July 2006 - toddlers, climbers and daredevils sign in here!

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Thought it was time for a new thread folks.
Great news about your job Bloss. Will catch up with you all tomorrow. xx

Bloody hell spin-I would have to move out of the house or leave the country as I am so scared of all spiders.

HC
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Bloss - what cute photos of your boys

Spin - I nearly puked reading your post - I am a total arachnaphobe and just reading about them in your house scares the sh*t out of me - you are SO SO brave. DH is very keen on emigrating to NZ or OZ once he no longer has to worry about his mum (that sounds callous doesn't it?) but I really don't think I could cope with the spiders .

Impy - great news about the work hours - I am a great believer in things working out in the end.

Josh's vocab is improving quickly (although nowhere near as good as Roshi's - we are still on one word at a time ). I found out this weekend he can say cheese and apple (neither of which we have taught him so can only assume it is nursery). Also discovered, when asked, he knows dogs say woof, cats say miaow, sheep say baa and cows say moo - again, only discovered it by luck. I reckon he has about 30 words now (although only about a third of these would make sense to anyone else).

Just been out for a walk to a local reservoir and fed the ducks - which Josh loved.

Right, am going to sit in the sun (just like a cat) on the sofa (it is great in winter as the sun shines right through the window for a couple of hours and it is so warm and lovely).

Waffling now - have a good day everyone.

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lol spin- Toby is 90cm and 13kg at 3! It's funny how SO many babies are born on or around 50th centile and then within a few months they seem to settle on their 'proper' centile! But I agree it's mostly a load of rubbish- you don't really need a chart to tell you if a child is healthy or not!

Bloss- the boys are gorgeous! Look even blonder than mine! Toby just had his haircut and I hate it- the hairdresser was horrible and cu it far too short. I will stick to doing it myself in the future. Much prefer them with longer hair at this age as it makes them look more babyish- they will grow up soon enough!

Lysette- I put on 3.5 stone with Toby and only 1st 5lbs with Chloe but weirdly it didn't seem to make much difference afterwards- I still retained the same amount! This time I am somewhere in between but don't think I have put on more than 1.5st so far (I hope). Am going to have to start dieting/getting fit again big time after this one though! I used to be really good at rock climbing and really want to get back into it- it's just finding the time/energy/money...

feck THAT Spin. I'm not brilliant with Spiders either HC.

Really don't think I will ever cut his hair again Spin - can't believe I ever did, so many photos of him with a crew cut, why why why did I do that??? I know what you mean about being glad Teeny Weeny Queen Rosheeny didn't have surgery it would have been such a worry when she was small....

Gorge pic of DS Kabes, he's such a cutie! Poor poor him being sent to the naughty step by DD, such a sweet but forlorn image of him sitting there doing as he's told by her, girls are so bossy aren't they? And you were right, DH now has man flu. Sigh.

Saw PS. I Love you at the movies last night, book was better, quite good though, but omigbloodygod the eye candy in it was quite outstanding. They guy that plays her husband and also the guy that plays his best friend in Ireland, well, what can I say, words fail me. They were tongue-hanging out gorgeous.....

[Blossom puts tongue back in, wanders to fridge for a sanger.........]

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jacob is living up to his general contrariness and refusing to utter a single word in the presence of anyone except me or dh....

and is anyone else's lo's being utterly utterly clingy at the moment? even with our nanny here who he has known since 3 months (ykwim!) he's only just calmed down enough to sit on the sofa with her in front of thomas and she's been here nearly 3.4 hour...

spin SPIDERS!!!! OMG i'm pretty scared of just the normal ones that don't come near you.

ceebee spiders aren't so bad in NZ, unless you're in the wilds of nowhere - actually given there's so few people that could be pretty realistic, but only really if you're going to be a sheep farmer...

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Afternoon girls

Shit I'm knackered. BUT I can't blame Kayley today, it's all my own stupid fault. I had my two girlie cousins over yesterday for lunch, and we got thrown out of the pub at closing time so that's how much I drank. Slept on the floor in the bathroom for a while, then eventually made it to bed, as K wanted a cuddle. This morning I remembered why I don't want to ever have morning sickness again... So don't feel sorry for me, just NEVER let me drink (so much) again....

KZ sending you lots of spider-squishing super strength!!! I'm more of a mozzie basher myself. I don't mind spiders, but those bastards look like monsters. I certainly wouldn't want them getting in my knickers or landing on my face either!
Roshi's vocab sounds a lot like K's too. She's so funny, she comes out with something new every day. Yesterday it was climbing up on the chest at the end of the bed, and shouting 'I did eet'! with her hands in the air. She copies Everything we say. Knows all the animals too, very funny at monkey noises.

Poor Roshi and her surgery though. Fingers crossed eh that'll sort it.

Bloss, no, don't cut his hair, so gorgeous!

Lysette, poor ole Jacob too and his bronchial thingy. Sounds tough to deal with.
Have tried rice milk too with K but she doesn't like it. I think I'm just going to cut down on the things she's 'allergic' to, cos if I cut them out, she'll starve. She's only medium sensitive anyway to all of them. Something like 35-65% range. Whatever that means. Her face is quite good at the moment.

Right I better go, and try and actually do some work now that I'm here. HC Hope your head's better

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Hi Lysette!!
How's Sam!?
And hope Soph is putting her feet up too
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Oh yes, K is clingy too, but only at night really. She's ok with visitors.

Tobes was really really clingy until he started nursery, much better now although still clingier than Harry ever was. Tobes is just DEMANDING. Will shout at you or throw a wobbler until he gets what he wants or you distract him out of it. The little pickle. have absolutely no idea what he weights, gotta to be at least 28-30 pounds.

Dom's started doing the cling to mum's leg thing when around strangers, then peering round warily with his thumb firmly in place.

Not sure how tall he is, but can no longer walk under my legs and I know I'm a 33in inside leg, so fairly tall I think (like me) but chunky with it (like DH). He's in mostly 18-24 month clothes, with some 2-3 jumpers (to go over his big bonce brains ).

Swimming today, he's really starting to get into it, couldn't wait to get his armbands on and into the pool. He's even starting to do a rudimentary doggy paddle, v exciting...

Annie - he woke last night at 3am. I gave him calpol and then after 4 or 5 tries of going in, lying him down, shush/pat leave the room etc..... I left him to cry . And I felt soooo mean, but after about 3 mins it all went quiet and the next time I woke up it was 6am. Woohoo!

it's strange - if he gets startled he's super clingy like bloody next door b*tch (won't get started on that rant) was having her tree butchered and the guy cut loads of branches onto my side of the fence (i know i sound like a right winger here but bear with me) - just lucky i have no plants there or i'd be round to her with a bill... anyway, backto the story - i saw the guy o nthe street when we were on our way back from monkey music and said there were some branches in our garden. he said shall i come through the house, and i said can you go over the fence as don't relaly want branches dragged through the house.

anyway, jacob went to sleep on his lambskin in the family room and 40 mins later the guy was hammering on the front door saying can i come through to the garden???? WTF??? anyway, jaacob woke at the hammering on the door absolutely wailing his head off and wouldn't go near the nanny or anyone else. and we had this each day on the weekend - wouldn't even go to dh. but now he's fine and has been for about 2.5 hours!

Annie have you tried lactofree? if it's the lactose from dairy she's allergic to it might work - it's milk with no lactose so tastes just like milk. although jacob is still no good on it so we have cartons of the stuff in the cupboard running out in march. if anyone wants some just say!

we're buyiong a land rover discovery! were going to get one from france but it's too much hassle to register it etc but still getting one on a good deal!

and i'm launching a business selling lambskin booties and hats for babies and kids. i expect ALL of you to buy lots from me when i post my website details on here .

and Sam is getting along all ok at the moment - 29.3 weeks now and still feeling generally ok, except for when dh and i have massive arguments which can't be good for me! we did this most of the weekend as well..

anyway, off to sort my website out.

xxx

Lordy-put 3 lb on this week at WW. Even my Leader friend was astonished

Going to officially starve myself starting tomorrow.

HC
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OMG, how many posts?! My love affair with MN has waned somewhat recently and I haven't been on for over a week. Lots going on in RL. Will try to catch up tomorrow (wish I could MN at lunchtime at work, but not allowed ).

Hi to everyone.

Soph28- We were told by the gp to stop giving DD calfig as that just makes you go and instead concentrate on softening the poo with lactolose, you can get that at the chemist.

Bloss- They look so alike and yes the image you get in your head is exactly how he looks, pouting before sitting down for a few seconds. I heard her say to him tonight ?Do you want one of these? while showing him her hand (mil phrase) because he was climbing in the fridge. The poor thing idolises her and follows her around like a puppy dog.

All DS has eaten today is weetabix, small amount of omelette, lump of cheese and a bottle of milk. Not sure why his appetite has decreased, normally he would eat anything.

Spin- I can?t see the resemblance at all, in fact I think they must both be adopted Roshi sure is tall. DS was 8.11lbs born and over the 50th centile but whereas hes only 25th for height DD is 90th Shes 17kgs and 104cm at 3.5yrs.

Spin, I aren?t even scared of spiders and I would be outta there. Actually I jut remembered this story. DH is petrified of them and so I normally do all the collecting and catching. One night I had to catch one from our bedroom and decided as DH was falling asleep to pretend to be a spider across his face by gently moving my fingers over his face. I frightened him so much that he swung his arm while screaming and gave me a bloody nose. Didn?t seem so funny after that.

Kbabes, just shouted out loud laughing and nearly sent my bran flakes all over my laptop at that story. No I shouldn't think it did seem very funny after that, ouch. Nice turn of phrase your mother in law has. Not......

Do you think the boys look alike? I really cannot see it. H looks like DH but god knows where T has come from, some throw back to ancecestors I guess. I'm tempted to have another to have a girl, as I think she would be the spit of me, and that would be nice (for me!).

Rough night with H which is very unusual. He got up for a wee about 10pm and after that was up and down like a yo yo (My toothpaste is hurting my mouth ) until he came into our bed till about 2am, at which point man-flu Dh put him back in his own bed moaning that he'd had no sleep, and the bed was wet from H's sweat etc. I slept fine! Both boys have got colds and coughs so guess that must be it.

GOt Toby's report from nursery yesterday. All lovely things, very complimentary, but so funny when talking about his speech...."Toby speaks very well and has lots of words including Juice, Harry, etc...Toby's favourite word is "No"!" And it is. Toby drink your milk - NO! Toby eat your sandwich - NO! Little monkey. Had a battle of wils at 6.30am when he wouldn't drink his milk, just wanted to hold the bottle upside down and let it drip everywhere. So if he said no, I took it away, he screamed, I said drink it, gave it back, he said no, I took it away, he screamed.....etc.....etc......he drank it eventually. Little tyke. So fecking stubborn.....

London today. First solo presentation. Bricking it.

Bloss

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HC I suspect Annie's advice would be to have a 3 lb poo........good luck.

Lol Bloss Go girl today and hope it is a good one!

HC
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no other reason for sudden weight gain eh HC????

well bloss talking of stubborn little monkeys...jacob (if he was at nursery) would have a speech report similar to this "Jacob chatters away to himself but as soon as someone tries to engage him in talking he clamps his moth shut and will not utter a sylable".....

we have a referral for a paed opthamolagist for his kind of squit / going cross eyed thing he has started doing, although the GP thinks we have PFB syndrome (I think dh has in this case)....

and talking of weight gains, i seem to be undoing all my good work through the pregnancy and have gained 4 kg in the past 2 weeks - so that's 8lbs roughly and i was doing so well! i think that sam is growing a bit though so that's something at least! besides i can't really complain as i'm sitting here eating a lunch that is consisting of profiteroles and chocolate sauce but i'm pg and it's what i fancy!

its our wedding anniversary today so as we are not going out becuase i can't eat or drink half of what i want we are having a nice homemade curry! but dh did go overboard at tiffany's when he was in NY the other week and bought me a lovely pair of earrings!

anyway, jacob is snuggling on his lambskin so hopefully going to go to sleep soon so i'm going to have a nap then fingers crossed

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lysette-was just saying on my TTC thread that if I hadn't just finished a heavy AF then I would be dipping a stick Am sure Jacob will be fine-children do some strange things at times. Not long until you see Sam is it?

HC
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Spin- we've stopped Calfif now. She seems to have been so much better recently- since she started walking- think all that bum shuffling was causing a blockage!!

lysette- IKWYM- my lunch was finishing off children's leftover chicken casserole (yum) and 2 chocolate biscuits.

Chloe woudn't go out down for her nap after lunch (maybe cos she had a 2 hour nap this morning!) so is now wandering around chattering happily to herself and carting shoes all over the place!

We are now going to sit down and watch neighbours until Toby wakes up then go to softplay.

i think he'll be fine as well HC - dh is having a few PFB moments at the moment...

well two very odd little naps for the big man today - 1120 for 20 mins and then 3pm for 40 mins when i woke him up - he never sleeps if we let him go after 330 or so!

not much else to report here - we were told that prune juice would help but that was just to make them go rather than soften. and saying that no poos yet today which is a bit strange in our house

nothing else to report except that we have teeth still coming through very slowly - has everyone else got full sets by now?

xxx

sorry HC should check threads before i ask questions like that

have name changed so you all know! one of jacob's favourite books (and dh's when he was little!)