December 2012: Everyone loves nap time.

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

i got proud of myself too soon H has woke up 4 times since my last post and has been screaming for her bottle since 1am. I am refusing to give it her as she is it was her 3rd wake up in a hour and a half for it.

hales that's rough! Hope she settled and slept late for you. Touch wood we seem to be moving in the right direction at night.
I have lost the birthday cards I bought for dd1&2 and for dd2s friend who's party is this arvo. I spent an hour last night looking for them. Where can they be?! Dd2 just chose a hideous replacement card for dd1 (7 tomorrow).

Oh no wl - when flat things disappear in this house they're normally found under the carpet, courtesy of the O postal service...

it's dh's birthday tomorrow and the baby sitter booked for the evening has cancelled because of a car accidenta week ago. Totally not her fault and bad luck, but I feel disappointed for dh. Have rearranged meal out for Wednesday when my mother can babysit.

Just checking in and saying hi to everyone.

I caught up with an old university friend today. Haven't seen him for 3 years (due to being in the UK). C and I went for a coffee with him. He told me he and his wife have been trying for 18 months for a family. He just looked so sad.

We are all very lucky people.

And with that - good night!

hales sorry your nights still sound rough is there a pattern starting to emerge that you can follow? I hope H gives you some proper rest soon!

wl I usually forget altogether that I bought something and then I buy a new card and come across the original card months later

utopian O post does sound cute though!

Oh, I know it's probably too late now but I did come across something that I thought was a brilliant idea... Hold on I'll look for the link...

Here is the link. It's a great idea for an alternative to Mother's Day cards

And I realise Mother's day has been and gone in the UK but I'm going to try and get DH to do it for birthdays as well. I like the idea of having all those lovely memories in one tidy place

Too true mama

That's lovely Nutella. Mine would be full of scribbles. Today A has scribbled in felt tip.on 2 tables and a toy drum. That's at our house, he spent the day at MIL's!

Job accepted, now I just have to wait for a release date. And buy some smart clothes- this is an office job so I need to replace the jeans of the last 8 years!

Feeling very slightly guilty about my Dad's fiancé. She's just had the diagnoses of myeloma. After seeing Dad through intensive cancer treatment. Their wedding is still on track though.

beasty being ill doesn't necessarily mean that a person is/was nice!

Thing is she is nice, just ummm let's say very out of touch with children! She was babysitting her grand daughter who was maybe 2 or 3 months old, and seemed to think that holding her out in front and telling her not to cry would stop it. With just the 4 adults, or away from their house it isn't to much of a problem.

But I do feel bad for Dad. After watching mum die suddenly (he was widowed 16 years ago) he's facing the possibility of wife 2 dying, and seeing her through treatment with his consultant from his terminal (but very long prognosis) cancer.

Oh dear beasty tough for everyone then - you included.

Beasty oh, that does sound hard! Poor you and your dad.

DS has gone back to two naps a day. I'm going to keep it that way until he seems to fight the morning nap. Most mornings he falls asleep quite easily. Dropping the morning nap just caused too much misery (for him and therefore me!).

I made a giant chocolate birthday cake. Took it with me to playgroup yesterday and I was only just able to save DH a slice! So I can make myself some mega choc cookies can't I? You know, so I have some "cake" on the day

Think I'm going to have to start hiding the bananas. Ds would eat them all day if he could and when he's having dinner he spends most of his time pointing at them and shouting at me

spotty when dd1 was little we had to refer to them as long yellows as the mere mention of them would be enough for her to refuse all else. She won't eat them now. Just got back from pizza express for dd1s birthday tea. T fell asleep in the car on the way home so I'm really hoping that doesn't fuck up bedtime. She seems ok so far. She took a liking to her little cousins bottle of formula today - might get one for DH to give her when I'm away for 2 nights next month.

Be snugglier and more boob like than a bedtime cup.

We have to refer to Curved Yellow Fruits in this house, too. And they occasionally get relegated to the larder along with the crayons and stickers to avoid dinner-time interruptions

Nope, not ok. An hour of shouting and crying when normally we have none. A lot of shushing, head stroking and now another round of boob and fx she's down. I've got to go to sodding tesco now now to get a pressie and card for a party dd1 is going to tom am - I had completely forgotten about the pressie and card. Then wine!

Oh poor you (and T) wl! Definitely wine when you get back. I'm.still sick enough not to miss it but remember with ds I reeeaaally did by the time I hit 9 months. don't care to know what that says about me

O isn't fussed about bananas but obsessive about grapes. He can make himself look like a tiny pink hamster with so many in his mouth he then can't actually chew them.

Haha - just barbies and booze in my basket!

Last week i bought a bunch of bananas on Monday morning. By the time we left the house on Tuesday every banana had been eaten by DD & A. The trouble now is that DD can help herself.

A tried to escape from a pub garden this afternoon. DD chased after him and tripped. She really badly grazed one side of her face- nose, cheek, forehead. And then the poor girl asked me to catch her as she went head first down a slide, and she caught her nose on my knee. Now DH has me worried about scaring.

And he took 2 hours to put up a gazebo this evening. I'm not sure it should involve a limp hammer.....

Beasty! Our gazebo is pop up luckily. Dd is the same with bananas. I have a big pink bowl in the cupboard that she can always help herself to. Atm it has dried banana, dried mango, raisins and yoghurt covered raspberries in it.

WL how annoying. I always wish I was one of those super organised people with a 'present drawer' but it's never going to happen!

Dp will be re tiling our bathroom today so I will have to keep the dc away our lawn is a jungle so not sure what I'm going to do with them!

If re tiling a bathroom is like erecting a gazebo, I'd suggest being out!

We just got a really cheap one, because I'm not sure how effective it will be in the only place it fits. But I'm fed up people deciding it's too hot &sunny to eat in the conservatory (set up as the dining room) and heading straight for the sitting room. Which means they turn the TV on. So I thought a gazebo would mean I can force them outside.

That's a food idea. We got ours from halfords I think it was great last year before ds was mobile... Dp is a builder so hopefully the tiling won't be too stressful!

I'm just making bacon in part baked rolls mmmm

Nutella, that's a great idea for a Mother's Day book! Nice timing too - it's our mother's day here (in Aus) next Sunday, so I told my husband about it. Hopefully he will get organised and he and C can make a good entry in a new book.

Ouch, barbeasty! I'm sure nothing will scar. When I think about how much I hurt myself as a kid, and I only have one big scar on my knee...

A busy day here. My mum stayed two nights last week, then my brother and his two kids stayed last night. Then my sister and her THREE kids came for morning tea... C has been surrounded by my family. Tomorrow my mum and dad are off to NZ to see my grandfather - he's 94 next month. I think we will try to get over to see him this year too. Not sure how much longer he'll be around, and he's such a lovely old chap.

Have any of the little ones got their canine teeth yet? C is teething and I think the first is about to pop through (on the top) - she is quite grumpy a lot of the time, so I'm hoping it'll pass. Although she was as happy as anything at bath time because we were singing Monty Python songs to her...