April 2007 - Dippy's mum may be Gordon Brown, but at least her babies can't get man-colds

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just for you my lovely

Maveta, glad you knew what I was rambling about I know what you mean, you would run the errands with N in tow whereas he cant do the same thing. Dh had F on Sat pm for me to go out but instead of it just being him and her he went over to his mums house. They really dont have the first idea Hope you pick up again soon, lack of sleep is awful and affects every area of your life. Take care xxx

Eddas, bless your little dd. At least she sounds ok in herself just now. Lol at liking a bit of cream Ds had chickenpox at about 10 months I think (def before he was a year old anyway) and he wasnt too bad with it. Agree its better to get it over with earlier than later.

SOL, forgot to reply to your feeding question earlier. F is mainly on baby cereal for breakfast then pureed veg for lunch and dinner. Have tried her with more lumpy foods and I get oscar winning retching for my trouble, and a look as if I was trying to murder her! Ds was the same, took him ages to eat anything other than puree. She is very partial to the dried packet food, the cauli cheese one. It absolutely stinks but she loves it. I do try to give her home made stuff as much as I can, but not all the time.

Meant to add, I bought the tiny pasta stars for her. They are so weeny, you wouldnt think she would even notice them, but notice them she did!

She is rolling around like a bloody loon today, desperate to be mobile although I would be quite glad if she left it for a bit longer yet!

I bought 'Raising Boys' by steven biddulph the other day in tescos cos it was only a fiver and its just brilliant, I keep reading bits out to dp and really want to read the whole thing out to him! Will def make him read it after me. I feel all emotional!

Sorry uw - didnt refresh before posting as still had page open from earlier! Hello!!

ooh pesha I've got that too, it's nice isn't it?
Eddas, sorry your DD is so ill She's really having bad luck

Afternoon. Pissing down here, freezing cold and flippin' awful. Have been tidying the house like a loon as we have our first viewing later today. Am going out later to look at another house which we can't afford (why o why do I keep doing this?). Zazas I am incredibly of how much your money buys in the Lakes. Your house down here in Surrey would be at least £600k. The amount you have to spend down here is just beyond belief. OK, I know we've made a good profit on this place, but proportionally you have to spend so much more to move up to the next size of house IYSWIM.

Maveta - sorry you're having such a rough time of it at the mo. Lack of sleep is an utter killer. Can you get a really early night tonight to try to catch up a little?

SOL - S is eating a good range of foods - she loves roasted butternut squash which I mix in with assorted other veg and chicken to make a sort of casserole (it's got a lovely strong & sweet flavour so makes even boring stuff more palitable). She's also had minestrone soup I've made for the whole family, various casseroles with lentils / butter beans etc, curry (korma), cauliflower cheese..... She still prefers puddings to everything else, and is very partial to cake for some reason. I do try to stick with fruit, mainly mixed in with babyrice (which she loves) or yogurt (have some from a company called Little Dish which are sugar free). I have been trying to cook soups/casseroles that the whole family can eat, so I take some out for her before I add any seasoning and freeze some potions too.

Right, better go and finish the tidying. Am going to have to use SPB's trick of putting the ironing basket in my car....

wow fame at last!
dont stop there, cram as much in as you can
good luck

Hiya.

Thanks for the note re food. I need to push the boat out I think! Have tried K with chicken (with mash and carrot) and the look on her face was a picture! Just been sticking with the old root veg mashed, fruit puree and baby cereal which she loves.

[sol wanders off to look at the Annabel Karmel book that has been gahering dust on the window sill]

Its lovely spb. I'm feeling very emotional of late about ds1. I keep thinking I might start a thread so I can waffle on about him as much as i want! I am SO proud of how hes doing at school hes been amazing but its so much for him being so young. Hes so lovely though. He came in the kitchen the other day holding some photos and said 'look mummy' stood there looking at them for a bit then said 'careful' (as in look im being careful arent i good!!) Hes trying so very hard to be good. His emotions are, and always have been, right there on the surface and I really just want to cuddle him forever! The initial 'oh my god my boys all grown up and at school' and 'ah look at him in his uniform' and 'woo hoo all day without stroppy kids' has now worn off and I'm hit with this horrid feeling of dread and fear for him that he has to spend so much time away from my protection and other children and teachers can be so horrid or even just un-supportive and he has to go it alone and...

Ok so I'm not quite sobbing but I really am feeling for him and I can see alot of really important and potentially life changing developments taking place and it has me all emotional. I remember feeling like this with dd only not so strongly as she was nearly a whole year older when she started school. But the book is so relevant in places. And the little boys and their daddys bit is lovely to read too, nathan adores his daddy, even since he was tiny I've been able to see it in his eyes when he looks at him

ah thanks for all your messages re dd, you're all very knid She seems fine in herself and actually at the moment the thing bothering her the most is her thrush, bless her. Haven't put any cream on yet. Will wait til she's had a bath tonight. I laughed when I said to dh that after the bath we'll put on her thrush cream, camomile lotion(if she needs it) and eczema cream by the time we're finished she'll be slimey all over The eczema is on her hands which is where I get mine most of all. I think dh has it on his hands too but being a man he hasn't been to the docs[rolls eyes]but I discovered today that I can buy the cream I use over the counter will save a fortune. Obviously atm it's free but one I get to 2nd April i'll be buying it at the chemist.

SOL, i missed you bit about feeding earlier. I haev to say I use jars all the time for ds. This is his daily routine,

On waking : 8oz milk
Around 9am : weatbix/porridge made with fullfat milk
Around 12 : dairylea/marmite on toast or a jar of savoury and a pot of fruit puree
Mid afternoon : 4-6oz milk (if he wants it)
5pm ish : Savoury jar and 1-2 yoghurts
Before bed(6.30-7) : 8oz milk but doens't always drink it all

I have to say he doesn't drink much at all really apart from milk which is worrying a bit but I don't think he can use the beakers. He drinks a little more when it's in a bottle but I really don't want him drinking it from a bottle.

Right there was other things I was going to say but as usual have forgotten now

I meant to say Pesha, that's interesting about the immunity/baby thing. I guess i'll just have to wait and see if ds gets it

Eddas - excema - 1 large spoon of bicarbonate of soda in the bath every evening

Popped by work today - eeeeek - business dress and men (and women )in suits??

It's such a different culture to being at home with baby sick/pooey nappies/feed feed feed me! Hmm.

A bit random, just thinking out loud sorry!!

(Oooh ooo ooo and I have my ticket for the xmas party and even bought a "little black dress" !!)

A long little black dress, let's be clear!

Right, off to:

Clear the mountain of ironing.
Wash up.
Arrange double christening for sunday.
Speak to awol relatives.
Tidy 3 days of clothes from off the banister.
Go and find sth else for ds1 to do.
Speak to work re hours to be arranged.
Start thinking about the tea.
Clean the bathroom.
Buy 2 christening presents.
Find shoes for sunday.
Text friend re party.
Try and find Steven Biddulph book in order to try and understand boys a bit better.
Put away shopping.
Take some headache tablets.
Before 4.30.

Sorry!! Felt the need to tell someone, then it might seem a bit more worthwhile!

uurgh was just letting T pull and chew my hair (is the only way I can MN in peace) and I think he's been sick in it

Hello all, just a quick post as my mum is glancing over my shoulder wondering why I am not doing something constructive with my time

all is well here, but I am missing dh terribly, as he is busy with the houses and dones't come here very often, so it is true what they say absence does make the heart grow fonder

L is a little terror she is into bloody everything, she keeps going after dd1's toys, so dd1 is not happy about that.
Z on the othr hand is just miserable all the time, he is still just lying on his back and not even attempting to move, which is fine with me, one less to keep an eye on
My dad has to be the least helpfull person i have ever met, he just sits on his arse backside all day reading his news paper, even my mum has noticed how sodding lazy he is

I hope all of you and your lo's are well and sleeping nicely.

spb - that´s so gross.. eurgh. I was saying to my BIL the other day that my hair is constantly like rat´s tails now with the ends all chewed on and pulled in mad directions (he then went on to say what did I expect when I had kids and that I was complaining yes, I am, AND??! freak)

Hi KHIN - I just do not know how you manage. You are a star.

Pesha - your post about N made me feel all emotional you old sap! What a proud mummy you are lucky boy to have you.

Pinions - just one or two things to get done then?! Hope you are ticking those things off lickedy split so you can kick back and relax for 10mins before bed.

Hi SOL - no food hints from me, if N was relying on me he´d get courgette every night but luckily my mum gives him his lunch and it seems pretty varied (though all pureed to within an inch of it´s life - she says we didn´t have much solid food until we were 2 or 3 she was so scared of us choking)

IDOC and UW - yes dh is out tonight til late so I think I´m going to head to bed quite early and see if I can´t get a few hours in. thanks for the sympathy, some kind words really can help, can´t they?

I´m feeling a bit better now. It was an odd one today, I can sometimes feel tired and emotional in the morning just out of lack of sleep but I´m a pretty cheery person and normally a cuppa and a shower sorts me out and I shrug it off but today I just felt down all day and couldn´t quite shake it. Dh has done a ton of housework though and left it so there´s nothing for me to do this evening except kick back and hopefully enjoy some peace and quiet.

Hope you all get some of the same

Hi KHIN - hope you all re-united in new home soon.
Hi SPB - that is grim!
Hi Maveta - glad you feel a bit better and I do hope you have a better night.

Hello to everyone else too.

I'm feeling very pleased with myself - may I boast quickly? Dd1's turn for playdate today - not so little friend for tea and I evolved pasta/chicken/broccoli dish that they all loved! Am so pleased Also made jelly for pudding and dug out the little jelly moulds that I usually use for B's food - airtight lid, handy size -and made individual Jellies. They were thrilled and I feel so chuffed with myself. Simple pleasures eh....

Ok, caught up ish.

Eddas No knowledge of chicken pox sorry, hope dd is on the mend very quickly (maybe hold off on the bicarb until cleared perhaps, but bicarb does work for excema!).

Maveta You sound so much brighter already. I know the feeling exactly up/down/at work/at home. Hmm. You are in the right place for advice that's all I can say I'm afraid. And love the term "lickedy split", cool! And without a shadow of a doubt - sleep - is the answer.

Right a fair few jobs ticked. Just the ironing left, why is that I wonder?

who made this decision that clothes should be flat instead of crinkly? Why does everyone go along with it?

Oh Pinions - we can be ironing buddies I kicked its a**e last night - but it's back for more tonight - I will rise victorious again!

SPB - because people will think our children are neglected and unloved if they go out crinkly - it will look as if they have an idle mother who spends all her time on the internet.....{shuffles feet and starts chewing the carpet - again}

oh I hadn't thought of that
Don't mind people thinking I'm neglected (or DH is) but when it's DS...
Might have to dress him in T shirts saying
"My Mummy loves me
(but she hates ironing)"

spb - can you send me a job lot odf those t-shirts - i was kidding you know