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

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honeyapple · 22/01/2008 12:25

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!

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honeyapple · 10/07/2008 13:10

babylove- thanks

bodders- oohh smarties

have just added another pic of Dexter showing off!

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fettle · 10/07/2008 15:07

Hi all

Always feel really guilty when I take time to sit down and actually type on here, but I have been trying to scan through every so often! Having my girlie day with DD today while Toby is at nursery, but she's just fallen asleep on the sofa - bless her - absolutely shattered!

Honey - what awful news about your friend. As Babylove said, it is much more treatable today, but it will be hard going for a while. She'll need all the support she can get at the moment. What an awful decision to make about her baby as well - I hope she's getting good support from the hospital. My Mum had breast-cancer 12 years ago and is still going strong.
Dex sounds just like Toby was - now I can't stop him moving around. He's still fascinated by the hoover and heads straight for it, if he can see it!. Your DSs look so cute in their matching PJs!!!

Babylove - sorry your scan was inconclusive, but maybe next time he/she will be displaying correctly!!!. We didnt' find out with DD as wanted it to be a surprise with No 1, but we were pretty certain that she was a girl. We found out with Toby as DD had said that she didn't want a brother and would be very sad if it was a boy, so we felt we needed to do some preparation with her!!!

Chooster - hope your last few days of true freedom are good. Hope the weather improves for Sunday - pretty dire down here. Hoping for good weather when we are up in scotland at the end of August - you still up for maybe meeting up at the zoo? How shall we get in contact?

Bodders - glad Isla had a good birthday! Sounds fun. Longleat sounds like a plan - I'll e-mail you!

Greedy - how you doing? How is Kiki? This season's chicken pox sounds really bad - everyone I know who has had it had had it really badly. hope in a way that little Marcy doesn't get it, this time around.

Firsty - helllooooo! When you starting mat leave again?

Right - must get on - big waves to everyone else.

xxx

greedygreedyguzzler · 10/07/2008 17:11

hello all.

so sorry to hear about your friend honey. like chooster said its the sort of thing you have nightmares about isnt it. im crap, but when i hear stories that sad i have to try not to think about them cos i just cant bear to. i know i would if i had to, but i just cant imagine how she must feel (or you for that matter).

chooster - £300?????!!!!! you do know i'm NOT coming dont you!!!?

babylove - must have been fate hey!? you said you werent sure if to find out or not........

fettle - kiki is finally on the mend bless her. might post a picture of her looking hideous!!! everyone keeps saying she has got the worst case they have ever seen....................i always knew she had to excel at something and obviously culturing chicken pox is her forte!

my little ellis had his summer assembly today and he was such a cutie! they sang night fever and did all the actions and they all looked so sweet!!! cant wait till next year when kiki starts and i can see them both in assemblies together!!!

better go cos im at work!

seen 2 babies today................one who was born at 26 wks and is still under 9 lbs now at 5 months! she still looked like a newborn too! the ohter one just cried a lot and didnt like me.............no broodiness today from me!

minxi · 10/07/2008 19:15

To all who were on the ttc threads last year thought I would let you know that after 3.5 years and 26 ttc cycles I have just done a clearblue and it is postive....am in shock but excited - not joining any threads for a while as am away for a few weeks during the summer... but hello to greedy, seaside, iampg, rainbowdays and anyone else I have missed [waves]

minxi · 10/07/2008 19:15

oops sorry hello to fettle too...

fettle · 10/07/2008 20:26

Minxi - what utterly fantastic news!!!!!! really hoped that was your news when I saw you had posted!!! come over and join us when you back from your holidays!!!!!

can you tell I'm excited for you!!!!!!
xxx

honeyapple · 11/07/2008 13:05

GREAT NEWS MINXI!

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babylove123 · 11/07/2008 14:54

Hi

Bodkin - Glad to hear Isla enjoyed her day! We're hoping to find out the sex on 21st when we have to go back.....fingers crossed!

Fettle - Lol yes, little one decided to keep their modesty! hopefully they wont be so shy next time! See i reckon its a girl but only me and my mum do, everyone else in the family says boy incl DP. Who knows! I have money riding on it though so it better not let me down!

Greedy - Yeh think it was fate, it was bound to happen to me. Little lazy sod wouldnt move. The lady rubbed my tummy really hard and pushed like fury but nope, was having none of it. It better not be that troublesome when its born! Glad to hear Kiki is on the mend bless her. Awwww did you enjoy Ellis' assembly? Cant wait to go to one of those!

Minxi - Congrats to you!!!!!! Well done! I wish you a very successful and happy pregnancy!

We started to paint the nursery yesterday evening..........its so pretty! Yellow but a nice bright yellow. I had sense to put sheets on the cream carpet and change into old clothes but then i didnt think about my hands and by the time i'd rollered one wall, i looked like i was diseased with yellow speckly hands! Whoops! Luckily it scrubbed off and i've learnt to wear gloves

Best be off, at work.

Ttyl

seaside72 · 11/07/2008 21:14

Ohhhh - Minxi - such wonderful news - please keep us posted - keeping everything crossed for a sticky one - hope you will come and join us soon.
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waves to everyone else
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greedygreedyguzzler · 12/07/2008 11:58

hey well done you minxi!!! so so pleased for you! cant wait to hear all about your pregnancy when you come and join us and i bet you have inspired all the other ttcers too. did you do anything different this month? i bet you cant stop smiling!!!!! how old are your other kids?

greedygreedyguzzler · 12/07/2008 12:07

sorry! hello everyone else too! cant stop gotta dash.....got a party to sort! just realised chooster...theo and ellis are having their parties on the same day!think theos maight be a bit more organised than ellis' though.............im just praying it doesnt rain............must go and buy some party food.....

Bodkin · 12/07/2008 13:50

Great News Minxi!!!! That's fantastic!!!

Chooster - a very Happy Birthday to Theo for tomorrow. Coo, look at us with our 1 year olds eh?!

Greedy - good luck with the party - am sure it will be very organised! How many kids have you got coming? Poor old Kiki with the pox.. it's the ones in their hair that are the most gruesome I seem to recall... had a friend visit yesterday who's DD may have been incubating it, so will be on the lookout for spots over the next couple of weeks...

Mind you... talking of gruesome...DD1s molluscum appears to be coming to an end (finally after 18 months) but they are erupting like volcanoes - sooooo rank! Just thought I'd share that image with you.... Isla's got them now of course - about 40 in her nappy area, so that'll be nice when hers start to go...

Cute pics Honeyapple - Dex is really looking like a little boy these days isn't he.

OK, better go and spend some quality time with DD1

babylove123 · 12/07/2008 17:18

Good luck for the parties

iamamummy · 13/07/2008 09:24

minxi!!!! - yaaahhhoooooooo welldone you!! i am so so pleased for you and dh!! come and join us when you are ready

theo - happy birthday!!!!

hi to everyone else - not had a lot to say lately so just reading the thread last few days.

fettle · 13/07/2008 12:10

Happy Birthday Theo!!!!

Hope you have a fantastic day and congratulations on your Baptism as well! hope you didnt' cry!!!

Happy birthday?/party to Ellis too!!!

Bodders - Ready asked that I send on her belated birthday wishes to Isla as well as to Theo for today!

back laters!!

xxx

iamamummy · 14/07/2008 09:53

morning ladies

feeling utterly toptastically shit this morning. been arguing with dp over i dont even know what he stormed out the house this morning without saying a word.

i refused sex this morning (as i have been kept awake most of the night with his bloody snoring!) and i am guessing he is pissed off cos i didnt make his lunch for work?!!

grrrr i really hate him sometimes!!!!!!

i have invoices to send off for him and i normally ring him during the day to get the pricing etc from him but i am thinking stuff it this week he just wont get paid! i am not going to start the conversation off and give him another opportunity to be a prat

sorry for the rant! hopefully be back later when im calm

bye x

babylove123 · 14/07/2008 10:10

Hi Iam....

sigh, dont worry, we all have these really shit days.

We all do it where we say "sod it, i just wont do x, y & z to prove a point" but i promise you, you'll end up more miserable and it will prove nothing because they dont take any notice - tried and failed many times!"

I had it with DP yesterday over some bananas! We were in Asda (DP hates food shopping and does nothing but whinge all the way round) and i was in there doing a shop in 35 mins (pretty good me thinks) and we get to the checkout when they're closing and they announce bananas are now 5p a KG so i say to DP "im just gonna go get some, will meet u at the car" and he threw a wobbly like a child and demanded we go home, we dont need any bloody bananas! Well i stormed off and left him at the checkout to pay and walked to the car. We didnt speak all the way home and i went in, unpacked the shopping, stormed off upstairs and slammed the door! I laid on the bed thinking he'd come up and say sorry for telling me what i can and cant do but oh no, "why are you making a scene, it is just some bananas!"

Trust me, they just dont get it! Best off is to swallow your pride and not say sorry but approach the subject with him and ask whats wrong (kills us i know) and then if he decides to be an ass about it, leave him to it. Do the opposite to what they expect and they hate it!

Cor im an evil little cow sometimes, mwhahahaha!

Have a good day everyone

Chooster · 14/07/2008 12:23

Grrr, DP's can be a right pain in the arse sometimes can't they!!! DH and I went through a real stage of bickering with each other about everything and nothing but we are back on the up now and things are going good! I bet your DP will be lovely again in no time at all .

So how was Ellis' party Greedy??? I hope good, although the weather was crap on saturday wasn't it. At least it was where we were.... My mum and Dad live a gorgeous little seaside village in Northumberland which is SO amazing when its sunny and warm. Yesterday was beautiful however so at least the people that had travelled and stayed over got to see the place when it was looking its best .

The party itself was brilliant and we had friends / family come from all over the place, some I hadn't seen for about a year and we all had a really good laugh. The Christening itself went well too and Theo behaved himself . However the poor little bugger was miserable as sin most of the time as he is having a massive teething spell. I thought it was a virus at first as he has ulcers / blisters on his tongue but the doctor says its just teething, but I reckon he's getting a few at the same time. But he whinged and moaned his way through his party and his sleep has gone totally to pot... just at the time when we were having late nights up drinking with our pals. On saturday night he slept for ONE HOUR between 2am and 6am (Yup, SLEPT for one hour!!!!). I was like a zombie the next day as I didn't quite trust my very drunk DH to do any of the night time stuff with him . Anyway more than anything i just feel so sorry for him, and guilty as hell because this is my first say back at work . It broke my heart to leave my little crying slobbery dribbly mess of a little boy . At least DH is home all day today and tomorrow to look after him.

So, its my first day back and it doesn't feel like I've been away at all . Very strange, but its OK generally. I've had about 3 cups of tea already just because I can without a little person trying to put their hands in it or knock it over . Anyway, I'm starting as I mean to go on by getting plenty of MN time in while here .

Congratualtions Minxi!!!!! I LOVE hearing new baby news, and its all particularly lovely after trying for so long . You must be thrilled and I wish you all the luck in the world.

So how is Ready Fettle??

Oh, and despite the pain, Theo started properly walking yesterday on his first birthday . He's been staggering for a while (bit like his Dad on Saturday night ), but he's going for it now.

Phew, better get back to.... I was going to say work but I'd better get back to looking like I've got work to do as I've got nothing on yet .

How's Kiki Greeds? Any house news Honey?

firststar · 14/07/2008 13:45

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seaside72 · 14/07/2008 18:18

Hi all - as usual only a quickie while Csssius has a really badly timed nap too close to bed time - the naps are so few and far between now that I can't be arsed to try and keep him awake if he actually does fall asleep in the day! We are feeling the teething pain here- the 2 bottom ones have broken through - they are really sharp!! I really hope it gets better as he has been up in the night recently and though he is easy to settle back down I get really grumpy after more than a week of disturbed sleep - just need 6 straight hours and I am ok but up every 3 hours does my head in!

Chooster happy belated birthday for yesterday to Theo and glad the christening went well -we are planning Cassius's at the moment - Aug 10th - have decided to be lazy and order party food from M&S! Hope his ulcers get better -just a thought but is there any chance it could be hand foot and mouth? It is going around down here at the moment and one of Cassius's swimming buddies had it - ulcers in mouth and small blisters on hands and feet + no sleep and off food - we thought Cassius might have caught it but he seems OK so far? Hope your first day back went smoothly too

Iammummy - hope you get it sorted with DP. have to say DH and I have had some cracking arguments since baby - hormones and heightened emotions and snoring - bad combination for us too!!

Babylove - LOL about the bananas DH and I almost never shop together anymore!!

Bodders - good news about molluscum in DD1 but bad news about Isla getting it - are there any alternative remedies to try?

greedy - hope ellis' party went well too

fettle - aww about your girlie day with DD

honey - said a prayer for your friend on Sunday in church {{{{{hugs}}}}}

bugger - gotta go and wake him up or he will never go to bed - he seems to do this all the time - fall asleep at 5.30pm - I thought about putting him to bed at 5.30pm but surely it is too early - confused

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iamamummy · 14/07/2008 19:40

hi again ladies

things have gone from bad to worse and i am not backing down now. sleeping on sofa tonight

seaside - our "discussions" are always about dp snoring - sleepless nights with oscar in the beginning have been replaced with sleepless nights from an ogre snoring! i dont know if its just since ive had oscar im more aware during the night but its got a hell of a lot worse and i wake about 6 times a night! good luck for the christening dont blame you for m and s'in it! cassius sounds just like oscar - he falls asleep at 5/5:30 and i wake him up about 6:30 put him in his jumperoo to tire him out then give him a bottle and he sleeps soundly til 6ish

chooster - glad the christening went well, first day back at work too - hope it went well and your little boys were chuffed to see you when you got in.

firsttar - sorry to hear its a no go on another baby.

sorry ladies had a tonne of stuff to say but my blood is just boiling.

byeee xx

iamamummy · 14/07/2008 19:42

oh and just another thing - its so funny that he is actually taking more of an interest in oscar tonight - giving him lots of cuddles and playing with him .....

i mean its good for oscar but he is not a bloody weapon!!!!

babylove123 · 15/07/2008 09:51

Hi Guys,

Chooster - Glad to hear Theo's party was good . How was work yesterday? Hope they're treating you nicely! What do you do? Wow, go Theo for walking, bless, it is so cute when they start walking, its like Bambi, lol.

Firststar- Yes Auntie is very excited about coming to see the scan, this must be the most seem in womb baby ever! DP and i went for scan at 6 weeks, then 8 weeks, then DP, me and my mum at 12 weeks. DP, me, my mum and his mum at 20 weeks and now DP, me and Auntie at 22 weeks! Blimey! Looking forward to it though..........6 days to go! I really enjoyed painting the nursery, gave me a sense of achievement. We've got some touch up areas to do and we're going to Cribbs this weekend to buy the border so that has to go up too. We have bought the fisher price oceans aquarium mobile that lights the ceiling up and has fish dangling off it so i really wanted some fishy fabric to make the curtains. I've only found 1 and im not sure if it is a bit loud........ Sorry to hear DP doesnt want any more babies, maybe at the moment he's just enjoying what he has and feels it is too soon to think about more. Maybe give him some space and try the conversation again in a few months? As for the banana episode......it wasnt the fact that i couldnt have the banana's, it was the fact that he tells me what shop i can go in, which row and how long for. Really pisses me off and i'm fed up of adhering to it. I've put my foot down and hes promised to be better this weekend. I tried to explain that he is very lucky, we only go properly food shopping every 3 months, other than that i just pick bits up as i need them on the way home from work! Think that made it sink in how he was being an ass

Seaside - Sorry that poor Cassius is having teething issues too, poor little things! Well done for ordering the food from M & S, dont be embarressed - its the best thing for your sanity! We went to a christening recently and they'd done the same thing and it was really nice stuff! Lol at you and DH not shopping together. It sounds sad but i get lonely shopping on my own so i like having someone to chat to.....dont have any friends to take with me.

Iam - How was the sofa? I did the exact same thing Friday night, was uncomfortable and infact made DP's life easier because he said its the best nights sleep hes had in a while.....grrrrr! Sorry to hear your DH is being an ass at the moment, must be something in the air, so is mine. We argued last night which resulted in another silent evening and when my mum came round, it made it twice as hard! I tried my best to keep it all sweet so it didnt show but he did his best to make it obv we'd been fighting!

DP and i discussed last week about having a sort of baby shower next month. I wanted to have friends and family round etc to celebrate this little ones life and DP agreed it was a nice idea. since then, i've asked him 3 times and each time he was like "yeh, sounds good". So last night we sit down and make a provisional list of names etc and when we've finished he says "i've changed my mind, i dont think we should now". WHAT?! He says people wont make the effort and i'll get all upset and it isnt worth the hassel. I know hes only trying to protect me but i really want to do this. Fine, if ppl dont want to come then i can move the party back to our house (would have hired a hall) and just cater for less. I've given him till the end of the week to think about it. I dont mind him having a different opinion but hes been leading me up a path for a week and i've even been discussing decorations and party food!!!! Argh, what a waste of time!

Anyway, better dash. Am off to see a friend tonight who is 5 weeks less pregnant than me! We're chatting through births........ooooh, this should be interesting!

honeyapple · 15/07/2008 19:07

evening

sorry to hear some DPs being a bit irritating.. hope everyone is loved up again soon. Iamamummy- nice to hear from you can sympathise with the snoring... howver my DP only snores when he has had a drink- i have many times in the past decamped to the sofa in the middle of the night- but now I just set up the sofabed for him if he is out on the beers. (Actually not so much at the minute as he is on a health kick).

Seaside- thanks for your prayer for my friend. Cassius has teeth already eh? Dex is still a gummy monster. Is he the only toothless baby on this thread?? Surely Jak hasnt got any... where is rainbowdays??

babylove- not sure about the baby shower thing- arent they supposed to be just a few girlie mates? Perhaps it would be a bit stressful to do a big party- any you can save the money for something else?

Chooster- belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Theo .

Sorry Dex is moaning... not got a good routine at the moment... he keeps waking at about 4am ... and he wont go to bed at night without an 8oz bottle AND a boobie top up...Think he is going to be a breast boy for a while...Bodders- is Isla still on boob? How is her sleeping?

Right he is really cranking it up now... better go...

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seaside72 · 15/07/2008 20:18

honey - I think there is an evil fairy that wakes up babies at 4am!! It is Cassius's witching hour as well - so annoying- I hate it - it is not late enough to be the night before and not early enough to be morning iykwim? grrr. Even more grrrr - last night Cassius made it till 5am but the bl**dy dog woke me up at 4am - arghhhh.

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