March 2008 - Now we are two

[merryberry]

New thread idea good jfly!

See what I did, now we are two - for those with new number 2 and expecting number 2.

And all the rest of us who get at least 2 tantrums a day from the 2 year olds.

Zoe would have been a lovely name too (It's DSD1's name so slightly biased). And I too love looking at Stats, especially name ones .

Having a child free weekend this weekend. DSD's have gone to their mums and DH is in Jersey on a stag weekend! Off to my parents this morning, first pre-season footie game this afternoon, then off to Brighton for a BBQ with some good friends and a sleepover! DS is staying with Nanny and Grandad and will be chauffered back at some point on Sunday.

Hello all!

I am back from Spain, it was lovely and DD had a great time and was a pleasure all week. Not so much this morning however when she woke up at 5:03am - I was very unimpressed! Thankfully she dozed a little bit so wasn't too bad.

Most of you probably know from FB or Twitter but given you all got an awful lot of blabbering on about how little revision I had done, how I was rubbish etc I though you'd all like to know that I passed my exams with two firsts and a high 2:1 so am v.happy! Is anyone else still awaiting results?

Congrats to DP on her ridiculously long qualification that won't ever fit on a business card!

How is everyone else doing?

hello ladies dont have time right now to catch up, but will do asap.

but thought i would let you know that apparently i am having a baby GIRL! had my 20wk scan on 7th july and sonographer was convinced it was a girl. talk about totally gobsmacked, dont think i will believe it till i see if myself. but the madboys are very happy that they are to get a little sister.

Even ds4 seems pleased and has taken to playing with a doll and toy pushchair, very sweet

hope everyone and their families are well, i shall try and catch up tomorrow night at dp is working and now ihave the thread bookmarked

xxx

Wow, congrats 4madboys, you won't know what to do with a girl!

Aw, congratulations, 4MadBoys. That's lovely. Four big brothers...there's a little girl who is going to be VERY protected!

Well done Ewe. We are a clever thread at the moment.Hope you enjoyed the champagne!

Quiet weekend here. Bloke is on holiday from work, so it all feels very summer holidayish. Bloke and I off to Germany next Thursday - can't wait! Same place as last year (the nudey spa)only this time we are taking another couple, hence my 6 days a week 6am gym visits. Bloke has been very helpful with his comments - 'Are you sure you're doing sit-ups right?' looking askance at my belly. I am just telling myself that after a few pints of the local beer I won't care about friends seeing me naked...

Went to Beale Park just outside Reading with Ff and some friends yesterday, which was fab. Have you been, Littleducks - that can't be too far from you?

Congratulations 4MadBoys what a shock that must have been! In a nice way of course.

Am waiting to hear back from my close friend - she has to go for a scan since she got her AFP test back as "High" for spina bifida. She's about 18 weeks pg. I had a look on here at other people's experiences and there do seem to be a lot of false positives out there but she is thankfully avoiding googling anything until after the scan (she's having scan about lunch time) but she has no idea what they are going to do.

Also, I have been feeling panicky lately about the tought of DS going off to school and having to deal with him growing up! He is only 2 FFS!!! I don't know what is wrong with me...

Anyway, felt the need to post randomly again since am so concerned for my lovely friend and her LO. Don't wanna post anything about it elsewhere as I know she is on here too and wouldn't want to offend her by starting a thread asking about high AFP that she might spot u know?

Oooh a girl 4mb! How exciting that must be (and probably a bit scary - I'm worrying about knowing what to do with a girl having had just one DS!)

Congrats cff!

Good luck para for your friend.

I'm going to be bringing the cleverness on this thread straight back down to earth next year. Just received the first course book and assessments for my OU maths course yesterday and freaking out as it looks too hard and my first assignment is due only 3 weeks after my due date! Got to buy some graph paper and dig out a scientific calculator and get working...

Today is very weird for me. Would have been my due date with the baby I miscarried in November. But as I am 32 weeks pregnant with a baby bouncing around in my tummy as I type, I'm not really capable of feeling sad - because if I was due today then I wouldn't have this baby and this is the baby I've carried for 7 months so is somehow more important to me IYSWIM, and of course that then just makes me feel sad to be forgetting my miscarried baby like that. So I just don't really know how to feel today. But I'm not distraught and I'm broadly okay with it, and that's good because about 3-4 months ago I was actually dreading today.

Belated congrats to everyone who deserves it; either for smarts or for fertility .
Hope all goes well for your friend para and meg- hope today stays OK for you.

Had a morning off from work today and I was not a martyred mummy so DD went to nursery and I went to have a haircut and am now going to look ridiculously (by my albeit subterranean standards) groomed for the school run. DS finishes his first year tomorrow which I am quietly in shock about.

DD had her review at nursery yesterday and reading through her action plan I had to snigger at 'I plan to get some hoops and encourage E to jump through them'. The cynic in me thinks at least it's preparation for the real world.

meg so sorry for how you must be feeling. Hope you are still ok. IKWYM and can identify with the way you are thinking. If MC hadn't happened to us originally, we would not have our amazing DS either.

Had word from my mate - all clear! Am so happy for her and her family. Everyone was so worried. Turns out she was 0.1 over borderline and MW didn't realise as all they were told was my mate's result was "high". She is really happy AND found out she is having a little girl which is exactly what she wanted. She is panicking now though as most of us all have boys and she will have to read up on how to deal with girls LOL. Totally relieved for her though.

aha here we are.
sorry i kind of dropped off.
went out of threads i'm on and i didn't notice.

busy weekend. back soon xfx

Quiet here lately, must be some interesting stuff happening!

Hey everyone, how are you all?

GG had a 'pulled elbow' aka his daft uncle dislocated it by swinging him by one hand. Was no fun, poor mite. Otherwise summer fun in full swing and is actually fun!

It has been very quiet. Come on folks, let's liven the thread up a little - I am particularly guilty of abandoning in favour of Twitter or FB, so apologies.

Not much going on really. Went to Munich, had a fab time. Being starkers in front of friends not as scary as I thought.

MIL waged sneaky campaign to get Ff to drop nap while we were away (to secure more Grandma ti
e when they have her, I suspect) but to no avail. She is still a two hours a day girl. Seemed to grow huge when we were away, and when we returned yesterday it was clear that the child hadn't heard the word 'No' for five days... But, if grandparents can't spoil, who can? I can hardly complain after they looked after her (and her two furry friends) for five days, can I?

Hope everyone is having a good summer, and those of you cooking babies are doing so in a peaceful and pleasant manner.

Sorry, Merryberry, x-posted. Poor little GG.

sorry to hear about elbow, merryberry, hope it gets better soon.

bad bad combination of summer holidays and chicken pox here. I believe that the outdoors is nice but I have only a hazy recollection of it...

molars. both kids. send gin.

Those smug Boden bastards on the right are getting on my nerves.

Sorry, don't know where that aggro came from!

In a flurry of organising myself and the house in hopes of selling. It's all happened this week, so it's been mad. We don't need to move, but I'm feeling that urge for more space for storage, dogs, etc. So, we figured we better get our skates on before we get too close to d-day. I suppose if we don't sort a house soon, then we'll have to abandon the idea until the new year.

Sorry to those with injuries and teeth. What a grim way to spend these long summery days. Here's hoping you have some childcare and alcohol to ease the suffering.

Goes unctuous voiced:

'This isn't just nesting, this is J and Fly nesting'

Seriously though, good luck JFly. In our weird neck of the woods the volume of houses turning over is pretty low, so that when they do go the prices are up and they go quickly. Number 7 on my road went for 50k more than anyone would have believed and in FIVE days.

OH god pants, I am so sorry. I hope it keeps relatively cool and cloudy to ease itchy skin and your restless legs. It's bloody horrible staying in isn't it.

GG all recovered, and demonstrating it dangling on anything he can get hold of.

I have a day off of kids today before I have them solo and car-free in Norfolk for a week while kitchen fitted. I am really REALLY working my car-freeness here, Darwin help me.

off on my hardcore break - me, the two boys and a week in north norfolk with no car.

off to check the tide tables and weather forecast

Hope you've survived the week, Merryberry.Jfly, how goes the househunt?

Busy week here. Lots of outings and stuff as Bloke has been off work. Wildlife park tomorrow - Ff has informed me that she wants to see lions, zebras, monkeys and ducks.

How is everyone?

We're good, beginning of the week was a bit of a nightmare as spent the whole day in A&E with DD. She had a really bad chest infection so needed anti b, nebuliser, chest xray etc.

Been off this week which is lucky and ended up having a relatively chilled one and a couple of days in the cotswolds.

My job-share at work is preggers, have an opportunity to go back 4 days per week (with poss some work from home) and earn a bloody shit load of money to cover her leave. Just not sure I can bring myself to leave DD, can manage uni as lectures are two evenings per week. It's too hard so I am currently not thinking about it!!

lurk.

3 and a bit weeks to go here and midwife put fear of God into me by saying she is only half expecting me to make my 38 week appt as this baby has started to engage and I've had a small show. Plus because growth scan shows likely to be 1lb or so lighter than DS at full term then if baby is early she reckons it could be really quick - so she gave me precise instructions on how to manage an unassisted home birth

Of course this now means I am condemned to being 10 days overdue with a 2 day labour for a 10lber... But it did concentrate my mind and 2 days later clothes are washed, Moses basket is ready and hospital bag is finally vaguely packed...

blimey, quite exciting though:) do you feel ready now you've prepped?

hope you don't have to catch baby yourself!!