Fab Feb 2009 - 9 months in, 9 months out, now they're sitting, standing and crawling about

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Here we go again!

Littlesez....it will get better when you get back into the swing of things at work.

SM - hoe you're felling better? Sounds like the boys need to visit their grandparents for a night?!

Good luck to your DS MOS.....your story did make me . Hope DS2's tooth comes through soon.....we are on a bit of a teething break atm

MOS - your DS1 is a lucky boy to have you looking out for him. Hope he enjoys his stunt!

Littlesez - sending you sleep deprived hugs. Remember this too will pass! Your body gets used to functioning on v little sleep - believe me I know - and this will all be a distant memory at some point.

LOL at MOS volunteering her son, good on him for being up for it.

blardy typical, abseiling postponed until next friday due to wind and rain.
He actually said that he would have really liked to have done it anyway if I'd been patient enough to wait for his answer (by which time it would have been too late!)
Thats lucky then

Me, Luke and Jacob have just enjoyed a 3 hour nap!!!!!! woo-hoo
(well, I don't know how long Luke had been crying for when I woke......he was not a happy bunny)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dd's birthday party tomorrow, 16+ kids

have just had a baking spree (thankfully the result of which was my first ever successful sponge cake) and still have tonnes of cleaning to do.

kids are being awful, ds1 just ripped all the leaves off my orange tree that i've been growing for over 5 years

oh tulips - I don't envy you with a party to do

silverymoon - at that mass afternoon kip

mos - you are a start keeping up with ds1's schooling from the otherside of the world

littlemissnorty - must be great to be on a teething break

littlesez - work & sleep homelife will soon slot into place

dinky - hope D is better soon

Luke had a mnouthful of blood this morning and was crying - eventually worked out that he had cut a massive back tooth and the blood blister had burst - ouch

PT/ST hope party goes ok today. Like oooggs says, don't envy you, particularly with that many little darlings.

SM 3 hour nap! wow!

oooggs poor Luke. That must have been worrying seeing all that blood. None of mine have previously had blood when teething (well I haven't noticed it) but yesterday saw a tiny bit of blood on H's gums. He is now permanently covered in teething gel and I'm sneaking calpol into his yogurt as its the only way to get him to take it.

oooggs Poor Luke! Hope he's ok now.
Tulips good luck with party today, it'll go fine.

We only got a 3 hour nap because those little devils hardly slept at all the previous night so don't be too envious! lol

OMG. Luke just took a step!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, so it was kind of an accidental step, but he did it twice so I'm counting it.
We have been practising standing on his own, but just now when I let go of him he leaned towards me, picked up his foot and put it down again a little bit infront of him. And then he did it again on the next try.
It counts as a step doesn't it? Not walking, I know, but a step! woo-hoo

that'll do for a step gold star in my books SM.

i've been lurking the last few days. things a bit odd at work and a couple of evenings out on top.

went to see sex and drugs and rock and roll on thurs night... really good.

dd was sent home from school after being sick in a quite dramatic fashion in the school hall! she was sick a few times more yesterday pm but seems fine this morning so hopefully we can continue with weekend plans.

hope everyone has a good weekend.

Good luck with the party today Snowtulips - you're a brave woman. And hurrah for successful sponge cake - hopefully a good omen for a good party!

oooggs - poor little Luke, hope he gets some teething respite soon. Dont remember teething being this bad with DS1. MoS - poor H too Dont remember teething being this hard last time round - maybe its that blessed mummy amnesia though

Silverymoon - hurrah for Luke's steps - there will be no stopping him now.

Another not brilliant night sleepwise with Danny - who now has a stinking cold to boot with dodgy tummy and teething - poor little monkey. But hey ho, this too will pass. Hope everyone has a great day.

Oh no KBN - xpost. Hope things pick up at work soon and that DD is ok - poor girl. I remember being mortified at being sick at school...

cake done
rice krispie buns and squares done
decorating started
cleaning almost done
kids behaving like rabid beasts
tulips badly in need of a fag
6 hours and it'll all be over

congrats SM on lukes first steps, you officially have a twaddler now

hope all of you dealing with teething monsters get a bit of a break today.... sending calpoly vibes in your directions

kbn Hope your dd's ok now. I hate being sick in public because I either fart really loud or wee myself a bit (like I did at A&E the other week)
tulips Imagine party is in fall swing now. Hope it's going well.

We went out this morning to buy Luke his birthday presents. We have come home with a new single pushchair and a new car seat for ds1 so his can be passed down to Luke.
Will have to go to town again tomorrow.

at your shopping trip SM, i always do that... hence why i shop online as much as possible these days!

we survived the party, last kid just left. house is destroyed but they all had fun so think it was a success. A slept through the first hour despite the screaming and roaring

Well done on a successful party Tulips.

Hope all the teethers and bad sleepers give their mums a rest tonight.

dd was completely fine and we've had a lovely day. i was a bit shocked when our hairdresser/friend turned up at 10.30 while i was still in my dressing gown (well, what are weekends for?!). turns out i'd made an appointment with her weeks ago which i'd completely forgotten about. i think i must have been thinking brilliantly ahead as dp and i go to rome next weekend so i've got a lovely new 'do for the trip.

morning all
KBD glad your DD is a bit better and hope you have a lovely time next weekend. Very

PT/TITR glad the party went well, hope you manage to put the house back together ok.

On the theme of parties, is anyone bothering much for the LO's this year?
We had a MASSIVE party for DD when she was one. Very OTT but DH was just so overjoyed he finally had a DC and had survived the first year. We had a little 'baby' party for her followed by a curry for around 50 (had caterers do it) Sort of feel we ought to make a bit of an effort for H really. Maybe a few babies for a tea and roll around and then maybe around 20 for a curry. Last year we invited a lot of people that we 'felt' we had to but this year we are thinking arseholes to that, we will invite who WE want. (very difficult on a compound when inviting people sometimes)

SM hope you are a bit better now after your recent illnesses and you manage to buy your poor child a present

We've had a few nightmare days here. DD woke up 'barking' yesterday. Really croupy cough. DH went to medical centre at 7am and managed to get her some cough medicine and she seemed a little better in the day but last night was very unwell so we were up most of the night. DH took it in turns having her and H. Temperature up to 103 (not sure what that is in the other measurement) but seemed pretty high to me. Constantly dosing on calpol didn't even bring it down and the 'barking' carried on. Phoned med centre as soon as it opened at 7am this morning and managed to get a doctors appt at 8am and then spent an hour with her plugged into a nebuliser (sp?) she now is on ABs, has two other medicines to take and two inhalers that has to take through a weird tube (spacer?) poor little thing isn't very well. Also have to take her into a steamy bathroom every few hours. Doctor said she had bronchiolitus? and we may have to take her back to be nebulised? again later She is now lying on the sofa watching tinkerbell and feeling very sorry for herself.

mos For Luke's birthday, I'm just having my 2 best (local) friends round with their dc's. We've got together just the 3 of us with our children for all the kiddies birthdays, so will just do that.
I'm feeling ok. Still on AB's but they seem to be working.

I'm going into town today to look for something for Luke. And my mum who's birthday it was last week
I'm thinking of trying it with just the single pushchair.......might see if dp wants to come so he can drive (although I hate shopping with him)

Mos Your poor dd. That sounds terrible! I think 103 is like 41 degrees or something! Jacob's often gets that high.
Hope she gets better real soon.

Morning all. MOS that your DD is suffering so - bronchiolitus is not a nice thing to have (a few friends of mine have had kids who have had it really badly) but does respond really well to ABs so hopefully she'll be much better really soon. Keep up with the steamy bathrooms too as it really does help them. Do you have a humidifier? If so, have it on in the room she's in too as will help. Had a huge hoopla for DS1's birthday (softplay, church hall, over 60 people there) - having a tiny tea party for Danny (family only) 2 weeks after his actual birthday...

SM - at your shopping trip. Good luck with your trip today. Havent bought anything for Danny's birthday as yet - think he may be getting DS1's old wheelybug from the loft and a Wiggles dance dvd (as he and DS1 have just been boogie-ing to an ad for the wiggles - very cute!) which must order off Amazon. He basically only wants to play with DS1's toys anyway....

KBN - glad your DD is better. of your weekend in Rome. Danny managed to chunder at the end of his swim class yesterday - in the pool - thank goodness it was at the end of the class so we could scarper from the scene of the crime!

mos your poor dd. hope she feels much better soon, sounds really rough for her.

dinky i can't believe you've had a puke in an inappropriate place too. hope danny's ok.

no idea what to get ds. i want dd to see that he's given something but after christmas he's got so much stuff together with all the things handed down from dd so it seems so ridiculous but something small. i think a new aqua draw mat as the one dd had is pretty much ruined now i think.

dp's mum happens to be over from spain the weekend after I's birthday so we'll probably do a family thing.

i can't believe how many people you had to cater for dd's 1st mos. although the curry sounds worth doing it for!

just had a lovely swimming session with dd. she's always hated going on her back but had one of those moments when she chose to do it herself and found she loved it. she was kicking herself along like a rocket. lovely to see them doing something new and then getting the hang of it within seconds.

im back after a full nights sleep! mY MUM IS THE BEST NANNA EVER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD! she had izzy overnight whilst me and hubby went for a meal out and night at a hotel

ooooh another stepper here too how exciting, all the babies are growing up so fast can't believe Isobella is 11 months already She took 2 steps on thursday and has been practising ever since little princess.

well was going to catch up on posts but seems my (.)(.) are required for the third time since 8 rolls eyes back to reality! xxx

I'm wondering whether life would be any different if it was just me and the boys.
I do everything myself anyway and maybe if it was just us I'd be able to get rid of this resentment I have towards dp for his lack of help and support.
Today we were in the ELC and Jacob was touching and playing with the display toys. Dp snapped in quite a whingy voice "stop touching things. Why have you got to touch everything?"
I told him we were in a toy shop FGS, Jacob could touch what he likes and I reminded him how we pick our battles with a 2 year old so all verbal isn't negative etc etc.
Then we're walking through the shopping centre and Jacob falls over. Dp snaps "well get up then!" like Jacob falls over to piss him off.
I've just had enough. Plus it's been another weekend where dp has had 2 days off and he's done sweet FA with the kids. Why can't he just take them out for a couple of hours so I gert a break? Am I asking too much?

oh SM sorry you are having a hard time again with your DP.
I have to say, DH and I tend to fall out over the kids. DD can be a little minx at meal times, as no doubt can most 3 year olds. DH however finds it hard to deal with and often loses his temper and starts shouting which I hate so invariably that turns into an argument. I think the problem is he had kids so late (he was 40 when DD was born) that he was so used to his own space, peace and quiet etc so it came as a bit of a shock to him.
DD obviously didn't want to eat much last night as still very ill but he kept nagging her so she ended up in tears.

SM have you tried asking/telling your DP to have the boys whilst you have a bit of 'you' time? And no, you are not asking too much. Everyone needs a break sometime.

Hope you managed a decent sleep and feel a bit better. DD was up and in my bed at 2.45am and then tossed and turned until she went back to sleep at 6am and I had to get up with H. Needless to say, I'm feeling a little fragile this morning and have some studying to do before my counselling course tonight. Thank god the nanny is in for 4 hours this morning.

Thanks mos I have repeatedly asked him when he has a weekend off to take the boys out on their own for a few hours so I get a break and he just never does.
God knows what happened when I was in hospital. Remember I did have to get a friend to sit with my children while dp went to fucking Tesco. He has no idea how life is for me.
I bet he didn't sit on the floor and play with them. I bet he didn't attempt any activities with them. And I know for a fact they didn't even get dressed for the whole time I was away!
When he gets in from work the first thing he does is moan about the toys being out. It seems the kids aren't allowed to play with their toys if it involves getting them out of the box. Maybe he wasn't ever allowed to play with toys when he was a child.
I wonder in he treated his wife's kids like this? I wonder if they were ever able to play with their toys. Did they get snapped at everytime they fell over or did something completely normal for a small child.
Jacob is 2 FFS, not 7.