Feb 06 - Save me! Save me!

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lol Flame.

I hated it. (The asking....I did start saying "yes, but I decided I like looking like this and shoved it back up again", after a while)

You will at least avoid the equally annoying congratulations for producing not a wonderful baby, but one of a different sex, which is the only reason I could possibly have had a third.

Ah yes, I would avoid that too Jas. People thought it was great that I was expecting ds, and didn't quite know what to say when I said that we'd been hoping for another girl! Adore my boy now though!

Am 36 now Jas, so waiting til he's at pre-school would make me 38 I guess, compared to your 37 (iirc) for boy.

I was still 36 when I had him.
I thought you were younger than that!

Ah, well, I still think three is worth it, and for me. having a bigger gap meant that once the pg was over, babyhood with ds was probably easier than with dd2.

I am now sure that under fives, while not easy, are less stressful than older children. I never shouted at the girls when they were little, and could cheerfully kill them before they even make it home from school some days now.

People just look at me baffled when they ask if I want one either way (which appears to be an insane idea what with me having one of each so it "not mattering"), and I answer that I want one that doesn't climb. Or a rabbit.

Flame at your hair situation! was also at EPPM's crossing out, as read it as hairy tummy! oopse......

CSWS, no 3 cons, if its twins or triplets, you'll need a massive wagon to transport them all in. Other than that I can see no cons, particularly as the eldest is more into looking after the youngest too (works in my case, though there is a bit larger age gap ) Oh no, one more con, one less spare bedroom for your guests! (we'll all have to stay in the playhouse!)

Phoenix, awwww, cuddly baby

MRM, Pizza place sounds like it will be bonkers, but cheap, so that's always good in my book

I had dd2 in bed with me at 6am singing twinkle, twinkle, followed by grand old duke of york.....am tired, but still wired after 12.5 hrs at work, gah! Flame I think I may birth a new store at the same time you do this baby at the rate we're both going at

You 3-child people are all totally insane.

Great, so DH's company lost the contract with the hospital - they all thought it was pretty much a toss up between NHS getting it (which meant changes, but nothing major), and them... a company that has lost millions last year and is on the verge of bankruptcy won

So............. it is either stay within the same company, try and get transferred back to his old dept (but the bloke he works with overheard him saying that and asked for a job for his son (just left school) there before DH got his request in ), or move halfway across the country to a different centre (which I really don't want). Stay with the new falling apart company and hope for the best. Or try and find another job that will pay enough to support us, when this is all he has done for the last 8/9 years and he has no other qualifications

yay.

. Just because the other bloke has asked for a job for his son doesn't mean that he'd get it over your dh though.
Where in the country is the other centre that he could move to?
Presumably if he stays with new falling apart company then he is protected a little under TUPE. And if they go under then someone still needs to do the job for whoever takes over to sort out the mess, right?

Northampton, Oxford, Bristol... other places I can't remember.

I need to sit down with him and find out what exactly happens if he just stays put. (No idea what TUPE is ). To my mind if they go under, it is just going to have to be the whole contract going up thing again - they can't not have prosthetics anywhere in the area can they?!?!

The son vs DH all depends on how they value everything as far as I can see. DH they have spent money training already, he is fully qualified and can just slot right into a job, but his salary is obv more. The son will need training but will be paid less. Swings n roundabouts.

They have said they will help with moving costs if we do want to change centres, but I don't want to move. I would rather both of us out to work full time in low paid jobs than move away tbh.

I think any of the blue dots

Ah well, since Luton or Stevenage weren't on that list, I think that you should stay put near the seaside too .
TUPE is Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment, see here.

Thank you

Oh, m/w appointment says all is fine and ready to go, just got to wait for it to actually co-operate. Head is just as very engaged as it has been for weeks, so all the dropped/not dropped comments are as pointless as I thought as it ain't getting any lower without coming out!

Re dhs job, Flame. I hope it works out with something reliable.

DP has work tomorrow....his first job for ages. We live on tax credits and child benefit

Flame - we are looking to restart the Second Chapter.....are you interested?
Also, EPPM, would you ask Janeite please?

Thanks.

Maybe it means its time for him to work as a sculptor with dh

I think I'd rather stay put on low pay than move, but I guess it depends if its feasible to live like that

DP got up at 4.30 this morning and didn't get in from work til 8pm!
No idea how long it will last, but at least he's being paid by the hour

Thats excellent Jas . Dh was at the Dungeon all day yesterday, so worked really hard and got back early. Which was handy as I found someone to help me bring home a huge bookcase that school was chucking out, so dh had the kids while Imoved it and painted it all (no patience to wait!). Finished 10pm!

Elephant was a much better plan.

Elephant???

I told her to get an elephant to help get the bookcase home.

Thought it would be a sound investment for both freecycle needs and hiring out for parties, school fetes etc

Oh thread with me whinging about due date is here btw. Seemed best to confine my moans

Happy due date!

Its very cool to bt two weeks over your date you know

Bookcase looks great; and I've even touched up all the places where small people have scribbled on the walls, and bought wood to fix the curtain rail. I'm on a DIY roll today . Think there's a rat in our shed tho

mrm - i have an auction running on ebay and someone has asked if I'll do a BIN price for it. If we agree a price, how do I physically put it on, and what fees will I incur?