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 guys, DH should be picking her up any minute. I'd better log off for now, hopefully be back later.

ahhhhh, star Was your dh not moaning awhile back about you not making decisions etc? Sorry could be wrong, but you are actually taking control of a situation here that is looking after the wellbeing of your child! Did you mention to him about how your friend was unsure about when she could no longer have Q and that surely you making plans for Q was better than presuming your DH would be taking time off work or leaving Q to fend for himself! Also you should tell your DH that the majority of working parents use CM's nurseries for their children so it would be putting Q in an environment that alot of children his age are in.

csws glad you ok and the diabetes under control. How far are you now?
I will try to upload pic later, I am still unsure about it...looks liks a wig!

Dh was more understanding when he got home after the initial nasty email. He now understands... I think. You all are great, though
HMM I hope Poppy is ok now
Jenwa - photo! photo! photo! Let's see it!

DH is doing my head in, why is it he spends more time looking and picking in the mirror than I spend looking in the mirror I seem to have to do a quick getting ready in the morning then dont look in it again until I wash my make up off that eve! I am peed off that everytime he goes in the bathroom he spends at least 20 mins either picking h is skin, using MY tweezers to extract hair, skin or spots and generally avoids any form of anything other in the house! ahhhhhhhhh Sorry rant over

And NO I dont think my hair will look good on a picture, bad hair day and someone in the mirror so I cant get a look in!!!

hehe, posting at the same time star. Glad your DH was better when he came home.
My DH came down just and has now gone back up to the bloody mirror! I am hungry and want tea and he is running a bath because HE wants one but does want tea too! Cant decide whether to cook for myself now

So let's see a photo of your dh then he must be well ready for one

Rubbish internet connection is horrifically slow this evening so I can only pop on otherwise I'll probably end up smashing my laptop to pieces in frustration.

Pepper - Sorry to hear poor J is ill again. hope she is well soon.

Jenwa - Lovely to see you. Bet your hair looks lovely.

Hmm - Bloody fantastic news about the weight loss. P will be ok at nursery, she's still getting used to it. I am with Myjob and think you did the right thing leaving her the normal length of time. Toddlers are enigmas, who knows what upset her this morning. The tiniest thing can set them off, DS would cry if something was slightly different. So, if he had a red cup instead of a blue cup with his breakfast...... wahhhhhhhhh.........!

Star - at your DH. He is a pain in the backside and has totally unrealistic expectations. Yes children need stability but this is the start of some stability! If anything it means that Q is going to have longer to develop a good relationship with his carer. Children as young as Q adapt very well to change and he'll be absolutely fine, he probably won't notice much as he is such a laid back, confident fella (all credit to your parenting). Your DH is totally unreasonable and disrespectful of your role as Q's mother. He does NOT know better than you and the sooner he realises that the better.

Hello everyone else, hope you are all well.

hahahaha star totally immature I know but as I read your post I took it completely the wrong way thinking 'he must be ready for one' as in a quick shag....sorry but it made me laugh out loud....hehe. And no he would hate me to take a pic of his blotchy red picked face!!! he he

Just clipped my fringe back and actually looks better without it...doh, hopefully it will be ok when my hair is longer.

50ft ellooo...dont smash the laptop although it may be worth an insurance claim for a new one but please check first!

haha Jenwa!
I'll bet ronshar and 50ft would love to see that pic... they like nasty stuff like that!

You'd know if you have a migraine. I hope you don't It's horrible. If you do, get some imigran It works almost immediately.

Evening all. Really glad to hear you have a place with the CM Star- I'm sure Q will settle in brilliantly, ignore your DH.

Have most of the babies who've had the MMR been ok after, apart from poor Pepper's J? I had J's booked in the Christmas hols but then he had slapped cheek so I had to cancel. Need to re-book but might wait until half term in case he has a bad reaction? Am fretting though he might catch measles in between, not that there are any cases at his Nursery just because I am fretter!

Hi HMM I hope P was ok when you got her home tonight. Settling into Nursery is so hard, more so for us than the dc. After a terrible start though J loves his and I'm so pleased we decided to send him to one as it's done wonders for his confidence around other children. Well done with your weight loss too, that's amazing. How is it being back at work?

Jenwa- lol at your dh. Similar things happen here, dh seems to get at least 20-25mins in the bathroom of a morning, I get 10 max. So annoying.

Myjob- Off to bed with you. You could also try cool and soothe patches which along with painkillers really soothe my headaches.

Evening all. Only just finished school work so just popping in quickly before I head off to bed.

Star - Great news that you've got a place at the CM. Now I hope you can get things sorted for the next few weeks. I'm sure your Dh understands that this will be a good thing for Q in the long run. He'll probably feel better once he's met the CM. I organised my CM while DP was working and, although he trusted my judgement, I know he felt more comfortable once he'd met her himself.

Jenwa - I hope the hair settles in! I often hate my hair the day it's been cut and then once I've washed it myself I find it's more "me".

Poor N and you Myjob - Hope you're both better soon.

Hi all, gotta be quick as battery about to die on laptop, I think Pops might be weaning herself off BF, can you tell me what happens when they come off naturally?

She used to feed to sleep every night and take at least 30 mins to an hour. Now, foor the past fortnight say, she's been spending no more than 30 mins max and she's still awake when she's finished, she then goes to sleep when I put her in her cot and pretend to sleep next to her. Tonight, she fed for about 15 mins, just kept coming off so I got DH to get some warm cows milk and she downed it. Then BF'd for another 5 mins then went to sleep in her cot in about 30 secs. Dunno if its weaning off or just a one-off cos she was tired cos she wouldnt sleep at nursery. What do u all think?

PHew! dIDN'T think I was gonna get that posted in time! I'm just being lazy, can't be bothered to get power cable!! Night all.

She might have some teeth coming through hmm - would explain the change in feeding and her mood at nursery today, but would just be a temp thing, and not self-weaning. Tbh it's very rare for a baby to self-wean as early as this, but nursing strikes aren't uncommon, and are sometimes mistaken for self-weaning. Of course if you want to wean then a nursing strike is a great opportunity to take advantage of .

Oh and to jenwa - 17 weeks tomorrow .

Congrats on 17 weeks
Q can stay with my friend until feb break
But... yesterday after I sorted it all, I sent her an email about how I hope we can still hang out and be good friends and apologized for him ever being there if she didnt want...etc. I just wanted to say how I felt. Apparently, it was "too much" for her because her boyfriend texts me, telling me to back the f* off and if I don't, our "so called friendship" will be over...etc. and threat and name calling. lovely. It's so typical of someone like him. I don't know people who act this way.
then I replied saying what was that for and he text back that I must be stupid if I don't know!

He's really frightening. He's done this before... and her therapist told her he was "just protecting her". So he got away with it pretty easily. protecting her from what? me expressing how I feel???
I didn't sleep at all last night. and Q got up at 4.55am. I am exhausted but vomited twice, have a very upset stomach, don't ever want to eat again and I know she'll just say he was just protecting her again... my dh doesn't text her when she does something to me... likewise, I don't text her boyfriend when he does something not nice to her... I wasn't even being unking. I was expressing how I feel - it may have been heavy and hard to take, but I also expressed how special she is to us...etc.
Ugh, sorry, it sounds like I"m in high school

unkind not unking!

star - he doesn't sound a very nice man at all .

He's not. I just had a talk with my friend though. Hopefully all is ok now...
Still infuriated he did this, but will have to sweep it under the carpet for now