July 2008 - Food Glorious Food - babies who lunch

[Isaidno]

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oh Poledra sorry to hear that

Just had far more excitment than I need

I woke up to go to the loo (thank god I did) went back to the bed room and heard popping noises looked out the window and neighbours hedge was going up in flames sparks all heading towards my roof called the fire service head out window intersperced with oh my god comments.

Engines seemed to take ages so rang again cos there was a lorry really close to the fire and thought did not want to be around if that went up. Bumped into half the village outside all watching. Fire men finally there and sorting it including moved said lorry. Have been out and checked roof and fine Smile but Kez now things it is time to get up and I stink of smoke and think I need a

Hi,
poledra I feel your pain, I have days/weeks/months like that, then he completely turns around and is the best dad/husband ever, but there are time I feel like sending him back to his mother. Hope you are OK?

Pigley Hope you had a good day and won loads of money

SK I;m very jealous, would love a light weight buggy, as I never use the P&T as a double anymore, but I need something easy to steer as I need one hand free to keep DS1 under wraps. and the P&T is very good at that.

disney sounds like you had a good day

Kaz What happened, you were cut off mid post! Wow fire, how scary and exciting at the same time!

I think I;m still drunk We had friends over last night for a dinner party (god that sounds grown up!) was brill, DH cooked (he's a great cook) and we chatted late into the night! DS1 got me up at 5.45 though How do they know? He rarely gets up before 7!!!!!

poledra sorry to hear you sound so down its not like you. men can such asses at times cant they.

im about to sort my quinny buzz out to sell ive got the pushchair,dreami pram,car seat raincovers bag tray coccoon no idea what to ask for it i was thinking £200 or do you think its too much you can tell i never sell a thing
my previa is going up for sale as well today for a mere £800 they are 1600 used can you tell were hard up right now.i had privacy windows put on it that cost half of that.just need a superfast sale so im putting it up at tesco this morning.fingers crossed

sk yes its great my dh not on the road no more but weve took a huge dip in wages like lost £120 a week.i think i may have to get an eve job... he never wanted me to work as im a sahm bless him....

sorry kaz honey meant to say how terribly scary for you and very glad you and kez are ok good job you needed the loo....

whats a late night up jodie cant remember the last time we had a dinner party??
im in bed by 9pm not sleeping though

im planning a evening out with my daughter and son just a meal together but just us 3 i say to my dh im not spending enough time with my other children i know there 23 and 21 but they still need me i understand that.so a meal out will be lovely, im looking forward to it....

Bloody hell I have mastitis, started last night with sore left boob, woke up at 3am this morning alternating shivers and sweats, just trying to keep feeding from it, feeling very achy too.

Kaz - wow very exciting if not scary

Jodie - hope you have sobered up I agree the P&T is very good at steering one handed, I used to use a wrist strap with DD1 when DD2 was in a single, I thought about one of those back pack things too. DD2 has now decided she is 3 and not a baby anymore and won't go into a pram. She is actually better at walking than DD1 who moans and whinges constantly. I can't decide between a M&P Luna in shocking pink or a Luna Mix, I have went off the Zia a bit sorry Isaidno, it's such a big decision too many nice prams out there.

disney - just trying to see some positives for you, hope you get the car and pram sold soon, worrying times money wise.

Morning all,

SK- My friend loves her M+P Luna.

Poledra- Hope things get better soon

Kaz- Wow. What an exciting start to the day! Do they know what caused the fire?

Jodie- Your dinner party sounds fab!

Disney- Check out Ebay and see what they are going for. that things are tight at the mo.

Had a fab day yesterday. Abigail was a star and so well behaved. She loved the horses and got very excited everytime they walked past her in the parade ring.
I spent alot of my youth obsessed with Horses and every half term and summer holidays were spent at my aunties at her stables. She has 5 horses so im guessing once Abigails older we will be taking visits there for rides. I havent ridden in years and years but would love to get back into it.

Just been for a morning stroll around the local park. Round the lakes to see the ducks and into the Nature centre to see the animals. Its like a mini farm with horses,pigs,sheep,cows,birds,wallabes,otters ect.
Im worn out now though and my legs ache as we did alot of walking and standing around yesterday too.

SK- Cross post- about the mastitis. Hope it improves soon.

sweetkitty can you take ibruprofen ? it was the drug we recomended for mastitus, if you can try getting baby to feed with chin on 1/4 which is sore this helps to clear if not try massaging it. dr's rarly give antibiotics for it now.

fire stared in shed moved to hedge which included fir tree, place taped off and fire investigation there. would put money on electrical fire usually are sure will find out in post office or pub in week

of course check e-bays prices sometimes i just dont think
sorry to hear that sk thats all you need isnt it,feelong ill sore and with 3 dd,s there, really hope it goes soon x

pigley my son charlie whos 7 loves horses hes got his polo a lovely little pony hes not ours but the riding school always let charlie ride him as pigley will agree you have to feel confident in your horse,and charlie has a bond with polo.

having a late sunday dinner today keeps raining heavy and quite cold
as usual im cooking 2 of the boys on laptops for a while and dh and 2 other ds on halo on xbox 360 and samuel is on there lap with a control pad thinks hes playing too,i def have a family of gamers.

they spent most of the day in gameshops in town yesterday, there finding it odd that things are a different financially right now ,and also i think its a good thing for them as you cant always have what you want

The fire was apparently arson

Kaz

Disney, what did you say to your mum?

SK, can you get antibiotics asap. Mastitis can be really nasty. I had a temp of 41 with it with DS1. Never felt so ill in my life.

Right, anyone else's lo being a total pain in the arse at nappy time or change time?

Honest, you'd think I was poking him with shitty sticks or hot pins the fuss he makes. It's driving me nuts. He screams the place down, rolls around, tries to escape. Takes two of us to get him ready for bed. And even if you give him a toy to play with, he still does it. Think he's ging to have a shocking temper btw.

Oh, and if anyone can get to Bahrain for Friday, I'm in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta - Trial By Jury. Let me know if want a ticket. lol!

Dothisdothat - took me a while to realise you were Donut I cannot keep up with all the name changes and realting to who is who on FB, I'm not feeling too bad now think it is mild. Bethany has always hated being on her back and hates nappy changing I usually have to sing to her. Would love to come and watch you sing

Just popping in as I do on an evening!

SK & poor you, hope you feel better soon!

Kaz - v scary, where we used to live in Bristol we were woken up one night by a caravan exploding into flames in a neighbours garden! It was thrown 15ft up in the air & a massive fir tree caught fire!! Turned out the owners teenage daughter & her boyfriend had been in there earlier doing the naughty & had left the gas on & a fag end sent it up!!! Very frightning at the time so I sympathise massively!

Been to visit SIL & the new baby today...he is so cute & tiny, weird to think that P was his size at 7 weeks, he seemed SO small!

TMI alert!!! Poor P didn't poo yesterday & this evening she refused to eat & screamed hysterically for half hour. I thought she had gone so went to change her & there was a tiny litle solid poo, but while I was cleaning her this enormous 'sausage' came out & poor P was very very upset & it even made her poor bottom bleed DH said it reminded him of those playdough toys that you squeeze it through...playdough will never be the same for me again!!

awwww poor p bless her,samuel hates going to but just last few days he goes on his own.
usually its just pebbles
hes also on a milk fest again drinks and drinks it weird these babies arnt they, sure there born to worry us.

well im venturing into town today but my 17 yr old is coming with me, its odd i can go with people but not on my own as just have a panic attack then, if i feel one coming i can manage it better if someones with me.

dothisdothat,will reply soon hun this is just a quickie as got to get the boys ready for school.

Just popping in to catch up - It's very quiet. Have I missed something????

Well I've now sobered up and feel OK, just tireed I'm so rubbish at hangovers! Just out of practice I guess!

disney Hope you have a good day shopping

SK hope your boobies feel better. Did you go to the docs today?

Bebe LOL at the playdo poo! When Sam does these I used to pump his legs, and it was like a real playdo machine!!!

dothisdothat Wish I could get to see your show, If anything I need some sun!

Right I'm off to play mummy, it really is the last thing I want to do today, but I suppose I have to! (i'd rather have a duvet day and catch up on my Sky plus, I still have a couple of episodes of CSI, Heros, Criminal Minds, 90210, 24 to watch, DH says it's my fault for watching so much crap!)

Hi all, sorry about being so grim over the weekend. Basically, I had the stomach bug from hell (am still quite achey and tired but mostly back to normal). DH has had to sort out getting the children to the childminder etc and coming home early enough to cook for them (though it was fairly junk food). Anyway, for the whole 3 days I was bed or sofa (or loo ) bound, he didn't do the washing-up once (we have a dishwasher but there's always the things that don't go in, IYSWIM) or washed down the table properly (and Orlaith's place is always filthy by the time she finishes eating). And, of course, he didn't do any other chores but did have time to spend time on his laptop for work and for this stupid maths course he's signed up for. The final straw was when I had to get up with the children on Sat morning, went downstairs and he hadn't even bothered to finish clearing the table the night before. But apparently I was over-reacting and he 'didn't want to hear it right now' when I had a go at him when he got up (2.5 hours after me). I know it's stupid things but it was just too much when I wasn't feeling well.

We didn't really speak most of Sat, then he got up on Sun and, like you say, Jodie did the perfect dad/husband bit. I've been thinking about it though, and he does this whenever we have a fight - he doesn't say sorry but he does do nice things for everyone. I'm now wondering if this was an apology by action rather than word? Anyway, it's too much hassle to divorce him right now. And thanks for all your kind words, everyone, it does actually make me feel better to know that others feel like this sometimes, it's not just that we have a terrible marriage. IYSWIM.

Kaz, how frightening with the fire - do they know who did it yet?

SK, how are you? Is the mastitis easing a bit more today?

Disney, agree with you re the children knowing they can't always have ehat they want. We don;t always let the DDs have things even if it is something we can afford - they need to learn about the value of money and how to earn enough to get what they want. We're about to start DD1 (5yo) on pocket money but it will be in exchange for a small amount of chores (taking her things upstairs, setting the table for tea, that sort of thing).

Dothisdothat, O doesn't mind getting her nappy changed as long as she has something to play with. Mind you, she detests having a dirty/wet nappy on, so maybe it's worth it in her view to be clean

Off to make lunch - just glad to be looking forward to food again (I am such a foodie).

Poledra Glad your feeling better, and DH's are funny aren't they! I;ve contemplated divorce a few time this last 8 months!

My friend had a baby girl at 2.15 this morning the problem is, her DH keeps updating his FB status and I'm getting very

Hi just a quick one from me supposed to be doing an online shop then taking B for a nap. Feeling a lot better today,boob still a wee bit tender but nothing on what it was like.

poledra - you poor thing sounds like you had a nightmare weekend, I hate being ill now as even when you are in bed you feel so guilty, my DP is the same sometimes, I think it's a men thing he did the lunch and most of the dinner yesterday and most of the housework things but it is the basics and they just don't see things like we do IYSWIM anyway hope you are all recovered now

disney - hope you have a nice day in town

Right off to order some food

Thanks for the reminder, SK - have now done my online shop too

Seems very quiet on here - I've not been on since Friday but only took me 10 mins to catch up. Bryony's christening was yesterday, which was lovely. Bit stressful doing all the food though. She was good as gold and looked very cute in her long christening dress. I thought everything had passed off without a hitch, but then one of the friends we have had staying with us had diarrhoea overnight, so now I'm terrified that we've poisoned everyone and am phoning round to check!

SK, glad the mastitis is easing, I was amazed by how painful it was when I had it.

Disney, you could write a book about the troubles you have had in your life . Hope the money situation improves for you soon.

Poledra, I know what you mean about the washing up, dh will load the dishwasher but just leaves all the other bits on the side for me to deal with. Drives me crazy! And he never unloads the draining board - I took the children to my mum's for a week and when I came back the dishes I'd washed before leaving were still there!

It is quiet in here tonight, just had to go up and give B a quick boob as she woke up again.

ponto - glad Bryony's christening went well, love ot see some pics, if I can remember who you are on FB that is are you on FB

Bit of good news here, DP has been told unofficially he has a job it's so awful though there are two teams being merged into one and there's 5 people and only 4 jobs so one gets told sorry you don't have a job anymore, it's happening everywhere though

Oh, great news, SK! That must be a weight off your mind.

Thats great news SK Glad to hear it!

ponto Glad B had a lovely day on Sunday

Gotta go and get Sam his breakfast. Will post properly later

well done mr sk.

ponto & poledra- my dh does that too, it makes me so cross! I'm not the best of housekeepers but at least I get the concept of putting dirty stuff straight in the dishwasher

Having a quiet day here, ds1 feeling v sorry for himself as coming down with a cold plus fell over and put his teeth through his bottom lip on Sunday and so can' t even eat much, massive lump inside his lip plus a deep cut about 1cm long poor boy . He was very brave and dr didn't think it needed stitchesthankfully (ouch!) but think he was a bit concussed as walloped his head when he fell over (running in conservatory with socks on the wooden floor). So lots of cuddles and puzzles here today I think, no nursery for him methinks.

I am v excited as we are going away for a few days, nice change of scenery. We were supposed to be going to Rock in Cornwall on Friday for the weekend as a family, some friends parents' own a holiday place down there and they've been there for the week so we were going to pop down for the weekend. However they had a flash of inspiration and said the children and I should come down earlier if we wanted to, so I'm driving down tomorrow and dh is joining us after work on fri. So excited! 4 hr drive though- thank goodness for in car dvd player, and sat nav . Will leave about tea time I think so that most of the journey will be done when boys are sleeping (theoretically of course!)

Must go and write a gargantuan list now of things to take, lists make me happy though so I am going to have a great day!