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!

BB - awww, Marco's party sounds lovely - enjoy the rest of his birthday week, and hope the jabs don't spoil it. We've been told by hospital that we can't use Emla cream daily for long term - Anya will have to have injections until she stops growing (assuming it has an effect, otherwise we'll stop after a year) - so it could be around 10 years. (Hugs) to you stopping bf - what an emotional time.

Choc - how are you getting on?

NC - have already ordered chocolate buttons on tonight's Tesco delivery for Anya's distraction . Why will Rich saving stop you from moving in together? Won't you save money if you do? Did you get the 1p rooms? Hopefully it was worth the tiredness. at you not being able to handle a petrol cutter - clearly he doesn't know you that well .

WWaJC-Wow, that's a long time-plenty of time for you all to get used to it. Chocolate buttons sound like a good idea
To tell the truth, we are a lot better off living seperately and I am very wary of not having my own income iyswim. But it's mainly the feeling of lack of commitment that is putting me off moving in together. I have at least 4 or 5 days/nights a week on my own so it would be quite an adjustment for me and the girls(and Rich) if we where to move in together. Maybe I'm just looking for excuses, big scaredy cat.

Muppet-just seen your message to BB-What gives? You ok?

Having a bad day today, feel so tired and can't be bothered to do anything. Was going to do the garden but it keeps drizzling so using that as an excuse to sit on my bum.

My baby boy is one today!! I cant believe that a year ago right now, I was in the throes of labour!! Seems like a lifetime ago, but at the same time, like yesterday IYSWIM. (Birthday pics up on FB now!!)

Muppet - Hope you are ok. Saw the FB message, and was quite surprised. You will have to fill us in.

WWAJC - Poor Anya. I hadn't realized that it was going to be such a huge commitment. In the end, if it helps it will be all worthwhile. I guess you will all get used to it, just takes time (and chocolate buttons apparently ).

NC - If you are not ready for Rich to move in, dont second guess yourself. I think that saving for a holiday (that does not include you, I might add) is not a good reason for him to be giving you. But if you are ok with it, thats all that matters. Maybe all you want and need from him is what you already have.

Went out and bought ANOTHER set of sippy cups today for Marco to try. These were the ones Sofia really favoured. Tried the Tommy Tippee ones and he wasnt keen. Have one week left of BFing, so must get my act together. Am starting to change my mind about stopping though, so may continue with just morning feeds for a bit and wean the rest. Its just a pain, since I am taking meds to keep my supply up, so it hardly seems worth it for only one feed. Sigh...

Hello to everyone else!

Oh!! Almost forgot the BEST news!!! Am interviewing a housekeeper tomorrow!! Woot Woot!!! Will probably only have her come over every other week (and she wont start til September when I go back to work), but I am sooooo excited to have help with all the chores!! I told DH that if we dont get a nanny, I get a maid!

hello, hello, hello
Sorry I have been away for so long - i have been lurking and reading, but haven't had the energy to post - sorry for ignoring you all, I do feel bad!

I hope you are all well - congrats to the newly PG ones, comiserations to those suffering from ailments and burglaries, hope those trying to potty train are getting on ok (I'm planning to have a proper go when I'm off work for 2 weeks at the end of August), and that people have some good weather to enjoy.

News from here - am now 22 weeks pregnant. 20 week scan showed babies were growing ok - haven't found out what we're having though, and it's written in big letters on our notes so that people don't tell us - apparently the hospital want to know in twin pregnancies to help them know if it's identical twins or not. Have a growth scan in a couple of weeks time, and then one a month really. C-section is booked for 19 Nov, so that's the latest i'll go - takes me to 38+2 - eek! Can feel them moving around a fair bit now - no idea which one is doing what though!

Work is very stressful at the moment. We are having a review of our team, which is going to lead to redundancies and potential down-grading. Salaries may be protected for a while, but not necessarily. And it will mean applying for jobs in the new structure, and going through a full interview and selection process. Am trying to work out if I should apply for voluntary redunancy, or just go through the process and see what happens Not a happy office at the moment I have been there for 9 years, and we've had several reviews and changes, but this is the worst i've known

Luckily I have a day off tomorrow, so I am going to meet some friends and their kids who are the same age as Olly, for a picnic in the park in town. We are going to go into town on the bus, as I realised the other day that i'd not taken Olly on the bus since he was a baby, and it's actually loads cheaper and easier than taking the car in. He is growing up so much!

Love to you all, sorry I haven't been able to respond properly!

NC thanks for the congrats. Yes we didnt waste anytime. We had a really tough time and he has changed so much and I can see it in the way he treats DD. He is so different with her because before even though she was smitten with him she still wanted me to put her to bed. Things are so much better and even better than before we had DD.
Hope your mood is a bit better now and sorry to hear that Rich is a bit selfish. Saving for a trip shouldnt stop him from moving in. Maybe its just an excuse. Are you looking at the Hoxton Pony they normally do 1p bedrooms.

WWJC Hope Anya is ok with taking her injection everytime. Can u just tell me why sorry I cant seem to find the post where you mentioned it. Hope things are not too difficult having H around everyday.

Floria Hope you had a lovely holiday. Wish my little piggy eats a bit more she only eats loads if its junk food

Inzi hope you feeling a little better. Never went through anything like that but my SIL did last year but hers werent as bad as needing crutches but was better as soon as baby arrived. Well done to your DH if only they can be like that all the time LOL.

Babyblue Belated congrats on Marco's 1st Birthday. 37 people wow dont know how u coped twice I only gave a party for about 6 kids. Maybe if I was in SA it prob would have been big because the family is big

Strawberry
Glad to hear the babies are doing well. I can understand why you dont want to know the sex. I am the same and again wont. But maybe if we were carrying twins I prob would have found out in order to get things ready. One baby is okay but two. One part of me wants to know so that I can know if I can give some of Aaliyah's things away and main part dont want to know.

Dal hope breastfeeding is a bit better.

Hi to everyone else.

News on my side. Took me two weeks to get iron tablets from doc in order for me to get some energy. I am aneamic and last pregnancy they failed to give me some even after I told them Got them on Thursday and feeling a bit better in the mornings.

I started potty training Aaliyah after wanting to try since last August before my whole world fell apart. So was nice to finally start. Only bad part was I felt terrible whole week and had her with me whole week but she didnt have one accident. The one morning she did out on a nappy herself and did a poo in there but all other poos and wees were done in her potty. After bath and only when its bed time do I put a nappy on. But she has woken almost everynight as soon as she wants to wee. That wasnt too good this week but might mean that she might go the eve without nappy soon.

I also got my results for my foundation degree and got 2 distinctions. So really quite happy with that. No idea how I am going to do my finals next year as baby is due in March.

NC cant recall if I know how your year went. I do remember you handing in assignments way before I finished lol. Hope you did very well.

Hope everyone else is enjoying their day.

NC - are you feeling any better after your sitting-on-your-bum day? We all need those from time to time.

BB4 - happy birthday to Marco (belatedly) - the pics on fb are gorgeous, looks like it was a wonderful party. How many feeds is Marco having? Could you keep bf for all of them or is that impractical? How did the housekeeper interview go? Fingers crossed...

Strawberry - don't feel bad, I think lots of people are in the same boat, the thread's slowed down a lot recently. Does make it easier to keep up with though! Great news that the scan went well - must be weird feeling two of them playing around in there! Sorry work is difficult at the moment - what an awful position to be in when everything's so uncertain. What would you do if you took voluntary redundancy? Look for something similar or have a change? Hope you enjoyed your picnic - did the weather hold out?

Eva - so glad things are much better between you and dh - it's lovely to read about a success story ! Well done to Aaliyah on potty training - that sounds like the easiest one yet! And congrats on your degree results - you are certainly having a good time of things at the moment - you deserve it . Re the injections, Anya's got achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism - basically short arms/legs although other skeletal differences as well. Recent studies have shown some such children respond well to growth hormone treatment, even though it's not a hormone deficiency, it's a genetic mutation - and the studies haven't been going long enough yet to know whether there is any difference to the final adult height, or whether they just reach it sooner then stop. There's no side effects to the treatment so even if there's a chance it'll give her an inch or two extra height, it's worth trying.

Well, chocolate buttons have saved the day (not to mention my sanity) - in desperation I bribed Anya with one yesterday so I could give her her injection on my own - she still cried so I wasn't sure it worked. But then tonight she spied the packet and practically begged me to give her the injection so that she could have one . A chocolate button makes all the hurt go away apparently. I have only a very tiny sliver of guilt about teaching her the wonders of chocolate at such a young age, but like generations of women before her it was only a matter of time before she worked that one out for herself!

Hi all

Eva-Well done on getting 2 distinctions! I passed my first year so need to do another to get the Foundation Degree. So glad that DH has sorted himself out, bet you're feeling really happy. You can always take a year out and go back when the baby is a bit older. Glad you've got your iron tablets too.

WWaJC-I absolutely love the fact that Anya was begging for more chocolate-has she not had it before then? I tried to stop both my kids having stuff like that but everyone else just ignored me.

I didn't end up staying on my bum, I decided I needed to pull myself together so got on with more digging of mud in the pouring down rain, was, erm, wet. All finished now though pics to follow!

BB-Awww bet the party was lovely, sounds fab. Hope you get the perfect person for your family to help you.

Strawberry-Can't believe you're not finding out, how selfish to us! Hope they don't let it slip. Sorry you're feeling so tired, hope you pick up soon.

How many ladies are on their next babies then? Inzi, Strawberry, Choc, Eva, Herjazz...have I missed anyone?
Piglets everywhere!

News from here-not much really, saw Doctor today and he's sending both me and dd1 for physio for our necks and my back after the accident-Oh and going to Edinburgh on Thursday, can't remember if you wanted to meet Dal/Choc? I know Inzi said she can't make it. You OK by the way? Come chat to us!

Hi everyone else, Alice, Muppet, FT (Hope you had a lovely hol!) LLL, Dal, Choc-Ho[e everyone is doing well

Bit of a me post... So I have been noticing a pain in my abs lately (and not from working out or anything). So after a bit of feeling around, I think I have developed a hernia . I had hernia surgery 10 months after DD2 was born (aug/08). They were not sure if it was pregnancy related, or from me exercising too hard too soon. Anyway, the doc (or butcher as I call him) said it may rupture again if I get preg again. So after Marco was born, I took it really slow and have not done much to try and flatten my mummy tummy. But it looks like it came back anyway. sigh. I will have to make a doc appointment and see if I can arrange for another surgery. My work is not going to be impressed, since I will need at least 6 weeks time to recoup. May get stuck working in the office again. Oh well... at least this time will be for good since no more babies.

On the up side, my new housekeeper starts tomorrow!! WOOT WOOT!! Will be taking the kids swimming, and when I get home, the house will be clean!!! She comes highly reccommended by my neighbours, so hopefully I will be happy with the results (i am a bit of a perfectionist). Am sooo excited, considering I have been pestering DH to get one for years! She will be coming every other week to start, which should be more than enough. I can take care of the touch ups in between.

Anyway.... will do proper post soon. Need to get out for a walk since the animals kids are driving me batty today.

NC - I've never given Anya chocolate except for the odd bit at parties. Nobody else has either to my knowledge, so it's a real treat for her when she's allowed it. So far a single chocolate button is enough to persuade her to do anything it seems! Bet your garden looks wonderful now - yes pics please!

BB4 - poor you, hernias are awful. Is the 6 week recovery time getting it done keyhole? Brilliant news on the housekeeper though - so .

We are off on holiday tomorrow for a long weekend - down to a cottage in Stratford with a large group of friends. I am really looking forward to lots of chilling out and catching up with everybody, and other kids for Anya to play with.

Off on my hols early in the morning for 2 weeks, but when I get back I am hoping to keep up to date on here more often.

Hope you all keep well and I will see you in 2 weeks xx

WWJC Hi thanks yes I am very happy that things are going all well. I think potty training her was fairly easy only because she kind of used it but I personally didnt have time and energy to focus on a toddler and potty training when my life was so hectic. So much better now and all went well. Still havent had any accidents.
Re: Anya - I do hope that the injections help a little then. Reading this made me realise that one can never take life for granted. Hope you and Anya have a lovely time in Stratford.

NC congrats to you too. I am really happy because its not always that things work out the way we planned and the fact that he saw light in itself is a miracle because I was about to give up at the time. Hope your neck feels a little better

LLL Enjoy ur hols.

Inzi I know what you mean, I though the iron will help immediately but I am so tired everyday but have to move because I have her during the day. Poor child has been neglected. Hopefully it will only be first trimester. Glad to hear that George is nearly engaged. And before you know it he will be here hopefully before the sweep.

Dont know if any of you saw this. Please your honest opinion www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1017154-to-be-totally-upset-with-my-mum-for-not-wanting I promise I just want to make sure I'm not being demanding

Hello all,

back this week after a lovely week away at Loch Tay. Really beautiful place.

NC I can't believe I missed you! I wasn't aware that you were coming up, I think I would have been in Loch Tay still anyway. Hope you had a nice trip up.

Eva I read your post, I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting your mum. I know others on the thread have said use the money to get help but it's not the same.

Inzi - exciting times for you! Hope everything goes well!

LLL - have a lovely break, see you when you get back.

BB4 - a housekeeper! You jammy git! Sorry to hear about the hernia, I hope that it can be sorted soon, sounds horrible.

WW~&JC - hope stratford is lovely, I think it is such a pretty place and have always fancied a visit there myself.

Not much news here. Dareh doing ok at the potty traning when he is at home but doesn't want to go out without a nappy. Don't want to put pressure on him though, no rush. Back to school next week which I am dreading, especially as I am still feeling quite sick and tired. Also will miss Dareh. And am nervous about sorting out all my maternity stuff as the council I work for are well known for making a real mess of it. And I hate school.

Anyway Dareh is with is aunt today so I can get ready for school so I best get on and get all my work sorted!

Hellooooo Honeys we are home!!!!

Eva Big congrats on the exam results.Well done! I totally understand you wanting your Mum, I was 43 when I had Alex and still wanted my Mum (aged 74!) to help...She did; staying over every night that Dh was away(though never if he was here), however she only lives 25 miles/minutes away and if I lived abroad there is no way, no matter how much she wanted to help, that she would have come, even for a short visit..she is afraid of flying and very insular (totally unable to understand/accept other peoples different ways of doing things)Her world is very small and she is comfortable in it and anywhere else she is a fish out of water. I hope you find a solution to your need for help when the lo comes along that makes you happy...oh, and well done Aaliyah on the potty training!

Choc that you are still suffering and that you are going back to work so soon, even more so that you hate it...but from what I have gleaned from teacher friends about mat leave is that if you know what you are entitled to and tell them, they miraculously get it right (ie do their job for them) and before you know it you will be off work for a nice long time.

Strawberry terribly sorry to hear that you are going through yet another round of redundancies/changes at work again..totally understand your impulse to take redundancy and get it over with...I do hope the situation works out well for you in the end.. Thrilled to hear that the twins are doing well, understandable that you are so tired lugging and cooking 2 at the same time and I also wouldn't want to know what I was getting either...neutral clothes always look best on newborns anyway

Inzi Not long to go now...and it will all have been worth all this horrendous pain. I bet he is just going to be the most gorgeous baby

WWAJC the miracle of the cocoa plant eh? Well done you for keeping chocolate such special treat and fabulous that it does the trick witht he jabs! I hope you have both had a fantastic time with your friends.

BB4 the housekeeper...not the hernia I do hope it doesnt require an op and lengthy recovery.

Well our holiday was lovely, a beautiful medieval fortified town (Villa Vela), no night clubs/loutish types...lovely Thompson hotel with fabulous food and pools (and a policy of removing towels from 'reserved' sun beds) Alex stuffed his face on prawns every day and swam until he was prune like. Pils kept their tounges bitten when I was more strict with A than their eyes obviously thought necessary and nephew from hell was a totally different child!! I got bad sunburn (despite factor 50...I shouldnt have done 30 mins aqua-aerobics without a t-shirt over my cossie ) but we managed to keep Alex covered up sufficiently for him to barely get any colour[self-satisfied emoticon]...The only difficult parts were keeping him entertained while we were flying and sharing a room with him again...3am wake ups with "I'm cold Mummy.I get warm in your bed?" only to spend the rest of the night trying to mug me for milk in his sleep It usually meant I ended up in his bed [rolling eyes emoticon].
We then we came back home only to go pretty much straight to our caravan in the Lakes and get some 'us' time....uttery lovely despite the rain! I feel like a wife and partner again (It was getting to be a bit like being a flat mate/housekeeper at one point)
New things we have discovered about our son;he is an icecream-aholic,(couldn't pass a stall without a cry of "icecream! I need one!!") he is a water baby (only cried when we dragged him out and the only one of who didnt want to throw up on the glass bottomed boat trip)and he is an adrenalin junkie (we took him to Gullivers World where he just screamed "Faster!" "Higher" "Moremoremore!!!"
Now we are back with noses to the grindstone for another 12 months I hope everyone else off on their hols has as good a time.

Sounds lovely Floria. Dareh is the same with the icecream. He could eat it all day long.

LLL - enjoy your holiday.

Inzi - so exciting! Glad everything is going well with George, fingers crossed for an easy labour.

Eva - read your other post, agree yanbu to want your mum around while you're trying to find your feet again and establish routines with another dc. Difficult when she's living so far away though.

Choc - glad you had such a nice week away. Sorry you're stressing about going back to work next week - hope the ms eases up a bit more soon and makes things a bit easier.

FT - hello, what a fantastic holiday - you sound so relaxed and happy . Lol at Alex needing ice cream and loving rollercoasters.

We had a lovely weekend in Stratford - I think I came back more tired than I went due to sitting up late every night drinking wine and gossiping . Anya shared a room with the other girl there (age 4) and the two of them were having late night chats of their own, flatly refusing to go to sleep. They were very upset when we finally separated them on the last night just so that they would get some sleep!

I asked Anya today what she wanted for her birthday - "lots of presents" (). And what would she like in those presents? - "toystoystoys!". What sort of toys - "hmmmmm, elephants".

Ooops, is that the time?

Choc I'm glad Alex isn't the only icecream-aholic in the world ...how are the preps for the return to school going?

WWAJC lol at Anya!!! I'll be keeping my eye out for lots of toy elephants for her then...
I'm glad you had a lovely weekend and Anya had such a fab girly/chatty time too

Wine...mmmmmmm.....

Not done much prep really. Meant to go in but decided I didn't want to see the inside of the building until I had to!

Taking Dareh to the theatre today, can't wait :)

Ooooh how wonderful taking Dareh to the theatre! I hope he loved every moment

We have had a busy day, swimming lesson followed by a little pals 3rd birthday party at the local soft play centre, followed by a visit from my Mum and then a visitation from Mil,Fil and the 2 nephews...Alex has utterly crashed!!!! I hope he sleeps a bit better than last night after all that...I have got out of the habit of 5am wake ups and dont wish to get back into being used to then

It was brilliant. He's been to see a few things, this was the best so far. I love taking him.

You've fairly packed it in today! Hope you get that sleep. Dareh has been waking up again lately, it's really annoying after having a period of getting sleep. Hope he settles before the new sprog arrives.

Hello,

just popping on to moan really as I had a horrible experience today. Out with the boy and he spotted some escalators. He loves them so wanted to go on the 'moving stairs' so DH stayed at the bottom while I took him up and down. On the way down he suddenly didn't step on the escalator but I did and he ended up stuck at the top. He started crying, I panicked, DH ran up to get him. Then as if I didn't feel like a shit enough mum as it was some old lady had a go at me telling me how stupid I was at which point I burst into tears. I feel so shitty now, really guilty for not acting quick enough, for taking him on them in the first place, for leaving him at the top. I have this horrible fear that one day I will do something stupid like that and Dareh will end up really hurt or worse.

OK moan over, as you were!

HOpe your days were better than mine.

Ah I have killed the thread with my moaning!

Ok I will tell you something nice/silly instead.

Yesterday I asked Dareh what he wanted for his lunch had he replied cutty. I asked him again and he said cutty again. I asked him what cutty was and he said it was a special food. That you got nice cutty and horrible cutty and that it was hard and white and you ate it with a knife and fork. Spent the rest of the day being fed cutty both nice and horrible!

Choc sorry I wasnt on to sympathise with your horrid escalator experience...it must have been obvious from your face that you were already feeling terrible about stepping on before Dareh without some self satisfied old bat lecturing you. It was one of htose things..they happen...and frightening as it is at the time it also teaches our toddlers to play closer attention...my Alex has absolutely no fear of being alone which is terrifying for me...his friends Mums shake their heads at me keeping him on reins (at this age)when we are out, but if I didn't he would be off and either under a bus or worse.I hope you are not still beating yourself up about it...you took him on for a bit of fun, he had both his parents watching him...him getting left behind was an accident...nothing dreadful happened, he wasn't hurt and his Dad got to him in seconds...it's a shame you panicked (sp?)but you are a good mother who cares about your childs safetly and you have preggie hormones racing through you ... I hope the old bat feels ashamed of herself.

How cute/funny his having 'special food'...Alex has started making words up too but they are nonsense type things without any consistency from one repetition to the next. He has also started making up his own games/stories and instructing me as to how to play them ...his favourite atm is being 'Tintop' from Roary, counting down 'lights' at the start of the race, running round and round the living room, crashing into a sofa tyrewall (usually involving his latest talent for doing somersaults and head stands) and shouting for 'Plugger' (ie me) to help pull him out ...and woe behold me if I dont say the right things ('no need to race, Pluggers' on the case')or pull him out 'right' ..a right little bossy boots that he is!