November 2012 - What are your New Year's resolutions for your baby?

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1937565-November-2012-The-run-up-to-our-babies-first-proper-Christmas

So glad ILs are gone. LO went down without a squeak at 8. Then woke up at 10 for 45 minutes. Just wanted to play and, apparently, throw bread at the dog.

Can you imagine if she had done that during one of our late night card games? And I had just let her? I need parenting classes! My kids need sleeping pills and to see a shrink!

Have to say that when DD1 was 8mo MIL decided she needed to see a shrink because.....

.....

...because....

... She enjoyed rocking back and forth in her high chair.

CALL SOCIAL SERVICES!

Smaller portions is good but skimmed milk removes important nutrients that are in the full fat version.

I'd go with full fat milk or compensate with a nice runny brie.

I'd ignore me but I lost 4kg in two months by just reducing portions to 2 fist aprox amounts of anything four times a day. And that included a junk food portion.

PR I am ringing them now on Ls fisher price phone that he usually uses for calling childline due to his dislike of his mother preventing his death once again

PR in all seriousness I am glad you are all ok and huge hugs to you all

Well done isles

Had the most lovely last couple of days with L apart from death prevention. I will be very sad to go to work on Monday

He is in tantrum Central too, I did try and film his first lie down on the floor one the other day

Oh ffs! She is unhinged.

She should meet P. . .

Help meeeeee! A school pal - you know, a person who you know because you happened to live in the same town and be the same age - has just messaged me on Facebook and seems determined to have a chat. All good! I am fine worth that but she started it and thus far the chat is:

Her: how was Christmas?
Me: hi there! How are you? Good thanks. Busy but fun. How about you?
Her: good
Her: how's the wee one?
Me: oh! She's great, thanks! Bonkers but loads of fun!
Her: ok
Me: any chat with you?
Her: no
Eventually her: relative not well. (She did give a
Bit more)
Me: oh no. I am so sorry to hear that. Send my best.
Me: how is your sister? She was a lovely bride!
Her: fine

SHE STARTED IT! Why start a conversation if you have no intention of bloody conversing?

PR it's soooooo nice to hear you sounding back to yourself again!

Isles I think a huuuuge financial decision like this could easily get skewed by your landlord fuckwittery. I'm so sorry you're in this situation you have made that house such a lovely home and really deserve some calm water. Ok rhetorical question if you were a customer proposing this would the bank lend willingly? Or would you have to be 'deceitful' about the deposit coming from a loan - in which case it's technically fraud and could risk any mortgage and (I don't know if it's the case for IFAs but it is for many other professions) possibly your job? Which strikes me as a bit like jumping from a frying pan into a fire

Pass my stepbrother does that on FB messenger

Him "hi"
Me "hi"
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Yeah am well back to myself. Ever since they announced their arrival a week or so before xmas I was stressed, added to the weird illness DD1 had. Fucked up the holiday season really.

I'll FB about my next issue. I'll just need hand holding. Can't prepare, can't do anything. But it happens Wednesday. Will fb it tomorrow or Sunday. No need to worry though.

But if I say I'm being ATOS'd (but obvs not as they don't do that over here, it's done by the state) you might get an idea.

I am glad it isn't just me! We aren't good pals and, sadly, I would be ok with just letting it drift but she occasionally hangs on in there and it is just painful. Night out with her were much the same. I know others find her the life and soul so it is obviously just chemistry.

yw are you feeling any better?

I never log into chat for this reason

Right my mum has moved in with us whilst she moves to a new house we have half bought with her but it need renovating before she moves in. Anyhows it's all cool apart from

1. She has an annoying cough and she does nothing like go get a drink or anything and when I say are you ok she says yes just this cough is annoying isn't it. Grr

1. She slams every door when she goes to bed at night and in sure at some point it will wake L.

Now tell me dear quiche how do I raise these trivial yet utterly annoying things?

1. She may not want to get a drink as she might not want to need the loo. Can you spare your humidifier and put it in her room? Or ask if she wNts some benelyn?

1. Being me I'd say nothing until it does actually wake LO. But I'd advise to jump, theatrically, when you hear it, go and innocently see her and ask if there is a draught and that the noise of the door scared you. It doesn't normally make so much noise when closed....

Good job pr! Ace responses!

I would offer cough sweets and be concerned about her health. Suggest solutions you read here as a gentle way of reminding her there is a baby around.

Pikz wot PR said!

At SILs today J demonstrated his epic climbing skillz. We were chatting whilst the three kids (9, 4 and 1) played in the conservatory. We all turn to watch the bear speechless as he busily pushes a kids chair across the room, then crawls off and pushes the kids table across the room to join the chair in his preferred spot, he then climbs on the chair to get onto the table to get onto the windowsill and proceeds to walk around the room at waist height on the sill! SIL confessed she'd have died from her heart being in her mouth if she'd had a climber. He is going to make me totally grey!

Get used to it mrs wellies!

Today in the dentist waiting room p pulled out one of the chairs next to the children's section. She dragged it centre stage the climbed on and stood on it. She then held a book out, narrator stylee and 'read' to the entire very patient waiting room.

I love it and hate it in equal measure.

I'm with pass mrs wellies.... A walking climber is death prevention on steroids

Thank you for your advice will try it

I am pleased to announce, O is not much of a climber anymore!. He occasionally tries it. But generally he's happy to cause mayhem at toddler height!

The only climbing he does is me. And it does my head in FFS!

It's really really pissing me off . He whinges to be picked up, or get up on the sofa, or chair, or on me whatever I am doing. So when I pick him up, bingo, it's climb time. If he doesn't climb up me stand on my rapidly deflating black and blue boobs then he is slapping me, grabbing me, scratching me, pulling at my hair or whatever he can get his hands on.

I am losing patience. Really I am. Why does he persist with this shit?!

ARGHHHHHHH! Help!

After many moons, he has finally realised that throwing himself off backwards is A Bad Idea. He has been climbing back off the sofa for a little while, but today he finally sussed out getting off the bed. I am relieved.

It was terrifying having him in our bed!

Oh my goodness PR what an utter tossed of a Woman she is!!! That is all I can say!!!

isles congrats on the exam. That's fab news. I too would calm ship on the house buying stuff but I've missed a thread or two so I'm not sure I know everything that's going on. I thought you had planned to leave P? Have things improved then? Sorry for not knowing!

yw I'm feeling your razor throat. My spray thingy is helping and I don't feel as rough.

It's DHs surprise getogether thingy tomorrow. We are goin for dinner then going to pub. I'm on penicillin so not sure of I should just drive?! May make getting drunk hubby home easier. I'm not much of a drinker anyway but would have enjoyed sharing a wee bottle of wine in the fancy Italian we are booked n for dinner.

Em....j has two big teeth trying to come through. I can feel them like razors! He loves biting me but only me...very odd. If he can get a hold of my hand his mouth opens and he lunges at me!!

yw I havnt forgotten about clothing I was gonna look thru. Just haven't had a chance and j seems to be slimming down massively. Today he had on a 3-6 month long sleeve t shirt from next that fits fine!?!

I need to go the fuck to sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

isles I am also concerned. Would not buy just yet but probably rent a bit longer.

I am very close to my brother. To the younger one who lives in London, I usually mention him on my posts. The guardian supposed to be my older brother who lives in Hungary. I never mention him:). Unfortunately I can't name my younger as guardian as he is not a resident here and a judge would never agree to take her out of the country despite having dual nationalities. Which is actually an advantage for me as Leo's family would not get to have her. Ever.

Ha just had a brilliant dream where I let rip at my sister's nightmare MIL (for painting a swastika on the floor WTAF?) and then dreamt that J climbed out of his cot and sauntered downstairs. Whilst I think the former dream theme might well reflect recent events in France - I do wonder when J will manage to get out of his cot it can only be a matter of time?

Lily a blessing and a curse then.

Flouncey hope tonight goes well

YW I was wondering about the cot thing the other day and also what to do when he can

Sorry I havn't posted at all over CHristmas - but I have just about caught up on all the chat now.
PR wow, I thought my IL's could be difficult, but yours make mine look like a dream! Although I did walk in on a conversation where my MIL was criticising my parenting which I wasnt meant to hear whilst staying there at christmas. Anyway, big hugs and glad they have gone and you don't have that hanging over you anymore.
umm can't remember who else I wanted to comment to.
On news here, F got his four first molars through in the last 4 weeks and now has 2 upper canines poking through. his sleep has gone to pot and we are either up in the night for a couple of hours or if he 'sleeps through' its only until 5am. But then he is over tired and grumpy as am I I am dreading DH going back to work on monday as then I won't even be able to hand him over in them morning so I can get an extra hour.

Another rubbish night. The cough is so much better but the sleep is appalling. And then, after loads of wake ups, he was ready to start the day at 0350 FFS! No amount of cuddling, back patting, shushing (all in with me) would work. He's always been an early waker but this is ridiculous. I think we need to consider sleep training of some kind. Any suggestions?

ditsy ouch. What did she say and did DH hear? Are you ok?

Loving the climbing tales. S is a bit of a climber. DD is a skydiver in training - she will launch herself from anything.

Zamboni does he go to bed ok?