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

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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

This might be useful Rachie?

Star - So sorry you're having such a terrible time at the moment. As 50ft said, your friend knows that you're struggling so she really should understand. How are you feeling now? I know it's early days but I really hope the counselling is helpful for you. Do keep coming on here - you've got lots of people who will support you.

50ft - I swear Martha and Stan have got some weirdy telepathy going on. He's just taken some steps today too and last night he was screaming really loudly, wouldn't go back in his cot and would only sleep with his feet propped up on me. Very relaxing. Not.

Pistachio - great news that dd enjoyed nursery - what a relief.

On a different note, has anyone here ever had a session with a personal shopper? I was thinking of booking one at John Lewis as it's free. I've got some vouchers to use up and it's my birthday soon so I thought I could ask for more vouchers for that. I don't want to spend a fortune, but would love to get a couple of nice things, and I just don't have the time or inclination to traipse around the shops.

Sorry to hear N's poorly again Myjob. You do live in the House of Colds don't you.

csws Sorry the hearing appt did not go well and you have to go back, thats a pain!

star sooo for you. I hope you are ok. Please dont worry, you are a great mum and you are doing all the right things by speaking to people and seeing the dr etc. I know how you feel and its horrible feeling so low.

My eye appt went well, I have to go back for a visual field test. Was annoyed as they put dye in my eye and a lense to look in it which is not nice when you have an eye phobia! anyway I was told I could not drive after having this done but that would have been helpful to have been told prior to the appt! Had to leave car there and get collected due to the blurry eyes! They think it may actaully be sinus probs and to be honest the headaches and pain in my eye were not so bad on holiday!

Ok, this is going to sound ungrateful but I had a call from my dad tonight telling me we are all going out next sat for a meal for my mums b'day, he said it was a child free event so he has taken care of getting my kids looked after, my mum called DH's parents and asked them to have kids overnight, which of course they said yes too, but I am soooo embarrased now I hate it when my parents take control like that! My mum had already asked DH on sunday and he said he would speak to his parents and my mum went ahead and rang them! MIL and FIl make minature rocking horses and have a big show coming up so are busy at the mo and have had my nephews fri - mon so I feel awful that they now have been asked. DO I tell my mum that this was out of order ringing them and asking? DH has rang his parents to apologise and his dad said they had a lot on but it was fine.

Aubergenie - I wouldn't ever hire a personal shopper because it would be about number 6 on my list of dream jobs so I enjoy it too much myself! Having said that, I am much much better at dressing men (and children, I'm very good at that) than women. Martha & Stan have often been in sync haven't they? M is either in sync with N or S it seems. M ended up with her feet tucked under my ribs, pointing away from me. Ah well, she's had medicine tonight hopefully she will be a bit better.

Hmm - I remember you talking ages ago about P and wobblers. Well, yesterday I went to Bluewater (to take something back ) and she saw a gift pack of In The Night Garden characters. She threw a huge temper tantrum when I wouldn't let her have them! She is soooo moody at times now.

RE: Greenwich. The weekend of the 31st October would be best for us. How is that for everyone else? We are planning on going away the weekend before......

J had a bad day at Nursery today, apparently he was quite upset and wouldn't play much. Dh went to get him and then stayed for an extra hour with him and he got much chirpier. They've asked me to bring him in at 1.30 tomo as it seems that he has upset the other babies and made lunch time "fraught" with sensitive nature. Dh and I both feel totally wretched, I really want him to be happy there but also maybe he just has to have a bit of a hard time to get used to it? I've got to stay with him tomo so it feels like we are going backwards as come Monday he'll have to be there all day as dh is going back to work. This is so heartbreaking

Star- Sorry to hear you are having such a sad/bad day. Hang in there, things will get better!

Pistachio- Yay for dd enjoying Nursery. We had two new starters today and they both seemed happy. It's a lovely feeling for the teachers too to see them settle in

Aubergenie- Personal shopper sounds fab! I'd go for it

HMM- That website looks great, thank you

myjob thank you, yes I think I need to be careful and dont want to upset them but also dont want them feeling they can plan things all the time, it does put people in an awkward situation. My mum is great at planning other people

rachie ahhh poor J I am sure over time he will settle. How long as he been there for now? It is sad to see them like that.

Well done Martha and Stan for their first steps.

Ds has been an absolute whingebag all day today. He's been a bit moany all week, but then didn't sleep well last night, even with medicine, and has screeched at us all day long. I think that 2 more teeth finally broke through the gum overnight (well, the first point of them, not the whole thing), so I'm presuming it was that, but wondering whether there's a molar shifting about a bit too. Poor thing (and poor us!).

Rachie - I actually don't think that it is right for the nursery to ask you to bring him later than planned tomorrow. They have to find a way to deal with him and the other babies at the same time. I think that I would call them in the morning, and tell them that you want him to go in earlier, but that you will wait outside over lunchtime in case they really cannot cope. I would also ask them to tell you how they will cope on Monday if they feel so totally unprepared to now.

star - am sorry that you are feeling so low. Good advice from the other ladies already.

pistachio - we call dd's a nursery school too.

jenwa - sinus headaches are a bitch. I get them a lot. How idiotic of them not to tell you that you wouldn't be able to see to drive afterwards.

MM, I think our babies are going to be slightly high maintenance as teenagers!!

Rachie, sorry to hear about your nightmare at nursery, I've not been through it myself but I reckon you're right, he'll soon get used to it and will look forward to going. Is he normally clingy?

Aubergenie - I don't know anyone who's used a personal shopper, but if it's free I say go for it! You don't have to buy anything if you don't like it so it's a win-win situation!

Jenwa, what a PITA that they didn't tell you not to drive! I'm glad it went well otherwise though. Re parents, what Myjob said sounds good to me, they didn't have any right to phone when they already asked your DH. If it was me, I'd leave it a day or so to calm down before I talk to them about it because I'd be worried about losing my temper, but I'm sure you're much more reasonable than me!

Rachie, that website is run by Kate Middleton's family apparently so you're in good company! I'm just starting to think about a first birthday party, nothing too major, prob about 10 kids and 20 parents. I was thinking about a playbarn but it's sooo unoriginal isn't it? Am in process of scouring old MN threads for inspiration!

I really need to sort out Poppy pics for FB too! Not done them properly since she was 6 months!! It's gonna take ages!

Am quite liking this bold font! Maybe it's because our thread is so important?

Hmm good point re Rachie's nursery CSWS. I suppose you don't want to upset them from the off though, do you? That would be my concern anyway.

Rachie - ditto others comments re the nursery. I would be stunned if Emma's nursery came out with anything like that. Its really hard that J is struggling at the moment, but I'm sure he will get used to it very quickly and the nursery should be helping you with that, not asking you keep him away. I am actually a little outraged on your behalf

well done on the first steps Martha and Stan! Emma will have to manage hers tomorrow or forfeit her performance bonus

oh and i have to post again so its not stuck on 666 messages

at 666 messages Ksal!

Thanks everyone. Feeling ok today. Had a second session with counselor in the evening.
There's a lot more going on at the moment that I can't get into right now, but I'll be fine. Trying to keep my focus on beautiful Q and my class of beautiful kids.

Happy Birthday Emma
Yay Naomi! Well done pulling up to standing!

thanks for the birthday wishes! very wierd to think that this time last year i was on the phone to DH who was out buying grout for the bathroom going 'oh and by the way i think i might be having contractions'

well done Naomi!

Happy birthday Emma!

You have made me determined to use a childminder for an odd session or two for ds before he goes to nursery school pistachio! We did this with dd and she never had a problem leaving me. We do adore the childminder that we used though. She's now a good friend, and has just had her own baby.