Jan 2009 - these boots are made for walking... lets just hope they stay in sight!

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had to do a new thread as the old one just wasn't pleasing my computer!

Cross posted Dog.

They are sleeping at the moment. See second to last paragraph of my post.

I am going to spend some time while they are asleep perusing the net for something special for my 40th birthday present. Both Mum and dh are nagging me about what I want.

Why is it, when there's no birthday or christmas for an absolute age, I can always think of several things I need want, but as soon as my birthday comes around I can't think of a thing?

Oooo I'd love some Le Creuset but have nowhere to keep it. I'd love a huge casserole I can use to cook on the hob, then whack in the oven.

Dd has been asleep on my chest since 10.30! So am trapped here. Have looked at odd bits of silver jewellery at Not on The Highstreet, Misi and Folksy. Then got diverted looking at dresses for this flipping wedding again. Curently like 2 in Bravissimo and a couple of Boden ones, but not sure what size I'll be by 21 August, as my weight is up and down like a yoyo.

Poor you having to have a filling. I am phobic as well and lost count of the number of injections it took for my root canal in December - stopped counting at around 5! Still haven't had it crowned, as mat cert ran out ans we can't afford £200.

afternoon ladies finally get a chance 2 come on!!!!dd2 suffering badly with teethig got 2 new big teeth the other day. on my dsi again it is fab especially camera. have ordered bits online from amazon for bracken for her bday i know very early!!!!! i have money in there buy bits throughtout the year. have bought mega bloks table and wooden animal building blocks. got myself mario game for ds have seen lovely wooden activity cube with beads etc on will buy next mnth. having a quiet day here.
i let bracken take my red biro into the loundge while i was in the other room on the computer. came in to find loads of scribbling on one sofa seat luckily has come out. havent hadsofa long!!• that gave me a shock.
lots of chatting on here.
me and dh met on net i replied to his dating ad rest is history. have been together 10 years and married for 8 years

hi miss j,pat etc

mm sounds like ur household is on the mend bless em

Afternoon Tink.

Yep I think we are on the up here. Dd is definitely feeling better as she is now well enough to moan and whinge, which while she was really poorly she didn't do. She is currently giving me a hard time for changing her nappy and because I put her down for the first time since 10.30 this morning.

Ds2 hasn't shut up since I got up this morning, so he too is obviously feeling much better. He has just eaten an ice lolly. First semi/solid thing he's had since breakfast on Wednesday.

Ds1 is right as rain really, just a bit wobbly and very skinny. For once he is being quite agreeable and non-argumentative as well, which is a pleasant change. Its been nice in a weird way, as the boys didn't want to do anything but watch Cbeebies and lie on the sofa with me. Reminded me of old times.

hi mm

glad things are looking up in time for the weekend

Hello people.

Am starving, and glad to hear that the Moosey babies are a little better, and that Lenni is on the mend too. Hope the tooth ok DOG. Ouch!

Hello all! Still haven't had a relaxing day hour. And now it's the weekend so looks lke I've blown it until Wed at the earliest

Tree

Have a relaxing hour now - and that's an order!

Are you working all weekend then? Can you chill out this evening. Take-away/film/chocolate/cake. Take your pick or have them all.

We are intending to settle down in front of the last episode of Ashes to Ashes with a bottle of wine and some chocolate this evening. Its been a loooong week.

I've spent almost the whole day with dd asleep on me. In between her waking up and smacking me in the face, whilst simultaneously whingeing/crying/screaming. I've only managed to escape twice and that was to dash to the toilet.

We are supposed to be going to dh's dad's birthday party tomorrow. They've even ordered a bouncy castle for the dcs. Can't see us being able to go at this rate and that will mean a large proportion of his side family falling out with us, followed by months of us having to be extra nice and grovelly to them all.

Doesn't help that the dcs were ill last time they had a family party, so we didn't get to that one either and mil is convinced I keep her gcs from her. (Never mind the fact that they live 10 mins drive away, but almost never visit or invite us round. Or the fact that we cut back on visiting them after she took it upon herself to discipline ds1 in front of me for doing something he really couldn't help, despite my already having dealt with it.) Dh refuses point blank to tell them about ds1's assessment, which makes things more than a little difficult, as quite understandably, they really don't get why we tolerate some of his quirkier traits.

Oh, oops. Where did that all come from? Sorry for the rant. I have been holding it in ever since I realised we are going to miss the party and have to take the consequences.

The babies are asleep

Stress continues to pile. Skp arrives Monday am, and our friend arrives 7am to start takin gup the old concrete in the yard. ALl 60sq metres of it, bless him! Bummer he can only do 3 day week though, due to childcare. So that slows everything down by about a third, then mum's partner feels he can't manage lifting [fair enough] so we are slowed by half again......argh! Plus I'm on a blarrrrdy long day Mon, then a study day Tue so I can't be there to introduce them or run out for stuff htey need. SO not liking that.

Have the weekend of!!!! Wooo Hooooo. Haven't had full weekend off since about Feb. Mum has swooped in and is taking the girls overnight as we have some serious painting to do. Yak. Oh well, it mght be sort of relaxing to feel we are edging closer to finished house.

Bloody shower leaking again.

How is the pox tea?

I need a crown too, my temp one has been in since May o7!

Moose, those rings I had made via notonthehighstreet are utterly lovely, if you are after that sort of thing. Or the bangles, you could have 3, they would look beautiful. Or a silver pendant with some kids artwork on it?

DD1 ate a little ice lolly I made!!! 5.5 years in and finally......resisting urge to search for fab lolly moulds. I get so excited when we find something she likes. We are heavily into wraps at the moment. Only if the wrap is white and only with chilli in.

I am the least romantic person on the planet, bar none.

Moose I'm 38 in September! We are pushing it, but we are still under 40, even if you are 40 because you haven't quite finished being 40, iyswim... lol

Sounds like us lot have some very nice partners in the Game of Life.

DD and I have a pretty standard night routine now. With DH back at work more, we are home more. We have dinner, run around and play while I clean up... actually, she is such a slow eater that I usually have it all cleaned up but her by the time she's done. then in the bath by 7, run around for about 10 minutes while I clean up from bath, (which now she is starting to help put things away, like her toys, ) then dressed, then Books and Cookies time which is she grabs some books and I grab a Digestive and we crawl into Mom and Dad's bed to read, munch and BF then to bed by 8 and now sleeping through. Occasionally she wakes but mostly cause she is tangle in her blankets.

Which brings me to when do they get pillows and what do you think of satin (not expensive stuff by any means) sheets for DD for the summer? It gets quite hot and humid and the flat won't accommodate and air conditioner.

Tree There is a massive crafts store nearby that I go into just to browse the moulds of all sorts... good thing DH has a penchant for that sort of thing too. lol

Yay for sleeping babe! Now get yourself settled in for a nice relaxing evening.

I know all the building work and slab laying etc means stress. But turning it on its head, its positive progress towards having the beautiful house you dream of and some outside space for your girls to play in.

Girls away overnight means sleeeep as well as a lovely, peaceful, relaxing evening surely?

My boys love home made ice lollies as well. Great way to get fruit into them. My boys like it when I do stripey lollies with different coloured juices. (Mind you, haven't had the energy to do that for a long time.)

Chef. Bamboo sheets are supposed to be the best for keeping cool. Just read that yesterday strangely enough.

Mine didn't have pillows until they moved into their big boy beds and dd will probably be the same (only big girl bed obviously ).

All my three are still up - aaaaarrrrgh! Dd is still clinging to me like a little monkey with a very hot head (hence my being on here rather than helping with bed time) and ds2 is screaming the place down because he can't have scrambled egg staffordshire oatcakes with his brother. (Has managed to keep a couple of biscuits and an ice lolly down now so I've said he can eat more tomorrow. Apparently I'm a horrible Mummy - again! )

I seriously need them all to be asleep now.

Hello lovely ladies,

Well after reading all your lovely stories I wish I could have a sliding door moment myself! Or a bit of horse back fun Mind you I haven't rode a horse since I was a teenager, I used to LOVE horse riding but as a girl at my school used to bully me about it, as she also went to the same stables, I stopped going Still regret stopping now. My H and I are still getting divorced My original sorry thread is here if you ever have time to read it... Wish I could meet a lovely man who'd love my 2 DCs like his own and love me. You lucky things you

Moose - I like your method of sleep training, it reminds me of a similar one in a fav book of mine by a child sleep expert. I am soooooooo lucky with both my DCs, at about 4 months I became more regimented on nap routines and combined it with a bit of gentle sleep training, similar to yours and they're both absolute gems now at night providing I don't let them sleep late in the day and keep naps to usual times. Although my DD has started to mess about at bedtime again and jump into DS's cot (as they share a room) so that bit makes me become a cross mummy and tell her off invariably. I think it's becoming a game though at bedtime she even did it tonight and she was very tired tonight and of course still poorly...

Moose I loved that photo too LOL at it getting all those hits from us lot. Could your DH not take the "well" DCs to MIL's? So she doesn't think it's a total conspiracy? Or is that a bad idea? I really struggle with my in laws too. They've chosen to sell the house near us and move up to Montrose, which is about 9 hours away and already they're pressuring me to come and visit for a week end of May. It wasn't my choice for them to move so far away and I feel a bit put upon for them to be pressuring me, as a 9 hour drive with 2 children under age 3, alone, would be an absolute mission. Surely they should come here? They chose to move away They keep saying "well we drove to Germany, when H was a baby" and I think, yes but not only were you both in the car but also you only had one child.... They forget that their son has left me, me thinks

Lenni - thank you for asking and others, the DCs are getting itchier, spots began yesterday and in the heat today it seemed to irritate them more. More spots of course today as well. Both grumpy of course and off their food. In fact they were both throwing big strops today and I lost my patience at 2 points today I think I am running on empty to be honest though, as my H has thrown me another curve ball today and I'm reeling emotionally from that. It's hard to stay completely calm and patient and a perfect mummy when your H keeps hurting you. I think this will be one of my biggest posts on this thread by the time I'm finished tonight sorry

DOG - it's always nice to get a lovely doctor you can trust, how is your LO's ear now? Completely relate to dentist. I had one give me a filling and she gave me an injection and it didn't work, I was wincing as she did drilling, she told me she'd given me enough anesthetic to remove a tooth and I was being silly. I changed dentist after that, but my new dentist was also rude to me. I think as I talk really fast whilst there as I'm nervous and make nervous jokes it may not help

I have a Le Creuset casserole pot, it was a wedding gift ironically and I LOVE it! Completely understand your envy, they're sooo expensive though.

Chef - I thought satin would make people more hot? I could be wrong though. My mum always insists 100% cotton is the way forward. Like Moose I didn't introduce a pillow until my DD was in a big girl's bed. Last Summer whilst she was still in a cot in the hot weather I put a fan in her room at night to gently blow at least a breeze through there and she couldn't get to it, still being in a cot. She loved it. She slept under a cotton sheet in a vest only on the hottest days.

Oh, Tea. Sorry, we have been a bit insensitive with all our stories haven't we.

Sorry to hear your h is still causing you problems. Come and vent at us any time if it helps. ((hugs))

Your PILs are definitely asking too much of you, its not even as if they're your parents fgs. If they want to see their gc, they should come to you. Two adults on a long car journey is not even in the same league as one adult and two little ones.

Don't worry about the size of your posts. You'll never beat me when I'm in full flow - mwah ha ha!

My three are now asleep, dh is on a chocolate run and my programme starts in 15 mins. Is it sad that I am really looking forward to it? [Moose needs to get a life emoticon]

nitey nitey
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mm - you cant help it i they r too ill for party tom

tea have also just read your thread (only your original post). Dog stole my word, which is gobsmacked. I can't believe anyone could be so dishonest and insensitive. Thank god you trusted your instincts and uncovered his lies. And just cannot believe he could do all that while you had a tiny son and a beautiful daughter already. What a total shit .

I am divorced too, and after I split up with my ex-DH (who was D despite everything!), I got together with the most horrible man, who ended up lying to me about the weirdest things which I always uncovered, and finally ended up hitting me and then stalking me when I finished it - it took a police caution to see him off. It's all a long way in the past but I tell you this now because I am living proof that you can move on from a totally shitty relationship ..... but I know how much more complicated your situation is. He will always be in your life because of your kids.

Have you considered relationship counselling? Even if you are splitting up, it can still really help I think. I had it with my ex-DH even when we had decided to divorce, and it really helped us both.

Sending you lots of hugs. Really glad you have found us on this thread and hope we offer you some support along the way

Oh Tea. It's so so crap for you. Do feel free to talk about it here on the thread. The rest of us don't just talk about the Jan 09 babies, so please share if you want to.

radio flyer

Because Moose needs one for next years festi, and everyone shoul djust get one

Awww thanks ladies. Well considering where my H is at Miss J probably wouldn't be ideal. I have begun some counseling myself, once a week. She lets me talk, doesn't say much. Can't decide if it's helpful or not yet, as I've only had 2 sessions so far. I was on the waiting list for ages

My previous boyfriend before my H stalked me too and was a weirdo and liar and had to be cautioned by police too. So I've naturally come to the conclusion I have terrible taste in men now...

Love the pic Tree

Right better get some kip, its muggy and hot in my flat tonight and both my kids are fidgeting away in their beds the poor things

Tea ((((HUGS))))

We are getting this Radio Flyer I realized DD will simply not sit in the other one; she'll try surfing in it or something. lol

Tree stop it you naughty girl. I reeeally want one!

I can see your fb picture this time because my sister forgot to log out of fb before she went home last weekend. Am being very good and not looking at her stuff, but it has meant I could view everyone's festival photos via their links on the festival forum.

23.5 degrees in our bedroom last night and next doors teenage son came home at 1.00 am, banged the gate, went up the garden to the playroom and proceeded to floodlight our bedroom using their outdoor lights. He was still up there over an hour later so I had to give in and close the window, blind and curtains. What are his parents like? He's only in the second year at seniors and he was out till 1.00 am when his parents were obviously in bed (no lights) so couldn't have known whether he was safe or not.

Well ds2 has bounced back this morning, ds1 is fine now and dd is still asleep! So we are going to pop into Grandad's party for a couple of hours.

Have just been to dd's wardrobe to get her something to wear today and realised she has the sum total of 3 summer dresses and two sun-tops and leggings, most of which are too big for her. This hot weather has completely thrown me after the last two summers and its always cool in our living room so I haven't actually experienced it so far this week. I have £40 of Mothercare vouchers left from her birthday, so we are going to pop in there on the way to the party and buy a few bits.

Right, have a list of belated birthday presents for various neices and nephews to buy before the party so am off to reserve some stuff from Argos (because its right by Mothercare ).

I bought 2 Summery dresses for munchkin in Asda yesterday for £8 each. Mothercare does have some lovely stuff, enjoy. I love buying clothes for my little ones, when I can find enough pennies Glad your DCs are improving