July 2006 - They're not really babies any more. Nearly 2!

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Ds keeps insisting on taking his nappy on which this week resulted in a big poo being left on the decking, so yesterday when he took it of I said your not taking your nappy off because what happens if you wee on the floor, so with that he went and got his potty from the toilet and sat on it and watched and waited for a wee. Nothing came out but I was so proud of him.

Flik- Glad you got your depression sorted. Prozac works and in no time at all youll feel brighter.

Spin- A big congrats, I cant imagine how much of a relief that must have been for you. Weve all missed you and have all been thinking about what you must have been going through. Im glad the waiting is over for you.

Bloody rain

Morning

This is just a quickie as am at work - will catch up properly this weekend hopefully.

Just to let you know that scan went well yesterday - baby is fine, there is only one (phew!) and my official due date is 26 Nov (which is the date I had worked out anyway).

I have put a photo on my profile - it is a bit rubbish but you can still see the baby

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Excellent news ceebee, you must be over the moon.

Waves to everyone else.

HC
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ceebee what a great pic! we'll be waiting for you'rs next HC

thanks for all the support ladies xxx

having to introduce time out / naughty step for jacob i think over next few days - he is really pushing all boundaries possible and testing me no end - tough at the moment! having said that he's a joy with other kids and with sam so that is something!

anyway, not much else to report but what grotty weather over the weekend - dh going to the cricket tomorrow at lords so am sure there will be little played for them to watch so much drinking he is under instructions not to get too plastered though.

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flick-we introduced the naughty mat very early on for Emma. Sophie hasn't needed it yet but I suspect if there is a new sibling then there may be some different behaviour. Hope you are doing OK. Only done the deed once but have convinced myself I am PG-got ages to wait until I can test.

HC
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kbaby - clever boy!

ceebee - aw I love scan pics

flick - they can be a real pain in the A*&@!

HC - good luck!

Meant to say Leo climbed to the top of a 5 foot fence yesterday I got him down and he did it again - I turned round and he was stnding at the top clapping! He did fall that time,. but it hasn't stopped him doing it again. If he does it again I'm not going to rescue him, instead I am going to run for the camera

Annie-can you visit Peggy and accept my basket so I get 1 point. Ta very muchly. (I am hoping to get the aeroplane and only need one more point).

Hi everyone-waves!

HC
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not much to report here - dh at the cricket and as only 45 mins of play called me at 530 from the pub apoligising that he had "lost" the guy he was sharing a taxi home with, as the chap in question had left 30 mins earlier.... not that it meant dh was oging to leave the pub anytime soon - i am just so fed up of this - it's any f*ing excuse to be out drinking at the moment and what really pisses me off is that he doesn't seem to consider that i am left at home with 2 small children.

sorry shouldn've warned about that rant, just couldn't help myself

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flick-sending more virtual hugs for you. {{hugs}} Your DH needs some shock treatment e.g. something that he really likes or takes for granted being taken away perhaps.

HC
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well HC i told him this morning exactly what he said to me on the phone last night before he put it down on me, and we are considering him going to see someone to talk about his behaviour and relationship with alcohol - he is fine have a few drinks out witrh me but as soon as there's anyone else around he just can't seem to know when to stop , especially when it is other people from work...

so not a good night in the flick household
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Well done flick taking that first step towards 'helping' your DH 'help' himself. It needed doing. Chin up eh-it will get sorted but DH needs to make the effort for it to work.

HC
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fantastic news Spin, so relieved for you, I was only thinking about you this morning, wondering how much onger you had to wait to find out.

Great news about the scan too CB, when is yours Mae?

Not working today, as have to work Thursday, at a team building day in London (wear comfortable clothes and come ready to roll.....groan) but it is for a team I am not even going to be part of come July, so what is the point I ask myself? Oh well, it beats yet another day of trying to drum up some business to no avail I suppose. Work is SOOOOOOOOO slowright now, still have no boss, no leads, no real prospects, have got some biz in recently off the back of some of the accounts I have inherited but am failing to generate anything myself which is dis-heartening. THANK god I am only 3 days a week.

Have had a fab few days with the boys - this weekend H had swimming Sat morning, then he had a party to go to so DH took him while I lounged about catching up on Sky + while T slept then we went to a tea party at my Mum's for my oldest living rellie who was visiting from Oz, then back to the party family's house for a knees up. Boys were still running around at 9pm! Then yesterday we all went swimming, Toby loves it, then DH took H fishing for the first time, they looked SO cute going off together in their matching camo gear, H was so excite. So I got to lounge about again during Toby's sleep. Made a delicious shepherds pie for tea, and ate far too much choc.

Think I will take the boys to Bird World this morning, make the most of our membership, and then I think we are meeting some friends for a walk in the woods later. God, who has got time for a job?

HC, I am going through a really broody phase made worse by you saying you are TTC. Good luck hon. I was late with my injection recently which led to the whole thought process of what it would actually be like to get pregnant now. I am not 100% we will not have any more, but I do think I would have to wait till Toby is at school for my sanity sake, and by then DH would be even more against the idea than he is now. Mind you if it was left up to him we wouldn't have any at all, so I do think I make that decision! It's highly unlikely though, and that makes me a bit sad, esepcially as T is so adorable at the moment. He is wearing his glasses really well, and he only has to wear his patch 3 hours a day now not 6, which is fantastic. Have got hold of some relaly funky ones too, green camouflage, rockets and footballs etc, dead cute.

Right, got two reprobates fighting over a toy snake, deep joy, see you later all.

Bloss

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Bloss-fabbo to hear from you. Never been on a team building exercise-the Bank did a few but somehow managed to not get picked. Hope it is fun. Hey, I must be mad wanting a 3rd but if I don't do it now I never will as I think if I waited until Sophie went to school then I would probably feel I didn't want to start again IYSWIM.

spin-get your tot of whisky and read away.

flick-how are things today?

Have cut some of the grass and when I checked Sophie's nappy it had soaked through to her trousers. As usual, she never complained.

Waves to everyone else-yoohoo!

HC
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Bloss-didn't really finish my sentence. You don't have to make a decision now. Why don't you discuss the what ifs and maybes with DH? I don't think I'll ever stop feeling broody.

HC
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Hi girls.

How is everyone? I seem to have spent the weekend cleaning up poo and changing wet pants. Finally embarked on toilet training Joey, and Kayley too for good measure. So far have ONE sticker on the chart, that was Kayley's. At least he has started telling us when he'd done a wee. Before he was in complete denial of all bottom-related incidents!

Sleep seems to be better. Joey is finally back to sleeping through (thanks to me! Instead of Daddy, he got me two nights running so I don't suppose he'll bother any more!). Kayley too seems to be better, although still comes in our bed, and then wakes maybe once. Maybe twice. Or sometimes 9 times. She went through a few days of going to sleep lovely in her cot without a fuss but the last two evenings she has skipped her daytime nap and fallen asleep eating dinner! Hence awake again around normal bedtime for an hour or so...
It's all very higgledy piggledy really.

Bloss, you really are a Goddess.
Get all you broody ladies.

Flick, hope your DH is behaving better. It's so hard when you don't have the support you deserve from the one person you need it from most. Hope things improve with getting help. You are such a trooper.
We have a naughty corner in our house but they both actually like going in it.
'Not sowwy yet Mammy'
'Sowwy now Mammy...'

Spin, glad we have you and Roshi back on board!

Ceebee great to hear about the scan!! Hope you are feeling ok now.

Mae, how is you?

Hello to Pixle, Impy and all you other lovelies.

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That includes you HC!!

Saw this and thought I'd join you - my little one (ds)will be 2 on 22 July - and I have a 9 month old too (dd)...so crazy crazy - well not at the moment as they are both asleep so look what I'm doing !

Hello Mary!
Welcome to our thread. A 22 month old and a 9 month old... So a little gap. Mine are 15 months apart, so I know what you mean. Almost.
Tell us more about your DD please!?

A very big welcome to you mary-blimey, you have got your hands full. Well done you!

Off to mum and dad's then to WW.

Laters

HC
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hi mary! and well done - a really short gap you brave thing!

things are not too bad today - our part time nanny comes at 10 on a friday now all the way through till 7 so it gives me a lot more time to get stuff done, although today has been fighting with the builder, supervising the carpenter (a tough job believe me), sorting out radiators and just about to have a nap for about an hour then i have to empty cupboads that are going to be taken apart and moved tomorrow morning when the flooring guys get here...

o'h but did manage to book myself a shrink's appointment and finally pick up my prozac so hopefully will be feeling better soon. Dh is being very contrite and knows how wrong he has done i think

anyway not much else to say, jacob slept well last night and sam did not so i had yet another bad night - dh neglects to insist on getting u pto do anything and if he does he acts like such a bloody martyr about it all it's not worth him doing it!

anyway, must go and nap see you all later

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am SO not a goddess. H drove me to total distraction today. I honestly think sometimes he just doesn't hear me - if it isn't that he is choosing not to listen, and if it's that, then boy we are in some serious trouble. Huge gang of us going for a walk this afternoon, and if a kid is crying it's because H has poked him with a stick, swung his rubber lizard in his face/tripped him up/hit him/pushed him over. Top of my want list is for my kids never to be bullied but a close second is for my kids never to be a bully, and H is a prime candidate right now. He throws, punches, shouts, pushes, hits, runs, jumps, lobs and I know this is all boys stuff, but they are all boys and it's always HIM!!!!! I hate myself, because to get through to him I smack him, but instead of the shock "omigod mummy is serious" reaction that I am looking for, I get indifference or "mummy cuuuuudle" which just makes me feel like a piece of shit. And what rhyme or reason is there in "Harry don't hit or I'll hit you!"? And then when that doesn't work, which it clearly doesn't, you get the desire to just hit harder and then you take a step back and see yourself, smacking your blonde blue eyed beautiful rambunctious cyclone of a son.

Don't like myself very much today, need to up the pasta jar reward scheme (pretty useless in a wood 8 miles from home but still) and down low the hand smacks that do nothing but make us both heartbroken.

More wine landlord.

Annie - DD is mellow and placid - a real cutie and adores her big brother. They are quite often kissing and holding hands even now so i only hope it continues....DS is loving but slightly more high maintenance (i guess compared to her). He is a very good communicator and rather likes the sound of his own voice (shouts a lot) but again is adorable.
We had our kids after 18 years together without so much as a goldfish to look after, and then had two within 13 months! I have given up work and am now at home fulltime (just resigned because yes ladies I had consecutive maternity leave)and so have had 2 years off with maternity pay. Career BC - HR Manager !!!!! I cannot at the moment think of work - just want to concentrate on this but DS goes to nursery all day on a Weds and DD will start in September so I'll have 1 whole day to myself. I do enjoy it although it can be more challenging than I'd have imagined, but it is all worth it. I do wish to return to work in the future but not for the next few years...what about you guys...?

Bloss, there is so much of me in your posts. The only way I can get through to Emma is to scream at her like a fishwife and smack her. Asking her nicely 5 times just doesn't work. The problem is that when Sophie does something wrong I think oh, well and don't tell her off or ever smack her. I do believe the other mums in the playground think I am not such a nice mummy with all the nasty things I say about Emma. Do you wake up every day and think 'today I am not going to shout or smack' then fail miserably within 5 minutes of them getting out of bed? Today Emma came in and told me Sophie walked through the hole in the front wall and stood in the middle of the road and a car nearly hit her. Problem is she lies so terribly that I really don't know if she is telling the truth or not. Ho hum-the wine is chilling. {{hugs}}

HC
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