Jan '07 part 18: A splatter-free thread this time?

[2HappyFrighteningPeople]

Surely no more sickness to be had?! (Or eah'll start spraying the thread with disinfectant!)

Lizz - Jacob is trying to set the world Land Speed record with eating - I just shovel and he gobbles then wafts his hands at me in apanic going 'eh eh eh' if I am a bit slow!!

2Happy - sympathies - just hope you don't get it!

UD - had a dream about you last night. Dreamt you were getting your nipples pierced and having one of those nasty bars with balls on the end put through your skin on your shoulder.

Am just missing RGees address for SS now and LAL you need to text me your again cos I accidentally deleted it when I cleared my inbox. Sorry!

Not much to report here, J cut his 6th tooth. It's odd cos he cut his side bottom one and then his side top one. Thought they were meant to come through in pairs????

Morning all. Feel a bit more normal. D&V for half of friday, only just stopped when ds1 took it - and he splattered everywhere. Just as well I had it first, though, or I would have PFB-panicked he had something deadly!!
ds2 hasn't had it (yet), but randomly has conjunctivitis instead - poor sod couldn't even open his eyes this morning. I hope he doesn't get it, but won't be surprised if he does sine the sickness started literally halfway through a feed - had to tear him off and run!
I would just like to say that mothers are the best, my mother being the best of all. She came over friday am, amused the boys while I puked my guts up, then cleared up ds1's copious splatter (possibly slightly guilt-related - she'd tried to get him to eat more lunch as he hadn't eaten much...then we found out why he wasn't hungry!), and then did all my ironing! Bless her, I hope she doesn't get it too! And poor ds1 just passed out after the first couple of vomits, slept on my lap for an hour. He fell asleep on me just under a year ago when he was ill, but that was overnight. I literally cannot tell you the last time he slept on me during the day, it was kind of sweet...except for the constant worry he was about to wake up and barf over me

Anyhow, I lost a couple of pounds, so it's all good

DH - good to see you back, are you going for a drive in the new car today?
Lal - hope your night out was good
Trixy/UD - hoping you get some sleep soon
slow eaters - ds2 is quick enough, but ds1...oh it's painful how slowly he eats. And he's sooooo messy - yes I know, it's normal, he's a toddler, but I have to sit on my hands some days (and I'm not anally tidy by any means!)

hattie is super fast eater lunch and dinner with pudding is about 10minutes maximum and like J she panics if she thinks she isnt getting anymore, she literally spends most of the day either eating or scavaging around loking for food

We have 6 teeth now bottom middle 2 and then 2 incisors at top and 2 top middle now through (I knoe shes cutting more teeth because she has teh snotiest nose in teh world!)

Lizz - I live in Maidstone and we do have loads of lovely shops as we now have 3 shopping complexes in teh town - maybe I should do personal shopping (actually that and wedding planner would be a great job when girls are both at school)

I bought my secret santas present yesterday had the girls with me and ellie ad the final decision over the 2 things I was pondering on! Got to get some lovely wrapping paper etc and make it look all fancy and then I'll probably post it next week as I don't trust royal mail in december!!

Just going to go onto next website and order dh xmas present, he wants a jacket from there and keeps saying he won't get it as its £40 and we are trying to pay off the car early and pay credit card off, but I have earnt a £50 bonus which will be paid via vouchers so decided to ask for next ones and pay spend it on him as he has been working 14 hours a day for 6 days a week for the last 4 weeks so that we can have extra money.

Dads meal at 1.30 and then probably back to my mum and dads for a bit.

Oooooo I nearly forgot we won a branch 'team event'at work and had a budget of £500 to spend and we've booked tickers to se dirty dancing on stage on 10th april plus a mini bus to take us there and back plus I am going to see hairspray on stage with brothers g/f on 10th march am so excited!

2happy sounds like your mum was/is a star hope you and ds's are feeling better now

Zzzzz - I am so tired!! Have had a couple of realy crap nights sleep. DS has started having a poo in the middle of the night and then screaming his head off and not going back to sleep.

EaH I think you had this problem as well, did you find a solution or did it just correct itself?

DH and UD - we do baby signing as well. DS does the signs for milk and sore (as I keep doing it when he twists my nipples!!)

Lizz - My DS takes forever to eat his meals. I can't really complain though as he has finally started eating properly.

Can I just ask how much food you feed your LO?

2happy - hope you are all feeling better!

yep we had that poo problem she did it for about 10days then stopped

h eats 1 weetabix or cornflakes for breakfast

mid morning - snack (banana or biscuit etc)

lunch - bread with some sort of filling ie cheese spread,marmite, although we have tried grated cheese and tuna this week plus rice cake/crisps and yoghurt

mid afternoon - sometimes a snack

teatime - meat,veg and potato or pasta/sauce ie proper dinner plus pudding (yoghurt/custard and fruit/rice pudding/ice cream etc)

plus 2 bottles one when waking and one at 6pm (around 7oz cows milk) and as many beakers of drink in the day as she can

lal got asked for id last night when I asked the bloke if he was kidding he said im afraid not madam and wouldnt let me in !!!!!!!!!! Im 29 in about 2 weeks time lol.

2happy glad you are better.
Eah enjoy the meal
Wilkie ill re send address
Dragon lol at no disney you are putting me out of buisness .
Ud you want to watch out for that wilkie dreaming about you.

mmmm who have I missed ?

PMSL LAL!! I would be flattered if I were you!!

PMSL LAL - way to go!!!

Just bought J his first proper shoes cos everytime we go out he wants to walk and when it has been raining his shoes get soaked cos they are canvas bottomed.

He is a 3 and a half G. They took his photo and gave him a little certificate which says 'My First Shoes'. Really really cute. He was toddling round the shop in his new shoes, grinning from ear to ear and waving at people. It was really cute but a bit cos EVERYONE was staring at him!!!!!!!!

Trixy - J eats 1 and half weetabix mixed with a fruit pot for breakfast. Biscuit and beaker of tea mid morning. 7 cubes of something and two yoghurts for lunch. Fruit mid afternoon. 7 cubes again for tea plus a pudding. Prob another biscuit before bed. I just give him rich tea or malted milk. HTH.

He is being a little sod at going down in his cot to sleep. He was brill for about 3 weeks and now wants to snuggle with me on the bed. I fell asleep next to him last night at 7pm and woke up dribbling on his head

LAL - I wish that would happen to me, I was 30 this weekend, and I would love someone to ask my age.

The waiter in the Japanese restaurant asked if I was 21 or 26 but I think he just said that as he got a big tip.

Disneyland was actually great fun I went on all the rides wit dc's. DD was hilarious, screaming not fast enough on Thunder mountain as we hurtled along. They loved it.

Wilkie - Ahhhhh, I remember ds1 first shoes expedition. They look so sweet don't they.

Trixy - welcome back. Spoilt in Spain??! Sounds fab!

Eah - it seems an age until Sept next year. But fab to have a holiday to look forward to.

2H - the splatter has definitely hit the north. Was supposed to be working this weekend, but threw my guts up at 1.30am on Saturday morning. Dh awoke thinking I was giving lo a bath (ok, in his defence, he assumed she had been sick and I was cleaning her, and when I heaved massively again, he twigged it was me and got up to see if I was ok). Anyway, I bobbed to the conference for an hour, then came home puked some more, then slept for 18 hours yesterday!!!! Managed to stay awake for the X Factor then back to bed for 9 hours sleep, before getting up for work this morning. I've felt ok today, but didn't eat anything yesterday so a bit 'fragile'. I too have lost a few pounds (every cloud and all that )

Lizz - Beverley is sooo much better than Andy. Was pleased he got the XFactor boot. I quite fancy Leon

Lal - how's your head today? pmsl that you got asked for id. We you flattered or insulted?

Dragon - hope you are enjoying the new vroom vroom.

Eah - Dirty Dancing and Hairspray. Am v . Think I'm going to get mil tickets for Xmas to see joseph in Leeds (with Craig - the fella who came 3rd(?) in the Any Dream Will do programme) .

Carrot - happpeeeeee birthdayyyyyyyy! 30s are the best decade (so far)!

Wilkie - finally sent address. Sorry about taking an age. Every little task seems like a mountain at the minute iykwim

Wilkie - ewwwww to nipple piercing! don't think Z would be too impressed either!! you need to post a picture of J's new shoes. i'm dreading getting Z his first ones - were they very expensive??

LaL - i got asked for id for tobacco when i was 21, i was really pissed off cause i'd just popped to the shops with a fiver, no driving licence or anything!

DH - i am so with you on the fireworks thing. it's like farking Beirut here at the moment. if i wanted to live in a warzone i'd move to Baghdad!!

MrsC - happy birthday!! was it Wagamama's you went to?

EAH - well done on winning the work thing!

2H - hope you're feeling better soon. with ds2's conjunctivitis, get some cool boiled water on some cotton wool and wipe the gunk away from his nose outwards. you probably already know this, but thought i'd mention it

Z eats a bowl of baby porridge with a petit filous (i know, i know) mixed in, then has pitta bread with tuna and cheese, or a pizza toastie, or something else bread related for lunch, with a pot of custard or yoghurt for pudding, then has meat and 2 veg for tea. today he had roast beef with potatoes and parsnips and carrots and sugar snap peas and brocolli. ooooh and i managed to make successful yorkshire pudding for the first time ever today as well, so i was very happy!!

PS - mums of toddlers...are you taking them for eye tests yet? was just typing that bit to 2H and it made me think of it!! it's free, and you don't have to pay for specs either!!

just a quick post as trying to do 100 oter things - ud how do they test toddlers eyes as ellie can't read the letter chart thing? I have never taken her should i(shes 3.2)

oh and ellies shoes are around £25 per pair thankfully shes always had slow growing feet so only needed new shoes every 4-5months from 11 months till 2yrs and now they tend to last 6 months (am dreading the cost of 2 pairs of shoes plus trainers plus sandles etc etc eeeeek)

hello
just a quick catch up - havent got time for all personals (sorry everyone I miss out)

LAL - I used to get id'd when I first moved up here a couple of years ago, whenI was 30. Got id'd for fags when I was 30, and pmsl at the woman. gave her id, she said blimey etc etc, and I was quite rude - said something like, when you are over 60 I guess everyone looks young . I used to get really offended, but I look at mum who is nearly 60 but looks 40 and am now

Dragon - I am having the same problem with self-feeding! S won't let me spoon fee him at all, so we are having epic 1 hour lunches where most of it ends up on the floor or in the dog. I was stressed about it, but there's nothing I can do is there, so I guess we plod on. It's actually easier than feeding him purees, as I can sit back and relax as he splatters the front room with food.

I tried S on egg today. The dietician said to leave it til he is 1, due to dairy allergy etc, but now he is finger foods only I NEED egg for quiche, eggy-bread and binding foods into sausage shaped lumps. So, no reaction yet, so fingers crossed....

I have bought my secret santa stuff! its the only christmas present I've bought so far - I usually leave mine til the last minute, but as EAH says, I don't trust royal mail in December, so I want to get it posted ! Sooooo exciting!!!!

Hey ho. Brace yourselves for millions of multiple, wittering, pointless posts from 2H - dh has gone to Newmarket on some bloody course so I am on my tod until weds Nothing but MN for company

lal - glad you had a good night, but pmsl id!
MrsC - happy birthday hopt the tequila head is better
RGee - were you the only one who got it at home? Glad you're on the mend too
UD - thanks for the tip

Well neither boy is settling this evening. Great. I am in for a fantastic couple of days then

EAH - they don't have to read the charts as the optician can do other checks (used to work at VE as did UD)

UD - shoes were £20, will post pic tomorrow with him wearing them! So cute

Just watching Jezza Clarkson take the piss out of Simon Cowell on Top Gear. PMSL!!!!

I think it's fairly equal banter isn't it?

Alright, Jeremy is being funnier

I LOVE Jezza (although I had an erotic dream about him the other night which was a little disconcerting!!! - mind you, that was after I had an erotic lesbian dream about EAH )

EAH- When Luke had his eye test, they got him to look at things with paterns to see if he tried to grab them, like a cross between a black and white optical illusion and a magic eye pic with animals or shapes that jumped out. Then they put eye drops in his eyes to dilate the pupil then, then she looked into his eyes with a light gadgit to check eye health (same as they do in an adult one). She put a weird scope looking thing with a light on on her head and looked through it into his eye. Think it measures the eye length to see if they are too long/short/odd shaped so they can see if they need glasses. She also got him to look at a chart with animals and shapes on it rather than letters.

Not very technical (I am sure UD knows more about the details) but I have to say that if in a routine eye test they have to use the drops, I would not want to take Luke if he did not have to because of DH's eye sight and the fact that he had a suspected suint. He finds it very upsetting and it bothers him until the next day. You have to be careful they do not go in the sun after them as they cant dilate their pupils properly. It might just be like that for Luke, I dont know.

Happy Birthday Mrs Carrot, glad you had a good time. DH is 30 next month and we are planning to go to a new real snow ski slope in Manchester and for a meal afterwards. Hope you had a good night. Last time I had tequilla, it was on my hen night and I puked my guts up after drinking copious ammounts of alcohol then downing 4 in a row The next morning I woke up and I was really worried that I was having a heart attack, my heart was beating so hard!

Wilkie- Not to worry you but we have had 5 pairs of shoes for LUke so far, each costing £25-£27. Thats £125 in 15months, from 13months (he was a slow walker) to 28months His feet just keep growing. I cant even get cheap shoes for him as his feet are so wide, that they squash his feet.

Ruth eats:
1 wheatabix/bowl of porridge/toast with half a bananna

Bread and cheese for lunch (in various forms) with 2 types of fruit (usually half of each)

Milk in afternoon with biscuit/Rice cake (depending on who we are with)

Meat and two veg type teas, about a desert bowlful, which if possible, she eats herself otherwise she winges all through the meal. Then yoghurt and fruit for pudding

Milk before bed.

Loving the new car. Picassos rock!

Erotic dreams about Jeremy clark?!!!

you need help!!!

Clarkson