One small step for Baby, one large step (or mad dash to prevent disaster) for Mumkind

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Hi, Welcome to the new thread, the one where we can't drink a cup of tea in peace (there you go, we could have used that for a title!!)

I was in bodyshop yesterday and M trashed the place. Luckily the sales assistant thought she was sweet as she pulled things off displays and legged it out the shop with jars of body butter (several times)!!, cue me legging it after her with a handful of makeup . Luckily there were no store detectives aroud. She also tried to wear every shoe within her reach at the shoe shop.

My gran had one of those grown up sleep suits coz she did a lot of sitting around and needed to keep warm!
We went to carols at the minster last sunday and my genius friend produced a selection of hot water bottles from her rucksack, I would never have thought of that!

debi hope MIL gets here ok and without too many random stalkers at the airport

We have REAL snow which is making my ikea delivery late! Its gonna be the mother of all flat pack parties here when it comes.

My chum has taken dd to wacky warehouse while ds and I wait in for Ikea. Its been so nice to play with him uninterrupted. He shut his fingers in a box and got me to kiss them better, then did it again and again. In the end he was just opening and closing the box with his hand nowhere near it but getting me to kiss his fingers anyway! Such a cutie. I wrote down all dd's words at 14 months, and i've just done the same with ds. Turns out he can say/do/sign waaaay more than I thought he could, its impressive when you see it all written down.

hopefully I think since we 'helped' you buy your dress, you have to now post a photo on your profile of you wearing it!

carrie An Ikea delivery and snow on the same day .

We have snow too, DS doesn't like it and DD was sick yesterday so hasn't been out yet. I will turf them out in the garden tomorrow and encourage snowman building, which means I will do it while they decide it's too cold and watch me from the other side of the patio doors .

Glad you are back with us, carriebo. hopefully The TTC thread I was on coined the term SWI (shagging with intent) in order to avoid saying the hideous alternative. Please feel free to adopt it as needed. Also closely related to SWODCAA (shagging without due care and attention.

We are buried in snow here. Was all jolly until we realised we had no milk, so DH strapped on all his mountaain gear and walked 2 miles along the bridle track to the nearest shop. And would you believe they had no milk as the milk truck didn't make it to the village this morning? So DH walked back and then bravely dug out the 4WD and drove through the snow in order to find milk to provide for his family. So bwave!

Well that flight number is no use. That one was cancelled. Seems Heathrow has gone into meltdown! They are on a flight now with different airline which is only delayed by an hour and they get to heathrow at 11pm ish. Something like 5 hours worth of flights are all landing within an hour so goodness knows what the airport will be like. DH just heading off now to get them.

I finished my christmas cake today. The 1st Ive ever made and I'm so proud of it. Apart from being not quite square it looks good. Hope it tastes ok too.

Well that flight number is no use. That one was cancelled. Seems Heathrow has gone into meltdown! They are on a flight now with different airline which is only delayed by an hour and they get to heathrow at 11pm ish. Something like 5 hours worth of flights are all landing within an hour so goodness knows what the airport will be like. DH just heading off now to get them.

I finished my christmas cake today. The 1st Ive ever made and I'm so proud of it. Apart from being not quite square it looks good. Hope it tastes ok too.
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digi I started eating fish fingers 2 years ago when DS was old enough to eat them. And I ate chicken at the end of my pregnancy with DD, I had been getting cravings and caved in when I saw a reduced organic chicken and took it as the sign I should eat it. Even XP's face was when I started devouring it. I still have quorn / linda mcartney food but eat meat a couple of times a month. Too much veggie stuff (ie: fibre) plays havoc with my IBS too . I'll end up like Hugh F-W on river cottage one day killing and cooking my own animals .

carrie Are you going to spend all weekend building flat pack Ikea furniture?

I'm up very late as I have just downloaded my first music, rage against the machine and lady gaga. I feel terribly modern! I'm going to do race for life again next year and might get a small mp3 player to keep me going when I'm 'training'. I looked at the Ipod shuffles but they are teeny-tiny, either i would lose it or one of the children would swallow it. Bedtime now I think!

Meglet I have one of the old nanos and it's great. I think the new ones have video, which seems a bit pointless though...

We are spending the weekend cleaning and generally pretending we're prepared for Christmas.

ooh..adult fleecy sleep suit. I really want one!

Ds1 wants to bake and make decorations today...oh dear. Spent 4 hours cleaning the house yesterday. Methinks that may have been a tad pointless

We havent had much snow but god, its cold. Its minus 3 now and its nearly 11am!!!!

Shiver.

Strictly final tonight! Me, ds1 and a bag full of popcorn hurrah!

Well, my two do not like snow . I spent ages wrapping them up warm to go in the sunny, snowy garden and the grizzling and tantrums started within 10 seconds of being out there. DS walked through the snow, cried and went back inside. DD wandered round a bit, fell down a lot, lost her welly boots several times then cried and refused to even walk holding my hand.

So we're back inside watching cbeebies

hopefully we would have been a good greeting party for Debi's MIL .

They finally got here at 12.30am.

Then at 6.20am just after dh got up with ds2 a pipe in the kitchen burst! It was -6C outside!
So we were ankle deep in freezing cold water trying to mop it up.
1 hour of emergency plumber and £120 later and it's all fixed.

Mine were out in the snow earlier and both love it. We were walking down the road with 2 adults holding a hand each of them both and they just slid all the way home. DS2 thought it was the most hilarious thing ever. Then he spent ages in the garden throwing himself down into it!

What a drama Debi! Glad it's all fixed (albeit at hideous expense).

Meglet I reckon anyone would be thrilled to have us (complete with DCs) as a greeting party

I am settling in to watch Strictly, have grand plans of DP cooking making special fried rice with left over chicken and prawns.

DH and popped out to get a takeaway, then we'll be watching Strictly on Sky+ - that way I forward past Brucie as he does my bloody head in!

DS is not really that bothered by the snow. I think it's because he sp0ends most of the time falling over, getting up, falling over etc etc.

Sounds like you've had an 'exciting' 24 hours Debi. I hope you can now relax and enjoy the in-laws

I won't be enjoying them tomorrow. Going to a friends wedding on my own (well not all on my own obviously but without dh or kids). Looking forward to it, should be fun.
And the bride absolutly loves snow and its been so cold today that our snow hasn't melted so she should get a snowy wedding

Enjoy the wedding - hope you can get there!

becaroo I feel for you - dd1 want to do a christma craft day with friends and I keep on putting it off

I sooooo want to have a winter wedding, but we also want our friends to be able to camp to keep it cheap (most of our friends are as poor as we are!) so think it might have to be summer. I am still trying to persuade DP that they won't die if we rent heated yurts

Did I tell you all we got engaged? I'm sure I did! Sudden blank mind about whether we did. It was on T's birthday. Rig pics here. Not that I'm more excited by the ring than anything else...

Not sure if I'm loving the snow as it took me 20 mins to de-ice the car yesreday and 30 mins to so it today. If we lived across the road then the sun would of melted most of it. Still a white birthday is as good as a white christmas.Robyn isn't sure of the snow, she loves watching the dog run around in it but won't touch it as it is too cold

hopefully My dbro had a winter wedding 2 years ago and it was lovely. Very sunny but VERY cold!!! Had chrismas carols as the hymns and the church was full of candles...very nice.

well, it took me about 30 mins to get all the craft stuff out and ready and he made half of a paper chain and then said he had had enough!!!! Then had to clear up and put it all away again. Harumph. We also baked some oaty cookies too. None left now

Toby STILL coughing. My throat is really sore and I am offically fed up. Got so much to do next week....feel like running away!

Lovely ring Hopefully, yes you did tell us you got engaged

A snowy wedding sounds lovely. We got married on a swelteringly hot day when I was 36 weeks pg with M, I was so hot I would have given anything for it to snow

Just come on for a whine and a moan again

Have been up since 3.20am, and even by then had already woken once to feed dd2, and once to put dd1's covers back on and locate teddy.

And now dd2 has just fallen asleep for the 4th time since 6.30 after a lot of wailing.

Not sure what's wrong - she has a bit of a cold, bit of a cough, feels a bit hot, could be teething.... but I am feeling quite desperate. Have turned quite shouty and ranty at poor dd1 - seem to recall shouting at her to get back into bed at 5am or I'd cancel Santa . That was after I'd idiotically snapped- OK, let's all get up and start the day right now, and see how you like feeling so tired, and she leapt up enthusiastically, planning what to have for breakfast.

Feel guilty am not able to just feel sorry for unwell / miserable dd2 - but am just sooooo tired, think she may have slept through once in her whole life, and not a night when I'd gone to bed early. Plus the stress of falling over each other in 1 room, and the general stress of our situation - the petty irritations of communal living like people leaving their dc's food all over the floor and never doing their rota-d cleaning jobs

Anyway - thanks for tips on skin. Think water here is very hard - comes out of the taps looking chalky. Though was in a hard water area before too. Don't bath her very much.

Anyway - suppose should go to bed and hope for a few hours of sleep. Though really need to do some wrapping.

Supposed to go to London Wednesday for MRI of my heart - can't feed dd2 for 24hrs after - she doesn't really like milk, so not sure how that's going to go. Also having to rely on their dad looking after them for 20 mins and then spending time with them after - hope he doesn't run off with them. Not looking forward to seeing him either. But dd1 wants to see him

great.
dd1 woke up, and so of course did dd2.
dd1 now back asleep but dd2 cuurently standing up in cot wailing again.
May well go insane with exhaustion
Can't believe she feels that bad either, as will lie down if i stand bent over cot (is travel cot) with my hand on her side, but her eyes shoot open when my back hurts so much I give up

splish . I can't imagine how tough it must be in one room together. Do you know how long you will be there for? or does that depend on your XP ?

Poor you Splish, that sounds completely shit. Is there anything any of us can do? A few of us are reasonably local aren't we? - If I can come and occupy at least one child I'm happy to!

splish sleep deprevation is hard. Don't think it's any consolation but my DD2 has only slept through once too

Good luck for Wednesday

As for snow - M lovfes being pulled on a sledge but is not keen on being all togged up with a hat that keep slipping over her eyes. She had a nose bleed at 4am and it was still pouring out this morning, I wonder if it's the weather?

splish I'm so sorry its all so hard for you right now. If we were coming down south this christmas we'd happily help with the kids for a bit - your dd1 and my dd were pros at entertaining the clientel of starbucks! Ds has been through that stage of screaming whenever I think he's settled and try to leave, and he and dd have been waking each other at stupid o'clock for a while now. We're not all in one room though so I can't imagine what its like. Big

splish, can you check your post office box, please?

Also, if you can get your dd2 to the GP and get Aveeno prescribed. Apply after baths. I tend to wash them 2x a week too and I think if i/we were to do it 3x a week and apply aveeno after every bath her skin would be better.

I think it is most like WRONG that you need to not feed for 24 hrs before an MRI scan. You are not given any thing that will get into bm, do they?

Medical people who know nothing about breastfeeding like to tell women to not feed for 24 hrs as the default response in stead of getting off their effing arses and learn something htat may actually be useful advice to bfing women.