AUGUST 2008 - One year on and you would think we would all be getting some sleep by now!

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New thread!

No1 I am getting quite excited about meeting you again

TS poor daft Reese hope her foot is OK now.

Flip look at the time need to go already I am off work next week though before we go on holiday (10 sleeps ) so should be able to get a bit lot more mn time in!

Oh btw No1 it was an X-reg Skoda I was looking at, oh the glamour

You don't add on any inches No1, so you would be a 30 or 32 back, depending on the bra. As for cups...

I'm 7 inches more round the bust than under it and am in GG cup so maybe a G for you? What size are you in now? How saggy is it? I really recommend Bravissimo for a fitting, they are brill

Ok I have now caught up at least enough to know that I need to say CONGRATULATIONS OOPS! What lovely news, hope you are feeling great.

And happy birthday to little LotI, hope it was a brilliant day and daddy joined in at some point.

Apologies to everyone else, it is really a struggle here at the moment. I seem to have more to do at work than I did when I was full-time and I don't need to tell you how easy it is to catch up at home with a walking talking minx of a DD around...

Hope you all are coping better than me. At least my working week is (supposed to be) over now so maybe I will be a better Aug08er (not to mention wife/mother) over the next four days!

Hi pertelote lovely to see you

Sorry to say Hi, Bye, but am only one day into my working week so must head bedwards.

Night all

Christ almighty my 24yr old cousin who has had a job for a week has just bought a fecking flat in one of the most exclusive areas of Glasgow I love my lot etc etc but sometimes its hard not to be a bit pathetic and envious

evening all, have finally managed to sit down so not stopping as pooped!!!

Hi hotter I am looking forward ti it too.
I am in a 34 E I think
very baggy cup.

Pertelote Hi,life does sound busy for you. Hope you are ok.

I am about to watch the second half of wounded before bed. Will no doubt be sobbing.
I have never seen such a remarkable young man with such a positive attitude.

My friend just text,to say that my other friend (from school) just had her baby 3 weeks early. 5lb 6 both doing well, don't know the name yet though.
awww

pertelote trust me - huge amount of NOT coping going on here and my working week doesn't start till Sun this week

Sorry dizzy x post as I witter on and on again.
Some job then??

How are you all feeling?

No1 - have no idea re the bra sizing, am still in my horrid nursing ones

DH's birthday went ok, steak and chips (his choice) for tea and the girls and I decorated his vanilla cake with piggy candles he's away to work a nightshift and I've got a meeting in the house in the morning which i haven't prepared for and house is a pigsty - I like the lady thats coming and she seems very down to earth so am hoping she won't be sneery

steak and chips. yum
My dh is also on night shift, don't worry about the house dizzy. it is you she has come to see.

birthday boy/girl always gets to choose the meal in this house and bless him, DH is always a very predictible (rare treat) steak and chips

right, am off to bed - fingers crossed for you all to have a great sleep

hi girls
sorry i've been rubbish. haven't felt like i could really sit on the laptop with mil being here. we're actually have a pretty good week. mil being v helpful and not asking millions of questions (which is her usual trick)

got a gynae appt in the morning so not particularly looking forward to that. hey ho, at least i don't have to take DS with me. he's being a lovely little chap at the moment and i think we're finally getting somewhere with disciplining him. i'll explain more tomorrow....DP summoning me to bed

Thanks No1, thanks Hotter, thanks Dizzy. I shouldn't complain, I do actually like working in most ways it's just that I have to meet with auditors next week and it's my first time, I know where all the bodies are buried and I'm slightly worried that if I haven't had a good night's sleep (or even if I have) I will say something stupid/burst into tears/cause us to fail the assessment. And my manager let me book our holiday last week before I came back from ML without warning me that it would be a really bad time to be away. Ho hum.

Anyway I must drag myself and DH off our respective laptops and go to sleep... night all. Sleep well.

Evening

I sat on my hands very commendably and then went to the pub for a couple of beers. I'm liking this preschool

Nice to see you Pertelote, and please, please don;t worry about the auditors, they will be a bunch of spotty trainees who know nothing but think they know everything

miamla hope all goes ok tomorrow . Discipline failing here with DD2 who just laughs at you and then repeats the misdemeanor or throws a tantrum - think front crawl on the carpet with sound effects. No idea where she gets it from

Best go again as DD1 is screaming awake

No1 this is THE OFFICIAL VICTORIA'S SECRET bra measuring instructions. I hope it helps you.

Still a bit rubish feeling. I hate funk moods. On the bright side I've channeled my grrr into tidying. The house is nice and the kids are properly in bed (it's 7:20pm). DH just home from work. He's playing nice telling me dinner (which I left on the stove) is "wonderful" (it's just taco meat...please) and that the house looks "incredible". All that's lovely but I just wanted/want to chat and he has no mind for that.

Oh and No1 (sorry lost myself in my own pity party) I believe you are a 32D. That would be a good starting point. There's an off chance 32DD would fit too but since you have to go up a size (31 to 32) because of the "round" number thing, the D might feel better than the DD.

Disclaimer: I'm only sharing this as I went to the store recently (back in April) and let THEM measure me properly. I am in no way form or fashion a bra expert and have never played one on tv either.

Have you seen the news about the Indonesian baby born 8.7kgs I think DS is only about 1kg heavier than that now!

Sazz I agree on the travelling and it certainly hasn't stopped us so far but I'm thinking that actually a 13 hour flight with a 20 month old will be harder than when he was 8 months as at least he slept quite a lot then and couldn't walk so didn't want to go running down the aisles . We will definitely be trying to book night flights but they never have the offers on those so it depends on the price.

Am planning on stopping the morning feed at the weekend. He's taking about half a cup of milk with breakfast anyway so hoping he'll manage to increase his intake. If that goes well will have to work on the bedtime feed but not looking forward to that as he's been very clingy since coming back from holiday as I suppose he's got used to sleeping in the same room as us again.

Hi Miamla hope your gynae appt went well. Do tell us more on the discipline front. I have several bruises on my arms as DS has taken to biting me again.

Morning

Last night was the first night of my sugarcraft course and it was great fun I have made a whole bouquet of little sugar flowers. DH and DD had their first bedtime without me and it went perfectly she was asleep by 7.15 having had bath and milk, DH even sang to her.

Nez - That baby weight .5kg morth than DD does at almost 13months!

On the bra fitting front - all I know is if you go down a back size you go up a cupsize.

Miamla - good luck with your appointment today

Pert - Hi and thanks. How is DD doing?

TS - hope your busy thursday gives you a little time for you.

Morning all.
oops sugarcraft My mum used to do that, so I have plenty of memories of the house full of drying petals etc for the latest cake. Hoping that when DP and I finally get married, my mum will still be able to make and decorate the cake. She does do beatiful cakes.

Crap night and morning here, culminating in a fine wobble from me. I'm officially sick of bf. Sick of night wakings too. Sick of not having any money. Sick of DP doing the hours he does and always being tired. Sick of not being able to contribute financially.
Oh well. Will not clog up the thread with any further misery.

Well I'm a 34E but have just measured myself as 32 underbust and 40 over! The bra fits perfectly though, was fitted by senior John Lewis bra lady (always ask for 2nd opinion!) So FWIW, my sweepstake guess for NO1 is a 32C or D.

Ann Erm, well, things can only get better???

Sorry to hear people are feeling low.

DD2 has just come into the room using the pointy attachment for the Dyson as a trumpet.

I have a vile temperature and should be in bed really. DD1 sobbed this morning because she was a bit scared of the shivering spectre masquerading as her mother.

Still there are children to mind. DH has booked a flight for my mum so that she can come and help for a few days and she'll be here tomorrow ...

A day off work for him is out of the question.

Yesterday the lads were fantastic at entertaining themselves, and DS took charge of making snacks. So hopefully today won't be too bad.

Oops, can I ask because DD1 is the same weight as your DD which car seat she is in now?

oops your course sounds great - sadly i fear i would be lacking in patience coupled with hamfistedness and would end up with Morph like figures rather than dainty petals

ann, what can you do to tackle these things?

BF - how many are you doing. Can you try to cut one a week out, replacing morning with a cup of milk and daytime with an extra snack and water?
Night wakings - do you think you and DP can be tough for a few nights? If you really think he is hungry, up the food in the day, banana or cereal before bed. Then you can either offer water at night or go cold turkey with nothing. Don;t get him out of the cot and either go with the shushing and patting back to sleep or with the removing yourself from the room with a firm 'night night' and increase intervals of going in from 1 minute upwards until he realises you mean it
Money - can you ebay anything, do some part time work - pub in the evening/cleaning/babysitting or even ironing at home or some bookkeeping in the evening if childcare cannot be resolved in the day?. Look at ALL your childcare options and see what hours you could possibly free up and get DP to commit to some of the childcare too (even if he has to leave work one or two days a week on time to get home and take over)
DP's hours - how secure is his job now? if ok i would say he needs to be a bit tougher and recognise his priorities. If he has too much on, he needs to delegate more or find ways to do what he can in the time available (maybe reduce perfectionist tendencies?). He should also realise that if he got hit by a bus the company would continue, carry on no problem. No one is indispensble. This took me a long time to realise whilst i was doing crazy hours being a perfectionist.
Contribute financially - as above with work, or look at some cheaper shopping options, money saving ideas from moneysavingexpert.com. Doing any of these will be you contributing financially

Obviously you can't tackle all these at once, so pick a couple and do what you can. it is horribly tough for you but little changes might just give you a little light at the end of the tunnel

Sorry if this post is sucking eggs/too blunt/tough - i do not have the prose of our wonderful journalist/writer types , but didn;t want to not answer you IYSWIM. Right, will stop digging and go and do some washing........

no1 shame about the dress, and the gaping - I always get that with wrap dresses and it really annoys me, particularly when I see other women out and about looking fabulous in them instead of constantly clutching at their chest area.

Have been thinking about my dressing habits over the last few days and suddenly decided to try and dress more imaginatively with what I've got, as I'd become totally mired in the jeans/vest/cardi mum uniform. So today I am wearing the black cropped trousers I've lived in all summer, but with neon pink tights underneath and black flats, topped with an olive green tshirt and grey balloon sleeve cardigan. So far it seems to be working, I feel a bit more fashiony and glad to have tried something different.

Have just found this gorgeous quirky handmade jewellery site too, for cheap and cheerful options to liven up a look.