September 2012 - They're on the move

[WhereAreMyShoes]

Hello everyone. Hope you all find us safe.
Welcome to any newcomers too.

DD just tried to brush her hair with a hairbrush. Very clever!

[WhereAreMyShoes]

Leelteloo
It would have been hard to have been more miserable here today. I hope you are soaking up the sun.

[leelteloo]

Don't worry holiday bliss didn't last long, weather is crap and dd has developed chicken pox!!!

[cjbk1]

doesn't ask how everyone else is just launches straight into moaning
iv had an awful day;didn't make plans today because I had so much to catch up on, weather rainy and there being so many toys DS, Leapfrog, Wii etc here..ds and
dd1 swing wildly between "what are we going to do?" and "you always make us go out!" baby didn't nap properly v.clingy me looking a right state as brows and hair need mowing urgently then just as everything calms down I get a really bad tummy ache! not sicky or period just bad so dh is home and I'm fit for nothing again hope you're all doing better

[ballroomblitz]

Oh it's been lovely here today, for the second day in a row. 20 degrees - and that will be our summer

Oh no leelteloo. I still haven't had the pox here, even with ds and I'm dreading when it does eventually happen. All I'm glad is that I've had it twice so know I'm well and truly inoculated (dd's dad has never had it, oh dear). How is your dd?

Had a few nights of totally shit sleep and there were tears two night nights ago at 5am and it wasn't dd! Then most of the next day I was tears. Last night she slept until 5am and I swear I felt brilliant today so I totally get how sleep deprivation can make you feel. I've really noticed the change of my moods when I've been up with her a lot, especially when it's real sleep. I'm really snappy, tetchy and find myself a little depressed. After a night's unbroken sleep - she cries the next day? No problem, I can handle it and I think she's a wee gem. I feel really guilty at times as poor ds probably gets it in the neck when he starts playing me up as well At 5yo he's turned into a cheeky so-and-so lately. Not good with a cranky mummy.

Welcome daisychain. Not this one (wee blighter didn't want to come out)but my first child was 6 weeks early. You wouldn't think it now.

Awk cjbk sometimes you need a good moan. Hope tomorrow's a better day for you.

Well we finally got a tooth but now dd has a horrible cold. She's actually sleeping beside me atm on the sofa as she cough/boked all over her cot. Don't care how she sleeps tonight as dad has offered to take her tomorrow night so I can handle it knowing I'll get a decents night sleep then.

And another finally. Got my colposcopy date through, three months bloody later for two weeks away. Bricking it. Considering asking the gp for a valium

[ThedementedPenguin]

Oh more to catch up. Think I need to post daily on the otherwise I get left so far behind :(

Hi daisy

Herbie has finally got his two bottom teeth through and is slowly getting back onto eating and taking bottles. Thank god.

He is no further on with the crawling, although is now trying to pull himself up on everything, although he is not quite there yet. It's so cute, to me he is far too small but there's nothing stopping him now.

ballroom the weather has been great here, although today whilst still warm was very cloudy. It's great to see some sun after what felt like a LONG winter. Oh how your lo's are okay ballroom?

leelteloo hope the holiday got better and your Dd wasn't too annoyed by the cp.

ballroom hope all goes well with the colposcopy, I have mine on the 25th June. Is yours before mine? I hate it all but I suppose it's better getting it done. I just hope the crazy doctor isn't in the room again, he really freaked me out the last time with his creepy smile.

Right I'm off to bed as I'm sure ill not get any sleep before Herbie is up again

[beautybox2]

Hi can I join?
My DD was born 29th aug so nearly in the September club
She's 9 months old now and is crawling! She's also pulling herself up on furniture!
Now I've got 2little monkeys to run after DS who is 2 yrs 8 months :)

[WhereAreMyShoes]

Hello Beautybox, welcome.
My DS is about the same age as yours. It's a tough age isn't it?
As brilliant as he is it makes me really appreciate DD at this relatively easy age.
I've been doing sleep training wanky phrase for the last few weeks now and she goes to sleep brilliantly. Takes her a couple of minutes of moaning and off she goes. No screaming.
Then if she wakes during the night I leave her to go back to sleep.
There have been a couple of nights where she's cried for an hour until about 2 but she's getting there. It's just always a night before I'm at work.
If she wakes after 4ish I just bring her into bed and feed her till we get up.

There'll be upheaval soon as DP and I are splitting up. Hopefully it won't affect the kids too much as we're not going to fall out. Hopefully. We're staying in the house together until we decide what to do next.
I can't imagine how our situation will end up, who will live where etc but am happy that we've finally been honest with each other and can start to enjoy our lives separately.

I hope you're all getting a share if this lovely sunshine. They love playing in the garden.
Until DS picked up a bee and it stung him

[couldsleepforahundredyears]

Hello all, can I join in? Long time lurker here. This thread has been great to read all these months, a great comfort at times and just interesting to see how everyone is getting on. Feel like I know you lot in a very weird way.

My DS wap born 12 Sept. He's crawling and pulling himself up to standing. He has 2 (quite sharp!) teeth. He is sleeping through now thank Christ. I had to use the cc method as I was at the end of my tether. It took 3 nights before it worked. If didn't cry for long periods so it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

I went back to work on Monday. Only 2 days a week and my boy is in nursery. He seems to love it.

Anyway jus thought I'd introduce myself! I've k ru read through my post and and sickened by the amount of typos but can't be arsed correcting. Bye for now!

Ps anyone live in London?

[couldsleepforahundredyears]

Oh and I'm sorry to hear you are splitting with your partner, shoes. Although you sound ok with it which is good. Sometimes its for the best. My parents split when I was very little and it was very definitely for the best.

[WhereAreMyShoes]

Hello Couldsleep, welcome. Glad to hear DS is sleeping
better now. Is he your first?

Just a couple of decent nights makes up for so many lost hours over these last few months.
Could still do with a lie in though. But I'd probably feel like shit for sleeping too long anyway. Never satisfied!

[WhereAreMyShoes]

Ah, thanks. Yeah I'm alright. It's been coming for a long time, and I think it's a relief for us both to accept we won't both be miserable forever!

And the kids will pick up on the tension before long and I don't want them to feel like they're living in a warzone.
My parents stayed together till I was 25 and looking back I lost all respect for my dad for being a cheating shit all the years and lost some respect for my mum for putting up with it.

[ThedementedPenguin]

Oh shoes I'm sorry to hear about you and Dp splitting, but I am glad your coping well. My parents split when I was 11, I wish my mum had done it sooner but that was the right time for her. Took a while but she is so much happier.

Hi beautybox and couldsleep nice to have some new people join us.

So we have decided to start TTC number 2. It's strange planning this time. But feels better. I stopped talking the pill on Sunday so just awaiting my first AF. Dreading it but it must happen.

In a way I'm so excited but very nervous. Hope I can cope with it all :)

Away to enjoy the hot weather :) speak soon

[leelteloo]

Oh shoes; I am sorry. Dh & I have come close and separated twice and the logistics of doing it with small children was what made me take him back. It's tough but I think you are doing the best thing, good luck with it and I hope you both find happiness.
So lots of news here: I got bfp two days ago ! Number 3! Yikes! Kind of wanted but not planned yet and dh and I never have much sex yet here we are again, pregnancy number 5 in 4 years! Very early days, 5 weeks but baby is due on my birthday next year. We are keeping quiet after 2 previous mc. I don't want to join the anti natal thread yet as fear it jinxes me. Feels so bad having to leave one when everyone else's pregnancy is still going forward. So just sharing with you guys for now
Also we sold our house that we have been trying to sell for 2 years!!! I can finally really start house hunting for somewhere for all the leetle babies to grow big in.
Back from holiday now and it was mostly spoilt by the pox but I have a tan

[leelteloo]

Oh and a big hi & welcome to the new posters. Xx

[WhereAreMyShoes]

Aaaaaaarrrr! Congratulations Leelteloo. That's brilliant news.

I hope everything goes well for you. You know we'd love to hear all about it so you can share with us until you're ready for the new antenatal thread. x

You have been busy lately! And house hunting too. I'd love to buy a forever home, I'm sick of renting and lining my landlord's pocket.

So, Penguin, get your skates on, your turn next

[couldsleepforahundredyears]

Congratulations leetleloo how exciting and due on your birthday too! Good lurk with the pregnancy.

This is my first child, and I was very ill during my pregnancy. Bad morning sickness, then chicken pox, then gestational diabetes (which has gone now thank god). Baby was breech too, so I had elective c section. But it was all worth it in the end. Don't think I'll be getting pregnant any time soon, if ever. I'd love another one but the pregnancy was so traumatic for me I'm just too scared.

2 days in nursery, his first week, and my DS has a horrible cold. Poor little love. He is completely bunged up and finding it hard to sleep as he's having to breathe through his mouth. I used baby olbas oil but didn't seem to help last night. He slept through but was tossing and turning all night, I didn't get much sleep. Any suggestions as to help with the snotty nose??

[couldsleepforahundredyears]

Good lurk?? Haha it seem's I've adopted a Geordie accent

[leelteloo]

I use the calpol plug in when mine have colds, really seems to help. Also heard rubbing bit of baby vics on their feet helps: but not really tested that one. You can also get saline drops for their noses, helps unclear.
Ds cut another tooth last night, that's two on top two on bottom but he is still not sitting by himself very well. Going to take him to Hv if he's not got it in a couple of weeks.

[couldsleepforahundredyears]

Never heard of calpol plug, thanks I'll try that tonight. At the moment I'm cooking soup with windows closed, the kitchen is steamed up and baby in highchair. Seems to be clearing up his nose but I'm in a total sweat! It's so lovely out there but I don't know whether I should keep him indoors if he's unwell??

I'm sure your DS will start sitting up soon, its funny how every baby is different. My DS was unable to sit up, and then the other week he started crawling! After that, he started sitting up. Weird??

[ThedementedPenguin]

Oh leelteloo congrats. How exciting another baby. Oh and have fun with the house hunting.

couldsleep I hope your ds is better now.

Herbie had a busy day yesterday between climbing up on everything, sofa, in his cot. He is so cute but so tiny. He also started to crawl last night. Busy bee here lol

The weather has been great here, been in shorts all week. Even had a dip in Herbie's massive paddling pool.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend

[leelteloo]

Ah thanks tdp, I'm quietly anxious about it really; people say the jump from 2 to 3 is really hard & there are some days I find 2 a challenge. But I always wanted lots of children so guess I will have to learn to manage my time better and learn to split myself 3 ways.

[cjbk1]

to those who've flown long haul with their sept baby; what do I need? I started a thread on 'long haul' but no-one replied I'm starting to get confused between what's 'nice' and what we need plus there's weight restrictions....any experience of checking a 'baby jogger city mini' in?
thanks happy Sunday x

[leelteloo]

Cjbk: I would say a baby carrier or sling is essential. You don't get your buggy back till baggage claim and I had to walk about a mile carrying ds in my arms, nearly killed me. Cartons of formula if not bf. Calpol sachets. I took grandma, who I consider an essential.
Are you going somewhere lovely?

[cjbk1]

thanks leelteloo going to Canada to visit Dsis and her bf, it'll be lovely to be together at least lol x

[Moominlandmidwinter]

Shoes, am sorry to hear about you and your DP. However, you know when something isn't working, and it's better (IMO) to put an end to it than trying to flog a dead horse. Have been there with my ex-H, but unfortunately it was a bit of a rough ride (and still is sometimes, nearly 8 years later!). It wasn't a mutual decision though, which makes all the difference.

Leetleloo, wow! Congratulations! I had been wondering the other day when there would be the first BFP of the post-natal thread. I knew that it definitely wouldn't be me, as I've got more than my fair share of children! With regards to going from 2-3, it really isn't that big a deal (or going from 3-4!), I think that the hardest adjustment is going from 1-2. At least with having a small gap between DC2 and DC3, DC2 won't really remember being the baby for long.

Lola is now pulling herself up on everything- furniture, legs, hoover, etc. She's also just started cruising. It's funny to think that she'll be walking in the next few months.

I have just one week left before returning to work now. I'm dreading it! What's worrying the most is DH's inability to drag himself out of bed in the mornings, but he's going to have to do the school run, to two different primary schools (plus a secondary, come September), with Lola in tow. I just hope that the girls get to school on time, with breakfast inside them, hair done, and the right equipment!