October 2007 - these little piggies are growing up fast!

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Ok so a pretty boring thread title but thought we needed some distance from the last one!

Happy mothers day to all

I have had a lovely day, went to see mil for a while and both sil and bils were there with Dylan's cousins. Had some food and then we came back home as Dylan was flagging and needed a nap. We all had a nice nap then took him to the park, just got back now.

I had a lovely lie in this morning and Dylan go me some pink lillies

NO sign of baby arriving, i'm tipping from quietly impatient to fed up now, I hoped he'd be here by now, just like last time, I really didn't want to go this overdue

Inzi - Sounds like you've had a lovely day too. Lol at 'it's nearly your birthday'

Great your bump is coming on, you'll have to post some pics!

Sorry your lunch was a bit quiet but nice to have spent it with everyone.

Eva - Lovely whispers from Aaliyah, so sweet of her, bet it made your day

Sounds like you're getting the storage all sorted, good for you!

Well, off to have some tea now, I have purchased a 'Milka with pieces of Diam' chocolate bar for later, can't wait to try it

Hi to all i've missed x

Just popping on to say Happy Mothers Day. Hope you all had a lovely day. DH had to work so I was on my own trying to get on top of the cleaning. Failed as usual.

Floria I hope you are your mum are keeping well and that the anniversary was not too difficult for you.

Dalry - hope you don't have much longer to go!

No big news from me as all I ever do is work. Exciting times. Dareh is lovely though, lots of fun. He was busy making spider man a cup of tea tonight

Hello everyone, hope you've all been spoilt

Well DH obviously got the hint this year, so I have had a card off each of the boys as well as the ones they made at nursery, and a flower in a pot. I didn't really get a lie-in as we had friends stay last night and they were up at 7.45 so I got up aswell, but DH did get up with the boys. Then we went to my MiL's for dinner with DH's two gran's aswell, so 10 of us for dinner which was nice.

DH has gone to bed early though his stomach ulcer is playing up again because he is drinking too much again also being stressed at work hasn't helped but I think its the alcohol.

This week I am mainly making cakes and shopping for food. My mum is 60 next weekend so I am having a surprise party for her at home, so lots to do next week. Its also Sam's last day at Nursery on Friday and I have him at home for 4 weeks!!

Ben is doing well, his speech now is amazing, I can understand him better than Sam almost He can now sing twinkle twinkle little star almost all the way through with no help, the grannies loved it today

He fell asleep on the sofa tonight at 5.40pm and I managed to undress him, change his nappy and put his pj's on without him waking up so I put him to bed, so god knows what time he will be up in the morning!

Dal I hope Miles puts in an appearance for you soon, I would be going up the wall by now, did they give you a sweep when you had your check up? I had a sweep at 4 days over with Ben and he came that night.

Inzi Glad you are enjoying your bump and pregnancy now, I hated being pregnant both times which is why I couldn't do it again

Hello to everyone else, hope you have all had nice days xx

Hi everyone

Dal-Sorry for you that you still haven't gone into labour. Hope you're going down the stairs on your bum, eating curry etc
Could you manage to go swimming? I went into labour after going swimming and after having a yummy gin and appletiser that day

LLL-Glad dh got the message this yr and you got cards don't envy him with the ulcer. Awww @ Ben singing, I was quite suprised when I could hear Shannon singing it all the way through the other morning, but then was when I realised it was 4am.

Eva- @ Aaliyah making you cry. So cute

Inzi-Glad you're enjoying your bump I, like LLL, am not keen on being pg, but saying that, I've never actually been in a happy relationship when pregnant, so if I had have been I may have enjoyed it more. I bet you're blooming Shannon sang happy birthday this moring too She's obsessed with presents too, so I got them thrown at me in excitement.

Well I've had a nice enough day, Girls where awake around 7am, dd1 took Shannon down and brought me a cold drink as I had headache and didn't want anything to eat or she was going to do me some toast.
The girls and I went to Rich's Mums for lunch and did a little bit of shopping and that's about it. Shannon is really off colour so has been so ratty, she went to bed early on request so I had a lovely soak in the bath and am now eating the luxury chocolates that I got this morning and having a yummy glass of asian wine which is really sweet, just how I like it

Hope you've all had a lovely day

Bblue - I have loads of decluttering still to do, only really scratched the surface. I'll be parceling up eBay packages for months to come (when I get round to putting anything on there)! Hope your nights are still ok now Marco's tooth has arrived. Anya used to have terrible nappy rash too - never worked out why on earth there would be a connection.

NC - hope the man comes to get your washer sorted out this week ok. Good that your sil is able to deal with him and Shannon on Wednesday. at being able to take a week to find out the answers half way through an exam - how strange is that? Hope the rest of it goes ok this week.

Dal - hope Miles arrives soon, this must feel like it's taking forever. Good news that he's turned - just think how comfortable you'll be once he's here! On my evening off last week I worked late, then did a bit of shopping at the Trafford Centre (impulse buy: the soundtrack to Glee, which is now played very loudly in the car - it's a wonderful pick-me-up on the way to work!). Love the flower you got this morning - lillies are my favourite.

Eva - at electric screwdriver. (Never thought I'd type that sentence .) My dad came round on Saturday morning to help put all the shelves up, but actually I made him supervise while I did most of it so I can be a bit more self-reliant. That exam's moved a very long way forward - 6 weeks-ish is a bit much - not surprised you're not happy. at your au pair's sudden decision to leave as well - do you know yet if she's around tomorrow? Aaliyah is so sweet - those cute moments make up for everything don't they?

Inzi - sorry your lunch was clouded by sad memories. Your bump sounds wonderful - how great to have lots of kicking.

LLL - hope your dh is better soon. Is the stress at work likely to ease off? Does he usually drink less when he's less stressed? I find the two go hand in hand with me! Wow at the 4 week break from nursery - is that a long Easter holiday? Awww at Ben singing 'twinkle twinkle little star'. That's one of Anya's favourites, but it's the tune that makes it recognisable more than the words in her case! He must have been tired to not wake up while you got him ready for bed! Fingers crossed he sleeps through for you.

Hope everybody had a wonderful mothers' day. H had left me a card from Anya hidden away (not hidden that well, I found it last Monday!) - and texted me to tell me where it was. Went shopping for a potty today - wanted to do it with Anya so she could try them out in the shop. We ended up with one of those that's like a chair with a potty in the seat - she can get on and off really easily, whereas she struggles a bit with the ordinary ones. It's in the living room now and she's enjoying getting on and off fully clothed. That's the first step I suppose!

hello all

muppet here still with the new name!

great mothers day here, I'm wearing the dress that ollie chose for me with dh and the scarf and necklace (he has very good taste!) he also made and wrote a beautiful card, Hen painted a butterfly and Tobes did a handprint flower. I am a very lucky mummy x

Dal - no creame egg for me then eh? I am hoping he will come soon, any plan for the week?

Will read posts and post tomorrow
am crap at the mo but are thinking of you all
xxx

Hi All

TheOldBarn - Will definitely take time to get used to it especially with me being away for this long. Lucky you with your boys, I'm sure that they would have any mums heart melt. I can just picture how no woman will be good enough for your boys when they older.

WWAJC Nice of your H to at least encourage Anya to make a card for you. She is a right old gossip now.

Good luck with the potty training, I have decided to leave that to my mum to do while we in SA. If she doesnt then I will when we come back. Good Luck with getting things done around the house, you will actually find its easier than when you had your husband around.

NC glad you had a nice day today... hope it goes well with your tutor this week

Dal Fingers cross for you and hope Miles makes his appearance soon. I was 15 days late and I had a sweep, and was on the drip and they broke my water. Everything was done for me and after a 16 hour labour I was only 2cm dilated and we had to do emergency c-section when baby became distressed. Sorry not meant to discourage you, you went through it before. But all the best.
Hi to everyone else

to everyone else glad you all had nice days today.

Aaliyah made me a card with her childminder and then DH hid it away on Monday but on Tuesday morning she told me. Love the fact that she now tells me everything. But because I realised what it was I didnt have a look and the she walked in this morning with a bunch of flowers in the one hand and her card in the other (whispering to her dad its heavy) and saying happy mummy's day. Was so cute. DH then took me and his parents out for lunch which was lovely and we walked around near the river and had more desert after at their place. It was lovely to see them all together. Aaliyah found it stranger with her grandparents and her parents all in the same car as she enever do. But she was all right after a while.

Morning ladies,

Thoroughly fed up this morning

Dylan had a tantrum as soon as I got him up and i'm sick of being overdue.. He does it a lot at the moment, request things he doesn't actually want then keeps me waiting for him while he refuses to choose the requested item, this morning he wanted some socks out of his drawer but I held him over the draw for ages and he just kept picking them up then putting them down and when I tried to take him away to change his nappy he just kept crying and screaming but when I took him back he wouldn't pick any socks arrrggghh! I got sick of it cause he does something like this nearly every day and then I have to be firm and say 'you've got 5 seconds and if you don't choose any you're not getting any' then take him away after counting down from 5, he then either chooses some and comes away ok or (as he mostly does) has a tantrum for ages till he calms down. So... I had to change his nappy whilst being kicked and cried at then as son as that was done he decided he wanted a toy car but again wouldn't pick one so got taken downstairs for brekafast where he followed me round the kitchen crying some more ANY ADVICE??? Surely the day can only get better?

Just had a little hormonal cry to myself. Think it's stressing me more than usual as i'm wondering how i'll deal with this most mornings and a newborn

Sounds like we all had nice mothers days yesterday

LLL - No they didn't give me a sweep at my check up, I did ask for one as I had a feeling I might go ages over but the midwife wasn't very 'pro sweeps' and said it was better to let nature take it's course and it'd be better to wait till 10 days - tomorrow. I get what she meant but i'd rather be started off by a sweep than have to go in and be induced like last time! See what tomorrow brings I guess...

Sounds like you've got a busy week ahead!

Lol at Ben being so tired he didn't wake when you changed him.

Choc - Great to hear from you, sorry you've been working so hard lately. Keep popping back to vent your frustrations whenever you get time, we're all here for you x

Very sweet of Dareh to make Spiderman a cup of tea, Dylan likes Spiderman at the moment too, he has a plasic cup with him on he always asks for..

NC - Mmm bath chocolate and wine, what more could a girl ask for .

Thanks for the tips on starting labour, I haven't tried the stairs and bum combination lol, I tried everything last time and nothing worked... sounds bad but I just can't be bothered lol. The midwife suggested pineapple but I read on the internet I would have to eat about 8 of them

WWAJC - Ah your evening off sounds nice apart from the working late bit! Great to have new music to cheer you up, I find misuc really affects my moods, love listening to it but don't get as many chances as I used to as it gets turned off in favour of cbeebies. Still manage to have it on in the car and whilst we eat lunch and tea though

Good idea to try them on the potty in the shop, I don't think Dylan finds his too comfortable cause he has a skinny little bum . Thinking of getting one with a squidgy seat, think NC has it..

theoldbarn - Sounds like you got some lovely presents

No big plans for the week really, got my midwife check tomorrow where they'll monitor baby for a bit and do sweep. Should really make lots of plans to encourage him out!

Eva - I was induced at 14 days last time, fortunatlely they only got as far as inserting the pessary and a few hours later I went in to labour without the need for my waters being broken or drips thank god. I'm aware that it could have been very different though and more like your experience which is why I wish i'd just go in to labour naturally.

Your mothers day sounds lovely, good your H seems to be making an effort

I'm off to carry on feeling sorry for myself now..

Hi to all i've missed x

Thanks Inzi, makes me feel better i'm not alone! Yes, he does keep doing the mind changing thing at the moment, what the hell am I supposed to do with that?!

The day before yesterday he had a tantrum in the hallway cause he didn't want to go up OR down the stairs, so where did he want to be then? , Dh and I ignored him and he kept looking round the corner at us to see if we were watching and as soon as he caught my or dh's eye he would start the hysterical wailing again. We actually had to stop ourselves laughing in the end but it's not so much fun when i've just woken up and i'm on my own, groan!

Hi all

Dal - really hoping Miles will come soon for you!! Re Dylan, if Hen does this (he does a lot) I just walk away saying, 'okay, let me know when you're ready...' and I literally just walk away. It takes the wind out of his sails and he almost always then says 'I want shoes/socks/etc etc etc' Now if you've got any advice for getting Hen to hurry up and get into his carseat in the mornings (because God forbid he'd want any help!!) that would be fab!!

Eva/ need coffee -am so jealous of you both studying and amazed at you both fitting it in with lo's I wish I could've. Still not sure what I'm doing at the mo -job didn't get back to me, not brave enough to phone back. Have started to make things again and listing on ebay, see how that goes. Hoping childcare hasn't fallen through for you Eva x

Inzi - love the 'it's your bithday!' Henry didn't have a clue but was carried a long with Ollie's excitment. Good luck for your consultants' app -what are you wanting this time? Enjoy your bump!

Hi chocolatstar!

LLL- Glad dh took to the hint but sorry he's not feeling so well. I take it laying off the drink would help the ulcer?My dh is a little like this, he hates that he's put on weight but still eats tons of crap!! Is Ben strating a new nursery? 4 weeks? Wow! You're a braver mum than me I think Henry would protest too if he didn't have a break from me Love to see a piccie of your mums cake...

Hi Need coffee xx

Re potty trainning we're doing it totally different with Hen than we did with Ollie. With Ols we just put him in pants and he was fine after about a week. Henry is absolutely terrified of wetting himself so we've had to use pull ups. He LOVES them and refuse to wear 'Toby baby nappies' anymore! They are Bob ones so he calls them Bob pants which is fine. He's asked to go to the toilet a couple of times and sat on the loo but as yet only managed a little piddle.

I feel we'll all being doing poo dances very soon

Dal - you'll manage! You really will xxx Ina few weeks time you'll be amazed at what you can do and how confident you are with them both. What you are feeling now is prefectly natural considering what you;re about to do but you can do it. It will be tough but don;t put any pressure on yourself to get anything done, don't have any expectations about the house being tidy, getting shopping in or worrying about neglecting dh. Take all the help offered -people really do mean it, they do want to help.

Hi All

Dal-Really feel for you, sorry but I pmsl @ the midwife rummaging round in the proceeds of the deed, I'd do it anyway-keep DH happy for a bit longer too! Out of interest how big was Dylan when he was born?
Shannon sometimes has tantrums as soon as we get back, you know when you just get that sinking feeling of oh not another day lie that and want to go straight back to bed for the day! Don't lift him to chose, take 2 or 3 pairs of socks/toys/whatever and let him choose out of them, if he hasn't chosen within whatever time period you want to do (personally I'd do about 5 seconds) then you chose for him-he'll soon make his mind up.

Inzi- at the feeling of drop kicking, get that often!
Good luck with the potty training, Shannon is really good now, not had any accidents for weeks and she's quite good at holding it until we find a toilet when we're out. She won't be dry at night for a good while though, but I can handle that!

WWaJC-Love that Glee helps lighten your spirits, Rich went with 3 mates to Aberdeen at weekend and apparantly they had that on most of the 8 hours it took to get there, they loved it. Ho hum.

TOB-Aww at Henry with his Bob pants

Eva- at the flower's being too heavy, Shannon say's everything is too heavy too. When are you going to South Africa?

Well I've been for my hair cut today, I got a voucher out the Times newspapers last week for sil and I and it was meant to be for a free cut and finish at a Saks salon, but when I called you had to pay £6 on top-I don't mind as it is still cheap for a cut but other salons where giving them free and it didn't say you may have to pay extra-anyway I wrote an email of complaint saying that the extra should be made clear when advertising the offer. Heard nothing. SIL and I had our cuts and paid the extra today and when I got home I had an email saying we wouldn't have to pay! So have emailed them back saying thanks for the offer but have already paid-at least other ladies in this area wont have to pay as I rung the salon and they confirmed they will not be charging the extra any more

Shannon is still off colour, keeps being really hot and doesn't want to do anything but no other visable signs of illness. Have cancelled nursery tomorrow so will hopefully be able to do some college work at home as I'll be missing the whole day. Also got a dental appointment tomorrow as I've had toothasche for a few weeks, nothing too bad but it need's sorting sooner rather than later.

Right, better go sort tea out!

Hey ladies,

Thanks for all the support and advice

Inzi - Lol at Jane's 'I wnat, I don't want', just like Dylan at the moment, it's crazy cause how can you not want one thing or the opposite of it?! I never knew toddlers could be so mentally challenging [confusing]

Thanks for the reassurance regarding doing the deed, I guess midwives have seen it all before , am considering it but can't imagine how i'll physically be able to get myself in the mood the way I feel right now, ah well, we can but try!

Dh has brought home a menu for the new curry place in town so we're gonna have one tonight. We did this last time and he got the sh*ts and it had no affect on me what so ever

theoldbarn - I am trying that approach more often now as it does work some of the time. I guess the sock drawer one is a bit of an issue, he has an obession with socks likes to carry them around etc and he knows they're in the top drawer, I don't want him to get them all out btu am happy for him to take a pair which i can return later... If I get soem out for him to choose from he just refuses and if I let him choose himself he refuses most of the time. I don't know, I think it's just a boudary thing as inzi said... If I just say no and take him away he cries but then is that any better than him crying anyway when he's refused to chose any?! . I'm sure it's just a toddler thing.

He started it downstairs too, everytime we go to put him in his seat for dinner etc he decides he has to have a car to take with him. If we say no he throws a tantrum and will not physically go in his seat, stragihtens his legs and wriggles. It was working to count down form 5 then he would chose one but now we count down from 5 and he tries to get an extension on the time by not chosing and shrugging us off so we end up with tantrums again. Some days he's ok though. It seems to work better if we do as you say and say 'ok get one then' and then just wait in the other room, he comes through and will go in his seat after a minute but sometimes he goes for a second chance tantrum and tries to repeat the car chosing process as we try and put him in his seat. I'm just babbling on really but suppose i'm jsut describing normal toddler behaviour really.

I don't have a problem with leaving him to it, it works better I think, the only time it's a problem is when we need to get somewhere or do something and i'm stood waiting for him, there's no hurrying him up!

Car seat one is a problem, never had that yet. Sounds like he wants to do it himself but that's not really possible is it! Maybe some sort of distraction then bung him in quick, not easy I know...

Aww at Henry in his 'Bob pants' so cute, sounds like it's going well and you're doing it in a nice relaxed way.

Thanks for the reassurance regarding looking after 2. Guess I just don't want Dylan to feel 'left out' or 'unloved', I also wonder how i'll cope with 2 screaming at once, suppose I just will! Dh mentioned to his dad that he might be needed to take Dylan out for walks now and again whilst baby settles in. He's still off work recovering allthough he's a lot better and has been told by the doc to go on walks to build himself up so he's been taking Dylans cousin out in the buggy and has offered to do the same with Dylan

NC - yes it is quite funny, poor midwife! Dylan was 6lb 5oz when born so obviously needed the extra cooking time. They aren't concerned about the size this time as i'm measuring ok but ont sure whether that's just cause i'm more streched this time so got a bigger bump? I'm still expecting a little fella, got tiny baby and newborn size clothes in his bag

I also Loled at inzi's 'drop kicking' thoughts, I know the feeling!

Nice you got a cheap haircut, waht a cheek them charging extra though . Glad you complained and got them sorted so they can't rip anyone else off!

Hope Shannon feels better soon, did she have the swine flu jab? Just wondering cause Dylan was off after his.. Hope you get your tooth sorted and it's nothing too bad.

We're gonna have the curry once Dylan is in bed so we can just relax, i'm starving now though! Can't wait!

when I read dals 'tob' I thought 'who's that?' 'Oh yeah, that's me!'

Doesn't suit me really so I've changed back

2 year olds are great aren't they? Sounds like we're all going through it with them at the mo. Henry likes to do everything by himself and gets really angry if you try to help at all. He's still a bit of a thug which is partly why we changed cars so he can't batter Ollie anymore we now have a chrylser so the seat configuration is front 2 seats, 2 seats next row and 3 seats in the back so Hen and Tobes are behind me and Ollie has the back row to himself and it's much easier when I take one of his mates home too. The x5 was a fab car but Ollie went in the front which I was never happy with and at weekends when they were all in the back together it was pure hell as Henry had worked out that there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop him screaming/screeching/hitting Ollie.

well, time to start a new guessing game with dal's baby

I'm going to go for friday afternoon!
(just desperate for a creme egg you know xx)

Eva - at getting your mum to potty train Aaliyah - sounds like the perfect solution.

Dal - if it's any comfort, I'm having exactly the same problem with Anya - she wants to do everything herself but won't actually do it iyswim. Even just getting her upstairs can take forever because she just messes about on each step. But if I pick her up she screams. I think she is finding out where the boundaries are. My problem is that I'm not very consistent - I'm going to have to decide how I phrase things and where my cut-off point actually is. At the moment I give her too many chances before picking her up or doing it myself - and yes, that results in her sitting on the floor wailing but I just let her get on with it. I suppose a lot of it is deciding which battles are important - insist on something if it matters, regardless of the wailing/screaming - but let her have some freedom or choice if it doesn't matter. I think consistency's probably the key, otherwise it's confusing for them - they don't know what the rules are - but that's easier said than done! Not had much of the changing minds or the not wanting to be upstairs/downstairs thing - understand from Supernanny that it's very common though. Good luck for tomorrow - hope all goes smoothly. Lol at midwife poking around in 'products' (are products visible for that long?) - I'm sure it's nothing she won't have seen before. Good that pil is getting better.

Inzi - good luck with the potty training - I don't have a long free run of days, which makes it awkward picking a day to start it, so I'm just going with the flow (so to speak). I tried to encourage Anya to sit on hers with a bare bum today but she complained it was cold. Not sure how to sort that one out . Pmsl at chocolate cupcake - sounds like my kind of diet!

NC - hope Shannon is feeling better soon, sounds like a virus - rest, fluids, calpol should do the trick (but you knew that anyway). Ouch to toothache - hope that's nothing serious.

Muppet - oh good, I still get confused over new names as it is! Your new car/bus sounds wonderful - bet Ollie's loving having all that room to himself!

FT - keep meaning to ask, when is that alphabet programme you mentioned on? Alphablocks?? Thought you said CBeebies, but can't find it.

Evening

Ah so we're all getting a taste of the terrible two's by the sound of it, what happened to our little angles? Well, Dylan is still utterly adorable in between tantrums so i'll let him off!

Muppet - Ah nice to cal you that again our new car/bus sounds amazong, I would definately consider something like that if we change cars in the future.

Friday afternoon eh, ok, make sure you remind me if you were right after the event and the creme egg will be on it's way

WWAJC - Yes, you've hit the nail on the head, consistency is key. I find it hard too to decide which battles are worth fighting for. Sometimes he can be in a good mood so i'll let him do something I wouldn't normally just cause we're having fun togehter but then the next time when he's all grumpy i'll be firmer and put my foot down, it must confuse him I suppose. I guess I just don't want to be 'on guard' and 'enforcing the rules' all the time, I do want there to be give and take and for him not to feel too restricted. Oh it's so hard!

We just had a curry, we're both pathetic with spicy food so are now both VERY red in the face, hope it works to get baby out!

I've told dh I am considering the deed but that it may not be romantic and that I don't really feel in the mood as such. He kindly offered to oblige and said we can just give it a go and see what happens

Well, my mouth has just about stopped burning now and the baby is raving in my tummy, maybe he's wondering what all these new spicy flavours are about!

Fil is going to take drop me off at the midwife app and pick me up tomorrow whilst mil watches Dylan. I was laughing tonight as he was asking what was going to happen, he was convinced I was going to get my waters broken and would come out of the appointment in labour and he might have to deliver the baby on the way home . I had to explain it was just a sweep and some monitoring lol

Whenever I give birth dh has promised to update you all in my absence..

Off to chill for a bit now x

Hey inzi, don't worry, it's early days, she'll get the idea. Will she just sit on the potty generally, just to get her comfy on it? I'm no expert mind!

Muppet-bet the new bus/car is fab I'd quite like one with sliding doors, so much easier getting them in and out.

Inzi-Stick at it, can you put something she likes on tv and get her to sit on it whilst watching it? Give her a big tasty drink so she 'peforms' and then you can make a big fuss of her. Wow at making fairy pouches, they sound very cool.

WWAJC-consistency is definately the way forward, something I am going to have to apply tonight, Shannon was messing about in the night again (could she have teeth coming through at this age?) Drop kicking was certainly on my mind to be honest. She was kicking off because I turn the hall light off when I go to bed, so I put the bathroom one on for her, even though it disturbs me and DD1 as we have windows above the doors but she still wasn't happy, she's taken her nappy off, stripped her bed, put all her toy's in the bin...and this morning she has been a little sod, whining constantly about everything. Wish I'd taken her to nursery and gone to college. Tonight I'm going to turn the light out and it's staying off, she has a night light torch thing so it's not as if she's in complete silence. Think I'll have to dole the ear plugs out for dd1 and I for a few nights.
Just going to get ready for dentist, think I need a filling redoing but it's where I've had root canal done so I hope it isn't more difficult to do.

Sorry Dal I missed you out! I see on FB you moved onto phase 2, nice of DH to help you out Hope the 'deed' works

Inzi-I laughed a lot when I read that, that is so funny and good, well done
Personally I'd lay her on a towel if possible... Shannon knows she has a nappy on at night and although not too happy about it, put's up with it.

She's got the Peppa torch and does play with it, she uses it to read her books at bed time, I don't mind that as she falls asleep doingh it. I've bought her a push light that I'll put high, but it needs 4 batteries and I've only got 3, will have to raid something else. I am so grumpy and tired today.

Dentist was okay, took an xray and can only find a minute crack, so filled it and hopefully will calm down now.

Oh and I took my old laptop in to a new service at our local resource centre last week, there was noone there so receptionist took it off me and then they'd contact me, they rung today and said it's the motherboard, expensive to repair and they wanted £20 for it. I already knew it was the motherboard, just wanted to know if they could repair it, didn't know they where going to charge so am in a mood about that.
Not sure what to do with the laptop now, in fact I've got 2 that don't work, does anyone know of any charities that may be able to use them?