May 2007 Is foundation really the cure for everything?

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HI all,

good lord can't believe another yr is nearly at an end.

Potty training is an absoloute disaster screaming hissy fits at any mention of sitting on the potty or toilet. Yesterday we just left him to it no reminders or trying to place on the potty. I wanted to see what his normal going habit is. He did 2 huge wees on the floor and a poo in his pants. It did show me that he obviously has pretty good bladder control as he can happily hold it for long periods of time. But I just doint think we are there yet. Moi are you going to shoot me down for giving up? We will try again Feb half term. Am hoping by that time he will not be quite so reluctant to use the potty or toilet.

Really glad to hear Lucas is getting better, not the Christmas PJ was planning.

Tilly hows the boy today?

LG&T really pleased to hear B has sorted out his nights for you.

So do you all remember the climbing frame debacle well he started putting it together this afternoon in the lounge! Archie was very helpful But its going well so far.

Just think from Jan 1st all you will hear about is my wedding it was exactly a month to the day yesterday Bloody Nora I am getting married

Happy New Year everyone.

Happy New Year Everyone (for later). Hope you all have a good one. Thinking positive thoughts for you PJ and hoping that L keeps on getting better.

Jam - we are a bit hit and miss with the potty training. Started last week and thought he had cracked it as he will at least wear pants now - but he had lots of wees on the floor yesterday! Not even taken his nappy off today yet - not sure if I can be bothered . My friends DS (DC4) is dry and he is not 2 until January. I am trying not to compare - honest - but it is so hard!

Don't panic about the potty training. They all do it at different times.

Beau was my earliest, he went from throwing the potty at my head in disgust to dragging me out of bed a few days later with pants and potty in hand!

I think dd was 3 and not dry till she was 6 at night.

The twins were 2 and 6, dry day and night within 3 weeks. Beau is still in a nappy at night.

He is still in his bed! I take him up and make up a story, zip him in to his sleep bag and leave the room.

We usually get a little moan but that's it till the morning! How did a boy go from being awake for 2 hours in the night and thrashing round my bed doing circles like some demented dog to being asleep ALL night!

Pink had another scare yesterday, they found a heart murmur in Lucas. He had an ultrasound and was given the all clear though. I feel she needs a HUGE badge for coping so well with it all. Her dh has also been spectacular staying with Lucas for 4 nights at the hospital.

She will be able to cope with anything now.

Jam i saw the FB pic of dh building!
You are indeed getting married, blardy hell! How very exciting

Sky did the girls have a nice time at their Dad's?

Dh duty for the next 3 days We will pop on to the ship for a drink in the Mess on NY day i think.

I am babysitting tonight for a friends 2 children. She is off to a house party I am in and doing nowt so may as well. Might buy a box of Ferrero Rocher and pretend

Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the lovely SOH.

She is often forgotten on NY eve. I am sending her some Birthday love

Happy Brithday SOH.

Girls ok at their Dads LG&T but would have rather been at home bless them.

I was supposed to be in tonight - with DCs -but we are now going to a friends round the corner. DD1 going to a friends house party and cannot go until 8.30 so I can't have a drink until then - she knows I am not amused

DP is on call for gritting and looking at the weather I don't think we will be seeing much of him which is good for the money but not so good for him when everyone else is partying.

On the subject of DD1s party she is going to a house of someone we do not know. I have spoken to the mother and she seems nice but whilst we were on the phone the boys banged heads and there was lots of commotion (C now has a nearly black eye!). She rang back later to ask if DD1 was allowed a drink! At home she occasionally has a glass of cider or a smirnoff ice so wanting to be seen as a "cool" mum I said yes but only one or two. Did I do the right thing? I am now thinking 13 is a bit young to be drinking at a house party where I do not know anyone and knowing myself at that age begs the question - who is going to be monitoring the 1 or 2? Oh well - will have to trust her I suppose - she is not like me anyway as she has a phobia of being sick

And again - positive vibes and a big hug for Pink - what a nightmare they are having x

Happy Birthday SOH. Hope you got your shop built and are enjoying playing with it.

We are all well and Christmassed out. Looking forward to getting back to normality a bit now. DH cooking a lovely meal tonight and baking a Nigella dessert. Tis the last day I will be able to say I am FORTY twenty-one next year today. How shocking do I find that.

TMAM when is the move? How is the running going? of the safari.

SKY well done on the certificate, soon be up and running. DH is doing a sterling job keeping the roads clear.

Merry Christmas Jam. Will check out the FB pics. Getting married you say, gosh how exciting, I would never have guessed. I actually think you have been very calm about it all. Potty training will happen when they are ready, don't stress about it.

MJB Bonne Noel. Hope you had a good one. Belated Happy Birthday H. Hope you are feeling better now.

Well done on the sleep G&T. SOmetimes they just suddenly turn a corner don't they. I will raise a virtual glass with you later. Belated birthday wishes for N.

AM I am faced with the same problem birthdays just before Christmas so have only just found space for those bits, now need to find space for Christmas presents. The DCs room looks like a bombs hit it.

Oh Pebble how awful for your DB. I love Patricia Cornwell as well although have not got through the last one yet. I will join you on the naughty step for the Christmas cards. I feel especially bad though as I was going to choose DD2s and parents when went shopping with DH and then because of the snow we did not go out.

TSM hope you are feeling better. F looks gorgeous like his Mum. I's all just a bit overwhelming in the first few weeks isn't it. Sending big hugs and some virtual Lansinoh.

PJ am sending you huge hugs and positive thoughts, glad to hear L has turned a corner and the heart murmur was just a blip.

Abby, hope you are having a good Christmas. What did Secret Santa get for you?

Happy New Year to you all. Hope 2010 brings you all health, wealth and happiness. Much Love CM xxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOH

Well done LG&T on getting B to sleep in his own bed Must make such a difference to both him & you.

CM, was lovely to speak with you earlier. Sorry if i sounded a bit distracted, but as you know the dc's were being delightful and probably testing what they could get away with whilst mummy was on the phone!

SKY, firstly, congrats on the certificate and secondly, re dd1..... tis a hard one as i was drinking at 13 (obv parents did not know) and normally at a friends house.... I think the parents will keep an eye to make sure that the kids are being sensible as they arent going to want vom all over the house or all over the drive I think its one that you just have to let ride as if you said no then she would have done it anyway..

PJ, I know you wont be on here but sending you lots and lots of positive thoughts and hope that Lucas will be home very soon xx

Now, what am i going to do with my littlest meadow? She is now waking 3hourly from when i put her to bed.. i havent changed her routine and am feeding her on demand as she is a little porker.. How can i make her sleep? She was going from 7 til about 1-2ish but now its 7-10, 10-1, 1-3.30, 3.30-6.30... I am knackered!! She will be 15wks on Saturday and i am considered weaning at 17wks but really cant decide if thats the right thing to do.. J was weaned at 17wks and E at about 21wks. Part of me is thinking that if by 17wks she is still doing this horrid waking thing then i might give her a formula at 7pm to see if that will help, BUT then the other part of me says to just continue with bf and see if it is just a growth spurt of some kind (lasting 6wks)...

We are having a quiet night in tonight - not a fan of NYE.

I hope that 2010 is a happy, healthy one for us all and all our families xx

Happy Birthday SOH and Happy New Year to you all xx

Happy New Year everyone x

AM - I am no expert so no advice really but I think 15 weeks is notorious for growth spurts. It must be knackering for you x

Is a growth spurt AM. Keep demand feeding and eating and drinking lots yourself.It will calm again soon.

Happy New Year you lot. Am hoping for a quieter year but the post is saying different.

Twat is dragging me back to court appealing against the judge. He has written a huge statement full of lovely things about me. I am back on 15th Jan. He can't be there however as he is out of the country until March

We still get billed for it all. Costs at about £4000 now. I hate him. I really do. The poor boys

On that cheery note i am off for a shower. The children i babysat for last night were monstrous. The girls up till 1am when i seperated them in to different rooms. The boy was shouted at as the others were asleep and he was up playing scalextrics!

Amtired and cranky.

PLUS i am only spotting. I was having a period every 10 days (am on mini pill) but the last time was just 3 days of vague spotting and this time babrely a smidge. What does that mean? >

Happy New Year Ladies

Oh no LG&T

I think i have found part of the sleep problem... Lucy is has been wriggling in her cot and can shift herself to the side, i think that she may be hitting her head on cot or whacking her arms on the mobile and waking herself up.. Last night she woke after an hour of being asleep and then at 00.30 and then at 2.50. I decided to test my theory out as i couldnt believe she was waking for food every 2hours so i tucked a rolled up blanket down her left hand side and she slept for 4hours and then for another 3 Will try this tonight and see if it works

Happy New Year.

Lg&t what a bastard.

AM hope the towel helps.

We are about to begin sleep training for shmoks again! We went to bed at 1.30 last night and he woke at 2.30 and didn't go to sleep until 5.30 completely laying on me. Being drunk and then hungover as the night progressed did not help matters. So Archie is in the spare rm so the crying won't wake him. We are fortyfying ourselves by having takeout Thai and a bit of gavin & Stacey.

How did it go AM? Do you think you have cracked it?

How was sleep training Jam? Hope it works for you. It is like magic going to bed and having no one wake you up.

I am still waking out of habit myslef, it is very annoying. I need to sleep train myslef!

Now help me all of you on the mini pill here

I am panicking.

Happy Belated Birthday to SOH

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all xx

Jam, Sorry A hasn't taken to the idea of toilet training, sounds like you need to leave him be for a few more months. I don't ever remember telling anyone to continue if it isn't working after a good chance. I am fully in support of each will do it in their own time, I'm surprised you hadn't got that from me in my posts on your other thread. The only thing I do preach is that if both parent and child are ready, there is no need for it to become a battle or an unpleasent experience, with encouragement, consistency and guidance they can get the hang of it VERY quickly.

Ta for replying Moi

When do they all go back to school? Mine are mostly Monday.

Am quite sad really. I feel like i haven't really seen them this holiday. Now Beau is a different matter. He can go to school RIGHT NOW.

We went on the ship yeserday, the kids loved it. Was nice to see him, 3 days seems a very long time when he has been home solidly for so long. >

Mine are Monday too, Jorja restarts. I don't want her to go though. Only mornings so at least we'll still have our afternoons together. She wan't to go so I have to let her I suppose. What will I do? I need a job!

A has NO work at the moment, scary times again for us, we have no savings left either this year so it's horrible. Something will come up soon hopefully for him. I won't feel quite so sick all the time then.

Glad you've cracked Beau's sleeping, thats fantastic!

Sorry Moi I wasnt inferring that you would have a go. I just felt you would be disappointed in me giving up. I have been very grateful for your advice.

Well shmoks only woke at 5 for a dummy plug in so no need for any CC in the middle of the night. THis is the prob really he can go a week or so pretty much sleeping through then we can have a month of hideousness. Will carry on and hope that he just manages to do it without CC.

Just been and had my hair highlighted blimey its blonde all need now are some fake nails and a st tropez and I will look like every other woman in Essex.

Jam Good luck with shmoks sleeping!

Try swaddling her AM, how did it go last night anyway?

lg&t, your ex is a true twat! for you. god I'd love to meet him!

Bloody fecking twunting casualty

and I'm going to assume you mean the programme! Killing off babies indeed! I have to say I was a bit preoccupied or I may have had a few tears.

I have been baby sitting for a lovely cuddly 4.5 month old. He was extremely good but I couldn't put him down which meant C going to sleep on the floor and L on DD2s knee eventually at about 10.30! DP went to bed at 10 as he is out gritting at 3. Very tired now but pleased I can do it! Very very pleased, gave me some childminding confidence

Aaargh! Sorry LG&T. Just seen fb. I did say I was preoccupied and I didn't see that bit! I would be complaining if I were you x

lg&t, I thought of you guys immediately obviously, haven't seen fb yet today but can imagine you annoyance..... buggers!!

Sky, I'm sure you'll be fine with the childminding, although you may need to learn to pop the babies down for a while to help the others too.

I'm not following sorry as we are still in about 2003 on our casualty, sorry it upset you though lovie. I assume it was about a baby with Turner's?

Happy New Year to you all. A bit late, sorry.

Sky you will make a great CM, you are very calm, unlike me who would spend the whole time yelling at each and everyone of them.

Just back from safari, which was tiring but great, though I had a mini meltdown at one point. I almost killed dd. Now in full sort the crap in the old house and fix the things in the new house mode.

Jammmmmmmyyyyyy, I can't believe you will be getting married soon. That is so exciting. What is the exact date? And where? Can we come send telegrams?

I hope all the babies are doing well. Ferg is a smasher Tills, just like his sisters. Charley, you sound very relaxed. I am so relieved for Pink that Lucas seems to be on the mend.

LG&T that is awful the way in which Casualty portrayed TS women. Didnt see it myself (as I prefer Holby City). I think you should definitely complain!

SKY, Im sure you will be a fabulous CM

Welcome back TMAM

Just seen the wonderful news that L is out of hospital & back at home with PJ

MRSJB, L is not a fan of swaddling now, but the rolled blanket does seem to be helping.. She is going 4.5hrs from first going to bed and then waking at about 2/3am then at about 6. So back to really only waking 1/2 a night from when i go to bed. I managed to get her to feed 3.5/4 hourly yesterday which is an improvement on 2.5/3hrs for the last week or so. Am hoping that she isnt too long before getting back to her old ways Although did get her date for 2nd set of jabs through so will see what effect that has on her...

E goes back to nursery tomorrow but J has an INSET day - do they really need one after 2wks off