April 2011 - nearly 2, it's still all about you <disclaimer, I might be having a bad day>

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Thanks to Frak, thread title queen!

MrsWajs you are very right!! Have you still not sold up :( it would be one of the places we would be looking at if we did, or we would look north where DH is from (rhymes with Melon) actually, you and my sister in law have a mutual friend on FB. I've been meaning to say for ages, but kept forgetting. Small world eh?

Oh and B kicked to the left to begin with :o

M kicked to the top, straight under my belly button!

Odd question - pelvic floor toners. Anyone used one? I mean the weird dildo things that target the right muscles. I am utterly crap at remembering to do them and maybe if there's a thing lying around I'll remember?!

No idea Frak, I do my kegals in the car!! Plus having a cs has left my pelvic floo in much the same state as it was pre B!

incoherent SIL rant alert

You know what I said before about being worried for SIL I al, the stuff that's going on just now. Well it is rapidly diminishing. DHs cousins lives on the west coast of Scotland, this is where the funeral will be, so we said to SIL & Mil to come to us on Tuesday and stay and we will all go through together on Wednesday morning. SIL agrees, good idea, would be an early start for them otherwise. Then DH gets a text. Can SIL drop off MIL at lunchtime Tuesday here so she can go through and stay with cousin (who has just lost her daughter) because she thinks her dog will cheer up cousins DSs. Fine that's ok, but it means dh having to stay at home to wait for the drop off. We are still expecting her to come back to ours on Wednesday and stay so she can see b (who she hasn't seen since October I think) as he'll be at CM when she dumps her mother. Now dh has just got a text saying she has been thinking, she doesn't want to come stay with us on Wednesday night. She wants to stay through with cousin again. She will come through and collect MIL on Thursday morning. Now I don't mind having mil,we have been offering to have her for ages, but we don't want to drive up the road to collect her bring her back to stay for a couple of nights then have to do the same return trip costing us the best part of £100 in diesel. SIL refuses to share the driving because her car "might breakdown", but she regularly drives to visit cousin who lives further away then we do. So mil hasn't been to stay. Now SIL sees the funeral as an opportunity to off load her mother on to us because "she needs a break" just like the Christmas before last when she tried to say MIL should come to ours for Christmas on her own so she could "have a break". This is the SIL who hasn't got her Christmas gifts fro. Us yet because she hasn't been in touch with dh since before Christmas. This sounds like I am being unreasonable here, but I assure you I'm not. I just hate they way anything that happens gets turned round by her to be a "woe is me" situation. I am going to find it really hard to keep a civil tongue in my head. She hasn't even asked dh about his job yet, knowing his interview was last week. We have also heard on the grapevine she has a DP now, but no mention of that either. I'm angry at her and hurt for dh that his sister has so little regard for B and us as a family. It's all about her as far as she is concerned. Grrrrrrr :(

Poor mil having to live with that all the time.

Sounds like a horrible situation Fizz. You won't change how your SIL behaves, so try and take the relationship for what it is.

I don't believe that blood is always as thick as water. If your SIL doesn't want a close relationship, then don't bother trying either - it will be a fruitless fight and a waste of energy.

No idea about pelvic toners Frakk. I really should do more kegals. I could have cracked walnuts with my fanjo, but having ds3 stopped that.

We have removed the stairgate from the bottom of the stairs. We've had one for the past 4 years...it looks strange without it.

Sounds really hard, Fizz. I feel most sorry for the cousin, who may not "need" your SIL as much as she would like to think..... Have a lovely time with your MIL and try to think of it as SIL's loss if she doesn't want family time with you all and the gorgeous B.

Poor S has gone off to nursery wailing and trying to rip his new shoes off. I specifically bought exactly the same style, albeit in a different colour and a size bigger, and he was quite excited about them but they obviously feel different, as new shoes do, and he was in a right old strop about them. Hope nursery manage to persuade him to keep them on, he has to wear them, his toes were right at the end of his old ones.......!

I'm intrigued ILTMI re: cracking walnuts with your fanjo?? Had you tried it....?

I'm crap at doing mine too but remembering the wedding dancing 4 weeks after having R soon spurs me on!! I bet they're well and truly wrecked after having another baby!

Our stairgate just got put back up after R fell down the stairs twice in 2 weeks (once with DSS's assistance )

Your SIL sounds like an arse Fizz is she the same one we were discussing or a different one?

I just gave R tinned macaroni for lunch (lazy) she ate some and then when I appeared with something different she pushed it away and announced it was "eskusking" I had to try v hard not to laugh!

Same one, I only have one thankfully!

It's my party trick

Ds3 can use the stairs fine, it's if ds2 is present that it can become a problem. Neither of the boys have even attempted to go upstairs since the gate was taken down

We still have the gate at the top of the stairs which is being closed at night because of ds2. He has been waking up early and sneaking downstairs, he gave me the fright of my life the other morning. I had no idea he was out of his bedroom and he even had to go past our open door! ds2 can open the gates, but hopefully the closed gate and some threats are enough to keep him in bed!

I have all sort going through my mind now iLike! Have you seen The hangover 2??? :o

I have a black eye! b twatted me in the face with a beaker. It shoved my glasses right into my eye! It's not a good look. And I'm going to have to put my contacts in because my glasses are hurting my nose, so can't even use them as a bit of camouflage. Hopefully the swelling will go down quickly.

He lashes out quite a bit. It's usually his toys that get it. Usually a firm NO stops him, but now he just laughs. It's just a phase, isn't it

Ouch, Fizz :(

Well, we had M's birthday party on Saturday, virtually the same as last year - same joint birthday girls, same place, same friends. The kids had a great time with a big church hall to play in and M got home and crashed out at 5.30, then slept til 6.45am! Her birthday is on Wednesday - how on earth did I get a 2 year old? Time flies

I feel your pain re sil fizz. Only mine was a mate before I married her husbands brother. A lot of the time she winds me up the wrong way but I have to keep quiet. A few weeks ago I got cross with three out of four if our group of friends and actually said what I felt for once. She got upset and stressed and accused me and one other of ganging up on her. Is had a go at three of them so not fair. Then we all get the silent treatment. So mature.

This time next week I will be back at work. Not happy

Ps can't believe we have two year olds already. Happy birthday

He he, yes I have seen the Hangover 2 I do a really good Mr Chow impression. I should be a little embarrassed about that, but I'm not! I think a third film has been commissioned.

We've had a spate of hitting here too. A firm no stops it in its tracks, but it not happening in the first place would be preferable.

Happy birthday for tomorrow M

Dug out birthday list, we've missed a few sorry.

Gormers; DD1, Eva, 16/01 Already 2
JoEW; DS1, Conor, 22/02 Already 2
stuffedmk; DC2, Thomas, 23/03 Just turned 2
Poodle82; DC1, Joshua, 24/03 Just turned 2
LJB; DD2, Baby Girl, 26/03 2 Today!

Aprilmeadow; DC4, Finn, 27/03
Chillikat; Megan, 27/03
Lowra; DC1, Amber, 27/03
Petalouda; DC1, Felix, 28/03
Meg89; DC2, Teddy, 29/03
Alibabaandthe40nappies; DC2, Thomas, 28/03
Ulysses; Anna, 30/03
PussinJimmyChoos; DC2, Yaseen, 30/03
Liv77; DC2, Phoebe, 31/03
Thaney; DC1, Amelia, 05/04
Cyclebump; DS1, Henry, 05/04
NotAnotherNewNappy; DC2, Rosina, 06/04
BeetleBaby; DS1, Samuel, 07/04
rubybambini; DD1, Kitty, 08/04
Jaylar; DC2, Archer, 10/04
Kitstwins; DC3, 11/04
Sassy20; DD1, Lucy, 13/04
Daisy17; Seth, 13/04
JenAT; George David 16/04
Sats1977; DC1, Oliver, 20/04
Zafnoodles; DS1, Jacob, 18/04
lucieloo; DC1, George, 18/04
JKS; DC3, Mary, 20/04
Caramellokoalalover; DC2, Scarlett, 20/04
Frak; DC1, Marc, 21/04
AussieMum2Be; DD1, Dylan-Indianna 21/04
JollySergeantJackrum; DC1, Harris, 21/04
Chipsahoynicki; DC2, Isaac, 21/04
beckie90; DC2, Oliver Jack, 22/04
SaltedPretzels; DC3 Amelia, 23/04
MrsWajs; DC1, Robyn, 25/04
Natzer; April, 25/04
Tinwe; Hazel
Karoleann; DC3, Emily, 26/04
ecuse, DD1, Joanna, 27/04
ILikeToMoveItMoveIt; DC3, Ike, 28/04
LisMcA; DC1, Blair, 30/04
Architien; DC2 (DS1), Rose, 1/05
CountScoutula; DC1 Freda, 29/04
Trucha10; DC1 Evan, 10/05
Kittycatcat; DC1 Samuel, 11/05

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Ilike - meant to say think you may have been right about cryptospiridium the other day. Luckily things have cleared up now but was nasty for a while.

Meanwhile M has developed gungy eyes. She has a cold so I'm hoping it's just that, but when do I decide it's conjunctivitis & have to do something?

And when do I cancel our trip to friends (with 2 DC) this weekend? Think DH may have to go with the boys on his own as they are really looking forward to it. So am i, boo.

We have a nap ! First since Friday. I've been able to eat my cake without sharing it :)

Are you still bfeeding JKS? Could try a wee squirt of milk in her eye?

I missed SIL today shame but mil has ratcheted up her annoying tendencies. Twice she has yelled at B to "shut yer face" while she been regaling us with something utterly pointless and B has been trying to chat to her. I am getting very close to kicking her out. Bed time in 2 hours!

Wow, Fizz, that's tough. It's horrible to have to put up with someone behaving like that to anyone your child, but there's that sense that you have to, because its family.

I'd say hoof her out for doing that, but it's never that straight forward, is it?

Hope your eye is feeling better.

F is 2 on Thursday. So (assuming we get everything on the tesco delivery tonight) he's got one cake to take to toddlers with the cm tomorrow, one cake to take to nursery on Thursday, and another cake for his party on Friday! I think his 3rd might be a bit disappointing after the 3 day cakeathon!

Hopefully, if it doesn't snow, we're going to a safari park with family on Friday. It's going to be FREEZING!

Can't believe he's nearly two! He's only just learned to respond to "how old are you?" with "I'm one!".

Bloody fecking dh is going out to play football. He reminded me with a cheesy grin on his face. He thinks this is funny. He may come home and find he is an orphan and married to a murderer.

I'm having to watch bloody emmerdale. And she can't sit still, back forth, up down, side to side, up down, twitch twitch. Driving me bonkers.

And she's gone to bed .............

Hurrah

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You are a saint & repeat ...

So she decided we should all be up at 6..............

All this is made worse by the fact B appears to adore her and a jabbered away at her endlessly. Strange child.