December 2012: 1st birthdays and 1st/2nd Christmasses

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Congratulations Pidj.

SIL has asked DH to give her away when she marries her BF at some unspecified point in the future. He's very touched (their dad died nearly 8 years ago, and there are 2 other brothers who could have been asked).

We're starting operation-get-A-to-go-down-in-his -cot tomorrow. It involves moving it from our room to the room he is meant to share with DD and putting them to bed at the same time. As DH said, if it's a disaster, it's not as though he ends up in the cot anyway so we don't exactly need it in our room!

Hoorah for pidj and the soon to be officially mrpidj!
hales if you're worried get her checked over.
The amazingly generous and wondrous iPad is driving me mental. I don't know how to use it which I hate and I've just bought an expensive educational app for the dds which doesn't seem to be doing what it should. Grrr.

My father has never been in my life so my dm gave me away. She was very chuffed.

Give me strength - just spent an hour settling T without boob. We're going backwards. I'm getting close to the end of my patience and we may be entering full on cc soon. Fed up!

Congratulations pidj when's the wedding?! I'm already stressing over ours I just can't be bothered I would elope but I want the dress and presents

Beasty that's lovely. Dd and ds share a room. Ds goes down at 6:30 and dd at 7.

WL hope your night improved.

The last few nights have been super pants here. DS is not settling and staying asleep I'm realllllllllly hoping that it is walking or some sort of developmental leap that is unsettling him....

spotty and pidj congratulations on the wedding planning. I wrote a longer post but DS helped and deleted it....

Probably spring 2015. Register office then pub lunch. I don't want a meringue frock, all that attention or a silver cutlery set :o

pidj I never thought previously about weddings but I wanted a nice dress. Then somehow when I had the dress and the venue everything else fell into place.

Almost finished packing for our big holiday/ honeymoon.... DH has the whole of January 2014 off (hurrah for the german system) and it has long been our plan to go away. January 2013 was so dark, wet and horrible we promised ourselves a sunny holiday. So florida for three weeks in a camper van here we come! I'm trying not to pack too much stuff so that we can buy a few bits there but being pregnant doesn't make that so much fun... Oh well....

pidj have the wedding you want and it will be fabulous!
nut so very jealous!

Shit and fuck my washing machine is £300 worth of broken. It's only 13 months old and of course had a 12 month guarantee. I guess I'll be arguing with zanussi today then.

Congratulations Pidge, what a lovely way to end the year.

How is your LO today Hales. DS had a horrible rash just before Christmas, which turned out to be accompanying an ear and throat infection the other symptoms of which we had thought were teething, so definitely get her checked out if you're still concerned.

Have a lovely honeymoon Nutella. When do you go?

It was F's birthday yesterday, so we took him to the Sealife Centre. He was completely spoilt rotten. I now need to come up with an effective system of storing four times the number of toys we had before Christmas. As well as a garage, our lounge now resembles a Vtech tip showroom. Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful, but will be walking everyone past the gorgeous traditional toyshop at some point this year.

I hope you get some joy out if Zanussi WL

Good luck WL

Pidj my little brother and SIL went off and got married just the two of them in Cuba, then had a meal with just immediate family a few weeks after they got back. It was really nice, and a total contrast to my other brother's ott event. We were somewhere in between. Do what makes you happy and it will be lovely.

Although my ott brother did miss a trick with his December wedding - I saw photos yesterday of someone with a reindeer at theirs. Now that looked good!

I think both DC will like sharing their room, but I can see it destroying DR'S currently excellent sleeping.

Good luck WL, I have no luck at all with washing machines. I've lived in this house for 5 years and have had 4 washers.

Congrats Pidj, I hate the idea of a large wedding. I keep begging DP to elope but he doesn't want to upset his mum .

Hope H is feeling better Hales.

is all I have to say to you Nutella! Hope you have a fantastic time.

DP did his first bedtime post-sleep training. It did not go well! He went in too soon and picked J up and chatted to and rocked him. There has been one rule to my sleep training NEVER PICK HIM UP! I ended up having to cuddle J to sleep as he was so hysterical. Tonight is a new start though eh?

What will the supermarket be like today? I need coke for my New Year's Eve rum supplies.

They're coming out for free on sat as a start - I'm arguing serious danger grounds - it blows out my kitchen electrics and I can start it with the door open. Super with 3 young kids! Just about to take 3 loads to my mums.

Congrats Pidj how lovely!

Wow Nutella that sounds a wonderful trip. I fancy a US road trip you must tell us all about it when you're back :)

WL you need to argue with your retailer first, that's who your contract is with. Screw the guarantee- quote the sales of goods act. Goods have to last a reasonable amount of time. Money saving expert website has good template letters etc Good luck!!

Hales DS had a rash when he first had strawberries (!) we gave him anti histamine medicine and it went away. I would prob get her checked though..

WL that sounds a nightmare and VERY dangerous!!!

H's top 2 fangs have come through and bottom 2 can be seen. I think thats what has been wrong with her. These have been the worst teeth yet to come through.

WL i hope you sort your washing machine out.

Nutella i'm also very of your holiday. I hope you all have an amazing time.

Pidj and Spotty i hope you both enjoy your wedding planning.

I hope everyone has lovely plans for tonight. We're just staying in the house with my dad. We've just been out for my dads birthday meal.

Nightmare WL! Our hot point is still going strong after five years but it seems people on here hate hot point

Nutella lucky you!

We're planning on getting married winter 2014 but we will see. I don't want to put any money in myself and would quite like to have some of the money from my dad left over for a rainy day

Congratulations Pidge - wonderful news

Have a fantastic time nut - it sounds amazing

Hope you get it sorted WL

Think we're probably going to stay in tonight as well. We sometimes go round to the neighbours who have similar aged DC or they come here, but we've not sorted anything for this year. Think the night out I had on Sunday will have to last me for a while .

We will get an Indian tonight yum!

Carpet shopping tomorrow I'm a bit too excited I think!

Dd just said 'dad, do you mind if I poo in the bath?'

Ds is a gannet who has a complete meltdown when all his food has gone. A whole bowl full of risotto all finished cue lots of crying. Yoghurt all gone cue crying. Managed to fill him up with a pear.

Congratulations pidj! And have a glorious honeymoon nut! Our friends got married this summer at the registry office then had a knees up at the local cricket pavilion. Great fun was had, home made cider drunk, and much rounders/cricket/wiff waff was played.
Having said which, have been to other friends' weddings in grand venues with all the trimmings and loved them too - so long as you're there for a couple who genuinely love each other and are having fun then in my experience it's all good.

Spotty O is a yoghurt monster too, it's like crack to him.

We're having boozy new years supper with some friends, Inc dh's ex who is an AWESOME cook. She has just arrived with half a sheep to slow roast!

Well night one of room sharing has its ups and downs- the up is that DD managed to go to sleep through A's screaming. The down is that, after an hour of crying, he's down on my lap having a feed.

We're staying in and just having left over nibbley bits not used over Christmas- homemade sausage rolls, pigs in blankets, salad and dip. With champagne provided by MIL- who has been very good and not interfered in our attempt to sleep train at all.

Round 2 tomorrow!!

We're staying in too and picking up a car seat tomorrow.

DP's failed bedtime attempt yesterday has totally fucked the sleep training up. After 2 wonderful bedtimes I've now been listening to him scream for 24 minutes again. This is shit!

Good luck beasty!