December 2011 - they'll soon be one, put away the <haddocks> and bring out the bunting!

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I loved kate's thread name but thought we needed a birthday theme for this one. We'll soon have 6 weeks of birthdays to celebrate!

Gary have PMed you!

Gary I work 25-30 hrs a week over 4 days. DH works about 40-50hr weeks. Is at work by 6:30am and home anywhere between 5 & 6pm and by that time the girls have been bathed and are getting settled for bed.

Bedtime!

The brain will eject the pain!

Oi Can you try and add me to the FB group when you get a chance please?

DD was at nursery today so I had thee day just with DS. Had a great time this afternoon watching him play. I think this is such a lovely age. He's developing so quickly physically, mentally and verbally I'm noticing him doing new things pretty much every day. The only slight drawback is that he wants to walk about holding my hands ALL the time. My back hurts! I had 5 months of it with DD because she didn't have the confidence to let go. I think DS will be walking on his own sooner than that though, because he's braver. He's already walking a little with the walker and trolley of blocks whereas DD was never brave enough!

FIL's op went well today. He has a stent in, and should be out of hospital tomorrow

That's really good news Kate, sounds like he's making a good recovery.

Congratulations GBT, and really hope that this one is successful for you. Didn't you book a holiday for about 9 months' time in the knowledge that it would make you up-duffed? Hopefully it's implanting pain or something...
And so glad you're not some weird stalker-y type person, although you appeared very charming so we'd have probably admitted you to the group anyway

That made me laugh too figgy, to be fair, so you're not horrible. It's the total overactive flapping that makes me grin!

I've been doing that sort of planning too Xiao, on the grounds that we'd need to wait til DS was 18 months before trying, so that he'd be of an age to get the free nursery time, which would allow DP to go for a part time job. I think there will be a lot of big decisions about work, babies and where we live next year...
...although I'd like this one to be over please, DS's ear is leaking again, so more antibiotics. And work is so stressful and busy at the moment, it's grim.

We're just starting to swap DS over onto moo-juice; we've bought the last tub of formula, mainly because he'll be having some when we visit family too. Will try the half and half like aethel suggests...and is that good news on the house I hear...?

I once again say to Mr Ashcroft that the drugs do work! Solpadol, ibuprofen and choc mousse and cheddars an hour and a half ago have eased the pain from strobing to merely ouchy. Ha!

DSM, oooh that makes sense!
Will work be happy to take you back in a few years if you decide to go back?

Question for everyone who/has a parent who works 9-5-ish...missing out on every bit of the day (breakfast, playtime, bedtime etc), is it that bad?
DH is a shift worker but is looking into an 8-4 role, problem is he thinks he'll never see DS.

Kate, excellent news about your FIL!

LMF, mmm choc mousse. I've found out this month that Lidl do massive tubs of chocolate yogurt for 99p, it's so thick you could use it as mortar

Northen, if all goes to plan this time, we'll have a 1 month old on holiday
Good luck on the moo juice (everyone)!

Hooray kate, hope he's home soon without complications.

Yay for drugs that work LMF!

Yep Northern, we are now officially off the market, in a chain, and in the lap of the solicitors/surveyors/part-time mortgage advisor.... (a bit aarg to find out today that on the two days a week she is not working there is NO CROSS-COVER... They have the best rate though, and when we'be seen her she's been lovely, so gotta stick with it. Just nobody do anything wrong on those two days...)

Good luck gary, thinking of you xx

Gary DH makes up for it at weekends as hardly sees the girls during the week x

GBT I'll have to have a nosy. Octoboy is a fan of chocolate philly, which I have discovered is a fabulous medium for getting his singular into him. Baaaaaaad mum:o

Aethel it's a good day when they do work! I think the stressy weekend of plague combined with no sleep did it. Off to get Squidge poked tomorrow, unthinking might be tonsils as she's still in pain and we're almost out of calpol! Will keep my digits twisted for the house shenanigans;)

Right, sleep!

Singular = singulair

Solpadol is good shit LMF, it used to be the only thing that kept my period pain at bay. Plus chocolate in all its forms is know to be good for you, so you and Octoboy obviously require it

Oooooooooooh, that's so exciting aethel! Really hope it works out for you, keep us posted. Hope that it's not too massively stressful, and at least you don't have to paint skirting boards in your spare time now...

I knew it GBT, the holiday plan worked. How long since you got a BFP?

My Mum worked full time, and I do now too. I don't remember it really before primary school, and then the only downside was the hideous childminder I had to endure for many, many years . I'm really close to my Mum so it obviously didn't hurt, and I only saw her every other weekend as I was with my Dad on the other.
I'm finding it OK with DS, as I get an hour in the morning and evening, as he's up at six (although this morning it was 6.30 ) and then to bed at half 7. I think if I were doing ridiculously long hours and missing literally his every waking hour I'd change it, which is why I'm looking at working from home one day a week next year when we have to move sites, and then moving town.

DSM thought you might like a link for dairy free chocolates. They do advent calendars and Easter eggs too!

aethel very exciting on the house, hope it goes much smoother than our sale!

kate glad the op was a success, hope he's on the mend soon.

For a while I thought it was the trucks that didn't work...
(Even though my claim to fame is that Mr Ashcroft asked if he could score some drugs off me in a hamburg nightclub. I didn't have any. I had a shaved head and must've looked suitably dodgey!)
I work full time. (So does DH) I have 20 mins in the morning getting him ready and dropping him off, then usually get a couple of hours in the evening before bed. It's not so bad. I love my Friday afternoons, and the weekends.
G'night!

Thanks Seven Will have a look at the web page a bit later

Nurgh

F was up from 3.30 to 5.30 shouting even after some neurofen. Finally git to sleep on his floor humming and patting him at 6 and slept until 7.30. Does not bode well for going back to work next week...

Haven't really slept for 3 nights now Freya is waking every half hour up to midnight then just awake and crying/shouting/mumbling/standing up until its time to get up.

She has the snots but is fine during the day. We do have 3 teeth coming through at the top and one looks like a canine so could be teething related.

Today I will be mostly sleeping on the sofa whilst Freya destroys the front room.

Don't hate me MissRee but other than a brief wake up for his dummy at midnight, DS slept 7-8 last night when I had to wake him up to get DD to nursery on time . He actually ate well yesterday for a change. He had swimming in the morning, and spent much of the afternoon walking around the house, so all that clearly added up to a good long sleep. I'll enjoy it while it lasts!

I can't remember who was asking about Cerazette and alternatives recently, but I've been having similar problems. I was on Femodene for years, then started getting menstrual migraines, so switched on to Cerazette a few years ago. It was absolutely fine before I had DD - no migraines and only occasional light bleeding. I went back on it between DD and DS, started getting lots of breakthrough bleeding but came off it as we were TTC. I went back on it again after having DS and was fine for months, but for the last couple of months have had almost constant breakthrough bleeding, and then got a migraine last week. Been to Dr today who has advised the coil as the only hormone-free option. I need to look into it, and am going back next week to have swabs and so she can check there's no other cause for the bleeding. The other long-term option she's advised is for DH to get a vasectomy. Not looking forward to that conversation...does anyone have any advice as to how to approach it?!

Sorry, that was all a bit long-winded!

Afternoon! kate there are a few other non hormone options for you to think about, though they might not be for you, if you used a diff method it would avoid the vasectomy conversation!! There is the cap/diaphram (which is a bit comedy looking but it's a rubber cap you are intenally measured for and then put in a few hours before sex with a squirt of spermicide jelly. Only downer is it does have a 6-10% failure rate though that drops as you get older. ) Another thing is the good old condom. Or you can get the girly "snip", though it may not be NHS funded as the NhS pushes vasectomies cos they are simpler, quicker and reverse less often.
. There is also a new version of girly sterilisation called Essure (google it) which is def private only but is done via local anaesthetic as it's little blockers fitted internally into your tubes. Apparently it's v effective and much less hassle than a proper op.

It's cold and grim down South today! Oh well, at least DS is cheerful...cheerfully emptying the recycle bin as I type...

canines are the pits to teethe with. Odd really, you'd think being pointy they'd come thro more easily...

Are snots normal teething symptoms? It seems the only time she gets the snots is when there are teeth coming. No other cold-like symptoms though and no temp at all. Nurofen and calpol seem to be doing nothing!

Still, I got easy newborn days so maybe this is payback

Is it possible to get the flu when you've already had the flu jab? DS seems really poorly, he has a temp of 38.8 but saying he's really cold, and his skin seems very sensitive. Poor thing seems really miserable :(. We were meant to be going out for dinner tonight, we've cancelled and will have a Chinese and watch a DVD instead.

Oh dear seven. flu jab only stops genuine influenza ( flu), not the 600 or do ither cough/cold/flulike viruses. So that temp will be due to a different virus. Crack open the ibuprofen/calpol...

misree, snot is pretty much compulsory at this time of year. Teeth do make drool but not usually snot.

Kids have colds and poor DD2 is very croaky. Oh joy

Shall we order more biohaz suits?....

There's more than one strain of flu so it is possible seven :(

In other news, I've just won £200 John Lewis vouchers for filling in some feedback on tampons on here

I tried a different tactic with F today - 2hr nap 12-2 and then awake til I just put her to bed. She was grumpy but I'm hoping she's that tired she will just sleep... this could end badly