October 2007- These Little Piggies started throwing tantrums

[FloriaTosca]

The lastest thread for the fabulous women who were due their babies in the October of the Chinese year of the pig and who now have terrible tantrums and delightful cuddles in equal measure from their almost 2 year olds. New and old members welcome to drop in for a chat anytime....

Hello everyone
Hope you are all ok.
NC - hope the op goes ok
Dal - good luck with the scan - let us have all the details!
WWAJC - so sorry that you are having a difficult time. But I think you are right to focus on what will make you happy - no-one else is going to do that for you. And I personally don't think staying together for the sake of the kids is a good thing - it took my mum & dad so long to get a divorce - after we'd left home - so we had to deal with all the rows, and now they are so much happier. I hope you get to a place you want to be...
Floria - DS also spends time in tescos shouting 'daddy beer' if its any consolation!

We had a nice weekend at mum's though the weather was rubbish. DH did manage to sort her shed out. And me & DS watched dvds in the warm while they were outside! DS's favourite films at the moment are Madagascar 2 ('watch mammals please mummy') Kung Fu Panda ('watch bears please mummy') and Cars. No longer interested in Peppa Pig or Night Garden. He has also become obsessed with doing jigsaw puzzles - lies on his tummy on the floor saying 'goes here?' 'yes!' - so cute...

Hello to everyone that I've missed. Hope you are all very well xx

qHi all, thanks for good wishes, op went ok, woke up talking crap to the nurses, was in a bit of pain and emotional for some reason-think it was relief that it was over. Don't feel too bad at the moment but still drugged up with pain killers at the moment.

WWAJC-I'm glad that you are looking at things rationally and sensibly, will make thnigs easier for you and if you do end up splitting up then you have to try and look at it as in the way of a new start for yourself, could be quite liberating/exciting for you...whatever suport you need, you know we are all here for you
LOL at Anya throwing the bauble, what was her face like when it smashed? Shannon is a bit of a mennace in shops too, not broken anything yet but likes to pull labels and stickers off things.

Strawberry-Glad the weekend was nice for you, haha at Daddy Beer round shops, bless.

FT-hope the wallpaper comes off in massive sheets and you can sit down asap

Evening all, just popping in to say had a lovely but tiring weekend.

Scan in the morning, will update you all asap..

NC - Glad the op went ok and hope you recover quickly, take it easy!

Will catch up properly soon but am off to bed now as am knackered, night all x

Hi All,

I am terrible at keeping up atm. Have had so much going on that other than reading what is going on with you all i am strapped for time.

As you all know Karl started secondary school in September, well 2 weeks ago I had to pull him out of school. He came home on the Friday and asked me to look at his nose as "it was hurting", I did no more than put my fingers either side of the brdge of his nose and it exploded, he had a 15 minute nose bleed had blood coming out of his mouth, and passed out. Zachary was screaming his name and was so scared. It was awful. When i sorted Karl out i finally got out of him what had happened. He had been tripped over in class, banging his face on a chair and then pushed over on the stairs at the end of the day and banged his nose as he fell. Of course once i touched his nose it just erupted.

Have had no joy with the school dealing with it so I am looking for a new school for him.

On top of all that, we have had so much crap with his father and his girlfriend it has got out of hand.
I got really annoyed with Karl the other day, because he had been rude to me I wouldn't buy him a bag of crisps anyway he only went and sent his father a text message to say he wanted to live with him because i was unfair and he didn't like my rules.

I was so angry after all we have been through the last few weeks with his father, that Karl would even consider sending the text.

I have been so depressed with all thats going on, very tearful and tense, not to mention argumentative towards Grant.

But the he has annoyed me because he is working such long hours and doing overtime even though for the first time in ages we are not struggling financially and he doesn't need to work such long hours!

Zachary is doing well, he had a chest infection for a couple of weeks he just couldn't shake off, I am strongly against anti biotics, having seen how they affected Karls teeth (he was on them almost solidly for 3 yrs) so I was using vapour rub and sudafed plug ins. They have worked.
He is still not potty trained but to be totally honest I have not had chance these last few months to even start so I am leaving it a while, I need to get karl settled into a school first. Also I think Zachary will let me know when he is ready.....not everyones idea of how to do things but works for me lol.

Anyway I am going to have a coffee and then get to bed, have to be up early in the morning to make more calls for a school.

Am sorry for the me post ladies and I hope you are all ok xxx

dal-hope scan goes well, cant wait to find out what flavour baby is!

LES-sounds like a right shit time lately, poor Karl, hope you find a decent alternative school, have you rung police about his nose? I would, just cos its at school doesn't make it any less of an assault.
Tell Grant topull his finger out and knock the overtime on the head and give you some support and practical help. Hope Zach is over his poorliness.
What did the sperm donor say to the text?

Am still quite uncomfortable and dreading needing to go to the toilet quite sleepy too, luckily I am child free till tomorrow.

Dal; Fingers crossed for a lovely scan result..so looking forward to finding out too.

NC; glad things didn't go too badly and hope the discomfort abates very soon...keep taking the pain killers at maximum until the 'first' time... not had it done myself but Dh and db both have.

Tles; I feel for your situation but actually understand Grants position too... a lot of my family are working overtime they would normally refuse because the recession has hit their companies and the managers are looking for redundancies.. those who look most willing and have fewest sick days are the ones being kept on, and they also trying to put enough money in the bank to tide them over should the axe fall anyway.
Poor Karl suffering so badly at his new school, I totally understand you pulling him out, my parents didn't and the bullying went on until 6th form when they left because their results weren't good enough to continue to A level( it felt like a victory at the time )... I hope you find somewhere better soon but it is appalling that it is the victims who have to move not the protagonists. I would write a formal letter of complaint to the head, to the governors and to ofstead. As to Karls behaviour re his'father' who I can't believe backed you up as he never has done before, fwiw, personally I would sit Karl down in a calm moment and seriously warn him that trying to play one parent off against the other, just because he isn't getting his own way, and that if he plays a trick like that again you will take him at his word and pack his bags for him... but I've not got an 11 yr old so perhaps I'm totally wrong.

Happy Birthday Aaliyah!!

Eva-hope you're ok x

NC the sperm donor replied to say he could go and live there but he had rules as well....

FT I have confiscated his phone so there will be no more nonsense like that lol. As for the school situation well fingers crossed he has a place Here it used to be a dead beat school when it was just Walworth but now it is an academy it is up and coming.....so I have everything crossed!! (except legs as we are ttc

As for Grants over time well I guess in the long run it is beneficial to us lol....NC you still up for Eurodisney next year???

LES-well at least he said that, i did something similar at his age and my dad said no, grass is greener etc. Yeah may be, depends on dates and prices etc, when where you thinking?

Hi Inzidoodlenotbeenhereforages! Hope all is well

NC TBH it depends on Grants holidays from work but I am pretty sure we are looking at the last week of June which will be cheaper.

NC I just had a look online if we were going the last week of January it would be £1,102.50 thats including travel, food, accomadation, park tickets and the shuttle bus to and from the parks.

am trying to find out what it would be for June.

les def wont be able to do the beginning of June due to college.

NC end of June

ah right yeah could do.

Hi ladies,

Sorry haven't been on earlier, I went for an afternoon nap after scan as am still tired from travelling.

Scan went ok

The only thing the sonographer did say was that she wants to re-scan me in 6 weeks as one kidney looked a little bit larger than the other. She said it might be fine but she wants to check it just to be on the safe side. I asked her what the kidney being large meant and she said it might just mean the baby needs some antibiotics when born to clear any posible infection or worst case scenario could mean one kidney is compromised. She said not to worry as she's just being catious.

Anyway, we asked if she could tell the sex and she said she thinks it's a little boy!

She was pretty sure she could see the 'bits'. We are thrilled if that's the case, a little play mate for Dylan!

Baby measuring on the small side but still within normal range, not surprising as Dylan was the same...

Happy birthday Aaliyah!

FT - I would love to go back to garden centre with you and Alex - might have to tie Anya's hands together though!

Strawberry - glad you had a good weekend depsite the weather.

NC - glad the op went smoothly and you can start recovering now. I was standing right behind Anya when the bauble smashed so didn't actually see her face, but she froze for quite a long time. lol at Shannon pulling labels off - Anya is obsessed with having labels removed from all toys.

LES - sorry you are having such a bad time, hope the new school works out ok for Karl - sounds like the right decision. At least sperm donor sent a sensible-ish reply back to Karl's text. Glad Zachary is better now - I am leaving potty training too until Anya lets me know she is ready - think it will be easier in the long run doing that.

Dal - really good news on the scan going ok - I'm sure the kidney thing is nothing to worry about but good that they are following it up to be sure. Congrats on having another boy!

Anya's still got a bad cold, poor thing - she's missed 2 Halloween parties this week so far. Fingers crossed she sleeps better tonight - she came into our bed last night and ended up falling out of it at 5am!

Crickey its the 28th already!

Hippo Bird Day Aaliyah! I hope you have had a fabulous day.

WWAJC I'll give you a nudge on FB and see when you are free

Dal Congratulations on your 2nd little lad. Glad they are keeping an eye on him, I'm sure he will be just fine.

Alex has gone down like a sack of spuds after 2 hours with his cousins helping baby sit (wonder how many more new words we will be treated to tomorrow )...now off to prepare supper for Dh after his weekly badminton session

hello ladies
What did you all do for 2nd birthday??
Have had a complete nightmare.. booked nice little soft play area, and they completely messed it up, and had to find somewhere else in SW London at a weeks notice... not happy.
Fortunately now got somewhere booked, but it's gonna be completely manic, but what the hell, its only for 2 hours!!! looking forward to it... he has a Fire Engine cake( Fireman Sam mad),and 6 friends to help him go crazy in huge play centre.
Just tonight he took every one of his little animals and lined them all up... like they were at a watering hole.... and then took all of his books and lined them up in a very orderly line on the big mat! a little bit OCD?!!! made me smile!

Happy Birthday Aaliyah! hope you have had a fabulous day.

Dal - How exciting, another boy, I just love my two and they play so nicely together.

NC - hope you are feeling ok.

TLes - Hope you get the new schools sorted for Karl and he finally gets a positive experience of secondary school.

happy birthday aaliyah! hope you had a great day xx

Happy 2nd Birthday Aaliyah !

has everyone elses mumsney gone horrible?
Dal-fab news about another little boy, fingers crossed that he wont need antibiotics when hes born.

skinsl-crap about the soft play area, lucky you managed to sort another one out.LOL @ lining toys up.

Am in quite a lot of pain today, have slept more than yesterday, don'y know why it hurts more than yesterday though, anesthetic run out? Got the girls back this aft too, Shannons still had diarrhea at my dads and not eating much, really missed her but shes been hard work trying to get her to eat something for te, ended up letting her just have grated cheese out of a bowl. Rich's back at work tomorrow and I was hoping my mum would have the girls but shes taken a shift at work as she needs the money apparantly, oh we tried to pop in on Mon night on the way back from being away to see my mum, but she said she was having a love life crisis so not to bother, the girls haven't seen her since July-am too tired and in pain to feel anything about it, selfish cow-so anyway it looks like DD1'll have to help me out the best she can, just hope she has a break from her tweenage strops for the day, and my friend said she'll pop in when she finishes uni.

Sorry for the meme post, hope everyones ok

Has no one been around today?

Skinsl; glad you got a new venue sorted. Alexs' was just at home with his usual Tea'nToys mates and a few extra pals.I hope it all goes brilliantly.Enjoy.

We have had a busy day with my Mum, visiting WWAJCs garden centre ( voted the UKs top garden centre for 2009 no less!!) doing her shopping at Tescos, vaccing her house and generally keeping her happy. Lastest cutnesses from Alex "Cinders and Ashes!" (quote from Thomas the Tank Engine)...and "Mummy! Horse got Towel!" when he saw a horse wearing a rug!
Halloween party at Alexs pals tomorrow morning..he still fits the (large)devil outfit I bought last year so it is getting a second airing.

Happy Halloween to you all

NC; crossposted...(yes it took me that long)...sorry it has got more painful...probably bruising etc...sincerely hope it improves by tomorrow and the girls are as helpful as can be expected. Shame your Mum is being so self centred..can't believe she hasn't seen her own granddaughters since July!!! (((hugs)))wishing you a miraculous improvement overnight