January 2014 - hoping for more sleep

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I am soooooo tired today. Archie has been really unsettled the last few nights from about 4am onwards. Sometimes he's hungry, sometimes he wants to play, sometimes he wants his dummy. The last two nights he's ended up in with us as it's easier to replug the dummy, pat etc.
YAWN.

Glad to hear you got your hours sorted merry

getting I was wondering how you were. I'm sure you'll find somewhere perfect. Would you consider a childminder or is your heart set on a nursery?

humpty I would say poo, baby poo is essentially just milk. But I'm a slight emetophobe.

So after spending much effort getting a bed made up for DS1 and getting him settled, I've looked in and he's curled up asleep on the floor in just his pyjama top.

I'm an emetophobe but baby sick doesn't bother me. Sick with lumps in, and which smells like sick, bothers me greatly.
Poo doesn't really bother me much at any stage. My own child's, at least!

I'm an emetophobe but baby sick doesn't bother me. Sick with lumps in, and which smells like sick, bothers me greatly.
Poo doesn't really bother me much at any stage. My own child's, at least!

Ugh, phone ate my post and no real sleep here so not a good start.

A has a cold and cough which wakes her up, it's hell. Been awake since 2:45 ish with little sleeps which have made me feel so much worse..

Off to pilates in a bit and may fall asleep at the relaxation bits.

million I'm sorry the peed was horrible and useless though glad H liked the solids. Can't believe we've reached solids!

getting I hope you find a nursery that you like. We've just paid the deposit on my work nursery, I'm sure A will love it but the idea of someone else looking after her makes me a bit

merry that work pattern sounds good, hope the rest of your first week back goes well.

Off to collapse in a corner as she's awake again...

Oh fly that's no fun. I hope you get a nap at some point.

P's reflux doctor called at 8am She got her secretary's message about Percy getting worse and thinks I should go dairy free again for at least a month. Goodbye cheese

Sad times, book :(

I know, right? I was just stroking some Stilton* longingly. FML.

*this is not a euphemism

Just checking in to see how everyone's doing. So exciting that some babies are starting solids!

getting I'm due back at work in Sep too. We need to get nursery sorted as well - think I'm going to go with the one a couple of mums from work use.

Off to take F for his BCG - I cannot wait till his jabs are over. Roll on 16 weeks - no more till they're one, right?

Bring it to my house. We'll give it a good home.

Also, if it makes you feel any better, Barn Owl woman let her baby get a bit sunburnt at the weekend. I Judged.

PS book "stroking some Stilton" really should be a euphemism.

Good luck with the jabs, angel! Meredith's got her last lot of jabs (for a while) this afternoon. Can't wait til they're over.

That does make me feel better toby, thanks because I'm a massive bitch

Good luck with all the jabs - hope they don't notice and then just have a nice long sleep afterwards!

Can I court your collective opinion (not really brave enough for AIBU) and I feel like I know people on here....(Disclaimer: I'm not planning on weaning till 6 months but little puggle wants to be up at our height when we're eating dinner)
So:
DHs parents gave us a highchair. Not really-dumped it on us would be more accurate. It was in the garage when they moved into their house (10 years ago!)We don't know the people they bought the house from. I've looked at it - no 5 point harness, big bulky chair and I DON@t WANT IT. Some of the screws are a bit rusty, it seems nippy and I don't think it'll be suitable for 6months.
DH thinks I'm being massively PFB and unreasonable...
Our bumbo is from the baby market, I've been trawling second hand shops for baby books so I'm not a new new new girl. Money isn't terribly tight either....

She thought it was quite amusing. Silly cow.

I'd get rid, puggle. Could you wait til DH is out and then sabotage it? Or tell him that it fell apart when you tried to put it up so you has to take it to the tip?

Then get an IKEA Antilop, which is dirt cheap, thereby proving your thrifty credentials.

puggle I would quietly get rid of the thing.
Just say thanks so much but Its not suitable for before 6 months and I really wanted one that you could use earlier. Tell you what…well keep it in the garage/spare room till it's ready or you can have it at yours for when we come over. Then get rid of it on the quiet and say 'oh baby puggle seems to prefer the chair she has at the moment'.

Phew! I like your collective style ladies...

Arf at stilton stroking . I can often be found in asda, fondling cheeses.

Best of luck to those wee ones having their last jabs.

I've come over all aibu-ish too. Opinions welcome -

The last few days I've been trying to get my coursework done for tomorrow so have let household things slip and let dp take care of food. Finally with the coursework almost finished and dp back at work I've looked up and noted the state of the place. My God, it's a complete state, not just messy - which I could live with, but verging on unhygienic. The bathroom and kitchen have not been cleaned since I last did them ( a week ago) and those would be the minimum I'd expect to be kept clean.

Have spent this morning getting the place clean. It took an hour or two with both boys suitably occupied.
I am thoroughly annoyed. It would not have taken too much effort to keep place clean. I had it out with DP last night about it and got the stock excuses - 'I can't keep the place clean AND look after the boys' 'it's not that bad' 'you're just looking for a fight' 'toddler ds won't let me'. To clarify, toddler ds likes to unload the clean dishwasher, sort cutlery, pick up wrappers and bin them and push the Hoover round. He's a naturally tidy boy, oddly.

I am fuming as I wanted to spend the morning playing with the boys and the afternoon finishing my work. With me back to uni next year I can see this becoming a big issue, I'm only part time atm. What should I do? Even with rotas and being told explicitly what to do, he's pretty half arsed about keeping the place clean.

Ugh, enormouse, that would drive me insane. It enrages me when DH can't do the things I can/have to. There's just no excuse for it.
The only thing I can think of is to calmly talk to him about it again tonight, now it's how you want it. Tell him that it needs to look like it does now, and maybe ask him for ideas. Make sure he knows it's the responsibility of both of you. Could you agree to spending an hour every evening doing housework, taking it in turns with one of you sorting the boys out and one cleaning?

I agree with Toby enormouse. He should have been keeping on top of it.

The results from my scan came in. A 2.5cm cyst on my left ovary. I dunno if that affects bleeding, but I've stopped bleeding now. However, tmi, I've got diahorrea again, i always seem to have it. So back to the Dr I go.

Its crap enormouse - he is being unreasonable but I'm probably the last person in the world to give advice - am having massive rows with DH about putting plates in the dishwasher and doing some minor things round the house. Good luck getting it sorted...

million that's awful, you poor thing.

puggle I remember for DS1's first Christmas, dps mum bought him a special Christmas outfit which is something I wanted to do. It was awful, a naff furry reindeer suit with matching hat. I hated it, dp hated it, DS1 hated it. We took a few photos of him in it (he looks furious in them all) , showed him off to MIL in it and then changed him into a more tasteful outfit because the reindeer suit 'made him too hot/uncomfortable'. The whole thing came back to m after your high chair woes.

Thanks for the opinions guys, glad to hear I'm not being unreasonable. I have done the 'you see how the house is now? That's the kind of standard I want when it's cleaned'. I think the problem is there are several separate issues: how often to clean, the excuses, the standard of cleanliness, the spending of too much time playing computer games and forgetting other things need done. Maybe I need to concentrate on one thing at a time?

Throw it out puggle they'll never know

Poor baby pumpkin has conjunctivitis, couldn't get a docs app but phoned 111 and said to carry on with cooled boiled water & cotton wool to clean and see whether it clears up.

She is also in the pushchair part of her oyster now as she got fed up of not being able to see out of the carrycot.

Puggle I agree with others, just get rid. Get the ikea one as they have great reviews. I wanted the ikea one but DP's mum bought us an all singing, all dancing one which is fucking huge even when folded up. We live in the tiniest 2 bed back to back terraced house. My kitchen is so small that I can touch the walls on each side of the kitchen simultaneously and I have NO room for said gigantic high chair. We don't even have a kitchen table FFS! It's just sat in my living room looking shit and massive.

Enormouse we have the same problem here. I have to do the majority of the housework. I am obsessive about cleaning and get very stressed and anxious when the house is messy and DP really doesn't understand why I get angry when he comes home from work and sits on his arse all evening whilst I run around trying to get everything done. I get even angrier when I go on my driving lesson for 2 hours and come home and he's done nothing as he was 'looking after Sylvie.' I manage to clean and care for her at the same time so why can't he do that too

Million what do they do about the cyst? Do you have to have an op or anything? You've had it rough!! I really feel for you.

Million that is crap, but hopefully a reason for the bleeding that they can sort out? Hope they can sort treatment soon...