November 2012 - Roll call!

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Thanks eliza.
It seems a strange thing to be worrying about given my previous worries but I am not used to the little dustbin. People keep telling me she is tall now as well so maybe she is stretching?

Evening all :) Hope all is well, looks to have been pretty quiet on here today!

vq sorry you're having such a tough time of it :( massive hugs :( hope you get a good nights sleep tonight!

glad you've finished your freelancing pr

Brill that S is on the mend zamboni :D

gt i would be seriously pissed off in your shoes, even more so if I were being ignored! I think the mindfullness app sounds a good idea, sorry I have no other advice for you :(

Hope exams are going well bp

pass e finds guinea pigs fascinating also! He runs straight to them and the raddids when we have to go to the pet shop. I wouldn't worry about p's eating I am guessing that perhaps she's adjusting to the dropping of the milk? Her food intake will probably settle down a bit once her body is used to it?

Is this the app vq ?

Pass great news on the food! Our food bills surged when I weaned J and he's not ballooned don't worry.

Thanks all. I'm compressing 4 days into 3 and still have a 7 hour a week freelance contract I can do on an evening for rather fortunately daft money (thank you EU you do pay v generous rates! Apologies EU taxpayers ) so things have worked out really well. I'm loving the security, family friendly attitude, pension and flexitime of local government, have got out of the corporate bullshit speak private sector but am lucky enough to get freelance rates in my spare time. I'm feeling v fortunate - and glad I decided to apply on a whim 20 weeks preggers.

Pass No it sounds fine! O had an adult sized portion of SW chips today! He doesn't usually but he wanted more and there was some left over!

Our meal times are all over the bloody place at the moment after he's been having mammoth lie ins the last few days. If course I'm on early shifts! So no lie ins for me! Grr!

YW sounds like a good opportunity! Glad you enjoyed your first day.

GT I'm no help. I'd lose my cool pretty regularly though if faced with what you are dealing with. I don't think the main problem is your anger. :)

Today's new word is gurckle. As in circle. Only thing is square and triangle are also card gurckle ! Oh dear!

Does anyone else's lo's get solid massive tummies for a while after eating?! DP has the same problem. He looks pregnant after a meal for a good hour or two! Seems O has been afflicted with the same thing! It's like a solid rock!

Yep! She is like a wee bowling ball. Happily farting and laughing. Princess P my arse!

Thank you for the reassurance - I will just need to ensure that we have enough food in. Suddenly now it become clear why parents complain about food bills.

Your job sounds ace and the added bonus of freelance is brilliant.

DH and I had a long and serious chat last night about our situation. When he starts work we will both be driving at least an hour in different directions to work 5 days a week. I need to make a change and it needs to happen very soon. I am going to start going for sideways moves in the local area despite the fact that this will mean a salary cut. I have to as our lives will make no sense otherwise. We worked out that theoretically I could take a demotion and we would still be come out the same if the new school was close enough.

It is strange as it is the first time ever I have not been pushing for the next step up but I honestly think I am going nowhere where I am. And a change is as good as a rest, yes?

Pass I remember thinking when you said where DHs new job is - but that's t'other side of Scotland from Pass! I think in saved time, childcare costs and driving expenses you'll be much richer. And yes - sometimes unexpected moves are the best. I'm definitely revelling in that feeling at the moment. I bet like me you'll end up thinking - why didn't I do this years ago? Will you stay living in the middle as it were or move west eventually do you reckon?

I know! I have been head in the sand that at some point I may need to make changes to my career. But our chat last night just solidified it. I felt much better just saying it out loud.

I suspect we will stay central as it works so well for us but we will see what becomes available.

Currently diesel alone costs me at least £80 a week and the wear and tear on my car is phenomenal. I can't drop p off without having to run in after the bell and I have to be leaving with the kids just to be picking p up so there is no leeway at all.

Speaking personally, I have a massive academic and professional chip on my shoulder and I have run hard and fast at any opportunity made available. Changing the pace of my own legs is going to be hard and I am not sure how easy I will find it when I go back to work as I so hated the presumption that I would no longer be on the promotion track when p was born.

However, at this moment in time I am sure that I am ready to step back. Just for a while

Maybe for a wee while - maybe for another wee one?

Just maybe!

I haven't read since my last post but forgot to say i am pleased you have had a good first day yw! Sorry missus I didn't mean to forget x

Hello 2am old friend! Three nights in a row - like old times and I cannot even have

I wish my work was like that YW. I hope they live up to their promises.

Well, I managed to dodge sickness monitoring again with a day of A/L to (genuinely) look after the family. Thankfully it was just a 24 hour bug, but I should be off for 2 days post symptoms to protect my colleagues and clients. I would never have done this previously. It should not be like this. It was quite funny as everyone was commenting on how well I look I unexpectedly got to attend a lecture for 2 hours, with about 200 people. Hmm.

I am on the app PR and cannot see an image. I am guessing there is one so BRB.

Yes, that is the one PR.

I have also downloaded a virtual gastric band to help with my new WOL (way of life) I have to do 4 weeks of meditation/hypnosis and lose 8lb before virtual surgery. My friend has a real band and still makes me look like Twiggy!

10lb still off which is a great motivation to continue being healthy. I am no longer craving junk but juice. It is very weird!

Pass I think it would be a good move coming back nearer home. I wish you all the best. Time to take some pressure off your shoulders now. And about P eating, please do not worry about over-feeding her. She will be eating what she needs. I say this sitting next to J tucking into a pile of honey loops at nearly 4 am. He has been eating since 3. He is now singing top volume, complete with actions!

Morning quiche. My new bed is being delivered today. But I don't know when. They phoned yesterday and said it would happen today. Means I have to sit in all day which I was planning on doing anyway.

Vq is it one with mediations available to buy from world renoun meditators?
How do you use it. When your in need of calming? Or a daily basis

Thanks vq.

How are your brood this morning?

The gastric band app sounds amazing!

Lovely new bed pr

Ha! I am watching a kids telly programme with p and a little boy said he didn't want to wear a pink tutu - bet his cartoon mum isn't in MN!

Second day of exams for bp? I feel exhausted just thinking about it

Hello all.
Hey Donna 21 months, can you believe it. Where has the time gone. I've been referring to H as an almost 2 yr old. Scary!!
Pr I loved the first episode of the newsroom, but I didn't finish the series though, not sure why.
Vq I'm the opposite, I'm a big fan of tesco kids clothes but not a fan of next. They don't fit my boy correctly.
Pennie welcome back and please do stay. I had a late walker and I have a boy that only says tick tock and duck and shakes his head no and there a few others that have non verbal little ones. I truly believe it will happen for H when he's ready and he's just not ready. All the noun repeating in the world is not going to help if it's not the right time for the child. Please try not to worry. I read to H and talk to H and repeat his words because I want to and when he's ready to talk he will. Just my 2 cents

Oh and Gt I found I only needed a few extra bits for nursery for their change bag. H comes home most days in what I put him in. So I think they do cover them up for messy play. And like the others have said, your anger might be a bit less if you had a bit more support from those around you.

Bed arrived, not the mattress.

Just back from DD1S settling in session for school. She walzted off as if she owned the place.

It's absolutely pissing it down here. Good job I have no outside plans today. Round to the in laws for dinner later so a restful afternoon for me. Woop.

Argh! Fuck! Fuck! Fucking fuck!

H cried when I left him at nursry today. He is doing 10- 3 so he can experience nap time.
Yesterday was first time he was left alone. He didn't take much notice of me going. But today he knew I was going.
Nap time started at 12.30... They said if he was struggling they would call me to help. Fx no call.