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

I can honestly say ooogs I have never been so tested in all my life.

I knew it wouldn't be easy but fgs. Road safety isn't it obvious?

And yeh screaming and shouting at him i bloody hate it all.

vodka...could be dangerous...we might run away and leave our DHs to deal with the kids

I'd best let you know my address, you'll have to email me tho (DH deleted my email stuff so don't have an up to date list!)

My email is hazel at the raisons . me . uk (without the spaces!)

Pinions, I am so sorry you are having such a bad time. Sending vats of vodka to you.

Ange, hope the dentist was ok.

Nutty, Erin is gorgeous.

Lazyemma, I seem to find that we have 1 good day followed by a crap day here, for no apparent reason.

Well, K is ok, a bit grizzly and sensitive, but no fever or anything....yet! I tried calpol and she spat it out. Someone suggested using the infacol dropper which sounds great - babies don't "get" spoons!!

Octo, hope you had a lovely tea.

Hi Ooogs!

SOKL - my pharmacy included a syringe with my calpol.

Oooh, that was clever. We just got the regular spoon with it which was hopeless!

Emailed u nutty hope it makes sense, heads in a total spin today.

Here's a few photos together, for anyone who wants to look, rather than cluttering up all your email inboxes whether you like it or not

This is something of a test!

Luci

My photos
www.flickr.com/photos/9090183@N02/

SOKL thanks for the vats of vodka x

Anyone noticed we haven't heard from either the dipster or ellie yet.

I wonder if this means they've killed each other already??? lol.

Pinions, dont know whether it would be practical or not, but could you try one of those wrist strap things with ds so that he is attached to you and cant run off. I know that my ds would hate it and feel like he was being babified (is that a word?), but it would be enough of a deterrent to keep him walking beside me not in the road. Just an idea.

Its funny u should say that, cos thats what one of the mums who witnessed the whole event suggested. great idea, its just that he's approaching 4 noe and just feel he should be way past that stage, but you're right. Either that or putting back into a pram anything to keep my bloody sanity.

Thanks ooggss - but don;t think we are even going to get to plymouth til after his bedtime anyway and in laws aren;t great at arranging stuff - very kind offer though - thanks

Pinions, I would have thought of those things ("reins"?) as being aimed at kids of your son's age because that's when they're probably most needed. I know I'm a very novice mum but I was a much older big sister (nearly 8 when brother was born, nearly 11 years older than sister.

At the mmoment I'm panicking about whether I'm doing things right, I guess I have the years of panicking about Danny having an accident to come.

Hi elkie. Its all part of motherhood I'm afraid and you tend to start to take it in your stride, however there are some days when it really is a near miss and i can tell you its awful.

He had reins for approx 18 months and close to 4 years old theres noway he should be using them really. He's very bright and active its not as if he has any learning diffculties or anything, but its just the road safety where he seems so bloody backward. When i think about i suppose thats my own fault (blame again) cos he has always gone EVERYWHERE by car and has never ever walked at all, ie nursery/shopping/trips out blah blah. I am at my wits end.

As DP kindly reminded me we are both ex-athletes so thats probably part of it. He has got too much pent up energy.

Well about to go, absoluteley promised myself to be in bed by 8 tonight to try and catch up. Hoping for a much less dramatic day tomorrow, thanks for everyones words of wisdom. Night ladies.

And to Dippy and Ellie, your absence has been noted, hope you are having a great time wherever you are, have a few drinks for the rest of us.

BYE XXX

Night pinions. Hope tomorrow brings a better and less stressful day xx

Ooh, missing the night owl types on this thread tonight.

I know. I never normally get chance to come on here during the evening and the one time I do they have all disappeared!!
You ok Elkie?

Not great, no, just feeling weepy and anxious about everything. I had good intentions this afternoon but didn't get far. Still, the next few days should be better, something to do for each of the next 4 days and then hopefully a relaxing Sunday, dp is still not feeling great but he's not spending half of every hour in the bathroom.

Gues that's me qualified as a late night type then!

Thouht I'd add to the poo theme:
Had a literally poo Fathers Day on Sun - DH returned from Guernsey at 1:45 am T up at 4 and so when Cameron woke at 6:30 I told him to play with his cars for a while after I'd changed his night time nappy. All was quiet until he called out "weewee-poopoos mummy" - I said "thanks for telling me - just leave it in your nappy" {We're talking about it after the fact not quite at potties yet} And life went quiet for a while Ha. ha. When I went in about 20 mins laterI found poo lovingly smeared into a couple of his cars and liberally over the floor. Grrreat.

So. What would you have done first? Chastise child?/wash child?/wash floor?/feed whimpering baby? That's before we get on to disinfect entire car collection....

Really looking forward to Brighton on Friday my original childcare fell through this week but have managed to fnd someone for a whole day at last moment so I'm still coming! yay!

I have now officially lost track of what day of the week it is - not helped by DH randomly being away 2 days this week, as well as last weekend...

Am going to get T weighed tomorrow as I suspect she'll be in the running on the skinny stakes as was 9lbs 9 at 8 weeks and I seem to be going in bi-weeekly atm.

right - must eat....

elkiedee - I'm panicking about doing things right too, I really sympathise. I'm trying to get used to the fact that this constant low-level guilt/worry is going to be a fixture in my life from now on. Becoming a mother has been wonderful but absolutely fricking terrifying at the same time, no two ways about it.

I looked at your pictures and they are so lovely. The one of you and Danny with the sun coming through the window is really pretty, and I also love the one in his carseat, and the one on his playmat where he's looking so excited!

Pinions, 3 year olds are great. DD seems to have picked up a bit of road sense through LOTS and LOTS of shouting/nagging and inward swearing! I would go with the strap idea. As you said maybe the threat will be enough to keep him off the road

Also, with dd with running off in shops etc, finding nemo has helped as she doesn't want to get caught by the diver like nemo OK so you don't see many divers around town but it works for her

And I totally agree about having had ENOUGH. I feel like that quite a bit and the why did I have a 2nd I'm holding onto the hope that it will get better I've said it before but roll on september when dd will go to preschool every morning. I can safely say I cannot wait I'm also seiously considering going back to work fulltime and dh going part time. Just not sure this will work practically and financially. Still have plenty of time to mull it over before december.

SOKL, we used a syringe with dd when she was tiny to give her calpol. Think it cost us about 50p but that's coz i went to boots. Maybe a local pharmacy would let you have one. So much easier!

Right cannot remember anything else. I read everything but it all goes flying out of my gnat sized brain before I can get to the posting stage. They should do a pop up message box so you can read and type bits as you go

hi everyone
just a flying visit as loads to do xx

Elkie, I remember feeling exactly the same with ds. I lived on my nerves for ages and felt like my stomach was in a continuous knot. It does get better - honestly!! With dd I am like a different person, so much more relaxed. I am me now, with ds I didnt really recognise myself. At least you have got some distraction for the next few days.

Hey Lazyemma, hope you are doing ok.

Waspelly, dont know where I would have started with the poo!! Not really what you want to start cleaning when you first get up in the morning!

I think CD and her houseguest must be having far too much of a good time! No sign of either of them.

Am watching the F word (in love with Gordon Ramsay) and Janet Street Porter is cooking with pigs blood - bleughhhhhhhh.