November 2012 - We're ready for Spring... any time now please!

[StuntNun]

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Morning peeps.

Aw stunt that sounds hellish. I have no advice. Nothing to offer but sympathy. Same for izzy, shelly and anyone else having ongoing issues.

Jimmy Carr used the term vajayjay - it is the term of choice in crisp towers. As for what we use when P is bigger I think probably vagina. I know it isn't fully correct but it is typically understood. It is what I would use if I went to the docs. I have heard all sorts at work - flower, jewel, precious and so on. For penis we will probably use willy. I have a friend who has encouraged the children to use the proper terms so one day when bathing the wee boy the mum told him to lift his penis to wash under his scrotum. Cue the 5 year old daughter marching up and down the hallway singing "penises and scrotums all for our tea!"

Oh tits is there anyone close who can help you with anything you might need doing that could perhaps make you feel a bit better? Hugs

Sounds like a thoroughly wank night det

Some other good ones though! Well done minipikz

The boy is still asleep...

My mum always said willy for boy bits and Minnie for girl bits. No idea where minnie came from but it's what the kids (siblings) call it until they hit teens and come up with their own lovely choice of name for bits and bobs! snaffle rug, anyone?

I'm with pass I'd be inclined to use the anatomical terms rather than cringy euphemisms for girl bits or maybe bits or fanny if you're really not comfy with vagina. We'll use willy and balls with Jonas.

Brilliant pikz and little pikz

vq you mean you didn't hear the fireworks last night!

We will just have to have a replay tonight and you can listen out.

The bleeding has slowed down to spotting, I think this is because I am taking nurofen for a rotten cold. The dr suggested this might work, but to be honest I don't want to take it ad hoc. So i have used it rather than paracetemol for this cold and it seems to be doing the trick for both. So I thought I would risk it, I was worried I would be a bit tense, but no all was firework like.

Yikes to rats pennie! I had a cat years ago who brought a rat in to my bedroom and left managing to shut the door behind him! I woke up with a rat sitting on my chest staring into my face.

I am grateful for the bundle of cuteness in her basket doing crunches and pulling her dummy out to speak before trying to stuff it back in again.

Morning all! I too have turned back into lurker as I never have time to post after I have read! Rest assured I was honouring sweary Wednesday in real life for most of the day yesterday!
Well done pikz junior and baby VQ, that is some awesome sleeping right there! I have read their achievements out to F in the hope that he takes it on board!
Luis thank you for the lullaby recommendations! Lullaby versions of The Smiths and radio head will very soon be purchased!
Tits Im sorry you are feeling so low.
Very jealous of those going to festivals!
I am thankful not to have a broken fanjo.
I am thankful that I got to go out for a couple of hours with a friend last night for the first time since he was born.
I am thankful that my LO is generally smiley and happy. despite refusing to sleep in his cot.

Have a great day detective and chasing

It can't still be the sleep regression, he's been like this for over four weeks now, with three to seven wakenings every night. He's 19 weeks today so I had been thinking he would just snap out if it but now I don't think it's going to happen. Yesterday I fed him at 7, 11 and 2 then he had 5 oz of EBM at 5, another feed at 7:30 and a dream feed at 10:30. Given that he is a big baby (16.5 lb) that has never had anything more serious than a cold, I really think he should be able to go from 10:30 p.m. to 6-7 a.m. with only one night feed. So it looks like the problem is a sleep association; he wakes up in his cot and is unhappy to be there and he wants a quick feed to get him back to sleep. I'm going to have to start sleep training him aren't I? Just go cold turkey and dump him in his cot to sleep? I hate controlled crying though. I did it with the older two but they must have been over six months because they were in their own room by then. Poor J won't even get his own room unless we manage to move house.

pass to waking up with a rat on your chest! That have me goosebumps! Not in a good way!

pass to waking up with a rat on your chest! That have me goosebumps! Not in a good way!

Oh yes. Forgot meals we say willy & moo moo. Not quite sure where moo moo came from, maybe from minnie moo or something. Think moo moo is what my Dsis uses & as she did/will do our childcare, it just worked out that way. It's weird there is no 'collective noun' for the entirety of the lady bits. Willy & balls, vag + ....

stunt I get you. Given that DS is 19+4 today & went right through from 8/9ish until 6/7ish without a feed at 10wks, I was so fed up with the 2 wakings once I'd gone to bed. I mean, I accepted when he had a cold but what about when he's well? So that's why I did the dream feed etc. I think you said he had a bedtime routine. What time is that? Could you start it earlier so he doesn't feed to sleep or do you already do that? Can you do pick up put down instead of cc?

And sorry Tits. Just try to get through today in one piece. Leave anything not essential. Just get yourself washed & dressed & care for LO. Everything else can wait.

I am thankful for pass, pr and detective who between them have tested my pelvic floor this morning with talk of wibbly bellies and droopy boobs.

I am thankful that my pelvic floor at least is intact.

I am thankful that my beautiful girl has finally grown into her "first size" outfit bought as a present at Christmas, and that she only woke once in the night.

DSD calls her vagina her "ni-ni" - I hate this phrase. Hate it. I'm going with boys having willies, and girls having (front) bottoms. That was what I used growing up - but from about the age of 7 I knew the proper names.

Am trying to convince DH to quit his job, which he doesn't enjoy, and apply to be a postie. The hours are much better, pay is equivalent, and we would save a bomb in childcare. Watch this space. Can't even use sex as a bargaining tool owing to broken bits fucksticks

It is weird chunky. I think it comes from a general squeamishness about girls having sex organs.

Hugs to tits. I really hope that today is better than you think.

I have a question! DH and I are big fans of swearing. Well, that makes it sound bad. DH in particular is a big fan of language and creative use of language. This often results in carefully chosen swear words. At what point should we be more careful about what we say in front of P? We also like making words up pair of weirdos so we should really stop doing that as well I suppose.

Haven't caught up yet, but just wanted to say S just rolled front to back, 3 times! I even managed to catch the 2nd and 3rd on video for dp. So proud!!! All that worrying for nothing eh!

Oh Tits I know how you feel, I really do . Don't look any further ahead than the next hour. Get through that, then focus on the next hour. A whole day can seem quite daunting first thing in the morning.

DD is a sponge so can repeat random words & phrases, long after I've forgotten it, and she's 3 soon. So, to be on the safe side, before 1 make sure the "good" words are said more than the bad words, so her first word is Mummy not fuck or smirkwiggle... Then after 1 try to reduce the. colourful language in her hearing. IMO obviously, not "officia" guidance

^^ for pass

& fruit

pass the moment when 2 yo dsd merrily said in the bath "you silly little bugger" to her barbie, was the point at which dh and I picked out jaws up off the floor made a very big effort to mind our ps & qs

Sorry you had such a bad night again stunt as you know we are still Abingdon a nightmare so I have nothing useful to suggest I'm afraid!

We had two wakenings between 11 and 7. I figure this will eventually calm down when he decides to feed normally during the day. This morning at his 6.45 feed I unmatched him after 15mins. I'm hoping this means he didn't fill up as much as he usually would and that there will be a shorter gap til is next feed which may in turn mean eats more during the day I'm clutching at straws aren't I?

tits we are all here for you. I've been through it and worse so if you need to talk feel free to PM me

Eagerly noting down suggestions of 'bits words' - I too have heard everything under the sun while teaching but not entirely sure what to use with M. Personally happy using the proper words, but know dp will dismiss that idea...

Shelly sorry to hear about your dad. Fxd for a full recovery x. I too am considering giving one bottle of formula a day as I cannot pump enough to keep up if she decides to cluster feed when I am at work. In theory the longest I am ever gone is 3 hours and she can go longer than that between feeds - or with a small bottle of ebm to top her up if necessary - but more than once I have come back to her screaming and felt like the worst, most selfish mummy ever. (In hindsight how much of it is it her twunty dad not realising what she wants? She never cries when my mum has her )

Today I am thankful she did a 4 hour sleep stretch last night even if it was in my bed

I am thankful I am able to take her to work with me this afternoon as all usual babysitting suspects are busy.

I am thankful for my 4 years no claims bonus and the pittance difference in insurance for my new car (just a year or two ago they would have laughed in my face at the engine size )

I am very thankful him indoors went back to work this morning. Why can everyone see he is being a dick except him?! I am hoping his sister sees it at the weekend and gets through to him as my patience and determination to remain a family unit is wearing very thin.