March 2007 - All present and correct now

[LunarSea]

Morning all - new thread as the old one's about to hit the 1000 posts limit.

Not so great this morning - feel like an egg-bound chicken IYSWIM. Grrr - especially as I managed to avoid it all the way through pregnancy. And not sure if there's anything I can take for it while I'm feeding?

Hi Evenhope, I know what you mean about difficulty in posting!

hello to everyone, hope you are all ok. I am finding it very difficult to find the time to post, but I do look in when I can.

I used to drink snakebite with pernod in so that makes me a very bad girl.

Ronnie is starting to look at things but I haven't been bothered to find him 'toys' to look at
Ronnie 5 weeks+1

Hi to everyone...

wow Dolly - how did you hear about the seconds sale? I love the CK shop but couldn't get across to Battersea today . Hope Foxy sees this and meets up with you .

Shanks... hope that you can get on top of these feelings. Deanna sounds lovely.

Lunar, bless, your ds is simply dashing!! The boys look gorgeous cuddled up there. Muppet - super cute piccie too.

Enjoy those smiles Mossie . Bertie sounds like a new baby these days. I love listening to Kate while she is gabbling away in her bed.

Evenhope... Kate is similar to your dd - although a bit more predictable. During the week she is perfect and has good sleeps during the day. Come the weekends, she won't sleep and only has two or three quick little catnaps - and is grumpy as!! It is so hard to take that about to cry face seriously, isn't it . I love it and have to stifle a giggle.

Look forward to Hasan's 8week update Rosy. He sounds like such a happy boy.

Hope everyone is well and enjoyed their weekends. Have sent MissE off to school for her SATS this week. What awful stress for kiddies so young.

that's a fabby link Lunar - tx

Dolly - I'm going to a handbag sale tomorrow at noon , so will try and get organised enought to drive to battersea afterwards.

Some good debates about BFing on the TV and radio today...due to BF coalistion manifesto thingy (which I made my local MP sign )

Rosy - I remember we spent a week in a friend's house in France 2 years ago and Ds1 spent the entire week running round the room swatting flies, with a swatter he named "my whack attack"!

'tis a fabby link

crikey sooooooooomuch t catch up on
Firstly gorgeous pics Lunar and Muppet!!!
Happy mothers day Oz style for Eidsvold.
Diva saw your other thread Hope you're ok petal.

Mossie you are moving into a whole new reward for your efforts phase now with Bertie, within days he will be a whole new baby almost and you'll rue his growing - TRULY you will hark back to those lovely newborn days

Finn is still being a textbook little dumpling. Am finding him an absolute joy atm
Going 5-6 hrs at night helps a lot

Sorry for Deanna and her constipation, hope you find something to sort it shanks...

I know I've missed folks I'm sorry :0
Have been hit by the time thief lately otherwise known as domestic chaos

That's a good link Lunar, I particularly liked the bit which says' Understands the word 'no'" . my children have problems in this area, clearly

hi all!

Elsie also changed into a different baby at around 6 weeks,like lots of others here are doing.its just such a relief when they start sitting there looking at things without screaming to be picked up.

kitty-glad you are ok

i am feeling better today,after everything coming to a head last night when i'd managed to convince myself of ridiculous things,which i told dp and he laughed,which made me realise just how ridiculous they were.i really need to find a constructive way of dealing with that problem though.

i think Elsie is having another growth spurt,she was feeding like mad yesterday and has started waking at 4 ish for a feed again when she had been going from 12.30-6.30 ish.dd2 is having a learning spurt and keeps coming out with new words every day,and sentences,like 'mum!im doing a wee wee!'

shanks-you should defo get a blood test,as rosy said.a bit of anxiety is normal when youve had a baby but it's not right if its starting to affect other areas of your life.

fox-bf debates-i dont get it?what is there to debate about[thick emoticon]?

Elsie-9 weeks 3 days

lunar-just had a look at that chart.its a good job i never took dd2 to the hv as they would have been concerned about her not rolling over atall till 8 months and not sitting till 10 months

although it seems'doing a wee wee','all gone'and 'daddy did it' are pretty advanced things for a 17 month old to say!another chatterbox,like her sister

Fox, I did indeed drink snakebite, when I was making the transition from cider drinker to lager. Also snakebite and black Muppet . I remember one time out with my sisters when I was 15 or 16, when we were drinking pints as followed: one had a pint of cider with triple gin in it, the other had lager with triple vodka in it and I had cider with triple martini in it... the constitution of a teenager is truly amazing...

Shanks, I'm really sorry you are feeling anxious. Second the advice given here, but you're definitely doing the right thing to try and go to stuff to meet people. That's what I'm trying to do, what with missing all the ante-natal stuff and not knowing people with babies. I'm going to an NCT coffee get together this afternoon to try and change that, then tomorrow am meeting a premmie mum.

On that note, am feeling slightly pissed off, because last week I had a text from a mum from the hospital who I hadn't heard from for a bit, who said she was feeling quite isolated etc and that she hadn't seen any other mums from the sound of it. I said about meeting up, anywhere she liked, hers, mine, cafe etc, which she was keen on. We were going to meet thurs at my house. Then on wed had a text from her saying she'd forgotten she was helping someone to move on thursday, so could we make it friday. I said no prob. That morning, I texted her to make sure of time etc, and she left a message on my answerphone saying she had ended up staying in her mum's some miles away and she could come back but it would be later. I said not to rush back - Jordi had a cold anyway, so thought it was probably for the best - and suggested the next week instead - she said monday, we agreed 11. Texted this morning just to check she was coming here cos it hadn't been clear, didn't hear a thing back. Was not surprised then when 11 came and went with no sign of her. At 11.30 had a text saying she was ill with flu, apologised 4 letting me down again. I kind of thought - if you've been ill all morning, couldn't you text a bit before 11 to say you couldn't come... Three times is just a bit too much. I don't want to accuse her of lying, but if she doesn't want to meet, I wish she'd just say so. I do have lots of sympathy if people are feeling weird after having a baby, but there's a limit to how many times you want to be messed around. Is that fair? Anyway, I texted her back to say hoped she got better soon etc and just to text me when she was feeling up to doing something, so it's down to her now.

Jordi's really sleepy again today. How long should this go on for? Paranoid mum!

Dolly, I'm glad you asked Eids about her name because I've been curious about it too! In fact, I'm curious about where everybody got their names from. I know you said why you chose yours, and some people's seem more obvious than others but I wonder about others. I picked mine because the original - Callieco - was a play on the word calico, which is what our cat's markings are which I'd tried to use on another site but it had already gone. So I changed it to Callie-co because that was also the name of the lead character in my first book.

Just checked the time of that coffee morning - it really was a coffee morning, and I've just missed it . And

Hasan had his jabs and ds2 was upset that his baby was upset They all soon recovered though. Hasan weighs 12 lbs 120z which is great.

My uncle has had a massive anurism (sp), think he's gone, well waiting today for news, doesn't look good though.

It's a lovely day here today. I've got loads of house sorting to do, in laws coming to stay in 2 weeks...panic, panic...

Ds2 is talking to someone who he can see and I can't weird....spook maybe it's my uncle

Dolly where did you find out about the Cath Kidston seconds sale? I would def have hot footed to that one, but just seen your post.
Ted waking end of peace...

callie, people can be strabge can't they. perhaps she IS feeling lonely but is also anxious about meeting new people. It's still rude and inconsiderate not to phone, though it's not that unusual (cue Tom Jones song!)
You have given it a good try though.

Rosy, hope Hasan doesn't suffer too much from his jabs
I remember ds1 talking to 'someone' in a room in our house after we'd just moved in. He was laughing and very animated, I couldn't see a thing. Must say it spooked me a bit.
How long are your inlaws staying for? Will they be able to help out?

Diva, dd2 gabbles away but it's absolute gibberish She can however mountaineer to any surface she wants, nothing is too far out of the way.
I have seen her stack stools on chairs. Yesterday she had managed to climb up to the where the kettle is, she had got the kettle, her milk powder and a bottle . Think she was trying to tell me something . But it's a right pain as I can't leave Ronnie for a second, even when he's parked on top of the kitchen table.
Glad you're feeling a bit better. Have you worked out a plan to help you over your worried patches?

Kitty its bil, sil and 4 young children so it'll be hectic and a housefull but the children will have a ball. They will be around for 5/6 days I think. Then i will probably be a wreck...trying to be chilled about it. Lol at your mountaineering self sufficient dd

Thanks for the support everyone

IAs all quiet here at the moment.My parents have taken out Deanna for a little while...I think its the first time I have been completely alone dince giving birth and its nice but feels very strange.

I think the anxiety is because I have so much going on in my head.
Since having Deanna my DH got a job and he hated it so he was depressed and I stopped talking to my best friend as she wouldnt talk to me about Deanna....said she was my friend not my daughters.
I used to relax by talking to my friend and now I cant.
i just feel i can never relax and unwind lately.
DH was out of work most of my pregnancy and the first month of Deannas life so I got used to having him around.My DH now has a job he likes but its further from home,more hours than I would like him to do.Hes going to ask his boss if he can cut his lunch hour so he can come home earlier.
I have just found out about some music classes for Deanna and we are going to 2 free ones this week so hopefully we will meet some new people there.They are held just across the road too.
My mum has also been a great help to me today and I have spoken to her about how Im feeling
So hopefully I will start to feel a bit better soon;)

shanks that is such a shame about your friend. I hope you soon make new friends who can share with you better.

I'm sorry to hear that about your friend shanks - that must be very hurtful

I'm not surprised you're stressed and anxious with that many changes going on in your life - having a baby is enough on its own! Hope you meet some nice people at the music group. It's so important to have people around who you can talk to about being a mum.

rosy - at your nice weather - it's been grey here for days and I'm starting to get a bit fed up with it. Hope Hasan is okay after his jabs - I'm with your ds2 and found it very upsetting!

Shanks - I get a bit cross when people keep letting me down. I usually say that by the third time I will give up on them,on the basis that once is fine, twice is a bit careless and three times = taking the piss! Mind you she may be genuinely ill!

Rosy - sorry to hear about your uncle. Were you close to him? My auntie died last week too.

My grandad had an anurism for years - always on the evrge of bursting and it was somehting else which killed him in the end (MRSA )

Kitty - nice to see you

I saw a suspected crime today - two boys climbing ont the roof of the shed two doors down and into their garden, then going into the shed (its a posh shed). Dialled 999 - to cut a long story short, the boys were arrested, I made a state,emt and it turns out of the of boys is my next door neighbour!! Its very awkward as we are great friends with his parents and they are a lovely family. The parents will be mortified he's been up to no good. he's claiming his ball went over the wall and he was retrieving it but the police have grounds to think it was suspicious.

..bit awkward huh?

I have to think I've done the right thing in making a statement, whatever the outcome. I just hope its all innocent.

Feeling really knackered atm and right nip is sore, but Monit's being a real cutie and keeps giggling

Eids - I'd always wondered what your name meant.

callie - I wondered what your's meant too - thought Callie was short for something else (not sure what though...)

Hasan isn't his usual happy self today, bit fretful but sleeping loads.

Sazzy the weather changed alot today and we ended up having a hailstorm this evening!

Fox I wasn't very close to my uncle but it is the first of that generation in our family to go and I feel terribly sorry for his wife who will be devastated. They were a very close lovey dovey couple. My uncle had a very unhappy life until he met her.
I hope things are ok with your neighbours...naughty boys eh?

Well I've fed everyone and cuddled Hasan today and that is about it...house still a tip...

Well I thought I'd get ten minutes but it didn't happen. Bertie hasn't really slept at all today.

Quick question - how many of your lo's can fall asleep by themselves? Or do they need rocking / singing / feeding / fill in the blank off to sleep every time?

Bertie now rarely falls asleep by himself - I say rarely I mean almost never. And today he just hasn't fallen asleep at all until now - mil finally got him off after everyone else's efforts failed.

Better go ... got to answer phone...

callie-there was a thread on chat last week asking what peoples names mean.

fox-you werent to know it was your next door neighbour,im sure his parents will just be about it !

shanks-thats not very nice of your friend,but i think it happens to alot of friendships when one person has a baby.you just find you have nothing in common anymore and drift apart

at least you are trying to get out to places where you can make new friends

rosy-sorry to hear about your uncle.maybe it was him your ds was talking to,children under 5 are very tuned in to that sort of thing.

at least he wasnt talking to himself like my ds1 does

kitty-im glad i havent got a climbing toddlershe's defo going to be a gob on legs like dd1 though....i dread to think what it will be like when dd2 is 8 and dd1 is a teenager.
i havent worked out a way that i can deal with my computer game issues when they come upeven when i feel ok in myself i still dont like it,cos i know that dp's idea of flirting is different to mine.

i started the new tablets yesterday,i feel a bit doped up but thats normal,i also have lost my appetite.that side effect can stay,i dont mind!

mossie-Elsie falls asleep by herself,but thats due to me putting her down awake from birth as i did with dd1+2 and ds2,because i used to feed/cuddle ds1 to sleep all the time and he wouldnt fall asleep on his own till he was nearly 3

diva - 3 yrs

if I stop now (ds is 9 weeks) will it be soon enough to nip it in the bud?!

do you just let them cry? I'd love to know how you do it - I try and let him fall asleep on his own but he'll just cry and cry if I leave him (well I assume - I've left him for nearly 10 minutes and it was the longest 10 mins of my life) so I go in and cuddle and shh. I try and not feed but I've started doing it recently because I'm just too knackered to shh for an hour and a half.

Mossy, Jordi will fall asleep on his own sometimes, but that's probably because that's what he was used to in hospital. When I first had him home I used to hold him all the time to try to catch up on the weeks when I couldn't so I'm lucky he will still do it at times now!

Shanks, that's a real shame about your friend. I take it she hasn't got children - it can be too big an adjustment for some people to realise how absorbing/time consuming/difficult it is having a baby if they haven't. It is very upsetting falling out with a close friend - I know, I've been there, also at a very emotional time, when my dad died. It sadly is often the times in your life when you really need someone that they can turn their back on you. Maybe she will get over herself after a while and realise you are still the person you were before, just with a baby now. If not, hope you meet some nice people at the music group. .

Where has Jay got to? Come back lovely and tell us how you and Jensen are.

Rosy, sorry about your uncle.

Fox, that's really funny. You did the right thing though. If he was up to something, a short, sharp shock now might stop him from doing something more serious another time, and if he wasn't, no harm done. You were being a good neighbour after all.

Diva, hope the pills help.

Muppet, Samuel's a poppet. I'm glad Jordi's not the only one with a double chin! Sam's my benchmark for growth.

Jordi - 18 weeks today (or 9.5)