January 2008 Shiny New Year Toddlers - first steps to mischief !!!

[Lilyloo]

Hope that's ok all

have sent all those coming my mobile no on facebook

True MM looking forward to it , thank goodness it wasnt todau though.
Have been up since 6 with dd she vomited everywhere.
Been really out of sorts this am so just put her back to bed.

Poor Martha

Had truly shocking night with DS. He woke me at 2.30am then at 4.30am. Grrrr.

Nothing wrong just shouting/talking/singing etc...but it took me ages to get back to sleep both times.

Molly has got a cough and hasn't eaten much this morning. She refused her toast till she saw DS eating his then decided she would have some after all

Madmouse - saved no. on mobile, cheers!!

Second the lots of faces & stories here last night, but as Lily said it's good to talk about a person who has died to remember them.

LaT - you will never forget your mum. some memories will get blurry over time.

And that's so true about smells bringing back memories. If i ever smell good rice pudding that reminds me of my Gran &
(not many people make rice pudding anymore, and it's normally not as nice as hers!)
Always leads to another memory of my grandad and I trying to recreate it in the microwave, all went a bit wrong

sorry to hear of bad nights. i did wake up a couple of times but had turned the clock round (a tip from an insomniac thread) so don't know when.
T slept until 6.07
H until 7.45ish & he's gone back to bed for his morning nap. He loves his sleep

H will be the one sleeping, lol! Hopefully he'll sleep enough in the car, though so far he hasn't done that baby thing and fallen asleep easily in it. T does far more quickly.

Should be getting on with the weekend but have let DH have a lie-in, I've had a long soak in the bath and the day is passing us by.....

Sorry to hear about the bad nights Lily and Simspon.

Glad NAthan is eating again!

Sabela has a cough and cold and is eating precious little.

Thankyou for that Lily. I feel I have no idea what to expect or what losing a mother is like. I'ts ahrd to expalin what I mean but what you said helped. It's such a shame that your mum was so young. I think my mum was much too young and she was 65!

Madmouse and Simspon - I'm so sorry that your mum, Madmouse and DH's father didn't get to see your LOs. It's one of the joys for me that my Mum did see us get married and see Sabela. I also feel very sad that she adored being a grandma so much and then only had 9 or 10 months of it. I found lots of little presents and books she ahd bought and stored away to give to Sabela when she was older.

I dreamt about her last night for the first time. I won't sya what it was because we had a sad night on here last night!

Madmouse - I'm sorry you're feeling so down> I can see easily how those would be minutes with NAthan that would recur in your mind. It would be strange if they weren't. Something in regard to my mum occurred to me when I read about you not realising Nathan was ill. It's this: I think it is incredibly hard to imagine our loved ones coming to any harm. Even when we are told and it is made wuite clear to us that there is no hope (which of course hadn't happened with you and Nathan) Ithi nk it is almost impossible to imagine out loved ones in danger. Maybe that's why you didn't see that Nathan was ill.

When my mum was in intensive care, I had been told exactly what the chances were. DH tells me now that he knew from what the nurse told us that she was going to die. I didn't at all. I had no conception of it and I had been waiting for 10 years and more for her to die. I had no idea it was her last day. A blessing, as I would have scared her by crying, DH says. The next morning when the hospital phoned to tell us she was going, I still took the fruit and the drink she had asked for the day before. It seems so stupid but I think it's just that: it's impossible to imagine it happening.

Plus you were totally high on all those loved-up mummy hormones! I hope you can come to terms with it somehow. Maybe more counselling is a good idea?

Glad to hear DH is being better.

On to happier things. THe sun is shining her etoday. What day is the meet up? I want photos, so get the cameras ready!

I also meant to say, sorry Madmouse. I didn't recall that you had lost your mother too. I hope I didn't make you feel bad.

Morning ladies. Wow you have all been busy. Ive been trying to read through but it all became a blur after a while.
Were all fine here. Had great fun with the big boys. LaTrucha Paradise Park is a mixture of things . It has a small zoo with everything from lions, tigers, meercats and penguins. Then a farmyard bit where the kids can touch the sheep,goats and pigs. Though mine tend to be a bit afraid to try.Then theres a little train ride through some woods where there ara a few plastic dinosaurs. An actual playground with swings and slides etc then theres the adventure playground and a Big Thomas and big fire engine which the kids can clamber all over. It was a great day if a little chilly.
George is doing well with his walking now. Bought him some more shoe shoos in size 18-24 month as his feet are so massive and some 'proper' shoes from mothercare which he refuses point blank to put his feet into. I did ask the lady if I could take them back if I can't get him to wear them and she said 'we see this often '.
DH's last day of his hols tommorrow so back to routine and the dreaded school run on Monday.
I'm doing the race for life in June. I had my sponsor pack sent today with my number. Would anyone care to join me or sponsor me?
I'm hoping to raise £200. [SMILE]
Right off to change a smelly nappy.
See you ladies later. Enjoy the sunshine.

G - I'll sponsor you! rather than join you PMSL
Set up a JustGiving page (they have a v easy to use website) and give us the link.

LaT - i think you are right, we don't want to imagine out loved ones in danger or ill or dying so our minds refuse to allow those thoughts in.

Madmouse - the thought that occurred to me is 'why on earth would you even think to be looking for anything wrong?' not that you 'missed' anything.
You were in those fabulous first moments holding your new & first baby, it would not be normal (IMO) to be expecting the worst and watching out for things to go wrong.

Anyway you were probably also a little sleep deprived and near dozing off (i know i was often like that when holding a sleeping baby, it's like it's contagious to sleep at the same time!) so your brain was not 100% awake.

Anyone else coming into the room would be in a totally different frame of mind.

I hope this helps somehow, even just a little bit.
Counselling won't hurt, i wouldn't think. sometimes useful just to talk without worrying about upsetting others (eg DH).

been doing jobs this morning, loving the sunshine, DH & T in the garden cutting the grass
H has slept from 9.30 to now, waiting for him to wake up for lunch......(which we've all had!).
Then off to buy some cycling helmets for me & a new one for T, H can have his old one, we were measuring heads last night!

hope everyone is having a fun weekend so far...

Thanks everyone for your lovely messages. Not feeling too bad, been out to Coventry with Nathan in the sunshine to check I know where everything is for next week. Lily if you are still secretly fretting about parking the pay and display next to PP was half empty and costs £2 per day.

simpson hope you are having a lovely day in Oxford, you need to tell me where you went

LaT you did not upset me, it is 20 years ago that mum first fell ill and 10 since she died. Am curious about your dream and very happy to talk about your mum. why don't you facebook me.

ginge I will sponsor you , I am jealous. I ran 10k for cancer research in quite a respectably time in the october before falling pg. Now I am far too heavy to run.

JKS your H can sleep for England Nathan has been awake since 7.45 and is presently taking all blocks out of his toybox having expertly overturned it

MM - glad to read that about the parking too.
H woke at 1.30, so a 4 hour 'nap'

Then we went and bought new cycle helmets, popped into Waitrose for a few bits (I love it there, wish we shopped there all the time) then came home.
Dh's old bike had a flat so he went with both boys and i drove to the cafe on the beach, which was shut. (no business sense those people!)
i waited for a bit, realised if he'd given up and gone home i had no way of knowing (left mobile at home) and he had no way of getting to me (i had both car seats with me), so drove home, saw him on the way chatting to friends he'd bumped into.
boys had moaned so he'd put T in the normal seat with H in the trailer still whinging.
I took H home, put him to bed, again. and he's still asleep.

Will have to wake him for tea soon, then he'll be back in bed at 7.
he's up for about 7 out of 24 hours normally but today i think will be 2 (7.30-9.30) + 2 (1.30-3.30) + 1.5 (5.30-7) = 6.5

So got lots done anyway today, but still no haircut, must get it done one day.....

I will sponsor you if I can think of a way to get money to you Gingeme!

MM - talking of Facebook, didi you get my other message via there? I've no confidence in it!

would love to come to the meet up but just too far. I feel like a part timer on here as you all chat together more than me. I tend to use this thread more like a blog, I think. But I do always love hearing about everyone and their LOs.

DH literally gone to the dogs tonight so home alone with wine and chick flick.

BTW Someone's coming to see me next week about doing Mini IQ book parties - being an agent that is. Anyone ever been to one?

Sounds like a nice night Ange! It's always nice to hear from you.

I haven't been to one of those parties.

Madmouse, I did Facebook you - I think!

Plus, DS has had loads of sea air again today so here's hoping for another sleep through!

Ange - Town did good

Haven't been to one of those parties, sounds a good idea though

DH just gone out to get us fish & chips

Yeah DH was looking after DS today and got the Palace teddy out that I hide away, though. Budgies in the bottom three stil as well

Spanishified Sabela on profile now!

Ange - it would make my year if Norwich went down

LaT - is sooo sweet, love the cheeky picture one best

aah LaT that is mega cute that little jacket is lovely.
Yep definately a spanishified pram!

Ange what film you got ?
Shame you cant make it would have been lovely to see you. I think some of us are too chatty and it gets hard to keep up. I used to be more like that on the ante natal thread.
I have never heard of those parties. I am in two minds about the pampered chef parties. I have been to a couple and the lady doing them is really busy and has to turn bookings down.

JKS at H. Wow didnt realise he slept so much. I think if they are early risers though they always need the morning sleep for much longer.
I have been trying to keep M to one nap after lunch. But she had 2 today as she was up at 6. Has only been sick once since this morn so hopefully it passing through.

MM that is really good deal with the parking. Have saved your mobile to my phone. Just need to print off directions.

Ginge as JKS said set up a justgiving page then we can all sponsor you.

Had lazy day here. Off to bday party tom at soft play with 3 dc but have mountain of ironing to tackle first!

The Notebook Lily.

Very cute LaT she looks like she's dressed for church or the paseo.

laT I got both your messages. that you mistrust facebook so much. I have responded to you and also made my proper email address visible under info on my profile if you prefer to use that

I adored the pics of Sabela, she is stunningly beautiful. But if i am terribly honest I would resist that Spanish stuff, soo not my style, I mean Nathan got baptised in his jeans and only wore a shirt because i wanted him to wear something from his grandma who can never come and that's all he had.

Ange you may feel like a part timer but I would miss you loads if you were not here. And will miss you on Saturday.

Simpson hope you had a good day today. sorry to keep missing you on facebook.

what's all this football talk can't keep up, no clue about it and dh does not watch either.

Thanks guys

I'm with you REALLY Madmouse. I find the coat and bonnet kind of a guilty pleasure! (heart swells with pride at your description!)

I've made a note of your email, btw, so if you want to cover it up again you can. I Think I've made mine available. Canyou let me know if I have?

yes LaT I can see your email address, am not covering mine again, as surprised to find it was covered in the first place.

Madmouse - i'm with you, cute but not my style. Though with 2 boys, once i have a girl i may change my mind.....

LaT - she is cute in anything tbh, but PMSL that you have 'spanishified' her & her buggy!

Not following the footie talk either...all the nicknames confuse me. I follow international stuff more.

Ange - you can be less chatty but still valuable Not heard of the Notebook, hope it's good.

Lily - is 7.30 early by your standards??? i dunno why he sleeps so much, is happy and fine and active when he's up, just seems to LOVE his sleep.
Thought, given that we woke him at 5.30 he wouldn't be tired at 7 so was reading him extra books. He just took them out of my hands, threw them down and rubbed his eyes Tucked him up in bed with his blanket and not a squeak.
It's hard work sometimes trying to do anything, so we quite often end up with friends here so H can sleep!
Actually look forward to when he drops one (never thought i'd say that!) so we can go out more

Having one glass of wine tonight (had 3 yesterday), although i slept better yesterday I am trying to get the weight shifting again, have stalled somewhat.

JKS i think if they up before 8 ish it is a long time for them to stay awake until after lunch.
Given that ds is always up at 6 ish though 7.30 is a lie in
The girls will both stay in bed until 8 ish.
I think he just going to like his sleep dd1 does , paid for the movie night last night with her.

Ange not seen it let us know if its any good.