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

[hendo77]

New thread everyone...!

Hi Scorps! Spookily enough, I was wondering how you were doing the other day. Glad you're well. Lacey is gorgeous.

Catherine slept well at my Mum's but not so well when we got home. We tried her with some Goodnight milk as she seems to sleep better on a full tummy. I agve it in a sippy cup and she took a little (she drinks water from the cup so I knew she could do it) but instead of waking less, she woke more!! So I was up 4 times last night.

We've tried again tonight. Again, she took less than an ounce but it's a start. Just got to wait and see how it affects her sleep now.

Glad A is feeling better Lee. Hope he's fully recovered soon.

And good luck with the organising Hendo. Has anyone started planning 1st birthday parties yet? It's going to be tough booking things so close to Christmas so I'm thinking I should probably get started!

Had my bunny put down today Have contacted the RSPCA about taking the other one too. he's always been part of a pair and needs a friend but I just can't take on another one at the moment. It's for the best but it's very sad.

I haven't thought about L's birthday yet, will probably be me and the kids, possibly her dad. Not too fussed with firsts really plus shes 30th Dec so right in a bad time poor little thing!

Helloo everyone.
3 days till the wedding. Have decorated 67 favour boxes with bloody roses.
Have made a test batch of cupcakes.
Bought my underwear.
Have dyed my sisters hair black.
I still need to find some pale gold coloured jewellry.

Ahhhh!!!

Elizabeth is crawling now bless her. She doesnt get very far on my wood floor but on carpet she is quite good. She likes to pull herself up on things aswell.

Have had an awful week with DH being at stag weekend and then working away Felt like I havent coped so well and im finding the need to drug myself up on painkillers more and more. Got a bit of a slating on AIBU, people saying they couldnt figure me out!!! but my sister soon killed it with talk of dead budgies... dont ask me, she was pissed as a fart!!

good to see you back Scorps, I noticed your name on a thread and wondered if we would see you on here!

Hi All

Sorry to haer about the rabbit Al. Like you said, for the best though.

Lee, glad to hear that A is feeling better and that you have your Skype set up.

Well done on the wedding prep ABF, hope you get some good weather at the weekend!

Hello Scorps, good to see you on here again and lovely to see the pic of little Lacey-she's v cute!

Good luck Hendo for mon; I am working Monday to Wed...

Anna had her first settling session at nursery today. Up until today i'd been feeling quite pragmatic about it all, but after today, i must admit, i feel a bit flat about it. When i took her, i sat in the room with her and the nursery nurses, but i think it just dawned on me that this is it; i am back at work on monday and she will be with someone else 3 days each week. She just stared around at everything when we got there and i just thought she looked so little and seemed a bit overwhelmed by it all. She is teething at mo i think, so is a bit under the weather, but i felt so :( to be leaving her.

Having NCT mums and LOs round tomorrow aft and then on friday Anna has her second settling session. DH is coming with me on fri, but then we have to leave her in the room and then either watch on a monitor in the nursery reception, or go off somewhere for an hour. I think we will go for a coffee; i don't think i want to stay and watch, especally if she gets upset. :( :(

Oh and should have said, we are having a bit of a christmas drinks/b'day party for anna the weekend after her birthday (18th Dec?)just here at home. I think that it will also be the Strictly Come Dancing final, and we always used to have a bit of a party for that, so it will be a combined do!!! :o

Ethel - my dc2 and dc3 went in nursery at this age because of studying, and they were totally fine, and its only 3 days, not 5.

Lacey eats random things too - her favourite things are the boys football cards and wii remotes .

She's having her first overnight stay at her dads on saturday night . i will be totally child free saturday morning - sunday 2pm. so odd.

ABF are you getting married? hope it goes well. Monsoon and accessorize have nice wedding jewellery.

Hi Scorps - glad you're back and Lacey is gorgeous!

ABF - that level or organisation makes my worrying about sunday pale into insignificance - although I am still baking a cake now which will be ready about midnight!!! I hope the wedding all goes well and you can relax afterwards. I always think it's difficult with dh goes away and I only have Imogen!!!

Al - sorry about your bunny. I am v impressed with your thinking about 1st birthday parties already!!

Lee - hope your week is going well and you're enjoying the quality time with A at home.

Ethelred - mon to weds here too. Imogen also had her first settling in session with the childminder yesterday. I thought I was fine with it, but talking to my mum in the morning I suddenly burst into tears!!!! I was fine for the rest of the day though and Imogen had a whale of the time so I'm not feeling too bad about Friday when she has her second session where I just drop her for two hours. I keep thinking of all the things I could do, but haven't decided yet how to spend my free time!!!

I'm just ignoring going back to work on Monday, but we have an INSET day with no students so that's a good start in my eyes!!!

Oh it's not me getting married, it's my sister. I got coerced into being wedding planner!

AIBU thread was entitled something about screaming down phone at DH!

Hi everyone.

Good luck with the wedding for the weekend ABF. Hope the weather holds out. Going to have to go looking for this AIBU thread now to check out what was going on and what on earth was said about dead budgies!

Good luck for all those going back to work too. Don't forget us when you're busy with RL!

Catherine's sleep is no better. In desperation 3 nights ago, we tried her with some "bedtime milk" and so far all it has done is make her sleep worse!! She's gone from waking at 1am-ish and 5am-ish to 11-ish, 1-ish, 3-ish and 5ish!!! We're having to give her the milk from a sippy cup and she's been taking a little it more every night (managed about 60ml last night) I keep saying I'm going to give it a week and if her sleep hasn't improved after that I'm going back to EBF and saving myself the hassle but I am wondering if eventually, we could get her to settle with just the tippy cup (am still BF-ing to sleep when she gets fed up of it ATM) which would mean DH and I could maybe have a night out starting before 9.

Trying not to be OTT about the birthday party but figure I'm going to need to book somewhere as our house is too small to get everyone in and everywhere is going to be booked up with Christmas parties if I don't get moving.

Packing up other rabbit today to go to the RSPCA when DH gets home. He's been part of a pair for most of his life now and would be very lonely on his own so, as we don't want to get another (I've been getting another to keep the left behind one company for years and years now) he's going to have to go to someone else to find a new girlfriend. DH has to take him cause I will just blub on the woman. So tonight will be the first night in about 10 years that I don't have rabbits Thinking of replacing the hutch with a playhouse for the children to try and make it a little more positive. Alex knows something is up, he keeps asking e where "our bunny" has gone, he's bound to want to know why the other one has gone too!!

Hello all,

back from hols yesterday. Not sure it was worth it tbh. Dp suffered massively with his anxiety and panic attacks which put a big strain on me in turn. I find the travelling/plane/airport part of hols stressful but dp is soo anxious himself that he cannot be of any practical help to me with the dc. He literally cried with relief once we got out of the airport yesterday. .

I also keep feeling like I'm a crap mother to dd, I can't get it out of my head that I'm rubbish and that I react to her far too much and that anyone else would be more patient and tolerant. Feel like sometimes I take out my frustration at dp on her . Hols also made me think that she is different and heightened my concerns about her having Aspergers. Dp doesn't want to hear it so I feel like I'm going a bit mad. And ds now has top and bottom teeth and is biting me a lot. Makes me want to stop bf .

Enough of my moans, you got a week's worth at once there!

ABF, are you getting married?? Did you keep that quiet or have I just been too self absorbed?? Hope you have a great day!

Really pleased to see you back Scorps, Lacey is beautiful. Hope that rl is going ok for you. It will feel weird being child free for that long, esp when you usually have 4. Whenever I've been without both of them in the day I've felt very strange, like I'm still looking out for them even though they are not with me.

Al, don't feel bad about the rabbit, you did the kindest thing really.

Good luck for going back to work on Monday. I'm back in less than 3 weeks. Looking forward to the adult company but sad about dd starting school and leaving ds.

No idea what we will do for ds 1st birthday. We had a massive party at home for dd so feel like we need to do something similar for ds but 21st Dec might not be the best time for everyone.

LaDi - how old is your dd that you suspect having Aspergers? It's very like I have it, thats all :)

Sorry that's supposed to be very likely that I have Aspergers, that's all, and thought maybe if you told me your worries we could chat about it :)

LaDiDaDi - sorry to hear the holiday was so difficult. Do you think it was too big a jump from an overnight stay in the UK? Hope you managed to have some fun whilst you were away though once you got there.

Definitely speak to the school if you are concerned about your DD and make sure you follow it up as the start of term can be hectic and things get missed/forgotten sometimes. If her teacher/head of year/etc.. are nice and supportive then you could ask to meet with them, explain your concerns and come up with a joint plan to deal with your DD consistently at home and at school. I had a boy in my form whose parents thought the same (as did I) although we never managed to get a definite diagnosis we meet once a half term/term and e-mailed each week to make sure that we were all being consistent with our dealings with him which I do think helped him. He's just passed all his GCSEs with flying colours so hopefully it helped anyway!

I would also agree with Lee that I expect you are a much better mother than you think.

Scorps - hope you enjoy your first child free night on saturday.

Rabbit is gone. I have no rabbits just a big empty hutch that DH is taking to the tip at the weekend. Feeling very sad about it but it is for the best

Hendo, did you know your posts are all grey on here now. They've changed it so you have have a threads op highlighted so because you started this thread, you're all grey for me now.

Sorry about your rabbit and the empty hutch Al .

I had no idea that my posts were grey - how exciting!

I always knew from early teens maybe i wasn't 'normal', i discovered Aspergers about 18 months ago and i tick so many boxes and provisional chats with doctors who have also agreed. I cope just fine, though i'm very logical, have set routines and can find some social things difficult to navigate, i have many friends, just ones who ive almost had to trial first iyswim. My ex used to say he found me very hard to read - im very black and white. I struggle with others emotions too if its not clear cut, and i struggle with imaginary things - books, movies, imaginative play. My parents have always labelled me serious and '25', i did extremeley well at school/college/uni - it all appeals to my logical side.

Pesky teeth!!!!!!! Imogen has been up and down since about 4 am this morning. I am exhausted already and we have a whole day of with her naming ceremony ahead of us. Hopefully there will be lots of people her to distract her today and she will forget about her teeth a bit... Lovely start to my birthday and not making me look forward to starting work again tomorrow! Hope all goes well for you tomorrow too Ethelred.

Good luck for the naming ceremony today hendo. Maybe take a tube of Bonjela with you and keep smearing those gums? I'm sure you're right though, with all those people to charm, she'll be happy and gummy grinning all day. It's only us parents that they grot at :)