November 2012 - Bring on the summer fun

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2096331-November-2012-All-our-babies-are-18-months-where-has-the-time-gone

Woo yes congrats MrPig

Just in case anyone is interested there is a (free) course upcoming on coursera (which I use a lot I love their stuff) starting on 28 July on child psychology:

www.coursera.org/course/clinicalpsych

It lasts five weeks and is done by Edinburgh Uni. If its anything like some of the other courses I have done with them it will be packed with reading material.

IABU I know but am tad pissed off with DH that he chose to tell me now that he is going to warch the match with his colleagues at the pub rather than come home and watch it with us. I'd been looking forward to a couple of glasses of wine and football snack food and generally being lazy. Now I'm just looking forward to getting the kids to turn over from cBeebies, cooking them dinner, missing the match and him coming back late again when I won't want a glass of wine as I will be pissed off and knackered.

I've been working really hard all week and am pissed off that after another day where I have not had any human interaction other than email as I have been churning out words I may as well be on my own this evening too. I love not having office work but weeks like this where I have a lot of work on it's pretty damn lonely as I don't even have the chance to pop out to the shops.

Ffs why on earth would you choose to watch a match in a pub with a load of pissed city workers?

Rant over.

Quiet this evening on here. Not in my house. The kids are running riot I have realised that they couldn't give a flying fuck about obeying a single thing. We spent an hour dancing to Gangnam Style on repeat and they're still not knackered.

pr I don't think you are being unreasonable! I would be pissed off too. However, then I would think, if it were my DH, ah, he is in a new job it is a good opportunity for networking, and he has been putting in long hours and deserves some down time. I would set myself up with my nibbles and wine, and start to look forward to my evening. Then. He would text me an hour later saying he was on his way home earlier than at first thought to spoil my solitude!!!

I like the look of that course actually. But I am also interested to see what else they do.

Good day at home with boys. Raining, cold, fire on, playroom doors shut. Mummy reads book while boys actually play.

Now is wine o clock. Pizza. Early night.

I made the boys run round the house, outside, when it had stopped raining to make sure they got some fresh air!

Just back at home. I bought a car today. But haven't seen my little girl since yesterday as she was asleep when I left and asleep when I got back. She had a good time with her cousins and grandparents though.

I'm having second date tonight, he is due to come in half an hour. Wish me luck.

Ooh bigpig a hammock, what a great idea. Maybe I need one too?! Great news about DH's job offer.

Pr totally understand your annoyance as your Friday night has turned into just another regular evening of getting kids to bed and maybe boring tv. That is not nice when you have had a busy and lonely week.

yw how is your pregnancy going?

pass sorry sleep isn't going to well in your house. I hope tonight goes better.

Thanks for peoples thoughts this morning. DH did manage to get boys to nursery this morning and is giving them their bath now. He's exhausted though as barely slept last night and his stomach is still not great. Am hoping it will be ok tonight. It is so frustrating and upsetting that he has to go through this as dr's have ruled out all they can and now he is left not knowing what causes it or when it may strike next. It does seem to come on during times of stress (like having a new born baby) which is exactly just what you don't need when you already have loads on your plate.

Having said The girls box set wasn't for me, I've got quite into it and have just finished season 2 and am about to order season 3!

Yeah I know it was a good opportunity to network and I shouldn't begrudge him a night out. I told the kids this morning that daddy would be home early to watch the match and I should have kept my trap shut. They have been really hard work this evening and I am so tired. the translating people emailed another batch through for Monday this afternoon just as I was emailing them the last batch. I should be grateful it is easy money but time consuming and dull. And as I said it has meant I have barely had human contact this week.

The idea of a glass of wine and a book is lovely but DD1 is going to bed later and later and even LO is rarely in bed before 9. They sleep once they're down so I should be grateful and I know I have lots of time to myself during the day and love that time but this week has been shitty.

Disappointed. Season 3 not released on dvd yet. Oh well. Game of thrones it will have to be.

Evening all.

Thanks rowing. I have absolutely no right to complain given how well sleep normally goes. She has seemed to settle now after a wee bit of crying, some emergency twinkle twinkle and some frustrated yelping. I didn't let her nap as long this afternoon as I suspect that may be part of the issue.

Networking or not I would still be hacked off pr. wanda, as always, is the voice of reason but I would still be feeling bored and tired and annoyed. I am however, very anti-social and would rarely rather spend time with anyone other that my family.

And thanks for that link pr. Is it all distance learning stuff? It looks fantastic. Perfect project for the holidays - it is timed to match English summer holidays.

Tonight We went to view the house I linked to the other day. It was very lovely and the kitchen was no where near as disappointing as it looks in the pics. It also has planning permission on it for a large extension. Seeing has helped us talk through a few things we needed to work out which was well worth it.

Have to admit I was thinking of you when I posted it pass . Coursera is a platform whereby unis put on free courses. I have done legal, psychology and leadership courses on it. They are completely free but you have tests and assignments. There is a course forum to discuss various points, and posting on that may up your grade depending on the course. Lots of video lectures and reading materials and they give you links to other reading stuff too.

In fact I did a climate change course recently inspired by yw. Was a bit too sciencey for me but I scraped a pass.

On Monday am starting a course on the French Revolution which has a very active fb group already. There are thousands of participants worldwide on every course. It's not a foolproof certificate as you cpuld in theory get anyone to do the tests for you. But it is a v worthwhile experience ime. Really opens up learning to everyone.

Yes it is 100% online btw. You do a couple of hours work a week. I do it late at night or first thing in the morning before waking the kids.

DH is feeling v guilty about his evening out with the boys. Walked in, saw the state of the house, realised it was not the best decision. Said why didn't you just say no? Well, because I am nice. And he hasn't seen the vicious emails I sent to his work inbox this evening once he had left. He'll see them Monday

I would never say no. I would just seethe quietly.

I will definitely sign up for the course. I need something so thank you for thinking of me. I admitted to DH that I had been looking into retraining I didn't tell him I asked MN first! and he was a bit surprised but very supportive.

There are heaps of psychology courses on there and on futurelearn. They start at set dates so you can't pick up and leave off as you please but if you google mooc psychology there are probably other mooc organisations with courses.

In other, less interesting news . . .

Third night in a row that I has completely refused a bottle. She had a big drink of water but got cross when I tried to Offer her milk. She hasn't had it at breakfast time for a while either. She does still have one at lunch which she finishes.

Thanks for the congats. It's only 10 hours a week, but in all the applications he has done (and there have been 70+), it was only the 2nd interview he had had. And the thing that surprised me, was that not one of the unsuccessful applications has even acknowledged his effort, or sent an email to say "thanks but bad luck". Maybe I'm just naive, and that's how it's done now, but strikes me as rude.

Hammock is ace, not sure about dtd in/on it though! Not sure the fence posts are quite up for that

PR sorry you've had a rough evening. Did dh enjoy his night, at least?

Wanda I am at the fire - it has been hot and muggy here today, feels as though we're due some thunder.

Hope the quiche dates go well, don't forget to fill us in on all the gory details

Yeah he enjoyed it. Brown-nosed his boss...

And employees. They are all French and German.

Exciting quiche news. If you go to the MN homepage and watch the interview with Hillary fucking Clinton at about 6.55 in our very own Luis gets his question answered.

She is so fab. I love Hillary Clinton.

Rowing how's it going? Can you set your bed up for safe co sleeping?
The reports I watched today all seemed to centre around falling asleep while feeding rather then safe co sleeping.
I constantly fell asleep sat up in bed with A on my lap for two weeks then at about 3 weeks I tried feeding laying down one morning. Setting up the bed as if co sleeping and woke up a few hours later. Was amazing.
So maybe planning for safe co sleeping is better? Well it was for me.
Also made for great afternoon naps. Feed at 1 snooze until he woke for next feed. Snooze then get up when H woke up.

Q for ya.
How are our babies with brushing their teeth. H doesn't let me help. He just bites on the brush and sucks off the toothpaste. Frustrating.

Hey gt, maybe that's what I need to do. No idea on how to do safe co sleeping though. Any tips? In the meantime I'll head to my friend google!

And no, L doesn't generally let me do his teeth, it sounds like he does the same as H. Very occasionally he'll let me have a go so I make the most of those chances also if he's eaten something really sugary or drunk fruit juice I will kind of force him to let me brush his teeth which is no fun.

The dentist told me at this age is really about getting the toothpaste in the mouth, I think also about getting into the habit. So for a few months I just let O try s own and I do DS1 s and he watches and just recently sometimes he let's me do them

bp congratulations on the job news that is great. And it doesn't matter if is only 10 hours it is always easier to find more work when you are in work. It wasn't freezing yesterday I must assure you! The fire was more for Cosiness sake, it rained all day till about 4. And I had some rubbish to burn, but it was lovely.

So glad is the weekend I miss DH in the week.

NEW THREAD: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2124734-November-2012-Roll-call

Rowing I co-slept with J after I swore I never would. I just had to in order to survive. We tried lots of different things and eventually put the cot next to the bed with the side removed. I could sling a boob in his direction and feed him. Sadly he never slept but hopefully LO will sleep better for you.

Well done Luis and Mr Pig on your respective triumphs!

Also belated congrats to rowing.

With teeth, I give L the toothbrush first and then when he's had a poke about I finish them off properly. It's non-optional but depending on his mood sometimes I'll just do a cursory brush. Usually he turns his head away at first but then I try and make him laugh and pop it in. I do lots of saying "top ones.... Bottom ones... Front ones...." in funny voices so it distracts him.

Speaking of teeth, mine have improved over the last 24 hours which is good as I need to smile for photos at my niece's christening today. Was up till 1am helping to make sandwiches for after!

My boss was being really snippy with me at work yesterday so I went and spoke to her, she said it was really inconvenient that I'd had 1.5 days off to recover from my tooth esp as I'd just had 2 weeks holiday. I was like, er... firstly I couldn't help being in pain (or the timing - I hadn't known it would happen then) and secondly I had one week's holiday, not two. She muttered and grumbled but eventually had to concede I was right and later emailed an apology.