Sept 08: How do we like our eggs in the morning? Fertilised, or completely and most definitely unfertilised?

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Thinking of you meglet at least the ball is rolling and the right care for your dad is around the corner. We are here for you. Thread hug xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Excellent news on the nursery front and by all accounts the extension front carrie
Now with the dilema I think I would have to go with the nearest one. Alot more convienient for your family and ds especially (napping etc), local friends, walking instead of car, less stress. Thinks have to swop and chang a bit eventually so it will get her used to change. Things will work out in the end.

Talking of crocs, Today, I got myself a ballet pump syle pair in silver ten ponds and ds1 a pair of baby blue ones for seven pounds. All origional no fakes. A shop was closing down ( the one next to cadbury shop in designer outlet, for local lass info
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Right kids food and bath time followed by keep fit I WILL BE SKINNY.

Hope your dsis is out of theatre now bec any news x

hi mama Just heard from mum and she is out of recovery and on the ward. She was VERY upset this morning - not about the op...she really needs it as they estimate the fibroid was 20lbs in weight - but about not seeing her boys for 4-5 days. I can completely understand that.

star I know I shouldnt laugh, but seriously!....pmsl

mama I don't think I'd make it to the crocs shop, i'd be too busy in cadburys!

Going for some theraputic scrapbooking tonight with my chum! There might be red wine involved...

Gosh, Meglet. I am so sorry. And I so hope your dad still has a few glasses of wine, decent meals and potter in the garden times. This is what the palliative care people should be giving him.

Cheers Star. I still can't quite believe it. I feel completely fine and not too tired, but I felt sick as a dog with DS. Do you think something might be amiss? maybe it's still too early. It's two weeks to the day since I should have had my period.

I can't bake either, so don't bother. My baking tour de force is the banana cake I make when the bananas in the fruitbowl are half way decomposed.

Carrie, excellent news on both fronts. I would definitely go for the closer nursery though. Life is complicated enough!

Buying houses is VERY stressful, and I still don't know if our mortgage application has been accepted.

Aw, Meglet Very glad palliative care team are now involved - hopefully some pottering and nice meals will be feasible for a while soon.

Carrie - closer nursery I think, especially in winter. Do they do dancing at nursery?

Star - you made me laugh, thank you!

I made muffins the other day for the first time in years - they were loaded with chopped dates and some old prunes, which probably made them too heavy to rise much but they tasted great. Creche worker and another mum there spent time this morning telling me how easy it is to make saag paneer and bhajis so I'm tempted now before A wakes up.

Hospital gynae dept are all arguing someone else should see me, so MrNC will have to get snotty at them again, as well as seeing if we can wangle private cover to pay for an appt. Been feeling nauseous a fair bit but stick says not preg, so presumably it's just my body going back to pre-preg fussiness...

Congrats D&S - well done on the school place. What an exhausting and stressful thing to have had to go through.

Meglet Really sorry about your dad. You are being a wonderful daughter through all this - sending you lots of strength.

star You ditzy thing! You gave me such a huge laugh. At first I thought, OMG, cake mix? Who is too lazy to weigh some flour and sugar? Then when you told us what you'd done... oh you poor, poor dear. Did you try again with the actual cake mix or was it all too traumatic after that?

pacita Congrats! Hope it's going well.

And in other news, DD is finally well again after the horrible unexplained fever. We had a very stressful week with nearly no sleep, as the nights were just terrible. On the third visit to the doctor / hospital she was prescribed some anti-bs in case it's her ear again. She slept solidly last night! Really couldn't believe it. And she's finally back on her food and milk.

It's such a relief as DH and I have been crying in desperation and wonderinng what on earth we're doing by having another baby when we can't even cope with the first one. I'm sure we'll think differently after a couple of nights of proper sleep and DD back to her playful self again, but I have to admit I am a little scared over what the next few weeks hold.

Don't panic Fanny. All will be ok. Most of the population have more than one child and by hook or by crook they get through it.

Try and remember that dd being poorly isn't a normal occurrence, so situations arising like that when the baby arrives will be few are far between. Also I'm sure it's harder to deal with when you're living with SPD.

Sorry to hear about your dad meglet. It's good that things are being done to help him and make him more comfortable, but awful that you're all in this situation. We're here if you want to talk, rant or cry.

Not everyone feels sick Pacita, so don't think that it is a sign things aren't ok.

The sun is out - hurrah! For the past few weeks ds looks like a feral child (think Stig of the dump) by the end of the day as most afternoons we are in the garden.

pacita it could mean you're having a girl, my sickness was different with my two pregnancies (one girl, one boy)!

meglet I hope however long your dad has left is a really special and happy time for all of you.

NC who is the 'someone else' they want you to see? Do they have an idea what the problem might be? Really hope you have some good news soon.

fanny what a relief your dd is getting better. Being emotional at this stage of pregnancy is to be expected, and a healthy dose of realism is good. There will be bad days, but there will also be many many good days, and you will have double the joy with double the children. And cbeebies is wonderful with a cherry on top

I'm in the one week wait...dh is so convinced we're not pg this month, I'm inclined to agree, and yet there's that tiny glimmer hope that we could be. Argh.

The builders are going great guns, the first of the blockwork for the foundations is currently being delivered (right onto our drive, helpful!). I'm SO thankful we live next door to students, there's no fence between our drive and theirs and none of them has a car. On the first day the builders were really careful to have the skip and everything on our side, and use next door's drive for access. Now the skip and all the tools are on the students side, they've spread out to fill the whole space including both double driveways! I think that's part of the reason they're going at such a great speed, space is not an issue, even with a digger and several skips and most of the ground being a hole. Thankfully the students are lovely - they've offered that our kids can play in their garden while we don't have one. I'm sure a bit of beer will keep them sweet

Bookmarking. Hi all x

Meglet I lost my mum to a brain tumour in 1988 so if my experience can help you in anyway please let me know as am happy to talk about it.

Thanks ILTMIMI and carrie. Yes I know it will get better and most families cope fine with more than one child, but sometimes that very fact makes me feel even more feeble. I can't have this conversation with my sister as she has six and has never used any external childcare! I look pathetic compared to her. But you're right about the SPD; I know what a huge difference it will make when I'm back on my feet. I guess I have to keep visualising myself healthy again, whizzing about with two gorgeous kids and having a ball.

Thanks starmuffin. That was our logic - thinking of the future with two being easier than one. So give me some hope here - exactly when does that phase kick in?

DD and DS are great friends and play together all the time. I think since she was up and about really so about 12 months but noticeably much more in the last few months so probably from about 16m onwards.

Definately gets better around 18 months or so. Big age gap with my 2 - 5yrs 3 months - but they adore each other and play together all the time. ds1 reads books to Toby and they play football, catch, and generally wrestle all day! Its great. Not sure how it works with siblings of a different gender but I seem to remember my dsis and I played with my dbro and his toys all the time. Do they still make StarWars LEGO???

Wow proper sunshine with heat. Robyn spent the day in shorts and was still sweaty. Friends DD was cool in a romper and new sunhat and we had no blankets. It was great, even with the hassle of suncream.

Star My ds didn't really like playing with anyone and would actively push/kick/hit other children away. When we did the Earlybird course we learned some techniques and got him playing with us but it was a long time before he would tolerate another child playing next to him. He will play with his dsis but only if he wants to.
Oh and great story with the cake mix

At this age I don't think the gender matters. They both love playing with each others toys - so superhero stuff, dolls, Playmobil etc. it all goes in the mix.

Star, maybe I should give you my recipe for rotting banana cake. You can plaster on the icing of your choice.

Thanks ladies for the reassurance, and Fanny, I'm barely pregnant and not out of the woods yet, but Diego has also been poorly for the past week, and I ask myself the same question: how am I going to cope????? Yes, I am a big wuzz.

NC good luck with your referral.

bookmarking, will catch up!