june09 Weaning the babies and shifting the Mummy Tummy!!!

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Here it is, Juners! New thread!!

June, reading back I forgot to answer something you asked, sorry.
For the moment it's permanent, and to be completely honest, I cannot think of going back at the moment, feeling the way I feel because those memories haunt me

Morning!

About to hit the cross trainer, but thought I'd share something with you. DH and I are v proud of Delie, to the point of being annoyingly smug . Until I told DH that pretty much all the other babies Delie's age eat finger food and she can't - has no idea what to do and drops the food, doesn't put it in her mouth etc. Should have seen DH's face - he was mortified that his precious sweetie is slow on the food front, so its now A Priority. Ha ha! Gave her banana this morning, and not a morsel made it in her mouth. Oh dear. Well, imagine it will take some time.

June - we found our babysitter by word of mouth. However, a friend last night recommended this site.

Have to run and hit the cross trainer before Delie has a nap (esp as she has just dropped from 3 naps to 2 per day - damn damn damn!!) - mummy tummy begone!

Hello All

Well---- MY DD and DH come today and i can't wait!!

gauchita I'm glad poobags amuses-- I agree better alternative to ruder ones!!

on that note, must get DH to stop saying "for god sake" as Flynn was being disturbed by Rupert- and he said "for godsake rup- stop doing my head in" lol

Anyway I haven't got much to say today- bit musty headed after a little too much vino!!

Hope you all have a good weekend!!

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Hi everyone! Hope you are all well?

ineed- how are things? How are are DH and the DC's coping?? Hope everyone is doing as well as possible xx

Caelan's decided he doesn't want to do sleeping in the day at the moment, and it is so tiring. Just now it took me 45 minutes to get him off to sleep, finally went off, I put him in his cot, and 10 minutes later he wakes up screaming and won't stop screaming unless I pick him up. I've just got him back to sleep in his bouncer chair, so lets see how long that lasts... He doesn't do this at night, so I don't really know why he does it other than seperation anxiety? Anyways, its like going back to the newborn days, it feels like I dont have two minutes in the day. Also, he screams if I leave the room, if there is someone else there or not (this is what makes me think it is seperation anxiety), so I have to have him in his bumbo in the bathroom while I have a shower, in his rocker in the kitchen while I cook, in his bumbo while I get ready in the morning- its getting very tiring! I feel really sorry for DP because he comes in at 7:30pm, after an 1.5 hour commute home and being out of the house since 7:30am, and I just want him to have Caelan so that I can have 2 minutes!

strawberrysam- Do you think Lizzie might be experiencing seperation anxiety, and that is what is bothering her at nights?? I read that it is very common at this age, so therefore, her anxiety may be totally unrelated to your DP trying CC with her? I found this description- "Separation Anxiety is completely normal in very young children. Once a child has developed the ability to remember the face of its mother (or mother substitute),it will respond to different faces with various levels of alarm because it cannot assimilate the new image with mother which is the child?s prime focus; this usually occurs somewhere between the ages of six and nine months. Separation Anxiety tends to be at its peak somewhere between nine and eighteen months. This, as the name implies, means times when the infant perceives itself as separated from the mother and unable to do anything that will bring the mother back into proximity. It can occur again around two when the child becomes aware that it is free to determine its own action and that it is somewhat independent of the parent." It suggests having a soft toy with you when you are sat with Lizzie and during the day while you are together, so that she sees the toy as connected to you. Then if you leave this with her in the cot, it might help? Also, it says to avoid trying to leave the room while she can't see you to reduce the anxiety- aparently it has the opposite effect. She will panic if one second you are there, and the next you arn't. Its so hard isnt it?? Hope this helps a bit anyway?

snowwombat how did the nursery visits go? I need to start having a look around, I have to go back to work w/c 29th March That is an extra 2 weeks longer than I was going to have, but totally dreading going back

skillbo hows work going? Bet it feels like you've never been away?? Are you working f/t or p/t?

Hi venetianred- nice name change

MrsMcJnr glad DS had a nice birthday, did he enjoy his trip to Scotland? Did DH enjoy it?? Has he come back any more 'friendly'??

Gauchita has Mila crawled anymore?? What kind of response did you get on your multilingual thread you started. Mila and Calypso are lucky little babies, two languages is just going to be second nature to them!! They say that up to the age of 5, a child's language isnt set so they can take on many different language, and it is only 5+ that language becomes set- I find this really interesting!! I would love to be fluent in another language; I forget that you and June do not have English as you first language, you would never think it!

June how are things with MIL now? Have things smoothed out with her and DH?

Bigcar- I think I might see about getting hold of my birth notes. Nothing major happened, but I would still like to see it, as there were a couple of things that happened that I have a hazey (sp?) memory of, and asking DP is a complete waste of time! I have never know anyone who pays such little attention to the world around them! He will be on the phone for 2 hours to his son, and when he comes off I will say 'how's DSS? Whats he up to? What's he doing next week, etc' and I get 'nothing really, he didn't really say' etc. It amazes me every time! DSS is a lot more happy now, as he has found out that after the Falklands, he will be travelling up along South America to Cuba, the West Indies and surrounding area. So he will get his sun!! He boards HMS Manchester in March, but it doesn't leave to tour until May. How exciting, and he gets paid to do that too! Glad DD1 has got 2 offers to choose between. A word of warning for her- dont take out a Halifax Student Account! Once I had graduated, they started charging me 1 pound (no pound signs on laptop!!) a day on my overdraft! I couldn't believe it! But of course, your DD will be a lot more sensible than me, and steer clear of overdrafts!!

Hi bunny great to hear from you! As June said, I am worriedamy, I didn't want such a pesimistic (sp?) name anymore, although unfortunalty I do worry still . Big woops for Delie trying to pull herself up, and crawling. She must be an athlete in the making

Effie bet you can't wait for DD and DH to get home can you?? Bet DD had a great time didnt she? You are very brave to think about moving, I dont think I could deal with the spiders!! Also, the cultural differences would scare me more than anything! Living in Lancashire is about as much of a cultural change as I can manage at the moment (but they are a strange lot up here!) DP was telling me the other day about a 'Wigan Kebab'- three pies on a stick!! Gross...

We are in the process of trying to arrange Caelan's Christening at the moment, but its proving to be more tricky than we thought! Grrr... will have to explain another time, Caelan's woke up in his chair. DP has just texted saying he is 10 minutes away though... phew...

Hey Ladies....Haven't been on here in months .

Life is so hectic here.....Can't keep up with the boys social life and mine has been pretty good too. I never thought I would get out once I had 3 kids but I partied like there was no tomorrow in the run up to Christmas and have been having a ball.

Elina is still a brilliant baby. Not a bother on her. Smile sand giggles all the time. Rarely cries for her feeds. Loves her solids. Sleeps like a dream. Has no teeth yet. Rolls a bit but not interested in much more physical activity than that. She is such a happy lovely baby that every day I feel truly blessed.

I have to be honest-there is no way I am going to be able to catch up on what everyone else has been up to but hope you are all well and I will try and pop on again soon.

I did see that you are still not geting much sleep Mrsmc. How on earth are you surviving that?! You are some mama. Hope someone comes up with some great advice for you. xx

Morning all!

Quiet weekend on the thread

Choccie, it's so nice to hear from you! Glad to know E is thriving (and still an angel baby! and that you're having a good time as well I loved the "partying like there's no tomorrow" part

Effie, hope you had a nice weekend with the whole family together again Bless little F telling R to stop doing his head in

Skies, M is unstoppable now I'll have no peace now She's now crawling everywhere You know, I had to use the bumbo for lots of things before, I used to put her in her swing so that I could have a shower (she doesn't fit there anymore though). I read that if you encourage him to have some "floor" time playing with his toys, etc, with you and then with you a little bit further away but still within eyesight, and talking to him (reassuring him, etc) it works and they get better. I did that with M and she's now more used to me going away for a tiny while (while I take some clothes to the bedroom or bring something for her) without screaming. Hope this helps, sorry if you're already doing it I had NO answer from the thread I'll start a new one in a few days, trying again

Bunny, the same happened here up until last week, when she started taking food to her mouth. Until then it was everything and anything EXCEPT food so tell DH it's ok, she'll do it in a few days maybe Bless him!

Hi to all Juners!!

Quiet weekend over here as well. We went out with M for walks as we've had such nice days since last Thursday. I'm sure today it'll get cloudy and rainy again Oh! Our passports came back! I applied for my provisional driving license on Saturday ( but terrified at the same time!) and we've booked our flights to visit my parents in March. They're over the moon The trip to Argentina will wait a bit.

HOpe you all have a nice day, lovely Juners!

Waves!!!

hiya lovely juners...god it's been a while, i've got no chance of catching up, will start from here sorry not on as much as i'd like Sarah keeping me very busy indeed! She turned 7 months on the 23rd and i can't believe how quickly the months have gone. I go back to work on 1st march

Sarah been crawling for over a month now and she's so quick it's hard to keep up, her fav things to go for are wires and fires so time to get a cable tidy and a fireguard me thinks. She also pulled herself up so she was standing last night, she used on of her toys santa brought her for support, will upload photos soon.

Wee question tho (TMI ALERT)...did any of you guys experiece implantation bleeding? My period is due any day however i thought it was starting yesterday when i went to the loo wiped and saw dark brown discharge. Also the discharge was mucus like a small show. Not that i dont want to be pregnant again, it would just cause so many problems, DH would be happy as would i but worried how this would affect sarah and also family wouldn't be happy.

Sorry it's a me me me post, i hope you and babies are keeping well and i'll hopefully catch up soon x

quick post... I had implantation bleeding. And hope to again as currently TTC. Am crazy!!

laura can you do a test to be sure? I used to get periods that started and finished the way you just described.

bunny You are crazy ;) (I already said we would probably try again soon if I wasn't so shit scared of the whole pregnancy/birth again ;)

Laura, I had one and it looked just like that, but what June said also happened to me all the time both at the beginning and end of my periods. Maybe a test is a good idea, as June suggested

Bunny, everything crossed for you! No matter how crazy you may be ;)

afternoon all

I posted this morning but it seems to have disappeared into the ether

effie, hope you're enjoying having the family back together, did they have a good time?

skies, will definitely warn dd1 about Halifax, thanks However dd1 and sensible aren't two words I would normally put together Good to hear dss will be seeing the sun after all, bet you'll miss him loads! My dh is the same, head like a sieve and can't remember very much at all, not much use when he is the only one with the info

gauchita, have you tried asking again? Do you think it would work if one of you spoke english to her and the other spanish? I guess it would be a hard habit to get used to, like skies, I keep forgetting you and june are bilingual, your english is so good it was sunny here this morning.

laura and choccie, lovely to see you both back and good to hear all is going well

bunny, fingers crossed for you

june, hope you managed to find 10 minutes for yourself, can't be easy juggling C, work and ils without childcare I was very, very unlucky with Es birth, not helped I'm sure by the fact I'm old and knackered and E is dc5! The risk of scar rupture is very small, between 0.3 and 0.7% depending on what statistics you look at. No I didn't blackout, just with all the pain when it started to go wrong I wasn't really with it iyswim, that and the general anaesthetic and the morphine have left the birth and the first 3 days a bit of a blur. Don't let what happened with C put you off trying again, it doesn't have to be the same next time round, honestly. If you look at the childbirth topic there are very regularly ladies like yourself who've had an awful time who go on to have successful vbacs or choose an el cs and can't believe how different birth can be. Do your hospital offer a counselling service to women after a traumatic birth? It might be worth a chat with someone who can go through what happened and why with you.

well, E had his hearing test on saturday and it didn't go well. He was a star at cooperating and doing what they wanted thanks to a decent sleep in the car on the way there! He has glue ear and came out with a moderate hearing loss so we will have to go back again in a couple of months. At least glue ear isn't permanent and will hopefully have gone by the next visit but it does mean they will want to keep an eye on him for a while longer. Oh well, at least he doesn't seem too bothered although it could help explain why he's not sleeping great at the moment.

waves to all

Just copped on the Gauchita is Naat! Hello Gauchita .

june - bigcar is so right. My friend who had the worst labour with every bit of medical equipment and drip and the works for 40 hours etc, second labour - v short, v easy, popped out at home.

Hi girls,
lovely day here, friends here for lunch with their gorgeous girls. A is such a hooligan in comparison!

Nursery visits- thanks everyone for your advice. The one a really liked is full for months (10 on the waiting list for the days i want) and the one that has a teeny tiny room for 12 babies has vacancies. Typical. Going to look at another one on Friday.

A job has just been advertised with a likely start date end of march- if I get it, I am really going to have to get a move on. The reality of leaving A is kicking in. I miss work and I do think it will be better for both of us if I am working a little bit, but the thought of having to leave him is heartbreaking. It is so hard without family about, as many of you know. Or June I guess, it can be hard with family too close too!

effie everyone home safe and together again?

bigcar How is E doing? Sleeping any better? Bless him and his hearing test- really, how do they expect babies to cooperate the whole time!

Laura any news?Have you done a test? I had implantation bleeds like sounded like that with both pregnancies.

Bunny you go girl with your cross-trainer! I am trying to shift weight, now fatter than i was when i was pregnant. We are skiing in a few weeks so on a mission at the moment. Shifting the jelly belly is so hard! Lots of core stability/pelvic floor exercises. We also going to TTC from next month- with a trip home planned in sept/oct I don't want to get pregnant just yet.

Gauchita so great M is crawling!A is up on hands and knees but only going backwards. How exciting about your driver's license- when do lessons start? Where in the world are your parents? Sorry, I have forgotten

Choccie Hello!Glad life is well and E sounds brilliant!

whenskies We have separation anxiety here too- tiring isn't it! Screams even when he can still hear me.

june have you decided to get your birth notes?Our local hospital runs a 'debrief' service with a midwife that a few of the playgroup mums have used-babies 7 months and they said they found it very helpful after traumatic labour experiences.Has helped them to be able to consider TTC again. Hope something exists near you that you could use if you decide to.

waves to venetianred, strawberry

ineed how you doing?Still thinking of you.

A is asleep, time for a coffee.

Hello ladies

I am so behind with all the posts - I don't seem to have a spare moment to myself these days and getting online is a bit of a treat!

I have read the posts on this page and will flick back but I am so sorry that I will probably miss lots - don't take it personally.

So work is ok - I was absolutely dreading it too, Skies but it has actually been really great. I get to finish cups of tea, start adult conversations and finish them, make decisions.... doesn't mean I like it as would obvioulsy rather be with Jazzy but its not as bad as I had convinced myself it would be!

Snow - hope you have a bit more luck finding a nursery.. I am so lucky to have DF at home! He is loving it as well, him and Jazzy have always really clicked and I think she is loving spending time with her daddy!

Bunny and Laura - wow ladies! Thats all I'll say - I have become quite obsessional about DF making sure condoms are covering everything and there's no accidents, not very sexy Like Laura, it wouldn't be a bad thing, just bad timing!

Yeeha to those whose lo's are crawling as well! Jazzy is desperate to but no luck yet - she gets her bum in the air and then her front and sometimes both at the same time but then powers herself backwards and then round in circles... sure it won't be long though!

Sorry, am sure I will get to it but who is Venetian - loving the name but feel a bit out of the loop!

June - sorry to hear that it sounds like you had a tough time... just echo a lot of peoples sentiments re its not likely to be the same twice! A friend recently said she was screaming at the doctor to sort out her epidural as she didn't want to endure the same as her first time (pretty bad resulting in emergency c-section) and was gearing up for her section.. before they could get stuck in, she rolled onto her side and 10 minutes later she had her new DS. I dont know if this is much help, but just wanted to show that anything is possible even if you don't expect it!

Gauchita - what did you start your thread on? Doubt I can help but you never know!!

Wanted to ask you ladies a quick question as not getting a response in the Kiddies Health forum thing. Jazzy seems to have permanently red cheeks in the evening.. I have put it down to teething until now as she is definitley due some more (she has her bottom two now!) and she hasn't run a temperature. She also doesn't have a rash so don't think she has Slapped Cheek disease but just wanted to check. It only really flares in the evening (although sometimes during the day) and has gone by the morning. She is happy and eating and pooing and all the normal things so think I should just go with it... but just wanted to check there isn't something I'm missing!!

God - I am a bit of a zombie at the mo so best try and get some sleep whilst trying to read a few more of your posts.

I hope everyone is well and will try and check in more often... big cuddles to you and your lo's x

Ok - got back another page and just wanted to say...

Ineed - so sorry to hear your news and thinking of both you and your DH.

Guachita - if I guess right, you're wondering about bf and sleeping. It can be done.. Jazzy is still exclusively breastfed and sleeps pretty much all night. She sometimes wakes but soothes herself back to sleep by herself or, if she grumbles for a few more minutes we pop in to let her know she's not alone. The first few nights were horrid and my boobs were like fountains whenever she cried (and sometimes still are if she is really going) but eventually everything has settled down. I think it helps she loves her food - and I mean loves it! There isn't anything she doesnt like (except Salami and don't even know if shes supposed to have that yet). She still gets milk first thing, early evening and before bed and seems to be able to go on it... as Venetian says, I think it is a habit thing but a really tough one to break! GOOD LUCK!!

Effie - lived in NZ for a bit and it is effing beautiful... would go back at the drop of a hat. The only cauutionary tale I was told from someone who moved there and then moved back was that the educational standards weren't as high as in the UK... I guess something to think about but not sure what they considered low!

Got to go to bed....

hey, it's been a rough couple of weeks (or so it feels like), being ill makes everything so much harder. We're both much better now.

hmmm, separation anxiety... I think C is getting this with dh, not with me, is that possible? (and what does it mean?? I am the one by far spending the most time with her

Morning all!

Posting from my phone so i apologise in advance for the lack of capitLisation and typos (i've already seen one but otherwise it'll take me aaaages

june, your nuersery plans sounds good, just an hour at first so that she gets used to it and then a bit longer, any amount of time helps us catch up with things anyway oh i hate hate hate the 'acting as if nothing', i guess avoiding her is a good plan for the moment.

Skillbo, so glad to hear work is going great and that you're enjoying your time among 'adults only' i was talking about this with my translator friend as she used to have a high rank job before going on mat leave and as soon as the lattee started she swore she wouldn't go back because she wanted to stay at home with the baby and because it was too stressful and it
involved travelling, etc and she's now craving to go back to work, the old one or a new one but she's really feeling the need to spend some time doing other things and among other adults thanks for your advice re bf and sleep we're kow trying a new routine so we'll see if it works. I started a thread on the multilingual section asking for advice on that front, as i only know families where one parent is Eng native and the other isn't, so they do what people call OPOL (one parent one language) but in our case we speak a different language to the one from the country where we live so i wanted to know what the approach was in that case. Unfortunately i didn't get any replies so i'll try again one of these days M gets blushed cheeks but, sorry if this sounds silly and obvious, it's usually because she's warm and outside it's cold. Whenever we go indoors it happens. The same happens to me yay on the teeth front J!

Agh! I started writing to snow after this but can't get back down! Grrrr sorry ladies, snow's part will appear afer i say goodbye

bigcar, excuse my ignorance but what is glue ear? What a star E was letting the docs prod his little ears will they run more tests to be sure? Ahh i can't remember more of your post now i'll come back to it once i'm on my laptop, promise

venetian, hi! How are you?

well that's all i remember for now i need to learn how to post properly here.

Right, we're in London yes, London. We drove here during the night because on Monday we realised that M needed a US visa because our flights stop in Orlando so we made an appointment and here we are, Dh is inside the embassy with her now (only one adult is allowed in and my passport is with the DVLA!!!) so i'm in the car waiting quite tired to be honest but i guess we'll all go to bed reeeeaaaaally early to tonight to make up for the night journey.

Right, this has taken me aaaages and my fingers are freezing now so i'd better go i'm sorry for the typos and the crappy memory when posting this.

Hope you have a nice day lovely Juners!

Waves!!!!

Snow, my parents live in Ecuador. We'll be in scorching hot weather for the first time in almos 3 years whe. We visit them how's A's sleep? Any improvement?

june- our nursery my DD goes to is just wonderful and it is rated a '2'. Getting a 1 involves getting all procedures and paperwork absolutely perfect, planning playtimes perfectly and meeting all health and safety guidelines to the rule IN ADDITION TO being a fabulous stimulating environment for children with great staff. Many nurseries are fabulous places for children but simply don't follow every government guideline to perfection. It is v hard to get a '1'. Go and see all the '2's. Also, you may find the one you choose isn't right and want to go to another so get a shortlist of 2 or 3 in your mind.

My neighbour's daughter went to a supposedly 'good' one but she would have a dribbling nose or food on her face when she went to pick her up or sometimes they didn't seem to know much about what she had been doing during the day. She moved her to another that was really successful and just a few months later the first nursery's rating changed to a '3'. It turned out there had been a change in staffing and that had been for the worse. So read the Ofsted report but your own gut instinct is slightly more important as Ofsted reports come out every three years and things can change a lot in between. Or hang out at the end of the day and ask other mums about it (although it might seem a bit surreptitious!!)

Also, my DD's nursery almost completely staffed by older mothers which is just wonderful. They are all really into it, and don't sit around gossiping about boyfriends etc, which is nice. I went to a '1' nursery in London just before we left and the owner said it was really hard to get experienced mothers to work in nurseries and usually it was young girls, which she found to be really unfortunate.

I love that many of the staff are really intelligent, capable women and realise how lucky we are, so I will not hesitate to put F in from the age of 2....

In fact I am quite missing work and after my trip to NZ in a month's time I will start trying to pick up bits of work. I think it will be good for all of us, and because so nurseries are lovely around here, and I have friends who all help each other out, I hope it will be relatively easy and fun.

gauchita - cunning plan. I am thinking of doing to same so I can attend a funeral on Monday week. Get up at 3am and drive down.

skillbo - I am d5. Surprised about the NZ education comment. A German friend of mine who was leaving Britain said it was rated 3rd in the world for schools. However, I can see the differences with UK system (broader variety of subjects taught in a more structured manner from a young age and more exam focused) so maybe your friends felt uncomfortable with the more open, play structured beginner years?

hiya everyone sorry just another quick post as Sarah crawling and tearing my house down!! I took a test on monday and was negative, however period still not started and no cramps or anything so will prob take another test maybe later tonight or first thing tomorrow, not holding my breath but you never know!

Big Hi's and Hugs to my lovely Juners x

Sorry to drop in like this but just wanted to say hello to Snowwombat. I'm not sure if you remember me but I was on a previous thread with you. I'm really happy to see you on here. How is Australia? I'm in the netherlands now but my boys and I are finally coming home to Sydney for good late this year. Might be able to do a sydney meet up.

Ok goodluck to you all ladies sorry to hijack your thread.

laura Are you on the pill? My periods on this mini pill are not regular so maybe yours are not either?

Thanks for your messages about vbacs, 2nd labour etc I keep changing my mind between the stress of a major operation that is the elc and the inability to function for 6 weeks afterwards and the stress of a vbac that could end up in emergency c-section anyway. (still not positive enuogh to think of it as a potential positive natural birth).

I'll have a look around the hospital website this week for Pals.

gauchita the us embassy have strict rules don't they, hope you didn't freeze and got it sorted, did M have to have the interview? ;)

ooh, is that a new smiley?

ps: veggiemum iirc snow is currently in the UK.

have a nice day!

Hi All

Sorry I've been away, but having a shit week!!! My Grandpa died suddenly on Monday- he was taken into hospital on Mon morning- so a mad dash to Redditch from Swindon and got to say goodbye to him before he died!! Needless to say I am so gutted- he never got to meet Rupert!!! Flynn is really poorly too- he has a really nasty ear infection in both ears- so I am knackered! I was ment to help at the school disco tomorrow- but spoke to the PTA chairlady to say I wouldn't be able to the look she gave me was that my grandpas passing was a real inconvience I will be quitting the PTA now!!

On a happier note- it was great to have my family back!! Until me and DH has a huge row over my inability to do housework to his standards!!!!!He said I was only allowed on FB, MN etc once a week-- I said bollox ( sorry about the language) to that- and I suppose you'll ground me if I don't get my jobs done!!!!! lol Alls ok now- and my lappy ban has been lifted- not that he had a choice in the matter- numptyhead x

skill Thanks for the NZ post-- I've heard similar about the ed system- but I also heard good too!!! , not wanting to blow my own trumpet- but I have very clever kids- just been told Flynns the brightest in his pre-school, but my NZ friend also has clever kids and her dd is thriving out there!! so still

skies lol at the wigan kebab!!!

Periods- I have not had one yet!!!!!!!! I'm still bf ( just once or twice a day) But as I have been sterilised not sure if it will be the same anyway

For those thinking of TTC coolbit envious as I would love to do it all again-- but 3's enough xxx good luck and keep us posted xxxx

High to everyone else xxxxxx

bigcar Hope all goes well with E- what a good boy he is! It reminds me that R needs a follow up- so will chase soon x

Lots of love xx

How lovely to hear from you veggiemummy. The Netherlands!Wow!How are you finding it? Quite flat after the Peaks? Doing lots of cycling?

Homeward bound, finally , lucky you! We had 13 months in Sydney but are now back in the UK. Would have been great to meet up.Where in Sydney are you going to live? We lived in the eastern suburbs and were very close to the beach. So great being able to go for a swim after work!Enjoyed lots of good food and coffee.Got away alot at the weekends, camping all over the state and showing off Oz to DH (got married in Feb 09).

DS2 arrived safely in June.Very blessed to have him.Got pregnant v v quickly after DS1- was about 9 weeks.Fantastic support from RHW, same midwife involved in both deliveries, very positive experience.

Your DS2 is one already!I often think of the Dec 08 girls. Hope everyone is doing well?
Will you say hi from me? Is Bisou still about in Sydney? There was a couple of other Aussies on the thread wasn't there?London based though?

Really touched that you remembered me, thank you for finding me!

morning Juners!
venetianred thanks so much for the nursery info- it helps that '1' is not an essential, put a testament to being completely spot on with paperwork!

june finding PALS sounds like a great idea. They will hopefully be very proactive in directing you to someone who can help. Glad your cold is finally getting better

laura go sarah! A is just rocking on hands and knees or scooting backwards.

gauchita visas all ok now?A is alot better- up twice last night but also full of snot and coughing. DH on call, so just put A in bed with me all night (rather than the usual midnight move!)

skillbo great you enjoying work!

Hi to everyone.

Sorry, mammoth post again