December 2011 - the one where we do the Twist and Shout

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these babies are nearly two and a half

Thank God for that intervention! Hope you both get some rest now!

Goodness Mopsy and for you and minimopsy.

I had two with high temperatures for 24 hours and that was worrying enough. Hope you are managing to get some rest whilst staying close enough to hug your baby.

Oh good heavens mopsy you poor thing I am sure that miniM will be fine, lots of anti-biotics and being closely watched in hospital, but you'll need someone to look after you. Such a scary experience, and being pregnant and therefore more tired/hormonal/feeling vulnerable will exacerbate it. Get Mr M and your family to give you huge hugs, literal and metaphorical.

Blimey mopsy that's horrible good you listened to your concerns and they caught it.

At the other end of the scale DS been sent home having had the runs 3 times today cm won't have him again until Thursday bloody bolllocks!! He's fine ate lots of crap yesterday probably his breakfast strawberries a day past their best otherwise he's fine but has had a nasty poo since home. He is NOT ill though going to have to draft PIL in tomorrow or Wednesday what a fuss!!

((Brave Minimopsy)), hope she's ok & overnight is easy on you both. x

DS1 is a bolter, even around Bluewater he's on the reins.

plu, I think Master Funke is going to have to be DS1's nickname, that's brill!
at the lighting cost!

Oi, I'd let DS see where daddy will be living, make sure he sees there's somewhere for him to sleep &, possibly, get him a new toy box & toys for daddies house (if he's got any favourites, double up so he's got the same books/cuddlies).
If you don't want him to be there on the day ex moves out, 'daddy at work' for the day and then explain it when you're both there, wouldn't explain it anymore than mummy & daddy live in different places so you have two houses!! wow awesome for now, and wait for the questions to come from him.

Midwife tomorrow morning, childfree, hurrah!

HUGE hugs for you mopsy, what an awful thing for you all but very glad you took minimopsy in.
Some Medics call the something's-not-right instinct "spidersense" (a la Mr Peter Parker), and mums have their own version due to knowing their own babies so well. Which is why it's so important to take a mum's worry very seriously, especially with the little ones. Blimey, the thread babies are taking a pasting at the moment! :(
and all around I think......

Yep, we have 'spideysense' in our line of work too, the antenna twitching when something's not quite right...has saved many a person, or at least reduced the amount of work!

Hope you get a good night's sleep mopsy

Mopsy- you poor thing! And poor MiniMopsy! My heart was in my mouth when I read your thread. Thank goodness you listened to your spideysenses! Well done you! You're a fab mum, and MiniMopsy and Mm2-2-be are very lucky.
Now, don't wear yourself out. Ask for help where you need it. Make the next 5-14 days as easy as possible. You have to look after Mm2, as well as mm1 and yourself.
(((Hugs)))
Figgy - bird poo... This is indeed interesting. On Sunday, I made a cottage pie. I fill it full of veggies, so it's always mega delicious and moist. It's the best, by far, of any that I've ever tasted. So I said to Boi, isn't mummy's pie really delicious?
No, he said, it's bird poo.

?????

As for reins, Figgy, after the running-away shenanigans at weekend, I said that I'd have to get a retractable lead, like wot dogs have.
Hop's DH suggested a shock collar.
He may have a point!!

Tyel's LO sounds like he's doing better. It sounds like they've ruled out bacterial meningitis, but don't know what it is. He's had anti biotics, lumbar puncture and other stuff.
But the photo that she posted showed a happy, smiley little boy. So it looks like he'll be home soon.
Thank goodness!

Morning, all!

Are you still sighing with relief, mopsytop, or has it morphed into deep sleep breathing by now?

Oh, those fruit poos, figster! My least favourite sort (apart from baked bean poos). Hope your PIL are "having fun"!

Ds now loving weeing on potty he literally weed about 10 times in 10 minutes to varying volumes, looks like he's got bladder control at least he kept doing it for more praise had to stick his nappy on so I could get on with work

Mw refered me to physio, my bump is too small to be causing me grief & she suspects my god awful stomach muscles are to blame.

I'm having a Week. Grump. No excuse such as illnesses, just a combi of work and a squillion extra things to do so that there doesn't feel like a minute spare. And Dh is off to Oz this Sunday...for 2 weeks! Nnnrg!

How you doing mopsy? And everyone else?

I've got tickets to go to a charity show of lanky Fatima whitbread impersonator Andy from cbeebies it's only 40minute preview of his summer show so guessing he's testing his material ds will be so in awe his fave programme in world is andy dinosaur adventures. Apparently he lives on a boat In Bristol when not in Salford for the beeb which prob explains it. Got the last 2 tickets apparently god help me

Well done on the potty-training, figgyboy! He deserves that visit to see Andy (tho' maybe pack some pullups, in case he wets himself with excitement, eh? )

Ugh, Aethel, that's a harsh schedule, and you don't need to excuse yourself for not having "good reasons" like illness. We're allowed to be idealists and want our lives to be better, even though the problems are First World! At least the 2 weeks (presumably) coincide with school, so you don't have to sort out extra summer holiday childcare! Hope it goes well.

Glad you sorted out a trip to the physio, DrFunke!

Hmmm, looks like Brazil are out... Germany are my second team though, because of family, so I'm chuffed.

How come your DP is off to Oz aethel, is it work or pleasure? I'd keel over with current DC, plus two others, plus work, blimey. Please tell me you've got lots of other DCs' birthday parties to send them to, and a three foot stack of DVDs to keep them pinned to the sofa....

What's the probs with the stomach muscles DrF, is it a long standing thing or related to previous pregnancies? Sorry it's giving you such grief.

And bwahahahahahahhahaha at 'lanky Fatima Whitbread impersonator' about Andy figster, I will not be able to keep a straight face at CBeebies!

Hope you and MiniM are doing OK mopsy.

Hi all, sorry no time to catch up on thread. Minimopsy was extremely unhappy/in pain/miserable this morning, was awful to see her. But by early afternoon she had had lots of different pain relief and cheered up a lot. Then descended into very very cross for a few hours. But all in all I think she is improving. I just came home as I had practically no sleep for three nights and a pretty broken night last night but she has been crying since I left. I feel awful a) because she is so ill and I don't want her to be upset and b) because poor Mr. Mopsy, she just wants me and keeps pushing him away and saying Go away Daddy I want Mummy etc. and it is so unfair, he is so fab. I feel awful. I don't want her to keep being upset, it won't be good for her being so ill, but don't want to undermine Mr. Mopsy either and I feel if I go back that's what I will do. I suppose babies often do this when they are ill but it is horrible for both of us :( Feeling very upset.

(((Hug))) mopsy. Just remember- you need sleep. MiniM will be fine. Mr M will want to spend time with MiniM and ensure that his pregnant wife gets some rest. I know it feels shite when you have to leave them for a bit, but it is absolutely for the best.

Glad to hear she's perking up, and hope you feel better in the morning.

I'm sure because MrM is with minimopsy now, she will learn to cling to him. Being in hospital and being in pain is very frightening, and that familiar adult is so important, even if she doesn't realise it yet. Her barriers against him will start to crumble, hopefully in time for him to comfort her tonight. Maybe you could make a fuss of him when you come back, thanking him for taking care of both of you. Seeing how you trust him could "model" that for her, too.

Hope you don't read this till the morning, by the way!

Thanks Northern and plu. I got 7.5 hours solid and feel much better. Minimopsy didn't go to sleep until midnight and woke up again at 1 but has been sound asleep since apparently even when the nurses were changing her drips etc. So that's good. Just going back in now. In spite of my stress I know a night's sleep after 4 nights of very little will have done me good and left me better able to face the next few days. I hate the hospital. It is so hot and the ceilings so low, it is really a horrible environment physically. But the nursing staff are so lovely in there and so sweet to my wee girl and to me and Mr Mopsy.

That sounds a great night! In any case, sleep isn't cumulative, or else some people we all would never catch up! Hope she's better today!

Glad you got some sleep mopsy, keep eating and drinking enough too; it's easy to forget!

northern, it's business, he has a conference and is having a (well deserved) short break there afterwards.

Glad you got some sleep, mopsy. And hope MiniM is on the mend.
Tyel's LO came home from hospital yesterday, (Somebody tell me Tyel's name. She was tyel back in the 80's...) :)

Anyway, it's all go and I'm really excited. I can't wait until he leaves! (is that bad?) He gets the keys to his new apartment on Saturday. He's taking one of my sofa's... there was a sale at Achica yesterday, of lovely retro sofas, really cheap, but with 2-4 weeks delivery. No good for him... So then I had the amazing idea that I could buy the lovely retro sofas for me here, and I'd buy one for him (in another flavour), and until they arrived, I'd keep my 3 seater, and he could take my 2 seater.
But he decided just to take the 2 seater.
So then I bought a racing car bed, for Ali's new bedroom, and lightning McQueen bedding and a (cheap play) rug.

I'm going to love being single again. I have a long list of stuff to do. When Ali goes to bed, I will get organised. I feel like I've been held back for so long, feeling that my evenings weren't mine to get on with stuff that I'd like to do. house-work/diy type stuff. Silly isn't it?
But I'm going to get my house in order, and in doing so, get fitter, cut down the alcohol intake, and have a nicer house and garden.

I don't think DH is looking forward to it as much as I am. But I've moved into the "don't really care" mode. Me n the boi are going to the GP's caravan tomorrow, and when we get back, he'll be gone.

We're going to tell Boi tonight. And try to keep it to "Daddy's got a new house, and you can visit it, and you can have another bedroom, and look at this racing car bed! And you can choose some toys to stay there, and we'll buy some new ones too! Shall we go and visit daddy and take him some dinner on Sunday?"

Told my mum yesterday. she was sad, but held on the the idea that maybe the split will be good for us and we'll get back together.
(I'm thinking that's not likely.)
I'll tell my dad and sister tomorrow night at the caravan when Boi's in bed. I'm dreading dad's reaction.
But, que sera sera!
Freedom will be mine! And I know how I feel! It's a new dawn, a new day, a new life fo-o-o-or meeeee! And I'm feeling good!

Hi everyone,

Hope that you're okay Mopsy and that MiniM is improving.

All sounds good Oi I'm sure BOi will be fine with the changes, children usually are!

Hope the physio can help you improve things DrFunke

I think I would have a minor meltdown at the idea of two weeks minus DH Aethel! DH was away for a long weekend and that was tiring enough for me!

Well done in the potty training Figster!

Not a lot of news here, I have my 20 week scan tomorrow so looking forward to that!

*Oi! I'm glad you're feeling good about everything, I think that's a sign that this really is the right choice. X