October 08 - The Birthday Thread

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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
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz
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/50ftQueenie - 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
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
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz

Hey all, not read, had a truly shitty day with the PND, been to docs (my usual one on 2 week hol AGAIN ) and changed drugs again to sister drug of citalopram, whihc is what I'm currently on. Can't remember the name. Just about to have a bath with Pops then BF her and go to sleep straightaway afterwards. Why won't these drugs work for me??????? HOpe you all had a good day shopping x

I just got so angry inside when Poppy wouldn't go to sleep, I had to put her in her cot crying and go in the other room as I didn't want to do something stupid. I don't think I ever would but I just get so angry.

oh no, csws! I hope D is ok. It probably looks quite yummy, actually! Q didn't eat for a few days - he has swapped places with him because Q ate so much for lunch and then loads for dinner as well!

I do look for airport signs, but both gatwick and heathrow are near me and often opposite directions from where I am coming from and today I had no idea where city airport was...

no worries pistachio, I'm in love with the word "wellies"... oh and "nowt". How far north is considered "north"? Like where do you have to live to get away with saying that? I want to visit and hear it for myself
with zeeeeees everywhere... or zeds?

Btw that Leon restaurant... so yummy!! I could have eaten that food all day long. yummmmmmm I will go back to bw just to eat there again! lovely sweet potato falafel and yumm yummmmmmmm rice and edamame. Good pick, 50ft!

DH is bathing Q now. and there is hysterical laughter coming from the bathroom.

50ft I forgot to say to you today, that I read your post about DS's teacher to my colleague who is a good friend, and she was totally . She said, "did that teacher miss a few courses in her teacher training or just sleep through them?" I showed her a pic of your gorgeous O, too and then she was even more with the teacher.

When we got home, I had music on and Q was doing the most unusual dancing.........squatting and leaning to either side with the beats... strange but cute

HMM - I too left BabyG crying in his cot today while I went into another room to calm down - felt really shit about it but I was so frustrated that he wouldn't go to sleep. He was tired out but just being so silly! Glad o see I wasn't alone (these bonfire night babies, eh? )

star I'm a Leeds lass and I say nowt

and "owt" which means "anything"!

i'm a proper southerner... but one of my favourite sayings is "owt's better than nowt"

HMM i totally lost it the other morning when emma refused to eat her breakfast... a whole load of things built up to me being super stressed and i went in another room so angry and screamed crazy style... really hope the neighbours didn't hear.... but you going in the other room is pretty sensible IMHO - sometimes you need the separation and to take a few deep breaths to calm down.

HMM. It is 100% normal to get so angry with your children that you have to walk away from them. That isnt the PND that is just human emotion. Can I ask, are you receiving counselling alongside the medication? It seems like the meds are not enough. Has your GP suggested anything? I do believe that meds have their place however with depression there is often an underlying issue that triggers it. Try and stop beating yourself up over every thing that seems to go wrong. Honestly, children are sent to try the paitence of a saint. But for every bad moment you get 1000 great moments. Forget the bad remember, the good.

Great day ladies. DH wasnt too upset. I think I have teased him enough with how fab bw is so we will probably be making a family trip soon

Hi All

Sorry not been on for a while, try reading and get distracted and have been up to my eyes with kitchen and stuff!

happy b'day to all those I missed. Hope you all you babies had a fab day and mummys did too

myjob sorry N been so poorly, what a horrible time for you, I hope she is ok now.

hm I hope you are ok, maybe we could meet up soon for chat etc. Be nice to see you.

Glad you all had a lovely day today.

Gotto go as DH cooked tea and I have just done on line shop as having party sat for P's b'day on mon, just a little tea party but I am making a princess cake think it may be a disaster!!!!!

HMM - to echo what others have said, you did the right thing. You're a fab mummy. Also, I've noticed that having counseling really helps tremendously. I just stopped taking the meds, full stop because they were making me even more down. Counseling (2X/week ) has helped tremendously.

Jenwa - good luck with the cake I'm horrible with baking but about to try to make a cake as well!

owt nowt owt nowt owt nowt owt nowt nowt nowt fun!
why isn't it just spelled out and nout?
I wonder what the origin of that word is... hmmmmm.... must look into that.

Today is a day for shocking events...... M went all the way to bedtime before asking for milk. That means that she went from 3am this morning until 7.30pm tonight with NO milk.

Hmm - I'm going to add my soothing words into the mix. Babies push you and push you and just when you think you've reached your limit, they push you some more. The most important thing is that you took a step back. At the moment they are just discovering that they have free will and don't have to do what we want them to do so they enjoy exercising it. It is also very hard to cope every day with a tiny needy person demanding constant attention and care from you. You need that time to yourself at the end of the day & P refusing to go to sleep at the end of a bad day is bound to push you over the edge. Believe me I have been exactly where you were tonight with both my babies. Sometimes all you can do is walk away, take some deep breaths, get yourself back together and try again. Crying for a few minutes won't do her any harm and it will definitely help you disperse your anger. You're a fabulous doting mummy & as Myjob said, you're human. Don't beat yourself up about it. I can pretty much guarantee if will happen again..... when she's two and throwing a wobbler..... when she's three and refusing to listen..... when she's 4 and you're late for work because she won't get dressed. It's part of being a parent and (again as Myjob has already said) it is how you deal with feelings of anger or disappointment or fear or any of those negative emotions, that is important. Oh and I am totally in agreement with Ronshar. Medication on it's own is not enough.

Star - I do know where Fossil is! I remembered on the way home! It is up near the big Starbucks near Gap Kids, am I right? I think DS's teacher is a bit old school, she's certainly been around long enough to have been the teacher of a 26 year old man!

CSWS - - Oh what a pickle! I really hope he's ok, but I imagine it must have tasted absolutely vile so surely he can't have eaten much. Tell Mr CSWS to just pull his finger out and move the stuff or you serve him up a medley of what you find in there.

Masses of screaming from D at bedtime tonight, but don't know if it was because of tablet (I actually suspect not) or because of whatever has been bothering him all day and making him not want to eat. Asleep now though, and hoping that he stays that way for a good few hours (but not all night or I will wake up and worry!).

Star - 'Eck as like is another Northern saying. And the North is anywhere North of Watford

Oh x post mm - he's fixed the lock now (that was apparently unfixable ).

I thought it was anywhere north of the Watford Gap, which is actually nowhere near Watford!

So... what does 'eck mean?? and what are balm cakes?
I know where Watford is.
Ok, 50ft, you're right about fossil. Well done . I think we couldn't get over the comment about the book she was reading being way below his level and how she couldn't see how he could get anything out of it and he shouldn't be distracted by that but to carry on with his work. My colleague and I agreed that there was actually something wrong with the other kids who blocked out the story and worked like little robots. At least O shows a real, true love for literature. That's our POV anyway...

csws - glad the lock is fixed now. Well done mrcsws Poor D I hope he didn't catch Q's bug or whatever he had...

congrats on the long day with no milk Your breasts must be so relieved!

I've always been told North of Watford, but you're probably right. Glad he's done something useful

I was in watford once... before I say anything, is anyone here from watford?

Aw Star, you're just so lovely! DS does love books. He get very excited about going to the library. Oh and my boobs were surprisingly ok. Makes me think that she hasn't been actually taking much milk. Tut!

'Eck as like, means...hmmmm... It's like saying no way it's/I'm not. DH gave me an example of it in a sentence - Almost an Angel is an excellent film.
Eck as like! It's shite!

Proper genuine ladies of the North, please feel free to correct me. I know nothing of the North and the mysterious ways of it's people so I could be talking out of my bottom!

Balm cakes - I think, they are some sort of bread product....... Eee by gum, eeky thump.

I am seriously going to have to watch my back, I am being a very naughty soft Southerner!

CSWS. North is north of London.

Star, watch Coronation street or Emmerdale. I dont watch them myself but they are both set up north. It may help with your language development.

50ft, wow. Thats a very long time. Maybe it was the cushion. It had magic milk powers.

Loulou. Hello lady how are you? Everything ok?