December 2011 - me do it mine self

[TheOnlySeven]

Offers round and

Sub-fertile. There's a hideous label if ever there was one.

Hello magic welcome t'fred. We're the nicest postnatal group . Couple of us do know each other IRL as we live quite close. We've got a group on FB if you want to join? Send me a PM and I can add you?

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Welcome Magic...I'm more of a lurker at the moment as my OCD has gone into overdrive and I'm trying to get that under control again. I agree we are all a friendly crazy bunch of laydees!

Welcome magic!! Here DS still not interested in potty completely ignores it now in fact, he's still caged in his cot with bars up and will be until he climbs out. I'm 33 want another dh doesn't lots of random thoughts on subject of career and children were expressed on Tuesday will still be debating dc2 at 50 by which time will be out of our hands

Qoc nice to see u still dropping in hope its improving?

Anyone been to peppa pig world yet? I want to take DS

Hey y'all, fingers crossed that the post-munching dies not reoccur.... Ever since I upgraded... (Testing testing...)

A-ha! It worked! Now for monster post. I may be some time!

Poop-gate:results clear. Went to see nurse, she said give it another week...
NC - I love the idea of sharing mat leave, we might do that this time. WHEN we conceive!...
I'm very envious of your 2 hr home admin sesh. I never have the energy in the evening, but I really need to get with it.happy belated birthday Mopsy and mr hop!! Silk pyjamas - when I get pg (are you bored yet!?!) I've prised myself silk pyjamas or bedding as I was so itchy last time. I had silk pillowcases as they're supposed to be better than moisturiser for your skin. They'd have to be seeing as my nighttime skin care routine comprises a baby wipe removal of make up...
Sorry about the job, but yey! To ttc!!
Mr hop watches OBEM??! Ah there's time yet to turn him!
Figgy - how was DH's interview? Any news yet?
(Will carry on in a sec)

It still worked!
I digress...

Aethel - jigsaws, there's a lot of jigsaw-love in this house. Less so of the Brio, PTP, but only coz BOi is into bridges - which he invariably knocks over all the time accidentally.
A very warm welcome to Magic! It's great that we still attract new members to our cult joyous friendship circle. Whereabouts are you int'world?
Seven, I too hate your BIL. Putting out bins is the man's job in my house, but only coz I do most other stuff. But who could dream of allowing an 80 yr old (of either sex) to struggle with it. Arse!!!
QoC - good to see you're still about. Hope you're feeling better.

I also hope that my spelling and grammar improves!
What news from me? Not a lot. Am premenstrual so can't stand DH at the moment. ( nothing new there then!)

Welcome magic

Hooray! We are pox free and were able to get out and about again today. It felt so good to be out of the house . Really fed up of the DC's fighting over everything at the moment. Whatever one has, the other wants. I'm so tired of breaking it up / trying to get them to share / trying to distract them with other things. Got very irritated today when out at the children's centre and some other mums gave me dirty looks when my two started arguing over playdoh. You'd think other mums would be a touch more understanding

Poor DH has been stuck on a train at Watford for 90 mins due to a fatality on the line. His train still isn't moving but is a queue to get on the slow line. No idea when the poor man will make it home!

Belated happy birthday mopsy

Hello and welcome to magic - I have been lurking and not posting as trying hard to be positive and not complain (especially about DH, which I have done far too much of on this forum!)

Have been ill for last 2-3 weeks - a cold turned to chest infection but beginning to feel better now. Freya has been somewhat whingey of late but pretty sure it is her back teeth as she keeps chewing on things and rather bizarrely hitting herself in the cheeks! She continues to be both a delight and a monster. She certainly is a character and makes us laugh but is such an independent little madam, with the biggest temper tantrums (though thankfully relatively shortlived). Her speech is amazing (especially compared with DS at that age) and she seems to have been born for the stage - nothing she likes more than singing and dancing to anyone who will watch but she can be a little devil too and laughs in my face when I say no sometimes. When we are one on one in the day I can generally deal with her quite well but I still find 2 challenging when they are both competing for my attention, winding each other up etc! Hats of to all of you with 3 or heading for more!

Generally just pootling along really at the moment. Need to get on with some house stuff (some rain and wind related damage) but DH has loads of work on at the mo. Looking forward to some better weather soon I hope - I long for summer days on the beach... oh well , a while to go!

Bet you feel better for getting all of that out Oi! And yes, it is incredibly sad and middle aged but truly wonderful just to get two hours in the house, just me, to sort shit out. Bliss.

Delighted to see you're still lurking Queenie. Hope some progress been made with meds or CBT or similar, and you're feeling better and back to posting soon.

Your BIL is lots of unprintable phrases a bit of a sod seven. Mind you, DP's brother is living at home and being truly, deeply unpleasant to their parents. He's in his mid 40s, they're in their 70s and seriously ill/disabled. They called last night to ask DP if he thought his brother had been more hideous than usual when we were up...
Sorry you're knackered at the moment, hopefully it's only a few weeks until the first trimester exhaustion buggers off.

Welcome magic8, I think I've seen you post before as I remember the name. I went back to work when DS was 5 months, tho DP took the next five. This thread- and Mumsnet too, but this thread especially!- is great at reminding you that what your child does is unique but normal

So jealous of you ladies with the day off, I spent mine in 5 different meetings of various lengths and topics, and staying late to sort out the strategic risk register... 'Tis all glamour, I tells you.

DS up at 6 screaming about the big bad mouse how come I'm up with him playing thomas tank mega blocks when full of cold and Dh still in bed ......arse!!! He finds out about job today

Thanks for all the welcoming! I feel quite overcome

I live in the Cambridge area, anyone else in that part of the world?

See, I would really like to do Mat leave sharing, how do you do that? How did you DHs work agree to that? My DH has already said he'd stay at home on mat leave so I could go back to work if it meant I would give in and have another baby - he's getting to that really broody stage. I'm 10 years younger so not feeling particularly broody just yet.

I love a good DH moan so please carry on!

My DD is a real monkey. Her speech isn't fantastic but its coming along every day. Her eating is another matter, it's the one thing that really gets me down - going to the effort of cooking a healthy meal and she refused to even try it. She has a real fruit loathing as well, especially grapes that make her vomit.
I see all these super mums who's DC are happy munching on a banana, meanwhile mine is screaming for breadsticks (grumble grumble, I could go on all day).

Good to see you queen hope you're okay.

jiggle you don't have to lurk, we don't mind you moaning about DH. Freya sounds very much like DD1, an adorable monster! She's also extremely stroppy and short tempered like me

magic I'm on the east Suffolk coast.

faffin glad the pox has gone. Mine always argue too, though normally it's because DS says DD1 is being annoying.

Hope it's good news for DH figster, then he can stop worrying about money and agree to have DC2.

Dh got the job wooo he found out while we were sat on a cliff watching boats was quite lovely. Now the practical stuff like an extra £200 a month childcare.

Our friends had a baby this morning they've called her Daisy I utterly hate it that poor child she is a person not a calf ,........ HOW do I keep my opinions to myself

Arrived in our purple inn in Paignton sun is now out so off to the beach

Fret not figgy, I know someone who named their DS Milo. He's lovely but every time they say his name I still think of The Tweenies.... And congrats to DH for the job!

Hiya magic . The thing I've found with kids and food is that the more you "want" them to eat something, the more they pick up on the vibes and don't. It's like forbidden foods are the most tempting! At some point, make yourself a bowl of fresh fruit cocktail (just for you, grownup bowl!) and them start eating it in front of DD, making it clear you're enjoying it. two mouthfuls in, ring your own landline from your mobile and go out of the room to "answer" it, leaving the bowl in plain reach. Give it a minute while yoi pretend to hold a conversation with the dead phone, thaen peak into the kitchen..... If yoi are a mum who's very against encouraging "food sampling" then make a smaller seperate bowl for DD, but it's your stuff she is most likely to try.!
This total-ignoral method has lead to my lot trying bombay mix, anchovies, olives and all sorts of non-kid food. either that or I'm not admitting to being lazy with clearing up .....

Big congrats to DH figster!

aethel do you have any tips for selling on clothnappytree? I've got some teenyfits, a few MEOS, loads of bamboo little lambs plus a couple of wraps. Feel free to PM me if it's easier.

Nice on Mr. Figgy.

hi queen hope you're getting on okay.

In terms of sharing mat leave magic, the law changed in 2010, so that it could be shared. The only caveat is that the woman has to take at least the first 20 weeks. All that has to happen is that your DH puts the application in like you would, and I think that, as with your mat leave, they can't refuse it.

For us, it worked brilliantly. As I earn more, it allowed me to get back so I could support the family; it meant that DP got five months with DS and it helps with bonding. Both DP and I found it the happiest periods of our lives, but DS was a fairly undemanding baby Hellspawn toddler now mind you.

Soooooooooo pleased for MrFiggy, that's brilliant news. Hope it helps sort out his head, and makes him feel happier and more confident- and more ready for a baby!

Magic I am in Northants so just a hop along the a14. I think Faffin in on the Northants/Bucks border.

Good news MrFiggy, do you have a start date?

It is just after 10. I think I've had about 1 hour total without DD attached to my boob since we got back from the CM at 3.20 (and 20 mins of that I had her in the sling and went for a walk!)

Those of you that went back to work whilst BF, how long before you settled into a slightly more managable routine than this? It is only the first week, but I can't spend the next 6 months BF every Wed-Sat night from 3.30pm till I get up for work the next day

PF - I didn't have that experience with Boi. I expressed in the day, for his bottles at nursery/mums, and fed as normal in the evenings.

Sorry - had to post and run. We. Topped up during the day dimetimes with formula. And the expressing only worked for a few months - the trips abroad were too tough. (Expressing to relieve tension was painful and my hormones couldn't hack it. Cried my eyes out every time. Odd!
Enjoy Paignton, Figgy, and great news on DH's job!!! Things are looking up.
Aethel - hee hee! Laughed out loud at not cleaning up food/Bombay mix etc.
Boi likes chorizo. Tried tonight. "Mummy can I please have more spicy sausage, please mummy?"
How can you say no when they ask so nicely?

(I 'm in fashionable Bolton, by the way. And work in Altrincham, magic. So nowhere near, I'm afraid. X)

She won't entertain a bottle. My Mum resorted to spoon feeding expressed milk on Wed. The cm managed to get her to take a little from a bottle on Thu but hardly any yesterday.

Oh well, will post in feeding topic later. Everything I read suggests babies are capable of taking just enough to take the edge off their thirst until the milk machine arrives

Happy Sat everyone! What plans? I'm off to work...