June 07 - From babies to toddlers to Little People; my how the last two years have flown by!

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A big Happy Birthday for the weeks ahead.

And to remind everyone......the birthday honours list:

Natty's DD - 24/05/07
Lilkel's DD - 25/05/07
Norty's DD - 02/06/07
Izzybel's DD - 02/06/07
Daisy's DD - 05/06/07
Derlor's DD - 08/06/07
FairyFay's DS - 10/06/07
Trace's DD - 11/06/07
BadZelda's DD - 12/06/07
Jammy's DD - 13/06/07
SeansGirl's DS - 14/06/07
Motherhurdicure's DS - 14/06/07
Sputnik's DS - 15/06/07
Tallulabelle's DD - 16/06/07
Ria's DS - 19/06/07
Bumper's DD - 20/06/07
Fury's DS - 21/06/07
Andiem's DS - 21/06/06
Holly's DS - 23/06/07
DKMA's DS - 01/07/07
Justbeme's DD 10/07/07
Annobal's DS - 10/07/07
Foxy's DD - 12/07/07

Lots of missing posters from even a year ago....if anyone is lurking come and say Hi and let us know how your LO is doing

and I can't remember what name motherhurdicure is using at the minute, but where are you?

Foxy you ok?

Jammy, there are no rules about ages, it's up to the parents to do what is best for their own family - but as a rule they like the biological children to be older than 1 year old.
Depends on the council/agency, but there are no hard and fast rules.

The only conditions are (for agency):
1 child per bedroom

Council are more lenient on this.

My brother and parents have been fostering through private agencies for 10 years, and I have a friend who does placements for their local council.

Foxy - have you rung GP or NHS Direct?

Ria for you and DH. FFS

I have been out to a friends for lunch and came home early because I ran out of clothes and nappies . DS currently on outfit 5 today through puking and is currently lying on gym in only a vest, puking happily . Only took size 5 nappies (I am really losing the plot!) and he had 3 shits.....so put DD in the last pull-up in the changing bag, and she also had a crap.....went everywhere....all over her skirt and socks, my trousers . So she came home in my last nappy and a T-shirt....DS came home covered in sick on his 5th T-shirt of the day, and I came home with puke all down my top, cleavage and bra and shit on my trousers....kids, dontcha just love em

Quiet word not possible with MIL......its not just forgetfulness, its selfishness and total apathy as well.... Think DH and BIL must just say what they think this time. Got home, postman has been, no card for DH

If anyone fancies a giggle I suggest lurking on the baby names threads for a while

that's a very exclusive look Norty

DH finally talked - we have 3 possibilities. a) nothing else they can do, but a referral to pain clinic. b) a problem with there being so much scar tissue, so another (and reading between the lines, pretty serious) operation, and c) a low level infection in the bone/tissue, treatable with a long course of medication. Option C please, followed by A. Don't much fancy B.

am off to look at baby names...

Sorry it's been such a crappy (and pukey) day Norty

I'm off out shortly Going for a curry at the Indian restaurant across the road with some mum-chums

Foxy, that sounds nasty.

Norty, it sounds as if you've managed to fit all the mess possible into one day!

Jammy, I'm very jealous of the curry and night out!

Ria, when will your dh find out? It sounds pretty rough for both of you at the moment.

Daisy - that buggy you linked to that you are testing is the one we have! I'd be interested to know what you think. I get the feeling its a love it or hate it type! How do you get on these M&B testing things anyway?

It was dd's birthday yesterday. We had a bbq with 10 kids (3 months to 6 yrs) and 12 adults. We were so lucky with the weather and were able to be in the garden all the time, even though it was a bit grey at times. Don't know how we would have coped trying to fit everyone in the house! We got dd a toy kitchen from Costco and she loved it. She spends all her time 'cooking' now . Am shattered today though, just about to go to bed for an early night!

Hi Ekka, glad you had a good party. Good to hear from you again. Curry was yum, and we all had a good natter about childbirth, crap health care professionals, babies and toddlers - we didn't all know each other so it was a real getting to know you evening.

hi Ekka, good to hear from you.

I had an early night too (DH had gone to the hotel to show the chefs who have his job how to use the ovens he got at that auction), he managed to make his own tea, and was washing up in a matyred way this morning. He has to sign on this afternoon, as the JC didn't know if he'd already used his 2 weeks sick allowance. He will have to drive himself as it's just at school run time. I'm not keen, but he managed yesterday. 2 weeks til the results.

have DS1 at home just now. he had his specs mended on Saturday, and they broke as soon as he got home, and his spares need fixing too after yesterday.

glad you had a good night jammy, I would love to go out for a curry again.

Hello

Everyone is on FB and not here it would seem!

Hello Ekka and belated Happy birthday to DD . Bet she loved the kitchen....my DD loves her one at nursery but not sure I'd have room indoors!

Had my satellite dish re-sited for the 4th time in 4 years this morning . Finally they agreed to put it up high and it is so much better. The bloke that turned up was employed by Sky this time, not some sub-contracted cowboy. Think I will insist on that next time. Also managed to talk the girl into letting me have the visit free of charge

Crappy weather here....

hi Norty.

I'm not meant to be here at all. But have lost interest in life today and am whiling away the time til bedtime.

DH is going back to the old hotel tonight, to do this evening and tomorrow breakfast for them, and maybe to discuss working for the new managers on a temp/casual basis over the season, but I am not keen really, it's just giving someone else permission to piss him about. He is also going to sit in the office til they pay him the 3 weeks they owe him!!! (they are letting him keep the laptop though, cos apparently it was getting scrapped - not sure I'm comfotable with that either TBH).

He has rung some local places to beg for a job make some indeppendant enquiries about work and out of 7, 3 places are ringing him back later, so hopefully some good will come of it.

Am back on the SW wagon today and not coping well because I missed breakfast with the farce of DS1s glasses.

fingers crossed for you and Dh Ria.

Muller Light with sliced up banana ....is that still free food?

thanks norty.

I think it is (hate not keen on yogurt), I had beans on toast. despite eating my own weight in thai sweet chilli sensations last week , I lost 1lb

baggins has just spat chewed apple all over my trousers, and I think he and ds2 have a slight tummy bug.

What's up Ria?

sooooo.... what's going on 'ere then?

well, I'm hungry!

jobcentre lost DHs file today and have now decided that actually he would maybe be better on Incapacity Benefit. FFS they could have saved him nearly a year of disappointment and hassle and selling himself short trying to get any job, not to mention the work he has done that hasn't helped his shoulder, it's not as if he wasn't trying to find a job when on IB before, he isn't sitting back and sponging.

arse for DH Ria. I hope something gets sorted out for you soon. If he is on IB, cna he than apply for DLA? and if he gets DLA can you then apply for carer's allowance? DLA is very difficult to get, but there are charities around that help you with the forms.

I have taken MN off my homepage tabs, so I have to make the effort to log in......maybe I need to do that with FB as well?

No Daisy! Don't do it!!! Mnet should be prescribed (most of the time)

I don't think DLA is an option, but I don't know. Do you think his DEA would tell him that? If he decides to go with that suggestion (honestly, they said would our GP be willing to sign him off! Our GP was disgusted when they weren't allowed to, and actually did a couple of sick notes just in case) then according to the DWP website he can do up to 16 hours/£92 worth of work every week to "test his capabilities", so in the short-term we wouldn't be any worse off (not possible atm!), and it would be regular so at least we would know what we are getting and when (unlike now with the last job). I am going to try and find out how much work I could do before affecting anything (not because I want to freeload off taxpayers, but because there's no point me going out to work if I'm going to get it all taken off me like they did last year).

Just watched the first episode of Hope Springs on iplayer. I loved it! But are Alex Kingstons norks real?

Morning all

I've been having a bit of a giggle at this thread. Bloody hilarious

daisy

Happy Birthday to DS Fairy

I saw that thread last night

Sorry, a rant coming up. Having heard sweet FA from MIL, DH rung her to make sure she wasn't laying dead in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. No, she is still alive and kicking, but "had a cold and couldn't get out" . couldn't get to the fucking phone either it would seem. Managed to get out to buy a christening present for a great niece twice removed (or something like that), but not for her own fucking grandaughter, or son for that matter. I am so . How fucking hurtful.

sorry had to get that out of my system.

Ria - sorry about my job suggestion on FB - all the reasons you gave are all the reasons why I went into my line of work. turns most people's stomachs, but I like it! No -one can talk back

and Norty. My MIL can be like that, constantly babysits for both BILs DCs (I know they live in the same town) and SIL takes her clothes shopping a lot so MIL pays for the DCs clothes, we don't even get a visit (not that I'm bothered, but it wouod be nice for the boys and for DH to think they are as important as the snot monsters, they even visit friends in the next town, and FIL works over this way sometimes - do you remember last year I bumped into him at the local garden centre and he "had been going to drop in"). They haven't been here, apart from baggins christening and the accidental visit last year, for over a year, probably since baggins was born actually.

I had a chuckle at your suggestions, have been meaning to go back and amend my requirements to NO DEAD BODIES!

happy birthday DS fairy

DH always says it's because he is the reason they had to get married!