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

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So, we made it past the magical 48 hour mark with no vomit or diarrhoea from DS, and he actually seemed happy today too, so we ventured out to a friend's for the afternoon. Then DD was sick in the car on the way home . Here we go again.

jiggle DS took his first steps mid-Jan and he still hasn't quite got the confidence to lauch himself off yet.

Hope the unpacking is going well aethel, and that the leak isn't anything too serious.

Can't remember who else I was going to namecheck now, sorry! Hope you all have good weekends.

Oh nooooooo faffin, I really hope it was just travel sickness or something, seems too cruel on everyone otherwise! Fingers crossed she's OK and you don't have a weekend of illness

You're being commendably practical and sensible as ever figgy; I'd be a wreck in your shoes, but you seem to be facing it calmly. Hope DS's snot calms down.

It was more of a discussion Queenie; they never accept that anyone could possibly have done anything wrong, but I put my points across and she said she'd raise it with the nurse next week. My POV is it's always important to raise these things as if there is a problem with someone, whether it's attitude or a training need, then if people do raise it, it can be dealt with... well, it should be, depends how good they are.
But from what she was saying 'she's very good, experienced', etc. I have my doubts.

I am feeling close to well again, though my nose looks like I'm a raging glue-sniffer, not a classy look. We might actually get something approximating a decent weekend

faffin hope DD is better in the morning and it was just a one-off.

aethel hope the dampness in nothing too serious, and that other than that you're settling in well.

figgy sorry to hear about the redundancies. I imagine even if its not you it must be horrible if it happens to other staff in your department. Hope the car sells!

northern glad to hear you're on the mend, I also look like a glue-sniffer. I'm on day 9 of a cold now, my cough has almost gone but today I've been even more congested if anything.

The builders knocked through yesterday, we have an arch rather than doorway into the dining room from the hall so everything was covered in a thick layer of dust, I spent 3 hours cleaning afterwards! It's looking good though, the electrician is coming to put the sockets in tomorrow, then builders will be back Monday to sort out the doorway, then they've just got to do skirting boards then they'll be pretty much done. We're hoping to order the kitchen at the weekend and get it delivered on Tuesday :o

I ordered re-usable nappies at the weekend. They finally arrived today, washed, dried and ready to give them a go tomorrow. Wish us luck!

hiya! Oo, progress with the builders seven, sounds promising! And good luck with the reuseables tomorrow. I need to get DS's bum back in his, we are plumbed in with the washer now so no excuse!

Thanks for the anti-leak wishes! I am a natural pessimist but suspect the water damage is too pronounce for it to be merely some overflow. I'd prefer that, of course! It's weird as the new place is so differently constructed to our old 1930s place, there's a cute mini cupboard the DDs like hiding in (we're probably going to make it into a wendy house for them!) and the inside you can see the internal wall is breeze block and the stairs are reinforced MDF plus there are loads of small settlement plaster cracks, we know they are not structural but it's still disconcerting!
Our to-do list is still enormous but at least we've made a dent in the pile of boxes and I have a working kitchen (and now a secondhand table in it, yay for charity shops!) I felt HUGELY better when I fed the children dinner in the kitchen, it's just what I'm used to.

Roll on the weekend and let's kick the arse of all the thread lurgies!!

Good luck with the reuseables Seven! I love mine, but DH hates them.

Aethel, disappointed there wasn't treasure in the attic! Shower leak doesn't sound nearly as interesting, hope everything is fixable on the cheap!

Faffin, hope you have an easy night with DD.

Northen, glad you're on the mend...hope it's a lesson to the rest of you lurgied up ladies & babies!

Figgy, what US trash do you watch? Was all set to watch Revenge and then MIL mentioned she watched it, put me right off..currently watching Nashville, ohh it's AWFUL!!

I've been gaining weight well (11lbs in 17wks), but not enough to fit into size 10 maternity trousers....am happily wearing size 14 regular trousers atm though

Anyone seen Kat recently? Noticed HLC has gone again!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

I'm lurking as always gary

I AM the snot monster, with a cough that just won't go away

DS a lot better. His eyes are still a not crusty but after that first night when he looked like a boxer post bout he's been getting progressively better. Although he's coughing now, his sounds very productive iyswim.

DH has now also got the lurgy. Much worse than me obviously. And had to have two days off work...didn't get much sympathy from me to be honest.

Will try to name check tomorrow but now must get ready for work.

Have a great weekend everyone!

gbt US trash was greys anatomy, dexter and walking dead which personally I think are all well regarded but dh hates so I ha e to watch when both he and DS aren't around think it's prob time to consider what's age appropriate for him.

It's dh niece bday Tuesday so taking snot monster to her soft play party today then need to get my contact lenses checked I've had terrible probs with them since was pg so have pretty much thrown away £16pm for last 18 months and have a bag of the buggers under our bed need to get new ones or admit defeat.

Waves to Kat how r u?

I had the same thing figgy; from about 5 months I couldn't wear my contacts; hoped it would get better after birth, but didn't; and even now when I try them I can't wear them for long. My eyes went really dry during pregnancy and I don't think they've got any better.
However, as we were cutting back in advance of DS's arrival, it seemed like a good idea to cut those out, sadly. I've got a big pile of them in the bathroom, and am just working my way through those when I've got a night out or something.

Hope the house is OK aethel; if it cheers you up, I watched a programme where it said that when people move into a brand new house, it will need on average just over 100 'touch up' or more jobs to get it sorted....! Think it's just the nature of bloody houses, it's constant maintenance. And it all sounds very exciting for you as well seven!

We are off to wander along the high street, have a ferret and a bit of lunch out, so we're actually going to do Something Nice.

Thanks for all the well wishes, it seems they did the trick and that DD's puking was a one off. Fingers crossed anyway.

Hope you all had a good day and did Something Nice like northern

Thanks all, we're about to have a final measure then order the kitchen, very exciting!

Reusables went well, we used two today. One dirty one and one wet one which was on for 3.5 hours, no leaks. Changed her into a disposable after lunch before we went to homebase to buy paint for the nursery. My parents are having the DCs tomorrow while we have a grown-up shopping trip to buy light fittings so we'll have another go on Monday.

Gah my throat hurts and nose running AGAIN i swear ive felt like this for a month it just never comes to anything!!

Sold my car argued with dh since about what to get i want something relatively new cheap to run, tax and insure so when at a garage yesterday he decided he wanted a 12yr old polo gti 1.6 i vetoed it he vetoed 2 cars i suggested yet i was a selfish cow who will just buy what i want and not let him have a say (so what he actually means is he can rule out whatever he wants and i cant) . Not to mention fact that when i mentioned getting a loan so he can pay off his credit card debt and the rest pay towards car turns out he has already applied for 1 this week as his cc debt is much bigger than he let on. We have a joint acc for bills and split costs 50/50 but disposable income tends to be our own prob jut as well since he manages to piss it away somehow, feel that argument will spill into today too am so fuming

Oh no Figgy that's the last thing you want on top of your job worries...silly man!

Glad you've moved in Aethel :)

Seven I am very I'd love a new kitchen :) One day....one day...!

DS is having a nap now, worn him out at the swimming pool haha! He won't wear armbands, but hopefully he will do soon and get the idea!

Just bought Octoboy some new shoes as he's jumped a full size in a month:( Glad he doesn't have eight legs to be fair as at £32 a pair he'd bankrupt me!

Wow! Glad he's growing so well LMF, but that's some foot-swelling he's got going on there; is the rest of him doing the same, or just randomly his feet?

Figgy, not surprised you're fuming. He sounds like he was being an arse with the argument, but applying for a loan on the quiet because he's racked up a big CC bill...sheesh. Are you having words with him?

I got the lie-in this morning, but DP and DS went back to bed when I got up at around 9. Gave me time to do my nails in front of Time Team . Then a bob up to the garden centre to get three types of soil, some plant food and a range of plug plants for doing up pots, and then an hour and a half in the garden.
This one session is the most important of the year; feed and top dress all the pots, re pot where needed, dig over the borders, etc.

Got repeatedly attacked by one of my roses when hacking it and a wonky ceanothus back, but definitely a success...bar my back is killing me!

Oh, and I gave DS his first bit of nappy free time after his bath, and he promptly left two hard little deposits in the hearth...!

He's gone from a 3 to 4 so not that bad:o He's in 9-12 trousers and 12-18 tops and vests.

Must confess I don't like gardening. Shame as I have a huge garden!

Evening all!
Figgy - good luck re: job. You do sound v calm about it. Fingers crossed everything works out ok. As others have said, if the wordt comes to rhe worst, maybe it'll help you in your decision to go back up North.Haddocks to DH though re the car.
Aethel: house - all v exciting with hidey holes etc. who said 100 + jobs?! Urgh. I fear our new house is sliding into the mud... Loads of little cracks appearing around door frames and woodwork. Gives me the fear!
Hope the overflow/ leak is easily rectified.
Gary - was it you asking about maternity clothes? I got quite a few things from MnP last time , and their new range looks lovely. Check out the tribal print dress, - at 45quid it ain't cheap though.
As for 'American TV - anyone watch ""The Good wife". I can't get enough of it. It's predictable and .. Oh I don't know, but I'm addicted.
We've been doing lots in the garden, just clearing up and preparing mainly. And we have a first batch of seedlings in the go for our first attempt at the veggie patch. BOi is obsessed with being outside. Something that ressembles "outside" is his favourite word. even when it's pitch black , he'll stand by the back door crying to be let out. ...his next favourite word is something that ressembles "again". Which is used again and again when he's been on the slide. My poor back!
However, I can't complain. DH does complain a bit, and I have little sympathy. But he'll wimper at a paper cut,,. For the last cpl of weeks he's been whinging about his hip. I told him to see a physio. Er... He finally did. Physio said see physick, possible hernia. Whoops!

Figgy big Haddocks to your DH. Hope you sort it all out.

Oi, what are you going to grow in your veggie patch?

American TV we love in this house. We are currently watching all seasons of Fringe. addicted

2ww starts today as DH goes to London for the week for a training course.

We have 4 big, raised beds at the side of the house - each one is probably 5ft x 10ft. So we could grow everything! So far, we are propagating carrot, cabbage and onion. But we have seeds for just about everything.
I want to get some flowers on the go to. I see all these House and Home-type magazines with their nice displays, and think "that looks good, but you'd have to get fresh flowers every week..." so why not.
Neither me nor DH have ever had a garden, never mind a veggie patch, so we're complete amateurs. But I'd love to think that we'll get some decent successes this year, and after a good few years learning we could be self sufficient-ish for veggies for most of the year. All these things take time though, which is something we have precious little of. Amateur gardeners, amateur parents, amateur house decorators (although that's not started yet).
Oh that reminds me, seven, hope the garage > kitchen is coming along nicely!

And good luck with the 2ww. I'm also there too now. Will it be this month we both find ourselves upduffed?
whilst chasing around the garden yesterday, part of me was thinking, "Good grief! this is hard work! Can I do this with two?!" (especially the lifting up onto the slide over and over again.) But then I thought, with two, they can chase each other!! I can just open the door and set them free.

I'm normally a massive snob when it comes to tv (I at all the trash DH watches; NCIS, Hawaii 5-0, Fringe, Arrow) but oooh Greys is fab for when you're too tired to think.
Although we're still having our 2yr long argument about getting rid of Sky (I think it's a waste of money, he likes watching tv).

Oi & Queenie, good luck for this 2ww (can't believe how quickly it's come around for you)!

Cannot believe he applied for a loan without telling you! Although hurrah for selling the car.

You have fab taste in shoes LMF!

Ah Gary, I consider myself v lucky that we don't have sky. DH is a massive fan of all things sporty. He should have sky. But he knows that it would not be good for our family. He agrees that we should watch less tv, not more, so I don't get pressure from him - just from his mates.

Oooh, we're getting a Thai takeaway tonight to celebrate the fact that we can both taste and both have appetites, whoop!
I'll have to watch the City game, but I can live with that...

On the sport, we've compromised; we got Sky Sports One through BT, and so get some games. However, DP does stream the rest through the laptop though. Tbh, he's like your DH Oi, except it's his computer he spends far too much time on.
I'm jealous of your garden though (all I have is two large borders and lots and lots and lots and lots of pots with the rest paved, badly) and it's one of the reasons I want to move, so we can have somewhere to chuck DS out.

It appears work will be moving in August, so will start looking soon...

How's the damp going aethel, have you got to the bottom of it yet?

Northern I remember tastes and smells they were nice I now am in a cold haze and miserable

We have the full virgin package sports which dh couldn't live without, movies, calls and broadband it's just gone up to £100 per month it HAS to go

Dh and I pretty much refused to talk to each other yesterday over car and money issues have a crazy work week this week so can't think of potential redundancies and car nonsense for a while.

DS was in bed by 7 tonight i think hes unwell as cm sent him home having not had his tea and he had been clingy all day to her so he had 5ml of nurofen and an early bottle. He's snotty too

oi were the beds already there and used for veggies or have you added them? If they're new or haven't been used for a while you'll need to dig in manure if you want a successful crop.

queen good luck with the 2ww, you too oi. Can't believe you're trying for November babies, makes me realise how pregnant I am, May is only two months away now :o

figgy I hope you've made up now, though tbh I'd probably still be fuming.

The kitchen was meant to come tomorrow, they phoned and said loads of it is out of stock (despite saying in stock online) so it won't be here until next Tuesday. DH is on holiday meant to be fitting the kitchen this week, he's not back until a week on Friday but that gives him two days . And it was £37 delivery, plus they said its still within the guaranteed 7 working days delivery time . Anyway, the builders haven't quite finished and it gives DH time to paint the kitchen ceiling first and do the nursery this week.

On a positive we done a full day in the reusable nappies with no leaks. We'll do a couple more days before we try overnight.

X-post figgy, hope its just teething and DS is feeling better in the morning