November 2012 - Isn't age one a lot of fun?

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1896209-November-2012-The-birthdays-are-coming-thick-and-fast

I am doing a mumsnet ham in the slow cooker. Loads of sugar and a ham. Sceptical but apparently is lovely so we will see.

We have decided I am not going to the funeral I will stay behind to look after the boys as 5 kids is too much for MIL. I feel a bit mixed about this. I was going to be DHs wife and support him and I feel on the one hand ok, I will go to the church after with the kids and on the other hand hurt that he feels he doesn't need me.

From what I gather she has worked in a nursery and now decided to set up as a childminder after having her own child. I will obvs check references etc and look at a few, but I am feeling much more hopeful today

Isles I pay £3.50 per hour for J or it would be £3 per hour if she had all three of mine. My CM is flexible about hours and days but only as far as it fits around her other clients. If someone asked her to take on another full time child then I expect she would give me notice. But J only goes one day a week so that seems reasonable.

Isles that sounds awesome. Fingers crossed for you. I've always thought shift workers get shafted with childcare so it'd be great if she can fit with the shift pattern until February.

VQ omeprazole is the shizzle but for bad cases it does need to be a high dose. My prem niece was on 5mg/kg as her paed wanted the CMPI dealt with thoroughly as she had so many other problems so don't worry about a high dose.

Evil you rock lady! Take care xxx

Yesterday afternoon at the supermarket I hit my head quite hard on my car (boot) and went a bit dizzy. Didn't lose concsiousness, and was able to drive home, albeit slowly. Didn't cut, but there is a bump. Didn't sleep much overnight. This morning I have a blinding headache right where I bumped my head, not a usual headache. And I feel weird. Not woozy but just as if something's not quite right. Not bad enough to go to a&e but deffo gp tomorrow.

Sophia maybe he doesn't want to upset the kids by breaking down in front of them? and

Veg and lentil soup with part-baked baguette for lunch, lamb in the slow cooker for dinner. Can you tell we've been to the farm shop?

Bryz good luck with the statement, don't be afraid to push if it's not exactly right - they will try and get away with the bare minimum

PR hmmmm keep an eye on that - head injuries aren't to be messed with.

I've sent DH off fishing today, have the family coming over for a big roast dinner, then dog walking later. Thanks to the cleaners the house is tidy, and my two days 'off' whilst J is in nursery, the washing pile has been tamed. Am feeling very even if my nose piercing is f*cking killing me!

I'm looking forward to an update from Evil I hope her and N are ok.

Thinking of you too evil. I hope you and N are ok.

The house is quiet DH has had to pop into the office today so has taken DD1 with him. I've got a shoulder of lamb to roast. Don't normally get lamb as its quite expensive but thought I'd give ourselves a treat today. Haven't given myself enough time to slow cook it though so will roast with garlic and rosemary. E is asleep and i am catching up on last nights strictly. Went out with my nct friends last night. It's the first time in 4 yrs that we went out without the kids and it was lovely. Was nice to hear all about their lives pre kids.

eliza I roasted a leg of lamb yesterday. Rubbed a paste of herbs, lemon juice and olive oil onto it before cooking - lemon juice was a tip from t'interweb I found while browsing yesterday. Worked really well. Also stuffed it with garlic, a whole peeled head. Yum.

I have emailed my boss and copied in HR. It is three weeks since we met to talk about my time off, and she has still not put anything in writing. She has chewed me up twice since, once on the phone, and once in front of my colleagues (Friday) so I have decided I am not meeting her again without HR present. In the email I listed everything she said, but kept my feelings out of it. It is pretty damning. I am quite looking forward to tomorrow now.

Sophia, I am sure DHs intentions were good. He sounds like a lovely man. Hugs x

PR ouch! If your vision is affected or you start vomiting, or get clear fluid coming out of your ear or nose, go to hospital. I have whacked my head on the car boot several times and boy does it hurt!

Pass thank you

YW thank you for that reassurance. I guess he does have reflux then. The difference in him is incredible which is great, but makes me even more angry that it has taken this long!

Thanks pidj, the first draft specified very little... I basically redrafted it and the meeting was to negotiate a middle ground. Was happy with what we agreed so now am just waiting to see it in writing. They have also agreed dd will delay starting school by a year which I know will make a huge difference to her so I'm delighted with that.

Sophia - sorry to hear you feeling sad - I would try not to take it personally. Grief is strange sometimes.

Also it sounds more like he doesn't need the worry about childcare rather than he doesn't need you.

Pr rest up at least till you can get to Gp - and if it gets any worse I would go to a and e. Hope you feel better soon.

pr thanks for that tip. I have a lemon so will go and do that now.

sophia I meant to add in my other post, try not to let it get you down. Your DH probably thought it was best that way, I'm sure he didn't mean it to offend you. Hope you're ok x

Lamb a la pr is roasting and smelling yummy

Enjoy. I am chopping up the leftover roasties and frying them, heating up some gravy and eating leftover meat cold tonight with lots of bread and salad. I prefer leftover roasts to actual roasts sometimes.used to love Sunday night bread and gravy meals.

Sophia just a thought, is it still a big thing in NI that women aren't allowed at funerals? I remember P being appalled when I first went to one after we met. might just be his weirdness

Bit concerned we haven't heard from evil again - hope you are okay lovely lady x

We are having steak and dauphinoise potatoes for dinner. I might fry the steak in garlic butter but undecided on that one. I will have steamed vegetables too. He thinks I am being "perfect wife material" - why has it taken him 4 years to work out that all I fucking do is aim to please? He is in for a big fall...

(In all honesty I am a crap housewife, but I am enjoying playing at it...)

Am super envious of all the lovely cooking going on.

Also hoping Evil is ok x

Haha to "perfect wife material" (you've always been that you know) and the prospect of cooking for and looking after him being dangled like a prize. If you're a lucky girl and keep telling me to go to the pub you might get to wash my smalls forever etc

But v interesting about the funeral stuff - I think I've heard that before from my Norn Irn family.

Jonas has figured out how to do stuff to the freesat box and telly today that are beyond my savvie to undo! I can't wait til we get a joiner in to build a big unit in the lounge to put it up out of his reach. But given we only want to decorate once we have to wait until we saved up £3k for the woodburner. So it won't be until spring at the earliest.

The Christmas tree is going to be toast isn't it if a dull black freesat box is totes amazeballs?

I did call my parents and they took both O and I to theirs. I had a nap and did not need to do anything with O. I am recharged.

Thinking of Evil, hope she and N are ok.

I have pasta tonight with cheese. Nothing else in fridge, cupboard or freezer. Supermarket shop is due.

Hooray lily - you deserved a break

YW I am considering forgetting about Christmas decs. Having watched how lovingly M picks washing off the high-drys to hand to her partner in crime, I doubt a tree would last a day. To be fair to the boy though, gundog in training is fast learning he isn't allowed anything until it has hit the ground.

M has just fallen asleep on me. She hasn't had dinner but has had an extra bottle today - I have another Q about that for later - should I risk lifting her up to bed?

H has another chest infection. More steroids and AB however was told it may be starts of asthma. However he only gets wheezy when he had a cold before. And same now. Surely if asthma he would be wheezy more often.

Sry havnt caught up yet. Will do tonight before bed.

GT not necessarily - one of the worst triggers for asthma is a viral infection like a cold. The diagnosis is often tenuous at this age, and childhood asthma is commonly grown out of, if that is what it is.

Hope evil is ok, another worried quichester here.

Also wondering how stunt is getting on - hopefully not totally submerged beneath packing boxes.

Loving the Sunday dinner meals, om nom nom. Have just returned from a friends LOs 1st birthday party, we had hog roast. F was a superstar and showed off her standing/bopping skillz for all.

LO's walking at just under 13mo is so different to DD1 walking at almost 15mo. DD1 just got up and walked, hardly missing a step. LO is all wobbly and hesitant. Later walking is much less nervewracking.

My head still hurts. Other than that the weird off-feeling is a tad better. I think I might still go to the gp tomorrow though. It was a hard hit, don't know how I drove home.

I have to call the vet tomorrow re my little cat. She's gone even weirder than usual in the last couple of weeks and she always had a screw loose. I don't think I can keep her much longer. If she's not sleeping she is acting up, more stressful than both DDs on a sugar rush at once. Eating weird stuff and being generally aggressive one minute then suckling on my clothes the next. Something is wrong, my caternal instinct has kicked in :(