July 2009: Grinning, wolfing, rolling and puking! :)

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Hi thought I'd take the bull by the horns and start a new thread. Hope the weaning was covert enough! Fire away!

Jetli I have a cat who has done the same thing to me. He is 11 years old and we have had him since he was a kitten. Over the past few years, he has started peeing in our basement whenever he gets angry at us for something. If he is not fed on time, or if we accidentally lock him downstairs, etc. After Marco was born, I finally got soo fed up with the peeing everywhere, that I threw him out (he was an indoor cat only). He now lives in our garage. Now I am not sure what to do. Winter is coming and he cant live outside permanently. We are thinking of putting him down. He has no claws so cant be an outdoor cat. And he is too old to try and adopt out. He has been with us all his life, but I have too many other things now to worry about, without having to clean (and smell) cat piss in my home as well!

Patchy I soooo know where you are coming from! I am sitting here feeding my face with chocolate at the moment (too early to drink! ) because I am so stressed. This is how my last 20 minutes have gone: I am trying to get dinner on the table, yell my ass off at DS1 who has forgotten, once again, to bring his schoolwork home (among other sins committed), comfort DD2 who is crying for a reason yet to be determined, all while Marco is trying his hardest to scream the LOUDEST!!! I finally sit down to eat said dinner, with Marco plugged in to the boob to keep him quiet, and DD2 decides she doesn't want to eat the pasta I have made, but instead, wants to paint her highchair and clothing with it. I then abandon my dinner (which will be eaten cold somtime later on), unplug Marco who then starts up screaming again, all to rescue DD2s pasta before it becomes wallpaper. A second meal then needs to be prepared for her, since she joins Marco in their symphony of screams. DD1 calls from a friends house asking to stay longer and I practically BEG her to come home and rescue me! Imagine that... rescued by an 11 year old! Sigh.... My DH then calls and tells me he might work overtime. I told him not if he expects to come home and find his wife still breathing! LOL

Rant over!

I think everyone is feeling blue because its that time of the year. I hate that its so dark and dreary. Its nice to be at home though. When I was working, I did night shift for 1 week every month. Imagine going to work when its dark, coming home and its still dark, going to sleep and waking up and its dark again! I used to feel like a vampire! LOL. The cold doesnt help either. Do you ladies get much snow where you are?

sorry, just a quickie

theblues this time of year is awful. I'm really feeling a bit SADish. Was seriously considering a light box this year but not got round to it.. suprosingly

Friend of my mum's has one so I'm going to find out if it's worth it. Hate winter.

On a positive note LOVE the names. Must change mine!

there!

JetLi I think that it's very brave to be able to admit to yourself that you're feeling down. It might be a phase, or the lack of sunlight, but you're absolutely right to be aware of it and keep an eye on it in case you have got a spot of PND. And keep talking

I'm with the rest of you in feeling like I've got a newborn on my hands again. I'm feeding every two hours day and night between screaming fits (Sid, not me - usually!) Not sure if it's teeth, growth spurt or what, but it,s sooooooo tiring. And the grizzling! I can't put him down for a second. Where's my happy bouncing five-month-old gone?

And definitely hooray for wine! Mulled, if possible.

Meant to ask - how are your lot doing in the movement stakes? Any near-crawls yet?

hi all, definately with some of you on the feeling down stakes. have had a few moments of 'oh my god i cant cope with you two!'
saying that dd cracked me up today, she wanted a drink because she was spitting feathers!

dp has been off for a few days so has been helping out, and we put tree up to day yay!

blue nope, dont get snow onyl lots and lots of rain i'd love to wake up on xmas morning to snow!

nativity im still waiting for bill to roll! having said that if you put him on his front he does shove his legs out and can skid on his chin, but this is usually when he's cross!

work have seen a vacancy for a dream job, we're just working out if we can afford for me to go for it!

lydia check about tax credits and child care vouchers. i can only afford to work (a whole 18hrs) because of tax credits. does depend on dh's income too but we get 80% of our cild care costs back for 1 kid. no idea what it is for child 2. will find out in june!

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Hey Christiana if you have a mo' pls expand on the cards. I need something to get on top of the misbehaviour of my 2. Today whilst I was stuck feeding on the sofa, they poured soap all over the bathroom including on to themselves. Right before tea time as well. I didn't even shout. I am far too fed up to muster the energy.

Ouch re the boobs. I was going to ask how you got the mastitis. I get it when I miss one feed - can't imagine how sore you must have been after missing loads and being unable to properly express.

Ali I like your xmas name.

I have a christmas name - a bit lame but the best I could come up with!

3 yr olds mine had me in tears today I am absolutely emotionally exhausted with him. He is constantly wanting cuddles and only mum will do, he keep biting other children at nursery and is generally being very whingy to the point where my DH has suggested that I send him to my mums for a week as I am so worn out by him. [help] hence I am scofiing too many tonight!

felt proud of myself thaat the breastfeeding support group I started has now officially got 5 regulars yay! All that hard work is finally paying off and helping someone.

QF I would recommend sending your 3yr old to your mothers. I have done it twice since LO has been born (sending DS1 and DD to grandparents during term breaks) and at first I felt guilty but it did me a world of good. Besides grandparents give total one on one attention so he'll enjoy it. Mine did. They see it as a holiday of sorts.

Christiana I still can't believe how ill you all have been. Must be driving you insane coupled with the lack of sleep. I am still very curious about the name change....

Night waking I really feel I have a newborn again too! Last night we fed between 6:30pm and 6:00am every 2 hours or so. I am shattered! DH keeps asking about solids but he is just not interested in food. DS1 and DD both lunged at food early (21 weeks, 23 weeks) so the process started then. I have bought some wholemeal low sugar rusks (gosh times have changed - no longer the sugary white ones available) in preparation.

Movement none here thank goodness. I am not ready for a roller or crawler. I like my children sedentary to start with.

Christiana glad you are feeling on the mend, you poor thing. i find the minute I don't express at night I get a big hard lump on my right boob, it really hurts, so I can't imagine what full blown mastitis is like.

Touch wood my past 2 nights have been better, he only woke once at 4am last night, and the night before he woke at 4 had a feed and then cried at 5.30 so wicked mother that I am, i turned off the monitor, rolled over and dozed off again. I woke up 1/2 hour later and turned it back on again to find silence so went to sleep again! He then woke at 7am! Maybe that is the answer with him , ad sometimes I think he just wants a cuddle and while I am very cuddly and love them dearly, I am not so keep on them all night!

Movement he rolled onto his tummy yesterday for the first time so I think it will be a while before we see any real movement here.

Anyway, thats me, have a fab weekend everyone and heres to getting some sleep!

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Thought I would show off the new Christmas name Will post some pics on FB soon! Did our tree in blue and silver in honour of our baby boy (did the same for all the DCs fist Christmases). The house looks very festive now... hopefully will put me in the mood to bake next weekend! Went to the dollar store and bought some tins for all the biscuits, so I am pretty much committed (not to mention family and Friends now EXPECT a tin so no way of getting out of it!).

Its 2am here and I just finished putting up all my Christmas decorations. Marco has been asleep (without cereal) since 7:30pm, so I am wondering whether to wait for him to get up or to go to bed and be woken up in less than an hours time.

Just realized how jumbled that last post was... cant blame me! 2am and had a busy day with chores, decorating and running 10km to try and burn off my baby fat!

Hi all - had bloody PC trouble so been off air for a bit. For some un-bloody-fathomable reason, we have discovered the PC will work fine on battery, but grinds to a complete halt on mains Glad everyone is on the mend - sorry for your mastitis christiana QF - a few days break for you sounds just the ticket. Do you think you can do it?
baby - at a 10K run!!! Well done. My only exercise at the moment are of the pelvic floor kind - tried to have a smear done last week and the walls of my passage were caving in. So the nurse sent me home to do lots of exercises and then nip back in 3 weeks. Honestly I haven't laughed so much in ages. I wore my Mr. Men socks for comic value and then she tried loads of tricks to get to my cervix - it was like an episode of Blue Peter. She was chopping fingers off rubber gloves and all sorts. We gave up in the end. She's also said I should at least try and have sex before I go back, just to make sure the plumbing all still works
SIL - - in fact far too fucking to even begin to explain to you all at the moment, but if DP doesn't grow a pair and sort her out and get rid of this twatting piano under my stairs, then I shan't be responsible for my actions. She's been decalred bankrupt and supposed to be skint, but has just bought herself an iPhone and a ticket to Australia to visit there over Christmas???? Apparently there's no money to move the piano though Just needed to vent somewhere
DD can sit up by herself for about 15 - 20 seconds now. She still doesn't particularly roll over much - she seems to have little or no desire to be on her tummy voluntarily
Feeling Blue - doing my best to keep busy and get out in the fresh ai every day. Feeling a bit better. Thanks for all your support folks

So I finally went to bed at 2:30am. Marco didn't wake up til 5am which was brilliant... a whole 10 hour stretch! Thats a first! He ate then went back to sleep until about 9am. Must be growing!

Jetli Yup... running is my stress release. DS1, DH and I will be running a half-marathon in May, so we run at least 3x per week. Too bad it doesn't seem to be shifting all my wobbly bits very well! LOL

SIL That would really piss me off! I hate when family members ask to store their junk at your house! And a PIANO! Vent away... I can totally understand. I borrowed a bunch of baby items from my sis when DD2 was born. I KNOW those items (highseat, bassinette, moses basket, crib) will end up STAYING at my house even after I am done with them, because she will say she no longer has room (but still may want another baby in the future).

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Just a quick post ... Christiana the cards idea is ace. We started it today and DH and I have hardly shouted at the DC's. Not sure how much they "get it" but it really calms me down and actively shows them reward for good behavior. Massive thanks.

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I'm going to do it too. Might do it slightly different but i really think it will work for ds1 (he's 3.10) I was considering doing a star chart like my mum used to for us but that has either a star or black mark at the end of each day so i was wondering how i could do it so each time he was naughty/good he got a black mark/star and the card thing sounds perfect

Noah has still not been sleeping unless he's on me/in bed with me.

I went on my work christmas do last night and the boys slept at my mums. When Noah sleeps there he sleeps in his travel cot in my parents room and guess what, he slept nearly all night. So today i've brought the travel cot home with me and put it in our room. He's been asleep in it since just before 8pm (longest time for weeks now). So now we just need to work out if it's his big cot he doesn't like or if it's been in his own room

My 2 are 4ys and 2 yrs. Since Tristan has been born we haven't been too hot on rewarding good behaviour or consistent with disciplining naughty antics. This way DH and I also are doing the same thing as we can be different in our approaches.

DH helped put all the stuff together (collect bits during the Tesco shop yesterday that we didn't have).

Phoenix was your Xmas do fun? I miss working during Xmas. No Xmas drinks or parties for a SAHM - me anyway.

Jetli I'd sell the piano on ebay or start charging it rent. I don't understand people who say they are broke then do things book holidays. My version of broke is very different.

Blue wow, you must feel refreshed. Hope Marco continues to sleep like this.

Right breakfast time.
Have a good day everyone.

Noah slept from 8pm to 2am. He ended up in our bed from 2am though. He is always so wide awake when he wakes up, he was playing with his feet and talking to himself. The second i picked him up and put his dummy in he was straight asleep . I tried to put him back in his cot 4am but he woke up and was wide awake again so i just put him back in with me.