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!

Elkie - sorry about dp's mum not being well but glad you and dp managed to talk.

Eddas - that ds is poorly. But I know what you mean aboutt dd being quiet when poorly!

Maveta - glad you got the day off! Sorry ytou and spb are still having bad nights, you might want to ignore the next paragraph!

Well D fell asleep on me at 8, put him in cot and he cried so I gave him the bottle I'd expressed (couldnt be botherted to sit on floor feeding him for ages, bottle much quicker!) and he then played in his cot and went to sleep at about half 9 ish. My alarm went off at 7.41 and all 3 dc were still asleep Had to wake D up for a feed which killed me as I have a very strict never wake a sleeping baby rule but we'd never have made it to school on time otherwise. And M and N woke up when they heard me moving about and we made it to school with 2 minutes to spare!

D is full of cold though and when he's coughed a fe times its sounding pretty nasty And he was sick on the bed this morning after I'd fed him. Seems happy enough in himself just a little bit dozey.

Going to get him weighed this afternoon, I keep missing it but have my car back now so no excuse and I havent had him weighed for ages. He's grown alot, mostly length but has chubbed up abit too!

Hi SPB, Maveta, Pesha and Eddas, and anyone else around of course. Another crap night here, am just about to try and get D to have a nap.

Glad that you've got your day off Maveta.

Sorry that Eddas's ds is ill, hope he's on the mend soon.

Hello maveta!!

Just looked in D's book, he's not been weighed since 3/12 when he was 16lb6. So 7 weks later and hes now 39wks, I'm guessing about 18lb. Jamie reckons 23 odd .

Ok Nathan at 40weeks was 23lb. Dylan is not that chunky! Maia at 40 weeks was 18lb 9 but she was also chubbier at this age than Dylan is, between 7 and 12 months she got really chubby!! But she was still a very small build so now I'm thinking D is perhaps 19 or 20lb.

Can you tell I'm bored?!

Hi Elkie, sorry about crap night

Eddas, dp's mum is 76 and has been physically quite frail and not good at taking care of herself for a long time. She's only very recently begun to show signs of dementia but has deteriorated terrifyingly quickly since early December. She also had three hospital admissions last year following falls etc, in April, September and December. I was hoping she might be able to get better accommodation with independence and shelter but it now looks as if she may be headed for a more residential option , not what she wants.

Hello! Friend coming round soon so just time to pop in!

SPB - Ah yes, but I didn't know she was a lesbian!! She's had boyfriend's in the past!!

Glad you got the day off mav!

Where IS everyone this morning!!!?

I'm here!

Hello! How's you??

I'm here too but cos I should be working

I'm here busy cleaning my shit-hole of a house.

I'm here but having to give D some attention. Looking forward to going out to JBs this afternoon, but I wish his morning nap had lasted a little bit longer.

I wish P's afternon nap existed at all!!

Just putting DD1'S Birthday invites into envelopes. Can't believe she is going to be 4!!!

• that was for POTC!

Lol GMM - me too!!

Oooh Dippy what you doing for her birthday?

we need a new thread
can you please all stop talking so much, I'm not doing an update that often

I'm working hard
yes, yes I am, very hard indeed

Of course you are, E!

GMM - we've hired out the sports hall of our local Uni, which has it's own Bouncy Castle and soft play bits n bobs. We've asked all attendees to bring a plate of healthy food to share and we'll probably have pass-the-parcel and some singing. Easy! Oooh, and fancy dress too!

WE HAVE SNOW!!!!! Heavy flakes and lying, was fun to drive in but we're back in the warm now so can watch it fall
Pesha, hope D is OK
CD, ah I see now why you were ed. That reminds me, I still haven't sent a reply to a wedding invitation, now where did I put the card?

SPB
I told Pesha on the phone I thought you were a lot more like me and her than we'd realised, am thinking I was right

what, permanently losing things?

LOl POTC - I think you're right.

Dippy - sounds like fun, how many little monsters angels are coming?

Snow, snow - huh - chance would be a fine thing! We have rain - lots and lots of it! Got soaked doing school run and some shopping for dd2's birthday tomorrow. (I have seven small girls coming for tea plus my own three!)
Elkie - hope you enjoy Jolly Babies - about dp's mother.
Pesha - good work getting out the house - it's so annoying when you have to wake the baby isn't it - not that happens much here
Maveta - good for sticking to your guns
Dippy - I can see why your friend's engagement was a bit of a surprise then!
Eddas - poor litle poorly baby

Well dh went off for his first day in his new job today - which is exciting - shame he's practically had to swim there! I got so wet in town - bits of clothing etc all strewn all over the house drying - just in time to get wet again at 3pm. Ugh!
Right - B's lunch time - she is having unidentified orange veg from the freezer - am rubbish at labels - I think it's squash

Just had the letter confirming M's place at Junior school in september. Cant believe she's going to be going to junior school!! My babies are all growing up so quickly!!

@ snow.

Need to go and get DD1 .......

Hope DH's 1st day goes really well, NL. xxxx

We've got about 30 little monsters angel coming - if all of those who we've invited say yes.