October 08 - The race is on to be the first to walk!

[CantSleepWontSleep]

My money's on Q.

Short and sweet list this time.

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - Bethoo - Girl - Maia - 7lbs -
3rd Oct (Due 26th Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - Rebecca Jill Erzsebet - 8lbs 10.5oz
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz
9th Oct (Due 17th) - Marthasmama - Girl - Martha - 7lbs 10oz - Elective c-sec
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz
20th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - bigmouthstrikesagain - Girl - Polly - 8lbs 7oz
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz - Home water birth with gas and air.
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz
28th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - RachieW - Boy - Jack - 7lbs 4oz
28th Oct (Due 31st Oct) - Jojay - Boy - Edward Alexander - 7lbs 7oz
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz
1st Nov (Due 22nd Oct) - SmudgeyDoodle - Girl - - 8lbs 2oz
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz

HMM - I've no idea who Mr Maker is either.

Hmm - It was something KSal and I were joking about earlier. We were saying that we had set goals for our dds that they should be able to walk by 12 months and it looks like neither will be able. So I was saying that I would have to start competence proceedings! And yes it is bad. Tut tut naughty girl.

Thank you on M's behalf Aubergenie. I have made the peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes and even my very sceptical mum (healthy cakes with vegetables in? No thank you!) loved them. I think I over-blended the peanuts as they started to stick a bit. CSWS's coconut cake was delicious. We are going to a housewarming party tomorrow and I was thinking of doing a cake to take along........

You'll find out who he is soon enough hmm.

Ds was unsettled during the evening yesterday, but then actually slept through!
Dd on the other hand was up at 5am, and walked down a flight of stairs and in to see me, rather than pick up her own duvet which had fallen off her bed, so I had to go up and pick it back up for her .

Period arrived today, so my mooncup is now properly dusted off!

Fingers crossed for next month for you aubergenie.

Hugs to you star. Agree that you should talk more to dh or leave the miserable git.

DD is actually scared of the Shapes on Mr Maker. Most bizarre, but they've been on several times as the DSs love it and she's traumatised every time so it's quite consistent!
myjob - J can't pull herself up, has no idea what to do with her feet if you hold her hands standing up, and has 2 solitary teeth... but she can throw a full on tantrum if she doesn't get her way - she's taken to crawling to the TV, kneeling up to thump pat it with one hand, and waving the other one behind to fend off the Ds's in case they try to stop her. Tis hilarious, she kind of keeps one eye looking over her shoulder in case of surprise attack...

Oh and this is Mr Maker. God love 'im.

CSWS

CSWS - DS2 lies in bed shouting "my bed is broken" if the duvet falls off....

aubergenie - I've done the coconut cake with coconut icing a few times, and love it. I've also done the choc and peanut butter cupcakes, which were ok (I'm often disappointed by choc cake tbh) - the icing was v nice on them, and I've done the almond and apricot cake (I made it as one cake, friend has made it as individuals - that was yummy, but poss doesn't need quite as much almond essense.
I'm hoping to make the lemon and lavender cake sometime over the weekend.

I forgot to say.
W has set a new record.
8 sleeps in a row. 8 I tell you. I have only had to go in and cover him up twice.(once when I woke him up by falling over the end of his cot while trying to put washing away in the dark)

I nearly feel like a new woman. Still look like shite.

at the concept of being disappointed by choc cake!

ronshar, I'm sure you look lovely! I dyed my hair last weekend, and have only just managed to exfoliate the brown streaks off my face . Note to self - put on glasses before 25 minute wait for dye to take...check face for splotches.
I looked either like I'd been duffed up, or a complete chav. Was a disappointing look.

Pepper. I only trust my hairdresser with the dye. I have greys to be covered up. No job for an amature.
Nail varnish remover is good for dye removal. What colour have you gone for?

at My bed is broken Pepper.

We're going to visit some friends with a new baby tomorrow so I think I might make the coconut cake to take with us, as I've got all the ingredients in. That lavender one looks lovely too. Let me know how you get on with that CSWS.

I must go to bed. Night night.

Night night.

I have a shocking amount of grey hair when au naturel, hence the dye... It;s called cappucino, one of the brand Davina McCall advertises. Tis a little bit darker than I expected, so I'm a tiny bit surprised every time I look in the mirror .
I love the way you all casually talk about making cakes - my average is one cake every 13 years - gods truth - though the 3 manky bananas may put paid to that.
Have to go to bed now - hope you get good nights sleep No 9 ronshar!

Myjob is it your B'day on Sunday? How old are you 21??

Err, just coincidence myjob, as I'd have had to have ovulated 2 weeks ago to get my period now!

Dd fell out of bed and screamed a bit and woke ds half an hour ago, and the poor thing has just been coughing and sneezing and moaning in his cot ever since. I want him to go back to sleep so that I can go to bed!

Oh hurrah! New Peep Show starts soon. Excellent!

Myjob - I am not questioning you as you sound very knowledgeable but I thought that you could ovulate without having a period and this is why you should use contraception after pregnancy because you can get pregnant again before your periods return. Or am I getting that arse about head?

Yes that is backwards MM - you ovulate (which you don't notice unless you are charting) and then 2 weeks later you have a period. So if you happen to have unprotected sex during that 2 week period then you can fertilise that egg, before the first period arrives, if that makes sense?

We are watching channel 4 too

Hmmmm...... In that case, what they tell you about still being able to get pregnant is essentially bollocks unless you are very unlucky and have unprotected sex the exact month things get going again.

Yes pretty much! But it is a chance, and if you are having unprotected sex fairly regularly (hahahaha - sorry!) then it's likely you'd have sex within that 2-week period. And some people start their periods really early even if they are bfing so it's impossible to predict when you will ovulate, unless you chart etc.