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StuntNun · 01/04/2013 17:48

And she only missed 10,000 posts!

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ChunkyEasterChick · 02/04/2013 16:39

fatima do share if you want to. x

TheDetective · 02/04/2013 16:47

I am Shock at what you could do with sperm. I'd also like to know! Just kidding! Feel free to share!. Grin

StuntNun · 02/04/2013 16:52

I need quiche help! I have been offered a chocolate Labrador pup, he'll be ready mid-May. What do I do?

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Limpit80 · 02/04/2013 16:53

Hi All. Sorry for my random interjection earlier. My phone is doing its own thing today! Was just going to say that I feel exactly as you said BP I honestly Cant remember who I was before I had LO. I haven't been without him for more than 3 hours in 5 months!
Detective Sorry you are having such a hard time of it.
pr am with you on the tribulations of loads of clutter in an open plan house, but thankfully have a white bathroom suite which hides the fact we barely ever clean it
We had a horrendous night. We started putting him in the cot a wk or so ago and he was getting used to it with frequent wakings but after taking him up north for Easter, its all gone to pot and he woke every hour last night Sad. Its just so hard to persevere. I gave up at 5 and brought him in with us.
We are going on hols in summer and Im really nervous. Fatima is it you who had the oyster? Are you taking it?
We will have just started weaning too so am worried about that too. We are staying in a hotel, so not sure how it will work?

TheDetective · 02/04/2013 16:56

Are you going back to work Stunt? I'd say go for it, but mid may is very soon, and a puppy is very demanding, more so a lab pup. With a 6 month old, and a puppy, I think you would find it tough going. If it was another 6 months down the line, I think you would find it easier.

Plenty do it though!

Limpit80 · 02/04/2013 16:57

Stunt Do you already have dogs? Do you have room? what does your DP think? Labs are gorgeous, but I can just about cope with the 3 of us in the house! Am not really used to pets though. Am sure you are much more capable though Grin

Kyzordz · 02/04/2013 16:59

Sorry to hear your still having problems with o det, maybe shifting the wind will help. You've probably tried it but have you tried giving him the 3 he'll take then playing with him etc for 20 mins and then trying again? Sometimes works with e, and sometimes he'll give wind up when he's playing and will often settle easily for the next couple of oz.

fatima if you want to share go ahead :)

Hope you feel a bit better pass when she's seen the dietician. Might just give you some guidance or at least reassurance you're doing the right things which I'm sure you are :)

Glad you've had a good day chasing he'll grow into his head, bless him! I think e is the same his looks big though too and your o's doesn't

E was weighed etc today. He is 17lb 10, at 21 weeks. He is 71cm long, and doing well they said. He seems good to me when he isn't fighting bottles or teething

I was giving him tastes of food, but haven't for about a fortnight as he had a dodgy tum. He hasn't missed it so I might just leave him. He can now steal food and put it in his mouth though, so I think it won't be long until he's ready, but I'm not stressing about it for a change :)

StuntNun · 02/04/2013 17:00

Bit of background, our lab cross is getting a bit old (11) and I wanted to get a pup while she was still going strong as it's easier to train a pup when you have an older well-trained dog. I have been looking for a suitable pup since August, had my name down with various breeders, but this is the first one I have been offered. He's chocolate which is my preferred colour although I would take a yellow or black lab, and I wanted a male dog since we already have a bitch. He's local and the price is right, the only problem is the timing when we're in the middle of sleep dep hell and the house is a disaster area.

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CharleeWarlee · 02/04/2013 17:04

Wow! Seems like an awful lot then vq

New pregnancies??? Who??

Zara is 18..possibly 19 weeks now, i stopped counting...andsleeping through from 7pm til 8am...has been for around 5/6 weeks now. Started her weaning last week and she's still a little bit iffy with it. Has also got the top of a tooth poking through her gums and dribbling better than a footballer. No new pregnancies for me!

If i havent been feeding/changing nappies/sorting DP and DD1 out ive been working! Have started my own business distributing Forever Living Products, they have been amazing for Zara with nappy rash, teething and snuffly noses!

StuntNun · 02/04/2013 17:04

Not planning on going back to work in the near future, I walk the kids to and from school twice a day so plenty of exercise, we have an enclosed garden and live on a quiet cul-de-sac. I thought it would be easier to get a pup trained up before J is crawling, if I wait a year I'll have a puppy and a toddler to run after at the same time.

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TheDetective · 02/04/2013 17:14

O has woke up a happy baby.

Thank actual fuck!

He's currently on the play mat squealing away. He's got the blanket over the arches, so he has his own little den. He likes it!

Charlee ROFL. I said that about O yesterday. I was like, he's 17, wait, 18 weeks, oh I don't fucking know. He's 4 months, ok?! Grin Goes off to work it out properly!

PetiteRaleuse · 02/04/2013 17:15

Stunt I would think now is easier than later. No crawling into accidents, still up sometimes during night so can be let out while being housetrained, and toddlers and puppies not necessarily a good mix. Will be a bit older by the time J is walking, past the nipping stage with a bit of luck.
And since you already have a dog you know all about the extra housework...

You're not interested in a four year old goldie are you? Likes children, stealing and mud.

TheDetective · 02/04/2013 17:19

And shit?!

CharleeWarlee · 02/04/2013 17:19

Detective i just worked it out. Shes 19 weeks and 2 days lol...I just say 4 1/2 months!

Zara also was just on her playmat, and decided to fold it over her to look like a sandwich nutjob

GT Awww, was this baby a planned one?

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 02/04/2013 17:25

We had an ok night. Two wake ups but only one for a feed so he actually went from feed at 10.50pm til 5.50am which is great. Just need to stop the random wakenings!

In other news I joined slimming world last week and had my first weigh in this morning....I lost 7.5lbs!!!! I'm in shock!! And totally over the moon!!

TheDetective · 02/04/2013 17:27

18 weeks 4 days. Asked DP. He said 19. DS1 said 20. Wrong!!

ValiumQueen · 02/04/2013 17:27

stunt do it. The fact you have an older dog, and are an experienced owner, plus it is exactly what you are looking for, and you are not back at work for a while... Makes sense.

charlee I cannot recall the name of the other mum-to-be. I have not seen her for a while, and there are lots of new names here.

chunky sounds like a fucking nightmare you nutter lovely! Boo is 3 on the 21st too.

ValiumQueen · 02/04/2013 17:28

izzy slinky! DH and I are joining tonight, starting tomorrow. I weigh at home and he goes to meetings.

PetiteRaleuse · 02/04/2013 17:30

There's a second mum already pregnant?

ChasingDaisy · 02/04/2013 17:32

Off for dinner at the in-laws. Yes really. God give me strength.

TheDetective · 02/04/2013 17:34

WHYYYYYYY!!!!!

CharleeWarlee · 02/04/2013 17:34

I did have a fucking heartattack pregnancy scare...My first due period I was 9 days late! Most recent one was 7 days late!
Dont know what I would do if I go myself pregnant now but am far too lazy to go and get the coil/injection, cant use contraceptive pill and have a latex allergy. Can i find latex free condoms about anywhere? can i fuck....so im relying on the best method ever...pull out [bublush]

ChasingDaisy · 02/04/2013 17:35

I am pretending everything is normal. And O is going so I want to be there too. I will be outnumbered 7 to 1. I'm claiming O for my team though.

StuntNun · 02/04/2013 17:40

Oh shit PR I forgot about the mud, Labs are magnets for it. My dog used to find the biggest dirtiest puddles imaginable. I want this pup so much but DH thinks it's a terrible idea while we're under so much stress. I feel like a child going, Pleeeease can I have a puppy, I'll be good, I'll walk him every day and not let him sit on the sofa.

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