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Miamla · 06/07/2009 05:54

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

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VintageGardenia · 18/07/2009 19:46

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steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:46

Yes he knows we will go back to UK.
Yes I am saddened by not being with him.
And I can talk about ovens because I like baking and I would like to make DD a birthday cake.

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steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:47

of course fuck the bill, but it is just another argument waiting to happen.

steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:48

Dad's place is too small.
Mum shares her house.
I can stay with mum temporarily but it isn't ideal.

dizzydixies · 18/07/2009 19:49

VG and I are the obvious voices of reason here!

would you like us to talk to you about ovens/baking? am sorry, I'm not belittling your situation at all and the loss of a marriage is a harrowing experience but I just wish you would give yourself more worth and let him see what he is missing

no1putsbabyinthecorner · 18/07/2009 19:50

awww steaky I have to agree with vg and dizzy I know you are bound to be worried about the effect on Izzy, but I am afraid I have to use the old cliche(sp?)
'happy mum,happy baby' I believe it to be true anyway.
You have tried you're hardest on this one, and been up against language barrier too. I think You really should come home if that is what you really want. Have you're family to lean on for a while. You so need the support right now.
Leave dh to sort himself out. He is big enough to take care of himself

no1putsbabyinthecorner · 18/07/2009 19:51

Soory many x posts

steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:51

I am just trying not to rush into any decisions and trying to be fair to DH.
Despite his faults I can see that he is really struggling with how things are. I don't want to leave in anger and regret it.

steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:53

no1 I don't want to come home I want my sodding marriage to work but it looks like I don't get to choose.

no1putsbabyinthecorner · 18/07/2009 19:53

Just come for a break then and see what happens.
Will he keep the place on, you could always go back, once he realises what a fool he is being and what a mistake he has made letting you go.

dizzydixies · 18/07/2009 19:54

you don't need to leave in anger at all, just tell him you're off for a few weeks for some space - this can't be good for you at all

steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:54

sorry no1 that wasn't meant to sound cross at you.

no1putsbabyinthecorner · 18/07/2009 19:54

I am close to tears sat here,probably not what you want to know, if you are a huggy kind of person I would be smothering you right now. I have huge shoulders to cry on too.

no1putsbabyinthecorner · 18/07/2009 19:55

Don't need to apologise to me lovey, I didn't take it that way.

steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:57

Christ on a bike I've totally bummed the thread out again.

steaknife · 18/07/2009 19:58

Do they have those squishy 80's shoulder pads? They would be excellent for soaking up tears.

no1putsbabyinthecorner · 18/07/2009 19:59

lol
sadly not, but I do remember them, think I may have borrowed some of my mums to make me look grown up. [cringe emoticon]

steaknife · 18/07/2009 20:06

But something cheerful today. I got FBd by the lady who adopted my cat when I left. He is still going strong and here is a piccy.

I miss my Spartacus.

RedLentil · 18/07/2009 20:09

Steaky - your cat is lovely, and I bet you'd give anything to have him there with you and Izzy for a happy moment this evening.

But we don't want cheering up.

We want to stand beside you while you work through all the things that are making you sad and angry right now ...

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steaknife · 18/07/2009 20:14

VG I think I took it a bit of both. I just try and get on with doing the things I like doing and would be doing anyway/ not sure how straight the thinking is.

oopsacoconut · 18/07/2009 20:39

Steaky - (((HUGS))) I have no advice but do remember that you and DH had decided to split before Izzy was concieved, do you think that maybe he was giving it a go for her sake? and possibly not because he really wanted it? I know you love him and it is not what you want but you need to make you and Iz the priority. Feel free to yell NO at me and tell me to butt out.

Now about cakes - what do you want to bake for her birthday cake? I missed your oven question so will go back and check.......

steaknife · 18/07/2009 20:45

opos it wasn't an oven question just a that mine is a bit pants. Am thinking of doing hummingbird cakes but can't work out which is the self-raising flour in the supermarket.

Yes we had split but it was a temp. thing and we had decided to get back together before Izzy came about - we just never actually addressed the issues we had.

cyteen · 18/07/2009 20:47

steak I second, third, fourth, fifth what everyone else has said - YES it is shit that things are happening this way and that your choice is being denied you and that he is being such a fuckwit, but for now I honestly believe that you need space and most importantly support for you and for Izzy, while you work out what your new life will look like. It isn't the one you wanted and that is so very beyond rubbish, but it's here and if you can at least get an idea of what it looks like chances are you'll feel a lot less apprehensive for yourself and your daughter.

Any sorting out between you and your H can come after that. There's always time. As long as both of you are still breathing, there will be time. Right now it seems like you can't speak to each other without having a row, so just stop trying - now is not the time, but one day will be. IYSWIM.

Joe is still not right, temp went up to 40 before bedtime I'm a bit anxious tbh. Thing is, he still seems pretty unbothered in himself - last time he had a fever he was all glassy eyed and floppy, tonight he was having a little chat and gave me a smile when I started singing to him. He's asleep now, I think - quiet anyway - I have turned the monitor up to 11 so I can hear him breathing Just going to cram some tea and go up to bed with my book, so I can check on him every 20 minutes now and again.

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