June mummies '05 thread 10 - and then they were 1!

[katzg]

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anyway love to you all xxxxxxx yorky

bresha - london meet is on sat 22nd july

Congratulations 2happy and lummox!!

When are you both due?
My due date is 30th November but i will having an elective c section a week or so before.
I'v just got past the 12 weeks mark and i'm finaly over the morning sickness.
I still get very tierd at the end of the day looking after Dd2 as well as being pregnant but i'v been through it before as Dd1 was only 13 months when i fell pregnant last time.

Goodluck to you both x

thanks ktzg :)

have heard back from hospital now - you might rememeber the whole blood test debacle - and DD2 is having her blood taken on weds - does anyone have any experience of what to expect?

Hi Bresha and Welcome.
EYM - Good to see you and hope you are OK.
AmyJade - Congrats again. 30th Nov is my dh's b'day! I hope you are coping with everything ok.
I am off again. Have to have a shower as I have shock horror just been for a run.....
Chat soon.

Katz - Sorry can't help. Good Luck!

amyjade - woow, past the 12 week mark already. congratulations. i'm only a bit over five weeks, so a pretty long way to go.

2happy - meant to ask why your MIL will react with a dog's bottom face? I'm pretty sure mine thinks my only role in life is to bear her son's children.

katz - no advice I'm afraid, but hope you get some answers.

skyler - deeply impressed you've been for a run. have just realised an advantage of being up the duff is that I don't need to fel bad about not exercising. Yay - gentle country walks all the way.

morning all

been for run, first since saturday, wellies would have been better than running shoes - hi skyler!

eym - you seem to be doing great don't be too hard on yourself,public transport is hard to cope with, honestly think only been twice by myself. and as for mother and baby groups i just can't face them. do come to london zoo it will be fun.

my last week before work, dh at home most of the time to ese transition and help me drop midday bf. but he is still working from home and attending evening meetings.
i was horrible to him yesterdayjust stress i guess. he seems to be looking forward to spending extra time with dd. who wouldn't

katzg - sorry can't help, saw your thread sounds very hard, hope it goes ok and you don't get messed about

sfx - going back to work was hard but i now really enjoy both my lives, i am a busy mum part of the time and a busy researcher the rest of the time, i love my job and spending time with my girls. however i doubt i could do either full time!

a little less stressed about the blood tests but the thought of having to hold dd2 still whilst they do it is not something i'm looking foward to.

on an exciting note i have ordered dd2's birthday present and it arrives on friday - we've bought her joint with two sets of grandparents a little tikes jungle climber, its great, she looks mountaineering and this will last for years! she might struggle to begin with but not for long i bet! she is quite the little mountain goat! she can climb onto lots of things including the cabinet the telly is sitting on and trys to get on the dinning room chairs!

Id would really like to go back to work part time, but how do you get the time to do housework and spend time with your partner?
Dose any one have any tips on how to get dd to go down for a nap in the day? She’s learnt to cruise the furniture now and since them she just won’t go down for a nap even though she is so tired and grissly.

Morning all.
Katzg - blood tests [scared emoticon], hope it goes ok for you both.
EYM - lovely to see you. I count myself lucky that I live in the middle of nowhere with no public transport to speak of - the very idea of coping with a bus and baby and pushchair...
Amyjade - 12 weeks, wow! Can't believe it seems to have gone fast (maybe not for you, though ) I know what you mean about the crushing tiredness though!
lummox - when dh and I got married, mil wouldn't contribute to the cost, but the day before we married she gave dh a big cheque "to spend on something that'll last" . When we told her we were pg with ds she never looked happy, never said congratulations. Every time we went over for lunch she'd do things like buying unpasteurised ice cream and saying "oh you won't be able to have any of this". And she had 3 years between each kid and doesn't approve of small gaps. And she's generally a bit of a dog's bottom herself!
sfx + skyler - well done on the runs! I feel inadequate...!
bresha - how do you find time to work, do housework and see dp/h? Simple - work, but when you come home, chat to dh as he's doing the hoovering, lol!
Got to go, ds having total screaming tantrum - I thought they weren't supposed to have them until 2yo! Only because I wouldn't let him play with the paint roller

Morning all.
Katzg - blood tests [scared emoticon], hope it goes ok for you both.
EYM - lovely to see you. I count myself lucky that I live in the middle of nowhere with no public transport to speak of - the very idea of coping with a bus and baby and pushchair...
Amyjade - 12 weeks, wow! Can't believe it seems to have gone fast (maybe not for you, though ) I know what you mean about the crushing tiredness though!
lummox - when dh and I got married, mil wouldn't contribute to the cost, but the day before we married she gave dh a big cheque "to spend on something that'll last" . When we told her we were pg with ds she never looked happy, never said congratulations. Every time we went over for lunch she'd do things like buying unpasteurised ice cream and saying "oh you won't be able to have any of this". And she had 3 years between each kid and doesn't approve of small gaps. And she's generally a bit of a dog's bottom herself!
sfx + skyler - well done on the runs! I feel inadequate...!
bresha - how do you find time to work, do housework and see dp/h? Simple - work, but when you come home, chat to dh as he's doing the hoovering, lol!
Got to go, ds having total screaming tantrum - I thought they weren't supposed to have them until 2yo! Only because I wouldn't let him play with the paint roller

I do apologise, ds playing with the keyboard

So what is every one doing for the big 1ST birthday? IV got no idea what to do, its DP birthday on the same day so I feel I have to do something special (although he couldn’t get the day off work)

i don't do the housework - i only clean when i have to! Dh and i both work part time so there are only 2 mornings when one or other of us isn't home, plus we are very untidy people!

they're cute when they learn to cruise.

daytime naps - we put dd2 into her grow bag and shove a bottle in here mouth and shes cuddled to sleep. i know its not the best way but it works for us.

bresha - we also both work part time so get to spend a reasonable amount of time together and with ds. we have a clearner once a week too, but an awful lot of non-vital housework just doesn't get done. it gets me down a bit living with mess, but not enough to do anything about it.

with naps - ds has two now, morning and lunchtime, and we just put him down in his grobag in his cot, kiss him and walk off. until he was about six months he had all his naps in a bouncy chair and we rocked him down for up to half an hour a time, but then fairly suddenly he started just going off to sleep in his cot. we still can't believe our luck.

2happy - your MIL sounds a nightmare. Are you going to able to avoid a full scale row now that you are full of preggie hormones (I say this speaking as a woman who would cheerfully have throttled the postman this morning for knocking too loudly).

housework? what housework/ blessed with dh (or cunning choice) as untidy as i am who does most of the laundry and quite a lot of the cooking

naps - dd queen of short power naps, if she goes for 1hr each time its an exceptional day. am happy that she sleep through most nights.

2happy - people like your mil are best avoided, attention seeking nonsense, honestly!
mine is ok bless her,but she does live far and i only see her once or twice a year. she does have strange ideas about bf weaning and what to do when babies cry, which i just ignore and put down to the fact that she was brought up by nanny and boarding school

dd resisting pm nap! must try harder

Katz.I wish I'd seen this befor but it is probably too late now.
What I wanted you to know was to get emla cream (numbs the site where the blood is taken from)from the hospital or your practice nurse and apply it one hour befor your baby has her blood tests The backs of the hands and In the crook of her arms are where they usually take a blood test from.
Most childrens ward or haemotology clinics will apply it when you arrive but you then have to wait an hour for it to work.
They then put little crepe bandages over the site of the creme to stop the baby sucking it (getting a horrible numb mouth)
I have become quite tough where these things are concerned (its all an act) but remember you can ask that someone else holds her and you can "rescue her" as soon as it is done. It will soon be forgotten and you will definately still be loved!!!!!
Hope it all goes well and good luck with the results.

Well I have had a crap day today. I took DD1 back to see the ent consultant at the hospital where she recently had her operation. Sorry to bore you with it but I really did let him know that I was discusted with the outcome from her last stay in hospital, the dirt on her ears after the procedure, the lack of consideration for her other conditions etc etc.
He was fantastic, didn't interupt or make up any excuses.just let me "have a go" which I have never done befor. The end result is that she now is having the operations done every 6 months instead of 12 monthly(sounds bad but will improve her life inbetween)
She is having a 3 week intensive course of two types of antibiotics (commonly used for meningitis)to hopefully rid her of this horrible infection that has destroyed both her inner ears and some of the bones in her face. I told the g.p only last week that i knew she needed some antibiotics and could he do a swab.bloody G.P refused to see her and even phoned me at home to tell me he wouldn't see her!!!!I don't see why I should sit back now and worry about being polite. Hah it worked!!!!!
Wow , sorry about that long essay...me me me me !!
Need to go now and have a big mug of tea.
bye for now
xxx

Good for you, giddy!

giddy - think you are well entitled to talk about it as much as you want,please feel free.
BTW i know the doctor was nice but i still feel a terse letter of complaint is in order

plans for birthday - well think we will take her out for lunch at a nice child friendly restaurant in town and then have a small party on saturday(3rd)

katz thats a nice present i am sure she will like it, we live in a flat so dd uses our bookshelves when she has climbing urges

hi all xxxxxxx

in new house and i cant believe it
it needs so much doing to it but it is great and we are loving it right now. would be better if the weather made its mind up but hopefully it will start to brighten up in the next few weeks . gives us time to get on with the important things like the house . the garden will have to wait.

all settling in nicely apart from the fact that we have all been ill with virus's. dd2 was sick all day yesterday and we all have bad chests and cough and snotty noses. dd3 has got her 5th tooth today so she is not a happy bunny.

CONGRATS to 2happy, amyjade and lummox !!!!!! and soooooo jealous. could be myself though this month due on by end of week so we will see so happy for you 3 and hope you are keeping well xx

what to get for a 1st birthday??? this will be my third 1st bday and i havent a clue what to get the poor lil soul??? any suggestions would be grateful ???

10 days and counting arghhhhh scary hey ? hoping to have a party and bbq if weather nice . kind of moving in birthday party into 1? doubl wammy i think and make it a good one.

hope everyone ok ??
will try to catch up proper soon but might not be around as much as i have glossing and wallpaering and gardening and a birthday to organise

take care xx

chin up giddy and im sorry you are having a shit time . tommorows another day (((((hugs))))))))

Giddy-please feel free to rant as much as you like.I would be doing exactly the same!

Muma3-Really pleased you've finally moved into your new house.Shame you've all been unwell though.As for pressies we've just bought Oscar some small toys.I was going to get him the ELC garage but it's another big toy and we're running out of room,espcially as my mum and FIL have both bought him big things for his birthday.We bought Ds a rocking snail for christmas and he really likes it-what about something like that? Sorry not much help!
Keep us posted at the end of the week-you could be number 4.

We're having a little party for Ds on the 17th,with mainly family and a few friends.I'm hoping the weather will be nice so we can sit in the garden,as the house isn't very big(neither is the garden,really!).Then on his actual birthday(19th),we're going to take him to a local farm,where you can feed and pet the animals-just the 3 of us.We're then going to sunny Mablethorpe for my birthday on the 24th,for a weeks holiday,so have a fairly busy June.

Hope everyone is keeping well.Sorry for the useless catch up!

Good on ya giddy, rant all you like, we are all behind you. Some times you really need to shout to get ur self heard, Iv had loads of trouble with gps in the past,
Iv got my dd a sity ony walky pushy alongy ride one thingy, we tried it out in toys r us and she loved it, we haven’t really got space for any thing else.
Has it really been a year? I can’t get my head round that,
I hope the weather dose cheer up soon,