Oct 2007: This little piggie ate lots of Christmas turkey.... all by themselves!

[alicet]

Thought this was appropriate given latest discussion and thought I would start a new thread before this expires!!!!

Inzi, FT..Thankyou for your good luck wishes!! I am very nervous and very excited...I am also very sad as dad is not here to see him and he spent years writing, sending gifts, and trying for contact. But the mother returned the letters/cards and gifts.

Inzi - pmsl at 'kackpot' he he

Floria - sorry to had a bad night (((hugs)))

WWAJC - So glad Anya got the all clear, must be reassuring for you and a bit weight off your mind.

Got to go feed Dylan lunch, back later x

meant to say earlier I've updated my photos if anyone is interested

Floria - Those pictures are lovely! I love the painting one and the most recent one with the dog in the garden. What a huge dog too!

Floria - your picture are so lovely, I like the painting one too!
Re the bath I do have fleeting moments when I do panic about coping with 3 but then I think my friend was 1 of 6 and her mum coped...but I think a wetsuit for when I bath them would be a wise investment!

I have had a mad cleaning day, hoovered, mopped and cleaned the oven and even done some of the windows! I brushed Dexter and half did Stan before the barring of teeth turned into full on 'I'm going to bite you if you don't stop that now...' My SIL thinks I should take Stan to a grooming parlour, once I'd picked myself up off the floor from laughing so much I explained to her that he wasn't a Paris Hilton type small dog and that he was bred to kill rats and looking unwashed and smelling was his natural state she kind of relented a little. She is Canadian and claimed she hadn't heard of a Jack Russell before. Anyhow, I am giving him his every-3-months-or-he-smells-so-bad bath later so that should be fun.

Am taking Oliver to see a Dr in London on Friday. He's the only Dr who will give the MMR as single jabs. Oliver has had the jabs but I am wanting to discuss whether he had a reaction to it as the NHS Drs won't even entertain the idea. I'm not saying he has developed autism or anything like that just that he's had a reaction to it. I have also been talking off mnet to Jimjams who has helped me think things through. She has mentioned that families with a history of autoimmune diseases maybe shouldn't have the combined vaccination which is interesting as Ollie's aunty has MS. I'd like to chat to this Dr to see whether he thinks Henry should have the singles. I'm really not wanting to upset or want anyone to doubt giving their lo the MMR I am all for vaccinations but Ollie hasn't been well since having his which as Dh says it may just be a coincidence but it is also a fact.
This has nothing to do with Autism xxxx

Am just off to give my big boy a treat from his sweetie tin as his reading this evening was fantastic! I have to say not the school reading book which was 1 sentence -'Can I come in?' repeated 8 times. Yes I did say 8 times. Goodness even he was nearly asleep by the end. We read another book that actually had a story that we could chat about... I absolutely disagree with the way the school seem to approach reading. They keep giving books that take one word and repeat it over and over again. This book was the work 'Come' I feel I am actually teaching Oliver to read Dh thinks that as it's a private school it must be better which in comparison to the local school we actually got into it is (we didn't get into our 2 choices which are our 2 nearest and were allocated another one that has 'issues' shall we say) Oh well, until we move ther really is nothing I can do about it as Dh is right in that the alternative is worse than what we currently have. I just feel I'm teaching him to read, not the school.

Love to all
xxx

Inzi, I too feel dad has sent him I know he would have loved to see him again. Dad was only a child himself when S was born he had just turned 16. When he and their mum split i think S was 7 and T was 4. I could be wrong! But when S was 10 he asked dad if mums new dh could adopt them as the kids at school were laughing at him. My dad signed adoption papers because he wanted what was best for his dc....That must have been hard for him to do as he was 26 then, My brother M was born in 1973 and I came along in '75. Dad brought us up knowing about T and S and I often asked him what they were like. Now I will get the chance to see what S is like. I have a niece and Nephew i did not know about lol how weird is this???????

Hello lovely ladies!

Muppett - put the marrigolds down and relax!! Aren;t you supposed to be taking it easy......

LES - you sound so excited, i hope you have a great day together on saturday.

Floria those pics are really sweet! I love watching all our LOs growing up.

Dal - very excited and of you too that you are TTC. I hope it happens fast.

How is everyone else.... my memory is not great so i can only remember the last few posts

News from me is that I still don;t have a leave date from work. Its been driving me nuts. Technically i'm on a 3 month notice period but they said they would let me go if they could find a replacement sooner. I'm not even sure if they are looking

Well Eren has had a ear and throat infection for 5 days now. The first round of antibiotics the Dr gave us didn;t work so i took him back again today and they gave him Penicillin. I hope it clears up soon as he is sooo ill it breaks my heart to know he is in real pain. He can;t even walk/stand up properly without wobbling although it is quite funny to watch

DH and i had a really stupid fight last night. He is currently on holiday for 2 weeks and is looking after Eren instead of me taking him to my mums as 7am (!!). Last night (day 2 of looking after him by the way) i came home at 6.30pm to an absolute shite house, toys everywhere, Eren still in his PJs. He didn't give him anything to eat all afternoon and didn't make anything for dinner because he 'didn't know what i fancied' even though we talked about that morning and the night before of what he was going to make. My mum was coming over for dinner too! Basically he didn't make enough to feed 2 let along feed 5. He goes off in a rant because i told him he should have thought about it considering he all day and he should have given Eren something to eat at 4 or 5'ish as he'll be starving and explains why he had been whinging.

I had to call my mum and cancel... how embarrassing.

I know its hard work looking after an ill baby but is it too much to ask to have even made SOME effort to clean up and cook??!!! I ended up having to do it myself.
Turns out he had a hard day looking after Eren, he must have really stressed him out.
Made up in the end but i was soo angry.
BREATH........ ahh feel soo much better now!

Wow i killed the thread

Just popping on to say MINE - You haven't killed th thread, I'm here!

Just gonna write my christmas cards cause it's so snowy and christmassy here today

Muppet - I agree with mine, step away from the cleaning!

May be back later x

Sorry Mine...I intended posting this AM but Dh is working from home (snowed in) again and interrupting me everytime I log in ...got to go teach now too... but Idont think anyone could kill this thread if they tried!

Hi all >>

Had an interesting day sticking feathers to a chicken costume for Oliver's play. The living room was covered in red feathers...

Didn't do much cleaning to day as it was still clean from yesterday. Have some more gorgeous wool to start a blanket for my friend who is expecting so I'm going to start that and chill out this evening.

My neighbour who's expecting was home from work early this morning as she had terrible morning sickness so I really feel sorry for her. She had it form 14 weeks till 37 weeks with her 1st so she's worrying a bit as you can imagine.

Alice - hope you have heating xx

Just a quick post to get you all in my list again, can't believe it has dropped off the page, it hasn't been 3 days since I last posted surely?

I have finally finished all my Xmas shopping today WO HOO!! I am now just about to start the dreaded xmas card writing.

Also my pressie from my Secret Santa arrived today, thank you very much Alice, so I have the first pressie for under the tree, god knows if I'll be able to wait that long though

Ooooohh, only just noticed the xmas smilies

Well my laptop died hence I've not been on for a few days. have another one that I got with my recent mobile but getting it set up to the internet has been a pita!

Anyway just wanted to say hi. Haven't caught up yet - off to do so now xxx

OK so doing my usual of reading and not retaining but I will do my best... If I didn't know better I would think I was up the duff as my memory has only been this shit then!!!!

Lisa glad pressie arrived - hope you like it!!!

Muppet you are very manic!!! Smiling at the bath though - we have similar ones with my 2!

LES hope all goes well on Sat...

Isbeenashock hope you're OK xxx

Floria fab pics esp the one of him riding thane and pushing the duck (from Adam if you didn't guess...)

ejb hope your dd is OK and for the rest of you I can enlighten you on the peg - its a tube into the stomach through the tummy wall for feeding.

Um... no sorry can't remember anythign else but I love you all!

We have heating but this week hasn't ben great - 3 new tires on the car needed, broken laptop and broken heating (now fixed) - just what we need in the runup to Christmas Started my new job on Monday too - all a bit wierd this week as I have had a lot of induction and then by the time I have arrived at the hospital there hasn't been much to do. Still hoping it wil pick up next week.

having a bit of a stessful time with Adam though - maybe you can help? he has always been quite a clingy high maintenance boy which is a stark contrast to Sam who is very happy and easy going. More recently (last couple of weeks) it has been virtually impossible to put him down without him screaming. He is probably teething a bit but we are getting quite stressed about it tbh. We are trying to give him all the affection he clearly needs (not always easy with a toddler) but can't help feeling that we are missing something... Any advice?

Anyway hope to be back tomorrow if not later...

alice - the more you pick him up the more he will want it. I know it won't be nice but you will just have to let him scream when it isn't suitable for you to pick him up. He will learn soon enough that crying doesn't mean he will be picked up Just firmly but quietly tell him why you can't pick him up at that moment and leave him. Once you have finished what you are doing pick him up and give him a little cuddle. He should get the message eventually.

Ben is going through a little bit of this at the moment. He is ok if I am sitting doing nothing, but as soon as I try and make dinner or wash up or iron etc, he is pushing me away from the worktop crying and holding him arms up. I just tell him I can't pick him up at that moment and carry on what I am doing till I have finished. Then I give him a cuddle. He is slowly getting the message hth.

Alice, LLL, Zachary is going through this as well!!!!

I know he is a real mummys boy but it has got madness now where i can be sitting here on sofa but as soon as i recline it and put my feet up he calls to be held

Just popping in, I think I read somewhere that seperation anxiety can reach it's peak between 10 and 18 months so probably why a lot of us are having this problem at the moment?

Hello everyone!
Hope you are all ok. I don't seem to get a chance to post very often - too much to do at work at the moment means I have been working late, doing things on the laptop at home in the evening, and even using my day off to catch up! grrrr

Itsbeenashock - hope you are feeling ok xxx
TLES - hope the meet up goes ok
Alicet - hope nothing else breaks!
Mine - hope Eren is on the mend.
Floria - like the new snowy pics - our snow had gone before I could even think about getting DS out there to take a photo!
Waves to Dal, Inzi, Muppet, LLL, and everyone else

DS is fast asleep on the sofa at the moment, tired out from having his MMR jab, and then going shopping at tescos. I wish I could go to sleep too! But i have to use this time to do the things he likes to 'help' with when he's awake

Muppet, to post the ride on will cost £15.76p