Nov 05 - Mamama , Ahgoo, Dadada, Pffffftfttffhhhhhhhhh

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Here we go...
Oz chose the title!

Hi!!!!! Got back about an hour ago so of course dumped the bags and got the computor on!!. Haven't read ANYTHING, and am looking forward to catching up tommorrow at work ! Had a brilliant time, though have to admit to looking forward to work tommorrow (for a rest!!) 5am starts aren't great, whatever the weather!!
Speak tommorrow
Great to be back
Diege x

Hey, Hiya Diege!!! Good to have you home hun, safe and sound - justw hat we like!!
Rodeo - lots of hugs and kisses to you and yours for the well being of your Gran.
HAd good weekend, thomas's appetite is well and truly back - so he is now 100% match fit!!
My Dad's twin is staying another week (with my parents) which is nice, and it is lovely for Thomas to have his "2" Grandads!!

Anyway, must dash, can hear T stirring - then off to bed for me.

Night All

Brownie
xx

Hi all..

glad you enjoyed your hols nova and diege!

g.g we had that problem with O, but we now have a 'bedside cot' which you can take the side off..so when he's hard to put down I lie him in his cot but lean over to cuddle him until he dozes off..he doesn't wake as we don't have to move him anywhere.

O totally recovered by friday evening..and I am just about back to normal now..phew! it's hard work looking after a baby when you're ill!

we had a great weekend..watching the football, going out to the park..etc..and we had O's bath in the lounge with cool water and toys in it so he happily splashed around (poor mans version of a paddling pool..lol!)

best be off..we're going to watch a music video being filmed today..probably won't be as fun as I imagine..but hey! hopefully O won't yell out or cry at an inopportune moment..lol

I'll catch up with all the news later
x

Hi everyone. Glad everyone had good weekends and welcome back to the holidayers!! We're off to France on the 22nd, not got anything organised yet, am so crap at these things!

Our goldfish is currently in the process of dying! Its floating around belly up taking its last breaths. I have an extreme phobia of fish(bizarre I know), Could just about manage to live with it as long as I didn't have to go near it but now its dying I feel all sick and panicky!! Going to MILs this afternoon so I don't have to look at it its making me feel ill!!Phoned DH who will deal with it when he gets home but have made him swear he won't flush it down the loo, i'd be forever thinking the damn thing would float back up!!Deep breaths...

We've had a nice weekend haven't done a great deal just been in the garden mostly.

Have a nice day everyone!!!xx

Ahhh, poor you L&S :( We've stopped getting fish now as I hate the 'last' stage too. I accidently chopped a caterpiller in half yesterday on the kitchen top - it was attached to the brocoli, yuk!
If you need to go into town one morning before your hols and fancy a quick coffee and browse round M&S let me know :) How long are you going for? I'll put it in my diary!
Have a good day Bob! Who's the video for? Your friends The Futureheads?? Great idea with the babybath, bet O loved it :) Glad your both well again.
Diege, looking forward to hearing your holiday news, hope the transition back to work isn't too bad :)
Oh must tell you this before I go....I was at the till yesterday at Tesco's, with Jess and Joe in the trolley, It was quite busy and I'd given Joe my handbag to look after. Was paying the checkout woman when Joe said rather loudly 'Mum, you've forgotton your pen' (?) and I turned round to see him waving a Tampax he'd fished out my handbag Oooh, I remember with fond memories the days when I used to have a bit of dignity....

Arghhhhhh!!!! Have tried to catch up with the week's comings and goings, but have given up 'blush]. Thought I was doing well remembering everything, but then realised i was only on 'Tuesday'!!lol!, so have given up . Vague recollections of dummies dipped in lager, choccy butties, swimming pools and Enthusia !!Yah!! Great to hear from you.
RODEO: glad you got podstcards ok; aww, little Joe and 'his Scarlett'; I must tell her she will be pleased . Sad to hear Gran is poorly ; she sounds a really inspriational lady, and sending lots of good wishes .
Well, the week away was great, brill weather etc, though wake up times have been mad (averaging 5 for dds). Better last night with blackout blinds, but L still waking 5.30ish, no matter what we do in the day.
Poor Jasmine is at drs with DH this morning with a very nasty infected finger; may need antibiotics, but fingers crossed , she will start to feel better soon. Libby really seems to have 'come on' while we've been away, trying all sorts of finger foods (ice cream cone being the fave), and ready to move onto the nursery menu this week . Gets very cross when she can't have what she wants (eg. the newspaper) or hold a spoon .
Well, better get some work done, boss is snooping . Speak later!
Diege

x-posts RODEO!! lol at tampax story!! Before I forget Scarlett has been telling everyone who asks that mummy didn't buy Libby's socks (you know the ones!!), it was 'Bella's mummy'!!! She has been trained well...

Welcome back Diege - Glad you had a great holiday :o

Rodeo - LOL at 'pen' scenario. Kids!!

L&Smum - Sorry to hear about your fish, do not like seeing them like that. I always ask DH to dispose of them outside too. Our catfish is greedy and quite vicious so we usually have to quarantine any ill/dying fish first - which is fine as long as DH is around. Yuk!

BoB - Awww..how sweet! Bet he loved that. Our LO doesn't fit in his bath anymore, I guess I need a bigger one but put him in the big bath last night for first time on his own and he just loved it! When i pour the water over his head he closes his eyes now and opens them with a big smile, I love bath time :)Enjoy your day, and I'll look forward to finally meeting you both next week. Don't be late!!

Tessasmum - If you don't mind me asking, how much were the babysigning classes and from how young can they start? They have classes here in my area am just waiting for the lady to call me back. Am hoping it's not too expensive.

Grandad has taken LO out shopping. I'm missing him already but is good chance to get things done i suppose. Are we decided on venue yet, had a quick look at group but no posts.

Have a great day all. p.s. Is 6months and 1 week too early for hummus etc.

Chacha - They say you can take them to sign classes from 6 months, but don't expect them to do any signing back for quite a while. It's easier in my class having a lo thats too young to be walking as all the other mums spend the class chasing after their kids. Think it was £70 for 12 weeks.

Rodeo - at least he thought it was a pen!!!

I love wifi - I'm sat in the garden and on MN

Good to see you back Diege. After travelling with one I don't know how you manage with 3!

Nova :o It's great isn't it? I remember sitting in bed with laptop surfing & printing stuff for work (printer was downstairs ) and thinking 'WoW, this is soooo cool!' Enjoy the lovely weather.

Thanks for info. That doesn't sound too bad. I didn't know that you go, how do you find it? How is Nat there? I was intrigued to find that a lot of the signs were ones that I automatically use with the LO (common sense ones I guess) like for bottle, hot, food etc. Very interesting.

Finally grandad answered his phone and LO was fine. I was really missing him. I had a weepy few minutes when I couldn't get hold of grandad Feel like such an idiot. Can't wait to give him a hug, isn't nice to actually MISS your baby instead of looking at the clock for nap time Best make most of it and get a drink x

That should read 'Isn't it nice to MISS...' not it isn't nice

Hello is it ok to crash this thread.Ive only recently discovered mn and it would be nice to hear from mums with babies the same age.dd is 6 months born at end of Nov.I also have a ds 2.5 but keep forgetting about all the developmental stages of babies.You think youll never forget but you do if you have a terrible memory like mine.ds was an angel baby but dd has been a nightmare - colic/reflux/bronchiolitis you name it shes had it the little grump.Love her to bits but its been hard this time.Anyone else with more than one out there.How are you coping? ds hit terrible 2 in conjunction with babys arrival.Have found it difficlt this time round,baby 1 was a breeze.Anyone out there with any words of reassurance as I feel like I need cloning to deal with the 2,am crap mother as cant give attention i want to.Must go now as dd needs a feed

Hi wrinkly! Love the name !! Course you're welcome There are lots of us with more than one, and yes it is tough and it's prefectly natural to feel how you do. I've got 3, and imo the jump from 1 to 2 is the toughest; I think you just mentally surrender with 3 as there are more of them than you and DH/DP!!! Had 16 month gap with dds1 &2 so know how hard it can be, esp. with the tantrums. Rememeber feeling pretty low at around the 6 month mark with dd2 - might be worth having a word with HV?? (not that I did..)I'm sure we can help put things into perspective on here though!
Take care,
Diege

wrinklytum..don't be scared..come in, pull up a chair and take a nice glass of wine..

Tex will be a wealth of wisdom on your issues no doubt..but even those of us that can't comment from experience will be here for support

as for me...I should be out by 1.30pm but O is napping..I'm totally ready to go at least but daren't wake him up..he's a dragon when disturbed from sleeping!

chacha..you're so right..i'm the worst time keeper ever! it's always a random nappy explosion, or a flat pram tyre, a massive spew on clothes, an unexpected heavy nap (me or O..lol)
the world is consipring to keep me and O indoors all day everyday I'm sure! teeheee

Gosh, the days when I could just drop out to get a paper or something are so far gone...

Hiya everyone, good night going down last night (but he was already asleep) I think the cheating works better for us. Nightmare on the buses today, lovely couple ended up paying for me to get home cos I lost my ticket, I felt utterly useless.

BoB - Glad little O's better (and you). Music video sounds so much fun, who is it for?

L&Smum - poor fish, and poor you, at least you got your MIL to go to.

Oh Rodeo - lol at Joe waving Tampax around, I am cringing for you though as I sit here giggling!

Diege - glad you had a good time at 'home', hope Jasmines finger heals up.

ChaCha - aahhh at you missing Zayn

wrinklytum - hello . I've only been around since March or April, and these ladies are an absolutely lovely bunch (be careful their heads don't swell too much ). You're not a crap mum, parenthood is sooo much harder than pretty much any other job out there. I'm sure you're doing a great job. Owen, my ds1 was such an easy baby and Sean seems like harder work, but its nice oming on here and knowing there's others going through all the same things as you are. My age gap is 4yrs, so can't really offer any 1st hand advice on ds's behaviour, but I'm sure others will.

Best get ready to go to Owens infants, Seans zonked out on daddy, so food time, yum yum! See ya!

Chacha - I get in a panic every time the child minder takes Nat out . Always have an irrational fear she won't bring her back.

I really like sing & sign as it's part music part signing. Nat is the most subdued out of the babies there as she's the youngest, so she just sits with me and chews a tamborine. I think it's worth it, but you need to make sure that your DH and everyone else uses the signs too. I must adnit we got a bit slack on holiday, but I'm making sure I do the signs now. It's amazing how quick you learn a good vocabulary.

Welcome wrinklytum, I find one hard to deal with so well done you for coping with a tricky DD. I'm sure some of the others can help, BEKSmum and Tessasmum spring to mind as they have toddlers too.

Took Nat to the docs today for a second opinion and they say her weight is fine and that the HV is talking out of her arse . Phew. Had an optional immunisation done that apparently is being brought in at the end of the summer, please don't ask me to spell what it's for, but it's one they've been giving routinely in the US for some time. Little muchkin is asleep now, even though it's dinner time.

Got a lovely dress today for a friends wedding in August, can't wait to wear it!

Nat had the best time at Gym today, she actually had fun! It's only taken 6 months of going for her to get it.

Soooo glad we got an air con unit for Nats room, would be very stressful otherwise.

Hi girls, Just a quickie

Having a look at Tumble Tots local site and see that it's from walking - 2 years. So my LO is too young. Is this right? I remember others mentioning TT on here and am sure that we have no walkers yet. Anyone?

A-HA....perhaps I need to look at gymbabes...

self absorbed and gnarly post alert!

hmm ..well i'm feeling crap, but feel like I shouldn't.
we went to the shot and it was pretty great all round, it's always interesting to see it from behind the scenes..can't wait to see the final thing on mtv..
then everyone went off to a bar, not for me and O obviously!
and then i struggled with O on the bus and train (all the while he was crying, because he was overheated)
there were plenty of free seats on the train, but no one would move from standing to fill up the free space so I ended up letting a train pass before we could get one home..ooh..you can't imagine how cross i was by this point.

thankfully there are no stairs at blackheath station from this diredction so I strolled home easily ..yet still got yelled at by some yobs.

after hauling ds and his pram upstairs I sat down and cried..I now have got over it but still feel shirty

argh

oh..but the worst thing..
calling d.p when he got out of work and he said 'oooh so you aren't going to the gig, great! guess it would have been too tiring for you anyway, well give me ring after midnight?'

no you big jerk..if only you'd said..'ooh what a hard day, well run a bath, get ready, i'll come home and take care of O and you go have fun..'

Oh BoB - When LO settles for the night you need to run yourself a bath, have a glass of whatever it is you drink and wind down. Unfortunately men don't always think/do what we'd like them to. Never mind, hopefully he'll make it up to you and was just caught up in all the excitement etc and didn't realise he's been so unthoughtful.

I'll post again a while, dinner is ready. I think i might be a bit late in giving LO his dinner

I'm being silly to be so self absorbed right?
I mean, in the past both me and dp would have gone to this concert and party, and probably rolled home at 5am , but waking up with a hangover is no fun..

and at least I know tomorrow I'll wake up with my little guy next to me and the sleepy smile he gives me will mean more than anything I could imagine.

It's okay BoB. These incidents probably bring home to you the sacrifices (at times one sided) that parenthood brings. I think that the heat, baby crying, let down, crap journey home and yobbish behaviour on way home has all taken it's toll and you need to relax.
It's only natural that you feel the way you do though, transition from previous lifestyle to the one that motherhood brings is probably quite a testing one. You are doing so well. I have been what you might call a boring fart for the last few years so the transition for me was easy. Being cuddled up (as you so rightly said) with the little guy compares to nothing - enjoy your night in with him, watch a movie, make your infamous mezze platter (yummy) have a drink and relax. Will check on you to if you r here in a bit. x

thanks chacha...it does really help to hear outside opinions
i'll post more tomorrow when i'm not so fraught

Hi everyone!! BOB: think I would be feeling mighty disgruntled if I were you after the day I'd had. I know what CHACHA means about getting it all into perspective, but even though motherhood means sacrifices, I think it is important to try and hold onto the things you enjoy from your 'old' life - after all, you're still the same person! Maybe try and explain to DH that his comments were a little insensitive, and that you (and no doubt him!) need to remind yourselves of how important it is to retain some of that life. Just my thoughts - I'm a boring old fart now, but still force myself out with the girls once a week or so, and actually really enjoy it (only once I'm actually out I might add).
Well, baby chair has been put away after Libby tipped herself over face first into carpet twice now (thought it was just bad luck the first time!!!). She ain't rolling over yet , but she sure as heck makes up for it with her forward rolls!!
Will try and get some hols photos sorted out for yahoo site (come on now, stop yawning, you can pretend you've looked!!!)
Speak later, going to try and catch up with BB now!!!
Diege