Oct 07 - this little piggy stayed at home...

[Dalrymps]

Hey guys sorry for the sh*t title, if there's already been a new thread set up please direct me there???

MrsFish pmsl at Sam falling down the loo! That's hilarious! Oh what I have to look forward to!!!!

Floria - you must feel better after some sleep. I know what you mean about lo's being overstimulated and too distracted to feed - if Anya gets overtired she screams rather than just going to sleep, and it's so frustrating when you can see it's going to happen but people look at you as though you're mad.

MrsFish - lmao at Sam falling down the loo!

Had a lovely bath/bedtime routine again yesterday - don't know if it's a coincidence but she doesn't seem to cry if it's just me bathing her rather than dh helping out . Not mentioned this to him yet - will give it a couple more nights doing it on my own first and see. She still has a rash on her chest/tummy - not getting any worse, it comes and goes. Must be allergy to something, but she's got so many vests we can't remember what's been washed in what. Tried washing them all again over the weekend, but now dh thinks he might be using different fabric conditioner! (Yes, dh does most of the housework )

Mrs Fish - at Sam and his legs sticking out of the loo!

Alice - It was me talking of bigger gardens. Ours is the size of a postage stamp although as our house is tall we have a lot of space but I'd rather a much bigger garden the dogs use it as their toilet so there is no way I can let Henry crawl about on it in the summer. Dh is supposed to clear it up as I refuse to do the boys bums and the dogs too but he's rubbish at it and I have to bully him to do it. We are lucky that we have a 'green' out the front so we can use that.

Am very tired today, I think it's still from friday. I remember the days when I used to party, party, party now one night out knocks me out for days!

Oliver has been naughty all day so roll on nursery tomorrow but at least the house is tidy and hoovered.

I have,,,

disneys lullaby and goodnight,
baby motzart,
wtp read along,
wtp audio book
and 5 episodes of baby einstien on dvd, plus 9 dora explorer....and 7 barney dvds.

Evening all ... quick here, am doing 1 handed typing - m on lap!

Sat went well - dh talked to his dad ... now he is trying to think of ways to let mil to back off without her throwing a tantrum ... says it all really!

no other news - we have had a really bad 24 hours with m ... she's engrossed in post-its at the mo! lots of dribble!

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't been on much lately, been trying to sort out all our crap that we still have in boxes even though we moved in to our house last may , been selling lots on ebay, my theory is, if it's been in boxes that long and we haven't missed it then we don't need it!
MrsFish lol at your ds falling down the loo, I remember i once did this myself but I was about 8 so should have known better really, I seem to remember one of my brothers had left the seat up and i just fell in and got my nighty wet... good times
I'm really looking forward to meeting some of you in RL, be weird to see everyone in the flesh! Can't wait till all the lo's meet each other too!
Well it's just rained all day here, really miserable day, had to get mil to take me to the post office to post my ebay parcels cause I couldn't face walking there and getting soaking wet. She's so kind .
I walked down to pil's yesterday evening whilst dh was at work cause they invited me round for a chicken dinner mmmm, anyway I took the dog and she was a total nightmare! kept pulling me all over the shop whilst I was trying to push the buggy and then did a big smelly poo and kept pulling me whilst I was trying to pick it up (ergh), it's definately a bad idea going out with buggy and dog, think i'll atempt it with the hugabub next time.
Still a bit concerned about Dylans weight, got him weighed last wed and he'd only put on half an oz in a week! last time it was 8oz in 3 weeks... Thing is, he seems totally fine, has 4/5 oz a feed, I breat feed him every other feed but I always offer him a 3oz top up to make sure he's getting enough, most times he only takes 1 - 2 oz from the top up and very occasionally the full 3 if he didn't bf for that long. Plenty wet and pooey nappies and seems happy, sleeps 8 hrs every night and when he wakes he's never crying for a feed, just quietly peckish. Guess i'm just dreading getting him weighed again on wed cause he just seems to be putting on less each week and I don't want him to start loosing weight . Starting to think i'll have to just ff him so I know exactly what he's getting each time but I don't want to stop the bf either...
Clu - hope your trip to ireland goes ok, can see how it would be scary but sure you'll manage just fine!
Anyasmum - hope baby massage went ok, i've signed up for a course doing that from the end of jan, hope ds doesn't trump all the way through the sessions like he did when we tried it at the baby club
Floria - glad you caught up on some sleep, can't imagine how you cope on such little/disturbed sleep, I hate feeling tired, you deserve a medal!
Alice - my dh has also accused me of being addicted to mumsnet too but I just remind him of all the hours i've spent sat there whilst he's played on his playstation... he hardly plays on it anymore thank god, so boring to watch!
Muppet - i have the same problem with our garden and the dog using it as her 'toilet', my dh does do quite a good job of clearing it up but sometimes has to be reminded. We do walk her but she likes to do 'secret poo's' when we let her out for a wee .
Well Dylan has just woken up so hi to everyone i haven't mentioned and i'll try come back on soon to chat some more. catch ya soon

hello everyone!
Laughing at your DC toilet stories - cheered me up as i am feeling sorry for myself with a cold. Plus work colleagues have just contacted me to say they've all met to discuss portfolios of work, and to tell me which one they've allocated to me. Great - at this news as it was the one meeting i had asked to be contacted about so i could attend to put my views across. Honestly, they say nothing is set in stone, but i know they have given me the portfolio of work that none of the rest of them want!! So I am thinking of what to do next (sorry, a bit me me me, but need to get that off my chest!)
Interesting that so many of you are talking about needing bigger houses/gardens - we have quite a big space really, but it suddenly seems a lot smaller with an extra person around (even though that person is only tiny)
Ejt - glad to hear the talk went well. Hope everyone else is ok - a grumpy DS is calling me now...

Mrs F and Muppet, what toilet stories!!! Hilarious. Sam sounds like he's doing very well.

Strawberry, I bet my work has done that to me and not told me yet. V annoying, I agree. And with a cold too!

Alice - addicted, you? Never (!).

Ejt, am so glad that DH spoke to your PIL. Here's to hoping your MIL gets the hint...

I had the third instalment of the root canal today - finished at last! Rebecca's good sleep record didnt last long - she's rubbish again now! She just doesnt seem able to stay asleep for very long at all, and when she wakes up she demands attention. DH is doing the put-her-to-bed stint now...

Hope you're all okay - I'm too tired to write more...

Ladies quick post - haven't caught up... Interested in your thoughts on this thread. Esp Choc.

Off out now but be back later....

Any plans I had for today are up the spout as DD1 is home from school.

I got a call yesterday asking me to collect her as her cheeks wre very red and she had a temperature. When we got home I called the doctors who said if I could get her there in the next 30 minutes they would see her. After a frantic call to MIL we got her there. Doc said to keep her off until redness has gone and also to drink lots. I gave her Nurofen for kids to bring her temp down which seemed to work.

I got her up at the usual time this morning, bur her cheeks are still a bit red and warm so have called the school to let them know.

She is a bit upset as today is a teddy bears picnic for the year 1s, bt we are going to have one at home instead.

I hope everyone else is well.

Alice; just posted on your thread...have to agree with one of the posts there that I'm shocked at how much you and choc are paying. £7!!! Our HVs run a local class every week (and 2 others on different days in villages a bit further away) for just 50p a go...most Mums keep going every week until their Los are too active (ie walking) to lie there for an hour. Oh and by the way, in the sleep poker stakes, I'd much rather everybody else won ,hope your los are back to normal again despite the sniffles.

Winnie;sorry for DD1, hope she is better soon...and enjoy your teddybears picnic

Choc; glad the dental work is over...I only ever managed to enjoy visits to the dentist when we had a particularly good looking locum,( but even his nose wasnt particularly nice to gaze up either so the enjoyment wasnt very long lasting ) Sorry to say that Alexs one good night has reverted back to normal, still, some sleep is better than almost none at all.

EJT; so very glad that "the talk" went well.

Clu; let us know how the trip goes and give us tips on air travel with los...I'm going to be needing it as Dh accepted a wedding invitation yesterday;in April in Durban, South Africa!!!! He has even booked the flights! He has managed to get business class flights out there on his airmiles but could only get economy seats for the return I dread to think of how much we are going to need to take esp as he will only just be 7 months old...the passport alone is already causing a headache because I has just renewed mine before our wedding 4 years ago and didnt want to pay a fortune for a name change so it is still in my maiden name...Alex of course is registered with my married name...DH has booked the tickets in my maiden name but the passport application on line looks like they wont accept me in my maiden name as his mother ..cue £74 rip off name change on passport (but it wont be "renewed"..I'll still have to replace it in 6 years not 10)and then a long discussion with lufthansa to change the name on the tickets. So conmplicated already and we dont go for 3 months!

crickey! brain dead!

choc..it was supposed to read Alexs one good night had reverted to normal TOO, just like your los

And the application wont accept me as alexs mother in my maiden name...not dhs!

AND complicated doesnt have an "n"

One good nights sleep just isnt enough is it?

Thanks ladies for your comments on my other thread...

Floria hope you get Alex's passport sorted! Sure you must be able to get one with your maiden name - can't be that uncommon surely?

Hey all,

I am a bit behind on posts - had a cold the last two days so not been feeling to great. On its way out now though I think.

Floria - I will be interested to know what happens with your passport. Mine is also in my maiden name and I don't want to pay all that money to change it especially if they don't even renew the thing. We will need to travel to my husband's country for a visit soon though. I hate the way they try to get as much money out of you as they can.

Choc - glad the dentist is done for you. Wish I could get a bloody dentist. I have been on the waiting list for over a year now.

Dareh is still challenging us with the sleep. I am trying to stop the feed to sleep association he has but it is hard work. Sometimes during the day he will go to sleep on his own, sometimes he won't. Just got to keep trying I guess.

Hope your DD gets better soon Winnie.

Dalry sorry to hear about the weight worries. Don't give up on the BF just yet - remember all the health benifits your DS is getting from your milk. It's worth it! Dareh goes through stages of putting on lots of weight and then not so much - it just depends. If he is happy and sleeping well I don't think you should worry to much.

Right off to do some jobs around the house while he is napping!

and I am still sitting at the computer. I am another one who gets accused of being addicted to the net. Someone make me move so I can clean the bathroom while he is still asleep!

Alice/Stefka; the problem apparently, as Dh sees it from the website..(not looked myself..and have to say that DH can't see anything unless it leaps out at him waving flags and screaming "here I am"))is that Alexs birth cert is registered with my married name...However the lady at the post office this afternoon says that it might be alright if I send a copy of my marriage certificate... I've only just walked in with the forms so I'll go and have a good read (after Alex has had his lunch, been to the health centre for his weigh in and gone off for a nap) I'll let you know if I find anything out.

Dalry; really try not to worry about weight ...My hv said that the charts were compiled from mainly ff babies and that bf babies dont gain as steadily but tend to have more sudden growth spurts and get there in the end...if your lo looks well and is feeding happily you are doing just fine....I was upset 2 weeks ago when Alex only gained 8oz over the whole three weeks of christmas as his previous gain had been 1 lb 2oz in 10 days but it all works out in the end or so they promised me.

hi everyone, i haven't got a chance of remembering what everyone said! does anyone know if anyone wants any nb reusable nappies ffp? Alice-when is your sis due? i could bring them to the meet up-fed up of seeing them!

i've been trying to get cleaned up for SS coming tommorrow, i know it doesn't have to be immaculate but saves me from brooding on the visit-thanks for all your support guys, just feel's crap.

i'll try and get on later and catch up properly, its just a bit difficult cos i've always got hold of lo when i get to sit down at the laptop so typing is a bit arkward.

oh and any ideas for new thread name so we can link it from this one before we run out?

Hi everyone,

Just had a quick read through the last two pages or so. Those of you still suffering from severely broken nights, you have my sympathy - my dd was dreadful - she just didn't seem to need sleep - so I know what you're going through, and feel for you. Happily for me I'm blessed this time round with a boy who's happy to sleep from 11 to 8 (or thereabouts) most nights. Yay!

I've been feeling just a bit down of late - Huw is fabulous and I adore him and am really trying to make the most of these early months, but at the same time I'm feeling a bit 'at sea', if you know what I mean. Some days just seem empty. I need to get out and meet more people with little ones. I'm also fretting about going back to work - I'm dreading not being there for Huw - I'm also dreading going back to a new Head of Department and possible restructuring of the role. I wasn't enjoying work before maternity leave started, so I should have known I wouldn't want to go back. I've still got a few months off, but it's beginning to worry me. Dh has been without work for a while though, and alhtough he's busy this month, he doesn't ahve much on the horizon, so not going back at all just isn't an option at the moment (feeling sorry for self emoticon).

This frame of mind is not helped by the incessant rain - you know it's bad when the weather forecast describes the rain in your area as 'relentless'!

Was it Dal who was thinking of switching to formula because of weight worries? - Don't! Or at least not unless you wnat to give up breastfeeding, which if I remember right, you don't. Just don't take the baby to be weighed for a while. Your baby sounds fine and it's true that the charts are based on formula fed babies who grow faster. Try not to worry about it.

Right, I'd better go and gather up all the bibs and muslin squares that are strewn all over the house and put a load of washing in before baby wakes up ...

take care all

A xx

Apricott; Great to hear from you, but very sorry that you are feeling so down (hug) ...wishing you a big win on the lottery so you never have to go back to work (after my big win so I too can sack all my pupils of course. )...try not to worry yet, it may be better than you think and as you say, you have months to go before you have to face it. I have been back private teaching since Alex was 3 weeks old...though I do have the advantage of being self employed, working from home and only working 3 days a week, but I do begrudge every minute I'm away from my little darling... and I'm totally with you on the weather front too, only my dog is stupid enough to want to be out in it (perhaps I should trim his coat so he can feel the cold and wet a bit more and then he won't nag for walks so much!(bad owner that I am for even thinking such a thing))Oh and your unbroken nights of sleep. I do hope your mood lightens soon so you can enjoy your maternity leave to the full.

J20; trying to think of a good title on "this little piggy" theme but can't quite get any to fit and think the "went wee,wee,wee all the way home" should be left for when we all get to the potty training stage!..."This little porker ate/(wants to try) roast beef" is appropriate for those already weaning, though personally I'm still a couple of months off that. I suppose something on the lines of "this little piggy went regulary to the supermarket" might fit.....but I'd better leave it to greater wits than mine....at least I've got the ball rolling . I do hope all goes well with the SS tomorrow and the cleaning has kept you from fretting too much...it will all be fine ((((hug)))). Oh, and if you can't find a better home for the newborn reusables, Dhs cousins (sisters) are both due next month, I'm sure one of them would be grateful...

"This little piggy had pureed roast beef" ?

"This little piggy had none (sleep that is)" ?

"This little piggy's mum tried to go to market" ?

Or none of the above...

Spent this morning shopping at the Trafford Centre - lovely lovely shops full of lovely lovely clothes . DH had Anya so I was free to spend lots of time in changing rooms - I still daren't add up how much I spent

Hi all

Apricott, nice to hear from you and glad you are enjoying Huw. Maybe it would help to plan some social activities - not too many but just to give structure to your week a bit? Just you and baby would end up feeling odd, nice as it is, if it's always like that.

J20, good luck tomorrow - sure you won't need it.

Anyasmum - I havent been in a changing room yet - am jealous!

Been to baby massage with Alicet and Adam today - he is so smiley and interactive now! Rebecca was uncharacteristically sleepy and grumpy and hungry! I have a query though. My ex-line manager, who is still senior to me but no longer my line manager, has been asking to come and visit. Eventually I suggested either Friday morning or late Friday afternoon (I'm out for lunch) and he replied 'yes sometime late afternoon will be great: we'll just turn up, so see you then'. Is it rude to write back and impose a time? I'm not usually obsessive about the times people appear but I really dont want to be feeding when he comes, or to have R needing a feed, cos he's a senior colleague and it just feels odd. I should add that I am happy usually to feed in front of all and sundry - in cafes, pubs, in front of family and friends and even some colleagues, but not him. Am I being anal???

Can't remember what everyone else said - sorry! Winnie I remember DD1 was ill - hope she's okay now.

Hiya peeps am gonna warn you now this could be a bit of a me me me posting i am in a shitty mood and need to let off some steam.

as you all know i have ds1 who is 9 yrs old...well since he was born he has been given all he could possibly want and more.

when he was 22 months old his father and i split and i stayed on my own until he was almost 5 and then i met and married someone....sadly (or so i thought at the time) it didn't work out and before we had been wed 2 yrs he left me. in between getting wed and divorced i lost my precious dad, ds1 was 5 at the time, dad died 3 months to the day i wed. sorry went off a bit there. Anyways ds1's behaviour has never been "perfect" but it has now got to a point where i feel i can't cope any more. I have spent the last 3 days trying to get hold of his father for him to take him as i can't cope. from the second he gets up until he eventually goes to bed it is tears and tantrums...."can you take your plate out" may be the question but the reply is....
"thats not fair, my life is unfair, i hate it here i wish you weren't my mother, my life would be better if i was living somewhere else."
"Ok 10 minutes and its bedtime"
"Why should i go to bed, its not fair, i am nearer 10 than 9 and i won't go to bed, you put me to bed now i will be up at midnight still" and he makes sure he is. Now we have ried everything, reward charts, odd jobs for pocket money,