November 2012 - Lots of mummies going back to work

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1761048-November-2012-Weaning-is-messy-fun-what-does-your-baby-eat

[LuisGarcia]

fistbump chasing

[LuisGarcia]

wait, what?

a pringle?

A pringle?

[ChasingDaisy]

Nice to feel loved huh? Although right now I would opt for feeling asleep.

And what the fuck am i to do with no vowels?

[ChasingDaisy]

Obviously a tube of. Once you pop and all that...

[LuisGarcia]

Sorry, was that aimed at me or TheDetective?

[PurplePidjin]

Thanks everyone, cautiously optimistic rather than excited, too much shit has happened in the last 18 months for me to be much other than worried about what might go wrong this time!

Wwf is on my phone, Luis, sorry and i need every last brain cell playing you

I am thankful this is R's 1st wake up since i fed him when i got in from work at 9:30!

[kirrinIsland]

Congrats pidj Thats great news :)

chasing They must be crazy. Run for the hills.

sorry to those who are acting as mattresses - hope you get to bed soon.

[Lily311]

Not going back full time till O is 2. I am thankful for that.

I am also thankful for my family, once again they stepped up and showed what a family supposed to mean. My parents did a good job, I wish O will say the same in 20/30 years.

I am also thankful for this quiche, I feel blessed to be part of it.

And thankful for FedEx (and their death in service benefit) who paid off our mortgage hence allowing me to stay at home for another 18 months without the financial worry. Thankful for legal and general to pay out the life insurance to his parents, it really helps them.

[Lily311]

chasing I hate when people try to put financial pressure on their relatives. Surely his parents can downgrade now that no siblings live there?

horsey sorry for broken fanjo

I can't remember the rest, sorry.

Who is doing christening? I am not religious and O won't have any in near future but we are invited to her cousin's hence I ask. Also who lowered the cot already? O wriggles but can't sit up on her own yet but I think i should do it soon.

[Lily311]

Remembered: tummy sleeping. She has been on her tummy since week 4. With movement monitor. I'm way too worried about cot death. But the advice I was given is that once they roll on to their tummy by themselves than it is fine.

[fruitpastilles]

pidji that's fantastic news, so pleased for you!
chasing I hope ur p didn't expect you to move in as well and was just passing on the message, like you'd really move in with the way they treat you!
To luis and stunt and anyone else needing them.

Dp woke me up at 2:30 feeling down my side of the bed, I asked him what he was doing, he was looking for the baby. I told him she was in her cot, where else would she be, he said she's not, I've just looked in on her on the way back from the toilet, I had a look and she was right in the corner curled up in a little ball. Gave me a bloody heart attack!
Today I am thankful that no one stole my baby in the night

[Sophiathesnowfairy]

kyz I use the organic pots of fruit purée as well as doing my own, they are great for adding into porridge or weatabix or with yoghurt to make them more interesting.

eliza I think working in Waitrose would be a lovely job!

yw just to reassure you i think most nurseries are well up on food allergies these days as they are so prevelant. DD1 's were great and that was 4 years ago. Having said thar if you can work it like that that's perfect, you lucky ole thang! ,!

[katkit1]

I was also redeployed at 5 months pregnant - not sure where I'll be when I go back - could be anywhere - v.large company but exciting to be somewhere new.

[PetiteRaleuse]

Morning. I wrote a long post last night on t'other thread but then Detective got there first :o

Sorry for the bad nights Luis and Chasing but I am very of s&v pringles

chasing do NOT move in with the ILs.

pidj congratulations, must be a weight off your mind

pig that sounds good. The Mail hates GPs :o

Erm.. What else? Tomatoes are quite hard to digest which might explain yw? It's one of the fruit/veg along peppers and onions that DD1 and LI took a few tries to get used to.

evil I agree, home cooked stuff better. Even LO is starting to get that now.

That's all I can remember.

[MadamGazelleIsMyMum]

yw I agree with sophia, the nursery I use for DC are really hot on allergies, to the extent that no food other than that made on site is allowed onto the premises, and certain brands of sunscreen are banned due to nut content. So you might find somewhere you are comfortable with.

lily if the last year is anything to go by, I am sure O will look back at wonderful parenting.

fruit scary!

Re Christenings, no we won't be. We're not church-goers, in fact I would describe myself as an atheist.

And the cot is lowered to the middle of the three heights. DS can't really sit - he manages a few wobbly seconds - and certainly can't get himself to sitting, but he seemed too close to the top on the highest height, iykwim.

[MissMummy1]

Morning

EXCELLENT news about the job PP !!

Chasing could you take the suggestion of moving in with a MIL worse than mine as motivation to step up your leaving plan?

Bad news about the broken fanjo horsey

Wahey to whiskey and cake pass !

And kyz you are doing fantastically. M is only 25 weeks but I really must start doing more than just tastes of things. We haven't been doing solids everyday and certainly not specific meals. Must get strict...

I am feeling really shit. Went to a dive night last night and sat doing shore cover in the car with Tilly. I was feeling so sicky I bailed at 8 and came home to bed. DP wanted to take me to A&E as I felt so awful and my stomach was really crampy. My mum thinks I may indeed have a gallbladder issue, exacerbated by dairy as my sickness seems to get a lot worse after eating anything dairy related. I hate feeling sick all the time. ignoring the fact I have a bit of a phobia of throwing up I am almost too scared to eat now for fear of being sick half an hour later Whinge whinge whinge...

[MissMummy1]

Oh and YW I didn't in the end. I think I could have applied my quals to the job but we haven't made any set decisions about moving yet. I still want to buy here. I have told him to present me with an amazing house and convince me moving over there will make our lives better. I am doubtful as I love being close to my family, and he knows that I will not allow MIL to have M alone.

[Brockle]

I am thankful that until last night I hadn't had a night spent changing sheets and cleaning bathrooms after major puking from the kids. ds1 was sick everywhere last night, the clean up operation woke up ds2 who then had a bed made up on our floor, ds3 woke up and thought it was hilarious and stayed awake . however ds1 can be forgiven if it only happens once every seven years.

chasing your P is delusional if he ever thought you would go for that.

congrats pp

Y loves the organix pots. its his only vice

I hope you get some answers bout how you are feeling mm I too have a vomiting phobia.

back at work in four weeks. only three days a week and mum is looking after Y so I m massively grateful for that.

[StuntNun]

I'm a lapsed baptist so there's no christenings here either way. I leave religion up to my children to choose but I will support them if they decide they want to go to church.

Three hours sleep last night. I was so tired when J woke me up this morning that I nearly had coffee instead of tea.

MM I would move back to Fife like a shot given the chance. When I got unexpectedly pregnant with DS1 in 2002 we moved here to be near DH's family but they're not supportive and we lost our network of friends when we moved.

The architect is coming this morning to start drawing up the plans for the extension. I'm a little bit worried as I know nothing about architects or planning permission or foundations or any of that shiz.

How is your sister doing now Kyz? And your mum as well? You're going to need a holiday when everything's back to normal.

[horseylady]

stunt architects are great. Just make sure you're happy with what they draw and what gets approved. The builders will work from this and quote from this. Any changes will be hugely costly.

Foundations depend on how many stories you have.

We basically doubled the size of our house and totally rearranged it. And however many copies you think you need, increase it!!!!

And get lots of quotes. For full job and the seperate components. Shout if you want to know more!!

[PetiteRaleuse]

Christening is a tough subject in our house. I'm a lapsed Catholic, have dabbled here and there with other stuff, and religion isn't really for me. DH is a non practicing Catholic.

I would feel very uncomfortable about the vows in a baptism service. However DH's argument is that if ever the girls want to get married in a church they need to have been baptised, and this is easier to do now than later. (later they would have to go to classes etc)

My argument is that if they really want to get married in a church they will be motivated enough to get baptised later on.

I find the whole wedding in a church thing to be a tad hypocritical if you're not religious. No way would I have done it, even if we could (DH has been divorced twice so we wouldn't have been allowed to). I feel equally married with just a civil service. I'm sure the girls will feel the same. But if their future husbands don't.....

PLUS I don't have any Catholic friends close enough to be godparents. I have a couple of friends in this area who keep hinting, but they aren't suitable. Love them to bits, but not as godparents to my children.

So for the moment am leaving it.

[MsJupiterJones]

Oh, what a night.

He just never seemed to settle. Up for hours. I even asked DH to go in at one point I was so tired. Eventually brought him in with us about 4 but even then it took ages for him to drop off and he woke up several times.

Maybe it was something he ate? Or he just knew I was going to abandon him for a full day at work. A full day at work. Aaaaaagh.

Just as I typed that L went Aaaaaaaa. Can he read now? I think I am delirious.

Kyz I count months separately to weeks. So 7 months after he was born was 26 May, but it was 30w2d. I think you're doing brilliantly with weaning fwiw, esp as you're coping with all the worry about Elyza.

Horsey I get the flutters too.

[PetiteRaleuse]

Oh yes, the flutters. I've been getting them the last week or so. Last post pregnancy flutters made me all nostalgic for pregnancy (I LOVED felling DD1 move around). This time I'm kind of sad, but look at my two girls and feel complete.
Our nights have suddenly improved. We're getting one short wake up for thirst in 12ish hours. Drinks a couple of ounces and down she goes again.

[Passmethecrisps]

Good morning.

mm you really must get seen by a doc. It sounds horrible.

Cripes to lost baby fruit! You must have had your heart in your mouth for a while.

Does anyone else dream that their baby is in bed with them? I go through periods of unsettled sleep because I am dreaming that P is in bed with me. Very weird.

Good luck at work JJ!

No christening here. MIL is a very active church goer but both DH and I are atheists. We were married in a civil ceremony in a local historical building which is now a theatre. It is lovely passing it regularly or going to events there. I am not sure that the possibility of daughters getting married in the far future is a good reason for baptism/christening. Although, if noone feels strongly about it and it seems to have benefits for the future then why not?

[PurplePidjin]

I'm nominally CofE, dp nominally 7th Day Adventist (try finding that in a small rural town ) we're believers if not attenders. We want R welcomed into the church, any church really, so he has the option when he's old enough to decide for himself.