March 2008:A new thread before they start crawling!

[turtle23]

Thought it was about time....

hips, i had to do a first death talks re: cat we saw run over and why leaves fall off trees in the same week. i said it was terribly sad for the cat and for everyone who loved her. that it would sleep for ever now and so be peaceful for ever. i said leaves fall off trees because they were born to help the big tree live, and when they have done their job they can stop and rest for ever. So they fall off and go back into the earth to sleep. He called me on that one yesterday about the roadsweeper sweeping leaves away. 'He is tidying the street up and taking the leaves to where they can go back into the earth better'. He hasn't asked if other things die directly. I guess there isn't a talk as such is there? But a long series of bits of info over time, getting more complicated/ relevant as time goes by?

mamaglam i feed gg until he stops oening his mouth or drops what he is gumming. i have to gloop feed him first as he gets so frustrated by rate of intake when i feed him himself, then i let him play with something when he has been eating a fair while.

feb/marchmum where are you?

preggers great to hear from you and good luck this week. i hope the bad days haven't been too many for you. i start methotrexate in a couple of weeks time, and have been thinking of you taking similar but so much stronger and wishing you well, impotently but sincerely! from my neck of the woods.

monthlymayhem we use the tripp trapp, has been fine. easy to clean IME. tucks away neatly under the table, isn't an eyesore...

i'm also half way to getting gg onto the bottle, as i can't bf when i start the rheumatoid arthritis treatments. have had some hellish hormonal rages, and period started yesterday. nice suprise: not heavy and not hurting, may that be a permanent change for the good. gg completely unphased by it all. i'm going pretty slow with swap to bottle though so as not to push my luck with his moods or my mamaries.

friend of mine is early PG. my reaction was thrilled and relieved it isn't me.

turtle who is dh behaving since your request for better help?

' rate of intake when i let him feed himself' i meant

preggers I've got everything crossed for you on Thurs.

monthlymayhem my sister bought me this highchair. It folds flat so ideal for our tiny home.

nothern wimmin All may not be lost. My DD has had a pronounced hard vowel sound since she could talk. This is a child who has always lived in the East End of London. I think heavy exposure to Morrissey and my insistence gentle cajoling has made her sound like she's from Manchester. Sadly Morrissey no longer does it for her, it's now Girls Aloud and tissue shoved in bikini tops. She's 8 ffs

I did something scary yesterday. I have decided to take the redundancy money instead of redeployment and am going to start my own business! So, fingers crossed I can make it work.

Sorry if I haven't commented on anyone elses's posts. Have to do the school run. FWiw, I felt EUPHORIC after dropping DD off this morning. I could never home educate!

hey all-
nice to see you again preggers. hope it goes well on Thurs. And congrats to ilts on your lovely little girl
I have been on my own for 2 days- and pretty proud of dd and me that it's all been smooth so far! (But I'm so glad DH is coming home tonight...)
I bought an ikea antilop for £9.99 and it's fab. Tray is £3 and nice too. DD loves sitting in it, playing with her toys and watching us eat, or me cook, or just hang out. I was choosing between it and the trip trapp, but am really happy that I now have £90 to spend on other things!

glam- does starting your own business mean you're flexible to meet for coffee soon?

And did anyone get any farther on a london meet up?

thanks everyone, fingers crossed it'll be the end of it- i want hair for christmas, if i have to have another round i'll still be at that teenage bumfluff stage by chrimbo

I am always temnpted to say- oh yes they're only 11 weeks old, if only to stop the looks of horror when people say "ahh, they're so cute- how old" cue me blushing "8 months" then disgusted people walk off to phone social services and tell them i don't feed my children

on the highchair front- if you don't have much room the cosatto on the move is fab- we have two for travelling and they are tiny! for full time use we went for two bloom fresco's in pink i was going to get the chicco polly in petite pois- but then mil got involved and offered to buy them

Right got to get girls changed- despite earlier warnings they have both soiled their nice blueberry minkis- i am not amused!!

Just come back from a long weekend in Ibiza sans DD and whilst I missed her lot's I had a fantastic time and would highly recommend a weekend away with the girls to you all!

preggers - Wishing you the very best of luc and keeping my fingers crossed for good news on Thursday. Any new pics of your teeny twins for us to nose at?

Oooh Glam, how exciting to be starting your own business, you in a position to share what type of sector it is?

DD has been sitting up for a couple of weeks now but over the weekend (when I was away, typical!) has really improved and we don't even need to make sure we are near enough to catch her as she used to inevitably fall over after 5 minutes! She now wriggles forward and gets onto her hand and knees, so cute.

She also rolled a couple of times and then never bothered again but now she has mastered sitting and getting on to her front a different way she seems to have taken to it quite nicely and often rolls herself onto her back when she is bored of being face down.

I go back to work on Monday I have two days of maternity leave left, so bloody depressing. I have managed to agree to 4 days a week so have Wednesdays off so would still be up for a London meet up but can only do Wednesdays.

I also bought the Ikea Antilop, it's really good.

ILTS - Congratulations! Fabulous news and she is gorgeous

pink? preggers? no, not you shurely .

hello e14mum! london meet up sounds nice. have them both in the phil and teds again now, so am able to get back in black cabs, hurray.

mama ooh business going what?

i'll get out the camera and update the piccy's asap!

mb- i know, dh nearly fainted when i chose the pink over the orange The girls had to wear lemon dresses for a do the other week

Good luck preggers! Can't wait to see what the girls look like!
I'm up for a meet-up...anyone else want to take charge? If no, will set up thread tonight.
DH did last night and now says he doesn't like being a father.
It's turtle, btw.

turtle you set up the thread, you strike me as organised and efficient and with all your free time now DH is helping out you'll be bored I'm sure

Still couldn't even imagine being preg again so soon you brave brave lady!

Gosh Turtle or should I say Iwantasecondone, you are brave.
Ewe, bless you but you made me laugh asking me what sector I'll be in. You're much more of a high flier than me, I can tell. I'm going to make and sell babies' and childrens' Mexican oilcloth bibs and aprons. Think Frida Kahlo rather than Cath Kidston. I may have a retail outlet (stall at Spitalfields, Broadway Market, Portobello) or I may just sell on ebay. Either way I have a lot of sewing to do

Missing text there,not sure what happened.
Was also supposed to read to Turtle that that must have been a hard thing for you to hear from your DH. Did he give any reason for saying what he did?

Oh Glam, he is just very selfish. I tried to tell him before DS that everything would change and that he would occasionally have to come second.
He "didn't realise that babies were so much work." Sigh.
Have had a bit of a rethink as to my approach, and have decided that if I just view it as being a single parent who occasionally has company in my work, that I can cope. Having back and forthed with the BF I am now cutting down again as need to get on top of my life and go back to being very very organised. It's all ok.

Come on then, ladies...meet-up thread here

Am I really the only one who is super broody? Friend rang today to tell me she found out this morning that she is pg with no 2 and I really was a bit jealous.

I saw a teeny tiny baby in Devon last week and did feel a pang of longing for a tiny baby again but not in a making it a reality kind of way (even if I did have a man!)

Can totally see the merits of getting the baby bit over done in a few chaotic years though.

are you joking?!
gynae made me do a pg test duing appointment about 3 weeks ago because af hadn't come back yet (though it has now!) and I spent 5 minutes freaking out in the waiting room at even the possibility! (I almost cried with relief when the nurse came back and said it was negative)

though kudos to you for going there

I felt quite broody but I think that was more my mid life crisis- I really struggled with the idea that all my landmarks were going to be someone else's- ie. my childs' first day at school etc. Now I remember how much of a chore I found being pregnant- the back ache and nausea and the fatigue etc etc.... But the honest truth is, if the last pregnancy had been plain sailing it'd be different, no 6 months to conceive and then 2 months of sheer bloody terror after emergency scans and bleeding etc,but I just can't take the stress. I already feel like DD is a fluke and karma is going to bite me. ( just call me earl should be my nom de plume).
BTW- is it unreasonable to think.. no hang on.. to begin at the beginning. DS has a friend who he's had playdates since he was 1 with. I have nothing really in common with the mum- we stay together for the children- but the kid is a little s**t. Today - he'd had his turn with the toy henry and when it was DS's turn he gave it all except the end of the hoover- what you might call the money maker. His mum laughed and said that DS should play with something else and he'd get bored but I just didn't know what to do- DS was in tears cos he didn't think it was fair when he'd waited really well for his turn. I just wonder if I'm being a bit of a precious flower with DS, kids are pretty feral after all. Dammit, wine and a bath and I'm still wound up by it.

weare-When I was a nanny I spent many torturous afternoons with people I didn't like as the kids were friends. You know what? Life is too short. They don't seem to be getting on and it may be time to make a break. Just my opinion, but I hate being in that situ myself.

Anybody know how I get my profile back? Thought I'd just changed the name...hmm

Go MyMumsnet>Set up profile>profile mover and it transfers it over!

Thanks Ewe!

Aaaaaand we're back. That was quite a break, ladies! Can't keep me hangin' like that.

Preggers good to see you back on the boards. You sound really positive, all things considered. Well done you!

Funny, G rolled once ages ago, too, and now has finally done it again the other day. I think he's just lazy, really. Not much sitting/rolling/moving. Fine by me - I'm so not looking forward to him being mobile as it means the end of my freedom!

Would love a London meet up as I just took delivery of my Ergo sling today. Means I'll be willing to brave public transport.

Glam I love your business idea. That's exactly the kind of creative thing I would like to do, if only I had the skill. I can't sew in straight lines, for starters.

Iwantasecondoneformerlyknownasturtle I'm with you. I want another, too. BUT, I think I want to experience more of G before having to split my time/energy/patience with another little one (wait till he's a year I think).

Plus, how do you prepare yourself for loving another creature as much as the first? Of course you'll love the second one, but I find it hard to wrap my head around how it will make me feel. What do you think, 2nd/3rd/4th time mums?