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!)

Congratulations Oi:)

Octoboy ate milkshake today. He's been ill all week and it is the only thing he actually showed interest in, and kept down. Baaaad mum! It was a nice one made with milk and ice cream. I'm hoping tomorrow will include fruit and maybe even some pasta!

Yay congrats Oi!

Congratulations oi, wonderful news! Ignore my last post, we're just tired, babies are wonderful and we're very happy really.

octopus at least it's getting some calories in him if he hasn't been interested in anything else.

Congrats oi!

I'm sure octoboy loved it and some good calories/fat.

Monkey stole his chocolate out the fridge yesterday and sat in the kitchen munching in before he showed off his chocolate face knew he was too quiet

Today there was toast!

Hello all,

Had estate agents round and taken photos etc so once we hand in the forms tomorrow am we should be on the market by close of business tomorrow....very nervous but excited too! Hope it all goes to plan!

Congratulations Oi! Exciting news :)

DS is learning in leaps and bounds, he understands a lot but still isn't saying anything I can make sense of. He can point to his nose, tummy and feet when I ask "wheres your....?", and he can fetch his shoes or book or puzzle when asked even if they're in a different room.

He's having a few 'tantrums' but they're pretty tame, I either just ignore him or distract him depending on my mood!

Ooh oi, that's lovely, congratulations!

seven you are doing brilliantly, a tiny for occasional use on your DH when required. You have a tight age gap between DDs so consider the mantra "it is alright and it will only get easier"... How's DS doing physically by the way, I'm guessing he's four/five now?

Good luck cheung, hope you get a good ratio of viewings to offers! not that I'm bitter about our 22 viewings, no siree

I have almost finished doing up the first room in the house to desired standard. Not bad for three months in
I've been reliably informed that it's about six months to settle in to a new place...

Oh and is anyone elses' DC eating like the clappers at the moment? Since he had this sicky bug last week it's snack, snack, snack....

We have been in Ashworth Towers now for 11 months, and I have only done one room - BOi's nursery.
However, we do have 4 veggie plots greening up nicely.
I can imagine that I'll get a wriggle on with some other things now that we have a new deadline... (I need to find out what that deadline is... is it 40 weeks since we dtd that gives the due date? If so, ...week 19, Friday, plus 40 weeks, = 59 = 2014 week 7, Friday,... = February 14th. Aw!
that sounds awfully soon.
Also, my family already has a million birthdays in February.
Am in France this week at management meetings. We're visiting the Taittinger caves tomorrow night. They know I like wine / champagne, etc., they are so going to know that I am upduffed. Especially when I don't choose foie gras from the menu!
My stomach is turning somersaults today.
My suitcase exploded over the carousel.
I spilt water over someone's notes.
My brain has ceased functioning. (I mean, I have said some seriously dizzy things! I got through my presentation, but I didn't lead...)

i am so upduffed.
he he he :)

And moody! I have been so short-tempered! - thankfully not with my colleagues - yet!

Aw, congratulations Oi, there must be something in the water atm!

Same here with the DS-eating-post-bug. Nothing for about five days (bits of yoghurt and toast) and when he was back nursery reported he had 'seconds' on all meals three days on the trot.

Gave the hurry along to our estate agents today, we need to get it on the market! We sent the brochure back Wednesday night requesting the addition of two words and the removal of one, so not exactly requesting the earth...gah, want to get moving. I'll be if you're on the market that quickly cheung.

And that sounds an awesome size lawn kat, lucky you

DD1 never stops eating! I can't open the cupboard without her being there pointing and squeaking!

oi its 40 weeks since your last AF. The due date calculator on here is good, it's right of my earlier post if you're on the web version.

aethel DS will be 5 next week, thanks for asking. He's doing ok, but struggles with some things. he normally climbs our stairs on hands and feet as theyre quite steep, he was determined to climb them standing up earlier but couldnt and refused to let me help him, and last week he fell over in the road and cut his head. I think we're at the point where he's starting to notice that he's different to others his age, not looking forward to the conversation we'll inevitably have to have soon :(.

Congrats to oi - hope you are feeling ok.
seven you are doing a fab job. A new born along side freya and my nearly 5 yo and I would be seriously losing the plot!!
Hope all the house movers get some good viewings soon. I know how stressful it is and Im grateful that it is all over for hopefully a long time. We still have some DIY to do but all rooms are now decorated and the extension built (we have been in 2.5 years!so it has taken some time)
Right off for a bath and bed. Night all

Grr didnt get to bed until 2am then had an argument at 4.30

Aaaargh it's been an awful day so far. DD2 has nits and school dictate they can only go back in once thoroughly impregnate with chemicals (I hate nit shampoos, but will they accept that wet combing is what really works better? Nope, that's policy for you). So spent the morning combing DD2's incredibly thick hair... And then DS spilt an entire pot of paint (it was left sitting on the floor but not open!) bu throwing it down the stairs. I now have a horribly stained stairs carpet (white paint, green carpet). The only consolation is that it was an old carpet as we are waiting to replace once I'm back at work. Just aaargh.

Plus sides: the sun is out, the house is cool indoors, and we don't live in Syria (awful news on the radio from there). This is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

((((hug)))) for seven. you're such a caring and sensible mum. DS is lucky. Hope you get some sleep soon: being sleep deprived makes everything ten times worse

aethel ugh nits, you win. It's my own fault I'm so sleep deprived, I was up late ordering DS birthday presents, and I'm trying to do housework while DD2 is sleeping rathe than sitting down.

Is it too early to crack open the vodka?

It's after breakfast so not too early seven!

Our estate agents are our very own sharks! They got our flat on the market this afternoon and we had a viewing this evening, and another one booked for tomorrow afternoon. I'm so nervous, I feel like I'm awaiting exam results!

Hopefully even if we don't receive any offers straight away we will get feedback from the viewings which we can work on. I think the big down point is that there isn't any allocated parking and it's just a free for all, but we have never not had a space on our road, so hopefully we can get that across.

Aethel hope tomorrow is an easier day for you!

In Ireland for a whole week! Just me and Minimopsy. Fab weather. Woohoo!

Have a lovely time mopsy

Huge congrats to Oi loving the idea of of bOi as a big brother! We must get together when you're back from the land of kilts. Bring me some bubble back from France, you're right posh you!

Aethel nits are one of my big fears. And boo to paint everywhere!

Lots of positive thoughts to those of you selling houses and dealing with poorly kidlets.

Kind of fallen off the thread a bit recently. We're all fine. House is currently a building site as my lovely daddy is visiting and building me a brand new kitchen. The old one had to be totally ripped out and a few unexpected problems turned up - previous owners had tiled over a hole in the wall that went all the way outside, tiled over a live uncovered electrical socket, plastered over wallpaper, had a water leak that was never fixed so dad went through the floor boards when they took the plywood up, and lots of electrics and plumbing needed fixed. BUT, beautiful new floor is in and the base units are in, counter going on today hopefully. Had to take dad to casualty yesterday as he managed to shred his finger with a giant wood auger drill bit. I nearly vommed. Could not be a Dr. We've been back at my mums over the weekend to keep DS away from the carnage, it's actually been really good and we had a lovely time with family and all my sister's kids. I know I posted about it on the FB thread, but an old friend of mine had a baby over the weekend who was born very very poorly after inhaling meconium, he was rushed to a specialist hospital for some scary sounding ECMO treatment BUT he's now off ecmo and breathing for himself and it's all looking really positive. Big big relief, I just can't even imagine how scared his mum was. What else... oh, we've got most of the climbing frame up so just need to get a baby swing seat, DS now has a lovely HUGE sandpit which needs a coat of paint courtesy of my dad (again). That's it I think! Phew!

I think DS has allergies the last 2 days cm has taken them to the park and he's come home eyes pink/watery poor little mite

He's still not talking much more than mummy daddy juice ball and bubble how can we encourage him more we read a lot to him, he understands lots and can make lots of animal noises when we say the animal names but words just aren't coming. He's definitely a rampaged rather than a talker

Asking him what things are figgy? I do it with monkey. His pronunciation is just getting worse though - yellow has gone from ellow to yeye and dog has become ogie my friend boy is a week older than him and speaks in 3 word sentences

We went to the park twice today, second time this 4-5 year old monster stole monkeys toy, refused to give it back then eventually threw it and broke it when my friend interviewed so I could chase back an escaping monkey! Going to dr tomorrow as I think he has hayfever and will call paeds on Friday and harass about his coeliac test. He's exhausted after his 90second nap today so currently sat watching hollyoaks!

Figgy DS is the same, he understands plenty, but he hasn't got any words yet (none I can make sense of anyway)! I think as long as they're understanding things and making their wants known by pointing and grunting I don't think there's any need to worry, they'll just talk when they're ready. Just carry on reading and chatting and pointing things out and try to guess what they're trying to say.

Janey i don't blame you for getting out to the park twice, it's best to enjoy the nice weather while it's here!

Hi everyone, loving this weather - everthing seems so much brighter. Freya suddenly seems so much more of a toddler. Her language is exploding (not clear but loads of of words) - she is such a girl in someways as she can say dress, shoes, socks, hat, dirty but also car, bus, tractor! She is at that very entertaining stage - Freya what does a cow say - mooo etc , where is your head etc. I remember this stage with DS and really enjoyed it. They become more independent and their own little people.

This was the age we thought we would start for number 2! Won't be happening again though! For those whose DCs don't say so much don't worry - DS said very little for a long time (he did have glue ear which had a big impact) - by 2 he still said very little but now at 4 I have to tell him to shut up at times!

Hi everyone, better day today chez Aethel, I'm pleased to say. Winning the battle of the wrigglies, and have finished our ensuite bathroom decoration ....

DH redeemed himself by complimenting my ability to remove paint from carpet, and today the lovely lovely BT man came and really fixed our broadband so that we actually get the fast speed we have been paying for. Yay.

Oh dear janey re the hayfever, it is meant to be a huge pollen count this summer due to so many delayed flowers from the awful spring weather. And if he's already got allergies it's a higher risk for him to get hayfever too. Hope your GP can help....