Jan '07 part 7: This time last year it was all beginning - good luck to the Jan 08-to-be's

[2Happy]

Clearly I'm feeling nostalgic! Just think, some of them even had heart beats this time last year!!

Hello all - just got back from ILs. Bless em - they were desperate to see J and have offered to have him one day for me next week so I can have a day to myself (Which actually I really fancy).

DH is working 12 days in a row 8-6

I'm going to Mum's Weds/Thurs and then my sisters in Manchester Thurs/Fri next week.

2Happy - need more info re your sis' LO please.....

PCF - you are mean and evil keeping us in suspense Get thee to a chemist right now.....

wilie, you can get medicine for them at this ages but it's pretty crap. I can't say it does much.

Gp always said to me to use steam therepy for coughs and colds at this age.

Basically, will you're having a hot shower, or bath, keep the door closed and have him in there with you. The staem loosens all the mucus.

(Btw, I hope I didn't piss you off with my nagging and pushy matron post, treid to get you on MSN last night but it won't stay logged in)

Cant believe you lot - stay away for a few days and a new thread with 50 + messages appears !

I have an announcement of my own to make ...

last night LO slept thro 9 hrs and it was fab. Two nights ago it was 8 hours, so fingers crossed he knows what to do from now on.

Happy birthday EaH and congrats to vhappy but we need more details

I remember exactly the nights all mine were conceived, #1 euro 96 when england lost to germany on penalties and we got v drunk, #2 was very non descript but we were planning it and #3 when i got my engagement ring upgraded I remember thinking it was a bit close at the time but i was sooo pleased with it [shallow emotion]

I love wearing it now because I know that he was inside me from that day, and one day I'll probably give it to him for his partner (only if I really like her tho, I'd haunt her if they split up and she didnt give it back !!!)

Oh forgot to say in my post that dh is away again next week He's off to Spain with work, leaves early morning Wednesday and is back early evening (hopefully) Friday. Sigh, hate it when he's away. Shouldn't be for another 3 months after that though.

Dd has an eye appt tomorrow, needs rechecking before we can book her operation. She is having surgery to correct her really bad squint, she will still need to wear glasses but we worry about her getting picked on with her squint now she's started school. It was due to be done before she started but that's when I had my pregnancy probs and had to cancel it. Hopefully we can get it over and done with asap as I'm so worried about it, it's done under a general

Fingers crossed for your DD Jodie - how old is she? Must be very worrying for you

we'll try and keep you company as best we can while your dh is away

kat - can't believe you've planned ahead so far! My DS is never going to grow up and get married though, he's going to be a mummy's boy and stay at home with me forever I've decided

Thanks Hattie, she's 5, was only 5 at the end of Feb.

LTH - don't be daft you silly mare. Here....have a special Wilkie slobbery hug {{{{{{{{{HUUUUUGGGGGG}}}}}}}}}}}

Jodie - fingers crossed for your LO

Kat - thought you were going to announce you were pg!

Good grief, it's nice to sit down! I was never this busy before children. Went to mum and babies this am which is miles away, then had to scoot back for lunch before off to toddler group for the first time eek! They were all very nice, though ds1 normally naps in the afternoon so he was tired and although fine all the time he threw a strop when it was time to leave so I just had to lug him in a fireman's lift on one shoulder while I carried ds2 in the other arm out to the car .

So, proper catch-up time.

dsis had a baby boy, 7lb 4oz, no name yet
EAH - Happy Birthday! but why didn't you let us know it was your birthday
Jodie - massive good luck for tomorrow, I hope it's scheduled soon. Congrats on the weight gain, most impressive. If only adults were congratulated on wight gain like kids are

kat - congratulations on the sleeping! Hope it's repeated tonight. lol at the engagement ring causing conception, but really sweet that you think of ds whenever you look at it
LTH - what is up with your MSN?!
Wilkie - 12 days in a row? That's tough going....but do you have MSN at your mum's/sister's?? . I thought the casualty bloke was gay...though that doesn't mean he hasn't got nice eyes.
PCF - I know what you mean - I had to wait 24hrs until I could get to a shop for a pg test...but I didn't have an entire thread on tenterhooks, you have to find a way, lol!
annieapple - lol at "there's no point asking how that happened"
DH - how's today going? Really hope the boob is better. Could it be thrush? at the ikea mattress thing, not at all a ploy to get you to buy ikea beds, is it??

I hope I've remembered everyone...by the time I post, there'll have been another 10 posts to catch up on, lol!

PCF, a negative DOESN'T leave an evaporation line in the window if it's done in the right time!! Had you left it? I had a false positive once after leaving it a couple of hours, left it on the windowsill (nice), and went back for a wee later and nearly had a fit! Do another. I did seven this time

I had my trial hair session today, looks nice back in a sort of bun with twisty bits. Then had a nightmare long session with my mum trying to find her an outfit that covers her tattoo that she hates on her forearm Actually I don't want mine showing either. Has anyone tried the tattoo covering kit from Argos? I had mine done when I was 16 and don't like it now either, would prefer not to see it on my wedding photos. Wish I'd done it on my shoulder rather than upper arm. Should have listened to my mum

hi everyone

well i've had the car today which has been nice (even if Wilkie is a spoilsport and wouldn't cancel seeing her in-laws and drive an hour to come and meet me somewhere she'd never been before on no notice!! also got my SureStart maternity grant which means we are £500 richer! hooray! we can afford to buy Zac a cot! (poor little blighter's starting to look a little cramped in his crib!)

DH's godfather's funeral is next friday - it's a cremation which i absolutely hate so i won't be going, but dh seems to think MIL wants me to go down to Surrey anyway and hang around while her and dh go to the cremation. i'm not keen but dh says it might be politic to play nice with her for a bit. i don't want to play nice. what do you guys think??

Tricky, UD. I think we've established that you hold the moral high ground on your batty wizened nutter of a mil. But as you've said before, she can hold an unreasonable grudge for an inordinate legth of time, so if bridges are to be built it's probably going to have to be by you. So, it's a matter of whether you want the bridges to be built or not.

My opinion (and feel free to tell me to bog off) is I would probably take this as an opportunity... it's a very sad thing, but if dh's godfather hadn't died, presumably the witch would still be ignoring you. But now you have an excuse to be there and talk and start on the long road to getting back to how you were. It'll be hard, dh will be upset, mil will still be smarting and may even tell you to give Z cooled boiled water () but it's the chance to begin to get things sorted, without which Z may be ignored by his own, stupid Granny. She may not deserve it, but Z should get to see her while he grows up. I hope that I'm not out of order...

Ud for the £ 500.00

I kinda of agree with 2happy maybe its a good chance as sad as the circumstances are to try and resolve everything maybe it will give you chance to sit down and explain your side of the story its not as if you were being ungratefull im sure you appreciated what she was doing for you its just grandparents do get a bee in there bonnet and think they know best all the time and they dont.... Also it will be good for little z xxxx

definitely agree, you have to think of the relationship for little z, the times I kept my mouth shut when I KNEW I was in the right, endless times, and although she's dead now, Harry was really close to her. Swallow hard. Feel virtuous. Have a stiff drink, and be nice. It is worth it in the long run, and think of all the funny boiled water stories you can regale us with on here

2Happy- Congrats to dsis! Glad all went well for her. Have you had a cuddle yet?

EAH- Happy Birthday! Hope the rest of your day has been good.

Pink- Fingers Crossed for you. Do you feel preg?

Kat- Congratulations on the sleeping. I think about Luke marrying when I get fed up with my MIL and realise that one dy I will be a MIL!

Jodie- Hope all goes well for dd tom. Luke has a slight squint and prob has eysight probs like DH (he has really thick glasses). Everyone wears glasses in our family and DH's so guess he has no hope. Hope they sort it out quickly for her.

Urban- I think it would be best to go too. Even if you really dont want to it does mean that MIL can hardly ignore you if you go to all that trouble.

Today alot better. Except that L was determined to crush Ruth playing a game with her that he plays with DH where DH lies down and L dives onto his belly! Really thought she might have a broken rib or something but she was just grining at him. He cant do wrong to her, even when he poked her in the face with a stick she just frowned then when he gave her a kiss to say sorry, she grined again!

Nipple seems to be getting better again. Dont know what it is. Sure it is not mastitis as boob isnot sore. Could be because my let down is pretty slow so she bites me in frustration? Then when it comes, it comes and she bites me again to try to control it. Not sure. Did wonder about thrush as L had it in a nappy rash last week, but when I mentioned it to the doc, he said that if R didnt have it it would be unlikely which now I am typing it does sound rediculous! Doctors, Coctors!

Had our 1st nightmare night with Hattie she went down fine but woke at 11.30 and basically didnt go back to sleep till 4.30 everytime we put her down she screamed and screamed. She has just done the most massive poo so assuming she had tummy ache she is now back in her cot,however, I will be walking around like a zombie today

UD at £500 and wise words from 2happy re mil

PCF - am waiting with baited breath for your pg tests to arrive today

Annie- love the way you told dh about Rose

Cnat remember who else has posted (tired brain today) think some fresh air later will help

Morning
Sorry you had a crappy night, EAH, hope the girls are gentle with you today!
DH - did the doc look in Ruth's mouth to be sure she doesn't have thrush?
PCF - did the tests arrive yet????

Good night here - slept for 7 hours on the trot. Unusual since ds2's scratting normally wakes me up on and off. So either he didn't scrat, or I was so knackered I slept through it! Woke up at 6.15 to the noise of ds2 doing the most tremendous trumps....ah he is his father's son

Morning all.

EAH - what an awful night [shudders at the thought - how quickly your memory blanks out those early sleepless nights]. Hope H is ok now. She obviously got fed up of you being the centre of attention on your birthday and was just reminding you who's in charge

PCF - anything to report?????????? Anything??? Anything??? Bueller? Anything?

Dragon - glad you're feeling better. Biting nipples doesn't sound like much fun mind!

Carrot - not many days left...stil counting....

UD - I'm with the masses, and think you should consider going to stay with MIL. Although it's purely for selfish reasons as I only want to hear all the stories about her. I miss them Naughty RGee...Great news about the grant though. Have you been out and bought the cot?

Jodie - good luck today for your DD appointment. I can't imagine how scary it must be for you (never mind DD) with her having to have a general. Hope all goes well.

Kat - I too thought you were going to announce a pregnancy. But sleeping through IS great!! Love your conception times - England losing, pmsl!

God Wilkie - 12 days on the bounce
It seems all the DH/P's are deserting us at the moment. DH is away from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening on his annual boys trip playing golf / drinking excessively. Luckily they all compromised and decided to have it in Yorkshire this year. He's going to bob in on Saturday afternoon to proudly show off LO to the lads, bless! He is also a bit scared about the drinking as he has seriously laid off the booze since December. One of the other golf widows is coming to stay on Fri/Sat, but I suspect the rest of the time you will be able to find me here. Aren't you all lucky!

Hey Lizz - where did you go? Felt like you were away for aaaaaaaages.

LTH - when you work out what is wrong with your MSN, please let me know. I sometimes have a similar problem.

Hello to Hattie, 2Happy, LL, anyone else I've missed or out there lurking? Galmum / Vino where are you - hope all ok?

God that was a long post. It's like I've got nothing else to do and don't have a life....

Eah we are having the same problem in our house at the moment lauren is fine when she goes down at 8 she is usually up at 1 for a feed but then wont settle again all she ever does is trump so im wondering if the hungry baby milk isnt suiting her, im at my wits end , sorry to hear about your crappy night aswell.

Why are our first borns so evil to there bro/sis aidan is always annoying poor lauren and she is the same she just grins at him.

If anyone is interested I bought a swaddle me for lauren but she dident like it so if anyone wants it im happy to post it to you its a larger one in a yellowish colour lauren was in it about 3 times.

meant to say we'd given up on the hungrier baby milk shes back to stage 1 aptamil for all feeds as that was why she wasnt pooing. Think last night was worse because she has slept through for 3 weeks shes is snoring away at the mo and catching up whilst Ellie has decided she must sit literally on top of me so its immensly irriatating me at the mo and its not her fault its cause I am tired, Hattie due a feed at 10 then we are going out somewhere , anywhhere I dont care damn you lot why couldnt someone live near me

Sorry Jodie forgot to say good luck for today

Morning all. Ethan's sleeping is improving, he wakes 2-3 times a night and goes straight back to sleep He didn't get off until about 9pmish last night and then had a last feed at 10 but slept well after that.

Wilkie - thanks

2happy - thanks, will update later appt isn't until 5 though and she might need the eye drops and they take a while to work, they're not pleasant either

UD - sorry about dh's godfather. If you don't feel comfortable going then don't imo.

DH - thanks, she wears quite a strong prescription so looks like she'll always need glasses, can try contacts if she wants when she's older maybe.

EAH - hope tonight is a better one. Sounds like the way Ethan was for the first few weeks, he's only really stopped doing it in the past week or so. He would wake every night and stay awake for hours at a time. Me and dh had to take it in turns as it was literally every night.

Rgee - I'd love to go on a golf weekend away! I love playing golf with dh, we both took it up last year before I got pregnant and haven't had much of a chance after the first few months of playing to get there again. Really looking forward to getting a game in soonish. Hope you're ok without him, I hate it when dh has to go away with work as he is again next week.

laughalot - "touch wood" Ethan has now grown out of that but he used to be the same as I said about further up. It really is hard so you have my sympathies. My dd is great with Ethan but she's 5 and prefers him to her other brother who always argues with her lol. Well not always but they do love a good row hehe. It's lovely when they play well together, they do get on with each other mostly thankfully. Morgan is getting there with Ethan, he wouldn't even look at him at first but now he stroke his face when he's upset and talks to him, he's 3.5.

Getting my hair cut at 12.45, going short again, can't wait. Have a bottle of ebm in the fridge waiting just in case my mum needs to feed Ethan. Hairdressers is just up the road anyway so not far to go.

EAH crossposts there, thanks, will update later. Have a nice time when you go out, even a walk helps I find.

Are we going to have a meet up at some point then? Was anything decided?

Meant to say, I tried my hubabub out again yesterday here in case anyone wonders what I'm on about and it was so nice and comfy, much easier to carry Ethan about using that than my arms. I'd forgotton I had it lol. Tying it takes some getting used to but isn't actually too difficult. Might try and get a different colour though as I have navy with a red pocket and might be a bit hot.

Hope all goes well today jodie for dd

Eah I think that is the problem I think her tummy cant handle the hungry baby milk she poes ok but is forever squirming around like she isnt comfy and shes always got wind might try just the stage one milk again today.