SLEEP IS FOR THE WEEK part 7 -- prop your eyes open with matchsticks here

[MegBusset]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...

ahem, re Dadsnet, DH has been spending a bit of time with this:

www.timefordads.com

(not a shameless advert, oh no)

tibsy was just thinking about books I have read recently that might be suitable and DP and I both really enjoyed Bill Bryson's Thunderbolt Kid - it's autobiographical but is basically a funny look at 50s America, his writing's very light and humourous, a nice diversion.

What about a travel book? I liked Redmond O'Hanlon's In Trouble Again.

Effie, totally sending that to DH. He's got his, now why doesn't he leave me alone with mine??

EP, i like the highchair review, very ;funny!

anyone know of a nice place to live in uk?

that's a very open question beal!

just to let you know MegB had to take ds to hospital with bronchiolitis on sat night and says they will prob have to stay for a few days. please send them your warm vibes for recovering bubbas. xx

Oh poor Meg . Sending positive vibes her way.

Poor Meg and DS! [healthy vibes on hyper-speed delivery] Thanks for letting us know, Amber.

Beal, I very much like London, but I've never lived anywhere else in the UK, so I am afraid I won't be very helpful! What are you looking for generally?

o no poor megs. when did the goin amber?

4 bed pref. would consider 3 bed. has to have at least a 25ft garden, pref. a kitchen with space for a central island. not fussed about much else, but only have bout £190,000

poor meggy and lo huge get well soon((((hugs)))) to them

ginger for poor dd's upset tum. was it the teeth do you think? ds had an upset tum over the weekend, theres loads going around atm hope shes right now

EP hope lo settles down soon. dd has been fine since MMR (touch wood)so far

roro so pleased that youre feeling better re. working. am sure thats half the battle

thanks for the book ideas. will check out our local waterstones and try to resist temptation myself

EP will show it to dp i liked the stupid kids' names

beal - not too sure really, depends how far you want to move re. df's job i guess?....... i'd like to live by the sea myself. one day [wistful emoticon]

meg big hug and hope ds is on road to recovery

tibs yes no.1 LDA are great books. very light and quite uplifting in their simplicity iyswim!
LOL at leaving starbucks due to shouty dd. that's normally ds hence why i enjoyed it so much on sat sans child!

Ginger for you and dd. big hug

CSB if elizabeth pantley is to be believed then napping is the key to a good night. ds was difficult to get down for naps when he was small but got better the older he got.That said i did put alot of effort into naps. dark room, soft blanket, singing, rocking, consistent times, staying with him...whatever it took really. He now goes to sleep in his cot by himself for his nap but that evolved naturally on its own and may have done so regardless of my efforts. who knows!!

hi to amber and beal

Hello all.

Tibsy: Ditto Gingers post. I don't really have any words, just want you know I'm thinking of you and your SIL. (And your DH). This is a really tough time and I hope that your SIL gets all the support she needs from the hospital. Tell her not to be afraid to ask questions. When my Step-Dad had cancer my mum really regrets that they were too polite and didn't always ask questions or for clarification.

CSB: I empathise with the distress you're feeling with your lo's crying. DD had awful colic which mercifully stopped at about 14 weeks, but with Ds2 the crying for no reason has continued. It really gets me down because it stops me enjoying my baby. TBH some days I wonder if going for no.3 was the right decision. I have to constantly remind myself that he will grow out of it. Not much advice I'm afraid, just sympathies.

RoRO: I'm glad your feeling more positive about work. I am in awe that you work such long hours in a demanding job and have a young baby.

Amber: Glad you had a good night.

EP: for your night. I hope your lo feels better soon.

Beal: I'm gald things are happier with DF. Does he have any idea where he'd like to live?

DS2 slept a bit better last night. Feeding at 12 and 3. (Actually seeing it written down that's brilliant ). He is still really difficult during the day though and as I said to CSB it gets me down. At the moment it feels like I'm surviving the days. I want to start enjoying being with my dcs. Before I know it I'll be back at work.

well he's hspppy where we are, he's lived here all his life, we just fancy a change. w've both always lived near the sea so that would nice, up north where prices are cheaper would be nice.

CM - glad you had a good night. the way i look at it is that if the nights are gtting better, the days are copable and you'r both alive at the end of the day, then you've done a fantastic job that day! its the only way i can boost my confidence

CM it must be so hard with 3 you really do have my sympathies. as you know with you other 2 the baby bit passes so quickly in hindsigght and before you know it you'll be packing ds2 off to school. in meantime you can only do what you need to get by.

what age is ds2 again? Sorry keep forgetting

sorry i sound like a total spod in that last post with my bad spelling and total lack of punctuation!

Thankyou Tamdin. You are right, this will pass before I know it. Sometimes I lose sight of that and it's nice to hear it again. Even though I have 3 DCs I still feel like I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

What I find crazy is that this time 4 years ago I had one DS who was 5 months old. And now I have 3 DCs, with DS1 at school!! Time really does fly by.

DS2 is 20 weeks on Wednesday.

DH would like one and all to know that he looked after DS2 this afternoon whilst I took the other 2 to a party. And he cooked dinner and walked the dog. Actually it was good to get out without having to think about DS2. Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy because I convince myself that DS2 cannot be with anyone but me.

Beal: I hope you find somewhere nice for you and DF to live. Down south house prices are ridiculous so I think you'd find it hard to meet your criteria on your budget. It's a nightmare really because we'd really like a 4 bed. house, but we can't afford it. My friend just bought one on a busy road and it set her back £350,000! I'd love to have her house but we have no where near that kind of money.

hi all quick post from hospital bedside on dh's handheld thingy. ds is doing ok, been off oxygen since this afternoon and if he does ok overnight hopefully we can go home tomorrow. thanks for your kind posts/emails/texts, hope evryone sleeps well tonight x

Meggy for poor DS. Lots of [hugs coming your way.

Meg, we're all thinking of you. You get some rest, too. (((hugs))) and get-well thoughts to DS! Poor bear.

CM, that's incredible, four years and so much has changed, but still it's the same, as well. I can see myself in that future! I can't believe DS is already seven months old, such a big boy!

My poor bear has been teething really badly today. He went to sleep as soon as I came home from work and gave him his dinner-boob. Just passed out. DH had given him some calpol about thirty minutes earlier. He's already woken up twice since we put him down at 6:30. Poor little bear-bear! Wish us luck tonight.

I wish good night's sleep to all of you. "See" you in the morning!

Meg: I hope DS is better very soon and you can all go home.

Goodluck tonight RoRO I hope DS doesn't suffer too much with his teeth.

How was your night, RoRo? We also gave a dose of Calpol before bed and DS was fine till about 2, with one 3 hour stretch. Then he was more unsettled but I was too sleepy to get up and give him another dose! He's happily dozing now with DH . I'm out this evening at a work thing, so Dh has a long stint today.

Well done to your DH CM, sounds like he needs to be rewarded with more childcare duties .

Nice to hear from you, Meg. Great news that DS is off the oxygen . Hope you're all home and recovered soon.

morning all, do we need a SIFTW 8? this is getting so full. our night was good last night. bed at 6:20, up at 3 for dummy and bonjela, awake at 6. lovely! and ds1 slept all the way thru! this is probably gona sound really anal, but can we call our kids by their names? i get really confused with the whole ds1/2/3 thing?? mine are ds1 = Noah, ds2 = Jude!

we're gona move near my mum, about an hour away. it means i'll have to work which is a bummer but my mums on hand for childcare so going to apply for police and prison officer