to do that, both for staff and for parents. Can't imagine how much of a pain it must be if they don't! I have always wondered what parents do during the school hols, it must be so difficult. Our master plan is for me to eventually earn enough for DH to be able to get a job as a TA so that we all have the same holidays.

Sarah weirdly the laundry is also the only chore that I kind of 'like'. Don't know why. But I fekkin loathe hoovering, sweeping and mopping floors so I will happily trade someone their laundry for my carpets!

MrsL, I have also been delaying the shoe thing for the same reason. We took DD to be fitted as she is properly walking but her feet are too small for Clarks' smallest shoes so she's going to have to go without for a little while yet!

Oh feral, what a worrying time for you at the moment :( glad today's appointment was better for you, hope all is ok for her in the end.

Candr, yes we have picked names, but we're keeping them quiet until after the birth, I would hate for someone (feel meaning friends and family) to make any sort of comment that made us think erm should we change the name.

MrsL and feral, my dd is only a 2 so too small for proper walkers, she has some cruisers for outside, but I leave her barefoot as much as possible, it is good for strengthening their feet and good for growth to be unrestricted, but I can't have her walking about outside barefoot.

Thanks ssmile and MrsL re the pelvis comments, I do too, I had PGP last time, this time its more SPD than PGP, and feeling a lot worse a lot sooner, but there are two in there. I did actually get some relief from it last pg towards the end, so fingers crossed the same will happen.

Ssmile was it you who said about having help for DD, I have none in the week in the day as DP is working, sometimes I find just going out helps as she is quite content in her pushchair to watch things go by, although it means I'm walking and not resting, I don't get to rest at home really!

Thanks Sarah, sorry your LO is having rubbish trouble teething :(

I'm struggling today, DD turned into the pukatron last night at 9pm and didn't really stop till just after midnight, she's been bright as a button all day. Put he back in her room this evening, she settled as normal, woke an hour later crying, them coughed and was a little bit sick again, so she's in our room again, I can't have her I'm the other room, maybe I'm over cautious but I'd rather be near her if there is a chance of her puking. But I've done something to my neck which means every time I bend down I get this immense pain in my head and have generally felt crap all day, a bit like pre fluey, hope it comes to nothing was supposed to be having my flu jab today! So I've had a blub at my DP this evening and I'm goi g to sleep very shortly. Meh is a good word for me today.

Gosh at all your little diddie feet :o Lo had 4.5shoe at Clarks I breed short arses but big feet :o poor munchins.

Glad feralgirl that you had some reassuring news today hope the weekend she is ok. And yes I wish the bloomin school would publish clearly at the start of the year all the non pupil days as I specifically looked for them in August when I was planning out our next years holidays! But no this one in November was casually mentioned in the middle of the school newsletter grrrr! Luckly its a Monday when I'm not working.

LookAtHerGo hope you have better night with Lo and she better too.

Whhoooo thenewmissL at Lo steps :) hope you continue to enjoy the new exploring and don't end up with too many bruises on the head. Our little one is quite stable now running around in daytime but post 5pm she little drunk sailor but on speed at times hairing around the house thinking its hilarious to.jump on beds, sofas climb stuff, Sprint off with everything left by back door, hid things in random places,but she gets so tired her balance is shot, receipe for disaster!

Right off to bed another loong day survived just!

Our bad wk got worse..baby been throwing up half hrly 12am-5am, then gave her couple sips water at 8am she threw that up 8.30am. I never saw DD1 this poorly, got DR appt at 4pm. Should get car fixed at garage today, managed to get school friend to take eldest this morning so didn't have to walk with poorly baby &water has now stopped dripping through our lounge ceiling after torrential downpour in Devon yest. Fingers Xed its not a tummy bug we all gonna get otherwise this really will be a contender for worst week of 2012!

Oh my word Ssmile, what a nightmare! Poor you Really hope DD is better today and you've got a bit of rest today, you must be knackered.

And yy to the hiding things. DD has put one of our house phones somewhere and I have no clue where. It's been missing for so long that the battery on it has died and we have no hope of finding it!

Also for the aches and pains look, it was hard enough being pg with one baby and keeping up with a 2.5 yo, I am in awe of you!

She is just loving the computer atm, this kept her in stitches for ages today!

Not going to stay for long, as I've had a few glasses of wine and typing is not easy!

Thanks feral hope you had gd relaxing eve with the wine
Unfortunately our wk has turned again after ok Sunday both DH &i have got tummy bug baby had. Hohum its definitely not been our best wk in 2012 Luckly nothing seriously Crap just utterly draining &exhausting.

Ssmile, our friend has two children both of them had big feet too, I've just got a diddler in every way, she's 9th centile for pretty much everything I very much am not 9th centile!!! LO has had a few nights where she's been ok and a fen not so good, she has had a cough for what feels like forever, but it started waking her up at the weekend. No temperature or anything but just coughing. Sorry to hear your LO has been unwell and that you caught it too

Feral I'm actually having a good day today :) but thanks, it is hard work, but it'll all be worth it. The link didn't work on my iPad, I'll try and look on the laptop proper.

Although dd has a cough she has no temperature so she had her MMR today. She cried with every jab, it's three jabs, but she was ok after a short time. She's been a bit grumpy later on today, but has so far gone to bed ok. I also had my flu jab today. I casually dropped in the fact I'd had to cancel the jab last week and she offered to do mine there and then as she had no one else after dd :) we also spoke about the whooping cough jab, which I will have and I'll have it as early as possible in case the twins are early, fingers crossed they stay there as long as possible but in case they do then at least I'll have had it..

gah. We spent another whole day at the hospital today as we had to go back for the doctors to check if the squishy bit on DD's head had changed or got worse. Our appt was at 9.30 and we didn't get out until 3pm! It was really awful; by 11.30 I'd already been waiting for an hour for the consultant and the nurse guilted me into staying as I was on the verge of leaving as school were expecting me back.

Eventually the consultant took me into a private room and told me that the delay was because it's an unexplained head injury and therefore the registrar needed to be consulted in order to "be sure". So I asked what exactly it was that they wanted to "be sure" of and she hedged a bit and then said that it's a child protection thing and it was the community registrar that they were waiting for who is the big-wig in charge of child protection

So I pointed out that they were perfectly happy to let us go last week, and that if we were neglecting or abusing DD then we could've done anything to her in the meantime, and she backtracked a bit and said that noone on the ward had any doubts about us it was just that, on paper, and because I don't know how it happened, it could look a certain way.

So I cried (a bit in public, on the ward ) and phoned DH and got him to leave work and come to the hospital for support. It took another hour or so for the registrars all to talk to each other and get back to the consultant and decide that we are officially not abusing DD and that therefore we could go and just return for an outpatients appt in 6 wks.

I am a bit that, if it was even slightly sus, they let us go last week without checking. It bothers me that the registrars will leave a week between a child coming in with an unexplained head injury and them really querying it.

I am so stressed at work and have had such a shite day. I've got PMT and i also have a job interview next Monday so I am just feeling totally rubbish this evening I have had a fair few despite it being a school night to make me feel better though!

Hope DD is OK with her MMR Look. My DD took a day or two for it to have any effect for DS was fine with it iirc.

Hugs feralgirl I I hope Lo lump goes down and its nothing too serious, sounds like a worrying time. Gd luck for your job interview hope that goes well :)
We've had rough couple weeks with tum bug, broken down cars, leaking roofs and stuff. But I made my DH burst out laughing at work this week by texting that I thought our luck was turning because baby had side swiped a whole bowl of baked beans off her high chair and it landed upright on floor with out a single bean escaping :o

Happy weekend to all, I'm off to spoil our eldest with trip to theatre mat to see local dance school show this arvo she is SO excited :)

Ferel that's shit. The more I see about. Hold protection the more I worry. Really it's the ones that don't go back that are the worry, especially after having no concerns last week . Hope she's ok, and you. Maybe a pint of rattler . I'm in your neck of the woods ATM!

at the Rattler! Evil stuff! Might be on the cards tonight as I had that job interview today but didn't get it. I am really glad though as the school was bloody weird and really unwelcoming, and the kids were really strange too! They decided not to appoint any of us in the end and just sent us all home at lunchtime so I have had a bonus afternoon off which is nice!

DD is hell on wheels at the moment and up 3 times a night howling with her teeth. Poor DH is exhausted as he is dealing with her :-( but she wakes me up too so I am nearly as tired as he is. He really doesn't cope well with sleep deprivation at all and so he's very very grumpy! I really hope her teeth make an appearance soon!

The patch on DD's head appears to be less squishy today so whatever it was appears to be going. Hopefully it was just a bruise and it'll be back to normal in a couple of days.

Sod that school clearly didnt realize what a fantastic opportunity they had

Know what you mean about the sleep. Ds was a knightmare last night, plus we're in a chalet so crappy bed and pillows, in fact has given me a crick in my neck think I need a pint to sort me out

Oh well feralgirl guess the job wasn't meant to be. Teaching jobs in SW are like gold dust I thought as everyone wants to live here. Glad your Lo squishy patch looks abit better.

My Lo is ill still.5weeks now she just had one bug after another, got that dreaded phone call at work at noon, Lo has temp you need to come get her. Oh Crap again, I had been due to present two reports I'd spent most of last week writing at an afternoon meeting, instead my boss had to. Got Lo home yes under the weather but temp 38c not the 40c nursery said on the phone...grrr...had calpol went to sleep 1.5hrs, woke up better but by 5.30pm was deteriorating again so more meds and been asleep since. Poor mite just endless at the moment. Friend just told me her whole family had thread worms this week, sounds horrid and our girls at the same nursery but different rooms so I'm praying that's not next! Roll on half term next week here, I'm desparate for weeks holiday off the grind of routine.....

How is everyone else doing?

Feral - god, sounds like you've had a really bad time, but glad LO seems to be on the mend now. As someone said, it's the ones who never return they need to worry about. And, sorry about the job, but I'm sure you'll find a better school that suits you.

SSmile - Oh, hope LO gets better. And Yuch to threadworms too...

My LO has been full of cold again but snot seems to be drying up now [hsmile] Her walking is coming on well now, so time for shoes next week me thinks! She's still stumbling, but managing to walk much further, and is now loving pushing the little blocks trolley thing. Just wish we had more floor for her to push it along!

Brrrr.... keep warm everyone, cold front coming in. (And, I'm not just talking about PIL coming this weekend [hgrin])!!

Have been reading but no time to post roperly, hope you and your LO's are in good health (mine quite poorly) wishing sleep on you all