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November 2012 - More group hugs and moral support please

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StuntNun · 08/02/2013 23:19

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1676013-November-2012-We-want-rattles-and-we-want-them-now

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horseylady · 13/02/2013 14:09

I want to move to France.

I'm just saying.

Reading an interesting book ATM.

horseylady · 13/02/2013 14:11

pass I cleared my neighbours drive way last year. She promised me she was getting her hedge cut last summer.

Ive just paid someone to do it. It looks fab!!

Kyzordz · 13/02/2013 14:14

Woohoo, my once a week post from the fucking laptop! Good afternoon people for sweary Wednesday! It has taken me (not kidding, it's sodding rediculous) about 3 hours and the virgin modem has taken a right beating to connect and read the thread. You all keep posting and it's taken at least half an hour to catch up to the end of the thread to post something! And, to add insult to injury fucking virgin box, i've bloodied my knuckle from giving it a senseless beating I can't remember much any of what you've all posted!

I'll give it a go...

gt hope you feel better soon

pr how is your dd1?

garden that's awesome!

welcome back gingerbreadlatte, hope you settle back in nicely :)

detective I am so going back to sky the minute the virgin contract runs out, I have never known such wank service from any supplier of anything EVER!

Re: sleeping, my DS sleeps with a sheet and a blanket on, with a vest, babygrow and cardigan on. He honest to god will not settle without a cardigan on. The blanket is fairly thick but he always feels nice and warm but not too hot, and he's not ever sweaty at night.

Thanks for the advice Stunt I might up it to 9oz bottles if he continues draining the 8oz bottles. Hope J is alright, bless him.

VQ how is J doing? Glad to read you got some sleep last night, the 2.5 hours is a nice chunk, shame it wasn't followed by another one but fc it'll come. I agree tackling mornings might help night times to get there :) Good luck with it all :)

Horsey that's awful!

Have I missed anyone/anything? I bet I have! Need to go now anyway as E will be back shortly, my DM has him. I have had a productive morning, feeding animals, brushing dogs, doing E's washing, re-stocking boxes, putting his too small clothes in the loft, hoovering, dusting, tidying E's cupboard with the formula/bath stuff etc in it, updating his photo album, and continuing with the last octopus leg of E's toy!

For those of you that don't know (all of you I guess!) I have been knitting E an octopus toy. Each different leg has a different coloured sock on and I have never ever knitted anything ever. However, I am close to finishing his last leg, the one with the white sock. I am determined to get it done! I will have to post a picture of my progress so far. The seventh leg I was finishing as I had contractions before I had E, so this last leg is taking me FOREVER. To be fair I started it a fortnight ago and am chuffed if I get five rows in at any one time. Anyway, I have 25 rows of blue (that's what colour the octopus is, i've done the shoe and sock!) and then the head and all eight legs are done! He does have a scarf and hat too though but I don't know if I have the stamina for that!!!

Will try and get time to pop back later, happy fucking sweary fucking wednesday to everyfucker :D xx

ValiumQueen · 13/02/2013 14:19

kyz fucking awesome effort! Picture will be required obviously.

Grandma has just been fucking about in the cunting snow - pic on FB. For 70 she is a fucking cool dude! Literally. Brr!

horsey any idea what happened? Accident or foul play? Sad

PetiteRaleuse · 13/02/2013 14:24

horsey plenty of room here on the French bench

kyz thanks for asking she has the fucking flu. She's sleeping now. Hope LO doesn't get it. Bastard winter and its stupid cunting illnesses.

blonderedhead · 13/02/2013 14:25

Hi ginger how lovely to have you back. You started the fastest-moving quiche on MN... Sorry to hear you've been having a hard time with naps and settling, mine doesn't like naps either.

I like the idea of someone reading this thread and thinking we are just a very sweary bunch.

Well today has been better. I have made an appt for this aft about L's tummy and that has made today's screaming easier to deal with. Hopefully we can get some help. I've also emptied the fucking dishwasher, sterilised some bastard dummies and most importantly got cunting dressed although L has vommed on me so need to change .

Thanks again for the comradely words, zcos I think that is a great attitude and you are right we can save stuff for the weekend. Stunt I took your advice and put L in his rocker while I did kitchen stuff, then played & read a story so it felt manageable. Like Chunky it feels better to know that others also don't get much done, I had this idea that the rest of you were all Supermums with perfect houses. Sophia that is a lovely thing to say but I do want to improve for DS and not have him feeling that life is chaotic as he grows up. Funnily enough at work I am much more organised because I put systems in place to keep me that way. So I need to do that at home, give my days and weeks a little structure.

Hope you're all having fucking ace days.

ValiumQueen · 13/02/2013 14:25

J has been mega fucked off with me this morning since I got him out if bed at 6.30. I must admit I was not happy to be up, but I am feeling pretty good. Baking fruit biscuits today once they come in out of the snow. J is asleep - I have not sent him out to play honest.

BigPigLittlePig · 13/02/2013 14:26

It's tricky to know what to do re: nights/blankets - there have been nights where dh and I have had the electric blanket on and two duvets, and I look over at LO with her sleeping bag/blanket combo and wonder how long she'll last before she's crying - the answer is not long. I suspect our room is quite cool overnight, and she does seem to be a baby who prefers lots of layers. She can sleep for hours in her pramsuit.

Apparently my latch is fine - "unusual but if it works for you" Hmm

pr boo to flu
gt take whatever you need to within reason in order to feel half human. You'll regret not taking meds if it means you feel so ill that you can't fully enjoy ds

horseylady · 13/02/2013 14:26

I think suicide. Randomly if I'd have been at work, chances are I could have found them :( exactly my dog walk, exactly my cycle to work.....It's chucking it down with snow and I know the police cordon is still up so I'm going to walk the hounds at the field tonight.

ValiumQueen · 13/02/2013 14:26

Cunt Grin

kissyfur · 13/02/2013 14:30

Welcome ginger! Thanks for starting these threads! Smile

Same in our house Dixie, I feel bad too.

Was a bit worried LO was refusing to feed this morning, lots of crying and refusing the boob, she's just had a short feed but seems very unsettled. Wish I knew what was wrong!

ChunkyChicken · 13/02/2013 14:31

Just feeding DS despite it only being 2hrs since the last feed, in the hope he'll be asleep for as long as DD. Fingers crossed as he's done it by accident for the last wk or so... Then I can enjoy my housework west wing catch-up in peace Grin

TooManyDicksOnTheDancefloor · 13/02/2013 14:35

BPLP, your post proper made me laugh! All that swearing after ginger introduced herself. I hope we haven't scared you off ginger.

It's chucking it down with snow here too, got to go out on the school run soon too, boo :(

BigPigLittlePig · 13/02/2013 14:36

How cute is it when LOs know they're about to get fed, and they make little squeaky grunty sounds and their legs and arms start going like the clappers? LO just got so excited it brought a tear to my eye Blush

BigPigLittlePig · 13/02/2013 14:37

dicks I presumed I was safe as ginger should have read detectives epic sweary post first Grin

horseylady · 13/02/2013 14:37

Settles next to pr. at times the English are fucking stupid.

TooManyDicksOnTheDancefloor · 13/02/2013 14:38

Forgot to add, my LO will only sleep if really warm. She wakes up crying if she isn't toasty. She has a fleece swaddle and a wallaboo leaf blanket (thick, fleece lined) on top. She wears a vest and a baby grow too.

PetiteRaleuse · 13/02/2013 14:39

That's sad horsey.

What book are you reading? I need to read a book but can't fucking choose one.

Both DDs are asleep and I know they're both going to wake up at once, and DD1 needs extra TLC at the moment but LO is cheering me up with her cheerfulness.

Fucking knackered. Wish I'd taken the opportunity to sleep.

Pikz · 13/02/2013 14:40

Fucking hating being a woman right now. Waiting for first smear test since baby. Oh the joy.

horseylady · 13/02/2013 14:42

Story book wise read room or the fingersmith.

I'm reading why French kids don't throw food. After reading a thread on mn the French are just more sensible about some things IMO!!

kirrinIsland · 13/02/2013 14:51

GT I took cyclazine with DD1. It helped with the actual sickness but not the nausea, but it did make me feel absolutely exhausted. I would try it and see how you get on with it.

garden congrats to DT2 :) I bet she was pleased with herself.

Dixie I have the same problem with toddler ignoring my shouted reprimands whilst stuck on the sofa feeding. It's very frustrating, and I end up getting crosser with her than I would have if I could deal with it normally.

N has just slept for 2 hours in her bouncer. I won't get too excited as she did that about 2 weeks ago and I got all carried away thinking we were getting somewhere and then she didn't do it again til now!

ValiumQueen · 13/02/2013 14:58

Oops unfortunate cross post with horsey obviously I was enjoying the word as opposed to aimed at anyone specific.

BigPigLittlePig · 13/02/2013 15:09

There is nothing so disturbing as hearing the sound of a poonami echoing from within a bumbo.

Said bumbo has been well and truly christened.

ValiumQueen · 13/02/2013 15:14

bp shit! Grin

ValiumQueen · 13/02/2013 15:15

Apparently the incidences of bumbos being mistaken for potties is quite high.