April 2007 - Hanging out the Bunting for BIG baby Connor .......

[CaptainDippy]

Congratulations!! to Elkie and family!!

Well, dh will be proud of me (he's currently on his way home from London)

I've gone onto AA routeplanner, got our directions, and the main cities we'll be travelling through. Then gone onto the BBC weather site, and had a look at the 24hr forecast. Looks as if it's cold, but no more snow

Obv, the only thing is, it doesn't tell me if the route will be icy....

And the other alternative is to go a different route completely but will take us forever

runny - York is fine right now - enjoy! I think if you stick to major routes you should be ok.

NL - Can't to be in York. Just spoken to dh and told me to have a look on the highways agency website, because that will give "an accurate picture of our route"

Unfortunatley every single bloody road says adverse weather conditions.

But, I may be being a bit dim here, but if the weather forecast is okish, then how can it cause adverse weather on the highways website?

can't wait to be in York obv

Dropped the boys down at my parents earlier this evening. They have just rung me to say goodnight. I was nearly in tears, they were so cute telling me they'd had a bath, brushed their teeth.

How daft am I

Runny the main roads will be fine!! As long as you arent going trans-pennine - A66/A69 then you will be fine!

Have a fab time Runny xxx Must admit I am just a teeny bit jealous!!

Worked today, and back in tomorrow. Out tomorrow evening to a local hall. Clairvoyant type lady will be there giving messages/readings to people in the audience. Not really hoping for any messages personally but looking forward to it! Not everyone's cup of tea I know, but I find that type of thing fascinating.

Leaky, hope you feel better soon. Roll on the summer months, winter and the bugs that go with it is just pants.

My parents are going on the A66
But they're worried about ME driving down the M1

Well last night I hit an all time low. Rang dh at work just to drain down really it was just gone midnight

Eventually caved in and rang my mum for help, she cam over just before 1 am. 3 eldest dcs asleep but Luke wouldn't settle and kept screaming, I was so/am so tired and couldn't function.

He settled for her straight away and she sent me to bed, brought him down just after 3am for a feed and then back again at 6am for another one. Helped get the children ready for nursery and went home at 7am.

So I got 2 lots of 2 hour sleep, which was better than nothing. She is coming back again at 10.30pm tonight to stay again.

He won't settle for me as I stink of 'mummy milk' (as Erin puts it!!)

I keep crying and broke down in front of the midwife, who said that at the moment that my rest (and sanity) is more important than feeding so to either express or give formula for one bottle in the night.

For whoever asked, mum is doing all our washing and some of the drying and the new washing machine is being delivered on 20th Feb.

To top it all Luke has lost weight so I am trying to build him up.

The conversion will be finished tomorrow and I will be glad to see the back of the builders.

I spent some time with James this evening (with Luke, who was feeding) and I read to him and put him to bed which was nice and I am taking him to his swimming lesson on Saturday, which is something dh normally does.

DH is being great and as well as doing nightshift he is doing loads at home.

I am really sorry for the self absorbed post but I have never had it so hard, the twins were easier than this, Luke isn't difficult at all, it is just all the other stuff especially the school run (which dh is doing whilst he is on nightshift).

Thank you for all your support on here, emails and texts I really appriciate them (even if they do make me cry......... again!!)

Anyway time to go and give Luke some sausage and chips mummy milk to fatten him up

Oooggs, I am so glad that you rang your mum. She knows how tough young children can be and I am sure she was only too happy to help. Hope tonight is easier with her around. Lack of sleep is an absolute torture made all the worse when you have such busy days to contend with too.
You are doing so well (and don't even think about saying you are not as I won't hear of it!)
Please try and be kind to yourself, things will settle down to a kind of hectic normality eventually, but until then embrace all the help you can get with open arms. Lean on your dh and mum for support as much as you can, and never ever apologise for a self absorbed post on here. Vent, vent and vent again if you need to, we are always here to listen even if we can do nothing else.
Look after yourself xxxxxxxxx

Evening all.

Oooggs, so glad you got your mum to help, and it sounds as if your dh is doing a grand job. Good news that the builders have buggered off as well.
Really hope things settle and become manageable.

Re L's weight, try not to worry (easier said than done I know). Giving you lots of hugs. xx

MJ, enjoy your evening out. I think it sounds great. It fascinates me as well how all that works. x

Leaky, how are you feeling? Has G caught it? Hope you are ok.

Runny, hope you have a wonderful weekend.

SPB, poor T. How is he now? I love those hugs. K does those when she is stood up on her changing table and says "ahhhhhh"!

GM, how are your teeth now after your wisdom tooth/teeth extraction?

Brain emptied now. Been at work, followed by the mad school run and trampolining. Just spent over an hour ironing. Still feel a bit rough as well; really lost my appetite and feel a bit burbly! Sorry for tmi

Girls are good. My relationship with B is really good at the mo. K on the other hand is becoming a bit of a handful at times. I got quite cross with her last night and then cried as I felt so awful. She is my angel baby.

Oooggs - if there is anything I can do please let me know. I am not that far from you and when Jamie is on earlys I can come down for the day after the school run and he can collect older 2 from school so I wouldn't have to rush back for them. I could entertain the twins or, if they are at nursery I could take the baby off [barely contains excitement at the thought!!] for a couple of hours for you to sleep or just do a few jobs for you, anything you want! Or I could come down one day in half term but not sure an extra 3 children around the place is really what you need at the moment!! Please do let me know if there is anything you need or want and don't feel like you can't ask, I don't do much with my days at the moment so love an opportunity to be A Really Useful Person! (Me watching too much Thomas the Tank Engine, surely not?!?!).
And WRT the weight thing Dylan lost loads of weight at first and took weeks and weeks to regain his birth weight (I was obsessing over every ounce at the time but can't even remember now!) and turned out of course to be absolutely fine and healthy and happy and gorgeous!! HVs and MWs as we know obsess about weight without ever looking at the baby, don't let them get you down!

Has actually just occured to me it would have made a lot more sense to send you this on FB then I could have given you my mobile number too.

I've had a glass or two of wine tonight so not quite as on the ball as I normally am, which is not at all then!!

Oh oooggs, sorry things are so tough but glad your mum will be back tonight to help.
Do whatever you can to make life easier at the moment. I know this is probably impossible but can your DH take any time off?
Also, take Pesha up on her offer, although I think she was just saying it, don't think she really meant it - lol at the excitement in her post!

Hey oooggs - sorry you are still struggling, but I'm glad your mum is on hand - thats what mums are for!

Well weare back from the photoshoot - there is a pic of one of the pics on my profile...

SOL - all fixed after wisdom teeth thank you!!

He was so good bless him - 4 hours and 9 different outfits

At 11am they provided a snack... fruitshoots and smarties..... the woman gave him a smartie, he chewed it then spat it on the floor

Sent some up!!

As a surprise??? What are you after?

I made bananna and chocolate cake yeserday -very nice!

send

Awh.....bless him.

Need to organise a meetup once the weather picks up!

Nah, B is like a bear with a sore head at the moment, so I will probably spend the weekend walking on egg shells and biting my tongue!!

Forecast looks miserable too but hey ho, at least its cold and bright just now. We havent had any snow since Tuesday.

What you and the tribe up to?