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!

Kittens molars are pushing through aswell, well all have grumps!

No pear, right from the first post-baby AF it's been 26-28 days. I don't remember ever going more than 30 days since I hit puberty. At the moment I'm just hoping that my bleeding a couple of weeks ago was down to a weird hormonal hiccup & it'll be 28 days from then. If not, I'll definitely go to the Dr... Maybe! BFN, I checked just in case!

ARGH! DH mentioned to me a little while ago that he might be going to a meeting about 3 hours away, then dropped in that it's near his parents & he might take the opportunity to pop in on them. Today he announced that he's arranged his meeting for 9.30am & so will be staying the night before at his parents house. He assumed I'd be ok with it. Me. The one with anxiety issues who jumps at noises in the night when he's next to me & who's never gone to sleep before 4am when left alone, if at all. Then I'm supposed to deal with 2 DC all day by myself. The alternative he's offered me would be for us all to go & me sit around at his parents knowing that they'll know the only reason I'm there is because I'm too pathetic to stay home alone. I hate that he's just decided that this is happening as if his decision doesn't affect me. I hate that he's huffing at me for being upset as if I'm the one who's making decisions based on "Dad suggested" & "It's convenient for the client" without giving any thought to the family. I hate that he's put me in this position & there's naff-all I can do about it.

Agnu ~ If I was you I would just go with DH and make a trip out of it. I'm sure your in laws would like to see the Dc anyway, no? Men are never good at warning. I'm constantly training mine to warn me before springing plans on me

Is anyone else feeling totally overwhelmed with housework this weekend? I have so much to do it is crazy. Not helped by the fact that everything seems to be falling apart at the same time and outside and inside looks like a bomb I have 30 minutes to fix it attempt to fix it whilst bpear naps, that's if he stops singing

1 hour later and he's still shouting. Went to change his nappy and he went hysterical on me. He's rubbing his eyes but won't go to sleep. Is this normal? I'm currently feeding him in hope to calm him down and make him sleepy...terrible habit to get into though and feel like we keep going round in circles! Honestly, I really thought there would be a point when we would get into some routine so that I could get some housework done. All I've achieved is rubbing a marinade on a lamb, peeling potatoes and stuffing both in the oven . Oh and more mess to clean. DH is going to go bananas

Yeah he's falling asleep on me now. Will no doubt wake up when I transfer him though. Helpful

I've got to say I can't be too sympathetic Agnu, I've told work it will be ok for me to do a 3 day course 4 hours away in November because dh is off and I'd like to do it, I guess I'm used to being left alone a lot though as dh works shifts ranging from 9-13 hours and all night aswell as days and if he has to stay he has to stay doesn't matter if he was the primary carer that day or not, 75% of my time plus is spent without him so most people are used to me going to everything on my own. I think like pear make a trip of it for them to see the grand children if you don't want to stay alone? personally I like having abed to myself and watch Americas next top model
I was up all night with kitten last night, she's in agony, molars have come through but her whole mouth is messed up and sore, she's never once woken me up in the last 9/10 months and I mean not once no matter how ill so I know she's in a bad way

Oh poor Kitten :-( Thrush and molars all in one week. That's so unfair She must be beside herself with frustration over it all. Hope she gets better really soon and the teething settled tonight Must have been a massive shock to be up in the night if you've not heard a peep. I hope you didn't have too many weekend plans!

Frus ~ it sounds like you manage to achieve a lot more than I do I've managed to make roast lamb today and now I'm sitting with a glass of wine and minstrels. DH isn't too mad with me so I think I can get away with it

And still hand foot and mouth pear I've see the spots on her hands and tongue, she's cried all day practically and it's hard not loosing patience when nothing is right,doesn't want to sit on knee, doesn't want to be put down, etc
Frus you need you time, please try and enjoy it and catch up on your sleep, you will love the time even more with them tomorrow

Hey gals! I've missed you all so much! We got home last Mon at about midnight US central time and we are finally recovering from the jetlag. MIL is doing better. She had a few really bad days while we were there (Aug 23rd was the worst, we really feared the worst that weekend)... but today we were able to Skype with her from the hospital and she says she's been feeling better than she has done the whole 2 months she's been in. She was able to cuddle with M for about 45 mins 1 day out of the whole 2.5 weeks we were there, so at least it was something! The kids weren't allowed to go into her room b/c her immune system is so low. The trip was a lot of work. It really was not a holiday. We drove back and forth from our base at my FIL's house to the hospital which took about an hour everyday and the kids were pretty sick of their car seats! I managed to acquire a UTI and a really painful nerve problem from the antibiotics afterward. I feel absolute shit the last couple of days we were there and just couldn't wait to get home. In other news, I quit my apprenticeship and am working on applying to nursing school! I am sick of the b-s that my preceptor is putting me through and the idea of being at the mercy of someone else's subjective whims of when I can be done being a student was too much. There was a lot of growth between DH and I's relationship and we actually got on really well whilst over there. It was just the feeling of being able to spend time with my kids and not be stressed over the potential of getting called off to a birth that helped me come to this pretty life-altering decision. Excited to be moving on with life!

Sorry for being completely AWOL the whole time. It was really hard to find time to even look at Facebook while we were there, let alone stay in touch on MN.

Sounds like everyone has been so busy! Lots of POASs! Exciting! Agnu, I am wondering if perhaps you just hadn't ovulated yet and that was what was making your cycle so long? Sometime even just a stressful situation will delay ovulation. Or did you add an extra nursing session recently? I'm so excited for you pear!! I love having someone to live vicariously through as I'm so broody right now! Ridiculous right? After traveling with 3 kids I actually think of having another....

Frus, I hope you're able to enjoy your child-free weekend! Sit down, relax, enjoy the silence

Poor little kitten. I hope her situation gets better soon. So tough for you both. Have you tried oatmeal baths for her bits, just to help the skin heal? Please keep us updated!

Pear, M is doing the same exact thing right now with naps. Absolutely refusing to go down and then being a total pain in the ass for the rest of the day until she collapses at 6 pm (which then of course, she's up at 5!). Hope you are able to get a bit more sleep in the mornings!

Bring! Wow. Lots to catch up on! Glad to hear you survived the trip. I can't even begin to imagine what the plane journey was like! We're going on a plane at the end of this month. How did you keep M entertained? I've brought bpear a buckle book with lots of buckles as that is right up his street. I could have made one but when I added up the material cost it was pretty similar and I could have never made anything as good as this book looks. I was also thinking I would collect a couple of empty cups with straws from Starbucks as he is obsessed with stuff like that.

Wow, your career change sounds really positive. Lots of mummies around me keep telling me about their career change ideas. It's good that you have a goal and plan in mind that makes you feel good.

Good to hear I'm not the only one suffering from a dropped nap that is still very much needed despite their refusing efforts I've now just decided to put bpear in his cot when he looks tired in the afternoon and except that he will just sit and moan for 30 minutes. At least it gives me 30 minutes downstairs to sort some washing or order a food shop. I suspect I won't be able to do that for much longer!

I have a massive ironing pile to achieve tonight. So so so boring

Kitty ~ how is kitten doing today?

Families are complicated Sounds like you've accepted your relationship with dm and deal with it how you best know/can to survive?!

I'm sorry frus I know that's a shitty situation but your response to the text was epic lol I hope it really pissed her off! Did she reply?
Must be horrible for you though not having that support or help from your mum
Bring, so lovely to hear from you, I'm so glad your mil has picked up and it's brought you and dh closer, with your change of plans does it effect becoming a mw so you will be a nurse or just where you study?
Kitten had a better night last night, lady bits definetly on the mend to better and she has atleast 4 molar that have come through, looked like more but she won't let us look easily, she has a sore at the corner of her mouth though which I'm not sure if it's coldsaw/ impetigo or just from dribble, she's not a dribbler usually but she's been soaking tops in an hour with it, literally wet through and a runny nose although clear, I've seen lots of tiny look like ulcers on her bottom lip inside when she's pouting and just praying they are small because they were on the way out not on the way in!
Pear little ones just like wondering on planes and making friends with strangers who try to give the chocolate lol try a sticker book with lots of little ones, even though young all kids seem to love stickers!

Kitty ~ think we're playing tag with molar teething Bpear was screaming at 2am, 3am and 5am. Joy! I haven't checked to see if they have come through yet as DH let me have a lie in (it's his day off) even though he claims he was awake as well. That old chestnut Awww poor kitten. It all sounds horrible for her. Can you get foot and mouth twice then or did it never leave the first time?

I am now cooking roast chicken because I forgot to put it in the freezer and I really can't let it go to waste. The smell of another roast is making me feel sick

Oh and bpear doesn't like stickers annoyingly however maybe envy month he will so I will take a sheet with me just incase!!

Envy? That was maybe

Maybe next month...