June 07 - Tinsel and baubles all over the floor.........mummy is seething; she can't take any more

[TheTwelveDAISYOfChristmas]

hello

Not sure how useful my experience is for you but I was induced due to low fluid levels, however I was already having quite regular contractions when I went in to have it done. Despite that nothing really changed after a couple of hours on the drip, just having regular but mild contractions, at which point they broke my waters and Baby Sputnik whizzed out about 15 minutes later.

with you on sleep foxy. DS2 has only just gone off, as has baggins (but DH was doing that one). DS1 is still wandering about. I still have the fecking cards to write and presents to wrap. My throat is sore again too. I do not envy any of you moving, having guests having babies etc. actually, maybe one bit...

It is way too easy to get used to having a man about the house daisy (especially when they are being useful). At first I thought it was great when DH wenrt back to work, was able to clean stuff and do stuff (of course the PC sickness helped with that), but the short-noticeness of it all left me with additional stuff for the PTFA and stuff to do that he didn't have time to, and the stress is getting to me a bit now they're ill too. But once christmas is over I'll be back in my own little routine. It has been nice having him home today though.

I am an utter banana.

doing a washing powder trial. dose is 4.5 tablespoons so I put a 60ml cup in the bag thinking close enough.

fast forward to Monday after sleep deprived weekend. Dh asked how much he should use in the wash....daisy thinks...replies there's a scoop in tha bag. 4.5 I think. are you sure asked DH, it seems like an awful lot. Oh yes, said I glibly, it's in the instructions...you're just used to concentrated powder.

It wasn't till tonight that I realised with a thunk that he had put four times as much as needed in the drawer (apparently it was spilling over which is why he asked). and of course the laundry has been put away and we can't remember what was in the load. We shall find out when we all break out in a rash or start frothing in the rain!

arse. and I'll probably run out before the end of the trial now!

I'm not fit to be in charge of children

aw daisy course you are, sleep deprivation murders all our brains.
dont be so hard on urself x

feck, just broke my wine glass (knocked it over) and have had to hoover.

ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch

I fell downstairs this morning . I was coming down in my socks, holding the baby and slipped about four from the bottom. Landed really hard on my hip and shoulder blade and wrenched my wrist as well. The pains was excruciating . Have a big friction burn on my hip, a lump on my shoulder blade and am turning a lovely shade of purple. Just what my gammy pelvis needs . DS was fine thankfully as I managed to hold him up in the air with one hand as I fell. I'm going to be stiff and sore tomorrow.

Morning

Blimey Daisy.....you ok? You going to manage the school run?

Take a couple of pain killers and take it easy - and a hot bath if you ever manage to get 2 LOs to sleep at the same time!

I'm at the point where I am constantly hungry and looking around for food....my on-line shop that is coming Tuesday is much more than it needs to be for Xmas (its only the 3 of us) and is full of goodies

Morning all, just off to catch up but I wanted to ask you guys something. DH and I have done a terrible thing. DD had 2 of those Tommee Tippee cups, they a little plastic thing in the spout, a valve but not a value type thing. Anyway, because it had this thing in the spout and the cup only ever had water in it we would just rinse it out. It would go in the washing up bowl but we never took the spout off of anything. DH did the other day. It was black with scum . We feel awful! Poor DD, these spouts were black! What have we done to her? Could we have made her seriously ill? Do I need to take her to the Dr's or something? I just cannot believe how disgusting these cups were and we were letting her drink out of them every day. Have we seriously damaged her? Please tell me the truth.

Right, I'm off to catch up now.

If it had made her ill Bumper, you'd know about it.

Don't worry - I'm sure all is fine.

are they these ones ?

Better check mine. The outside was clean presumably, just the inside?

Yep, where the plastic valve is. Apparently you can take the spout off but we never did. I just wonder if I've been giving her a poorly tummy all this time?

I doubt it. We use those cups as well - I never take the spouts off....but as ours get milk and squash in as well, they got in the dishwasher.

My DD can bite through those spouts now....just get new and don't worry about it....

She'll be fine Bumper. I mean, kids are notorious for eating dirt, drinking out the toilet etc.Just last night DD had a really pooey nappy before her bath. DH chucked her in there without cleaning her up properly so there were wee bits of poo floating everywhere.Didn't stop her trying to drink the bath water at every turn.

The only thing I would say about those cups though is if they're the non-spill with the sort of swirly valve thing in the spout then our dentist told us not to use them as they can damage teeth. She said to use the hard spout type
(that they can chuck their milk about everywhere with) so if you're going to replace then may as well get those ones.

Thanks T, but they must have been like it for so long and all the other baby's have been drinking out of them as they usually do when they are all together! I'm so embarrassed. The cups aren't the tough sucky valves but it's like a plastic thing that fits in the hole and when you bite the spout it moves. Going to have to buy a new one anyway so will just get a normal spout one.

I agree that if she was ill from the cup you'd know about it. I did similar thing with a cup dd had with a straw- beceause she only ever had water only rinsed it (it couldn't go in DW anyway). But one day DH found you could dismantle the straw part and part of it was black inside . So you're not the only one!

I use distilled water at work - and that still grows things.....I have to sterilise my water in an autoclave for my lab work.....and even that grows things after a while if its not used quickly.

I caught my DD washing the bath whirlpool jets with her toothbrush the other night and then cleaning her teeth.....and believe me, they are probably revolting inside

Don't worry about her bumper. Like T said, if it had made her poorly you'd know about it by this time! The fact the scum has built up gradually probably means it has strengthened her immune system

A friend of mine has just bought one of these for her little boy. They drink from it like a normal grown up cup and can drink from anywhere around the rim, but it is totally non spill, and had a screw on cove as well to keep it clean in your bag. They sell them in Sainsbury's so I'm going to get a couple for DD next time I'm in as I do worry about her teeth.

I'm alright Norty, just really bruised. I have stripes where the edge of each stair has caught me! and I think I landed on the catch for the stair gate as the bottom bruise is just horrible (that's where the worst pain was when I actually fell). My neck feels stiff as well now though. I'm going to be really sore tomorrow I reckon.

Bath toys get horribly black and scummy as well, and DD drinks the water out of the squirty ones all the time!

Yes daisy! How the feck do you stop bath toys going manky? Am I really supposed to individually dry them all each time?

Thanks for the reassurance, and Jammy that makes me feel a bit better too. Daisy, that cup looks great. I'm going to get one today.

butterfly, these girls sound horrible, poor DD .

I generally don't reprimand other people's children unless we are on very good terms with them, but do try and mediate if there is any whinging and moaning about things going on. I'll also probe further to get the full story which generally shows that there has been meanness on all sides and try to explain to all of them that they have been silly/mean/thoughtless. We do however have an (unspoken) agreement with our close friends that if our or their children are behaving badly then they can be reprimanded. this only works though if we all appreciate that all kids can be noxious at times, and you are very close to the parents! It sounds like your friend thinks her DD is faultless though. I would have a chat with her about it next time you see them; say DD told you what had happened and that it wasn't on that she was made out to be the cause of the aggro.

But, as far as I can see from DS and his friends, it's common for one kid to want to be the top dog and cause all sorts of aggro playing their so called friends off against each other, especially if there are three of them; never a good number for playdates.

Er butterfly you need to cut that family out of your lives! That is awful behaviour to your poor DD, my fear is that if it is allowed to continue that your DD will start to think that it is ok and she deserves to be treated like that by other girls (speaking from experience). God what vile children. I'm not sure about the making other people's kids apologise thing. Depends how close the families are and important that the full story is heard and all the children treated equally.

X posts daisy, see you and me, we're like one mind!

...but you are much more succinct than me bumper. I am a windbag!