October 08 - New Year, New Thread.

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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
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) - 50ft - 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

Thanks Star! My own thread is dead quiet these days so perhaps I could be an unofficial October lurker!

I noticed your thread was quiet as a mouse Gui. You'll never shut us lot up!

Noticed eh? Stalker! Stalker!!

Pot? Kettle? Black? Moi?

Evening all! Haven't had a chance to catch up but I need your help if you're there CSWS!!

I've been making that sticky toffee pudding that you made the other week and followed the instructions for the toffee sauce but it hasn't thickened at all. Did you find it thickened once it was cool? At the moment it's very thin and not remotely sticky!

Come and join us instead Guimauve - We're a friendly bunch.

Panic over re the sauce - It thickened a little on cooling so we just poured it over and ate it anyway. It was very nice in its very gingery way, but nothing really like a sticky toffee pudding. There's loads left over so will see what it's like tomorrow.

Congrats to Auntie 50ft.

Am envious of that storage unit CSWS - at the moment all of S's toys are stacked along one wall in the front room. I must do somthing about that.

Ugh to reports Star. My thoughts have been turning to ours, which will be due after half term. I've been thinking of starting them this week and doing two a day to spread the pain a little. Bet I don't actually do it though.

V tired. Had all sorts of plans to do various beauty things to myself tonight but it's bedtime already. Gah!

Sorry aubergenie - am rather late in responding! Mine didn't thicken either, despite reboiling it like she says not to to avoid it getting too thick! I poured it over anyway (did it on the whole thing in the tin, rather than on portions) and it soaked through nicely to make it really moist. I think it absolutely had to be served with cream, but everyone bar me chose to have it with ice cream instead!

Evening all. You'll be relieved to know you can take the pegs off your noses - all the peppers have had a bath or shower now.
In fact apart from a small light bulb exploding over my head earlier the day has been disaster free .
The hideous chemical stuff we put down the bath ("15 minutes to clear all blockages") took 12 hours to clear, but I was so relieved.
School is open tomorrow, and the pre-school, and we live within walking distance but I went out with the buggy this afternoon, and it's almost impossible. I have no idea how to get them all there tomorrow. Very Slowly I suspect.

Good news Pepper! It's going to take me an age to get to school tomorrow too.

Do you have a sledge Pepper? Thats the only way we've been getting out and about, although best not to put them on at the back if they are tired - dd fell asleep the other day while I was dragging them into town and nearly fell off the back . Great to hear you are all clean and showered, you must be feeling so much better!

CSWS - I'm also a bit jealous of the storage. I must drag dh to Ikea....

Ok, I'm struggling to find the energy to deal with my kids today. Dh didn't have a weekend, even though his office has been closed since Wed, he has been working flat out and I never realised how much of a break for me the weekends are . I never thought I'd say this, but hopefully the roads will be clear enough by tomorrow so that I can brave the drive to the childminders and get a couple of hours break.

Mind you, we still seem to have loads of snow and the forecast is suggesting more.... I've not had a snowfight yet, I'm looking forward to when the kids are a little older and they might be up for one

YAY school is open Had enough of snow days. SLippery roads, but it was fine!
Q is still ill, though He's better than he was but still yuck.

Hi I can't read back and I'm supposed to be working (from home) but I've dropped POps off for her first full day at nursery and she was SOBBING, breaking her heart even before I made to leave. And I still didn't cry. [heartless] I feel gutted and anxious tho. I rang 30 mins later and they said she's fine but I'm wondering whether to leave her full day. What do u all think? Prev done max 4 hours, she was going once a week for 5 weeks before Xmas but not been for 3 weeks. She hadn't had breakfast tho adn apparently calmed down with some weetabix

Nursery nurse I just spoke to said maybe best to just leave her full day so she gets used to it quicker but wont that make her dread it more next time??? Was planning to pick her up at 4 but could pick her up earlier and work at home while PIL look after her at our house.

What do u wise women think?

Will check later for reply. [must finish report]

Am not great mentally BTW, the stress of going back to work and preparing this report, together with POps and my aunty has just died ofo lung cancer, think it's all taking it's toll, getting some of theold symptoms back.

Sorry to hear about all that going on HMM I think you should let yourself just get your work done and let Poppy stay at nursery for the day if she will be doing that in the future. She won't dread it more next time if she's there longer. She'll get used to being there for longer... but that's only my little insignificant opinion. I'm sure everyone else in the world will disagree with me! . You sound like you need a break and to get some work done.

HMM I agree with star, once they have settled (usually within 5 minutes of mummy leaving IME)then they are fine. If she doesn't get upset again then I would leave her.

I would leave her hmm, although I'd also be annoyed that the nursery didn't ring to let you know once she'd calmed down, and that you had to chase to find out.

fwiw when I was at university I used to work in a preschool / nursery setting that was on our campus for child study...etc. There was a baby room and toddler room and preschool room. I worked in the toddler for a semester (just helping out obviously) but found that they did settle within minutes of parents leaving.
If you will usually be having her there until 4pm but she's only there half of that time today, then there's a risk she might be expecting you at lunchtime or whenever the next time she's there... maybe not, just suggestion.

Yay!! Looks like (so far) I'm actually not a mean mother!
agree with csws that they should have called you, though. That's a bit .

HMM Sorry to hear about your aunty passing. If P settled quickly after you left, then dont worry too much. Nurseries are masters of distraction and cuddles. Stick to your original plan. She will be ok. Also you need to just relax a little and take things as they come. It will take you a good few weeks to get used to being at work and worrying about P at nursery will make it harder for you. You are not wonder woman as my mum always tells me.

Star Socks, really!!!!!!

50ft. Your body image has taken a right battering in the past year or so. Give yourself a little bit of time and tlc. How was DH? Pleased to get a bit of action Although watch out you could end up like CSWS and Heather. Just once is all it takes apparently.

CSWS good luck today. I hope you get to hear babies heart beat. SSOOOO exciting. I love being pregnant and am jealous of you. But def not jealous of another child.

Pepper. Sorry a bit late now you are warm and clean but how crap are BG? DH is finishing his Gas Safe course at the moment. He is always going on about what a waste of money the BG homeserve thing is. Mostly because they take ages to get to you and dont always fix the whole problem just tinker with stuff.

I went up to the girls school yesterday morning as they asked for volunteers to help clear the snow. They wanted to open up but couldnt until snow was cleared from the pathways. I was one of about 100 parents. We were all desparate for our children to go back to school
I have been going mental. I am fed up with all my children. DD1 is being so challenging and stroppy. I am at the point where I cant even talk to her. I have got a new book to read so I can try and salvage my relationship with her.
DD2 is being a nightmare with her food again. She just wont eat anything. I make her dinner/lunch and before she even sits down it is Yuck. Then she takes bloody ages to eat. I gave her Pizza on Saturday, normally a winner, 1hour she sat there eating 2 slices. Cut up into baby sized bits. 1 hour. Yestarday she had pudding Ice cream and chocolate sponge (we had friends round) Last night she was sick, poor tummy cant handle the chocolate & ice cream.
W is hanging off my legs all the time, screams if he cant get his own way, empties the cupboards constantly, wants my attention ALL the time if he doesnt get it he tries to take away what ever it is you are doing. The laptop gets smashed loads.

Can you tell I am a bit fed up? I love the snow but dont understand how crap English people are at dealing with a bit of fluffy stuff falling from the sky.

wow Ronshar. You make my life seem like a piece of yummy chocolate cake!

I hope things get better for you with kids at school.

Q likes to play with my laptop as well but I've made it clear he doesn't get to touch it so he backs off when told no. Dh lets him touch his loads so he is always smashing keys and causing errors on it. I think I must be really lucky with him for now because although he gets in a strop if we say"no" sometimes, he does back away from the thing and plays independently quite a lot. Happy to play with us but doesn't really demand our attention much iyswim... not sure if that might be a bad thing.
When he was smaller I could never put him down so maybe this is the reward for that? I didn't get those long sessions of him on a playmat or in bouncy chair - it lasted a few minutes really and was an accomplishment when I had a few days of 10-15 minute sessions without being held. ..

Is he going to start being very very demanding soon again? or is he weird?

ronshar -does sound like they are all a bit overwhelming at the mo. If you're like me, you can deal with just one messing you around, but all of them pushing you to the limit is too too much. Hope you get some peace while the DDs are at school.
It took me a full hour to get the DS's to school/pre-school. Some very nice ladies helped me carry the buggy over the really impassable bits. But it was worth it!!!
The road is stilll absolutely appalling, lots of people needed digging out. The main roads are clear but Dh said they were gridlocked at 7.20 this morning!
HMM, hope you're managing to concentrate on work, don't push yourself too hard.
CSWS - how exciting to hear the heartbeat - I must confess to a slight pang of jealousy but that's only because I've got 2 at school and 1 asleep right now .

Dont worry Star all children are completely different.
DD1 would play for ages on her own. Even now she woud prefer to be left on her own to read her book. She has nearly finished the third Twilight book. DD2 was a bit more clingy when I dropped her at nursery but then never wanted to come home at the end of her day

If Q is happy in his own company then he is doing really well. Can you come and give W few lessons in how to obey when a grown up says no? He just laughs and runs away, throws stuff, or drops to the floor in a puddle of screams and arms and legs!

star - just enjoy!

Pepper I am only jealous today. Yesterday I would have been muttering under my breath things about mad woman, rod, back etc

I didnt use my pushchair to get girls into school. W had his first taste of walking into school. I fear it may be very difficult to get him back into his buggy again.

LOL - J can't even stand up on her own yet! She's cruising a lot, just won't let go...
My pang of jealousy has already worn off as well

Actually, I didn't teach Q to listen when I say "no". My friend who looks after him taught him. I'm telling you, she's an amazing mother / caregiver. She taught him and then she taught me (because I asked how she got him to listen so well). He listens to her and to me... but not to DH . Because Dh has no follow through! He'll say: "no, Q, you can't have that" Q persists. "no Q, you can't have that" Q persists. "ok, here you go but just for a little while..." dh is a softie.