August 2008: Sleep is for the weak

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DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS_
[update 20 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

Hi all. Well we are back from hospital. He's ok but he has bronchialitis (sp?) they say that although he's struggling with his breathing, he's still managaging to get oxygen into his bloodstream. Sorry - just got to eat

Ann for Seb and you. We are going to bed now but I will check in am and see how he is doing.

Glad to see you're home Ann, and it was a good idea to get him checked out so that you can go through the night knowing what is wrong and how best to deal with it.
Goodnight all.

Ann - pleased to see you back, we were worried about Seb, Keep yourselves warm and snug - let us know how he is in the morning - you need to try and sleep when he does it could be a long night.

Oh Ann I've been checking all evening since TS posted, thank goodness you're both home safe. Will be thinking of you through the night, and hope the morning brings an improvement in Seb's breathing.

Love to all, 2 more sleeps to go! Hope everyone's bigger DCs are suitably excited tomorrow, I know I am already

Ann so glad all is more settled for you and Seb.

Thanks everyone for the good vibes. He's struggling badly with breathing, but at least he's quite chirpy (somehow) and not constantly miserable with it. He's been wanting cuddles a little more than usual, but that's hardly surprising. it's just surprising that he's been just snuggling his head on my shoulder and huffing to breathe not screaming his head off. Was quite worrying though because you can see his chest pulling in under the ribs each time he breathes.
DP now getting my cold as well.

ann glad you are all back home and wishing you all strength until Seb pulls through the other side. {{{{Hugs}}}}

DH and i have had a lovely christmas shopping in Bath, lunch at Wagamama's and all pressies bought...Phew! Well that's all apart from mine. DH wants to buy me a new watch as i lost my old watch (my 21st birthday pressie from Mum & Dad ) but we didn't see anything which was exactly right. So he is taking DD1 to Cheltenhato m tomorrow morning to choose me one . Lordy!!!!!

We finally picked up DD1's playhouse (cue much swearing trying to fit it into the car ) and DH is going to have to try and build it in the garden tomorrow without DD1 seeing [hopeless exercise emoticon]

TS any news on the DB/SIL saga? Have you dropped SIL in it yet?

Crap night's sleep last night (prophetic thread title ) - DD1 up 3 times screaming and Emma up twice, so hoping for better tonight

I'm so sorry to hear about your trip to the hospital and Seb's bronchiolitis Ann. It was awful when Emily was having similar difficulties and she too was just so good about it. It is incredible how quickly they get better though. Will be thinking of you tonight. Hope he improves in time for his first Christmas .

Oh, you'll be pleased to hear that i botched my sisters pressie by decanting most of the remaining mini toblerone into a pretty drawstring bag and wrapped that up .....resourceful, non?

very resourceful, sazzles. nice save.

ann that sounds really scary sounding. {{{hugs}}}

no word from db. oh well...his loss.

still working here. how crazy is that. mil company is not worth this stress!!!!!

Happy christmas eve!
Lots of fresh christmas breakfast goodies on offer so feel free to help yourself.

ann, sorry to hear about yesterday, I hope that you and Seb had a decent night's sleep and that he is doing better today.

cleaning - yep, millions and millions of cleaning still to do...
wrapping - yep, millions and millions of wrapping still to do...

we have been thoroughly de-crapping the house over the last few days and DH's comments were about how horrified he was about the level of consumption from 2 small boys - it is mainly he and his mother that buy things, and I have been telling him for ages to stop getting stuff just for the sake of it . Today he tells me that the boys should have stockings - I pointed out the number of presents and level of consumption - 'oh but they are only young once' says he . MIL is bound to have bought a mountain of stuff, so here we go filling up with crap again . I know it is a bit bah humbug, but all they play with is cars and lego at the moment, everything else gets played with once and chucked into a corner to built up corner crap.
sorry about the rant but now I will be able to smile happily amongst the crap with my rant already done

Happy Christmas Eve!

After breakfast this morning my sister, who had been cuddling DS, put him down and he started to whinge. She was about to pick him up again but I said "don't worry, it's OK, just put a clean tea towel over his head" - cue whinging stopping straight away.

Mum: "so have you told the women on the internet about this"

Me: "No"

Mum: "I wonder why on earth not"

On a different note, your company and support this last year has been really important for me, and so thank you.

lol Longway, you sound like an old pro ...
Isn't that what you do with parrots too?
Have to run as DD2 has a muslin over her face and is battling it bravely.
I hope Seb had a fair night.

An old pro in terms of mothering skills obviously. No implications re. easy virtue intended

Sleep may be for the weak, but it doesn't half improve your ability to think things through before you press send.

mmm port is my fsvourite tipple.

Merry Christmas Eve

Ds also loves muslin over face.
We had a great night last night.
Ds managed to sleep 7pm - 4am fed then slept till 8am yeah.
He still barked and coughed all night, but never cried.

ann hope Seb is feeling better soon, I took ds to emergency docs. she said better to se 20 babies that are all ok than 1 baby be at home ill.

bugger. missedthe port. ah well. Seb slept ok-ish. had a few wails so had to put his dummy in a few times. scarily he had a horrible gasping wheeze for about 10-15 minutes which made me call nhs direct. he's currently on my lap talking to his hands.
MIL not impressed with DP. He stopped off at Abbey Wood to collect his mobile which he lost on the train on Monday. MIL is saying he shouldn't have aas the little man was at hospital. Can't decide whether or not she's overreacting.

eurgh, up at 2, 4 and 5.30 again last night. We're both knackered, ds chirpy as ever

packing to go to my parents for the next few days, so just want to wish all of you a festive yuletide, hope all have a wonderful time!

merry christmas eve all

only one wake-up last night...shame it lasted two and a half hours

Cyteen - Seb has been doing that the last couple of weeks. Wakes up about 1030 then doesn't go back down until 1 am.

Ann sounds a little like asthma. Do you have cats? Allergines like dust or REAL CHRISTMAS TREE PINE can cause reactions. What new in your home? Hopefully it's not asthma and just the bronch caused by a cold. {{{hugs}}}

Longway, Reese too likes the blanket over her face to settle. I figure it's because she's so use to falling asleep in my Moby.

LOADS to do today. One sleep till Santa and still no food in the house.

Oh, sorry. That was rude.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!

{{{{twilight hands out cinnamon rolls and fresh brewed coffee}}}}}

argh Christnmas eve......

Glad seb reasonably ok ann
been up gp with henry today - from rubbing his snotty nose he's given himself gunky eyes - got drops - THAT'S going to be bundles of torture fun 4 times a day

Ooh cinnamon rolls yum!
TS we do have a christmas tree, but seeing as little man is all snotty as well, I think it probably is the bronch caused by the cold. He also started with the cold the day after I caught it, so I must have passed it on to him