Sept 05 - Argh quick baby proof the house they are well and truly on the move.

[mummyhill]

New thread for a new month. Yeah I know I have done it a day early but never mind.

WereWabbit - I'm with you on that. It's so exciting when friends are expecting or have new LOs (and it seems that all my friends are now expecting again) but I always have a little pang of 'I wish it were me' . I think that's why I'm having such a hard time watching DS grow up so fast - it's hard to watch knowing he'll be my one & only.

Ahh Wabbitt and Mama - I think its always difficult thinking it may be last time with a newborn - I very unbroody - but even I feel sad about that.

Having said that I've just had a dream that Rachel had a little sister that looked just her

Ahh still asleep - looked just like her even!

I must be still asleep (depsite being at work) as I read your first message the way you meant to type it .

Not sure whether Alice will be our last or not. In two minds about it really (but pretty sure she will be).

MaMaMa - do you know definitely that this is your one and only?

DP and I split up in the spring - this makes my chances of having another baby less likely as I'm 37 and no sign of a lovely man on the horizon (given up even looking - think it's better if I 'get over' exP wholly... and finding it more difficult than I ever imagined)

Mind you, saying that - it seems my sister and I only have to look at a sperm and we're pregnant! So maybe there's hope for me yet!

Morning all

Wabbit your attention please

Hello everyone!
Fairly sure (god permitting!) that A will NOT be our last. Just have to wait until DD1 (and possibly A) are in school because we couldn't afford the nursery fees for 3. So probably in a couple of years. Then I think that will be it.
Managed to survive play group this morning WITHOUT locking any DDs in the car!

Glad no dd's are locked in the car Jaamy - I lock ds & keys in the car once when he was about 18 months old - he had no hope of getting himself out - despite me waving and gesturing frantically! So had to wait for dh to arrive from work with his keys!

Went to Tescos earlier - walking around and a lady stopped to tell Rachel how pretty she was and Rachel said 'yeah!'

Then decided to use the new self-scan till. It was hard work! It was telling me my items were not available to sell!
So my attention was away from Rachel who was in the trolley seat - then a lady shouted to me - "quick your daughter" She had unclipped the harness stood up on the trolley seat and was waving and dancing a wee jig - thats another few minutes off my life! - shes fine I grabed her - it was so funny in a terrifing way !!

SimplyRed, there's the potential for a Bedfordshire meet-up

here .

Simplyred, my ds does the same thing - wriggles out of the harness in the shopping trolley no matter how tight I make it(he can't undo it yet but doesn't seem to need to) and stands up. Very scary! Not sure how to make him stay put...

Wabbit, I'm in the same boat as you - DH walked out at the beginning of the yr and although I'm not yet 30, I'm having panics about never meeting anyone else (not on the agenda yet anyway - am far too angry and upset etc) and therefore no more babies . Am really more uspet for ds as he loves playing with other children and I hate thinking he won't have any siblings... anyway, who knows what will happen. I have a few friends who met someone & had babies within a year. Sounds a bit fast to me but you never know! Sorry you're finding so hard too.

I'm so sad that I missed the birthdays. Our phoneline has had a fault for nearly 3 weeks hence no internet access. I have had 2 trips to the library to check emails but didn't have time to come on Mumsnet and explain my absence. We still are waiting for the fault to be fixed.

I hope I will be back with you all soon. Alice is getting so big. Still bottom shuffling.

Beatie - Poor you hope your phone gets fixed soon.

Wasn't feeling to great this morning but a lovely mner came round for a cuppa and stayed for lunch. We had a lovely chat and her little boy was playing nicely with D. So thanks to Ronniebaby I am feeling much chirpier this afternoon.

I love mn as i have made some wonderful friends in virtual and real life through this site. Its great that if a friend stumbles accross a thread where you are not feeling at your best they pick up the phone/instant message you or just turn up on the door step.

Hope i can be there as much for my mates as they are for me.

Idris - thanks for the link.

We'll get by with a little help from our friends - mummyh xxx and singing emoticon

Mama - our little ones are all getting to wiggly for their own good sometimes - I think that I hadn't clipped Rachel in properly - I doubt she managed to open it.

I hope there are prefect men and babies for all that want them. Having a bad day today and vant to be alone - but some hope Right dinner in oven - must go before its crispy!

Morning everyone .

It is cold, grey and wet here .

Alice and I have been playing downstairs for a while. She is very into her HappyLand people .

Morning!!! Are your little ones throwing things? I've got a bruised forehead - I was hit bt a flying wiggle pig that Rachel over armed at me Think i'll have a fringe today! !

Alice doens't really throw things - but she has an amazing ability for finding things she shouldn't have .

Do you like my new name by the way ?

Hello hello!

Idris - you've got me sitting here like a silly bean OooooOooooing to myself (once again I'm very glad my house isn't bugged!)

Beatie hope the phone line behaves itself very soon. Lovely to know you're ok x

Mummyhill - it's so important to have people to talk to that are on the same wavelengh {{{{Hugs}}}} Hope you're feeling better today x

SR - at your Rachel's throwing! C's into making noise, he likes the sound of his bricks against the quarry tiles, tiles and bangs the handles on my kitchen draws like door knockers!

Mamama - What is it with these men? if you need to talk to someone who knows exactly how it feels - my addy is cabelloyd at hotmail dot co dot uk

Thanks you guys for being there

Morning/ afternoon ladies (morning for me, afernoon for you)

Throwing is a favourite game in our house. Ds loves to throw something, look surprised and then says 'gon?' or, on a good day, 'waydeegon' (Where's it gone?) He does a funny little sign to go with it too. Of course, he knows exactly where 'it' has gone because he threw it in the first place. And when I give it back to him, he immediately throws it somewhere else!

Thanks Wabbitt for your e-mail address . SHall be sending you a msg shortly - am v. cross with H again so must calm down first!

Ohh you lot are quiet again will check in on you all after I have had some sleep.

Note to self - of course it is quiet here most sensible people are in bed not trying to wind down after an evening dealing with joe blogs public most of whom seemed like neanderthal thugs tonight.

I work till quarter to midnight three nights a week and have to spend at least an hour trying to wind down. If I go straight to bed I lie there tossing and turrning which only disturbs dh which I feel is unfair.

Hi all. Sorry to hear about your troubles at work Mummyhill - hope they get resolved quickly and to your satisfaction.
I am more broody this time than I was when Lucy was Tom's age. But at the same time I have flashes of "it's hard at times with 2- how much harder would it be with 3?!!" But I can't imagine that I'm done with babies - can't imagine never being pregnant again, never feeding again and so on. And always wanted 3. Do have some concerns that having had No. 3 I might still feel that there's unfinished business asDH is adamant that 3 is the lot!
Tom not doing much communicating verbally, but then Lucy only had about 5ish proper words at 18 months, and he manages to get his point across with grumpy/happy/sad/outraged faces!
He's having his pneumoccocal vaccine next week - anyone else had this? What should I expect in terms of how he'll feel afterwards? Got to book his MMR soon as well, which I'm not looking forward to simply because Lucy was really under par for about 3 weeks afterwards - mumpy and measles symptoms.
Anyway - am being press-ganged into going to an open morning at the super pricey oh-so exclusive local private school by MIL so should get dressed really. I'm holding out for the lovely local primary for Lucy, particularly as the school in question is single sex and I want her and Tom to go to the same school really. Must resist

Hello! Hello!

Lovely day here.

Rachel was up in the night talking!!!

Where do you live Mama - as I see your in a different time zone.....?

Hello Pooka have been thinking about private education for ds - wish I could strech to it. If ds went dd would not ber able too - and I wouldn't want that unfairness.