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November 2012 - The run up to our babies' first 'proper' Christmas
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StuntNun · 12/12/2013 14:08
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HoLilyChristmas311 ·
15/12/2013 13:54
chasing nothing to add! glad that you shared it with the quiche. Just remember to shag safely 
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isles it's been going on for a while with the sleep! hasn't it? Any idea what the cause is? What's your plan to resolve it?
ChasingDaisy ·
15/12/2013 14:05
Fuck a duck, I've just opened my MN SS gift. It is a VERY generous voucher. Which I will spend on making sure that me and O have a fucking amazing Christmas. It must have been one of you lovely lot wot nominated me, so thank you SO much. This Christmas feels like such a turning point x x
ValiumHappyChristmasQueen ·
15/12/2013 14:32
Chasing, you deserve a bit of good fortune x (wonders just how generous it was 
)
ChasingDaisy ·
15/12/2013 16:10
£50 VQ 
The thought that a stranger would be so generous to me is very humbling.
PurplePidjin ·
15/12/2013 16:15
Chasing :o:o:o:o:o
We went up to Winchester Christmas market today - 4years, one week and one day after dp's and my first date there. Was wet and miserable and the train took forever (car's in for a service) but so worth the effort
YellowWellies ·
15/12/2013 16:34
GT sounds lovely!
Chasing it's well deserved. The voucher and the fella. 
Isles crumbs 140 miles - that's extreme! I'd have cried too. Poor you - that must have been a killer after a week at work 
We used to have to drive in the worst reflux nights and did twice last week with his cough but only for 20 minutes max. Do you think there's something underlying it? Extreme sleeplessness can be a sigh of a food intolerance and given her eczema and pukiness when wee maybe there's something disagreeing with her?
YellowWellies ·
15/12/2013 16:37
Jonas has figured if he pulls back a Christmas tree branch and twangs it - he can fire baubles across the room 
PetiteRaleuse ·
15/12/2013 17:23
That sounds a fun game yw good job he can't teach the other quiche babies how to play
HoLilyChristmas311 ·
15/12/2013 17:24
O has not even touched the tree. She is such a gentle soul, doesn't do Anything she is not allowed to. I hope it will last . I keep telling her no dating till she is 18.
PurplePidjin ·
15/12/2013 17:31
R has pulled a couple of candy canes off but immediately puts them back 
he's pretty obedient too, some of the tales of destruction on here leave me 
but maybe I'm just risk averse, he doesn't get near eg kitchen cupboards or stairs to empty or fall down...
ChasingDaisy ·
15/12/2013 17:34
YW that sounds hilarious. Sorry. O is very good with the tree. He points at it and likes me to hold him next to it. He pulls baubles off but puts them back straight away. I'm yet to see how he is with the presents that I've just put under there though....
ValiumHappyChristmasQueen ·
15/12/2013 18:04
Chasing how lovely that is a very generous sum indeed. I think the SS is lovely, regardless of the cost. The fact that someone nominated me was enough to have me bawling, and I would have been just as chuffed with a tube of smarties, as someone went to the trouble to get it for me. More care than many of us get from out own family, sadly.
Some babies are just angelic. DD1 was. She is making up for it now
HoLilyChristmas311 ·
15/12/2013 18:11
pr hope you let them go into a hotel . I can honestly say my in laws will never ever stay with us and we will never stay with them. Visiting is ok for a couple of hours.
YellowWellies ·
15/12/2013 18:22
Pidj my view is I can't keep him away from every risk in the future so I'm starting young and trying to teach self control and 'no' now. Hahahaha. It's working out well for us as you can tell!!
Seriously he would go nuts if he was limited to just one safe room, he likes to explore too much and poddle along after me, he loves being in the kitchen when I'm cooking playing with pans and 'helping' with the laundry. But it's horses for courses isn't it? It depends on the house and the baby I guess.
He is mischievous like his Dad was and gives me a big shiteater grin when I say no. When he's being really naughty he comes and gives me a kiss and then tries to ignore me!!!! If I remove him from something three times he usually gets the hint. I'm persevering but he's a real character. I like it. I was too much of a pleaser / goody goody at school and I like the fact that he has spirit. AKA is a little bugger!!!!
It's very personality dependent. My sisters firstborn is obedient, listens to 'no', comes when called, is very sensible and risk averse. My sis was preening that she had the parenting lark sussed then she had her daughter who, despite being raised similarly, is a total maelstrom who likes to stick two fingers up, metaphorically, at authority! Whilst her DD makes her pull her hair out she also makes her laugh her ass off.
ChasingDaisy ·
15/12/2013 18:30
I think O is a mix of the two YW. I rarely say no. It is limited to dangerous things like the hot oven and I say it so rarely that he listens when I do. He loves helping me with laundry too He now actually puts the clothes on the dryer for me and takes them off when I put them away And then tries to use the collapsible unstable dryer to haul himself into a standing position 
Donnadoon ·
15/12/2013 18:40
Hello everyone
I'm still here, lurking and reading
Not really had time to post, busy with Christmas preparations , shopping, wrapping, concerts, carol services, toddler group Christmas parties etc
Speaking of which was so cute to see dd dancing and joining in at only 14 months old
I'm beyond excited to see her open some prezzies this year
In other news I only have 8 weeks to go until dc 5 is due, I have back ache and heart burn in the evenings but apart from that a very problem free pregnancy touches wood and thanks someone upstairs
I'm hoping this one isn't so early as dd was at 36+3
As the first month was worrying with taking that time to get back to her birth weight etc
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YellowWellies ·
15/12/2013 19:17
Chasing I'm trying to limit no to dangerous stuff too as I don't want to over say it and make it lose it's power. A pal's DDs first word was 'no' which I find a bit . He understands danger to a wee degree i.e. 'hot' from being in the kitchen with me. But 'no' and me taking the tablet say off him often results in outraged shrieks or plaintive 'mumumum' weedling so it's fair to say no isn't a hit here yet . His Dad was an affectionate but tricksy kid and real rebel teen but then knuckled down and got a PhD so if he's anything like that I'll not complain (too much!).
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