December 2006 - The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray, tshghho now let's keep these bugs at bay

[LenniEd]

I got all brave and made us a new bug free thread...

hello all.

((hugs)) to anyone who is poorly.

Margo - I've emailed you back.

Jabber, great to hear nothing serious for ds...and totally understand the need to know part, I would be the same. Hope you get to celebrate the peace of mind

Get well soon Indith and family (did dh get it?) can imagine the need to reconnect with people at this stage - sounds like a good sign that you want to, at least!

Piggy flu in dd's class now, so am slightly when dd2 gets a headache (she claimed one tonight...though bouncing around now) or dd1 looks extra pale (had school trip to Brighton yesterday, all day, accounts for that one) but think they are basically both in shining good health. Which I am truly appreciating, tbh.

Two more days of school....yeay yeay!

Back from night away sans DS - bit of a disaster bf-wise but still hanging in there and should come right in a few days hopefully. No disasters with the ILs thankfully. Well, none reported anyway. Have been grilling DD for full details sounds like it went well.

Glad blood results were clear Jabber, and also understand need to know.

Hope things improving with SF and CP. Would think you will be clear by Monday Indith - bf picnic sounds nice.

I hope you manage to get out soon Indith (but obviously you're making up for it by being online ref ur comment on FB about 2 mins after I posted the photo ! I too go insane with being inside with them all day, please please please let no-one get sick over the school hols or I shall kill myself. I dropped a table on my foot last weekend and the dc's STILL keep stepping on it so still limping round half the time. Dt's and ds2 all have colds but I'm just grateful that all it is. They were all terribly sweet this morning, I took a video because older boys playing game together nicely and babies happily bouncing in their chairs. First time ever!!

how's it going in your household, margo?

glad you had goodish news, Jabber. Can you sleep again now?

what's happening on the moving front, Elibean?

castles, how're you doing?

feeling quite perky this week, osteopathy finally helping with the post-spd problems which turn out to be from a coccyx injury 20 years ago! . So pleased to be able to get down on the floor again and play games etc. Plus have spent a lot more time with all 4 dc's this week as dp away for 5 days and really quite enjoyed it. Knackered of course due to all the night wakings still but they're seeming more manageable now.

school hols started, eeeek. See you in 7 weeks......

Glad the night went ok Lennied.

AQ great that you are getting the spd stuff sorted finally! Must make life a bit easier.

Am bemused by the pig germ advice. The dcs finish their tamiflu today, some stuff says can go out, other say stay home til feeling better. Most stuff seems to suggest contagious early on rather than later. Ds is at mostly ok but big grotty/quick to tire stage, still snotty but probably ok to go out. Dd very grumpy, still a bit spotty but the rash is clearing, very snotty and has a horrible cough like a dog with TB, don't really know if I should take her out tomorrow or not. Am thinking the bf picnic not a good idea as spreading it round a big group of small children and babies perhaps not the most responsible thing to do. Dh has been wiped out for a coupld of days but now just coughing up impressive goo. Nice.

To add to it dd is very much off her milk and I am leaking through everything and getting really sore and lumpy on the side that I'm not so good at expressing.

I want sleep.

Indith, I have heard and separately been informed by my GP that 24 hours after last fever (I presume that means high temperature) you are ok to go out. If the picnic is outside, surely that won't be as bad?

Eli & Jabber, yeah for good health

AQ, sound's like everything is on the up for you. Great news. Isn't it funny how we manage better on our own i.e. DH-less

On holiday here. Hooray!

OOo, Indith I like your tip of the day. We have a weetabix rule - not allowed to be left on anything. Like cement.

AQ - things do sound manic but fun there - you are almost tempting me to have another. Almost but not quite, am envious of your brood though, will be gorgeous at Christmas with them all round the table.

Anyone else find themselves trying desperately to think up a tip to enter competitions?

Thanks Castles, I keep seeing different things, today I saw something that said 7 days after last symptom gone! I think I prefer yours.

It's the amount of time I've spent sitting on the swivel chair playing classical music through youtube with dd in a sling Jabber, enough to send anyone mad!

She seems less coughy today though. She even slept for a whole 3 hours straight last night Of course we went to the bf picnic yesterday so ds didn't nap and has shown that he is not yet ready to do without a nap as he had 4 night terrors last night so I didn't get to enjoy the 3 hours stretch. Dh did though

Potty training ds is driving me mad. We went back to nappies, he started asking for the potty, he is now completely accident free when naked, he'll take himself quite happily but the instant you put pants on him he starts having accidents and after a morning of accidents starts asking for nappies and I then spend the next couple of days having to persuade him that he doesn't need a nappy. Do I just need to bite the bullet and head out for a day with no nappies and lots of changes of clothes to make him realise pants are not to be peed in? He can pull his own pants down and up so I know it isn't that stopping him. Argh!

Hellooooooooooooooooo!

See now if you lot would talk to me I wouldn't be venturing into other bits of MN now would I.

Hi Indith

Been avoiding MN a bit as all the talk of SF on other threads kept making me wonder if that explains the DC's tetchiness/talk of sore tummies/heads etc. Hoping it will just go away if I avoid thinking about it!!

Anyway, hope you are all on the mend. Re potty training: it is the worst aspect of parenting imo (pathetic I know) but they usually do get the hang of it at around 3 even if they just ain't getting it at 2.5

Everyone else has undoubtedly gone to their 2nd (or 3rd) homes in Tuscany ...

What no internet in Tuscany?

Jut hide all the SF threads Castles. The mad hysteria isn't worth it. If the Dcs sart coughing their heads off and have foreheads you can fry an egg on then start thinking about it.

I'm here. Tuscany sounds lovely though.

If you are sure he's ready then I'd stick him in pants and that be that. Explain that he's not having nappies again and he'll work it out probably. DD had a few very wet days before she started to realise it wasn't pleasant to wee in her knickers all day and probably better just to use the potty. There was a few pleading sessions for a nappy which were a bit but I knew she was ready so stood firm.

Having a few sibling issues here. DS up on all fours and making a decent stab at crawling and DD being very jealous now he can get at her toys and worse still her Mummy and Daddy. A lot of aggression but so far no actual violence. Is getting to be hard work though.

Lalalalalala

I'm here. Just feeling a bit fed up and nothing very interesting to say....

Aww, EV - why fed up?

Oli are you here? Do you fancy that trip to Heaton Park sometime over the hols? Talking of which Indith/AQ I am still determined to come and see you both sometime. When are you next in Hull Indith?

I'm here, can't think of much to say though I think I'm still trying to recover from huuuuge family reunion last weekend. Feeling totally exhausted

Am joining in to yawn with Jabber (not shocked, jsut yawning)

LenniEd, v glad the night out was ok...not least because now you can dare to think of doing more!

Also glad the LOs and dh are mending, Indith, and v impressed that you put idle (ha) hours to good use dreaming up tips. The only tip around here is in my kitchen, as we are now on holiday - yeay!

Got to go to bed...not, alas, in Tuscany...

ps moving: aargh - not exchanged yet, still waiting on party wall agreement award. And we're going away in just over a week

EV, are you ok?

Jabber - for you

It's on the Favourite Mumsnetter thread. (I thought you'd like to see it)

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and jabberwocky in whom I have utter faith. She won't see this as she is stateside.

Margo, thank you so much! Pan and I go way back and he is one of my favorite MNers too

This has made me unreasonably happy tonight

Eli I hope things progress for you

Lennied I can be in Hull pretty much whenever you want me to be Thanks for the potty advice too, I think I do just need to be firm and ban the nappies, he clearly knows wehn he needs to go as when naked he stops playing, goes to find the potty even if it is another room and does his wee/poo. Oh and ds gets very annoyed at dd for trying to swipe his toys too, hate to think what it will be like when she can actually crawls rather than roll, shuffle and flail!

EV hope everything is ok.

We are all much better now, dd even doing a reasonable job of sleeping (I was worried that we would be back at square one after it all) so project sleep can start again.

And

We exchange today! Pretty house all of our own will be ours! We complete August 10th.

I'm here, been lurking on the moldies threads (WHY?) so that's wasted the last few evenings. Also had EHO visit yesterday so have been madly cleaning my house (it appears that it is a good idea to clean one's oven more than once a year [slattern]) but I passed - hooray - so that's the first step on my path to cake makerdom .

EV, hope you're alright.

Indith, hope you are exchanged by now and almost bona fide homeowners . Will it be manic packing and de-cluttering for the next 3 weeks. How are the dcs now? And you and dh? There's been a couple of unconfirmed cases of SF at ds1's school but no sign of it here yet. DH goes to India tomorrow for 8 days so my money is on it arriving on Sunday.

LenniEd, Heaton Park sounds great. After 17th August is best for us, I think. Between dh, the dcs and then me going away the first half of the hols is a bit manic. I'd like to come to a Hull meet up too - can you let me know if/when it is, pretty please?

Eli, sending vibes for the PWA. If it's meant to happen, it will, have faith .

Jabber, I'm very glad ds2's symptoms are nothing sinister and that he'll grow out of it. You must be so relieved .

Best go, ds1 has a friend here and it's hell so much fun so I need to go and take some valium join in.

congrats Indith!! That is very very exciting, and will make a nice change from poorly dd and potty training!

We are now quite relaxed about the glacial slowness of our sale, because buyer has gone on holiday leaving signed contract with solicitor, ready to exchange the minute he gets his mitts on the Party Wall paperwork. Which will be in about two weeks . Frustrating from the pov of planning the actual move, but as dh pointed out its saving us money on a rental

Jabber, how lovely, am v impressed