January 2009- Help! A toddler ate my baby!

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I told you it was a lame title.....

hi books good thanks

popped to tesco last nite with tesco cluncard vouchers - bought dd2 a really cute gilet in the sale was only £2m is pink with big wjit polka dots needed food 2

glad dss getting better mm yum 2 icecream i am into chooccy @ mo

hi 2 others

having a quiet day tday

books - clothes sound good
i luv getting clothes gilet looked luvly today
cake etc sound good

Just back from Great Ormond Street and have had brilliant news that we
weren't expecting at all. The results from the latest biopsy all came
back negative for malignancy. So rather than start treatment they are
going to send the results off to a few other people for second opinions
and just monitor him. He will see them in 3 months and have an MRI to
check it hasn't grown. If it ha`s they will look into treatment again.
Apparently between about 18 and 24 months children often somehow
spontaneously outgrow the tumours and they have no idea why....so we are
hoping this will be the case.
So we are all massively relieved and over the moon! Thanks for all your
love and support through the last few months it has made a huge
difference to me and really helped me get through this horrible time and
stay positive.

hkz i am so pleased for you all

dog, i'm sorry you are having a crappy day, i hope it gets better.

tink, gilet does sound like a good deal. books, i know what you mean, unless c has a pink item somewhere it seems that soemone's always going to call her a cute little boy. this drives me insane. it's not the pink, it's the imposition of a uniform...

dp has taken c off for a vaccination (last one till she goes to school) so i am here slumped over the laptop. i think i have some sort of virus, have no energy at all at the moment. oh well. life otherwise fine, c working hard at talking, she's trying to do two syllable words, yesterday we had 'da dish' - for starfish. no walking yet, though, or standing without holding onto something.

hkz - that is excellent news bet u r so relieved

dog - saw your post on fb hope all ok

Tears here too reading your amazing news hkz ... that's just fantastic.

dog just saw on fb that you had heard heartbeat so all okay after the scare - really happy for you and puppy number 4.

stripey I feel the same, re no energy - but don't think I can blame a virus. REally should try to eat proper food rather than egg custards for breakfast , that might be a start. C sounds so cute with the long words - we just have 'bear' (for everything) and the click sound for horse (without the clock, it's a lame horse) and lots of enthusiastic bye byes with waving at every opportunity. Had 'bear' 3 months ago, so would have expected another word by now, no? ..... but he seems more than happy with pointing and grunting to get what he wants ...

books hope the cake was yummy.

Went down to my Mum's, got N off to sleep, and watched brothers and sisters on catch up for a blissful hour. Then had lunch there, back to the farm for some catching up on work, and now back down to my Mum's for dinner. N currently asleep at 5.30pm though, oops... he has stinking cold so feel like he should just sleep. And he can stay up and have dinner with us then. OH and I had a big talk this morning and decided to come up with some sort of strategy for Ns sleep - or just come to terms with the fact that we are hopeless at routine (no night is ever the same here, especially with the business), and just let him sleep whenever he is tired...

Anyway, hope the rest of you are well... sorry for lack of proper catch up...

HKZ! Thats fantastic news, I so pleased for you and your family!

120, sorry to hear the lurgies are still plaguing you and yours. Hope you can get some rest over the weekend and see them off once and for all.

Dog, obviously I don't have fb so don't know what's up. Hoping everything is ok though.

Stripey - hi. Sounds like C is a proper chatterbox like E. She seems to be coming out with new words (or approximations of them) every day and babbles away at us like we can understand every word she says. Sorry to hear you are ill, there seem to be a lot of nasties around at the moment. Hope you feel better soon.

Took dd to Tesco and then out to lunch with Mum today. She took a liking to roll of wrapping paper and pinched it out of the trolley, then refused to let go of it. We had to literally wrench it from her grasp for the lady to scan it, then give it back quickly before she deafened the entire store! Then she wouldn't give it up so I could get her in the car (think comedy ladders/doorway sketch). When we arrived at the restaurant she was asleep, so I tried to gently take it out of her hands and she instantly woke up and started screaming. So she had to take the darn things with her into the restaurant and have it with her all through lunch. She would not let it go for love nor money and got soooo frustrated that she couldn't feed herself or have a drink properly while she was holding it. It was hilarious. She also managed to cute out a group of businessmen who were having a lunch meeting on the next table they all stopped and waved goodbye to her when they left.

She is now sitting in the middle of the living room floor hollering down the tube at the top of her voice. I'm just hoping we can get it off her before she goes to bed tonight.

Ds1 went back to school today. I went down there at 11.00 to give him his antibiotics and he looked really pale and said he wanted to come home as it was too noisy at school. After a chat from both me and the school secretary, he agreed that he would be really sad if he missed doing the produciton to the year 6s in the afternoon and decided to stay.

When I went to fetch him, I found out that his year did the Sport Relief Mile today (it was initially planned for tomorrow morning) and despite my asking his teacher to make sure he only walked it and stopped if he was too tired or felt ill, he ran - a mile and a flippin' quarter - even though he said he had a really bad stitch and felt sick after the first lap! He said he didn't want to let the poor people down by not getting his sponsorship.

Right, I'd better go and make some tea. Don't feel a bit like cooking tonight.

TREEEEE! I miss you - come back to us soon!

Dog, just saw on MissJ's post that you had a scare. Glad you heard the heartbeat and hope all is well now. ((hugs))

MissJ, dd seems to have got into the habit of demanding a milk feed between 5 and 6 then falling asleep for an hour. Its a nightmare, she has been up until 10.00 wide awake every night this week and then been really restless all night and kept me awake. I am officially a sleep deprived zombie woman.

Dd has suddenly gone mad keen on waving goodbye and blowing kisses. Its so cute and really makes people's day when she does it for them. We have the 'bear' word as well, but mainly because its our naughtiest dog's name so she hears it A LOT in this house.

Right, no more procrastination. I HAVE to cook tea.

mm - sounds like u had a fun day with wrapping paper
bracken is like that when u try and take things off of her

HKZ - I hadn't read the whole thread when I joined and had no idea about your LO's illness It's such fantastic news though, it's really wonderful to hear its not malignant I couldn't imagine how I would have coped in your situation.

Tink- what a bargain for gilet. I love them, very cute. My kids seem to live in second hand freecycled clothes. And my DD does have a blue winter jacket which was second hand.

MM - Your DD sounds gorgeous Bless your son as well running the sports relief mile when not 100% what a committed chap. He's going to be a great man to depend on as he grows, what a great characteristic to have. Although not ideal given how poorly he's been

Been at my SIL's today, my DD enjoyed playing with her cousin age 4, whilst my younger boy enjoyed walking and giggling, investigating all the rooms and getting into mischief or poking his younger 10 month old cousin in the eye etc too. He's not a toy but a real baby! I kept telling him.

Sounds like lots of us had nice days today and the weather was reading 15 degrees in my car when I looked at dash board! Positively balmy weather for March.

Hi Tea,

Thank you for saying such lovely things about ds1. He is rather special (but then again I'm very biased ). Committed is such a lovely word, so much better than the word 'stubborn' which often gets applied to him.

He is currently being assessed for Aspergers and Dyspraxia (which makes his mile and a quarter feat even more amazing, bearing in mind he struggles to run for long due to his lack of coordination) but despite his issues, he has the most beautiful soul. He really cares deeply about things that go completely over his peer groups' heads.

You're right, his ability to stick with the things he cares about will be a valuable asset to him in later life. Its taken me a while to get my head round it all, but now I feel it doesn't matter one bit what labels he's given, I know he is going to be a success in whatever he chooses to do (currently a computer games tester ).

Sounds like you had fun at your SIL's today. Everything seems so much better when the sun shines doesn't it?

My dd regularly wears her big brother's old dungarees. They look really sweet with a pretty top or bodysuit underneath. She's also got a fair few of their tops, hats and jackets as well as some really cool little combat trousers in a lovely steel grey colour. They've now been worn by all three of my dcs and I bought the majority them from a 'preloved' shop in the first place! I love buying second hand off ebay myself, it actually pains me to pay full price for baby clothes now.

How is ds now? Is his tummy any better?

Awww bless him.

My son's poo now looks like a chicken korma sauce , same colour and consistency without the chicken. He's still grumpy but on better form today by miles.

Grrrr, parents evening ...............just got in an hour ago to screaming kids and no dinner!!!

HKZ- Fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back later!

evening, can only moan so off to bed!

Oh 120, come and moan. We won't mind at all, honest. Venting is good for the soul dont'cha know.

Tea, glad to hear he's getting better. Nappies sound delightful!

HKZ - Fantastic news, so pleased for you and J and the whole family. Fingers crossed he does outgrow it, that seems so magical a way to get round the whole thing, am so so happy to hear it isn't malignant.

Am reading, life is just too hard atm I need some sanctuary. Back properly soon.

Moose - hope you've found an amazing dress

morning

mm - forgot to day how well ds did with the mile run sorry i forgot to mention
i am oppsite with clothes one of my vices shooping and choccy being the other as i dont drink, have tea or coffee or smoke!!
i buy all dd1s stuff from boden using discount codes though dd2 will be able to wear when older. dont get much as dd1 @ school
dd2 wears some of dd1s stuff she had as a baby have bought dd2 bits in next etc cant resist

hi tea - eww to nappies hope they go bck to normal soon

leenni - hope all ok

Hi all

Congratulations on the promotion HKZ. And wonderful news re J.

My mum's surgery on Tuesday went reasonably well and they didn't have any nasty surprises. It looks like she won't even have to use a stoma bag which she was expecting to do. It's very hard for me to contact her directly as she's not allowed her mobile, so my brother updated me on the news.

A London meet up would be lovely, particularly as park meetups are becoming much more possible again. I'd love to meet everyone outside London but I don't drive.

We're celebrating C's birthday (yes, rather late) on Sunday - I wish you could all make it to join us. I've bought some party food and cake ingredients so now we have to get that cake made.

Just popped on to share shopping adventures with you:

Holz Toys if you use code HTRLW you get 50% off everything, including the stuff already on sale... so got some lovely baby presents for birthdays coming up.

And 20% off boden here.

Only gleaned from MN codes thread, but thought it might hit the spot... lenni? Sending you hugs... come and stay at Easter and hang out with me and Pat? Would be fun!

elkie glad to hear surgery went well for you mum, that's great news. And hope the birthday party goes well!

N snotty and ill but currently in bed - friend with twins has offered to look after him this afternoon so that I can go out riding with OH! So am hoping it stays sunny.

Helllooooo!!!!

I can't read now but saw on FB that HKZ has had the best news.

Thank God. Isn't it it just the best thing. I'm so so glad for you all. x