March 2007 - where the babies all get feisty and we "make rods for our own backs" or develop arms like a trucker!

[Mossy]

Couldn't help it!

MrsS?
It would be nice to get goody bags, don't know if we will though.
I've also been invited to a 'clothes swap' party next week. None of your dross, only 'good quality' thank you very much . Hey ho, a chance to get rid of some of the useless buys I've made from ebay and to finally give up those clothes I don't think will ever fit again.,or indeed did ever fit me in the first place

Yes, I'm going to call you Mrs S but will also prolly lapse into Kitty as that's what you'll be in my head for a while!

Lunar... what you have to accomplish sounds physically impossible to me ... how the hell can you do it all?

My dh is away loads so I'm used to being on my own a lot of the time but at least dd and ds1 are old enough to help out a bit... piff i hope you're making your ds1 pull his weight... is he any good with a paint brush?!

How is work going foxy?

Mrs S... are you still like me and drinking wine daily?
Am worried I am having too much... is it still ok to have some most days???? Never know what current guidelines are for women.

Don't know about the rest of you but a glass of wine sometimes is the only thing that gets me through the evening

how sad is that?!

Muppet, I'm the same with the drink. The guidlines for women are 14-21 units a week, so a couple of glasses of wine is fine.
I did have a break last night though, the first one for yonks it must be said. Sadly I do feel better for it today.(bugger)

like mrs slocombe, very good exp for stalking boards

foxy, how is your boss and that idiot who was after your office space?

piffle, your poor dh, to hate his job. its crap enough having to go to work without that. hope it gets better or something else comes up.

rosy, hope you get some kip tonight. i was up since 4.00am myself -poor lad couldn;t stay asleep, he dropped off ok. dh has no idea he has been awake and is amazed he doesn;t hear him/ me crash about that's 3 times the baby has slept through the night (7.30-6) since birth.

oh if anyone is feeling nosey the house is this one

Drink aha I gave up all this week am having 2 light lagers tonight 1 unit each. Dp is on his 3rd Stella (6.9 units lol)
I was SO relieved that I could go 5 days without needing a drink
DP is ok, I think he says it's the same shite you get in every job like that, just being new he does not know how to get what he need done yet, he sys he thinks it will work out...

Am feeling slightly virtuous, have done all the gloss work in the d/stairs WC and have begun the walls as well - til cramp set in

at the work tales of woe!i couldnt cope with any of it.

i hadnt had a drink for 3 months before the wedding as i hadn't felt like it since starting the new medication.i had 4 glasses of wine on the evening and i was pissed as a fart.i had a hangover for 5 days,so i havent bothered having a drink since.

i miss having a glass of wine in the evening,although when i was a single mum it was never a glass,i used to drink a large bottle of lambrini every night.i never got hangovers as i think i kept my blood alcohol level pretty constant.

and whoever said drink makes you fat was talking out of their arse.i was right skinny back then now i am struggling not to pile weight on.

anyway.i am not feeling to great my heads a bit of a mess so i shall bugger off and try to distract myself now.

piffle-the house is lovely!especially the kitchen,its so big(and clean).

Piffle yes the house looks lovely, clean and neat ( not like mine), it looks to be very spacious too.

Well I didn't get in until 1.15 this morning. Dp says I didn't sound drunk ( always a bonus!). Of course Ron woke at 4 and the little girls at 6. Serves me right. I haven't stayed up that late for about 100 years

How was party Mrs S did you buy anything? Must've been good if you stayed out so late?

Pf taht house looks lovely - spacious and light - loads of rooms for yoto rattle around in. Have you viewed it yet?Do you have to sell your first?

Sponge/Mupps I am really enjoying work I have been doing the same line of work for yonks now, so its easy (should change to something more challenging really but can't be arsed atm with 3 small kids IYKWIM), I like dressing up and going into the office three times week. I was stitched over the office space though and am sitting am stting in a corridor with no "defensable space" around me. I was very cross about it but have got over that and am negotiating some screens etc around me. Thr are a lot opeopl in the world a lot worse off than me[philosophical emoticon]. The grievance has kept my boss on his toes though and he's is being really nice to me . The guy who stitched me is my new best friend [the crime being forgiven but not forgotten]

Lunar you are super-woman I don' know how you do it either. It no wonder your baby is "super baby" in his development as he must take over his smart Mummy :

We have two people coming to view the spre rom toda, one gu and also a woman who is a locl nanny. I am already fantasising about having a babysitter on site

Piffle that house looks fabulous! The garden looks huge and it is so spacious! It's lovely. There's no way you could get a house here for that either, the housing market went crazy here recently and it is ludicrous.

Good luck with 'project house'!

I had some girlies over last night...cooked dinner, we stuffed our faces and drank wine and were up til 2 so today I am hungover and have't had much sleep for 3 days...it is such hard work 'getting a life' phew...
And my house looks as if a hurricane blew through it...

LOL Rosy - thing is when you have a hangover, you don't much feel like tidying up anyway do you?

Hi all
Well we went to view and typically Dp has quite liberlaly piddled on my parade...
But I'll fall on my motorbike in the gravel...
so we'll pave it you NONCE, anyway best case we'd never move within 3 mths anyway and he gets company car in January
Oh and the utility roon does not work for him

What the f has he got to do with the washing... aside from making lots of it I wonder... we have no utility room now and our kitchen has no cupboards, despite our house being "better" per se.
We could do so much to improve that other house....
I'm actually quite pissed off with him atm....

On better news side, Finn crawled a few arm steps today HOORAY but he has also given up daytime naps which makes life much harder
This is the price of either teething or him sleeping through methinks.

I wish I had girly friends I need a night out with some big time...

Anyway off to pretend that I'll miss DP when he is Ankara... actually am quite worried, Foreign office advice details lots of bomb dismantling right in the district he is staying in ....
Maybe I will kiss him goodbye after all

have been off the sauce as trying to lose weight again- been eating steadily since my wedding also am 40 soon (can hardly bring myself to type that) so do not want to turn into fat forty rifling through stretch waist band trousers at wherever you go to get them.

can you conceive after af start and when you are still bf? just a question...

felt really down all day, need to be cheered up. am fed up with dh working so hard - there is no time for us and in his job it will never change. rosy, how do you cope?

have noticed during daytime tv that ads are on for legal help for mis-managed births.

Sponge - LOL better than being a fat 44 like me!!

yes you can conceive while BF - there was a recent thread on this subject

Piff sorry your DP was being a miserable plonker. Men really are a nuisance sometimes aren't they? give him a big hug before he goes off (he will be fine, try not to worry about him)

very quiet on here today...

piffle-your dp is being a knob about the house thing.i dont understand men.and i dont see why we should bother to try

i also wish i had some girly friends to have a night in with.i used to enjoy those gatherings as a single mum,sticking all the kids upstairs,drinking wine and putting the world to rights.

sponge-my understanding is that once af has returned then you have started ovulating again and can therefore conceive.but i would imagine you might need to have sex.sounds like you need to have a heart to heart with your dh about spending more time together if its possible?

my dh rarely leaves the house,but i still never seem to get any time with him as he is always away in his fantasy world

snoo snoo, would love to spend more time together its just his job- he loves it and its one of those which really does need him there all the time. we often talk about spending more time together, finally came up with getting waking up earlier/ going to bed later. unfortunately the baby joined in

i miss girls nights as well, esp when can sleep in the next day. a friend was round recently, but i just wanted to drink tea

must get off the pc. also, any advice from techies- am trying to load photos onto a website and they are too big. they are just digital pics from a camera???

Hi everyone
Have I been missed?

Well lets see.....Deanna is now crawling and she has one or two teeth.She has her 8 month check booked for end of the month.
I have my next scan this Friday,I cant believe Im 19 weeks already,its gone so fast this time.
We have had a busy few weeks,away in Milton Keynes one weekend then Heathrow the next.We was meeting actors from several shows,Deanna loved meeting all the new peope and never cried once,she was known as smiley baby.

Well heres some new pictures of her;)

www.flickr.com/photos/11792270@N07/sets/72157603066297379/

Just hope it works

Piffle, sorry your dh is being miserable. It sounds like he is scared of the move and is looking for any old excuse?
Well now that Finn has stopped sleeping during the day Ronnie has finally started, yes after 7 months of misery he has at least one nap, sometimes 2. Gosh I won't know what to do with myself!!

Sponge are you after another baby then? I went through a phase of lamenting the fact thst this is my last baby, now I am beginning to feel relieved that this is my last baby, although I'm not fully at peace with it all yet. A few more nights out and a semi decent figure and I'll be persuaded.

Hi shanks, I was wondering where you were (it's kitty btw), glad everything's going well. Have you had you 20 week scan yet?

ds2 won the prize at the school's firwork fancy dress last night. He was on ood!!

It's dd1's birthday 6th birthday today. She's called Poppy and quite coincidently was born on Poppy day. She's got a party at 10 this morning still, gets it over and gone with!

Shanks lovely pictures. Deannas ehes are stunning and so are yours actually. Very celtic with the black hair. Who are all those people? Thought I recognised a couple of them.

I did enjoy my girlie night but hard to relax properly.
Today is dh's birthday and he is here for once. We are off to a diwali festival today, should be fun.

I love having him around but it is actually easier without him. But I guess that is because I have my own routine and he disrupts it but if he was here full time he would be part of my routine or something like that...

Piffle does your dp really like where you live now? Or is he just overwhelmed by the thought of moving when he is still adjusting to a new job? We have similar problems because I am home centred and focused but dh just sees it as a place to live...we are renting while the house we own lies empty. I've recently given up trying to sort that out for now because it is such a complex, messy business with us. So I let it go...it's floating away like a cloud into the distance...it's just a speck....

Dolly hasn't popped on for ages..?

Happy birthday Poppy!

shanks, that would be eyes rather than ehes...typing with too many children on knee

Ahhh rosy yes I'm a floater Dp is grounded, that's fair assessment.
Anyway we have compromised - well ish...
if we can get the house for a bargain price then we can consider it...
It has been on the market for many months I cna see what dp says about the layout, but we can overcome it by making some minor (IMO major in his lol) changes and building a new garage and utility room etc

Shanks I saw your pics on FB. deanna looks really well!

Kitty I know my childbreaing days are over, part of me says thank god, part of me wants to cry... I guess I'll feel like that until the menopause or vasectomy

Sigh - well back to the house tasks at hand... Finn has been up since 5.30am he is napping now but for how long still he is happy when up which makes it bearable - but nothing is getting done!

happy birthday poppy

it would have been my grandad's 88th today(i think,or maybe 89?!).

piffle-glad you have reached a compromise of sorts.

hi shanks(its diva btw)

i rather stupidly posted on a fluffy depression forum about dh,and got some very strange replies about leaving him and having him seek help for his addiction

i wish i'd posted on here and got the usual get a grip type reeplies.or just re-read the message i sent mossy on FB when i was feeling exactly the same way at this stage of my cycle last month

kitty-i know i am never going to have any more children,but its bloody scary to think what on earth i am going to do when Elsie starts nursery.i have been producing babies for the last 10 years!i wish i could get steralised cos i just dont trust myself.

happy birthday Poppy!! Hope the party is fun for Poppy and her friends.

Diva - hope things are ok with your dh and you can work out a solution that works for you. Get a grip is sometimes a good reaction!!

Shanks, Deanna is precious. What are all the photos?

I am in completely the opposite situation with you all reminiscing about your babies being your last. I would give anything to be pregnant again. If only I wasn't so tired to do something about it .

Kate is still suffering with her bronchiolitis. It is so awful to watch her wheeze and pant - and that poor ribcage contract while she breathes. I've been off work all week and hubs and I have been taking turns up with her throughout the night. They are both sleeping atm.

Piffle... fingers crossed for you then that you can get the house and your dh can share your vision. It is gorgeous - I am very envious after our pokey flat.

Happy birthday to your dh Rosy. Enjoy the festival