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notyummy · 06/09/2010 20:57

Hello all!

Cake - come back we neeeeeed you to tell us about your holiday....

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LetThemEatCake · 22/09/2010 12:05

Respect yangy you sound to be doing the work of 6 women and ten men. Look after yourself. Remember what they say on flights, get your own lifejacket on before the kids' ones.

I adore my girlfriends and really miss my circle at home but lucky to have great friends here. Just miss the balance of having a few blokes around too. Maybe its a flirty thing, don't think so though.

Can't think that anyone has ever disliked me for bring too beautiful ha ha!! Plenty of other reasons to dislike me Wink My sis deffo encounters lots of jealousy though

A sushi chef made me cry at work many years ago, I stormed out of the kitchen, all crumpled face and spotted.... My future (current!) dh!!!

Made a new friend in the park last week, bub a few
weeks older than dc3. She invited me to an invitation
only playgroup this morning, was fun if slightly nerve wracking (dressed with more care than usual) and she seems lovely. Nice for bub to have mates own age rather than always having to tag after P and C.

Right off to do nursery pickup

carciofi · 22/09/2010 12:12

Ooh, lovely boots Roma.

Fritzi, your ex-boss sounds a PITA! I had one boss who was a micro manager, it drove me crazy.

Yangymac, sounds like getting the cleaner for a few extra hours would be good if you can do it. I went back to work full time last summer but resigned after a week so am at home now. I felt very torn as I enjoyed my job and it is a great company but they wouldn't let me work part-time and my dh works long hours and would never be able to drop dd off/collect her and we have no family here. I will have to and want to go back to work when she is older and in school but hopefully part-time.

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carciofi · 22/09/2010 12:20

Fritzi, I like those grey jeans, maybe they are a better buy than grey cargos?

FritziGreenEyes · 22/09/2010 12:33

carciofi - Love the grey cargos but for me the skinnies will be better, as the side-pockets wouldn't work for me and I benefit from a slightly higher waist.

hellsbelles · 22/09/2010 12:59

yang - that sounds so hard. I think a few more hours of cleaner would help a little.

I love all theories on the wolf whistle...they make sense. Whelk....that is a wonderful compliment - one to store in the memory box for ever!

Carciofi - I think 2 is more practical really...though 1 is a nice shape.

Thanks Tracey!

NY - Are they different dresses in the pics? I like the first pic best

Roma - gorgeous boots - too high for me but totally fab.

Felix - thanks for the grey skinny link - have just bought and will report back!

Right - work beckons again.

notyummy · 22/09/2010 13:02

Same dress Hells - just me faffing around in different rooms and trying to work out what mirror was best!

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hellsbelles · 22/09/2010 13:43

ha! Well the shape was great on you in all pics but the first pic was the most gorgeous!

o.k...fess up time. I've been feeling guilty about this but I really don't think I can make the 16th. we have a family christening on the 17th and I've just found out it's a very early start...plus on the 15th I have a ball (!) I have to go to - which is a late one. With my advancing years I can only manage so many things in the space of 48 hours.

I wish I could change one of those other things so I could do the meet up but they are immovable beasts. I'm really sorry. But I shall most certainly be at the next one.

carciofi · 22/09/2010 13:57

Fritzi, thanks, have ordered the grey skinnies. Much cheaper than the Current/Elliots and James Jeans are a great fit.

Ok, think I will hold out fot the Cameron (though I would like to get both, Ollie, better not!).

It is such a lovely day here, I am giving my red sundress one last outing.

carciofi · 22/09/2010 13:58

for, not fot Blush

bunnymother · 22/09/2010 15:09

Hi! Posting from a cafe after nanny interview - some nannies have £££ expectations and we re offering ££. Oh well, we will find someone. And in the meantime I have found cake Grin.

Yangy - I 2nd the advice offered. DH sees Delie either in the morning or the evening - both are impossible for him and his job is normally quite reasonable w no real commute (although he is working 12 hour days at the mo). As he has chosen evenings to see her, he goes to bed at 8pm. How about you do your work in he morning and your DH does the morning shift? You take over when you get home of an evening. Everyone finds the eve shift hard. I think ditch the cloth - luxury you can't afford time wise. Stick to essentials re your time. Is your DH using ready food / short cuts for evening meals? Example - cold roast chicken, microwave rice, frozen pre-chopped veg, left over pasta, bought pesto etc. All readily avail and make a great meal in little time. Think you need to be ruthless re your time as you have little but are still trying to do so much. Re time w DCs, recent study found children take happy time w parents over more time. So am sure your DCs wouldn't care about missing the morning shift. DD doesn't and is still obsessed w DH. Your happiness is as important as theirs. Sorry for sermon, and keep in mind it's from SAHM. Pinch salt etc.

bunnymother · 22/09/2010 15:10

Oh dear - DD goes to bed at 8pm, not DH. No doubt many more typos...

Romanarama · 22/09/2010 16:20

My boots shouldn't be called boots, I'm going to call them foot art I think.

Yangy you are me, except way more heroic. I never went for the distinction between nanny and cleaner (I have also never lived in the UK with kids, and have never lived in cultures where dedicated nannies exist, so it wasn't particularly a choice). I've always had 'nannies' who also clean and cook, and the kids except dc1 have spent part of the day at nursery when very small. The nanny/housekeepers also lived in and provided evening babysitting.

Now the kids are at school all day (they are in French school so go all day from the september of the calendar year they turn 3 - so it was from 2.9 for my dc2) I have been making do recently with a variety of alternatives. One is having evening babysitters who also clean and iron, so much more for your money. This is completely normal here - not sure whether such a thing is on offer in UK. We've now got an au pair, which I find a lot of investment of money and emotional energy for a somewhat limited return, but it is pretty inexpensive for flexible childcare (covering all impromptu business trips, care for sick children etc), and she'll happily run errands, sign for outnet deliveries and suchlike important tasks. She also walks the dog every day. And I like her and so do the boys. I'm looking for a permanent cleaner/housekeeper as well at the moment, in addition to au pair, for 4hrs/day to do all the chores and cook dinner.

I spelt all that out to show that I require way more help than you have just to keep afloat, so you should recognise that you're doing a lot and it's not surprising you're exhausted. Despite all the help I still find it totally unsatisfactory because I don't personally spend enough time with my children. My colleagues all work until 8pm too. I now work 75% from home as it's the only way to see the children day to day.

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Whelk · 22/09/2010 19:26

Yangy - that sounds tough.

I work 3 days/week in a job I love and manage to do nursery drop off at 8.30ish and pick up at 5ish and dh does one day per week. Both dh and I see our dds morning and evening and they are both tucked up by 7.0.

And I get knackered. And I have it so easy. you must be shattered. There is no shame in getting as much help as you can get!!

Whelk · 22/09/2010 19:47

God that sounds horribly smug. What I'm trying to say is that things seem tough for you so look after yourelf.

ApuskiDusky · 22/09/2010 19:54

Hello everyone, just popping in quickly to show my face, and to update you - we took A to the paediatrician today as his weight had fallen below all the centiles, and what do you know, he's put on 7oz in a week! Paed is happy for now, but going back in 6 weeks to check if it continues. Such a relief though!

I have had no time to come on here or think about clothes with our feeding regime, but now I have to pack for the weekend - to cover a birthday lunch (mine), a ruby wedding lunch, and a funeral (DH's gran Sad ). All clothes to be bf friendly, and fit my postpartum figure, and I've left it a bit late to shop for anything new. Same outfit three days running?!

Right, I will try to now read the thread, otherwise I won't know what you're all going on about!

mrsjuan · 22/09/2010 20:07

Oh goodness yangy - that is a lot of work - definitely take all the short cuts you can and think about what really matters.

I work 2 days in a similar set up to whelk and find those 2 days much less tiring than looking after DD. I don't know if that means that I have an easy job, a demanding daughter or am just a rubbish mother!

Beautiful boots foot art Roma - are you feeling better now?

Had to do a late night supermarket run last night for lunch things for DH and softened the blow with this for work. Not bad at all.

hf128219 · 22/09/2010 20:30

apuski Good news indeed!

yangy Have you just gone back to work? If you have that is the biggest shock - getting into a routine, trying to fit everything into 24 hours etc. I really feel for you.

I work full-time, 5 days a week, and like NY also have a dh who is away a lot.

It is tough and I agree with everyone's suggestions to try and make things a little easier. I have a cleaner who comes every day, I use Ocado, I use ready meals sometimes, I make lists, I know what's in the freezer, I lay out all clothes the night before etc - god I sound boring!

It will get a little easier. Make a list of what really matters to you - is it home-cooked food or a sparkling bath? Is it well ironed dc's clothes or lots of cuddles and stories?

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LetThemEatCake · 22/09/2010 21:47

apuski that's fabulous news. Really happy and relievd for you. Well done Baby A!

bunny fingers crossed. The fingers that aren't clutching the triple choc gateau, that is Smile

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