June 08: I see it, I want it, it's mine!

[spongebrainmaternitypants]

Welcome to our new thread .

Am I missing something here? It's ever so quiet!

PP pops her head in, waves at Essie, and wanders off again. (Will be back tonight).

[copies PP]

Blimey what's going on? I had a bit of down time and thought I wuold catch up on MN and there's nowt to catch up on!!

You see, Deb goes on holiday and everything falls apart.

Knackered this evening. Not sure why. I couldn't put P in bed soon enough.

We had a small trauma at swimming when P fell down some steps and smacked his cheekbone on the tiles. He has a graze and will have a bruise, but is otherwise fine I think. I just have lots of guilt to live with. What with this and the bad haircut he isn't looking his most hansome, although to me he is still gorgeous.

Nothing else to add. Hope someone else pops by later.

Hello all. Been one of those days. Couldn't get out because of appalling weather. We were supposed to exchange contracts on the house yesterday, but we're still waiting for confirmation of the mortgage. It 'should' all be fine, because we have the offer, but I want the 'I's dotted and the 'T's crossed!

Also, DP had a car accident last weekend, when some dopey cow went into the side of him - and he had B and his DDs in the car. Luckily they were all fine, but the car has been written off. It was going quite smoothly, as the woman had admitted liability, but now the insurance company are backtracking! Argh. I made DP keep the text she'd sent him afterwards apologising, so hopefully it's just the insurance co being arsey and not her. Still.

Poor P Ali. He'll be fine. Don't feel guilty. How many knocks did you have when you were a kid? I bet you barely remember, and if you do, do you blame your mum?

Hello. Tired here too, have sent DH out to a poker night just for some peace and quiet.

Ali - I'm sure P is still gorgeous. Still haven't cut R's hair yet, don't need to because as it grows it curls up. Gonna have ringlets here soon. We also had a big fall a couple of weeks ago, first time I've called NHS direct for him. Like you, the real pain was the guilt!

Amber - were you on MN at work?

Good luck re: the exchange 2m Whinegums. And with the insurance co.

Is Debs in the UK or did she go to Italy in the end? (Or am I too out of date?)

I'm sorry to everyone that I am ignoring, I thought I'd just try and jump in rather than try and catch up.

Italy I think.

Thanks Whinegums and Penguin for the reassurance. I am sure he is fine. Even so, I am still going to check on him on my way to bed . Actually I do that every night anyway.

Me too. (I check on R that is, not P!)

sorry to hear about the falls, hope they're ok. Know what you mean about the guilt though - I once left a jug full of water on the sideboard and A pulled the whole thing down on his head and was soaked through. I felt awful

whinegums - sorry to hear about the accident. And what a pain about the insurance co. Hope it all sorts itself out

I need to stop going on the style boards, am now obsessed with getting fly boots and have convinced myself that I absolutely need these (which is partly true as all of my spare time is spent walking pram, in park etc. and so comfy warm flat boots would be ideal and I have none. Well, no stylish ones anyway)

Morning everyone,

We've been away camping on Sunday and Monday nights. We were near Wales, in fact we were in Wales for about 10 minutes. The ILs were over there in their boat as they are restoring a canal, so we went out on Monday on the boat which was lovely, it was a beautiful day, J thought it was great, especially when he realised there were 2 cats on the boat so poor things were chased up and down by an overexcited squealing toddler!
I felt awful on the journey back yesterday and last night, I think it could be the start of migraines developing, my Mum gets them really badly. Had a cracking headache and was sick. All I could do was sleep. Feel fine this morning.
We are heading up to my Mums today for a couple of nights so no doubt lots more excitement for J, the poor dog and cat won't know what has hit them when he arrives!

Allnew - I got some lovely fly boots from Amazon reduced from £100 to £25 but the zip has broken on them, really need to get them mended.

Whinegums - hope the mortgage gets sorted and the insurance isn't a problem.

BDQ - there is an ebay sniper that is free, goofbay I think?

I wanted to watch Wuthering Heights but it looks like I've missed it, our ITV reception is rubbish anyhow.

Have just glanced through so sorry to all of those I've missed, I should probably be packing. Poor DH had to sort everything out when we got back last night as I was out of action.

[waves at everyone]

ktPie0 still impressed with the idea of camping with children. DH has said he will take them when they are older and I can stay i a nearby hotel!!!

PP-glad you are OK

PP and Ali- confess toddlypearls has so many bumps now I don't feel guilty anymore That said, she whacked her head yesterday and has a serious purple egg to show for it.....ouch!

Whine- good about house, bad about car. Hope both get sorted.

Debs- hope you are having a fab time. We tld you to go to Italy so will feel mightily bad if yo aren't having fun!

Did I miss anyone?

Am going mad- have brother and SIL 'staying' with us (2.5 months and counting....) and my mother is visiting. Mother made very helpful comment this morning: 'you seem to start the day hacked off at the moment. What is your problem?' [Cue P&P running round garden screaming her head off] Sorry- just needed to get it out there. I keep wanting to scream "Stop the world, I want to get off!"

On connected note, Eltham Palace, whilst lovely, not a great place for kids.

Hope you all have a good day- off to lunch with a friend and supper with DH (advantage of live-in babysitters) so should be calmer by bedtime.

I had to go and look at what on earth fly boots were!

Another terrible night. Luke was as sick as a dog last night all over himself and me and his bed (was sick lying face down in bed and then continued when I picked him up all the way to the bathroom). It was 6oz of milk, chicken, mash and gravy and a yoggie. Nice. Funny how it seems to triple in volume when it comes back out again.

he did then go to sleep once we'd cleaned him and changed all the bed but was up at 4.30 so I was up at 4.30. Downstairs watching nightscreen at 5. So this is day 5 of me not having any sleep again and it's hideous. Moving tomorrow so a nice relaxing couple of days - not!

Ali - Luke is constantly coming a cropper. Sometimes it's my fault too but I know it's not the last time and i've got used to it and try not to make too much of it as it's usually more shock than pain when they fall.

amber sounds like you're having an awful time with Luke being sick. Poor wee thing - they're always so brave as well when they're sick. Good luck with the move

puree, it really sounds like you need a break, so glad to hear you're having lunch and supper out. You must be looking forward to it. Is it quite stressful having so many people around? I know I couldn't cope with it very well, I'm a bit 'claustrophobic' with people in my house (DH says I'm just anti-social!)

ktpie - meant to say at £25!
Hope you're not going to start getting migraines. Your day in Wales sounds nice though!

Hurrah - the valuation has been done on our new house and it's come in at the exact amount we are paying. We can finally move forward [breathes a sigh of relief]

Hi all, not been on for about a week so had a quick catch-up.

Amber, hope Luke feels better soon, you're right to question the MMR, it's quite common for there to be allergic reactions but usually nothing to worry about long-term. Strange about the second jab - we don't have one here. Fab about the house!

Me and the kids have had pretty bad colds over the last week - lots of snot (the kids that is) but not too bad and still sleeping quite well so can't complain.

Got into a fight yesterday at Tesco over p&t spaces (as you'll have read about on FB no doubt!) Some crazy woman and her son (aged 20) saying they would have strangled me if i'd not had the kids with me

My period was due last Saturday and didn't come so I was half-hoping I was PG but I have been having cramps etc since the weekend and period started today . Oh well, it's only the first month we tried so maybe next month.

My little sis had her 20w scan today, she is having a boy . That will be the third boy in our family after ages with none (I have three sisters and we have six daughters between us, two sons). She wasn't bothered what she had tho.

I have become obsessed with shopping which is not like me at all. It's weird but since I had the twins I seem to be warm all the time, which means I can now wear really lovely things, whereas before I was always wearing jeans and jumpers to keep warm. I like it but it is costing me a fortune. I am also going to buy some new boots - not sure what fly boots are, will have a look, but it might be some of them

Phew! Just as I was posting that my machine crashed so glad to see it posted anyway

Amber glad the valuation worked out and fingers crossed for you whinegums!

DH came home last night with a potential permanent job offer. The only problem is it's for £6K less than they said they were going to offer a year ago. We can almost afford it but it'll mean no holidays or anything for two years. He's trying to beg a bit more money off them today but otherwise things feel pretty bleak. They are just taking the piss and using the recession as an excuse. I wish we were more mercenary and better at negotiations and such but it's just not us.

Anyways, at least it's an offer and we can almost accept it. But we were both up last night upset about it. DH is a very good engineer and they'd be mad to loose him - I wish they wouldn't try to lowball him like this.

Fraser is 100% better after his MMR. Amber can you ask if L really needs the booster since he's had such a reaction to it? there's not a booster up here (until they are four years old at least). It seems strange he needs another one.

Oh and we're totally bumps and bruises here. But it really doesn't seem to bother him and I don't have eyes in the back of my head. I'm getting more relaxed about it!

Well they are meant to have the booster as there is a high level of measles in our borough. I'm not in a rush to give it to him though and I won't until his nose has cleared. I think I'm going to put a note in the kids health topic and see if anyone else has had this ever lasting blocked nose.

Neenz I read your note on facebook about the parking spaces. Blimey - some people are mental and over such small things too.

Aberdeen - have you tried to get them up maybe even meeting in the middle at £3k? It's rough that they haven't offered the same money but that's how things are now I guess. We were chatting here at work yesterday about how we aren't moaning about our jobs any more because we all know people who have been made redundant.

Amber, that's great news about the house, but not so great about Luke being ill and lack of sleep. I feel for you.

Neenz, P&T spaces do my head in. How horrible for you.

Abdn, good for your DH on the job offer, but why oh why do these companies just take the piss like they do? I bet the money is very small beer to them in reality. I hope your DH manages to negotiate something, even if it's just a review in six months.

I've had a crappy day. I ordered some stuff for B yesterday, next day delivery, and I've been waiting in ALL DAY for it. And for the first time in what feels like ages it's been lovely and sunny here, I've been desperate to get out.

Our mortgage agreement is taking forever (I will never go through an IFA again, it would have been sorted if we'd gone directly to the bank), and we were supposed to exchange our contracts on Monday. The way things are going, it won't be til next Monday. At least the house builder are being ok about it, I suppose in this climate they'll be glad to have a buyer. I just want it sorted though!

And the nursery doesn't look like it will be open until the 21st - the day I start work!! They finally have all their building certs, etc, but they need the paperwork from the care commission to be able to open properly. I have negotiated to take B in most days over the next week and a half to get him used to the nursery, but the his key worker won't be there, and I can't leave the building. Arggghhh. Of course my main concern is that he will be happy there, but I was also looking forward to having a few afternoons off before I started work. Gah.

I don't know... I'm tempted to email my new boss and ask if I can just do half days for my first week, so B only does half days too. I don't know how well that will go down. DP doesn't think that's a good idea, and I'm worrying about nothing...

Allnew - The style boards seem obsessed with Fly shoes. They are great shoes, but there are other brands available. The best boots I have came from New Look two years ago for £30. I got them until I could find a decent pair and they're still going strong. They've outlived three Nine West pairs so far.

KTPie - Hope the headache was a one off. I got migraines when pregnant, none before and none since though.

Puree - 2 and a half months!!! That's a long time. My IL's stayed for 6 weeks pre baby and that felt like forever. Hope you enjoy the babysitting advantages to the full, you deserve them.

Amber - Poor you and poor Luke. I am amazed at how you manage to cope with the sleepless nights, not by choice obviously! Good news on the house.

Neenz - We have a snotty little boy here too. The people in Tesco you FB'd about managed to really P me off and I wasn't even there. Good on you for saying something though.

Abdn - That's tough about DH's job. Amber's strategy sounds like a good one, if they say no, then you haven't lost anything?

PP is praying very hard that she ends up being one of the people that gets made redundant. If so, we should be in NZ for Xmas! BBQ turkey for me...

Whinegums - I can understand why you'd want to ask for half days. No ideas here, but lots of sympathy.

I seem to recall that someone on here had recently got in touch with long lost relatives. Well, my Mum and Dad split up when I was 18 months old. My Father tried to keep in contact but my Mum didn't want anything to do with him. As such, I've never known my Dad. However I have recently found photos of him at work on the internet and today I sent him an email along the lines of "Hi, I'm your daughter." It's weird because on the one hand it feels HUGE, but actually all I've done is emailed a complete stranger. Not sure how I feel about it all, but thought I should do it before NZ. No regrets and all that.

PP - I think that is HUGE. I hope you get the response you want, whatever that is. And NZ - fingers crossed you get your redundancy.

Hi guys, not sure how coherent my post is going to be cos I'm slightly doolally with tiredness, but here goes . . . .

PP, wow on contacting your dad! I second what whinegums has said, hope you get the response you want. A big step for you.

Amber, sorry to hear Luke is a poorly boy .

AH, that's really tough about dh's job .

Neenz, I was about your p&t run in - I get so bloody pissed off about this topic, and whenever it's brought up on other threads on MN there's always loads of people going, "we didn't have these in my day" blah blah blah. Not the fecking point though is it?!! Loads of things have been invented/created to make others lives easier and p&t spaces are one of them, so why the feck people abuse them I don't know . I have now taken to just finding two spaces together and parking across both - if anyone challenges me about this I will tell them why I am forced to do this.

Right, off my soapbox!

whinegums, sorry to hear about the house hold-ups, hope it doesn't go on for much longer.

puree, I'm seriously impressed you've coped with house guests for that long!

Oh and on the subject of gender of babies - I was in the park the other day and got talking to a mum of a little girl there, about two years old. She was cooing over Alex and saying how gorgeous he was and then asked me if I knew what the 2nd baby was. I said "another boy" with a big smile on my face, and her reply? "Oh, never mind, as long as it's healthy?"!!!!!! AIBU to want to punch her?!

Oops, posted under my other name!! Lol!

It's spongebrain in case anyone hasn't guessed!