October 2014- thread 8. Growing up fast, 6 months already!!

[MundayCakes85]

Morning all! A shiny new thread for Easter.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, I'm off to eat copious amounts of chocolate whilst hiding in the floor of the nursery with Ewan the sheep

splendide you're really not crap at it! corny as it sounds it's like the advert on telly you're given a job you have no experience for or qualifications, there's no training given, no days off whether you're ill or not! no holidays or sick pay, come to think of it no pay at all! Plus you are on shift 24/7.
The only way you get better at a job is through experience same goes for babies/kids and even then no one is perfect.especially me who forgot to get babywing out of the car the other day when I got home

I've just been to the new parents evening for dd2 who is starting school in September and I just want to cry it just feels far too soon. She's going in for the morning on Friday. I can feel my bottom lip wobbling just typing this :(

Oh no Butt! I bet she will love it though!
Splendide those early days were tough, but you got through it and seem to be doing great now.
DH and I had norovirus, but luckily DD was spared. Obviously he was way more I'll than me though
Frantically house hunting here. Need to find something soon, and then have to sort out a nursery as I am going back to work after the summer. Getting stressful!!

Hello hello hello folks! Long time no see/hear!

Just checking in to see how everyone is...oh & welcome to Artistic. Loving Adam at the mo tho he's giving me a heart attck by pulling himself up to bloody standing already!! Other two didn't walk til 15 & 13 months...my nerves will be shattered if he walks earlier than them.

butt my eldest DS has been attending some of his settling sessions for school in September...he still looks so little to be going to school. I'll be SAHM from then so I'm glad I'll be around for his early school life but now feeling a bit weird that we'll be down to 1 income & that I'm not going back for at least a year.

Intros-DS2 was born 24th October, late like the other two, but I had a homebirth this time which I loved. DS1 is 4 & DD is 2 at end of July. The bond between those 2 is just lovely to see & they both dote on DS2 as does he to them. DS2 was very much s surprise but he totally completes our family. And DH had the snip in January so we're defo done .

Jealous of you mini break butt-hope you had a lovely time!

Hi granny! I'm not going til a week on Friday but I'm intending to make the most of every minute

munday you're right I'm sure she will love it it'll just be me that's a snotty mess!

Sorry for everyone with or whose had norovirus so so hard being ill and looking after little ones.

Let me tell you all about my adorable cocker spaniel. She is tricolour. Mainly blue roan (for the un-initiated this means white speckled with black) but has brown ears, eyes, feet and bottom.

She was a wedding present from my Mum. Mum had a litter from her dog (our family dog when I lived at home) who were born in May as we got married in August 2003. She had that litter specifically because DH and I wanted a dog.

Our dog got an extra special extended 14 weeks with her Mum, none of this removing her at 6 weeks. I believe this gave rise to her confident and laid-back manner.

Our dog pre-dates all of our children. She was our first "child", the very first product of the love in our marriage. She was waiting for us when we came home from our honeymoon. She has seen me through all of the pregnancies, including my miscarriages and has been there to welcome each of my children home.

She was put to sleep today.

She took ill on Wednesday and the vet advised I booked to have her put to sleep within a week. DH had the day off work today, because I just couldn't cope on my own. DH cuddled our dog as she died.

we waited until yesterday to tell the children. We didn't want to cause prolonged worry by telling them earlier. They all cried. A lot. With hindsight, telling the children was actually the worse part of the whole process.

But this morning they were all great. We did our talking and crying yesterday. This morning was all about cuddles, taking photographs, remembering and being grateful for having her.

So forgive me for wallowing, but today has been a crappy day.

Flowers for my dear dog. 03.05.2003 - 22.06.2015

Fate I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. It's so hard to lose a pet that has been part of a family for that long. I remember how sad I was when our cat died aged 21, my mum got her when she was pregnant with me so I totally grew up with her.
You should wallow and remember her - (thanks) for your doggy too x

Aw fate wallow away... I remember me & sis being distraught when our family dog died...we got her when I was 11 I think. She died the day I bought my wedding dress...4 & 5 years after our parents died..

Aww fate ... Thats heartbreaking i too have experienced grief for my dog who died at 18 years, i was the same age when he got put down, he was my first love ... I still have a cry when i find pics of him . Here are a big bunch of for your lovely dog.

Thanks for the thoughts everyone.

I don't want to put a downer on the thread though, no need to wallow with me .

DD is nearly 9 months old - I am amazed how fast it's gone!

Has anyone been to Clarks and got first proper shoes yet? I keep thinking I should now that she's cruising and standing. She won't keep socks or baby shoes on. Mostly she's either barefoot or she is rocking the shorts with tights look.

fate so sorry about your dog

We aren't at the needing shoes stage yet, but I've always left it til they're properly walking I've never bothered with cruisers I did use those leather soft shoes with elastic round the top to stop them slipping on the floor but in this weather I would probably let them go barefoot. Saying that I heard the woman in Clark's telling some one the reason her daughter was crying and trying to pull the shoes off was because she had left it too long before putting shoes on her so who knows?!! I've never had that problem!

Babywing is at the lovely stage where he can sit but not move I. Trying to enjoy it before the chaos starts!

Sorry to hear about your dog FATE, it such a wrench as animals are part of the family.
My DD like to take shoes and socks off because apparently they are food not clothing

Im about to go to dd1 nursery graduation . I didn't think i would feel so sad about her going to school, i know she will love it and know that she needs more of a challenge but i just feel in the past two years she has grown up so fast . I'm welling up as i write this when i picture her cute wee face when she first started nursery, she seemed so babyish compared to now. I need to go and compose myself and wake dd2 who is in a deep sleep

Oh stigz it's awful isn't it!! I will be just the same at dd2s in a couple of weeks. I hope you got through it.

I've just been to look at a school for dd1 she is going to secondary school next September, I'm really confused as I'm really not sure which school will be good for her it's so hard. I've got two more to see in over the next week. I don't feel old enough for this I feel like I've only just left myself!! (Although it was 21 years ago )

Oh butt ... High school, now thats a whole diffrent kettle of fish . Well its last day of term here, let the madness commence !!! (And the hot sunny weather) wont hold my breath on that one

I've started doing secondary school visits ready for DD (currently Year 5).

Gosh yours are breaking up early STIGZ, we've got (I think?) 4 or 5 weeks of term left. I have all the summer fates to attend I'll just end up spending a fortune on tat. Hay ho.

I've been back at school today.. and several other days this week, I'm KNACKERED. A taste of things to come for the next year rest of my life.

Peed on a stick yesterday for various 'eek, this doesn't feel right' reasons, and thank god it was negative. We had a conversation about it on Tuesday night, then neither of us slept at all due to panic, despite being in different rooms. Thinking that's a message regards having another one!

Yipes Goats, I had to POAS 3 weeks ago (twice, with a few days in between as I wanted to be sure!), I was so scared as I'm not at all ready to be pregnant again!

Fate so sorry to hear about your little dog.

Welcome Artistic

My intro - My daughter is a 4th of October baby too, born a week late, I'm also loving the 8 months old stage! She doesn't seem to be particularly interested in crawling or trying to pull herself up but by jeebus she can gibber and chat for Scotland, she hardly stops all day, you definitely know when she's in the house! Trying to get her to say "Dada" but apparently "mmuhmm" is her fave word . She also likes to forcefully say "HIYAA!".

I'm back from a fortnight in Menorca so it's taken a wee while to catch up, glad we mostly seem to be in a positive frame of mind at the moment! I think someone pressed the reset button on Heidi, she's been sleeping all night with no wakeups since our last night on holiday!

Fate about your dog. I still remember the grief when the dog I grew up with died. No dogs here yet but someday we'll get one (once the kids are old enough to help out!). Also no shoes here - I don't do shoes until they're confident walking outside.

Goats and Kirstie poas - I'm a bit sad that I'll not have that again (not really though - 3 is right for me!) but it's exciting once the second babies start rolling around (it is such a different experience).

Off for two weeks by a lake in the mountains of eastern Pennslyvania tomorrow. So today is laundry/packing/cleaning/letting the kids watch cartoons all day. Need to summon up some energy!

Aw flip your holiday sounds fabulous ! ... My holiday seems like a lifetime ago but really it was only a month ago!

goats & kirstie . I would have been so nervous peeing on that stick, i feel so much more relaxed now that i know i have the coil in ! My periods seem to have settled down now ... Thank god!!

Feel so sorry for the kids on summer holidays, it has been raining since thursday but my dp informs me of a heatwave starting tuesday .

Im off to my cousins wedding all day tomorrow so im hoping the sun shines for her tomorrow ??

Goats and kirsti I'm a teeny bit jealous too!! But I think I would have been shaking

Hope the weathers good for you stigz.

We are off to look at another school this morning, followed by the school fair, followed by tutor, followed by soft play, followed by...me collapsing on the sofa with wine!

Hope everyone has a good Saturday.

It appears N is slowly getting the hang of this sleep at night lark... We've had a few nights of him waking for a 10/11pm feed and then not hearing a peep out of him until 4.30/5.30 ish which is MAJOR for him. So long may it continue. Although last time I write on here that he was doing better it went to shit obviously!!
Ooooh poas time hey, I'll be excited for whoever gets preggo next and living vicariously through you unless I can persuade dh that 3 is the magic number!

Had a lovely day in the sun with old friends yesterday. Wish they lived closer.
However E wanted to carry on the party so she's down for her first "nap" already. Think I might join her in a bit

Ha Munday, we (yes we) were back down for a nap by 7.25 this morning too. She's sleeping past her 4am feed, but then being WIDE AWAKE at 5. No idea how to sort this one out.

Whoohoo Sazzle that's fab about the sleeping whispers so as not to jinx it!

POAS was nervewracking, I never want to take that test again unless I'm hoping for a positive! I'm on the pill and very diligent with it but I spent a few days feeling queasy with an upset stomach so I needed to rule it out!

Heidi refused her afternoon and bedtime boob yesterday, if this means teething then it means that's her first molars coming in, give me strength...

We now have 4 top teeth all cut through at the same time. No wonder we've had such epic nappy fails this week. My washing machine hasn't stopped