August 2008 - Things That Shout 'Mum' in the Night

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Ta da ...

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we got this one

Send him over here. Then he can not only have DD2 shouting the odds 3 times a night and then up at 5.30 but a wandering toddler and full bed wash to contend with too. That'll sort him

I want to live in Casa Rosa

Thanks for links steaky

I have been looking at that rosebud house and stables etc...

or this one

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This is the one i like but rather too expensive to justify i fear

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you gonna wish I never learnt how to linky

sazzles that is the exact same kitchen we was going to get, I was just looking for link.

I am sure it is £115 in elc at least thats what it was when we were going to get it.
Still dear though. especially with my heavy handed dcs.

LOL, i'm really off now

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PErhaps it is a bloke default setting they have. MAnsteak could never remember that DD had ever slepth through or even slept better than she did when she was going through bad patches. Whereas for me, that was what kept me sane, knowing that she could sleep better but just wasn't doing so at the time.

Pfft blokes.

And if I lived in Casa Rosa, I would buy my vegetables here

thispage cheaper here.

No, the ELC one is different. It is £130 i think but i have a 20% off voucher so would be much cheaper but i really don;t like it as much even though the differences are very small. May have to compromise though

Sorry expired that one.
I really should go to bed got two horses to muck out in morning, have shower wash hair get reay for a fun day.
Will never be ther for 10am.

I am bloody cold too.

steaky that is the kind of thing I love.
I am thinking this doll house could be for me.

A whole thread about toy kitchens

The toy kitchen is the most popular toy at baby group, there are a fair few punchups over it. Kind of like baby masterchef - pretend cooking doesn't get much tougher than this

THe kitchen is the favourite at our toddler group too.
Hoards of children gather round it.
IN fact when they sit down for toast and snacks. dd puts her dish in the microwave part and ds shoves his toast in the cooker bit.

Night.

Night.

They have that red kitchen in the soft play place near us along with 2 of the elc 'sizzlin' ones and DS loves them. They also have a kidcraft washing machine which has to be his favourite .

Have you looked at the ikea version as Steaky's thread? - I spied it in there a couple of weeks ago and looks really good. www.ikea.com.sg/catalog/product_display.asp?art=20164279-22107-9-40-821885285-29425120.

Just been looking at the ikea site to find that link and feel a trip coming on as they have ice cream sets, baking sets and also a bricklaying set (so the boys don't feel left out?!) at about four quid so could be good for pressies for friends.

Ladies need your help with an outfit (preferably a dress) for work xmas party. It is an Asian theme as our group CEO announced his return to Hong Kong last month (bet you can't guess who I work for). Anyway as most of my colleagues will be wearing their traditional chinese cheongsams or maybe sarees (sp?) and are mostly size 0 I'm not really sure what to wear so that I don't look like some overweight giant in fancy dress!

Oh for fuck's sake, I have just noticed the clock on the computer...

It's 5.30am - I have got up an HOUR too early for work because I never thought to change the clock on my mobile phone. What an idiot

Morning.."MASSIVE MASSIVE RANT AHEAD"

Please please tell me if i am being unreasonable... i get 8 hours child free time a week.. two 4 hour sessions... i try and use this time sensibly.. ie getting house tidy, getting nice dinners done, but also a bit of me time going to the gym and being on the comp ...

as you know we have been having massive sleep issues with the girls.. tess woke up at 10pm last night and didn't go down til after 1.. added to the last goodness knows when so obviously i'm knackered...

Anyway (sorry being very long winded).. "d"h said to me last night (when he came back from the pub) that i had better catch up today when i don't have the girls.. said i would try but i wanted to go to the gym etc.. now bearing in mind, he was out last friday night, footie and a night out stay over on sat, too tired sun or mon to get up with the girls... he said "well don't complain to me if you are tired then"...

He is basically saying that my 8 hours off a week are for me to catch up on sleep as i should be on duty for every wake up and every morning get up... he said "i have a job you know"..

Now this really doesn't seem right to me??? so upset that he excepts me to do so much just because he works.. i could go out and try and get a really good job ( hard out there but know if i forced myself i could) but it would mean leaving the house at an ungodly hour and not getting back til late and i know i would still be responsible for the girls and the house...

Feel like walking out on him ...

Loti YANBU. What an arse.
If you both had full time jobs outside of the house would he still expect you to do all the domestic stuff or would he expect to do his share?

And don't get me started on the "I've got a job" along with its nasty cousin "I'm just popping out for a bit, you don't mind do you" so you end up being used as a babysitter in the evenings too.

In your time today can you do enough of the chores so you don't feel overwhelmed by them - bare min really - and then spend the rest of your time on yourself. Then when he is home this evening just pop round a friends house for an hour. I might also be tempted to go on man-chore strike, so he has to do his own laundry and cooking.

You'll be needing this too