August 2007- The one where we miss our plonkable babies! They're licking the pram wheels as we type...

[JamesAndTheGiantBanana]

New thread!

Oh, meant to say: There's 50% off fathers day mugs at snapfish.com at the moment - mine just arrived, it's great, it has this design on a plain white mug and it looks exactly like it should (but mine wasn't 50% off) so if you haven't got him indoors a fathers day present yet, it's an idea.

James

The girls are fine although Lizzie did ask when Lexie would stop following her around. I don't think she was happy when i said in about 10yrs when i allow you shut yourself in you bedroom.

We went to see Indiana Jones,it was good, I just think i'm getting old. With the time the film starts we had a chinese (buffet resturant next door to cimema) and the film and thats £50 pound gone. I remember when you could go to see a film and get change out of £10 .

Conker

I don't like dummies and Lizzie never had one, but with Lexie just to get her to stop sceaming i had to use one. I just think go with the flow and for piece and quite i give her one, she mainly has it when she is going to sleep and when she is upset. Although i have noticed that she has started sucking her thumb because i won't let her have her dummy during the day .

James

If you are pg will you be happy or not.

Lizzie, yeah I'll be happy but daunted! You always make it somehow, don't you? Doubt I am though.

James is being a grumbly whingey boy today, and biting his dummy hard. To calpol or not to calpol, that is the question....

I keep my fingers crossed for you then . We started ttc when Lizzie was 10mths (well DH threw my pills away after a realy bad month of PMT ) Unfortunley it took another 2years.

If you tried everything else then i would calpol.

I have just put both dd's to bed early wayhay i have a nice long evening of peace .

Well, we'll just have to see- Apparently I can't test until my next period is late or something (I don't know how these things work, I didn't realise I was pg for about 10-11 weeks with James)

Didn't need calpol after all, a nice bottle of milk is a great healer, apparently! He's flat out on his dad's chest.

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Baby's kicking already? aaaw!! How many weeks are you now? or is it 20 weeks because you had your scan.... oooh excited for you, have you thought about any names?

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Gosh it's going fast then! how big's the bump now? I recall you saying it was huge months ago... Oh dp hated all my name suggestions. I suggested James about 3 times, until he just "came up with it" right at the end!

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Hi all

Gill ? yes dd1 wants to be spoon fed and does silly baby crying too ? so that she will get more attention ? grr

I had about 3 hours sleep last night ? dd2 got up 4 times before midnight ? I eventually gave her some medised ? then she started making noises from about 3.30am. so I?m like a half shut knife sitting at work today.

James ? fingers crossed for you . Much as I love my 2 little minxs I need a break from them and know that I could not be a SAHM. I need to be me for some of the time.

Knickers ? that?s exciting you know it?s a boy, have you started buying blue stuff yet? Are you telling anyone in RL?

Brains not working any more ? off to get some coffee!

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thats annoying knickers - you'll just have to make sure that she is the last person that you tell stuff to.

calpol night doesnt seem to have any more effect on ds than normal calpol - dont think he'd be sedated by anything - he is not a fan of sleep.

james - echo the hope you get the result you want when you can actually test. i agree that its nice to be at work a wee bit in terms of getting a chance to relax a bit and not have to entertain/do housework/sing baa baa black sheep for the thirtieth time etc, but i find three days just that wee bit too much to be away from him for.

thanks for the dummy advice - will go and get one at lunchtime today as although sleeping was better yesterday and he settled the twice he was up, he wouldnt at 5.40 and he wanted to suck from then till i got up at 7.10 so thats it.

meant to say - ds has decided that he doesnt like being fed off his spoon anymore, so its either got to be an adult spoon, or he holds the spoon and dips it and licks it, or finger foods - we were having venison sausages on monday, and ds absolutely loved them - once the skin was off, a wee section of sausage was a great texture for him to knaw away at.

just takes rather a long time to actually eat anything.

I'm back at work today. Dd still isn't 100% but I really couldn't justify another day off work especially as I'm off next week and have loads to hand over to my colleague. I came back to over 200 emails and I'm still working on the ones I have to deal with.

Congratulations knickers! When I announced I was having a boy everyone told me I was lucky to have one of each because I don't have to have any more children I'm planning at least one more and, even though I had my heart set on all girls, ds is so gorgeous, cuddly, cheeky and smiley I don't mind what I have next.

Hope you're feeling a bit happier now James. It can get you down being at home all the time, especially at this stage where the los are starting to rebel against sleep and you've got to have eyes in the back of your head to stop them injuring themselves. It can be very draining. I hope you find yourself a job that you'll enjoy. Let us know how you get on at the childminders. IME you will know almost instantly whether she's the right person for you and James.

Thanks for the idea for the mug James. I hadn't even given fathers day a second thought.

My2weegirls - dd has started that pretend crying for attention too. I'm not sure if it's her age but she's also started saying I'm scaring her if I raise my voice (even if it's not at her). I think that might be for attention too though. Hope you get more sleep tonight.

Conker - I'm lucky ds will still happily eat off a spoon. I find it so much quicker and easier. I have learnt though when I do give him finger food that I should only give him one or 2 pieces at a time, otherwise he will stuff the lot in his mouth and end up gagging.

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ds is quite cautious with food still and if he bites off more than he meant to he immediately pokes it out with his tongue.

i know baby led weaning is talked about lots now, but I quite like knowing how much he is eating, or at least, know that he's getting a minimum with spoon feeding then anything additional with finger foods.

gill - i think it's an age thing, dd1 started saying 'stop shouting at me you're scaring me/worrying me' or 'daddy shouted at me' a few months ago - it does pass. my fiends wee girl (3 and 3/4) has started bursting into tears if anyone so much as raises their voice. anyway glad your dd is feeling a bit better. hopefully there is quite a few emails you can just hit the delete key on!

i went to a nursery visit for dd1 today - she starts her pre-school in aug. and if i want to go on any excursions or help out i've got to complete a disclosure scotland form . i know that it's ther to prevent unsuitable people working with / having access to children but i do think that it's taking it a bit far. especially as there are backlogs for vetting applicants....anyway, better safe than sorry.

knickers - will try calpol night. and yes her 8th tooth is nearly through - plus her nose has started streaming so i think that's what last nights up and downing was about dp is going to see to her tonight so i can try and get some sleep. fingers crossed.

she's taken to biting the spoon and not letting go when i'm feeding her. then blowing raspberries.

i'm a bit embarassed to admit as well that i'm using lots of jars for her - far more than i did for dd1. i find that i just don't have the time. she just loves rich ea biscuits - grabs or bites them out of peoples hands if she sees them .

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Oooo knickers, at your OH! I had the same thing yesterday. DH was day off and said he'd get up with Joseph. 5am I'm the one whose up with him, dispite being up with him at 3am in the night as he didn't sleep well and my dh slept in til 11am!! 11am Fuming! Yet again 5:20am this morning and it's me who's up with ds, thankfully he slept through until then so I feel a little better. Just pees me off when they say they will do something but then when the morning comes it's as if they never said it or they hope that you have forgotten they said it! The thing that really bugs me is that even when dh does occassionally get up with ds on days off, I only ever lie in til 7:30- 8am as I want to help and spend time with them both and would feel so guilty if i just stayed in bed til 11am!! I don't think I've ever ever ever stayed in bed til that time even before ds.

Anyway, rant over, just wanted to sympathise and let off steam! How's the pg going knickers?? I cant believe your sil telling the hair dresser you were pregnant, how rude!!! Surely that's your news to tell people. Same as telling people you're having a boy! We didn't tell anyone I was pregnant until 14 weeks. I was paranoid there'd be something wrong. I think if ever we have more kids I'd do the same, it was nice not having people fussing over me and worrying me even more. Although, the amount I vomited I'm sure people had a pretty good idea!

Better go, ds is crawling around my ankles shrieking mu mu mu mu, guess that's my cue to leave!

Hope you're all well.

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Well I have ordered my Father's day mug. Thanks for the link James! It saves me trolling round town aimlessly looking for a present!

Took ds to the doctors again this morning as he's been coughing non-stop again. I'm going to visit my sister and bil for the weekend and I wanted to avoid a trip to their out of hours doctor. Fortunately it's not on his chest but unfortunately we've just got to ride it out. He's really not a happy boy It seems like they're constantly ill at the moment.

I'm still at work. I normally finish at 4:30 but, because I'd already taken 2 days off this week with the dcs I offered to work a later shift. I asked dh to take ds to the doctors but, as usual, he had something at work that he had to do. I'm sure he thinks no one would notice if I didn't come in to work. Of course, his work is much more important

200 emails is nothing knickers. I'm off work all next week and I'll come back to at least 400. It takes half a day just to sort through them. Most just get deleted fortunately.

my2weegirls - that's comforting to hear it's just a phase. She really is very sensitive at the moment. Dh told her not to do something last night in a very calm voice and she turned to me and said 'I wish I had a different daddy'. I felt really sorry for him. I think it must have just washed over him though as he let her fall asleep on him when I was trying to put ds to bed. She's always telling me (in front of him) that she doesn't like him.

Knickers that's so typical. I'm sure men know how much hard work kids are but they plead ignorant so they can't get away with pretending it's not. I'm fortunate these days that because I work the same hours as dh he can't get away with that 'I've been at work all day' or 'It's my day off' rubbish. He does take his turns to get up at 5am with the dcs but if he's been up in the night even for 10 minutes he makes me get up. To be honest it's really not worth putting up with his bad moods so I do it most days. He can be really horrible when he's not had enough sleep (that's anything less than 9 hours btw). Hope he let you have a rest this afternoon.

hiya, sorry i've been awol but i've had constant migraines for the past week. The doc has given me some new meds so lets hope that helps!

Callum started clapping but he claps everything to us that we clap him for-cue this evening when i ate a spoonful of desert, he put a hand on my leg and then clapped me in congratulations cheeky wee monkey!

knickers, congrats on the boy-i always thought i'd have a girl and i'd still like one but the thought of never having another boy makes me quite sad (one of each more for me will do then! ) Think we're going to ttc when C is about a year, as i have PCOS and it took so long last time i'm going to ask the docs if i don't conceive within 6 months of ttc if they'll give me clomid again as it worked a treat last time.

James-sorry you're feeling down, and i hope you get the pg result that you want. I know what you mean about being only a mummy and not you anymore but i have no choice as i was too ill to work before i had C so no change and in all honesty aside from the odd few hours when i could do with a break from the constant alert of being a mummy, i do love being with him.

Gill-sorry to hear that ds isn't well, hope he's better for your weekend away.

my2weegirls-if you're ever in Glasgow with the girls and you fancy meeting up, just text, it's not too far for me or you can come to our wee coastal village and play in the sea!

conker-Callum has always had a dummy for sleeping-we bought the tommee tippee nuby ones which have a slight shaped teat, they're for 0-6 month olds but he loves them and wont change them for another 6-12m one! But tbh the best thing for comforting him is his blanket (shawl-(y) type one that his gran knitted)-he's had that with him every day since he was born and he wont sleep without it. His friend was round today and playing with him and C will share any toy but NOT his blanket, when Adam tried to take it from him Callum's bottom lip quivered as he held on for dear life to his most fav thing in the world (aside from mummy and daddy of course )-not sure what i'll do if we ever forget to take it anywhere.

I was just thinking today, how on earth do pople cope with the separation anxiety phase with twins or more, it's hard enough trying to get anything done with just one clingy baby, let alone 2, 3 or 4 of them!!