August 2006 - one year on!

[sarahlou1uk]

new thread for all us 2006 girls!

don't worry about a shared birthday, this lo and dd will be right on top of each other as well and she's delighted at the idea of the baby coming for her birthday.... in years to come it'll mean you can do one mad chaotic joint party for them rather than having to do 2

merry christmas everyone, hope yours are all going as smoothly as mine is so far

how was everyone's Christmas? ours was lovely, but tiring. dd was thoroughly spoilt and i don't know where to put everything!
the bad news is that she has now dropped her nap; the good news is that she decided she prefers her cot for now so we are getting a bit more sleep!
hope you are all well!

Happy New Year Everyone!

WOW, lots of stuff going on with all of you! Congratulations to Olivo on your bfp - didn't take you long at all! And Dreamy - my word you are blessed! (or crackers!) And Pinky's new one is nearly ready - how time flies. Hope everything goes well for all three of you!

Well done on your music teaching course BHM - sounds like a fantastic opportunity!
Sorry to hear about Austin's ear Snowboo - that nust be so distressing. dd had the nost awful cold just before Christmas, and then another one on top of it. I really sympathise with anyone having to deal with sick children.

Well we spent Christmas at my FIL's in Cornwall - dd and ds loved all their presents, and were very excited to get lots of books and puzzles. dd got one of those vtech alphabet teddies, magnetic drawing pads and a set of smiley bendy people as stocking fillers - turned out to be her favourite present! However, she totally rejected a rag doll she got from her great nan (pushed it away, saying "No" very firmly. Fortunately, great nan wasn't there to see this.

dd has never expressed any great interest in dolls, although she likes cuddly animals. However, her great love is for cars - she loves the Pixar movie 'Cars', she plays with ds's cars and now she's started taking a foot long toy Batmobile to bed with (she takes it with her in the pushchair too)! She does like dressing up in the sparkly bits of fabric I have for that purpose, and she definitely identifies with the girl characters in books, so she's not a total tomboy! I did know when she was born that she wouldn't be super girly pink princess - you can tell by the fingers - I just didn't expect the obsession with a Batmobile!

right im over my flounce now so im back im sure you all missed me hugely not

right first OMG DREAMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
personally i think you should have been honoured in the new years honest for child rearing wow 8 omg i couldnt cope with cj never cj +7 big congrats

secondly hope you all had a lovely xmas and new year myine was awesome best ever in fact

and thirdly im feeling a bit sad now cause evryone ive met thru the whol cj circle be it on here on in the rl are all having second babies and i am a teeny bit jealous but very pleased for them [of course] as its obviously not going to happen for me in the short term long term who knows think i may turn in to a batty old single ton who drinks alot and knits in stilletoes but hey ho

big hugs and love to you all

Oi Booby there is still me who hasn't gone onto no.2 yet lol . Know how you feel though, as I'm gutted in a way as always wanted my babies close together.

Hope everyone had a lovely christmas and new year.

Jackson was also spoilt to bits with so many presents we couldn't see the carpet and we hardly have any room as it is. He had a mini JCB digger, desk and chair, pirate ship, leapfrog 1st computer, cowboy outfit, spiderman and starwars figures and loads more. At least we have more room for them now the xmas tree is down.

Lol Hoppy at your dd obsessing with the bat mobile, maybe its because she has a brother?? Am sure ds would love to play with barbies though, he absolutely loves the film tinkerbell bless him.

First day back at work today feels wierd leaving bab again but he had lots of fun at nannys playing in the snow.

Not long now PInk, cant believe how fast its gone, get that cumin tea down your neck like last time.

Olivo, how's dd potty training going? Jackson is wee-trained but not poo trained yet lol, think it will take a while before he understands its ok to poo in the pot or toilet.

Anyone heard off NBG lately?

Hope everyone well x

hey booby, good to hear from you. glad you had a good christmas.
and good to hear from yuo too hoppy. lol at batmobile
bhm,i'm jealous that you have snow! we were lucky, dd managed the toilet training back in september, and has been pretty reliable since. all credit must go to her nursery i have to say, but that's whay we pay them so much i suppose
we are back to school tomorrow, not looking forward to it as i am feeling pretty rough and don't want to tell anyone!

Ah bless is the morning sickness kicking in? Am sure you'll be fine as its never as bad as you think its going to be. Make sure you have a ginger biccy to hand .
Great to hear your dd is fully potty trained.

girls if you ever need clothes out of season check the for sale boards its saved me an absolute fortuine and most the stuff is posher than what id normally buy pmsl

i bought a gorg dress in the sale for my hols ita julian mcdonald star for debenhams was 185 from 320 i think but its covered literally in sequins i feel very jessica rabbit

poor u olivio my boss is really struggling at work with the nausea rather than puking i think xmas nearly killed her but im sure you will be fine

spoke to nbg other day can you believe the little one is one now how time flies

cu soon xx

Hello ladies.

Congratulations Olivo and Respect to dreamy 8 children!
Its lovely to hear everyone having more babies.
I read through our last antenatal thread and the first postnatal thread the other day and ended up having a cry. It brought back some lovely memories.
I dare you all to go and have a read now

Christmas was lovely here. We had Ethans birthday at the beginning of dec and had a little party at home for him. He is talking a bit now which is rather amusing considering Ellis level of speech. He's saying Juice, more, teddy, choo choo, yeah yeah and daddy. Very sweet.

Ellis has had a second speech therapy appointment and has been transfered to a more specialist speech dept. Were also waiting on a hearig appt to see if he has glue ear. The SALT thinks his aggression and behaviour could be down to this but we'll see.
He's also started a second morning at preschool and it went down a treat this week. He really enjoys it. He hogs all the cars and trains but other than that, he seems to be doing well.
Another year and Ethan will be joining him!!!

Has anyone thought about schools yet?
I realised that Ellis could start in sept of next year!!! How is that for scary!

Hi NBG great to hear your all well

I'll read that thread when I get chance bet it took you ages lol.

Cant believe Ethan is one already thats gone far too fast. Blink and you miss it.

Good to hear Ellis is enjoying preschool. Jackson does 2 mornings and loves it.
We have put his name down for a nursery within a school but cant actually put his name down for the school until next year -just hope we can get into the same one as its a lovely school.

Hows your dd doing?

DD is doing brilliantly thanks.
Doing really well at school. She has a real thirst for knowledge so shes picking everything up. They have a sign language teacher in the class as one of the children is deaf and shes even learning the sign language. Its lovely.

Her and dh have gone to Austria skiing and snowboarding today.
I'm left here feeling all anxious and worried.
Being a parent is not bloody easy lol.

With regards to your nursery, if he does attend that nursery you will probably get a school place.
We were worrying about dds place at the school. She attended the preschool but we found out that there were only 40 places available.
She got in though.
If your in the catchment and already attending their other facilities, you should get a place.
I know where we live the prioroty goes; special needs, special needs with transport, those with siblings and then those in the catchment area.

Sounds great learning sign language.

Its only natural for you tofeel bit worried, i would too, but am sure they be fine out there.

Not sure if I am in the catchment area as its not walking distance about 5 mins in the car, so just have to see.

How are all the bumps doing?

nbg, good to hear from you. hope dd enjoyed her holiday. her school sounds great.

BHM, we are a bit like you, the school nursery we have applied for is not in catchment but next door to where i work so would be very convenient.

I am feeling so rough, have been signed off work. All day and night nausea and a whole load of vomiting - i naively thought it would be the same as last time. you'll be pleased to hear no chunky kit kats on the scene just yet . havent told anyone at work yet, there are so many bigs going round that vomiting on my sick note shouldnt raise any suspicions!
Pink and dreamy, how are yuo both doing?

Sounds like your suffering Olivo, am sure the kitkats will be out in force as soon as your nausea goes away lol.

I am sitting here laughing to myself because ds is playing lovely with his pirate ship. He has got 4 pirate men and they are having some right conversations.. saying stuff like 'Whats going on?' and 'come on go downstairs' and 'I'm flying in the air' (not sure where he's learnt all this from but am finding it hilarious), oh and now they are all having a 'big hug' bless him. So glad I tidied his toys today and put his pirates in the ship instead of being stuck at bottom of toy box.

Anyway nothing much else to report my end just chilling out watching ET and playing on internet.

Hope everyone is well x

lol at jacksons chat BHM... caleb is the same, he narrates everything and he come out with the funniest things sometimes.

i'm ashamed of myself for ever thinking he wasn't too bright, he's proving me wrong in a big way... he's taken it into his head to learn letters (no idea why, it's not something i ever do with them and even at playschool dd doesn't do any of that stuff). he can recognise C, E, L, R, O, S, F, D, T and sometimes others and has started telling me the sounds some of them make

dd is 4 now and can't do that! pmsl, lord knows where he picked it up from though, superwhy on tv i think as i'm vehemently anti early reading, i think even at 4/5 when they start school is too young. cute party trick though

am still pregnant.... due next week. have been having false starts left right and centre but no sign of baby actually shifting his arse.... cumin tea failed me this time [shcok] and have tried ever other trick in the book bar castor oil and nothing happens other than contant twinges and half starts.

sorry your so sick this time olivo, i had a rough start to this one too and it really shocked me as i'd had it relativley easy with MS with the other 2. hope it eases soon, you're close to 12 weeks now aren't you?

blimey, pink, your ds is amazing! lol at trying everything - although i nearly barfed at the thought of castor oil.
good luck as the big day approaches, look forward to hearing yuor news.

still feeling rough, although not vomiting as much thanks to plenty of acupuncture and a bit of time off work. still no sign of any chocolate caving, which concerns me .

Still really bogged down at work, but dh has taken out dd today so i have got quite a bit done. I am just so shattered in the evenings, i have fallen really behind.STill no sign of a scan date which i am hoping arrives soon. i have been so worried through this pg so ar, mmc is permanently on my mind and i really need something to focus on. It's been hard not telling people, partcularly in certain work situations.
anyway, i'd better get back to my work and stop whinging at you lot.

i hope everyone is well. I'll be back when i'm more cheerful!

the chocolate craving will magicaly appear soon trust me

try not to panic too much, i think reading too much about these things in magazines and books and on MN makes us so much more paranoid about things like mmc when in fact the majority of pregnancies progress just fine.

you can always whinge to us btw

Wow Pink sounds like Caleb is a clever little boy knowing so many letter sounds. I think its a good thing they get to see letters before school as gives them a bit of a head start and he obviously enjoys looking at them.

I was half expecting you to have made an announcement by now lol, how you feeling?

Olivo, bet its killing you to not say anything. When you going to tell them? You'll probably start feeling better soon, cant imagine how tired you must be feeling with work etc. Hope the ms disappears quickly. Does your dd understand she'll have a little brother or sister? Ds keeps saying he wants a brother called George, think he's got it from the film Stuart Little ha.

Hope everyone is well x

thanks for letting me whinge .
am feeling quite a bit better, only nauseous for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the evening now, as long as i eat regularly. am 10+5, have just phoned having heard nothing about a scan date and have to wait till 20th so i'll be 13 weeks. the waiting is soooo painful!

BHM, havent told dd, proably wont till after the 20 wk scan. She quite often says she wants a little sister though; several of her pals at nursery have baby bros and sisters so i guess she doesnt want to be left out!

its my day off today, so taking it easy, despite being totally behind at work. hope everone and their lo's are well.

am overdue

totally new experiance for me and i'm not a fan!

glad you're feeling a bit better olivo... think of it this way, only 2 week til you get to see baby in the scan

sending labour vibes to you, pink....

Are you still waiting Pink?

Know exactly how your feeling as I was 2 wks over with ds. Its pants!

Olivo, am sure your dd will be really excited when you tell her, bet you cant wait to announce it. Hope your feeling better.

Just had a bit of good news come our way, we're hoping to move out of our 2 bed flat into my nan's old house, she passed away in December and left the house to my aunty. Just spoken to my aunty and she is thinking of renting it out and will give us first refusal. Its a big old house and has so much potential, has 3 bedrooms, 2 lounge rooms, and its a corner house so has 3 massive gardens for Jackson to play in. She is going to put in a new kitchen and bathroom first and hopefully we'll be able to move in within next few months. Wohoo I have a got a big permanent grin on my face .

just found this on the feb ante natal thread

PinkTulips ? DS Aaron, 8lbs 2 oz 09.02.09

Congratulations PT and welcome baby Aaron. Hope you are both well.

sorry i've not been about to let you all know what happened.

had aaron on monday the 9th but he was admitted to scbu for breathing difficulties 2 hours after he was born and once there started coughing up blood. many tests and xrays later their best guess was that he inhaled some of my blood as he was being born and gave himself aspirated pneumonia.

i wasn't allowed to feed him til the tuesday night which sent his jaundice out of control and meant he was on massive amounts of iv fluids. he was also being pumped full of antibiotics to prevent whatever was in his lungs becoming infected.

i was discharged on thursday (after causing uproar when they tried to boot me out the day before and announced after they'd discharged me that parental accomodation was unavailable at the minute ) spent thurday driving the hour home to get my car and then back to hospital to pump and feed all day and then drove to my parents for a few hours sleep, friday was spent camped out in scbu argueing with the idiot consultant that maybe if they reduced the drip he might actiually feed more (their brilliant plan was 'we can't reduce the iv til he's taking more fluids so lets force feed some top up bottles )... i got my way and lo and behold he was off the drip and feeding like mad by that evening and the mammoth feeds started to clear the jaundice so he was able to come off the lights that night.

got him home on saturday and have been trying to regain some semblance of normality since.... poor dp has never had the older kids for more than a couple of hours at a time and he had to deal with them singlehandedly for over 4 days... i'm amazed the house is still standing tbh but there is a mountain of work to do.... my dirty laundry pile is on the verge of having it's own area code.

that's fabulous news about the house move BHM, bet you're over the moon

OMG, PT, didn't realise what a time you'd had. I'm glad to hear you're both safely back home now and well done to dh for managing with the older ones - my DH wouldnt have a clue! Hope all is more settled for yuo from now.

BHM, that's great news about the house -lucky Jackson to have a lovely garden. YUO shoudl be in for the summer, then? fantastic!