Dec 2011 - Do that again, and you're getting sold on Ebay.....

[Aethelfleda]

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Hey queenie, what's the betting you accidentally fall pg next month?!

Aethel it's bound to happen to us lol

I need to ttc whilst my body still remembers how it's done. I daren't wait.

yo ladeez. Chuck me a few of those buns iZombie. Nom.

Oi and Queen, thinking of TTC soon also but might wait until May. Can't face the horror of being pregnant again though so keep putting it off. Ugh the migraines. Yuck.

Flat on my back in bed after an afternoon and night of vomiting (me not DS). Thought at first it might be pg related but now sure it is a stomach bug. Thank goodness DH is on holiday and has totally taken over.

xiao hope you feel better soon.

Thanks izombie and aethel, my standards are low already though! I found going from 1 to 2 pretty easy tbh, though it probably helps DS is such a usually lovely well behaved child :o. My main concerns are just with DD being so young still, I had lovely visions of them playing together and growing up close, but now realise i slightly overlooked the newborn phase of zero sleep and probably lots of jealousy, and hopefully not climbing in the Moses basket. Plus she has a habit of poking her doll in the eyes . On a positive note she slept until 6am for the first time in weeks!

Oh no! Poor you Xiao - hope you feel better soon.

Minimopsy is finally back to herself. Phew. Can take her to nursery shortly and get on with article revisions which are well overdue. So nice to have viva over and be able to do some work without a feeling of impending doom!

Thanks all. A whole day in bed, some homemade-by-DH chicken broth and tea have stayed down. I may move on to some plain tortilla chips for dinner...

DH took DS to his music group and somehow managed to get chicken casserole for lunch and salmon and potatoes for dinner down his throat while plying me with restorative ice lollies, doing laundry and tidying the house. He is simply the best.

I can hear him in the bathroom laughing his head off teaching DS to sing "it's getting better all the time" and DS singing "beta, beta, bettaaaaahhhh" back at him!

Xiao hope you feel better soon.

I've got in from work to both girls in bed. A lovely hot bath run with candles lot and relaxing music in background. I have the best hubby

Sorry to hear you're feeling rough xiao. But good to hear your DH is a star.
Glad that minimopsy is better!
And that Queenie's DH is also a star!
BOi saw the nice nurse lady today who said: keep on with the diprobase, use some hydrocortisone sparingly, but above all, stop using fabric conditioner especially your newly purchased Lenor for it is the root of all evol skin conditions.
Am now off to start batch washing the BOi's clothes. Lenor going in the bin. (If it does that to his skin, it can't be doing much good to ours, even if not so noticeable.)

Im Lurking away here busy with my mum visiting its so bloody cold!!! Ooh am off to London town tomorrow to see wicked matinee and maybe the bodyguard in evening if can get tickets....,such a musical whore

Picked up my new car today it's all very sensible

I love a sensible car figgy! Generally means a reliable car. With a baby in tow that's exactly what you need!

oi keep the lid from the lenor, if you use half a capful of white vinegar instead it does the same job of keeping clothes soft without the nasty chemicals. And I promise the clothes don't smell of vinegar when they come out.

queen DH certainly sounds like a star, any reason he's behaving so well?!

xiao glad you're feeling a little better, being ill and pregnant sucks. Am I right thinking you must have your 12 week scan soon?

Morning!

My word! What's that! Is it.....the SUN??!?!?!

Sun? What's that? It's snowing AGAIN here. On top of all the other snow that hasn't even melted yet. Gah.

Oi dryer balls! They're one of the few pieces of tat that JML sell that actually work. They beat the crap out of your laundry in the tumbler which helps to soften it. Combines with the vinegar trick you'll not notice the difference in softness:) I advise lowering the amount of wash product you use too. The doses given are very generous. If you use powder you can halve it without too much issue:)

Seven DH has been brilliant since we had our heart 2 heart end of 2012/beginning of 2013. He know's I've been feeling low/stressed/depressed about Darcie's behaviour - 3yrs and it's taking its toll on me now :( he helps out a lot more around the house and got this week off work and done loads with the girls as I've been working.

What can I put in my tumble dryer that makes me washing still smell clean and fresh of comfort and not just dried clothes!

Queen on a full load of laundry, we use 1/2 cap persil small & mighty and 1/2 scoop soda crystals. Then into dryer with dryer balls. Washing is soft and smells lovely to me but I suppose if you're used to strong fragrances it won't smell "clean" to you. Glad your DH is being brilliant and communication works

Feeling better and back at work today (still sticking to cream crackers for safety), though nothing to do so I'm just mucking about online reading food blogs, organizing my leaving drinks and composing an email to send round to my department that carefully walks the line between telling people where I'm going, and self-promotion/aggrandizement. Surprisingly difficult...

Oh and yes seven my scan is next Tuesday - can't believe it's 12 weeks already, though I look about 5 months pregnant at the moment Do you show a lot quicker the second time around, or am I just hitting the tortilla chips a lot harder than usual??

Oh and if you don't want to buy special dryer balls I've been assured a couple of tennis balls will work just as well.

Thanks Xiao. Glad your feeling a little better. I showed straight away when pregnant with Sky.

Xiao, I've put on less weight but was showing earlier with this one (wasn't in maternity stuff properly until 28wks with DS, have been in trousers since 12wks).

I can vouch for the tennis balls Queen, but they're bloody noisy!
I dilute our fabric softner but we still get the scent.
Good luck for when you start TTC again.

Figgy, hurrah for car! Bigger hurrah for a Musical day...we were looking at seeing Book of Mormon this weekend but at £73 each for a rubbish seat they can do one, will wait until DH gets a 2 for 1 offer through work

Oi, I have sensitive skin and it's only in the last 10 or so years I've been able to 'cope' with fabric softner, so fingers crossed BOi grows out of it!

Had 20wk scan today, tis a boy! Now we just have 20wks to argue about names

Gary congrats on having another boy

gary congrats on another boy, I think it's nicer to have them the same sex with a small gap tbh, I'm hoping my girls will grow up close. I'm not close at all to my sister, I always assumed its because she's 8 years older than me.

xiao you definitely show earlier with the second, I was in maternity jeans at 8 weeks with Eva. By the time you have the third you reach the size of a whale even though I've still somehow only gained 9lbs

OOh congrats gary! Save the arguments, call the sproglet Morten and maybe he will take after Mr Harket and grow up with "those" cheekbones

Glad to hear your DH is being helpful and supportive queenie, bung him a small for effort.

Today I have varnished our preloved folding table, painted the front door (well, coat one anyway as DS woke up at an inopportune moment) and sewed a completely insane loverly Easter Pirate Bandana. dD1 informed me that Easter bonnets were far too girly so hers had to be a Pirate one Attagirl.

That girl will go far Aethel. Has she read The Night Pirates?

Congratulations on your news Gary :)