August 08 - they can sit, they can crawl, they can walk, and some can even sleep!

[Miamla]

hope you find me girls! the other one is completely full so i can't do a link to here!

VG I'm naught but a climbing frame these days too Although now if DP or I says to DS 'can I have a kiss please?' he holds his face up all expectant with a big grin and sometimes turns away at the last minute with a chuckle

Snort @ dry kisses - DS is all tongue and drool when he does do it [bleurgh]

Ah poor Seb burned his finger on my cup of tea the other day I just didn't quite get there in time as his little hand reached out for it. Poor boy really wailed. mind you that hasn't put him off grabbing mugs at all.

hmm, bit of x-posting there.

Seb is hit and miss with kisses. Most of the time, if I say 'Give Mummy a kiss' he ignores me. Other times, he comes at me with open mouth and starts sucking my bottom lip So a kiss from Seb is a full-on baby snog A bit awkward though when he does that in public. Oh, and he only kisses me. No-one else gets the mouth-suck treatment.

Thanks so much for your email VG.
I will reply properly later ....

Shocking news re Sambo being turned down for new role as UN peacekeeper.

Could we get a little bottle of evening primrose oil with an Aug08 logo on it?

DD1 lets us know she wants cuddles by saying 'awe' until she gets one. She is a soppy little thing.

I am getting allergic to being scaled each time I sit on the floor though. I need an exclusion zone I think for at least 10 minutes a day.

DH is back and the children have had a fab time with the Wii. The sun is shining though so we're off out to get some of that sun.

Two of my nephews are coming to stay tonight so I may be gone some time ...

Ann DS is very partial to a chin-snog or nose, if DP is the recipient.

Much to do so I'll try to be quick...

No: I use it all the time. With DD1 I didn't. I thought using explanations blah blah blah would be better suited. She STILL doesn't mind my words and is learning NOW mommy means business. I just figure with Reese I'll go the opposite route and dump the the whole love-peace-hippy child raising I thought would be best.

Screaching: Reese has a temper when things are the way she wants them. At tennis I have to let her run in the clubhouse otherwise she squirms in my arms for an hour fussing the entire time. Taking things away from her is a BIG NO NO in her book. She yells and throws herself backwards screaming/crying. One time recently she knocked her head on the wall and it obviously hurt. She turned to me for sympathy and I didn't give her any. I just said...she what happens.

Still feeling like my energy level is at 0. Last night at dinner DH asked if I could be pregnant. I said no but then googled "pregnant but still having periods". I should not have done that. AF has been normal but I did have sicky feelings a month ago, my scar tingles a bit now, and my exhaustion level is unbelievable. All of this can be completely hormonal without touch of pregnancy. If I am (which I don't really believe I could be) I'd be maybe 8 weeks. I'm just going to play dumb for longer because if I am, I don't want to know right now. If I'm not, I don't have time to go have tests to figure out what else it could be.

ha lol quick?

off to shower...

Oooh TS!!!! do a test!! do one! I want to know

right matey is napping, and I'm just finishing a lovely lunch ot salad, then I am going to write my cover email for this job.

I do say No but the hand sign is usually misinterpreted (quite reasonably) as a High 5.

Oh man, nappy changing has got hard lately hasn't it? Kurt currently has a little brass bell he rings happily while I change him but don't know how long it will keep him still.

Childminder has poss swine flu today so I had to pick up DS1 on his last day, very emotional for me and his helper, we both rushed through it all to avoid crying. My letter of thanks that I gave them last week apparently had them all in tears!

TS You do make me laugh, you can whip yourself into a frenzy so quickly, much like my DD. Would def take the test though or your whole week will be ruined with worrying. It took me this long to realise I have a 29 day cycle so I've had the same panicky vibe for a day every month since Xmas. And DH is not helpful as his standard response to any complaint of mine is 'are you pregnant?'

rofl @ the image of Kurt ringing for service

hots i've got as far as reading about you stopping bf because of tamiflu and i'm a bit
who said you had to stop?? i'm on my 3rd day of taking it and i'm still bf

Just popping in. Terrible night with DD. She went down happily at half seven but woke at 11 ish and then about every hour and 15 after that and wouldn't go back in her bed at 5.30. At least i could take her in my bed and she wriggled and whimpered until we got up.

I thought it might just be the heat or maybe a stress vibe but this morning she had a bit of a raised temp. And wouldn't you know it I can't find the prescription for the baby paracetamol.

Anyway printed out all forms for registering her birth in the UK which will make coming back easier if we do. Left message for English speaking counsellor and am about to track down an English speaking lawyer.

I thought I might as well find out what my rights are re benefits etc if we were to stay in France.

Ann good luck with your email. I hate cover letters too, much prefer a nice orderly application form.

No snogs from Izzy but she does giggle if you kiss her.

hi steaky, sorry, crossed with you there
is DH still at bil's? is it close enough that he can visit you both?

buckets gosh I know what you mean about the nappy changes. I now have to pin Seb's shoulders down with my feet while changing him He now tries to bite my toes when I do this. Nothing else works though.

steaky

I have sent off the cv, so fingers crossed. I'm really trying not to get my hopes too high. I'm not having much success with that though.

wotcha Miamla yes DH at BILs till the weekend. BIL lives an hours drive away but Dh works in town. He could visit for lunch if he wanted but today just passed for five mins. He was clearly very stressed. I tried to be polite but I think my parting shot was "whatever" not grown up really.

Ann back too.

Ann - If you've lost your green snotty poo it's here! I think DD has the starts of a bug she was fine and we have just got back from breastfeeding cafe to the exploding poo I have done 4 nappies on 25 minutes. She is also a bit hot and ever so clingy and whiney.

DD has a selection of little hotel shampoo/bubbles etc to play with when changing she picks on and will lie still for at lease 30 seconds so I can change her. It makes a change from her trying to grab herself and oftern handfuls of poo when changing her. DD will only kiss me or her bunny but if you ask her to ahhhh mama or anyone she will put her head on them and say ahhhhhh the scoot off incase they want more!

Ann good luck with the job application. I haven't allpied for a job in nearly 8 years so would be out of the loop as to what to say.

Steaky - hope things improve soon one way or the other. Is there no way DD can go to the PIL and you and DH can have it out at home alone? It might be easier than being out and having DD there.

TS - do test even if it is just to put your mind at rest. You could be tired because you just never stop! things are much harder work with 2 especially keeping 2 moving girls contained, amused and pleased all the time. I found that stress made me exhausted I was sleeping 10 hours a nigth and still falling asleep at any given opportunity.

ooh I killed the thread

yes you did, bad oops

TS panic not, either take the test to be sure or just relax & rest

had lovely day but that bloody woman from yesterday was at same place we were again today

Hello, sorry not to post for ages. But I have posted here the lion at Buenos Aires zoo for sazzles DD1, the cup that my MIL bought DS to help him drink - it's really cool, with a straw built into the side, and DS on the swing.

DS not walking, sleeping, talking or clapping yet, but still extremely lovely. I also worry a lot whether I am doing OK by him.

steaknife - lots of thoughts here for you, and I think that being in France is better than it might be benefits wise - being outside Europe means that I am not eligible for anything (even though, for example, I worked enough weeks for maternity allowance etc.), but in the EU I think that there is a reciprocal arrangement for some stuff. Citizens advice is your best bet, very helpful to me about the maternity allowance, even though the outcome was negative.

NHS care you are eligible for as soon as you move back and the UK is your place of residence.

The consulate here told us we didn't need to register DS's birth for a UK birth certificate (it was really expensive) as he would be eligible for everything, living and working in teh UK etc. just with his passport. We registered him anyway. What you need, which was a bit complicated for me, is someone who has known you (i.e. the British parent) for 2 years or more and is not related to you or your DD in order to sign the form. Have you found the links yet? I'll have a look for them later if not but really need to work now (I have a demanding class of online students for the next couple of months and so spend all DS's naps asking why they haven't done their homework on time ...)