April 2007 - Um er yeah ??! Ummmm ???

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so..............

Food
Lots of talk on meal planning and diets
diet thread here.
Babies being fed porridge to make them sleep - and it works
SPB was puzzled by how to make breadcrumbs
MJ has joined WW

Work
Runny has quit her job with the twuntish boss. She has an interview for a job closer to home on 29th Feb.
IDOC went back to work and iswn't enjoying it yet but hopes it will get easier
Eddas is having problems with her company since she's been back
Job hunt thread for those looking to return to work
Octo and Dippy had interviews but sadly without success

Illness
KHIN has everyone sick
MJ feeling very low but coming off some meds seems to have helped lots and she's much brighter most of the time now
WCL ingested a filing

Babies
everyone is thinking about babyproofing their house
SPB and GMM need cages for their boys
SPB's T is climbing the stairs
Tcmummy has the biggest baby (we think) at 22lbs 12oz
Do boys like cuddly toys? hot discussion on this
SOL took K to baby sensory and loved it

Everything Else
Dippy is in love with her Dyson
Auntie Meemz (mmk) is learning to drive
Runny has a new philosophy - "Unless its useful, or I love it, I don't want it in my life"
she has found this can apply to clothes (new susannah & trinny book is fab), books and mil
Caz finished off the run of 3 with her own car accident, thankfully no injuries or serious damage done
NL has a fab new changing bag from Monsoon
Caz was chatted up in the supermarket (with all 5 children in tow )
Eddas got territorial over her new pushchair
Leaky has found a new house
Elkie was burgled
SPB is planning T's christening
Bramshott was baking for N's 5th birthday
KHIN has potty trained dd1
SOL fancies her dentist
We had a very short and rather boring game of truth or dare
Eddas is supposed to be making her own buggy snuggle
Pesha has a mystery bleep
Talk on are you a Clean Freak or Scumbag?
GMM is running the Great North Run
Eddas hopes to do Race For Life
Ellie and Dippy have applied for School places for ds1/dd1
Liath had a fab time at Centre Parcs

Meet Ups
Eddas & Dippy are going to meet
We were thinking of multiple meet-ups on same day in May to celebrate birthdays????
NEED TO PROGRESS THIS
Ellie wants to come to Scotland on Feb 15th if they'll have her???

Funny stuff
this thread
and this one
bra talk

Also worthy of note

OCto confessed
"When I was younger (ahem) I was a kind of girl who went out for one drink, got trollied, met a nice bloke, snogged him and accidentally shagged him! I never went out solely for that purpose but it happened ooh now and then Tried it with dh when we first met but he said he wanted to wait oh the shame "

Oooggs had dt's weighed
at 40 weeks & 5 days (9mths & 10 days)
Erin weighs 18lb 6.5oz
Jack weighs 23lb 0.5oz

Dippy used the bash it method to fix her pushchair
"So there you go ladies - tip for future reference - If it doesn't work ...... hit it with a hammer!!
Works with all manner of things ..... prams .... broken chair legs ..... cars ..... children ...... men ...... "

MJ had this to say on the subject of burglary
"Little fuckers who do this should be lined up and shot with a ball of their own shit."

Slightly longer than planned, and 24 hours late but ther you have it!

Don't be , Eddas - they are no more likely to be able to deal with him than you are and they are family!

Eddas, poor ds. And what a great MIL! Hope he is better soon.

Night Mav. Re our Bank Holidays, we get a % of them depending upon how many hours we work a week. I work 40% of a full time person, so I get 40% of the Bank Holidays.

Hope it is a good one, SPB!

Just writing a card for Alice!

NL, it was lovely down here today - about 12 degrees and we even had some sunshine!
Hope you get some good nights' soon.

Off to bed soon here. Am absolutely knackered and stupidly have arranged to interview 8 candidates tomorrow!

hi NL

SPB, I think it gets easier in some ways and harder in others. Definatley the speaking helps, although IME you sometimes have to decipher the truth DD often has a headache in her leg I just think that you grow to know your child and know what they want. I can tell when they're tired/hungry etc. DD often says she's hungry but really she's tired.

Cd, think MIL is more qualified than me to look after a sick child, she has 3 sons, looked after her nephew pretty much full time too and has 5 grandkids. I NEVER argue with her child advice

Hi SOl

Hi Eddas
Good luck with the interviews SOL - it's knackering isn't it?

Evening ladies,

Havent caught up yet, thought I would pop in and say hello first!!

Had a nice chill out weekend here, bought a new pushchair today - a loola in limited edition red star - its fab!!! Have just spent an hour listing old on on flebay... argh its a ball ache but it had to be done!!!

ooooh new pushchair! I love pushchair shopping - well just looking now as love my Bug. Have you got a link for me to drool over look at?

Just for you NL REDSTAR

We got a fab deal on it, saw it yesterday for £240, went to Glasgow pram centre today, it was on offer for £160, plus £40 for the foot muff. Took C out in it, he fell asleep so it was obviously cosy. Thecosy toes is like a sleeping bag, its lush

Evening,

Hi Tili!

Ditto to what Pesha said - they definitely get less physically tiring but more mentally tiring with age. Dd is going through the "why" and "no" phases simultaneously.....

Elkie, sorry to hear your nights have been crap. DH and I have been really crotchety with each other too, so little real couple time is taking it's toll at the moment.

Eddas, bless your MIL staying up with ds like that, hope he's on the mend soon.

Maveta, grrr to your boss.

Hi to everyone else!

Bought a bike the other day (inspired after centre parcs) but I really am a crap cyclist, got scared biking round Arthur's Seat every time a car came past . I really do need to get fit. Will definitley be on to sponsor you, GMM.

Oooh GMM - very smart - limited edition and all It's lovely to have baby facing you isn't it? I always have B facing me atm - would really miss being able to see her little face!
Liath - you just need to practice a bit - I was totally terrified first time I cycled in York - but you get much more confident.

night everyone

Liath - there was be thinking you might run it with me!!! Katy - what about you?

Are you asking me to exercise or sponsor you to exercise?
No way to the first, yes of course to the second - send me email when you're collecting sponsorship?
Really am going now...

GMM I'd run it if I could pursuade my sister to do it too! When is it?

5th Oct, you have to enter ballot for a place.

Katy - I meant run.... its only 13 miles... like from your house to...er ch-le-st.. not far really

Lovely new pushchair, GMM

I am so tired, need to go to bed really. Just found out a good friend has just got engaged ..... to a woman!! Was a bit ; but pleased for them.

Night everyone who's going to bed. Today got a bit better, I realised I'd left the buggy cover at the swimming pool and we had a horrible bus journey down theere but succeeeded in getting it back, so we walked back, probably a couple of miles. We also got a new airer from Homebase and I used a voucher so it didn't cost me that much.

More importantly, dp and I had a little bit of a chat - what I didn't say earlier was that things are getting very bad with dp's mum and he's pretty understandably upset about it. She's spending the weekend having "respite" at a care home but we're not quite clear what's happening, and dp's sleep was disturbed by nightmares as well as by D. I feel sad for him, but at least we're talking about why he's feeling miserable and I think that helps.

On a more cheerful note, LOL at the buggy shopping, gmm, hope you have many lovely outings with your little one in it.

Glad you got the buggy cover back Elkie and that you got a new airer - and most importantly, that you and DP had a good chat. Praying for the situ with his mum, must be hard for her, for him and for you too. xx

Really am going to bed now ...... Night ......

Morning
Sorry to hear about your dp's mum elkie, hope you've managed to clear the air
CD, good news about your friend, I assume you'd have been even more if she'd (I assume she?) got engaged to a man!
So go on...when do they start sleeping through? I'm fine as I went to bed early but had an awful night and I don't think the medised made any difference (he had some too )
Well, usually find I've x posted with maveta, so morning maveta!

oh elkie poor dh's mum. Glad you have managed to talk. Have you told us what's wrong with his mum(sorry if you have) it's very hard to watch someone you love get ill. Thoughts are with you both x

DS slept til 6am having been asleep pretty much since 3pm poor little thing. He woke around 7.30ish but mainly as I went to check him and he stunk so I HAD to change him. As the poo was solid(sorry TMI) i thought he may be getting better but alas this morning he is loose again and sicked some of his milk back up, not all I don't think Currently he's sat looking pale in his bouncy chair He hasn't even been off for a crawl my poor little man. Think he needs lots of sleep today and some cuddles but is as he's not really a cuddly baby so isn't quite right when he just sits on my lap

Sorry rather self-induldged but it's horrible when the kids are ill, makes me all , although have to say I quite enjoy dd being a little less talkative when she's unwell

lol spb you would have aswell but i got distracted by - ooh - crippled dh, squealing baby, attention deprived cats sorry you had a rotten night. we seem to be in ´that phase´ or something. Noah has never been as bad as he is now, where did my sleepy baby go??

Elkie sorry about your MIL, your dh must be very stressed and that does put pressure on you too of course, hope you both feel better for the chat.

Morning Eddas! poor wee man, sounds very for him, hope he´s on the mend too.

Well we had a mixed bag of a night. On the one hand N slept from 8pm - 12am just fine but was then up for 2 hours and then slept again 2am-6.30am. So really it´s kind of the best night we´ve had in ages BUT BUT BUT those 2 hours were HELL. He just cried and cried and cried and CRIED and cried with no obvious reason and nothing we did calmed him down. It was really hard.

but hey ho. am off work today! texted boss to say can´t do tues or thurs this week but could work today and take it in lieu if she prefers. She said to just take it today

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