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June 07 - superheroes, united in the fight against crime, pollution, nastiness ... and the battle of the bulge!

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riabutterflew · 06/10/2007 23:11

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riabutterflew · 06/10/2007 23:13

thought I'd get ready for tomorrow - new thread

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riabutterflew · 06/10/2007 23:13

bugger it, how did that happen

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LentilweaverDaisyboo · 06/10/2007 23:21

oooh Ria....a thread within a thread within a thread...it's like Alice in Wonderland

I like the title by the way...although I'm losing the battle of the bulge

motherhurdicure · 07/10/2007 07:35

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trendaverter · 07/10/2007 08:30

Morning all!
Superheroes start early.
The wheels of vengeance are in motion...

andiem · 07/10/2007 09:06

ooh ta what are you going to do

parteee was nice last night lo slept through it and we left about 10 as dh and ds vv tired

tbh mooncup is step too far for me but have not had period since lo born yipeeee and was perimenopausal before hence the ivf so maybe I won't have anymore

welcome back pingu sorry things have been so crap for u we haven't met but I have two ds one 7 one 3.5 months

off to do some gardening today as needs a good tidy

Jamantha · 07/10/2007 09:22

Morning all.

Well a girl sits down with her DH to watch a film (which was rubbsih so I went to bed early instead ) and misses LOADS of chat. But thanks for signposting to the new thread (like the title btw) so numpties like me can keep up.

Had a lovely lie in this morning when DH took DD downstairs for an hour, but he's now gone back to bed for a bit so gotta go look after her, she seems bored with her monkey now ...

BadZelda · 07/10/2007 09:30

pah

the only battle I'm interested in at the moment is the one to stop DD1 doing a MASSIVE poo over her pants / bed / floor first thing EVERY morning bleuuuurrgghhhhh

Pingu - nice to meet you again - I remember you too. Am also Irish (from Dublin) though I barely recognise the place when I go back there now. Sorry to hear you've had a horrible time.

Jamantha · 07/10/2007 09:59

Yuk, BZ. Good luck with that one!

trendaverter · 07/10/2007 10:12

FUCKK so stupid
Posted in TA's name not alter ego cos I was talking to mum

SUCH A GODDAMN IDIOT

Jamantha · 07/10/2007 10:14

Poor TA. I take it this was part of plan to get money back from that %&$*# ?

BadZelda · 07/10/2007 10:19

Why am I grumpy EVERY sunday morning?

Jamantha · 07/10/2007 10:24

OMG!! Just browsing and came across this which I can see being useful having heard my cat trying to join me on the bed this morning, but then I saw this and didn't quite know what to think

Jamantha · 07/10/2007 10:28

I still thought the pet steps were a bit sad, mind

LentilweaverDaisyboo · 07/10/2007 10:44

LOL Jamantha, I wish I'd seen that pet stroller on Friday. It would've gone down a treat on the "bayamogate" thread.

We had a really really bad night last night. I don't know what's got into DD.

She only catnapped all day yesterday (after being up from 4:30) and was very unsettled when she went to bed.

She woke up at 2 and had a feed and she hasn't really been back to sleep since. She sort of naps when feeding, but wakes up as soon as I try to move her. DH has taken her out in the buggy this morning in the hope that he can get her off to sleep, and I shoved some calpol down her neck in despaeration. He's been away for an hour which means she obviously hasn't dropped off yet. If she does this through the week when he isn't here I don't know what I'll do. I feel like crying just thinking about it

A baby cannot survive on 6 hours sleep and an hours napping in a 36 hour period....can she?

TA...what are you up to?

Jamantha · 07/10/2007 11:00

I suspect the baby can survive, though not without the parents paying for it with their sanity, because the baby ends up beinng a right grumpy little git. Not to be recommended and especially not suitable for repeat performances

foxybrown · 07/10/2007 11:09

Morning lovely ladies!

TA Hope it get sorted out for you.

Pingu, welcome back to the fold. So sorry to hear things have been shite, but as another former single parent (and I feel like I am revisiting it over and over again but with 4 not one thanks to the bloody rugby!) I second what Daisy says. You get into a groove and form a special bond. The whole housing thing is tough. I hope he is supporting you both. Dont be a stranger. We are all here and have been through similar and are going through the same things re the babies.

Daisy STOP GODDAMIT STOP!!!!!!!!!!

foxybrown · 07/10/2007 11:14

Daisy, I meant to say DD2 is doing similar. She falls asleep on the breast and when I put her in her bed or chair she wakes up instantly. I suspect I need to GF her and put her in her bed and into a routine, I do think she needs more sleep than she is getting. But I need to be arsed about it more than I am. She's doing OK and is quite happy.

Am getting her weighed on Tuesday. If she hasn't gone up I'll be mighty pissed off as I have been trying very hard to be a dairy cow this week. (As opposed to a moody cow to DP!)

Jamantha · 07/10/2007 11:20

DD doesn't sleep in her cot apart from at night. I guess loads of people would tell me this is bad, but she goes to bed so well at night, I don't want to generate bad associations with it. So she sleeps on me if we're at home, or in the push chair when we're out (and for as long as she'll stay asleep once we get back, which is sometimes 5 mins, sometimes 2 hours). I'm sure loads of people would tell me this is a bad idea, but it's worked for us so far.

andiem · 07/10/2007 11:24

aah daisy hope she gets some sleep today
I am a bit ruthless in that I only let my lo stay awake for 2 hrs max and then put him in the cot or in the pram so that he goes to sleep he is definitely foul if he is overtired saying that he is not great at self settling in the day and often needs a push in the pram it is so exhausting when they cry like that it does my head in

hope dh does the trick

foxybrown · 07/10/2007 11:29

my children are still not doing anything I ask - they are lying infront of the tv in their pjs. But then so am I...

I'm off to have a shower and see if I can't improve this foul mood I'm in.

andiem · 07/10/2007 11:32

do some baking foxy always does it for me and you have something nice to scoff at the end

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riabutterflew · 07/10/2007 12:10

you can always do it again TA. don't forget to have a pseudo-email too.

Hi pingu, welcome back. Hope things get better.

Hi everyone else too.

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foxybrown · 07/10/2007 13:07

That, Andiem, is an excellent idea.

Charlie999 · 07/10/2007 14:36

Afternoon all

Welcome back Pingu...not sure we have "met" as I only joined post-natally as it were...I have DD born 2nd June so she is 18 weeks now! Sorry to hear you've had such a shite time....hopefully, get chatting with us all again and it will help!

Daisy I know you're wanting to BLW at 6 months, but could she be hungry? My DD has started to take less milk at each feed....her eating and sleeping patterns are definately changing....she was fed at 5pm last night...went to sleep...went to friends for dinner where she dozed and slept in buggy good as gold....came home asleep...went straight to bed....woke up twice but not fed, then had a feed at 8.30am and again at 11am....very odd? I don't know what to make of it all.

Don't know what to do re weaning...was it you Ria who said you didn't want to miss out on the puree stage? TBH, I think I would like to do that as well (prob PFB and all that)...Is that wrong? Should I be doing that now or waiting? Will be interested to hear what you are all doing

LOL Jamantha at the pet steps....my cat (or dog) don't need any help there