Beach Bump Graduates!

[melissasbump]

He had a lot of annual leave back from when he was off sick all that time, because it was certified by doctor. Yes he will have been off nearly seven weeks! crazy isnt it!

 

[Hann12]

Yes you've been really lucky to have so much help, and Alan to have do much time with them both.

 

[caz_hills]

Thanks girls - what would I do without you

Neel was wondreful and we had such an honest chat about how we both feel. But then today I had Ajay pretty much by myself as he was at the gym, doing DIY and just doesn;t think about us sometimes and I thought THIS IS WHY!!!!!!!!! But seriously, he was wonderful and so supportive. I appreciate your comments though and to be honest, I think we're the same, we don't really want him to be an only child, we always imagined having at least two. I don't feel a huge urge to have another but I don't want to reget it or have Neel resent me....... ho hum....... xx

Mel you are SO lucky to have Alan at home for so long, that's amazing. What a difference that makes! I'm tempted to ask Neel for the same thing if we have a second and see if we can split it more to support me more.

Han - is your Mum here next? x

 

[melissasbump]

With recovering from a 2nd section, it is needed to some extent as there is no way i could have managed with lifting Harrison etc and then my sciatica on top, i dont know what i would have done, I know how lucky i am!
Its his birthday today, got him a lovely canvas of the boys (from the boys), a top and tickets to see Paul Weller (his passion not mine!) we have had lunch at mums today and spent a fair bit of time in their hot tub!

 

[Hann12]

Caz it drives me mad when gregs meant to be playing with Annabelle but then goes off to clean his bike or something and i end up on the floor playing and then in more pain. Men are rubbish sometimes! Glad he has been understanding about the baby thing, you have plenty of time to decide, you're both still young.

My mum is here now which is good! 10 days to go in theory. Having a nightmare with Annabelle at night though as she had a nasty cold and can't sleep so I'm up even more than normal and I've got a sore throat now too. Greg is getting up too though and she seems to be letting him go to her which is a huge step forwards. She's also great with mum so mum can help get her changed and do her nappy etc. Off to monkey music this morning, mums doing the sitting on the floor bit while I sit on a chair and watch. Then got to go to waitrose this afternoon and pick up a click and collect from John Lewis. Exciting times!!

 

[SugarBeth]

I'm having SUCH a hard time with Katie lately. She doesn't sleep at night, she cries so much during the day, she's always miserable. It's been like this for a week now and I'm so tired! It seems like she has molars coming in, and she's eating more than normal so maybe it's time for another growth spurt? I've been trying to help with her teeth but I don't know what else to do with her. It's really hard having a cranky baby that doesn't sleep while I'm exhausted and hitting morning sickness really heavily!

Any advice, or is this just something we have to keep riding out?

 

[mummySS]

Caz, hann - I do agree, men have a short attention span and less patience when it comes to playing with our toddlers. Leo will only let me read books to him, not Paul, because Paul skips through the pages. I remember my dad doing the same when I was little!

Hann yay for your mum being here! Is she with you right up until the birth now? Thank goodness for mums eh.

Mel - aaah hot tub sounds lush. Do you feel great to not be pregnant anymore??!

SB - you have my sympathies with Katie. Especially with being preg and sick. If Leo's in a cranky mood usually the only thing that will cheer him up is the TV, or a visit to my mum and dad's house. To have it last all week is tough though! At least she is eating well - that's one thing that's a difficult battle for me when Leo's teething. I really hope it passes soon x

Well my parents are away again, so I looked after Leo this morning (Paul took this afternoon shift!), had a lovely morning with my boy. He's just all sunshine at the moment, I'm so in love with him, I just adore it how he has become this communicator, he says the funniest things and sings little funny songs. He's being an absolute babe at the moment. I know I'll miss him when he's at nursery tomorrow! The only thing we're struggling with is the 6am wake ups, it happens every morning no matter what time we put him down. He does sleep well during the night though so maybe I just have to put up with the early mornings.

 

[Hann12]

I'm down to single figures - 9 days till the due date yippee!!
Just had a doctor appointment, the baby is 3/5 palp possibly even 2/5, my blood pressure is 90/60 so great, urine was good and she reckons it much more towards the 7-7.5 pounds than 8 pounds so we shall see!
It's getting exciting now!!

 

[melissasbump]

Woo Hoo Hann so exciting!!

Simmy,yes im LOVING not being pregnant! lol

 

[mummySS]

Mel you've lost 7lbs already? Wow well done!

Hann yay for everything looking good!

 

[caz_hills]

Sorry girls I've been crap recently - just so busy!

Mel - 7 lbs already that is amazing!

Han so glad your mummy is there to help and that you are so close. Can't wait for the contractions to start! I bet the baby will be small and perfectly formed like Annabelle!

Simmy glad you had a nice morning with Leo.

So as usual off work tomorrow yay! Nothing exciting planned just normal toddler group then nap for him, emails for me and then maybe the park in the afternoon weather depending x

 

[Hann12]

Hope you have a lovely day with Ajay!

Got really annoyed by my mum yesterday as she keeps going on about huge I am, I showed her a photo of an obese lady carrying twins who was huge in an attempt to shut her up and she told me that I was a similar size! I literally couldn't believe how she can look at me and think that. She eventually relented and told me that its just that she's not seen any heavily pregnant people anytime soon so has nothing to compare to, I showed her more photos of how I'm not that big and she begrudgingly said that she can see I'm probably not as big as she thinks! Seriously how nice of my own mum!! I was obviously upset and she still kept at it! She has this warped view of herself in pregnancy where she thinks she only put on a tiny amount of weight and as soon as we were out while she was in hospital still she immediately had a flat stomach. Makes me angry as she has never been as thin as I am normally so it's not true! All the way through me being pregnant with Annabelle she said that 'in her day they were told to only put on 25 pounds' - I put on 26 with Annabelle which she thought was excessive, then with this one I've put on 22 pounds (and I'm being told it could be a 2 pound heavier child) and she's now changed her story to 'in her day they were only told to put on 21 pounds' so again I'm a fatty as I've gone over! It's so insensitive and mean and I don't know why she does it! She's struggled with her weight as long as I can remember and we've always been supportive of her. At the moment she's on this diet where she eats normally for 5 days then for 2 days she only eats 800 calories and we have spent a lot buying her special food for the next few weeks so she can still do the diet here and we are also doing it as its easier to just cook one meal at night, but its like she doesn't appreciate that!
I don't know why she can't just say that I look nice and that the bump is perfect, everyone else makes really nice comments and you'd expect your mum to do that but mine appears incapable. I'm now caught in a situation where she's upsetting me but I need her here as I can't look after Annabelle alone so just having to stuck it up even though I'm secretly seething inside. Not a very relaxing situation!!

 

[mummySS]

Oh Hann that is really insensitive of your mum, for goodness sake it's normal to put on weight in pregnancy and trust me you look so slim with the neatest bump - I feel like she's putting unnecessary pressure on you to stay thin. Remember you should actually be eating 200 calories MORE per day in this trimester. And you should put on up to 30lbs which you are well within. And your body needs to store far for breastfeeding. Please explain all this to your mum!

Argghh I'm so annoyed today, it's the nanny's last week this week, and guess what she hasn't shown up AGAIN! I'm absolutely livid with her. She said her daughter (16yo) has a migraine and she doesn't want to leave her, ffs. She also said she would have to leave an hour early tomorrow to take her daughter to the doctor. Paul and I were so annoyed that we told her not to bother coming in tomorrow, we're just fed up with her. I called nursery but they don't have any spaces so stuck looking after Leo, I'm so exhausted as I didn't sleep well and on top of that I have SO much work to do this week. But at least I get to spend a couple of days with Leo, and Paul has said he can help tomorrow. Grrr why do some people take the mickey????

 

[Hann12]

That would really annoy me too Simmy and I would have done the same thing and told her to get lost! Really bad - if anyone calls you for a reference then you should make them aware of how unreliable she can be! I hope Leo has a decent nap. This afternoon get him out in the garden, if you don't have one of those sand and water table just give him a bucket with a load of random vessels to put water in and he'll stay entertained for a while. My dad just came over on his way to a golf day and gave Annabelle a watering can and she has been round the garden watering plants, she loves it!

Thanks for your comments on mum, I feel better to have got it out and I think she's got the message now! I hope she says nothing more. Now just had mil on the phone, turns out she is ordering exactly the same roller blinds for their house as we have just installed in ours - down to the exact colour - bearing in mind there are over 50 colours to choose from I find that a bit weird! She tried to tell me that ours was a different colour when I know it's the one she's chosen and she does too. She's such a weirdo! Also the colour is like a soft heather purple which goes with some pictures we have up etc so fits well with our house, plus purple is my favourite colour. They go with none of the colours in her house so it's just even stranger!
Off this afternoon to see the Nct friends dad (can't recall if I mentioned this, probably) so he can tell me where this baby is lying as I'm sure it's not in a good position!
Oh and just had a funny voice mail from Greg saying that he was in the gym with little reception for the next hour and if I go into labour to call the gym and send a message out on the speaker for him lol! I very much doubt I'm going into labour anytime soon! Bless him for worrying. By the way i'm still totally in denial about this baby, I might be 39 weeks tomorrow but in my mind I still have ages!

 

[Hann12]

Well just back from seeing my friends dad, he has delivered over 50,000 babies so really knows his stuff! He said that the baby is 1/5 palpable so very low and ready to come out. He said it is lying to the right which isn't as ideal as lying left but he thinks it won't cause any problems in labour as didn't last time, and he doesn't think it's a big baby at all - his guess was 6 pounds 4. Feel very relieved and happy to have spoken to him!

 

[melissasbump]

Hann thats good news from your friends dad! Could be any day now then how exciting!
Sorry to hear about what your mum has been saying, my mum was similar in my 1st pregnancy, she kept saying how big i was and was worried id get depressed and fail to lose it, well proved her wrong! lol

Simmy, wow your nanny is a nightmare,good riddance i say! Hope today wasnt too taxing for you.

AFM, all ok here, we had a lovely walk over to the park to feed the ducks only for Harrison to throw a tantrum as he didnt want to go back in his trike, he is so trying at times! lol
My sciatica has improved a lot although still uncomfortable for the most part but so much better than it was, i went swimming monday night and started a very beginners run/walk plan as doing a 5k in july. It was painful monday when i started, and had improved when i did it today although my legs still feel like they belong to someone else.
Got a phyiso app on friday but doubt they will do much.
Tomorrow i have plans to take H to soft play and leave L with Alan for a couple of hours.
We found out that Alan got £3000 left to him in a will by his godmother the other day so we treated Harrison to a trampoline which hopefully Alan is going to put together tonight as a suprise for him when he comes downstairs in the morning!
Lucas doing well, hes a little fattie, all the clothes from Harrison that he looked skinny in, Lucas looks chubby! Bless him!

 

[caz_hills]

Sorry girls again need to be quick.

Han what the hell is your mum doing? Neels mum has selective memory too - she claims she looked after Neel and his sister single handedly but Neel claims they had loads of family and his mum spent the first six months of his life in India with help! That's so cruel though. I bet you look stunning!

Simmy I would have done the same bloody cheek! It's sad for Leo as I bet they made a bond

Mel it sounds like everything is going well. Hope h loves the trampoline.

Nice day here - toddler group then park today. Had some scary palpitations this am (can't remember if I'd mentioned it but had them a few times and its freaking me out). So popped to the dr and she wants me to go for an ECG and some blood tests. I'm sure they will show nothing but at least it will reassure me. x

 

[Hann12]

Just a quickie so will post properly later but thinking if you caz, same thing happened to my friend and everything was normal - they decided it was because she was so busy and a bit stressed. Could also be a side effect of your tablets as you increased them?

39 weeks today!! I'm having a baby in the next 14 days (I hope!) so so excited!!

 

[melissasbump]

Wooo hooooo Haann!!! Cant wait for you to go into labour!

Caz, hope you are ok hun, palpatations can be scary.

Julie, how are you getting on with two?

Georgie, hope you are ok, not heard from you in a while.

Simmy, was Leo at nursery today? Hope you got a rest!

AFM, Lovely day here, Harrison has been lovely all day and we had friends over for a playdate and lunch. Alan built the trampoline, its great!
Got physio at the hospital tomorrow and we are hopefully going to the zoo. Alans last day before hes back to work, yikes!

 

[mummySS]

Aah good luck on Saturday mel, you will be just fine, alhtough i appreciate it must be daunting... Hope they both behave for you. How fun re the trampoline! Surely please tell me you didn't spend 3k on it though???? lol

Hann yay for 39 weeks, i think you'll go into labour before you think!

Caz, glad you enjoyed your day yesterday with Ajay, back to the slog today i take it! I forgot to ask how is the work on the house going? Have they progressed much and when do you think it'll be finished? And oh yikes scary with the palpitations, but as you say it's likely nothing and probably to do with stress or as Hann says maybe your tablets? Let us know how the ecg goes. x

Georgie, echo what Mel says, hope you're ok x

Maria hope everything's ok with your dad, have been thinking about you, thanks for the FB update x

Julie how's it going, hope you are managing well!

Had another day of looking after Leo today, I had to get Paul to do the bulk of it as I was so exhausted, just really drained and i had to keep resting, I also had a MW appt and a doctor's appointment so i couldn't really have a proper rest. Anyway Paul's parents are arriving tomorrow for the weekend so hopefully we'll get to have a bit of a rest then! The work on our house (upstairs) is starting next week, so we have loads of tidying and sorting to do, and of course with the nanny no-show this past two days i've got no work done, so am horribly behind. When it rains it pours!