October 08 - Got ourselves some crying, talking, sleeping (sometimes!) walking, living dolls.

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Well somebody better start the new thread, so might as well be me!

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How on earth are you going to manage to be a dairy and gluten free veggie? There'll be nothing left for you to actually eat!

Ha ha ha! I suppose you're right there CSWS! I won't be rigid with the vegetarianism so I won't actually call myself a veggie, I'll just eat a veggie diet at home. It would be ridiculous to try and maintain that if I ever wanted to eat, well anywhere other than at home!

Don't forget that says products such as tofu and tempeh are good veggie sources of protein. Also quorn, but it's quite processed so not a good idea to eat loads of it.

Most plant foods have some protein in them too, and cereals such as oats also contain some.

Hope your appointment goes OK tomorrow Pepper.

50ft - check out the vegetarian society website for some really good recipes. There's quite a few dairy free options there too.

How is D now, CSWS?

I still feel so SICK. And I mean ILL by your terminology, I think... I'm not vomit-y sick, just sick like unwell.

I know a very, very healthy dairy and gluten free vegetarian. Very, absolutely possible. And she eats out, too.

Oh yeah forgot about oats. Oats are superfood for veggie lifestyle! Q loves them, fortunately.

50ft was thinking hard today about a job that you could leave at work and not bring home... does it even exist anymore??

actually, she's right. If you eat too few calories over a long period of time you could actually end up gaining weight a lot easier wit the slightest deviation, like a treat of chocolate or such. If you keep your metabolism up with enough calorie intake then you'll be in a better position to lose weight and little treats won't put you over the edge iyswim.

D seems ok now, thanks aubergenie, although he's been off his food today, which seems odd if the sickness was just dairy related.

maybe he's just off his food because of being sick in general, csws? I know I don't want to eat for the rest of the day once I've vomited.

maybe he's just off his food because of being sick in general, csws? I know I don't want to eat for the rest of the day once I've vomited.

blah something is wrong with my computer. maybe it has the flu like me. If I die in my sleep will someone please come check that Q and dh are ok?

on another note, how do I get Q to stop needing to come into bed with me in the wee hours of the morning????? HELP HELP HELP HELP EHLP. I wake up feeling like I've been beaten up and he just rolls all over me and thumps down and lands his hard head on my nose more times than I can count. He's lovely and cuddly sometimes but then wakes screaming and arching and tossing about... blah

to early night! I was in bed by 9pm.
I feel like I just have a cold now. Misery but not like I'm going to drop dead anymore
I can't watch the fb video until fb comes on my computer again this afternoon.

How was D last night, csws?
Q only woke 3 times!! HOORAYYYYYYY!!!!
ANd he didn't totally scream the house down. But, at 2am, he woke, cried and wanted out. I just left him in his cot for nearly an hour. He didn't cry much, fussed a little but mostly babbled and just got more and more wide awake. giggled, threw things about...etc... ????? WHen I picked him up he yawned loudly, nestled right into me and fell asleep in bed with me nearly immediately but he only woke once after that and got up for the day at 6am (not 4.30 or 5!!)
Can someone help me? I want him to stay in his cot all night. I was giving in when he was unwell and that was happening so often that it has become habit. He's feeling better right now, just a cough and runny nose so I can be more firm... but what do I do?? He's next to me in his cot and just won't go back to sleep unless I bring him in bed with me!

Or should I just let him keep coming into bed with me?

Gosh one lil spelling mistake and the police are onto me......

You are all so good I can't keep up!

Ds had nightmares for wks after nursery read we going on a bear hunt. Wasn't a story I knew at all but we were able to work through it with him. Also we bought bear in a cave same author much nicer ending to counteract!

I would be too embarrased to post my food diary, it would look similar to myjobs till
nightime then it would get embarrasing!!

Go swimming lessons every week ds on his own and I'm in with dd. Hard work well done with three pe
pepper.

Better get ready we Jo jingling soon.
Take care of youse

That a really difficult one star, my two were in there own rooms which made it bit easier! I used to go in pick them up and if they stopped crying and eveything else was ok then I would put them back down and go out of room!

I would do this over and over and over even if they were still crying when I put them down.

It worked in the end. Just got to keep trying and see what suits Q.

I did that (controlled crying) at first to get him to settle to sleep at first. Now, he can do that part. We do a bedtime routine and at 7pm every night he settles himself to sleep. But in the middle of the night I find it so hard to deal with it.

That's what I'm doing, pistachio... just letting him sleep with me for now.
Sometimes he's lovely and cuddly. Other times he's just a nightmare.

D ok last night star, thank you.
Still not eaten a lot today, but something at least. His nappy at toddler group was almost back to exclusively breast fed baby poo!

I cannot sleep with toddlers. Small babies yes, but wriggly toddlers no. But mine are in their own room before it reaches this stage, so I don't really know what to suggest when that's not an option for you.
Is dh still wanting to sell your place without an agent btw?

oh god don't get me started.He still wants to "finish". I'm planning to take a few days and be gone the whole day over april holiday so he can get it FINISHED but who knows??? He keeps saying "no, we won't still be here in a few months time..." but we ARE. And then he says "sorry I'm tired. I have a lot on right now. I deserve to relax sometimes" True but what he is being so stupid about is that the minor stuff he does is NOT GOING TO MAKE A SHIT OF DIFFERENCE to the price!!!!!!! arrrghhhhh. If an estate agent comes around to our house he'll just do his own thing anyway!! I found a 2 bed property near our cm actually that I'd love to buy and it's the right price and dh could do some work on it, too...etc... garden - it's lovely but we dont' even have ours on the market yet! He thinks we can put in an offer and they will just wait for ours to sell... that's not true. If they know we don't yet have ours on the market yet they will probably refuse our offer. (told to me by an estate agent actually!)
breathe....
i'm tired.

Oh dear - should I be sorry I asked?
Stick us a link the property you like, either on here on fb, so that we can nose!

Oh yes, send us a link to the property Star!

I was called away from work just after school today as S had diarrhoea and vomited all over the CM's new rug. No more vomitting and although he's still got diarrhoea he's perked up loads. Can't send him to CM tomorrow though even if he's OK so DP and I have started tense negotiations as to whose job is more important and who has to take the day off.

Star - We co-slept for the first year or so and then moved S in to his cot (in our room). We just kept putting him back and stayed with him stroking and patting him when he objected until he settled back to sleep. The first night was tough and it gradually got easier after about three nights. So, I'd say if you are going to do it, start on a Friday and get the worst over with when you don't have to get up for work the next day. We did it in shifts as well, to make it easier.

evening all.
star - never had that problem, but it sounds like the repetitive returning worked for Q to set up his bedtime routine so it should work for establishing a better nighttime pattern? Why not wait till the easter hols so you don't have to go to work each morning and persist with either leaving him in his cot full stop, or picking him up and returning him once he's asleep?
Can you move the cot so it's not quite so close to your side of the bed? Don't know if you have the space?
My scan was fine today. I hadn't appreciated that it was external and internal ultrasound..(you'd have loved it star!) but all major organs appear fine with no growths, lumps cysts etc. I feel hugely relieved. I hadn't realised quite how worried I was till they said it was ok.
Of course I still have a pain in my side, and started bleeding again today (ugh ugh ugh for the internal )so I'll have to go back to the docs.
Am STARVING after not being able to eat between 8am and 3pm and only a quick cheese sarnie after that as had all 3 dc's full on as soon as I got home....
"Phew", sums up how I feel now

aubergenie - x posts.
I was childishly pleased DS1 only threw up at school when they all the bug the other week, one less pile of vom to clean up! There's a bright side to everything!
We have to keep kids home 48 hours here so DH and I took one day off each...