April 2015 thread 2 - ruling our lives and stealing our sleep, our babies are growing up already!

[PenguinPoser]

New thread for those of us left here

That sounds positive Monkeybabies111!

We had fun in the rain Monday evening with our fire and bbq. Yesterday was a normal Tuesday. Today I have a mindee who isn't really well enough to be with me but he is, he's got tonsillitis and is coughing so much he's been sick twice today his mum works in a school and is on a trip today I think otherwise she probably would have taken the day off! So much on this weekend, I need an easy week!

I'm such an idiot at time I don't like my brain need to start again tomorrow.

Cinnamon poor mindee hope he feels better soon and he got lots of cuddles when his mum returned poor her to.
So glad you had fun, I'm now wanting a bbq Scottish weather in December and bbq's don't really go.
I hope your week stay easy, what are you doing this weekend.

You're not an idiot, hope today was a good day!

This weekend I have my canicross club Christmas meal Friday evening, I'm parkrun run director Saturday morning, have an appointment at 1pm 45mins away, the my running club awards evening Saturday night, will run Sunday morning to keep up my half marathon training and then dinner at my mums Sunday afternoon/evening.

Blimey cinnamon you will need a rest after that!

I'm glad you feel your mood is a bit better monkeybabiess111 That's annoying that you can't put pictures up, you can get some sticky tabs to stick pictures up but I don't how strong they are and you might not be allowed them either.

Im tired today I'm fed up of the weather being rubbish I took dd for a walk earlier but I got soaked it's just not as enjoyable, I wish it was dry and frosty not soggy!

Wow cinnamon you really are superwoman, please make sure you get some rest after words, the only plan we have at the weekend is to get ds a haircut.

Wine i know how you feel about the weather, it's making me want snow just as a change, I hope you get some sleep tonight and feel more awake in the morning.

Sorry I had a bit of a bad moment the other night and stupidly sh, feeling really stupid and idiotic about it now but it felt like the only option to calm down at the time when I was panicking about everything.
Today was better, I'm struggling to sleep tonight, dd has been asleep since 8 so that's great :), ds went to sleep at 10 so that's better for him hoping to try sleep before either wake up.

Sorry to hear about your soggy walk wineandchoccy!

Hope you've managed a bit more sleep monkeybabiess111

Had two lovely evenings out and the days between haven't been as busy as I had feared! Currently doing homework while ds3 naps then a nice dog walk and going to the Christmas fayre with the boys and my parents before mum cooks us tea

Glad you've not been as busy and had s good time, I hope you have a nice time at the farye.

We had plans today but I'm to worried and tired about everything today, we got our Christmas tree up and I wrapped some of dd's presents so not been fully unproductive we have a busy day tomorrow with the big meeting to agree to ds's school placement then his home teacher out in the afternoon so hoping we all get sleep tonight.

How did you get on in the meeting MonkeyBabiess111? My friend who's ds is autistic had a big battle getting him into the high school she wanted but won in the end. Are you going for a main stream or additional needs school?

The meeting went ok, we all agree it's a great school.
It has knocked me a lot this week I cried during the meeting I don't even know why, I felt like running out the room when they realised.
I have my first counselling appointment later and I've been worrying all week that its going to go horribly or she will say I can't be helped.
It's an additional needs school.

I hope your weeks not been as busy as last week.

That's great news, don't worry about crying. It's daunting your baby starting school without any other worries about how they will cope with the changes. Hope your appointment went well, I'm sure your worrying is unfounded!

It's been quieter, one of my mindees who wasn't well last week was off mon and ties. He's back today but much better so easier!

I'm glad your weeks been quieter and that your mindee feels better.

The appointment was weird but good I think, she thinks I will benefit from it so I hope so to, was good to just feel like something can change having expected to have been discharged again, she's gave me a few things to try one being to exercise as I used to do sports at college, I've to start slow even walking I need to find some motivation to get going and do it, I would like to be psychically fit again.

Exercise has so many positives for the mind, a brisk walk does wonders. Glad you feel a bit more supported and positive!

What a weekend! Some horrible bedtimes, super busy with work, paperwork for me and dh actually at work 5.30-2.30 today. Roll on next weekend!

cinnamon.

I hope this week passes quickly for you.

Dd had her first night in her own room (never thought I'd say that) and she's only woken twice which is great, ds on the other hand is still a working progress in so tired just hope I can sneak in a nap with dd the Morning.

Good luck with your nap!

Grrrr got almos sorted for inspection, had a lovely run came back to screaming ds3 who I'd put to bed before I went who was then up until 11 and dh and I had a big row so I missed Luther and we had no nice time together

Hugs cinnamon is the inspection today if so, good luck, I think you will do a brilliant job.

Hi ladies sorry I haven't been here for a while. Hope everyone is ok. I'm ok but can't believe I'm back at work in less than 3 weeks now - so DD has started her settling in sessions at nursery. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. And I'm looking forward to Christmas but then not because it means that it's closer to work time!

Penguin how has she been at her sessions, how long are your days going to be.

I'm trying to work on improving things, having a lot of ups and downs but most of the time my mood is better, trying to focus on what I was told and that's to stay in the moment which I'm finding isn't as easy as that sounds but everything improving.
Dd is now an amazing sleeper sleeping from 8-5.30/6 then back down to 8/9.

Cinnamon how did your week go.

She only had one session so far which was 1 hour but I was there most of it then left her for 20min and she was fine. She has to go back this week for a 2 hour session then for a 3 hour session after Christmas. When she starts nursery though she'll be there for about 9h a day at least it's only 3 days though. I know it will be great for her overall development etc but it's still hard.

I'm so pleased your DD has decided sleeping is good! Do you think it's related to moving her into her own room? We found that make a difference almost immediately. I'm pleased your mood is better too - but take a day at a time and don't feel too disheartened if you have bad days as well as good, it will happen but hopefully they will become less and the good days will become more.

I hate to say it as I feel guilty I didn't try her in her own room sooner but I do think moving her has been he key to her sleeping, the first night she woke twice now she sleeps 9/10 hours straight which is fantastic from when she was waking every couple of hours or not sleeping at all.
I am taking a day at a time as I'm still struggling to waken up in the morning once I'm up it seems the day is easier so I just need to try staying at least level headed.

I'm sure your dd will benefit from the nursery, it's good your only having to work 3 days which means she still gets most of the week with you, do you have any plans on the 2 hours she is in next week.

It's sounds very positive from how things were Babiecakes0435! Don't feel guilty, you have to do things in your own time and with an impending move it may not have been the best plan anyway. Hopefully more sleep will lead to your feeling better generally.

You don't get used to it PenguinPoser! You will cherish those other days and she will gain a lot from going, even if she would also be just fine at home too. I can't speak for nursery but my minded children are with me 9 hours a day and they are very happy while they're here. If the key person system is set up well your dd should start to for a bond with one or two people and she will feel settled at nursery very easily.

My inspection was cancelled, I got my cake made and we built it this morning. I did my Long run so I get tomorrow morning with the boys before he wedding, we got our tree and decorated it and I'm pretty much done apart from wrapping. Wedding tomorrow, lots of kids Monday, 2 Tuesday and Thursday, 1 Wednesday and then Christmas! I cried in public today,was so tired and emotional and I think running 9.5 miles without food or drink made me a bit wobbly! Hospital was rubbish Thursday, got very little in the way of answers and had to keep correcting the dr about things. He's now 6 monthly apts, won't see the urologist until he's 2 and they've taken him off the sodium supplement but we need to check his levels in 3 months just in case.

That's rubbish about the inspection being cancelled, glad you've got your tree up. I'm sorry you didn't get many answers at the appointment but it's great they have changed him to 6 monthly so they must be pleased with how everything is going.

We are up I've not slept well due a mouth abscess I'm going to have to just face the dentist to get it fixed :(.
Ds has decided 3am is a great time to wake up hyper I'm hoping he calms down soon so he doesn't wake dp or dd, today is my day for a lie in if I can sleep better but that will only happen is dp gets a decent amount of sleep.

I hope you've both had a peaceful night.

I'm up too babiecakes :-( mainly because I'm loaded with cold and keeping myself up coughing. Now I'm feeding DD and keeping her awake too! It's also boiling hot in the house where's the nice cold December weather gone?! Feeling v grumpy and want some more sleep and to feel better. I rarely get ill and am a very bad patient. DH has a bit of a cold too and selfishly I just want him to look after me and not be ill himself!

Anyway!
Don't feel guilty about not putting your DD in her room earlier babiecakes you didn't know how it would go and it's so hard! We held off until over 7 months and only then because she outgrew the crib.
Hope you can get to the dentist ASAP about the tooth.

Cinnamon sorry the hospital appointment wasn't all you had hoped. How frustrating. But it does sound positive that the frequency of appointments is less. Hope the wedding goes ok and you have a good day. Are you taking ds3?

No immbeingn brave PenguinPoser! My mum was really looking forward to having him and she's promised if she can't settle him she'll drive him to me at the wedding (it's only 6 miles away). Will be nice for dh and I to spend some time together.

Sorry your feeling rubbish, ds2 and I have a cold and my head feels like it's going to burst! I'm glad I ran yesterday morning as I probably wouldn't have gone today. Just been woken by all the kids, ds3 chatting in his cot. Ds1 sitting on the toilet shouting I'm going to be sick but I can't do it in the toilet! He's now sitting in the sofa with a bowl chatting to ds2 while I feed ds3. Dh and dss seem oblivious!