BigMoFos - Week 50

[JackieNo]

Bright shiny new week.

Absolutely - medicinal chocolate has no calories at all.

I was very virtuous today - went to visit a friend, and took all sorts of lovely chocolatey stuff with me, but managed not to eat any of it . I surprised myself with my willpower. Mind you, we went round to our neighbour this evening for his 60th birthday, and I had 2 glasses of champagne. Hic. (Doesn't take much these days). And tomorrow I'm hosting book group at my house, so it's snacks ahoy, I'm afraid.

Hi everyone
I don't seem to be spending much time on mn at the moment! I seem to be at work or at the gym if I'm not sorting the kids out!
Couldn't be bothered with the gym tonight so went for a long walk getting lost in music I listened to 10 years ago bring back some great memories helping me forget about what is going on with me now!

Hi Whoops - sounds like a healthy way of dealing with things. All that time at the gym or walking has to be good.

yes Jackie - getting back into going to the gym and healthy eating has been great for me, I still get sad about my mc, but seem to have so much more energy and in a lot better mood. just being out in the fresh air was a lot nicer than being in a sweaty smelly gym!!! may get out more often and just use the gym for swimming!

Now the weather's getting nicer, and the days longer, it's ideal.

was someone on here planning on doing the Richmond Mile for Maude? If so please sign up, I'll find the thread and post

here

Well done on the willpower JackieNo - is impressive indeed. I have been off work today so have had to leave house so don't snarfle entire contents in bordom. Am now (or will be in a second rather) CYLCLING to the gym. Good god, is so unlike me, I feel a little faint at the thought of it. THink have been spurred on by all your enthusiasim.
Here I go then. Enjoy your days ladies x

Hi Sue,
I had planned to come up to London/Richmond for the walk when there was going to be a meet up but that sort of fizzled so I hadn't done anything about it! I think I can probably still make it so I'll go investigate trains/coaches etc. then sign up if its feasible!

We had a 'lovely' evening yesterday! An hour or so sitting in the minor injuries clinic awaiting xrays! Still at least it wasn't A&E which would have mean't a wait of several hours!

Small girl fell over in the playground on Monday and by yesterday evening she couldn't move her arm (apparently!). She'd managed her swimming lesson though so I didn't think there was too much damage but I thought we ought to check it out!

As expected it is only badly bruised and has just started to stiffen! And as mummy suspected it'll move too, if small girl stops being a big girls blouse!

I know, I know, I'm an unkind, unfeeling, monster of a mummy! But I've lost count of the visits to casualty with my drama queen dd who is absolutely positive she's really hurt herself.......and I always go because the one time I decide not to I just know its gonna be serious!

EllieG - Wow - am impressed all over again. Will you be getting a taxi back from the gym?

Littlemisssensible - poor you. Hospitals are a pretty dire place to be, though, as you say, at least it wasn't A&E. Your poor DD, though I know exactly what you mean - I'm the same. You know that there probably isn't anything really wrong, but you also know that you have to discount all those things, Just In Case (or should that be ?). Hope she feels better soon.

It'll be interesting to see if we make a complete recovery for the swimming Gala tomorrow afternoon If not then I guess I'll just have to accept that her arm really does hurt a lot!!!

I'm horribly unsympathetic with DS - he's falling over a lot at the moment (just started walking, bless) so his forehead is covered in little grazes. When he falls ovre I just say "oops but you didn't really hurt yourself did you", obviously if there is a startled gasp and a massive intake of breath before he absolutely yells then I know it really does hurt. You can tell how much it hurts by the length of the breath intake.

Yes you definitely can, can't you. The loudness of the cry really is directly related to the length of the pause after the intake of breath. Wow - he's walking now - I think I remember you saying he was cruising around, but when did the walking start?

started about 2 weeks ago and he's much steadier now. He still can't stand up (ie get up) yet so everytime he falls over he has to crawl to a wall/chair/person pull pull himself up again which he find immensely frustrating - it has resulted in lot of falling over followed by an angry yell!

How old is small girl, LMS? Mine's almost 6 and such a drama queen - I don't know whether it's a girl thing.

I'm usually very matter-of-fact with her which she probably thinks is horribly unsympathetic ... unless she's really hurt herself, of course.

Your lovely little boy is doing so well, Sue. I didn't realise he was walking now.

I'm pleased you're all as unsympathetic as me, it makes me feel a bit better!

My mum always used to say to us "You'll suffer worse before you die" and I've always said the same to mine.

But I've noticed that I get some very strange looks from teachers/school nurses/after school care assistants etc. so I began to think I'm particularly uncaring!

DD is 9 going on 19 WWB! Ans she has always been a complete drama queen at the same time as being a tom boy!

She is the only girl in her class who will happily climb trees, play in the mud and generally scramble over and under everything.....as long as she can do so in her party dress and patent shoes!

And of course provided that she is the centre of attention when the inevitable scratch/bruise/sting/scrape happens

Sounds very much like my dd, LMS ... it doesn't improve as they get older then??

yes he is WWB [proud mother emoticon], he is doing so well at the moment and I'm just so happy with him, he's such a honey. Makes me want to freeze this time and store it somewhere to take it out and relive in 40 year when I'm old(er) and grey(er)

Your ds is coming on in leaps and bounds Sue! It doesn't seem so long ago that you were telling us he'd learn't to sit up unaided and now he's walking!!!

Just a word of warning (I'm sure you don't need it as she seem eminently more sensible than me!)about Radiators! If he's still using things to pull himself up when they go on check the temperatures!

My ds (now 24 so no lasting damage!)always used them as props to get on to his feet and on the evening I proudly put our brand new central heating system on he badly burn't both hands and had to wear boxing glove bandages for several weeks I felt like such a terrible mother and soooo guilty. I've never forgotten how awful I felt as I watched them trying to bandage each little finger individually before wrapping each hand in a bandage to stop him pulling them all off

Afraid not WWB! But at least instead of crying every time she now looks at me and says "I know..I'll suffer worse before I die" with a look of distain on her face!

well heating hasn't been on in my house fr some time (except for a few hours early eveing) but thanks for the warning. The stairs are a bigger problem tbh. Having learnt to quite competatnly get up and down he has now decided to try coming down like the big people - ie just stick a foot out and lean forward. YIKES!

Eeek! That sounds like fun! I sometimes wonder if they're programmed with a self destruct button!

You sound like you enjoy your little boy so much Sue, it's lovely to hear.
DIdn't get a taxi back from gym but was the slowest cycle ride EVER kept being lapped by old ladies.
Am off to weigh in and email now (worried emoticon)