Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[florabean1981]

Umm, Sobersadie I think it was- she had Saffron just after Autumn was born but before Harry I believe.

 

[Kaites]

I think we're up to 4 actually- special_kala and danni1979 are both preggers too. I'm like both Aimee and Flora- a little jealous since I want another but no way I want to be preggers yet, lol Exciting to see other bumpkins expecting again though! Anyone else look back on actual labour now and think "that wasn't so bad"? All this SPD and BFPs got me thinking that...

Any special plans for the weekend? Salsa and guac are chillin in the fridge waiting for hubby to get home. I think I'm supposed to be getting together with a friend for some shopping on Sunday. Can't decide if I should bring Emma though.

 

[florabean1981]

that was it, danni1979, not sobersadie oooh, didnt know about special kala!

 

[florabean1981]

plans for the weekend? Do the final coat on the ceiling in our bedroom, so I can then do the final coats on the walls, then change the lampshades & paint the 'feature' wall bright red providing Harry sleeps well in the afternoons so I can actualoly get all that stuff done, then next week sort the hallways & landings out. Hubby's away, so i will be able to do more than if he was home, because there's f-all else for me to do in the evenings, lol. also need to put harry's cot down a setting coz he's pulling himself up a bit on the sides & i'm freaking out that he'll fall over the sides & go splat on the laminate floor... note to self to buy a rug at least!

 

[Kaites]

Wow that's a busy weekend Is the end in sight for all the redecorating? Emma's strange- she's pulling herself to standing everywhere except in her crib where the bars would be perfect for grabbing. Not that I'm complaining, lol

 

[Chaos]

Saturday night I've having a mums night in for a cookie exchange here.
Sunday I have to take a meal to one of the mums in our mums group that just had a baby (we put up a post asking who wants to cook the mum a meal and we provide 7 days worth of meals for when they come home from the hospital)
Then Sunday afternoon, Autumn has yet another first birthday party to go to. (Disadvantage of being an organizer of a mums group with 72 members lol)

 

[florabean1981]

Chaps, i wish there were groups like that near here. I've been on meetup, mumsnet & checked out the local NCT & there is zilch. Just the baby group I go to & a BFing one, which I suppose is better than nothing, lol.

Kaites, the end is in sight, yes. It's just the final coats of paint in our room & then the hallways to do... The halls are tricky as they are wood panelled & since we cant afford to rip them off, replaster & all that jazz, we're painting the wood, which is currently a mahogany kinda colour & look dark n dingy to a nice, bright, sunshine yellow, then white star embossed wallpaper for the tops of the walls, which I'm hoping will make it look welcomming & cheerful In an ideal world, I would LOVE a new kitchen, but that's not gonna happen anytime soon & the bathroom needs a seriously good clean when I get round to buying a steam cleaner & I dont like the floor (dark blue lino), so I want that changed to some kinda nice tiles, but that can all wait. Downstairs is completely done other than me needing to re-gloss the doors & rehang them, but I dont like glossing with harry around as the paint fumes are crazy. If I'm feeling really fussy, I will eventually paint the radiators too, lol.... Gotta keep busy now I'm technically (i'm still employed but will only do hours that fit around when Craig is home to look after Harry & not before spet, lol) a SAHM. Dont wanna perpectuate the people out there who think that all SAHM live off handouts & sit on their butts all day, lol!

 

[Maffie]

Evening girls well spent the evening in hospital after a bleed, going back in tomorrow for anti D injection and emergency scan (AGAIN) booked for Monday morning. Really need less stress They said everything looks fine at the moment.

 

[Chaos]

Aww Maffs

 

[Maffie]

Morning all, I wish the nights were longer its far too light late and early, not much planned for weekend. Off to look round a car boot at some point I think mum said it depends how I feel. Nothing else planned for weekend at all.

Flora sounds like you've done loads on the house, I cant wait to get moved.

Chaos the groups there sound amazing, think I need to find a way to live there!!!

 

[colsy]

Sooo, that's 3 bumpkins I believe so far who're already expecting their next bubba So cool!

Three? I think I'm missing one. Chaos, Maffie ... and?

 

[littlekitten8]

Hi girls.

Chaos - Conrats missus!! So happy for you

Maffie - sorry to hear about the bleed. Sending you massive hugs and sticky vibes hehe. Feels well weird saying that again!

Our plans for the weekend....we are off into Bristol shortly to get some clothes for me cos I have decided all my clothes are the same! Jeans and vest tops So I am treating myself to a few new more feminine bits. Then James is having his photos done. So looking forward to it. Will try to upload them onto here once we have gotten them. Probably won't get many this time cos moving house in under 2 weeks and last time went totally overboard and spent £350!!!

 

[florabean1981]

Sooo, that's 3 bumpkins I believe so far who're already expecting their next bubba So cool!

Three? I think I'm missing one. Chaos, Maffie ... and?

4 we think: Chaos, Maffie, Danni1979 & Special_Kala are all expecting again.

Maffie, I hope everything is ok... last thing you need right now is more stress. Big

Good gosh it's hot today. Too hot for either me or Harry to be outside (we're both ridiculously pale, lol) & even inside is swealtering as there is zero breeze at all. So we're just chilling... Once he's down for his nap this afternoon, I'll be doing that last coat of paint on my ceiling then a nice cool shower methinks

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

 

[Maffie]

Anti D done and now chilling on the sofa with Noah zzzzing away next to me. It's way too hot, I dont mind heat in other countries but it always seems uncomfortable here Doesnt help I live in jeans.

Im quite surprised Noah has a freckle, he is never in the sun without protection but he's got what looks like a mucky mark on his cheek.

 

[Kaites]

maffie- hope you are feeling okay hun Emma has a freckle on her cheek now too We've been using sunscreen and hats too I hope she isn't one of those kids that freckles easy...

 

[florabean1981]

frekcles are cute! Harry hasn't got any yet, but imagine he will since me & OH are freckley/moley & both nephews have freckles too. He has a little mole on his butt cheek we noticed recently. I thought it was a stubborn speck of poo, lol, & was wiping away when OH goes, 'that's attatched. It's been there a while!'

Maffie, I live in jeans too. I treated myself to a pair of cropped jeans (knee length) last week & thought that was very daring of me!!! I am in PJs today- dont see the point in getting dressed properly coz it's too hot n sticky.

Kaites, just finished the ceiling in my room and Harry's still asleep, so I'm now having a (very) late lunch & an icey cold drink to recoup before he wakes up!

 

[Kaites]

Flora- lol @ Harry's mole- I'd probably assume it was poop too Well done on painting the ceiling!! You're putting my lazy bum to shame, lol Enjoy the well deserved cold drink!

 

[Neon]

Hello girls. Hope everyone is surviving in the heat. I am trying to be more active again on here!!! But even after a few days - you miss so much!

Thom is still horrendously teething and not sure if he will come out in chicken pox any day as his cousin has only just come out and must have been incubating it for weeks! Also T is still not eating - I've had mixed views on this to extremes - a friend telling me it is really bad and he is missing 'developmental milestones' and another friend saying her mates baby started eating at 1yr2m months

I'm giving him stuff every day and OH is off now for 2 weeks so we're going to spend lots of time BLWing...

It doesn't help that he's been ill for a couple of weeks too so is feeding and comforting at the same time.. As long as he is eating by August I don't really care as I go back to work in September... Gosh - where did that year go???!

We have to do Tesco tonight..

 

[aimee-lou]

Evening ladies.

I think the house is about 1/2 way packed. Not bad considering I think we're doing a run on Monday then another on Wednesday. I'm knackered though.

Kaites - count yourself lucky on the cot bars! Earl take about 40 mins to get to sleep at the moment as he spends ages sitting up to play with his cot bars and pull himself up. Also, since baby.love's Sienna toppled out of her cot I'm paranoid that Earl is going to do the same. He also pulls himself up onto his knees and hasn't worked out how to get back down onto his bottom and topples backwards, hitting his head on the bars behind him! This cycle goes on and on - I have to go in every 1 minute and lie him back down so that he doesn't keep hitting his head but I missed him 3 times tonight so he's got a red mark that I think will burn into a bruise

Hubby is at a birthday party tonight - he had his last shift at work today and I think he's a bit sad about leaving. He's been there 4.5 years and has had 3 promotions so he pretty much knows everyone! lol He's got a leaving do next Saturday (got to come back up from Essex for it and stay at a friends. (that should be fun....just me and the MIL! )

My Dad is still in hospital. Apparently the social are getting involved but I may be having to go and stay with him for 3 days next week (and then the same once per month) to look after him as they wont provide weekend care at the moment - stupid IMO as he is really unstable on his feet and to leave him unattended for 72 hours seems really silly! My brothers and sister are going to take it in turns to cover him by the looks of it.

Blimey - I didn't know that so many other Bumpkins are getting BFPs..... Earl still seems so small to me though. Maybe it's because Earl is still not crawling or anything so I still see him as pretty helpless. I'm giving him about 1 more week til he's all over the place! lol. BTW, does anyone have a cat/dog flap? My MIL has one for the dogs and I'm a little worried that a crawling Earl will follow the dogs out! lol

Anyhoo - I'm off to watch some trash on TV - it's saturday night, whatever happened to entertaining TV?

Have a good weekend ladies

 

[Kte]

I won't be planning any more either, that's my prob, i'm not wearing my rose tinted glasses with labour, excuse the expression! If I ever did get another BFP then I would go ahead but it just scares the hell out of me, at least with Chloe I was in ignorant bliss! I always had it in my head 'a couple of kids' but right now I am quite content with just having Chloe, who knows when she is a bit older I may change my mind maybe.

Chaos: Cookie exchange sounds fantastic! yum yum

Maffie: xx I live in jeans too, when its hot I'm so 'stylish' and roll up the legs a little I'm not keen on my legs so i don't like shorts, I wear some skirts but I dunno, just not keen on shorts, so jeans do. Also a bonus to roll them back down when (if!) it gets cool on an evening.

Flora: about the freckle! Go you with the DIY!

LK: Hope you have a good clothes shop

Neon: Aw, hope Thom's appetite picks up, maybe if he coming out with chicken pox and teething its putting him off a bit? Hope he feels better soon

:wave: and to anyone I missed out

This weekend - had my Mum and Dad over for a bit this aft and tomorrow we are taking Chloe to ride on some mini steam trains,

On another note, I got a letter today asking me to arrange Chloe's 7-9 month check! How freaky that I was on about that only the other day!