November 2012 - The Adventure Continues

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1787896-November-2012-Crawling-Already-Uh-oh

This thread's topic is what size of nappies are your babies in? And how are the cloth bum babies doing?

I need one of pass's summaries for the past week..

I need one of pass's summaries for the past week..

Chasing has a flat and everyone is secretly applauding, VQ has everyone worrying about quichemummy, MrDetective is earning a d to go with his p and it's driving her to find new things to rant about, GTBaby has the squits, donnadoon has some news for you, PR is taking it to the highest court in the land, BPLP's cm got some seriously terrible careers advice at school, Sophia needed and got a quiche cuddle, and everyone is outing themselves on facebook, comparing nappies, wishing they could give Izzy a night off and getting mad at Stacks gp.

Brilliant summary luis :) Now, if you could just do that every day?!

Oh no busting headache. That'll teach me for hitting the wine last night after a terrible day. The conversation went like this:

Me: Oops I appear to have accidentally opened a bottle of Merlot.
DH: How did that happen?
Me: Not sure, the lid just came off in my hand.

Hurry up and feed, J, mummy needs painkillers and a glass of water.

Great summary.

I luff my cloths. It is much much easier to wash them than always looking when I need to buy nappies. Not to mention wipes, i have not bought a packet since O arrived. saved quite a lot i guess.I started with OneLife, than little lambs, lollipop, charliebanana, eBay cheapies, fuzzy buns but now only have the eBay cheapies and lollipop. Sold the rest.

kyz you will be fine dreading next weekend when my mum will have O from sat pm till sun pm
sophia I'm so very pleased for you, glad your bank approved.
det knives are awesome. I still can't get my head round how young your OH is. Or how young everyone is in the quiche. I feel I'm an oldie.
chasing it will be fine. The place will only have happy memories. I still don't know the area or anyone around here, it's not as bad asi thought it will be.

I think I am the youngest.....

I have woken up with a bloody cold. Or hayfever or something. I am coughing and sneezing and feel quite sick (defs not wine flu, I stopped at half a glass) Today is going to be fun...

Apart from the hangover we had a brilliant night last night. The evening was rubbish, we didn't get J properly asleep until 10 but then he slept until almost 5 (probably shouldn't have stayed up having wine and cheese and watching Person of Interest. Then after my shower I went in to see J and he was playing with his teddy in his cot. Hopefully that means he's getting over this rotten cold just after infecting me apparently.

Just catching up, N has had a very snotty nose and now it has gone to his chest. he has been waking up every night screaming/crying. One night he had to sleep with me because he just couldn't settle. So he has become clingy. So we are going to the Drs as this has all happened since he came off the antibiotics, P is coming too, and is starting to take more interest in N.

Chasing-chasing that's amazing!
Big- that's awful about the childminder.
Sophia- we had loads of trouble with trying to get our morgate. I'm so glad yours is all sorted.
Nappies- I knew that reusables where not right for us.
Donna- congrats

I'm sorry that I've not posted.
Evil

Morning all.

Feeling much more positive today, like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Thanks for all the support yesterday and offers of hitmen!

Stunt sounds like a lovely evening, I hope you don't suffer the after effects for too long. I long for the days when I didn't get a hangover, now I only need to sniff a sambuca.

Izzy and pidj how was the rest of the night?

Looking forward to hearing how J gets on playing with the purees today, Izzy - hopefully some will accidentally get into his mouth (I'm presuming that's the aim?) I know Fs first food was lime jelly during messy play at baby group luckily we avoided the custard

Evil I hope N is ok, not nice to see them upset.

Kyz holy moly, that was an epic post last night my love! Can't wait to see the length of the post when you get back from London Enjoy yourself, lots.

Luis how are your knees these days? And how is Ls sleep?

Just trying to think of things I need to ask the nursery. It's all a bit strange and new, hoping I will either like it, or not and it will be obvious.

luis great summary, very witty, I especially liked the "careers advice" comment.

evil poor N. S has had a horrid cough he just cannot shift. He's on round 2 of antibiotics. Hope you get something from the GP.

stunt high-5 for good night! And the whole "the lid just came off in my hand" made me LOL.

det my DH would be super happy with some knives for his b'day, I think definitely go for it.

kyz it will all be fine. It is very hard to leave them to start off with, but the more you do it, the easier it gets.

We had our floors steam cleaned y'day. Old terrace house with original wooden floorboards in lounge and kitchen diner. Lovely, but really hard to keep properly clean because we are lazy mainly. With DS zooming around the floors, licking them, we thought we would get it done properly. It's amazing. I think this is how I know I am a proper grown up, I actually derive pleasure in spending money on getting things sorted at home, rather than spending it all completely frivolously (although a lot of that is still going on).

Excellent summary luis

Morning all. Sorry about the hangover stunt ; good luck at the nursery pig ; hope things are improving in the valium household (ooh that sounds bad doesn't it? :o ) and good luck at the doctor's evil

Morning! Seems like okay nights??

O woke at 2.30 again. Whyyyyyy?! You are 7 months old. You have slept through. You certainly can go til 5-6am before waking.

Please do it again.

Thanks!

It is so much harder to get saline drops and a snot sucker into an 8 month old than it was a few months ago.

There's a trick I do with a headlock and one knee PR.

^ was a joke in case anyone's about to report me to SS.

PR in the dead of night the other night, when F was drowning in snot, I could barely even wipe her nose, she was thrashing so violently. I did think that a snot sucker would have the potential to accidentally perform a frontal lobotomy or similar.

Morning quiche

pig good luck at the nursery today. Surely anything will be better than the CM from hell, right?

stunt so pleased you got a good night.

kyz I know how hard it will be for you to leave E, but he definitely won't forget you

Good night here, 6.45-4-5.30-7.30. My dad looked after him while I had a shower and he said that he managed a backwards crawl/shuffle thing Off to the library later for story time.

Feeling a bit more positive after some sleep. Lily and det you are my inspiration and PR is my coach

Have written down the multiple grievances re: CM. I am going to write a letter of complaint to her, and copy it to Ofsted. A friend has pointed out that I am too nice and try to see the best in everyone, but in this situation, I need to complain, I really do. It doesn't matter if she doesn't like me (repeats ad infinitum). Will post on fb once it's written.

I will be drafting an important letter today too. If DD1 lets me.

Morning all :-) After seeing Luis refer to me as quiche mummy, I am considering a name change, although quiche granny may be more apt. I am the oldest by a long shot, and I see Stunt as Quiche Mummy :-) obviously Luis is Quiche Daddy, and not just by default. MM is quiche baby Kyz is Quiche big sister and Chasing is Quiche hero, Pass is Quiche Nutter and I will not go any further for fear of causing offence

I've left two loads of dry washing out on the line in a monsoon. Arse. Not the most auspicious start to the day.

I guess I should mention J too really. He is awesome. He slept from 10.30 to 9am although of course that worries me. He is full of smiles whilst trying very hard to breathe. He vomited all bottles but one yesterday, but is still peeing. He loves his antibiotics thank fuck.

Today I am thankful for antibiotics. And the quiche. Obviously. Always

I forgot it is thankful Thursday.

I am thankful for my paed who took one look at a photo of DD1's poo and said too much milk. I am thankful that she didn't say to stop all dairy and am thankful that the fact that DD1 just had one milk feed yesterday means that today the contents of her potty were much improved.

I am thankful for another type of professional that will help me in the weeks to come.

I am thankful for cbeebies.

I am thankful that this cold is not too bad and that I am already feeling better. I am hopeful that LO will be the same in a couple of days, and am hopeful that DD1 may not catch it at all.

I am, as ever, thankful for the quiche, for the laughs, the tears, the support and the hugs. And the swearing. Problems seem smaller when you've got 60+ people cheering you on.

I am thankful to be back in England and on my way home

I am also very thankful for luis's summary!

I am so excited, I bought one of those bins which you can fix on cupboard door and opens up as you open the cupboard. I'm sad,I know but I always wanted one .

Good luck [bigpig], hope you like the nursery.

[stunt] you made me laugh, did you read the thread in nannies where nanny accused the mum of being an abuser? For getting calpol in the child. O certainly can complain too as I have to restrain her to get some medicine in.

[kyz] enjoy Bon jovi.

Anyone have an idea what to cook from rhubarb? My dad said he never ate any and they are coming for dinner tmrw before we go to the theatre. I'm thinking apple and rhubarb crumble? not that I ever cooked one before

I'm thankful for my student card as I can buy cheap travel cards.
Thankful for my lovely babysitter so I can finally get back into shape. Also thankful that it's dead cheap here.
Thankful for the quiche, I luff you all.
I am thankful for O, she makes me feel good, loved, cheerful and needed.