Hi everyone,
Full of cold here , Dylan and dh have it too... groan.
Had a lovely time in Cornwall, we didn't do a lot as we were really just there to visit my bro and sil/bf. We did visit a little place called mousehole where everything was closed as it was out of season . We went there to get a copy of the book 'the mousehole cat' and we managed to get a shop who where doing stock take to sell us one by knocking on the window and pleading .
We also went to Newquay zoo so Dylan could see the lion and the monkeys, he likes to say grrr for lion and ah ah ah for monkey
It's gonna take me forever to catch up!
WWAJC - Sorry you had such an awful scare, Dylan once pulled my tea off the table and spilt it in to my handbag, thankfully it was cold as i'd forgotten about it. They're so quick! You did the right thing anyway and sounds like shes fine
LLL - Sorry to hear Ben's been sick. It's just the worst when you're not at home and they're unwell. Dylan was sick last time we went to p'boro and it was awful. Glad he seems to be better now and hope you're all caught up on sleep.
Strawberry - Glad the big bed is going ok .What is it with dh's and that ice truckers program? My dh likes that too!
NeedCoffee - Liking the valentines present . We just got each other a card, I find our anniversary more romantic than valentines day anyway... We had a glass of champagne in the evening as we had a minature bottle left from our wedding. Well done on the quitting smoking, you're doing soooo well! Hope shannon starts sleeping better again soon and you get to the bottom of whats bothering her. Oh and pmsl at her calling you 'naughty'
Muppet - Glad Henry's impetego is getting better now...Sympathies on trying to get him to take the AB's, I have to put calpol in Dylans juice to get him to take it now. He used to have it via sringe but this became too much of a struggle. Hope you have a fantasic holiday! Thats great about your dh's job too . Woooohooo indeed at Henry pulling himself up .
Oh and can I just say muppet that you always give amazing advice on here and articulate so well, where would we be without you, you come across as a very kind and wonderful person
Inzi - So sorry about your grandad. Glad he's told you how long he's expected to have left but it must still be stressfull not knowing exactly how long there is. I hope you're gonna be able to get lots of quality time with him .
Also sorry you're having a bad time with teething, Dylan has hardly noticed so far apart from going off his food a bit but i'm wondering if he'll be worse once he starts with molars though. I hope this phase passes quickly for you and calm is restored (((big hugs))).
With regards to the other behaviour and you feeling out of control I know how you feel.
Dylan particularily displays this behaviour when eating and it gets me more emotional and frustrated than anything i've ever known!
Sometimes I just burst in to tears with frustration and despair, sometimes I go in to the lounge out of his sight and kick something (usually the cube shaped bean bag thingy or inflatable penguin).
He also scoops food up and defiantly throws it on the floor, he grinds his teeth at me over and over as he can see I can't stand it, he screams, waves his hands about chucks toys and generally doesn't eat much. Other times he's not so bad.
The other day he was playing with a booklet he wasn't supposed to have and started ripping it up. Dh took it off him and he immediatedly threw a tantrum and started screaming, dh picked him up to calm him and comfort him and he got himself so wound up he started making himself be sick .
He does this now and again when and we're pretty sure he does it on purpose as he knows it'll get him attention, we just had to hold him over the sink and he retched a few times. He wasn't sick much but it was just so silly. We try not to make too much of a fuss when he does this but it is upsetting.
Oh, and wow at the spring wadrobe! I would love to recieve a parcel like that for Dylan
Les - Sorry to hear you are not pg, here's hoping it happens soon for you (((hugs)))
Alicet - Gosh, sooo much going on with your house sale, it's so stressfull isn't it?! Glad you've got an offer though. Hope there's a way to sort it all out so you get the house you want
Stefka - Hope work is going ok and is getting less stressfull by the day. Sorry you are missing your boy, sure it'll get easier as alice says. Cornwall is lovely, yes, went there last summer and the year before too. My bro's house is in Hayle which is close to St Ives. Didn't see the Minack, whats that?
Floria - Sorry you are also suffering so much with Alex's teething. Like I said to inzi, I hope it passes quickly for you . Also so so sorry to hear about your dh's wage cut, it's the last thing you need. These are scary times, i'm just so glad my dh has a job at the moment, I don't know what we'd do if he didn't. (((big hugs))) to you. Awful that your brother has been made redundant, so worrying, hope he's ok...
Mine - Sorry you are having a hard time with Eren at the moment too. I think it must be about them testing the boundaries, so many of our lo's are displaying similar behaviour it has to be to do with their age. Hang in there, it will get better.
Buffy - Hi! So nice to hear from you, glad to hear Scarlette is doing ok but sorry to hear she has been ill since birth. You must have had a lot to cope with over the last 15 months. We're all here whenever you feel like a chat
Pixie - Sorry to hear about your grandad and grandma, hope things improve soon.
Well, we're having a good old think about our lives at the moment. We came back from holiday feeling refreshed and dh has decided he might like to try and do his PGCE again, he applied after uni but didn't get on the course that time. I have also been seriously thinking about training to be a midwife but this is more of a longterm plan and don't know whether to do it after i've finished having children (we want 3) or just after the next one...
There are some major obsticles we would need to sort out for dh to do his PGCE and we're not sure how we're going to manage financially but there must be a way.
The first thing is that it will most likely involve is moving back to newcastle. I wouldn't mind this but it's just a case of how we do it?!
We are in the 3rd year of a 5 year fixed mortgage and even if we moved house and took our mortage with us the house prices are too expensive and we would have no money to actually pay the mortgage as dh would be training. Even if I worked full time whilst he did it and Dylan went to nursery my wage would just cover the nursery costs and nothing more...Plus I don't really want to put him in nursery full time.
We could sell out house and pay a penalty for coming out of the mortgage too early but then still wouldn't be able to afford to rent in Newc whilst he trains either. He would get a £6000 bursary I believe but we can't live on that.
We could live with his parents for a year and he could travel but the travel costs alone would probably be around £3500. If we did that we'd probably still have to move to Newc at the end of it once he got a teaching job as there is only 1 high school here so not much chance of him getting a job as a secondary art teacher here.
I really want this to happen and for him to do a job he's happy with but it's soooo complicated! Any advice welcome.
Oh and whenever I decide to do the 3 year midwifery course we'd probably have to live in Newcastle by then too... I'm really excited we're making plans for the future but it's so hard putting them in to practice.
Well I started this post this morning and it has taken me all day to write it as i've had so much catching up to do! Hope anyone i've forgotten to mention is well