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

[TheGoddessBlossom]

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Hi Lysette

What a nightmare having to have the lo come out so early but safer than the alternative i suppose. I hope it all goes well and think about you often.

MIL is a nightmare here too. Her complete and utter lack of interest i my wonderful dc astounds me on so many levels My ds1 is 16 and she has never once babysat for any of my dc. In fact my dd's have never been in her house. She has a mad dog who bites and she moans about putting it away in the kitchen when we do visit that i put my foot down and we now don't go.

I was at a Pampered Chef party about a month ago and we were all discussing mil's and i said i don't see mine very often and went into detail about certain things and to my horror her next door neighbour was there Hopefully she won't tell her lol

might be just the thing to get her to understand agalch...

but none the less!!!

Agalch - Poor Eilidh - hope she gets better soon. It sounds really important to get that ultrasound - can your DH not get time off? I don't think I'll be able to make Edinburgh, but have a great time - you too Wallace if you go.

Lysette - I think I've missed the reason why you have to be delivered early? I'm glad things are going well in general though. xx

Hey Wallace - a lie in! How was it this morning?

Oh, and a quick question re parent and toddler groups. What is yours like?

I ask because DH took Aidan again today, for the second time, and has vowed never to go again. He is quite a shy type so I'm sure he didn't exactly push himself into the conversation, but it seems he and Aidan were roundly ignored, and Aidan kept getting pushed over and having toys snatched from him. Part of me thinks Aidan has to learn he's not always the centre of attention and all that "survival of the fittest" stuff. But part of me thinks about his little face falling when no one replied to his "Hellos" - he just stood or wandered around on his own most of the time apparently, which isn't like him at all. Would you encourage DH to go again?

HI all!
I hang my head in shame for being such a stranger.
Is there a precis version of all your news?
Who is pregnant?!

ALl going well here, Sefton is SUCH a sweetie. Not all the time, obviously! He has had a few tantrums, but we ignore them and he gets over it really quickly. Have to take all sorts of toys with to the playground though cos so many children (and parents) are really not into sharing, and if he sees a kid with a digger who wont share he gets hysterical. Really hysterical. SO the only thing we can do is make sure he is the kid with the digger (who won't share!) he he - we try and make him share but are not always successful.

Feeing broody tho

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Sorry, Twinkle, didn't see your post - not used to the new mumsnet layout....
Toddler group is weird - a bit like the playground thins I mentioned - some parents are so overbearing or ignoring there kids, who are thugs! I find the mums do tend to ignore the dads though, not sure why?
SOunds horrible. don't think I would incourage it actually.. rather find another place where he is happy to be? One of those indoor zoom a round places perhaps?
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Bless Eilidh-hope she is better soon.

Twinkle-I remember collecting Em from nursery a few times and found her sat all alone. Cried buckets but stuck with it and it all turned out fine. Hope you make the right decision.

Em is going to be an angel in the school nativity play so have to sort a costume out Think a trip to Tesco is in order.

Devestated that England haven't qualified for Euro 2008

Ho hum!

Hi Sleep

Bloss-you OK?

G'Day spin!

Lysette-are you finding out the sex of your babba?

Hope everyone has a good nights sleep,

HC
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Crikey-didn't even read Twinkle's post properly Nah, didn't bother with parent and toddler groups-far too cliquey!

HC
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Lol HC - thankfully we've had no such problems with nursery. Aidan loved his old one before we moved and fingers crossed we've found somewhere to send him up here.

btw - I switched back to the old layout almost straightaway. I just couldn't get used to the new one - do you think that means I'm not a newbie any more??!

how do you change the format back? Doing me 'ead in...

parent and toddler groups are trick. I am a very "forward" person and tend to just charge in and introduce myself, say MORNING really loudly in a cheery way and people do tend to respond well, and if they don't then bugger em didn't want to know those boring ones anyway! Have made loads of really tight friends that way, so that's lucky. I know lots of people aren't like me though so it's difficult to advise...

OK thanks HC! Apart from trip number two to the nursery for induction went badly for T yesterday....sobbed the whole time apparently. Going again just me and him next week, fingers crosssed..

back later..

Bloss

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Twinkle - I quite like our toddler group, but then I know people to chat to from various postnatal and baby groups, which helps. I think you do have to go in with a fairly thick skin and be prepared to start inane conversations. And I'm afraid to say it, but some mums can ignore the dads. Also Dom mainly careers around the room looking for things to push around. Toddlers don't really play with each other at this age, more alongside (that is until one of them grabs the digger... welcome back SIFTW )

Are there any other different groups that DH could try?

Hi MaeWest! There are a couple of other groups nearby that he's going to try. I think the thing is though that he's doing it for Aidan's sake (I think the last thing he wants to do is sit and make small talk with a load of mums tbh!) and if Aidan doesn't enjoy it there isn't a lot of point really. Aidan would normally get right in there as well you see, so the fact that he didn't suggests he just wasn't happy. But it wouldn't surprise me if he was picking up on his dad's vibes. The only dads I've come across at toddler groups are quite "mumsy" IYKWIM, and DH is more of a bloke's bloke.

By way of contrast, Aidan had a settling in session at his new nursery today and got on really well. All the kids really welcomed him and he even got kisses from some of them - awwww. I think perhaps he just feels more comfortable in a more organised environment. Horses for courses I guess, but then I don't want to molly coddle him... Gawd, it's difficult this parenting malarky isn't it?!

Anyway sorry to go on. Welcome back Sleep!

Bloss - if you click on Customise Talk Board you can switch back to Classic view.

Hi Possums!

Fab photos from the meet-up Twinkle & Wallace - looked great. Wish we could have been there...

Well done on the size 10s Algach and HC - woo hoo! That's enough now though, do you hear? Don't want any Nicole Richie-ness (pre-pregnancy) going on...!

LOL at Junior, Pretty - what a monkey! And had a giggle at the thought of his big hair - please post a photo! If we hadn't cut Ryan's until he could talk, he'd look like a troll now! My Dp was asking if your DP is a Rastafarian? But then, they don't cut their hair at all, do they? Sorry for being nosey - I just love hearing about other cultures... The Spanish culture is to either cut your child's hair like their parents (and dress them like old men too) or the more daring go for mullets....

Hope you're ok Lysette and how's your Mum?

Hi to everyone else - sorry if I've missed anything major. Just jumping in before I get totally out of the loop...

Not much to report. Ry's still babbeling. They've started mentioning at the nursery that he's not really saying anything... and that there's a bi-lingual Norwegian/Spanish boy younger than Ryan who's talking. I just keep repeating the mantra that Einstein didn't speak until he was three...

I might switch departments at work and have to work longer hours - good for my career but would mean I'd hardly see my little boy. Have been a bit tearful at the prospect this week - it's such a tough one, isn't it? I've got a great work/home balance at the moment but my career has gone down the toilet... I need to do something else but I hate the thought of missing out on Ryan.... Ho hum.

Anyway... Hope you're all alright. Hugs, Impy xxx

Hi gurlies

You'll all be delighted to know I'M BACK!!!

A 'brief' (hopefully) summary of holiday:
Saw baby twin Nephews! Very tiny. SIL keeping them to a very strict routine, feeding every four hours, no less, no more. SIL herself looks like she always does, no pg weight, bouncing around like a mad thing as ever. DB a very proud daddy.

Tenerifa (as Joey calls it) was nice, the in-laws were well behaved. We even got one morning to ourselves by the pool, and one evening for dinner, when we skipped dinner and just drank while coming last in a music quiz...
Kayley slept rubbish, kept waking every night and scratching as usual. Both babies stayed up late, but were reasonably well behaved as we dragged them to pubs and restaurants.
They loved the pool, but weren't very adventurous, just happy to play with buckets and crabs around the edge.
Joey got an allergic reaction to something, his whole face swelled up, like he'd been playing with Ricky Hatton, and we took him to the docs, who gave him an anti-histamine injection. It went down again by the end of the holiday, but we had to keep him out of the sun and pool, away from suncream and chocolate ice cream...
Back to Dub, my parents came up to see us too, and now my dad is in hospital, for something not too serious, which I wouldn't normally talk to him about!! (i.e. toilet trouble...) He should be out tomorrow though.

Back to the sleep 'training' then since we got home, and it's not going too good. Getting her to sleep in her cot just the last two nights, and she still comes in our bed after. So no improvement there. Last night she drank about 16 oz of milk... RUBBISH!

So, was that brief enough? Perhaps not...

HC, thanks for looking after Peggy and the animals.
Hello to everyone, lovely photos, Wallace and Twinkle!

Right, the diet starts here...
now that I've finished my brownie...

Laters.
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Welcome back Annie Hope your dad is OK.

Went to my SIL's today and found that they had to have the beloved 17 1/2 year old dog put to sleep yesterday-how sad is that? He is buried in their garden-bless.

Lost 1 1/2 lb at WW ronight so that is the 1 lb I put on last night and a tad more. Off to the bike show at the NEC tomorrow so lots of nibbles will be had. Both girls are staying at mum and dad's tonight so first night away from the Sophster so DH at MIL's and I've attacked the Blossom Hill and have a Donner Kebab in the kitchen awaiting reheating.

'Tis so cold and went to Lakeland with SIL this afternoon and this giraffe hot water bottle jumped into my basket DH will not be impressed as I already have Percy Pig bottle.

Am waffling so hi to all. Must top up my glass-hic!

HC
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Crikey-what terrible spelling!!! Correct as you read.

HC
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Hi Girlz

I just got married -

v quiet small ceremony, v nice. Will fill you in tomorrow when I'm more sober!

hi to all, hope everyone's well [kiss]

evening ladies!!

first- CONGRATULATIONS!!! how long have you been planning the wedding for?? im sure i havent read you mentioning wedding here before unless i missed it!! Hope you have had a wonderful day and a lovely night to remember!!!

annie- welcome back!! Sound like a very eventful holiday!! i feel for kayley and her eczema, dd still has some eczema on her arms, one knee, back of her neck and a bit around her back, but its so much better than it was when she was around kayleys age.

impy- dps not rasta, i think (well according to dps mum)its their tradition to keep hair till theyre talking whereas in my culture(bengali)they cut the hair off soon after baby is born. junior just has a large afro, will comb it out and take a pic, theres some on my facebook, but im sure its longer now, dd hair was struggling to grow when she was 17 months!

hi to everyone else

need to go and make some tea, dp asked me to make some around 4 hours ago! goodnight ladies xx

First - OMG!! How exciting and a huge CONGRATULATIONS to you and your (now) DH! You certainly kept that quiet

Hope you had a lovely day and how lovely that Emma could share the day with you.

Tell us more (and photos maybe?) as soon as you can!

CONGRATULATIONS FIRST!!!!

What a great way to do it!!! Just casually drop it into conversation. Hope you and your DH and the gorgeous Emma had a fab day!!
Wonderful news!

HC about your SIL's dog. And well done you on the WW! I wish I could follow in your footsteps, you skinny minx.
Thanks my dad is ok, he got the tubes off this morning and should be home by this evening.

Pretty, thanks, I'm hoping she will grow out of it too, that's what the general consensus is. Tomorrow she has an appointment to see the specialist again, and we are starting a soft water trial, to see if that helps.

She went to sleep like a dream last night in her cot, cuddling her dolly and her pink monkey, but when she woke after we were in bed it was too cold to get out and start getting her to sleep again, so DH just brought her in with us as usual. I know, I'm so crap at this. She woke about four times, had water once and milk the other three!!!
And of course the usual dolloping of cream.

She's so funny now with all her words. She has started calling Joey what sounds like JeJe, and he goes, NO! I'm JOEY!

Anyways best be off, lots of studenting to do today

First - that's great news! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

annie glad to hear you had a great time apart from the exzema and the allergic reaction of course!

not much to report here - impy jacob is still not really talking at all - we get the odd word and lots of chattering away to himself but not much that's recognisable

he is properly walking everywhere now and not crawling - in fact almost running everywhere!

that's it for now gotta run

xxxx

aaaaaaawwwwwwwwww, Mrs @Forty! Congratulations, that is so sweet and so wonderful well done you! As someone that celebrated my 7th Wedding Anniversary (scratch scratch itch etc) on Sunday I think it is fantastic that you have joined the ranks.

DH's birthday today, made him a fantabulous three layer coffee and pecan cake, he thinks we should move to Cornwall and open a tea shop with my new found skills. Er. No thanks. Harry bought him a rubber frog, and he had a lovely day I think, mincing around in his new car (he has bought himself a 4 year old Grand Cherokee Jeep, black with tinted windows,he looks like a right pimp in it )

The boys had another morning at the nursery which went really well,it is helping that I am going in with Toby for an hour or so every now and again this week, so he is familiarising himself with the place and the faces. Managed to get away and have my nails done down the road, how marvellous!

Had some girlfriends round for the afternoon today, H was really well beahved, pottered about in the garden with his water pistol, then came in and watched a DVD while dressed as Sportacus. As you do. Toby refusd point blank to eat a single mouthful of the susage, mas, and veg and gravy that I amde them for tea, but miraculously managed to feed himslef a rice pudding and a huge piece of cake! What can you do?

He is waking very early, 4.30am a la Leo for Wallace at the moment, and despite being very aware that going in and giving him milk at that hour is the worst possible thing you can do, the alternative of him lying there for the next two hours shouting crying and moaning while I lie in bed listening, until he wakes up Harry is not one I relish. 3 times out of 5 if I do give him a bottle he then goes back off until 7ish, and it is worth it to get some more sleep all round. This will be fun when I start work next week. Fingers crossed it's a teeth phase/growth spurt/SOMETHING THAT WILL JUST MITRACULOUSLY STOP PLEASE GOD!

I bought a magazine for H today from Tescos. "Mummy I'm so PROUD of you!" I do love that boy, he's so blonde and gorge and funny and naughty.

Bloss

xx