Here come the funny 3's.........(OCT 04)

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Happy Birthday to Moley and to my DD

DD had just said to my mum that she cant come today as "ive got all my friends here" - meaning toys!!!!

I have got some Boots breast pads still wrapped if you want them? The paper kind that you throw away.
I'm not sure what to do with them, I don't know if Oxfam would know what to do with them.

Hi everyone!!
How are you doing Jbad? Is the nursery keeping you occupied?
Cazzy, how are you feeling? It is raaaining here, and I have washing out, but I can't be bothered to go out and get wet, so it can stay out.
Cazzy are you still at work?

Maisy - I have som ebreast pads but thanks for the offer...god I am so tired today. I am still at work - well they are paying me, but I am not doing much (maybe I shouldn't be confessing that).

It is dead windy here - dh has taken the girls swimming. Infact I should be getting up as we are going to his mothers foe pizza lunch.

Grace is going to start a new nursery in January - but mornings only to start with. I shall feel like a proper mother but 2 small children at home (and the tirdness to match).

Has anyone started their Xmas shopping? I am thinking of getting a really nice dolly for Grace (an expensive one - I shall not be confessing to dh the cost mind you!)

Cazzy, stop!! When are you finishing up? Is it nine months paid now? Will your DH do the paternity leave exchange thingy, where you give up some of your leave so he can have some.
I bet you are crawling about on all fours at work, with your eyes on matchsticks. YOur colleagues must be a bit worried that you will go into labour in the middle of a lesson and they will have to help.
I had one of the security guards a bit worried, he keep saying, 'don't have that baby while you're here'!
The offer's there for the pads if you run out. It sounds a bit yucky, but they are new in the packet not out on the washing line after having been used.
You are nearly there. Have you got a birthing plan? Don't do anything you don't want to and make your DH recite what you want so you know he will remember.

The 9 months is paid, but not much . Dh gets a week of full pay and then a week at no pay (which he is not taking - god damn the share prices and the US dollar)..anyway I feel fine...I am not nesting or anything yet...well I am hoping dh is going to put his clothes away.

~I always go for simple birthplans...no pain relief and I wish to avoid tearing/cutting - but will listen to advice. Actually as I am having homebirth this time hopefully it will be nice and simple...

Oh osrry I misunderstood - no he will not take any extra as he earns far more than me and needs to pay the large morgage we have.

Oh that's a pity. I thought the male partner was entitled to paternity at full pay. What a swizz. I did remember you saying home birth, but still, a birthplan. I can't even remember what I said - not that they cared at the hospital.
Did you say birthing pool? What will you do with the girls when you are in labour? I saw a film a while ago where the whole family were going in and out and I think one of the kids cut the cord. I'm not sure how comfortable I am with my own body for that, but it did seem nice, but just a bit 'much'.
How does it feel to be staying at home this time?

i am hoping the dds will either be a nursery or a school - don't want to tramutise them too much!!!!

or asleep I meant - at school or asleep!

So go to school/nursery then come home and go to sleep straight away!
Oh it's raining again. Yuck!

Mind you i reackon tongihts the night - birthing pool not arriving till Wednesday and Grace is currently asleep in our bed having cried herself to sleep as she has earache.. oh and the plumbers and decorators arriving tomorrow to "finish off"

and dh in tiding up (yes right) has lost my maternity notes....

Hi Cazzy, was 'tonight the night'??
It would be typical of a baby to arrive before the birthing pool, with lots of builder's bum work men walking around the house and no birth file.

ooooooh it getting exciting now!!

No - stil here, knackered though as Grace didn't sleep at all well last night. Birthing pool arrived a day early - so apart from house being a tip and needing to get a few more bits and bobs (ophh and the builders) I am all ready...but if it could hang on until at least the 8th that would be very nice thank you!

What was up with Grace?
We have been having terrible sleep as a family. DP went out to watch Scotland V Italy on Saturday and I don't even know when he got in. He then fell asleep and snored so loudly that I couldn't sleep, then Alfie woke up. I couldn't get DP to move (told me to 'go 'way) so I ended up on the sofa with Alfie for the rest of the night.
Then the next night this horrible man had been telling Alfie off for something, without looking for me or even checking that I was watching Alfie - which I was. This man was a bit closer to Alfie when he tried to open an icecream freezer in the shoop and he kind of grabbed at Alfie before I could get to him. It really freaked me out. So I told one of my colleagues and she said she could see this guy's point, because she doesn't like when people let their children play in a shop, by which I think she meant: make noise or run. I was so surprised that she was defending this bloke that I couldn't stop thinking about the whole situation. Other people disciplining your children when you are right there with them - without even checking to see your intended action. I felt so uncomfortable. And when I took Alfie's hand and told him he wasn't allowed to open the ice cream freezer, the guy smiled at me as if he were doing me a favour.

She was just under the weather - mind you so was I yeserday after about 3 hours sleep. She ended up in our bed and dh ended up in her bed. Still she seems better today - just a bit coughy and cheasty. My blood pressure was a little down which was good and birthing pool has arrived! - HORRAH. Just need to clean my house!

Aaah Poor old Gracie! Hugs!
Is it raining there?? We got sooooooaked today. Alfie kept trying to take his trousers off as we walked along saying 'they're too wet mummy'. I had to keep him walking along very fast so he couldn't balance enough to pull them up.
And he was crying Waaaaaah! all the way home because we handed in our slip to the nursery to say Alfie would like to attend and then Alfie wanted to stay. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I don't want to go home!
It was horrible rain, wah!
I'm going to ask if we can do 4 afternoons instead of 5, so his grandparents can visit.
Has anyone done that?

Not that anyone missed me but I'm baaaaaaaaaack. Have had probs with our broadband but now sorted.

Feeling very smug as have spent the day Christmas shopping & have almost got everything. Also had the delights of dd1's parent's review day today. Got her predicted grades for her GCSEs which she takes next year. She got a good report but got told if she pulled her socks up a bit more then she would do even better. Moley has been completely wound up by his brother & sisters about Santa and is desperately dissapointed every morning when he wakes up & Santa hasnt been!

Hi Kath! [waves]
That's terrible! Poor Moley! I hope he doesn't take it too badly. I can imagine Alfie collapsing if that happened to him. They don't really 'get' tongue in cheek humour do they: three year olds?
I think we are getting the terrible threes. After being quite an angelic, smiley little boy for the past 18 months Alfie is getting very noisy and rebellious. Quite often I am asking him (not)to do things and being ignored repeatedly - I'm talking to myself.
I'm working on uploading some piccies, at last. I'll get to work....

hiya everyone... and hiya kathh

oooh i remember those gcses..they were a drag!!

aww poor Moley thinks he had missed FC.. aww bless him

Talking about the terrible three....my DD is still the same as hers started when she was 11 months old and been the same since!..the only time she is naughty is when she is knackered as she really does push the bounderies with us!

but then again she is brilliant and is so full of character too.

She went for her 3 yrs dev assessment and passed all the flying colours...The lady asked me and my DP if there were any concerns about our DD?? and we said Yes...how to get her to be quiet as she gabs for England to anyone as she is quite happy to pull anyone (esp MEN!!) and gabs all about her life!!! She would go from one subject to the other and its soooo funny!!

Hope everyone is ok and thinking of getting DD a bike

Hi Biglips, I was wondering where you had got to?!
You are doing well for development checks in your area - we had the 8 month check and then....that's it folks. I think they expect you to go to them if you think there is a problem. I can't wait to see how many kids start Alfie's nursery with all kinds of undetected developmental delays.
Tweenie sounds like Alfie; talks to anyone. I am currently trying to get him to stop SHOUTING. I know he can't help it, but it's a bit draining after half an hour.
Since starting nursery do you take Tweenie to play at other childrens' houses? Or have you left her to play at someone's house?
I vaguely remember my mum taking me to people's houses when I was little to play, not just to leave me and run away.

My new 12 year old hoody, boy postman, just handed me a 'Sorry you were out' card for when I was in yesterday. He hid it in between a letter from the Inland Revenue saying our details had been on that missing CD (but don't worry)and a parcel for a man who lives at the flat below mine???
They obviously expect us to go and fetch the package - but I have foiled him and have arranged redelivery online. So whichever lazy lump couldn't be bothered delivering the package will have to bring it on Wednesday. Ha!
Our really nice postie just left, so things are going downhill.

Cazzy? Still there???

well funny enough that we've seems to got 2 postmen!!...usually just have 1...and sometimes we have 2 posts a day!!..it still not 100% yet!. As in liverpool we had the extra week of un-offical strike!!

we havent been invited to the kids house as i dont know anyone yet!! as im not originally from round here but ive spoken to two mums and they are nice

Geog is not very well, tonight he said ' I not very well, I need something for my ear, not a hearing aid or some eye drops, some medicine!'
Masie post is one of the banes of my life too, our postman has been off so when I saw him in the week and said how pleased I was to see him he told me the relief postman can't read, which would explain alot!
As for playing at peoples houses geog is a bit of a pro, although all of his friends are DS1 or DD friends siblings. I usually go the first time then see how it goes, but often he needs to go somewhere because DS1 has hospital so he has to go by himself. the only downside with all this of course is you need tot return the favour!