Just Mumming 9- We're suffering the curse of Mel B, ST syndrome and the rise of the sleep snatchers. We've all had enough and would just like a good JS.

[PixieChops]

Morning Viroids

Welcome to the 9th Just Mumming Fred.

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Name: Pixie
Age:29
Pests: 2- P (girl) 17 months old, R (boy) 4 months old
Things I can't do anymore- have a crap in peace, drink a hot drink, do any housework, shag ST, sleep, take naps.

Things I can do- carry a toddler, baby, dirty bottles and nappies down the stairs all at once, put a double pram up in 20 seconds, have a shower inc washing and shaving in under 5 mins. Be coco the clown on 26 mins sleep.

No viewings today Dulcet - we've got 3 people who are "interested" so they've been given until today to make an offer. My money is on the guy who came on Monday who wanted to see his financial advisor before making an offer... Really praying he wasn't just bullshitting! I feel sick!

What massage oil are you using La? I'd be tempted to have a couple of days without using any products on him. Just wash with plain water and then put some emollient cream or aveeno on him. See how that goes.

Thanks everyone I'll get Aveeno today. Not used the oil on him for weeks but it just isn't getting better. Looks like the skin is all dry.

Really hope the offer comes in!!!!

It's sunflower oil specially produced for baby massage

Morning from a very sleep deprived minion. Mine is Ill again. Frump king nursery. She has the horrendous cough and can't go for more than 20 mins when asleep without coughing her guts up. Which wakes her up and so on and so on and so on.
Sorry for the moan.
I've clocked about 11 hours broken sleep in 3 days. And I'm about to go to soft play, aka hell on earth, but it knackers her out, so, worth it.

Everything crossed for you popz! It's a bit exciting!

Poor MINIon min. I liked frump king though. Haha. Can you clock up some more sleep hours with the weekend?

I use lavender (and sandlewood I think?) oil with my cheeky wipes for my changes pixie. Doesn't seem to have any impact though!

Just had J's last lot of jabs. Poor sausage is very sad. Asleep in the boob now, not planning to move him either. I have a concern though - nurse did the last needle which was the mel b one and I saw her hesitate. I clocked it didn't look like it went in as far cos he moved his leg. Then she said after 'I hope that was in the right place, I think so'. That's not what I want to hear! I tried to ask her what if it wasn't but stupid DH joked 'his leg will fall off' so she didn't answer! Anyone any ideas if immunisations work of not quite in the right place??

I'd imagine it's fine dulcet they're subcutaneous not intravenous, I suspect it might just be a bit more sore, but still work (in my non medical opinion ;) )

Please may I rant at you lot because I feel like I may implode with rage from MY FUCKING ANNOYING MIL! God help us all because I'm ready to tell her to get to the other side of fuck very shortly!
I'll type it out in a bit and you can all say if im BU or not.

Dulcet that sounds fine for babies. You have to be extremely careful as their skin is so delicate (bless them)

Popz I have everything crossed, have you heard anything?

Deadline passed popz, do we have a house??

Should be fine Dulce as long as some of it went in!! Just could be a bit sore or bruised if she's put it in the "wrong" place.

We have a house!!! (As long as our offer guy passes the financial check bit....) Still a bit scared to say it in case it isn't true!

Hurray Popz! Fingers crossed it all goes nice and smoothly for your soon to be new home

Just crashing in to say I have everything crossed for you Popz!

You can uncross now snap - we've got it Any luck with your search?

Why does my husband think the best way to put the baby to bed is to watch youtube videos with him on his phone!?

Hope you're ok pixie!

Yay Popz!!
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Pixie* looking forward to this rant!
Really struggling with B's skin. I think the rash wasn't due so much to the sunflower oil, but more to the actual friction of massage. So I've been doing the massage over his clothes and not using the oil. But it still is all dry and patchy - not as red as it was. Put coconut oil on it today and then sudocreme tonight before he went to bed. I am going to buy some Aveeno. Is it the moisturiser I should be getting or the body wash you put in the bath?

Dulcet how is he now? Poor sausage. I don't think it would be a problem but if you're concerned then phone the Dr.

Had smear test the other week and I HATE them! Was so relieved it was over. Got letter today to bloody say they've fucked up the results in the lab and I've got to go and get it done again. Bastards!!!! It's like my idea of hell going for another one :(

We are going to Edinburgh next week for a wedding. Travelling first to mums in York then up. Really nervous about trying to manage baby when staying in 3 different houses. Borrowing a travel cot.

Poor minimin!

Bold fail

Lol La I always do bold fail. Sorry to hear about your smear test. I hate having them done too, I was abused as a child so anyone that comes near me that I don't want near me I just tense up and it's really difficult. I end up in tears, the nurses get frustrated and it doesn't really get done. I need to grow a pair and face up to it.

Ok so here goes: dramas with the MIL

In a nutshell MIL has made herself diabetic with the amount of sugar she eats and this will not change and she's still not getting exercise. After she put a shitty "quote" on Facebook saying she needed to replenish half an hour she was due to help me with the kids I decided that is rather not have a break or any help whatsoever from her because I couldn't be arsed. She also said to ST that my unknown illness (if you remember I was having some very strange symptoms) was actually making her ill and she couldn't cope with it all.
Recently we've been discussing our holiday away as a family. Me and ST decided that we'd do something with the kids that was relatively cheap but that they'd enjoy- we sent a group text stating this- then we got lots of texts back from SIL with loads of ways why she didn't want to do it etc and that MIL and FIL probably wouldn't want to do it either.
None of us have a lot of money I refuse to pay for an activity that myself and my kids won't enjoy for the sake of someone else getting their own way.
I explained in that case that we are 5 different people (5 adults and 3 kids are going) and that we should all book our own activities and if other people liked the idea of them then they could join in. It was a bit more long winded and more sensitive than that but you see what I'm getting at.
Anyway I get a long winded response back blowing everything I've said completely out of proportion- literally got her family history and how family is so important to her and this is supposed to be a family holiday so we can all spend time together blah blah blah and how she's not putting herself in this position again and how she's so upset with what I suggested. I didn't bother replying, what was the fucking point? All Id suggested is that we could do some activities together or by ourselves. It's a 5 day holiday, I don't want to be stuck with everyone for 5 days straight.
Next thing- she wants to go for a meal at a nice Castro pub for her birthday- that's great but my kids are 18 months and 5 months old. They don't like sitting down having polite conversation, they like screaming, getting under people's feet and generally being terrors. Me and ST both text her to say we weren't happy about going because of the fact that it's not an enjoyable experience and we'd be paying for food to go cold and that she was more than welcome to come to ours for a coffee and to pick up her present etc.
She took that the wrong way and started banging on about how she feels that we now don't want to see her for her birthday. So SIL stepped in and agreed with me (she has a 2 year old) and said why don't we go for a walk round a national trust place and get coffee/ cake so it's not as formal and the kids aren't as bad.
MIL doesn't sound too happy about this- probably because it involves walking and she can't be arsed. She went deadly quiet when ST had her on loud speaker to see if she was still up for it. I don't think she is but wtf does she expect us to do? I'm 30 in January and was supposed to be having a party but we can't really afford it so we've had to think of something else. I appreciate its her birthday and she'd rather be sat down eating a meal than walking around but surely she could go for a walk with us and go for a meal with her DH than everyone paying a fortune for food that won't get fucking eaten because me and ST will be too busy placating babies.
In a nutshell I've had enough so next year I'm not going on holiday and we are spending Xmas on our own.
She makes me out to be a cunt all the time and it does my fucking head in

Hurray for houses Popz

I never seem to catch up with the Fred. One of these days I will!

We were at the emergency doc at 6am after being up with B since 1, his temp was 38.6 and calpol didn't bring it down. I rang 111 and they sent us to hospital where they looked him over and said he was fine. His temp had come down by then but I was shitting myself. He's slept most of the day and is now awake and back to normal. He's never been poorly before and I was terrified!

Fab news popz!! How exciting! Hopefully you'll hear confirmation early next week. Bit optimistic to think you'll be in for Christmas I guess?

I was worried about staying elsewhere with J as well la but he was actually quite good. He wasn't any worse at night which was my main concern! How are you travelling to York? That's not a short journey!

Hope you've vented a bit in RL pixie - or you'll pop!!

I have, of course, googled the injection in the wrong place thing. Says it should be fine, just maybe more painful. He's alternates between feeding and shouting most the day. Still struggling to get him down now, even though he's knackered!!

I vented at ST Dulcet as he agrees with me that his mum blows shot out of proportion a lot and that she needs to get a grip. Think it's because I just can't be doing with over sensitive people because I feel like I have to placate them all the time and I'm a very straight forward person. That can be seen as a good trait and a bad trait I suppose but I'd rather have a straight forward person talking to me than someone who has to go all around the houses to get a point across. I never meant it to be taken personally but literally everything that's said to this woman is. She'll be underhand rude to me and I'll just take it on the chin (pretty much called me inbred and said that makeup was a wondrous thing when I was commented on my "glowing appearance" by an elderly gent when I was pregnant) but hit her with anything back and it's like she just can't take it at all. Fucks me off. I'm just going to have as little to do with her as possible as I don't need that shit in my life.

Glad to hear it's not too bad a thing as well Dulcet and Purple I always shit myself when my kids are ill. My GADs starts playing up big time and I think all bloody sorts, hope he's feeling better.

She sounds fun pixie... You do well not to kick off! Who thinks it's ok to say things like that anyway?!

Not a good night here, already hoping for a nap later. I've given in and come downstairs now. He just won't settle but don't really know what he want. In one sense he only had two wake ups but one was an hour to get back down and the other is now other hour and a half so considering this to be the start of the day. And he didn't go to sleep until late - after 9 some time. I lose track now as trying not to look at clock and upset myself!

Morning!

Shit night - at one point dh woke B with his fucking foghorn snoring. Could cheerfully have maimed him (dh not B)

Night before was amazing - he only woke once! Knew it wouldn't last

Pixie epic rant! Mil sounds insecure and like she feels shoved out possibly by you? Agree with the Castro gastro pub thing, not great for young kids. Your idea of walk plus cake is much better. Holiday - can you organise one activity that's for everyone, then you all do different other things?

Dulcet how's the wee one today? I've heard 3rd jabs are a bitch. B has his in two weeks.

Purple in glad he's ok, that's a bit scary :(. It's horrible when they're ill

Me and dh are failing dismally at sex post baby. Baby is light sleeper so no chance when he's in the room. During day he tends to sleep on me so difficult to get away. Tried 3 times now when had the opportunity and gave up because it was really sore!!! Perhaps I've healed up?

X post dulcet that's what B was like with first ones. I just cuddled him loads and offered boob. Shit for you regarding sleep though, can you nap later?

I'm knackered and sitting with baby asleep on me while dh is asleep next to me. Going to kick him and wake him up

Did I tell you all we did pottery thing on thurs? Went with my mum friends, we made prints of the babies feet on photo frames and painted names and patterns on for Christmas presents. Got one each for the grandparents.

B went swimming again on thurs. dh takes him and he seems to really like it (well he's the only baby who doesn't cry!)

La I probably do shove her out but she's always been insecure and needy. She's always wondering if I like her etc. I do like her she just pisses me off in epic proportions by being so bloody needy all the time. I'm
Not pandering to a 60 odd year old woman. The reason why I push her away is because every time she'd come to help me with the kids (she used to have one of them for me for 3 hours a week) she'd fucking moan and groan about it to other people after and made me out to be some sort of burden. I'd rather not have that 3 hours and just get on with the kids myself or even better send them to the childminders where I know that they'll be taken care off. All she went on about when she was at mine was how much she did for everyone and how tired she is. Therefore I helped her out and told her to stop coming here.

Ha! Sounds sensible! I like my mil too but she rubs me up the wrong way and loves to comment on what I'm doing with DS or my cats (she's 'had cats for years so knows loads about them' - I don't doubt that but you've not had MY cats for years and you don't know lots about them).

Cue loads of comments about my cats being kept indoors at night 'but do you think they are happy?' plus talking on phone to her dh at my house 'the cats are still spoiled'. Um, I can hear you you know !?

Now it's about B. I got an email this week asking if he's on formula yet. It's odd, I get same question from my df each time I speak to him. They seem confused when I say no he is still bf and won't be on formula full time at any point unless I decide To do so for some reason