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Dec '09 - We're learning to roll, we're learning to eat, all we need now is to learn how to sleep!

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hendo77 · 21/06/2010 16:59

New thread everyone...!

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hendo77 · 03/08/2010 13:05

or even ABF!!!!

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EthelredOnAGoodDay · 03/08/2010 17:43

Hi All

Hope you're ok. ABF, that 'scare' does indeed sound scary!!!

Christening all went well although the run up to it was possibly more stressful than when we got married. DH is not good in pressured situations and trying to get anna ready in a warm hotel room and also pack all our bags ready to check out and be at the church for 11am was very stressful. I have no idea how we are going to manage when i go back to work in a month!!!!

Apart from that though it was great. the service was lovely and then the reception thingy after was good and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Am finding it a nightmare at the mo, as front room is still not childproofed and constantly having to jump across the room to stop A banging her head or checwing wires or something. DH is on leave next week, so we will get it done then, but because he is out all day, he has no idea of how mobile she's getting. she isn't crawling yet, but she might as well be, as she's pulling herself along the floor with impressive speed!

She is off to my mum's again on thurs for two nights as we have another wedding; this time up in edinburgh. Fingers crossed that last time wasn't a one off and that she is good again at her nana's!

Hendo, no teeth grinding here...yet...

LaDiDaDi · 05/08/2010 11:21

Hello all, can't believe that I've not posted on here for so long that it had dropped off my threads I'm on!

ABF, I had a scare last week too. Felt sick and think I've put on weight but two neg preg tests later I've had to conclude that it's due to too much cake rather than a baby . I have to say though that I felt both relieved and disappointed by the bfn. Dp was clearly very relieved though!

We had a surprisingly lovely day at flamingoland yesterday. Dp was great, dd behaved really well, the weather was ok and we had lots of fun despite the shit over priced food and drinks. I have never felt like such a scruff in all my life, dripping wet from one of the rides and feeding ds chips in his buggy! Lots of good memories though .

Dd is currently upstairs creating havoc with quilts and sheets in the bedrooms making "dens". I think I might just leave her to it for a bit longer for fear of getting roped in.

EthelredOnAGoodDay · 05/08/2010 19:50

Ah glad flamingo land was good LaDiDaDi. Will be setting off over that way in a few mins once DH gets home from work. we're going to drop Anna off at my DM's. i hope DM has better luck with her than me...she has been horrendous for the last few days. Screaming when i try to put her down in her cot and touching everything she can get her hands on ...AAARRGGHHHHHH!!!!

Now though she is sitting playing with her toys looking like butter wouldn't melt.

I tell you what, i am going to get ratted at the wedding tomorrow!!!!

hendo77 · 05/08/2010 20:47

LaDiDaDi - so glad to hear you had a fab time at Flamingoland. Was it Edinburgh you said was next destination for an overnight stay?

Oh yes Ethelred, the touching of everything, especially if it isn't actually suitable for them... and even better if I've turned my back for 2 seconds!!! Enjoy the wedding tomorrow...

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SunshineOnLee · 06/08/2010 22:18

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LaDiDaDi · 07/08/2010 09:52

Pleased that you had a good time in Wales Lee. It sounds like the dc had great fun.

I've started to offer ds a ff after breakfast, lunch and at bedtime but he is drinking decreasing amounts of it before wanting bf instead. This morning he has had around 60mls so far, same last night when he usually would drink around 150mls. Not sure how going back to work is going to pan out! However he does drink a bit more if I'm not there.

Our overnight trip away is tomorrow night, hope that it goes well. I've been feeling really stressed about my parenting of dd/her behaviour lately though she was excellent at flamingo land.

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EthelredOnAGoodDay · 08/08/2010 17:29

Hi all

well i was true to my word and got absolutely plastered at the wedding. had the hangover from hell on saturday morning-not good at all! Anyway, had a lovely time and anna enjoyed stopping at my mum's again so at least i could 'enjoy' my hangover in peace! As you can imagine, the 3 hour train journey back from edinburgh was a delight!!!:o

Lee, we had the christening party thing at a hotel and had a sit down meal. basically three courses with sunday lunch as the main course. we had 36 for it, predominantly our brothers, parents and our aunties and uncles, plus a few close friends. We did have a lovely time.

Hope your night away goes well LaDi.

LifeOfKate · 08/08/2010 21:47

Right, I know, I am rubbish, I have only just managed to get back to do an update :(

Am a bit Envy of the pregnancy scares, we would be TTC by now if my stitches were all fixed and my AF had returned yet :(

Apart from that, we are all good here. This is the BEST age so far :o Noah is just so funny and lovely and gorgeous and interesting :o He is virtually crawling (dragging himself along at speed!) and is a lot happier now, a lot less frustrated :) He was a happy baby before, he's even better now :o We're off to a wedding in Norway at the end of this week (we're going from Thursday to Monday, wedding is on Saturday) and I am so looking forward to him meeting a lot of our friends, I am so proud of him :o Anyway, enough of the gushing Blush . Weaning is going ok, we're doing BLW and still bfing, I think he is starting to reduce the amount of his bfs sometimes, but obviously not entirely sure as I can't see how much he drinks, can only go by length. He's definitely managing to eat some of his food though, his nappies are revolting!
Sleeping is not too bad, he sleeps through about 2/3rds of the time now, I'm beginning to feel human again after the hellish 4 month old sleep regression!

Anyway, hope everyone is well and enjoying their babies as much as I am :o

hendo77 · 08/08/2010 22:16

LifeOfKate - I loved your post, you have just described so well this age I think and gush away all you like!

Imogen is now crawling everywhere and starting to pull herself up to standing on pieces of furniture (she's been doing it in her cot for a week or so), although once up she has no idea what to do so you have to be there as she just lets go and falls down! I definitely agree that she is happier now she can move to where she wants.

LaDiDaDi - hope the overnight trip went well for you all and that you are feeling less stressed about parenting DD. As Imogen is my first I can't offer anything useful, but I think you get a gut feeling when people are 'good' parents and that's the impression you give me...

Ethelred - sounds like you had a brilliant time at the wedding and even better you got to recover from your hangover in peace! Knowing Imgoen may well be up in the night and that I will have to be responsible and up with her the next day so far has stopped me getting too ratted on our nights out!

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SunshineOnLee · 08/08/2010 23:09

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LifeOfKate · 08/08/2010 23:17

Lee, don't worry at all, they all develop at different rates. A friend's son didn't roll until 7 months, but then walked at 12 months, so it didn't hold him back once he wanted to get moving! Noah isn't anywhere close to standing by himself either, he can support his weight but only if both hands are held!

Also, enjoy the non-moving, we are on constant baby watch now and the front of all his clothes get really grubby! (must hoover more often Blush )

LaDiDaDi · 09/08/2010 19:06

Night away was ok though I think that dd is now also allergic to almonds as she reacyed to something and that seems to be the most likely culprit.

Ethelred it sounds like you had a great time, I haven't had a night out like that for a long time!!

Ds started to commando crawl on Fri. He's a lot happier but dd isn't now he can get to anything that she leaves on the floor! He is, of course, massively more interested in her stuff than his Smile.

I do really struggle with dd, I feel like I could watch myself and think of how I could do better but at the time I always seem to get cross over relatively petty stuff. The other day I felt like she had done nothing but provoke me for 12 hours Sad. Reading "How to talk..." again in hope that it will help. This week I'm going to concentrate on the how to say no bit and see if that reduces our triggers.

hendo77 · 09/08/2010 20:16

Sorry to hear that your dd had a reaction to something on your night away, but I'm pleased it went OK. Long weekend next time?

Yay for the commando crawling and hopefully as he continues to gain his independence a bit more maybe that will allow you your dd to enjoy each other more as well?

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SunshineOnLee · 09/08/2010 22:01

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 10/08/2010 09:57

hey everyone, not managed to get on much, back at work gah.
Not much to say just making this thread be on "threads im on" again!
Hope everyone is doing ok?

EthelredOnAGoodDay · 11/08/2010 22:59

Hi All

Has been quiet on here recently. I guess because it's summer and people are out doing nice summery things!

Glad your night away was ok LaDi and hope your DD gets sorted.

ABF, hope work is going ok-are you still wearing the Zingzillas t-shirt?!? :o

All good here; Dh is on leave this week and next so just enjoying spending time together as a family. had friends over yest and meeting up with other mates with LO tomorrow. Have finally started child-proofing the house. We are getting there but anna still just wants to touch everything she shouldn't! gaaahh!

off away next week to IL's flat in St Annes On Sea, so that should be a nice change. keeping fingers crossed for some sun!

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AlCrowley · 12/08/2010 21:48

Hey everyone, I'm back, did you miss me? Wink

Had to search for the thread as I now don't have a single thread in my 'threads I'm on' list.

Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Catherine has started making very deliberate noises while we've been away and has said Dada and Mama although not at anyone in particular just yet. She's also getting a lot happier wriggling around while sitting and getting down onto the floor from sitting but she hasn't moved anywhere yet. She didn' get much floor time while we were way though as all the floors were polished stone and I was petrified she'd fall and crack her head open!

I'm hoping sleep settles again now we're back as she went from one wake per night to 2 or 3, sometimes 4! She was sharing with us though and it was soooo hot! 39.5 degrees yesterday and we were on the pool at 9pm. It was 16 degrees and raining when we landed in Luton at 6pm today Sad

LaDiDaDi · 13/08/2010 08:18

Hi Al and everyone,

Did miss you when you were gone Al, have been waiting to see how Bloods vs Outsiders went?

We have finally booked a holiday, we are going to Puerto Pollensa in Mallorca for a week from 25th August. It's exactly the same apartments that we went to two years ago so hoping to minimise stress for dp. It's ridiculous but whilst I'm feeling pleased that I'm going to have a holiday I'm also now feeling really worried that if anything goes wrong it'll all be my fault, guilty that I'm putting dp through this stress etc. But then I look outside (gales and torrential rain) and think how shit and resentful of dp I'd be feeling if we weren't going away somewhere sunny... Sorry for banging on about this but it's good to be able to vent a bit. Now I need to try to buy summer hol clothes when everywhere is stocking up on Autumn stuff!

hendo77 · 13/08/2010 09:40

Yay for booking your holiday! How exciting LaDi, it sounds like your dp is making fantastic progress and hopefully once you're there you'll be able to relax and enjoy the holiday.

Welcome back Al! Glad to hear you had a good time, even if Catherine's sleeping was a bit up the spout. So.... Bloods vs Outsiders update?!?

Lee, hope you have nice time away. We're also going away today, but only to the Cotswolds and we will have wifi so I'll be able to MN still! Fingers crossed we all get a bit more summer weather though...

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AlCrowley · 13/08/2010 21:31

Yay for your holiday LaDiDaDi. I hope all goes smoothly and you have a fab time and it helps your DH. Hopefully, it'll be the first of many holidays. I found a lot of our last minute, out of season bits on Ebay as even at the end of July, lots of stuff was out of stock ready for the Autumn switchover. Is there anything I might have that would help?

As for Bloods V Outsiders... Things started well, there were a few comments but nothing that I couldn't brush off and ignore. I even had a drunken SIL2 tell me one night that I was part of the "circle" (she actually called it that!!) more so than the BIL's Confused But then at lunch on the last full day, I got a full set of comments from both SILs and MIL and ended up in our room in tears.

DH had said that he fancied sitting in the air conditioned lounge with the children after lunch (he doesn't sunbathe, he hates it) so I said I might sit by the pool - cue SIL1 asking me how many books I had read (1 and a bit) and how many DH had read (he didn't even bring any) - very obviously commenting on time I had spent sunbathing when DH hadn't. She'd read a couple of books herself and her DH kept pointing out that he was only on page 100 and something of his 1 book so they were in the same situation but it was seemingly OK for her being a 'blood'. I was hardly lazing around all day either. Generally, I'd have a sit or a play in the pool with Alex when Catherine slept in the morning (for about half an hour) and maybe again after lunch when DH sat with the children inside when it ws very hot just after lunch (maybe an hour if Catherine was co-operating) and that's assuming we were at the villa and not out. Anyone would think I'd been leaving DH with both children while I sun worshipped for the whole holiday!! Catherine is still very clingy so generally, it was the only time I got not holding her all day. My arms were agony for the first week from carrying her so much.

The other standout barbed comment was from MIL. I asked DH while job he'd like, cleaning Catherine, who was covered in food after lunch, or cleaning the highchair. Doing both together would have been impossible as there was food on the floor too and Catherine wouldn't be put down so I only had one hand. He chose Highchair but his Mum piped up with "Say neither" meaning I should do both. Even he piped up at that one and said that he was capable of making his own decisions.

It's like they think I'm lazy because I didn't spend the whole holiday simultaneously looking after both children while washing and cleaning everything like some 1950's housewife so that DH could sit next to the pool sunbathing. I'm not sure it's even possible, never mind no fun at all and not what DH would want!!

He found me sobbing in our room and told me that he loved me and reassured me that he was perfectly happy with the amount of time he was spending looking after the children etc and that he thought I deserved to have that small amount of time everyday to chill out as it was my holiday too after all and not at all easy with 2 such small children. I still didn't feel comfortable sitting out with them all (they were all next to the pool obviously!) so we spent the last day hiding in the villa. Up until that point, I would probably have said yes to trying a family holiday again but there is absoluetly no way now. We've invited PILs to join us at Center Parcs in December and I'm dreading it now. My Mum and Brother are coming too then though so at least I'll have backup.

Sorry that's long but I needed a rant. I think I got so upset because it had all started so well and I actually felt really let down when they reverted to form. At least it's over now...

AmazingBouncingFerret · 13/08/2010 21:49

Oh no Al what awful comments. At least your DH came in and reassured you about the chilcare situation. He sounds like one of the good 'uns Wink
I wouldnt of been able to keep my gob shut, but then again im quite mouthy when it comes to situations like that. Dont get me wrong im very reasonable towards other people and consider their feelings and comfort before my own but if someone makes an unjustified comment like that then I let rip!
Regarding your trip to center parcs, are more memeber sof your family going than his? If not maybe invite some more and give his parents a taste of their own medicine when it comes to "bloods V's outsiders" Grin

Work isnt going so well. Sad
It stupidly didnt occur to me that I havent been in as much pain with my back whilst being on mat leave. Ive been back at work 2 weeks now and im in agony. My boss is about as sympathetic as an unsympathetic person can be so that winds me up. Today he has watched me pull 6 sacks full of stock down 2 flights of stairs and then just moaned about having to drive for 2 hours (???) yesterday when I asked if I could have a few minutes because I was finding it painful to breathe. (the curvature compromises my lungs) Ive been given the date for my op and really want to keep working till then so I get my longterm sickpay (bad I know!!) but I really feel like jacking it in and being a SAHM.

AlCrowley · 13/08/2010 22:35

He's not bad :) It's our 5th wedding anniversary tomorrow - I'm very lucky.

I nearly lost it TBH. Was threatening to not go out for dinner that night for the last "family" meal out, to not turn up this Sunday for the "family" photos that they're having done (am preparing myself to be left out of quite a few shots as it is) and to not let the children go either and to not let them see the children as often as they are my children so if I am an "outsider" then they are too!

Glad I managed to calm down though as it would have totally ruined what was otherwise a nice holiday - plus, they're our only babysitters Grin

Center parcs is an even split. 2 family members each. I doubt they'd be even slighty bothered by an uneven split though, they'd still think they were the most important, it's just how they work - totally self absorbed!

Sorry to hear that your boss is being an arse again. Surely if it's gotten so bad that you're in pain and having to have an op then he shouldn't be having you lug sacks of stock down stairs Shock I only had a sprained SI joint and got special chairs and assessments at my old work!! Don't feel bad about the sickpay - they owe it to you and more for putting up with that twunt!

Angry on your behalf. Is there no-one above him you could speak to? When is your op date?