May 2008 bubbas: Walking, Talking (& climbing!) Little Monkeys

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Thought we deserved a new thread

I think 'date night' is a great idea if you can do it, i.e. if you have enough babysitters or one willing one to ask! DH and I go out a fair bit but on our own with our friends IYSWIM. We had a 'date' last weekend and it was lovely.

fuzzy I probably shouldn't say this but you might aswell right off this year with Christmas coming up and start your diet in January.....you just CANNOT diet at Christmas!!!

Found out today a good friend of mine is pg after TTC for 18 months.....I'm so happy for her! I had to try and explain the whole 'no, you are 9 weeks, not 7 weeks, it's taken from 2 weeks before you actually conceive.....'!!

Just sitting at work waiting to go to my private job for my 2 hour clinic. Someone at work suggested I would probably have time to go home......then she remembered having 2 small children and agreed that staying at work to surf the net for half an hour was much more appealing!!! DH works til 7/8pm normally, so it's nice for him to 'experience' the whole day including bedtime on his own like I do when he is at work .

LM xxx

P.S. Need to start thinking of festive nicknames!!!!

Hello!

Oh I wish I could leave it til after xmas, but the problem with me is if i'm not "on a diet" i just put weight on, I actually am unable to maintain, and I cant afford the time to lose even more after xmas! (being a bridesmaid in march!)
Day one today anyway and so far so good, although I am hungry and have eaten all my points now but I even went to the gym (shock horror) after ten weeks off!!!! I think I will be aching tomorrow!!

I think date night is a great idea, can't see me and dh ever doing it though, we never seem to go out together,only on birthdays

x

I'm afraid I'm more with FP than LM on this one...

actively telling yourself there is no need to diet for what is effectively 8 weeks when you are already unhappy with your weight seems a bit pointless.

Start trying to make those changes now - and continue that over the festive period - and you will feel far better than being faced with an even greater unhill struggle in January!! Just my opinion, though.

Have had two really bad nights here. sunday night, haribo got up from 2-5:30 (then Mimi got up at 6am)... Felt grim, but had to go to school on Monday morning (DH had taken the day off to look after kids... Yes... Notice that, even though HE was looking after the kids, I had to get up with them in the night!)

Last night... same thing - haribo up from 3-6am. DH took himself off to the spare room because he has to work today

I know he thinks my teacher training is a waste of time and I'm beginning to wonder whether it's really worth continuing. I have to do 3x 8 week placements as part of my training. I have the schools lined up (did this personally... training provider is crap!!) but childcare is going to be a huge issue. I want my parents to look after the kids, which they are happy to do, but DH doesn't like them, which means they would have to go before he got home on a Friday, but then come back Monday before I needed to go to school and, well, I just can't see it working.

There really isn't a workable alternative. paying for childcare is going to cause problems because my grant won't cover the costs and he can't, obviously, take that sort of time off.... so I'm a bit stuck.

Anyway, Haribo was sick last night, so I brought him into my bed... he was / is being very clingy and wanted to sleep on me... which turned into a bit of a mare when he puke ON my head. so, there I am, middle of the night, trying to get him, the bed and my head clean of puke... lovely, this motherhood lark!!!

MM - hope your dad is OK

Baiyu - Hope you are settling in well

Mitchell - Hope your Dd and Dss are good

Sho - Haven't gotten into the Twilight books... Never got harry Potter... are they similar?

Well, best go... Actually, I have a question for you: Haribo is a very outgoing, sociable little boy so I enrolled him in a nursery 2 sessions a week. yesterday, I dropped him off and, as soon as he realised where he was, he turned on his heels and ran back down the path. I persevered and took him in, but ended up picking him up less than 2 hours later and, in that time, he had not settled at all. He was SOOOO happy to come home... I have never seen him quite so happy and smily when he got home!!! THis happened last time he went there too... they called me to tell me he was ill, but he wasn't and when I got him home he was absolutely fine... How long would you keep going with the nursery, or should I be looking for a different one now?

HM x

HM Hmmmm, tough one on the nursery. I remember DD1 being very happy at the CM until about a year ago when she then started saying she didn't want to go and crying when I dropped her off etc....remember the saga? Obviously we ended up leaving the CM as there were some things we weren't happy with. I think kids are very perceptive, but on the other hand, if he's not well, he may have just been out of sorts and wanted to be home with you and Mimi. I would be inclined to monitor it closely and see how the next 2 weeks or so go.

Thanks, I've picked up a job to day at the JC, as a Funeral Arranger. I need to ring it the moro. And Specsavers are looking too.

It's nice to hear you're all doing well and Date Night seems like a great idea. Last time DH and I went out was last December! The GP's are having DS next weekend but DH is on nights so we can't go out or spend proper time together. We've all still got these bloody coughs, it's been a week now but non of us have really been taking anything for it, me and DS had a bit of Covonia earlier on last week. Now we're having the 'I don't want to eat my tea' saga at tea time, I'm not getting too concerned about it. I read on here it's the norm but he's eating his fruit and veg during the day and I'm saying to myself that it's a phase.

HM, I hope your DC's get better soon!
FP, me and DH need to lose a small person in weight between us (he needs an op and they wont do it until he loses about 5stone) so we're starting properly in the NY but cutting down now. We hardly drink either so it's just the cake and chocolate we need to cut down on.

Right, time for cake!

Night! X

Hi

fuzzy - I agree with hm best to start as you mean to go on, especially if the wedding is march. Remember that working out earns you more ww points!

hm - The 2 books aren't anything alike. As far as writing styles go, HP was written for children, so its easy reading but totally engrossing (if thats even a word) and make believe. Where as Twilight was written for young adults, and rather than being about make believe (yes I know its got vampires and warewolves) its primarily a love story.
What is the nursery saying about ds behaviour? Ask them to track his routine so you can see what he is doing, also find out who his friends are there, maybe he's fell out with one of them. Just a thought.

bellared - my dd always goes off her food when she is not feeling too great, we live by the rule that as long as we'r getting some food into her and she is still drinking plenty then we just need to let her do her thing. When she's poorly she normally survives on yoghurts.

Well we had our first pantomine today. It was a touring theatre group that came to the village hall to perform for the village school so I thought that dd would feel comfortable there giving that she also goes to playgroup there.
But she seemed completely unfased by the whole thing. She just stared at the stage, not even cracking a smile or anything. She did start getting bored just before Cinderella went to the ball but I think that was more related to her tired thatn the show.

Well Id better get to bed, working at 7am
Sho x

Hi girls

How is everyone? Ok here-been at dad's for a few days for some company as dp is in Canada until Friday with work. We're going to Eurodisney on Saturday with the friends we've been on holiday withnthe last 2 summers and their ds 7 and dd almost 2 (our god kids). I sound so ungrateful but I'm dreading it. Everyone on MN has suggested it's freezing, boring for little ones & rains all the time. I am not a fan of Disney or theme parks but it's our mate's 40th so we've got to go. Luckily the Eurostar was cheap because the hotel, for 3 nights was a mahoosive amount . Have any of you been? Surely the LOs will love it?

It's my sister's 30th on Wednesday the day after we get back so rushing about trying to get organised for that before we go. I mislaid my note book yesterday and almost went into meltdown. I live by lists atm.

HM sorry to hear about sleep issues. I remember how tough it is with 1 non sleeper. Dd sleeps from 630-2 then wakes up for a quick cuddle and sleeps through until 7 most nights now though she seems to be teething again which disrupts all that.

Dd always has a flurry of talk in the morning over breakfast. This morning she started by pulling at my pj top and saying "mama get changed" because I had paint on it and made me go all goey when she picked up an orange and said something I didn't understand then tried again and said "mama favore pop pop" - she wanted me to "pop" her orange open .

It's nice & sunny today. Was planning a day in at mum's painting but think we might head down to the forest in our wellies on an animal hunt.

Have a good day everyone.

MM

oh, MM, I am sure you will have a fab time.

We took Haribo last year... he would have been around 3-4 months... with the DSDs and we had a great time.

There were several rides he got something out of at that age, so I'm sure at 18 months, there will be lots to do.

We stayed at the big pink hotel (no idea of the name) but it was super cool - at that time, we had DSD1 (13), DSD2(10) and DS(under1) at the time..
My advice would be to get (if you haven;t already) the VIP package (or whatever it is you need to jump any queues. Def. worth thte money!)

The train (I'm assuming you are going straight to the park and not to Paris) is very child friendly and they will cater for pretty much everything.

I didn't find it boring at all... Yes, we went in the summer and I think the winter would be harder (But Haribo would love it, wrapped up in his cosy toes!!!) but there is loads for the little ones to do.

The Peter Pan ride and the 'all around the world' ride (that might not be the actual name) were both great for little ones.

The car / stunt performance was too loud for Haribo when we went, but he would love it now (would bring ear defenders for him though!)

Big rides are Space Mountain and Aerosmith's Rock and ROller rollercoaster (The second one is BRILLIANT!!!) but not suitable for kids, obviously.

There are lots of characters about (another reason to get the VIP package) because it's a bloody scrum otherwise!!!

Let me have a think... There were lots of rides that Haribo liked even at 4 months... so I am sure your LO will love it.

I think sometimes we have to suspend our own reality and remember that this is about what kids like... I took Haribo to Peppa Pig (the live show!) recently and I found it quite surreal, but he loved it. To be fair, they had targetted it to the kids and they thought it was brilliant.

Well, anyway, I think you will have a great time and if I could persuade DH to go for NY, I would book it. (Mind you, after my day 'out' yesterday, maybe not!!)

I will have a think about the other rides which were good for little ones... Lots of them were outdoor, so I'd recommend an all in one ski suit... (I like the Patagonia ones personally... both of mine have them and they are brilliant at being warm when you need them to be but easy access so the kids can cool down when you need them to!!)

HM xx

FP well done with starting WW.

Bella good luck with the job stuff.

Got things to say, but no time. Hope you're all well.

I just meant it might be a hard time of year to diet....... .

Well done on starting WW....when DH and I do it we give ourslelves a 'no points day' where we are allowed to eat more than points allowance. I found it helped cos I didn't feel as if I was depriving myself so much.

What also helped me was making a chart/graph for the kitchen units that I charted my weight loss on. It really helped motivate me cos it was so visual. I did a large scale so even half a lb looked impressive!!!!!!

Good Luck and sorry for trying to lead you astray .

LM xxx

MM - I'd go to Eurodisney for me not for DS .

LM - How is your sis btw? You're not leading us astray just testing our will power

Thanks BWC the Funeral one closed weeks ago but, I rang the Tax Credits people today and I would be left with the same amount at the end of the week/month if I went back full or part.

Thanks So, I'm not going to get worried about it, he'll trough when he's ready.

DS is still awake, I can hear him kicking the foot board of his cot.

My Sis is doing OK thanks for asking.

Sleep issues still something of a problem here.. Haribo was up last night at 4am... he knows how to work the remote control now, and turned the TV on... there was drag racing on and he just LOVED it... SUCH a bloody boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he seems to have grown up massively in the last few weeks. He likes to walk everywhere now (In fact, the only problem I have is to try and stop him walking when we get to our destination!!) but he seems to be cooking on gas again which is good!!

Is everyone sorted for Christmas? I am usually super organised (a few years ago, I had all my presents bought, wrapped and delivered by 3rd December!!!! ) but this year, I have done nothing!!!! I'm planning on just getting everyone hampers

I've decided not to get Hariboo or Mimi big presents, as they are really too young and I think stocking fillers will be quite enough.

Well, hope everyone is well. Just been out for pizza for lunch so my two are asleep now!!!

Bellared - I really feel for you about the work lark... It sucks that you could work ful time and not be better off! Before I had kids, I really didn't believe that this discrimination existed, but it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to have a reasonable job when you are a mum - unless you have exceptional circumstances... But the average mum is buggered, and even more so if you are trying to get back into work!!

HM x

HM x

LM, good.
Are we heck sorted for Christmas DH is on nights then so it's just me and my stalker wee man.

DS wants to walk everywhere too but he is obsessed with sticking his head through railings and knocking on cars and gates and sitting down on the pavement. Do you have plans to tackle the sleep thing or will it be back to normal in a couple of days? I really feel for you with the sleep thing, its bloody awful having broken sleep. I can cope with a few hours in one go but not continuous waking and sleeping you must me truly fooked to put it one way! I hope it gets sorted. Hopefully now he's better he'll fall back into his sleeping pattern. I'm not admitting to having a child now, I thought the PC places like housing offices and councils would be cool with it but obviously not. I'm not bothered what I do as long as I can do it. I got a reply back from Lidl t'other day with a fanks but no ta letter. They pay quite well for a Supermarket. Anyway. Their bloody loss!!!

Mmmmmmmmmm PIZZA!!!!!!!!! I could eat that all day.

Goodnight ladies and hopefully sweet dreams!

XXX

Hi girls

What a few days I've had! Long story but it started with a pulled muscle in my shoulder, involved some deep heat and ended with me in A&E in shock (unknown allergy) and with potential scarring on my shoulder. I an a liability. None of that was a hard as dp's trip to Canada though of course so when he got back last night & I thought I might have a rest from the 2am wake up I was wrong.

Just checking in while dd watches CBeebies. We've run out of space to keep the Christmas pressies & seeing as we'll get the tree the day we get back from
Eurodisney I thought I'd do some wrapping last night (I love wrapping up!) She was sat in our glass room while I made her breakfast and after a while I went to see why she was so quiet. Her little face beamed at me as she clutched two handsful of the presents for her advent calendar that dp had put "somewhere safe". I am such a lightweight I gave her a tomliboo thing and put the rest away. I figure she doesn't know of it's December 1st or not an we'll be away the first day anyway. And I love her & she can have anything in the world she wants ever!

Everyone else gets to buy her stuff all year so I hardly ever buy her pressies and have made up for it now. Her kitchen from John Lewis arrives next week, got her some lovely wooden pans and cooking implements, some traditional toys from my favourite toy shop like a spinning top, lots of stickers (she loves a "stick stick"), some Hello Kitty piggies with a little dolly, loads of books, more musical instruments, bath toys.... I've been collecting things for months but think a lot of it will stay hidden until after Christmas to be given as random pressies.

Right, I've got to get organised for Eurodisney tomorrow and go to dr at 1030 to have dressing on my back taken off so beat say ciao for now.

Have a good weekend everyone & think of me in ED in the pouring rain having fun!

MM

P.S. I am going to order some boots from Flick - are the little ones the best then? She's had 2 pairs of them already.

Hi
MM sorry hear to about your shoulder, hope your feeling better. Enjoy E.D.

Bella I really feel for you tryin to find work just now. We could really use the better money coming in but if I were to change jobs Id need to start paying childcare which defeats the point iykwim

I think im almost sorted for christmas. I made a list yesterday and Iv only got 4 people still to get for and a few other bits and bobs. Iv also planned out most of christmas dinner. DP is back to work next week and on nightshift so im hoping to get everything wrapped up and cards wrote when dd is in bed then the tree will hopefully be up the week after. I love this time of year! especially if it snows - but not when I need to drive, I really dont like driving as the snow falls.
HM we'r doing the same here for dd's chrsitmas, lots of wee pressies. My sil has told her dd, 4y, that Santa only brings her 1 big pressie and mum&dad give her lots of wee ones. I think thats a good idea as it discourages greed iykwim

Dd ran away from me yday when we were getting in the car to go to work. She regretted it when she slipped and landed in a muddy puddle. She was ok but was not at all amused that her gloves were all muddy

I had a really strange dream last night that I was in labour but didnt know I was pregnant. Gave birth to a boy with a full head of ginger hair and almost a full mouth of teeth. I was starting to get upset because we couldnt think of a name for him except for Charlie, but everytime we called him that he started crying. Strange eh!!

Right better go get organised. We'r having lunch with a friend today before work.

Have a good weekend everyone
Sho x

Thanks Sho. We've not got anything yet. DH gets paid on Friday so we'll be getting stuff then. Normally I'm all sorted by now but hey ho! I agree with the one big pressie thing, we did that last year and are doing it this year too. Thank goodness for on-line shopping so we don't have to carry everything!

MM, what happened to you is the kind of thing that happens to us so I can sympathize with you! A friend of mine is very accident prone and we just wait for the next one. Whooooo hooooo Eurodisney! I love Disney stuff. I can only wrap square things and go overboard with ribbons.

Have a good weekend all!

X

HM - first of all, LOVE the old pics of you floating round on facebook
with the nursery, I would still persevere for a couple of weeks (at least 4 sessions) but it does take a long time sometimes for them to settle in, but they should do eventually - i think the older they the longer it takes, amd I would say that especially with him being so close to you having spent most of his time with just you with dh being away all the time, it would definitely be harder for him to settle. They are also not daft and they know that getting upset at you leaving him will pull on your heart strings, and so will play along with it sometimes too...

oh and also, I can sympathise with the sick-on-head situation, DD2 was sick in the night once and I put her back in her cot, then fell asleep on the floor waiting for her to go to sleep, was rudely awoken when she leaned over the cot and puked all over my face

Sho - amazed that your dd sat still throughout a whole pantomine! DD2 wont sit on my knee for more than 2 seconds now, I could never take her anywhere like that, even at a christening the other week she was wanting to get down straight away and screams if she cant, so DH had to take her out! also, very random dream

MM - I dont get excited about anything I get bored so easily, and hate walking round places (I think I can blame my depression for a lot of this as I never used to be so boring!!!!) but I still love disney land, when you see how excited the kids get it kind of gets you excited too, plus your DD will really enjoy loads of things there even though she is young. Have a fab time!!
Sorry to hear about your shoulder, hope its ok and it doesnt bother you whilst you are away.

LM dont worry I know you werent trying to lead me astray, and if I didnt have such awful eating habits, or being a bridesmaid in march, I would definitely be waiting til after xmas!! Charts are also a big motivator for me, and also before, during, and after photos help me to see where I do not want to go back to!!!

Doing well so far, have managed to stick to it all week, was going to deviate from the plan tonight tho as friends were meant to be coming round for pizza but it fell through, so I have only gone 2 points over
Well, so I transferred branches and this was my second week, I was soo pleased I moved, the difference in atmosphere and stress levels were very noticable, but now, the sh*t has hit the fan, because the store I moved to was inside a Borders, which as you may have heard has gone into administration, which means either redundancy (and I would only get 4 weeks and it would be at the rate I dropped down to -last- week which is LOADS less than what I was on ) or I would get put in another branch, and there are none near me (other than the one I left, which there is NO way I will be going back to!) and another store nearby only closed 2 weeks ago as it was not doing much business, so all their staff had to be put somewhere.... nightmare!!!

Anyway think thats about all from here, DD2 full of a cold still, after 3 weeks, but other than that we are all good!

x

Sorry to hear that FP and sorry too MM to hear about your shoulder, I can definitely sympathise with that . Hope it's better now.

I saw a patient today who told me she had put on loads of weight since her ankle operation as she had just sat at home eating....she weighed 11 stone 10 weeks ago, and asked to weigh herself in our gym and she was......15 stone.....!! That's quite an achievement to put on 4 stone in 10 weeks huh? Needless to say I told her to not bother dieting til after Christmas [wink! Only joking, gave her my best WW tips and made some weight loss one of her Physio goals!! (it does affect her ankle!!).

DD1 went to her first tap dancing class today....so lovely, they did a little routine for us at the end and I very nearly cried....(she's my first BABY!!!)

All well here, been wrapping pressies all night.....yawn! Got 32 people to buy for and 10 birthdays in Jan and Dec.

Things looking good for the private job....pay negotiations going well as I have sold myself with the whole hydro thing...Really hoping to hand my notice in soon. PLease still no comments on FB as this is all still unknown at work. Thanks guys...

I really should go to bed.

HM parcel will be posted tomorrow.

LM xxx

MM - Hope you are enjoying ED!! Hope your shoulder is OK... these things can take time to heal and running around after a LO (they are HEAVY NOW!!! Haribo weighs almost 2 stone!!) can be a bind, especially if you having to pick them up / put them down 20 times a minute alot!!

Sho - well done on the panto... I reckon Haribo would enjoy it, I'm hoping to take him somewhere this year.

LM - Well done on the new job!! Hope you got your wrapping sorted. I'm with Bella on that one... I have to put everything in boxes, then only ever use plain brown paper with LOADS of ribbons. But this year, I've pretty much bought everyone's present from Waitrose Direct!!

LM - thanks for the parcel!

FP - well done on the diet! How is the new job working out? Are you liking it? I'm a bit about the photos... I'd forgotten you guys would be able to see them!! It was a very happy time - almost feels like a different lifetime!! - and it's been lovely to look back on them (though there are LOTS more and MUCH worse ones too... Hopefully no one will dare put the really bad ones up for fear of revenge attacks!! hahaha!!). I was a bugger good catholic girl at Uni!! . Smoked like a ruddy chimney!!! And we had the oddest rules... like, we could never go out before about 11pm any night and we had to go to club nights on specific nights of the week...
Maestros on a Monday
rios on a Wednesday
FND on a Friday (That stood for Friday Night Disco - sooooo original!)
Pickwicks on a Saturday
What we did on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays bypasses me... But I think we spent most of our time in that flea pit grotty cellar taking stupid photos of each other!! hahaha!!
it seems like yesterday, but it was 20 years ago now!!!

Well, no news here. DH and DSDs out for night, so it's just me, the kids and DDog.

Ho hum,

HM x

Had a very busy but productive day, sorry HM but didn't make the P.O. in time so I will get DH to post it Monday if I can't do it tomorrow.

Our trees are going up tomorrow!!! One in the lounge and one in the Den (playroom). We've always had 2 as DH and I didn't live together before we were married so we had two of most things!!!

Finished most of my wrapping. Got v excited wrapping up the girls stocking bits, really pleased with what I've got them but managed not to go overboard on price.

Right, time to chill out!!!

LM XXX

LM what did you get for stocking things, im really struggling on this one for DD2.
also at lady putting 4 stone on in 10 weeks, although I reckon I could easily do that if I put my mind to it!!!!!
Great news about the job by the way!! Hope it all contines to go well.

HM Ah I thought they were great - looks (and sounds) like you had a great time at uni, some good memories for you to keep! Much happier at new place, although (as wrote in post below) I find out on tuesday if I am being made redundant or not!!!!!

Am feeling sorry for myself tonight as was up all night with DD2 (who has got into a rather annoying habit of night waking ) plus have got cough, cold, sore throat, headache, and to top it off, last night DD2 headbutted my mouth, so I have a swollen bruised cut lip, and then this morning she headbutted my eye, so I also have a very sore swollen puffy black eye!!!! I look great!!!

Hope you all had a nice weekend x

FP - I just sent you a message... couple of things that I don't want to write on a public forum!!

Hope you are feeling better soon!

LM - Am IN AWE on the christmas tree front. Ours won't go up for another 3 weeks and will be down before NYE (always have a house party).. Don't you get, well, BORED of them????? A week is more than enough for me to deal with all the deccies!!! Until 20th, we will have an advert calendar and advent candle... that's it!!!

Afternoon ladies.

Hmmmm....thought it was all too good to be true. I worked at the private place last night and basically found out that they don't actually have any space for me to work during the day, and they are desperate for people to work evenings. They assumed that I was so keen to leave the NHS that I would do anything....i.e. never get a break from the kids but never see my husband either?! I'm feeling totally pissed off tbh. All is not lost as I might be able to work something out cos I'll be doing the hydro hopefully during the day if they agree to it.

Other than that the girls are full of cold and DD2 in particular is a snot monster.

FP DD2 has a couple or Rod Campbell books, some dressing up shoes (she lives in mine ), a little toy Charlie and a toy Lola (from Boots) as she loves C&L. Some paints for drawing. That's it.

LM xxx

Evening all, just wanted to share my good news, I won £250 vouchers from a ski famille competition for Great Little Trading Company. I'm well chuffed, not got the boys much yet so here we go!

LM sorry to hear about the job, hope it works out in the end.

FP what was your job outcome?