December 2012: Everyone loves nap time.

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Started a new thread for us before we run out of room.

Coffee I can't remember how long it's been, but maybe go back and ask for a different antibiotic or reassessment of the inhaler.

Hales definitely not fair, and don't forget it if she wants time off etc...

DH was watching DD swimming, with A on his lap interacting with a 6 month old girl. The girl's dad was worried that A wouldn't cope with her grabbing at him. Then A bit DH's thigh as hard as he could. It's becoming a bit of a problem. Not helped by the exercise where I had to manipulate his arms to do front crawl and call it big tiger arms. He opened his mouth wide and did a sort of growl.

I left DH supervising while I moved the car seats, and there was sudden crying. DH said "don't worry, he just fell down 1 step. Although...... that toy came from the bath- I think he went right up and down until the last step. Clever boy". Not clever daddy!

Well done mini hales!

wlmum chose somewhere accessible through the euro tunnel then you only have to pay for the car regardless of how many if you are within it.

Well done H hales! I hope you had an easy shift at least.

Coffee hope things improve soon. I second going back to dr and seeing if there's anything more they can try.

WL I'd love to go away somewhere nice and warm. Our awful trip to visit family in February has put me off though. T didn't sleep for the week and I was exhausted. It probably wouldn't happen again, but I live in fear :(
My mum has bought a wreck of a house in France, to retire into, with a seperate holiday cottage type place on the grounds. I think that'll be most of our summer holidays in a few years. Loads of grounds to run around in, a steam, fields, and plans for a small holding with a few farm animals :) I think it'll take a good few years to become a reality though - just now the cottages have 4 walls and a roof each (just), so a wee bit of work to do yet.

Beasty T went through a phase of biting a while back, it's incredibly sore! Unfortunately he found the help f pain funny too, so would keep doing it. We had to just put him away from us when he did it, it didn't seem effective at all at he time, but he did stop after a while. Hope A stops soon.

WillYou hope the jet lag passes soon. Hope you don't find it too hard to adjust and get some work done.

T can get out our gate too, we now have a chain round it which he can't undo. Takes him about 20 seconds to escape otherwise! He's not had much practice with any other gates, but he picks things up far too fast so I'm not sure I'd trust him with much less than a padlock!

hales what a mean colleague. I hope they really were ill (makes me think of nanny McPhee).
I was just wondering if all the milk could be exacerbating H's cough... Dairy generally makes you produce more mucous so I tend to avoid it if I get a bit snotty/heavy cold.

Impressed at the wee ! DS started fighting the morning toilet routine so we stopped. We haven't gone back to it yet.

I love watching him pick up new words. I've started asking him "did you do a big doo doo" because I love watching him trying to say "doo doo"

stacks DS is also a very visual physical learner if you show him something he finds interesting he will work really hard to copy it. It's great for songs and actions; but you have to be careful sometimes what he sees! I really hope he doesn't figure out the baby gates.

I feel abit bad as she wasn't sick but had told the boss her husband had fell off a ladder and hurt his back and was being assessed in hospital. The shift wasn't actually that bad.

H woke up saying nick nicks this morning which is what we call her nappy so i took her nappy off. Then she said wee so i took her the toilet and she wee'd again i'm feeling so proud of her

Stacks and Nutella i also have a visual learner she copies everything but hasn't tried the stair gate yet as she prefers just throwing things over it. Also i hope your both feeling ok in this hot weather.

Beasty i have no suggestions about the biting H still bites and headbutts when shes having a temper tantrum. We've tried all sorts now we just move her away and ignore her which usually ends up in her crying.

I'm so jealous of holiday talk i don't think we'll be going abroad till i'm back in work full time. Although we have just started saving so that we can take H and hopefulky DSD to Disneyland Florida when H is 5.

My mum and dad have offered to take me n j away this year. They'll do whatever we want. Their offers gave ranged from a cruise of the Med to a holiday in this country. My choice. We're very lucky!

Wow Hales, that's some clever weeing

willyou that sounds fab and no less than what you deserve. Hope you're doing well.

hales that's fantastic! (And nick nicks sounds really cute).

DS is refusing to go to sleep!!!! Arghhhhhh he is so tired but of course sleep is not an option. He will stand in his bed screaming and crying and shouting "mama", "papa" and then he'll grab one of his toys and start giggling at it. I've given him calpol. I've checked his pants. I've cuddled him I've done everything I can think of. I think the biggest mistake I've made was going in to comfort him in the first place. When he is this tired I know nothing works.
ARGGGHHHHHHHH

stacks that sounds awesome - can we come?!
guildford I don't know how long the dds could cope in the car, and they would so love to go on a plane. hales we haven't been abroad for 5 years. Dd1 would really love to go to Disneyland Paris - she wants to see the Eiffel Tower! If I get a decent job and £ gets easier maybe we'll start saving.
That's amazing potty training - well done H!

willyou very lucky indeed but I figure you deserve a break!

Oh dear nutella we had similar yesterday. I'm really hoping for an easy bedtime tonight (now!). Hope he settles soon.

Oh no Nutella hope he's gone now. Sometimes going in is just the final nail isn't it and you earn yourself 2 more hours of screeching.

Of course you could always send all wide awake babies to me as I'm up at 2am again with bastarding jet lag. I have a training meeting to run tomorrow. I had 3 hours sleep last night. This cannot be happening!

We're off on holiday in three weeks I can't wait. Will be the last time abroad for a while with dd starting school.

Hales I first went to Disney world aged five but I was a bit small for some of the best rides. Still really enjoyed it though. We're going to save up too as dp has never been and I haven't been for years.

Dd got stung by a wasp today at nursery! I felt bad I wasn't there for her I think she's going to have to go full time straight away at school as we just can't pick her up at one everyday.

willyou that is exactly it. I normally have to leave him to a bit of shouting and moaning at bedtime but mostly he is asleep in 5-15 minutes and the shouting is only for about 1 minute followed by a bit of noise, fussing, playing with toys and he is off.

wl fx for you and bedtime!!
I'm sure DS's top canines are about to pop out. I saw them today and thought they were through but they're not quite. So I'm hoping it's that and shortly they'll be out, he'll be over it and we can continue with bedtime as it should be

spotty ouch! Poor DD! I was out with my friend last summer and her little DS (he was just 2 at the time) got stung on the nose by a wasp hope DD is ok.

I asked dd if she was brave and she no I said I didn't blame her as I would have cried too

Spotty, Poor DD i hope she is ok today.

Nutella i hope DS finally went to sleep for you and i love your facebook video of him.

Willyou, i hope your not too tired today and that you can get some sleep later.

WL was last night easier putting T down?

My dad took me and my sisters out for a meal last night, whilst my mum babysat the girls. It was so lovely to be able to eat a nice meal without any little people help.

A hot meal Hales... Ooh i would love one!!

Poor dd spotty. Dd1 went full time straight away and I really worried about it but she was absolutely fine.
hales that's so nice.
willyou hope the meeting went well and the jet lag is easing off.
Cooler here today - hoorah!

WL we've had Thunder storms last night and today

It was cooler today but still sticky.

We had a fire drill at work. It was the middle of the day so no appts apart from the midwife. The poor pregnant lady in the waiting room looked really worried...not as worried as the mw doing a sweep

I'm lying in bed listening to the thunder and lightening. It's the loudest thing I ever heard. It's directly overhead. It's been going for about quarter of an hour it's around 3:30am.

Meeting went great. We were all so ill from lack of sleep that after a raspberry mojito we collapsed into bed at 9:45. Just woke up after 5.5 hours so I've already had around 3hpurs more than yesterday. Even my boss who said he used to have to do 30 long haul trips per year said he's never experienced any jetlag like it. We were shells of people

How's your DD's sting today Spotty?

Hales We're hoping to go out for a meal this weekend, because it's DH's birthday on Sunday. But it's looking more and more likely that he'll have to work.

DD got the DC dinner last night. They had marmite on bread and chocolate spread on bread. Nutella you'd be proud- DH caught her dipping the knife in the jar and licking it off. She stopped running around like a mad thing around 8!

DH and I have more or less decided that we're going to have to change A's nursery. It's going to be so close picking DD up from after school club, then driving to collect him from nursery. The after school club also run as a preschool from age 2, so I think from January A will have to go there. Planning to look around properly next week.

T has a yukky cough and keeps making herself sick with it - twice today so far - once in the car between dropping dd1 off at school and dd2 at pre-school and just now while we were getting changed after swimming. Just giving her a boob top up then she'll fall asleep in the car. I might get a peaceful lunch and a few jobs done! I could get used to bit working weds!

Beasty that is the best way to eat Nutella I'm sure

DS did not poo much yesterday... He is rectifying that today. Accompanied by a lot of farting which he finds quite amusing.
Ds woke up at about 3:45 crying and shouting. After calpol and some cuddles he went back to sleep around 4:10 so nothing to complain about really. I went back to sleep sometime after 5:15. I'm sooo tired! And it's hot and I'm pregnant and it's all poo!!

When's your due date nutella?

Wl I'm due on 30th July, I hit 30 weeks today. It's all a little bit scary!! I know two ladies with the same due date. It's rather odd!