November 2012 - Diet plans and love bubbles

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1958191-November-2012-Any-words-yet

That was a quiet night, where is everyone? J was up a couple of times in the night but I don't MN at night any more as I thought it was affecting my sleep.

Apparently I'm getting my yearly cold in early this year so I'm all snotty and feeling sorry for myself. I hope J doesn't get it too. Fortunately my MIL is coming over today so I'll have a bit of company and she'll probably collect DS1 and DS2 from school for me. My new TV arrived yesterday afternoon (woot) but I didn't really get to play with it yet as there was too much going on with homework, music practice, Beavers, dinner and generally feeling poorly.

I had some bad news yesterday, my dad was hospitalised again and they're not quite sure what's wrong with him so he was having X-rays and MRIs done. Poor old dad, his health has been a nightmare for years.

I have seen every hour again. This time with DD2. J put in a couple of appearances to break the monotony.

I've seen every hour from midnight, she kept having nightmares. Ended up in bed with me and she clung onto my arm. Not sure what she was dreaming about. I've been snappy all morning so she is having now a nap. I need coffee.

Going to see a nursery today, it's an English one. I just hope I will like it enough and that I can get there. Snow is crazy here.

stunt fingers cross for your dad.

gt if you win and you organize a quiche meet, do it by the sea. I need sun. Thanks

stunt sorry to hear about your dad. Fingers crossed his tests all go well.

Bad night here too. I couldn't sleep til 1 ish with a tummy ache. Then LO was up at 4 for about an hour.

No idea why.

Oh Stunt sorry to hear about your dad.

For VQ and others who need it. Lily I am also having problems with nightmares. At least I assume that's what it is. I don't know what we can do though.

Kyz I'm sorry about your rat too. Wow size 6 feet though, L is 3.5.

stunt sorry about your dad.

kyz pants about your rat and the cost!

lily hope all goes well at your nursery today. If, indeed, you get there.

Phone conf with work today (in15 actually) Please think of me. Will they, won't they go for the home working ?

The family fairy all had a jolly good nights sleep and then slept through the alarm

fatima yep pelvic floor is no more! you ought to see my version of jumping jacks at circuity aerobics. I have created it so that a puddle doesn't appear On The floor during the session.

Isles, I'm here with a fish slap and kick up the arse for you. A lot of comments your P makes remind me of things XP said to me. One of his favourites was "I can't think of anything I love about you" He made me feel unloveable and I fear your P is doing the same to you. Yes, I could be difficult to live with and could be a bitch at times but it turns out that there is somebody out there who loves me - because of who I am, not in spite of it. You deserve SO much better. As does M. He will not change. He has proven that over and over. You are an intelligent, funny, loving young woman and frankly, he doesn't deserve you. From a practical point of view, I would avoid discussing your 'escape plan' with him. The more you talk to him, the more he can talk you out of it and put obstacles in your way. I have my fingers firmly crossed for your fresh start x

Well said chasing.

I loved the nursery, just loved it. But expensive. Not sure if I can justify the cost but I know that it's the right place for O. Remember bplp when you fall in love with the meadow one? I just fall in love with this one. Small group, max of 8 children but it's more like 4-5 at the same time for this age group. 3 rooms, each with 2 ladies, the other 2 is for older kids. It's created a home environment for the kids, the garden is decent size. It was very very calm and O was exploring, going into the room on her own. I have no doubts that she would love it. Will play with the figures later.

Will see another one which is 2/3 of the cost, just waiting for a call back.

Lily how about a Jamaica?

Well said chasing.

I was thinking of more like the Maldives. But Jamaica will do as well.

Isles when will you hear about the house?

stunt I hope your dad is ok

lily great that O enjoyed the nursery. Hopefully the figures will work out but if not perhaps she will get on well at the other nursery too.

A quiche holiday? Sounds good. My bags are packed.

C just found some dog food on the floor... And ate it He will be fine right?

I vote for Maldives

Yes, he will be fine, animal food is supposed to be tested as safe for human consumption. He might get a tummy ache. I advise you against watching the what goes into dog food documentary on later this week.

GT I love that you dreamed about spoiling the quiche rotten with a minibreak if you win the lottery. Whenever I have winning lottery dreams they involve holing myself up somewhere remote and panicking. They are very anxious dreams. Which is ridiculous because I am sure I would react in a myriad of ways but panic wouldn't be one of them. Except the quick, get this money out of France before the tax man gets his grubby hands on it, panic.

Adds to the applauds and cheers for chasing.

chasing I've said it before and I'll say it again - you are awesome. Isles would do well to listen to you.

It's payday and my day off yet here I am stuck waiting in for DP's new mobile. Boo. On the plus side I weighed myself this morning and I've lost 4lbs so far which is a great start but I have a loooooong way to go. I need to lose a serious amount of weight. Around 2 stone!

Hello. Good to see you so happy chasing it's lovely to hear/read.

. isles I really hope you get the house and manage to leave P ok. I'm a very black and white person and just the fact you even consider leaving him suggests to me that this would be the right thing to do. Otherwise the thought wouldn't be there? It maybe isn't that simple. I had a house with my ex and it was a nightmare leaving him and it and cancelling our wedding but once I knew what he was like I couldn't have stayed. I'm sure you'll get your happy ending a la chasing

yw and stunt it's hard to see you talking of still BF. I old so have loved to still be feeding J and was happy to cut dairy, egg and nuts for however long it required. It feeding him was making him ill and that upsets me. All that happened with my dd and then j meant I've not BF my children half as long as I'd have liked and this in part and the lack of support I had with J is why I'm now a qualified bfn helper :)

I had occ health this week. Not good but don't want to say much on here. She didn't listen at all and is focusing on getting me back to work without really understanding the issues I have.

I was also fitted into the gyn clinic yesterday as things are getting worse. I've had pessary fitted as an interim measure prior to the next surgery. That was great fun!

I'm currently in the house with a virgin tv guy who is drilling holes in my house!

Apple, great news on weight loss.

Flouncy, sorry to hear the troubles.

and i agree with flouncy - through all the crap df and i have been through the last 2 1/2 years, leaving is unthinkable. If i was in any doubt about our relationship, then he would be gone (it's my flat) i watched my "aunt" suffer while her h was "depressed" (sat on his arse smoking while my aunt worked ft, did all childcare and listened to him tell her how useless she was) - he was made redundant in the mid 80s and never worked again - she stayed for her dd (my age) and finally kicked him out in our a level year. The dd and i had a massive celebration, she was glad her dm was finally free of the emotional vampirism that had sucked away the joy for 10+ years (i don't know what it was like before then, i was 8/9 ish when i really noticed things were different for them) in her 60s she's got a huge group of friends, several hobbies and her own warm (xh was too tight for central heating despite his boat and motorcycles) snug house with room for my friend to stay in comfort. Within months of the split she was visibly happier.

It looks like my dad my have broken his sacram, which is the part of the spine just above the coccyx. I'm not even sure how you go about breaking that but he's been in pain for a while so no one knows exactly when it happened.

Flouncy I think there's always guilt about ending bf earlier than you would like. My SIL is desperately trying to get her three-month-old to latch on so she can stop expressing all the time. If only you had had help earlier on with J then maybe you could have continued bf but iirc he was around seven months before you got the reflux diagnosis and were able to start treatment. How is he doing now you know which foods he needs to avoid?

Well the new TV has been a big hit... with the kids. They've decided they prefer that to the old one! I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing but it certainly is nice to be sitting in the living room in perfect peace and quiet. They even have J in there with them watching telly.

Hi guys sorry haven't caught up yet but wanted to let you know I've had my new baby girl! Born Sunday evening weighing 6lb4oz nearly one month early again but she very healthy and we both fine. Will put pic on fb when I get chance:)

Congratulations Donna that is wonderful news x

So many congrats Donna. Just awesome news xxxx

Congratulations Donna! xxxx