JUNE 07.........PSSSSSSSST over here :0)

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came to talk and the thread was full.

I'm hoping it has that effect on me too foxy! Actual waist here I come !! Yes, I think it might be the Northern thing with Morrisons! It is just weird! Maybe it is because it is not the same as Tesco or Sainsburys, I mean they put their dairy over by the frozen stuff...odd squad! It took me fucking ages to find the milk!

Yes, Reception and Year One. Then Year 2, 3 etc.

Holly, glad your bfc went well.

I am going now, dial-up is tooo slow.

NORTY - I am going to FB you if that's OK, and ask your DH if he can tell me any magic tricks to make my laptop work. Hope thats OK. If its not, just FB me back to FO!

Night all x

Oops!

Lol jammy!

Yes, reception is the 1st year, then year 1. I think it's because they don't really do much in reception, mostly it's just play. Also it isn't required, you don't have to send your child to school until the term after they are 5.

Like the name Foxy ....so what is wrong with the laptop? What messages are you getting?

Sounds like your DH is doing the right thing Jammy with his job.....can he do agency work? That's what keeps my DH going inbetween jobs. You certainly should ring about counselling...I find it very therapeutic although there are subjects I don't go near for fear of making things a lot worse (don't need to be told what cuases my problems IYKWIM) as well as blubbing all over some bloke I don't know which does somewhat defeat the object

Hi Holly . Nice to hear about people's experiences with boys.....we have no boys in our family...bit of a wuss aren't I ? When I was pg I was convinced we were having a boy, and it was a huge surprise, but now I can't imagine anything different. What will be will be.....

Blimey just been watching the paralympics.....you have to bloody admire some of those athletes....I have enough trouble walking to the park....amazing.

Night foxy.

I'm going too, just realised dp is watching Dragon's Den without me!

Night xx

Foxy - can't get to FB at work.....my e-mail is first name (in full).surname at nhs dot net.

I am off too. Night all x

Have FB you e-mail address Foxy.

Night all x

Shame I missed all the chat.
Like the new name Foxy

Don't know if it's a boy-thing, but I expect so: Baby Sputnik likes to have something stick in his hands at all times. Anyone else found this?

But really, I know some horrid girls and some lovely boys. Don't worry Norty, whichever it is you'll love them

Sorry, meant: Baby Sputnik likes to have something stick like in his hands

arse, I've missed everyone

pmsl at the new name foxy . I hope you get your pooter sorted soon.

norty good luck with the scan and the doctor. And don't think you have nothing to say, it's what we're here for. You can always FB me or email me daisybump at yahoo co uk if you want to chat; I might not be able to help, but I have an empathetic ear. I felt the same about havine a DD after having DS. Boys seem so much easier as babies ime, but then you get the full on aggression that we have at the minute. I'm looking forward to another boy though; definately easier to clean them up after a poo.

hey holly . Glad you enjoyed the BFC course. My first turorial is next week. Am feeling quite nervous about it. And, hoi less of the weirdness comments about DH's potential new employers! (ikewym though; I have panic attacks in there, everything is just so stacked out and in your face....better get used to it though if DH does get the job; staff discount ).

I have been doing housework. All farking day. Curse these damn hormones.

NCT refresher course tomorrow.....as it's been six years since I even attempted to give birth! and that will answer your question Norty; am still hoping for a VBA2C, but virgil is feet first at the moment. Would be just my bleeding luck that he doesn't turn and I need a section to get him out anyway!

Morning everyone.

Jammy - Just to confude everything, they call pre-school 'nursery school' or 'nursery' in this ares. Private nurseries tend to take children from 2 or 2 1/2. The ones attached to schools take them from about 2 3/4 but in some areas (including here), they only take them for the year before they go into reception. There is not necessarily a guarantee of a place at a state pre-school.

All children get funding for pre-school from the term after their 3rd birthday. It is supposed to pay for 2 1/2 hours of pre-school for up to 5 days a week. You can use it to pay towards a private pre-school. State pre-schools are supposed to be free, ie the cost is totally covered by the funding. BUT, in some areas (including mine) you may have to pay a top-up fee at most of them. I think the funding is about £9.50 for 2 1/2 hours and that just doesn't cover staffing costs, etc in some areas.

I bet you are even more confused now!

Hi all. Yes am even more confised now. I think I'll just not worry about it for a little while [hides head in sand]

Am quite excited - tonight will be my first night not involved with bedtime! I'm going on a hen night, and have to leave the house at 6.30, just a little before she'll be going to bed. So have told DH to have her home by 6, so I get a but of a cuddle before I go out and then I'll leave him to it!

gosh, it's been quiet today.

Have done my NCT refresher course so am fully prepared for the birth

Had DS at the opticians this afternoon. Turns out he is red/green colour blind! Of course he has spent the afternoon in tears as DH told him that he'll never be a fighter pilot, bless him!

Can't find out much on the net about it and I need to do some detective work as it's an inherited condition apparently.

Oh blimey Daisy....at least you know while he's still young.

Well its official I have the most useless fucking doctor in the world. When I explained how I felt she said "but I sent you for couselling" ....."what would you like me to do"........"we have lots of prebooked appointments"......"I'm not prepared to give you medication until you're 28 weeks pregnant and that is with reservations as your baby could get heart defects"...."why can't your counsellor refer you to the mental health team"......and other such gems. Fucking prat!

I shall be changing my GP later this week for all of us and am getting a referral although she doesn't know how quickly I'll be seen

WHY WON'T SHE TAKE ME SERIOUSLY

Sorry all.....needed to get that off my chest....

Have a good evening all...prob won't get on now till tomorrow...

Foxy e-mail me with your laptop issues

for you norty. that is fucking ridiculous. She can't keep moving the goalposts like that. Is there a more senior GP at the practice that you can see? Or ask to talk to the practice manager and explain your difficulty in her taking you seriously, and that you need an urgent referral as all this stress isn't good for either you or the baby. Why didn't she want to refer you to the MH team? All I can think is that she is probably one of these women who have sailed through pregnancy and birth and doesn't believe that AND/PND exists and that women should just "pull themselves together".

We've just been doing some ishihara tests with DS online (you know the coloured dots things); it's pretty weird actually him seeing something different to me. Have managed to convince him that there is no right or wrong answer; just something that most people can see, and then something that special people can see.

Its a single GP practice unfortunately.....I came out in tears as you can imagine - I spouted the guidelines that you gave me but she wouldn't budge.....her bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired......I am really fucking angry....when I have been assessed and sorted, I shall discuss with the PCT but in the meantime I will change GP if I can.

Is colour blindness inherited down the female line (she says dragging the depths of her memory.....I have an MSc in medical genetics allegedly )....other than the obvious which your DH has already mentioned, it shouldn't affect his life too much

Oh, and DH has had two messages from the employment agency......first one saying that they want to make him an offer, the second one saying that they wan't him back in on Friday for a secind interview, which by all accounts is just a formality

DS and I have been skipping round the living room singing, "he's coming home, he's coming home, he's coming; daddy's coming home" much to DD's amusement

the holidays are a bit shite, 25 days but he has to bank a week in his first year (why, we aren't sure), and there is something weird with the bank holidays in that if he works them, he gets a day in lieu, but if he wants the day off then it comes out his holiday entitlement. Not a big deal for us though as we can take the days in lieu and enjoy the seaside when it's much less crowded than on a bank holiday. He will probably have to work between Christmas and New Year as well. But, even if they match his current salary we will be a bit better off as he uses about £1800 a year in diesel travelling back and forward to Lincolnshire....and he will be home every night to put the DCs to bed

oh that's FAB news.....and perfect timing......congratulations

Foxy have e-mailed and FBd you

Norty...I hope you get this sorted soon. Do you not get special treatment working for the NHS?

The colour blindness can be passed either line, but on the x-chromosone. So if a man has the faulty x he will be colour blind and has a 50% chance of passing it on. If a woman has it, she can also pass it on, but will only be colourblind if both her mother and father pass her the faulty x-chromosone......at least I think that's right (never did any biology past the second year of high school biology). I think what that means is that for it to come down DHs line, then DH would also be colour blind. He isn't so it's come from my side of the family. At least I think that's my understanding of it . Something like 1 in 20 men have it, but only 1 in 200 women.

My big sis can't think of anyone in our immediate family; my dad was a signwriter by trade and latterly painted cars for a living, and never had any complaints to speak of , but it could have been on my mum's side. BSis is going to ask my uncle when she next sees him.

he has to work 3 months notice norty, but at least there will be an end in sight.....if this director chappy he is seeing on Friday likes him that is! He can always take all his holiday and his paternity leave in lieu of notice though, so could be here from around the baby's due date if it all works out well.

for you Norty, that is wank. You should definitely change GP practice and complain loudly to the PCT. It's out of order to treat you like that.

Daisy, for DS but hopefully it won't affect things too much long-term. And woo-hoo for DH. That will make everything so much easier for you, especially once DC3 comes along.

I just entered the Costa Rica comp and inadvertently cocked it up and entered for the coffee instead of the trip - which Dh had already said I could go on if I won, and he would take the week off to look after DCs. The form was really unclear. I am gutted. I know I probably wouldn't have won, but at least I'd have had a chance.

Just had a FB message from Ria....she should be back with us on Thursday....yay

In the meantime, she asked me to post this link about the heritage open days that are happening this weekend.