April 2007 - It's a minefield out there, nipple tassles on every corner......

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ha ha ha ha ha

this and this

both on GMM's christmas list

SPB - forgot to say - NOW DO IT!!!

Pesha, how was your first day???

Luce, really sorry S is poorly. xx

NL, v peed off on your behalf re the pram incident. I find some old people v stuck in their ways and unhelpful. Gladly, they are mostly lovely. What did the GP recommed for the psoriasis btw? I suffer badly and am using Dovobet, but it is so greasy. Hope your dd's skin is better soon.

Oooggs, pmsl at borrowing your belly!

K went back to sleep after about 20 minutes of moaning, so managed to wrap some xmas pressies.

Thanks all for being so supportive, i´m actually really looking forward to it now.. it will be great I´m sure.

runny i´d be annoyed too, don´t think it´s petty at all..it´s a bit odd to leave you hanging like that on the very day she´s supposed to be doing a ´trial run´ to give you all confidence that it´s going to be a workable arrangement. Just thoughtless really.

SPB thanks for that link, looks really interesting. I do try and take N out for at least a 30min walk in the evening and I know my mum takes him out in the morning, I do think it´s really important and think it does help getting him off to bed at night.

Luce sorry S isn´t too well and about the not taking milk.. hope he bounces back soon

UW - hope everything is ok and that you and your bouncy well supported boobs are back here soon

PS. I am SO going to wear non feeding, possibly underwired, bras while I am in Madrid. I´ll probably wear several in the 24hour period out of pure excitement

Lol at you changing bras just because you can!

Thanks very much for all the support with the pram incident - I feel much better now

SOL - it was a hospital appt as nothing the GP has tried has worked. With the GP we have tried; coal tar, mild steroid and a vitamin D preparation. Now the consultant has given us a prescription for a short contact therapy called Dithrocream - several strengths and you work your way up. We have to apply it before a bath and she will need to be very careful as it stains anything it comes into contact with - eek! Fortunately she is very careful so I don't think it would be too tough. V impressed everyone but me can spell psoriasis

Any luck with the milk Luce?

Maveta - hope your luggage is serached at any point - do you think you might struggle to explain why you need 12 bras for 24 hours

Pesha - do come in soon and let us know how you have been getting on today

AAAAAAAARGH - Maveta - that should read hope your luggage IS NOT searched at any point - honestly I'm not wishing for burly spanish customs guards fingering you lingerie, I'm not

YOUR lingerie YOUR lingerie - I'm giving up now

Thanks all for making me feel normal about my reaction
Finally got hold of dh, repeated the message, told him how I felt and then asked him if I was over-reacting. He totally and utterly supports my reaction, and has said that he will talk to her about this. I don't mind talking to her about it, but he said he can say a few strong words to her, without me being seen as a baddie, iyswim. He even said about her not looking after the boys when I return to work if she can't be relied on. Told me he's worried that adding to my stress will see the return of pnd/pmt.

NL Sorry to hear about your dh And as for the pram incident - what an arsehole. Honestly, he could see the pram, so why didn't he move out of the bloody way

Hello all, Have been having a better day today, we went out shopping which was manic, but had a nice walk there and back,so feeling a little less stressed.

Took dd1 to se father Xmas, and she didn't cry this year, so when we go see him in harrods (WO did get the tickets thank you) she should be alright

Thankyou for all your kind words, I know I am a moaning old fart i just have to suck it in and deal with it, mind you I'm sure I will be on here moaning on again in a day or so

And also meant to say that I'm sorry if I don't do a lot of personals. I know that a lot of us are having a tough time (what with one thing and another), so just wanted to say I do sympathise, even if I don't actually mention anything, iykwim

Thanks runny - good to hear your dh has been so supportive - it is so important to have reliable childcare isn't it? I do hope you get this all sorted

Underwire - if you're still here - hope to 'see' you soon

Oh and KHIN - great to hear you've had a better day - well done for getting out

runny - we agreed no apologies for lack of personals

oo can i jut echo rh's last post!! And runny its really nice your dh is so supportive

Me and dp are not getting on too well atm, i think him being off work for so long is not a good thing for us!

not done phone job today as they've not set my swift call thing up yet and i cant be bothered with having to try and claim back call costs but should be set up by tomnorrow.

School job was...um...interesting Although on my first day I have come home with blood on my sleeve I was standing consoling one little girl, heard a terrible scream and turned round to see another girl with a split lip and blood all down her chin Rushed her off to first aid room and i think she was ok. Was all a bit manic and I was kind of chucked in but it went ok and it actually went pretty quick. Dd and ds1 were both hugely excited about having mummy there! Although i had to have words with maia in the hall about putting her hand up just to ask for a kiss

Have just finished sorting out ds1s room and dp is up there now putting the cot up At the moment ds2 is still in the moses basket by my bed and as long as hes still waking up several times a night (and not attempting to escape!) then i will keep him there! Nathan atm doesnt sleep in his room anyway because he 'gets bad dreams' so the last few nights has been sleeping on the floor outside mine and dds room! So hoping he might actually sleep in his own room and feel happier when d is in there too. But at same time can see him wanting to climb into cot with d and waking him up! Is gonna have to happen sooner or later though as we only have 3 beds and theres no space for the cot in my room.

Hiya

KHIN, really pleased you had a better day today.

NL, thanks for the info. I really hope it sorts your dd out. I had terrible psoriasis as a child, and it flares up now and then - quite bad atm - must be stressed!!

I am feeling a bit at a loss again with K and her food. She really is so dis-interested. She just never seems hungry! I am perservering, but getting a bit down about it.

If your lo's turn their nose up at something, do you then have to rifle through and find something they do like? I tried about 3 different things the other day and had to resort back to baby porridge!

Can you try baby porridge with just a touch of something else in it to introduce other flavours and then gradually increase it.

lol spb

well dh working late tonight so am going to my parents in a bit - cos I can always rely on them

had W weighed today - 18lb 12oz! hv has just come back from mat leave after her 3rd child, and was trying to talk me into having another one lol she told me once you've had 2, the third is like water off a ducks back, and she's trying to talk her dh into number 4!

She seems to have gone off the baby porridge as well!! Fussy madam...

Maybe it is just an off few days.....

pesha lol at maia putting her hand up for a kiss that's lovely
you were going to say something about sleep...here's hoping it's not ha ha you're not getting any!

Have you tried her with any finger foods, perhaps she might be happier if shes doing it herself? I think some babies just dont get going on solids till there 7/8 months or even older. Same as some babies want it before 6 months some dont want any till later.

Yes I was - not quite sure what it was though

Useless with finger food. Just drops it!

I am sure she will get it soon enough.

Also loved the story re M putting her hand up for a kiss - how lovely!

Pesha, I'm so glad you posted about your ds sleeping outside your room - we've had to move dd into ours after the Firework Incident as she was waking up in hysterics and refusing to go to bed in her room. I feel more normal now (I didn't dare tell my mum ). I was also planning to move ds into dd's room and have them share and was hoping that she might be happier to go back to her room if her brother is there IYSWIM.

So sweet Maia asking for a kiss like that! Have you ever read Maia by Richard Adams? It's one of my favourite books.

Well N is now down and dh home early tonight at 8pm so should be a nice evening.. get to finish cycle 3 of antm (how sad, i know).

sol - I don´t offer alternatives to N. Not in a mean mummy way just I figure if he´s not hungry he´s not hungry.. today he had pasta with tomato sauce which he seemed to like okay but seemed full/ had enough about halfway through the portion I´d made. Boy did he find a whole load of space when I cracked out the rice pudding that´s my boy, always hold out for dessert oh child o´ mine He is getting very used to being spoonfed by my mum, when i now dump things on his tray for him to feed himself he looks at it for ages without doing anything. And if I pick some food up to try and hand to him he bobs his head down to meet the food from my fingers and holds his hands up in the air like there´s no WAY he´s going to touch it. I think we need to sit down and go over the blw together again, I need to reintroduce him to some of the principles.. mainly that it is all about me being lazy and him feeding himself. Like. Duh.