June 07...You put your left leg in, left leg out, left leg in and you shake it all about......and hopefully dislodge your clingy toddler ;0)

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For norty....and pinguthepenguin if she is lurking

Shall I go to the ferry port with a big banner saying "foxy we love you" to send you on your way?! Are you going to France?

Ria, sorry you are feeling unhappy. Is there anything we can do to help?

Anything in particular Ria, or just one of 'those' times?

The very exotic Isle of Wight Daisy.

Oooo exotic! If I stood on my roof I could see the IOW!

Dh recorded Mary Poppins for me at the weekend. I'm watching it now and realise that I've never actually watched it properly before. Obviously I know the story and the key songs etc, but I've never seen it all through before. Looking forward to being able to watch films with Jamlet. DH is hoping to arrange a couple of weeks break between jobs and is planning to set up our cinema room finally. He is also looking forward to watching films with Jamlet, he is planning "Daddy and Daughter Film Night" already.

Ria, you are lovely and funny and we all love you

feeling better?

Not a booze cruise then foxy

right school run, bit of domestic goddessery, quality time with DS and the horrible horrible hours twixt tea and bedtime.....back later

I tried to watch Mary Poppins with the dcs on Sunday. It lasted about 15 minutes! Dd was quite interested, but got bored after the first song. Ds just started snorting at the tv, that means he wants to watch Peppa Pig!

Ah Ria - am I right in thinking your family are Dr Who fans? What age did the boys start watching? DH seems to think he can watch it with Jamlet, starting with the coming Xmas special . I have told him that never mind the attention span thing (see Holly's post) I'm concerned it'll be too much for her for some time yet.

Ria - hope that you are feeling better soon... Maybe indulge in some chocolate?(hardly a long term solution, but a great short term comfort - if you're me that is!).

Daisy - don't be too jealous of my child free day - I got a call from the childminder at 1 saying dd was really upset all morning, but just dozed off (tho she hadn't had any snack/lunch). Am now waiting to hear to see if she wakes up in a better mood or if I need to go and collect her cos childminders are apparently no longer allowed to give children medicine without a docs note, so she can't give her any calpol. On the plus side, I'm using this as an excuse not to start any housework and am sitting around waiting by the phone.... Though its a bit less relaxing than I'd planned (yup, dd is clearly a pfb)

Sorry to hear you're not feeling good Ria.

Daisy I would go for the childcare! I sent you an email btw, did you get it?

I have got my parents here for a week. Up until 3 this afternoon I have spent the entire day preparing food, clearing up after meals and shopping for food. Soon it will be dinner time! It's not that they eat that much but it just always seems to be like that when we have guests.

You sound like a wonderful hostess Sputnik!

Hostess with the mostess! Can I come for tea?

I'm searching more baby sites for freebies and have come across these! Glam and sassy hospital gowns? Some people are truly odd squad!

I really haven't been doing anything special, just loading and unloading the dishwasher, seemingly.

'You're radiant. You're beautiful. You're in labor'..... Nope, not how I remember it! And no glowing aura either!!!! Unbelievable.....

Will give dh a laugh though which is probably a good thing, as he's now really scared about the birth as one of the recent births on our Oct ante-natal thread was delivered in the footwell of the car by the dad. I admit we're going for the hb option, but dh is still scared the mw won't make it in time

I know Ekka! They should do cow print for when the in labour mooing starts! I don't think I ever felt beautiful or radiant when 9 months pg or especially not in labour!

Dp got his eldest a contract mobile phone. I told him not to, but no-one ever listens to me. Last month he ran up a £100 bill. Very naughty and completely taking the piss, but dp let it go as it was the first month he'd had it and he said don't do it again or I'll take it away. This month his phone bill is £160! I can't actually believe he has done it! Dp has put a bar on the number and just phoned him up and went a bit mental at him. Understandably. He hung up on dp and then sent him a text message saying "You are a fucking prick and I never want to see you, your fat kids or your big mama girlfriend ever again"! Dp is really angry and I can tell by his voice that he is really upset. Poor man, he has done nothing wrong, just tried to give his son some responsibility and a present. Now this. I am pissed off too! Big mama my arse! I am not skinny, but hardly a big mama! Little twat!

Holly! at that text! How old is he? Obviously not old enough to be an adult adult, but old enough to know better presumably?

adult adult? Ooops!

Ouch Holly... I would be very both at the bill and the text.... I am not looking forward to that stage of parenting at all. It makes dd's temper tantrums seem easy to deal with.

Wow Holly - what a spiteful boy! Is he going to speak to his ex??

He is nearly 17. Dp is livid, as you can expect. He has spoken to his ex, but she has just said "Well now you see what I have to deal with"! I don't think it bodes well for future father son relationships between them and he shan't be setting foot in my house again until I get a face to face apology!

Now dp is in a bad mood and is moaning about the state of the house, which he never does unless something has really pissed him off. Grrrr...I'm in a bad mood now!

at DPs DS holly. He needs a good hiding as my old Dad would say, and even with an apology, I'd be loathe to let him in the house.

Until my kids are earning their own money they will not even be getting a mobile phone. Although given that they have them at primary school these days, I might not be able to hold off that long!

Lolling at the hospital gowns....have saved the link for my November laydees; it'll be right up their street

sputnik...was that to say the payment had been accepted? If so, then yes

Having a quick catch up tea is cooking. DCs not doing my head in too badly this afternoon, even got DS to do some maths homework without a fight and after his initial "that's too hard" he realised he could do it and wanted to do more than was on the sheet .

I can tell you if I had spoken to either of my parents like that I would have got a good hiding!

Daisy, can you ask your AN thread peeps if any of them want tickets to the Babyshow at Earl's Court this weekend for free? I've got a pair of them and I can't go.

hellooooo we home once more dont know how long as the afternoons gone on its looking pretty bad again chloes peg is really bad infected we had to stop all feeds as it was pouring out of her tummy, even now shes on pump in night and nil by mouth tbh i wish she had not had it done i feel like its all my fault! and as for dh if this carrys on i will he will have a break down i dont know how much more i can take

oh, trace . I was hoping that things would be getting better by now. Poor Chloe, and of course you and DH as well; are you both managing to get a bit of a break? I was going to text and ask if you are up for visitors as I have a wee pressie for Chloe from us girls.

holly, I'll ask

Oh trace you poor things. Hope chloe is ok, it sounds awful. It is NOT your fault, you are doing the best you can for her and that is all you can do. I really hope it gets better soon for all of you. Is there anything we can do? Is there anything you need?

I'll be thinking of you and remember to take care of yourself xxx