Jan '07 part 22: Dr Foster went to Gloucester - but the rest of us are off to Nottingham. Or Northampton. Or somehwere.

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To continue the nursery rhyme theme.

I wasnt intended to do all that housework but did one room and was so pleased, sprt of carried on. I think with all the illness in this house lately its nice to have everything clean and hopefully e and h will be over their stuff soon.

Your dh sounds like mine on his day off or if he is home early he always finds a stupid non important job (such as looking at his bike/refilling bird food) that needs to be done at that exact time, and then if I put one of the girls out there with him he says 'i'm trying to do x,y, etc' oh right so I dont do everything all day every day with them both whinging at me for some reason grrrrr blimmin men

He isnt home yet and left at 4.30am girls been awake since 6.15 and I have had enough of them, they are curently sitting on the other sofa pulling each others hair and then moaning

LTH/E&H - snap! Sometimes I think DH is oblivious to normal jobs that need doing. AM trying to bite my tongue at the moment and not nag him about stuff cos he thinks we are bickering a lot. His brother lives in Jersey and I suggested he and E went over for a weekend in May when I am on a hen weekend, flight is £50 return for both of them. His response was that he would need a lot of luggage for them both to manage on a flight. FFS. How does he think I manage on the bus and train when we go all over the place.

Was told at nursery today that E and another girl there hate each other - poke, scratch and stare at each other so much so that nursery can't put them in buggy next to each other if they go for a walk.

Eaten loads of chocolate today.

Had midwife apt and heard racing heartbeat which I was pleased about. Getting lots of movement now and starting to wonder if its a boy or a girl.

DH and I sorting out money now. What joy.

I think its a girl

Vino, I'd tell the nursey notto be so bloody ridiculous.
E is 13 months old FGS, and I doubt the othe rlittle girl is much older.

"hate each other"

FGS, they won't even know what that is (unless it broccolli or caggage etc being soat out) they haven't got the capacity to hate another person yet.

spat= soat

They might clash if they are together but they cannot poosibly hate eachother

Eah please come here and tidy up I'll look after the girls for you.

Hiya Vino. Gotta agree with LTH - that sure is a weird thing for nursery to say. E is such a sweetie.

LTH am feeling for you. I am quite broody but dh says he doesn't want another . Am clinging to the hope that he said that after I got my first cat, and a year later he relented and we got another.

Hope the cp is getting better for you LTH and 2H.

UD happy birthday. Belated I know but have been having so much trouble with our internet connection of late. DH stayed up until 11.15pm last night fixing it (see, men do have their uses )

PCF are dominos pizzas the way to lose weight? Nom nom. If only....

My shoulder / back is killing me today. Don't know whether it's carrying lo on my right hip, leaning over to help her walk , reaching under the sofa to retrieve her plastic horse (which she likes to clip clop around on our wooden floor making clicking trotting noises ) or what. But it hurts.

Wilkie you ok?

Well iv had a shitter of a day today with regards to aidan.

School have asked me to go and see the gp to get him a refferal as they think he has some problems. He is suffering at school socially he is extremley hyper and dosent see people as people but just as objects so tends to push them out of his way rather than ask them to move. She said she thinks he is border line as he dosent show the full traits of some special needs children for example he sleeps through the night, he is toilet trained ect. She said he is very good with his numeracy and is a polite little boy.

I was upset especially when she said he sees children as objects not as children, at the end of the day he is my little boy who I love more than anything in the world and I wouldnt change him no matter what. I have sat and cried and thought is it something I did when I was pregnant, was it his terrible birth ?????????? I just love him so much.

(((((((((((hugs))))))))))))) laughalot, but by getting the referral you will get the help that A needs and it will be the best thing for him. It is such a hard time for you but he is still the same little boy as always just remember that and you know where I am if you need me (in fact just going to text you)

Rgee - of course I'll come and clean but are you sure you want to look after E and H you will have to negiotiate their squabbling and hair pulling Hope shoulder is better soon

Ummmm nothing else to report here got a boring day ahead (its half term so no preschool) need to pop and get dh nan some pj's as MIL is struggling getting a nightdress over her sling and pop to Morrisons to get coleslaw and bread and its still 11 hours before bedtime

LTH - was reading anotehr thread about twins and saw this and thought of you

'I looked up the subsequent pregnancies thing too, apparently if you have had more than four prior pregnancies you are more likely to have twins. Quite strange really, that the body decides to start upping ovulation when you've already got a houseful of babies!'

maybe sh has heard this and this is why e doesnt want to try anymore

sh=dh

E&H coleslaw and bread sounds an intersting combo, is that ready for lunch. I never buy coleslaw yet whenever I have it anywhere I always remember how much I like it.

We ended up moving lounger furniture round last night instead of talking money. Decided we are going to get new sofa to fit the lounge better, we are lucky cos DH dad is upholsterer so will make it for us to fit exactly and be cheap. He might even be able to make a bit to adapt what we have already. I was quite excited. I can see the house coming together but its all so slow.....

DH was home at 5 last night, I hadn't even picked E up from nursery. Was so nice to have him home before E went to bed for a change.

Better get on with work - was just catching up!

LAL- second what E&H said about the referral meaning Aidan gets help he needs. If he is only borderline then the right help now shouldhelp keep him the right side of the border line. Prevention better than cure??

god...acn you imagine??

I have the most horrific PMT atm, Dh will be lucky to make it to 1st March alive at this rate.

PMT + half term + annoying husband = Murderous wife/mother

I mean the twins thing...imagine having twins if you have 4 already

My friend's mother discovered she was having twins when she already had five! Their house was very jolly...

Laughalot - How upsetting for you. It sounds like your teacher has phrased things in a very thoughtless way, hopefully if you get a referral you will deal with someone who has better people skills and can reassure you whatever the outcome. Of course he is still your wonderful little boy, even if he has some difficulties you will support him and be there for him because you are a great mum.

I have a colposcopy this afternoon as I have a second abnormal smear. Last time I had surgery and it was grim. Today might just be a biopsy.

Hola.

MsC - good luck for today. What do they do exactly??

LAL - can only repeat what everyone else has said. It is nothing you have done though!

LTH - PMSL at the thought of you expecting twins. F*ck me, can you imagine?!?!?!? I am certain I will have twins.... Scary!

Well, am arranging to view loads of houses today cos MIL is having J for the afternoon and overnight - I feel really guilty! But I haven't had any time to myself properly for AGES. I can't even remember the last time in fact. I just feel guilty for J cos it is our day off together but then we have Fri/Sat/Sun I suppose.

Getting nervous for DH's interview on Fri. Arghhhh!!

Am still full of cold. I never realised I could produce so much SNOT. It is constant and we are talking really thick green nasty stuff. Bleurgh. (sorry thought I would share )

Wilkie - I too am struggling to shake off a snotty nose. Resenting the amount of tissues I am having to buy! I have been worried about twins cos my dad is a twin and so was my maternal grandad. Don;t feel guilty at havign you time. We all need it.

I am feeling fed up cos although I work at home it doesn't mean I'm not busy, am snowed under at the moment. DH working all hours so I stil have to finish to get E from nursery and ready for bed etc =, sometimes I can't be bothered and just wish he would make more effort to get home. I know its not his fualt but I can;t always sound cheery when he rings and says he'll be late again. Needed to get that off my chest.

Mrs C - i had colposcopy a few years back and it wasn't\pleasant. Hope it went ok for you.

DH also chose to bring up subject at weekend that his parents haven't had Ellen overnight without us yet. FFS. My parents only have her on sundays cos of looking after her on mondays. I can't be doing with this issue when we are so busy and don;thave enough time to fit in what we need or want to do let alone what his parents might want ie they haven't actually mentioned it he just thinks it. When baby is here we migth want to get rid of Ellen for a weekend and then she can go to hsi parents is my feeling.

A bit peeved with the world at the mo. A walk to nursery and a smile from E will hopefully cheer me up.

LTH - I am glad I;mnot in your household this week though !

Vino - is it mean that I secretly had a little grin to myself at your post. You sound V hormonal

I know what you mean about the PIL thing. I don't feel AS comfortable with J going there are I do to MY parents but I do try and let him go every so often because I know how much THEY like it, even if I am not so sure. I think your DH is prob just trying to be fair.

I can TOTALLY understand your feelings towards him being late home from work. I don't actually enjoy doing the bedtime routine and it is so nice when DH is here to take over from me to do it. Can't he set a couple of days per week aside where he IS definately home to do night times for you? Maybe a gentle reminder that you are 5 month pregnant would help???

Is it really awful that I pulled up outside a house to view it today and drove off again because it was so MANKY!!!! I did ring the agent to tell them I was sorry but there was no point in my going round it because I definately wouldn't be buying it!!

vino - ooo that post sounded like me sept/oct 2006 (was 5/6months pg with hattie and e was a nightmare) my parents have the girls overnight quite often they have been to il's 3 times a they never settle (they dont stick to their routine) plus it always seems such an issue (regardless of fact they have neice/nephew almost every weekend for the last 10 years )

With regar to coleslaw/bread, coleslaw was for tonight (am having prawn salad must have coleslaw!) I will only eat 3 types marks and spencers traditional (my favourite), morrisons the best or my own (only make that in the summer if we are having bbq etc) of course when we went to morrisons we ended up with a basket full of stuff

Wilkie - no I dont see point of wasting time and you phoned and told them (I'd be peed off if you hadnt phoned but you did and were honest) enjoy your evening tonight I am

Lth - how has today been?

DH came home at 2.30 and I am knackered from all the shit nights/early starts so fell asleep on sofa for an hour, have had a headache all day and cant shift it so may have early night tonight (af was due today so it could be that winging its way)

Girls seem to be getting better both eaten relatively normally today and I let Ellie help me do their dinner (spag bol) so she loved it and was eating it saying how clever she was

Off to softpaly with eddas and her dc and another friend, am hoping we'll get seats near baby area so we can put all the little ones in there and get a chance to catch up

obviosuly off to softplay tomorrow not now!

Lost the frickin tv remote control. dh is out (again) and I have no tv remote. AAAAAAAGH! (Yes, ok I can change channels by getting off my continental-sized arse and physically flipping the button, but I want to sit, alright?!). We've proper lost one tv remote (suspect we threw it out with newspapers or something) and lost a remote for so long we bought a replacement, only for it to turn up in one of dh's trainers (goes to show how often he goes running - and this was pre-kids!).

Humph.

LTH - I know you hate hugs so here's a sympathetic gnashing of teeth
Wilkie - hope the snot improves! ILs have only had ds1 by themselves once, shortly before ds2 was born when we went off for a wedding. My parents have never had them for a whole night, only for a bit when we were late back (from a wedding...). I'm not a controlling mum (much) but you all know how shit ds1's sleep is at home, he's much worse away. but your post made me think, what if ILs are really desperate to have the boys to themselves over night. Would feel harder to let them do it than my parents, but if I'm honest, they'd probably stick to my "rules" better than my mum!! Hmmmm, maybe it is time to encourage ds2 to stop bfeeding. Imagine, a whole night (and sunday lie in) with dh. Bliss. Was considering encouraging ds2 to give up the lunchtime bfeed, he doesn't notice if he misses it from time to time, but still too much of a wimp. Oh dear.
Lal - I'm sorry you're going through this. I can't really say anything else
Where'd canmummy and susiecutie and Liz go again??
MrsC - hope it went ok. I keep getting reminders about my smear. Last one was borderline, but I was bfeeding. Then I was pg, so coulnd't have a repeat. So I'm due again, but I'm bfeeding, so I know it'd be borderline again, and then I'd have to go for colposcopy and i don't want that. I'm gonna have to aren't I? Can I at least get my hair cut first - it takes delicate manouvres to arrange apt when my mother can babysit, and frankly I want to use her for my hair first. Yes I value a haircut over a smear It is about 4 inches too long!

Oh and bricking it about tomorrow - going to a MN meet up in Edinburgh. Never been to a MN meet up before. At least my big sis'll be there for moral support

2happy our remotes are always down the side/back of the sofas and have a great time tomorrow

Was just wonering where some of the others had gone, Ud popped in and dissapeared and canmummy mmmm they all have lives dont they

dh has footie on again so I am going for a nice long soak

Noooooooooo! After a year, the thread can't die!! Come back, you're not allowed real lives!

checked the sofas. And the bathroom. And under the dining room table. And in the tractors. ds2 probably ate it