oooh busy thread...
gauchita sorry to hear about your mil, come here and vent if you can, (works for me ;)) I hope it's not spoiling your trip.
fwiw when C has temperature it also comes and goes, dh said that's what temperature does. Could be anything (was a throat infection last time) so it would be better to get it checked by a GP, have you got calpol or nurofen out there to keep it down?
Is dh doing that thing where he didn't believe you because he may think you're uncomfortable and making up excuses to be somewhere else or visit less family? (dh used to do this the first few times we went to france, (not necessarily intentionally)).
The elections have been interesting to say the least, we're still waiting to know what is going to happen. The elections before the last ones in France ended up in a coalition too and it worked pretty well, I think this is happening a lot at the moment worldwide, the last elections in Germany were pretty much 50/50 too that's probably why the media have been going on about a hung parliament for the past couple of months).
snow hey good luck with the scan, let us know how it went, I remember the excitement (and the worry!) :D What are the injections for? Argh, morning sickness hope it goes away quick! How are you coping, are you getting tired?
mrsmc how is it going now that Mil is here. She could take the board back with her. Why do you feel guilty? It's not your fault at all! I hope you can take the opportunity to catch up on some sleep and have some "me" time. Ask them for it if they don't offer.(or tell them rather: "Right I'm off to the beauty salon, take care of the kids all right"). I know sometimes we feel like we can't leave the baby with anyone else but we have to for our sanity. My best friend pretty much told me off for not having been to the hairdresser for over a year, she has no children so I was quite dismissve ("what does she know" type of attitude but lo and behold I did book it and it made me feel much better, ditto waxing at the salon! It'll be nails and toes next!).
When is venetian coming back?
choccie oh I hope the old problem with the neighbours is not creeping back! When is dh back from St Tropez? They'll have fantastic weather out there.my brain is also fried, I think this is quite common post pregnancy. I had a weird convo with a (new mum)friend today where she was asking what I had been up to the past two weeks and if we had plans this weekend and I could not remember, I didn't feel too bad as she could not remember either .
bigcar Walking wow. I tend to think that if the baby has older siblings they tend to develop faster but I could be mistaken, one of my friend's son is free standing for a whole minute (so cute! "look at me just standing here") and walking along tables and sofas iyswim, what do you think?
congrats on the new car, we're looking at a bigger vw at the moment, thinking about number 2...
but I'm awake right now because the memory of giving birth is keeping me up. I had a bit of a anxiety attack about it. I shook it off quickly but now can't get back to sleep (oh well, good thread catch up!).
I now have all the documents ready to get my records though so should be able to request it next week, finally! Are you over with the nurse appointments & getting all your notes sorted?
Well next week's badmingon is compromised as dh has to work. I think it's time I did a bit more than just look at the gym timetable ;)
I'm not getting any time to myself either at the moment, I had to schedule some time with dh tomorrow for him to look after the baby so I can wash my hair :S It's such a basic thing I despair... do you guys have to do that as well or are your dh's more hands on with the baby?
And Dh is not even too bad, he (kinda) knows what to do with C and does look after her from time to time, I just feel like he doesn't do it enough because everytime he does it's usually because I have something urgent to do for work (or housework).
One of my friend's dh still has not changed a nappy (?!), she never gets a lie-in either (her ils do take her son for a couple of hours at a time though.)
dh says every friday that he will get up at 6:30 at the weekend so I can have a lie-in but when it comes to it he can't hack it and I have to take over. He is so useless in the morning, he just cannot function .
I had a bath with C today and it was loads of fun :D
Did I tell you she signs loads now, for milk, duck, bath, eat/food, bird and "finished" when she's finished eating (though you don't need the sign for this one as she usually flings the food over her tray anyway!) It's really nice to be communicating like that :D I'm trying to teach her loads more but it takes a long time before she assimilates them.
I'd better get back to bed now. Reading used to help my insomnia but I have nothing new at the moment. I keep re-reading Bill Bryson's "short story of nearly everything"
Is anyone reading anything good at the moment? (I know, haha, reading a book...who gets the time right? thing of the past :D)
Take care juners and have a good weekend!