June 2007 - Terrible Twos, oh yes, but their cuteness more than makes up for it :0)

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aaargh, that snuck up on us didn't it?

pirates and princesses...nothing like a bit of gender stereotyping, eh?

I've had a busy day too; swimming, then 8-12 and 24 mo development checks this afternoon, then a friend and her DS round for coffee (her DS is three weeks younger than bumble and they just fight over toys all the time, it's very funny)

The mad eyed weirdo of a (stand in) HV today was all giddily cheerful about me "killing two birds with one stone" and being able to have both development checks done together . Strangely, it wasn't exactly the first thought that crossed my mind when I found out I was pregnant with DS2!!

Evening!
It is quite isn't it??
LO is in the process of her 2nd bedtime tonight. She was fine until Daddy went up for a shower and said "she's wide awake" and brought her down. Aghhh - Yes wide awake - but Happy!!!

Do you think I could sell my Bum Genius's with broken elastic and say they need repairing, or should I repair them first and say they've been repaired?? I don't know if I can be bothered to repair them.....

I've seen BGs listed "needing repair" before jbm, so worth a shot? The listing fee on used nappies is pretty low so you wouldn't lose much if they didn't sell. Or you could try on here.

how are you? It's good to hear from you. Your recent fb photos of your DDs are lovely

Sorry,I suddenlt felt I had to go to bed last night. Was exhausted.

Jamlet was the only princess, most DDs and DSs were pirates. Actually, most just came as normal. But there were P&P arts & crafts stuff to do, and by the end of the morning there were pirates wearing tiaras and allsorts.

OMG, I've just seen the news about Trinity Rhino's DH. so so sad

Hi Daisy - and anyone else!
Thats awful about Trinitys DH - poor guy. I don't actually think I "Know" her - do you??

Thanks re the photos - my 2 DD's are so different from each other!!

Re the BG's nappies - where would you recommend I try and sell them and what sort ofcost is involved? To sell on here you have to have CAT don't you?

How are you anyway?

She was on the April or May thread when we were all pregnant and I've talked to her on other threads. So

I'm OK; still struggling a bit with PND (although beginning to wonder when does it officially become just D?) and suffering from major league summer holiday fatigue but other than that OK. Spent the day in the garden with the DC and the GPs and had a lovely time.

You do need CAT to sell on here, but it's only £5 for a year. The other place I would try is www.usednappies.co.uk. There are the other parenting sites and cloth nappy tree, but there I think you need to have been a member for so long/made a certain no of posts before you can post a selling thread.

Ok thanks Daisy - I shall look into that.

Sorry you are still suffering - I don't know the medical "time" for PND - but I still classed my sister as having it many years on. She's still not good today. This time round nothing seems to be helping. She said she doesnt see the point in getting up in the morning. Its so hard.

Anyhow on a more positive note - or maybe not - it's my birthday tomorrow!!

Oooh, have a lovely day . Do you have anything exciting planned?

Might go out for a walk and meal - see how the day pans out!!
I'm off for a glass of something now!! Take care of yourself.x

Have a lovely day whatever you do; at the very least something that involves you not having to cook and clean!!

Great to see you posting again

oooh JBM happy birthday!

sorry to hear u are feeling low daisy, my PND didnt lift for a while, i was pregnant with charlie before it went completly, i didnt realise i was still depressed till i started feeling better.

i had a wobbly few days this week, was fearing pnd. then i came on.. DUH
blardy hormones.
oh and this breastfeeding stopping ur periods, well apparently not me. my body seems determind to concieve again!

Happy Birthday JBM!

We had a nice day today Family tripout for a little shopping, made a cake for friends coming for tea tomorrow with their new baby (born end July), did some painting with Jamlet and played some games. Now watching Waybuloo.

Saw my GP yesterday and after a long talk have upped the dosage of my ADs Really want to get better, but feel like just getting worse Hopefully this will be a temporary thing though, a means to an end, and will lead to me actually getting better?

Thanks for the wishes - had a nice if but chilly day walking round some lakes/garden centre. But we weren't hungry whilst out and I couldnt be bothered to go back out/get ready, so I ended up.....cooking!!
However, I have done an i o u on a meal out at some other time!

Sorry to hear that you are not good either Jammy - I have to say you always come across as a really good Mum - you definately entertain Jamlet very well and put most of us to shame!!

Thanks JBM!

Thanks JBM!

oops!

i second that jammy

i am leaving charlie with michael on tuesday...
for a whole afternoon while i take the kids to greenwich park

am very scared. but will be nice to have empty arms for a few hours, that child will NOT be put down

Oooh natty, scary but exciting! Enjoy your trip out!!

Thanks for the nice words ladies I don't feel that I do anything special though. I try to get us through the day without too many tears (on either side ) and without too much TV. But I still probably interweb browse too much when I could/should be something more constructive with her. I have memories of being really bored as a young child (but obviously older than Jamlet is now) at home with my mum (with hindsight I wonder if my mum had depression? Oh lawks, is this something genetic (my sis has had treatment for it a few years back)? Have I passed a "black" gene onto Jamlet?) and I don't want her to have those memories when she is older.

Jammy, I have similar worries about my mum. She was really ill throughout my pregnancy with anaemia and also after I was born and spent time in hospital and my oldest sister did lots of my day to day care (to the extent that I used to have a mother fixation on her!!). I often wonder if she had PND as a result of her illness and what impact it had on our relationship, as we certainly didn't have a great bond throughout my life, but of course I can't ask her about it now

I am determined not to let my kids feel as unwanted as I was made to feel when I was growing up (it was the family joke that I was a mistake , but I found out after DS1 was born that my parents had never used contraception so I was inevitable rather than an accident) but I often feel like I've failed in that , and that makes me feel even shittier......god that sounds really sand and screwed up doesn't it?

got my CMH referral letter....bring on the counselling!!

Natty, sounds like you are having a tough time with the wee fella. Just remember "this too shall pass". Enjoy your day out. FB photos are lovely

Happy Birthday JBM

Had an awful night here last night with DD and bumble playing wake mum up tag again. bumble is teething, all four front top at the same time and is just inconsolable. I think his lip tie is making it more painful for him. He has been miserable all day as well and un put downable. We did manage to go swimming this morning for the first time en famille since CP in February. Much fun was had by all, although bumble wasn't keen on the showers afterwards.

My doula came over this afternoon to pick up DD's cot that we sold to her daughter and she has a new venture on the go that is a mum and baby cafe where they have regular talks from HCPs or BFCs or people with things to sell, and she is keen to get me on board, both as a peer supporter and doing nappy demos. they only do one a week at the minute, but it is proving qwuite successful so they are looking to do more. could be a good business opportunity for me. Must get the nappy stuff off the ground, or at the very least get my demo kit sorted!

17 days until my counselling assessment Daisy. Good luck with yours too!

I feel like I must rattle. Am trying to be good and take all my medicines/supplements, so have taken this morning 2 puffs steroid "preventer" for asthma, ADs (1st day on increased dose ), the pill (as still haven't got hold of a diaphragm!), antihistamine (though that was liquid so not rattly, as run out of tablets so had to nick some of Jamlet's liquid version), vit C, zinc, and echinacea. Phew! Getting through that lot in a morning is enough to make anyone depressed IMO

And just had a book cull to clear room on the bookcase for the pile of homeless books that wouldn't fit on. Haven't got rid of anything I was deperately attached too, but now have a huge box of books for the charity shop and room for our lovely new books up on the shelf Just need to find time to do some reading now!

Hello

Blimey this had dropped off my threads I'm on and I had to go looking...where has the weekkend gone?

Jammy, hope the increased dose of SDs help....when I changed over a couple of months back I felt a bit about it as it meant I wasn't better, but although I had a crap couple of weeks, I feel so much better for doing it now and can now see light at the end of the (very long) tunnel....need to go and get some more soon from the GP which always stresses me right out!

Done a bootfair yesterday. DS woke at 4am for a feed so just got up nd left home about 5.45am. I'm still knackered now. Was quite busy but had a crappy pitch, but still made £60 and shifted loads of gear.

Does anyone know if loads of ear wax in a baby is a problem? DSs ear was covered in wax this morning and he screamed when I cleaned it with a tisse. Perhaps I should ring the HV. He seems fine in himself otherwise.

I second the others Jammy regarding all the hings you do with Jamlet....I really suffer with motivation problems....I can't even get my house clean and tidy, let alone spend time doing crafts etc....and when I do its a bloody nightmare! (god that makes me sound really horrible and selfish)

evening all

argh, Dd has just been raiding the biscuits that were out on the worktop in the ktchen.

will catch up later.

Ohh DS just had his first taste of chocolate buttons......bath time now

Evening all. Busy afternoon here. I took Jamlet to the hospital fete, and we won on the tombola - a big doll that she loves. But it's more a "looking at" rather than "playing with" doll IYKWIM, and with no manufacturer's or safety labels or anything (just came in a clear plastic box with a tag tied to it's wrist saying "My name is Nadia") not sure how safe it is. If nothing else the face isn't plastic so might break if dropped hard. So we let her play with it this afternoon, but it might now have to disappear for some time. We also won on the "hook-a-duck" stall and she got a plastic mug with a crocodile on

Then friends came to tea with their 4 week old baby boy. He's adorable, and SO tiny in comparison to the lumpkin we've got used to. But the crying and the wriggling during feeding and the pooping didn't look like fun. Though hang on, Jamlet does all of those things still...