Feb '06 - thread one billion and something...

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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.
T, Birthdate late Jan, Due 18th Feb, Weight 6lbs 13.5oz, Born to ChasingSquirrels, Baby no 2, Lives Cambridgeshire, Unassisted homebirth with no pain relief.
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
RORY JOHN, Birthdate 25th Feb, Due 23rd Feb, Weight 10lb 2oz, Born to dewmeadow, Baby no 2, Lives County Tyrone, Ireland, emerg c-section
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
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,

Yay new thread

Thinking of something witty to write.....

sorry
I forgot you asked.

missed that sarcasm. If I'd have realised the title was thought up by csws, I'd have slated it

Well csws you're sooooooo good at coming up with titles yourself we all thought we'd leave you to it

It was a pleasure to help you in such a way... let you flex your brain a bit

You're such a creep pg.

Think I might hit the sack, I'm not convinced ds2 is going to sleep through tonight....

Ew, those nails are rather bitten. I think you need a manicure...ohh and blisters on those fingers too yuk!

Flame, i hope you've mailed the woman from Eve!!! Would be very good publicity for your business

What woman from eve where??

Morning. Here you all are!!
Bad bad night; went to bed 7.30, told dh to wake me at 8.05pm to do a run, but he didnt (although swears he did and I said I was tooo comfy to get up...). Ds1 woke twice, ds2 woke twice, I got up 3 times for a wee, and then there was a helicopter with search lights and flashig things for about 40 mins around 2am . And I've got such an aching back,which jusy shouldnt be possible with my lovely mattress

csws; dh is allergic to wasps too.Remember last year when he got stung 3 times at the bus stop at 6am? Do you carry a shot with you?

No, no shot. Used to take antihistamines all the time for my hayfever, which tended to mean I didn't react so much, but haven't taken them for a few years now due to ttc/pg/bf. Hopefully won't get stung, or if I do my reaction will be mild.

Amazingly we were up at 6:20 even after dd not going back to bed til so late. Think she'll be napping lots today!

too girly? (Parma violets colours)

You just like anything that looks remotely piratey don't you Flame!

CSWS - my mum suffers from wasp allergies (and mussels but that's another story) I can't seem to convince her to get a pen either but after being on a first aid course recently then I really suggest that you mention it to your doc.

I love the pics of you in that tortoise shell thing Macca - and loving the hairstyle, that's how I wanted mine when I first had it cut but it didn't quite look like that

Oh forgot to say on the other thread PG - I got your text, thank you.

Can you get any sleep today MRM?

Did I tell you I dyed my hair bright red? I did a couple of weeks ago so I may well have done.

Even DH likes the pirate outfit... he wants us to save it for tomorrow when his mates come round!!

A pen does sound more sensible... you have a little girl who needs you (and a postnatal group who'd have to start their own bloody threads ).

If you mentioned your hair Chloe then I missed it!! Photos?!?!?!

hair

You can't really see the colour properly as the light is crap - it actually looks quite brown in the pic

You're right... it does look brown

Just filled in an equirey form about doing the London Baby Show . I don't know how much it would cost etc, but I figured there was no harm in getting numbers.

It's not, I promise!

I am so and . I work wed/thur/fri and ds goes to nursery on wed&fri - friend of mine has him FOC on thurs. Anyway, the condition of me taking my job was that we wouldn't drop any money, which with friend having him thurs we haven't done.

However, friend is now moving to Ibiza (it was always on the cards but didn't think this soon) so we have put ds in nursery on thurs too - starting in a couple of weeks. Dh and I agreed that moeny would be tight now and it was a shame the cosy arrangement hadn't worked out but at the end of the day said friend must do what's right for her so I hold absolutely no grudges - she gave me 5 weeks notice.

Anyway, today we have received the nursery invoice and obviously it has added about £125 to our monthly bill with the extra day. Well, dh just flipped his lid, said we can't afford it and that I was stupid for taking my job when I hadn't organised fixed childcare. I explained that we both knew and accepted the risks of having a friend look after ds and that it was good whilst it lasted. I also explained that when he passes his exams and is qualified the extra money would cover this (we are still about 10mths off this point though)

Basically my wage covers chilcare now with little left over. He is getting arsey saying I may aswell stay at home and what's the point and it's all my fault. I am so pissed off. I love my job (for the first time in about 6 years!!!!) I have no intention on quitting, ds loves nursery and if it means us tightening the purse strings then so be it.

He is going to Glastonbury this year, he has been on 2 stag dos and I have said a few times that I am more than prepared to sacrifice a short break he was planning on taking us on (because he feels guilty about all his trips away) knowing we are short of cash.

GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for the long rant I am just so mad that he is making out that this is my fault and yet again that my job is of no fucking importance.

NO! If you are not losing money by working, and it clearly makes you happy then you work!!!!

Your little man is obv happy (or you would be posting on here all concerned).

If you wouldn't be gaining anything by being home then you fight for your job.

what about brio type train stuff (the lifting bridge at tesco is great, or the ELC station). Obviously only works if he already has some of the track and is into it.
little cars have been a great hit here.
games - ELC hedgehog one is nice, orchard toys do some good ones, ds1 had a train jigsaw one.
Duplo

spend all day out yesterday, got home, put the kids to bed and went to bed myself. dh got up with them this morning so am feeling somewhat refreshed now. even painted my toenails

at your dh for you Chloe. Remind me what he's studying for? Was it accountancy? Didn't you say when you took that job that in time your salary would rise - has he forgotten this?

Well I got the present this morning from toys r us. Wanted to get some superhero dressing up stuff, but they only had the bigger sizes, so got him a tonka fire engine in the end. It makes cool sounds and has a lifting ladder .

Bought dd a trampoline whilst we were there, as she loves them. dh moaned last night that I was buying her too much stuff (I haven't bought much at all), but I've just got some money from selling my old drysuit, so that will cover it.

We then went to the optician for the first time in 3 years, and were there 1 3/4 hours, as the guy sorting out the glasses was so f'ing slow . He was the manager, but didn't seem to know how to use the computer or get the right codes. I have no idea how it managed to take so long. Meant we didn't have time for anything else, as dd was completely knackered, so will have to go out again later to finish off errands. Glasses are so bloody expensive - got 2 pairs each, saved £80 with a voucher, plus 10% off everything as I have their loyalty card, and it still cost over £800 . Funny that dh doesn't bat an eyelid at spending this, when the trampolines he was objecting to for dd started at £15!!!