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November 2012 - Babies going trick or treating

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StuntNun · 17/10/2013 19:28

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PurplePidjOrTreatin · 25/10/2013 12:34

Fx Sophia

Madam, Winchester Christmas market is lovely dp and my first date and about an hour from here :o

I'm fairly neutral/southern England but go very Ampshurr when riled Hmm

ChasingDaisy · 25/10/2013 12:55

I am full of admiration for those of you with large families. At the moment I can't see myself having more children. The newborn stage scares me. I'm not sure if I could do that again. Although with the right partner things may be different.

Right, any first date tips? Good conversation starters? Do's and dont's?

Sophiathesnowfairy · 25/10/2013 15:05

My guest room has ended up being nicer than my Master bedroom. Confused

Sophiathesnowfairy · 25/10/2013 15:13

Ok maybe not, they a just different. I am please with how it has turned out though, the only room I have painted a bit of. Is cosy.

YellowWellies · 25/10/2013 15:19

Don't know if its feasible but - swap rooms?

OK jags knocked him sideways for a couple of hours but he's as busy as ever now. Though was warned that the MMR won't hit until next week. He's trying to master his vtech baby walker - he's done half a dozen steps three times so far Smile .

Right now he's brighter we're off to the park.

GTbaby · 25/10/2013 16:30

Soph why do t u make the guest room your holiday room. Go sleep/read/MN away from everyone. Lol. Like a treat.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 25/10/2013 17:03

yw is not quite as big as ours and doesn't have an ensuite but it is downstairs and there is the downstairs bathroom by it. I think the idea is when when are old and infirm we move into it!! I like the idea of a holiday room gt that way I can enjoy it too.

O is currently having seconds of his tea from his bib Confused

Sophiathesnowfairy · 25/10/2013 17:05

Friday treats, am doing a crispy duck and hot and sour soup. Crispy duck is crisping as we speak.

PetiteRaleuse · 25/10/2013 17:16

I have felt nauseous all day. We're having salad and salmon tonight. No preparation. Had frozen pizza last night. I think I have caught whatever Dd1 was suffering from yesterday. She has been fine if a little tired today btw.

ChasingDaisy · 25/10/2013 17:17

Sophia you are a domestic goddess. I want to come and live with you.

PetiteRaleuse · 25/10/2013 18:13

Me too. I would give my right arm to be cooked for at the moment. Feeling so groggy this evening :(

GTbaby · 25/10/2013 18:17

Am hungry but can't decide what to eat. Am sick of the normal everyday food I have.
This week I've had

  • rice and dall
  • rice and paneer curry
-pizza
  • spag Bol (quite proud as I made this from a jar)
-tandoori chicken

What to have what to have what to have.

fruitpastilles · 25/10/2013 18:40

Haven't caught up yet, but happy birthday ValiumPrince x

MadameGazelleIsMyMum · 25/10/2013 18:49

GT you've made me starving. And I want Indian food now you've listed some of that (we had spag Bol y'day).

Got S asleep on me while I can hear DH reading DD a story. Sometimes life is just perfect. am sure I will ruin the moment by instant rage with DH over something inconsequential

Lily311 · 25/10/2013 19:25

Happy birthday mini vq.

Good day here. But with one weird thing. I started to produce milk. My boobs are swollen. The only thing that changed in the last couple of days was that O started to give me cuddles. She crawls to me, kisses me, hugs me. I love it. But I don't want to produce milk. Grrr.

Good luck with the date tmrw chasing.

MadameGazelleIsMyMum · 25/10/2013 19:53

lily I think, but don't know, that milk can linger a while. I squeezed some out t'other day. Haven't fed S for 8 months ! Pretty sure it's normal and will die down again but I await the experienced bf-ers who will surely know the answer!

Sophiathesnowfairy · 25/10/2013 19:56

It was yum. I will post a pic on fb about my guest room chasing you can see if it meets your requirements!

GTbaby · 25/10/2013 20:34

Chick pea curry with purri (deep fried chappati Shock) not healthy but meh.
Did I mention I have alot of weight to loose?
I weight more now then when full term with H Confused and I lost all the baby weight with H!
It's annoying as in Mirror I look the same to me, but I'm carrying an extra 2 stone! This is ontop of me already bring over weight :(

BigPigLittlePig · 25/10/2013 20:43

GT bf and then running round after 2 young 'uns will get you trim in no time, without worrying very much about it. Try to be kind to yourself.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 25/10/2013 21:10

gt what bp says and there is no hurry to think about it. Relax, eat what you want and revisit it after Christmas when linings begin to take shape with the boys. Xx

BigPigLittlePig · 25/10/2013 21:25

I love your autocorrects sophia - great fun trying to decipher what you're trying to say Wink

Have decided that perhaps Fs shitty sleep is due to having tea too early (4.00 on nursery days) - so had a huuuuge tea at 5.15, then milk was an hour later than usual, and bedtime 45 minutes later than usual (7.30) - so if she does 11 hours (best we've had for a long time, and that's only 1 in 3 or 4 nights lately) then 6.30 isn't too dreadful a start apart from it's Saturday and should be a lie in, sob

I cannot even contemplate having another yet. Am too exhausted lol.

Hope det is ok - were your night shifts alright?

And also hope illness fucks off quiche wide.

Am off to bed before I get even more carried away on ebay Blush

Passmethecrisps · 25/10/2013 21:29

Eeeeeeeeevening.

Try to be chilled gt. I would reckon you have bigger things on your blare than some deep fried chappati. I know it is easy to say but try to relax - you need high quality food inside you for feeding A.

That seems weird lily. I once had a milky substance would drip when I was on the contraceptive injection. Most disconcerting. Could it be a hormone shift? That coupled with lots of baby snuggles?

DH had a total nightmare day with p today. Not anything to do with p but just one of those days - made me happy to be at work! He is desperate to take her swimming. So her gets her all togged out after eventually finding her swim suit which took him over an hour. He decides for speed just to pop her in a swim nappy straight away. By the time he gets to the swimming pool p is almost swimming in her own wee - the car seat, her clothes everything is soaking with wee. He decides to go for it anyway seeing as she is already soaked. Gets into the place to be told that the baby pool is closed because they put too much chlorine in it. So he has to put soaking and now pissed off p back in her soaking car seat and drive home. By the time they get home she is knackered and starving but completely soaked in pee. So he gives her her lunch. . . In the bath. Stroke of genius I reckon!

Then he thinks he should get the house tidy. With p following behind him undoing everything he is doing then throwing a wobbler because he is hoovering and she doesn't want him to.

He looked about ready to run away. He went to the pub for an hour.

In a strange role reversal I was telling him to fuck the house work and that his p days should be just that - days with his daughter. If housework doesn't get done by one or other of is then sod it.

Passmethecrisps · 25/10/2013 21:33

bp I had the same thought actually recently. P's sleep is by no stretch at all awful but certainly unsettled and different. Waking up sobbing rather than singing. I have been trying to get her to take a good big tea then leave her bottle as late as I can before bed. I think I try settling her to sleep too early as often we are upstairs at 6:30pm for an aimed bedtime of 7pm. I forget is doesn't take her that long anymore to drink a bottle so we could conceivably leave it until 6:45 which might also help self-settling

Written down it is all minutes here and minutes there. Hardly think it should matter really.

It's not the earlier mornings which bother me as much as her waking crying - she hasn't done than for a very long time '

BigPigLittlePig · 25/10/2013 21:36

Yes pass - I used to wake F at 7.15ish, and she was so happy. She wakes sobbing every single day, and has done for weeks. It's awful. And she used to sleep so soundly, but lately has been so unsettled from 3/4am onwards.

The swimming/wee incident made me Grin - poor dh!

Passmethecrisps · 25/10/2013 21:38

I remember having to wake p! 7 blinking 30!

I do miss lying in bed listening to her "ooooowwaaaaaaahhoooooooaaaaaaaaaahhhhoooooooo"