Hello all
Sounds like a miserable start to the weekend all round.
Fairy, at your DH. Hope you get a break tomorrow. No suggestions about DD. Have you tried asking for tips on here?
Sorry you are missing you day out too jammy. Are you doing anything nice tomorrow? It's easy to say, but don't worry about jamlet's walking, she'll do it when she's ready.
Holly, that's crap about your DP, I agree with daisy, you obviously don't nag him enough! If DH or I went out for the whole day on our own at the weekend it would be well known that it was a treat and not something either of us did every week, especially not when the one stuck at home has been at home all week! It'll be great when you pass your driving test, the world'll be your oyster then. Can he give you a break tomorrow? Is DS able to be without a bf for very long nowadays?
So, our weekend got off to a bad start. My mum was having DD today while DH and I were going to go into London to museums etc. but just as we had bought our tickets my mum called, DD had fallen over while my mum was playing with her, split her lip and it was bleeding everywhere and not stopping. I wasn't worried about DD (bizarrely, I guess I knew if it was that bad mum would have taken her straight to A&E) but my mum had got herself worked up into a right state. She wasn't sure if she needed to go to A&E for a stitch and wanted me to have a look (the irony being that if it was me I wouldn't have a clue and I would have rung her to ask!). So she bought her to the station where we were waiting. DD was fine, a bit sore and subdued, a big fat lip and a bit of a graze from hitting a chair or the floor (the house has sisal carpets which are lovely but aren't half sore if you catch your ankle on them going down the stairs) but my mum was in such a state we decided to come back, fortunately I explained to the woman at the station and she refunded our tickets.
My mum feels awful now, not just that DD was hurt in her care, but that she got in such a state that she couldn't deal with it. She always worries when she has DD that DD doesn't know her well enough, and that she might want us at a time like that, plus she had had a really shitty week at work, so I don't blame her for getting so upset. My mum is a bit volatile, though I am surprised as she is usually excellent in an emergency situation as she has had to deal with a lot of stuff in her jobs over the years (including dealing with dead people in an old people's home) and is first aid trained etc. but she says she was always fine with other people's kids having accidents but always panicked with her own.
So, anyway, that's our day scuppered. Instead DH and I took our train fair and went to M&S and got lots of yummy food which given that I have been on WW this week, and we have spent the past month on limited rations was such a treat, I can't tell you how nice it was to just buy what we want! I didn't go over board though, and actually, after WW all week it didn't take much for me to feel full and I was much more restrained than normal, eating for the sake of it rather than when hungry.