June 07 - Do we smell? Yes bumper, I'm talking to YOU!!!!

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I've just sent him up to pick up the rest of the crap on the floor and put it in boxe, so I can move the bed to clean that side of the room, then it's done, apart from the sorting out and putting away of crap that is (which no doubt I'll end up doing (he seems to live in fecking cloud cuckoo land. yesterday I asked him 3 times over the space of about 4 hours to put the bunny and g-pig in the run. He did not, despite saying "ok mum" each time. Drives me mad.)

I do too Butterfly. Like if I'm walking without a childs hand to hold, or a buggy to push. Feels like I'm missing an arm or something.

Takes about a day to get used to it, which is why I insist on going away for two days

I wanted to get DS a mini micro scooter for his birthday.
£50!!!

That will be all he is getting for his birthday. Given that I just bought him a climbing frame and a trampoline.

are you signed up the ELC birthday club fury? They send you a discount voucher in time to buy presents! Of course, I don't know if they sell what you're after. £50 is a lot for a scooter though. I haven't thought about baggins birthday, but now you've mentioned it I might get some of the baby playmobil or something. Or a boogie beebies DVD Won't be getting much though, we don't need any more toys!

He has the baby trampoline in the living room and psends most the day bouncing up and down on it

those scooters are great, and they use them everyday for a few years. The first few weeks of taking them out on them are the most stressful of your life. They whizz off, usually in the direction of a busy road and much faster than we can go. Your heart is permanently in your mouth and pulse racing every time you go for a 'walk'.

But once they've cracked a bit of road sense, they are great

Foxy those were my thought exactly, on the way to nursery we are usually attacked by a few girls on mini micros speeding past with millimetres to spare while the parents shout 'nooooooooo......'

Bloody pub across the way from us has got a poxy cover band doing bad covers very loudly in their garden. Sounds awful in our front room and we keep hearing cries from Jamlet so i think it must be disturbing her . She is pretty worn out thankfully after a long time playing at the park this afternoon. An old school friend of mine and her DH and DD (2.5y) were visiting so we all went to the park. Jamlet went on all 3 of the slides, including the really high one, adrenaline junky that she is

yay jammy

Let me know how much I owe you for the coat and the postage and I'll send you a cheque

Been doing stuff in the garden today. some friends came over and helped and then we all had huge plates of bangers and mash with onion gravy for tea....fantastic.

the gravel drainage bed at the side ofour house has now been grubbed out, levelled, de weeded with some membrane and weedkiller added and then some lovely new pebbles in place of the grotty gravel. It has been on my list of things to so since we moved in here four years ago! Dh and our mate did lots of grunty stuff moving slabs and taking out some raised beds that meant I couldn't get the pram down the side of the house. they have also tried to rat proof the compost bins.....with chicken wire . I'm convinced they will be able to nibble through it but DH knows best

No idea what to get DD for her birthday as we are pretty much covered for scooters, bikes, garden toys, indoor toys cuddlies etc. I saw those three wheeled micro scooters in the park but was at the price.....she can use the Thomas and Thunderbird ones that are in the garage when she is big enough.

I love escaping without any kids, even if it's just to the shops....feels very liberating!

am shattered. took the boys for a walk before tea and went to the shop. came home, did more bedroom cleaning, made tea, baggins drank all the milk. got halfway back to shop when I remembered I didn't have my cash card... so have done OK on the exercise today

think I deserve the bottle of wine that I bought

If I can Daisy I'll get it in the post tomorrow, but if the post office shuts before I get there (there is one near my work but I think it does funny hours) it will have to wait until Weds I'm afraid.

I think Jamlet is finally trying to talk . I've noticed recently that she makes a different "a" sound when looking at our cat than when she's just going "ah" pointing at something/anything she wants, then tonight she picked up a ITNG book and kept saying "Naa Naa" while pointing at the picture of the Ninky Nonk [bfsmile]

Arse, but you know what I meant

glad jammy found the coat, there was nothing in my sainsburys

i wont be about tomorrow, im going to docs, if i cant get an appointment im going a&e. to addd to my list of symptoms had blood stained discharge today (tmi sorry)
so im not being fobbed off anymore, and i WILL see someone just to be sure.
i would go to a&e this evening if baby was kicking me like mad, and DH was home. but i wont drag my babies out of bed when there wont be anyone around on a sunday night to see me most likely anyway.

that should be wasnt kicking me like mad

oh natty, it never rains but it pours. Make sure you are resting until you go then, and go to the nearest hospital there is - you don't want to be stuck on a bus for hours if you aren't 100%

DH home so having a glass of wine. Hope he notices I've been busy (not likely with the dishes from tea still strewn over the kitchen)

yeah i will, unfortunatly nearest hospital is a half hour walk AND a half hour bus journey..
so if i can go local docs i will.

ive always got to have SOME drama going on havent i!!

Hello everyone

Natty....hope you get it sorted tomorrow...I had a small bleed around the same time as you are now, and was quickly reassured by monitoring and an internal.

I have had the day from hell today (again!). DH didn't sleep for reasons unknown last night, I was up with Ea couple of times and K once, E and I are getting DHs/DDs cold I think and everyone was miserable, tired and shitty all day. The weather was beautiful and it was all I could do to encourage them into the garden! DS has been like a limpet all day with me and my arm aches from all the bouncing and rocking I have done - mostly with him stretched out rigid screaming. There was a point this evening when I gave him to DH and said take this bloody child off me, and I went outside....god I wish I still smoked sometimes! Anyway, calmed down and resumed cuddling duties and he gave me some lovely smiles.....which made me feel very guilty and I cried!

Oh well, waiting to feed him in a little while before I go to bed.

DD has also decided to cut her naps down to an hour a day....which turns her into a defiant ratty little madam by 3pm and I count down the minutes to bedtime. How are your LOs napping atm? Is this normal? Do I just accept she is a moody little girl or can I improve her moods by changing her nap time from morning to lunchtime? Any advice gratefully received

It is so peaceful in this house atm its lovely.....just wish I was asleep as well...

Hi Norty I am meant to be watching Midsomer Murders with DH, but we've seenthis one so many times - he needs to get his job sorted so we can buy another boxset!)

Sorry you've had a rough day. Little swines when they make you feel guilty for being human! (mine do that too).

Baggins is pretty much not napping at all now (I have thought about asking you all about your LOs, but decided I didn't want to know). He had about 20 mins in the pushchair this afternoon (around 4pm?) when we went for a walk. He usually drops off in the car 5 mins before we get home. I only put him down for a nap now if he is particularly arsey because getting him to sleep takes up so much time. He was late to bed tonight (9pm) and was ready for it, but even without a nap he is quite happy til 8pm. I suppose with your DD it depends what time she gets up? I find afternoon naps need to be before 2.30pm or bedtime is buggered. DS1 used to go at 10.30am and approx 2pm (those were the days when I did it by the book), and I think we dropped the morning nap and just had an afternoon one. HTH (but probably not cos I'm tiredness-rambling)

gc x c.h.f.hnnnnnnnn

oops, that was DD. she has wiped out my big post and replaces it with that

anyhoo natty I hope everything is OK and it's just a bit of cervical erosion.

norty, have you thought about a sling? It might help with his unsettledness. and at the very least allow you to get on and do something.

aresy night here. bumble fed like a demon and when he wasn't feeding he was half rolled over and grunting and groaning either out of uncomfortableness (is that a word) or because he was annoyed that he can't roll onto his front. Every half an hour.

Looks like a lovely day though so we are going back in the garden. It wore DD out yesterday and she was in bed before seven and slept until after 7 this morning.

Morning.

Sputnik - is all ok where you are?

Can't believe Baggins isn't napping Ria....its the only time I get anything done. When DS was newborn, she was still doing 3 hours stretches....oh well...sounds like I'm lucky to get an hour from her!

We're off out to friends for lunch today.....a rare treat indeed!

I have thought about it fleetingly Daisy....but he is such a lump I'm not sure how my back would cope!

Luckily he was fine overnight....well he still woke up but settled himself after food. I seriously contemplated calpol yesterday...

docs at 10.30, hoping they dont just send me straight to a&e as DC would really like to go to the library and the park today, (library closes at one)
anyho, i will check in with you all, like you've said its prob nothing, but i dont want to "hope it goes away" just in case

ellen is napping 2 hours at about 2ish, which has made bedtimes harder, but i cant cook dinner with two screaming toddlers hanging off my legs!
im thinking of dropping toms, as he is battling me everyday (well he is three!) but waiting for Dh to be home for a week to help me cope with whingy afternoons.

Natty, don't you have a community midwife to contact? Or a maternity daycare unit? That's how it works down here....midwives will often do home visits if its difficult for you to get out....and maternity day care.....well I spent many hours there being monitored.....