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

[ifyourehoppyandyouknowit]

New thread.

these babies are nearly two and a half

Oh seven! Get thee a bag packed!!!!

Seven it doesnt matter if the dates were right or wrong as the baby will come when its ready

Imo I think the dateing is just to give the medical staff a time frame to work to, like an action plan! I could be wrong lol

Today we have plaied bingo, snakes and ladders, had icecream cones, breakfast, coffee, watched inspector gadget, had indoor picnic. Then there will be baking, kite flying and park (maybe) as im still ill but feel guilty Air is stuck in with the sick people so im forceing myself to have fun! Tomoro I might try taking him swimming before AF arrives!

Could well be wrong seven. Either way I'd get prepared just in case! Good luck!

Got a play tent in IKEA (braved it thus morning).... HUGE success. And will for nicely in her new room (if we ever move)... great toy storage methinks!

Bag has been packed since last week just in case.

oi I'd have been more surprised if it hadn't upset you going to a wedding so soon after separating.

mopsy play tent sounds like a great idea, hope ikea wasn't too hellish.

How're things seven? Any progression?

Just went to the park. Minimopsy went on her tricycle, we played football, we played on the swings and seesaw. Was lovely fun.

seven, only 5% of babies come on their due date. The other 95% come when they are ready! The dating is mostly to check that your dates aren't wildly out, to give a benchmark for that baby so that if they grow too slowly you can prove it based on where they "should" be, and for the early ones, so you can say they are "x" weeks on when they come and that tailors their neonatal care a little. So forget what the scan claims and listen to your body... Good luck!

Sympathy oi (((hug))) but remember nothing is ideal, most of the "happy" relationships you see about you are like the proverbial swan with smooth gliding above and frantic legs kicking underneath...you just don't see that bit....

Thanks aethel.

Nothing more, guess we'll have to wait and see. Don't want her to arrive just yet though ideally, I've got steroid injections for her lungs next week to hopefully avoid SCBU after DD2 scaring us.

Worst night up here so far ds still awake won't go sleep I'm knackered after last nights wedding

What is this heat of which you speak? Did we miss it? Back now, and the house smells mouldy -ugh.

Seven, I hope you're still hanging on!

mopsy, you sound more cheerful!

OiMissus, totally human emotional reaction. And as for the "failed marriage" idea, my mother's never said that. She's always said that she got two "beautiful" [sic] children out of it, and although I thought that was bullshit when I was a teenager, I now know what she means. You and DH seem fairly besotted of DS, so you'vr both got at least one long-term love from it, and don't seem to hate obe another, so tgat's not too bad!

AnAir, that's an amazing programme of entertainments! Were you ever a teacher or nursery nurse?

Hope you had s nice time with your mother, Northern. Do DP and DS come along when you see her? You didn't mention them?

I hope figgyboy gets into a normal cycle soon? Could the extended daylight be affecting him? (I know he's been a trial fir a while, but that just means at the least that he hasn't got the physical reserves to deal with the light. Anyway, hopefully he'll settle, SOOOOON!

P.S. Just having breakfast, and it feels like luxury: toast with lashings of Lurpak spreadable and lashings of raspberry jam, and COFFEE with alarge amount of full-fat hot milk. I didn't have a decent coffee all the time we were in Canada. Percolators everywhere, and just vile.

ha yes I felt guilty for being such a moany pants plu.

Ugh re sleep issues fig

mmm toast, lurpak and raspberry jam. YUM.

Oh, and it's sooo unjustified to complain about migraines, SPD/PGP, eh? Don't be silly. We're all best placed to understand one another and to sympathise.

Dunno why DH is so down on spreadable Lurpak. It's tasty AND it's easy. I can't be bothered with all the planning for butter.

Me too. And I dislike the taste of a those "healthy" spreads. Lurpak = yum plus easy!

mopsy, you're not, by any chance procrastinating because you"ve got writing to do? I ask because I'm MNing because I've got housework to do! And radiators to order. And a burnt-out laptop battery to order a replacement for. And.... hmm... maybe more MN required!

I have ulcers all around my tongue.
Maybe holidays don't agree with me.
I went out with a couple of girlfriends last night. Decided this morning that it would be irresponsible to get behind the wheel so I've worked from home.
Terribly bad form for my first day back after a week off!
But at least it gives me chance to keep swilling salty water around.
As for butter, I love butter. I won't have spreads in the house. Begrudgingly I do have Lurpak spreadable, for ease. However, in the lovely heat, solid butter is soft enough - even too melty - in my butter dish.

Oh dear plu. Caught 'rapid' as we used to say in my youth.

Will just have a quick search of boys names and then get back to it

Any boy names ideas welcome

I like Henry!

Sounds painful, Oi! Time off can do that to you, I fear! I'm just nursing an incipient zit under one nostril - not yet visible, but uncomfortable!

Yeah me too Plus but it doesn't match our surname at all, alas

If I'd had another boy he'd have been called James.

Nothing happening today, other than regretting giving in to the nesting instincts, I'm exhausted today!

Boys names? Something that's not on the bestsellers list, but not impossible/too variant to spell... Have a grown man friend who's spent his whole life telling people he's Bryan-With-A-Y.... It's not as bad if there's a clear girl/boy version like Robin/Robyn...

So try Alistair, Julian, Oliver, Jeremy, Victor, Rufus...

Leave off the pretentious/way-out like Kastaberous, Octavian, Maximillian, or Zebulah....

And don't go near Shayne, Kayne, Keyyan, or Wayne!

(Call em anything you like that works with your surname as any middle names you have planned...)

Rumpelstiltskin! People know that one.

I like Rufus, and Hector.
Love Gabriel - but menfolk worry about nicknames...

I know a woman who called her son, wait for it ... Zebedee

Nooooo. Poor kid

I like Alistair, Julian and Oliver! And James!