Oct 2007; This Little Piggy Rolled & Crawled to Market, This Little Piggy Walked Home

[FloriaTosca]

I hope I manage to do this right...I'll kick everything off with a roll call if it does.

My pics are all up to date as of a month ago he hasn't changed since that last pic

FT - poor Alex, hope he's feeling better with his teeth. How have you coped with dh being away?

Alice - glad Sam had a good time on Monday. Hope you have a good weekend.

Muppet - understand your frustration at seeing different people and explaining everything again. I'm amazed you haven't lost it with someone yet! I feel a bit like that with Anya's different doctors sometimes - although so far it feels reasonably joined up, except for the one time her notes have gone astray. What Alice says makes a lot of sense. How's Ollie doing - is his itching better?

Crochet - how did your day at work go?

GGG - hmm, yes do need to update photos. Will do it later if I have time - thanks for the prompting!

Well my first week of work went well (very short - only Mon-Wed and we left early all 3 days!) The induction process is really long - takes weeks. So far we've played around with the software and then next week we spend time with the admin and technical people. Eventually they'll let us loose on clients, heehee. Not back in now until Tuesday . Had to email the office manager this morning with Anya's hospital appointments - one next week, one the week after, one the week after that... physio, hearing test, ENT checkup). Ah well, at least working part-time means I can easily make the hours up elsewhere.

Am catching up with lots of stuff today - luckily Anya's decided she's having a sleepy day .

WWAJC and crochet - sorry I'd meant to write and wish you both good luck at going back to work... I'm sure it went well for you both. Fingers crossed anyway!

Hello inzi, LLL and others... Hope you're all well! I'm just cooking tea while mum puts Sam to bed and Rich rides his bike in the front room (on abike trainer - our front room isn't THAT big !)

Hi all, Crochet that is a lovely offer and I may take you up on it if that's okay x I need a kick ass person with me and then maybe I'll get it sorted! I'm waiting for a letter to see what they want to do next so will let you know if that's okay?

Alice -lol at Dh cycling round your living room!

WWJC - glad work went well and that it's an easy introduction back into it.

We survived a night without daddy (he's away playing tennis today for his company) and I didn't even panic!!!! Ollie has tennis with his two mates toady and then my dad is coming round later for a little 'party' as it was his birthday earlier this week. Ollie is busy detailing what party food we need and getting all excited. Henry has been up and hour 1/2 and has now gone back to bed rubbing his eyes. He sleeps for England that one (put your finger in your ears and shout LA LA LA LA LA those who have non sleeping children. )
Good news form the DRs is that Ollie doesn't have Glandular fever -we found out yesterday -but they don?t test for anything else (so the lady says) so we still don?t know what he does have. I've made another app for the Drs on Monday so we'll see. I have written all that has been wrong with Ollie and the tome frames so I will print it off and take and just give it to them and I know I won?t miss anything out. I did ask to see the same Dr but you aren't allowed to request at our surgery, you just get allocated a Dr so I don?t know who we're going to see. I'm going to keep a food diary just to see if there is an obvious link between what he eats and the intermittent diarrhea. He also had tummy pains yesterday and the day before when he woke up in the car so really not sure what's going on with him. It may sound a little over the top but with this food diary at least I feel that I am actually doing something to help/find out the problem. I know I will have a dicky tummy the day after having alcohol so maybe something may turn up?

Hope you're all okay and having a good weekend take care speak soon
xxxx

I have put some new photos on facebook if anyone fancies a look. I can't put them on mnet without dh as they have to be reduced in sixe and I don?t know how to do that!

Hi everyone, i'm back from the wedding and my weeks holiday in Cornwall. Haven't had time to catch up yet but just wanted to let my favourite bunch of ladies know I had a fantastic time and will fill you all in on the details properly when i'm not quite so tired x

hi everyone, still haven't had chance to read through, been having bad bad nights with Shannon and dd1 for some reason, so I am a grumpy, tired and have PMT, I also have dd1 all weekend as her dad is working away so I am not my best at the moment. sorry to come on and moan, but didn't want to just completely disappear. I'm off in town soon, so had better get sorted, love to all xx

Muppet - hope you get Ollie sorted out - you might find it's something quite straightforward once you've done the food diary, think that's a good idea.

J2O - hope your weekend's not too bad. Have a moan on here if you want. Enjoy yourself in town.

Had a rubbish night last night. Anya was grumpy after tea - it took ages to persuade her to have a bottle and go to sleep. Then she woke just after 10 for a feed (normal) but then screamed when I tried to put her back in her cot and wouldn't settle at all. DH and I were taking turns walking her round, trying to distract her but she just kept crying. Think she might have had tummy ache as she was farting lots (not had anything weird to eat though) so eventually gave her some calpol. She had a bit more milk and fell asleep about midnight. Then she was up again at 4, but just wanted cuddling back to sleep. I know that's not bad compared to others but that's really rubbish for her. She seems a bit better today so fingers crossed.

She's going through a really 'daddy's girl' phase too at the moment. If dh comes into the room and I'm holding her she reaches out for him, then looks at me smugly when he takes her. If he tries to give her to me she clings to him and cries. Not paranoid or anything but...

Eren has cut his first tooth yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(very proud mum emoticon)

I've not dropped off the planet...just very busy...I'll read through and post later.

FT-hope your ok and busy doing good stuff

WWAJC-aww hope you have a better night tonight, I bet dh is loving being the flavour of the month, let him enjoy it, she'll be wanting you again soon enough!

Mine-woohoo! Shannon still hasn't got any teeth and shes 9 and a half months old grrr

thats as far down as i got i'm afraid, Shannon actually went all night last night which was great, but i think the tiredness is catching up with me from the past 9 months, no energy at the moment.

ok i'll give you an overall account of my love life!

right, well. hes only 22 which is 4 years younger than me, no kids, his own house (although admitedly his exgf is still on the mortgage, but he's trying to buy her out, although she's got arsy since she found out about me, which is a whole other story) a good job, he drives with his own car and he's very understanding and loving and gets on brill with the kids, in fact they both adore him, esp Shannon, who totally blows me out when he comes round, and just does her toothy dribbly grin at him, untill he picks her up, he even tried to put her nappy on her today, made quite a good attempt too I met his mum yesterday, who has an 18 month old dd, that went quite well, she even text him and said she thinks he's got it right this time! obviously, i'm a bit concerned that people wil think i want him because he is doing well, me being a single mum..etc but I think i've got more of a problem over that than anyone, and also his mum has been in the same situation as me, so i think he is more empathetic than most men are iyswim.

all in all, its going well, so far, he treats me better than any other man has before, I'm just holding back a bit, in case it doesn't last...we'll see how it goes.

right am off to read some more of whats been happening with everyone, then will try and reply, or perhaps end up having to go to bed! love to you all xx

oh i haen't got a chance to reply properly!

Greedy!!! great to hear from you, please stick around! I'm glad things are good with you and your brood.

Muppet-hows Ollie today? I hope you get him sorted, at least you've ruled one thing out, how has he been today?

Dal-glad you had a great time

WWAJC-glad work went well, i am missing being out and working, but(after a trip to job centre on Wed) its so not worth it for me at the moment with regards to childcare.

Crochet-how was your first/last day back at work? how jammy are you!

Hi Inzi, Alice, LLL and everyone else

i'm off to bed, hope you all have a lovely nights sleeps xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Glad its going well for you J20, he sounds lovely, I hope it lasts

Well done Inzi - you are going so well

J20; Oh how lovely..fingers crossed for you that he is a "keeper". I haven't had a complete sleep through yet but on the few nights he wakes me less than 3 times I'm never as refreshed as I would expect ... I think we must need several on the trot to get any benefit...seriously hope that Shannon gives you some serious rest and you can start feeling more energetic.

WWAJC;I'm sure the daddys girl thing will blow over soon...just now I have the opposite problem, Alex is very much Mummys boy at the moment and doesnt like me out of his sight...I really feel sorry for my Dh who just doesnt seem to be good enough for "sir" on some occasions..though it probably doesnt help that Dh works away so much ..after all, 5 days to a 9mth old must be like a year to an adult! But he also has a severe case of "stranger danger" and disconcertingly fixedly stares at people he doesnt know[embarrased emoticon]We managed fine last week when Dh was in Israel thank you for asking, but will admit I had considerable help from my Mum who is feeling a bit better (she has rheumatoid arthritis)and came to stay for 2 days and did all the cooking for me [smug/spoilt emoticon]

Well, not much new news from me...we have been rushing around visiting pils (who have been on holiday and wanted to see Alex)going to a wedding and destroying my mothers living room as she is now ready to move on from keeping all the memories of decorating with my Dad and finally letting us rip down all the polystyrene ceiling tiles in preparation for a complete replastering/remodelling job. Alex now says "Da-dee" as well as "Mo-mee", claps his hands at every clever thing he does and walks about 20 steps unassisted though still preferrs to use furniture or my hands for stability (I'm using reins to save my back!) and he can now crawl at the speed of light(so it seems)to get to the furniture to pull himself up...needless to say the house is now babyproofed(though he still seems to find everything dangerous thing we missed!)he has a massive playpen and the hearth is now covered in scatter cushions..and I go to bed utterly shattered every night..why the weight isnt dropping off I'll never know! "sir" is calling...got to go..

FT-hope you get some sleep soon, i've had 2 nights sleep with no interuptions and it feels good! I've been meaning to ask you, how do you do Alex's potty, do you just sit him on it after hes eaten? i bought Shannon a travel one at a bargain £1.98 the other day, and am wondering if i should start her soon, just to get used to it.

Inzi-well done!!! i hope Jane gets her teeth through properly soon, Shannon claws at her face and ears also, and she rubs her head a lot, which makes me worry she has headache, its awful to see them like it

Shannon still doesn't say much to anyone, but babbles all the time, she can do awwwwwww at cats and copies orrrrrrrrr when she's done something wrong, she can also do high five, pat a cake and blows kisses, which i get her to show off at any opportunity!

apart from Richie, she is usually really clingy with me, but thats because she doesn't get the chance to go to other people really, although, when we where at Richies mums house, she did cry when i put her coat on to leave, i think she like the barbies!

I am the only one left with a toothless baaby?

just a quicky before i catch up properly... J20, no teeth here either!

Inzi! Well done! A stone!!! that is fantastic! Glad you are enjoying the gym too.Sympathy with the teething though..hell isnt it?...aahh and how wonderful that Bob is back and so tame.

Muppet; At least they have ruled out GF. Hope you get to the bottom of poor Ollies problem soon...ooh and Henrys wonderful sleep habits.

Dal; looking forward to hearing all the details..glad you had such a good time.

J20; How wonderful to get some sleep! We start pottying first thing in the morning (always the most sucessful trip of the day)and after each meal, each nap and last thing at night....Mum says to get him really trained I need to get him on there every 2 hours or so..the difficulty these days is keeping him sat there for long enough now he can stand himself up!...I have a range of toys to keep him occupied and now only potty him in the bathroom because he kept leaping up just at the wrong moment! The trick is to have the patience to have him sit there long enough and to hugely praise every "effort" and no matter what happens (we have had a few tmi type disasters)always make it a pleasant experience.....Modern thinking is not to introduce a potty until the child is "ready"..(though having recently heard of 6 & 7 yr olds still in nappies I think some kids will never be ready without a bit of a push)...but I have been brought up with the old fashioned idea that children, like puppies, get used to going at certain times and in certain places and if it saves me washing a few extra nappiesI'm all for it!...last week we had 2 days when I only needed to use 2 cloth nappies a day!

just checking in to tell you I haven't completely dropped off the edge of the world ...

Work Friday was good - leaving the house was the worst bit!

However, everything has been superceded by this - not a happy crochet at the mo'

ho hum ...

congrats on the stone inzi - I had all good intentions this week - then the crisis hit, and I hit the chocolate ... don't think I'll have done terribly well at weigh-in!

j20 - thanks for the info on the new bf - sounds lovely - hope he's a keeper!

FT - Wow! at how well pottying is going! Glad it's working for you ... I thought I did well to get Rhydian out of nappies during the day at 22 months!

love to everybody else ... going to not offer the boob now - see if that helps!

OH Inzi (((((Big Hugs))))) It is normal, I'm sure, to have days like this...you do everything in your power but you still can't seem to anticipate/meet/satisfy their every need/whim and when we are down the sad things come to mind...I have often wondered if I was slipping into pnd because I kept thinking about Robyn and the wishing she had survived, ( & wondering what she would have been like) yet knowing that if she had lived then Alex would never have been and so how could I possibly even wish that for one second....the difficulty for me is feeling that the love I have for Alex is almost a betrayal of what I felt for Robyn, which is ridiculous because if by some miracle I had them both I would love them equally, just as anyone else with two children does..... and yes, feeling anger at them when we have done everything in our power to help them and they are not responding must be normal....as you say, it must be something in the water/phase of the moon or some such thing and I hope for you it is over quickly.

Crotchet; I'm so sorry..I have no advice. Alex bit me once and I reacted, he cried but came back for more after a minute or two...I think the others on your thread have given you great advice, Mairwen obviously is more sensitive and has a better memory than Alex...I dearly hope that she forgives and forgets very soon for both your sakes...in the meantime, enjoy the bathing and skin contact together.

I keep meaning to come on here and tell you all about my holiday and the wedding but I don't know where to start and there is soooo much to catch up on too, will just have to do it in stages I guess..
Well the drive to peterborough on the thurs was ok apart form a bit of queueing, managed to stop and fed Dylan ok and didn't get there too late. We were then up at the crack of dawn on the fri to set of for Cornwall. The journey was quite long with Dylan and little 3 month old Mia (eldest bro's baby) to stop for, she's breast feeding quite frequently and is not as usued to travelliung as Dylan. Anyway, we got there ok and had t get ready quick for a pre wedding do at my other brothers (the one that got married) parents in laws house. We got there a bit late but there were plenty of cornish pasties to eat and amazing ice creams called 'hedgehogs', these consist of clotted cream vanilla ice cream coated with actual clotted cream then rolled in sugared nuts - very very nice . We had a few drinks too and then I slept there the night. My brother actually married my best friend so I shared a bed with her the night before the wedding with Dylan in his travel cot in the room, was nice to have girly chats before going to sleep! Dh slept at a very post local hotel with my brothers (he and my eldest brothers were both best men).
To say getting rady on the morning of the wedding was stressfull is an understatement! I had to plan Dylan's feeds round going to the hairdressers (where he thankfully slept) and then I had 10 mins to get my makeup and dress on after his dinnertime bottle as he took so long to eat his dinner, I was very hot and had red cheeks!!! Dylan came to the wedding with me in the bridesmaid car (some kind of chrysler)sp???
They got married in pendennis Castle over looking the sea at falmouth. I was very emotional to see my bro marrying my best mate, also because her dad had an accident some years ago leaving him paraplegic (sp?) and blind so her brother ushed her dad down the aisle next to her, it was lovely to see them so happy together.
Once at the castle we had lots of people to help watch Dylan so all was ok! The ceremony was lovely, Sil's brother played 'local hero' on his acoustic guitar part way through and they had a string quartet and flute player playing too.
Dylan was an angel all day and even added his bit to the speeches, when dh said 'on a more serious note...' Dylan added ba ba ba ba ba ba ba which of course caused a lot of laughter followed by his very own applause .
It was a wonderful relaxed day and they had a live band in the evening. As we had 2 babies between us and bro and sil we took it in turns to babysit them in a room upstairs (in the barracks where the reception was held) so me and sil would dance for a bit then bro and dh for a bit. Fortunatlet I was on baby sitting duty when everyone danced to thriller like zombies and it was recorded on video so dh is dreading that going on you tube lol.
At the end of the night we all went home in a minibus (provided by parents of bride so we could all have a drink). You can see the pics if you go on www.cornwall-photographers.com and go to 'your wedding' at the bottom then click on 'Tim and Claire' at the top .
The day after the weding was another do at the parents of the brides house where there was a buffet and more drink and lots of fun looking at old photos of my best mate when she was little, music was provided by anyone who could play a guitar (2 of her bros and my bro) whilst we all chiled in the sun.
Anyway the rest of the week was spent in our holiday cottage and seeing the sites of cornwall, we shared with eldest bro, sil, their 3mo Mia and sils parents and sils bro, very confusing I know... We went to st ives -beautiful falmouth - lovely, lands end - amazing views, newquay - lovely beach and shops and a few little beaches along the way. Dylan started trying to crawl whilst we were away and is now pushing with one leg and sliding forwards in a zombie like fashion so really getting about, i've been hovering the dog hairs up like mad to stop him eating them!
I would have to say the worst bit of the holiday was the journey back from cornwall to peterborough, it took 11 HOURS! That wasn't just driving time, it was due to the amount of stops and queueing , we vowed to fly next tie after that!
Anyway thats about as much as I can remember right now, sure i've bored you all to death anyway .
I now can't remember much of what i've read from your posts, I will catch up eventually.
I can remember crochet is having probs , hope it improves soon crochet, i'm thinking of you.
Well done to inzi on the weight loss, I haven't lost any whilst on holiday, but amazingly haven't gained any either woo hoo!
Sorry you've been a bit teary, probably just hormonal? We all have days like that sometimes.
floria - hope yo get some rest soon and the sleep improves for you ((hugs))
mine conrats on the tooth, although ... wonder when Dylan will get any .
wwajc - i'm sure the daddys girl phase will pass soon, i'm sure it's around this age they tru;y start to ralise they are seperate people from us so maybe she' just trying a few things out?
alicet - have a nice time visiting friends and pils, 'see' you when you get back.
Muppet - hope you get the problems 'down there' sorted once and for all, you'll feel a lot better when you know whats what, I know I did after they'd had their 'poke about'
J20 - lad the love live is going well, may it long continue, he sounds like a keeper
Greedy - hi! great pics, I will have to update mine soon although Dylan never looks any different cause he grows sooooo slow!
crochet - hope the mastitis is better now
choc - great to hear from you, wouldn't worry about the house being a mess after moving in 2 weeks ago, we moved in a year ago and our house still isn't sorted! [lazy emoticon]
LLL - congrats to you on the weight loss, I really need to do the same, my bingo wings are getting bigger by the day, doesn't help I just ate a galaxy caramel
news hot off the press, I thought dh had lost his mind the other day when he said about the next lo, 'lets just go for it, yeah, I woudn't mind having another, sure it's hard but Dylan brings so much joy and I love him so much' er yeah, I nearly fell off my chair as he's usually very catious about these things and a few months ago was quite scared at the prospect of another?! Anyway I told him it was very nice that he was so optomistic but there is no way i'm having another until we have finished decorating the kitchen and bathroom and sorted out all our boxed of unwanted shit and sold it on ebay/given it to charity, oh and I also added i want to loose some more weight before then. he said that was a good plan and he didn't necessarily mean to have one now but just that he is up for it and excited about ttc the next lo. This has made me happy and I now find myself randomly daydreaming about the next one and then stopping myself getting broody.
Anyway, must go to bed soon, sorry for the mammoth post, hi to strawberry, stefka - where are you??? hi to everyone else i've missed, chat soon