Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[colsy]

Wahey, just found out I've won part of the job that I tendered for This is potentially Big News in the Colsy, OH and Monty household. Will either be back later this afternoon or not for another week now, depending on what I get done in the next hour or so. xxx

 

[Kaites]

Morning ladies!

Colsy- Congrats- that's great news!

Maffie- Was baby cooperative- or ?? I hope your work gets back to you soon. You don't need that stress hanging over you when you are trying to enjoy your last few weeks of mat leave

Chaos- Thx everyone who I talk to who has done the home daycare stuff always says how much they love it- I'm not going to kid myself though- it's going to be a lot of work running after the rugrats and then cleaning the house once they are gone, etc., but I still think the benefits outweigh any of the negatives

I had another email from someone interested in my daycare- I'm probably going to have to decline though since Emma and the other boy are both under 2 and so is this other kid (by law I can only take 2 kids under 2yrs old). I managed to score another highchair for $8 so Emma and I are off to pick it up this morning gotta love a bargain like that! what's everyone else up to today?

 

[Neferet]

Chaos- Glad Autumn's bum is getting better. Milk really is hidden in everything. I was vegan for a couple of years and it was so hard!

I'd love to meet all the bumpkins... but I kinda feel out of place these days because until a couple of weeks ago, I'd lost the bumpkins thread since the days of pregnantness.

 

[florabean1981]

Colsy, i'd like to meet with everyone too; it's been such a journey & that would be like the icing on the cake I reckon

Sorry I'm not around much these days- having some issues that I'm finding it hard to get my head around, but we're all ok otherwise. harry's 2nd tooth cut & the top one is almost through the gum too, so that's cool but it's made him a bit of a nightmare with food & drink as everything seemks to be hurting him no matter what I use... Hopefully they'll cut quickly & he'll be back to eating/feeding/drinking normally again soon.

Am off to Ikea now to maybe find some chest of drawers I like. It's annoying the hell out of me that the ones in our room dont match, lol.

Maffie, hope the scan went well & baby is healthy. I'm betting team pink- I dont know why though, lol.

Neferet, you still in Bangor? God I miss that place Wish I could go back to live there!

 

[Kte]

Colsy: Congrats on the tender!

Aimee: Forgive my manners, I totally forgot to say how lovely your pictures are of Earl, it's nice to see how much he has grown and he sounds to be doing so well

Maffie: How's it gone???!!!??? Eeek I must pinch Nij's laptop tonight incase you post later on today! Also, I have a bag of clothes full of or you can have, I have tried selling some, really nice stuff too and people just aint buying so either way, plus some super cute unisex winnie the pooh pj's, you can have if you like

Flora: Sorry to hear your having some issues Hurray for Harry's 2nd tooth!

Nerefet: Awwww don't feel out of place, the last few months have been such a whirlwind

Kaites: Would the little boy be full time? I just know my ex-CM had one baby AM and the other PM, not sure if you can do that but just a thought

Well, i'm off to specsavers now . . . hope to catch up later

 

[Maffie]

Im back was at the hospital a while as they are concerned about the journey to work and there was talk of admitting me.... im home for now eeekkkkk.

Anyway baby is what I thought.....































BOY!!!!!!!! will pop pics on FB later

 

[jo_79]

Congrats on the boy maffie, im assuming all was well too

 

[colsy]

Im back was at the hospital a while as they are concerned about the journey to work and there was talk of admitting me.... im home for now eeekkkkk.

Anyway baby is what I thought..... BOY!!!!!!!! will pop pics on FB later

Hey Maffie, so pleased for you. That's lovely, a little brother for Noah. Now do we all need to help you think of boys' names (I LOVE writing baby names lists, LOL)

OK, that's it from me for now as will now be offline for about a week. Got lots done today, so feeling organised and my head even feels in gear ... for once! Loads more laundry to do yet, in our shiny new washing machine, as the old one finally gave up on Weds (after OH fixed it three different times this year), but apart from that things are looking pretty good at the mo. We have a whole series of plans in place, for a whole random load of things, including sorting Monty's sleep, our relationship (which has actually been fab since our big talk a couple of weeks back), work, money, buying clothes, going on holiday and buying birthday presents - a very random assortment I know, but I needed to get things written down as I was beginning to lose track of everything apart from me and Monty!

Love to you all, and can't wait to check back in next week. Ooooh, and Chaos, that's fab fab fab

 

[Maffie]

Have a great week Colsy. I have one name on my list so far

 

[aimee-lou]

Congratulations on the little Boy Maffie!!

Names wise my vote is for another Earl!!!! We need more Earl's in the world he he (no pressure though lol)

Glad we're all doing well!

Colsy - Yay for being sorted! And for new washing machines. I've had to do the same thing with lists as we have no money whatsoever and I needed to get organised. I've been signed on for 3 weeks and still not received a penny and not heard a thing about any of the jobs I've applied for! I'm miffed to say the least!! Tempted to take on Avon after reading about that avon millionaire in the papers lol

Right - fish fingers for tea! Best be off :wave:

Neferet - just notices that you're in Bangor. Both Flora and myself went to Uni there! You're more than welcome at a meet.....the moere bumpkins the better!!

 

[Kte]

Maffie: Congrat's on the

 

[Maffie]

Congrats on the boy maffie, im assuming all was well too

Everything was fine, he was so wriggly and stretching about. He kept doing the splits and the pics I got he was blowing bubbles. Just munching on Chinese so will get pic sorted tomorrow for FB.

 

[florabean1981]

Huge congratulations on another blue bump Maffie

 

[Kaites]

Congrats Maffie! That'll be awesome for Noah to have a little brother so close to him in age

 

[Maffie]

Morning girls, I dreamt about baby all night which was nice it's feeling much more real now.

Kte how did Chloe do back at nursery?

Noah kept sitting up and chatting last night. Will be good when we move so he can have a room on his own.

 

[Kte]

Morning girls, I dreamt about baby all night which was nice it's feeling much more real now.

Kte how did Chloe do back at nursery?

Noah kept sitting up and chatting last night. Will be good when we move so he can have a room on his own.

Glad you had a nice time dreaming. When Chloe was ill the other week it was hard to have her in the same room again, she just used to sit bolt right up all of a sudden before swapping positions. Freaked me out. Hope he sleeps better tonight for you.

She seems fine at nursery, there was quite a lot of babies their yesterday but she didn't seem overwhelmed or anything which was good. When I went in at home time she was stood up holding onto a wendy house thing jabbering away Had Nij's parents over last night and she was just doing circles of the front room on fast forward, then I put some batteries in her bouncer car and she went mental screaming and pressing the horn So I think I can safely say she is back to her normal happy self! Scabs are healing nicely too.



Brrrr it's cold in here today! Glad I'm not camping at Leeds Fest is all I can say!

 

[Kaites]

Emma sometimes does the bolting upright thing too! It's usually followed by some "sleep crawling"- she's so out of it, I don't think she realizes she's doing it.

Maffie- aww that's great that you are having dreams about the baby. I only had one when I was pregnant with Emma- I still remember it though- she was a boy (obviously the dream was before our scan, lol), and we were on vacation as a family and "he" looked like a mini version of my hubby, dressed similar and everything. Hope you have lots more nice dreams of baby #2

Kte- I love your stories about how happy Chloe is at nursery- always sounds like she is lots of fun to be around! Glad to hear she is back to her happy self!

I had a workshop last night and had to leave Emma for about 4 hours with hubby- felt kinda weird to be away from her for so long. Sounds silly since it was only 4 hours, but because it was around bedtime, I was worried sick that she'd be a little terror (we lost her amber teething necklace last week and she'd also been a grump all day). Well I got home and the house was quiet, except for the occasional happy squeal coming from the basement lounge. She was all smiles and giggles and had a wonderful time with hubby- not even tired when I got home at 10pm even though she's usually sound asleep by then! It's a huge relief since I have workshops for the next 3 weeks- I hope things continue to go well. Emma's sleeping in this morning- no surprise there, lol

Any special plans for the weekend? It was my mum's birthday yesterday so I'm having family over tomorrow for dinner. I think I'm going to attempt to make a chocolate fudge cake filled with chocolate ganache (never made ganache before). Anyway, I best be off- going to try to fit in another coffee before Emma wakes. Have a good day ladies!

 

[aimee-lou]

Hi all! Big day in the aimee-lou household!!

Earl is now walking with 1 hand - rather wobbly but he looks so grown up!! Last week MIL thought it would be a good idea to teach him to climb the stairs and today he's figured out how to climb back down He's figured out how to drink properly from a proper sippy cup and doesn't spill a drop now, And tonight, in the bath, we have our unnofficial first word!! He was in the bath and screamed 'DADDYYYYY' at hubby at full on volume twice in a row. He was so proud of himself but he wouldn't repeat it again so I'm thinking he'll be chatty as anything in a few days!!

Earl is in with us at the moment with SIL staying in Earl's room. He's been in with us for a week now and he's getting used to being in with us big-time! lol Last night he had his night feed and hubby and I were watching Frasier in bed on virtually no volume and he kept sitting up and staring at the TV. If we even look at him he'll stnad up and try to climb out I can't be done with him climbing out of his cot already. Can't afford a proper bed for him til January (can't really put him in one until then really anyway) and really don't want to have him in a 'bed' while we're here.

Nothing else to report apart from we got a batch of money through finally so we've been able to eat and pay our bills for this week or so! I'm so excited as for my birthday we're going to the cinema to see The Expendables May also be off to the Zoo with Earl which I'm soooooo excited about too

Hope we're all good

 

[Kaites]

WTG Earl! Happy belated 10 months to Earl too

 

[Maffie]

Happy 10 months Earl

Gosh these kids are getting cheeky aren't they.