August 2008: On the 5th day of Christmas my new babe gave to me: 5 perfect fingers, 4 dirty nappies, 3 gummy grins, 2 sore nips and 1 full night of sleep

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DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS_
[update 5 Dec 08]
GROUP TOTAL: 62 [BIRTHS: 62]
DELIVERIES [BOYS (34) vs. GIRLS (28 )]
17JUL WhippyVoodoo (29) lives in the West Midlands; delivered DC#2, a BOY named JJ. DD1 19 mths
21JUL IlanaK (35) lives in Central London delivered DC#3, a BOY named Saul. 2DS?s, 6yrs & 3 yrs
24JUL Alittlebitshy (29) lives in East London/Essex; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Henry. DD1 5yrs
29JUL Jennylee (30) lives in West Lothian delivered DC#2 , a GIRL named ?. DS1 9yrs
30JUL Miamla (32) lives in North London; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Theodore 31JUL Dizzydixies (32) lives in Fife delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Cordelia nn Dylan. 2DD?s, 5yrs &2 yrs
31JUL ChaCha (32) lives in Oxford; delivered DC#3, a BOY named ?. 2DC?s, 2&1 yrs
01AUG Gigglegirl (32) and lives in Stockport; delivered DC#4, a GIRL named Imogen. DD1 5yrs, and 2DS?s 3yrs & 2yr
01AUG CaptainCaveman (35) lives in Nottingham; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Oliver. DS1 4yrs
01AUG Alieight (29) delivered DC1, a BOY named Adam 02AUG Daisy26 (??) delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Sophia 03AUG Buckets (32) lives in Southampton delivered DC#3, a BOY named Kurt. DD1 5yrs, DS1 3yrs
04AUG MrsMagooo (25) delivered DC#2, a BOY named Elijah. DD1 2yrs
04AUG Vintagegardenia (35) lives in Dublin; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Edward. DS1 9yrs
04AUG Skytvaddict (40) lives in Lincolnshire; delivered DC#4, a BOY named Lewis. DS1 8mths, and 2DD?s, 7yrs & 11yrs
05AUG Sassylou (35) lives in Cheshire; delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Annie. 2DD?s 7yrs & 5yrs
06AUG Newmum0808 (31) lives in London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Emmeline 07AUG PunksNotDead (??) delivered DC#3, a GIRL named ?. 2DD?s
08AUG Expectant (32) lives in Singapore (+7hrs GMT); delivered DC#1, a BOY named Samuel 08AUG Pertelote (31) lives in East London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Marianne 08AUG Poppysocks (31) lives in St Andrews delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Emily. DD1 2yrs
08AUG Rotterpotter (39) lives in Wakefield delivered DC#2, a BOY named Isaac. DD1 3yrs
09AUG Babieseverywhere (??) delivered DC#2, a BOY named Edward ??AUG Bigboydiditandranaway (36) lives in the Midlands; delivered DC#2, a BOY named ?. DS1 2yrs
10AUG Bealcain (21) lives in Kent; delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Delilah. 2Ds?s 2yrs & 1yr
11AUG Chequersandchess (30) delivered DC1#, a GIRL named Amelia
12AUG SazzlesA (35) lives in Cheltenham; delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Emma. DD1 2yrs
12AUG Sarahnh (32) lives in the West Midlands delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Tess; DD1 3yrs
13AUG Shazza2002 (28) lives in West London; delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Lexie. DD1 5yrs
13AUG Sibh (36) lives in Ireland; delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Eibhlin. DS5yrs & DD2yrs
13AUG Longwayfromhome (30) lives in Argentina (-2hrs GMT); delivered DC#1, a BOY named Tomás 13AUG PhilB (31) lives in SE London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Polly 15AUG Foghornleghorn (23) lives in Northampton delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Lara. 2DD?s 3yrs & 1yr
15AUG SausageAndMash (37) delivered DC#2, a BOY named ? 15AUG Briwash (??) delivered a GIRL named Leila 18AUG TwilightSurfer (37) lives in Tennessee, USA (-5hrs GMT); delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Reese. DD1 4yrs
20AUG Karney (39) lives in Glasgow; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Sonny 21AUG LadyofWaffle (22) lives in Berkshire; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Joseph. DS1 2yrs
21AUG Mummypud (28) lives in Wiltshire; delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Olivia. DD1 2yrs
22AUG No1putsbabyinthecorner (31) lives in South Yorkshire; delivered DC #2, a BOY named Marcus. DD1 21mths
23AUG HazieDazieandBaby (26) lives in Aberdeen; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Gabriella 23AUG Bohemianbint (??) delivered DC#2, a BOY named ? 23AUG Stickybean (27) lives in North London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named ? 25AUG Warthog (??) delivered DC#2, a GIRL named ?. DD1 2yrs
25AUG Lcy (30) lives in Wales; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named ? 26AUG Libbyssister (34) lives in Oxfordshire; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Nathan. DS1 3yrs
26AUG Micromum (??) delivered DC#4, a GIRL named ? (6lb 8oz), via VB [EDD 26AUG].
27AUG Iliketosleep (24) lives in Wolverhampton; delivered DC#4, a GIRL named Brooke. 2DDs, 7y & 6y & DS, 4y
27AUG Nezzi (??) delivered DC#1, a BOY named ? 29AUG Petitfilou (36) lives in S Oxfordshire; delivered DC#3, a BOY named Toby. DS1 4yrs, & DD1 2.6yrs
29AUG Cheerfulvicky (24) lives in Cornwall; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Felix 30AUG Oopsacoconut (32) lives in Wiltshire; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Poppaea 30AUG Ellasmum1 (30) lives in Newcastle under Lyme; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Jack. DD1 5yrs
30AUG Dancerandprancer (31) lives in Devon; delivered DC#2 , a BOY named Oliver. DD1 28 mths
01SEP Cyteen (32) lives in Leicester; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Joseph 01SEP Stillhere (36) lives in Yorkshire; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Owen. DS1 2.5yrs
01SEP Goodie2shoes (??) delivered DC#2, a BOY named Elliot 03SEP Waytoomuchchocolate (??) delivered DC#1, a BOY named Samuel 04SEP Sambo303 (37) lives in Chessington, Surrey; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Felix 05SEP Skybluebelle (34) lives in Birmingham; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Jamie 13SEP Ataraxis (37) delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Lana. 2DS?s 5yrs & 3yrs
16SEP AnnVan (26) lives in Kent; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Sebastian

I will think about the nappies as it would be better to buy them here so now would be a good time to invest.

i think reese will flip any day now. if she'd keep her hands out of her mouth she might have already flipped.

pintos.....just salt today since i want the pork to be the tastiest part.

Thanks for correcting me buckets, my memory is shot ATM. It was deffo TKMaxx

Ooh, i forgot to say, I was with a friend today whose baby is due on 27th of Dec and she had cleaned the kitchen cupboards out, had an irrational yearning to clear out her medicine cabinet , had back pain, dodgy tum and then some waves of tightening from back to front of bump which were 'kind of building'. I am VERY excited, although her last labour was 48hrs plus so she is not quite so excited

evenin all
ds being a pain in the bottom tonight. has been refusing to sleep since 6pm. i've given up and he's downstairs with me no
can't wait til sat,DP getting back from a week long trip
re rolling, he often does front to back. hasnt done back to front yet but he's v close

london meet up suggested dates
miamla - 22/1/09
annvan - any weekday
albs - ?
no1 - ?
sazzles - ?
pertelote - not a monday, prefer not a weds but could juggle if the 21st suits everyone else!
sambo - not wednesday morning

wednesday doesn't seem an ideal day so perhaps we should do Thursday 22nd
how does that sound?

I have a sore throat, a blocked nose threatening and 3 sleeping girls, one of whom may or may not be high as a kite on febreeze and drugged off her face on accidental overdose of medised

another successful day in the dixie household

at least its only one DD affected by drugs.. first read it as one DD on febreze and other one on medised. so you see, it could be worse!
is dh working toniht?

I suppose, not having managed to drug all 3 should be celebrated as the success that it is

dh on nights, can you tell?!?

exactly. the correct way to looj at isthat two aredrug free!

my dp away all week. its bloody hard and i've only got one DC. anyone with more with absent dp/dh is a goddess (even with accidental druggings!)

sorry, got DS in left arm. he's finally asleep so i'm going to try and get some slee

hope DDs are all ok in the morning dizz

me too miamla me too have a good night sleep

Hi all,

Had great weekend with parents, but things have been a bit mad since so have only skimmed the thread.

Re London meet-up, could do Wednesday 21st, or Tuesday 20th, but not Thursday 22nd. Second half of January can only do Tuesdays and Wednesdays as am back at work part-time ...

Ali that Valium thing sounds EXACTLY like my MIL who I am POSITIVE drugged her 3 boys in order to have a moment.

I am stuffing my face with a HUGE cinnamon roll and drinking a lovely tall glass of milk. This I earned going out this evening to get all of DH's work gifts because he wants to do the gifts thing tomorrow. I thought I had the weekend to take care of those. OH WELL...it scored me four hours of FORCED SHOPPING without dcs.

I feel like Reese is behind on the rolling over bit. Goodness!!

And lastly I purchased Reese a Bumbo. Bloody expensive!! I was able to justify it after seeing the picture of the baby sitting in it on the beach happily playing with beach toys.....we are going to the beach in a few months. Still BLOODY EXPENSIVE! The good thing is now I shouldn't have to hold Reese while I feed her. YEAH!

Wishing everyone good sleeps.
Night

Morning! I seem to remember, about 10 days ago, promising to catch up . But in the interim, i have pretty much glossed the skirting boards in the entire house... and we have CARPETS!!! . Only hall, stairs and landing carpet to go (Tuesday). We have lived without for so long, that the day after we got them in the lounge, DS2 on his way back from nursery said 'do we still have the carpets mummy?' .
And this morning I have cleaned out the fridge already (it was sooooo scummy that I just couldn't bear it - nice 6am job).

dizzy, sorry to hear your are feeling rough, congrats on the car. We need a new one too, hoping for a christmas lottery miracle

ali at the valium. Can't even begin to imagine 2 sets of twins, but that is just scary.

DD was weighed yesterday - 10lb6. She is tracking the 2nd centile fine, HV keeps saying to me 'that's ok you know'. Um, yes, I haven't had one over the 9th, so wasn't expecting much else, but you go ahead and reassure yourself love .

Bit TMI - trying to get a coil sorted, but our surgery doesn't have a doctor who will do it at the mo, and the local family planning place doesn't seem to answer it's phone - what is that all about? So much for hassle free, fun filled christmas nights .

Last day of school today, and so the madness begins...

morning all. DS awake at 10.30, 1 and 4, so I guess that this means a good night. Has been playing with his granny for the last half hour. Hurrah for grandparents! I return I am going to make their address book electronic.

Fuck, fuck, fuck... put the fridge stuff in the dishwasher to give it a really good long clean - but also put in an old jar of tomato paste... orange fridge stuff! Any ideas how to get tomato stains off plastic?

hmmm atarxmas I did read that somewhere, or maybe I dreamt it? Either way I'm not much help to you am I

Only 1 wakeup here last night, heaven knows what time it was, I just plugged him in and went back to sleep

O doing the same as Reece TS, he gets almost on to his front but his arm gets in the way

Hope you soon feel better dizzy sazzles you are dead right about tea - it must be HOT, strong, a splash of milk and NO SUGAR. Perfect. In fact I will now have to go and make myself a cup!

Ataraxmas sorry Idon't have any suggestions for your orange fridge furniture, what a bugger. My fridge is getting a bit furry but I think I'll leave it now!

Have been lurking again, the whole getting ready for Christmas thing on top of 3 4 or even 5 wake-ups every night have been really doing my head in . Still, he only woke up once last night after I had dreamfed him at midnight so feeling positively human today. Am wondering whether the sleepiness was caused by milk liberally spiked with San Miguel after a lovely boozy afternoon with work colleagues, if so how long before I can do it again

We have been swimming a couple of times with Isaac, he has one of those inflatable rings with a little hammock seat in it, and a neoprene bodysuit like this (hope the link worked).
It's absolutely brilliant and stops him from getting cold, and we were in the pool for an hour and a half both times. The first time he even fell asleep!

Hurrah for all the rolling babies . Perhaps all that exercise will tire them out...

I have finally done all my Xmas shopping! Got some Aussie gift vouchers for my SIL, found a gadget for my dad (electricity montitor) and am about to phone up for annual passes to Marwell Zoo for my two (was feeling guilty they didn't have anything exciting from us.) I will get in free as DS1's carer but DH will have to pay for himself LOL, can't afford any more pressies for him.

I am counting my blessings today, we have benefited from the most negative things this year. As well as the financial pluses DS1's diagnosis has brought, the credit crunch has brought our mortgage premium down by a third. And (just to be reeeeeally mercenary,) who knows maybe FIL's real mum is loaded and will want to overcompensate when she hears he has tracked her down.

at valium story! I NEVER drug my kids in the daytime.

at valium
dizzy hope youe are ok this morning.
I had another rough night but wont bore with the details, I think I have had about 5 hours sleep in 3 days.
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!! so sympathy to all with repeat night wakings and snotty babies

Sorry no advice on orange fridge. (think vinegar is good for lots of things maybe that too.)

Dh done last night shift, so is in bed, hopefully will get some rest(likely)

sorry not much to say tooooo tired.

oh and as for rolling, i now feel guilty as his play gym is in his cot upstairs, as its the only place he gets to use it in peace.
(away from dd)
so not very often lays on floor (how cruel am i) so dont think he can roll yet.

makes me realize now how little i am actualy at home.

i meant hopefully I will get some rest seeing as he at home for 2 days, but doubt it.

morning all [bleary eyed] dunno wtf was going on last night but joe was up every hour from 11pm, ravenous it's times like these that make me wish i liked coffee.

ataraxmas sympathies on the cleaning - i have only just realised that the house is a slum (having a baby is a great excuse not to look too closely at things) and have resolved to sort it out. kitchen bin degunked yesterday, and this morning i managed half a bathroom clean and some vacuuming during joe's standard half hour nap have been doubly spurred on by the disgusting fatigue-induced dream i had at 5am in which a giant cockroach appeared in our house and laid hundreds of vile cockroach babies - they were all over joe's face my brain is not a friend to me sometimes.

back shortly - stinky baby to change

cyteen I live in a slum (or thats what it feels like!), and I keep expecting to discover a family of gypsies have moved in under the stairs its so messy.
I've made a pact with myself to clean the kitchen every day (which I do anyway) plus one other room. thats not too much....

Going out for lunch today with 2 antenatal friends from 1st pg - can't believe our little ones all start school next month so this will be our last Friday-play-day for some time

lol at your weird dreams.
Lol at family of gypsies.

I have dh 'big clean' looming today when he wakes up. Think nhe should get on with it with both dc to see to aswell, while I go sleep out somewhere and sit and have a quiet cup of tea and a whole small slice of cake.
Must express so I can actually leave Ds anywhere somewhere.

Oh and must try more often with a bottle too.