Sept 08: They're under starters orders .... and they're off .... well, some of them!

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I thought I'd use this title as not all of our delicious babies are on the move yet, including mine

pidge and mustsleep, they're 2 other people we haven't heard from postnatally.

And hahahahaha hahahaha hahahaha at "I said the other day that I want to do the Fleet triathlon (only a small one) in May next year as I thought that would be a good time scale to aim for something."
Yeah right! I forgot I'd said that. Clearly I didn't do it.

I'm actually going to die when T (inevitably) wakes in the night again - we haven't been disturbed at all between about 10pm and 5am for about a month, so it'll come as a horrible shock when he's next teething or something.

I had a smug moment the other day - when I was pregnant I proudly announced to my mother and her friend that I would grow veg when I had more time on maternity leave. They all laughed cynically and made rude comments, which really annoyed me at the time. I took enormous delight in reminding my mother of that the other day when she was expressing envy over my tomato plants (and I've grown other stuff too!)

hopefully of your veg growing. I can't even pull a few weeds out ds will not let me put him down.

leonie and splish you have my sympathies

debs hope your dh gets better soon

I like that Starlight but haven't copied anything since putting this comp on. If I was on laptop my letter to my head teacher would have been on it.
And I like that I'm mentioned in the 1st post!

and no I'm not bothered about not doing the triathlon- mainly because it was the same weekend as the rugby league in Edinburgh so I couldn't have done it anyway.
I have started running again tho in a far too late attempt to lose some belly fat before going on holiday. Been 3 times this week

I did literally about 10 minutes of yoga the other day (probably not even that), and the ache in my abs has only just gone . Think I need to crack on with it a bit more! Really want to lose a bit more weight before we think about TTC again.

I would like to announce that I have done my Hollywood wax in preparation for my op next week. It hurt. A lot. And I look like an alien freak now . It's odd they need it for a hysterectomy but not a c-section.

Mind you, I ran out of wax strips near the end, so I have a bit more to take off underneath once I've been to the fabric shop tomorrow .

hopefully + debi of your exercise.

My best friend is in labour! I am so excited I can't sit still. Really hope it all goes well for her, can't wait to hear news! Labour is so much more fun when it's happening to other people

Good luck for Tuesday Meglet I can't imagine waxing everything (or anything there for that matter). Luckily DH likes me with a full lady garden

Sorry for the poor sleep - it doesn't have to be like that a second time. M is MUCH better thatn dd1, just wakes once (or sometimes not at all) in the night now.

Feeling v. bad mummy though as she woke in the night and I fed her, she was then restless a few mins later so I jsut resettled her and when she woke this morning she was dirty . The thing is she'd already got a bit of nappy rash and we were using disposibles yesterday as we're goign away today so that didn't help, and now she's really red and sore

I'm away for a week today - yipeee! At Center Parcs - yipee I think . Let's hope for good weather.

Have a lovely hoiliday Ninja. Which CP are you going to?

Meglet did you wax yourself?

Good luck for your friend Hopefully.

M is loving crawling. I think he likes the sense of freedom it gives him. He is able to amuse himself a lot more now, he just crawls off into the hallway and chews my shoes. Because it's all on his own terms he doesn't mind if he can't see me. He's getting very red knees from the carpet though!

Hello all...still not too well but not coughing up phlegm with blood in it anymore so that got to be good, right???

Havent read all the posts as I really should be going to Tesco and cleaning. so very brief post!

Toby now growls in a most amusing way when we do something he doesnt like/dont do something he wants!!! Really hilarious! He is very fast at crawling and pulls up on most things now, inc people!!

Our nights are disturbed too, but we co sleep for part of the night, so its usually brief.

Good luck for next week meglet x

Doc has told me I may need an op (ablation?) which will mean no more babies....bit sad

Hope you and your LO are all well x

Meglet, I'd be way more worried about the hollywood than the op. OUCH!. Did you do it yourself? I mean, I could just about contemplate having one done, but a DIY job is bravery beyond the call of duty.

Ok, I need some tips, please: Diego was the perfect napping boy. He was sleepy, I put him down, he was off. Now he sits up in his cot like a jack in the box even though he is exhausted. I then come, lie him back down again, he closes his eyes, and the moment I disappear from view he sits up again. This cycle is repeated again and again, with him getting more tired and fractious every time.

Does anybody have a similar problem, and what do you do?

pacita ds1 was like that and the only thing that worked was going in, lying him down and leaving again over and over again until the novelty wore off. I seem to remember he cried when he sat/stood up and I think I'd leave him for 5 mins before going back in every time. He did it when he learned to sit and when he learned to stand but both times he only did it for 2 or 3 days before getting the hint.
DS2 does it too but he's quicker on the uptake and only usually stands up once before going to sleep.

dp is allowed home today so just off to get him

the lake district, red squirrels and all!

Off now

Debi thanks! It has happened exactly as you describe. I've been in several times, then let him cry for 5 minutes a couple of times, then gone in and lied him down again, by now totally exhausted, put my hand in his tummy and he was asleep within a minute. I hope he gets it as quickly as your LOs!

meglet I have had six GAs for various ops - all went OK! You'll be fine. In fact, I think it's an experience everyone should go through at leat once, just for the novelty factor. The loss of time is the weirdest thing. One moment you are drifting off and the next moment the nurse is saying, 'ok you're just waking up dear, everything went fine'. We will all be thinking of you - and really want to see a post while you are on morphine!

Quick update on us:

• DD is pulling herself up on things to standing... then falling over.
• Last night she said MUMMY!! Now she has been saying Mumumumum all day long.
• DD pooed in the bath. Yes, it was as calamitous as it sounds. DH called out 'DD has pooed in the bath!' I responded (hopefully? idiotically?) with 'Do you want a sieve?'. DH said 'That's really not going to help.' It was a brown soup disaster.
• I did my first piece of mummy-art yesterday! [proud emoticon] A thank you card from DD to some friends who looked after her when I was in hospital. I haven't really got the hang of it though. DD wouldn't put her hand on the paint brush so I pretty much did some pretend baby-style art myself!

Were you planning more babies Becaroo? I guess even if you weren't it's hard having the option taken away from you.

Hurrah for Baby Foul

thank you ponymum . I know it should be ok (i've had 2 brief GA's before) but I'm more spooked as I'm a mum now. I do like the bit where you feel the GA going up your arm though, very odd!

Yes, I did my own Hollywood. It's fine but doesn't look very lady like, I like Brazillians as they make you look normal from the front, but the bald look is not one I will be continuing with.

Hope you have a lovely break ninja.

Hope it's not too itchy when it all starts to grow back meglet!

DH's job situation is getting complicated. He's still not heard from the interview last Friday and now has been asked to go for another interview for a different job (well actually it's the same job in another place). But it's the day after we go on holiday. So got to decide if he looks into changing his flight and joining us on hol 2 days late (going with the in-laws so I wouldn't be on my own) or if he hopes they don't appoint and gets an interview after holiday. AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH Life is so complicated.

I am now having a 'oh shit' moment. I wrote 'Baby Foul' wrt to Ponymum's dd.

I have spelt it correctly haven't I? I mean a baby horse, not something that is horrible [blus]

Oh, and someone has to think of a new title soon. I have done the past 3 so it's time to pass the baton. If no one volunteers, I'll have to shame someone into it