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.

Susie, buggy snuggles are FAB, aren't they? I had one for ds3 when he was tiny but its teh old old old style one that don't unzip sp ots a right faff to get G into it. It s plain navy one so I absoltley had to egt a new one for my new buggy

Wilkie, when we moved in November G was 10 months and it did freak him out abit but as long as he could see me/dh he was ok. If we left the room he would cry and cry, he'd only just started crawling the day befroe we moved so wasn't confident enough to flooow us around. For 2-3 day he was abit tetchy and weepy but as long as he could see us he was mostly fine. I think with J walking he'll be fine because he'll be able to follow you/find you easier.
If you get his new room all sorted first with all his things in it set out as similar as possible to his old room I think (maybe) you'll be able to smooth the process much quicker for him.

Taking to boys to Drusillas(zoo/park thing new us) thsi morning so better go and get DH out of bed.....Why i sit that sits alway me up first???

Hope you had a nice day LTH.

What's everyone else been up to today?

Evening - funny old day here

This morning I went to preschool to help finish the toilets off (preschool back tomorrow) I printed loads of fishes/nemo characters and laminated them and we've made a collage on the wall to brighten them up - it looks so much better than it did before and the ids will love it.

Came home (cleared up loads of glitter think dh and ellie been making my mothers day card)went to il's for lunch (and after knowing her for 12 years she served me pork - I don't do pork) came home mid afternoon, dh was in stroppy mood (hattie was up and down in night and he had to deal with her as I have been up so much this week) did girs tea/bath and both in bed by 6pm so done ironing, dh asleep on sofa and I am waiting for the floors to dry (just washed them) so I can go and make a cuppa

Hi EaH! Toilets sound good fun!
We're (DH & I) are just wathcing Hoodwinked on DVD. YOu seen it? Am just about to order a dominos pizza on line. Saves me getting up off my fat ar$e.

Pip's been a bit funny today. Refused sleep all day, so at 3pm took her for a walk and she fell asleep after a nano second in the pushchair.

DH is reading over my sdhoulder. That really irritaes me. Like I'm saying anything interesting

Havent seen it let us know if its good

Hattie was same with sleep had an hour and bit at 9am and refused to nap but fell asleep in minutes in car at 3.30pm on way home from il's although she woe up when
I got her in. She def seems to only want that long morning nap and bed at 6pm

Pizza always sounds nice but I cant eat it since I had that D&V bug just after H was born and it was the last thing I ate before hand!

Hello Mr Rgee

Evening

Wilkie - E was a bit unsettled sleepwise after we moved but we didn;t take LTH's tip and get her room looking like her old one simply cos all her old furniture was fitted other than her cot so we only had her cot to bring! She was also poorly so that didn;t help but all in all has been quite painless and as LTH says if J can see you and familiar things he will be fine.

Rgee - pizza sounds nice.

E&H - I am just about to work out how much money I have spent this weekend. A lot is the answer but I need to know exactly.

Been busy in the kitchen today cooking beef bourgignon for our tea today and tom, chilli for the freezer, a gammon joint to use cold for s/w this week, didn;t get my choc cake made so that will have to be done tomorow as the beef reheats for our tea (to make most economical use of oven being on). DH bless him has put together E's storage units, her little Ikea table and chairs and the other set of drawers for our spare bedroom. I now have a lot of sorting out to do but need to order my light fitting and pay £9 for express delivery (my heart sinks at that) but I need it here by Tues so that the electrician coming on Tues night can fit it. I didn't know I wanted it when he quoted on Sat morn but am sure he'll be accommodating and squeeze in an extra job even if it costs a bit more.

Best get ordering !

I think we lasted about 1.5 hrs atthe zoo because the boys were alll soooo bloody irritating/ungratful/rude/annoying/etc etc etc

I cannot wait until tomorrow whwn they go back tp school. This has been a very long week and TBH I sick to death of them. Nothing is ever good enough for them, they argue over everything and I really do mean everything.
It drives me insane.
Dh has been a miserable sod today too . It really pisses me off when he says thinsg like "I can't wait to go to work...I go to work to get soem peace and quiet" makes me feel like strangling him because I never get any break from it and he then has the bloody cheek to tell me not to shout.
There seems to be an undercurrent of tension running through the house atm, we've both been really snippy with each other and with half term its been even worse then mt PMT days. I think he knows how pissed I am with him re the PG thing but won't say anything. I'm not going to make it easy for him and mention it first either...I feel very bitter about it alla dnwithout a doubt theres going to be a mahooooosive argument in the coming days/weeks.

we have a little table and chairs from ikea - they are so cute arent they, we got the cheapy £10 one but i covered the table top and the seats of chairs with pin fairy/animals vinyl stuff and waxed the wood to mae it blend in with our other furniture!

Am sure the electrician won't mind

ooo the LTH house sounds very similar to the eandh house at the mo!! (apart from pg thing) dh is a moody sod who has been muttering under his breath for most of the day, humpf because he had to get up and deal with one child in the night (most nights I ma up at least once with Hattie and once with Ellie either she needs the loo or having a nightmare) I get the 'going to work for peace' comment and I am sure there are times he hangs it out at wor and appears magically just after bedtime

eah / lth - i know what you are going through (tho not at the mo thank god!). I dont think they quite get that we have to deal with it every day.

ud - gad the docs said z is ok. though it must be for him to have lost so much weight.

but i found a new trick this weekend - dh sits on his pc / plays with his camera while I play with s. I ask that he can take s for a while so I can do something, he says yeah, but doesnt get off his pc / camera. So, now I just LEAVE THE ROOM, and leave S to do the hassling for me. works a treat

S's is totally clear again. He has been having lurpak all weekend instead of his dairy free marge, and so far so good. I can't wait to try him on cheese - he will love it! So next week I am going for soya in bread, then soya in marge, then the week after cheese. Then by the time we go to barcelona he should be able to eat most things we can

we went to see the ducks today (my life is soooo exciting, see, this is the most interesting thing i could find to post). and they are the most scary load of ducks I have ever met. 1 crept up behind me, and when I pointed it out to S it went for my finger . The swans and geese were more pleasant than most of the little bastards ducks!

anyway, off for a bath, then Lost! yay.

Hi everyone

I woke up this morning feeling almost human for the first time in I cant remember how long! Sorted through all the washing, myself, and got two loads in, on, and out to dry. I know this'll sound like nothing to you all, but I hate every second that I have to watch my poor mum, or someone else do these things for me.

So i felt a great sense of achievement. SO good, that i walked... yes WALKED... all the way ( a good 10-15 minute walk) to the swings with Izzy. She LOVED it SO much. which made me feel ultra guilty and tearful that I can't do it with her more often.... She laughed and giggled and smiled the whole time. Then we walked back slowly, with her getting very confused with her emotions, part the way she screamed as I had put her in her buggy, then she smiled alot, then she clapped for a bit and fell asleep!

Tea time, I made and cooked us some home made chicken burgers. I really enjoyed being able to actually cook too. She ate half of one and chucked everything else over the edge, whilst staring me straight in the eyes... ... needless to say i was a bit peeved with her! Dh has been working again, this weekend. We did talk a few times though, so didn't feel as lonely as I usually do.

I cleaned the whole kitchen, washed up and have put izzys nappies in to wash and dry. I've TOTALLY overdone it, and am suffering now, but still feel great that Ive done so much today. Just taken some morphine and am not moving an inch until it starts to work. even sitting typing is hurting me now. shit.

Oh well, a good day all until now.

I also have a DH who tells me, at times, that he goes back to work and enjoys the peace, and being able to sleep all night... and he's only here for 2-3 days a week!!! Silly selfish arse. Makes me fume I can tell you!

Hello all

Read all the posts...

Sympathies to LTH! What a mare with the boys.

Shame about the annoying DHs. I am quite lucky - DH is very helpful most of the time although does require prompting!!

UD - glad drs said Z is OK. Can't believe the weight loss

DH is currently showing MIL how to bowl on the Wii. She is 64 and it is so funny

Went to view 5 houses today in Shaw and Royton. Only went in 1!! The rest were AWFUL and we cancelled. We didn't like the area and got REALLY disheartened. But then we found an area called Milnrow which is really nice so have 10 houses to view there on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG 10 houses - is J going with you???????

susie - well done sounds as if you have had a lovely lovely day (just make sure you take care of yourself now)

Noooooooooooooooooo - PIL will have him for the day. Bless him, he is getting farmed out quite a bit at the moment but I suppose it is for the greater good...

Z is under 18lbs now. he's so skinny

no time or energy to do personals, but thank you for all the good wishes.

phew had images of 10 house and one very stroppy child

((((hugs)))) ud he'll soon be putting weight on when he feels better

awww, pool little man. Poor you! must have been horrible to watch Like e&h says, he'll be eating and putting on weight as soon as he feels up to it. spoil him with all his fav's until he's back to himself.

Hi everyone hows it going ?

We havent been up to much I took Aidan for his swimming lesson yesterday and he loved it and was as good as gold so that made me a mummy. I am really cold today and cannot get warm hope im not coming down with something. I am looking forward to getting my hair done tomorrow that was my valentines pressie how romantic .

hi LA

Isobel has 4 teeth coming through at once.. again... exactly the same as the last 4, all came through at the same time. Poor little thing, she's pulling her ear constantly. Actually, i'm not sure she hasn't actually got something actually going on in her ear... actually ( just realised how many times i typed actually... actually ) She let me clean them last night, and opened really wide, I also think there might be one at the back coming through, is it too early for those?

booked her in for her MMR next week. Am a terrible mother, I totally forgot about it or, have I got it wrong? they do have it at around 13 months dont they? Oh well, she's going next week!

She's just having a really looooong nap. put her down after a large bottle of hot chocolate and hasn't moved. I heard her saying Daddy for about 10 mins, went in to see her and she had her eyes shut. bless her, it was really sweet. She woke up in the night sobbing and saying daddy and pointing to the window, heart breaking. Must be because he often smokes there and she watched him through the window standing up on the spare bed waving. I guess she must miss him as much as I do. quite sad though, as I can't explain to her that he is coming back again.

Ah, must dash, she's just woken up crying, and guess what.. yes... shouting daddy uncanny hey. catch you later

Afternoon - been at home today as noone to have the kids (work think I'mill ) did go to drs for ellies wart on foot and hatties conjunctivitis nothing they cando for either of them walked to park this afternoon as its been lovely and sunny down here.

Ellie helped me make home made tiny burgers and home made nuggets and home made wedges for their tea, laid it out picnic style on table with some cucumber/tomato and coleslaw and they ate all of it hattie loved the wedges!!

She is so ratty at the mo as she slept 8.30 to 10.30 this morning and thats it, so she'll be ready for bed at 6pm, going to do baths in half an hour as ellie is tired too.

Well done Aiden/Laughalot clever boy

Susie - ouch at 4 teeth at once, ellie always got teeth in pairs and that was bad enough and that is so sweet at her waving out of the window, how is your back today after your good day yesterday?

Ellie has just discovered some crud programme 'bratz' its truly shite so she can watch the end of this one and then I'll remember not to let her have it on again. She is booked to start ballet in april, although she is a heavy footed child and not graceful at all, however, she really wants to do it so we'll give it a go

bin it or clean it??

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I cannot believe how much poo comes out of him. He's eating more then ds3 nowadays(sometimes ds2 as well) so I supoose its got to go somewhere...I just wish it would stay in the nappy