March 2007-Today our babies will mostly be eating.............

[KITTYmaspudding]

ok, new thread, old one full!!

P.S. kitty.... nevermind drinking alcohol tomorrow... drink some NOW!

Kitty, I'm sorry to hear everything's been so crap. You've not had the best year you poor thing. Things will be much better next year, and next year's not that far off now.

I totally agree with Muppet. Pour some lemsip max down your dp and yes a rocket up his arse too. Or a broom, then he can sweep the floor while he's at it.

Sounds silly, but have you managed to get out of the house at all these last few days? I know I always feel slightly better if I get just an hour's worth of fresh air and what little daylight there is. At the very least your dp can keep an eye on the kids while you have a brisk walk to clear your head. Even if he is at death's door.

Evenhope I'm very impressed by the pointing! That sounds very advanced (not that I know such things)!

Rosy, hope the funeral isn't too upsetting for your folks. As for chick peas, it's one in just a long line of things dh doesn't like. He's very fussy.

Foxy hope you enjoy your swim!!

Well, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I've even selected an outfit out of the few clothes that still fit me. I'm hoping Bertie lets me get a bit of kip tonight so I'm awake enough to enjoy it!!

Thanks for the help guys, I think it must be to do with his teeth as we've had an afternoon of crying and ear pulling. managed to get him to have some juice stuff he has but he's only had 100ml of milk and that was mixed with his breakfast

bit worried but will keep an eye on him and see how it goes, he's weeing well still at the moment.

realised this afternoon i hadn't bought any cards for the family!

whoops!

Thanks all for you kind messages
Mossy I couldn't leave dp with the kids, I value my children!!!! Yesterday he was supposed to be looking after the three littlies whilst I was locked away wrapping presents, when I left him ds3 and dd3 were crawling around crying whilst he was lying down in the hall with his eyes shut

I was rushing sround like a sleep deprived, cold ridden blue arsed fly this morning when dp actually asked me to get him some 'drugs' out of the medicine cabinet (which he was sitting right next to btw).
I wanted to shout " You are bleeding joking aren't you?" but couldn't be bothered with ensuing shouting match so gave him some.
He's spent a large proprtion of the day asleep

Amie, so sorry, so wrapped up in myself huhs to you and Jo, hope he cheers up soon. You have a drinky too!!!

HUGS!!!!!!!!

Kitty lovely, second the alcohol advice!!! I've had a sick DP which has meant I've had to do everything I need to do with DS in tow - not easy, as like Ronnie he is not a baby you can put down and leave to his own devices. Typically, he seems to know when the big occasions are and coincide being ill/teething/generally off-colour with them, so if he's like he is today tomorrow, Christmas will be less than festive. I think he is teething as well as having a cough cos he's being fussy about eating - gave him some veg lasagne and he had four mouthfuls and refused, so gave in and have just given him bread and toast - too tired too fight. Still have half the car to pack, then drive to mum's, then assembly DS's nightstuff, cot, milk, bottles, sterliser etc, then will have to drive to train station tgo pick up DP cos we can't both get in the car with all the stuff we're taking!!!

Anyway, deep breath, hope you all have a lovely Christmas with the babies. Merry Christmas one and all, ho ho ho (insert ironic tone if you feel it appropriate!!!).

thanks for your kind words re my sister. i gave the present back- dh was right when he said it would annoy us to watch ds ply with it and we would feel guilty. we didn;t even get a txt or a good luck card for our wedding so..

rosy, hope your baby is better - feel for your dad and hope he manages ok.

my dad is in hospital tonight, they won;t let him home.

hope all the sick babies feel better and hope you all have a lovely day tomorrow, (and all the ill dh's/dp's rally

Sponge that is a shame your Dad is in hospital for Christmas I hope he is okay and that you can have a lovely Christmas.

Kitty this time two years ago I was severely sleep deprived with ds2 and his excema. That period of my life was the hardest I've been through. You must be living on your nerves by now. Keep on keeping on and I hope things get easier very soon for you.

Happy Christmas everyone!

another half and half catch up-its all mossy's fault as i spent all of last night on facbook finding out how abnormal i am and didnt get time to come on here

sazzy-my dd2 had bronchiolitis caused by rsv when she was weeny,she was in intensive care for 5 days,in hospital 2 weeks altogether.

amie-Elsie is off her milk too,she screams when i try and give it to her.i think its her teeth and i also suspect she has an ear infection,although i dont see why she drinks juice no problem

mossy-lol@selection box.FIL got selection boxes for the older 4 and i said to dh 'what about Elsie?'.she likes chocolate bars.that said,she and dd2 had greggs sausage rolls for their dinner today

sponge-i used to get upset about my sister being a cow(we got on great untill i got pregnant with ds1,then everything changed),but 10 years on i just send birthday/xmas cards as required and ignore her the rest of the time.

right,will have to read the rest of the thread tomorrow as dh is going to switch pc off at the mains if i dont get off here

Hiya

Hope everyone had a lovely day yesterday? We went to my sister's with the DCs so they spent the day along with their cousins. They've spent today playing with all their new toys and Monti enjoyed his first Christmas.

How was everyone else's day?

hope everyone had a nice day yesterday

my ds was poorly-had worse night EVER with him christmas eve and never felt less christmassy-esp as dh was working. he is better now- refused to suck to sleep tonight and screamed for his bed. took me ages tonight to realise what he wanted

oh no Spongecake!! I hope that your ds is feeling better now and that you managed to spend some time with your dh.

I'm glad that your family had a lovely day together Foxy.

Looking forward to hearing about how all the babies enjoyed their days . Kate has been poorly for about a week now. It is so draining... and a lack of sleep doesn't help to deal with things rationally. I don't know whether it is teething or a cold or a combination of both.

I've only had a quick look through the threads tonight but I do hope that everyone is enjoying the season . Hugs to those who need them... or just would like one .

Aw Sponge that wasn't much fun. Sometimes Christmas just isn't like the movie version. There is so much pressure for it to be a fantastic day. Must admit I always prefer boxing day.
My christmas day I was tired, dh and I had a noisy row with the door open so the neighbours could hear.
There were lots of lovely things about the day and I am so lucky to have family around, but by the evening I had a thumping headache and wanted to sleep but little so and so Hasan was messing me around until 11. He fights sleep nowadays and keeps standing up holding onto the bedhead. Crazy kid!

Anyway boxing day was fantastic but dh stayed at home while the kids and I spent the day at my sisters....think we need marriage guidance counselling!

Am supposed to be packing to go down south today but I'm not feeling highly motivated.

Christmas time brings things to a head doesn't it.

I hope everyone is feeling better and managing to relax a bit.

Sponge I'm sorry to hear you didn't have the best Christmas. I hope you manage to make up for it over the coming days.

Snoo I decided I was being a bit pfb about not letting Bertie have chocolate so he had his first taste of the stuff on Christmas evening (it was really nice selection box from Thorntons with no added anything) and he loved it. Did make him a bit hyper though so I'll have to administer it in small doses.

Foxy glad Monti enjoyed his Christmas, what did he get?

Kiwibella it is draining isn't it when babies are poorly, or non-sleeping, or both. Sympathies!

Well, Bertie's taken to waking in the night, not for a feed, but waking. As in, "ooh, is it daytime now? I'd better be up then!" Then it takes about two hours for him to get back to sleep. He refuses to suck to sleep like he used to... don't know what to do! I'm worn out!

Anyway, Christmas. Bertie loved it; he really enjoyed Christmas dinner which was roast chicken with all the trimmings, I have to say dh really did pull it out of the bag, it was lovely. Then for prezzies he got two ITNG books (which really are gorgeous) and a DVD of ITNG (from me & dh), a ladybird that he sits on and it rocks, a weird octopus that plays tunes and a whole host of other little bits and pieces. I think he found the experience rather overwhelming though; he was fine until about teatime with a few mini naps then he started to grizzle!

And then dh & I had storming row yesterday over me accusing him of being a lazy sod (which I think in the main was due to my lack of sleep tbh). So he of course is in sulk mode now... we'll see!

Rosy sorry your dh & you were rowing. I do think Christmas brings it all to a head in some ways, it's like a pressure cooker situation.

Mossy sounds like you had a great christmas pity about the row. I bet loads of couples have a christmas row. It seems to be a common feature!

Sorry to hear about the rows, it is pretty standard here but we usually row just before Xmas as we are trying to pack up and leave

DS & DD enjoyed all their pressies and we came back to town last night. DH is back at work and I'm trying to sort out the messy house

So has anyone got any new year's resolutions?

Sorry to hear of waking babes and spousal rows

Nothing of interest to report here, readmy posts of the last 6 weeks
GRoundhog day dd in bed temp of 40, sore throat headache, been dx'd with chronic tonsilitis [wtf]???
Not sure how she gets better though, we are told to wait, as she fades before our eyes
Am seeking out homeopath urgently.

DP fine, being a darling, did xmas dinner 90% on his own, my family got us gorgeous gifts,I smell quite incredible.
It is just DP me Finn and dd now. He was rogue night, up from 7-12 but think the new tooth (no 6 ) had a lot to do with it.
Am popping some pics on my profile now of xmas.

Love to all

hope everyone is recovered from various christmas activities...

sorry you're battling bugs piff

will catch up later when dcs are in bed..

love to you all

have started a thread in the bereavement/miscarriage topic about my sister any advice would be welcome as i have no experience of this

Hello all

Sorry to those who are rowing, sorry to those who are/are poorly
I can't be bothered to write about our time, tooooo tired. The dc had a great time, dp still has man flu grrrrrrrr.

muppet, where's your thread? hope you get some useful advice

rosy, hope you and your dh have a happier time- i did have a better day today, its really about my expectations, so you are right. not sure what movie i am in

mossy, my ds has been having little nibles of chocolate when i do for ages! i did stop drinking coffee though as he also started waking up to party in the night. i just became deeply boring when he woke up- no downstairs, and i also piled his cot with toys, lowered his mobile so he could fiddle with it, a tiny night light-and back to bed for me. not sure if it will work though for you.

am always shouting at my dh at mo, feel like fishwife

Oooh dear sorry to hear about the rows (its a tradition to row with the mad rellies at Chrtistmas I think)

Piffle - your poor DD - hope she is OK

Kitty- glad you survived single handedly - give us all the gossip later when you get a spare minute

Rednosily - Monti stands for ages hanging onto the bedstead, grinning, just like Hasan!! Very cute, apart from when he does it at 4am.

Our house is a present and wine glass strewn tip atm!!

hello.

glad people managed to have reasonable xmases despite rows/illness etc.

we had a lovely day,dh did the dinner which was great,and Elsie loved her presents(dd2 and ds2 also loved Elsie's presents).its nice with a 4 year old and 2 year old they just love getting pressies and dont care what they are!
dd1 was a bit of a cow(hormones)and pissed dh off though.she was happy today as i got her some new clothes in the sales.teenage 9 year old.

Elsie is really off her bottles now,i think her ear is getting worse.she was awake at 3.30 this morning.i hope i can get her a doctors appointment tomorrow.

love to all x