October 08 - A spoonful of sugar* (*not recommended as a first food)

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Have done shortened stats this time, just for those of us who seem to still be around.

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz - Induction due to rhesus sensitivity, G&A.
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs - Just beat induction for PE!
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz - Fast and furious hospital birth.
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz - Em C-Sec due to raised BP and high ALTs from liver.
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz - 36hr labour, ventouse and stitches.
3rd Oct (Due 26th Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - Rebecca Jill Erzsebet - 8lbs 10.5oz - Homebirth with paramedics due to meconium.
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz -
5th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - hedgepig - Boy - Oliver - 6lbs 3oz -
5th Oct (Due 29th Sept Oct) - CherryChoc - Boy - Ryan - 6lbs 11oz - 3 day labour with natural birth in hospital
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz -
9th Oct (Due 17th) - Marthasmama - Girl - Martha - 7lbs 10oz - Elective c-sec
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz - 4 day induction with 1 hour established labour!
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz - Homebirth.
13th Oct (Due 15th Oct) - mum2jakeyroo/jrsqueak - Boy - Joshua - 7lbs 2oz - Delivered in car by dh!
16th Oct (Due 17th Oct) - rowanmac - Girl - Anna Ruth - 7lbs 2oz - 2 hours ARM to placenta delivery.
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz -
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz - Home water birth with gas and air.
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz -
1st Nov (Due 22nd Oct) - SmudgeyDoodle - Girl - - 8lbs 2oz - Hospital water birth.
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz -
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz - Em C-Sec. Back to back and knotted cord around neck. 24 hours of labour first though, and don't you forget it!

you are all sooo funny.

That pic was Paul Walker, he is soooo hot been in quite afew things, not my bed though

Well spent some b'day money and never managaged to spend anymore as time ran out but may go back in on the weekend.

Am off in to the garden now on a poo hunt downside of having a dog and Dh not mowing the lawn, need to go scoop them out the grass!!! yuk!

LOL at all of your sexy man talk
Q is sleeping better... but not great. At least he's going down in his cot at FIRST now... but up a lot. I slept in 30-40 minute intervals last night and was up 15-30 min intervals in between (with one 60 min one!) Tired at work today.
I've started mixing Quinoa into Q's purees. He enjoys it and hasn't gagged or choked yet. I haven't pureed the Quinoa... just cooked it regularly and then mixed it in with already pureed fruit or veg. Was thinking about lentils tonight. Which colour? Anyone know?

oh, I meant to ask if that's ok... about hte quinoa... he's enjoying it... no allergic reaction... AND he LOVES yogurt! Loves it! fromage frais, yogurt... loves it all! And is not showing any signs of intolerance or allergy... in fact, he's pooing better. How much yogurt/fromage frais can you give a baby in one day? I don't want to OD on cow's milk protein!

ok... can i just be totally ignorant for a second or three?

what does quinoa look like and where can i buy it.... finally how do you pronounce so i don't look like an eejit when i ask for it?

All i know is its good for you and want to put it into Em's food.

I'm also bluey-white MM, and can't go in the sun at all as I've had skin cancer. I have dug out a bottle of "Holiday Skin" from the bathroom cupboard to take the edge off though. S has inherited my skin tone, so is wearing factor 40 on his feet and one of those hats that make him look like he's in the foreign legion!

Star -orange lentils go the mushiest and cook really quickly.

KEY NO WA it's very good for you

Phew KSal am glad you have also been hit by the Gary Barlow bug. I think you're right, he has aged really well. Whereas Mark, who was my childhood fav, looks awful.Sorry for the delayed response, I went for a walk in the sunshine.

MM and Aubergenie- I'm blessed with quick burning skin too.. am just hoping ds escapes it. Most of mine and dh family tan rather than burn so fingers crossed.

Thanks aubergenie! Will buy orange lentils tonight (same as red?)

ksal forgot to say - I know you can get Quinoa at tesco (in whole foods section) and Waitrose - near pulses and whole foods, I think. It comes in a bag usually and is around £1.50 or so. I love it, too and use it as a replacement for rice or pasta. I saw it at sainsbury but it was more expensive and in a box... not sure if there was other flavourings in that one(?) so I didn't buy it there. Also - they DO sell it at tesco and even if you DO pronounce it correctly, they might not know what you're talking about - I tried to ask for it there and got the face. but found it on my own! At Waitrose, they know where it is and what you're talking about. (I'm sure most others at tesco do as well...)

mmm Gary Barlow....mmm....

Eeek Aubergenie - Yes, that would keep you out of the sun. Hope you're ok now. DH is quite moley but sometimes refuses to wear any cream. I think I might get him a mole check appointment for his birthday. That will teach him, what a boring (although very important) present. M is paler than me but ds is olive skinned Still need to get some mineral sun screen which is a pain as it is so hard to find and farking expensive. Unfortunately M has just discovered the joy of free will and keeps removing her sun hat.

Well, as you can all see I am not currently on my way shopping. Got half way down the road and M decided to express her feelings about the idea. She went a bit red, then statyed screaming, then started stinking. So DH is taking us tomorrow morning. I have got rid of mini satan ds for the night as he is having a sleep-over at the in-laws so he won't be coming along.

I was thinking the other day that it will be weird if/when we do all meet as although we talk all day, I have no idea what your voices are like! I can guess what Myjob's accent will be like as she is a West Country girl through and through, but what about the rest of you?! I have a medium deep voice and am told I am posh. Apparently I have a good phone sex voice

Just posted a whinge on here re MIL! Ended up buying some biscuits today for Playgroup to apologise for the awkwardness MIl has caused. Feel bit better that they see its her not me
ahhhh
Saw MIL in town and she was off with me as she rang me to whinge yesterday and I was short back to her, all re DD and playgroup and her telling me conflicting info to that of playgroup! aghhhhhhh,

Does anyone want me to come live with them so I can escape from here ?? I would have to bring my DDs but surely that will be ok MM how about you as your DH away at times, or CSWS and I will be live in nanny I used to be one too, god that was easier when you could give them back! haha!

MM I am not staying at yours now if you posh and do phone sex!

I hate my voice, cant explain it but sounds irritating I would imagine, especially when its always whining at a 3 yr old

We have a spare room but it's a play room at the moment. Plus my house is an absolute poohole! And you'd have to do the bins as I always forget. And you'd have to leave the dog.

I don't do phone sex and I only sound posh which is a terrible problem where I live. Oh and, no you can't come and live here anyway. I'm not have a tall slim blonde making me look even worse than I do now!

I am good at cleaning, my DH can look after my dog and I have a wobbly belly so alls fine

Oh well if you're good at cleaning you can come here Jenwa. I've offered to host Bump Babies at mone next week, but only because it'll shame me into doing some housework.

Star - orange lentils are the same as red.

I've just seen a dog run over by a bus and killed. I'm completely gutted. I usually stop dogs when I see them loose and it walked strsight past me so I could have got it.

Oh dear hmm. I don't like dogs but seeing anything killed is traumatic. Please don't start blaming yourself for not stopping it. It's only a dog and the owner should have kept better care of it. Stupid animal, now you're upset, the bus driver will be upset, people on the bus will be upset etc etc etc. I saw a cat get run over and that was bad enough, I nearly had a heart attack because just before it got run over I spied a woman with a little toddler waiting to cross the road. I was scared to look at first but then there it was, a cat upside down spinning on it's back. Are you ok hmm?

Hello my lovely! You need Myjob to do you a round up...oh hang on... Glad you had a good holiday. Hope you've got loads of pictures.

I love dogs It was only a pup apparently altho it didnt look it, 1 year old, it didn't know any better. the owners let it out of the car because it had been sick and it went to the other side of the car park and down the road before they noticed it was gone. I agree pretty stupid but I still could have stopped it happening. There was a girl walking behind it so i thought it might be hers and didnt want to look like a madwoman herding someone elses dog, then i walked on a bit and saw a bloke on other side of car park shouting and said are u looking for a dog he's down there and at that moment he ran across the road into a bus. Gotta go get Pops anyway. gutted.

Awwww poor pup. I am a heartless woman when it comes to dogs/cats, but a pup, that is very sad. Please don't blame yourself. You don't need that on top of everything else.

ahhh HM thats made me sad too now not that you never helped, dont blame yourself just the shame of the poor dog. How sad and how sad for you to see It is not your fault though.

myjob glad you had a lovley time, that seems to have gone sooo quick.

aubergenie I am packing now then

evening all.
HMM
myjob - glad you had a lovely holiday
MM at the perfect voice for phone sex!
jenwa - tempted by your offer of cleaning but no space - as DS1 pointed out, he and DS2 share and Mummy and Daddy have to share too! DD has her own room tho
And ladies upset by being 37! You're not a proper grown up till your age begins with a number 4. I am 10 times DS1's age
Today I had to simultaneously visit a childminder (for DS1), go to my Mum's for lunch and, it turns out, be in all day waiting for a delivery. This has been tricky and involved my mum spending most of the day here just in case it arrives, she also brought lunch here, bless her, and my SIL and DSis came over so it worked out OK, just had to clean to "guest level" this morning (or defcon 4 as we call it)
Delivery finally arrived just as DH got home - so could have spent my day as originally planned after all
Anyway, all things have arrived - my Dad, who does not do things by halves has built a climbing frame for the DS's as joint birthday present. It's arrived in bits with a mini lifting crane thing and he's going to build it tomorrow. It's the size of Alton Towers . My garden is not.
Seriously this thing is going to be 16ft long and 8ft high before the ladder at one end and slide at the other. sigh....
And we are at a party tomorrow while he builds it - god knows what we'll find when we get back. He's lovely - but he does like a "project"....
Is anyone still reading? sorry that was really long!