TTC GRADUATES! Who's baby will we be welcoming first? Mrs? Seaside? Iampg? Beansprout?

[honeyapple]

Morning all

Dex did another stupendous sleep... had to wake him up to feed him and take DC to school. Fingers crossed this is a pattern he is going to stick to.

Fettle- hope Toby is ok with the jabs... Dex has got his 2nd lot next week. What is the third injection for? Did they do the polio one in his mouth yet? Dex only had 2 jabs first time around. That Messiah was a bit gruesome!

mrs- any action overnight?

Seaside and Iampg- a lot of the lovely ladies on here were early- Bodders you were 38 wks, i think??

Sorry- so excited about the pending births that I cant remember what I was going to say to anyone else!

Oh great - Theo was sick all over DH just after I went in and now he's been sick again after having his milk, so it all came back up over me. Poor wee soul, he looks really sorry for himself. Dont know what it is really, he's got gunky eyes, cold, cough, red bottom, and now sick. I thought teeth until he started throwing up .

Anyway, he's asleep now and I re-red my post and sorry for all the typo's. When talking about your DH Greedy I meant to say wasn't he away througout the time you ovulated when you conceived Marcy! I think I was trying to type too quick.

babylove - you are right a lot has happened since ttc!!! How's things - good to hear its getting better for you! You should be in the clear of nasty things for a wee while

Hi Seaside - you're back!!! Sorry to hear about the cottages though. Hopefully they'll go soon. Are they more holiday cottages or living-in cottages? Your are right, Villefranche was lovely! Your trip to Nice sounds great. We've just booked Centreparcs again for Setember.. Actually you girls may know, when do scholls start again in Sept in England?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEYAPPLE!!!!!!! Hope you'ev ahd a good day! Looks like the weather should be good for you tomorrow for the balloon ride . Also great news about the house - is there a link you can put on so we can see you new pad???

Thanks also to everyone for your Godparent advice. I think i'm going to go with all 3 Godmothers and see what happens. There's a small chance once of them wont be able to make the actual day so that may solve the problem .

Right, better be off and see to DS1. Thanks Goodness DH is home, I hate dealing with sicky kids on my own...

Oh, before I go Scorpio, lovely pics of Millie! Its funny cos I looked at your pics ages ago and the PC seems to have created a link to your site. On ours we have a rolling display of all our photos on the PC as a screen saver and for come reason Millie's are all included. Even when you put new ones up I see them . Dont quite get how thats happened but DH was really confused the first time it happened! He didn't have a clue who this little girl was.

Oh great - Theo was sick all over DH just after I went in and now he's been sick again after having his milk, so it all came back up over me. Poor wee soul, he looks really sorry for himself. Dont know what it is really, he's got gunky eyes, cold, cough, red bottom, and now sick. I thought teeth until he started throwing up .

Anyway, he's asleep now and I re-red my post and sorry for all the typo's. When talking about your DH Greedy I meant to say wasn't he away througout the time you ovulated when you conceived Marcy! I think I was trying to type too quick.

babylove - you are right a lot has happened since ttc!!! How's things - good to hear its getting better for you! You should be in the clear of nasty things for a wee while

Hi Seaside - you're back!!! Sorry to hear about the cottages though. Hopefully they'll go soon. Are they more holiday cottages or living-in cottages? Your are right, Villefranche was lovely! Your trip to Nice sounds great. We've just booked Centreparcs again for Setember.. Actually you girls may know, when do scholls start again in Sept in England?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEYAPPLE!!!!!!! Hope you'ev ahd a good day! Looks like the weather should be good for you tomorrow for the balloon ride . Also great news about the house - is there a link you can put on so we can see you new pad???

Thanks also to everyone for your Godparent advice. I think i'm going to go with all 3 Godmothers and see what happens. There's a small chance once of them wont be able to make the actual day so that may solve the problem .

Right, better be off and see to DS1. Thanks Goodness DH is home, I hate dealing with sicky kids on my own...

Oh, before I go Scorpio, lovely pics of Millie! Its funny cos I looked at your pics ages ago and the PC seems to have created a link to your site. On ours we have a rolling display of all our photos on the PC as a screen saver and for come reason Millie's are all included. Even when you put new ones up I see them . Dont quite get how thats happened but DH was really confused the first time it happened! He didn't have a clue who this little girl was.

Crossed with you iamamummy! Glad fingers are getting better.

Am afraid its not me who's the BB fan . Only wacthed a few of the very first one... But am tempted to watch to see who this Alex is?

i will not put what i think of alex as im sure mn will have something to say about it!
but greedy i am with you i deteste her already!! i think she is another charlie wannabe!

honeyapple - i missed the post about your birthday - so happy birthday i hope you had a good one!!! enjoy your balloon flight - you are braver than me!!!

can i have a proud mummy moment? i just want to say how great oscar is - every night he has his bath, bottle and whether he is asleep or not i put him down at 7 and he goes straight off. he is a little star i love him to bits!

lol chooster, sorry! i don't know either, i bet your dh was most confused! Did you see my kittens then?!

iamamummmy - oscar sounds great! its nice when they do that isnt it? have to say i have been very lucky with all of mine and their sleeping really........and i definately think it makes a big difference when considering ttc no.2. if ellis hadnt slept well, i think i would have been too tired to even consider no. 2. my 2 are 17months apart and i have nothing but good things to say about the age gap!!!! obviously its hard work to start with, but i think everyone finds having a second one hard work anyway....its just a real shock to the system, so i dont know if its much harder having them close together or not!!! i wanted marcy closer together too, so it cant be bad can it? but oviously ttc took longer this time! one bad thing i remember.....which i know i have said on here before.........was one day when i change 10 pooey nappies between them!!! you wont miss out on oscar growing up at all.......if anything you will give him more attention cos you will be so concerned with not leaving him out and getting him involved with the new baby! anyway............go for it i say!!!! my mum told me i was mad going for no. 3 but how wrong was she hey!!!

happy birthday honey!! how old are you ??? 21? 22? i know you're a young un!!! hope you have a great day!

chooster - your poor little man, ill again...........hope it doesnt affect his sleeping too much.

got so much to say, but gotta go.....marcy and i have a lunch date!!!

How was lunch Greedy??? Hope good - How is your weight loss by the way? Am looking for a good way to lose half a stone in 4 weeks before Theo's christening. Anyone know of any good diets that don't make you starve - I get grumpy when I'm hungry .

yup, I've seen your kittens Scorpio! Very cute

Hi girls - hope you are all well!

Iamamum - you poor poor girl - that must have hurt so much. AT least you still have your finger - my friend lost the top of her's after slamming the car door on it - makes me terrified whenever DD slams the door! You are allowed to have a proud mummy moment - Oscar sounds divine going to sleep so regularly and easily for you! (wish I had one of those, but my DC are destined to be bad sleepers I think and as Greedy says it isn't conducive to wanting more! Definitely sticking with my 2 now!!).

Chooster - I'm sorry I've put you off the coil. I'm sure it isn't as bad as I'm making out. I just had an almost phobia of them, so should never have agreed to have one fitted. The bleeding has lessened to spotting now - so hopefully will stop soon. As for the mood swings, I'll never know as I'm prone to depressive moods, so could just be going through a bad phase at the moment! Mainly laid on by my indecision about work - still not resigned yet, but so don't want to go back there! But i'm so worried about money - most people I know round here, either have part-time jobs, school term only jobs, or have managed to wrangle one/two day weeks! Now any of those I could manage, but my boss is adamant that it is a full-time job in the office 5 days a week. I'd probably manage to persuade them to 3, more likely 4 days a week, but that isn't really part-time, when you add in my 2 hour daily commute as well! . I hope the Theo is better again today - Toby was really sick a couple of nights ago, but was right as rain (where does that saying come from?!) by the morning. He's got a stinking cold again though and is dribbling like crazy, so I assume the teething is upon us again! Shame he missed his first day at nursery - Toby's first proper day is tomorrow. DD is so excited about her afternoon just with Mummy (she hasn't yet decided what we are going to do, but I hope it isn't too energetic - I'm shattered!!).

Honey - happy belated birthday - I hope you had a good evening? Any movement on the house front - I'm so impatient!!

Greedy - so pleased to hear you sounding more happy and back to your normal self!!! I agree that I probably could tell you the hour that I ovulate now, but I've gone and messed it all up with this contraption now (don't listen Chooster!!). If you think you'd cope if you found out you were pg again, there is nothing wrong with a bit of russian roulette!!! By the way, I've never actually done that much washing in one day, but I did strip the sheets from the beds on Monday, just because it was a beautiful day and I didn't have any washing to hang outside (having done it all at the weekend in the beautiful weather) and I couldn't waste su a gchood outside drying day!!! Mad, aren't I?! (But the sheets were lovely to sleep in on Monday night!.

Right - been chatting too long as always. Need to go do the washing up and do some sorting, so that I can go for coffee with friends tomorrow morning, rather than the housework, which I should be doing while Toby is at nursery!

Take care all - big waves to everyone....
xxx

Crossed with you Chooster - i''m tempted by the 2 bowls of Special K diet that i read this morning on the back of my cereal pack! Sure that would work and you only do it for 2 weeks and can eat normally in the evenings! I need to do something - although i'm now 1.5stones lighter than after having Toby, a stone lighter than I was before I got pg with him, so my next goal is to lose another stone, which I put on after having DD! (I'm making out that I've been really really heavy, but I am pretty tall, aren't I Bodders?!!!! (I don't look that fat do I?! - don't suppose you can answer that truthfully for me to believe you!!)).

Right - really must go now!

I want to see Scorpio's kittens!!!
xxx

Hey Everyone,

Hope you're all having good days. I am at work at the moment.......

Things a bit better for me at the moment, hormones have easied off a bit, am smiling again now! Ugh they were horrible, i was utterly miserable! I still get waves of it but nowhere near as bad! Had my 16week midwife appt on Tuesday and all was good. She botched up taking my blood though so that was VERY painful but hearing the babies heartbeat made me feel better. We managed to record the sound on our phone so i can listen to it whenever i want! Does that sound weird?! lol.

Iamamummy - OUCH for your fingers! Glad to hear they're a bit better but i remember doing it as a child and it is horrible!!!!! Shame on you for watching BB...! lol, DP and i gave up on it 2 series ago and its the best thing we've done, we actually got to see last summer without worrying about missing an episode! Between that and the bloody football at the moment, there is no decent TV left! Oh you sound so lucky with Oscar, i hope i get one of those . Mind you, the midwife said he/she is a real wriggler, kept moving whilst she was listening the the heartbeat so i doubt i'll get a quiet one!

Greedy - Well done for surviving the inlaws! We've got to go down to stay with mine next weekend, oh the fun. What does "rl" mean? I am asuming it means "real life" so if thats the case then yeh, pretty much everyone knows now. Got everyone knitting for me! Havent met one person who hasnt been supportive yet, surprised me, i expected them to frown on me.

Chooster - Sorry to hear little theo is poorly, poor little devil! Sounds like my neice, she was always a poorly baby but she grew out of it at around 3 yrs old and is now as fit as a fiddle! Im doing good thanks, enjoying the sunshine. Am starting to get some funny "feelings" down in my belly so im wondering if i can feel the baby move. With the long legs he/she has, im sure the kicks are going to be intense! Dont give into the temptation of BB , you wont forgive yourself! Lol. As for the diet, i recommend weight watchers, if you combine it with exercise it works wonders!

Fettle - I hear your pain about your work choices. Im no where near maternity leave yet and already im agonising over what to do. I currently work 37.5 hours a week and i know i dont want to be doing that. I know if i work 18 or more then i can have help towards childcare costs but i wouldnt want to work more than 18, maybe 3 days a week. 2 in nursery for little one, 1 with Grandma. It isnt an easy decision though and unfortunately money is a big issue when making these choices. I hope you're able to find one that suits you.

Honey - happy belated birthday! Sorry, memory like a fish at the moment. I bought DP ages ago these socks with a fish on it saying "3 second memory", maybe i should be wearing them!!!!!!

Better get back to work! Take care

yeah thanks for mentioning the diet chooster!!! i put my 6lbs plus more back on when we went on holiday! and i am struggling to get back onto any sort of diet......which is dangerous fro me cos the weight could pile back on!! i am at work now , but i have instructed dh to cook bangers and mash for our dinner............so obviously the diet isnt starting tonight!!! dh has just bought a Wii though and thats quite good exercise!!!! ellis loves it too!!!

glad you sound happier too fettle petal! shame about work.i bet if you hand in your notice then something else will just turn up.....something that fits in with school times.....something PERFECT! if you DO go back to work.you will be REALLY knackered all the time, rather than just knackered!

bodders - are you out there anyhwere?..................did meeting fettle scare you off MN? we're not all like her you know!!!

just had to let you all know.....firstly i am V jealous of babylove having an ickle tiny baby in her tummy!.....i really think my sis needs to get pg soon to cure my broodiness.

and secondly......i am SO excited about ellis' birthday party that i have booked!!! we have hired a miniature railway for an hour which was only £50............BARGAIN! and a bouncy castle, swing rides, and a roundabout for.................£40..........another COMPLETE BARGAIN!!!!! i am so excited (more than him scarily!!!) i just really hope the weather is good!!!

ok better go.......got 4 more patients before i can go home and put my feet up!...........and 3 of them are...........well...............not my cup of tea!!

greedy- that does sound cheap- potentially too cheap to be true...??? When is the party?

just got dex weighed today (havent for ages) and he is 17lb 10 or 8kg exactly- going to go and compare with siblings...

stinky bum calling...

Ummm yeah, sorry Greedy for mentioning the D word... But like you I gained on my holiday and haven't lost any since getting back and I've started picking at the kids food again and having the odd choccy treat which is always my downfall . I just know I need to try and keep getting the weight off otherwise, like you, it'll pile back on...

Iamamummy - whats was the diet you do that lasts a week?

Good luck to your sis Greedy - I really hope it happens for her soon!!! . Not sure it'll solve your broodiness though .

I can totally understand your work dilemma Fettle - its such a tough balance between the money and the time with the kids. My problem was that we couldn't really afford for me to go back anything less than 4 days, mainly because mine is the bigger more regular salary and we need it for all our outgoings. But it will be shortlived as we'll be selling our flats in London in the next few years and that should get shot of the mortgage . Then I can do what I like . Just a shame the tighter times are when the kids are babies . But at least I'll be able to be around for school etc... But, I digress!!! I do understand your confusion over it, but you will be able to find something I'm sure that is more flexible and not so far away. A friend of mine in the south has a similar probelm (long travel and can't do less than 4 days a week), anyway, she's trying for number 2 and is already saying that she doubts she will be able to go back.

Hi babylove - Good to hear you are doing better! how exciting that you may be able to feel kicks soon!!! So exciting!!! I promise I will stay away from BB although am tempted after seeing a story on Alex in the paper... Am curious to see what the fuss is about . NOOO!!!! I mustn't!!!!!

Gotta dash - hi to everyone else!!! How was the balloon ride Honeyapple?

Oh poo - do you really think I've scared Bodders off? Maybe i've given her and her girls my horrible 'flu?! Please come back Bodders - I really liked meeting you and your beautiful girls! Think of your DD1 every morning when my DD puts on her new shoes!!

Help had half a bottle of wine and I'm a bit emotional!

Thanks for your comments on the work front girls - Chooster and Greedy you both agree with DH that I'll just be shattered going back to that job, but that i will find a perfect job. I just can't start looking/thinking seriously until I make the break from my old job. Last paid day is next Wednesday - can't believe Toby will be 9 months by then!

He had a lovely day at nursery today (so they told me anyway - you never really know, do you?!). No seriously, I think he did - he just fought sleep all day, which I expected and was asleep when I arrived to pick him up. Therefore he's only had an hour late morning and then 20 mins this afternoon, so we'll see how that affects his sleep tonight. Last night he managed from 7pm-4.30am, which was amazing for him!!!!

OOH - just seen it's a double-rollover this Saturday on the Lotto, maybe this is our week?![hopeful emoticon!!]

I had a good day too - sorted the airing cupboard out, which has just been a crumpled mess of sheets and towels, which was a nightmare to find anything in, but i've always been too scared to tackle it and not be able to finish it and have sheets and towels everywhere, so it was good to get it done this morning - i really am very dull, aren't I?!!! I'm certainly more tired today, as i didnt' have my sitting down play time with Toby at all - DD and I made yummy chocolate banana loaf - scrummy!! Then we coloured in for about 2 hours, all the while she was asking when we could pick Toby up from nursery - think she was missing him more than I was!!!. Sweet though! And he was so excited to be home with us both - kept crawling between us laughing his head off (reminded me of a dog - crawled up, then rolled over onto his back for me to tickle his tummy, then crawled to my feet and scratched his head on my feet!!)

Sorry, bit me me me, but I'm a little bit tiddly - DH has to work again tonight, so I'm off to bed alone again! No chance of this FSAB at this rate!!!!

Big hugs to all!!!!

xxx

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't popped in. I keep losing track but I've set asside lots of time in my maternity leave next month to catch up on your hints and tips!

All your little ones sounds so grown up now.. I may have to go threads back for baby tips!

Week 34 now getting closer

Have a great weekend

hi cityangel! We've been wondering how you've been getting on- 34 wks- goodness- your LO will be here in no time!

Chooster- balloon ride was fab- i would really recommend it- it was so peaceful up there and really weird looking down on everything- a real reality check on the stress and strain of everyday life IYKWIM..

DDs school fair tommorrow- I'm face painting- got to go to cash and carry in an hour to buy all the stuff for BBQ and various stalls- hoping Dex will be happy in the sling as I lug boxes of juice etc around . Got to go empty my car to get everything in... my car is SOOOO full of CRAP... and then I said I'd make some cakes... MUST STOP VOLUNTEERING...

And somewhere is my dirty nappy bag with a stinky nappy in it... can't find it... hope I havent left it at someone's house...crikey that'll be nice when I find it...

hey honeyapple you sound just like me!!!.....not with the volunteering, just with the general chaos! glad im not the only one!!!

all 3 of mine have horrible colds and marcy has eaten virtually nothing for days now!!! got her weighed this morning and she is back on the charts.............just!!!! kiki had to get weighed and measured too for her 3 yr check but she is still way off the top. actually its a bit weird cos ellis got weighed and measured last week at school too. had his eyes checked too and apparently he has a problem with them....will get my bro to check him out seeing as he is an optician! their colds are the best colds ever!!!!!!........so far they havent been grumpy and have just slept loads! sure it cant last but it means i have had 3 really good nights sleep in a row!!!.......unheard of!!!..........even had to wake them up for school!!!

fettle - toby sounds so active!!! i was looking at my baby book the other day and both ellis and kiki were crawling by 8 months.............but old marcy still just sits there like a little budda!!! she still doesnt even roll over!!

got friends round for dinner tonight, and i forgot the main ingredient just now at tescos! what a divvy hey?! remembered the wine and beer obviously!!!

gotta go, dh has just come in and thinks i am neglecting the kids!!!!....which i was!

Hey everyone,

it's the weekend! Got a busy weekend, going to a summer fete tomorrow and then to do some shopping and then of course it is fathers day on Sunday. Seems so strange that on the next fathers day, baby will be here and celebrating with his/her daddy! I went and got a card and a box of sweets from the baby, lol. Does that make me sad?!

Greedy - don't worry about the diet too much! im sure running around after your kids will soon burn it off! Especially when Ellis is off school in the summer and Marcy gets going!!! Lol, dont be jealous of me, i like having other peoples children (you can give them back........hehe). DP and i took a walk this evening and i was walking around like i was 8 months pregnant! i cant help it, my belly is sticking out and although baby weighs literally nothing, when he/she is right down on the bottom of my pelvis, it sits in a very awkward position and feels like a lead weight!!!! Hope you have a good evening with your friends!

Chooster - Well dont for resisting big brother! all you have to do now is lock yourself in your house away from all papers and magazines and either de-tune channel 4 or destroy your TV and then you'll be safe from the temptation sounds easy eh?! Yeh im looking forward to feeling the first kicks but everyone i ask "how do you know its the baby kicking" has just said to me "oh you just know". Well i dont! I've heard of the "butterfly" feelings and i've been having those since week 8 so i asume what im feeling is muscle twinges!

fettle - thanks for letting me know about the lottery! Walked up to the local shop to get mine tonight! Well you only live once dont you?! I dont play it much but the first time i ever played it was on my 16th birthday and i won £10. Well i must have played 40 or so times since then and nothing!!!!

Cityangel - wow, 34 weeks! i remember you from the TTC threads! Go you! Hope everything goes well for you

Honeyapple - well done for the volunteering! Make sure you take it easy too though! Hope you get some good weather and it all goes well!

Right, must be off, DP is watching the footie (oh yey!) so i think some cleaning is in order. Thing is though the next thing on the list is the toilet...............oh deep joy!

Take care

Bloody hell City - 34 weeks! Time has zoomed by! . How are you feeling. Any suggested names yet?

That is not sad at all babylove! I think its loely that you got a pressie for DP for Sunday, I bet h'll love it . I always remember my DH said he would love to receive a fathers day card as a way of finding out I was pregnant. But each time I kind of blurted it out in a really crap un-romantic way or waved the stick at him . I wont be able to make up for it either as we'll not be doing it again. Actually Fettle, I know you've said recently that you know you'll never have another and now I'm the same. No more for us... I'm just loving my 2 boys so much and I know this is the right amount for us. I went to see my friends twin girls last week and I was SURE I would feel madly broody and secrectly craving another baby, but I didn't... So I think I must be happy with my wee guys !!

By the way Fettle , I love the image of Toby the dog!!!! Very cute! . Theo also had his first official afternoon at nursery today as they let me postpone it from Wed when he was too ill to go. They said he had a great time with no tears and I've got to say he was more than happy to be left there. The poor bugger is teething badly (I think top 2 and the incisors) so he's dribbly, snotty and grumpy as fuck... I was going to be keep him at home again but I thought a change os scene would take his mind of it and it seems to have worked.

Very gald the balloon ride was good Honey! Thats fab! . I'd love to do something like that - was the weather good for you? How are things with the house you've offered on?

Right, better head to bed, I'm doing the moonwalk tomorrow night and am so NOT looking forward to it. Why on earth did I think it would be a good idea to walk through the night and miss my precious sleep . What was I thinking!!!! What a fool

Hope your dinner party is good Greeds...

Just quickly - good luck tonight Chooster!!!! Shame I don't have your mobile number - could text you when I awake feeding Toby. did that when my sister did the London one a few years back and I was still getting up with DD. Kept her going having encouraging messages!!! Hope weather is ok?

Right - back later. typing left-handedly and it difficult! Toby feeeding away!!!

so lovely this thread picking up again!

big hello to City - been worried bout you!! wow only 6 weeks to go!!

xxx

babylove - good luck tonight on the lotto - give me a spare million will you if you get the wholee 23million!!!!!!

i meant to say WOW! too cityangel!!! your pg seems to have whizzed by! why havent you been on here moaning more hey? thats what we are here for!!! do you remember kitkat? she had her baby at 35 wks and suprised us all!!!!! any twinges yet!??

chooster - you are MAD yes!!! but very good! hope the walk goes ok...is it tonight did you say? and if you are so definate you dont want any more babies do you really think withdrawal is a good method of contraception?!!

fettle - toby will sleep one day, i am sure! feeling any better about work? hope so! i am at work now and wish i was at home........partly cos i have a hangover and partly cos i am missing the kids (and dh i guess!)

all kids still ill and whingey too this morning..........but so was i cos my head was hurting.......when will i learn hey!?

babylove - not sad at all getting a fathers day pressie....i know i got dh a card from 'bump' first time round. i think its sweet!

been in 'talks' with my HV and she is promising to send lots of babies my way for paediatric chiro/ cranial work...................maybe that will cure my broodiness?.........trying to sort out some seminars to go to so i can swot up a bit more on paediatrics.................considering doing a masters in paediatric chiro, what do you think? or am i just making more work for myself for the sake of it?

Hello everyone - sorry for absence...just got a fair bit of work on, and so has DP, so don't seem to have much in the way of free time at the mo... had a quick scan through but can't remember half of what has been said but I do hope you have found that dirty nappy by now Honey I found a lovely sick-encrusted muslin at the bottom of my change bag the other day....been there for about 4 months I think....

Chooster - good luck with the moonwalk (you mentalist ) Am sure it will be lovely really.

Babylove -think I remember you - anyway, congrats, hope all goes well

Cityangel - 34 weeks, wow - we're going to have another baby on here soon - whoopeeeee!

Greedy - glad the kids are sleeping well for you again.

Fettle - My DD was just talking about Lexi today!... well, she called one of her playmobil people she was playing with Lexi anyway... Nope we didn't catch your flu - don't worry! Good on Toby for sleeping til 4.30 - hope it's the start of a good run of sleeping for you.

Hi everyone else, really sorry it's a bit brief, but got to go and do some work.

All well here - Isla is taking about 4-5 steps at a time now, so nearly walking! She looks so funny - she still looks like a 6 month old! She still eats bugger all and hasn't done a solid poo for months, and has turned into Houdini at nappy change time, but other than that she's on good form and giving out the cutest smiles to all and sundry.

Ouch!!!! I ache all over . The walk is all done and although I was not best pleased about doing it, it was good in the end and the weather stayed good, but it was cold though. I didn't get in until 5.30am but my lovely DH did all the kids stuff this morning so I didn't get up til 11.30. The only after effects I have is a sore purple toe - not sure what I did .

mmm, I think you are right Greedy, withdrawal is definately not the best if we are sure we dont want more kids, I just need to pull my finger out (so to speak) and choose some form of contraception. Just not keen on taking pills again, dont like condoms really, I'm not 100% sure about the coil after hearing some stories (not just you fettle, so not sure what that really leaves me with, perhaps the injection / implant thing?

Great to hear Isla is on good form Bodkin!! . And the first steps as well eh!!! Excellent. Theo is doing a couple but then he decides to go back to crawling. I guess its only a matter of time before he figures it out... The lack of solid food doesn't seem to be doing Isla any harm at all, and I guess she'll just eat when she wants to, must be frustating at times though.

Wow, a masters Greedy!!!! Thats quite a big commitment isn't it? Would you get more money / more regular business from specialising or is it just that you like that specific field?

Hope everyone is well... I'm off on a spa day tomorrow - So DH is alone with the kids again . He's a good 'un

No twinges yet although more pressure downstairs

I haven't been on moaning as I've been surprisingly lucky with symptoms so far.. she says tempting fate. Sore hips at night and bad skin but that's about it apart from the normal heaviness...and worry I wish there was a way of sending him an e-mail to see if all's ok in there

We picked names and I promise to post as soon as he's out... we haven't had it confirmed but everyone and his wife says the bump is boy shaped!

Now just waiting until Friday to see what the midwife (Norman) says

Your little ones sound soo cute