April 2009 - Episode 11 - 'There's Something About Teutonic Penises....'

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05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Cakeforbrains: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
27 Mar: ZuluWarrior: Alexander James 7lb 15oz
28 Mar: FrogmellaMoonbeam: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz

02 Apr: Oddeyes: ELEANOR 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bebemoo: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
03 Apr: Bumpalump: JACOB 8lb
04 Apr: BabyBolat: KARAHAN 6lb 5oz
04 Apr: Kingbeat23: IRIS
05 Apr: JumeirahJane: MILLICENT ROSE 5lb 15oz
06 Apr: BoffinMum: FELIX DAVID GORDON 7lb 9oz
08 Apr: girlylala0807 JAMES EUAN
11 Apr: SpringySunshine: GEORGE NATHAN 8lb 15oz
11 Apr: RachelinScotland: CLEMENT JAMES 8lb 14oz
11 Apr: Lou031205: ISLA SOPHIA 7lb 9oz
11 Apr: Electra: ISABELLA CAROLINE 6lb 3oz
11 Apr: AuldAlliance: ALEXANDRE 7lb 6oz
12 Apr: Phdlife: Name TBA GIRL 9lb 3oz
13 Apr: MathsMummy27: AMELIA CHARLOTTE
15 Apr: Guimauve: HUGO GEORGE 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Bronze: ISAAC JOHN 7lb 14oz
15 Apr: Kalikaroo: Name TBA BOY 8lb
16 Apr: PuzzleRocks: HOLLY ELIZABETH 8lb
16 Apr: Brettgirl: HANNAH GRACE 6lb 15oz
16 Apr: ReallyTired: Name TBA GIRL
18 Apr: Staryeyed: Name TBA BOY 7lb 11oz
18 Apr: Dawntigga: SAMUAL 5lb 11oz
20 Apr: Wrigglyfish: SEBASTIAN 9lb
20 Apr: Swaliswan: BETH 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: B52s: SAM MARTIN 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Feierabend: HAZEL LOIS 7lb 9 oz
21 Apr: Mrsgboring: EDMUND 8lb 12oz
23 Apr: Tristalewjac: LEWIN 8lb 4oz
23 Apr: NuttyTaff: TIAHNA SKYE 8lb 8oz
23 Apr: Purplemonkeydishwasher: ISLA ELIZABETH 8lb 14oz
26 Apr: Carameli: THEO LAURENCE 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Surprisenumber3: EVIE ANNE 8lb 2oz
26 Apr: Bicnod: OSCAR MATTHEW 8lb 1oz
27 Apr: Loobylaboobs: OLIVER STEPHEN 7lb 7oz
27 Apr: Gingersarah: VERONICA ROISIN 9lb 1oz
30 Apr: MegBusset: ARCHIE 8lb 15oz
30 Apr: Elpis: ISLA JESSICA 8lb 11oz
30 Apr: Ladyofmuswell: SAMUEL
01 May: Satheresitting: Name TBA BOY
03 May: Conkertree: Name ANGUS ANDREW 8lbs 8oz
06 May: Frekkles: HARRIS MERLIN 8lb 5.5oz

Have parked her in a middle of a pile of lego pieces

She's worked out how to pull herself up to sitting holding on to a chair now, and managed to pull herself up to standing yesterday for the first time. Accidents, here we come!

hey hey ladies, I just bumped into boff, bleu and feiera in the allergies forum, and thought to myself that I should come and say hey!

I'm fine and dandy and, so's the young un, having just recovered from a dose of bronchialitis. We're good. I'm leaving him over night for the first time on Saturday to go to a gig and party in Glasgow and I'm shitting myself! ANy advice?

Much love ladies, hope you're all well xxx

I hate having snot. Normal drivel will now resume.

ShortFeelingSorryForHerselfTiggaxx

TT you're sounding much more positive. I'm glad. But how stressful is your life? And you thought you'd buy a house too because that'd be relaxing?

Bicnod yay for the CM. You obviously have good feelings about her because you're sounding very upbeat about the whole thing. Your first CM post without sad faces on it!

Feiera, when you're famous I shall say I knew you once, when your kids were small. In fact, I may bend it and say I was your best friend . BW is sporting 2 lovely head bruises from his recent discovery that he can pull himself almost to standing. i can only assume it gets worse after this .

Hi Frekkles - not sure I've met you properly yet. I live just up the road from you (well, Perthshire - kind of up the road!). Advice about leaving the wee one overnight - give him a kiss, strict instructions for the babysitter then get out and go get pished! You're worth it and he'll be fine.

Hi Tiggs. Get well soon.

My son is officially the thug of his peer group. He rampaged round rhymetime poking eyes and grabbing arms, and made all my friends' babies cry . He loved every minute

TT, I do that stuff and I don't have my mum in hospital. Seriously, it's parenthood. But if you find yourself putting him in the wheelie bin then ring perhaps one of us first

Frekkles, just have a beer and try not to think about him too much, I reckon. BTW that celery thing sounded interesting.

Hmmm. So I take it from that post, Boff, that its not considered acceptable parenting to pop your baby in the wheelie bin every now and again? Oops

God, he nearly went in the wheelie bin last night. NOT a good night.

I actually got to the point where I just put him in his cot and stuffed my head under my pillow, after the second time he'd woken me 20 minutes after I'd gone to sleep

Poor DP had to deal with him.

Celery?

Frekkles - I practically never go out. I am useless at the actual leaving bit but I always find that the moment I've gone it's fine.

I have a fab time, usually drink more than I intended to and thoroughly enjoy it.

TT - hope you are hanging in there?

Bicnod - so pleased about your CM.

Fei - I look forward to seeing you on the next series of Strictly I'm A Dancing Celebrity, Come Get Me Outta Here.

oh x posts - well if there are lots of other kids in the wheelie bin is that ok? practically a party?

Mine are both teetering on the brink of being banished to the bin

Gah, it's bloody snowing again

I think if everyone else's children are in the wheelie bin it would be positively cruel not to put ours in there.....

LOL at wheelie bin parties

I think its supposed to snow here as well...

Zulu - thanks for pointing out it was the first time I'd written about CM without sad faces - you're right, that must mean I'm feeling much better about it

Frekkles - no advice here. DH and I are supposed to be going out together for the first time since our disastrous attempt several months ago on Sunday night. I'm really dreading looking forward to it.

Tigs - boo to snot.

Hmmm. Boss just rang to say they are doing pay cuts. This might mean I end up paying more for childcare than I'll actually take home.

Grrr Feier. I often wonder why anyone bothers going back to work with more than one child. It doesn't seem worth it sometimes - how can anyone afford it? What do you think you'll do?

Zulu - alot dont
I could hardly afford to go back with one child it just wasnt worth the stress for the pittance. Its one of the reasons we've had ours close together so I can go back to work sooner after

It's unbelievable. I'm lucky in that I earn more than average so even with 2 kids I'll make more working part time than their childcare costs. I'm also the higher earner so if anyone gave up work it'd be DH.

But even if there was a couple of hundred pounds difference each month I imagine I wouldn't do it for the hassle. What is the world coming to?

When do you plan on going back Bronze? When they're all at school? And do you do something that'd be ok to get back into. I'm sure you've mentioned what you do before .

I don't do anything. Probably stacking shelves. I was 21 when I got pregnant with ds1 so not much of a career before just office admin in small companies. A catch me with no qualifications and no experience. Dh has said that as hes used to supporting me he'll be happy to carry on when they're all at school while I get some qualifications but am still unsure what I want to do. Tempted to use that time to learn to drive and learn to plaster.

I could also learn to place a few commas in my sentences.

However, you have produced and raised his 4 beautiful but lively and exhausting children! Work enough if you ask me .

I always think that an apprenticeship in a trade would be the way to go - plumbers and brickies seem to be doing ok at the moment - at least round here! Unfortunately they only seem available to school leavers..

Commas are overrated

You can tell I'm in the house and the baby's at the childminder by the amount of time I'm on here. Off to work soon .

Plastering and plumbing both BIG money spinners - and you can choose your hours, so work round school hours.

Female plumbers few and far between but you could make it a selling point - appeal to lone women who don't want strange men in their house!

I have worked out that after bills etc my disposable income is 37.25 per month - so worth going back for!

IsGoingToRecklesslyBlowHerDisposableIncomeEveryMonthTiggaxx

Woohoo Tigga!! Party round your house?

And I would totally employ a female plumber over a male one. Totally sick of being made to feel like a stupid little girl

Also if you were a plumber you could renovate your own house. I'd personally want to be an electrician though, don't like dealing with other people's poo pipes

Okay so have done some spreadsheets and I will take some pocket money home after buying my train ticket - but then blow it all on bought lunches? I'd better get myself some tupperware.

I quite like the idea of getting plastered for living

Do we put the kids in the black bin or the green bin? Are they toxic waste or recyclable, I wonder?