************DECEMBER 2006 - PART 3 ****************

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I was brave and started a new thread!

meant to say - I hope everyone's OK and not flooded. We were flooded out of our home when DD1 was 16 weeks old, and had to spend 7 months out of the house while they practically rebuilt the ground floor. It's a truly miserable experience, and I do hope none of you have been impacted.

My wonderful napper has suddenly gone on the blink! So unfair He's never been the greatest at night but has done really good naps until a few days ago...I'm wondering if it has anything to do with him trying to crawl? He gets his knees and arms in the right position but can't get them coordinated completely and is reallllly frustrated atm.

hello. please forgive me,but i'm come on here to have a whinge!

I've got that horrid sickness bug that's going around. DH is away for the second weekend in a row.(both "boys" weekends) I can't do anything except lie down in bed AND i've got to supervise two small kids on a building site.AAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHH!
I'm finding being on my own with them a nightmare. when I go off to put ds2 to bed or even just feed him, ds1 manages to get up to all sorts of mischief. spilled orange juice,biro all over my bedsheets,spilled out all my fixing powder and used my mascara(to make himself pretty)

When I walked in to find my make up all over the chest of drawers and his face/pjs/hair last night I just started to cry. it's not his fault he's having to amuse himself like this.i wish my dh would hurry up and get back.I feel too poo to deal with this and it was bad enough when I was fully fit to keep him out of trouble!
DH seems oblivious to the stress of looking after an almost four year old on a building site. he did suggest he'd stay when I began to feel a bit dodgy on friday morning before he left(but I'd put that down to the four and a half hours sleep) I'd rather he just said "no thanks" to his friend in the first place (like a Mum would do!) He always leaves it to me to OK his nights out so if he doesn't get to go out it's cos nasty wife has stopped him.And he's a lovely thoughtful man,so how bad could he be???

Sorry moan over.

Almost...selfish selfish selfish clueless DH!!! That feel a little better!

((HUG)) Spina. I know what it's like as DH was away all week in Scotland fishing and I had the same bug as you, as did both DDs! It is bl***y hard and I hope you feel better soon.
I also find it slightly irritating (understatement of the year) that it's ALWAYS me who gets up with them in the morning 5am usually AND in the night. What's all that about? Is it just another burden or womanhood or is it just me????????

that should be "of" womanhood.
Sleep deprivation/general insanity ... obviously

Spina I hope you are feeling better!

We are all full of cold so sleep has not yet been had

Went to Edinburgh to visit cousins. Dcos1 had a 17 month old dd and dcos 2 has a 3 month old ds. Was a great weekend if you discount general feeling like poo. Ds is mostly over it so hoping for good sleep tonight so I can do the same as dp is starting to come down with it!

Periods are back here. Actually I was re-inserting my mooncup yesterday and felt something odd up there, fished out the offending object and it was my Mirena! Now totally paranoid as I know you can get pg if you have has sex up to 3 days before having it out!

indith
was just thinking of getting coil in again, that's put me right off!
Hope you and castles feel better soon. Hope Indith, Castles, Eli, Jabber and WB get some sleep tonight! Lord, it's a big list. I was up once last night and sitting there thinking how could you do this every night arrrrgghgh.
Went to National Railway Museum in York today, fab day out for littlies, had a really nice time & they were both really good for once! Aside from the 60-90 min feeding schedule from ds2, but that goes without saying. Before hop in the car feed, get there feed, have lunch feed etc etc. It's tedious, but have come to the conclusion that the only thing more tedious would be doing bottles that many times a day!

Sorry, meant to say hope spina you feel better soon too. And curses on dh's who nick off for weekends (or indeed entire weeks!) when their wives are ill with small children.

Hope all you poorly people are feeling better.
I'm currently at my computer tearing my hair out (well what's left of it anyway ) trying to complete a Flexible Working request form for my employers. I only want to go back 3 days (Wed to Fri), the form has stupid questions like "Describe how this new working pattern will enable you to care for your child" - obviously cos I'll be there with him rather that at work - DOH!

It's hard to tell them how my team can cope without me 2 days a week without them thinking they can do without me altogether!

Indith, less about the mirena falling out than about you actually having sex! It's so the last thing on my mind at the moment, and is driving poor old DH up the wall.

Commiserations, Gloria. Workplace bureaucracy is a nightmare.

Spina, I thought it was only my DH that did things like that. It makes me so , but I hate sounding like a harridan, so I tend to seethe quietly.

We're meant to be meeting friends at the Outsider festival in Aviemore this coming weekend. Everyone please start doing a sun-dnace!

lol@ bp's comment to indith

i am soo tired. DD2 still not over this virus and a some strange spots have appeared so i'm hoping heat rash

LOL BP!!

The great advantage of having a baby who sleeps from 7pm til

Seriously though, I know it is highly unlikely given that I have started bleeding but the reason that I got a coil is that we already managed to get pg under improbable circumstances and I would quite like to get a degree now!

Imagine, erm, 'wonderful departmental administrator? You know how fab you have been getting me lots of concessions? Well I kind of need another one'

Nope didn't hurt, just felt it hanging around up my fanjo (get me on the MN sland ) when I put my cup in.

Ooops, Indith. We did the same thing this week and I didn't get a morning after pill, we'll take our chances (I mean we had unprotected sex, not that my coil fell out too!). Only chance I'll get to persuade dp to have another, although I'm not entirely sure myself...Morning after pill to be taken within 48 hrs, I think?

Oh no gs, not another poorly lo! Gloria, been there done that, PITA! Unichief, bf is such a struggle sometimes isn't it, sorry you've been feeling down I usually feel better about bf if I tell myself I'm going to give up next week, and then I invariably find something I like about it again

Gah

Another bad night, feel like the walking dead today, 3 nights with virtually no sleep and I dont seem to be able to think straight. Was meant to be running Buggies and Bikes this morning but managed to turn up with no changing bag for Hannah, other girl sent me home to rest, good thing too I think I would have been more of a hinderance than help and my conversation is not there either.

I have the coil fitted, but dont actually have the time or energy for sex, but I didnt want to miss out if the opportunity ever arose! snigger

Uni - Glad your starting to feel better, I've been having bad days here and there, but am refusing to give into it at the moment.

I want my baby back that slept!!!!!!

Awwww Spina, your right we wouldnt go away to start with but if we thought OH was ill we would never go. I hope you are going to get some night out in return!

Think I am very lucky that my DH's friends are all married with kids themselves and all quite geeky, there idea of fun is having a wargames evening. I suppose it might be one advantage of DH being 9 years older than me, all my friends are all the singles ones trying to get me out clubbing

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