April 2007 - No matter how long we are away, we are all thankful that our April friends will always be there for us come what may

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I'm escaping. We're going to stay with Pesha but she has no Internet so MJ and runnyhabit I'll need you to text me xxx

Back again, 3 shattered girls fast asleep in bed .... peace at last .....

POTC, enjoy your travels

Dippy, enjoy the peace. B and K are in bed too. K was shattered with the clocks going back malarky!

SMB, pmsl at you not realising the clocks had changed until Midday!

How is everyone else?

We have had such a lazy day! The weather has been so pants.

Back to work tomorrow.

Soooo tired. G had a lie in this morning and woke at 6.15, but of course with the clocks going back it was 5.15. Dh got up with him but after 45 mins came upstairs to tell me he had been sick and was feeling dizzy (is he pg I wonder?)

G and I escaped to the local country park for a walk and a pub lunch with some friends this afternoon. The walk was drizzly but the lunch was yum and the company good. However my car was parked a good 15 minute walk away from pub and when G got whingy at 3ish we set off for home. I'd barely wheeled the pushchair out of the car park when the rain came down in torrents. My legs and feet were soaked through by the time I got to the car.

Thankfully dh was feeling better when we got home and made me hot chocolate while I put dry clothes on .

Best of all G lasted until 6.45 (7.45 to him) which is only 15 minutes before his normal 7pm bedtime so hopefully the clocks back transition won't be too traumatic.

SOL I'm glad your visit with your mum left you feeling positive

POTC sorry you haven't had such a positive experience with yours. Hope you have a better night with Pesha.

@ your DH being sick & dizzy Leaky - sounds very familiar

Oh poor dh Leaky - coming out in sympathy perhaps?? Hope G sleeps well for you and you and dh get some rest. xx

Hey SOL

Need to go & do some ironing ...

hi everyone

evening. i'm bored. was going to work but my dad rang and we spoke for half hour or so and now I can't be bothered

CD, 'peace at last'(have you read the book? it was one of my brother's favs) exactly how we felt once dc were in bed, what a horrid afternoon and all thanks to the clocks changing and the fact that dc want to wake at before 6 everyday so today it was very very early. Thankfully for me it was dh's turn to get up with them

potc, glad pesha has taken you in

sol, i'm gald your mum seemed better when you saw her will be thinking of you all

Smart move Eddas I had a lie in yesterday, and tbh could have had a lie in again today as I am lucky to have a dh who doesn't do lie-ins!!! But, stupidly I got up

Mum so much better than when I saw her the day after the surgery - as expected. Just so lovely to see progress each day. Haven't been today, and can't go tomorrow, but hope to go Tuesday evening.

Off to bed soon - that hour has buggered us all up!

SOL, sorry to hear about your mum's illness, I can only think that NL's advice sounds excellent - we're lucky to have all these NHS staff on ou thread.

And POTC, sorry your mum seems to have so little clue about accommodating small children, glad to hear that Pesha's been able to take you in. Hope she's back online soon.

I expect it will take D a few days to adjust to the time change, though actually today was a bit better than yesterday, it was only the wrong side of 7 new time, yesterday it was 5.30 am. DP kindly got up with him but we'd had a slightly better night's sleep generally which eased the pain a bit.

Have seen my mum and various relatives this weekend which was fun, and my mum also took me to an NHS dentist she's tracked down which does appointments on Sundays! It's a very long time since I've been and I have to go back for more initial cleaning up next Sunday, though I won't have full treatment like fillings etc probably until soon after the new baby's born.

dh had the lie in yesterday, not planned by me, he went out friday night, but it did turn out quite well

nice to see you elkie, glad you've found an NHS dentist, they're like golddust and one that's open on sundays wow! dh and I got registered at our NHS dentist when I was pg with dd, I hadn't been for about 8 years

I am not happy dc seem to think 5am is waking time

So, instead of shouting, my usual method of trying to solve the problem I have a plan

DS' problem, I think is hunger. He just doesn't seem to want to eat. So he will be getting weetabix/porridge now before bed.

DD is more of an issue. Not entirely sure why she wakes early. It may be that she hears ds, so solving his issues may help, but if not I will try buying her a clock with strict instruction to not enter our room until a certain time!

If anyone else has anymore suggestions then i'd love to hear them, I cannot carry on like this. I am like the devil woman without sleep, I have always been like this going to bed early is not an option atm as I need to work

I am also sick of not achieving anything each day so today I wrote a list of 10 things I want to achieve. I know it sounds silly but if it works I'm going to try it everyday They are just simple things that probably everyone of you does anyway, but I don't

Sorry for the self-absorbed post but it feels better to get it all out

Nothing more to suggest, Eddas; but have every sympathy - I need sleep too & get to breaking point when I get too tired, it is horrid. Hoping the extra food before bed will help DS and that the clock will help DD. xx

Hey there

Sorry to all those that are having sleeping problems.....

Ds1 had a good birthday yesterday, but is physically attached to his psp! and unable to put it down.....

We went out for a nice meal to a pub, and we had a really nice weekend!

Am so glad it's half term !

Am off to the playgroup in a couple of hours to hjave a picyure of all of them together, as the photographer is there this afternoon!

CD, hope you're ok {{{{hugs}}}} not nice that you know how I feel

Hi caz, glad you had a lovely weekend

so very quiet atm

Well, I achieve quiet a bit today even though the start to the day was mighty early and i started out with the raging hump I now have plans for the rest of halt term, I didn't this morning but I do now, yay! Tomorrow is jam packed with 2 playdates, one in the morning where dd is going alone, and then in the afternoon we're off to eandh's as usual Wed i'm taking dd ice skating which'll be amusing whilst ds is with MIL. Thurs we'll have another playdate with a pre-school friend, then fri is work, so i'm all sorted

I know you probably don't care but hardly anyone has posted today so i'm trying to fill the thread singel handedly

Evening

Where is everyone??

Sorry to those having sleep issues. B woke up at 6 this morning, so she is still on "old time". K woke at 7.15, so she is fine thankfully.

Hope you all get some decent sleep soon.

Eddas, I would go with the clock idea and say that if the small hand is not on the 7, then not to come in, but that she can play in her room. B responded well to this. Now she just gets up, goes downstairs, and puts CBeebies on !! While we sleep for another hour or so

All ok here, but exhausted. Was at work today having not been in since last Monday.
Mum doing ok by the sounds of things, although Dad sounds exhausted.
Going to spend the afternoon/evening with them tomorrow.

Hope everyone is ok.

xx

x-post sol, make sure you have an early night Glad your mum is doing well. Surgery takes alot out of you. It's the general anesthetic(sp) more than anything. I had an op about 12 years ago and the anesthetic sent me to sleep for an entire 24 hours. Mum was a bit worried, as it was one of those day surgery ops, so I got sent home after a few hours, and she kept coming upstairs to check on me!

thanks for the reassurance re the clock, i think she'd respond well to it too, she understands things like that now and would play in her room. I think this morning she was still tired, but once she's awake that's it, she's up! Dh is like that, me i'd sleep anytime of day/night I tried giving ds weetabix before bed. He probably only ate half of one, but it's better than nothing so we'll see how we get on. Fingers crossed!

Hi SOL
Hope you haven't been too stressed at work, time off as you need it but when you get back i bet it's still all there!
Hope your dad starts to feel less exhausted and glad your mum's doing well
All fine here but T is teething yet again sleeping OK all in all but unsettled. At this rate I think he must be on his 75th tooth

Hello everyone

Wow it's really quiet on here atm.

Eddas - Sorry you are suffering with early mornings. J has a bunny clock and it generally works well...althouh this morning he was up at 6.30am!

SOL - So pleased your Mum is doing well. Enjoy your time with them tomorrow.

SMB - Poor T. Hope he's happier soon.

Well I've finished decorating the living room. Had a lot of help though as my DB and his fiancee and his best mate all came round and helped, so we pretty much got it done on Sat...except when we tidied up we realised we'd forgotten to do the porch .

Dippy - I'm so sorry just realised I haven't replied to your text. Hope you're ok.

Caz - Glad you had a good weekend.

We're off to Spain tomorrow and I'm pretty much all packed now, just sending DH off for some supplied! Not totally looking forward to it, hoping it will be better than last year. MIL phoned and has offered to babysit for one night so DH and I can go out for a meal! FIL is going to drop us off and pick us up, makes me feel like we'll be on a curfew

Anyway, hope everyone ok. 'See' you all in a week. xx

Morning.

I used to love the clocks going back but it's a nightmare with small kids! Eddas, we've got one of those bunny night-light type clocks for dd and she's pretty good at staying in bed until "bunny's awake". Ds however seem intent on dropping his daytime nap AND waking up at the crack of dawn .

SOL, hope your mum's feeling better. I suppose at least now she knows what is wrong and what needs to be done - she'd not been feeling right for a while hadn't she?

Planning to make some Halloween decorations today as dd is having a wee party on Thursday. The question is - how do I carve the pumpkin without accidentally amputating something? I am totally cack-handed with knives.....

well, dd still got up at a stupid time. I am getting a bog standard basic clock today, just so she can see the time, we'll have to change the time she can get up as dh gets up at either 6 or 6.30 in the week and then weekends it'll be 7.

I'm so tired and i've had to listen to dd's foghorn voice for 2 1/2 hours already. I am not happy

I had to work las night and didn't get to bed til 11.30. I need an early night tonight and am supposed to be going to a friends tomorrow night, but will have to cancel, again Roll on January!

I just lost it with dd why can't she understand when I say leave me alone they are watching a dvd now so fingers crossed I get 5 mins peaceRight of for a cuppa and choccie biscuit to see if that'll perk me up

Eddas - glad 1/2 term is all sorted though

Things are ok here in DippyLand - day has been waaaaay too long already though!! Girls were up at 6am and DH had left for work by 6.45am - it was a long old haul til nursery time, DD! being picked up by outlaws & P going down for her nap!! She's coughing like a trouper now Poor love.

hi dippy {{{hugs}}} for you too

I can now relax for as long ad ds sleeps. dd is out until I collect her at 1 and ds fell asleep in the car after dropping her off and i'm hoping he'll sleep for a few hours

Me too!

wish you lived next door or something and we could have a cuppa together and a wee natter and some chocolate muffins