Feb '06 - Sausage roll anyone?

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Right ladies - the race is on to see which of our DCs can self feed a sausage roll first!

Oh, and some of you don't seem to have aged since we got pregnant, so if you've got closer to your telegrams from the queen then please let me know!

CAMERON, Birthdate 6th Jan, Due 28th Jan, Weight 5lbs 13oz, Born to Teuch, Baby no 1, Lives Inner Hebridean Island, Gas & air and morphine
PEYIA, Birthdate 23rd Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight 6lbs 12.5oz, Born to TicTac, Baby no 1, Lives Horwich, Lancs, Gas & air only
ALEXANDER, Birthdate 24th Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight ??, Born to Yeahbut, Baby no 3, Lives Holland, Elective c-section
CAITLIN ERIN MONICA, Birthdate 25th Jan, Due 10th Feb, Weight 8lbs 10.5oz, Born to Womba1, Baby no 3 (1 stillborn), Lives Eastbourne, Elective c-section
MAISIE, Birthdate 26th Jan, Due 7th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5.5oz, Born to ellenrose, Baby no 3, Lives Bristol, Induction due to SPD
JESSICA HELEN, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 5lbs 11oz, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 1.
EMILY ROSE, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 6lbs, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 2.
ELIZABETH GRACE, Birthdate 3rd Feb, Due 3rd Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Kando, Baby no 3, Lives Holland,
PETER, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 12th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to popmum, Baby no 2, Lives Herts,
LAUREN EMMA, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 22nd Feb, Weight 6lbs 14oz, Born to Morgan, Baby no 2, Lives Dubai,
PHILIPPA ROSE, Birthdate 8th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 9lbs, Born to CantSleepWontSleep (Tabs), Baby no 1, Lives North Herts, TENS and gas & air
LEWIS JAMES, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 31st Jan, Weight 9lbs 2oz, Born to lewsmummy (Cuffyj1), Baby no 1, Lives Barnsley, emerg c-section
SETH PETER, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 1st March, Weight 7lbs, Born to angedemarche (Jangus), Baby no 2, Lives NI, Elective c-secion
EVIE HARRIET, Birthdate 10th Feb, Due 29th Jan, Weight 9lbs, Born to Hotmama, Baby no 2, Lives Nottingham, emerg c-section
RHUARIDH GEORGE, Birthdate 11th Feb, Due 20th Feb, Weight ??, Born to MrsDoolittle, Baby no 2, Lives Newbury, Water birth
BEN, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 8lbs 4oz, Born to 3K, Baby no 1, Lives Gravesend, Kent, c-sec after failure to dilate sufficiently
OSCAR, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 13th Feb, Weight 9lbs 10oz, Born to Chloe55, Baby no 1, Lives West Yorkshire, Pethidine, epi & lots of stitches!
LUTHER, Birthdate 14th Feb, Due 6th Feb, Weight 8lbs 8oz, Born to NotAnOtter (4blue1pink), Baby no 5, Lives ??,
ANYA OLIVE CATRIONA, Birthdate 20th Feb, Due 8th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Popadopalis, Baby no 1, Lives Bedford,
BRAM THOMAS, Birthdate 21st Feb, Due 11th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to mustrunmore (Ixel), Baby no 2, Lives N London, c-sec
IMOGEN ROSAMOND, Birthdate 23rd Feb, Due 2nd March, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Ags, Baby no 2, Lives Kent, Elective c-section
EMRYS JOHN, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 24th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Flamesparrow, Baby no 2, Lives Bournemouth, Home birth
ISABEL ERIKA, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 3rd March, Weight 7lbs 5.5oz, Born to Amiable, Baby no 1, Lives North London, Gas & air and epidural. DH German
LEON JASON, Birthdate 26th Feb, Due 18th Feb, Weight 7lbs 13oz, Born to Jasnem, Baby no 3, Lives Waltham Abbey, Rapid labour, ventouse and episiotomy
SALLY ANIELA, Birthdate 28th Feb, Due 28th Feb, Weight 8lbs 13oz, Born to Thell, Baby no 1, Lives London, Water birth at home
RORY JOHN, Birthdate 25th Feb, Due 23rd Feb, Weight 10lb 2oz, Born to dewmeadow, Baby no 2, Lives County Tyrone, Ireland, emerg c-section
NEVE, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 8lbs 11oz, Born to Frizbe, Baby no 2, Lives Ripley, Derbyshire, Water birth
ALFRED WILLIAM, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to damewashalot (Helen38), Baby no 3, Lives Warwickshire,

Swop your bluebottles for my ants!

Actually, I only have 2 buggies now {she says in a defensive tone of voice}. Didnt take it as I'd only have ended up leaving it all over the place... castles aren't very accessible Plus ds2 gets to see more in the papoose.

And have you ever tried running after a toddler in crowds whilst pushing a buggy?!

And, if you think entertaining a 6 month old is hard, please feel free to borrow my 2.8yr old for the day

Thanks for bringing a smile to my face, however briefly!

Actually sat here in tears now, having listened to DD scream or cry on and off (full on for over half an hour) for an hour now. She keeps sounding like she's asleep (ie no sound!) and then there'll be another whimper.

DH still not home. I've eaten without him. I now want to go to bed and not get up for 3 days, but I know that DH will disturb me when he comes in, disturb me again when he gets up at 4am, plus however much Pippa decides to wake me up to scream at me in the night, so it's not going to be a good night and I can't see me ever being able to relax again.

Controlled crying was meant to be our last resort as at least it's supposed to work, but I don't understand why it worked so well for a few days and now it's all gone horribly wrong.

There just doesn't seem to be anyone or anything that can help me.

We'd had such a good day too, with DD laughing lots (my favourite sound in the whole world).

csws. Things will improve. You could always see it as dd having her bad times now, so when she's a teenager she'll be an angel And you'll be able to sit back and gloat soon; i have a feeling that you'll get all sorted just as I decide to stop feeding ds2 to sleep, and then it'll be hell here.

csws. I don't know about cc, but I suspect like most things it's something you'll have to stick at. I hope its just one bad evening, and she settles for you soon.

mrm - I'll swap your 2.8 yr old for a moody 7 year old (and throw in a stroppy 5 yr old for free).
I love the summer holidays.
Please tell me we're meeting up on Friday. I will have the car, so we can do Walthamstow if you want, or relocate to somewhere easier for you and amiable.

Can you meet somewhere not too horrendous for me? Thinking of binning my morning plan (as DD naps better in the morning, and I don't want to ruin that) and coming out to play in the pm instead.

Off to get ready for bed now I think, but will be around tomorrow as nothing much planned.

Hi Jas. I'm happy with Walthamstow if Amiable is. But then I'm happy with anything that mildly entertains ds1 these days. The only problem I can forsee is if Pizza Hut has shut down or something! We could go back to the original plan of Arts Depot if she'd prefer, and if its ok for you to get to. (If you're not sure on location, ita about 10 mins drive from my house at the most.)
Would love to swop children, but I dont really like girls Too much like me!

Ooo, yes, come and join us csws! I'll be out tomorrow for most of the day, but will check in before I go and when I've put the boys to bed, so will see what decision has been made! csws; do you still have my mobile number? Might be easier to text me if I dont show up on here!!!

Oh cwsw you sound like you are having such a miserable evening. I know it doesn't compare but my dh walked in at 7.15pm (an hour later than he should have been), then sodded off to his mates to watch footie - it would have been nice if he could have told me of his plans so I didn't make his tea! So, after cleaning all day and looking after a lo I then did the whole bath bottle bed routine too, which, I might add I seem to do every night now! Amazing how the novelty wears off, isn't it?

I did give ds calpol and he as a little red patch on his head which could possibly have been from the fall, I still haven't admitted what I did to anyone other than you guys. He is sleeping now.

Hope your dh gets home soon csws.

csws -I've no real idea where you live, I also couldn't find mrm as I just sat in the car and was driven there. Any where with some kind of parking available is good for me, and I'll be around tomorrow too.
Do you have any ideas?

Chloe, do you actually do cleaning? I'm such a bad person.
But I do have 95% of bedtimes alone with the pair of them, so i think that justifies being a slob!

Jas... we can just stick to Walthamstow if its easy for you! It involves no brainpower for me to just jump on the number 34!

Oooooooohhh chloe just noticed your name i started a new meet thread if u interested

mrm she does her nans cleaning (and probably her own too)
I just live in a tip, but do all the bedtimes (baths, meals, and everything else child related) on my own.

Yes unfortunately we are desperate for the extra cash and nanna pays well I think I have become a bit of a cleaning obsessive though, I have recently noticed that I can not settle on an evening unless I have hoovered everywhere which includes the stairs and cleaned the glass tables! This is so unlike the Chloe I knew a year ago, has motherhood done this to me?!

Gonna check out the meet thread now lm

Oh yeah, I remember her mentioning that the other day now I come to think!

Living in a tip isnt so bad, is it? We clean only when we are expecting a visit from a parent or a mumsnetter

And you are a far better mum than me; sometimes ds1 exasperates me so much I just hand him over when dh gets in (assuming he's been on an early shift, so home by 6pm). And he sees that as preferable to having to be with a baby who hates him!! Just wish he did more early shifts, less lates, and far far less doubles!

I think motherhood does induce cleaning obsessions in some (not me unfortunately)

We should have started a meetup thread like the sensible Northern girls instead of taking over this one.
Oh, well, its hardly worth it now. Walthamstow Pizza Hut, Friday lunchtime/pm/tba....

Chloe: yes, you are turning into a real true to life Mum! Just dont start runnning your fingers along the tops of the doors looking for dust like my Mum does
The only thing I will admit to is needing all the dishes done before bed. But thats so I can refill the water filter under the tap during the night: I'm still guzzling fluids.

I'd like to see a pic of your house Jas, in the vain hope it'll make me feel good about my own

Not a better mum, just got a useless dp
He too will take the dds over a crying baby any day, but I have noticed he spends more time playing with Boy than he did the girls at this age. He obviously hid his desire for a son very well.
It so lovely when he talks to him (always calls him son)

I'd love to show you one, but my (useless) dp left my camera on the plane coming back from our holidays

Ah. Dh calls ds2 "that one" or "here, hold this one" But the other day, he said to our friend that he feels the need to kiss ds2's head more than he did with ds1!

So I'm not the only person in the worlds who doesn't own a camera phone??!!

I do, but I don't know how to put the pictures from the camera to the computer.

I have pictures of newborn Boy on it that I can't do anything with. They are the only ones of him at minutes old, as I took my camera but no batteries to the hospital for the birth.