Feb 06 - 1 already - where did the last year go?!

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CAMERON, Birthdate 6th Jan, Due 28th Jan, Weight 5lbs 13oz, Born to Teuch, Baby no 1, Lives Inner Hebridean Island, Gas & air and morphine
PEYIA, Birthdate 23rd Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight 6lbs 12.5oz, Born to TicTac, Baby no 1, Lives Horwich, Lancs, Gas & air only
ALEXANDER, Birthdate 24th Jan, Due 4th Feb, Weight ??, Born to Yeahbut, Baby no 3, Lives Holland, Elective c-section
CAITLIN ERIN MONICA, Birthdate 25th Jan, Due 10th Feb, Weight 8lbs 10.5oz, Born to Womba1, Baby no 3 (1 stillborn), Lives Eastbourne, Elective c-section
MAISIE, Birthdate 26th Jan, Due 7th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5.5oz, Born to ellenrose, Baby no 3, Lives Bristol, Induction due to SPD
JESSICA HELEN, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 5lbs 11oz, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 1.
EMILY ROSE, Birthdate 30th Jan, Due 9th Feb, Weight 6lbs, Born to JuA, Baby no 2, Lives Chorley, Lancs, Elective c-section. Twin 2.
ELIZABETH GRACE, Birthdate 3rd Feb, Due 3rd Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Kando, Baby no 3, Lives Holland,
PETER, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 12th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to popmum, Baby no 2, Lives Herts,
LAUREN EMMA, Birthdate 6th Feb, Due 22nd Feb, Weight 6lbs 14oz, Born to Morgan, Baby no 2, Lives Dubai,
PHILIPPA ROSE, Birthdate 8th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 9lbs, Born to CSWS (Tabs), Baby no 1, Lives North Herts, TENS and gas & air
LEWIS JAMES, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 31st Jan, Weight 9lbs 2oz, Born to PhoenixGirl (Cuffyj1/lewsmummy), Baby no 1, Lives Barnsley, emerg c-section
SETH PETER, Birthdate 9th Feb, Due 1st March, Weight 7lbs, Born to angedemarche (Jangus), Baby no 2, Lives NI, Elective c-secion
EVIE HARRIET, Birthdate 10th Feb, Due 29th Jan, Weight 9lbs, Born to Hotmama, Baby no 2, Lives Nottingham, emerg c-section
RHUARIDH GEORGE, Birthdate 11th Feb, Due 20th Feb, Weight ??, Born to MrsDoolittle, Baby no 2, Lives Newbury, Water birth
BEN, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 2nd Feb, Weight 8lbs 4oz, Born to 3K, Baby no 1, Lives Gravesend, Kent, c-sec after failure to dilate sufficiently
OSCAR, Birthdate 12th Feb, Due 13th Feb, Weight 9lbs 10oz, Born to Chloe55, Baby no 1, Lives West Yorkshire, Pethidine, epi & lots of stitches!
LUTHER, Birthdate 14th Feb, Due 6th Feb, Weight 8lbs 8oz, Born to NotAnOtter (4blue1pink), Baby no 5, Lives ??,
ANYA OLIVE CATRIONA, Birthdate 20th Feb, Due 8th Feb, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Popadopalis, Baby no 1, Lives Bedford,
BRAM THOMAS, Birthdate 21st Feb, Due 11th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to mustrunmore (Ixel), Baby no 2, Lives N London, c-sec
LUCA, Birthdate 21st Feb, Due 18th Feb, Weight 8lbs 3oz, Born to 2boysmacca, Baby no 2, Lives N Essex, Home birth
IMOGEN ROSAMOND, Birthdate 23rd Feb, Due 2nd March, Weight 7lbs 9oz, Born to Ags, Baby no 2, Lives Kent, Elective c-section
EMRYS JOHN, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 24th Feb, Weight 8lbs 5oz, Born to Flamesparrow, Baby no 2, Lives Bournemouth, Home birth
ISABEL ERIKA, Birthdate 24th Feb, Due 3rd March, Weight 7lbs 5.5oz, Born to Amiable, Baby no 1, Lives North London, Gas & air and epidural. DH German
LEON JASON, Birthdate 26th Feb, Due 18th Feb, Weight 7lbs 13oz, Born to Jelley (Jasnem), Baby no 3, Lives Waltham Abbey, Rapid labour, ventouse and episiotomy
SALLY ANIELA, Birthdate 28th Feb, Due 28th Feb, Weight 8lbs 13oz, Born to Thell, Baby no 1, Lives London, Water birth at home
RORY JOHN, Birthdate 25th Feb, Due 23rd Feb, Weight 10lb 2oz, Born to dewmeadow, Baby no 2, Lives County Tyrone, Ireland, emerg c-section
NEVE, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 8lbs 11oz, Born to Frizbe, Baby no 2, Lives Ripley, Derbyshire, Water birth
ALFRED WILLIAM, Birthdate 4th March, Due 27th Feb, Weight 9lbs 15oz, Born to damewashalot (Helen38), Baby no 3, Lives Warwickshire,

lol - thinking of jabs... HV called yesterday - she said who was calling, and my first comment was "Have I missed more jabs?!?!" . Turned out it was to talk about DD but she found it amusing that I just assume she calls because I've forgotten things!

Morning LAdies,

Nothing to report really. DS is fine, think he may have a tooth coming too. Chloe hope Oscar is ok today.

Just hung all my lovely nappies on the line, they look so lovely and fluffy!!! I just hope it doesnt rain!!!!

DH situation still not resolved, we had another chat last night but he said he doesnt want any more babies and I do so that will be a major hurdle. Well he doesnt think he wants anymore as he finds DS hard work and says he isnt cut out to be a dad. I definately want another one so this is the problem we will have to sort out if we will get back together. I told him why I wanted another one and he said let him think on it for a few days so we will see.

DD has finally started to catch on to counting... she could count as in each step 1, 2, 3, 4 etc, but not how many grapes are there? She just handed me my chocolates saying "you've got 3 left"

3K - I know that a lot of dad's don't feel that dadness thing until about 18 months... when they suddenly have a son running at them when they get home from work, clutching a ball (obv something more girly for girls). But I am also aware that that would be another 6 months in limbo for you

sorry, in a huge hurry not not read anything But... go and look at page 55 of Practical Parenting for April, out now

I will buy it later (or just stand in the shop and read it...)

Getting bambineo trial packs, and btp packs soon (Its worrying how excited I can get about this whole thing... It'll wear off and I'll shut up soon )

and DH has been told he can transfer back to his old job - probably by the end of the month! Less travelling, less petrol, and Friday afternoons off

3k - I agree re the dad thing...dp din't really have much interest in dd1 until 15 months (when I had dd2, and then he really bonded with her)dd2 will always be mummys girl I think. It is only third time round I've seen him really want to be with his baby. (I don't think it is because he is a ds this time, either)

mrm - is it your birth story? I'll try and remember to get it on the brownies run later

good news on the job front, Flame. And more nappies to play with.

Injection all done. I've got bread in the oven but no housework done yet, and I'm supposed to be going out this afternoon. ds isn't sleeping. He was woken after 1/2 hour this morning by the mean nurse with the needle, and hasn't gone back off.

csws - I try not to do all day with just me and baby.I go out once a day (plus two school runs). DS has breakfast and we are all out by 8.40. Sleep in the morning for 1.5 hours usually (actual time depends on days activities)
Lunch at midday ish, play (usually just crawl/ walk around the house throwing things on the floor)bottle at 2.30, then another school run, tea, bath, story, bed.

He is going to sleep on his own now! After the night he was left and went to sleep, I've been putting him to be and leaving him, and he's asleep in 10 mins at the most (even when we were away last weekend). I also gave him cm instead of a bf for his night feed (yes I know he doesn't need a night feed at all, but this way he went back to sleep after downing a full bottle and back in his cot. He was spending the second half of the night in our bed after this feed, so once he's used to that, I'll try and cut ift back.

He has also discovered Fifi

Sorry for the essay

Buttercups and daisys Jelley, you mean you let him watch TV at this age .

Don't know whether Thell checks in any more, but Happy Birthday Sally .

So it seems that I'm the only SAHM who ever has to actually SAH .

Yay for job. Yay for B counting. Yay for boy sleeping by himself. Yay for magazine (whatever it is!). Can you not scan it in and e-mail it to us all??

3k - is dh saying that babies are the only reason he doesn't want to come back, or is that just one of many things that you need to sort? I suspect that the others are right about it getting easier for men as they get older. MrCSWS certainly finds it easier now (though still very hard) to spend time with dd than he did when she was tiny, and I'm sure it will get easier still once she can talk to him.

Grrr - window cleaner woke dd up. Now she'll be miserable for the rest of the day .

We are in the house quite a bit although do have school runs to break the day up. Don't know what we do really, play a bit, sing all of the time and try to do jobs in between or when he sleeps. which could be any time, for 10 mins or 3hrs He helps with sorting socks etc which is fun and we generaly potter. Just starting to try and do more with him, went to our first rhythm time last week which he liked.
Agree about Dad's and babies.

Really must go and get my children from school, ds1 is 8 tomorrow how did that happen???

Totally agree with the dad thing. Has anybody read the Steve Biddulp book, Raising boys? It's a real insight into the male psychie.

With the weather the way it is and the sleeping patterns of ds2 we are often in too. We play, read a lot and draw lots too but that's when ds2 is sleeping. If we're all up and in we race!!!

Took the boys to softplay today. Ds2 hasn't slept all day so he is really flagging. Just popped to Waitrose again (why do I keep forgetting things, it becomes expensive going to the shops 4 times a week) and sat and had a coffee. I am desperately trying to loose weight but it just ain't shifting - I need to go to the gym more but I haven't the time, or the money. Anyway, the point of that was that I treated ds1 to a biscuit and I watched and drooled at him throughout. I've always been able to eat what I want but since having the boys i've put on 1.5 stones

Did a pile of ironing this afternoon whilst ds2 was in bed (playing, not sleeping). Now I have to go empty the washing machine and wack it in the dryer ready for the next load. How do we create so much washing???

Is anyone still awake after that mammoth post???

Biddulph

But I'm always when I see pics of you macca - would love to have your figure.

Clothes disguise a lot of things

How proud are you all of me? I have been running - in the terrential rain and gale force winds!!! I think I have officially gone mad. I didn't manage to run far because it was just far too hard but the attempt was there. I should have come home, got the housework done and picked up ds by now though I have so far done NO housework and best go pick him up in a sec. I will lose the 2.5lbs I put on this week by my next weigh in.

Well done!

Oops - Happy Birthday Sally!!!

Forgot to find the magazine - I will though I promise.

Upgrading to a paid for site... ain't gonna happen. Far too much money (compared to my budget obv...), so people will just have to cope with the long url etc.

Erm... w/r nappies... very quiet threads today - I wonder if something happened.

Well done chloe!

Happy Birthday Sally

MRM lol at food in the toy box by torchlight there's treasure in here somewhere!!

Flame lol at you and HV too, I like logo 1 btw.

CSWS grrrrr at windowcleaner for you

Macca your skinny in your photos!!! if its any help I've found the weight harder to shift this time too, I've started hitting the gym 3 nights a week and as of last night can report just made it back to previous pre preg weight, but would still like to shift another half stone/tone my flabby belly up, it looks even worse after no2......tummy tuck anyone?

Jelley, you make your own bread, your fab

Chloe, your a nutter in this weather

3K, tough one, I really hope you guys sort it out tho and agree with lots of the comments about dad's only get it at about 18mths, my dh will happily confirm that.

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or this even! damn laptop just had to copy n paste the slash as one on keyboard isn't working!

My kids are driving me MAD! I'm gonna change my name from mummy to something else that they don't know so I'm not called every 2 seconds. Can a woman not have a poo in peace without ds1 jabbering away asking 40 questions

Shit ds2 fell off the sofa again. WHy does he keep climbing on?

If only I could gym at night. Dh doesn't get home until 7.45 and it's too late for me to go then. I was an early morning gym goer in my former life. I'd catch the 6.25 train to get me to London Bridge at 6.30. On the gym floor at 6.35, out at 7.45. Work by 8.30. If I get up and run now, it has to be before the boys and I ain't getting up before 5.00 just for a run . I know I'll never get back to pre Finn but pre Luca would be nice - another 7lbs off, oh and the flat tummy I sculptured long ago

Boys in bed, yay.

Was going to stay of the wine tonight but I feel I need one (Ok so that's why the weight ain't shifting). Dh said he's gonna be late and I don't kno if I can last that long to eat, I'm starving.