November 2008: WE Are Not Interested iN eatinG yet!

[ChocOrange05]

Here we go ladies, thanks for giving me the honour of starting us off again!

aah daisy you are a fifer!! I am from angus I do like living here it is nice most of the time! Edinburgh is lovely tho.

Millie got her 3rd set of injections today but at least its done. She seems fine cried a wee bit when they (3) of them got done then smiled at the nurse what a trooper!!

I will maybe look into that mummynic as I googled it and I get a lot of headaches etc so might be worth it.

MM apple pecan loaf sounds delish

Happy Birthday hanna vbab glad you are feeling a bit better

Haven't had chance to post until now and NAK so it will be a quick one, but just wanted to say sorry Obs and vbab that you're feeling so low atm. Good to hear you had a better day today *vbab. Lots of good advice already been posted but do keep talking to us if it helps, we're thinking of you.
Mummynic Good to see you again but sorry your DH isn't pulling his weight. Hopefully your discussion will yield some results and help for you.
On a brighter note, the bipi bibs I ordered for E arrived today and they look so cute! I'm tempted to order some more to colour coordinate like Dozy
Hope everybody has a good night. E has now crashed out after a bit of a meltdown earlier for no apparent reason so I'm off to bed with her before my arm goes numb! Night all.

also been away for a few days - Henry wasnt too well. no sure what was wrong but he seemed uncomfy and was in a shouty unset mood for a couple of days. Calpol helped then just when I was going to take him to the docs he did a load of poos (very runny) and now hes fine.

apparently there is a bug going around.

I want Henry to have some bipi bips nowwwwwwwwwww STOP MAKING ME SPEND MONEY

ellie - the 3rd lot of injections were the worst I think.

Hugs to the ppl that need them (I will catch up)

Hi!
First minute I've had since 3am without child in arms - massive regression - W will not settle in cot so night 3 on the sofa for me. Don't know what's up, don't know what to do about it - have put him in his chair in lounge with us to try to 'wean' him off me gently again. think it stems from growthspurt.

Anyway am going to get off as typing is making him shuffle about!

Any advice very welcome!

love to all x

Barbs can you not sleep with him in your bed? At least you might get some better sleep. Mimi has been like this, it takes them time to settle back again.

Happy Birthday, Hana

Hi Mummynic, Pinkali.

very early good morning to you all

DS2 has been awake since 530am !! All my own fault as he fell asleep yesterday in the day for 2 hours plus and I left him so I could have some 1-on-1 with Tiger! Such a tricky age nearly 3 as they still need a sleep but fight it lots of the time. I don't mind so much if he doesn't sleep in the day (which to be fair is very rare now) as all 3 of them are in bed at 6:30-7ish.

He is watching Max and Ruby as well speak - very sweet, I love it!!!

We are all good bipi are brilliant - monkeymargot you should investigate as once the plum's rash has cleared up, they will stop further infections. As cricri says, they are brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

choc how is M today? Will buzz you later as didn't get a chance to cal back last night......Dh was being erm.....demanding

Has anyone with older kids kept caterpillars???? We currently have 4 in a large fish tank on our dining room table, I can remember doing this as a child and waking up one day to butterflies flying around, we then caught them in a net and set them free...lovely childhood memory and I am hoping I can create the same for our DC's!! Trouble is, I can't remember how long they take before they cocoon and then break free? Anyone????

Have a lovely day everyone

I can beat you dozy, have been up since 4.30! Not good!
Barbs, how was your night?

Morning!

pinky That's what we did in the end - was really nice but now I'm thinking how do I get him back into his own cot - could be a prob when we want to stay at parents but is good for now!

Dozy I have killed kept many a garden creature in my time (snails, tadpoles, worms, woodlice to name but a few ) but the caterpillers didn't fair too well - they turned yellow and fuzzy like they went mouldy but I think it was a type of wasp lava that had got them alien stylee! That's not helpful - think your memory is much nicer

Morning everyone,
Haven't posted for a while. I had been reading but also trying to sort my head out.

Obs & Vbab hugs to you both and to anyone else that has been having problems.

Ceebee wanted to say Jay dropped a feed for around 3 weeks after he was poorly but has started having it again this week so Sam may just decide he wants it again.

I have had my first counselling session and have also been spending alot of time with a rather fabbie doula who is helping me work through the issues I have surrounded the mc and my birth experiences in general. I will def be using her services next time round!
DH is still living away but we are 'dating' again and things are making progress.
You were all correct the grass is most certainly NOT greener and I am finding that out the hard way.

Jay is just lovely and very very noisy, he can almost roll over and loves his door bouncer and his baby walker, even though his feet are a good 6 inches off the floor! He loves being upright!

I think i'm having an early mid life crisis, I have 2 new piercings, and had my hair cut yesterday into a similar style to last time but a bit shorter, had it died alot lighter blonde and have a baby blue streak down the side .

Dozy love the caterpillar idea.

Hi to everyone x

Hi choco, thanks for asking! Much better than sleeping on the sofa, Will slept later than normal so that was good!
Hey Ladybuzz, glad to hear that you're beginning to work things out with DH, love the sound of your new look! Pictures please
Interested that you are working through some issues with a doula - am also starting to wonder about some elements of my birth experience like why did I lose so much blood, and why did it take them 2 days to realise that it was a serious blood loss - the midwife said after the tranfusion that they had been concerned that I was going to have a cardiac arrest . Now the dust has settled a bit, I want some answers.

babrbs does your hospital have an afterthoughts service? You really should have a chance to have these sort of things answered especially when the experience has been less than positive. Defintely worth looking into I would say. Good Luck

Ladybuzz, glad you seem to be making progress with DH, will be looking out on FB for pics of your newlook!

Barbs it is interesting you are starting to disect your birth experience, I have been doing that a bit recently too. I think at the time you just go with the flow as your main concern is baby arriving safely and I certainly didn't question anything at the time. I think I'm starting to think about it as I'm wondering if it will be like that 2nd time round.

quickly on bibs before I go and catch up poperly. I bought some of THESE.

they came yesterday and are indistinguishable from the real deal, nicely made and the patterns were much nicer I thought. and four for a tenner is bargainacious....go on pinkglow...you know you want to spoil Henry

quickly on bibs before I go and catch up poperly. I bought some of THESE.

they came yesterday and are indistinguishable from the real deal, nicely made and the patterns were much nicer I thought. and four for a tenner is bargainacious....go on pinkglow...you know you want to spoil Henry

and for the hard of reading......they are so good, i had to say it twice

not sure what happened there....pressed post and got the preview page but with no message. went back in my browser pressed post again and two messages appeared????

daisy I have those ones too, they arrived yesterday and are fab!

LB, I'm so glad that you and DH are working things through and I hope that you can get back to a point where things are good again.

I like the idea of dating, it means you both have to make an effort and is probably quite good fun. DH and I never have any "us" time these days, it's either all about the children, the house or he is off fishing or I'm off shopping or seeing my friends. But, getting a babysitter when you have three children is a real challenge!!

ellielou, angus is lovely; we used to holiday all round there when I was a child. One of my first ever big loves was from Kirriemuir.

oh, and so much for bumble getting better. We saw every fecking hour on the clock last night and DD was up a couple of times as well and I have the cold so am feeling like shoite this morning.

It has been stress central here as well. DS1 fell upstairs, landed on the stairgate and wrenched it off the wall and broke the gate. He got a real fright and dealt with it his own inimitalbe style by kicking off at everything and everyone, DD has been screaming and shouting and bumble is having an off day (due to extreme tiredness). And I have to go out to get a new gate as we can't leave the upstairs unguarded as DD can open her bedroom door now. I just want to go and chill out somewhere; MIL coming over and I need to hoover (couldn't as i trashed my filter and was waiting on a new one coming) and dust and tidy. I have a knot of stress in my stomach the size of a melon and feel like I'm about to explode....

aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhh

(Ahem) Morning all How are we this month? How was March?

Hugs to all aboard the SS Stressy. An extra ggrog ration will be doled out at six bells or whenever the sun sinks below that ol' yard arm...

Loving those bandana bibs. Off to look at website now. Sick of drool soaked clothes each night

Soory to hear that some people are having problems. This job is hard enough without having unsupporting dp/dh's

On the other hand, fab news that you and dp are 'dating' again. God i miss those ealy stages of a relationship when it's all new and exciting. Is it like that again?

Is anyone else having problems with clingy LO's? I think Oscar is starting to show signs of sepatation anxiety. I have taken him twice (once last week and yest) to doting gandparents for an afternoon while i popped into town and he has screamed the house down until i returned and has then been as right as rain. Also, he WILL NOT let dp put him to bed at the mo. Has been like this for past five nights and i have eventually had to rescue poor dp who cannot even console O at the mo. As soon as i take him he stops crying and falls asleep Anybody else had experience of this and if so when does it tend to pass?

Meant to say fab news Ladybuzz that you are dating again

Daisy you put me to shame moaning about getting up at 4.30! I don't know how you do it! I had a tidy yesterday and that willbe it for another few days! I'm also from Angus and I think it's lovely

Hi rutho! How are you doing?

Hi Choc,

Doing better, was a bit PND for a while there and got a bit strung out but hopefully soon all will be well again. Fin is lovely even if he doesn't sleep much and has found his feet this week. They are the cause of much squeaking and grunting.

How are you? I have missed far too much to do a big catchup read (no time, no time) but please clue me in on big stuff as I don't want to put my exceptionally large feet in my even bigger mouth!

oh no lacks, sorry for your stress. hope day improves. don't hoover! you have plenty of excuses...even one of those would do for me.

barbs, glad you slept with W. When are we gonna meet?! I am still sleeping with Baby Wiss. Am beginning to feel more human but dh is tired. Ha ha ha. He is still only up twice a night and one of those is simply to wake me up to feed baby.

Dh and I are trying to decide whether he should take Voluntary Redundancy and use the money to train up in something he would enjoy more. It's a huge decision and need to decide by tomorrow [eeeeeeeeek], but been so tired we haven't given it a lot of thought. It's could be the last opportunity for someone to pay him well for not working...personally I would love him to do something which meant he could spend more time with family, but salary cut would be significant and I don't want to work - it would be difficult to find something that paid enough to cover childcare for 3 kids anyway. I feel like just go for it, but seems a bit of a risk, I am a risk taker by nature but maybe not wise with 3 children to take care of.

Have missed you all and all the chat. Babies are def being more demanding in day so need to spend a bit of time with them. Have given up on the house. Can't even find clothes anymore as they are not put away anywhere! Just all over the shop on chairs, tables, crates - anywhere but drawers and wardrobes! There's a pile I haven't hung out since Tues, probably smells by now, oh deary me.

LB, so glad things are improving. Reading between the lines you are dating your dh again?