These babies are going to be calm, easy and sleepy at all the right times, and we're brooking no argument about it!

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In here ladies - the other thread was getting full up so I thought I'd better start a new one.....

Will do some links to / from this thread but in the meantime please make yourselves at home

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I really hope you and DH are able to work through your problems. Has he ever seen a councillor on his own prior to you going to Relate? Sounds as though he understandably has some deep issues, but absolutely needs to address them so his relationship with you and DD doesn't suffer.

I took DD to see the GP this morning. Usual answer, viral. But I asked him to have an especially good look at her tonsills and he said they are definitely ok.

DS has just for the first time noticed someone smoking when we were driving back from playgroup. He said "what's that lady doing with the candle?" I pretended I hadn't seen and asked him what it looked like she was doing. He said "blowing it". I really don't know what I'm going to say as he's now bound to notice another time.

We haven't signed up for the marriage counselling yet, I've given DH a deadline to start seeing someone about his depression first, and we'll go to Relate after his therapy has started. I think his depression is a significant contributing factor to almost all our problems, and therefore it's not worth doing the counselling until he's acknowledged the underlying issue and is dealing with it.

Thanks for the Relate link Jen! I didn't realise there was ever anyone attractive on soaps! Hmmmm I might even consider watching one, if I thought there would be eye candy!

Sorry to hijack the thread with marriage issues. I sound like a completely miserable cow! Life for me is actually great at the moment! I'm loving maternity leave, I adore motherhood far more than I ever thought possible, DD is just perfect. I actually really like living with my parents again at the moment, the separate flat gives us our own space and yet I have company and support on tap. Plus my parents and sister are besotted with DD, and it's so lovely to see them with her. I haven't lost touch with my old friends even though none of them have kids, and I've made a whole bunch of new Mummy friends. Plus I've just had an awesome holiday! Over the next month I've got a hen weekend in France with my very best friends, and I'm looking forward to Autumn's naming ceremony. Seriously, life is good! DH is a PITA, but there's more to life than men! For example, chocolate!

Today I am mostly screechy mum I am that woman who is always nagging her kids and I don't like it but I can't help it. Am totally going to neck a vat glass of wine or two.

Heehee hawthers - i know that feeling all too well!

This afternoon however I have taught dd1 how to write the first letter of her name so am feeling like I deserve a mummy crown.

dream - how's everyone over three? Brooking for miraculous recoveries and 3 x sleep throughs for you.

How's DD1 now Pomme?

Ooooh I know what I've been meaning to post for ages. Wants where are you? I assume you've gone back to uni and are just too mega busy these days for MNing but if you're lurking do let us know how you and baby D are doing. And your other DS's of course.

Funny how taking all clothes and nappy off turns angry screaming baby into happy chirpy toe-chewing baby. Weird.

On the already. Needed to get through tea time. Might be a two bottle glass night

Sounds well deserved Hawthers

Really, bedtime can't come soon enough. I just need to not have a constant steam of 4yo consciousness in my ear. I know that sounds really bad but I just want a bit of peace. Bless him

Tell me about it. DS has been in my ear all afternoon, yet when I told him tonight it was time for a shower he said "just stop that noise" I asked him what noise and he said "you, talking"

here too.

I'm also out all afternoon tomorrow and I can't wait. Lunch and wine with my best (and happily childless) friend. I'm really looking forward to adult conversation that's also not going to be about kids!

Love it Scarlet!

Am of your lunch date! I think there is zero chance of me getting anything like that ever in the foreseeable future. Hope you have a fab fab time.

Ooh scarlet soo

My ds says I am hurting his ears which is totally what I say after an afternoon of screeching from him.

Ahh bedtime, bliss...

Aaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnndddddddd

Relax

and tidy up the chaos from the day and sort out the washing and cook dinner

DH has gone to the chip shop to fetch our dinner. I'm beyond excited about cod and chips with loads of salt and vinegar.

Tidying up can wait until tomorrow when I'm not here

Urgh. So on the DD saga, first GP (a trainee) had said chest infection and ear infection. I panicked about how hot and floppy she was, and not drinking and had her seen again in the afternoon, when he said he could see why his colleague thought chest infection but he disagreed, thought it was viral. As Dh had listened the night before and thought chest clear. So we've been Calpol and nurofen-ing her. Anyway, today is day 5 of sky high temperatures so Dh listened again tonight, and she does have a chest infection. So now we've re-started the antibiotics I got.

She's been not too much trouble though biscuits as she's been floppy and disinterested in everything and just wanting carrying round. Hard at night but she really isn't well. B is really chesty but just gets on with it- has big coughing fits and cries but gets over it with a quick cuddle. S, who's been the wellest, continues to demand 24/7 attention or howls and screams.... Sadly, he's got it now too, so is super, ultra high maintenance. But he's a high needs baby, definitely. !

Love the puking on the cat musical, how funny! Though how do you clean sick off a cat?!

Joining the tone deaf brigade.

scream, all sounds so hard with your Dh. I can only imagine the issues losing both parents as a teenager leave you with but urgh. I hope he gets good help with his depression, for all of your sakes.

And issues and all, your life does sound good! tries hard not to whinge that mine is literally, without exaggeration, 24/7 infant slavery, no days/ afternoons/ evenings out possible here

Off to check out that link Jen

DH is still at work

Still, my arse has finally made contact with the sofa

Man I would give one of my legs for an afternoon off!

oh, and yesterday both babies had their first 'normal' poo, so of course, as any sensible person would, I gave them pureed chicken casserole for tea yesterday and today . And S had a petit filous, full of sugar I'm sure, I'll not be looking at the packaging, just to be sure I don't feel any guiltier.... Feeling bad about DD...

Hooray for normal poop in the Dream household! Long may it last forever please ! You have absolutely no need to feel guilty Dream, as we've all said many times - you are SuperMum!! Your DC are incredibly lucky to have you! I hope all 3 are 100% well again very soon, especially your poor DD!

Scarlet I'm completely of your fish and chips!

Yay for Pomme's DD1! Literacy, that's a scary thought!

I have just fed DD back to sleep in her cot for the second time tonight. Can anyone see a new rod for my own back being forged here?!

Dream glad the pooing is better - hope the ABs do the job for poor DD.

I too have been wondering about Wants .

To hark back to a much earlier conversation, syncopation is a hard one to explain without clapping! It's basically dotted rhythms, or rhythms with off beats in - basically where the rhythm deviates from the normal flow (say, 1, 2, 3, 4- or clapping twice as fast, 1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and). If you think of the tune of The Entertainer, the line 'follow the van' from My Old Man, they're examples. If you put the emphasis on any of those 'ands' you'll have off beat syncopation. My sleep deprived brain can't think of any better examples It's remarkable that they let me teach..

Iz has just fallen off to sleep so will catch up properly later. However,the answer of how to clean sick off a cat (or milk- thrown up so quickly I imagine little was sick-like) is to have another willing cat lick it off of the first . Bit odd. They are brother and sister though,and do groom each other regularly. Watching them put the other in a headlock so they can give their ears a good clean is very amusing!

Dream, hurrah for normal poo! Hope the antibiotics help DD improve quickly.

Transfer time ..

Both boys slept until 7.15

Good job chaps!

DH got up with E a few times last night but only for 5 mins each time (it's almost cute but he'll start wriggling and moaning and if you go in and just hold his hand through the cot bars he'll go back to sleep) and then in the end I had to wake him (DS2) up at about 8:15 so that I could bf him because we have the most ridiculous Saturday schedule which involves having lunch at 11:30 before swimming so I needed him to bf so he could have breakfast and mid morning milk before lunch

Yay for sleep!

TeenyMunx had a crap night, he was feeding very annoyingly yesterday all snacking and slipping his latch. He doesn't seem to want to open his mouth very wide and gets cross with me when I don't put him on straight away.

Yes another thing to worry about!

Had his latch checked on Thursday and its fine but I can't help worry he isn't putting on enough weight (HV this week so we will see) and so on.

Give me a slap someone!

DH out with DD so enjoying some lovely newborn snuggles without fear of her being jealous.