January 2009 - "This is halloween, this is halloween, babies wake in the dead of night..."

[VerySpookyLennipillar]

A homage to the Nightmare Before Christmas song. DH obsessed with that film, we all (DD included) have to watch it on Christmas Eve.

moose, we are probably going to replace the back windows with upvc in due course, the back of the house gets a lot of weather and also one of our cats has an unfixable habit of scratching at windows in a very wood unfriendly fashion...

hoping it's just the pump which has packed in rather than the whole boiler. really don't know where the price of a new boiler would come from...

all this talk of bakewell tarts - sigh. am going on a diet tomorrow

also - moose, wtf? why on earth do people think it's okay to say things like that out loud? so ridiculous, so rude.

OOO I sounded rude about upvc then didn't I? It just sticks out like a sore thumb in our wooden floor and worktop -wood burning stove bare brick chimney breast-type kitchen. The room has a bay of 3, and 2 big wooden sash windows too, so I really do not know what I was on about with it.

tree, don't like upvc at all, think wood always looks better. but not shredded wood...

No, that would be bad! Our cat used to do it on the upvc at old house, the noise was enough to make my teeth scream.

she does the whole banshee number while scratching. there are times when she is quite lucky that guns aren't generally licensed in this locality...

H is up and sat with me on computer. She pulls power out, I put it in, she pulls it out, I put it in, she pull it out......

Very cute, she is very pleased with herself.

She can pull to standing now, dd1 was way over a year before she could. Still no teeth though.

that is very cute. c is working very hard on pulling up, but not quite there yet.

Well done H, what a great game!

Dd discovered Daddy's laptop charging cable this afternoon, he'd left it on top of the cupboard he keeps his vinyl lps etc in. I looked up to see one very proud little girl sitting with a cable round her neck, eating the plug (fortunately, it wasn't plugged into the wall at the time). Mummy wasn't impressed with Daddy at all and boy did he know it!

morning

lots of shoppping accident i cant keep up. money goes in fri so will be getting bits then and tues

tree - to pushchair and pants

we are still all suffering with colds here - dh is still coughing,blowing and sneezing, i am still all fluidy and sneezing.
dd1 has got 7 pus filled spots on her back noticed yest - she syas not itchy snd she has had chicken pox
dd2 still suffering was up @ 4am crying this morning gave calpol not like her atall. she did eat some lunch yest first time in 4 days poo has gone fron yellow 2 green!!!
dd1 has school off today inset day back tomorrow

Hi all

We had our lovely new branch in progress NCT Halloween party thing on Saturday, weather looked very ominous in the morning but came good for us, lots of people came for a bit, it was all good fun.

Yesterday was a bit boring though!

hello folks. School run in 30 mins so of course H has fallen asleep.

Afternoon folks

Tink, hope dd1 isn't coming down with something. Sounds like dd2 and my dd are still in sync with each other dd also has green poo now.

Very little sleep in this house last night. Dd was very restless, crying in her sleep, despite calpol at bedtime and waking regularly. Dh swapped sides of the bed with me at about 5 am so I could get some sleep.

Nightmare school run as well. Boys didn't want to wake up on time after a week of half-term holiday (funny that, cos they woke up early every day last week ). Dd slept from 7 am to 9 am so I got up and started making the lunches. Only had 4 tiny slices of gf bread for ds1 and needed them all, but they disintegrated as soon as I started to put the spread on. Cue an overtired argument between dh and myself about whose fault it was that there wasn't anymore gf bread, followed by dh having to do a manic mercy dash to Tescos to buy their entire stock of eat and keep gf loaves! Ds1 was absolutely horrible this morning (but then he's never been a morning person, a bit like his Mum, and has to be left to wake up slowly, which of course we did't have time for today).

When we eventually got to school I took ds2 round to his playground, while dh stayed with ds1, then rushed back round to catch ds1 before he went in, only to find him in tears in his queue because he didn't want to go.

Then to cap it all, when I got home I got a message from my sister to say her friend had tried to commit suicide this morning, which on its own is upsetting enough, but this friend happens to be the Daddy of one of ds2's best friends and we were playing with him in the queue only 10 minutes before I got the message. (Dad and Mum aren't together so they didn't know anything about it.)

Horrible, horrible morning all in. Ended up coming home and putting on a rubbish rescue programme to distract myself while I fed dd only to sob all the way through it.

Am feeling a bit odd today anyway. I feel a bit inbetween iykwim. No longer pregnant or the mum of of a newborn, but not back to myself either and seemingly unable to get my life back on track (usually great organisational skills are all to pot and show no sign of returning any time soon). I'm loving being at home with dd, who bless her heart has been the only thing to make me laugh this morning, but at the same time feel like I need something else, but don't have a clue what.

I'm also starting to panic about Christmas, as I have usually got a list sorted and started organising things by this time, but I don't have a clue where to start this year.

Oh well, my periods are probably about to come back (dd has been feeding very erratically over the past week) so its probably just hormonal.

Sorry to be such a downer - especially on a Monday.

(((((((((((hugs))))))))))

you need maripan.

Ok, found the thread. Still no internet at home till tomorrow so sneaking on at work .
Feel very out of touch! so just bookmarking so I can have a good old read tomorrow night.

Anyway............we are in and its amazing, stressful, tiring but great!

Hey to everyone we met the other day, such a great day with all the gorgeous babies and DD had a fab time with the girls too. Can't get over the size of D and N though, make Z look like a tiddler!

Z has managed to walk the length of the front room on saturday and is loving exploring his new house. He has a very healthy appetite for booby and food but is only 21lbs 10oz (a weight gain of about 10oz in 3 months) so has dropped to 75th percentile.

Oh, and sleeping..............forget it!

Catch up soon, love to all xxxxxxx

mm - sounds like u have had a stressful day

dd1 goes back tom was inset day today. i will be glad to get back into the routine. spots eem the same on dd1 tried to get drs appmnt have none.
i am also enjoying being @ home with dd2 it is lovely she is so good and great news she is eating properley now had lunch again and drum rolll ......
had brown poo

Hi Pat, good to hear from you.

Tink, glad B is feeling better.

Tree, thanks for the hugs.

My day got a bit better, when ds1 came out of school having remembered everything he was supposed to remember and correctly used the new folder system I set up over the holidays to remind him what he needs to do each day.

It then took a big downturn when I noticed my old lady dog acting strangely and got down on my hands and knees to check her over. Had a look in her mouth and her tumour seems to have grown suddenly, changed in colour and texture and some of it looks as if it has gone necrotic. Earliest vet appointment I could get was for tomorrow night, but have a feeling this is the beginning of the end. She is nearly 12 now and we won't put her through any radical surgery or chemo. She is such a little old lady and a real homebody, I really don't think she would handle lots of invasive treatment. I would rather just make her comfortable and do what ever we can to make her happy for as long as she has left. I hate this part of having dogs as part of the family, its so hard.

Oh Mooose!! Poor old lady. big warm gentle cuddles for her.

I am glad ds found his system useful, good for you Moose.

Hellloooooo Pat. We have missed you. Hope new house is feeling like home.

Tink, glad dd is doing nicer poo. Mine had the runs tonight, both of them. I actually think it was the cold [hmmm] the wind was biting. I think they got a chill. H asleep on my chest and dh just tucking dd1 up for the night.

School photos tomorrow. All seems very grown up.

Hi everyone. No catch up for me other than this page I am afraid as have been busy busy busy - think I am over-doing it actually as today I burst into tears listening to that news about the baby who is on a ventilator - mum and the hospital want to turn it off and let him die, dad has taken them to high court in a bid to keep him alive... .... and makes me just feel so utterly humble and helplessly grateful to have such a healthy, hearty son.... feel like I shouldn't even type that.

So you can see what sort of mood I am in.... MM am thinking that like you perhaps my period is due..?! . Have almost forgotten what the pre-period emotional roller-coaster feels like.

Will try to catch up later and post properly.

I cried when I heard that news story as well MissJ, so sad.

Tree, dd slept on my chest for an hour this afternoon. Been a while since she did that, it was really lovely and schnuggly.

He He He, dd is sitting in front of the sofa pulling the cable out of dh's laptop a la H! I'm sure these babies have some sort of direct line to each other!

Fab!

Hello MissJ, I feel how you do. On the edge of something, like tears.

More shopping. An oven door gaurd. DD is just about cruising, and our dowstairs is just 2 rooms knocked into one, with the kitchen, 2 armchairs and table. So no keeping her away from the kitchen. Reduced in Boots and free local pick up so thats good.

I had this arrive today for my sister's birthday present. It is lovely, am sure she will like it as is a journal keeper, but I would also quite like to keep it myself!

MissJ - hope you are feeling brighter soon. It is a difficult time for you with work looming, I wouldn't underestimate the power of unconcious anxiety. I meant to tell you the other day that I went back to full time work for 13 weeks after DD was born when she was about 6mo. It was hard to leave her of course but it was lovely to be someone again and she bonded so well with DH.

I have to finish my literature review for my masters thesis, it is overdue. Can you lot kick me off here and any other thread you see me lurking on please? I must work now.

Like the new name lenni - very festive ... now get back to work! Well if you did 13 weeks at 6 mos, I guess I can do 10 at 10... I think you are right about the anxiety though - conscious as well as unconscious! I know DS will be fine, and will have a wonderful time with OH - I guess I just need to remind myself sometimes that DS is not just my baby, he really does have 2 parents. Hard though when I have looked after him all day every day since start of May ...

Seems I am not the only one feeling a bit over-emotional today then... prob a combination of dark nights, full moons, hormones and halloween ...

Work avoidance is in full swing this evening...have managed to plan about 10 lessons though (mainly in my head ) so not too bad.

Moose Sorry about your dog, our dog feels like my first baby, its devestatingt hat animals age faster than us humans.

MissJ Good luck with the return to work... I too tend towards being quite emotional for no reason...its what babies do to you..I cry at everything these days. (Just read a thread about Boden giving a coat to a MNer who lost her husband recently, the generosity of boden reduced me to tears ...as did everything the entire thread, so there you go!)

Have completely failed to take in most of the thread I have just read. J has his MRI on thursday so am trying to be calm and collected but am secretly worried to death, he has to have a general, poor little chap. Had to ask my lovely boss for the day off work and stop my self from bursting into tears when telling him why. Sure it will all be fine though, I'm a mother, its my job to get frantic with worry!

Lovely journal Lenni...I am an avid journal writer, have hundreds of the things...but not one like that!

Oh HKZ - I'll be away Thursday but will be holding your hand in a cyberspace type way. We would all feel the same and be worried. All will be well, soon be Friday and it will all be over.

I'm off to bed, I feel well dodgy.
Night all.