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April 2009 - Chapter 4 - Rollin, rollin, rollin............and they are over but the arm is stuck

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PuzzleRocks · 23/07/2009 06:01

12 Feb: Skiingone: MARIANNA 4lb 4oz
20 Feb: Glaskham: RUBY MARIE 4lb 3oz
04 Mar: Barbarella: ESTELLA, ROSANNA, OTIS
05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Babypringle: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
28 Mar: Claireykitten: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz
31 Mar: Mumblemum: ORSON XERXES
02 Apr: Oddeyes: ELEANOR 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bleuravin: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
03 Apr: Bumpalump: JACOB 8lb
04 Apr: BabyBolat: KARAHAN 6lb 5oz
05 Apr: Mrsfossil: ISLA LILIAN 7lb 10oz
05 Apr: JumeirahJane: MILLICENT ROSE 5lb 15oz
06 Apr: BoffinMum: FELIX DAVID GORDON 7lb 9oz
08 Apr: girlylala0807 JAMES EUAN
11 Apr: SpringySunshine: GEORGE NATHAN 8lb 15oz
11 Apr: RachelinScotland: CLEMENT JAMES 8lb 14oz
11 Apr: Lou031205: ISLA SOPHIA 7lb 9oz
11 Apr: Electra: ISABELLA CAROLINE 6lb 3oz
11 Apr: AuldAlliance: ALEXANDRE 7lb 6oz
12 Apr: Phdlife: Name TBA GIRL 9lb 3oz
12 Apr: BethDivine: Name TBA GIRL 9lb 9oz
13 Apr: MathsMummy27: AMELIA CHARLOTTE
14 Apr: Purlease: ADAM 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Juwesm: HUGO GEORGE 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Bronze: ISAAC JOHN
15 Apr: HeidiT: HEIDI
15 Apr: Kalikaroo: Name TBA BOY 8lb
15 Apr: Minush: ZAFIRAH ROSA 7lb 12oz
15 Apr: FatandFedup: EMILIA ROSE 7lb 6oz
16 Apr: PuzzleRocks: HOLLY ELIZABETH 8lb
16 Apr: Brettgirl: HANNAH GRACE 6lb 15oz
16 Apr: ReallyTired: Name TBA GIRL
17 Apr: DungunGirl: ADEN LEE 9lb 4oz
18 Apr: Staryeyed: Name TBA BOY 7lb 11oz
18 Apr: Dawntigga: SAMUAL 5lb 11oz
20 Apr: LuLuBai: SEBASTIAN 9lb
20 Apr: Swaliswan: BETH 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Kittycatisgettingfat: GABRIELLA AUDREY BIANCA
21 Apr: B52s: SAM MARTIN 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Schulte: HAZEL LOIS 7lb 9 oz
21 Apr: Mrsgboring: EDMUND 8lb 12oz
23 Apr: Tristaleejac: LEWIN 8lb 4oz
23 Apr: NuttyTaff: TIAHNA SKYE 8lb 8oz
23 Apr: Purplemonkeydishwasher: ISLA ELIZABETH 8lb 14oz
24 Apr: Soon2befamilyof4: TALIA 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Carameli: THEO LAURENCE 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Surprisenumber3: EVIE ANNE 8lb 2oz
26 Apr: Bicnod: OSCAR MATTHEW 8lb 1oz
27 Apr: Lauren61: OLIVER STEPHEN 7lb 7oz
27 Apr: Gingersarah: VERONICA ROISIN 9lb 1oz
30 Apr: MegBusset: ARCHIE 8lb 15oz
01 May: Satheresitting: Name TBA BOY
03 May: Conkertree: Name ANGUS ANDREW 8lbs 8oz
06 May: Frekkles: HARRIS MERLIN 8lb 5.5oz
07 May: TarteTatin: ALBERT JOHN
10 May: Ilovesummer: Name TBA BOY

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
BabyBolat · 02/08/2009 15:49

Boff - this is what happened to me when the ceiling collapsed - started as a small drip then a slight pour and then the a big gaping hole!!

Re insurance - don't know - you should be covered by insurance unless you put the shower in yourself? - aome are funny about that!! I was covered for leaking pipes although they consider ceilings as buildings insurance and shower fittings / furnishings as house insurance so you will have 2 excesses, depending on the amount of those it may be cheaper to have it done privately - which is what we did!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Schulte · 02/08/2009 18:46

Holy cow. We went for an 8 mile walk today. Hard work with a 14 pounder in the sling! DH was worse off though, he had DD1 in the carrier and then at one point he carried both of them - DD1 on the back, Hazel on his front. All in all, 20 kgs of extra weight. He was amazed when I pointed out that that was exactly what I had carried around with me when I was 9 months pregnant

My feet hurt!

Schulte · 02/08/2009 18:51

at collapsing ceilings and leaking showers! Boff hope you can get the insurance company to pay for it.

NuttyTaff · 02/08/2009 20:53

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BoffinMum · 02/08/2009 21:43

I was shocked at the gushing Nutty!

Ahhh, just like old times.

BoffinMum · 02/08/2009 22:45

Nutty has been baking

surprisenumber3 · 02/08/2009 23:45
Grin
purplemonkeydishwasher · 03/08/2009 09:43

just marking my place for later! xx

NuttyTaff · 03/08/2009 11:25

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Schulte · 03/08/2009 11:33

Oh Nutty I am so pleased for you! You deserve it!!! xxx

I have just bought the world's cutest sleeping bag for Hazel, here. Puzzle it's all your fault because I was going to throw the Jojo catalogue away unopened but then I had a look and found this!

purplemonkeydishwasher · 03/08/2009 13:41

YAY NUTTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bicnod · 03/08/2009 13:58

Nutty HURRAH that's great news...

I'm still laptop-less, currently in the library with a sleeping Oscar (thanks to the wonder of the dummy). He's much better now, still a bit snotty but definitely nearly back to his old self.

He's now been in his own room for two nights (although he came in with us at 6 this morning as I couldn't be bothered trying to settle him AGAIN - and I sort of wanted a cuddle. Bad mummy). Does anyone else's baby wake up 5 or 6 times a night? I keep thinking surely he'll grow out of it, but NO NO NO.

Fingers crossed for laptop to be fixed this week then I can catch up - sorry for not reading thread/replying properly, they only give you half an hour in here...

Love to all x x x

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 14:02

Hi everyone, off to catch up...

Yippee! Nutty. Bleu and Moo (Meg) do a happy dance for Nutty.

Any ideas about road tripping to/around Scotland?

mrsgboring · 03/08/2009 14:17

Hurrah Nutty that's great news.

Boff re insurance you have to take into account as well as the excesses what sort of next year's premium they'll slap you with if you claim. I've not done it myself but had several colleagues who reckoned it wasn't worth claiming because the insurance company clawed it all back on the next year's renewal.

Bleu have butted in on your scotland thread. (love Scotland but no idea about bikes)

Am still moderately demented about feeding, weight gain and swine flu here (thanks Ju for asking about a million years ago). DS1 is driving me to distraction with baby talk and random screaming. But had a good weekend and when our new tumble dryer is delivered this afternoon I will be a new woman. [sad housewife emoticon] [yes I know about the environment - sorry emoticon]

mrsgboring · 03/08/2009 14:22

Bicnod sorry forgot. Great to hear O is feeling better, but sorry about the sleep. Edmund won't go down in his own bed at all - we used to have some luck but the last few weeks has been a disaster. He's as wakeful as DS1 if not more so, which horrifies me. Co sleeping is the only reason I'm still alive, but we really really didn't want to have a tiny vulnerable baby in with us so soon (DS1 comes in in the night most nights too so it's a bit dicey)

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 14:29

Swali- so good to hear about the 4hrs of harness free time. Lots of cuddles are in store I'm sure.
Sorry to hear about your horrid church going day. IS there any way to get your lo to 'help' with things making her feel more included?

Boff- I'm very grr to hear about the disabled parking fiasco. I often frown when I see people taking advantage of disabled parking when they should not be and wonder why they think it is ok. I am sure such things have exasperated the issue near you.
Oh I do hope your Dh is ok with chest pain... I shall read on! Your life really is a sitcom...Oh he's ok Thank goodness. Acid reflux Poor guy.
Good job on the weight loss.

Tigga I love you and your enthusiasm ...black pool insanity post just read

Bicnod- Hope DS is doing better now. hugs.

Puzzle- blasted delivery people I think you were well in your rights to complain.

Posting and returning for more

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 15:21

Nutty! You're so strong and good! How do you do it? (reference to post abt being up all night discussing with ex-h)

boff spd again?!

aiofes- I too have had conflicting info from nhs personel...through out preg and after... perhaps the thought is the thicker foods will help lo keep it down (that's the point of the gaviscon afterall) maybe a half introduction would help in that case. i.e. rather than weaning per se just thicken milk with some rice cereal...?

bb welcome back from your vacation sooo cool abt the rolling over, though it's a pain to have to watch them sometimes though aye?

just wanted to say for those interested... i'd be happy to go on jojomamanbebe recognaissance missions at the clearance outlet (in newport)if you let me know what you're looking for. we could work out paypal or something...

ju- good job with the weight gain! you should very pleased with yourself. never mind the hv...

just saw my London post--- ended up not going as Moo had a fever and sniffley and thought it best not to go 'just in case', missed the last day with my mom because of it... in the end she seemed fine

posting again and continuing

AuldAlliance · 03/08/2009 15:23

Bonjour Mesdames!!!!
Just popping in quickly to mark place.
Have just got from FIL's, lovely house, garden and pool, I had a fair rest. BUT I got home today after sleepless night, a grim 5am start, a 6-hr solo drive with both kids (DH, who managed to come for one weekend, took a plane back to be in court on time), including DS1 throwing up copiously in mid-motorway with nowhere to stop and Alex having a mad feeding fit between Narbonne and Béziers.

I found the house as I had left it, except that DH has knackered the bell trying to fix the entryphone and has jammed a door lock.

He has invited friends to stay tomorrow and the next day, but won't be around much due to work (this is wk3 of his 3-week holiday, during which he has worked every weekday).

So I will have to pile the boys in the car and hit the supermarket, and hide my shame at the filth in the house and the incomplete removal.

I am so very, very tired and lonely, and sick of coping alone and lugging bags, amby beds and clobber up and down stairs and into and out of cars, with A in the sling, being superwoman and feeling like pants wondering where my husband has gone and who this man who talks about legal stuff all the time is.

Right popping out again to clear up around the huge boxes DH dumped in the living room (where friends will be sleeping), which are too heavy for me to shift but afore I go...then off shopping when the boys wake up.

Boff, I got your lansinoh bag, looks great, will test it soon. I glimpsed a heartfelt call for chocolate olives some pages back, will get on the case one I have got my house looking less like a bombsite...

Love to all!

AuldAlliance · 03/08/2009 15:25

Gah, look what happens when I get no sleep and then drive like a madwoman across most of France.

I have no idea what that "but afore I go" is doing there.

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 15:46

tigga- saw your post abt camping and it said soggytigga thought it said s(n)oggytigga and went

bronze- how's it going? - glad to hear that things are better

Springy- hope things have settled again for you and you're finding some sanity. hugs

BB stood up! You've got a wonderfully advanced lo

Ah the Smutts is back!

Good to hear that everyone else's lo's are finding the sleeping through the night difficult again as Meg is feeding every 2.5-3 hrs 24/7 again.

Boff your poor ceiling-- once again, are you sure you're not part of a sitcom?

...nearly finished...see you soon...

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 15:51

schulte- 8 miles! OMG! I can hardly get up and down the steps

Bicnod glad O is getting better

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 15:51

And here I am! Ta da! Hugs to everyone.

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 15:54

Oh Auld! So stressed! 'this too will pass' Can you have a chat with dh?
If Moo had her passport I'd come down and help. Is there anyone there you can get to help you?

Bleuravin · 03/08/2009 16:08

So my Mom and Aunt were here for a week and a bit...I loved it. There was someone else to help with the crying baby and getting her to sleep during the day, which meant even though I still am not well I got a little break now and again. Sigh; makes me wish I were closer to home.

Has anyone's lo started being wary about going to 'strangers'? i.e. anyone who's not mum or dad? I know it's 'a phase,' but any ideas what I can do to help reassure her without making her too clingy?

dawntigga · 03/08/2009 17:22

Nutty hurrah on the house!

Bleu last year being snoggy in Cornwall is what got me up the spout

Bicnod you have NO idea how jealous I am that your lo will take a dummy!

Schulte a couple of years ago dp asked me to do the pilgrims way from St Ives to St Micheals Mount. Just a few miles he said - 11 miles bloody later and you can't take your dog on the beach at St Micheals Mount. Since then I've learned not to trust his walking estimations. Well done on your 8 miles

Bicnod Pleased to hear that O is improving

AcheyTiredButDefinatelyNOTH1N1Tiggaxx