December 2011: The one where DSM gets married...

[LittleMissFlustered]

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Well done air!

figgy that sounds very scary. I have a friend whose DH has borderline personality disorder and it has put such a strain on their reltaionship. He gets v angry at her for no reason. Looks like they might get divorced after only a year of marriage.

dsm can't believe it has come round so quickly! I think its lovely that many of us have "known" each other since the very early stages of pregnancy. I remember you talking about your wedding last summer!

Good night here, DD had a quick feed at 1.30am and that was it until DS woke her up at 7.15am. Haven't done anything differently! It is so confusing when some nights she wakes every hour and other nights she is only up once or twice.

Well Done Air

Thanks Gee I'll upload pictures on her for those of you not on FB.

In 3 sleeps I pick up my dress - so excited

Is it bedtime yet?

Surely its soon?

Hi all

V exciting DSM

Hope you're ok air, well done aaron on the super pants.

Minim has tonsillitis. We were in the childrens all day as they needed to check it wasn't another uti. She's so miserable. It's horrible :(

Evening all sorry to hear about mini mopsy hope she's ok soon!! That's not nice for such a lo

Well she's left him apparently this morning he slammed a door while their 3yo was going thru and she got caught by it she's absolutely fine but that's final straw she's gone to stay with a workmate he doesn't know. All very sad but definitely time if he can't be trusted with lo.

Hoping DS was tired tonight but he cried thru his sweet potato and white fish dinner, I was worried it was too dry but he seemed to take exception the spoon he was happy picking up chunks of potato that I hadn't mashed yet .....I don't want a spoon refuser!! Funnily enough he ate a whole jar of choc and banana pudding so I'm thinking he was just being a moody devil tonight.

Get better soon minimopsy

Sorry about your friend figgy but its for the best if there is a chance that the child could get hurt if they stay :(

Im still ill so is dh but its been a better day today and all children are asleep in bed now.

Im going to have a decaf tea and a rich tea biccy some tablets and off to bed. Have a good night every one xx

Mopsy Hope MiniM is better soon

Oh dear for miniM! hope she's better soon.

Glad you had a better day air, hope people are recovering soon.

figgy, that sounds terrifying for your OH's friend's (ex)-partner, she is v sensible to put the welfare of her children first. Surely psychosis is by definition a MH issue? (though as someone mentioned above, borderline personality disordered people can act as if they are psychotic when they aren't technically so). Horrible to go through though especially for the children :(

Children in bed and we're sitting down doing number crunching. Mortgage calculations are scary (especially as my work will be interrupted/unpredictable if we move. Self employment is the best option but it's all too variable for my liking!) Oi, tell me it's all worth the hassle when the new house is finally achieved!!!

Aw, poor little MiniM, tonsillitis is the pits. She must be miserable, and I bet you're not feeling wonderful either mopsy; and so soon after the uti as well. Glad you're feeling and sounding a bit better air; when it all gets on top of you it seems like there's no end to it all, and everyone being ill plus lack of sleep is the double pits .

That's awful re your friend's DH figgy, bloody hell. I've encountered a couple of cases where a person's physical illness has lead to all sorts of MH stuff, but when the physical issue was treated the MH issues went- do you think it can be sorted? But she did right to get out, you can't put the LO in danger whatever the reason for her Dad's illness.

DS decided that sleeping was for wimps this afternoon, and so stayed awake from midday to bedtime.....

I'm feeling [grumpy and itchy] I got bitten twice at the weekend; one set of bites have gone flaming red, but aren't too bad; the other set (one on one wrist, two on the other) are very hell itself. They're the nuclear sort that have gone madly swollen in about a three inch diameter, hot, and will NOT STOP ITCHING.

I forgot my stuff for them today but even so: I've taken an anti-histamine, put every type of cream on them you're meant to (and some you're not) bought one of the electric pulse clicky pens, and nothing works. Only temporary relief I can get it freezing cold water over them.

Argh. I'd rather clean the bathroom then visit the dentist !!

Hope the tonsillitis passes soon. Poor thing!
BOi has a horrible cold. A very wet spluttery, barking cough and some snot-splosions. He just wakes up coughing and gets very upset. but he's not so bad thru the day, so he's been packed off to nursery so his dad can start looking for a job and try to do at least a couple of things around the house!
I feel bad leaving him at nursery, but as the girl said "we've all got colds at the moment"...
Moving house is worth it. It's sooooo worth it. But then, I've made a huge change, so we're still pinching ourselves. And we've only done one mortgage payment so far. And DH has lost his job since then! Ask me in 2 months.
No. Seriously. This will work. The house is amazing. It makes me very happy. I did all the calculations beforehand. Mortgage, council tax, bills, ( gas, elec, water metered, media) food, nursery, fuel, insurances, holiday saving pot, clothes n treats pot. And I decided we could do it.
So without further ado, I need to do some online clothes shoppi.

Thanks oi

dH off to work today and tomorrow then "promises" only a little work from home. He gave baby breakfast today for me so I had a bit of a lie-in: bliss!

I think there are gremlins living in my washing basket. No matter how much I wash, dry, and put away, the washing Just Keeps Coming...

Hope all babies feel better soon.

Oi enjoy the online shopping.

Aethel I have one of those washing gremlins so feel your pain lol!

4 sleeps

Get well soon to all the poorly babies

Those washing gremlins must breed like rabbits!

I have resigned from my job. I always planned to, but now it's come I have slightly mixed emotions. I'm definitely going to miss the social side, and the being me rather than just somebody's Mummy, but the logistics mean I'd never see the kids and would have to either get another flat in London or hire a nanny. On the plus side, I get to spend all my time with my two amazing and beautiful children, and know I'm very fortunate to be in the position where I can choose not to go back to work . Now I just need to organise some proper leaving drinks - when I finished at the end of Oct I just had a very sober and sedate leaving lunch!

Have had some small breakthroughs with DS over the last week: He started eating breakfast, and now says 'Mum-mum-mum'

Wow Kate congratulations you lucky lady!! You can always look at other jobs in the future which suit your family situation just think of all the options you have open to you - career change, self employment when you want to pursue them.

Any ideas how i can get ds to sleep a bit longer, for the last 3 weeks he has been waking between 5 and 6, bottle and nappy change and then goes back to bed straight away to anything up to 8.30 so it is like he is doing a night feed but just so close to when i have to get up anyway means that is me then awake for the day. I know i shouldnt moan and its not bothering me but dh struggling with it.

figgy how about trying wake to sleep? Short term pain might work though. Not done it myself I hasten to add!

Figgy, all three of mine did the 4.30-6am wake up thing and I've never found anything that worked! So if anyone finds a solution please let me know... With us it was just time (and it was always better in the winter months). Hope your DH's best friend settles down a bit soon and that his missus is OK.

Well done Kate a decision like that is always a bit scary to make but as figgy says you have tons of options later on and you will not regret spending time with them when they are little. People will make assumptions when you say you are a SAHM but it's fab if you can afford it and it works for you psychologically.

Today has been a "tire the little blighters out" day. Park in the morning followed by a cafe lunch with unexpected softplay (they had opened one at the back I didn't know about!) followed by trip to local museum (lovely as it was small enough to be fun but not overwhelming). dDs loved it and now chilling back at home. i'm shattered !!!

Ugh, I feel awful. Temp of 39, dizzy and exhausted. My lovely friend bless her took DS to hers for tea.

Apologies for lack of name checks but hope all poorly LO's are better soon.

And you get well soon too seven. Good of your friend to help with DS. It's something that didn't even cross my mind before I had children, but it's so hard when you're ill and have to look after LO's rather than just wallow and feel sorry for yourself!

Hope the DC's are also shattered aethel, it sounds like a busy day

figgy have you tried just offering water and a dummy (if DS has one) and seeing if he'll settle down? That's what I do with DS if he wakes when I deem it too early. It doesn't always work, but he has now slept through until 6.30 the last few mornings

And I meant to say, speaking of work/life balance earlier, I hope xiao is ok? Haven't heard from her for a while

Hope MiniM is on the mend soon Mopsy, DP is very ill with tonsillitis at the moment too - I can't even begin to imagine how awful it must be for a teeny one to have such a horrible illness

Feel better soon Seven

It seems the thread has been infected again!

Well done kate. A big decision, but as others have said, it can open lots of other possibilities and opportunities, so don't scare yourself with thoughts of forever. It's just a new, lovely, exciting phase in your life.
You are incredibly lucky to be able to make that choice.
I wish I had that option. My dream job is on the check out part time at tesco? "would you like any help with your packing? Smile. Have you got a club card? Smile. Cash back?"
I'm a natural.

Health visitor tomorrow. Luckily she's nice, as I'm feeling very antisocial at the minute.

Bedrime!

I want to be a librarian.

Sending healthy vibes out to all Mummys and Babies!

Day 3 in nursery today, accident form number 2 ... My child seems to be a bit of a hazard! Congrats on resigning from the job Kate. I'm still a bit about work, its been ok but I have a sort of sinking feeling that I might not be able to do it. Have been avoiding putting pen to paper and signing my new contract terms as something doesn't feel quite right.

We have had two good nights sleep in a row here, 7 till around 5 both nights first time i've not had to get out of bed several times in the night since he went into his own room around two months ago, feels amazing!