Morning all, happy father's day to any lurking dads! DH got frosties and coffee in bed - I said did he want dd to make his brekkie but we concluded that 4 years until she was able to reach the cupboards and another 4 until she was allowed to use the kettle was a bit of a long wait
staines welcome we're pretty much all sleep obsessives on this thread so you'll fit right in!
trace your poor friend, will keep her in my prayers. I know two ladies in their early 40s who have been clear for 5 years and now perfectly healthy, it does happen very often now so while it's no fun for her at the moment her chances of getting through this are very good.
kayz - well daily contact on MN makes someone a pretty good friend, that's how I think of you lot so as long as you're not going to do your wrist any harm, stitch away Hope the hangover's wearing off...
effie wine in the bathroom?!! You do know that it's traditional to say dada first before mama because it's easier - nothing personal I'm sure! How cute with the babbling, it must be lovely. Rice cakes - we have some salt free ones made by Kallo, they're just rice and nothing else. Adult size rather than kiddy, dd loves gumming them til they go all soggy.
zj I hope you didn't cave and get dh a big pressie for father's day, what a cheek! DH had the aforementioend frosties in bed, and a little book of pics of him and dd. That's quite enough especially as it's his birthday on Tuesday and I'm uninspired for that as it is so far he's got Goldfinger on DVD, and a couple of pairs of silk knot cufflinks. And that's it!
verso - recipe books, another vote for Nigel Slater, especially the "real fast food", it's all very easy quick but delicious stuff. And then it says if you liked this recipe, try swapping ingredient X for ingredient Y and you have a whole new meal.
daisy love sorry you're having rough nights still. Two kids = more than twice the work by the sound of it but hurrah for your mum coming to the rescue. Leaving baby asleep on the drive sounds eminently sensible!
spot hope you're having a fabby camping trip!
veggie going back a bit - you quite deserve 2 lots of G&B if you're even thinking about a triathlon.
arti your dh's book sounds fab, if he wants any advice form an (ahem) professional medievalist I'd love to natter on about it. Saying that my PhD stopped in 1200, but never mind that. John Hatcher is a great authority on the subject if he's after lots of books.
lal booo to whoever nicked your bag, hope karma comes and bites them on the bum.
ladyt good to see you, sorry about the rows. Hope you had a lovely party (slightly embarrassed to say this) you mentioned you'd stuck something in the post, nothing's arrived, is my writing horribly illegible for the address? (gah that sounds so awful but I didn't want you to think I wasn't saying thankyou and being horribly ungrateful)
indith sorry about the bad nights. I've seen people recommending leaving a couple of dummies within reach so that if the baby loses one in the night they can find another? Would that help at all? DD never took one (despite our efforts and lots of expense in Boots ) so we've never had to deal with weaning off it.
veggie/njan Re meat production, we try to only have stuff from our local butcher where eg the cows are grazed on meadows near town, the sheep are local. Is that ok?! I guess it's the industrial production that causes the problems and all the deforestation for soya for animal feed Grrr. Don't want to end up on a Hugh F-W rant but it makes so much sense to be veggie most of the time and good quality meaty one or twice a week rather than crap meat every day. How can we bring up a generation that doesn't feel meat and two veg is essential every day? i was veggie for about 12 years and my dd quite sensibly said If you want to be veggie you can cook for yourself. In the end I did a lot of cooking for the family from about 13 onwards, and everyone eats veggie quite a lot now as they know it's not just lentils on a plate .
well our news is that I spent most of Friday rejigging my CV to apply for a new job! There's a 5 year project starting this autumn in my department and the job is the grade above mine, I have all the qualifications and experience it needs so thought I may as well apply. It's a tricky one though, at the moment I'm going back to my current job part time for a year then planning to return to full time at the end of the year (a graduated return scheme). If I got this new one, it would have to be part time for the whole 5 years - as it would be a job share from the outset. I ended up doing the application in a rush as I know the guy who will be project manager, asked him at the outset to let me know if anyone expressed an interest in job share and he never did, so on Friday I emailed just to say "any news...?" and he said yes someone had asked about it, and Friday was the deadline... . So on the one hand it would be great to be able to stay with dd a couple of days a week til she goes to school, on the other it would be a pay cut as even though it's a higher grade, it would be pro rata. And while it's a pretty long contract, at the end it would be over, whereas my current post is permanent (bloody lucky I know). But would I be looking to change job in 5 years or so anyway? Gah. Well we'll have to see if they call me for interview and think about the sums then!