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

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EllieK · 16/06/2007 01:16

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

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octo · 19/06/2007 11:33

and me Pesha - shout at boys when wouldn't normally do. Make an effort not to lose my rag!

Pesha · 19/06/2007 11:43

They dont make it easy though do they?!

I find i get really stressy when i'm trying to do something, dylan's screaming and dd and ds are on at me about things, it's all too much and i snap. Any 2 of those and im fine but all 3 together (normally in a supermarket or trying to get out the house for school) and I feel like my head might explode!!

nuttygirl · 19/06/2007 11:50

Have started a thread about it...DH's employer is being a PITA about it .

liath · 19/06/2007 11:52

Back from hairdresser, got talked into buying some fancy spray thing, oops.

2 feeds here - 2am and 6am - ususlly manage to pursuade ds to go back to sleep after the 6am one and thank goodness dd rarely is up before 8am (we are so lucky, she's a great sleeper). Am less tired than I should be but still get knackered by evenings. I go to bed as soon as ds nods off.

Dd's favourite swear word is "Dammit". I love swearing and have a real potty mouth so have had to really curb myself lately.....

CaptainDippySuperBoobs · 19/06/2007 11:53

Boo!! Not long to type cos DD3 is being a pickle this AM.

Would love to see your Erin doing her Cheeky Smiles, Nutty! Phoebe is 7 weeks & still not really smiling - please tell me I am not the only one????? She can roll onto her side though, which is quite disturbing!!

@ your DH mammyjo - you poor thing- How well I know that "having an extra child" thing ..... can't believe he told you to "piss off" He's a Poohead!!

Tee! Hee!

Can't believe the "Ellie & Joe Show" is coming today!! I've got their room all lovely & ready for them - freshly decorated & everything!! V.excited & quite nervous too!!

nuttygirl · 19/06/2007 11:56

CD - Erin didn't smile much then either...an occasional one when she thought no-one was looking . All of a sudden she started doing it loads! She also talks to her baby gym now

CaptainDippySuperBoobs · 19/06/2007 12:00

P does the talking thing, just not the smiling thing .... worried she's going to be a "solemn one" like my DD1 - can only cope with one of those!!

nuttygirl · 19/06/2007 12:00

Right better get ready to go..of to the hospital to read my notes in DHs lunch hour so can't be too long!

nuttygirl · 19/06/2007 12:01

Err....that should be off!!!

mammyjo · 19/06/2007 12:02

CD, you're right, he is a poohead! He just called so I answered it after ignoring his first call. He says "not speaking to me are you?". I wonder why. He just doesnt get it at all. He just comes and goes as he pleases and thinks its ok to leave to manage the house and the children on my own. At least we are speaking now, albeit a little strained!

CaptainDippySuperBoobs · 19/06/2007 12:02

Hope it goes ok Nutty hon - take your time over the reading the notes ..... {{{{{hugs}}}} I've gotta go too - need to give DD2 lunch, scoop her & DD3 up, grab DD1 up from Pre-School & get to work .... all so complicated - and I want more!!!!!?

CaptainDippySuperBoobs · 19/06/2007 12:03

You should have said: "No. I am not speaking to you. You. You. Poohead!!"

mammyjo · 19/06/2007 12:07
Grin
mammyjo · 19/06/2007 12:10

Ooh CD, forgot to say, enjoy the Ellie and Joe show. I heard that tickets are selling for thousands on ebay!!

maveta · 19/06/2007 12:18

Hello again.. yes twice a night kills me but normally N sticks to once thankfully.. I´ve had a bastard toothache in my wisdom tooth for about 4 days now and it´s making me feel miserable. Not sure how long to leave it before going to the dentist. Haven´t ever bothered for this pain before cos it does just come and go from time to time.. adult teething I guess?! Just chugging back the paracetamol, ibuprofen and bonjela like nobody´s business. oh poor me

Got my fuzzi bunz today! Only ordered one to see how I get on, it´s so cute! Would be a great changing bag nappy instead of having to take nappies AND wraps so really hoping it works for us.

N has started smiling but only just, CD, and they are like gold dust, looking forward to them being a bit more frequent. He doesn´t ´talk´ much either knew I would have a lazy baby

Moving the cotbed into our room will be such a major hassle I am thinking maybe we should hang on another month and then just move him out. I´d planned to have him in with us at least 6 months but might be nice for dh and I to have a tiny little space just for us again.??

Dh called to recount a convo he had with a colleague today (also a proud new dad, 2nd time tho´) and apparently they really clicked on the basis of their wives´ having completely lost the plot. Cos we think we do everything, dontcha know? But it´s okay, apparently they just ignore us . Hands up who thinks this is a conversation he DIDN´T need to share with me

Sexonknackeredlegs · 19/06/2007 12:21

Still pmsl at "poohead"!!

CD, really hope you have a lovely time when the Ellie and Joe Show arrives. It is so fab that the friendships formed on here become real. I feel all emotional now!!

K is doing quite a bit of smiling, mostly at dh! She is going to be a floozy like B. B wound down her window at the petrol station on Sunday and was blowing kisses at the men in the vehicle next to us, which happened to be a Fire Engine! Sooooo embarrassing!

Right, need to inhale lunch and then take K for her jabs. I am so incredibly nervous.

See you later loves. xx

oooggs · 19/06/2007 12:34

Octo - where are your parents??? Close to me?? Could always borrow my travel cot.

mammyjo · 19/06/2007 12:35

LOL at lunch inhalation!! Hope jabs go ok SOKL. Not looking forward to F's second lot in a couple of weeks. Just as well you are stocked up on the calpol!

Maveta, is your dh mad? Def NOT the conversation you need to have relayed to you. The way I feel about mine today he would have got a swift boot up the arse and told to go and stay with his mother!!

oooggs · 19/06/2007 12:37

Weighing - Erin 11lb 13.5oz & Jack 14lb 0.5oz and 11 weeks and 5 days

mammyjo · 19/06/2007 12:38

Octo, forgot to say, could Ernie (I LOVE that name!) sleep in with you for one night or maybe in the buggy if he would settle? Would just save on extra luggage.

mammyjo · 19/06/2007 12:40

Hi oooggs! Your dt's are fab weights! Ffion was 11lb 10oz last Friday so has at least gained some from the last weigh in. I was a bit worried as she had only gained a few ounces in a couple of weeks, but this time has gained 8oz in 10 days so not bad. Thanks again for the breast pads!

Pesha · 19/06/2007 12:53

Quick post cos really should be doing things after moaning yesterday about never getting the chance

Nutty - good luck at hospital

SOL - good luck with jabs

Liath - your hair looks lovely

Octo - one of those pop up little travel cot things if you could find 1 second hand then sell it on again or would he be too big? Car seat overnight? Not ideal but for a one off ok. SIL type person is putting her ds (3 weeks) down in car seat every night, says its only place he'll sleep.

Mammyjo - dp is exactly the same. Fair enough (in my case) I am house wife and not contributing to income at all but still not sure that means i should do everything while dylan is this little and demanding. Although he was a star yesterday (think he picked up on my mood!) and blitzed 90% of the lounge while i was cooking so he's in good books at mo!

CD - Dylan is smiling lots but think 7 weeks is still quite normal not to be. He also 'talks' lots more than nathan ever did which is lovely. Cant remember how much dd did at this age so long ago!

All of tyhose with older children are any of you having trouble with them loving the baby too much. Nath adores dylan but just wants to cuddle him and stroke him and get right up nose to nose with him and he's not exactly gentle. Im trying to be very nice and keep telling him to be gentle and give him space and explaianing why but he either doesn't listen ir throws a paddy and 2 mins later is back doing it again! Feel like im forever telling him and now patience is wearing abit thin.

So much for quick post!!

Emmymummy · 19/06/2007 13:12

Hi all, knackered today, have horrid cold/sneezey thing/ runny nose, coupled with a totally crap night, so feeling rather rough.

Octo & Pesha - S's sleeping patterns are still all over the place. In fact they sound a bit like Dylan's, i.e. feeds 2 or 3 times a night and then cluster feeds after 4.30ish. Nightmare as if she wakes at 4am or so she generally doesn't really go back to sleep again, but just dozes on and off.

And she's got the shits today. Has done several massive poos, one just before the school run which warranted removing all her clothes and bathing her in the sink.

So really could do with curling up for a nice snooze right now, but not looking likely. God I am knackered.

Dippy - how exciting that the E&J show is about to arrive. Isn't MN wonderful?

SOKL - at least B has taste (blowing kisses at firemen). Do you think she's gonna be partial to men in uniform (a girl after my own heart).

Emmymummy · 19/06/2007 13:14

Oh yes, Maveta - could you have the wisdom tooth out? I only ask as I had the same a couple of years ago and I had the little blighter pulled out. It was over in seconds and I've obviously had no aches and pains since.

elkiedee · 19/06/2007 14:00

Danny certainly isn't sleeping through the night. Mike has generally been doing night feeds though I feel guilty about it, but last night Mike was feeling ill so I had to try and cope with those as well. It did make me appreciate what Mike does, though Mike at least doesn't have to deal with sighing and groaning noises and a bathroom that's unavailable for 20 minutes at a time just when I realise that Danny desperately needs changing and things are soaking through his clothes and/or I could do with using the place myself.

Thankfully my mum came for a planned visit this morning, she's in London for another conference (she's a mostly but not totally retired academic who seems to have taken up every opportunity to come down with someone else paying the train fare since little one was born, to see grandchild, me and my little sister who lives a couple of miles from here, and her own two sisters who also live in north London). I was nervous of what she'd make of today's disarray but I think she realised I needed help not scolding and was very sympathetic, and let me eat my breakfast.

Now I'm having a second coffee and reading a little of my novel (reading deprivation is as much of a problem as sleep deprivation for me) while Mike, off sick from work but much better than he was overnight, feeds and cuddles the little one. I have a bath run and waiting for me.

Then I'll take Danny out for a bit while dp gets a bit more rest, and hopefully Danny will sleep in the pram while I get one of the many things I need to done. Am debating between tracking down someone to take passport photos of a baby, buying a new kettle as current one is not very safe to use, shopping for baby clothes as rather too many of Danny's are "newborn" instead of 0-3 and I'm getting all sad at the prospect of putting away my favourites, the ones Mike chose from Mothercare.

So much for quick post from me, must get off mumsnet and go and wash my hair.