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Dec 08 Ladies - Maybe this thread they'll ALL sleep through the night at the same time!

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Beans33 · 01/06/2010 17:04

Apologies for rubbish title, couldn't think of anything - mind is totally riddled by hormones...!

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EffiePerine · 02/06/2010 18:18

Sorry, I knew she was in the NW but couldn't remember exactly where.

Veggiemummy · 02/06/2010 18:39

Gosh that's just horrible what has happened in Cumbria, how very sad.

I wrote a big post earlier (don't I always) but my
itouch ran out of battery before I could post it bugger.
I will briefly recapp.

Beans I'm a little that your DH told you via email about the packing tonight, what is he your boss? I hope you are going to sulk like a teenager all
night.

Lady good advice from DRJJ about getting the rash looked at. I think you mentioned your dry skin to your consultant last time so maybe you could either give her a call or pop to the GP. I'd forgotten about those lush bars I used them too, lurvely.

I'm very jealous of Sybs cupcakes at Beans house. Nice you could get together though. I really must organise a trip to London. I have a very dear friend coming over to the UK soon to marry (civilly partner) her girlfriend. I sadly can't go to the wedding as it's the same day as the one in Belfast but I really want to catch up with her. I think she gets here in a couple of weeks so might organise to come over around then. Would be lovely to catch up.

Urbane how are things with you? You sounded on your knees this morning but haven't posted since are you ok? I would really love to meet up with you I Greenwich park one day.

Well DH came home and I tried on the dress and he agreed it was enhanced by my voluptuous curves. However, there is one small problem....I can't sit down comfortably in it, well actually I can barely sit at all in it. I'm like sybs at the moment I kind of couldn't be bothered shifting the weight. I've gotten down to a reasonable weight and am slowly dropping down but to be semi comfortably in this dress I'd need to lose 3-4 kg in 3 weeks. I will try to be even more careful with my eating and Ill add a couple of hours of exercise to my week but I'm already doing yoga 2-3 times a week and riding most days with the boys. Anyhoo we'll see how it goes I can always buy something last minute.

Right DS1 finally out of the bath so time for a book
then bed. DS2 had crashed out already.

katie3677 · 02/06/2010 19:32

Oh God, I managed to lose DD's favourite (and only comforter) soft toy elephant whilst out shopping today. Anyone know where I might be able to get hold of another soft elephant, originally from Primark circa 2008??? I will pay any money as she is refusing to settle without him tonight.

JollyBear · 02/06/2010 19:32

Thanks for thinking of me effie, I'm touched. Summer is right, I'm in Bolton. Cumbria is such a sleepy place, I can't imagine anything so horrible happening there.

Not a good day for DD. She hasn't slept a wink all day - she's been at nursery and they say that other than that she has been OK. She went off to sleep fine, a bit tearful at bathtime, but now keeps waking up. Her excema on her back has flared really badly so maybe that's it. Oh dear, must go up again....

JollyBear · 02/06/2010 19:48

Hello katie We got DD a second disney rabbit comforter off ebay just in case. Could you ring round where you have been today and see if it has been handed in? Hope you manage to get her to settle.

EffiePerine · 02/06/2010 20:09

Katie: there's a MN topic about lost toys somewhere. I seem to remember there might even be a website. eBay a v good plan.

Glad to hear you haven't been affected Jolly. So sad, half term as well and I understand some children witnessed the shootings .

Rubena · 02/06/2010 20:20

Katie sorry you lost the elephant. Fortunately ds has only ever been attached to his muslin and doesn't mind the colour so have been able to avoid meltdown. I would ring the places you've been too. You never know.
I had another look at the map and I think it might be a bit far especially if there isn't somewhere ds can run around. I He just will not cope. For some reason I thought it was my side of LadyT's but it looks like it's further? Let me know where / when the place is decided anyway.

ds has been roaming the garden with the dog all afternoon. he didn't nap anymore after just the car drive of about 30-40 mins and refused to nap this afternoon. he was fine though but exhausted himself and practically took himself to bed at 7!

Shocking news up north.

LadyThompson · 02/06/2010 20:33

Been tidying for hours. It looks much better in here though. I said DP had ?nad practice? above, which sounds awful. I meant to type band practice.

Right, a few things I wanted to say earlier/yesterday, in no particular order:

Jam, is the pox all gone now? And how was Bluewater? (I love Bluewater). And are you still being driven potty by the cockerel nearby? Bloke at the end of our garden has bought one to go with his chickens, which is really annoying as they have coped nicely without one all these years. I wish it would zip it, or whatever you do with a beak.

Spot ? talking of illness, how is T now? (And re: bird noise, obviously you still have the gulls?)

ZJ ? your DD?s nodding ? we only have vigorous head shaking here, and emphatic cires of ?no!? She once said ?yeah?, evidently forgetting herself. ONCE.

Katie, that Wednesday sounds fine by me, or did I already say that? As to your DD?s comforter, I would say put out an SOS on the wider MN. Someone might have one lurking at the back of a cupboard and be willing to part with it. Sorry about your distress over your folks? house. I do understand and think moving and all that stuff is really traumatic. And I hope you get some solid answers about your DS from all these tests.

Veggie, that?s smashing about the dress. (Oh, and JJ slinking into those trousers). I am a blimp. I do look pregnant now, all of a sudden. Still in all my normal clothes, but that?s more a sad indictment of my clothes than a cause for celebration. The lady on the plane didn?t even flinch or look round. She was a lot cooler than I would have been. Maybe she thought it was a sex pest with a thing for muffin tops. I?m not really sure about O being frustrated as it would mean she is frustrated several times an hour. I am starting to think she has issues with me, actually. I had my hand on DP?s arm when she was in bed with us this morning, and she actually prised off my fingers. If she feels that I, her mother, is de trop, she is in for a BIG shock at the end of Sept.

NJAN ? you?ve gone driving mad! Every time you come on here, you are driving hither and thither like a demon! (I am jealous).

DaisyD ? were you asking about good tan sprays? Or was it Rubes? A good cheapie is L?Oreal Dry Mist. I am so pleased you had a good night out.

WG ? glad the trip was good and I will parcel up that stuff when I have a moment. As to that therapist, well?don?t you think she is the type to laud any of her experiences above everyone else?s? That?s how she struck me from her blog. And don?t feel bad about your cs, for heaven?s sake ? what were you supposed to do?? It?s not like you had any options, it?s not your blinkin? fault. Look, she will always waft through her life as if her shit don?t stink (to use a rather vulgar phrase beloved of my DP). Let her waft!

Avo, I can?t wee, either, for ages after a Moment of Pleasure, or M.O.P., as I now like to think of it so I do know what you are on about. In fact that?s probably why I have spent years being prone to cystitis, as you are supposed to wee asap afterwards to guard against it (if it is sex induced). I could lower the tone even further by telling you all that I really wanted a wee, er, during, the other night, and seriously contemplated just going I don?t know why I did, it just flickered across my mind that they weren?t my sheets and it might be exciting, but then I came to my senses that the ramifications might be too tedious. Anyway, that really is TMI. Sorry.

Urbane, it?s lovely to see you. I hope I haven?t driven you away again with my talk of kamikaze weeing.

MOM, I hope the rest of the week passes by without the need for further intervention. How I wish I could do something nice or useful for you. Re: muffin tops, I fear mine has got a proper hold.

Beans, I hope you aren?t having a hassly evening.

Summer, I know you feel antipathy for your MIL so I can tell you that whilst I am grateful that mine is looking after DD for a day whilst I am miles away, I am also dreading it as she is a bit of a snoop. Mid-July is good for me. Once this course is out of the way at the weekend I need to spend the rest of June doing some proper work.

Right, must dash. DP wants too watch The Wrestler tonight, that Mickey Rourke film. I still have this awful cold and now I am coughing like a consumptive. Most irritating.

LadyThompson · 02/06/2010 20:38

Crossposted with you, Rubes. Yes, that bloke going postal is just AWFUL. I am not too keen on the way it's been reported either (eg on the BBC News they were just saying stupid things like "it seems unlikely now that there will be a criminal trial").

No, Moreton is west of where I am. I am not sure how much time it would add to your journey. Have a think, anyway...Otherwise, hope to see you soon. Katie, is it your birthday today or tomorrow? I will bring you a birthday treat when I see you next week.

LadyThompson · 02/06/2010 20:39

Oh, and meant to say I will research some possible venues in Moreton.

traceface · 02/06/2010 21:17

hello ladies
have just read about the gunman Awful. I think our nearest poster might be Indith - I think she's Durham way. Horrendous.
Ladyt glad you had such a fab time away. Hope your cold departs very soon. I'm sitting snivelling with runny nose and eyes, but that's because I've spent ages doing gardening today and my head has just remembered I get hayfever! Had a lovely day - saw a friend this morning and had all 3 kids (my 2 plus her 9mth old) sat in plastic boxes full of water! Then we went to the park and had a picnic and it was so lovely. Then P slept for about 2 hours and L played out on the street while I attacked the weeds, but I appear to have burnt the back of my neck, which no longer has long hair to protect it. Doh!
Thank you for all your responses to my TMI question. It makes me feel a bit more normal to hear your tales - and yours made me snort LadyT!
Now must go because Junior Apprentice is on and I'm a little bit into it!

Veggiemummy · 02/06/2010 21:55

Lady sorry I'm confused, you wanted wee during the act or you just wanted to wee in bed overnight? We now have a new acronym MOP maybe we should tell mumsnet. I also like Kamikaze wee though as above I'm not sure what it means.

I made a yummy tempah pie (my own recipe creation) I love making pies, and eating them. Possibly why I can't sit down in that dress.

I've got an appointment in the morning to try to sort my neck out. I've had trouble with it since I had DS1. My yoga instructors husband does massagey type stuff to deal with things like this (actually I don't know what he does but she thought he could help). The health insurance we have here should cover seeing him so that's good. It effecting some of my yoga so hopefully this will sort it. Unfortunately the only appointment I could get was 9 am tomorrow. DS2 has his toddler music class thing at 10.15 so I've gotta ride to the appointment then ride home, DH will throw DS2 at me and we'll ride over to the music group then I'm going to catch the end of the ANZWC mums coffee morning. We are meeting in a park across from where the music class is. I'm feeling tired just thinking about it.

I'm rambling, I think it's time for bed.

Veggiemummy · 02/06/2010 22:10

Have just been watching the BBC news. They really do go a bit overboard. This isn't news it's glorification of tragedy. Also I'm amazed there is a town called Boot, did anyone else know this.

SummerLightning · 02/06/2010 22:23

I've been to Boot, it is tiny, in the middle of nowhere and lovely. What a shame it will have such a sad association with it now.

Ladyt you win on the TMI front!! That did make me laugh.

I think my last day at work is Monday 12th July. So any time after that. in fact I may wimp out and finish work earlier than that, it depends on house moving stuff.

effie I think it is unlikely I will be able to make next Tuesday sorry!! what sort of time are you thinking and whereabouts? I am at work and DH is away that week so I may be on reduced hours as it is at work with childcare dropping off and picking up. But I will try!

LadyThompson · 02/06/2010 23:06

Oooh, The Wrestler was good but really too depressing. M. Rourke was ace though. Veggie, I don't think I should elaborate too much but I wanted a wee DURING, er, it, and I did briefly contemplate just doing it as I was in a hotel. However, I changed my mind. I wasn't just lying there, alone, thinking why don't I just wet the bed for kicks

I have now said far too much. I told a complete whopper to DP the other day when, after meeting Avo, he asked me what sort of things we discussed on here and that he hoped I didn't divulge too many personal details. "Oh, NO," I lied, airily. "We just talk about what the babies are doing, or say "oh girls, do you like this top?", that sort of thing." Ha ha ha ha. Night night (though I don't know how I will sleep, given that I can't breathe through my nose and every time I breathe through my mouth I cough).

urbanewarrior · 02/06/2010 23:35

Absolutely love the notion that we're all just here yattering on about our babies development and comparing fashion notes . I remember when one of the DHs from my NCT group came to one of our meet-ups he couldn't believe how dull it was because all we did was compare notes about weaning. We pointed out that it was his presence that was stopping us bitching about our husbands which is what we usually spent most of the time doing.

Although I am in serious atonement as I got v drunk at the weekend and was spectacularly mean to my DH. Who is the nicest man in the world, so was a lot like kicking a puppy. Very bad. I feel genuinely awful and am knocking the cheerfulness on the head for a while.

Also ladyt. kamikaze peeing indeed.

Am envious of the meet-ups. Sounds like you had a lovely day beans/syb/rubes

And veggie I love the insights into your life over there. I have such a lovely mental picture of you and the boys on your bike. Yes please to greenwich park. Just let us know when you're next here. My DS would be delighted...

DD has improved (thanks for asking JJ). So hoping for a night's sleep tonight. Not least because is wedding anniversary tomorrow (nice timing me) and we're going out for a lovely dinner so I can be very sorry and nice in a dress and heels.

Beans that is rubbish about the packing. Grrr. Also I can't remember if I said about those people not helping you clean your parent's house. Unbelievable. Good luck with the move.

Katie I hope you find the toy. I constantly panic about both DCs being attached to their teddies - so much so that I bought a duplicate rabbit for DD, and was so busy congratulating myself over having a spare when she was sick on the first one that I forgot all about it and she's now claimed both of them and refuses to part with either. Not many real words here, although she does say an approximation of chocolate when she eats anything she likes .

Trace your day sounds lovely. Especially sitting the DCs in boxes of water. I had one of those days at work today where I just thought I was in the wrong place and should be at home with DS and DD. Although highlight of my day was that 2 primary school children wrote to me asking for information about England , British scientists and the Olympics. Have no idea where they got my name from but I had good fun replying when I should have passed them onto someone else to send some standard blah back

Totally agree with comments about reporting of Cumbria shootings. Macabre. So shocking.

Oh dear DD awakes...Hope you have more restful nights.

Rubena · 03/06/2010 06:59

awake since 4am..... over thinking db-gate... nothing from him at all... I'm sure he thinks i'm being unreasonable. He'll be stubborn and probably just not come at all, then his dg will get upset so buy them all tickets, and he'll hold it against me - perhaps? I might be wrong... maybe i'll hear from him in a few days when things calm down, or maybe I won't. He's pretty good at holding grudges. But am I being unreasonable? I've never said no tickets to him, I've just said I wanted some respect and apologies and a bit of explanation as to his behaviour. But I am pregnant, and hormonal, so perhaps I am being unreasonable? Ok I'll leave it for a few days...
ds must have felt my stress (or heard my peeing and dh's alarm at 5 as he was up at 0545 possibly sore teeth - I hope so as if this becomes a habit I'll not be amused

Lady your tmi was hilarious!

Beans I hope your night was ok in the end? And FB me your new address before baby comes!

Jam talk me through the Bluewater visit! I am often over there. I can't remember why you were there though?

EffiePerine · 03/06/2010 07:00

Morning . Have a lovely anniversary Urbane. Ours falls between Xmas and new year (and now ds2's birthday) so we tend to spend the day roaming about trying to find somewhere that's open!

Am chuckling at ladyt's tactful description of the thread. Hoping LordT doesn't actually check up on us!

Isn't it nice to see the sun again? I'm finding the whole two children/work thing a bit tough at the moment but it is so much easier when the sun is shining. Even if DS2 woke up at 4.45 this morning.

I'm struggling again with DS1's behaviour, the problem is I'm not dealing with things quickly enough, they escalate then I explode with frustration and he bursts into tears. Not good. Am trying to be more reasonable and having specific, immediate consequences for stuff like hitting DS2 (sigh). The whining and rudeness I'm not sure about. And DS1 is just starting in on the toddler stuff, lots of NOs and bit of bashing as well. And then I'm tired and unmotivated at work too. Maybe I just need a holiday!

EffiePerine · 03/06/2010 07:04

Sorry you've been up too Rubes. If I'd known we could have had a grumpy chat. I don't think you're being unreasonable, but maybe a cheery email after a few days could work? Or just leave it and see.

Rubena · 03/06/2010 07:37

Sounds like a holiday is in order Effie. Is dh around to help more? Or at least a day out at the spa. I'm up for that if anyone fancies it?

Nice day again. Was going to take ds to the big leisure centre with pools / slides etc but thinking it's too nice to be indoors....

Beans33 · 03/06/2010 08:14

MORNING ALL

I'm not going to be on for a while as have to pack everything up today - including the computer! Hoping that I'll be back on next week. This is when I wish I had an iphone or something. Might try to log on from my parent's place in next couple of days.

Last night was quite tough as was feeling v low and DH no good at sympathy. Although he did later apologise and give me a hug, which was what I'd really wanted all evening!

Anyway, lots to do. So lovely reading all your posts last night. Lady - you do impress me with your marathon posts to everyone - so lovely and inclusive. Afraid I'm too selfish!!!

Effie - I definitely think you need a day or 2 off from kids - would you DH have them while you have some time to yourself?

Rubes - I'd try not to worry too much about your DB. Perhps leave it for a couple of days as Effie suggested, then email him a nice email as if nothing's happened?

xx

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Beans33 · 03/06/2010 08:15

PS Peeing during sex - hahah! My ex (who put in an offer on the house!) had a stash of porn - which I have zero objection to, to be honest, think it's quite normal. BUT one of them was about girls peeing during sex. That one did hit the bin! But then he used to eat his own jip as well. And use it as hairgel. Whch was nice.

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EffiePerine · 03/06/2010 08:43
urbanewarrior · 03/06/2010 08:51

Beans at your ex. The mind boggles.

Rubes I would be soooo up for a spa day. And provided it was Mon-Thurs would bunk off work.

Effie I'm also struggling with DCs and work. Feel like I'm not getting anything right, and maybe I should be at home with them. And then remember that I actually do go properly mad with no work to do. Have just applied for a job which will mean working a bit more too. Which won't help.

Have a few hours at home with them this morning and promised the park so should stop mnetting. Have a good day everyone

Avocadoes · 03/06/2010 09:00

Eat is own jip??????? Seriously? Oh. My. God.

Good luck with the move Beans. We will
miss you and will wonder how the bump is doing so get back as quick as you can.

And happy anniversary Urbane. I know what you mean about not feeling like you should be at work and the kids at home. I feel very similar at the moment. Various events at work have left me rather demotivated and the girls are being rather gorgeous at the moment. I am considering asking if I can go down to 3 days a week but I know they will say no. DH even suggested I opt for a career break but that would mean not buying a bigger house in January. I am actually A tinsy bit tempted though. DD1 starts school in January and I want time to help her settle and get to know her friends etc.

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