April 2007 - grandma and her crew

[JoMa]

hello!

Still feeling bit odd. Had an entirely internet free day yesterday and it felt quite liberating. We went to Golden Acre park and looked at the geese and ducks and sat under a big tree. Very nice.

G had slightly better nights Wed and Thu. So not quite as tired.

I too love teetha powders. I can see G's bottom front teeth in his gums but they aren't quite through yet. DH got 1st tooth at 4 months so I think G takes after his daddy.

Have decided to go up to NE from Sunday-Wed. DH is in Edinburgh for work and I really want to see my mam and gran. Gran has got terminal cancer and is deteriorating pretty quickly. Mam is caring for her at home with help from my dad and aunty. She's knackered (emotionally and physically) and feels like she's missing out on her first grandchild. While I'm still on ML I feel like I should try and go up as much as possible. It'll also mean 4 more net-free days as there's no pc at my parent's house.

Love to you all.

Joma glad you got sorted with advance and nursery etc.
FF glad funeral went as well it could. Hope your neck/back improves.
Katy - hope you and T feel better today.
Maveta - What anight/morning! Hope DH and N are better by tonight.
Luce - hope things went well for your aunty.

Sorry if I've missed anyone.

maveta - and at dh. Hope he's ok. that sounds wierd. And poor little N too . xx

leaky at your gran. Hope you have a special time with your mum and her while you visit xx

Maveta, hope your dh is ok. Sounds bizarre.

Leaky, so sorry to hear about your gran. Enjoy your visit.

Ange is coming round soon so will see you lovelies later on. xx

Feeling a little pants today.
I need a HUG, not sure why probably a that time of the month sort of thing.
Woke up in tears and have been crying on and off all day

Plus the fact that my NTL is wank, the bloke didn't fix it at all infact he made it worse

Hope you are all good

hey khin, hugs for you!!!! Go and find a huge bar of chocolate!!

C has been in a horrible mood today he's sooo tired but each of the 5 times i've put him down he's screamed. Dont know how you mammies of 2,3 and 4 cope! Consequently I've got nothing done today!!

Made the mistake of heading don to asda at lunch time today... have never seen so many horrible screaming kids and parents that werent much better!!

Very sad about misdee's hubby.

Leaky hope you have a lovely time in Newcastle... bound to cheer you up - its nice up north!!!

Leaky sorry to hear that

Sorry to hear about your gran Leaky.

Hope you find out what your dh is allergic to Maveta and hope he's ok.

Have a nice time today Ange & SOL.

KHIN - hugs for you. Also at the ntl guy.

Have been to baby group, was very quiet today. Made it quite difficult really and felt a bit out of place, especially when the people I was sat with were talking about disposable nappies being on offer...really wanted to say "Yeah but your paying that much every week and they're ugly" (no offence to anyone, I was just a bit at feeling left out). Then I won the raffle, so am now tempted to spend the rest of the afternoon eating a big box of chocolates .

That's you're not your

very sad about peter´s heart. really hope something comes through for them soon. Thanks guys for the sympathy re. dh and N N seems fine, very odd indeed last night, just hope we don´t have a repeat tonight. Dh looks very pale after the injection but is insisting he feels fine wouldn´t have anything to do with the fact that he has a gig to play after work tonight, hmmmm? very suspicious.

KHIN - Big hugs to you and hope you feel better xx

Norma - you felt left out, I know what you mean.. sometimes that happens at the baby group here and I just zone out.. I was feeling a bit sorry for myself last night, seems like a few of us might be.. maybe it´s the stage the babies are at? You know, we´ve been off work/at home for a good few months now and to some extent we can glimpse normality creeping back in after the crazy first few weeks, but we aren´t quite there yet? I don´t know, just waffling but mainly trying to figure out why there´s a few of us feeling like this. And I don´t mean depression, I know that´s quite different..just kind of.. blah.

Anyway, I do need to get signed up to a gym and start reclaiming some of my evenings. Dh has his group and they rehearse once or twice a week, have gigs etc and meanwhile good ol´ muggins is stuck at home.. my friends have been so shit, I know I´ve said that before but nothing´s changed.. but then one of the girls from the postnatal class called me this morning to have a coffee with her and seems keen to hang out from time to time, so that was really nice.

Wow. what a moan! Sorry girls, just offloading, it is good to get it all out sometimes

Leaky - I just re-read your pos - so so sorry I didnt read the bit about your gran being poorly the first time - hence the insensitive remark about oing back home cheering you up. So sorry.

Leaky - best wishes to your family - having just been through it - I completely sympathise. Try to be strong and spend time with her.

Maveta - teetha powders are simply chamomilla - if you go to a homeopath or even a chemist you should be able to get some. You can't overdose on homepoathic remedies either so don't worry about how much you give. Happy to post you some btw

Ernie has anit-b and I have painkillers and wine He had infections in both ears - hence the constant screaming! Have decided after much deliberation and confusion - esp for ernie - to bottle feed from now on. Fell good about doing it for four months.

Its tea and bath time so better go.... dh is making nice dinner and has bought sexy lingerie The boys are going to bed early

Oooooh er, FF!

I am officially knackered - lovely a/n playing at friends house, ended up staying for dinner .... so glad girlies are now in bed - older 2 asleep, tiny one moaning. Typical!

about your gran Leaky - hope you can spend some good time with your family hon - Your gran will love seeing G so much!

Hope Ange & SOL had fun!

Hope you have a better night tonight, Mav - about your hubby - is he going to go for allergy testing or anything - bit scary!

How is everyone this evening??

hi all just lurking at the mo - struggling a bit - glad this is last back shift for a while - opened the wine at 5.30pm

Good for you oooggs! Hope you have a restful evening sweetheart. xx

Hey all, keep lurking. things on my mind at mo.

sorry to hear people have been down or poorly, hope things pick up soon.

d has slept 8/9 hours the last 2 nights yay!

am prob off out tomorrow night with my friend whos birthday is tues and my best male mate is also out for his birthday apparently som will be good to see him as we've lost touch abit and he had a baby a few weeks ago so nice to talk to him bout that.

and thats all i can remember - not really with it!! d may be sleeping but ive not got used to it yet so still waking up wondering why hes not!

Just a quickie.

Thanks for all the lovely messages about my gran. She loves seeing George even though she's too frail to hold him. It's hard; in some ways I dread seeing her - every time she seems more ill and so fragile. I need to be there for my mam and to show gran how much she means to me. I'm ashamed to say that some of my cousins (who live within 2 miles of my gran) have children that she's never seen. I get so when I think about it!

Blimey now. Off to hug DH, see if that helps.

evening all

been to my gran's for tea. my sister and her family are up this week, roll on my weekend from hell................

p.s. prepare for a rant ladies, there is simply no way this weekend will pass without incident

Ah JoMa, we can rant together on Sunday night then

Lesley - thinking of you. Hope you enjoy (as much as you can) your time in the NE with your family.

ooh no, mine are here until Friday

thank f@@k i went back to work when i did

Evening gels.

Quiet on here tonight.

FF, glad you and E are both on the mend. Have a good night tonight with your sexy lingerie - you minx! Watch your neck!!

Hi Ooogs, hope you are ok petal. Enjoy the wine.

JoMa and Norma, good luck with the relatives!

Maveta, I think you hit the nail on the head. It is about getting a happy balance and as you say, reclaiming some life back. I feel all I do is laundry, wiping arses and feeding people - whether it be kids, cats or dh. Need to get out to aerobics or something.

Had a lovely afternoon with Ange. Izzy and Katie were very chatty.

Nowt going on here. Watching BB and eating sweets! xx

there are a few on msn but not many, i'm shattered so off to bed

Night JoMa. x

Katy and FF, sorry to hear you and your LOs are still feeling ill and that Ernie's not feeding.

Leaky, sorry to hear about your gran, and I hope you get to spend some quality time with her. I also think it's an excellent idea to spend your extra time on maternity leave with other loved ones, but even more so at a time like this. Of course, we'll miss you but there are more important things than life online.

Maveta, hope your dh felt up to playing in his gig tonight, and that N feels better.

Everyone who's feeling a bit down and out of things, sorry to hear it and hope things pick up. khin, don't know how you get time to be online but it must be incredibly frustrating for it not to be working properly.

Re baby groups, know what you mean about feeling left out nutty. Does your baby group have activities or more organised talks/discussions some weeks?

Hope this weekend is a good one for everyone who needs to to recover, physically and mentally.

Nutty and JoMa, good luck surviving the relatives. Nutty, you can always come and rant to us! Or set up a thread or two in the Am I Being Unreasonable area.

Talking of other threads, is lazyemma ok? Anyone talked to her much lately? She seemed to be getting a bit battered on one of the Jordan and OK magazine threads earlier this week.

SOL, hope you can find a way of getting some "me time", sounds like you need it.

Leaky I´m so sorry I didn´t pick up on your message about your gran! thinking of you x

FF - Thanks, you are a sweetie as ever! Maybe we could work out a flying fox system from your house all the way out here? there´s a project... All they have in the pharmacy here is homeopathic pills with chamomila and I thought I could maybe crush one (they were very small) and give it to him but the pharmacist said he didn´t reckon it would do anything. Might try and find a natural health store..if such a thing exists here.. I´m really glad you´ve reached a decision you´re happy with btw ..

JoMa and nutty - have fun with the families I just had a fab evening with my little sis, she´s only here another week but we have such a laugh together, good to see her away from my folks aswell.. it´s hard to get her out of their house and over to mine..I don´t have satellite you see

Sorry to everyone I´ve not mentioned but it´s late and I´m off to bed. Thanks again for asking after dh, he seems okay so hopefully it was just some freaky thing not to be repeated.. night!