October 08 - New Year, New Thread.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

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

No answer yet. I just sent a text asking for one Feel badly pushing for an answer, but I need to sort what's best for Q and I fear that the cm I like will be snapped up very quickly if I don't jump on a spot now. She's the best I've seen and I've visited several.

I saw one yesterday I would never send him to. Not ever. yuck. I just wanted out of there!

She just text me to secure the spot with the cm
I know that she has to put herself first and her own energy for her own kids...etc. I'm just sad that I won't get to see her, or her kids as much anymore - and Q will be losing a very special person in his life.

I've sent a text to the cm I like... but it keeps giving me a red "x"! Arghhh!!! If she's full because I didn't jump on it two days ago I'll just DIE.
Ugh!
Now, I hope my friend can at least have him until my feb break (the next 3 weeks).

....sneaking in to say hi.... Sorry I am not very good at this anymore! Just seem to be busy with being back at work and doing housework and sorting etc!

star sorry about your friend, I bet you are worried about Q, I think it will be good for you to sort something definate with someone else on a more professional basis rather than a friend, then hopefully you and your friend can get your friendship back and Q will still be able to see her that way too and it will be nice times together.

Hi to everyone else too, sorry you never had your meet up, I never realised it was cancelled, hope you get it another time and maybe I will join you.

I have read back and now forgotten what I was going to write!

Sorry to pepper for your Dhs Gran. Sad and what a difficult time when you could not get to his mum.

I have been sorting all P's clothes, got the next lot of clothes down and seem to have far too many clothes for her now but also dont want to get rid on them!

I had all my hair chopped sat, wanted a dannii minogue bob but it looks more like a mushroom! She cut it way to short but I will try to funk it up

Off to ball pit with kids for lunch, will try to Put P to bed in a bit as she was awake early today and will be a grouch otherwise!

Thank you so much everyone. What on earth would I do without all of you??? I'd be curled up in a ball crying . I really do love you all

HMM - I cancelled J's MMR twice before she was well enough to have it. She's been really poorly again ever since! She had it Tuesday,and by Thursday she had a temp of nearly 40 and a really upset tummy. She was quite perky in between
Now she's left with truly awful nappy rash - i don't know if anyone has any extra tips for it - I've been using sudocrem and metanium (alternating) but she's just raw, I've had to give her some baby nurofen - thought the anti-inflammatory bit might help?
Star, sorry you're having a rough time with childcare, it can be all consuming worrying about getting it right. What I can promise is that Q is much more adaptable than you think and they settle pretty much anywhere you are comfortable leaving them.
Jenwa - I'm sure you look great.
CSWS -did you get an early night and some sleep?
Waves to everyone else...!

pistachio hehe Yes we did....great minds and all that

star ah you know everyone will support you, I think its awful for you as you had such a great friendship with your friend, I think its really hard to have a friend/working relationship especially when a child involved. I know its money and will cost you but would you consider the new CM and then just tell your friend you are going ahead, take the pressure of you and know you can start to get Q to adapt with someone else, earlier than later whilst he young enough?

pepper ahhhh, poor J, I used metanium and it was fab, also got bepathium (sp) other than that can you leave her nappy off for a while and let the air get to it?

csws sorry meant to ask how you were feeling with pregnancy?

Star... i agree with myjob (I usually do) that this could be a really positive thing... you have just found a really good cm and you'll hopefully be able to get Q in with her and start him settling sooner. Just this morning i was musing on how adaptable babies can be if you give them the confidence (someone else said it here but if he sees that you're happy with the arrangement he is more likely to settle).

oh and pepper, metanium is seen by many as magic treatment for nappy rash, but it just doesn't work for emma (in fact i fear it made her worse). I would recommend Bepanthen as i have found it to be really effective.

Thanks so much, everyone.
Jenwa I had thought many times of takingthe pressure off her and just settling him with someone else, but last year when she was going through a really hard time, I suggested I put him somewhere else and I remember crystal clear her words "no, please don't take him away from me". So, I felt there was no way I could make that leap myself otherwise I'd feel horrible for taking something special away from her.
I just hope we still get to see each other and keep up. I hope Q gets to see her, too.

Most importantly, I got the space with the new cm!!! She'll only take 2 kids and she won't take anyone younger than Q now that she has him confirmed. I am very very happy about that. She can't take him until February, though, so I've got 3 weeks to contend with here and my regular emergency back up will be in America for 2 of those weeks... I just hope she can keep him until then...
I think (hope) Q is going to love her and really like it in her home.

Helloooo from work everybody!

Yay good news Star! Poppy is really unsettled at nursery today, she was sobbing when DH left her and she's been weepy on and off this morning, they tried to get her to sleep but she got really upset. I've just told them to try rocking her as last resort. Not sure whether to go home early and pick her up... or get PIL to.

Ok, so I just want to say - the house I visited yesterday of the cm.... I was greeted at the door by a 2 year old with a bottle of yellowed milk hanging out of his mouth. His teeth held the nipple and it hung down as he flapped his arms about. While I was there the little boy ate 2 chocolate cookies that he found on the floor, covered in dustbunnies and god knows what else... seriously, I could clearly see dirt on them. The mother wasn't bothered. She seemed nice enough adn if I met her outside of her home, wouldn't have known any of this. kids glued to tv most of the time. A travel cot stuck in the corner of the living room, which is where Q would sleep if he were there... sorry if that sounds horrible, but the whole experience was just revolting.
I'm glad I found this lady. I've spoken with more references today of hers and they just can't stop talking about how wonderful she is

HMM on the rare occasions that emma is unsettled at nursery she is usually a little under the weather. did they sya whether they had taken poppy's temperature?

No, that's a good point. Don't want to ring back now, have already rung twice!!! DH picking her up at 3.30 anyway, I'll leave it now. Or should I?

I try to decide on unsettled - leave them there, or distressed - go fetch them! typing one handed sorry. DD was at ursery with her high temp last werk and nursery happy to keep her as she wasn't distresed,

oh HMM sorry I missed your post before.
It's awful to think about that, but I'm sure she's just under the weather.
Yes, ring them back of course.
Don't worry about bothering them... taking care of your child is their job. It will make you feel more at ease, too.

DH is very angry b/c he thinks this has been done "behind his back" when in fact, she just told me she couldn't have him anymore this morning.

That is wonderful news re the cm star . What would your dh rather was done - that he stay at home and look after Q?!

Hmm - I'd be inclined to leave her there now, but if it's out of character then I might ask them to give calpol or nurofen to see if that perks her up. Unfortunately she is bound to pick up a few more bugs now that she is in a nursery environment.

We still haven't done mmr. Must get round to organising once we have reached more of a conclusion about whether it's teeth or dairy affecting ds at the moment. Don't want to introduce a 3rd variable that could bother him until we've sussed which of the existing two is the problem!

I didn't quite get my early night (can't remember who asked sorry) because ds woke at 9:50, but I was only a little behind schedule by the time I'd medicated and cuddled him back to sleep.

And I'm fine with the pregnancy thanks Jenwa . Only the gestational diabetes to contend with, which is being controlled ok with diet so far.
Can we see pics of your new hair please?!

I'm worried he'll say he wants to quit his job and stay home with Q. Which we can't afford either. He said "babies are supposed to have a routine in place and familiar people around them to make sure that they feel secure in their environment. he's not even two yet and we are asking him to go to a new place with strange people"

Well perhaps you could politely point out to him what a ridiculous suggestion that is star, by smiling and asking him which of his possessions he'd like to sell first to pay the mortgage .