December 2008 - Summertime and the children are easy......

[sybsie]

Ha ha ha ha....we wish!

Here's to a lovely relaxing summer and cheery new thread for us all.

Amazing but very scary. Great though, this will be it. Our forever house. If it all works out. Quotes to get first then take numbers to the bank, hope they say yes then hope we get the house.

Indith. Bloody do it. Sounds good.
We are in the midst of house turmoil here too.

I hate Halloween but couldn't avoid it this year now the kids chat at school! Bugger.
The Vag off was fab. Need more meet ups.
Oddly I'll prob see vag more in future!!
Deids! I'm excited you may be visiting
these parts more often!! Can plan a get together and stay if you need to!?
Sorry to be brief but will come back! Just seem to be shattered. And busy!
Sybs. Really missed seeing you. x

Indith the house sounds great. I'd go for it!

DH got home at 11 last night. DD is now helping him open his birthday presents.

Indith go for it. Sounds fab.

On our way home after a pretty emotional but great wk in Edinburgh. We are thinking about relocating up here. DH can still commute to London 3 days a wk and we would have a much better standard of living. We just have to figure out if it's all based on a wk of strong emotions or whether it's something we really want to do.

Oh and to add how delightful my children are. I got out of the shower this morning and DS2 said to me oh mummy you are naked I can even see your baby coming out hole!!

Jam! Wow, sounds like a big change although a v exciting one.

Indith House sounds like a great opportunity. I know what you mean about house prices up north though compared to the south. Someone said our old house was for sale so I had a nosy and found it had sold for less than they'd bought it from us. It is such a shame as it is a lovely house but prices have really dropped in some areas.

Beans I'd be annoyed by so many weekends of my own to fill. Hope dd3 calms down and perks up.

Kayz It must be great to have dh home.

We've never gone in for Halloween but dh and I enjoyed it in the end. We went to a local community centre thing, called at a couple of v well decorated houses and then put out our pumpkins and awaited trick or treaters. The dds absolutely loved it.

Got my Christmas cake in the oven now! The house smells amazing.

Wow Jam! Sometimes you have to go with the heart though. Dh used to commute down to London from here, not much longer on the train from Edinburgh.

So funny I was looking up sold house prices etc to build up a good picture of what we should offer as the asking price is very optimistic and it turns out the street view of our street is our house just before it was sold to us. For sale sign outside, the previous owner's toys in the garden.

I'm getting very excited. Will be sad though. I have left the houses ds1 and dd were born in but ds2 was born pretty much under where my feet are now. I'd love to stay in the home my babies were born in.

Truth be told my hormones are in full swing lately. I know I don't want another child but by god I want another baby right now.

Kayz I hope you ahave had a fabulous family sunday.

Am going to put a link on the FB group. Not that it shows much!

Wow Jam! That sounds exciting. I'm sure there are lots of pros & cons to weigh up.

Wow, that is exciting Jam. amazing. and I'd miss our piggy coffees.

and whooooaa to amazing move. I'd definitely go for the renovation job.

I'm terribly tired and no fun. will do more another time xx

Indith the house looks great! The garden is brilliant.

We had a great day yesterday playing with my Mum's new puppy. The boys are now begging for a puppy.

Sounds lovely Kayz.

Have booked a 2nd viewing with a building firm!

so dd has been on medication for overactive bladder for a couple of months now and is so much better. Then last week the paediatrician started her on the night time tablet and today she woke up dry! She is so pleased . Hope it continues, I've heard mixed results about them.

Oh that's good IAm. Was dd happy?

Aaggh! Seriously need to vent! DD has been having ongoing ishoos with a girl at school. The mother of this girl thinks she has birthed the female Einstein and consequently can see no wrong in this girl. Ever. It pains me to say this about a child but she is a Grade A bitch.

For a few weeks now this girl has been making mean comments to DD. DD can't understand why as she likes this girl (god knows why!!). I've told her to stay clear, play with others but they have a mutual friend who it seems keeps pulling them together at play/lunch etc.

Anyhow, Einsteins mum thought that they would benefit from a play date in the holidays so last week DD went round, slept over had a grand old time. But today at school this girl said to DD she wasn't her friend, never had been and only invited her over because her mum made her. Poor DD is heartbroken as she thought it was all sorted. I rung Einsteins mum. No answer so I've sent her an email telling her what her precious child had said to DD and how upset DD was. And could she just ask her daughter to leave the mean comments. They clearly aren't meant to be friends, but I did thank her for trying. Nothing. I know she will have seen it because she is on her phone 24/7. Now I know mum tried to help and it's not her fault that her child is mean (well it is really she is spoilt stupid & is never told she is in the wrong. She couldn't be she's perfect) but DD is very upset and confused. I just wish I could make her feel better . I think it's worse because I remember feeling the same at school (left out/anxious to be friends with people). My heart breaks for her feeling so sad.

Oh Indith well done to your DD! I bet she was so pleased. And rightly so x

deids that is so sad for your poor girl. i think you've handled it really well, given things a chance and let the mum know nicely. It is a shame she hasn't had the grace to respond. a horrid lesson for your dd that sometimes we just can't on with everyone no matter how hard we try. Fingers crossed that school will make sure to stay on top of future name calling and nastiness.

Oh Deids how horrible. Your poor DD

That's really crappy Deids.
I hope the mum will do the right thing and respond to you soon.
Would it cheer dd up to have a sleep over and some girly fun stuff with some if her true friends?

I'm knackered today. Not far off bed.

Vag hope you are having a nice time in the US. Of A xx prob asleep actually....

So Mum messaged me back very late last night to say "Oh well Girls will be Girls. What are they like x". That was it. Short and fecking useless. I knew she wouldn't be bothered as she couldn't possibly see that her DD could be mean. I know DD is no angel but, on this occasion there doesn't appear to have been an argument just this girl ignoring her and saying mean things.

I have tried 3 times to pen a reply but I am so annoyed that it is coming across wrong and the last thing I want is a showdown at the school gates. So I am going to not reply. I've told DD to stay out of her way, and is her snipping continues to tell someone. If it does carry on I will go into school and tell the teacher what is happening. She is aware there have been problems in the past. But if you believed this woman's FB statuses the teachers are all scrambling to get her DD in their class and actually refer to her as "the perfect pupil" and praise her for doing so well raising her daughter. I shit you not! God, i'm winding myself up!!!

Rubes your right, I think I should organise something for DD with some of the other girls. Make her feel better.

You've tried Deids. You can do no more directly with the girl and mum. Quite right, if it continues involve school and as Rubes said, organise something with other friends for your dd.

Dry again last night. 2 in a row!

Indith that's fab news about DD! How is she feeling? Very pleased i expect.

DS has been very hard to get dry at night. At the start of summer we began 'lifting him'. That appears to have helped and 75% of the time he's dry all night. But we still have nights where he wets through 2/3 times.

I as thinking of taking him to GP but he has definitely improved so with him I guess it will come in time.

Why don't you chat to the school nurse? That's where we started with dd. As you say though, it just takes time and some children take longer than others. With dd there are other issues at play so I suppose that is why they have decided to start on the medication for nights as well as days. Thankfully though dd is still perfectly happy to wear a pull up so we only have wet bed issues if she leaks. Not sure I could cope with regular properly wet beds! Am trying to persuade dh that if we are having a proper utility room in the new house (that I really shouldn't consider as ours until we've been round with the builder, got a mortgage agreement and persuaded the vendor to delay until Feb) then we should have a tumble dryer. All in the interests of keeping dampness and condensation at bay you understand

oh deids. that's crappy. poor DD. I think you're handling it well and definitely don't reply by email as you may say something you'd regret. far easier to talk in person, then things don't get misinterpreted etc.

Iamapale, hurrah for DD. do you mind me asking how old she is?

I had my first migraine yesterday. never again thanks.

DD3 is tottering. oh yes. armageddon is coming. she will shortly no longer be a baby, but a toddler. eek!!!

iamapale, I ask age because DD2 isn't close to being dry at night and I wonder when I need to take action. she's 4.5 and although she doesn't mind wearing pull ups, she'd love to be out of them, but they are mahoosively full of wee in the morning and when I've tried without and gine to lift her at 9, she's already wet the bed.