April 2007 - this season's must have accessory is dribble!

[Katy44]

and, of course, drool

[Katy44]

PMSL at standards!!!
Don't you just wwant to go oooo-oooooh

[JoMa]

she had spd so bad that she needed a wheelchair when pg first time, yet still managed to go camping and sleep in a tent so decided to get pg before he was 3 mths to get it over with
thus meaning that her spd was worse as her body had no time to recover, and nephew was put in playpen by her dh each morning, and left there until he came home in the evening.

[flashfinn]

My dh says my cleaning is crap sometimes - it never goes down well and tbh my house is pretty spotless - just don't tend to go under the sofas/in corners etc!

[JoMa]

can you see why i wanted to slap her

[Katy44]

oh that's awful (not your cleaning ff!)
right really going now xx

[flashfinn]

mother of god - yeah that was a good plan - who thought of that ffs!! One of the main reasons I don't want another dc is because of the spd - having one now isn't going to make it any better fgs.

[leakyR]

It's smashing having such fantastically high standards when your dh is actually doing the work!

Thank god she lives in Swindon and not round the corner.

[JoMa]

to top it all, i fed joe some baby rice. how old is joe asks sis? i tense. he is 4 months i say. oooh, does your hv not scream at you says sis. no, because it is none of her business i say. then sis proceeds to tell the family at her end of table that you are not allowwed to feed them that until they are 6 mths.

[JoMa]

cue me saying very loudly that it is not 'not aallowed' but only that guidelines recommend it. and that she was weaned at 4 months so it can't be fatal can it? (more's the pity!)

[leakyR]

So slow at typing missed the bit about spd. feel a bit mean now.

Your poor nephew being put in a playpen all day.

[JoMa]

strangely the wheelchair only came out when there was someone to fuss, not when she was with me as she knew it wouldn't make me fall at her feet

[flashfinn]

Jeez - what a lovely sister you have! So supportive and understanding ...

[JoMa]

don't feel mean leaky, it just makes t worse, he was working over 50hrs a week and doing all cooking, cleaning, washing, shopping. i think she should have been pleased he was cleaning at all, not belittling his efforts!

[flashfinn]

Have you told her that the Baby Police are an urban myth and that they won't come in the night and take her children away.

[JoMa]

gran thinks she's jealous of me because i am, and always have been, more maternal than her. i don't really care to be honest, just wish she didn't have to ruin it when my gran had tried so hard

[leakyR]

FF: They aren't real?! I'm some sanctimonious MN types (not on this thread) had me convinced.

[JoMa]

they might if she keeps planning their diet and play around what makes least mess

[leakyR]

on behalf of you and your lovely gran.

[flashfinn]

joma - they will grow up with a complex about food and develop some weird phobias/compulsive disorders - mine will chant 'flush the loo, wash your hands, shut the door' in their sleep when they are bigger!

[JoMa]

then she asks if i'll go to soft play with her on wednesday. not bloody likely

[JoMa]

they had breakfast with gran this morning, gave the children puffed rice (proper stuff that gran mixes with dried fruit, not rice pops), sis said they couldn't have it, they only have bigger things like shreddies with no milk as it is cleaner!

[JoMa]

i am sooooo the 'well-adjusted' one amoungst us

[JoMa]

ok, rant over, feel better now

anyone want to swap sisters?

[flashfinn]

Make sure she knows how many children pee in the ball pit each day, to check the whole place out for sweets/food left by children which hers may pick up and eat, that most of them will have nits by the time they get home, that the food is deep fried, that they are likely to have at least one confrontation with another child, several bruises and a high dosage of fruit shoot by the time they leave. But, they will have fun and after all, they are children!

[flashfinn]

You can have my sister - she will talk at you for hours and you cannot get one word in at all. I can put the phone down and hang out the washing and she doesn't know I've gone!