March 2008 - Now we are two

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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.

Thanks for FB birthday wishes for Ff and I. Party was predictably mad, but a very good time was had by all. Was going to attempt some uni work tonight, but all I'm good for is a glass of wine and a cabbage on sofa.

So, terrible twos here we come.

Dontpanic, how is E today? Thinking of you lots.

26hrs in hospital, what a great weekend. Our dog bit E on the face, just below the eye. Could have been a lot worse, luckily missed the eye completely. E's fine, he was in shock by the look of it yesterday, then took us 4hrs to be triaged. E had to stay in overnight as he'd had food by that stage and they couldn't stitch him while awake, so he eventually went under about lunchtime today. Got home after 6pm, his appetite was legendary by the time he woke up & has gone to sleep without an argument. He has about 8 stitches I think, will have a little scar, but nothing too noticeable. He hasn't taken the hint about staying away from the dog yet either as he was straight over to him when we got home.
Am desperately hoping one of my friends will rehome Monty, he did wrong, but he's had too much provocation for him to cope with, so if he can find somewhere child free it'll be better for him and us.

DP-Oh I'm so sorry. How horrible for all of you. I hope Eges better soon and that you manage to find a new home for Monty. What a terible homecoming for you.

E gets, that should have said. Laptop is very sticky. Have had help typing lately.

I just bought one of these for Pascal for our holiday. It arrived and I am secretly jealous. I want to be pulled along on my suitcase too.

DP - didn't realise that your FB status was serious, or that E was hurt. Poor you. So you really need to rehome him? You don't think it's a one-off? Understand that E's safety most important, but must be hard decision.

Hi chocolate cake and skidoodle! Nice to see you around.

Meg, you sound really overwhelmed. It's so hard when everything happens at once. Hopefully you're nearly out of this cycle of crappy times. Any chance of you having a break on your own? Maybe a few days off will clear your head and give you and DH a little space to miss each other. Sleep will do you wonders, too.

I'm still mentally recovering from the sledding trek. It was an amazing experience, but it now feels like ages ago, even though I got home less than a week ago. My sister has been here visiting so I've not really had time to get back into routine. After she leaves I'll have a lot more work to do to bring in final fundraising goal. I will be glad to see the back of that.

And this weather? It can kiss my ass, frankly.

Hello all

DP- that sounds horrible, it must be difficult for you re-housing your dog. I hope you find a happy home for him.

Meg- Hang in there, it does sound like a lot of changes have come at you at once. Not long till that (comparatively) blissfull second trimester comes now..

TLV-happy birthday to your dd! I'm looking forward to our b-day party too, skipped the first one so a bit as to party food expectations ect...

turtle-how cute!

reading lots, wishing you all well, posting little, resting shoulder, have seperated my right rotator cuff, lifting strontium boned ds2, hurts a lot, drugs are woozy, job interview thursday, thinking i must be mad, mad. trying to keep warm.

Shit, I bet that really hurts! Keep taking the good drugs. Very good luck for tomorrow, are you prepared?

DP, how is E? Any luck with rehoming Monty?

Hey MB how did it go?

TLV - think we've got him a new home, temporary at very least, with friend who dogsat him in Jan. They don't think it's practical long term though, but I don't think poochie has too long left anyway
Jfly not the first time, bit me a few yrs ago where i needed surgery on lip, & has had lots of nips at E that didn't stop him pestering. DH turned his back for a minute, E got down too close & snap. Can't muddle through it until he's old enough to understand since MIL now on the warpath.
E is fine stitches wise, but has now either come down with a bug or reacting to his anti-bs with the filthiest nappies ever smelled. Been off his food for 2 days too, and got me up at 3 just to make the most of my time
DH has gone off to LA for another Dr Who convention, but he secretly wishes he was back home with everything that's going on. I wish he was too

hope he gets better soon dp.
interview was fine, enjoyed it. really want the job in that it's easy to get to and is out of the house and will be good to feel like i'm moving on, otherwise, not really fussed having been there. will probably hear today. i'm almost hoping they say no now, as i'm thinkning, but i could go earn realy money with dh, maybe ... oh i don't know

ooh sat in that grad school yesterday, i was reminded of my long term wish to study full time with no work on. my msc and msc were both vrey busy times, it was always a question piling study int not enough time and i ended up having fantasies of doing a research degree while not working. so that's now my plan B in case RA gets bad again, I'll do a doctorate through the OU, who have fab disabiliity support

yesterday was so wet we took the boys to westfield shopping centre just to give them a long run in the dry. was great. had lunch at 12, left via an ice cream for their pud, didn't buy anything. but the novelty plus the tube rides - 2 very happy little ones. we all had a right laugh at ds2, who waltzed straight into a plateglass window, trying to get at a window display. we know we shouldn't have but the fall back was so comedic. and he didn't hurt himself

i didn't get the job, but don't mind. especially with sun making everything look wonderful today. tbh the job would have been sinking back into data sogginess a fair bit, not as much dynamism as being in dh's company. must raise my game. eventually. have had some treatment today for dire shoulder thing, tis a ripped and/or calcified tendon, more treatment in pipeline. once i can riase my arm, i'll see about raising my work game

how's it going meg? how are things aligned now? xfx

Oh thank you for this beautiful weather! Had such a lovely day today, spent an hour in the playground which we haven't been able to do for ages.

Sorry about the job news mb, don't doubt that you will be able to get something equivalent or better should you decide that is what you want to do.

I am bogged down with essays at the moment as usual, why do I do this? Spent this weekend in Brighton with J at Conservative Conference which was fun and great for networking. Hope everyone is well and out enjoying this lovely weather!

getting there mb, thank you dh and i have had good chats and are back on form, and 12 weeks pg today and still feel pg so starting to feel optimistic. scan on thurs will be big hurdle for me i think - can start getting excited, telling people, planning escape plan from work etc.

glad your shoulder is starting to respond to the treatment. my mum had a suspected calcified tendon last year when staying with us so i have a vague idea what agony you must be in. sorry about job, but tis a good thing that they think you are too good for it, no?

so see anyone famous, ewe? hope you enjoyed brighton (it's now my 'hood )

dp - how's ed, monty, you?

Good to hear about you and DH meg, I'm sure it will be such a relief to get the scan over with!

Saw plenty of famous Tories, a few 'famous' bloggers who mean nothing to vast majority of people, journos etc. Most exciting bit for me was when Socialist Workers Party rocked up outside to protest

Love, love, love Brighton, really wish I could move there!

I have already forgotten whatreplies I was writing. Think it was a fingers x-ed and a smile for Meg, too bad but ok on the job for MB and a "Oh you lucky thing...what a way to spend a wknd" for Ewe.

Tonsilitis still holding court chez turtle. This is the 6th round of ABs since November and P now has truly bizarre diet which is largely food with hidden veg and protein in sludge and yoghurt. Going to hospital finally next Monday to get him looked at by real doctors.

hello everyone
meg all the best for the scan on Thurs, may it be a happy exciting day for you!
MB ouch and hope you're feeling better now, as if you hadn't enough pain to think about, you got that to distract you! My take on the job is that you knew deep down when going for the interview that it's not what you wanted, so the universe has answered...just keep an eye out for the ideal one when you're ready. Anything else you could do in the meantime to tide you over?
turtle, your poor boy(s) with all those anti-bs, having seen the state of E last week on his, one session of it was horrible enough, are you able to give him natural yog or is that too sharp? Be better for the insides to recoat them with that friendly bacteria that's been destroyed. Glad he's going to be looked at next week, it's about time.

Ewe, Brighton, haven't been there for years. Loved all your strong denials of any Tory leanings, methinks the lady doth protest too much Would love a stroll down the Lanes again, bit too far to go for a day trip now I'm not in London though!

Monty is still with us, as friend who's taking him is away for a couple of weeks. She doesn't want him long-term though, and am not sure re her family situation, as she's going to be returning from her trip with her recently sectioned brother who's got bi-polar. That'll be a bit of extra stress in their household too. It's such a shame, as E loves Monty to bits, giggles like a loon when he runs after the ball or does a spin etc. I just can't keep E from pestering him when he's doing the "let sleeping dogs lie" bit. Now that he can open all the doors in the house, it's even more of a segregation challenge.

I'm recovering from nasty d&v, i dearly hope that's what E had last week as well as the anti-b reaction, as I can't cope with him coming down with what i've got in a couple of days. My mum has done a sterling job of looking after him while MIL has been away, but her mobility isn't good enough to cope with a nearly 2yr old!

As for the 2nd birthday, haven't arranged anything for it, bad mummy. It's DH's bday on the Saturday, 2 days before. I may make them share a cake. Not that I can be arsed baking one, it'll be a shop bought thing again. Unless...maybe my mum would like to do it

DP-Feel better soon. btw, I have had P on very strong pre and probiotics since Christmas. Hoping it is helping. I hate antibiotics but I hate what was happening without them more.

On that subject...I am hating myself at the moment. I started out being a "good mummy" who only did organic, cloth nappies, no meds etc. My children are determined to make me into someone else. Pass the Greggs and a fruit shoot.

Ah turtle, please don't feel like that. "No meds" absolutely does not equal "good mummy". Pointless overuse of meds is a bad thing, yes, but "no meds" as general approach can actually very much equal bad mummy. Sometimes I fail to give DS calpol as despite working in pharma I am generally not the sort of person who reaches for meds without being at death's door, and it is only afterwards that I realised I let him suffer unduly, and then I am angry with myself because that is being a worse mummy than giving him some pain relief to be honest.

Amusing anecdote from DS. Moved him into his big bed in his new room on Sun (bit worried about too many changes at once, but decided to bite the bullet and try it). DS woke at 11pm on Sun a bit disoriented and upset so DH got into bed with him for a cuddle until he settled. At 5am, a little boy came padding into our room (still in grobag!), stood at foot of bed and said very indignantly "Daddy! Get off bed" (his way of saying "get out of bed"). Then walked to door, pointed to his bedroom and said "New bed cuddle daddy!". DH duly got up and went to DS's bed for cuddles, as demanded, while I was left alone, laughing! I sometimes wish DS was a slouch in the language department so we could feign complete ignorance, but unfortunately he knows exactly how to request what he wants!

Oh meg, that is so cute! Totally agree with you on meds thing, my GP was saying that too many parents worry about this and more ofte n than not the original illness poses more of threat if not treated with meds. They didn't invent them for fun! So relax, you're doing a fab job, the boys are lovely!

I had consultant appointmenttoday to follow up on MRI I had last week about lump on knee. They have no clue what is and want to whip it out asap, can't rule out it being something nasty and have too much red in my bone marrow, need bloods for specific markers etc. Totally blanked when in with doc and now have a trillion questions going around in my head and can't sleep, ugh. Excuse typos am on phone and tired!

oh dear Ewe, i hope you can get some answers. is there an internet forum? NRAS has been a fount of knowledge for my RA questions. Did you hurt your knee on an escalator when PG? AM i remembering somone else?

Ewe! Cant believe you left the park "just to a dr appt" and didn't say anything! Hope all is well...ring if you need anything.