Rollin', Rollin', Rollin', Though their gums are swollen, Keep them babies rollin', on't side

[LackaDAISYcal]

Here we go then

roll up, roll up for the six month food fest.

Better night here, only two feeds at 1ish and 5ish, but at one point bumble was having a real chat to his blankie. DH was on the sofa and said he couldn't figure out who was talking and thought it was DD until he heard me say "shut up bumble". I have no recollection of it

We've given up with the porridge for a bit as it might have been that upsetting his tummy. He's certainly more cheerful now it's cleared his system.

DH, who was supposed to be bringing me home a kebab for tea, has still not come home and is not responding to text messages or answering his phone. I am getting worried now. He is a bit crap with times but this is just daft and I hope he's okay but if he is I'm going to be a bit ticked as Fin will wake me up early in the morning no matter what time his dad gets in.

Meep. What to do?

DH just called - forgot about kebab, didn't notice the time and is off to a club. Have told him (nicely) if he's pissed when he gets home to sleep on the sofa or I'll be cross. Bloody, bloody selfish, thoughtless man. I will boil him down for glue. I'm going to bed and I swear if he wakes Fin there will be the deuce to pay. And I'm going to eat all the mini-eggs. Git.

rutho, is that the smell of glue emanating from your house this morning? Am at your DH; whatever was he thinking.....or has he had a sudden memory lapse and forgotten he has a wife and small baby at home [arse]

barbs, sounds like you are having a time of it, I hope you got to eat your supper finally. If it's any consolation, now bumble is nearly hitting the magic 6mo mark (he is 24 weeks today) he has settled right down. the fiveish months growth spurt is a real killer but......."This Too Shall Pass"

and......mega drumroll with orchestra please......We got to sing the Good Morning song this morning for the first time!!!!!

You know the one, from Singing in the Rain..."Good morning, Good morning, you've slept the whole night through! Good morning, Good morning to You" 8 till 6.30...Go Bumble, Go Bumble, Go Bumble Wooooooooo

ooops talk about a freudian slip, that was meant to be .

Obviously my fingers were typing what I was really thinking, but I'm not in the habit of telling people their OHs are arses out loud

DH has got my older two children breakfasted and dressed and they are nearly ready to go out the door . When gran and grandad said they would look after them so DH could go fishing, I'm not sure they were expecting them at this time of the day. Methinks DH is desperate for his day off. Arse! (I can call my own DH arse with impunity ; I don't get a day off

lol!
there should be an [arse] emoticon!

Congrats on Bumble sleeping through daisy! Love your Good Morning song - loveity love singin in the rain!
I sing 'It's the most wonderful time of the day' (Christmas tune) ('day' instead of 'year')at bathtime with a little too much enthusiasm!
Rutho Hope all is well in the saurus houshold this morning. x

Big big congrat lacks at having a good nights kip. O woke at 3 for a bottle but was atraight back down and didn't wake until 7 and he still hasn't screamed for a bottle yet.

I am taking dc's out this morning for some retail therapy and hopefully i might get my hair cut. dh is in bed til dinner time (finished work at 3am in bed at 5am).

best be off or i will never get them all dressed and out

Well done Bumble, good boy
Glad DDs bead came out Daisy

I agree there should be an arse emotion, Men are mainly arses!

Twinkling hugs to you sorry you are having a hard time. Feel free to message me on FB if you would like a chat or a rant I kind of know where you are at the moment in a round about way!

Rutho hope (for his sake) DH didn't wake the baby!

I have had a good read but there is just so much! This thread is so fab and supportive.

Question for Nappy experts - How do you get stains out? I have soaked and washed and they still have the odd yellow stain - any tips? I know they are not dirty but I like sparkly white nappies!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Lady Buzz.....sunshine, sunshine and more sunshine! Which I realise may be in short supply in your part of the country

The sun will bleach out most poo stains. Even if it isn't sunny, the UV does the work, although it can take a bit longer in cloudy conditions.

Morning
Don't always get chance to post but am often lurking when feeding O so am trying to keep up with you all.

Firstly, WOW well done Bumble I know you were really struggling on the lack of sleep and frequent night waking like me Lacks so you must feel great this morning. Did you have to get up to check he was still there? I think that's what i would do if my little man ever decided to sleep through.

Twinkling how are you this morning?

Still struggling on sleep front here but for the last 4 nights we have only had TWO night wakings as opposed to six so i now class as a GOOD night

Don't know how I feel this morning lola
It is too easy just to get wrapped up with the DCs than to think about the scary decisions for our future.
He has not called, or text, so I have no idea where he was last night. I guess he is trying to show me that I miss/need him or something

I think a sepertion would be a good idea, but I think it would end up bad for DH when I realised that I just don't need him and don't much want him in our lives.
But then I will be hit by a good memory or a fear of going it alone and being alone and I am back to square one

Have been here so many times though, have talked it through, have decided taht we will change we will be better, but then we can't even get through a weekedn togethe without a big barney at some point.
You just think, god, what is the use!!

Taking the DC (plus grandad) to the pool. They are talking about organising water confidence classes so I want my DCs names on the list of 'yes please's'

On a sad note. Was just brushing DDs hair, horrid and tigy, she was crying a bit then came out with a wail 'My Daddy is a way!'
I said, yes, he normally is darling, at work.
'My Daddy is away cos he made you angry.'

I tried to just be calm about it all, but she is just not daft. And this is exactly my point, it is affecting the children even at 2.5

twinkling. I hope you can get things sorted. I'm sorry your DD is feeling like this at the minute and it's making you feel awful . I battle my own demons where DS1 and my depression is concerned. Kids are pretty resilient though and in the face of stability will forget all about any instability; I just hope that you and DH can work out what that stability will entail in an amicable and reasonable fashion.....big hugs coming at you

Lovely song Daisy. I'm hoping to join you in that chorus soon!

twink. I hope he doesn't make you feel worse by coming back home all smug. Its never easy when you argue infront of LO's, but trust me, they will not remember it.

Sumo slept from 7-1 then DH fed him, and he didn't get up til 7! I stayed in bed til 10 though, it was lovely.

Wow I missed loads last night after having an early night!

Twink for you and your DD. If me and DH are arguing in front of DS1 (who doesn't??) he starts telling us to 'stop it' or do something funny that will get our attention and break the mood - and he is only 2.9 - amazing what they can pick up isn't it? All you can do is take one day at a time and see how you feel.

Daisy go Bumble, go Bumble I bet you have a lovely day with him today - he will be all nice and rested (as are you) and the sun is shining Lol at your freudian 'arse' slip - love it!!

Vbab am drooling at your lasagne...I do make a mean lasagne (even if I do say so myself) but it is off the menu due to the diet - I do miss it!!

Hi to everyone else - hope you are all enjoying the lovely lovely sunshine (LB get those nappies on the washing line now whilst the sun is shining )

DH made a fryup for brunch so all is (mostly)forgiven. And I ate all the mini eggs. Tee hee.

There should SO be an [arse] emoticon! How often have we neede it?

Lacks, YAY BUMBLE!!!!!!!! Wow - good on the boy. You must be feeling so much better for a long sleep.

Twink, I would say that a happy home with 1 parent is better than a miserable one with 2. Don't take your DD's comments too much to heart as she is only very little and doesn't know how much things like that can upset you. We argue in front of Fin sometimes and one time we did it he just burst into tears, poor little sausage, but ten minutes later he had forgotten all about it. DH wishes his parents split up when he was 10 rather than waiting til he was 16 and it had got unbearable...

(Maybe if they had he would be more efficient at remembering kebabs. I blame the in-laws...)

Lacks Well done Bumble! Also

Ruth Oh no you mentioned chocolate... I want mini eggs now

Well A spent her first night in her own room last night... sort of. She was asleep in her cot from 10 (would NOT go to sleep until then) until 2.30 then nothing I did would settle her back down so she ended up back in our room at 3.30. We had an early start this morning to pick my BIL up so I needed some sleep. She fell asleep twice while I was still in her room and both times, as soon as I laid her down her eyes pinged open. Also, note to self, unlined white curtains are a BAD idea in a baby's room something tells me I should have known that anyway (disclaimer: we did plan to buy a blind, we just didn't actually get round to it doh!)

On a brighter note, I have a baby-free afternoon as she is with the GP's so am catching up on the housework (always goes to pot when DH is at home), catching up on MN then it's a nice long soak in the bath I think. If we had chocolate in the house it would be perfect

sainsbury's are selling off surplus mini-eggs really cheaply

same with Lindt bunnies.

Twinkling, so sorry to hear what is happening. We are here, to support you.
Nice one bumble, on the sleepthrough.
I have spent most of today ON MY OWN~. God it was good. Dh took care of the boys - doing a fab job. I went to Costco. Returning with an abundance of food goodies - pizza, cookies etc.
Then i gardened, mowed lawn and pruned.
Now we are sat drinking wine, eating pizza and watching chelsea v arsenal = heaven.

Has anyone else wondered how they are going to survive without the extra calories (read: chocolates/biscuits/sweets/ice creams/cakes) when they give up BF?!?! I am tempted to be one of those BF till they are 30 mums!!

Just a quickie - will catch up later after I have made tes.

If anyone is still looking for some summer sleeping bags, I bought a lovely one from Sainsburys yesterday - it is a 1.5 tog one and only cost £10.

hana, things still pretty non existent in the bedroom department here as well. DH doesn't seem overly bothered which makes me feel even worse about things.

I hope you can talk things through.

had a lovely day today just me and bumble. DH was fishing and DS1 and DD were at the PILs. We lazed about this morning and then I was on duty at a bumps and babies fayre with my peer supporter group. It was really nice just sitting around, chatting to people about babies and BFing. I also manged to get bumble some new shoo shoo shoes and myself some racy underwear; the ABM BFC who was on duty for us was also doing bra fitting and had some Hot Milk undies for sale.....soooo comfy. bumble was on top form as well, smiling at everyone and being very happy and sunny.

hello all

twinkling so sorry to hear what you're going through. Thinking of you and wishing you strength for whatever you decide to do x

daisy yay for sleeping!! Sounds like you had a lovely day as well. Oh and your freudian slip was hilarious, i can't believe you typed what you were thinking
*ruth, I can't believe your dh forgot your kebab [arse]

Well I should have known. We went to view the lovely house today to discover:
a) it's it RIGHT next to a mobile phone mast
b)the decor is indeed horrendous and would need a major overhaul pretty much immediatly
c) The couple are divorcing, told us this then stomped around each other with faces like thunder the whole time we were there. The atmosphere was just sooo bad you couldn't really create the image of a happy family home iyswim.

It is at the top of our budget and there is a lot of space, but unless they accepted a VERY cheeky offer we would have zero money to make improvments that need to be done right away. Damn.

Apart from that, Dylan was knackered today. I suspect it's his cold, but he seemed to want to sleep most of the day, then passed out without a murmer dead on 7.00 as usual. We went to a barbacue which was lovely and since D was asleep for a while i got to relax with beer or two as well.
Then came home and had a lovely hot, long bath with a book. I do this every week while dp takes full control. It sets me up for the week ahead and restores sanity!

How are people doing with weaning? D is 5 months tomorrow and i'm wondering about introducing some potato and carrot. Is anyone weaning early?
Eldest didn't eat a thing until about a year (I'm serious, she gained no weight for 6 months, it was very, very scary) so i haven't really been through this before!!

This is the next house possibilty if you're interested- I need your input all

www.morrishomes.co.uk/find-your-perfect-home/cam-locks/the-properties.htm

Talk soon x

oh it's the house is the moreton by the way!