The 9th Broadly Gemini Bus - the one with first birthdays!

[Lorelei353]

Ooh Inge to start a new thread. So if the last one was the one where they don't sleep, then they'll start to sleep now, yes?

I go back to work next Weds Kitty. DS started properly today. Full day today, tomorrow and Friday. I've just done a lovely yoga class and am using the next few days to have lunches, get hair cut etc. miss DS though.

pear definitely want to hear all TTC details! I'm beginning to accept that I will do it all again but not yet!

Arrrrggghhh after all that trouble keeping bpear up yesterday afternoon and he woke just after 5am zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Lor ~ your family time away sounds lovely. Has it made you feel broody being around young ones again? How did you find the flight?

Bring ~ hope you're doing well

Think we've lost Agnu!

Pear what time does he have his morning nap? Don't force him to drop the second if he's not ready it's just kitten just wouldn't go to sleep again and stood in her cot crying, even in the car she wasn't falling asleep again after one but I will say they don't just sleep longer that day, with tiger when she lost her day nap she still woke up at 5:30 for a few days and I was like ugh I've lost a nap and she's still up at the crack of dawn but by a week later she was sleeping till 7, kitten was always sleeping till 7-8 though anyway she just didn't want another nap!
Frus I I hope you got some sleep my love, is he fuckin stupid?? Was he trying to get back on track with you? It must have hurt really bad seeing those pics, I'm so sorry

Kitty ~ 9ish for the morning lap which can last up to 1.5hr. Today he slept 45min and then went down for 1hr at 1:30pm. This is the pattern he's been doing for a while until recently he refused his afternoon nap. It has got a little complicating for my liking!!!

Like you say though he is clearly not ready to drop the afternoon nap,

Not if the first one is that early, is he ready for it at 9, if that was abit later say 10-10:30 you would probably have more sucsess but it's a vicious circle because he will be tired as he wakes so early lol kitten isn't because she sleeps till later so 11 is good for her

Yeah is he's awake at 5:17am he's very ready by 9am

I'm in bed before 9:30 on a Sat night...woop woop

Frus ~ are you OK?

Hugs for bring & Frus.

Frus, he's an idiot. You're amazing. Your DC are fab & he'll lose all interest in her DC when he's bored of her & found someone else who'll permit him to slobber over them. Your DC will be ok because they have you. In 20 years they'll look back on their childhood & say that their dad was a waste of the earth's precious resources but their mum was always there for them. Don't let his ridiculous behaviour get to you. Pleeeease can I come pelt him with rotten vegetables now?!

bring I have no words but you get an extra hug! Fx she'll recover enough for you to get here & spend some time with her.

pear yay for AF! Get on with things now so we can all symptom-spot with you & demand that you POAS at least 5 times every day from ovulation to when you get your BFP! Tell DH you're on the pill now & poke holes in the condom...

Oh, pear you hadn't lost me, I just forgot to tell you I was going camping in a phone signal black hole for a week! I had the most amazing time! We went with a group of 8 families from our church to a Christian conference & toasted marshmallows on the campfire every night! It was positively idyllic right up until the last morning when I was packing in the tent & DH was in charge of breakfast... He fed the DC jam on bread which naturally got smeared everywhere & attracted numerous wasps. One of which landed on Runt's hand & he tried to grab it with his other hand & ended up with stings on both hands! Poor boy was very sorry for himself! That & a bit of rain were the only negatives about the whole week really & even the rain isn't that bothersome when you're all crammed in under a gazebo giggling & chatting before some people attempt to run to the loo wearing saucepans on their heads instead of using umbrellas!

I only had one down moment the entire week but almost as soon as I got home I felt like I was shutting down again. I'd soooo prefer to live in a tent & spend all day outside! Except when it's cold or rains heavily for more than a couple of hours...! I've been looking at the price of a couple of acres of woodland & a yurt/caravan/camper... It'll only take us a couple of decades to save up!

OH MY LIFE Frus! My heart just hurts for you. It's one thing to hurt a significant-other, but it's an entirely different thing when it comes to the kids. I wish I had the right words to help and make this better for you and I know that just things that I can type out on the computer aren't going to fix it all, but please just know that I'm thinking about you and I'm ready to fly over and kick that bastard's arse for you I'll make DH do it! He's just a waste of space and time and energy. Do you feel like this could be the very last straw, that's it, no more after this? You are NOT a T-word. You are a fantastic woman who is not to be defined by a man. This kind of behaviour is not your fault, it is not a reflection of you or anything that you did, and it's nothing that you need to take responsibility for. You are strong and this is just a small bump in the road onto becoming completely independent. He is a narcissistic psycho. Remember that. He's obsessed with himself.

Pear totally normal for them to start napping only once. Pain in the ass when they decide to only sleep for 30 mins though! We are so far, so good on the sleeping through if she takes a nap before 2pm. Anything after that and she's up in the middle of the night. It's weird. Hopefully little guy gets the memo that mama don't do 5 am!

Wellll, wellll, wellll, welcome back agnu I do love a good old-fashioned bonfire smell myself. Sounds like you had FUN! I love it! Are things going better for you? Feeling like life is going a bit better?

Sounds like you had a fun vaca too Lor! Glad you got to meet the wee one.

So just to stir things up a bit and make this summer EVEN more eventful..... DS1 broke his arm today. He was on a zip-line at a playground whilst we were at the Irish Fair and the 3rd time around he let go as it hit the end of the line and flew backward. He tried to put his arm down to brace himself and broke it right above the elbow. Probably one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen. Blood curdling scream. Medics at the fair came to look at him and they didn't think it was the bone but rather a dislocated elbow (I totally knew it was the bone, but he was letting it hang for a bit and I think it somehow re-set it self b/c the grossness of it went away). So off to the hospital we went and x-rays show that it's definitely kuput. Off to the specialist orthopedic doctor sometime this week to get a final diagnosis and a hard cast which will now be traveling with us to England (10 days, holy shit). So yay. Crazy.

I feel like a loser No body has been on since Sunday!

Bring ~ That sounds horrific! Ouch!! I really cringed when I read your story about DS1 This is what I dread!!

Bpear has gone back to afternoon napping. Forced him to have one today after he violently threw a heavy object at my friends TV yesterday afternoon from being overtired Took me 1hr to get him to settle but he finally gave in at 2:30pm. I will have to persevere even though it really cuts up the day. Basically we can only leave the house if it includes being out for lunch!

Yay for afternoon naps! It stinks having to plan around nap times.

DS now has a lovely red and glow-in-the-dark stripe hard cast. 1 week until fly time. This feels just surreal. DH is on a work-trip and I'm home with the kidlets alone until Sunday. So far, so good.... quite enjoying a woman of the house though, may I add!

Frus ~ why is DS not in his own room? Is it because you don't have space? We move bpear into his own room in February and I thought that was late! Hopefully you both sleep better so the adjustment will feel worthwhile! I know it did for us.

Awh Frus so hard to meet those milestones. Even more so when it's the 3rd. It's like we're finally realising how quickly they grow up and we're just trying to slow down the time! Is he coming back into bed with you at night after a feed?

Speak of, M has decided that she absolutely must climb onto all of the furniture including coffee tables, chairs, trying to get on top of the kitchen table She is a little NUTCASE. I feel like she's more of a handful than the boys ever were. She has also developed this hair-raising SCREEM that she does when she's frustrated about something. Oiy-vey! Also, can I just say that it's bloody annoying when people saying "Oh my, you definitely have your hands full" when we're out in public and she's running down an aisle somewhere.

DH is still away until tomorrow and life has just been so peaceful around here. Minimal fighting amongst the boys, minimal complaining from them about things, bedtimes have been a piece of cake.... nervous to see how the dynamics will change once DH gets home and starts getting impatient and shouty with the boys again.

Well done Frus. It's really really hard breaking both habits. It's still not perfect for us but bpear no longer cries at night or at his morning nap is only at the afternoon nap when he struggles to settle the most. I've actually gone back to feeding him at the afternoon nap because I need to get him back in the habit. He slept 1.5 hours which is the first time he's had 3hr total napping in a day for a very long time. How long did he cry for? Bpear went for 40minutes the first week we started. Hope you're enjoying that drink

Did you go back and check? I normally leave it 20 minutes so I'm sure he's safely in a deep sleep unless I hear loud bangs and in that case I have been known to creep in earlier as he did go through a head banging rage stage Thankfully that stopped.