October 09 - rolling, crawling, laughing into summer time (pass mum the wine!)

[Igglybuff]

New thread!

Thanks everyone for your kind words :) it's all a bit surreal really. I'll be back in a few days to say hi properly xxx

Iggly-so sorry, have been to that dark place.

HC
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tierd

Sending you some zzzz vibes fidelma

I ventured outside today, fist time in over a week (exc the doctors) and the world seems to have gone Christmas crazy! Lots of people with trees up already and the shops were heaving. Am going to stick to internet shopping from now on. Joseph had a massive tantrum in HMV He was out of the buggy, walking around holding my hand and went into meltdown when we stopped him taking cds off the shelves and trying to walk out of the shop with them. I have new respect for fidelma and her shopping expiditions with the dcs after this!

How is everyone and the little ones? Iggly, you are in my thoughts x

Thanks HC

Lol HT at Joe. William is getting like this - wants out of the pushchair, runs around like a loon then goes mad when we have to stop dangerous behaviour

I've had the miscarriage now. Unfortunately I opted for natural and bled. And bled and bled. It was horrific. Ended up in a&e and had an ERPC as they said stuff was stuck. I have to stay overnight and I'm heartbroken as it's the longest I've been away from William. Worried he won't forgive me :( I keep crying - am in hospital now and have drawn the curtains as don't want to talk to the other (friendly) patients.

iggly Oh no! I'm so sorry that you've lost the baby, how heartbreaking :(
I hope that you mend physically and emotionally very soon, must be hard with another DC to look after. Let me know if there's anything I can do... xx

fidelma hope you feel more rested now

littlepea is Faith completely well now? Congrats on her walking.

HT haven't had Annalise have a proper strop out in public yet, sounds stressful, as does the thought of Chrimbo shopping in general

Had a really tough week on the sleep-front; Annalise woke crying every 45-60mins for 5 nights in a row, was super hard concentrating at work, but thought it was a combo of cold and MMR/MenC/Hib jabs. On Friday thought I was going to go mad with tiredness and decided to make my bi-weekly trek to the Dr to check it wasn't an ear infection and this time it was, doh. Antibiotics and copious pain-relief has given us a much better night last night (or was it the cocktails?!). So in short, if in doubt...

PPM, scout & HT how are you?

((hugs)) Iggly-hope you get to go home soon. xx

Iggly William will be so happy to see his mum that he won't even need to forgive you, he'll just be thrilled to see you. A big cuddle to the three of you, so sorry that you're having to go through this. Fingers and toes crossed for you that you get to go home tomorrow. x

Calypso Hope you all get some better sleep this week! Glad A was ok after the jabs and the antibiotics are kicking in. How is the running going? I am taking part in a 2km Santa dash on Dec 12th, just need a nice warm Santa trouser suit. the world does not need to see my legs on a cold day! I am ebaying everything in sight atthe mo to raise funds to get a BabyJogger. DH and Joe are going to start running with me.

Joseph is obsessed with lights, he points at them and calls them "umbumba." He takes his very noisy, lights flashing(did I mention noisy?) fire truck with him everywhere and is currently sleeping with it . Oh and he's running off with anything he can get his hands on and hiding them in the bath-I find all sorts in there, he thinks its a fantastic game! His preferred wake up time these days is 5am [cry]and he's up and tearing about the place after that. I need more energy, so tired all the time. My coughing is still bad but improving-it was really scaring him.DH back at work tomorrow, we'll really miss him.

Iggly I think when you lose the baby straight away it is bad enough, but when you have to wait a time for "the next part", its heartbreaking, you just want it all over & done with.
You need your own time, so dont feel bad about William, he wont remember this, think about yourself, this is such a terrible time for you & then to have to go into hospital on top of it all. I wish I was there to give you such a big hug. I have also been in that terrible place & if you ever need to talk to me I will always be there for you, if you want my phone number just let me know, Im here 24/7.

xxx

Thanks everyone. It's so amazing how supportive everyone has been :)

They let me out in the evening in the end so got to see William at bedtime. He gave me and DH the cold shoulder at first but soon came for cuddles.

I've been signed off work for two weeks and will take it from there. I seem ok emotionally but the nurse said as my hormones adjust it'll hit me then.

Sorry for the me post. I hope everyone is well, babies bump and all! xxx

Hi iggly , sounds horrible :( Poor you :(
Get lots of rest and have loads of snuggly cuddles with W and dh.

I'm ok thanks CF :)
F is still waking every night, sometimes once sometimes more. His front middle teeth are coming through now so no more vampire smiles!! Had a terrible night the other day and doc said he had a sore ear too.
Ds1 is off school today with a sick bug :( he's fine now though watching Katy Perry on tv!! Dd was sad as she wanted to be at home too!

F is ok at the shops as long as I bring loads of snacks....

I'm waiting for his intolerance paed appt.

Waves to everyone else :)

Iggly Promise you WILL take it easy and not stress about work? My experiences back up the nurse's comments-my second mc in particular took me a long, long time to come to terms with after I thought I was fine initially. Really happy for you and dh that you got to go home in time for William's bedtime. x

snow, sun,hot chocolate,family BLISS !

wet clothes, change of clothes 12 gloves needing to match, 12 socks,6 hats and a hot water bottle in the buggy.

DH off to get snow moving spades.Time to clear pathways before it all turns to ice.

10 hens and 5 fat turkeys running around the field.We are having a practise Christmas next weekend at my Mums as we need to test the turkey

Whispers (i had the Christmas music on this morning)

Fidelma!!! Are you killing one off your turkeys?? Do you have names for them???

We are putting up the christmas tree today, DH is heading back to Germany tomorrow & wont be back till xmas, so we will put it up as a family before he goes.

Watched 2012 last night....its messed my head up! For some reason Im now worried that I wont be able to keep my kids safe, must keep telling myself its only a film lol

How is everyone else??? Are you back from holiday Scout??? How are you Iggly???

My diabeties (???) is back. They are saying in a couple of weeks I might have to start injecting myself if it gets worse, but for now Im taking tablets & doing my bloods every morning...darn needles!

Off now to put another jumper on, heating isnt taking away this coldness!

I'm still on holiday leaving tonight for a stupid o'clock arrival at Heathrow Monday morning. Realized last night I don't want to go back I like being here and my parents having their (only) grandchild. Also don't want to face FiL who will collect us.

Will be back when we get back to the UK.

Iggly I hope you're okay. I've been thinking about you and praying for you and your family. I hope you're taking it easy.

IGGLY thinking about you. Hugs x

Scout safe journey.

We are soooooooo snowed in! Up a hill and about 2 feet of snow.Here we go againDon't even think I will atempt school tomorrow.

Yes we are eatting the turkeys

Hi all, sorry I have been AWOL. Matthew was really poorly then I got it and still have it. No wonder he cried for 3 days and 3 nights poor lad. Wasn't his teeth at all!

Attempted to put the tree up but only got the lights on yesterday. Upset gripey tummy today so may try and decorate later.

Iggly-I was off for 2 weeks after my MC but I didn't feel it was long enough especially when I returned to work. {{hugs}}

littlepea-hope the diabetes doesn't get too bad.

Scout-hope you don't get too delayed coming home.

fidelma-are you really eating one of your pets?

Big wave. Think I need an omlette.

HC
x

HC hope you are feeling better there is nothing worse than being ill with small children.

I hope you will all still speak to me but yes we are eatting the turkeys we bought them as chicks and always intended to eat them.They have a good life but aren't really pets.However I have just put them all to bed because they are stupid! even with a fantastic coop, they don't go in at night. instead they huddle against the wall now all cosy and warm (we do have at least 18 inches of snow!)

Connor is not 100% bit of a cough.

The snow is a nightmare.School still open.It never closes as there always enough staff to run it.Although I don't think the children did much not sure what to do tomorrow.However I don't want them watching TV all day ! That makes me go insane.

Littlepea hope you are feeling OK x

Oh Fidelma I used to have a big problem with people killing animals they raised, but then someone pointed out to me that they had a better life, plus you knew where they came from etc....It was a woman I worked with that had me in such a state about it, her family were sheep farmers, and one year they had a little lamb that they raised in their kitchen, he was called jack & he was blind. The kids used to have it on a lead for walks & they played with it. One day Jack ended up in their freezer & became lunch!! I was shocked & have never eaten lamb again! LOL....but i will admit that last year we had a fresh turkey & you could really taste the difference. Have a great pre-christmas dinner (yummy!!) xx

HC hope you are all better

Scout I dont blame you for not wanting to come back how did you feel health wise when you were gone??

Hi everyone, have been away from the thread for a while! Thank you for all of your well wishes. I'm feeling better - signed off work for three weeks in the end. I am due to go back on Tuesday but we shall see. I'm in no hurry to rush back. Plus have a poorly DS on our hands - up all night, so I am tired anyway. He's had illness after illness for nearly two months now and has finally been prescribed antibiotics and an inhaler by the GP. Poor thing. He's so snotty and wheezy.

fidelma hats off to you with the turkeys. I'm not sentimental when it comes to food and would love to do that sort of thing.

littlepea sorry to hear about your diabetes. I hope it doesn't get any worse - not what you need!

scout have you been enjoying yourself? Sorry to hear you don't want to come back - that's really tough. What's up with your FiL?

We've got loads of snow here - it's bloody cold. Took W out in it - he was not impressed!

helloooooooo anybody out there.............?

Hi fidelma, are you still enjoying the snow? Nothing but ruddy ice here. We had about 1cm of snow whch promptly froze. No proper snow like home.My mum is in a pretty bad way down in Wales, lots of snow, now frozen. I bought her ice cleats as she can't get the car out so is walking back and forth to work. Joseph and I are darting outside at the meerest hint of sunshine and laughing at the dogs skating in the park.

Lots of groups off because of the ice/health and safety risk so am entertaining J at home. Hard work, he's very outdoorsy and needs to run about. He's made conquering the stairgate his latest projects-pulls out dvd box sets and books then stacks them and tries to stand up high enough to climb the gate. Little imp! I've just ordered a Funpod so he can help me in the kitchen, no doubt he'll thoroughly enjoy throwing about mixing the ingredients.

scout hope you had a good trip back and you're not too homesick.Am dreading coming back here after Christmas in Wales (yes, I'm going home!)

Waves to everyone else x

Lots of snow up here at least 3 feet.A friend has some photos of our family on his facebook page.friends of friends can view it so if you want a look.It is Mark Ritchie from Berlin look at Jacqueline and Martins wedding.We are in lots of them.

HI HT great to hear from you.Connor is now loving his singing/music class so must find more to do in the New Year weather permitting.

The snow is utterly amazing here.I feel like we are in a different country.

Anyone eles around?

Morning!!!

Another morning with no school today, snow is deep here also. We are up in the hills so we get alot. Thank goodness as we are in army camp, that means a army shop, so we dont have to go far for any shoppig we need (like chocolate!

Hope everyone is well