April 2007 - feeling broody already? shoot me now ................

[EllieK]

not feeling terribly imaginative but wanted to get a new thread going so i could send out the round-up

Dont think he would katy and ive nowhere to go! But actually might suggest he takes all 3 to visit his nan and grandad after school one day for couple of hours so i can have bit of a blitz and try and see if i can find my floors again He was saying he needs to go see them soon and his nan will prob happily spend whole time cooing over dylan so all he has to do is drive!!

Morning! Promise this won't be such a huge post... have recoverd from mn withdrawal I think!

Waiting on DS2 waking to feed him, left boob is in agony. Might express actually so dh can try a bottle later on - dh hasn't managed to get him to take any so far. Not sure whether to persevere or give up?

Not sure how ds2 is sleeping through racket ds1 is making tho - surely playdough shouldn't be so noisy?? Must be a boy thing, dd never made this much noise...

Thanks for all lovely photos, babies all getting so big already! ds2 too big for facing inwards in sling as the straps dig in - put him facing outwards yesterday at play park (tho sure this is supposed to be from 3-4 months), he loved it and held his head fine. Think that is why he is so tired today, all that fresh air!

Aww Pesha, sympathy straight back at you . I don't understand the lying either - it's like they're trying to test you to see how clever you are or something, or to see if they can pull one over you. I guess it's the start of that thing where kids always think they know more than adults coz adults are just dull and past it and haven't lived or anything . And I totally know where you're coming from with the constant feeding, tidying, washing....hum drum stuff. It drives me mad too. No sooner do I hoover than DH walks through the house with his shoes on dragging in dirt & leaves. At least I have trained Em to take her shoes off, but it seems that this rule does not apply to DH and his size 10s.

Pesha - I feel EXACTLY the same!!!! {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

I know that's not v.helpful; but you are not alone in how you are feeling - sometimes I just feel like a cleaning / tidying / mummy machine. I hate it! Being a mum is sooooooo dull most of the time.....

Hi nelly!

N ot that doing housework is really the break I need but if house not so bad that should lower my stress levels abit and stop me feelihng so frustrated. Dont think d goes more than an hour without a feed during the day or at least screaming for one and drives me mad being stuck in a chair with him whilst all around is chaos!

Oh how well I know that feeling .....

Sorry took ages writing that and x posted with everyone. have to go collect ds1 now, back soon no doubt. At least i have mn whilst feeding otherwise i really wouldhave had a breakdown by now!!

Pesha - Just reading posts, symapthise completely! I spend all day washing, feeding people and going to school and resent HUGELY having to also pick up everyone else's unnecessary mess - or alternatively sit and look at it because I haven't the time to tidy! WHy can't they all just put things back??? I would try getting one room cleared, or just focus on getting one thing done. Then if you do more it's a bonus. Must go and practice what I preach tho, can't be bothered today...

I should visit work, hard to believe it's 10 weeks already (I had use it or lose it annual leave to take before due date, and then Danny was late). Can't imagine that my workplace will go without more restructures before March 2008 but hopefully the convenor will let me know the serious news. I'm still feeling guilty about the mess I left behind and that I should try and take more stuff away before September. We have an annual legal practice inspection in October every year and the secretaries (of which I'm one) have to help conceal huge quantities of filing and make things look tidy. (Work is the inhouse legal department of a council).

Whew, Danny's finished his (bottle) feed, after just over an hour and a half. I'm beginning to think he's a lazy baby.

Yes, I find it much easier to break up what I need to do into more managable portions....

Pesha - sorry you're feeling stressed out. It must be so hard for all of you with more than one, I think tou're all doing a great job.

Maveta - I won't be doind EC just yet although am thinking of trying it in afew months time. Mum said my gran used to do that with me and I was potty trained by the time I was 1 (during the day).

Hope everyone else is ok. I did catch up with the thread but got a bit distracted by Facebook and promptly forgot what I'd read.

ooh Elkie - just seen your pic of Danny, so cute, looking forward to meeting both of you!

Stress levels rising... playdough now all over floor, table and ds1's trousers and socks. Yet again I'm thinking dd never made mess like this!!

Just had to check ds2 breathing ok, he's been asleep for hours! Will no doubt wake as soon as I start to get lunch ready. Still, pleased been able to catch up on e-mail and mn!

coooey!

joe fed at midnight then slept til 5.30, 1.5 hours longer than normal!

washing being done, dishwasher been on, so much to do before tomorrow!

ah nellyhel...why does that always happen??? Do you think babies can smell our lunch?

have sent on email from octo/dippy as i don't think all the newcomers were on the list, so apologies to those of you that've already had them!

hey Ellie! Is it the Ellie & Joe show tomorrow? (or are you just busy?)

it is nutty, i'm off to Dippy's house

Yeah I do think that EC is a totally different matter if you already have a tiny tearaway, or more, running around. Not even remotely entertaining the notion of doing it in a hard-core way, or even of starting soon.. just think that at least shoving them over a potty at times when you KNOW they´re pretty much guaranteed to do a wee/poo could save a nappy change. But we´ll see..i love my nappies far too much to try and get him out of them too soon

That'll be nice for you Ellie, hope you all have a great time.

Maveta - you know we'll have to have loads of kids just so we can keep buying cute nappies

Hi all. Pesha, I know exactly how you feel. I am forever nagging at ds and dh to pick up after themselves. I mutter away to myself (a lot of the time) that I am the only one capable of doing anything around the house. I swear that dh would live in a bog as long as he didnt need to do anything to it. It is my major bug bear at the moment and really makes my stress levels rocket!

Maveta, I always left F until she actually started to yell at me overnight. Dont know whether this had any effect on the fact that she now sleeps all night. I would hear her snuffling but could fall back to sleep until she got a bit noisier.

CD, your dress was lovely. Sorry, forgot to comment on that after looking at your photos!

Ellie, glad that Joe settled for you in the end. Have fun on the Ellie and Joe show!

I'm buying some from Octo...Erin did a huge poo that leaked out of both sides of her terry at just the right time...DH was suddenly convinced that I should buy some other nappies!

i'd say if you want to do it as an occasional thing then go for it, but i wouldn't go in for using it as proper toilet training, as you say, you couldn't use your cute nappies then

I have that prob with DH too Mammyjo. I don't think he notices that he just dumps stuff. Just this morning I asked him to put a nappy in the nappy bucket (in kitchen) and take a carrier bag upstairs (he was going up to get ready for work). I went into kitchen to make a cup of tea earlier and there was the bloomin carrier on the floor.