Dec 2011: Running around after our Cybermidgets...

[Aethelfleda]

Roll up, roll up, it's the Dec 11 new thread.
Prepare to be upgraded (if you can catch them!)

We've had a lovely weekend; met up with friends yesterday, and today we did DS' half-year birthday ! Given the proximity of his actual birthday to Xmas, and the piles of presents he received, we kept half back to do a mid-year birthday.
So it was lots of new toys, home-made pizza for lunch, and a bath (his favourite thing). We would have gone to the park if we'd not run out time and it hadn't been so grey and cold in the SE in June...

Glad you're feeling OK-ish Oi, and roll on the next month.

Now Queenie, have you been overdoing it on the house-cleaning front?! (Was cleaning the shower and thought of you ) But seriously, what a few weeks. Really hope they can get the infection under control, and you start to improve. Hope they're taking good care of you now you're home. I'm glad there's a diagnosis for Darcie, it can be the not-knowing, or waiting, that's the worst- once you know what you're dealing with you can start to tackle it.

No more viewings this weekend ...

Oi - in a way I always knew but glad the CAMHs team agree. So I think it's more of a relief rather than a shock as deep down I already knew. It's not going to limit her having a label as it were. She is still a popular girl and we are getting some great tips on how to deal with her meltdowns.
Ps glad your enjoying your hols and I've never seen Les mis!

Northern - now you mention it I have had a brilliant clean out of the downstairs in my house. Given the conservatory a good clear & clean out so all sparkly and the girls & I have our own little den...DH sits in the lounge - which has also been cleaned!

Sodding infections & sodding Asthma. It was actually a little scary yesterday being put into an ambulance and being connected to monitor and hearing talk that my vitals were indicating and MI (heart attack) or PE (Pulmonary Embolism) :( still feel like my lungs are heavy although pains have pretty much stopped.

queenie get to your GP for an asthma checkup in the next day or so if you can, even if you feel OK. You may still have a dropped peak flow and need step up treatment. Very glad D has a diagnosis, at least this may make it easier to get help if it's needed for her in future (eg statements for school) and it sounds like you're managing really well with her.

oi make sure you POAS again and if it's not negative ring your GP to get a early preg unit scan, will tell you for sure that things have all cleared out OK and ensure you've not MCd a twin (which occurs occasionally). Do you still feel at all pg?

Aethel what's the step up in treatment tho? My lungs still feel heavy and just pottering slowly yesterday made me breathless and tired :( got a good few pillows tucked under me at bedtimes to help keep my airways open :(

Nit-combing happens every other night here...more so when you know they are going around at school...to catch anything before it gets comfy!

Aethel - regarding Darcie - thanks but can't get her statemented as CAMHS won't pull her for full assessment as she's only on mild end of scale & their criteria and funding only covers those who have severe problems. She's doing well in school tho...not going to worry about her going to high school just yet.

Hi queenie, well, by step-up I mean either adding in am extra inhaler or oral steroids, you shouldn't be breathless on minimal exercise and it's really common for mums to under-treat their asthma! So get a check if you can xxx

I get that if D is ok now she won't need a statement but it's gopd to havethe diagnosos in your back pocket in case there are issues in future....

Ok thanks will call my GP this morning. As don't fancy blue-lights to QA again - scary stuff that is.

Cheers for the brew.much needed!
BOi woke screaming at around midnight, and was totally inconsolable for aaaaaages. Don't know if it was night terrors(?), but there seemed to be nothing else wrong. In the calmer moments, he wasn't interested in Teetha or any other forms of help. He stayed in our room for the rest of the night.
I don't feel pregnant any more. Isn't it odd? One minute I was totally dippy and knocking drinks over at every opportunity, and quite highly strung. The next I am completely normal again.
The bleeding is calming down now.
Funny you mention twins, one quite bonkers part of me was hoping for twins.

Oi hope BOi got back to sleep okay.
Are you going to take another test?!

Been back to docs - got told off - got steroids & steroid inhaler. Been told not to go to Basingstoke tomorrow - the course I was due to go to. Got to go back on weds morning.

Greetings all from a not very sunny southampton 4 hour round trip for an hours meeting....but at least it has got me out of Zumba tonight by the time i get home.

Oi i never felt PG with DS or in May and despite the fact i had 2 weeks of bleeding and now have had 2 negative PG tests am still waiting for my period to come before i will be convinced i am not pg anymore (crazy much i think the pg tests should have been enough).

God i have eaten all of my lunch already and am still hungry this is what happens when dont eat breakfast before i leave home!!

Hope you all having a nice day!!

Not sure if you hanging around seven but saw on FB lo didnt sleep well last night gosh am so far past the newborn stage i wouldnt know what to do again!! How are all our other PG ladies getting on? GBT, Kat, Xiao?? apologies if there are any others.

Hi everyone,

Sorry to hear your news Oi hope you're doing okay.

Northern we talked about a half year birthday....might do it in a few years as it was a bit crazy last year on the presents!

Queen hope you're feeling a bit better now.

Aethel we've had 7 viewings so far, and another tonight (eek! Ive got to do the showing around with DS in tow!) so wish us luck :) The people who own the 3 bed house that we've put the offer in have found a house, so all just waiting for us to find a buyer. It's only been 6 days so far, so hoping they will be patient and it all works out. I'm trying my best not to think about any of it!

I've just had a tidy up, will do the hoovering when DS wakes up and hang the asking outside. Just trying to revise for my theory test now....argh!

Hello everyone, I'm not new to MN but my DS was born Dec '11 and I'd like to join the group, if that's ok?
I live abroad and they aren't really into postnatal groups here so, bar friends, I feel a bit isolated. I'm a sahm and we get out to the park every day, or to town on the bus and a run around. DS will start nursey/playgroup (whatever UK equivalent is) in September, so at the moment he's with us and it's driving me a bit loopy

I bring and

Welcome ElQuinto - your def welcome if you bring & haddocks & swordfish for the freezer lol.

Good luck with the viewings Cheung.
DH's house has been up for sale since feb, we've had quite a few viewings, but no second viewings or offers yet. Maybe it's time to drop the price...
Figgy - did you see a dr after your mc? I will POAS again, once the bleeding has passed. And will do whatever aethel says. :) - our super guide to all things medical.
Southampton? Get thee up tae Scotland fae fine weather. Nae bother.

Welcome ElQuinto! You're very welcome to join us. Where are you? Can you say? Will it make us all very jealous?

Oi I'm in neighbouring town of Portsmouth to Southampton and weather is nice

Hiya everyone, greetings from sunny Derbyshire. We're near Bakewell for a week in a lovely cottage that forms part of a farm conversion complete with heated pool and childrens play area.

We went to Chatsworth farm and playground yesterday which I thoroughly recommend to anyone up this way.

32+4 today which gives me approx 50 days to actually finish the decorating/wash all the baby clothes/locate the moses basket etc etc. It'll be fine. Won't it?

And yes, I still managed the full postal delivery on wed and Thurs of last week. cos I'm an idiot and could see we were short staffed

Welcome elquinto join us

Oi didn't see a dr I figured the negative pg tests were clear enough but have that irrational denial going on

My mum throwing DS a half bday BBQ when up in Scotland next month as with a 22/12 bday its likely she won't see him most bdays.

BOi is 18 months old today.
More like 18 years, and 18 stones.

Hah! My back knows exactly where you're coming from Oi
Glad some others are doing half year birthdays; can't believe that our little group of waddling preggers types is now discussing our toddlers . The BBQ sounds awesome figgy.

Speaking of which, it's mine and DP's ten year anniversary next month, and our favourite local up North is having its Beer Festival, plus it has boutique-y type rooms, so we're booked in for a night and DS is off to his Aunties, woo

And welcome to ElQ, we'll help you stay sane until your DS starts nursery! What's he like; we've all got such strong mental images of each others' DCs, (and Janey's monkey as well now ) that we need to know.

You're in a lovely part of the world kat, it's my place of origin, and my parents'. Glad to hear you're having a good time, can't believe you're in your third trimester now, where is the time going (again...)?

We're now planning an open day with our house, makes sense as we're away when they're going to hold it, so hopefully that'll help. We're doing another viewing at the weekend, but feel like if we haven't got a buyer by mid-July we might as well give up til September...

Happy half birthday BOi!!

I've thought of celebrating it but thought people would think it was daft Maybe we'll have a mini party then! 28th at my house bring you're own vino!

Monkey is ok today, still think there's something going on with him, GP thinks paed experts from allergy show were talking none sense and nobody will explore the gut of an otherwise healthy toddler and made me feel like an idiot his sleep is terrible, always crying/whining and being sick in his sleep is getting more often. He's started putting my hand on his tummy when I ask him what's wrong but I just can't figure out what's going on

Apart from that he's started climbing the ladder to the big slide on his own scaring the hell out of me

GP also wants me to take new anti Ds which upon reading are not good at all for anxiety, this should be fun! Oh, and I've decided to go back to uni!

I'm here figgy. I didnt want to post and depress everyone with my moaning.

We've really been struggling here. DH and I have been arguing loads and DD1 is cutting 3 back teeth. DD2 turned from being a chilled happy baby to being really unsettled and generally miserable. We tried her on DD1s lactose free formula which has made a big difference, except its made her constipated, she spent over 3 hours crying and being generally miserable last night. Anyway she had some water and a huge poo this morning and has been fine since. Plus DHs boss gave him a £100 bonus for doing extra hours while they were away (he worked 51 hours last week) on the condition we have a takeaway and treat the DCs rather than spend it on bills.

Sympathies to seven. How's the new little one sleeping now? Hope things have improved.
BOi has been enjoying this holiday far too much. Usually, he's asleep before 7:30 every night. But on this holiday he's rarely gone down before 9pm, and always after a struggle, -and still got up before 7am. I really hope he'll get back into his normal routine when we get home.
It's DH's birthday today. He's up with BOi now. I suppose I should go and join them. Yawn.

I'll put a vat of coffee on.
Scottish oatcake/crumpet anyone?

Sympathies seven x

Happy Birthday Mr Oi.

My DH has taken day off work to look after Sky and do school runs etc and still pretty breathless.

Seven have you considered colief? It breaks down the lactose for them