August 08: World domination

[cyteen]

Thought the title might be appropriate for both mums and babies

No need for the snip here DD1 just caught DH in the bits as she bouncily appeared from under the climbing frame He is now lying curled up in a ball on the lawn - maybe I should check on him......

oops how long has he been lying there? if its anything more than half an hour, then i think yes, you should check on him. anything less than half an hour... he'll be fine

lol, loti we've made them feel all soppy!!

cc that's exactly what my cat would have done too!

DS currently in the garden with DH, wandering around with a slice of melon in one hand and his willy in the other! oh and a big grin on his face!

we had a lovely lunch out today at the harvester. DS munched his way through a big bowl of salad and then had a bowl of peas for pudding, then we had a walk round the field (this actually consisted of DH and I taking it in turns to try and chase DS round the field), followed by an ice cream from the corner shop and then we went off to clarks for new shoes. DS actually let the girl measure his feet and we've come home with a lovely pair of shoes that were almost half price today's been pretty good all in all! although i suspect DS might be sleeping in his new shoes, he seems rather attached to them already!

miamla is that dh with the melon or ds?

Here's an idea LOTI, why not tell H you'll quit the nursery idea (but you wanted it sooooooooooooo much) on the condition that he makes some room for you to go out one or two evenings a week for me-time. You could sign up for an evening class for September or do your pilates, round/out with friends, join a club - book group, choir, I dunno. I think you'd benefit from getting out and meeting some more real people - there's only so much we can do from here LOL. Hang on, I put that wrong, what I mean is, you seem to be coming out of a coccoon in a way, so it might be interesting to get out and watch people's first impressions of you, think about what aspects you want to belong to the old you or the new you. Would make you more confident about the future, about launching Brand Lucky (just to confirm I'm NOT talking about dating).

Whingey big kids here today, Kurt has been a little angel as usual, esp as he seems to be finally getting a language burst. I swear he said 'good morning' to us during a round of banging-a-door-open-and-shut-repeatedly-'hi'-'bye' game. DD driving me mad as usual with her gloominess and unwillingness to settle for less than perfection. DS1 also Mr Negative but that's down to his usual black-or-white analysis of a situation.

cc they actually both had melon... i'll leave the other details down to your imagination!

buckets some great ideas for loti there... i approve and second your proposal! Esp the bit about thinking about what aspects belong to old/new version. Loti, i can def confirm this works... i was painfully shy when i was at school. when i went away to uni, nobody from my school went to the same one and i realised i could be the person i wanted to be as opposed to the old shy one. The only time there was a problem was when school friends visited me at uni. One accused me of having a drug problem because otherwise there was no explanation for why i was so happy (i didn't btw, well, apart from the odd pain relief drug of choice )

loti Buckets has said the wise words there. And thanks for the vote of confidence re. wedding/sibling I shall do my very best to fulfill your expectations!

MrsM sounds like a lovely day indeed. We've had a good one here too, although would be better if the morons over the back way would STFU They are the type of people whose fun is indistinguishable from their (frequent) screaming arguments, iykwim.

Language: yesterday I was having a game with DS, peering in at him through the living room window, and I swear he came over to me and pointed at my eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and named them all Frustrated tantrums are also gathering pace, though; I think he's getting a bit fed up with not being able to express himself quickly and clearly.

lovely day here too, photos on FB and am shattered. DD1 and her BF in our bed watching Princess & Frog so am having a glass of wine before chucking them through to DD1's room and then early night for me too

Loti - am sorry I've no great advice re the nursery/CM. Mine have been in a mix of both over the years - poor DD2 hasn't had the same opportunities as DD1 did in terms of consistancy . However, we cannot NOT put them in some form of childcare iyswim? Each and every day I challenge myself as to whether or not I've made the right decision and sometimes the most I wonder about is if they're happy enough with me I agree that you need to start re-branding yourself and I did the exact same thing at Uni as Miamla did. My experience was only complicated by the cow from my school that came to the same uni, ended up in the same halls, in the same fecking corridor ffs Grab your chance while you can and make it count

Buckets - did you see that page I recommended to you on FB?

Miamla - loving the willy/melon combo and sounds like a perfect day

OOps - please check on R well, at least if he's still on the lawn

Cyteen - its taken me about 3 kids to work out that tantrums are heavily related to frustration/fatigue I now have to stpo myself rolling my eyes and using 'they've got my temper' as an excuse for everything

thank you all again for being so kind. I am really guilty of avoiding things by being extremely busy and then it smacks me in the face all of a sudden. Not really sure how to change that but I suppose its productive if nothing else!

Red would love to hear how the renovations are going. Friend up here having her kitchen done too and I can't help interfering giving her the benefit of our recent works

VG, enjoy your evening and fingers crossed you're not soggy underneath!

hello all else

Thanks for all your concern for DH, he got up eventually and was walking like he was wearing barbed wire pants! Once girls were in bed he asked me to check them and one was rather swollen so I told him to ring OOH docs but he won't so I have rung a gp friend who reckons he should be fine but to keep a eye on it and call him tomorrow. I think DH was scared a nurse would want tolook at his bits. I am a bit as I told him not to be a big jessie ans stand up.

Dizzy - your day looks great, now to bed with you!

DD2 sleeping so I am off to bed too.

Poor MrOops.

I spent the day in bed with a hideous headache. I couldn't seem to get moving yesterday, and when I got into bed I sobbed on dh's shoulder for about half an hour, bewailing my rubbishness. Then I spent the whole night with a roaring temperature, hallucinating and generally being ill. Which probably explains the sobbing and doom bit.

In the end, I stayed in bed until 1pm, and then had a three hour nap with dd2 in the afternoon.

Dd2 was so sweet about me being ill. She brought me the book I'm reading and then decided to give me 'medsun' and 'kwy-kweem' (ice-cream) from the lid of a toothpaste dispenser.

She has taken to running around the house before bedtime shouting 'Kiss bodies'. Which means she wants to kiss everyone goodnight.

Dizzy, the extension is flying up. I must put some of the pics and put them on Facebook. It's an absolute pain not having a back garden for the summer and the children are a bit rattled. But it couldn't be going better.

I must go back to bed now or I'll lose the benefit of all that sleep today.

VG-we haven't been able to open Facebook here today for some reason. Not sure why .. Hoping all is well with you and yours.

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Oh get well soon red, I prescribe another day in bed.

Oops if he's still sore tomorrow, a cool bath might help?

Reese is in love with Buzz Lightyear.

Red sending you

hope you are feeling better red and had a good night sleep hugs..

thanks for all your great advice buckets, duly noted and guess its time to get off my butt and do something rather than talking/moaning about things.. will keep you posted..

i think dd2 has lost her daytime nap!!! as a result flaking out at 6.30pm but waking consistly at 6!!! tis my own fault for not going to be til 12.30.. when will i learn

Morning LOTI - Fortunately DD1 is still napping but I, like you, am not gettign to bed until late. DD2 finally finishes feeding at between 9 and 10 and instead of crashing to sleep I feel I ought to spend time with DH. DD2 isn't sleeping badly but wakes at 3 or 4am for a huge feed then wakes again like clockwork at 5.55 for more and is awake until about 6.30 when DD1 gets up. Dh manages to sleep through it all and apparently needs his sleep this morning as he is exhausted

GB - Had was packed off last night with an ice pack and arnica!

Red - sorry to hear you are not well but good to hear you were allowed to rest and sleep and hopefully feel better this morning.

i got sent to bed at 8pm last night and ot up at 7am!!! i'm feeling really quite normal this morning (despite DS just doing 'cheers' with me and spiling half a cup of tea on my boob ) Sorry to all those who are sleep deprived but I too have been doing the late nights/early morning thing for too long so it all caught up on me.

oops i frequently have the same conversation with my DH ie him sleeping through all wake ups and then needing his sleep in the morning You've got to either smile at them or give them a gentle slap!
How are his coconuts doing this morning? ooh, and i reckon you should change your name to put an 's' on the end because you've got two baby coconuts now!

morning loti, have you got anything nice planned for today?

red sounds horrible but at least you were able to stay in bed. How you feeling this morning?

dizz actually, there was a guy from my school in the same halls but we had spent 7yrs ignoring each other at school so there didn't seem to be any reason to change..on my behalf anyway. He unfortunately got the impression that i was now one of the cool kids (like he was at school ) and should therefore not be ignored any more. Erm no, my demeanor may have changed, but not my attitude towards stuck up their own arse 'cool' kids who think they own the world. and here endeth my rant

cyteen hmm, we have a similar bunch of people living near us, except they've just acquired an extremely yappy dog. Now, I love dogs and I'd have one here if DH didn't hate them so much but seriously, from the second its in the garden til the second they let it in again (hours later) it yap yap yaps
sounds like J's progressing amazingly with his word

morning to all, hope its a sunny day there for you. i'd better go because i'm having 'TOAST' shouted at me...and now he's adding a sweet little 'meeeeee' (please) to the end of it

oh red forgot to say...i'm graciously bowing out of your blog discussion... you and vg are far better placed to discuss such matters than I am. Pleased I introduced a new angle to it with the txt spk thing

just learnt a new word though 'curmudgeon' Fantastic, thank you!! It'll make a great insult and i'll bet half the recipients won't understand it

really am going now

oh and dizz... great photos of birthday girl on fb!!

yes yes i know...but i really really am going now

Miamla - mine wasn't one of the cool kids but decided to tell everyone what I was like a school instead of allowing me my clean start - long and boring story but needless to say I wasn't best fecking pleased. well done on the sleep I need to take a leaf so to speak.

I was up at 6am with dodgy tummy this morning and then DD1 was up at 7am ffs so much for a lie in after their sleep over. They're now playing Princesses on the Wii (raining here) and DH's promise of me getting a lie in has come to feck all

If you could allow me an overtired, selfish rant asusual for a moment please.

1. DD1's wee friend is very busy making sure DD1 knows that she knows how to play the Wii better, she has better games, she got treats this week of more than DD1 is getting for her birthday so she didn't feel left out as it wasn't her birthday and poor DD1 is a bit about it all. I am a touch and all at the same time and needless to say not devastated they are getting split up class wise next year. The list of treats she's had this week is more than we could afford to get DD1 for her birthday and I'm now tempted to not give her a sodding party bag but am trying to be an adult about it all

1. DCousin of the farm fame has just updated her FB status telling everyone how great my aunts are for cleaning her entire house/ washing all her clothes/ ironing/ sorting her office out etc etc etc. Where as I don't even merit a fucking phone call fuck it I'm loosing all the will in the world not to go and have a hairy fit at them all. Someone pass the wine rescue remedy.

1. A mum from the village who has kids in DD1's class has come on FB and announced she is single. When asked by other FB users she has stated that anyman who hits a woman is out on his ear etc etc. Now, whilst I agree completely, everyone has come on FB and called him all the names under the sun and they have kids together who live in the village ffs - whatever happened to discretion .

rant over steps off soapbox and takes some valium.

Red so sorry to hear about the headache, hope it is soothed today. Delighted to hear extension/works going well though, can't wait to see the photos.

TS Happy 4th July!!!!!!

VG how was your concert in the park?

Loti dear god, tis FAR too soon to loose the nap surely [meep] if it happens here D will be going for quiet time in her cot regardless!!

oh and please don't think I begrudge DD1's wee friend anything that she is bought, I know my kids are a lot more privilaged than others but I was just hoping that she was going to get to feel like the birthday girl this weekend iyswim? It's the constant one-up-manship that is annoying me

dizz, i'll bet dd1's friend didn't have some gorgeous looking cooking baked for her and i'll bet she didn't have fun the day before at a Mavis party etc etc.

You give your DDs so much more than money can buy

as for the mum in the village.. her life, yup discretion probably would have been a better idea but i suspect she's extremely angry and wants the whole world to know. She'll probably regret her shouts on fb or maybe she needed to make it public knowledge to give herself the strength to not take him back

as for your aunts, you've got two choices... try and not let them get to you and just ignore them or phone them yourself and clear the air

you're absolutely right about everything Miamla - tis why I rant on here and not out loud

VG - thank goodness its not just me, esp when said child is insisting on talking in a faux American Accent all morning home time V soon I think. She's a lovely girl but I'm demented with the pair of them and due to the pouring rain I think a trip to the cinema is in order!!

Where is your blog now? I've still to delete mine on Wordpress but thank goodness I moved as I couldn't work it at all Shall pencil in the KnB opportunity for next year as long as I can borrow your oven

Beatrice is lovely and has a beautiful meaning too. I'm not so fond of Beatrix as it sounds harsher imo.

vg mine on stitching? what you going on about girl?!

dizz you're welcome!

ooh, off to see what Beatrice actually means

Penelope means Duck & Beatrice is 'she who brings happiness'

off to take Dd1 to see shrek x