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

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[lazzaroo]

dP just phoned to let me know he's arrived safely at the rugby! He's now in a strop as I was a bit off on the 'phone (may have something to do with having been awake since 3am....but he would know that if he'd asked). He's been away since Thurs. Out for his works do last night, rugby today. He must be so tired

[MrsNutella]

#whingealert#

We are the house of sick DS seems to be slowly improving. He eats relatively well, but I'd be happier if he would drink more... DH and I are surviving on fruit teas and dry bread like stuff...
We both feel mega rough but (touch wood) haven't actually been sick or had bad diarrhoea. I'm pissed if at being pregnant and ill because my whole tummy feels so tender and I can't take any decent drugs .
Fx DS sleeps well tonight!!

[SpottyChristmasCakes]

Poor you Nutella I think you forget so easily how shit early pregnancy can be. I hope you're all feeling better soon.

It's super windy here I hope the power doesn't go off, not that I'm scared of the dark or anything....

[PurplePidjin]

Spotty I'd have been tempted to cone back with *Oh don't start this again, you know you're going nowhere till you show a bit of respect"

WillYou I'd send him. It's been a hard battle for me to accept but people actually want to help - to us baby related stuff is a chore, to my mum it's a delight, yes that includes letting her lunch go cold while she feeds him and getting him back to sleep in the middle of the night!

[SpottyChristmasCakes]

He's gone pidj. Staying at a different brothers house (only found out when I said 'you still haven't told me what's going on tonight' to which he replied 'yes I have I'm going out and staying at db's like I said' 'er no you didn't') he still didn't tell me exactly when he was going/coming back or apologise or anything. I told him he was being selfish. Anyway when he left he kissed me on the cheek and said 'see you later'. Oh well might leave the latch on the front door and key in the back door although I doubt he will be home before we're up in the morning. Ds was up at 5:30 this morning.

I wouldn't send ds to mil's but then the dc never stay away as that's how I prefer it. I might feel differently if I hadn't had a decent nights sleep for ages though...

[PurplePidjin]

Are you still bf during the day? If not, or if like R missing feeds is no biggie, hand over as soon as he gets in or first thing in the morning. "I'm going out, like we discussed. See you later". Nothing horrific will happen to ds, but h will learn exactly what you do. Take yourself out for lunch, see a film, mooch round the shops, go for a long walk in the woods, hide at your mum's crying... Just don't go back till at least mid afternoon!

[SpottyChristmasCakes]

Not bf ds stopped that I don't mind him going out it's the staying over night and not telling me, definitely something I would never do as I love my bed! Might arrange a night out with a friend and not bother mentioning it to him...

[ISpyNotAnotherMincePie]

Get well soon Nutella

Willyou -it does sound as if you need a break but I know how hard it can be when they're ill. Don't think there's a right or wrong tbh
Hope you have a better evening tonight whatever you decide to do.

Have had a lovely day at the Christmas markets in Manchester with some friends while DH took the boys round to PIL's. Had some mulled wine and feeling very festive now.

[WLmum]

willyou I wouldn't send mine either. With dd1 and dd2 mil used to say to them 'when are you going to have a sleepover with granny to give mummy a break' - I know she meant well but it was a bit creepy! Honestly when they weren't sleeping it was more stressful them being away than just dying of exhaustion.
spotty DH is being an arse - def take that day/night out.

I'm trying to sew faces on the kangaroos I've been knitting - the eyes keep looking weird - I'm going with the more wine = less weird option!

[WLmum]

One of the joeys looks like hitler!

[ddas]

Oh no!

spotty I'd be fuming if that was my dh!!

willyou depends what your mil is like and your relationship with her. My mil is a bit of a surrogate mum to me so would be happy for her to have dd if she wasn't so clingy to me so not too good at being with other people. Ds was better with other people especially her so would have left him.

nutella hope you're feeling better. Horrible to be sick especially when pregnant.

Can't remember who else has a lo on the 2nd centile but we too are between 6-9 and 9-12 clothes depends on the shop. They've got a sale on Sainsburys kids clothes and looked at the 9-12 stuff as she has turned 1! But it just looked massive for her so stuck with 6-9.

[FandangoLaLaLaLaLaLaLaaaa]

Yep make plans and just go out Spotty. No discussion or military planning of childcare. Leave it to him.

I went to the do and my mum and dad had him here. They got him to bed at 9 and he's still asleep but very unsettled.

I'm more than happy for my mum and dad or MiL to have him overnight when he's well but I don't think it's fair on anyone to leave him for that length of time when he's this poorly. His temp is unstable and he's covered in a viral rash again. Plus MiL has a stomach bug that I reeeeeeally don't want him to get and I have viral laryngitis and could happily pour boiling acid down my throat if it would stop the bloody itching.

I drank, I ate, I chair danced (too ill for real dancing) and now I'm tucked up with my lovely baby. There's nowhere I'd rather be

And for a mega bonus DP has finished work for Christmas so after tonight (it is his works Christmas do after all and he's stayed our for a bit) he's on night duty! Whoop whoop! Festive lie in for fandango.

J's a 25th centiler and he's only just gone into 9-12 clothes. The little outfits fit but the babygros are still huge on him.

[SpottyChristmasCakes]

Glad you had a good night WillYou! Ds is in 6-9 clothes too 9-12 grows hang off him but the 6-9 were getting too short

WL loving the image of your hitler Joey!

[SpottyChristmasCakes]

Dp just phoned. Someone has blocked his van in

[2blessed]

Oh dear spotty

Hope everyone who is poorly feels better soon.

My phone is on the blink, so just been able to have a quick lurk every now and then for the past couple of days.

I'm here in bed on the laptop with DS and DS's DF sleeping next to me. I should get up and do something but I just can't be bothered at the moment. Lots of presents to wrap still, but the kitchen is filled with lovely tasty treats so that should make the day go better.

[PurplePidjin]

R is 50th centile and in 12-18 apart from Gap 18-24

[WLmum]

T is 91st centile and the new jojo snowsuit is age 2-3!!! Normally she's in 12-18 months but the new tesco leggings are 18-24 - she's a long legged beasty like her mummy and biggest sister.
I was not a happy wl over night - got to bed at 12 then was up 3-5.30 with a coughing herself sick all over me 3 x and a further one in her cot for good measure.
Luckily DH is off today so he got up at 6.45 with a child followed by others who knows when! He's wrecked though.
What I'm most pissed off about actually is that I was just digging my heals in for sleep training round one gazillion but obv could keep going last night. She's a bit snotty today but not coughing so I'll try again tonight.

[SpottyChristmasCakes]

WL dd wears18-24 in leggings! She's in 2-3 in some things but they do hang off her! Hope T's cough calms down ds' lasted three nights like that

[WLmum]

I'm 6ft so all my babies are mahoosive - dd1 is 6.5 and had age 9 tights for school! It gets a bit silly because the waists of everything are too big for her but she needs the length. Frighteningly there are a cou

[WLmum]

Couple of girls taller than her in her class.
Your dd sounds like my friends dd who is the opposite of mine - she is a year older than dd2 but a good half head (maybe more) shorter and many many pounds lighter.

It's joeys mouth that looks like a hitler tashe and his tiny round eyes! I'll fb pics of them when they're completely finished.

[WLmum]

I am determined to start the new year with more sleep.

[SpottyChristmasCakes]

Yes she's a tiddler and even those are too big round her waist! I was always the same though.

Looking forward to those pics

[FandangoLaLaLaLaLaLaLaaaa]

Oh poor you and poor T WL. Small mention for MrWL as he's been up early for a Sunday!

I shall link arms with you tonight. Sleep training night 3 will be commencing. I did it on thurs night and for naps yesterday. Obviously it has all been undone by my mum putting him down in my bed last night so it's technically back to night 1. Ho hum!

DS is a tiddler like me. We're hoping he does like DP did. He was short all the way up to 16 and then shot up to 6'1".

You can do pics in your posts on here now too WL.

[WLmum]

Really willyou even from my Tabified (slightly broken by a certain person) phone?
I'm off to finish my Xmas shopping in a mo as soon as DH arrives back from swimming lessons. Just giving T boob to almost asleep then outside in the pram she goes.

[FandangoLaLaLaLaLaLaLaaaa]

Oh you can't do it in antenatal it seems.