Oct 08 - Chair climbing, spider greeting, potty training? NOOOOOO, they're still babies! <wibble>

[50ftQueenie]

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 Oct) - 50ftQueenie - 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

Hope this is ok ladies.

Pistachio- glad you got through the assessment, I bet you'll have done really well. Very mean of your classmates to heckle you though and put you on the spot.

Dh has gone out to watch darts with his friend who works for ITV sport (sad emoticon) Apparently he can be seen on the tv but I haven't found him yet, not that I've looked much. Darts is so dull. It's great though as J is now in bed so I have chocolate, the sofa and the remote all to myself. Bliss.

J was so funny tonight. He had his dressing gown on after yet another runny poo and then stripped off and walked up and down the hall rubbing his belly and laughing. Then he sat in his little chair with his fake tv remote in one hand and his willy in the other. Such a boy

rachie!

Interesting that you say he wears a dressing gown. I have never understood the point of these for young children. Am I in the minority? We have one never worn one bought for ds, and one worn a couple of times one bought for dd, which we had thought we could at least utilise for ds (plain white) until he got bought one of his own (by the same person).

Dd gone away for the night, and ds didn't go to sleep until 8:50 (we put him to bed later to try and ensure that he was really knackered, as I couldn't stand another hour of screaming today), so theoretically we should get a lie in in the morning, and could thus stay up late tonight, but I'm too knackered to!

Rachie - Sounds like DH's ideal evening. Remote in one hand, knob in the other! of the chocolate.

aaargh. DSs up before 7. On a school day they remain steadfastly asleep till at least 7.30... so why up so early on a sunday. Grump.
I've come over all PFB over my sofas.... never had brand new sofas before, and had never noticed that children approach them nose first

I hope they are leather pepper!

Evening all. We have spent a most boring afternoon in A&E. Stan managed to climb and fall out of his cot in the time it took me to bend over to put my tights on. Fell face down onto the wooden floorboards. He seemed fine (well, pretty upset actually, but didn't pass out or anything) so I was a bit shaken but not too worried. Then a bit later I wiped his snotty nose and discovered that he'd got a bit of a nose bleed. I still felt he was fine but had a nagging doubt after that so I rang NHS Direct and, unsurprisingly, they said to go down to A&E and get him checked out.

He's absolutely fine, thankfully. But Star I did think of you while we were in the waiting room and he was playing with all the toys. They were so disgustingly filthy that even I was compelled to keep wiping his hands and give him a thorough wash when we got home!

Hope you've got your packing done Myjob.

of new sofas Pepper.

Pistachio - I hope your DD enjoys it I remember ringing up my parents from sleepovers to come and collect me (until quite a bit older than your DD ). I'm not sure what I was so worried over.

Aubergenie - glad S is ok. I know what you mean about those toys. They are nasty. I know NHS workers have a lot of other things on their plate to deal with, but chucking the toys in a dishwasher or washing machine or something at the end of each day wouldn't be too much of a bother surely? Everyone that goes in there is ill or bleeding or something and germs just fester, linger and spread! yuck yuck yuck yuck blick.

I've started using my Dove shower cream on Q regularly now. I love the way it smells I can't believe I was actually worried about not using baby stuff... what did people do before that stuff was around?

I'm reading over this contract for the cm and there's a section about what to do if child is not collected. She keeps him for a certain amount of time, then he's "handed over" to authorities of some sort (can't remember exact wording at the moment). I felt so sick reading it. I know it's probably for the case in which parents just leave their child without saying they are stuck in traffic or whatever. I hope that's what it's for. I just worry what if there was a big snowstorm or who knows what happens and I need to be late - but I'd contact her and it would probably never happen anyway so I'm worked up over nothing!

Star - I'm sure that's in there for those parents who just don't bother to turn up, not those who get stuck because of freak weather conditions. We have a number of them at our school. In fact, I had a parent the other day who asked me what was the latest time she could come and pick her ds up. I said, "School finishes at 3.15 so he needs to be collected then." and she kept saying, "Yes, but what is the latest I can come?". I kept telling her that someone needs to pick him up when school finishes at 3.15. Then she asked what time the teachers go home. I had to explain to her that we have to do other things like preparing for the next day, marking, meetings etc and if she doesn't come I have to sit with her child and can't get on, but she just didn't get it. Grrrr.

about that parent, aubergenie! How awful for her DS!

CSWS- I did post last night but it didn't go through but on the subject of dressing gowns I agree with you. J's was a present and it is very cute but too cumbersome for him to move freely in and it always comes undone. I'm chalking it up with my list of things not to buy for another dc. Still it did come in handy for lazy mummy syndrome

Star I wouldn't panic, I agree with Aubergenie about it being there for those parents who don't bother. Our school has something similar, not that we have ever called Social Services but it's there as a threat for those parents who just really don't get it. You'll never be that late I'm sure and also you'll have built up a good relationship with the CM so if something out of the ordinary did come up I'm sure she'd keep Q safe until you could get there.

Oh and Aubergenie we have had lots of our new parents picking up their dc's 20 mins late in their first weeks at Nursery with no real reason for the delay. Makes me so mad as the children get so upset...they are only 3 ffs!!! I'm really glad to hear S is fine. I know the day of J climbing out of the cot or falling down the stairs is only round the corner.

Poor S aubergenie. Glad to hear that he got the all clear. Does that mean that you'll be converting his cot to a bed very soon? I wanted dh to convert ds' today, but he says that he won't do it until he starts sleeping better, as he's going through a rough phase at the moment. I took him for a walk in his pushchair for his nap today, to avoid the screaming (and yesterday it was car sleep), but he then woke up screaming after an hour and ended up falling asleep on top of dh for nearly another 1.5 hours! Of course that means that he's still not asleep now, but he is calm in his cot, bashing away intermittently at his music machine.

Do you go on holiday tomorrow myjob? Will you still have internet access or not? Have a fab time!

Is dd still away pistachio? My dd was away with my evil parents last night, at my uncle's house. Would have been no good her deciding that she wanted to come back, as they were 2 hours away!

It's awful for those children isn't it Rachie. It's like those same ones who are always the last ones to get collected. Out school finishes at 3.15 but I'm frequently still with a child at 3.40 waiting for a parent who then rolls up with no apology or anything. Drives me mad, and makes me feel really sad for the child.

Funnily enough, I was thinking of getting a dressing gown for S. Maybe I'll not bother.

I'm always in a rush collecting - I have to be in 2 different places at exactly 3.15 twice a week, on the same site (the pre-school & school) which are separate institutions as it were.
I'm good, but I'm not that good!
star, I've used a pre-school, nursery and childminder and all 3 have to clearly state what will happen if you leave your child there with no contact or explanation. I suspect it's an Ofsted thing? and ensures everyone understands. In real life, they have about 8 different contact numbers and someone would know what was going on or step in, so I really wouldn't worry!

CSWS - D's sleeping patterns sound very trying. I hope it all settles down before baby CSWS arrives. DP managed to lower the base of the cot about 3 inches, so hopefully that should keep him contained for a bit longer and will give me a chance to shop around for a bed.

Ronshar's W is already in a big boy bed isn't he? Anyone else?

Given that DD still can't walk! (is she last now?) I'm hoping we've got a while before she needs a bed - mainly because DS2 is still in the cotbed!

Evening.

Can you tell me if I am being unreasonable or not. I cant be bothered to start a thread. I can trust you girls a a moral compass.

DH mumis 60 end of Feb. His sis phoned to night to say that apparently there is a surprise party organised. She has spoken to their other sis and they are going to see about flying over as a surprise.
All lovely so far. DH said to me that it was made very clear, without the words being said, that I was not invited or should I say that only he was invited.
Both of his sisters are married to w***s. One is away for work so cant go any way the other is going to be stuck home looking after their children. So I understand that they are going alone for good reasons. However I am really hurt and angry that it was made clear that I am not included.
DH doesnt give a crap about his sisters as they are both self centered and generaly useless. Whenever his mum is over it is me who has to do all the running about. He hasnt actually seen one of his sisters for over a year because he is always convinently out when she gets here.
Speelijng rubbish sorry star.
Any way enough moaning.
Am I being unreasonable to be so upset and angry. I can take it!

Scary Aubergenie. Ds is still in his cot - I'm hoping that he will stay in it till dd gets old enough that we can put her into a cabin bed (her room is not big enough for a chest of drawers and single bed, so we need the drawers under the bed) then he can inherit her cotbed. Otherwise I can see we will have to have them swap rooms, which might be rather disruptive, though seeing as they are both really keen to be in the wrong room at bedtime, maybe not!

Star - the SS thing is really only to cover themselves I think. Our cm has 6 numbers to call and would try them each several times if we were really late and she hadn't heard from us. I've been 30 mins late to collect dd a few times (traffic/snow etc) and called to let her know.

So, totally off-topic - does anyone know anything about camera tripods? My sister wants one for her birthday and I'm totally confused by the choice, even when I limit it to those about £50 or less

Sorry how rude.
Pistachio I hope your presentation wennt well and you passed ok. I love Kerastse as well but stopped buying it as DD kept helping herself!

Myjob have a lovely holiday. I hope you get some rest.

CSWS. You are going to have to get tough with that boy. He has you wrapped around his little finger Better now than when you have a new born to feed and a DD to pick up from school and reading to listen too and a toddler to potty train etc etc etc

Aubergenie I have sleepsuit things for W so no dressing gowns here. But we will for next winter I would imagine. Nothing worse than eating breakfast all cold.

50ft I have been eating your chocs today, yummy.

Ekka, I have no idea about tripods. Have you looked on the Jessops website? All things camera.