December 2012 - 2nd birthday party chat? Already?!

[PurplePidjin]

Here we are

spotty how about some sort of winter spiced punch? Then you can control the alcohol level (and the price!)
T was up at 5.30 again (but thankfully no-one was up in the night). We seem to be trapped in a vicious circle of day nap = early wake, early wake = unable to stay awake all day.
I'm doing really well with refusing boob feeds and she's starting to accept it with distraction (mainly teletubbies or peppa). Just the early morning feeds to go.

We gave each table one of red, a white, and an ice bucket with some bottled beers in, just in case of non-wine drinkers, which seemed to provide enough for most people. (And obviously water/soft drinks for those that wanted..)

We've had our first night away with O at his gps - weird but also lovely! Last one before the newbie arrives. Eek.

WL i love the spiced punch idea, sounds like something a little different but still amazing.

Utopian i'm glad you had a lovely night.

H is almost over this cold However today she is very grumpy today.

WL great minds. We're going for water, winter fruit punch and champagne cider

Ooh, sounds lovely spotty!

Quick car seat question - O's head is pretty much at the top of his car seat again (maxicosi cabrio fix). When do we need to change to the next? Thought we had a while in this one..

Either when he reaches the weight limit or when the tops of his ears reach the top of the seat

Excellent spotty! We got married in the summer and had pimms to keep costs down. It went down a storm. I love a winter wedding.

We had a winter wedding (not that far now from 12 years) and had mulled wine as a welcome drink, wine on the tables, and got the hotel to buy a barrel of beer for DH who hates wine. We Dad paid for the beer outright, so people could help themselves all evening- especially my uncle who crawled under the hatch into the bar area when the bar staff had disappeared.

A just screamed while I washed his hair, hating having the water poured over. Then spent the next 10-15 minutes pouring water over his face. I'll say it again- idiot!!

If I offer things to O to eat quite often we get a very prim 'No', followed immediately by him eating it. No logic, these toddlers.

On the hair washing front, O used to hate getting the water over his face but we've now turned looking at the ceiling into part of the general hair washing game and he's fine again..

Ds keeps crying because of his cough. Going to be another long night...??

spotty so excited for you. We're almost coming up to a year of being married. It's been an interesting year... the day was amazing. We had a small wedding, my mum supplied gallons of champagne and in the end DH's parents paid for the catering. It doesn't matter what you supply, as long as you're happy and would enjoy it your guests really will have a great time.

*Utopian O sounds so cute. How are you managing? You can't have long left now??
I miss bathing DS. DH usually does it because DD has a knack for feeding from about dinner time until DS's bedtime. I know it's not forever, but I still miss it Oh and I know DD was conceived about a week after we got married

nutella a year??!! Where has that time gone?
spotty I hope he's ok - bowl if hot water in his room? Viks? Anything helping? I think I'm probably in for a hard night too as at snuck a 2nd nap late this arvo when we were lost exploring the woods

spotty great idea. Much better than wine- wow at the £18 a bottle.
Hope ds has settled down. Dd has a cough at the moment too. Kept waking her up last night but since we raised one side if the cot up so she's not lying flat seems to have eased.

Nutella i agree with WL that has flown. Maybe your year anniversary will bring baby number 3

Beasty H hates her hair being washed it causes a huge tantrum, but as soon as i wipe her eyes afterwards the tears stop.

He was up a few times in the night and then up at 4:50 not sure how much longer I can cope with these early starts! Dp has my cold and is obviously dying

Wow Nutella a year? Everything's going so quick.

Ds has learnt to blow his nose (can't remember if I said?!)

Congratulations Nutella! Baby 2 is due in mid November so not long now. Getting ruddy uncomfortable, so will be happy to get it out but sad for O having to deal with the attention loss.

Started washing all his baby things for this one yesterday - so tiny!

We're having our floors re-sanded after they didn't do such an ace job first time round (before we moved all the furniture in.) So much more stress with beds and bookcases to move first and a toddler to keep out trouble!

Ouch spotty. Amazingly T was up at 2.30 but settled quickly after a boob feed then slept til 6.40!! The latest in months. She's full if beans today so will try for no nap.
utopian cute! Try not to feel sad for o's loss of attention, and feel happy for the playmate/partner in crime that you're giving him!

Thanks ladies, it's actually the start of next month, so I feel cheeky for calling it a bit early. In a couple of days it will be four years since I moved to Germany.
And at the end of the month 5 years since I met DH. Hmmmm need to celebrate that in some way. It's been a very crazy 5 years!

spotty yuk, I hate early mornings! I really feel for you. Hope you get it sorted out soon. And I hope dp doesn't expect too much nursing.

*Utopian the change is difficult and even it took quite a few weeks to really be able to see it DS is definitely jealous. He loves DD but when he gets the chance of proper alone time with me I can see how nice it is for him and for me. Sometimes he makes it totally obvious that he is jealous and would like some attention Then it's just hard. Sorry. But I also think it's not forever. It's only a short time that they are so small and very soon they will be bigger and hopefully playing together

and hales no way. 3 under 3?!
That would be pure insanity!! I think I'd be a mess in the corner. Ask me next year. I might consider 3 under five but first when DS and DD are older. And I need DH to agree too.

Nutella, i absolutely know its not the same thing but there is only 14 months between H and her cousin whom i look after 5 days a week and they are so close. They often play together and have little conversations. When their apart the really miss each other.

H's cold wasn't better yesterday she just got worse as the day went on, her breathing sounds terrible and i had to call my dad to come round and reassure me

Spotty, hope the early rises sort themselves out soon and that your DP is better.

Utopian that sounds like hard work moving all the furniture.

Haha Nutella i agree total nightmare having 3 under 3.

4:50 wake up

oh no spotty

H's blood tests from last week came back normal but they've booked her in with the GP on thursday morning. The thing is i know H will scream the place down and won't co-operate with the Dr so i'm dreading going.

and all round

After a tricky and busy few days with all of us ill, R slept through (5:30-6) last night and DP has a new job :o