November 2012 - Will the Easter Bunny visit our babies?

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1707618-November-2012-The-thread-where-it-all-starts-to-get-easier-Pretty-please

MM Repeat after me " I shall not be concerned about cutting toxic people out of my life.. I shall hold my head up high and stand firm by my decisions "

Don't worry chasing you will be fine, although I used to feel a bit like that about SuperNanny, it depressed me when DD1 was little. Now I rematch it every so often just to refresh myself of the techniques?

The woman who is holding tomorrow's coffee morning has just come back to me with: "

Bonsoir!

I sodding buggering bastarding well forgot to wish Glenda luck yesterday for her first day. Fucking bitch that I am. So she gets first dibs! Hope it was good glenda!

Tuesday's chat starting with baby proofing. Various suggestions were made but VQ channelled her inner leather wearing skin head and suggested we all just throw the little buggers in jail. Jail might be a good place for PR to hide actually given her day. A shite chat with the boss followed by a shite, puke, dead mouse incident left her understandably worse for wear. She stiffened her bottom lip and plodded on, however. Little did she know that she stuffed a paracetamol up the dog's arse, threw LO out for the night and wormed DD1. She also raised concern about her assertion that cat puke is 'chocolate for dogs'. Just what was in that birthday cake?

eliza returned to our collective bosom much to the delight of all.

Little O have chasing a taste of things to come by proper giggles and squealing. While poor baby tits has croup and baby stunt maybe has an infection.

Get the Milton tablets out because sophia is getting sterlised!!

Mr detective was obviously out to impress his layde by wanting just 30 minutes down time today. As it is date night, he obviously had some personal grooming to attend to. Will we be waving detective off to the December 2013 group soon?

PP had more fun than you can shake a stick at interviewing for a child care post. Is playing with play doh work? Good luck from the quiche!

And finally. Someone is giving Mm a hard time. detective has been given a piece of clothing for chasing the scent while the rest of a stand behind looking menacing.

MM I would do as others have said and distance yourself from her. Don't say anything to the others in the group, that will only get her back up. They will work out what she's like soon enough.

Pennie Toilet training at 6 months?! What's that all about?

We have a big day tomorrow. It's Nowruz which is the Persian New Year. I have been with DP ten years but we have never celebrated it properly before. Now DS is here he wants to make more of an effort and teach him about his culture. I have been shopping this evening in preparation and bought lots of yummy treats. We will Skype his family in Iran tomorrow so DS can babble away with his little cousins

Since our huge row when I told DP to leave things have been much better. Hopefully it was the kick up the arse he needs. I'm cautiously optimistic we can get through it. He is making plans for us to go and visit his brother, SIL and niece in Belgium in June.

Hia apple! Long time no see! Glad things are better.

The problem with only getting on here in the evening is that I haven't got a hope in hell of catching up.

PR hope you're feeling ok now. I frequently end up swearing at my dogs - just because I'm tired I think. They drive me demented, i just have now tolerance for them at the moment :(

pikz glad J is getting better.

contra wells and chasing Hope you are all doing ok.

glenda I'm sure you've said already, but how was uni?

PP glad the interview went well. Fingers crossed for you.

WRT baby proofing, we have stair gates and a gate on DD1's door, and magnetic locks on the kitchen cupboards and that's pretty much it. Except for a playpen in the kitchen so I can put N down away from the dogs and DD1

Today I was making DD1's lunch so N was in the playpen. DD1 dragged her little stool over to it, saying "rescue N" Very cute, but this means they're ganging up on me already!

Pass I love you

thanks kirrin am waiting for period to start else worried its pnd ...been skulking all day as I feel embarrassed at my post earlier.
dp was sympathetic earlier and I went for nap when I said that when dd goes in her own room we need to try some things and that he should attend her if she wakes ...he said he couldn't with job.
I said he should read up about plan re sleep stuff he said that he doesn't have time

and this after saying being a mother is the hardest job in the world!
I spent most of today holding dd and crying at her ...poor thing!
viva tommorow!

I second that Kirrin, really struggling to keep up so v grateful we've got the wonderful summaries from mrs crisps

Fed up of pets here too, our cat has started spraying in the house, we had a incident with the cat flap and another cat got in our house. Thought it was that cat that had sprayed all over the downstairs of our house when we came home to a dreadful smell a few weeks ago. Took a lot of cleaning up and made me v ! Anyway have come downstairs to find spray in the kitchen again, no way it can be the other cat so must be ours! Fuming!

oh and dd hasn't slept all day since 9! think I have had more sleep than her with my nap

Doh posted too early

Pikz glad J is on the mend

Contra and chasing hope you are ok today

PR sorry you've had such a shit day

Hope everyone else is good

Roll on sweary Wednesday

Spent the whole evening making purees for the girls and now have enough vegetable purees to last a month! Did butternut, and a mix of 3 root vegetables, sweet potato, parsnips & carrots. I also steamed thick pieces of carrots and parsnips for them to practice BLW. I am tired now!

contra don't be embarrassed! On this thread there is a) never anything to be ashamed or embarrassed by and b) never too much information

mm keep at arms length she sounds a tad strange. (the closest emoticon there is to weird phsyco stalker)

Hilarious pass here I am giggling in bed to strange sideways glances from DH!

conta I hope you get some sleep and can put today down as shite and get a better day tomorrow. Same @ pr in more ways than one.

D'oh. Cross posted with pass's excellent summary. Thanks pass :)

Ooo which has just reminded me of my own shite story from yesterday to make you feel better pr

DS1 has a builders bum and has pull up nappies. (To set the scene)

So I follow a stink into the living room, like a Bisto kid, and there he is with his jeans halfway down his bottom and a load of poo sticking out and his hand just about to reach round and scratch his bottom, like a builder.

AND THEN I NOTICE IT.......

SOME POO HAS POPPED OUT OF THE TOP OF THE BUILDERS BUM AND LANDED ON MY CREAM LONG HAIRED RUG

The mortification.

However, the poo cleared up better off the rug than the area that was by DHs place that was, and still is, grubby.

thankyou!
if it doesn't improve next couple of days going to speak to hv ... just dread being patronized for being depressed...is what has happened before!
she is down but for how long and boobed not self settled.

Sophia i just saw the bit in bold first...thought you were talking about a real builder!

Awwwwww pass fanks x

kirrin it's admin week so lots of forms, occie health visit, chats from everyone - next week the learning begins with a & p woooooo

Can't stop have got to do ironing, packed lunches, pack bags and grab a shower - have left Dottie chatting in the cot as she'd go to sleep with boob but wake the minute I took it out - dh can go up if she gets worked up!!! Hoping for miraculous self settling though!!!!

she is back up! why won't she sleep ... boobing her as being lazy!

:o sophia

years ago when I was an au pair I was toilet training the youngest and decided to let her run around naked as it was hot. I remember coming out of the kitchen to go check on the kids and following a trail of little poos to the youngest one. Looking after 4 kids as an au pair at 18/19 scarred me. No way I could have more than two.

LO was up, drowsy wailing, paracetamol, 3oz milk and snoring now. She's drunk enough over 24 hours for me not to worry too much. No smiles though but she managed one for her dad no no that's fine at least she smiled I'm not bitter oh no

Far too much to reply to but just want to say a couple of things whilst fresh in the memory.

pass love the updates. They're so funny and you do a great job at keeping up with everything.

chasing I have nothing to add to the very wise words and support that you have received from everyone here, but just wanted to say how shocked, saddened and angry I was to read about what you are going through. You are being so strong through it all and being such a wonderful role model and mummy to O.

Had a lovely break with a friend and my 2 girls. I think it was needed for both me and DD1 to spend lots of time together and get back to normality. E is doing really well apart from pulling out her tube whilst we were away and again today. It's proving quite easy to find people to repass it. We went to the local a&e dept whilst away and someone did it straight away without us having to wait.

Still no idea about what's going to happen long term. The dieticians are coming tomorrow but I think they will just keep things the same for the time being. Have been very impresed with the home community team. I had no idea these things existed and they do fantastic job. Have felt very supported since we've been out of hospital.

Got to go and do E's tube feed now. It's good to be back in the quiche. Sleep tight all xx

Pennie, I know, was a bit weird to see her traipse off to the toilet with a tiny baby. It did work though.

Started watching bedtime live but it was a bit stressful, and seeing as DSs were both upstairs sleeping soundly, it seemed a bit masochistic to stress ourselves out watching other people's children refusing to sleep!

So DH done a stupid thing. We are going to France in June, and decided to buy a roof box for the car. He has been researching them for weeks. He wanted to buy the biggest one possible, I suggested we only need space for a couple of extra bags maybe. So anyway, he bought one online. It arrived today. In a very large lorry, from which is taken a very large box. This thing is MASSIVE. I mean, longer than our car. I think maybe there's lots if packaging? But no. Turns out he didn't check the dimensions. It is ridiculous. We can exchange it, but will have to pay for delivery, and they won't refund the difference if the new smaller box is cheaper. Great. And now we have a box the size of two small sofas sitting in out kitchen, waiting to crush a toddler.

You could fit a windsurf board in it. We do not have a windsurf board.