October 08 - More birthdays to go!

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10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz
3rd Oct (Due 26th Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - Rebecca Jill Erzsebet - 8lbs 10.5oz
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz
9th Oct (Due 17th) - Marthasmama - Girl - Martha - 7lbs 10oz - Elective c-sec
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz
28th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - RachieW - Boy - Jack - 7lbs 4oz
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz

What pistachio said 50ft! And I do think that the fact that you can't let go of it means something, yes.

You are right pistachio - nursery school was a vital godsend for us.

Thank you, pistachio Good to hear that actually! I have a friend/colleague who was an only and had a horrible childhood. She says all she ever wanted were sibilings.
My sister and I are 7 years apart and tbh I felt like an only for most of my childhood and absolutely loved it. By the time I was 11, she was in her own place, job..etc. And she babysat me sometimes but rarely played with me as we were so far apart in age - and POLAR opposites in personality. We look totally different, have totally different values and interests. No one believes we grew up under the same roof.
Anyway, that's another issue altogether.

How old are children when they get a free nursery place? it's 3, right?
I'm trying to put Q into a nursery for 2 or 3 mornings per week next year when he's 2 just for some socialization. I know I'll have to pay for it then... but as our LO's turn 3 in October, how does that work? I'm also an October born... I just entered school early. But I don't think they do that so much anymore... or do they in the UK? At my school, you'd have to wait.

I agree with your ramble, myjob

We'll do some big gatherings with cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents for Q (I'll make sure of that now, after what pistachio said - that makes a lot of sense).

Right I can see I have some work to do here

I will confess to you that while I was ironing the other day I was wondering what it would be like to have another baby. W is a joy and his little giggle is amazing. I thought how would another baby impact us all.
I came to these conclusions which are obviously only relevant to my family.
1 My DH would almost certainly leave me/ I would almost certainly kick him out!
2 DD1 & 2 would hate it. They are already resentful of the time they DONT get from me. They do love W to bits and the first thing DD2 does each morning is open W door and give him a big kiss. However I am aware that DD2 in particular has been shortchanged in the last year.
3 We would have to move house again.
4 We dont have enough money to give more children every thing we would like to.
5 I would have to get a job
6 I dont want to have to get a job.
7 My belly would be hanging past my knees with my breast's resting on top.
8 Holidays would be almost impossible. We love to go skiing but how much would that cost with 4 children?

50ft If all you want to be for the next twenty years is a full on mum then go for it. If that isnt what you want then really think hard.

Financial is a big big big one for us (even things like holidays, house, car...etc.).
DH grew up without a lot and often worried about having enough food...etc.
While we would never be in that situation, I also would like to be able to provide for Q the best possible given our salaries.

I also LOVE the amount of attention and adoration we can give to Q. I DO (despite many spiteful meanies that we talk to) think we can raise him as an only without creating an antisocial spoiled brat! This is something that upsets me so much - that people always assume an only will be spoiled or not able to socialize with other children. .

We, too, love snowboarding (have our own snowboards, grew up in Vermont...etc.), but are finding that difficult given having to pay for childcare now, so with another child... I can't imagine.

Again...
I'd LOVE 20 more babies...
But our family to me, seems complete at the 3 of us.... or the 2 of us if DH doesn't get himself together!

Sorry, I think that's spoilt in British English.

Star - DS was an only for the first 5 years of his life and he was better at sharing his toys or sweets, more understanding when others didn't want to share, more diplomatic in disputes with others than any of the other children at nursery who did have siblings!

Thank you, 50ft.
So, we'll be sending Q to yours for sharing and manners lessons, then? (just to be SURE we don't screw him up totally ).

W is currently throwing his lovingly prepared omlette all on the floor. (ronshar mutters darkly bloody kids who wants mine)

50ft. Just put it out of your mind for now. I recommend you get a hobby

Ronshar!

I have two hobbies Ronshar - Shopping and MNing!

Ah if you have another baby both of those most admirable of hobbies would be severly(spelling please Star?) curtailed.
I mostly window shop

DD1 was sick on Wednesday. Luckily I was out watching Aha at the 02. Dh had to clean is up.
School have a 48hr non attendance policy post vomit. So I have had DD1 at home for two days. I WILL NEVER HOME SCHOOL. I have had to make cakes. Help with homework!!! Thats why I send my children to school so worthy humans like Star, Aubergenie and Rachie can teach them all they need to know.
I am done in. Thats all I can say on the matter. Too tired

My sister has a teenager. It sounds like an absolute nightmare - and she's a pretty good teenager in comparison to others, too. I just can't imagine. I don't want Q to be a teen. ever.

50ft, from what I've seen of your DS, I doubt he'll ever cause a problem as a teenager, even, though. He'll be a perfect angel.

"had to make cakes" ?

Star every one laughs at my cakes. So it is something that I really dont enjoy doing. Any cooking, to be honest, is a trial for me!
I thought it would be something a little bit educational and fun for DD1. She told me it was like a home Ed class!
A small parenting gold star for me today.
However it may be taken away when I shout in a minute because she is winding W up. Again.

Star - We are hoping he'll rebel against us. DH & I were naughty as teenagers so we're hoping he'll be bookish and quiet!

Ronshar - Your posts are not falling on deaf ears. So much of what you & myjob have been saying makes sense. I think I just want another M, which is obviously not going to happen unless I clone her.

I was a naughty teenager too 50ft. I really don't want S getting up to some of the things I did.

I've been browsing on Ebay for a Clearblue Fertility monitor so we can start working on number two. I'd love to wait awhile but haven't got any choice in the matter given that I'm such an old crock already.

What has happened to that weird emoticon? Didn't it have a face before? Now it just looks like a very pert yellow breast. Or a cherry bakewell.