December 2012: and now the babies have mischief in their eyes.

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Oops, strike out fail! Off to a steam fair - we can walk there along the tow path. Nice bit of fresh air.

We gave up on the vitamin supplements quite a while ago terrible mummy

Woo hoo found a Grobag in TKMaxx for £16 and primark dribble bibs are the same quality as next ones but only £3

Still exhausted despite copious chocolate. Dh has taken ds to play with while he spends all afternoon watching sport, which hopefully means ds gets some nice daddy time (not too absentminded) and I am failing to sleep as I keep hearing upset noises. This could be lack of attention from dh or just that we found out at lunch his half erupted tooth is once again on the move..

WL I thought steam fair sounded fun, but stupid bloody pointless sport watching means no family outing. Could take ds but I want him to have some daddy time somehow.

That makes Dh sound awful which he's not. I'm just very tired and a bit sick of how much of a day can be taken up by watching other people do exercise.

We let ds loose at the mini soft play outside of primark today, he loved it I might take him more often and obviously whilst there would have to buy coffee and cake

Thanks for feedback about vitamins. I haven't been doing it ( totally forgot & it hasn't been mentioned by anyone!) and don't think I'll panic about it too much. I seem to remember trying with dd1 & getting most of it spat back out all over me!

Baby lazza has fallen asleep on me again! Has crashed out really early tonight. Been a bit grizzly this afternoon & I think her new tooth is giving her grief

I bought R's birthday pressies today. A foam jigsaw play mat with a town on, and an activity table with an orchestra. He's having them now because he's outgrown his dj booth now he's cruising everywhere and he'll get loads on his actual birthday in 2 months - he needs a new "big" toy to play with now iyswim.

That's the trouble with them being born close to Christmas isn't it? I find with dd it's great because she can get new things every six months

utopian we could have met up! It was quite fun, big 2 really enjoyed it and I think it was nice for T to have new things to look at and lots of sound stimulation. She slept all the way there in her pram then went on my back in the carrier at the fare. Managed about a quarter of the way home in her pram before I gave in to her moaning and had her on my back again. Instant satisfaction and she napped for about 30/40 mins too - at least we know its comfy for her.
spotty we let T loose in the little soft play bit at wisley yesterday and she absolutely loved it. It was so cute.

lazza don't worry too much. I was told by a sensible hv that lots of the advice they give out has to apply to the whole spectrum of parents so its basically based on fairly crap parenting and can be taken or left as appropriate by half way decent parents!

Yes, a June birthday is useful- DD is exactly 6 months from Christmas day.

I'm going to get A some duplo for Christmas (I think) so he can grow into it. And SIL is due at the end of Jan, so I'm thinking of getting a few bits for when the baby is older- at least on number 2+ you already have stuff they can play with.

Far from relaxing I spent an hour in a not-very-warm swimming pool for the DC's lessons.

I've got the dc loads for Christmas and ds' birthday so far damn that bargain thread

Been rubbish at keeping up! Must do better.

I'm sticking my fingers in my ears wrt both Christmas and first birthdays. I love Christmas but can't get my head around shopping just yet. I'm also pretending ds is going to stay a bubba forever so no birthday here

Well we have had shite sleep here, 4 teeth coming at once, colds, coughs, work is crap I so want to quit and my v best friends mum died last Saturday so all in all pretty horrid.

On a more positive note we have Crawling and waving. I prefer the latter

We did go in the end though not till 4.30. Would have been good to meet though - did i miss the planned summer meet up? Dh was watching his team lose horribly so just me and O but he was getting screamy stuck at home. Both he and I perked up no end once we got there! Dh is now wishing he had come so hopefully next time...

Birthday was wise someone suggested using their naming day as an alternative birthday when they're small which would suit us next year! Thinking of getting O something from [[
Gorgeous but can't justify unless it's for a proper present...

Sorry, here

jack sorry for the rubbish time, but hurrah for waving and crawling!

A's christening was only at 6 weeks, so doesn't give us much extra time! Once they're older it will be good for doing a joint Christmas/Birthday big present though.

Another one here who's been rubbish at keeping up - thought I'd better check in before we move to another thread!

I've got the standard issue cold too, so feeling a bit sorry for myself. At least it hopefully will be out of the way before I'm back at work - just over a week to go now .

Still got some separation anxiety issues going on, although have been making an effort to ensure N spends more time on his own with DH and DM, as they will be looking after him for the first month after I go back. It's been going well, but the boy definitely knows how to make me feel guilty. I got back the other day and saw him playing happily with DM through the window and heard him giggling as I walked through the door. He then took one look at me, burst into tears and started frantically crawling towards me to be picked up. Cheeky little man.

Oh, we've also had a couple of very wobbly but completely independent steps .

Why can I never sleep when D is flat out?

Well done N

Lazza my HV said not to bother about vitamins as Heidi has a good diet.

Spotty yay for F's 1st tooth.

Jack sorry you've had such a crap couple of weeks.

Utopian is your DP a Man U fan? Mine is i was chuft with the result. Glad you went out together

WL that sounds like a lovely day

Beasty hope you enjoyed the swimming.

H is sleeping better but keeping me awake with all the tossing and turning shes doing. Shes causing loads of bruises to herself in the cot so we're co-sleeping. I hope she settles down soon as i am unsure of a solution.

I forgot to say Hi Honey hope you and D are ok.

Oh and i completely forgot to tell you that today H was playing in the front garden with the neighbours ginger cat. When a little girl walked past and said 'awww look shes the same colour as the cat' the little girl said it so truthfully and innocently that its been making me giggle thinking of it all day

That is indeed shit jack

Hi ispy.

Where's hales got to?

3 wake ups since bedtime and crying in her sleep - bastard teeth. I've just force fed her some calpol - I do wish she would know what's best for her!

Oh there you are hales!

I know that fight with the Calpol WL, i've decided its easier to do when she cries now. As soon as she opens her mouth to scream i lie her down and put the syringe in, it takes seconds.

I've been quiet due to loads of drama with DP's Ex, too much to go into but basically DSD isn't allowed to go to H's Christening or to spend anytime with me. As i have refused to tell her how much DP contributes towards H.