May 2004 babies - new thread

[helsy]

Well, d'you think anyone will bother?
I feel like I'm having a party and waiting for people to turn up. Dorito, anyone?

And I got back from the hospital to find DH with the shower dismantled cleaning it. "I thought you would be pleased". Well yes I would be if you had done something with that pile of ironing, cleared the contents of your hamper of the dining table that I had just sorted yesterday, changed the beds etc etc first. Actually I am feeling a little guilty but priorities...

oh your poor grandad bozza. but think yourself lucky about your dh (although i understand you COMPLETELY) as my dh is asleep in bed. it is 8.11pm

what more can i say - i am feeling
mustn't because bless him, he is apologising for being drunk already, it was his last work's drinks before we go to singapore and everyone was buying him drinks.....but when i arrived - dd had fallen asleep as expected, after having a screaming fit because she wanted her arms out of her car seat....he wanted me to go IN and have a drink but i wouldnt and he also wanted to wake dd up, i wouldnt let him. so he went in for '5 mins'. then 2 mins later out came his boss saying...'i INSIST you come in and wake her up, you have to, everyone wants to see you......' seeting.

woke her, she screamed, wanted to go back to sleep. cried for ages in the pub. then dh was having another, then another, then another.....by then she was happy and didnt want to go home! i do

finally home and dh is asleep and dd, SURPRISINGLY , is WIDE AWAKE watching tots tv.

and i planned to go to tesco this eve whilst it was quiet - i can't possibly leave her asleep in the knowledge that he is comatoze can i?

grrrr

i will have to do the ironing instead. merry bloody christmas

on the plus side, dh's mum is taking dd out for the day on a christmas train ride. i hope it is for the day, we have lots of boxes to pack.

Hello. Hope everyone is ok and looking forward to Christmas.

Well, they're all in bed - but DH isn't drunk or hungover, he's got a nasty bug - think it might be real 'flu. He's been throwing up and he's really hot but saying he's freezing, and he's been asleep now for seven hours. I feel guilty because I'm ANNOYED he's ill - but like you Bozza I've done all the pressie stuff this year and now he's going to be too ill to do anything to help, and I'm already knackered.

Took both girls to a friend's house this evening - if you call something a party, dd2 will go.
Bozza, I have sympathy - my nana fell and broke her femur on Wednesday but she lives two and a half hours' drive away so we're not sure when we can get up there, plus with DH being ill.......these things always seem so much worse at Christmas. Nana just collected her MBE three weeks ago, for charity work, which she still does at 86! Kind of glad this didn't happen to her any earlier.

oh helsy that is bad news about your Nana. Grandad's x-rays came back clear. I think he will have to stay in hospital for a few days yet but they said he might be able to come out just for the day on Monday.

And I'll confess that I always feel cross when DH is ill. Got to go read DD a story....

Hi, Sorry I've not been about. I've been so busy. Egypt, you posted surprised about how Bozza and myself had time to make cakes etc. etc. Well, I can't speak for Bozza (who it seems can even make quiche but I personnally went to tescos to buy my cake before I slapped a bit of marzipan and icing on it

Sorry to hear about your Grandad, Bozza. Glad it sounds like it's not too serious and sorry to hear about your Nana, Helsy.

Anyway, just 30 miutes to go. Wishing you all and your families a MERRY CHRISTMAS. Hope you all have a stress - free day.

Ponka. x

We survived Christmas with only the one melt down from DS1 at exactly the moment e needed to leave the house to go to my mums....You could hear him screaming from inside the car, all the way into her house! Luckily he perked up and we had a top day in the end. veryone's here now so I'm typing really quietly as it's anti social to be on the internet...
Hope everyone had a fab time, and everyone was well enough to enjoy Christmas Day!

Glad it went well pr. I have spent nearly all day today housing new toys. I have not left the house for two days although we did have family on Boxing Day and friends for a couple of hours today. Argh. It has been very challenging!

My Grandad is still in hospital but was allowed out for the day on Monday, which I think was psychologically very good for him. The kids have had a fantastic time, although been quite hyper and hard work at times. DD's favourite present is definitely her Snow White doll.

Oh and on the cake and quiche front. I made the Christmas cake on 5 November (remember because of Bonfire Night obviously) with DD as ever at my side. Was stirring furiously before she ate all the dried fruit out of it (bearing in mind it was soaked in brandy ). I iced it with DS last Friday while DD was in bed. DS did the top and I did the side. And yesterday I made some mini feta cheese and leek quiches for a buffet. If you bought ready made pastry (which I don't) making a quiche would be very easy. I like cooking but get bored if I make the same old thing.

stop talking of food you lot. dd puked on boxing day, so did mil - and still is....me and mum came down with it last night and still feel bad. poor dad has done his back in helping dh to put a mezzanine floor in the garage yesterday and dh is now in bed with the bug today. oh great.

dd is the only one feeling ok.

despite that had a good xmas day. dd took 2 days to open her presents. she loves her kitchen, dolls, pram, farm, etc etc

must go

glad you are all ok

Sorry to hear that egypt. I suppose the only good thing is that you were all OK on Christmas Day.

I am interested in the mezzanine floor in the garage. I think we could do with something like that. Because of our house being on a slight slope there are about half a dozen steps up to the front door from the drive but the garage is at that level which means that it is very high.

Went sale shopping and bought for myself - a pair of tights....

Hello and Happy Christmas to everyone. Hope everybody got what they wanted!
DH tried to explain to dd2 what Christmas was about, but unfortunately every time he asked which special baby was born at Christmas she said "Baby Annabel". I know, sad indictment, etc etc. She had a Baby Annabel, a proper tea set and an Aquadraw and jigsaws and books and has played with them all constantly. Dd1 however is already over Christmas and is asking what she's getting for her birthday, which is next week.
Glad your grandad was well enough to come out for the day, Bozza. Nana is also still in hospital but we haven't been to see her because Dd1 was ill, then DH, then me so it didn't seem sensible. My very unreliable DF came to stay for a couple of days and has just left exclaiming that he didn't realise what lovely granddaughters he had - perhaps he could try coming to see them more than once a year! We're off to the neighbours for dinner tonight - they're Chinese and say they will make something the girls will like - didn't have the heart to tell them that most of their food choices are based on colour. Friends who have a two year old boy are coming to stay with us over New Year and we haven't seen them for ages so that will be fun.
Egypt, how long now?

we leave sun 7th!!! so not long at all! packers come in on wed 3rd so dd will gone from tues 2nd to her nana's. which gives us all of - ooo half a day to sort our life out! nightmare. my parents are still here which is nice, but just need some space to get my head round things...iykwim. feeling sick again today. wondering if its actually just nerves.

how's everyone's gps? its a horrid time of year for illness isnt it?

eeek someone's just rang to buy my car!!! oh no!! only advertised it yesterday. we'll be carless. shiiiiiiiit

Grandad is still in hospital. I went to see him today with the children. He is obviously much better by the way he was behaving. He is in a room with another man who is a bit confused and was trying to get out of bed. So Grandad, who was having a 30 min drip for potassium levels in his blood, got all agitated that he was going to have a wee and got up, dragging the drip along and pulled the other man's curtain round. Then the nurses came to deal with him and DD decided to get down on the floor and peer under the curtain. again. Then when we were going he decided to come to the end of the ward with us. We got out of the door and the children ran off to press the lift buttons and Grandad wandered off in the other direction to ask for directions back to the car park for me. Not like I haven't visited him or my Grandma in just about every ward in that hospital, plus had all my antenatal etc there, plus all DS's outpatients and day surgery stuff, plus DH's wisdom teeth - I can find the car park! So I had to grab the children back out of the lift and get him directed back towards his own ward.

That was all following on from a trip to Ikea, where DS lost his new top trumps cards so I was running around the place looking for them. All of which while DH was playing golf. And I got a phone call from my boss, so I need to do some work before Tuesday. All minor things, but I have started to go slightly mad today.

LOL at Baby Annabel being born at Christmas.

oh dear bozza. i know how you feel, you poor thing. lol at your dd peering under the curtain though. my dh too, played golf yesterday, although we were just lazing around at home (dad with his bad back, me feeling sick and mum entertaining dd) then all hell broke loose, when dh returned, someone came to look at the car, i went with them for a test drive and dd was being held up at the window watching me, by mum. she got extremely upset that i'd gone off and dh had a right go at my mum for holding her at the window. big family blowout (dh and my mum clash big time and it's like walking on eggshells the whole time in their company). dad had a go at dh! (shock) but he deserved it and he did apologise after lots was said. so cleared the air a bit, until next time..... and my poor parents are having to say their goodbyes to us today for a longtime so very at dh. grrrr, my mum was coping so well. bless.

anyway, sold the car!

Do you think with all the big events happening there is a bit of tension in the air egypt?

We went to Meadowhall today and DD was the devil child. DH was saying how glad he was that he plays golf every Saturday. Got DS some boots in the sale - first ever pair of sale shoes for him because of his funny shaped feet. Replaced the top trump cards. Finally got DD a pair of pumps in the Next Sale. She is currently wearing them along with tights and dress and asleep in bed. I think they will have to be surgically removed before we go to the restaurant tonight. She wouldn't even take them off to pay for them.

yes tension alright. sigh. parents went yesterday. mum got upset naturally, with my dad saying 'i though you said you were going to be good', poor thing. men! dd cuddled her and said 'i love you nanny!' over and over again! perfect. she just came out with it, so that was lovely. she wouldnt say it to my dad, but did to dh who was getting a life to junc 20 of m1 to pick a car up! bless

happy new year to you all! sorry i forgot! our ex-neighbours invited us to theirs at last minute, so we went over there with dd at 6. intended to leave by 8 ish but turned out to be 10ish. dd was knackered! bless her. she fell asleep in car immediately then we had mass hysteria getting her out and into bed, then into nappy, then out of coat which she insisted stayed on! we stayed up til new year with our actual neighbours. she woke at 630 but thankfully went down again with some milk till 845 so not too bad. strange but i feel hungover despite drinking nothing alcoholic. dh is still in bed, needless to say. how was everyone else's new year?

dh got a 'lift' to junc 20. shame he couldnt get a 'life' from there really

Late nights and strange food make me feel hungover too egypt. I think it is about time you and I were changing our names back. Just seems like an effort.

We took the kids out last night and they were like perfect angels, especially DD. She sat in a proper chair in a pretty dress with her hair actually tidy and ate a huge plateful of pasta pollo et funghi followed by a huge bowlful of lovely Italian strawberry ice-cream like an advert for a perfect child. The only thing was that it took her forever to finish the ice-cream and she refused all offers of help.

We took them to the Royal Armouries this afternoon to get them out of the house, and then over to SILs for tea. Back to work tomorrow.

Anyway Happy New Year to all.

Morning. New Year, Brandnewhelsy . Happy New Year everyone. I'm at home with the girls today - so why am I on here? Dunno. It's raining and my car has two flat tyres and I never drive it anyway, so we're in playing games and probably cooking and writing thank you letters later. Dd2 wants her daddy all the time at the moment - had a heck of a night with her last night. I'm back at work on Thursday then off Friday - think I can just about manage one day!

What's the problem with DD2, helsy? I came to work and left DH to dress DD and do her hair! I had negotiated what she was going to wear so thought I had done my part.

Hi Bozza. She's just very clingy at the moment - she's very cuddly generally, which is lovely - but when she insists on DH when he's not even in the house or is asleep it's a bit tricky! She woke up crying last night and when I went in to her she screamed for daddy until he woke up - I didn't want to wake him as he started back at work before me. She's doing a lot of identifying who we all are at the moment, almost as if she thinks we're going to go away or something - "mummy, daddy, sister (that's what she calls dd1!) - my family".
DH came in from work tonight with D and V and he's been in bed since teatime. And dd2 has just started crying.

Oh dear, Helsy. We have the opposite problem. He's rejecting Daddy and Daddy is quite upset about it because he's a delicate flower. I don't know but I do think it's a testing thing they go through.

Happy New year to everyone. Hope it's a good one for all of you.

Calling Spots and Pepper (or anyone who has an opinion)........ What are you doing about car seats now? I have to get DS2 weighed but he is getting too big for his seat. He is a large baby. Won't be long now. It seems a waste of money to get another 9mo - 4 yrs seat but I have heard that the ones that span the groups (9mo - 12yrs) are a lot less reliable safety wise and DS1 isn't ready to go into a 3yrs+ one at all. I'm thinking it's worth getting a 9mo - 4yrs in the sale but DH thinks I'm silly.

Ponka I thought there was supposed to be quite a good Britax one which spanned the ages. I'm sure LizS recommended it on here and she is usually pretty hot on car seats. I will have a look.

On this thread she recommends the \linhk{http://mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=9&threadid=243725#4896109\Britax Evolva 123 Ultra} which looks quite good - although expensive. But you would get good use out of it.

I would put DS1 into that and DS2 into DS1's current seat, I think. We have a bigger gap (3.3 years) so bumped DS straight into a high back booster when DD needed his seat. And he will be ready for a booster cushion when she is ready for the high back booster.