August 2007- Happy Birthday babies!

[JamesAndTheGiantBanana]

New thread. Happy birthday to all our gorgeous girls and beautiful boys!!

Sorry you have a bad start to the week Gill.

yes, Caitlin was a dream on the flight - better than I had dared to hope as usually she won't sit on your lap for more than 5 mins unless she is tired.

There was a 2/3 year old a few rows behind us who screamed like he was being murdered for the last 25 mins on the flight (when the seatbelt lights went on)and woke Cait up from an hour long nap and she then proceeded to sit on up lap and grin and say Dad Dad Dad all the time as I told her we would soon be seeing Daddy.

The good behaviour didn't last all holiday though - we went into a toy shop and she took a fancy to a wooden bead Coaster which was beautiful but she put a vice like grip on it and in the end I had to wrench it from her. Cue hysterical screams and tears so i gave it to her back and had to buy it - 30 euros down the drain!

I'm such a pushover!

Ooh Hersetta you're a nicer mummy then me, I always prize things off Joseph to hear hysterical screams! It only lasts about 30 seconds though so I daren't ever give in to him or else I'm sure he'd quickly learn to cry louder and longer!

Sounds like Caitlin was a dream on the flight , i think if we tried to go on a plane with Joe, the other passengers would be wanting to throw us off after 30 mins!

Joseph has been a little angel today though. He stayed sat in his pushchair all the way to the shopping centre about 30 mins walk away and all round the shops today and not one whinge, i was out for 2 hours and he was a total star! I am so glad I bought the Loola pushchair cos for some reason in an outward facing buggy he wants to get out after 30 mins, he seems to like the interaction from facing me and I find it easier to point things out to him and entertain him a bit.

Bloody hell, dh just came down from putting Joe to bed and plugged the video baby monitor in, there was a big flash like a fir work and an enormous bang. He's had a bad electric shock and all the sockets are out. His arm is throbbing and pale.

better go,

meandmyjoe - hope your dh is ok? come back on and let us know soon!

hersetta - what a wee star you have! i find at this age distraction works with the hystrionics....just wait till she gets older and is screaming and carrying on for 30mins....like my dd1 does (though as she's getting older it's not as bad). and yes i have a phantom grabber here too - she especially loves to grab clothes with grubby fingers

helibee - hee hee at callum - you should have taken a photo....evidence for those first girlfriends . that's good about the 17th (looking forward to it) and soft play in glasgow.

tasha - so glad to hear that bradleys' op went well and that ds1 is enjoying nursery. my dd1 is too - she can't wait to get there each day.

gill - hope you get an early night, when is your dh back?

my dd2 has not been sleeping well at all - last night she was up at 9pm, 11.30 and then 4.45am was her up for the day. i think she thinks she just got too much to do....tearing round the house, emptying the tins from the cupboard, putting either my shoes or her big sisters shoes on and trying to walk, boucning on the sofa [heart in mouth emoticon] etc. i too know that when it goes quiet she is up to something....her latest trick is to get into the cupbaord where the cereal and biscuits are (i've even removed the handle and put the bin in front of it and she still manages it).

james - are you around? hope everything is ok with you?

He's fine thanks my2, he says it just feels like he's been punched all over his arm and one sid of his back . Checked with NHS direct and said if there's no burns and his breathing and heart rate are normal then he'll be OK. Bloody scary though, I thought that's what fuses were for? I have never seen such a bright flash, it was like a big white ball that exploded.

Anyway, wierdly, the baby monitor still works fine but the plug is visibly scorched but the TV which was plugged into the same extention sockets has buggered up. Won't even switch on or anything so I assume it's fried. Thankfully we have another identical one in the attic which was in our bedroom at out last house but when we bought this house last Sept we decided not to have a tv in the bedroom as I used to keep it on all night and then I was knackered all the time!

Anyway, all OK, better go, laptop battery dying.

xxx

glad he's ok

scary though! get the electrics checked out!

glad dh is ok meandmyjoe-sounds scary! and what a wee star of joseph to be good in his buggy but i'm telling you they def have a babysnet to talk about these things, i think they comne on and read our posts and then go and discuss best ways to get their own way whilst seemingly let us think we have some ounce of control

hersetta-caitlin sounds such a wee character and just think in a few years she'll be fluttering her gorgeous big eyelashes to get what she wants

my2-dd2 just sounds hilarious and very much a female version of C-oh boy just think what havoc they can create when they're together my dh calls C "a purveyor of chaos"

tasha-glad all is ok and that bradley is ok, also that ds1 is enjoying nursery

gill-thats frustrating about dd not sleeping cos of her cousins. Callum is lik then whenever anyone else is around, he seems to think everyone is there for his entertainment! Hope dh is back soon and the car gets fixed and just think we are nearer to the end of the week than the beginning now

We are at PIL looking after fil as mil has gone to S'hampton to visit her poorly aunt and Callum is loving his granda-he even said "my ganda" earlier

James-hope you're ok, we miss you. How is everything with the ad's and the PA?

Hello.

My2 - I didn't get my early night, unfornately. I went up to bed at 9:30 and ds had his eyes open. I tried to be quiet but when he saw me he sat up and wanted to be picked up so I took him downstairs. He was very warm so I gave him some calpol and some tixylix for his cough. I took him back up about 45 minutes later. I went to bed at the same time, turned the light off and he went back to sleep. I was still awake before 5 but managed to doze on and off til 6:30.

Dh is home tonight so I might have a chance to go to bed early. He is away one or two nights every week because he has to go to another site and it's a long drive. It's not too bad when it's only one night but it gets difficult when it's two in a row. I don't know how single mothers cope!

Bil gets his car back today - yay! I've been leaving the house earlier every day but they've put temporary traffic lights on the road that leads out of mum's road so it's taking an extra 5 - 10 minutes to get to work. The only other road I could normally take is closed for 4 months to replace the water pipes

meandmyjoe - my dd used to make a lot of fuss in the buggy and wouldn't even stay in it for long when she was a small baby. I'm sure she would have been fine if she was facing me. Dh wouldn't let me buy a new buggy for ds but fortunately he doesn't mind facing outwards. Glad your dh is ok.

snot - have you heard from James recently? Do you know if she's ok?

yea hes loving it and the other 2 havent minded going to the childminder....in fact they love it which is but thought they might have been a little upset but they didnt care really lol.

ds1s bday party went great. college is great although a bit confusing at times im doing biological science.

gill i havent heard from james but ill text her and c if shes ok hopefully her number is still the same and ill let you know if she texts back

talk soon xx

Hiya, thanks for the text tasha! sorry, I am alive honest but absolutely overwhelmed with work and things, sorry haven't had time to read any of the thread, I'll pop on later if I get time. Hope all's well! xxx

HELLO James i glad your ok and just busy. You must have my 'get and go juice' as mine is lost. Although i have manflu a cold which dh gave me.

Snot, i think it is because your dc are so secure that they don't worry because they know you will be back IYSWIM.

tasha-glad dc are good and that college is going well.

James-glad you're ok too and we're all here if you need anything

Gill-hope you get your early night

lizziemum-how are you doing?

i took another pg test and it was ng but i still feel funny also have a pain in my chest and throat so am seeing doc next thurs.

My dad comes tomorrow so i'm excited to see him. Callum adores both his grandads so he'll love having them both here together. Callum was also feeding FIL tonight as FIL has ME and was very tired-i was so proud at how considerate my wee monkey was to his granda [big proud mummy emoticon]

Helibee

I'm fine if i ignore manflu cold, blocked nose and can fall asleep on a clothesline .

I'm glad Callum has a good relationship with his grandads.

My dd's love 'nana round the corner' (my mum), their not to sure about nanny & grandad (DH parents) but i think it because we don't see them very much shame .

Morning all. I haven't really had an early nights yet and I feel shattered. Last night was the earliest in the last week. I went to bed at 10 feeling like I could fall asleep within seconds but I layed awake til about 10:30. I'd jut dozed off when ds cried and woke me up. He was waking all through the night. I woke at about 4am and haven't been back to sleep since.

Ds is still poorly. He spent an hour screaming this morning when he woke up at 6:30. He was thrashing about a lot (as if he was having a tantrum) and in the end I had to put him on the floor to get on with it (it was very upsetting for both of us). Nothing I did seemed to help Eventually he gave in and layed on my lap and then he smiled and started playing He's back in bed now.

Thanks snot. Glad college is going well and that the dcs have settled quickly with the childminder. I feel sad sometimes when mine couldn't care less that I'm going to work but I'd prefer that to them crying every day so that makes me feel better.

helibee - hope the gp can find out what's wrong. I was so paranoid about being pg too that I took a test. It was negative so I must have been imagining those pg symptoms.

Hi James - glad you're ok and making lots of money I hope Are you still doing the web design work?

Hope you feel better soon lizzie.

hey all! so good to hear from you james and tasha - think we were all gettig bit concerned! glad things are ok and you're just busy.

nothing exciting has been happening lately. being doing few extra days at work. at the moment i can pretty much do as much overtime as i want which is great but frustrating because not really managed to arrange as many extra days as i'd like because of dd but hopefully i'll get a few more in. might be going up north next weekend to see dh's grandad. he's back in hospital at the moment. problems with medication and a few random things. if he's out of hospital we'll go but dh's parents have said otherwise not to worry.

had a couple of rough nighhts with dd waking at 3.30 and screaming until i relentd and took her into bed with me. one morning my mum was staying because she was looking after her while we both went to work early. so when dd woke up nanny was in bed with her not mummy and daddy. apparently she looked extremely confused and gazed slowly round the room trying to work out what was going on! not really sure why she was waking like that. put it down to teeth like i do most things!

well i gave in today and had the heating on for a couple of hours. not looking forward to winter. hate being stuck indoors and i normally get bit down in winter months anyway so will have to make the effort to go places and see people.

hope you're all having good weekend.

Leifmum

Is she cold, as Lexie tends to wake then as she is cold and kicking off her covers.

So i have started to put a thicker all-in-one like this over her PJ's. It seems to have worked as the last two nights she slept through.

Lizie I have one of those sleep suits and it's fab! It keeps ds nice and toastie and he sleeps really well although insists on a 5:30 start .

Anyway, can't complain with things here. DS has been a little darling today. He is such a cutie (when he wants to be!). We did some grocery shopping today and ds sat in the trolley seat pointing and smiling at everyone. He put his legs up and rested his elbow on the handle bar and looked so chilled out and beautiful. It's hard to believe he was a screamy, whingy misery guts just 3 months ago. Like a different baby in many ways.

Gill, hope ds feels better soon. He must be feeling pretty rough to cry for an hour. It's so sad when they do that and everything you try and do just has no effect . I do hope he's on the mend soon, it must be awful for him and you.

Leif, how the heck have you managed to hold off the heating for so long??! I've had mine on for a couple of housr every evening for about a month! But I like to be warm, I really would love to move somewhere hotter, I don't do well in the cold at all. My sister NEVER puts her heating on, if she feels cold she just puts on more layers, not sure how she survives!

Anyway, hope you are all well. James, good to hear from you. Hope everything's OK.

Meandjoe

See this is why being pg in the winter great, i just don't feel cold .

I wouldn't put the heating on at all (thermasat set at 18/20) but dh does. I make dd's to put on cardies or dressing gowns in the morning and have a couple of blankets to cover them if cold.

Ahh yes I forgot how hot I felt whilst pg! I loved it! I really hate the cold. It as a truely rubbish summer when we were last pg though so it was more like winter anyway. I spend a fotune on thick socks and jumpers for me and ds as he seems to feel the cold a lot too, he likes to be nice and warm and loves his dressing gown and slippers, he's like a litle grandad tottering around in the morning!

Ds slept much better last night and seems to be in a better mood, although still a bit whingey. He's in bed again now.

Anyone use Calpol night? I tried to buy some in Boots the other day but they wouldn't sell me any for ds. They said he wasn't old enough. They also wouldn't sell me Tixylix cough and cold. They said even though it says age 1-10 on the box the new legislation says it's not suitable for a 1 yr old. I think they must have misunderstood. If it wasn't suitable for a 1 yr old then surely Tixylix would have to change the packaging. Dh told me to ignore them and give it to him anyway. The Tixylix definitely makes a difference and stops him coughing.

We've had the heating on in the mornings for half an hour for the last month or so. Our bathroom is freezing in the morning and we wouldn't be able to have a shower if it wasn't warmed up. Yesterday was the first time I'd put the heating on during the day though.

Gill,

i have used calpol night in the past which was excellent at helping DD to breath easier when she had a cold. The PC police are out to get you on this one so although it is safe for under 1's (hence the packaging has not been changed), most chemists will now not sell it to you if you say your child is under 1 as they are worried about people who purposely sedate their children (for a quiet night I assume). I just went without DD and said she was two and got it no problem. She's only had about 3 spoons of it in her whole life and although it did knock her out, that wasn't the intention of it's usage.

They also wouldn't sell me junior piriton when i rushed to the pharmacist with DD who had a major allergic reaction to dust at an old church hall. Was just about to go ballistic at them when the sensible pharmacist took one look at DD and her streaming nose, bloodshot crying eyes and blotchy red face and immediately sold me a bottle - which helped within 10 minutes.

Useful these pharmacists aren't they??! I've been sold calpol night for my ds, they never even asked his age but he was walking around and does look a lot older than he is cos of his height. Must admit I only used it the once when he had a really bad cold and couldn't get to sleep, it did clear his nose and knock him out but I never had to use it again as he seemed much better after a good night's sleep.

Anyway, been a bit poorly with a bad tummy bug, lots of throwing up and sharp tummy pains. Feeling loads better now though, just generally achey so hoping it was just a 48 hour bug and praying Joseph doesn't get it. Thankfully dh is off work for 18 days so has been fab at entertaining Joe and keeping him away from my lurgies! I've found it really hard keeping my distance from ds, I didn't realise how often a give him kisses and snuggles and I haven't been able to do that the last 2 days cos I didn't want to give him a bug. I guess if dh had have been at work then there would have been no option but I wanted to be careful.

Anyway, better go and clean my living room.

Ds is feeling better now. He's still a bit clingy and his nose is running a lot but his cough isn't as bad.

It's terrible really that they're making kids suffer because they don't understand the regulations. I thought that these medicines were now only available from the pharmacy counter so that they could give advice to parents on how much to give them, not to tell them that they can't have it.

Hope you're feeling better soon meandmyjoe. Take it easy and forget about the cleaning! In the past, if I've been ill at the same time as mum I've made dh take the day off work. There was one time I had a bug and he was supposed to be on nights. He waited til dd was asleep and then went to work. Unfortunately, she woke up 5 minutes after he left I couldn't stand up long enough to do anything with her.

Hi guys, finally have some time to post, but not really to read everything I've missed, how is everyone? How are our pregnant ladies doing? Anyone else pregnant? any other gossip? perhaps someone could fill me in on anything important that's been happening. I hope you and the babies are all well.

Sorry I've been absent, but all of a sudden masses of work started coming through, and when I haven't been working I've been trying to get the house done, because I'd let it all slide the past few months. It's not "done" now but it's an improvement on how it was, and we got a second hand dishwasher off ebay which helped immensely.

James is fine, he's walking fairly steadily, got 7 teeth (top front teeth are ginormous) and some more hair now. He's still not really talking beyond baba and googoo, but understands a lot more so life is getting somewhat easier.

The PND has for the most part improved, though I still have bad days, and I have a homestart lady who comes round once a week to give me a hand, although so far we've just sat around chatting! Hopefully James will soon feel comfortable enough with her to go to the park with her while I get an hour to myself.

The kittens are fine, still driving me bananas getting under my feet. All day long they're trouble: in the dryer on top of the clean clothes, on the countertop licking the porridge bowls, dangling off the net curtains, scratching the sofas, they're in the fridge as soon as you open the door, they're in the bathroom rubbing round your legs while you pee, they even both sit on the side of the bath and try and catch the water, splashing you in the process.

Anyway I'd better go start getting tea ready, bye for now xxx

hello all - hope you are all well

i've been reading the thread the past few days but not had time to post.

james - nice to hear from you , glad the pnd is getting better.

gill - i've not used calpol night but have used medised in the past - (which has the same anti-histamine in it as calpol night and calpol cold) sometimes it's a hit or a miss if it knocks them out but it most certainly helps them to breathe easier by unblockign their noses. glad he's doing better.

meandmyjoe - hope you are better soon? a speaker at a conference i was at recently was talking about the norovirus (winter vomitting virus) and he said that generally there is a 3 foot splatter radius - so if someone is sick and there are others within 3 feet of them (who haven't had the virus) they have a very high risk of getting it...

my childminder told me today that dd2 was down for a sleep in the buggy which was upstairs in one of the bedrooms. however, somehow she managed to get out of the buggy and into another bedroom to play with things she shouldn't be playing with.

oh well off to get things sorted around the house.

Hi James, great that you are feeling OK. Joe doesn't really talk much either, just 'was dat?' and a lot of pointing and mamma and dadda. He understands a huge amount though so he is taking it all in his own time. Joe's top fron teeth also look huge compared to most babies but they make him look so handsome!

Well, Joe got the bug
He woke up SCREAMING at 11pm last night and threw up all over., I cleaned him down and got him changed while dh changed all his bedding then he went back down to sleep fine but an hour later he was up being sick again . He's had the runs today too so has been a bit under the weather. Hoping it's just the 48 hour thing I had as the doctors said there wasn't much they could do but I have to take him back tomorrow if he's no better. He's eaten bugger all today but has managed to keep some water down. Hopefully he'll be on the mend soon.