July 2006 - they are becoming little (and not so little) people!!

[TheGoddessBlossom]

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Morning ladies

The following sentences to be read in sarcastic voice

o'h HC you poor thing! and i thought i had it tough with my ILs even though they are thousands of miles away!

i know v sad about colin mcrae and the thai plane crash.

jacob was much better at monkey music today - sat and took part for most of it rather than just crawling around looking at the other children. he does seem rather taken with a little girl who is 6 months older than he is called catherine

dh and i had yet another argument about how much i am or are not doing.... we were supposed to have a "play date" as much as you can for 14 month olds... today and then tomorrow morning after our early scan i am meeting u pwith a friend who i haven't seen for about 8 months, and i am doing too much socially.... pisses me off as he seems to think that i should stay in the house with jacob, even though we have just moved and i know no one that lives in our area.

sorry rant over!

Hi Girls!!
Just wanted to say:

UP THE KINGDOM!!!!

and
WE ARE THE CHAMPS!!

and
cIARRAI ABU!!!

Back laters

not entirely sure what Annie is on about but suspect it may be something to do with the rugby?

Lysette - you stick to your guns love. Ridiculous of him to think he should dictate your days, is he a bit of a control freak methinks??? I would not stand for that from my DH, easy to say I know, but FGS you have to fill them the best way you can! There is no manual, no formula unlike his corporate life...

It appears that the dummy ban was ill thought out. It has worked, in that he know longer has them, but the following are now nigh on impossible:

getting him to sleep during the day
getting him to settle down and go to bed at night
stopping him TALKING IN THE CAR OMIGOD HE DOES NOT STOP TALKING!!!!

Me - silent, on the way back from pre-school, praying he will drop off.

Harry - Mum I want a banana, can I have a banana, mum I like bananas Callum had a banana, mum I don't like Bananas throw it in the bin, they are rubbish, take the rubbish to the dump where I went with my big daddy, bananas, rubbish, big dump, daddy, Mum I don't like Callum....." Jesus wept, on and on complete f**cking nonsense. I know it's good that he talks alot, but I need some peace and bloody quiet!

Found myself crying at teat ime, when Toby refused point blank to eat my carefully prepared chicken casserole, and just SHOUTED AND SHOUTED AND SHOUTED until I got him a dairly lea roll. He created merry hell when he wasn't allowed Harry's new drinking bottle, and in general got sent to bed early to give me some releif.

KIDS!!!

....and relaaaax......clink......etc...

xx

PATHETIC that I cried. And I shouted at him. Terrible Mum. I'm going to get drunk.

Morning all

Nice and sunny here for a change!!

I am off work today unexpectedly.One of my mindees parents wanted me to swap today for yesterday so means i have no mindees at all today.I am really struggling to like childminding atm so will be nice to relax today. My really good friend is off today too(also a CM) so we are going out to lunch. My mum is coming to look after the dd's so will be lovely to chat with no interruptions

HC well done at nearly being at target,i am not doing very well.I have yo-yo'ed up and down by a pound or 2 since the blardy wedding in April. Have 11lbs to go (still)Just cannot be arsed if i am honest. Being in a size 12 is good enough for me but i have to pay £5 per week till i get to target so must keep plodding away.

Lysette,give your DH a slap from me. Tell him to get a grip!!! God men are hopeless sometimes.

Good luck for today Impy,hope it goes ok.

We are going on hols in October to Turkey woohoo!! But none of my old holiday gear fits (obviously) so am now having a panic,shoulda bought stuff in the sales really but thought i'd lose my last stone before my hols.

Better dash got to shave legs and decide what to wear etc,how very exciting lol.

Hello to everyone i haven't mentioned.

PS SSS can you give me your email addy again and post the pics of my dd's for me pretty plz? I would be ever so grateful!!

Bloss-sorry, but did LOL at your post. From the moment Em started talking at 20 months she has never shut up since. Car journeys are a true challenge as she chatters constantly and when I am struggling to negotiate hazards I don't always answer her so she shouts louder and louder until I answer. Have clipped the kerb many times due to extreme stress. Not relishing the thought of both of them chatting non stop! You are an excellent mummy so don't you forget that. I have a bottle of Blossom Hill open in the fridge at all times.

Lysette-hugs to you. I know when I am PG I struggle to function for the first 5 months due to feeling hungover all the time because of sickness. I admire how you are coping but you perhaps need to have some choice words with your DH.

agalch-keep plodding away with the weight loss but don't be too strict. I am perhaps lucky in the fact I had that dreadful sickness bug which wiped out 9 lb of the remaining stone I had to lose which just wasn't shifting. Now I am 5 lb above my original goal weight so going to battle on and reach it so I can eat more to maintain. Am not sticking to it 100% like I did in the beginning so that is why my last 7 lb is taking forever to go.

Impy-hope your scar is sorted. Must be worrying for you.

Soph-hope you are feeling OK ish.

Have dug the thermometer out and am searching for some ovulation charts online so I can't start charting in January. With Lysette and Soph PG I am gettint v. broody but after number 3 will I be able to call it a day.

Hi to Annie, ceebee, Breadmum, spin, Wallace, kbaby, First, prettymum, Twinkle, Maewest, numpty and anyone else I have mislaid.

Enjoy the sunshine!

HC
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Lordy-what terrible typos. Should preview-doh! Correct yourself as you read.

HC
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Hello girls!

Bloss, not the rugby, but the ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS!!! Gaelic football. So no of ye ladies would be the least bit bothered! I was just a tad delighted. Second year in a row.
The rugby was a very lucky win... ooouch!
Bloss you make a bad day even sound funny. It's so hard when they don't sleep, you get no break at all. And after slaving in the kitchen and they don't eat it, grrrr.
But they are but little people.
Good that you have got rid of the dummy though. I need to stop Kayley drinking from her bottle now. She'll drink from a beaker alright, but not in the quantites she does from the bottle. At least all the sterilising and making formala faff is finished.
Bloss you are NOT a terrible mum, you are the bestest mum that Toby and Harry could ever have . And they Wuv YOO.

HC!!! Exciting!! Preparing to TTC!!!

Algach, hope you are enjoying your child-free lunch [wistful] Turkey is lovely, went there a few years back. Very friendly people. I didn't think I'd like it, I dunno why, but it was really lovely. Are the whole family going?

Lysette, hope the scan went well . Tell your DH to chill man, you know what's too much, it's your body. Hope you two are ok.

Took Joey to Nursery again this morning, just me and him this time. He wanted me to stay. Actually, he wanted Dada, but he didn't want me to leave in the meantime before Dada got there... I stayed far too long, and he was roaring when I left. Dh picked him up and the staff told him that I had found it hard to leave him... well yes, he was crying his little heart out. My poor baby...

Nights are still just extensions of day. Kayley woke several times over the weekend for hours at a time, and she screamed. Usually she wakes she just plays or drinks milk, but the screaming... half my hair is missing. She was a bit better last night, at least she slept while we had our dinner, but again was awake for ages after we went to bed. We reckon we have another 6 months of it then she'll be sleeping through, cos that's the age Joey was. Or we might just go bananas in the meantime...

Ok ladies, who's on Facebook and how do I find you!? I only know your MN names!!!

Have a good day!!

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Hello again.

Well my lunch was yummmmmmmmy!!! Ate loads so that'll be great for the diet this week
I just love lunch with no dd's.Lunch/dinner with the ds's is great,esp ds1 cos he has great sense of humour and can make "sensible" conversation.Ds2 can too but ds1 being 16 has maturity to really talk to us.

Annie yes all the family are going.My ds1's gf is coming too and my mum and dad.Kinda wish they weren't now(my parents) but hey what can you do hey? Ds1 and his gf have offered to babysit for us 1 night to let us have the elusive "couple time" lol

My db has been on the phone this morning and put me in a horrible situation. Don't know if i have ever mentioned but he has always been the blue eyed boy etc and my mum(and i) have bailed him out loads(financially and other). Well he says he is depressed,no money and loads of debt etc.Debt collectors chasing him and so on.Have given him loads of money in the past and recently.Not been paid back as i know he has struggled(3/4k in the past 7/8 years) Just gave him £400 at end of August as db and partner no money for food/petrol for them and the dc. just found out she is booking a weeks hol for her and db in October to celebrate her 30th birthday. Just got me wondering how she can do that if i had to give them £400 so they could eat? Then got a phone call asking if i could stand gaurantor(sp)for the gf for a £2000 loan. WTF???? I must have mug written all over me hey?

And lucky me,i get to have all the family(mum and dad plus db his gf and their assorted 6 dc beteewn them) for Christmas which i by the way will have to PAY FOR and FUCKING COOK!!!! deep joy

ouch Algach,that is rough. If it makes you feel any better, it seems to me all families have this to some extent somewhere. I think the problem is that some factions of the family get labelled by other factions as the "haves" and the self appointed "have nots" just think they can take and take and take and it won't bother the "haves" cos they have so much it won't make any difference to them. What they conveniently forget is that the supposed "haves" DO miss the loans and the handouts, and only appear to be "haves" because they have worked hard and saved sensibly and followed the rules and not bought things or lived a life they cannot afford. Sorry for rant, but as you ay guess this is an issue close to my heart....sympathies. Stop the rot, I say, if you can, because they will keep on coming.

Better day today, cos we have been out all day, although this morning was a bit touch and go. Thanks so much for all your kind words and support.

Wuv Yoo too Annie. xx

I'm on FaceBook, hmm, send me your name to Yahoo? [email protected]

xx

hi everyone. had words with dh and as it was am feeling so dreadful from sickness and think i picked up a stomach bug on sunday at the 4th birthday party (found out that 3 of the 4 dc of the family hosting the party were up all night throwing up) - of course they don't know i am pg to let me know about that kind of thing.

so we had the scan yesterday and the little bean is a bit small for dates but then so was jacob so no worries there really. had to ask for a scan picture though - paid £100 and she wasn't even going to give us a pic! as it is the pic is really fuzzy but we have one and we are only having one bean so that is a good thing too! (dh's aunt was a twin)

am feeling so awful. have managed to kep some water down today and that's it. nearly called childminder at v short notice yesterday it was all i could do to lie on the sofa and read out loud to jacob , but luckily he went for a sleep straight after lunch so i got about 90 mins as well. but then i feel ok for the rest of the afternoon and by the time poor dh gets home from work i'm grotty again! the only thing i seem to be ok with is plain carbs at all times of the day. that and coke zero

i reckon this little bean is going to be a girl as am feeling completely different from when was pg with jacob, but we'll see. don't really mind either way but a boy would be easier logistically!

bloss LOL at your post you poor thing you are a great and fab mum

HC so excited for you at preparing TTC. we just went by dates and hoped for the best!

annie - that rugby game was very lucky! don't know if ireland will make it out of that group - argentina are the dark horses methinks (or the argies as one NZ commentator referred to the which am not sure he's allowed to do!)

we bought jacob a trike at the weekend - he loves it - looks like a harley davidson rider on it as he's so small he has to spread his hands out on the handles!

sorry for mammoth post!

xxx

Morning all

Both mindees off sick (yeehah!!!) so only my after schooler and my dd's today.

SSS thanks for that,have emailed you so hopefully they are big enough this time

Just a quick one as i get Niamh from nursery ay 11.45 so better load the dishwasher and hang out some washing.

Have a good day all xx

Afternoon Ladies.

A better night last night, though still lots of waking, but not so much screaming.

Off out tonight with a mate for something to eat and (hopefully!) a whole lotta wine!
Getting the hair chopped first though. All of it. Gone. Bye bye!

Lysette, hugs to you!!! Hope you are feeling better, dear, only a couple more weeks and you'll be in the 2nd trimester and blooming!
Congrats on the scan for Miss Beanie!! How wonderful to see it...
Agree with you about the rugby. WTF are Georgia anyway (rugbywise)? We'll be very lucky to get anywhere this time.

Bloss I have emailed you. I like all the poking!! Not sure if I should respond though... (being an honourable married woman and all). If you want to keep your annonimity (sp?) then of course, please ignore. x

Algach, yeah, sounds a bit tough alright. Always annoys me when people moan about not having any money, then f*ck off on holiday or spend it all on drink. If you haven't got it, then don't spend it. There, that's my tuppence worth. Hope you sort it out though, it's extra hard when it's family.
Still at least you have an easy day at work!!!

I now have two hours to kill til my hair thing. I can't be ars8d today...

Have a good day.
x

o'h god i feel awful. i think it's a bug more than morning sickness though and am off to see docs tomorrow morning. have slept for pretty much 4 hours during the day today and still feel like poo

have fun tonight annie and hope the waking carries on getting better. jacob seems (generally) down to waking around 1130 now (a new thing) and then through till 5am

Hi again

Just remembered something Bloss said in an earlier post about the "haves" and the "have nots". I do think my family see us as being loaded when we actually are not most of the time. I also have to work bloody hard looking after other peoples kids and uaually neglecting my own a bit to make money for my family for xmas and holidays etc. Sil works part time and gets to go away for a weeks holiday(with no dc) for her 30th birthday. I don't bloody get that so why the hell should they? Especially when i am fecking funding it

The other thing that pisses me off is that she smokes(am an ex smoker) so if they can't afford to eat how can she be smoking?

Ah well thats my family and it's just how it is i suppose lol.

I am off to my belly dancing tonight.Do any of you do it? Tis really good,you should try it

Hi Laydeez

Thanks for all your words of support. Doc is sending me for a scan.... see what happens....

Yes, of course you're a bad mum, Bloss! All those fun things you plan for them and love you shower on them. You berk! We all have our wobbley days.

Hi CB! Please post pics of the scrumptious Josh walking! Bless him. Sorry he's poorly again. Ry puked in his buggy the other day from coughing - and I didn't notice for a while - wondered why people were giving me funny looks! Baby wipes aren't great at cleaning up proper grown-up-like puke are they?

Sorry your ILs are doing your head in HC! LOL at Em being a boy magnet! Good luck with the TTC....

Can't wait to see your pix Algach (thanks SSS!). Your Turkey hols sounds fab. Sorry about your brother being a berk too. Nightmare. Nip it in the bud as Bloss says.... And what about pix of you belly dancing too? Ahhh go on!!!

Yeah Annie! Well done Kerry! I watched Armargh triumph one year in an Irish pub in Madrid and it was fab! Loved the mental mix of footie, basketball and rugby... Poor Joey - but I'm sure he's fine once you've left him - they know how to pull our heart strings. Hope Kayley's sleeping better.

Hope you're feeling better Lysette. Great news about the scan. Wanna see pix of Jacob on his trike!

Ry took three steps unaided today. Hallel-bloody-ullah! Well better go - hugs to all. Impy xxx

Hi all ? got a spare 10 minutes before I have to go to a meeting so thought I would catch up.

Lysette ? glad everything went well with the scan and that ?beanie? is good. Echo Impy ? want photos of Jacob on his Harley! And definitely grr at your DH ? would he rather you sat in the house with Jacob day in day out or get out there and let Jacob experience things?? Men are SO stupid sometimes aren?t they?

HC ? I guess you just have to think how great your car is everytime the IL?s say something to you ? surely it must be worth it?

Annie ? no idea what you are talking about re gaelic football ? completely over my head but glad you are the champs ! I know I am no expert but I have read that you should make the dropping off at nursery quick - that is what I do with Josh, even on days he cries. Just hand him over, give him a kiss and wave bye bye. Although having said that, I have just dropped him off this morning and as soon as we got there, he put his arms out to one of the staff and didn?t seem at all upset by me leaving which has become a rarity these days and I feel irrationally upset about it! Guess I won?t be happy either way

Spin ? I can imagine what you mean about shopping for R ? tbh, I have to avert my eyes in children?s clothes shops when walking past the girls section otherwise I get all jealous at all the pretty and fab things that I cannot buy!

Agalch ? glad you had a good lunch and enjoyed the time without the lo?s. It is nice sometimes isn?t it? I went out with some colleagues for an Italian last night (yum yum!) and the best thing was my boss unexpectedly offered to pay for it

Impy ? hope everything is ok with your scar. Must be worrying for you but hopefully it will be something and nothing. And a big WELL DONE to Ry for walking! I will try and get some photos of Josh doing the ?zombie lurch? and post them.

Josh is much better now ? was only sick the once on Sunday and not since so am thinking it was to do with the fact that I had taken him to watch DH play cricket and he had been fed samosas, onion bhajis and loads of choccy biccies and cake !

Am gutted this morning about Jose Mourinho ? ? we have lost the best manager there is and can?t imagine anyone will be as good as him (igore this if you don?t like football! )

Anyway, must go and make my butty and head off for my exciting meeting.

Have a good day all x

Afternoon ladies

Just got back from swimming.

Lysettes-so symapthise with how you are feeling. Tis just not nice is it? Although it seems like forever at the time is does pass.

Annie-pics of your new hairdo purlease!

Impy-clever Ryan.

agalch-wow, belly dancing. Get you! As for your family-it is so true that you can choose your friends but not your family. My ILs have the same problem with my BIL as they bought our car and gave the same amount to SIL to help them buy a bed, new front door etc (things they needed) and BIL booked a holiday to Sicily at £1000 each for a week, a bowling ball and shoes. He bought a Tag Heuer watch for his 40th which was about £2500 and now SIL wants an equally expensive watch. ILs are v.upset about it but can't really do anything about it.

Ceebee-hope Josh is OK today.

Bloss-how's it going today matey?

Got an annoying migraine so have dosed up. It seems quite a while since my last one so perhaps I might be growing out of them

Time for Ryvitas methinks so byee for now and hugs to all!

HC
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I'm not really here, meant to be working.

All fine chez Mae West, DS is starting to toddle more, still not confident tho, and seems to prefer crawling to get places fast. Yesterday he managed to tumble down the last couple of steps on the stairs. I was mortified. Cue huge yells and big bruise on his head . We were in the hall getting ready to go out and he'd scooted up there before I noticed.

And we're back on the early morning wakings [yawn] 4.30/5ish

Annie - I'm on facebook, but don't like putting my RL name on here as it's pretty unusual and so really recognisable. Will try and set up a maewest email with yahoo or something. Not that I'm para that you're a hairy handed trucker y'understand...

Morning girls!!

Sorry you're feeling rough, Lysette. Hugs to you. Just think, you're nearly at the end of the first trimester, so it shouldn't last much longer.

algach, I went belly dancing once on a hen weekend, and really enjoyed it, even though I normally hate 'performing'! Hope you had fun!

Impy hope the scan goes well.
WELL DONE RYAN!!!

Ceebee, yeah, I've read all that stuff too about just leaving, and the staff advised the same, but when he was roaring, I just had to hug him again.
This morning he wanted to go again though!

Had a good night out last night, wine bar, thai food, pub. Got home about 10.30, just in time for Kayley to wake. Not too sure how much she woke last night, as I was a bit, em, tired... But it wasn't too bad.
Feeling a bit worse for wear today though.
Serves me right I suppose!

So far today Kayley has eaten:
Weetabix
Cornflakes
Crackers
Soil
Stone
Leaves
Lavender
Cheese.

Good diet, no?

Have a good day girls!

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