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

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Ta da ...

Hurrah for Izzy. You will be kept on your toes now

Nice new name Miamla, very scary

VG - how is the poorly motor? Are you mobile again?

DizzY - i hope your trip home goes ok

DD2 woke at 5.15 this morning and no way to get her back to sleep. Ended up waking her up in the car 3 times poor love to go swimming, then signing and then when home for lunch. They are currently both in the land of zzzzzz whilst i recover from a 'challenging' morning with DD1 . Off to the park this avo after i have been to get a new tyre for my car. Oh the excitement of it

Hello everyone.
Sorry I did'nt get chance to come report on the meet up last night.
Everyone seems to have summed it up lovely though.
It really was a lovely lovely day, with lovely company.
sazzles I thought exactly the same about you having an inbuilt satnav. I feel utterly for being slightly clueless and only living 30 min away.

Ds was completely exhausted after chasing minisazzles exploring the museum.
He slept in the car on the way home and did'nt wake up till 4.30. He went to bed at 7 and didn't make a sound till 6.30 this morning.

Ladies we need to do this more often.

I would like to thank say thankyou for the fruit that ds screamed for everso politely asked for.

Hello no1, i forgot to say yesterday how utterly lovely your hair is, and your boots

Perhaps M could have a word with minisazz about this sleeping malarkey?

steaky yes you will be busy now she is off. bless her.
Sorry to hear you are feeling low.
Feel free to talk/yell/vent we are all here.

ann hope Ds is ok, must have been very frightening.

Off to catch up some more, and sorry not got round to remembering halloween nameas yet.
Must think of one for myself.

Had a nice morning up at the farm, DD managed a little ride this morning.
In fact DD went in dsis car on way back and think dsis has took her to get some guinea pig food.
Hope she doesn't come home with something from the petshop.

Thankyou sazzles

I think he was utterly worn out tbh.
I realised that it was the first time I have actualy let him out of the pram(whilst he has been walking) properly and have a good play/explore.

Ok he gets to do it a toddler group, but not as much, as it is manic and I either have to scoop him up or am busy watching DD.

He seemed to really enjoy himself. Which was lovely to see.

I think you almost forget with a 2nd child that they need to run/explore. They are so much pram-car-highchair-cot children as you are so busy with the first it is just easier to plonk them somewhere out of trouble . I thought the museum and the playpark were fab places to just let them go and explore

Would also like to say that minicaveman was so sweet, and when he layed down to go to sleep he looked really chilled out with his elbows up and hands at the side of his head. [heart melt emoticon]
minicyteen has the most dazzling blue eyes, and charming smile.
minihotter amazed me how grown up he looked sat in proper chair, as good as gold.
midihotter is also gorgeous, a real minihotter as she looks so much like her mummy.
I have to say minisazzles has made me broody for a little girl.
I know I shouldnt say it, as I love them all, but the little dress and tights just does something to me.
Very very sweet.

Yes I couldn't have put that better myself.
Yes it was good.
I did make the effort to let him roam around the farm a bit today when the pony was back in the field.
Picking up stones, and such...
He loved it and I am now more aware and will make more effort to just let him be. Iykwim.

Right I have to get to Ikea some time soon.
The clothes rail I bought as a stand in till I got a wardrobe sorted is rubbish.
I have my eye on one in Ikea and I think I have even pursuaded my mum to let me have her car for a day.
Soooooooooo anyone in the Brissle area want to do a meet up? If I am canny I can get around Ikea in the morning and meet for lunch and the afternoon.

Wotchoo ladies fink?

I am going for this one or this one to be customised with fabric fronts so that my clothes don't get damanged by sunlight.

Which still leaves me enough from my lovely vouchers to stock up on a year's supply of tealights and candle holders.

Or this for Izzy's room.

It's interesting you say that no1 as being around all you mums of two really made me realise how much I hover over DS and how anxious I am about letting him loose, when what he needs is to be able to explore for himself (with supervision from a safe distance, of course). I'm resolved to be a bit more adventurous with him now.

M looked like he was having a whale of a time, tottering about all over I love watching them bumble around, little kids are hilarious

Did someone say meetup? AND lunch?

LOL, tis called benign neglect Cyteen, although i'm liking 'providing opportunities to explore'

Oh, and with my judgy pants on, no-one was as hovery (word?) as that woman in the park who was like a mini force field around her DD. I just wanted to pull her off the poor child and let her go and chase and flirt with Marcus explore

Ah I'm okay. It is just that I feel I have a hundred and projects that I've started and I'm making no progress with any of them.

After Izzy goes to bed I just flump infront of the tv for half an hour and suddenly the evening has gone and I haven't got anything done.

If I just did something else for five mins I would feel that I had been productive.

I'm all for benign neglect letting them explore. As long as she has one eye on me Izzy can't really be stopped anyway, tis true this walking by herself malarky will keep me on my toes.

wolfy you have the right to do that.
I did it with dd, and like I just realised still do with ds in some cases.

It is scary when you don't know if or when they will fall. Or how hard they will hurt themselves. They amaze me how they work things out though.

lol at sazz preparing for next meetup.
I am though.
Ok ds in the fridge and scoffing grapes. UNCUT

Hehe. Loving 'benign neglect'. That's pretty much my parenting style I just let Seb pootle about doing his own thing, and grab him if he looks like he's about to come a cropper. MIL on the other hand is a parent who can't stand her little angel to be out of her sight for five seconds. Once they were round here, and she was in the kitchen when she realised her DD wasn't next to her. Instant panic, shrieking her DD's name. She went straight to the front door, and ignored the fact that I was sitting right next to it, and hadn't seen her princess come through. Turned out she'd just gone upstairs and started exploring.
Sorry if that comes across sounding a bit mean, It's just a completely different way from mine, and I find it hard to deal with sometimes.

Oh I'm okay in the house or other familiar environment - DS is frequently out of my sight and I can judge by the noise level what kind of danger he's likely to be nearest It's more about letting him loose in public spaces - because he's not walking yet, I worry a little more about crushed fingers/eating unsuitable substances/skull cracking falls etc. Not that it will be any different when he is walking

Well my little one is exploring her room all by herself at this very moment with a whole apple in hand. The child loves to eat! Beef&Veggie Soup is on the stove cooking for dinner. I still haven't showered.

Obviously I'm a slacker mom. At the meeting, I was perfectly on time YET was the last one to join the already seated group. All the other ladies were well groomed and nicely dressed. I did change from pajama pants to jeans. WTF! Am I missing some PTA-Room Mother's CODE????? This meeting was a 8:30am....20 minutes after drop off. If I wanted to look nice I would have had to have gotten up at 5:30am!!!! The worst part: I didn't want to be overly involved in the festival this year AND IT SEEMS I'M OUR CLASSES "PERSON!" I may not be Room Mother material.

hello lovelies, am just getting you on my threads - not long home and shattered from being up since 5.30 (thanks Dylan) will try and catch up either tonight or tomorrow

Yay safely home dizzy you must be absolutely kaput, hope the girls are tired by journey & conk out quickly.

TS I am terrified at the thought of a roomful of pta mothers more organised than you! They may have been groomed and nicely dressed but I bet you were still the most gorge and have a better sense of humour.

Re. casual parenting, I think I am erring a bit on the relaxed side of the fence atm. Even with ds1 I was never a panicker about physical danger, and it's bit pathetic really when we have had TWO head injuries resulting in hospital trips so whatever my style is I wouldn't recommend anyone to imitate it.

It's really really nice to hear you talk about the meetup, sounds as if all the mums and babies got on really well. Fun to see the thread in glorious moving technicolor, as it were.

You feeling all right steaky?

Baby not settling tonight. She has been in bed since 6, settled a bit, woke a bit, settled a bit, woke again and is not happy. Poor little mite.

And I'm trying to cook and eat my dinner. Though le crazee French chef is on PMC so that should be good for a laugh.

Evening

Steaky - I am having similar problems with DD but her legs are sore from her jabs today, nasty nurse gave her 2 lovely bruises . I am up for brizzles just let me know when you are about and I we can meet for shopping and meatballs.

Welcome Home Dizzy

I err on the neglectful side of parenting and often let DD just get on with it but I think that comes from working with littlies for so long.

Sazzle - I saw some piccies of you at a wedding on FB - you looked FAB although a little chilly, the shoes were very sexy!

Wini - hope SEb settles okay for you tonight.

Hi No1.

TS - those mums may have looked fancy to appear organised but you ARE organised you don't need to dress up to prove it!

ooh oohhh oooohh I christened my new oven tonight - pizza yummy and crispy and not microwaved.

Glad to hear you're back on the ovening oops How are you feeling with the pregnancy just now? Big hugs to your PFB, poor little pickle with sore legs.

Likewise big hugs to your poorly girl steaky Would love to come to Brizzle but alas, I fear it's a little too far for non-driving me

Welcome home dizzy, glad you got back safe. Now get some sleep!

Can I just say, we do grow them exceptionally cute on the August 08 thread All the LOs at our meet-up yesterday were just beyond delicious. I truly believe no postnatal group here or elsewhere can have had a better bunch of babies.

DP at band practice tonight so I am vegging out in front of PMC with a plate of spaghetti au sauce de tomate and un boteille du vin rouge.

Feels a bit redundant to announce it on here as you will all have seen it on FB already, lol, but Joe took his first steps today! He took two steps at nursery, then when we got home he was tottering about all over. He looked so excited, it was lovely So this week has been a real red letter week, first the end of breastfeeding, then the start of walking! My darling boy