Fab Feb 2011: Walking, talking and still not sleeping.

[blizy]

I hope you don't mind me starting a new thread? Lets hope it's a lucky one for me.

Evening everyone,

Have had probs with computer and trying to borrow OH's but new charger now so back in business

Good luck deb for tomorrow, hope you get a good night's sleep tonight and feel bright and confident Did the nobbite actually use the words 'up here' and 'down there', I would have been seriously and , good for you for standing up t him!

ponyo and american, I am guilty of the 'one of my friends' thing then when questioned I have to say, 'someone from mn' but I have started to replace it with 'someone from the pn group' in a bid to sound less like a billy no mates Oh, and ponyo, I'm with you on the back by 10pm thing, I can't function the next day if I'm out late

reastie I am so sorry about your grandmother doing that, there must be a way that you can have some little special thing to remember her by and agree with ledkr about doing your own announcement with your sis, how does she feel about it btw? I haven't done much messy play with B but have a sand and water table outside now and he loves eating sand and watering people . I tried to get him to make a card yesterday at playgroup but he wasn't having any of it so will no doubt get him to scribble something tomorrow [helpful]

ledkr It's so sweet to hear about Ells having her nan's doll, and I'm glad you have things sorted out too. Do you think D is coming down with something (diarrhoea, one of the most annoying words ever, just use spell check like wot this English teacher does!)?

wiggles Bless you getting all sad over S growing up , it must be such a strange feeling knowing that this is what happens and yet not realising that it is happening if that makes sense! There was a 6 mo baby at singing class today that was the spit of B at that age and I went all funny, I wanted to steal cuddle him but restrained myself.

I have a thread in children's health about B now as I am getting a bit worried now. I know it's probably nothing but it seems to be getting worse. I phoned up the hospital today to get his blood test results (again!) and the secretary said that the more senior paed had requested B's notes and would be calling us tomorrow as he was out today. They would have called straight away if it were something bad wouldn't they? Blah, trying not to think about it.

Right off to bed now, hope you have a fab time tomorrow blizy at monkey world, I've always wanted to go there! Night everyone.

deb Are you turning into me? What is the groupt therapy for?shouldnt someone be facilitaing it? What was he refering to? I hate those jumped up little knobs id have knocked him out i think

needto Poor you being so worried. Ill look at your thread. Have you had a referal to a pead yet?

ponyo Wher is this messy play and why isnt there one near me?

Been to monkey world,my Mum supports it and goes often,she has an adopyed momkey there too.Have fun.

Ledkr have you not got any SureStart Children's Centres near you? They do lots of sessions - messy play, singing/music sessions. Ours has a Jumping Beanz (a bit like tumble tots). Messy play is dead good because you don't get any of the mess in your house!

Debka what a knob that guy sounds! I wonder why he said that? Glad you told him! Hope your interview goes well :)

Where is monkey world?

Needto how long have you been waiting for the results? I would imagine that no news is good news (hugs).

Best start getting ready for school. Non-uniform day today, I hate non-uniform day because it always ends in a row. She always wants to wear something inappropriate like a party dress or a sundress in winter

Morning, A was awake at 6.30 but yawning now she's walking around carrying her horrible baby doll that dp's nan gave her

Needto hope you get the phone call from the dr today and it's nothing serious. I'd be worried too, they do seem to have kept you waiting for a while?
I saw a small baby that looked a bit like A which made me a bit broody, but then I think thank god it's not me - I like my sleep too much!

Ledkr messy play is at sure start - its great they do snack afterwards too where I live is considered a deprived area tho so I prob shouldn't be going because I'm not who it's aimed at - I think that's one of those things mn gets judgy about
What time was D up today?

Ponyo I used to volunteer at mine - take no notice, they're for EVERYONE! You're right in that they were brought out for people who struggle to interact with their children/don't bother with them (which obviously isn't you) but those kinds of people aren't interested in going anyway!

Just a quickie as off to work and am leading a school trip this morning to a fish and chip van I kid you not so have to get in early to get everything organised but wanted to say ponyo a video i found of a baby signing more before I forget again . I can't get Alice to do signing on command in front of the camcorder so easily or else I could post on fb a great medly of all the signs she now uses - I swear she will never talk as she just signs everything

Massive good luck deb

Good luck deb xx

All gussied up here in my frock (stealth boast- it's a too big ), waiting for DH to get back with the car.

He was an utter prick, the leader of the group rang me just as I was going to bed and we had a little chat about it. She asked me to be part of the group to help her- I've never done owt like this before so I can give a newbie's view of my impression of the group. The whole ethos of the group is respect and lack of judgement towards others there, he totally broke that rule. He actually said the thing about him being up there and the rest of us 'down there', with accompanying gestures . There was much more as well...

Good luck with school trip reastie to fish an chip van!!

robin hope you managed to compromise on an outfit for Isobel :)

needto what a worry re results and things, really hope the consultant comes back with some concrete answers for you. I'll be thinking of you today :)

Was woken today by Imogen trying to wake her sister up- BEAN BEAn WAKE UP!!! Bean then woke up and started crying (it was 6am btw). I just left them to it for a bit, then S was crying harder so I went to get them up. Bloody Imogen had gone back to sleep leaving S wide awake .

Anyone else noticed the web chat with Annabel Karmel? Isn't she loathed on here? I am lurking with intent! Nearly as much fun as the Media Request from Peter Andre's telly company, hahahahahaha

debka - Good luck with the interview, we know you'll be amazing! And well done with the knobhead and knocking him down politely. I'm afraid my temper and lack of tact (stereotypical American ) would've taken over.

We never do messy play with L though we should. I tried to get him to use some crayons but he just ate them. We have a book from the HV with ideas for playing by age, I think there's a playdough recipe in there. I may try it at the weekend.

blizy - Excellent news about DH's work! Haha at the round bed, it sounds slightly dodgy. Does it vibrate too?

NeedTo - I read your thread and hope you get some answers today. Poor B.

thanks for positive wishes everyone wait to hear what the paed says today hopefully. if he tries to say it's constipation again I will ask for another doctor as it's ridiculous.

reastie you have just made me properly belly chuckle with your trip to a fish and chip van that has to be the funniest trip ever!!! Hope you enjoy it

ledkr Very at all this monkey world talk! It's not too far from me so will have to arrange a visit at some point when I'm not so broke

Go deb in your too big frock today! Please let us know how it goes, you seem to be a lot stronger and confident in yourself, brilliant! I have to read the peter andre thread at some point today, bet it's gone down really well.

ponyo I would go to surestart if I knew where they were around here, I'm sure there must be one as Hastings is a very deprived area but never seen one. Make the most of what's on offer I say before Scameron gets rid of everything

gah, got to get on with the hoovering and floors whilst DM has B at playgroup. Hate waiting for the phone to ring.

needto fingers crossed you can get B sorted, there must be something causing it. Hope you are OK, you must be so worried over it. BTW on a v less serious note, may I just say now we are FB friends, wowzers! You are so pretty! (am v shallow so always impressed by hotness, male or female ;) )
debka good luck with your interview, you'll walk it! And well done for putting that dickish man firmly back in his box!
ponyo I agree that Surestart is for everyone. I think that saying it should only be for deprived/vulnerable mums is silly, we are all in the same boat when we have babies - it seems a bit like they want people to stick to their own kind which IMO is snobbish bullshit! All babies should be allowed to eat paint ;) I keep meaning to go along too as I don't know if Sherwood does messy play, maybe next week....
reastie I was really sorry to hear the sad news about your gran, hope you're OK. Impressed with your creative play, poor Cass gets handed her baby apron and a sweeping brush and gets to play Tidy Up with mummy....
blizy enjoy Dorset, its so beautiful there, wave to the monkeys for us :)
robin school non uniform/dressing up is a mare. DS has to go as an Egyptian in a couple of weeks (WTF?) I am customising a 'Sexy Cleopatra' fancy dress outfit for him but he has refused a spray tan, spoilsport.... :)

Ugh, am off to a BBQ for the England game later with all DPs football cronies, AKA chase Cass around the garden whilst he abandons me to drink beer and bellow at the TV. Hope some of their wives/girlfriends are nice so I have some entertainment!

PS wiggles don't know if you've seen Prometheus yet... my sister went last night and said it was poor, but Idris was ridiculously hot in it :)

mizk yy to needto being beautiful, I thought the same thing! You're not so bad yourself either though

needto any news from the drs yet?

Well.... I got the job!! Yay! Got to do 4 days induction and training which will be a logistical nightmare with childcare, but hey ho, we'll manage.

I think Imy may have hay fever, anyone experienced hay fever in a 3yo? Her eyes are all red and she keeps rubbing away at them. CBA to go to the GP , think we'll pop down to the chemist later and see what they say. where they will give her eyedrops which she will pointblank refuse to let me put in and we'll be back where we started

You alright wiggs, haven't heard from you for a while?

BBQ, MizK? What's the weather like? It's absolutely peeing it down here!
We had the kids in for wet play and they are a fecking nightmare when they can't go out!

Does your DS have to go as an ancient Egyptian? If not, I'd be tempted to send him in jeans and t shirt :o. I know some Egyptians and that's all they wear!

Xposted Deb! Yay! :o

Btw, no experience of hay fever. See what they say at the chemist - conjunctivitis?

deb well done - I knew they'd snap you up . Hope you get the childcare sorted. Can't help with hayfever afraid

Re: needto beautyfest - since I think I'm the only one here to have met needto I can confirm she is very beautiful but also a really really lovely person

Glad I'm not the only one not doing loads of messy play all the time. Btw - I saw a picture of a fb friends DD (the one who is the same age as Alice but seems to do EVERYTHING obscenely early) and there was a picture of her DD in a proper bed with a quote saying she's moved to a big girls bed now - I thought they stayed in cots at least maybe another year???????? Alice has tons of room in her cot left for growth but then she is a short bum and surely putting them in big beds just encourages them to fall out and run around the room all night?

blizy massive at the round bed. How was monkey world?

Well, trip to the fish and trip van went v well. Actually, it was a fish and chip van and and pizza van - all v useful for the students who are doing coursework designing a dish to be sold from similar premises. All the teachers have been making hilarious comments to me about the fact that we ran a school trip to a chip van though.

needto any news re: the doctors yet?

Yeah deb well done you. Yes Joseph has hay fever and an allergy to most animals. He started off with Neoclarityn (Desloratadine) on prescription from being about two. His eyes swell totally closed when he has a bad reaction. If he has a reaction and I don't have any on me I give him Piriton. Think his meds are just stronger antihistamine on prescription. The gp did tell me that one of the quickest ways to calm a reaction down is to wash all spores from the face and hair.... She said 'if he is near a swimming pool get him to jump in!!' she is one of those slightly potty gp's!!!!

needto hope you have heard from dr's?

Reastie Isabel was in a bed by now (she climbed out of her cot so we figured she'd be safer) and she was fine. My friend moved both her boys at 12 months. I don't want to put L into a bed but will probably do so before she's two. She hasn't long been sleeping through and seems settled now so I'm reluctant to move her just in case it spoils it!

Btw, you inspired me to do some craft today (fathers day cards). L could NOT have been less interested! I, however, made a beyootiful card for DH on Sunday. Isabel loves crafts so I just give her the stuff and she gets on with it, I don't have to intervene unless it starts to get really messy!

robin re: beds - maybe I'm just trying to keep my baby a little baby until she's at least 18 then

Yay, well done on the job debka! That's awesome news.
Hurray to the fish and chip van reastie will be paying a visit to such establishments in the near future A was in a bed from 18 months as she learned to climb out too, which was handy as E came along a month later!

An easy idea for messy play is to squirt a load of cheap shaving foam on a tray and give them a couple of playdough tools to play with. Haven't tried it with S yet but A & E love it and it's easy to clean up.

Hope all the weather clears u and you have a lovely weekend. We are camping Saturday night, close by so we see how well all 5 of us fit in our 4 man tent!

Hooray deb, that's brilliant news! Knew they wouldn't be so silly as not to hire you! Are you celebrating tonight?

reastie I'm still at your visit but can understand the reasoning for such a trip now.
I'm with you on the wanting our babies to stay babies to keep them in cots for as long as possible. B has a cot bed which can be converted but at the moment it's fine as it is so not changing things until we have to. I want to get B a double bed when he outgrows his cotbed too, has anyone done that before? I just thought it would be a good idea as it would mean space to share with him when he's ill and also could use it for visitors to sleep in as we only have 2 bedrooms. I think it's more common in the US, well, in films anyway

Robin I am going to join you and make father's day card(s) tomorrow. Will just let him loose with some crayons, stickers and glue and stuff and see what happens...

No news from the paed today so guess it'll be Monday now, I phoned and left a message but the secretary only takes calls till 2pm (I called at 1:55 but answer phone was on ). Part of me is a bit relieved as surely if it were something bad they would have called and the other part of me just wants to know. So frustrating.

If you're eating at the moment then skip this bit but wanted to overshare. B did the most disgusting thing at playgroup but made me sort of laugh. He was playing at feeding a baby doll with a little spoon and then decided to feed all the other children there. One of them had a really snotty nose and B managed to scoop a big bit of snot onto the spoon then eat it. I tried to intervene but wasn't quick enough, now waiting for the inevitable cold to make an appearance.

Am very at your comments, thank you, made me feel all funny. You're all gorgeous on here you know! I love looking at fb piccies

Where is wiggles? I'm taking OH to see prometheus whilst I sleep tomorrow night, thanks for the heads up MizK

needto re: double bed - I believe when I grew out of a cot my first proper bed was a 4 foot bed (small double) mainly as DM & D had that as their guest bed and didn't want to buy a new one. Worked fine for me and genius logic IMO. We were going to move the single bed from the spare room into Alices room, move my bed to the spare room and get me a beautiful antique wooden bed frame when she's old enough but now you've got me thinking maybe I'll use a double bed we have the frame of in the garage (although maybe not as then I'll never get my gorgeous antique bed). Only down side I can see is then if they stay somewhere else (like on holiday or at families etc) and they have a single bed they may be more inclined to fall out as they've got used to rolling around a big bed. yuck yuck yuck yuck to the snot eating incident

tad great idea re: shaving foam. I've ordered some cheap spaghetti to try blizys tip and maybe I'll get cheap shaving foam too

Debka- fab news, congrats. I knew you would ace it!

Needto- it must be so frustrating waiting. Poor you and Ben. and at the snot eating!

Ledkr- I hope you and Ella have a fan weekend together. I'm just down the motorway from Cheltenham tonight, we are staying in some Stinky hotel in Worcester.

Monkey works was amazing! we I ha such a good time and I got all teary when I saw the chimps! amazing, amazing animals.

Off to Staffordshire for the SANDS annual memorial service tomorrow, I hopefully meeting some of the ladies from my Angels and conception thread.

Righto, I'm off to shower an get ready for an early night, I'm totally knacked!

I am so pleased that you told me the snot story im not sure ive mentioned it before but i have a massive snot phobia.I dont even wipe my dc's noses or blow my own and dont like people here blowing theirs either.I have been know to throw up if someone sniffs or coughs
Just becuae your are beautiful dont mean you can be revolting

blizy quite nearby,you coming any closer.Have i missed something btw?Are you on some sort of tour with dh?

re childrens centres nobody has ever offered me the info so assumed i couldnt go.The nearest one is in a bit of a rough area and half my clients will be there.

mizk bbq sounds nice apart form the footy id hate all that crap tbh and prob stay at home,i hope the wags are nice though.

Me and dh seem very irritated by each other at the moment.Cant seem to see eye to eye.A little boy was laying into D at soft play and i asked dh to see to it as i had my shoes on.He made such a fuss saying "what do you want me to do tell someones kids off?" No moron just resue ours! He then left the pushchair on the drive and it rolled onto the rd just like our car the other week he is so dozy since we had D.
You know when you can see things going wrong but you dont have the energy or inclination to see to it. Dangerous situation i think.