June 07 - hunni hunni's HERE! ;-)

[HellHathNoFury]

unwilling pram chat before I get told to shut up!

....men have NO IDEA what we have to go through.

tbh I'm just keeping my eye on them....they're discussing biomarkers, gene chips and proteins atm [yawn]

No she faces away. I try to talk to her as much as I can (until I know she's asleep), but that doesn't always have a soothing influence.

Hi everyone, I'm lurking intermittently.

Not really sure what to advise Jammy. DS seems to be happy in a pushchair for an unlimited amount of time, assuming he doesn't neeed a nappy change/hunger/etc obviously. DD on the other hand used to get fed up really, really quickly and couldn't be entertained at this age. As she got older I used to give her raisins/breadsticks or similar but that's not an option this young, obviously, and only adds about an extra 1/2 hour's tolerance anyhow.

Pushing the buggy at all will almost certainly increase your stamina though, even if you don't walk as far as you would with no buggy.

Whe DD was little and she was in her travel system, it was easy to entertain her (and everyone else on the street probably, but I have the same problem now she's facing away.

Hi Fairy....hows DD...any better?

Thanks Fairy, Norty. I do see people smiling as we walk along with me chattering to her, I must sound like a right idiot! And yes, pushing the trolley does add something to the training. I'm hoping if I do most of the training with it, it'll be a piece of p*ss on the day when I do the proper half marathon without.

Hi Norty. She's not too bad. Best description is 'a bit peaky'. She's had a cold and cough on and off for weeks and I thought that might be it, but she doesn't seem to be snuffly. She just seems tired, particularly clingy and a bit tearful. It could just a growth spurt as she is eating more than usual. Or maybe tiredness, as she does seem quite sleepy and has mostly given up her afternoon nap, but she sleeps an average of 13 hours a night so not sure about that . I'm hoping it';s just a blip and she'll wake up fine tomorrow. Everything crossed as it was a bit of a trying day today.

Hope tomorrow is better for you Fairy. C was clingy beginning of the week, and yes it is trying.

Evening everyone

Jammy, how about getting DD a portable DVD player for in-flight entertainment

Sorry, not much help.

Don't know Bristol that well but I think it's quite hilly.

We all have days like that Fairy ....my DD definitely has off days even at 7 months...its really odd..never at nursery though....just here

Hope she feels better tomorrow..

Right off to spend some time with DH...

Night all x

Evening Sputnik.

How're things with you?

Night Norty

Well done for setting yourself that goal btw.

Not much walking getting done here. Went to the docs this morning with my suspected ingrowing toenail and she took one look at it and said "oh, you need to see the chiropodist". The only chiropodist within about an hour's drive of here only come on mondays, so I hope I make it that long.

Good night Norty, hello sputnik - ouch, sounds unpleasant

Was feeling good as I'd got both DCs off to bed super early, then just as we finished dinner the baby started howling inconsolably and it took best part of 1/2 an hour to calm him down, and then DD started up. I hope they're not coming down with something

Dh had his ingrowing toenails cut out a few years ago. I suspect mine are technically ingrowing but am too scared of chiropodists, so I just do what I can to keep them in check.

In 2006 I trained up to walk a full marathon, and loved doing it. But I know I don't have the time to do that now (I used to walk 7 miles before work 2 mornings in the week and a long walk, working up to 20 miles by the end of the training, at the weekend), so I'm setttling for the half this time.

I'm hoping it's just infected, but I've been putting cream for 2 weeks now.

What do they do when they cut them out?

Well, I'm off to bed. Pleasant dreams everyone.

Just for you Sputnik, I'll hang on a bit.

As far as I remember, they injected his toe with dental anaesthetic until it was numb, then put an elastic band round the toe to stem the blood supply and cut the offending bit of nail out, and painted the base of the nail there with something to stop that part regrowing.

OK, really am off this time.

Ewww, sounds nasty sputnik.

Jammy, not much help really, but do you have different toys so you could swap them round halfway along your walk? DS is fairly happy in h is pushchair, but he is mostly facing me, or one of the others or DH is there is for him to look at. Could you borrow a dog?

Thanks Jammy.
Tis getting bloody painful. Anyway I'll shut up about the toe before you all get nightmares

That is truly horrible jammy. Did he watch? My sister is a theatre nurse, and while she (obviously) keeps patient details to herself, she does sometimes get carried away with information I really don't need about operations. (She does say though that she's never worked within the community where she lives before and it's quite disconcerting when someone looks at her with recognition in Tescos and the only reason they know her is because she's assisted in their vasectomy or whatever. My mum gets stopped in the street by old ladies who tell her how lovely and reassuring my sis is when they had whatever done. I think she's scary!)

I mean technical Nursey blood/fluff info of course. Don't want to get her into trouble. Funny thing is though, if baggins does a poo/is sick, she is really squeamish!

I do need the tiniest little rant, sorry in advance

As you know DS1 is having trouble at school. It has moved on from name-calling and the boy in question is hitting him, throwing his glasses and has threatened to kill him (I konw this is just school-boy bullshit, but DS1 is scared). The reaction of school has been to keep DS1 in at lunchtime (so his path doesn't cross with the other boy), I think this is wrong enough, but he was allowed to choose a friend to stay in with him (although the other boy was going in "to the toilet" and bothering him then). Apparently today DS1 was taken aside by his teacher and the other Yr6 teacher (who has the other boy in her class) and he can't have his friend inside with him because it makes the other boy jealous and will make the situation worse. So I am taking DS1 out of school at lunchtimes until further notice. AIBU? I think the school are giving in and letting the other boy win. (and at least I can give DS1 as many chocolate covered items as I like at home and the school can't do a chuffing thing)>