Something, I have a few things to say :-) 1) that one on facebook that you liked, I always thought 'who'd like that one?'! So I'm glad he has some fan love from you 2) a springer did you say? That will be huge amounts of fun but HARD work; they're super bouncy and need loads of exercise and stimulation for their clever doggy brains. How long now til you collect him? I expect lots of doggy pics on FB. Thank you! 3) I dreamt I went to your house last night. It was a tudor mansion based around a massive courtyard. When it was time for DS to nap you had to decide which of his 5 cots to put him in and likewise when we went for a walk he had an arsenal of strollers to choose from. He even had a whole room devoted to dressing up clothes. Where did that all come from??
Doli how lovely to have hanging tiles. Brilliant vernacular architecture for wildlife down where you are. The batties love them (my dissertation was on bats) and bees too. We would have no peanut butter without bees. They are VITAL :-) My dunce of a neighbour prodly told me he'd doused his bee's nest with wasp killer 'because the pest people wouldn't kill them as they're protected'. So we now have wasp killer laden dead bees in our garden. Very sad.
Plonky how are you doing? Which Cure song is your favourite? This is a test!
Yummy, like Something (but unlike that cah Stromy!) we're struggling with WW too. Muchos waling and foot stamping and general toddler PMT. Yuck. Relationship wise I miss so much if I am being honest. I miss gigs, camping every weekend, climbing mountains, being spontaneous, working, cinema, chatty meals out............... But life is changing and we do different stuff now. Lots of walks based around cafes and parks mostly. Every stage is a phase that moves onto something new. In a few years time ecotod will be able to power up mountains herself. I like Plonk's suggestion of a chat about the longer term aspirations of the relationship. I think we did this about a year ago and it involved raising our girl in Norfolk. Not Bedfordshire! But plans can alter too I guess. It's nice to know you're both singing from the same hymnsheet I suppose.
Squtter I am still BF. I am not an expert thought. With night feeds we went cold turkey at 11 months. I say cold turkey, it was carefully orchestrated and involved being with her when she asked for it overnight for a few nights, but politely declining her requests. Then at about 13 months we went cold turkey on day time feeds. She didn't notice. She has asked maybe twice over the last two weeks and I have let her. Otherwise we just offer snack and drink. She will not drink cows milk though, so it's water at snack time here. She still guzzles at 0700 upon waking and 1830 before bathtime. We're going to keep those going until she self weans. I think. Good luck.
Stormy: any before and after photos of the hair do?
Shattered, hard gym? Are you in the SAS?
Gerry and Doli it sounds like you had lovely weekends and may I offer congratulations on your first baby free nights away. I am going to do this before the summer is out. Gerry I don't think you missed anything massive. The odd bit of snot, whinging, tantrumming, that sort of thing.
Right, I'd better away. I'm in Bedfordshire presently and have work with me to get on with.