Good morning ladies
Kosh I see you haven't won the Euromillions (yet) either as it rolled over again and is now an unbelievable 157M!
Well, that is good cause surely
now I will win it
Mind you, I did win £2,50 last night. Yay me! lol
Clio I feel bad that my boys are still confined to the sitting room after what you say about J and the freedom. But I do think your house is very likely a lot bigger than my ca 75 SqM flat and you can therefore store your things better and safer
Britain famously has the smallest houses in Europe. Why do I live here again? Ah yes, the museums I used to go to and all the culture I used to enjoy, oh and cause I couldn't afford to live anywhere else lol.
Thank you for your compliments about my boys.
Yes it was tough when Dominic wouldn't sleep at night or when they were small and all they did all day was to cry and I was with them on my own. But now that Dominic sttn, it really isn't that hard at all. I actually think it might be harder for mothers with one child as they would have to provide the entertainment all the time. My boys have each other and play so well together. Doesn't mean that they don't want me and OH to play with too of course but it isn't all the time. Also, though both have their own ideas about things, they really don't qualify as difficult children, quite in the contrary I think. We do have the odd tantrum but as Kosh wisely commented, it is just frustration (or tiredness) and I can understand it and sympathise.
Nick is like you and actually is glad the boys aren't identical and look
so different. I wouldn't have minded identical ones (or, let's faces it, ANY reasonably healthy baby really
), I am actually following a journal of a mum with identical girls and they are adorable and are totally different in personality, even though they are only 7 months old. So that is fascinating to me to see too
As for washing, I am sorry you are back to doing it cause of your joint but I must say the thought of Nick doing our washing is impossible to even imagine. I seriously think that his mother used to go round to his place and do his washing before he moved in with me. He denies it but he knows ZERO about washing machines so what else can I believe? lol And it IS a hard job isn't it. I feel I have just done a load and yet the boys' laundry basket already overflows again. And because there is always such a load so quickly I must admit that the once pristine snowy white muslins now have a decided blueish-greyish tint cause I didn't wash them separately
So I am actually not that good at it all either. lol
Why is the book tractor a bad one? I looked it up and it seems to be a touchy feely one with pictures of real tractors. Not something I'd choose perhaps but why is it bad?
But yay for 12 hour nights
We get them too, well almost. Usually 11 hours and a bit but sometimes (oddly enough mostly OH's nights) more than 12 hours. I would never have believed it possible a few months ago
What you say about J and the children on the crescent sounds so sweet! How lovely that he is so social! Maybe there could be some sort of meet with all the children in a park or a playground or something? I bet J would love it! I don't think you deprived him of being social any more than any other mother who is lucky enough to be home with their child most of the time. But didn't you say that you were considering a nursery for him? Are you still going ahead with this or is this for after the summer holidays of your college?
Borboleta thank you for your compliments
I don't have any videos that are worth watching at the moment. I often try and capture what they are doing but as soon as I have my phone in position they stop lol But I do try all the time
As for how I post the videos, I upload them to my Youtube account and then just post the link here.
I know I should speak German to the boys and yes it is my first language as my mum is German. It would be a great gift to them you are absolutely right. I must make more of an effort!
Sabrina I bet you are right and F was frustrated with his daddy for not paying attention to him. But still, hope Mr Cranky won't reappear today
As for your question about breakfast, no my boys love their breakkie. And of course Dominic loves his food anyway which is why he is somewhat round lol. We usually give porridge with fruit-puree or maybe even a jar of baby breakfast.
As for talking, my boys still only say one or two words. Sebastian says Mama, Dominic says Daddeee and gooyg for book. So yay Finn
Kitty gosh so overdue and still no BFP must be so frustrating! Is this usual for you to be so overdue though? I really hope it is a BFP after all but it is weird that so far in the pee sticks still don't pick it up. So sorry
Leeze you poor woman! I am so sorry Kia still sleeps so badly and you get those rough nights still. I don't know how you function and I wish I could help
Rowan SO lovely to hear from you!
I am glad Michael is happy with his new milk. I too heard that that one smells quite badly though? Does he not mind? Also, it seems that Jules is having similar problems with her William but so far the milk hasn't helped him that much yet I guess, as he is not sleeping and crying a lot too.
Which double buggy did you go for in the end? I don't remember. But I am so in awe of you that you did your exercise video and are only 8lbs over your prepreg weight. I am a fat slob still and an exercise free zone
Sorry your DH is still not helping out with Michael. Does he at least help with Martha? But OH and I argued all the time too when we were so sleep deprived. It is so much better now and I am sure once Michael sleeps better it will improve for you too! xx
Storm you poor thing and the sickness! I really had hoped it wouldn't be so bad this time round
I am glad L enjoys her nursery now. What a relief that must be to you! And also what a relief that most nights are now good! Bet you now think back with horror and dread that it might get that bad again? I know we do lol. And if she isn't overweight and eats well during the day I don't see why you should get her off her night milk. Unless it is bad for her teeth? I seem to have read this somewhere but have only a vague recollection.
Poor Lyds though for having a sore bottom. Does this mean she is teething again? My boys get it from time to time and I always wonder if it is related. But they never had it so bad that a carefully dried bottom and a thin layer of Bepanthen didn't clear it up.
AS for your BIL, I think he is totally out of line! I would so kick if my BIL told me what to do like that. Maybe there is an indication right there of what went wrong in that marriage, if he is that bossy with his SIL? As for cutting your SIL off, I wouldn't. Actually we had a not totally dissimilar problem in my family. My father's youngest brother suddenly ditched his second wife and mother of 3 of his children and brought his new lover to my grandmother's place. (This was the year before she died) My whole family, uncles, aunts and cousins always used to go to my grandmother's in summer. So unannounced he suddenly turns up with this new woman and we are meant to be nice and welcoming to her?! Erm no! I wouldn't be so disloyal to my aunt, who was heartbroken! So I was icy instead. My uncle no longer talks to me, cancelled his ongoing commission of greeting cards for his bank that I was doing every year and is still with the new woman who is universally disliked. Of course over time I would have had to come to accept his new life but this woman is truly HORRIBLE and a gold digger to boot! (My uncle is seriously rich!) And I am very fond of my aunt so yeah. I always preferred his two wives to him anyway. LOL how horrid of me!
As for us nothing much new here, except that I had the boys on my own all day yesterday. OH had to go and help his sister and mother evict a problematic tenant and he didn't come back till almost 8. So I had to put the boys to bed on my own too. I was a little worried how I would manage but they were good as gold and Dominic fell asleep as soon as I left the room, as usual. I think it helped that I have put them to bed on my own for their naps so many times so that it wasn't so alien to them not to have daddy there too. I am sure they missed him but I cannot say that him not being there all day made them cry or anything.
Oh and I want to tell you about one cute thing they did yesterday. We usually have the animated nursery rhymes on the tv for them and they have a tendency to play with the controls on the tv. So yesterday when I was playing with the boys the music was a bit loud in the background. Dominic likes to hand me stuff and then I have to tell him the name of it and give it back to him. They have this little bug that plays music when pressed, has a soft body but also some teething bits at the bottom. They love it and always want me to turn on the music for them but sometimes it doesn't work for whatever reason. So when Dominic handed it to me yesterday, I pressed it and put it to my ear to hear if it was working. It was and when I handed it to Dominic he put it to his ear as well and swayed back and forward like a DJ with an headphone. We also have this sun/flower thing that plays You are my Sunshine. When Sebastian handed that to me and I turned that on, he immediately put it to his ear too and swayed back and forward too! Seriously, these little boys just kill me
Hope all are well. Sending
to all
I've found, though, that OH's and my spats barely register anymore because they happen so frequently. They just seem so...normal now, I guess. Oh dear, now I'm wondering if that's a bad sign...
. I would love to have seen this. 
! I do wish he would play by himself a little more but with me and OH at home he has plenty of entertainment!!!
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