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Biscuitsandtea · 17/06/2012 10:12

New thread - t'other one got full up....

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pommedechocolat · 10/07/2012 08:19

Happy holidays jaggy!!

jaggythistle · 10/07/2012 09:09

thanks ladies!

we were only 45 mins later than planned, not bad considering it involved me, a toddler and a baby. Grin

Wants3 · 10/07/2012 09:26

D took 3 oz of formula at 7 pm after having bf. DH gave it to him. He was really calm and happy for the rest of the evening,bf again at 9,straight down in his crib and stayed there for 5 hours!:) I will do that again tonight and if we get a repeat performance from D then I will be happy with top ups.
Have a relaxing holiday jaggy
I hope illness is disappearing from the dream household and some sleep was had!

JenFraggle · 10/07/2012 09:37

Have fun Jaggy

TooImmatureTurtleDoves · 10/07/2012 10:05

Jaggy, have a wonderful holiday and go on Space Mountain for me! Your packing style sounds like mine - if it fits in the car, why not take it?

Musical, a brighter star in a darker day is such a lovely phrase. I'm hoping that's what she'll be, especially for MIL. I remember at DH's granny's funeral, my nephew was about a year old and his presence really helped FIL. I'm a bit apprehensive that we'll be seeing heaps of DH's family for the first time since a) DD1 was born and b) M was born, and we have so far failed to write thank you cards for all the presents M was sent. Blush Tomorrow's going to be a long day - service at the crem at 12, which means leaving PIL's at 9.30, then a break, then church service at 2, then the wake at 3. The earliest we'll get away is 4.30, and that's from Staffordshire. We probably won't actually get home until late. DH has got Thursday off but he's got his first counselling appt at 2, so we'd rather get home on Wed night rather than drive up on Thurs morning. Poor little M! It's a lot of driving - 4 hours tonight, then about 8 hours in total tomorrow. We'll just have to break it up as much as possible.

TooImmatureTurtleDoves · 10/07/2012 10:09

Wants, glad to hear D seems to be doing well and you're feeling happier. Go D!

M is grunting from the bedroom - better go see what she's up to. She slept from 10.30 to 8.15! Then fed for an hour and went back down. It'll all be to pot tonight in a strange cot again and with all the driving, though.

NinjaChipmunk · 10/07/2012 14:49

Shuffles in

Mastitis
Sore nipples
Rather emotional

That is all.
Shuffles back out to have a little cry.

Wants3 · 10/07/2012 15:25

Thanks for ninja

Wants3 · 10/07/2012 15:44

D and I are just recovering from a trauma! I accidentally caught his wrist in the clip of his bouncy chair:( cue tears from D and almost me. He has a little red Mark there now and I feel soooo guilty!

Biscuitsandtea · 10/07/2012 15:56

Oh Ninja

I would hug you but that would probably hurt :(

Do you have antibiotics for the mastitis? You poor poor thing :(

I was just coming on to ask a bit of a WWYD for you wise brookers:

We had DS1 baptised (CofE) and we're just getting round to discussing the same for DS2. DH and I were married in church but don't really at all go to church. Now we've spoken to the vicar at our local church (different church to where we were married and ds baptised because we've moved). He has offered the option of a full-on baptism, or a thanksgiving service (which basically has Godparents but the promises are more about helping to bring up DS2 rather than repenting of sins and making promises about being an active member of the church etc).

We are having a bit of a dilemma about it because the Thanksgiving service seems to be a better fit for us (the promises feel 'right' whereas we would both feel a little uncomfortable about promising to bring them up as active members of the church when really we have no intention of doing that), but then we had DS1 baptised so shouldn't we do the same for them?

To further compound the issue my DM is.... erm..... not happy about the Thanksgiving idea. (To the extent that my DF says she isn't sleeping about it Hmm). Her argument is that she wants her grandchildren baptised and it isn't fair to baptise one and not the other.

I'm not sure I've explained it all fully (it's a fairly interlinked thought process that we've been through and I won't bore you with all the details)

So......

WWYD?

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Biscuitsandtea · 10/07/2012 15:58

Oh Wants you poor thing :(

I am sure that a big hug from Mummy and you'll both feel better

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scarletfingernail · 10/07/2012 16:33

Oh no Ninja I hope you're being well taken care of. Brooking for a speedy recovery.

Poor D Wants. DH had a similar instance with a sleepsuit popper on DD's leg when she was a few days old. I think he was more upset than her.

Have a fab holiday Jaggy, looking forward to hearing all about it.

Hope the funeral's not too bad Too.

Biscuits It does sound like a bit of a dilemma. I'd go with the Baptism tbh. I wouldn't like the thought of one being Baptised and one not. Even though the thanksgiving sounds more relevant. It's not up to your mum though is it? She made the decisions for you when you were little, now it's your turn to make the decision for DS. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I wouldn't be emotionally blackmailed into agreeing. But FWIW I'd do the same for both DC.

hawthers · 10/07/2012 19:05

Bonjour mes amis. Frenchy France is not as warm as it could be but it is lovely and French and the journey of doom wasn't too bad. 13.5 hrs overall, 9 hrs of driving and actually relatively ok!

Right supposed to be putting DS2 to bed and then off to drink vino. Catch up later x

NinjaChipmunk · 10/07/2012 19:32

Yes I've got anti-bs and also a painkiller from the docs. On the plus side she is already. Over. Her birthweight. Will try to catch up when I can but might be a bit quiet for a while.
Feel like crying so must be time for some drugs.

DreamingOfPeace · 10/07/2012 20:44

Oh ninja, you poor poppet. Having had it with DD I am wincing for you... I did find the abx helped within 24 hours so i am Brooking No Argument its miles better tomorrow. You can't be putting up with it any longer than that. The end. But well done you that she's over her birth weight already.

Bonjour hawthers, Thanks for surviving 9 hours in the car, and hopefully it'll warm up pronto. And if not, there's always the vino.

too, there is no doubt M will be the brighter part, hope its ok. I'm so glad you didn't come, both babies have hand foot and mouth, B definitely, he's blisters on fingers and his tongue, they're both utterly, utterly miserable. S is less obviously HF&M, in fact he's been so hideously inconsolable I nearly took him to a&e/ out of hours doctor last night at 1am. He saw the gp today, just ? viral, ? HF&M. All three ill is just awful, tears all round at mine, leaving a hysterical baby is wrong but unavoidable with two people and three Lo's. Thank goodness I'm immune and well but totally exhausted and a bit of a mess

biscuits I'd do whichever you think right. I wouldnt worry about same as ds1, by the time they're old enough to question that they're old enough to understand you had a different option in your new church and wanted to celebrate his birth, and sort out his godparents just like his brother but chose this way for him.

Crap, B had finally gone to sleep but now both up and distressed. Best go

Brooking all round for a pain free journey and lovely holiday for the jaggy family , speedy recovery for ninja and biscuits , sun for hawthers, and a bearable day for too and family at the funeral. And for my poor babies and DD to feel better soon.

pommedechocolat · 10/07/2012 21:57

Not a good day in brooking land!

Some ofhawthers vino all round for mastitis, hfandm and funerals! Boo!

I've had a mini meltdown tonight and screamed at dh. A had an attack this am at music group so another hideous hour of me and my boobs struggling in the corner whilst dd1 adopts someone else as her mummy. I then got my paed app through - 9th August!! Not much use discussing early weaning at 24 weeks ffs... Private paed app would be even later so feeling a little screwed. Back to the gp tomorrow.

Roll on tomorrow!

DreamingOfPeace · 10/07/2012 23:04

Oh no pomme, what a shame, just when you were more hopeful of the,meds working. I'm thinking of early weaning the dts for reflux reasons. Got to dash, boob fighting and screaming here too.

jaggythistle · 11/07/2012 00:18

hey all. 6 hours down here and we don't even get to France till tomorrow afternoon! DH has been looking stressed and wondering if this was such a good idea!

no mobile signal here so having to use 30 mins of free super slow wifi. after me buying extra MB of mobile internet too. >:-(

brooking hard for everyone.

trying hard to stay awake here. DS1 sleeping ok, just
paranoid he's going to roll over and fall out of bed! not sure if DS2 will settle in travel cot.

can't believe you have mastitis already ninja, what crap luck. :(

Biscuitsandtea · 11/07/2012 08:23

Morning brookers

Dream you poor thing - how are the poorly DCs? Am brooking my sizeable arse off that this HFM buggers off quicksmart. You so deserve a bit of a break with all this! Come on universe! GIVE THEM A BREAK! . Really hoping its not as bad as when DH and dd had it before xxx

. Can't believe they've given you such a crap appointment. Are you going to ask the GP if gy can't fast track it all? So sorry to hear you were having a shite time at the music group. How many weeks is DD2 now? Would you be thinking of weaning imminently if the paed says so? Am really brooking some more of my sizeable arse off (don't worry, there's plenty to go around Wink) that you get a lovely helpful GP today who actually does something.

Bonjour Hawthers hope the weather perks up for you a bit (and for us all come to think of it!). Glad the holiday seems to be going ok.

Jaggy glad things have gone well so far. Did you all get some sleep? Am sure once the journey is done you'll all be havin a great relaxing time. Hope ds1 managed to not fall out of bed and ds2 slept ok in the travel cot. We've only stayed away one night so far with ds2 but we just brought the pram in and he slept in that (it does have a proper mattress thing though and is what he sleeps in in the day at home instead of a Moses basket). Also hoping DH feels a bit less stressed after a good night's sleep Smile

Ninja hope those ABs have started to kick in. In fact I'll brook some more of my considerable arse off about it. You have my sincere sympathy, especially having it so soon. I had it at about 6 weeks and 4/5 mths but I can't imagine having it on top of all the other immediately-post-birth stuff Sad

Hope everyone else is doing ok.

We decided to do the baptism. We were 50/50 and it does pacify my DM too Hmm. Scarlet you are soooooo right that it's not her decision. I said exactly the same to DH (although I didn't have the guts to say it to her!). I feel a bit rubbish that she will think she's won us over - its like condoning a toddler's behaviour so she'll do it again! But the decision is made so that's that!

Ds2 looks like he's trying to roll over which is exciting. He sort of rolls his top half but not his bottom (or he was yesterday). Today he's sort of flapping his legs about - wonder when he'll work it out.....

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Biscuitsandtea · 11/07/2012 08:26

Oh and Dream - I also liked your pony about of they're old enough to question it, they're old enough to understand. We'd also had that discussion too. DH said that if They don't understand / it bothers them then we haven't brought them up as we hope to iyswim.

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JenFraggle · 11/07/2012 09:51

Biscuits does brooking one's arse off result in RL arse shrinkage? If so then think of all the money you could make from the Brooking Arse Shrinkage Plan or BASP for short

Biscuitsandtea · 11/07/2012 09:53

What a great idea Jen - losing weight and helping others too!

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DreamingOfPeace · 11/07/2012 09:57

Attempts pom pom routine to cheer the jaggy family on on their mega journey.

:) at mother like toddler, encouraged to keep trying to get their own way biscuits

DTs are miserable. S screams and screams and won't feed unless his calpol is working, so a bit of a nightmare as it always wears off at least 90 minutes before i can give him more. Both slept between 12 & 2 only (at the same time I mean). Stuck with no playgroups as DD is still a mass of blisters all over her mouth/ chin so contagious. Two man job getting calpol down the dts and DD, who is chirpier, cries when she doesn't get calpol Confused . Dh had to take over when I was sobbing with tiredness and not knowing what to do any more by 6am...

That's a good idea pomme, try and get your appt speeded up.

Biscuitsandtea · 11/07/2012 09:59

Oh Dream SadSadSadSadSad

In fact there aren't enough Sad's in the world for how I feel for you Sad

Do you have help at home today? Is DH off work?

I so wish I could come and help. Sad

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JenFraggle · 11/07/2012 10:05

I'll do the accounts for you if you like and cream off a good amount for myself