May 2009 - Don't forget to wear your good shoes...

[belgina]

Right, new thread...

Sorry about the title

Cocktail anyone?

Momi Good luck with the potty training. I have done a few afternoons without nappies with DD (2.3) but we have had no wee or po in the potty yet so I'll be crosing fingers for you and watching with interest.

Belgian Enjoy your last day without the aupair and I hope she settles in well with your family tomorrow.

Sausage Hi!!!! Great to 'see' you. Sorry things have been hectic with you lately.

Flip Good luck with the career break request. How long with you have do you think??

Ses I'd be really about no birthday present but I like to make a big deal of birthdays. Its taken me many years to 'train' DH to be so thoughtful. Glad you are having some nice pampering time.

Headless How many days is R in nursery? Great news about the sleeping as well.

Sausage Cirencester! That's just down the road. 45 miles down the road, but just down the road nonetheless. Sorry to hear about your phd though. And how crap are they being?

Ses happy birthday!

I've had a lovely morning with my friend. She has 2 boys exactly the same age as mine.

Even bigger raspberry back to Dandy - but Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Ooooh Llare - that is sort of down the road-ish! Hurrah!

Hm. Not only has M got a runny nose, and has done 3 runny poos today, but she has also been sick twice - one time needing a complete clothes change for both moi and her. She's quite chirpy with it though!

An ex sent me a picture of a rose on an email for yesterday! OMG! This is a bloke who I went out with in 6th form (needless to say, as I was a good girl, it was only at snogging stage)... so we are talking 20 years ago... He has been with the girl he went out with after me ever since, has 2 children etc! He even turned up at my work a few years ago on valentines day with a big bunch of roses! Eeek!

quick one, have been chasing half-naked toddler round the house with a potty . She's done one wee in the potty (after sitting 20 min) and 3 changes of clothes so far.

sausage, it's momino here. thought I'd try out a spring-time name, completely different.

Momi One wee is better than no wee .

i'll be back later to catch up properly... just popping on to say muddled & i are meeting at cribbs tomorrow. don't know if anyone else is in the area & might make it for lunch? details being thrashed out atm....

cirencester.... not too far from here either! 70 miles ish i think?

gotta go.. have a wriggly G and bored DS... back later.

Dandy - LOL at "exterminache" and it turning someone into superhero!
Maybe she'll be a writer too with that imagination?!

Fi & muddled - enjoy your meet up tomorrow

younger - hope the potty got used a bit more and the washing machine less!

saus - despite everything, sounds like exciting times ahead!

Thank you for all your birthday good wishes.
DH arranged for some flowers, chocolates and a card (said from DH and O) to be delivered from M&S so he has semi-redeemed himself
He just phoned and said he was pleased I got them and "see, I didn't forget!"
I said, well you did just phone up this morning and order them"
"Yes", he said "I always intended to"
Big gigantic !

Morning all

Have been AWOL for quite a while so have no hope of catching up - thanks belgian for letting me know the thread name

Lots going on with my mum still and probs with DH, also due back at work in 2 weeks

DH did get me a card, bottle of pink fizz and 3 lovely glazed pots with herbs in for Valentines {smile]

Also have had the all clear from biopsies just have to go back for another colposcopy/smear in July

ses happy belated birthday for yesterday

saus sorry to hear about your PhD

Whooo were back in business!!! lol I am off to do my shopping. I am such a dork as I love to do my weekly shop! I always get to go alone for some me time...sad, yet oh so good lol

Hope you all have a great day!!

Morning all!

Hello looby - fantastic news about the biopsies! Sorry to hear about all the other stuff though, boo to going back to work.

Mumsnet hasn't keeled over in the night!

Chucking it down with rain here, I left the nappies on the line all night, drat. Another shocker here, A was up every two hours. Seems bright as anything this morning, but very snotty. I'm not snotty, but certainly not bright as anything either.

Anyone making pancakes today? What fillings? Lemon and sugar is my very favourite, but I'm trying to think of something savoury for the girls so that it can be a proper meal. Pre-children DH and I just used to make a double batch of pancakes and eat them all with sweet fillings - fruit and yogurt (token healthy one), nutella, lemon and sugar etc etc.

Hope you all have good days.

M had her 9 month check yesterday and passed with flying cols

She's been a bit poorly tho - had her weighed 2 weeks ago 19lb 1, yesterday weight 18lb 9

can't believe she's 10 months old on the 23rd

Have been trimming gaskets for some extra money - crap pay and crap job but we need the money - off to drop 100 off to the factory this morning while my friend looks after M for an hour.

This afternoon M, me and my dad are off to look at the Residential Home we think mum is going to it's about half an hours drive away so won't be able to just pop and see her as easily when back at work it's supposed to have a good reputation tho and beggars can't be choosers as we can't afford to top up the funding so she can be in Hereford near us

Morning all,

Hurrah, MN is back in business. Just had to come on and check

We're leaving to pick up the ap in 2h. The dcs are still as excited about it as yesterday. I think they're hoping for a playmate who'll spoil them on top of it.

looby Fantastic news about the biopsy. I can't imagine what worry you must have been through, but all's well now so you can relax now.

flippin Where I'm from sweet fillings are a proper meal, lol. Although, you'd have had a savoury lunch. We always used to have pancakes of waffles for dinner on cold, wet grey sunday evenings I do the same sometimes.

dandy I had to smile at your dd's comments. My own dd1 is very quick of the mark too with her replies. It makes it very difficult to continue being angry or telling her off.

Right. Got to go now. Lots to do in the next 2h. To start off with washing C and then double checking the ap room, because the dcs used it as a play room yesterday

I'm so glad MN back on .

We have the polish plasterers in today. We rang about 5 plasterers for quotes including guys we have used in the past and they were all double what the polish guys quoted us plus they took days to get back to us and let us down by not showing up when they said they would. They also could fit us in straight away and turned up 10 mins early. They seem very professional too.

Another step towards finishing our house .

We will definately be having pancakes for dinner. My favourite is lemon and sugar too. I might just do fruit and yougurt ones for the DCs and nutella so they are sweet but a little healthy .

yay MN is back!

looby great to hear your biopsies were clear and hug for all the stress you've had to deal with.

made good time on the motorway and i'm now sitting in the car MNing outside toysrus waiting on both dc's waking up. DS has been up since 4.30am so figured he could do with a small nap. Then we'll head inside to spend the vouchers before going on to Cribbs to meet muddled for lunch.

oh and pancakes for tea tonight.. with fruit yogurt and bit of maple syrup.. maybe some nutella too. it's a dinner we do fairly often and always goes down well

just back from meeting the lovely muddled & her J at cribbs.. got to make dinner but wanted to say it was lovely to meet you and will have to get together again.. next time you may get a word in.. i do tend to ramble on x

Hi, had a lovely time meeting Fi and her gorgeous children today!! It would be great to meet up again and you don't ramble!! I hope not to be so clumsy next time!

Looby glad you had good news on the medical front. Sorry that you can't get your mum into a home closer to you.

Febes When I first read your msg I thought you had plasterers polishing

We had savory and sweet pancakes here, made by Dh!

I feel asleep with ds1 tonight so my head is abit fuzzy, so I'm going to go and try and wake up intime for CSI tonight!

Hi ladies,

I had pancakes with nutella and banana earlier - yum yum.

I am going to post a me me me post, before I catch up with all your news. I am struggling to know what to do for the best really. I have left a message with my HV to see if she can suggest the best strategy.

I had 2 nights at my mum and dads with the DCs on Sat and Sun. As their house is small, i felt i couldn't let S cry at night as he'd wake my parents, DD and DS1 so i fed him every time he cried, which was 9.40, 12, 2, 3.30, 5, 5.45, 6.40 and up for the day at 7.25. I didn't feel too bad as we co-slept so i just grabbed him and fed him and went back to sleep each time. Then on Sunday night he fed at 11, 3.10, 4.50, 5.15, 6am and didn't go back to sleep. I was very tired and grumpy on Monday as a result of 2 bad nights, and didn't think i could carry on like that. No illness/teething any more so i decided to tackle his sleep.

So last night when he woke at 9.15 coughing, i tried to settle him (pick up put down, patting/shushing/stroking) without a feed. He would nearly go off but not quite- I felt like he'd had 2 nights of being fed and was waiting for a feed. At 10.40 i gave in and fed him. Even after that he fell asleep on me, but cried when i put him down, so the calpol came out, and he did the same even after he'd fallen asleep again, and eventually at 11.30 he fell asleep after DH patted/shushed him to sleep. He then didn't wake until 5.10 but was very restless and had a couple more feeds before morning.

Anyway, I've realised he can't go to sleep without feeding, patting/shushing, movement, cuddling etc and i want him to be able to self-settle (although he does sometimes when put in his cot after a feed at night ).

So tonight i tried CC - 2 mins, then 3 and so on up to 7 mins. Half an hour later he was still screaming so i patted him a little and he settled .

Has anyone done CC where their LO just screams and screams without calming at all? How long can it take? Is he just too little for it? I don't want to post this in sleep as I know i will just get lots of "yes, he's too little, he needs milk, he's just a baby". Maybe he is too little, but i am sure he doesn't need milk at this age (I know my DD and DS1 didn't), but I just need to be able to operate in the day, at work and with the DCs, and I was so shouty yesterday and horrible to my DH too (as I felt he'd had it easy whilst i had the DCs for 3 days/2 nights, even though he'd been really poorly with a really bad ear infection).

belgina- I know you sleep trained your DS but not sure what method you used?

Sorry it's long but I cried (heavy sobbing) last night as I fed him which was the first time I've cried after starting on ADs last summer, and I'm worried I might need to go back on them .