Good morning ladies
Charlie aww I was sure that this time Sophia would cut a tooth. But who knows, they might be on the move inside the gum maybe and just cannot be seen yet. I am sure she must be getting some any time soon now but hopefully not with any more suffering. Especially not when you are on your way to and in Oz!
Clio I am so sorry your DH is being oddly grumpy like that. Hopefully he will snap out of it. As to where you could go, I suppose your mum is too far away to just go and visit? Or maybe that would not be so relaxing either, I know she pushes your buttons too
I am glad your mj is so beneficial to you without making you hazy and spacey and your husband is right, taking care of J on morphine would definitely not be clear-headed like that, so yay!
Also yay for losing 20lb without trying
That is what I would like to happen to me lol.
Sabrina I am sorry your dad is sulking like that! How utterly frustrating and hurtful for you
But yay for winning and my OH likes the Smiths lots too. I think they have the oddest funniest lyrics ever
And I too looove REM! I am not sure who I would have voted for. I was such a firm David Bowie fan during much of the 80s and really got into his old stuff but I did adore The Cure too and then later U2, especially their Joshua Tree album. Still one of my all time favourite albums now.
As for your question re money and OH, I suppose it all depends how much you each make. I mean, if you make bucket loads more than him, I would say you should probably help with bills
. And on the other hand I would say that if you make very little, your OH should help with getting things for Finn once in a while. And as for you doing all the household, well... no! I don't think he should do nothing at all, just cause he pays the bills! You work too and I think he should help!
Storm I don't use my photobucket account much but I also have a flickr account that I hardly use. I guess mostly I use FB but that annoys me soo much cause they mess up your dates and then it has to be reordered manually and if you have loads of pics that take ages as you have to drag and drop one by one
kosh glad G's willy is on the mend and it wasn't anything too bad.
But your description of it going purple does sound like a bruise. But how on earth did he get bruised there? Unless he got kicked in nursery maybe? One would think the nappy would pad him enough though to not allow bruising. Poor boy.
Hope he is ok after his vaccines?
kitty_love yay for new computers! I love getting a new computer and every time I do (which is every 2 or 3 years with laptops) I swear I will keep it pristine and not get the keys all sticky... yeah right lol! But I am looking forward to seeing an updated piccie of your little Blake. How old was he in your avvie pic?
Yay for getting a nice hairdresser and for hair dying! I don't need to die mine but when I come back from the hairdresser I always feel nice and soigné too lol.
I will have to check out this thread about what not to ask a mother of a preemie. Even though you said that you don't mind us asking questions, I wouldn't want to put my foot in it, either with you or another preemie mum. My boys came 3 weeks early but it was planned like that and I guess 37 weeks counts as full term anyway, doesn't it. So I never adjusted their age really. But at any rate I don't think I would have expressed sympathy to a preemie mum unless her LO was still in NICU and that must be worrying. But having a cousin who was born at 26 weeks (she is now 35) and who is perfectly normal, I didn't actually think about "issues" either. And from what you tell of Blake, except that you have to be careful with him catching cold etc, I thought he was doing very well too.
Borboleta again, I am so thrilled for you and Glen! He so deserves this after all that time trying to find a job! So so happy for you
Will you have to change hours at your studio now that he won't be home to watch T while you teach or do you have other arrangements?
As for us I don't know any more what to offer Sebastian as food. So far he refuses everything and even start throwing away banana slices after eating one or two. We have had to resort to tricking him into eating a stage 2 shop bought meal cause he will just not eat anything that remotely requires chewing. But he doesn't really want to be fed any more either. So we have to occupy him with maybe a rice cake and OH sneakily feeds him from behind
Yesterday we offered small organic sausages and sweetcorn in the evening. He didn't even try the sausages and threw the sweetcorn on the floor. Same with the chicken pieces and steamed mini carrots at lunch. I am getting a bit desperate really as meal times have become such a struggle and I canot think of any other foods that he can feed himself with but don't require any chewing at all. He doesn't like avocado, he only nibbles on mozzarella, he initially nibbled a bit on polenta but now refuses that too. Both boys dislike bread and omelettes. But other than those two things, Dominic is eating everything on offer and does it easily and joyfully. As long as he has one piece in his mouth and one piece in each hand and there more pieces waiting for him, he is a happy boy.
When and how did your LO start using spoons to feed themselves? And does it involve a huge foody mess? Cause I find this hard to deal with as it makes me gag when food goes absolutely everywhere
I think this is all for now, almost time for the boys' morning nap. I started this post at 6:50 but have been kept busy since then.
Hope all are well and as usual
to all
First time I've gotten it done since Blake came home from the NICU.
Happy second trimester, bring on the hair dye! 
Though I should talk--I can just imagine what beautiful farmland they destroyed to build our community!
