March 08:Happy Birthday!!! We made it through a whole year!

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new thread.

HQ, you are a fully paid up member of MN and you need a MOONCUP!

I worried about ds1 not walking til 19-20 mths from about 14mths onwards as so many did by then. but it is so normal not to until up to 2. so if you are happy with leg healing i'd leave it a bit longer. so hear you about the filth and letting them down. we used london zoo ad nauseum for just this reason when ds1 was little. stilla worry tho. i mean you can travel with endless trousers, but you can't protect their hands enough

Gah, it is hot. Had day from hell.

DD has suspected german measles/rubella so those of you who saw her last week please keep an eye out if you haven't vaccinated or it was recent.

DD had her MMR last month but still may have managed to catch it, we should know whether it is it for sure but the two very young doctors and a microbiologist I saw were reluctant to diagnose it clinically because she has had MMR and I didn't want them to take blood as I don't feel it necessary and don't care about them wanting it for stats. I am treating it as if it was to be on safe side though. Oh and halfway through my appointment the doc took a call from reception telling her that her swine flu patient was in the waiting room when he was supposed to be waiting in car park... oops.

DP is out at the theatre having a lovely evening with booze, good company and culture. I am stuck at home, hot as you like with a miserable baby. Sorry for the moan, will come back later with cheery thoughts after wine and chocolate.

Ewe- am very glad that I am immune!!! I was vaccinated as a child but still got measles a few years ago. Why is it that our kids get sick after a meetup?

Was just going to text you to check that, had kinda assumed you would be but wanted to be sure, glad you are!

Eek! G had MMR day after we saw you. What do you think that means for him? Will now go a-Googling.

He's still awake right now. Don't know what his deal is, but he just won't go to sleep tonight. It's been 28C in his room all week, so that may have something to do with it. Nightmare!

DD has only just gone to sleep, what little monsters we have.

I would imagine he is as vulnerable as unvaxed babies (so sorry) as doc and my FIL (scientist) say that the best guess they have is that six weeks is upper limit for it kicking in. Difficult though as he may have rubella symptoms due to MMR, not sure how or if they could tell.

I feel so bad for unknowingly exposing loads of babies of last couple of weeks. No pregnant women to my knowledge though, fingers crossed.

You can have natural immunity without having the vaccine, or you can have the vaccine but not be immune.

He does have a rash on the back of his neck, but as you say that can be due to just having the MMR. Let me know if you get any kind of confirmation, but assuming she does have it I'll just keep an eye on him.

And don't worry! It's so infectious. Nothing you could have done. How much does it suck, though, if she has it even after MMR?

BTW what are her symptoms?

Definitely sucks!

She had a rash that started on her ear/neck and now covers most of her torso, slight fever yesterday 38.5-38.9 which came down with Calpol, runny nose (but she always has one), off her food (v.unusual but could be heat related) and miserable as sin whilst being very clingy.

It is supposed to be quite a mild infection just obviously a nasty thing to be around in the air and I do not relish the thought of four days stuck in the house in this weather. Ick. I never actually thought it would ever be sunny when I got a flat with a south facing sun terrace and floor to ceiling glass across entire living space, it's like a bloody greenhouse.

(Weak little hurrah...)I got a lie-in til 5 this morning. We have had varying bits of 4am starts for days. I'm so tired.
Hope T is feelijng better, Ewe, rubella in this heat must be miserable.

His rash seems to have gone today, so it was probably just heat rash. He's clingy and miserable but I think that's the heat, too. Or maybe it's being 15 months old!

Poor T. Hope she feels better soon.

Sausagetits- Sending you a big hug. I know you're lurking.

Ewe- so sorry T is unwell, hope she's better soon! (and really hope noone else caught it)

Thanks for all the cheers girls. By LMP this baby is due March 9th Which IS the same due date as DD, but fingers crossed they won't share a birthday! Must ring surgery tomorrow and book in with midwife. Must remember to cut down on caffeine consumption. And limit Pimms.

We've just booked flights home for Thanksgiving! I'm so pleased because when we were looking last week, Air Canada flights were really pricy, but miraculously tonight the prices were over £100 CHEAPER each! And I get to take DH with me this time no longhaul on my own.

Merryberry- do you have a ? Are they really that good??

i do and they are for me. magic. less cramping and no smell. less changing. cautions though:

1. do not attempt to use at work if you have shared sinks and really want to wash it
2. do not have your only ever misfire of it in the middle of an arthritic flare so you can't get a grip on it lying sideways and have to go to energency gp and ask for help.

hope that hasn't put anyone off trying;) i should leave shame faced now but i have another delight to share. saw 'sunshine cleaning' tonight and there's a baby shower in there were the stepford wives-types start the party games with a guess the chocolate. five diff chocolate bars melted into different 'diapers' for the guests to try and guess.

does saying 'hope all are well and cooling down now' compensate in anyway for tonight's scatalogical onslaught? prob not spending too much time with functions obsessed mear 4 year old i guess.

Is it just me that's being woken up by 5am every f"£$ing morning?

we were for over a month. resolved inexplicably last week. wishing you same soon!

boden sale...45 mins and counting...

hi all, been ages since i've even managed a lurk so thought I'd pass by and say hello. Sounds like you had a good meet up and everyone well - if a little hot. We had massive amounts of rain in the night and the air feels a bit cooler which considering my 32 week bump which is expanding rapidly I'm quite pleased about - although not complaining - we've been in the park every afternoon having picnic tea which is a joy - no clearing up the house!
Anyway - hello to all, congratulations to ILGB and any other preggers. I don't envy you in the first trimester if you aren't feeling well in the heat so good luck and eat lots of ice lollies.
Love to all

hello evie! i can't believe you're 32 weeks - where did the time go?

It was almost lovely to wake at 4am and hear the rain, until DH reminded me in a sleepy stupor that I had left the laundry out to dry overnight confident that there wouldn't be a problem... I'm now frantically redoing laundry before we head off to cornwall at lunchtime. Sigh...

turtle - get any good bargains?

mb - been toying with idea of mooncup for a while, but not sure you've managed to persuade me

have a good week all!

got a couple tops for dd, some pjs, tunic and couple tops for me! turtle, how did you get on?

got nothing. I'm too bumpy, DH didn't fancy anything and I didn't like what they had for boys. And still expensive. Ah well.

Mooncups, wonderful things...though took me a long time to go back to them post birth, do not attempt to remove if slightly on the, er, "dry" side down there.
And trim the stalk otherwise you'll stab yourself in the leg.

Hello Evie! Thanks for dropping by to update again, more news please!

Hey Evie! Nice to see you around.

Sorry to be a downer, but I don't know if it's the heat or what but I cannot take G's tantrums. He's being SUCH a pain at the moment and it's really wearing on me. Anyone else finding it challenging?

Everything is "no" - signs it, shakes head, "nanananana", etc, all at once. If I offer a drink and he doesn't want it, he totally freaks out. And if he wakes in the night and I refuse to BF, then we get screaming, throwing the head back, total wet noodle break down.

DH is away this weekend and I had to deal with a 1 am and 5 am melt down on my own (but that's typical anyway). And I just cried. I can't feed him on one side b/c I have a bit of a sore on that nipple (must have bit me or something). So if he doesn't get the two boob fill-up, he freaks.

I just don't know what to do, really. I don't feel like I'm particularly sleep-deprived but it really does get me down. I get really short with him b/c he kicks, bites, pulls hair, hits, etc, and I can't deal. I know he's frustrated, but I am too! I really want to wean him completely, but it's such a battle. And not one I really want to have in the middle of the night.

Argh. Anyway, I guess I just needed a moan and maybe to hear that there are a few other little devils out there???

Jfly- I feel your pain.
All I can say is ditract, distract, distract. If that fails, get some earplugs.
(says the woman who has given up BF 87 times, has basically run out of milk but still gives in for day nap as he wont go to sleep til 5pm otherwise)