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Jan '07 Part 9: Bald Babies Rule The World......(and ones with a thatch aren't bad either)

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Wilkie · 11/05/2007 12:36

Still feeling a tad bitter about yesterday.

But hey......I'm the first one on the brand shiny new thread

....every cloud....

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pinkcandyfloss · 18/05/2007 09:41

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ellieandhattie · 18/05/2007 09:45

well done pcf thats great

Lizzzombie · 18/05/2007 10:08

Congrats PCF - that like a really fat newborn baby you have lost off of yourself!
Do you ever go to Shoreham Tescos/M&S/MacDonalds complex? I was thinking where would be half way if you ever fancied meeting up. Would you be up for it? x

Lizzzombie · 18/05/2007 10:18

In case anyone missed the Skoda cake ad last night:

YUMMY

PCF - Don't look!

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Lizzzombie · 18/05/2007 10:40

Cool! Let me know when is good for you. Or I can do Shoreham if thats easier. Or, actually, am being a lazy git. The 700 bus (coastliner) stops right outside my house. That goes to Worthing doesn't it? Do you want to meet somewhere which 'child friendly' for you? x

Dragonhart · 18/05/2007 11:09

So since Luke has been in his big boy bed, he has been getting up with me in the morning and coming in the bathroom while I get ready.

Today I had a shower and there I was washing myself and Luke suddenly says 'oh dear, oh dear!' poining at me. So I said 'whats wrong Luke?' 'Oh dear! A poo! A poo!'. Suddenly realise he is poining at my ladygarden!(which I must admit is a bit overgrown!).

So I told him no, that is hair Luke. And he looked at me, laughed and said, 'noooo!', pointed to his head and said 'hair' as if I was dim then carried on reading his book!

Later when I was putting my breast pads in m bra, he took two out of the box and stuffed then under his tshirt! What with that and my mum getting him to put lipstick on when she leaves I thnk dh is rather worried!

Well done pcf! Much admire your discipline. I have none and so have a saggy flabby belly!

We are of to the inlaws to night. mil has already rung about three time 'just to check afew things'. I know she is just excited but I am trying to pack!

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Lizzzombie · 18/05/2007 12:17

PCF - week after next would be great for me. Not the 30th though as we have DJ's 4th (?wtf) lot of injections then.
Has anyone else had these? I thought there were only 3 lots. We've got 3rd lot on 23rd, then more on the 30th. Odd.
Can I just say, those of you with cleaners are missing out. I am in the middle of spring cleaning my bathroom. (oh the interesting life I lead!)
WTF - a sea gull has just flown into my window!!!!!!

...anyway...I am totally addicted to the smell of cillit bang crystals. Not only is it a wonderous cleaning product, but it smells soooooo good! [trippy emotion] Plus, am working up quite a sweat, must have burnt off enough calories for another piece of flapjack by now!

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laughalot · 18/05/2007 13:30

Hello everyone it must must be a day for cleaning because thats what iv been doing today but unlike lizz iv not been getting high on bathroom cleaner. I am a happy mummy as my dd slept through again I was so convinced she was going to be like my ds who only slept through from the age of around 8 months .

Eah glad your little brood is ok and dont be to that you dont live closer we shall come and stop at yours for a few days if you like .

Lizz you do seem to have alot of problems with them seagulls serves you right for being posh and living at the seaside .

Dragon pmsl at your bush have you not heard of veet ?

Pcf sorry about your night with alex hope he is better tonight and I simpathise on the driving thing as I dont drive either had a bad experiance with my driving instructor.

Rgee fancy pippa getting that money I have had premium bonds since I was born which was years ago not quiet as long as you though and iv only won once.

Mrscarrot how was your namesake did you make it ?

Ud best of luck with tomorrow I really hope it is a success I will buy the news of the world on sunday just in case lizz's tit cakes make front page news.

I know iv missed loads of you so sorry but heeeeeeeeelllllloooooooo

trixymalixy · 18/05/2007 13:38

Afternoon!

Have just bought a BT wreless burglar alarm and got a guy coming out to give us a quote for some new fences. The burglar didn't get away with a lot, but this burglary is costing us a fortune!!

Can you believe that the insurance company aren't going to replace the glass until Monday, nearly a week after it happened!! Am really peed off about it.

EAH - you sound so organised!! Can you give me some tips on how to keep my house in order please?

Lizz - at jelly tit cakes!

PCF - well done on the weight loss! I'm still waiting for this supposed weight loss you get with breastfeeding .

UD - good luck wth the breastfeeding picnic. I'm sure it will be fine. Wish I wasn't so far away or I'd come along.

Mrs C - let me know how the carrotcake goes! I managed to eat some pate yesterday which had milk in it by mistake and definitely had an effect on DS. I'm absolutely convinced that's what was causing his tummyache.

Rgee - I'm sure we've got mice as well. The cats are always peering under the kitchen units. We have 2 cats, but they are useless. In fact I'm convinced they actually brought the mice into the house!!

theUrbanDryad · 18/05/2007 13:51

Zac now weighs 15lbs5oz and a half! faaaaat boy!

theUrbanDryad · 18/05/2007 15:33

right, so today i have taken Zac to be weighed, gone to Tescos, realised they didn't have what i wanted, gone to Morrisons, made two pizzas, a shepherd's pie, done 2 lots of washing up and a load of laundry. do i get the busiest mumma award??

Lizzzombie · 18/05/2007 16:50

Photo of 'Jelly Tit Cakes' are up! (do I sound like a boob obsessive, am aware that I go on about cake and boobs alot!) sorry! x

Wilkie · 18/05/2007 17:22

Hello all. Sorry but this is going to be a crappy post.

Feel really down today - I am really tired cos J had a crappy night (not unlike yours UD) which doesn't help. I am sick of living in this city with no family around to help out.

My friends all have kids so none can babysit, I do everything with J all of the time because of DHs stupid fucking job that takes up all of his time and is stupid hours.

I am knackered and would love to have someone nearby that would happily take J off my hands for an hour or two every now and again.

I adore being a mum but sometimes it is just so hard not having a second to yourself.

DH has been annoying me today a bit cos he keeps saying 'What should I do with him now?' How the f*ck should I know - make it up...that's what I do.

We are stuck in limbo cos of DHs job. He is fully qualified but has to wait for a post to come up that he can take. This means we can't move to a larger house which we need to, I don't know where we will end up so it could be miles from our family and I hate being so up in the air.

Sorry for the shite post but god I am so fed up today.

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theUrbanDryad · 18/05/2007 17:34

Wilkie - here, have a {{{hug}}}, even though i don't do them very often. FWIW, we're in a similar situation, we can't move anywhere or do anything because of dh's job and we don't know where we'll be next year. could you not drop J round a friend's house? then even if they can't come over to yours to babysit you still get a bit of time to yourself.

Wilkie · 18/05/2007 17:47

UD - not really drop J round to a friends. My BF has her own 4 month old, my other friend is going through a very messy split with her DH and has an 18 month old, and my other friend doesn't 'do' children so I wouldn't feel secure leaving him with her

Feel so isolated.

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theUrbanDryad · 18/05/2007 17:59

are there any mums & tots groups you go to? to help you feel less isolated perhaps?

MrsCarrot · 18/05/2007 18:16

Well, put it this way, I won't be sending anyone any carrotcake, it's more like a biscuit, tastes nice though, just a strange texture. Might use ordinary flour next time with the dairy free topping, that was yummy!

Wilkie sorry you're feeling crap. For what it's worth this is absolutely the classic time to start feeling like this. Four months. Hits everyone every time. The tiredness has caught up with you, any babymoon type treats have worn off, you might be worried about going back to work, people ask how you are less and so on, and if you feel like you don't get a break then that's hard.

Mostly you need to kind to yourself. Can any of your friends with babies do a swap with you or something? Try and time it so at least one of their naps is due and you race off to have a massage, or, is there somewhere with a creche, just for an hour? I rarely have time away from F, it seems a treat when the others are at school and when he's asleep, I TRY to sit with a book or whatever rather than cleaning {yes, I do some!) or washing, I hate doing the washing and then before you know it they're awake. Are you going back to work? Keep reminding yourself that you'll have plenty of baby free time then.

Also, although it is annoying that your dh says things like that, it really isn't worth resenting it. Of course they SHOULD just do something else or know what to clean without asking and so on, mostly they just don't and you may as well let it go over your head, even if you inwardly groan and think that YOU have to think about it.

Can you do some stuff you enjoy in the evening, if he's bottle fed you could go to the cinema could you, or theatre? Sounds like I'm preaching now, but I would lurve to go the theatre. Sigh. Have to be a breast squirt away at all times!

Hope you feel better. It's the tennis soon! Pimms and strawberries on the sofa while LO plays on the floor? Ok, maybe that's just me

Hello to everyone else

trixymalixy · 18/05/2007 18:38

Wilkie,

I know exactly how you feel. It is just so relentless this having a baby business, you just don't get a break.

One of my friends gets a break by going to the local sports centre and putting her baby in the creche for an hour and goes and sits in the jacuzzi. They come and get you if LO is not happy

Shimmer · 18/05/2007 19:00

Hi all. Sorry you're feeling shitty today Wilkie I also know exactly how you feel. I'm not living near family or anyone (aprt from dp) who'll take Freddie off my hands for a while. Carrot and Trixy are very sensible though, so i don't really have much more advice than that. How would your BF feel about you 2 both having some time with both babies so the other gets some time off? Also, i am getting very good at letting DP know when i want to go and do something by myself... shopping at the weekend or the gym in the evening or something. I find if i let him know in advance and then just leave him with F they do actually get on just fine without me!

Had a lovely day with DP and F in Brighton today. I thought of you Lizz...was trying to suss out where the strongest smell of flapjacks was coming from so i could wave to you but obviously should have been trying to get a wiff cillit bang today!

Ohhhh I got a Prada mobile today It was an upgrade from my old one so was only a tenner! I never get excited about phones or techonology stuff, but this is very cool. It doesn't have buttons it's all touch screen!

UD hope everything's sorted for the picnic! I'm ment to be meeting up with a friend tomorrow but i will definitely try and stop by and say hi at some point (& try and recognise you from your photos!) - it is only about 15 mins from my flat.

Lizz - love the tit cakes!!