Kaites, hugs for you and Emma. Hope she feels better ASAP. Not an idea pre-Christmas situ for you and your family. How are you dealing with your daycare kiddies, or don't you run the daycare during the hols?
My night out on Fri was good. Just two glasses of wine, as I still BF Monty before breakfast in the morn. Plus any more than that would go straight to my head these days, and I just don't think I could handle the mere thought, let alone the real thing, of having a hangover AND a baby. Urrrghgg, what a horrible horrible thought
Was a bit concerned, as my friend there on Fri came in to the pub and told me her older daughter had a tummy bug. Arrrgh, I have since spent the past 48 hours worrying about every little twinge in my abdo area, worrying that I've caught the bug. I absolutely hate puking, I'm getting worse with it, it's almost like a proper fear these days. I get really stressed about it rather than just letting it all out. Need to get over it I think, because I'm sure as Monty gets older and starts mixing with more kids, he's bound to have lots of tummy upsets and pass them on to us. AF is also due, so of course I've had LOADS of twinges! Because I didn't want to risk that potentially I could infect all my guests, I have held off doing any Xmas cooking this weekend. I think I'll wait until lunchtime today just to be certain and then I might get on with some more.
Still not actually sure whether any of our guests will make it, so we're putting loads of stuff in the freezer and then it can simply stay there for a bit if they can't get here after all.
Unless either of us gets offered any work this week, we're both off now until the new year, which is quite nice I have to say, so we're trying to get lots of things ticked off the to-do list. I LOVE doing things on my list
Don't think I've read on here what you're all buying the babies for Xmas. Monty isn't having a great deal from us - I don't see the point of buying masses at his age, as he'd be happy playing with his boxes and wrapping paper as much as anything else. So he's got various woolly socks and slippers, an all-in-one waterproof (eBay bargain, looks good as new), some books (eBay bargains) and an ELC workbench (a fiver off eBay, looks unused). I'm definitely in the camp of people who believes that babies do not have to cost a lot of money, even at Xmas
OKeydoke, off to do another task on the list. See you all soon xxx
My night out on Fri was good. Just two glasses of wine, as I still BF Monty before breakfast in the morn. Plus any more than that would go straight to my head these days, and I just don't think I could handle the mere thought, let alone the real thing, of having a hangover AND a baby. Urrrghgg, what a horrible horrible thought
Was a bit concerned, as my friend there on Fri came in to the pub and told me her older daughter had a tummy bug. Arrrgh, I have since spent the past 48 hours worrying about every little twinge in my abdo area, worrying that I've caught the bug. I absolutely hate puking, I'm getting worse with it, it's almost like a proper fear these days. I get really stressed about it rather than just letting it all out. Need to get over it I think, because I'm sure as Monty gets older and starts mixing with more kids, he's bound to have lots of tummy upsets and pass them on to us. AF is also due, so of course I've had LOADS of twinges! Because I didn't want to risk that potentially I could infect all my guests, I have held off doing any Xmas cooking this weekend. I think I'll wait until lunchtime today just to be certain and then I might get on with some more.
Still not actually sure whether any of our guests will make it, so we're putting loads of stuff in the freezer and then it can simply stay there for a bit if they can't get here after all.
Unless either of us gets offered any work this week, we're both off now until the new year, which is quite nice I have to say, so we're trying to get lots of things ticked off the to-do list. I LOVE doing things on my list
Don't think I've read on here what you're all buying the babies for Xmas. Monty isn't having a great deal from us - I don't see the point of buying masses at his age, as he'd be happy playing with his boxes and wrapping paper as much as anything else. So he's got various woolly socks and slippers, an all-in-one waterproof (eBay bargain, looks good as new), some books (eBay bargains) and an ELC workbench (a fiver off eBay, looks unused). I'm definitely in the camp of people who believes that babies do not have to cost a lot of money, even at Xmas
OKeydoke, off to do another task on the list. See you all soon xxx
) so he's on official sick baby duty and will be hanging with Emma in the basement while I'm upstairs with the others. I'm taking next Monday and Tuesday off, but open again on the 29th since one of the parents needs childcare between xmas and new years. That nice that you managed to get a little break from work during the holidays 
I love ticking stuff off to-do lists too (I'm a compulsive list maker, lol) so I imagine you must be looking forward to getting stuff done too 
I hope your guests manage to brave the weather/roads and make it to your house for Christmas! How are the roads now? Looks like our in-laws have been poaching our guests for xmas eve so it'll just be my family coming over that night (I'm both annoyed and relieved at the same time). We're keeping Christmas a bit more low key than previous ones too. We've bought Emma a tea set, some books (can never have too many of those!) and some clothing and a pair of slippers and a pair of shoes. She is in need of a new pair of shoes and slippers so they would have been bought regardless of the holidays. I think she'll have a fun time pulling gifts out of gift bags this year though (I think unwrapping gift paper might be a bit difficult for her yet). 
We've bought him a few bits of clothing in massive sizes ready for summer & next year, a kinda car/garage thingy with roads & slopes n cars & stuff on it, some building blocks & a little tool box set. I know he's got a train set of FIL, a weebles set off MIL, a farmyard set of my mum, a toy helicopter off someone else, plus tons more that are taking up the spare bed, lol. Que hyper child with too many toys on xmas day here!!!!
Boxing day, relax again! Maybe go for a mini walk around the local park. Nij is working for a few days again then so its Chloe and me time and then no other plans as such, not even for new years eve but Nij isn't working then so we may actually get to see it in this year . . . I haven't really celebrated it the last two years 
Emma still has a fever and now has a rash on her back (not roseola either). We were there til midnight, getting bloodwork, etc done- still no answers. Today it's back to the hospital for a derm consult and if the fever is still around on Thursday, they told us they'll probably admit her 
I have a feeling xmas isn't happening this year.
