May09 - Christmas is on it's way and Grumpycaaa is comin' to town!!

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Hope that works!

Cocktail anyone?!

I'm feelin v.grotty so am off to bed once M wakes for her feed (9.30-10.30 usually)

hope I feel better in the morning as I want to go to baby yoga and don;t want to pass my bugs around

I'm off soon too, farm's nearly sorted for the day! Hope everyone gets a good night, and that everyone is better tomorrow.

DD1 hasn't woken properly yet, but she's been very disturbed. A has been lying in her cot farting, can hear her over the monitor!

ROFL about hearing LO farts over the baby monitor ! Sleep well everyone

hi, another late night here.
went to tesco to get cake ingredients and came back with two big bags of things I hadn't planned on buying .

belgian, hope you're not coming down with anything. see how you feel in the morning, drink lots of orange juice.

ses, love the 'Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the monitor in the other room.'

flippin, I xposted earlier - we all do it! my dd1 sometimes wakes up 3x in the night and I get so angry by the 3rd time, i'm hissing at her like a snarling snake. (probably give her an image for her next nightmare)

looby, I echo what the others are saying. got my fingers crossed and thinking of you.

tumm, are you crazy? inlaws? and parents? yes, get in a vat of champagne to gulp sip all day as you need.

running, pula, hope LOs have good nights so you can sleep.

speaking of, everyone is asleep, why aren't I?

speaking of sleep, why aren't i?
may as well be the 1st post as well as the last of the day [yawn].

i'm going to kill dd1&2. they were up about 5x last night. dd1 just lies in her bed and calls for us until we come help her with either 1) tucking in, 2) wants the music on, 3) doesn't know what she wants. dd2 hears dd1 and gets out of her cot (scary as she does this asleep) and runs down the hall so we just put her back in bed. big, big sigh. this goes on almost every night.

H is perfect though. well, nearly perfect, she did wake at 11pm last night and I think her swollen gums are the culprit (teeth almost through but just rumbling underneath). otherwise she sleeps through to 630/7am. would love to gloat on this but, as you see from the above, cannot.

flippin, at least your dd has a good excuse for waking. I wish I know what dd1&2's are .

busy, busy today. got to walk dog after the nursery run, then let the cake-making begin! also have to tidy the house for inlaws coming sat. am sick of how --gross- untidy our house is/feels. am of tumm/febes/ladyH as it sounds like you're actually getting work done in your house. i feel like we're getting nowhere on current projects and other things like damp/old house woes keep creeping up.

ok, hear a cough in the other room, time to get up.

hope you're all well.

morning momino* sorry you're having rotten nights i find it harder when ds wakes up in the night than G. she just feeds and plays a while and drifts off to sleep. with ds it's i'm thirsty.. want a story.. another story.. don't want to sleep.. want to play.. it goes on..

momino - I'm with you on the untidy house nad all the stuff that lovely 'character' properties (read old and in need of work and money) bring with them. Sorry to hear about your night, I wish I had a solution for you. DD1 sounds a bit like yours though, when she wake in the night/morning she lies in bed and shouts - in the mornings it's 'Daddy, I'm awake now'! It would be cute if it wasn't 5:45.

We had a reasonable night in the end, DD1 didn't really wake at all and slept until gone 7 and seems much brighter today - she's looking cute, for some reason (ears maybe?) she's decided that she needs to wear her woolly hat in the house, so she's in her PJs and hat! Fingers crossed she's on the mend. A woke once in the night, and then because she stayed in bed with us after that she woke when DH got up for work.

Not sure what our plans are. Normally we meet friends at a soft play place on Thursday, but not if we'll go today. Can't go and get DH's birthday presents with DD1, she keeps telling him what we've bought!

Sorry for all the typos, you might be able to understand me?!

Morning Fi!

morning flipping at the hat and pj combo. ds loves the sunglasses/goggles and wellies combo.. while wearing only a t-shirts and nappy. he also gives the game away re presents

Feeling v this morning.

Just been to look at the alternative nursery for R where we def have a place. I came out and burst into tears. I didn't dislike it but I remember that after looking at DS1's nursery (even when we had no idea what exactly we were looking for in a nursery) I just knew it was excellent. I just had a feeling that it was good.

I have no reason at all to think that the new place will be anything other than fine. After all, I know 4 or 5 families who have had their LOs in there for the last 4 years and they have no complaints at all, but I didn't have the same feeling about it. I expect part of it is that you grow to like and feel comfortable with what you know. But I have no choice now. But I think I will keep R on the list for old nursery so that if we want to move him later in the year, we can. I guess we will just see how it goes but I feel so now about not sending him to the same place that DS1 went to.

Rant over.

momi am feeling your pain. R up 3 times and DS1 up once too.

flip and febes perhaps your LOs can be mini Gok Wans? So on trend, dahhhhhhling, with your hats and goggles.

farmville I daren't even look at this on FB. Something else to get addicted too!!

Morning all,

I'm supposed to be in swimming now, but thought I'd stay away from water with my newly arrived cold and all that I could also do with some time to sort out the clothes I'm planning to sell at Mebay tonight.

momi flippin My sympathies. Another broken night here too. Why can's C just revert to her perfect baby sleeping state of 2 months ago. I'm still blaming the clocks changing. She was fine before that. Last night around 2.30-3 (not sure was in a sleepy daze throughout it). She decided it was a great time to play in the cot, shake a rattly soft toy and basically keep me awake. Around 3.30 I took her in bed and she went to sleep (after boob ) and then it was a 5 ish feed and then dh's alarm woke me at 7.

Lol at your lo's fashion sense. Ds is really good at matching, but dd1 just selects the separate things she likes and doesn't care about the overall look, IYKWIM.

Morning.

Sorry to hear that ladyh ikwym about gut feeling but good reports from other parents is a good thing to have so perhaps it will work out. Its also a good idea to keep R on the waiting list for the other nursery though in case a place comes up.

Am also feeling and a bit My potential childminder texted me this morning to say she couldn't have A after saying last night that she definitely wanted to look after her! And I just confirmed that I was ok with the days I was going to work with the other teacher I'm job sharing with. No reason or anything. Grrr. Now I have to try to find alternative which is proving v difficult. We're also going to look at the local nursery but its more than £50 a week more than any of the local childminders and I would have to pay a retainer over the school holidays so it makes it almost not worth going back to work.

Think it doesn't help that A got us up 4 times last night too, think there are more teeth on the way.

Right, will stop whinging now.

xposts belg sorry you have a cold and a broken night too. The mebay thing sounds brilliant though, really good idea.

Sorry for all the bad nights, I've been there for most of the last 7mo. Will you forgive me though for...
He did it again!!!
He was asleep in his cot at 7.30pm. He woke up at 8pm but I think it was wind and he was asleep in his cot again by 8.30pm. He then didn't wake up until 2.50am when I fed him, he fell asleep, I transferred him back to his cot and he slept until 6.45am when he woke up and rolled around in his cot for 20mins before DH got up and picked him up and gave him to me in bed for a feed.

LadyH - the whole nursery thing is really hard. I've got O registered now but it still doesn't completely sit right with me.

Belgina - never heard of mebay but sounds a great idea.

ses Mebay is something a local mum has organised to sell clothes, bags and jewellery you don't want anymore, because she found eBaying a bit tedious and the cost of all the fees didn't really make it all worth it.

nurseries I'm so sorry for both of you ladyH and running about the nurseries/childminder. I know exactly what you feel about the gut feeling thing and it must be very upsetting and stressfull not to get the place you wanted. I think going back to work is stressfull enough and finding the 'perfect' childcare arrangement can make it a bit easier, give you some peace of mind. I hope you get a place with the one you like for O soon and that the new nursery grows on you. running I hope you find another cm. This reminds me I need to make work of my own childcare arrangements

Aw ses. No one here begrudges anyone who has a good night. God knows we have all had enough bad ones! So you so deserve good ones! Just wish we could all have them.

R is now asleep though having been up A LOT in the night.

belgina mebay sounds like a fab idea.

running god thats so frustrating. Why on earth would she tell you that and then let you down in less than 24 hours. And to do it by text too. .

Have to go and pick up DS1 from playgroup in a bit. He had a massive wobbly about going this morning, refusing to go. And every week he says he has had a nice time! I don't get it. They are having a Xmas party next weds so I may take him to that and not put him in on Thurs. There are less and less days now that I have with him before he starts school. But if given a choice he would sit in front on the computer and play his blasted Ben 10 games. Not spend the time with his mummy . Not having a good day am I?

am a bit worried about the cake... the batter isn't as runny as Fi/running mentioned in the post. I hope it's ok!

I know, the more I think about it, the more I am getting. I actually asked her 'are you sure you want to look after A' twice and she said yes too! Am thinking positive tho, she obviously isn't all that great if she can be that unreliable!

momi did you put the hot water in? Don't worry tho, it should be fine whatever, I've never had it go wrong... apart from the time I almost forgot the sugar

running, yes I did put the hot water in but going to add a touch more. putting it into the tins now.

maybe make another batch later so I have 4 to choose from (and more to eat!).

running- what a PITA re. childminder and nursery retainers. But like you say, if she is that unreliable, it is probably for the best.

ses- glad to hear O slept well again.

We are at the end of our tether re. sleep . S just isn't "getting it", and we are getting tired and grumpy. He wakes and has a feed usually around 10.30-11. Last night he woke again at 2.45 and DH tried for an hour to settle him (we assumed this would take less and less time once he realised he wasn't being fed) and he went back to sleep. 10 mins later he was crying again, so I fed him as it was 4am and i thought at least he will sleep through til after 7 hopefully. But no, he was up again at 6am (which is when he usually wakes when he hasn't fed since 11pm). I am starting to think it's just a habit to wake, and he's not really hungry. No signs of teething/illness. I am tempted to go back to feeding in the night and leave it for a month and try again. Febes- how is R getting on with the sleep training?

belgina- hope you feel better soon and sorry to hear you are having disturbed nights too. When I saw C's weight on FB I just had to look at my DDs red book, and she was the same weight at 15 mo . What a big girl.

taking a break, feeding H who's very runny-nosed. about the cake, maybe I put in too much flour. I started to put in 6oz then realised it was 5 so took out 1oz so I thought. maybe I made a mistake, but I had to spread it about the tin, it wasn't runny. I'm sure it will be fine when I add all the pink things to it .

flippin, my dd1 is your dd1's twin - she also runs about the housewith her woolly ear-flap hat (or maybe it says something about our drafty old house ) which makes me smile. she's been sleeping in it as well.

ladyh, running, and ses for the childcare worries. and LadyH, hope you're feeling ier this afternoon.

belgina, must take a look at mebay, what a great idea!

pula, xposted. sorry about S not sleeping well. did he read that post by ses btw ?

it sounded like you were doing well a couple of days ago (?) but i think your idea of leaving it for a bit then trying again is a sensible one.

do you need matches as well? ldyH is passing them out...

Mominohoho- yes, things were going well but DH has had enough of it and he has to go to work and is shattered. We could have a break for a few days until DH is on leave over Christmas and see what happens if I just feed him when he wakes. It's a shame when H sleeps so well that you have to get up in the night to your DD1 and DD2 .

not having luck with the cake . 1st batch burnt at 45 min. I think I'm missing some of the liquid (?). 3 eggs and 3tbs water didn't seem enough to make it runny. what did I do wrong?

now, i've made another recipe which is runny enough but had to use my springform tin and a large amount has leaked through.

i really hope i don't have to make a 3rd cake. i'm so good (in all modesty) at making bread so why is this cake such a problem? just because it's for dd1's birthday party? maybe it's the pressure...