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Morning all.

jw I've pulled myself together now! And NO-Ones nipples are that high up ... the woman is clearly an alien!

bonzo good to see you back - sounds like a fab time was had in the big city.

neddie I can brush a horse (was there something called a curry comb?) and I can pick hooves too! I had a horse at my grandfather's place - it was a right old nag from a market in Anglesey...called Twinkle but there was nothing sparkly about it at all. Mind you - if you could stay on it then you'd probably stand a chance riding in the outbacks of Mongolia I used to enjoy it - I'd fly about, bouncing around like someThewell drawing from the 70s!

TOILET HUMOUR TRUE STORY...from last night.
DP fell asleep watching tv last night. I went to bed and was woken by the most horrendous crash coming from the bathroom. Went in to find him slumped on the floor, looking dazed and confused. "I fell asleep" he said. And yep - halfway through having a wee, he obviously had a narcaleptic episode and completely fallen over, smashing his head, glasses on the side of the basin and then the floor. OMG you should see his black eye this morning - it's HUGE Ahhhhh, shouldn't laugh......

Oh yes, tee I wonder when it'll be her turn. My hospital started the list at 9am and only did 4 scheduled CS per day - so as to make room for emerg ones. OOooo, I wonder when hubby will let us know? Gosh, if I don't know before camping tomorrow afternoon then jw you'll have to let me know!!

Yeah JJ get the bat phone ready for your trip

I figure, him being a man and all, he'll spend all day with tee and the baby then maybe, just before he goes to bed and remembers with a jolt, he'll post something vague on FB.

OMG @ your OH. That sounds really dangerous. For gawds sakes, don't let him drive! (or is this confined only to weeing?)

Well we're off to Costco this morning. Woot. Already been to school with K in her new trolley - trying to getting her climatised to it. So far, so good. Just thought, is the word 'trolley' still used? Am I showing my age?

OOH neddie very nice spanish horses. Are they Andalusians? Beautiful if they are.

I used to love the Thelwell books and have loads of the books when I was about 12 and absolutely mad on everything horsey!

Nah - trolleys are for supermarkets jw - yer showing yer age !

I think DP fell asleep cos he'd been watching Dodgeball for about the 10th time (It's another of his 'spectrum' traits!) and it's the second time in a year he's fallen asleep standing up having a pee I bet he's been watching the same bloody film last time!

jw - trolley?? Last used in the 60's methinks

London was a fun weekend- visiting a stack-load of friends in rotation and tromping round the sights. Absolutely shattered me though - keep forgetting I don't have the stamina I'm used to at 33 weeks. Saw Michelle Obama's cavalcade go past us in St James Park and had some lovely lunches and dinners out. Lovely time.

JJ OMG at your hubby! And you are evil laughing at him!! Poor bloke . I bet he tells everyone you battered him!

I just heard that my pregnant friend was putting the bin out and tripped on her PJ leg and fell - because of the bin she was carrying she couldn't stop her fall as well and smashed her face on the garden wall - broke three of her front teeth!!! Poor sod - all shaken up. Fortunately the baby is ok.

Oh and on the fretfull mother question - I said NO - but it really does depend on your baby's personality and how they sleep. I always put M down awake - didn't rock her to sleep. And usually picked her up as soon as she cried. She was a peacefull, contented happy baby and only when she was teething did she cry "excessively". I think part was luck and part the detemination in letting her learn to sleep herself.

Glad you had a good time in the smokey, Bonzo. JJ you are mean to your poor peeing DH. But I would be too .

JW Trolley! Reminds me of my friend's dad doing the Father of the Bride speech. Fortunately his other DD had checked thru his notes first, because his opening gambit was going to be:
'It seems like only yesterday that I was pushing J in her wheelchair around the park.'
DD2 suggested he change it to 'wheeling her in her pushchair'. .

Tee is a blogger and has a FB page and is ggenerally such a 21st century gal that I bet her DH is too - so hopefully we'll hear sooner than tonight! Not sure what the time was, but first list for sure. I tried to pop mine out last night but it just jumped on my bladder and laughed at me.

I mean that I think Tee's DH is v 21st century in his communication habits. Not a girl

jw interesting article. it is a difficult subject. for me, i can pretty much work out the different kinds of cries. hungry, tired, want to play. so it depends on the kind of cry.

but at night, i do insist on them falling asleep by themselves. if they do wake up at night crying and it is not the "i'm trying to fall asleep" cry, then i do go in and check to see they are alright and give LO a pat. i never pick LO up at night unless he has a stinky nappy that needs changing.

i feel for that mum who was so knackered she couldnt see straight!

hey, anyone know where i can get a baby car seat cover? my LO has a maxi cosi 0+ and i am looking for a cute cover, in white, with frills. that kind of victorian thing. anyone know where i can get one?

CONGRATS onehit

hey check this site out! cutest things!

this page

soooo expensive

how much? and why on earth would anyone buy smocked muslins??? (the sick would just collect in the creases - bleaugh )

Bonzo - sounds like quite a trip you had! I certainly couldn't have done it. Good on you! at your poor friend breaking her teeth (ouch!) glad LO ok though.

Babies and crying another contentious one - I don't purposely leave mine to cry at all for the first 3 months (purely because I feel that they're crying because they need you)That said, once I know what sort of cry it is, a bit like you heron, I do let them air their lungs so to speak. I'm not good at putting them to bed awake though - but that's probably because I co-sleep, but will endeavour to try harder with this one (my mum will be so pleased )

neddie - a move to Spain sounds idyllic and so much less stressful for you and DP. I've friends who moved to Jerez a few years back and they absolutely love it (and look years younger on it too!!!!) What a lovely thing to be planning for after your LO's arrive.

£75 for cosytoes????? I use an old pillowcase with two holes cut in the sides for her arms. Lordy, heron. You won the lottery or something?

ermintrude I've never wheeled her around in a wheelchair but I guess I'm using archaic language with trolley.

See no news from tee's OH yet? I did think of her when I was in Costco and there was a fresh one in the arms of the lady in front in the queue. Seems such a long time ago that K was like that, and it isn't really. Oh, how time flies!

I think most mums get used to the different cries their baby has and act on it in the appropriate way.

quick hullo while the screaming subsides..

At home today with a very unhappy Mr D - screaming all night, very unusually clingy, will only sleep if sat up on my lap, etc
might be teething but couldn't foist him onto his grandma in that state so bugger to work sez I.

Off to the doctors at 4 to make sure its teeth and not ears as he has been pulling at them.

right, it's high time tee's DH put that baby down and got home to do the announcement!! what's he playing at eh?

jw ".....and act on it in the appropriate way" what's wrong? are you being held hostage? is this a covert sign? have you joined the diplomatic corps? lol
I couldn't have put it better myself

Oh and message to posh spice: fake nipples and silly short skirt with high heels do not a style icon make

mrsb oooh poor D there's something in the air today I'm sure. DS2 (now in bed) has been a clingy miserable mess too and I'm sure his isn't teeth (or ears) . Hope D perks up.

lol

Oh no mrsb. Poor D. Hope it is his teeth and nothing untowards. Poor little lambkins.

iris LOL. I guess I was being diplomatic. You know what I meant

Fake nipples? Are you sure? Why would she wear plastic nipples from joke shop? Was there a big, fake, plastic arse under said mini skirt?

big fake plastic arse? Wonder where she got it? I could do with one of those to augment my sagging cheeks (always secretly fancied trying those padded tights they're so fond of in China )

aye, really, apparently there is a celeb thing for wearing stick on sticky out nipples to ensure all eyes and cameras are pointed at you at all times...

mrsb that's very sad (and slightly disturbing) The trials and tribs of being a sleb eh

'smuggling peanuts' as it's known up north.

...only yesterday I was a bit chilly in the tent tee-shirt I sleep in and dh said it looked like i was 'smuggling walnuts' . My nipples and aureole are ENORMOUS, I'd forgotten that happened. Not much leaking yet though. Late pregnancy, it's gorgeous.

ermintrude lol at smuggling peanuts

I don't seem to suffer with leakage either, thankfully. My boobs do leak gallons once I've delivered though...for months