June 07........they get knocked down, and they get up again....they get knocked down and they get up again <repeat ad nauseum>

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hello

Anyway, bed for us now I think as DD had me up at 5.20. I was in work by 7am. Thank feck for flexi time!

I wonder if 1 year on is when the accumulated knackerdness starts really getting to you? I have been sooo tired lately.

Fury you were talking about twitchy eyes, well mine went all twitchy the other day then a blood vessel or something burst in there, it's all red.

Sorry you're still feeling crap, I hope you get this permanent job and you can breathe a bit easier. I would never be able to do what yo do, you shold cut yourself a bit of slack.

Re eggs, I get free-range and often see a red spcck in there. From what I remember of biology they're probably fertile. I am a vege, but I ignore it.

I got some of those wanky blue eggs from Waitrose the other day (they were reduced!) and they were seriously delish! I did keep thinking about the possibility of them being fertile though, I am veggie too and like you sputnik I just ignored it!

I feel like I'm firefighting in my house. I am fed up of tidying and it being a shithole by bedtime. Ds is still up and is still on a destroying mission! I can't imagine how knackered you working girls are, you have my respect!

Hi all
Sorry it's been ages. Every day with a 1 year old and 2 year old is just absolutely friggin crazy!!!

Daisy sounds like you are doing well.

Tallulah happy birthday to your little one!

Anyone here successfully potty train a boy? Am trying to do DS and so far he sits on potty fine, but am mystified as to how to get him to realise when he needs to wee

Perhaps I should have a lie down, eat some choc , drink some diet coke, and let it figure itself out?

Absolutely Holly, total respect for you working girls, I don't know how you so it

Sorry to hear you are having a crap time Fury, I really hope you get permy, it doesn't sound like things are working for you the way they are. Big {{{hugs}}} and please take it easy and be kind to yourself.

Daisy think a small glass of the red nectar is def deserved on your behalf. DD sounds like a whirling dervish (sp??) DS is getting to be that way. I can never understand that despite the amount of lovely toys he has he still wants everything else, his birthday presents being no different. His main favourite occupation being harrassing the dvd player and getting all the dvds off the shelf and out of the draw. My mum asked the other day if I let him do it...... (in a disapproving kind of way) I just said, well I just haven't got a lot of choice really as it is in low tv cabinet and unless i moved it all (to where exactly???) I send myslef doolaly trying to stop him, not to mention the strops..... which reminds me to what Bunty said can't eat or drink anything around him as he wants it too..... even if boiling hot tea

Hi Lilkel, soz no advice as have only done dd, but do share your success story as no idea where to start wit DS in future

Where(ish) in the country are you Jammy that sounds like a good day?

hey lilkel ....and here I am moaning about DD.....I take my hat off to you and all the others with two little ones.

DS was a right old mare to potty train...i think I just gave up trying and let him sort himself out. He was nearly three before it all clicked into place for him! All you can do is keep asking him, and offereing the potty even if he says he doesn't. DS really responded to a kit we got from Pampers Kandoo. It had a mat for the potty to sit on, as well as a passport with pages of different tasks...like "knew i needed to pee", "did a pee in the potty", "did a pee in the toilet", "wiped my own bottom" etc...with pages of frog footprint stickers to stick on the page when he got something right. Sticker books/charts dont work for all kids though.

actually on that note, DS has had two dry nights in a row. We're not counting our chickens just yet.....but fingers are optimistically crossed!

how did you get on with DSs paeds referral for his speech? any news?

Hey SG ..ikwym; DD wants to play with anything but her new toys.....especailly cables and plugs.

I'm off to bed as I think I'm getting a stinker of a cold; I thought it was hayfever, but it has been getting worse all evening.

Hi everyone- thanks for birthday wishes for DD. We had a nice wee party on Sun in amongst all the packed boxes. More pressies & cake today. She won't know what's hit her tomorrow when it's all back to normal.

ooooH MHC Sorry to hear about your DH isshoooss,my DH canbe a right twunnt at times too,though thankfully its his day off

I'm with you on the accumalted tirednesses think we must be all feeling it, i think it built up from late prg.

Don't worry about the eggs you haven't put me off

Thats reminded Daisy we used that passport thingy for DD that worked really well for us too, as we did go througa realk funny stage withher as potty trained her a 2.3 and then at 2.8 months she started weeing herself (never poo) for no reason, had to send her to nursery with three changes of clothes!

Right am going to go and get some kip as my back is killing me.......... night night xx

Ooooh, that was a good link. Thanks MHC.

Thankfully destruction levels aren't too high here at the moment, though sympathies to Daisy and others. She does love pulling all her books of her bookcase. DH gets irritated by this, but I don't care to be honest. I put them on the bottom shelf so she could get at them, she can't so any harm with them really, and at the end of the day it only takes a minute to scoop them all up and put them back on the shelf.

And SG - we're in South Oxfordshire. I t was a fab afternoon. Obviously need a reasonable day weather wise, but we had a good time even though it wasn't mega hot and kept clouding over. We sat on the edge with feet in the pool and she sat in the water splashing about. Some older children let her play with their toys for a bit (we'd forgotten to take any ) which she loved, and afterwards we sat on the grass and had ice creams

Just a quick heads up all you that put your name down for M&B testing...apparently there are more emails being sent out now. Slings, car seats and monitors were sent about an hour ago. Keep checking your emails!!

oh this is just fucking awesome

I have taken the day off to see the dr, and now I have to take DS to the GP this morning as well... looks like he has chickenpox.

If he has I will have to cancel his birthday party too.

Excellent.

Oh no fury! I hope he hasn't got chickenpox, you poor thing (and poor ds)!

hmmm...it might even be german measles - the spots keep fading and coming up again somewhere else

The GP will know!

I was just walking round my house looking for a strange smell. I knew it wasn't either of the dcs and I couldn't find the smell anywhere. It was really bugging me. I have just found it...dp's bloody golf shoes! He left them on the floor after playing yesterday and they fucking stink! He keeps going out in the rain and getting them wet and then wearing them again without them being properly dry, so they smell all musty and mouldy! Yuk!

I'm sure it was a cunning ploy to get a new pair because I've just slung the old ones into the garden and have bought him some new ones!

Fury, I hope ds is ok. If your gp is anything like mine he will tell you it is a "viral rash" and to keep him at home for a couple of days and keep him hydrated! They always say it's a "viral rash"!

My GP is lovely generally so fingers crossed. And I am going to talk to her about my 'problems' as well.

no email here yet and looks like I misssed out on the nappies as well

DD still in full on destruction mode today. I have loads to do in the house (DH says if it's not tidy then we can't get it decorated, which is fair enough...so as I'm the one desperate to transform it from old folk's home to modern family haven..gotta do lots of sorting out)

Need to get my buggies sold as well, as I'm under threat of death to do that before I get the P&T (am seriously considering the Vibe)

so, if anyone knows anyone who wants a big unwieldy pram (used lightly for four months; as new condition) or a McLaren Techno XT (used lightly for eight months and in immaculate condition)...please point them in my direction

and, if anyone who has yet to have a birthday wants a couple of Happy 1st Birthday banners (still in the wrapping as we forgot about them) and about 8 1st Birthday balloons.....they are free to a good home