January 2008 Shiny New Year Toddlers -Summer's here and our babes show their butts

[willsurvivethis]

Hello new thread

Mixed - that is exciting about the pushchair, etc. Not doing anything baby-related until after New Year.
Am 23+4 now, nearly at that crucial 24 week mark.

I don't think a new bedroom is at all stingy! If you see them anywhere, there are fab reusable wall stickers for Toy Story (got them for £1 a pack in out local newsagents) that T is getting in his stocking, think he will have them in their bedroom as H likes Buzz & Woody too :) H can say Buzz but not Woody yet.

H also mid-development-spurt at the mo, signing & saying please & help & open. :)

Hi Ange :)

Nanny gave the boys (well T mostly) their present of a started train set today, T so excited! Definitely a 'hit' and then he said thanks, etc. i really wanted a train set but i also really wanted a table to play it on....just wait 2 days!!
(have to make space, part-assemble it & put some train stickers on the wall around it post bedtime on Christmas Eve somehow!)

F**k, H texted me this morning (first contact in nearly 4wks) asking if he can speak to DCs tomorrow to wish them happy Xmas....

Don't really want to let him, but think I have to iyswim

indeed Simps :(
Hope it goes ok.

Don't feel you have to Simpson just because it's Christmas - that's just the usual seasonal emotional blackmail. Because it's christmas you have to accept things you normally wouldn't. You stopped contact for a reason. I mean what are the chances of him being either p*ssed or hungover tomorrow morning...

He could have sent a card, a present even. It would have been a bit more distant, more manageable. Is it going to confuse/upset J?

[grr]

Simps - you can only do what you feel is right in this situation. MM is right though about Christmas not making a difference.

well, for once me and my mother disagree over this and I normally follow/listen to her.

She thinks I must let them speak to him and in a moment of weakness I have agreed But am really pissed off that I have agreed to do so tbh

I did not text him back, my mother said she would so don't know what time he will text etc..

On a totally different question...whose LOs still soil their nappies at night???

M is getting really bad at it ATM her poos are not too bad but obviously she is sore from lying in poo at night

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas!

I'm doing my turkey etc today, so it's Christmas for me! I've made a very ambitious cake and am about to stat cranberry sauce.

Simpson - It's very annoying, but try and think of it as ten minutes of the day, which will soon be over. I'm sue J and M wil be having a lovely day with you , and that's what matters to them.

S doesn't poo at night but I guess you could expect it from M with the difficulties she has had.

Afternoon ladies.
Oh Simpson I had a feeling H would rear his ugly head sooner or later. I would let them say a quick hello and Merry Christmas and thats about it. I hope it goes ok.
Presants for G :
Little Tykes farm (us) Ebay
Little Tykes car carrier (us) Ebay
Ben and Holly duvet set (big bro's) Ebay
Money towards summer house (which we'll get in the summer) Mum and Dad and stocking.
Not sure from everyone else.
Safe journey Ange x
Housework and washing here today yawn!!
Have a very Happy Christmas all

Ended up having a lovely day at my mums

I have just got back to mine and kids are still at my mums (in bed) so I have a bit of a break

The plan tomorrow is i am going to Oxford to see my gran and kids are staying at my mums and being looked after my my brother & dad and being dropped off at home about 5ish.

i am going to oxford with cousin (over from Denmark with his wife), my mum and my youngest brother who is going to italy in new yr for 1yr so wants to say goodbye to my gran as we wonder (heaven forbid) whether she will still be around when he comes back 1yr later

Had a bit of a sob on my mums shoulder today

when I went to check on DCs last night before I went to bed J had taken a Xmas card from his dad to bed (it was tucked under his pillow)

Card said: To J I love you, happy Xmas from daddy...

Basically had a long chat with my mum & said that although my bros, my dad etc see J a lot and take him out he must miss his dad & that is who he wants

H rang today (sober) and wants to ring the kids next wk....I said i would think about it...

My mum said that basically we need to aim for what we had before (ie him calling once a wk, and maybe him visiting in april) if he is sober.

But we have to accept he will never give up drink but be sober when he sees/speaks to DCs.

Am I mad to consider it??

Simps - I feel for you that must be so hard. I can only say what I would do if it were my DH and honestly I would want then to maintain their relationship and he will always be their dad no matter what happens with us, plus if he behaved badly towards them or was drunk etc then there will come a time when they will decide for themselves (I have seen this first hand with my two lovely cousins who tried and tried and then just gave up they are only now developing something like a relationship).

Obviously I am basing what I am saying on my DC and my DH so may be completely wrong advice for you.

Even when I was having such issues with my ILs that I actually wanted to just die I still let DH take them every week as I just reasoned that the DC would see them for what they were one day. I know that is entirely different!

Hope u fidn the right solution for you.

Hello - we're back from hospital....Nathan this time!

Christmas day he suddenly refused his evening meal, went sleepy and started to shiver - we tempted him 39.8C

it responded to calpol so we thought ok, but next morning he was breathing too fast and really working for his breath. Phoned out of hours but while waiting for a callback didn't like it anymore so took him to A&E. He wasn't saturating properly and the gave him some oxygen and nebulised ventolin. He had to stay the night so I had a sleepless night as I remember that saturation monitor alarm too well from Nathan's terrifying early days (JKS will remember me panicking when H's went off in GOSH)so I spent most of the night staring at it. Then in the early morning with Nathan wriggling on my lap it decided to pretend he was very poorly and I freaked

But he was much better - everything perkier except refusing to eat but he started eating dh's egg fried rice tonight - so glad he's broken his fast

We need to give him ventolin every 4 hours also through the night even though he doesn't seem to need it. I had a nap this afternoon so hopefully will cope. It's a two man job - I have feisty child who's sick to the back teeth of syringes, pokes, stetoscopes and nebulisers

Madmouse - How's it going? It sounds really scary, and I hope you have managed to calm your nerves.

Ditto SImpson, in a different way.

I hope everyone else is doing fine.

Here, Sabela and I have a diahorrea bug and Daniel has an infected finger. DH has been great but I have been doing all the night stuff so awake pretty much from 5am this morning. I made the mistake of thinking it was morning and letting Sabela come in for a cuddle. i then realised it was before 5am but let her sleep on the other side of my bed as I had told her it was getting up time previously. I hope it's not going to mess things up again, as I had got it down to one night waking. Then Daniel woke up, thinking it was playtime ... grrrr

Feeling really sick and tired. I am exhausted and am wishing there was a fifth or sixth emergency service to come and give me a hand. But there isn't, so I thought I'd come and whinge to you ladies.

Nathan is doing really well thank you - getting totally back to normal apart from coughing up lots of gunk. He's happy and bright and mischievous so all ok

Evening ladies.
Had a good Christmas and all 5 boys behaved themselves (mostly)
DH and I are going to have a grown up night out tomorrow with alcahol and everything My lovely sil is having the boys, they are so excited about a sleepover with their cousins, so DH and I can go out.
Apart from that not alot happening.
Oh and George is suddenly obsessed that I have a big willy not sure where thats come from all of a sudden but were just going along with it and hope it soon passes.
P.S anyone got a birthday list?

Evening ladies.
Had a good Christmas and all 5 boys behaved themselves (mostly)
DH and I are going to have a grown up night out tomorrow with alcahol and everything My lovely sil is having the boys, they are so excited about a sleepover with their cousins, so DH and I can go out.
Apart from that not alot happening.
Oh and George is suddenly obsessed that I have a big willy not sure where thats come from all of a sudden but were just going along with it and hope it soon passes.
P.S anyone got a birthday list?

Oh wonder why that posted twice

MM - so glad N is on the mend, scary times for you all.

Gingeme - have to LOL at the big willy!! H has started looking at me when i get dressed, no words for anything yet (thankfully!).

Birthday - well i've asked PIL to get H a colour chart thingie that hangs on the wall, trick is it comes from NZ/Oz so hope they can get it while they are over there. Has little velcro shapes to stick on the right colour balloon - H just getting into colour names so want to make the most of that.
Otherwise, some leftover Christmas ideas (as will prob always be the case): lots of bubble mixture!, possible a new big drum & still keeping an eye out for a cheap ELC trike with trailer.

How wrong is it to use his Christmas money to buy him something which i then give him for his birthday?

hi LaT & others, early start, brain fried. MW appt later, v active baby but sure it's still breech, grr.

JKS - remind me when your due date is? I can really resommend these musical toys. All the ones we have are fab and evry robust.

Gingeme- Here it's all about big bottoms. And I have the biggest apparently.

Daniel in horrendous teething land. Still pretty happy chappy but very little sleep.

Sabela's birthday is on Saturday . She's getting a baby laptop and a scooter plus books and bits.

Hi all,

MM Glad Nathan is on the mend and hope you are getting some rest aswell.

DH thinks we should just get E some clothes for his birthday. I think we should get him a Fireman Sam Fire Station with the fire engine from S - just doenst feel right to get him clothes - plus he doesnt really need any. Although to be fair DH family and mine will get him loads, but my lot check with me so that we get things he will actually play with etc whereas DH family just take it upon themselves. Hey ho.

JKS - I plan on perhaps stealing your baloon in a box idea though, he will love that.

Hello to all and happy new year.

Mixed - i got the balloons in box idea from MN anyway :)

LaT - thanks, we have most of them already! well not exactly the same but similar. I'm thinking of getting him a 'tambour' drum which makes a better sound, he loves the one the Portage Worker brings round - she got hers in a charity shop! They sell for about £18 off ebay so am considering that, plus bubble mixture, may even go wild and get another helium balloon

Happy New Years Eve all :)

happy new year all, happy birthday sabela x

Oops, after being so good and finding the list I nearly missed it!

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY SABELA

LaTrucha - DD1 1st Jan (Sabela) 3 TODAY!
Housemum - DD3 3 Jan (Amelie)
Gingeme - DS5 10 Jan (George)
Mixedmama - DS2 11 Jan (Ediz)
LuckySalem DD1 16th Jan (Aaliyah)
Lilyloo DD2 18th Jan (Martha)
JKS DS2 21st Jan (Henry)
Nicky DD1 23rd Jan (Charlie)
MrsMcJnr DS1 24th Jan (Xavier)
Bluebell82/Rubysmom - DD1 (Ruby)
Filly DD1 29th Jan (Tamara)
Simpson DD1 29th Jan (Molly)
Angechica DS1 29th Jan (Alek)
Madmouse DS1 1st Feb (Nathan)

Oh dear - sorry Sabela - Happy Birthday. Next is Gingeme G then as I dont think Housemum is around anymore is she?

Happy belated birthday Sabella xxxx
Yes George next. Having a tea for him. All diosaur themed
He seems to have got over his willy obsession now. Loves counting now as David had holiday homework and we were all joining in doing his maths bit and George loves counting everything now But then David loves his maths too.
Ive been having thoughts towards going back to work. As you know I have always wanted to be a doula and wondered if anyone knew if there was such a course I could do at home towards this goal? Maybe an Open University course? I thought if I start studying now and that gives me 2 years ish before George is full time school then I can make a start on my new career. Or am I just too old and living in dream land and should just go back to shop work?