Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[Kaites]

Morning

Kte, I agree with you and myself more than ever today Emma has officially caught "the bug" after a long ,drawn out losing-battle to keep it at bay- and so have all the other kids and myself I was literally covered in clear snot by the end of the day yesterday and now I've got a sore throat too. Emma woke up a lot last night and I had a bit of a row at 1:30 with hubby about helping give Emma her meds (she's still taking stuff because of last month's hospital experience too). I'll admit I was in the wrong for flipping out on him, but honestly, I've reached the end of my patience with Emma and having to give her medicine. All she does is spit it out everywhere, no matter how far back in her mouth I shove the syringe, what I mix the stuff with, etc- she's even taken to spitting her milk and water everywhere Anyway, all the frustration came to a bit of a head last night when trying to give her some tylenol at 1:30

Kte- I hope Chloe's conjunctivitis is better soon. At least it's usually pretty quick! Sorry to hear the new baby room isn't as good as the last This illness "entered" our house when one of the parents wasn't exactly truthful about how sick the kid was- I realize that it's inconvenient to take time off work but now everyone else (including that parent) is sick

Fraggles- Hope you manage to catch some quality naps with the babes today (but not so long as to mess up the sleep schedule again!)

LK- Glad to hear you had some fun yesterday with James- esp with all the stress atm I hope your neurology appt goes well

Oh yeah, and Emma's little ride-on car was delivered yesterday She loves it- wanted to be pushed from room to room last night, making little zoom-zoom noises and putting her doll in the trunk. I think it'll be so much more fun than a stroller when we are out at the mall.

Anyway, I hope everyone is having a good day! to those that need them

 

[colsy]

Just popping in quickly to say hi all. Been at soft play centre for morning and lunch and then been working this pm. OH now just called up the stairs to say tea is almost ready, so that's that from me today. Will try to say hello properly tomorrow xx

 

[Fraggles]

Tiredness = a very very crabby grumpy me

 

[Kte]

:wave: Colsy - Glad your still able to quickly pop in :flower Enjoy your dinner

Fraggles Really hope you manage to get some more sleep x

Kaites: Hope you all get better soon The ride around car sounds good, something Chloe would prob love too Emma sounds like she really likes it with all the noises and taking popping her doll in the boot, cute

 

[colsy]

Tiredness = a very very crabby grumpy me

Awww Frags, sounds tough. I can't imagine having two little ones under the age of 18 months. Hope you get some sleep ASAP xx

 

[aimee-lou]

Hi everyone

Hope we're all ok.

Fraggles - hope you get some rest soon hun! Try to take some time for yourself - easier said than done I know

Colsy - hope you enjoyed your dinner! and Soft Play.

Well - two dig announcements for tonight! 1 - I officially requested to go part time at work (4 days a week instead of full time). I'm discussing the arrangements tomorrow but they haven't come out with a straight 'NO!' so I think it may be the last full week I do! Hopefully that will be enough of a cut to let me get some help....although only time will tell. I'm looking forward to having a bit more time to do things....need to see if there are any playgroups on the day I have off! I think my sure start centre has a lot on

2 - Earl is in his big boy bed! We couldn't get the bed guard to work (it said on kiddicare that it fitted all kinds of beds but we were putting it all together and it's in big letters 'NO TODDLER BED!' lol. So he's free to roam, and so far he's gone down no problems, didn't get out, and is fast out! We will have to see what happens as he normally wakes at about midnight out of habit, so we will have to see if he gets up or not then, and again in the morning. He's been waking at 5.30 lately (yawn) so it may be another early start lol.

Other than that, all quiet here! I need to get the finances completely sorted, but that will be done on my first day off.....I have to book an appointment with the benefitd advisor at the job centre- oh what fun! lol

Have a nce evening everyone....

 

[Fraggles]

Managed a little sleep J doesn't like sleeping after 3am athough in my arms he will He just doesn't like lying down flat.

Aimee hope you get to change your hours, we need pics of Earl and his new bed

 

[Kaites]

Morning!

Friday Finally.

Not a whole lot new here- Emma still congested and coughing, I still have a sore throat. AF decided to show up in a vengence and I somehow ended up with a blocked duct in my right boob too Not quite where I'd hoped to be healthwise heading into a weekend, lol. What's everyone up to this weekend? Not much going on here- I think we might head out to breakfast with my family one of the days and of course the usual grocery shopping needs to be done, but other than that, I think we'll take it easy.

Fraggles- I hope J decides to start sleeping after 3am soon You must be exhausted

Aimee- I hope the toddler bed went well I hope that the discussion about moving to PT goes well for you also

Colsy-

Hope everyone is having a good day

 

[Fraggles]

Kaites he nodded off in his chair at 7 so I had a couple of hours this morning thankfully.

Off out for dinner later nothing special but getting out is a good thing. Think I might be having a lazy as I can make it weekend but who knows

 

[Kte]

Aimee: Hope Earl stayed in bed at his usual wake up time. Does he have a pillow with it? Nij bought Chloe a cusion yesteday but I just can't envisage her with it in bed, the way she cursl up, she isn't pillow ready! Does he have a little quilt etc? Lets hope its nice and comfy for him and the 5.30's get stretched out a bit! Hope your work hours are accepted / sorted

Fraggles: glad you managed to catch some kip Enjoy you meal when your out

Kaites: Eep, hope you feel better soon, thats a 3 I guess so you've had your due now so you can enjoy the weekend

Weekend wise, The Yorkshire B&Bers are going to have a meet up, that was the plan, but I'm just exhausted, far to many issues flying around my brain need sorting out really. Plus I think Chloe and I need some super quality Mummy~Daughter time, she actually mumbled the words resembling Mum this morning, I'm hoping it wasn't a fluke. She was holida her cup with the spout down and looking at me as if to say, open please, Nij stepped in and she burst into tears

 

[Fraggles]

Meal out might not be happening now

Im falling to bits im sure, my scar hurts ive broken a tooth and it hurts my boobs are killing me from J's over mabitious constant feeding. I feel like an old whingy cow.

Kte hope you have some good mummy daughter time

 

[Kte]

Meal out might not be happening now

Im falling to bits im sure, my scar hurts ive broken a tooth and it hurts my boobs are killing me from J's over mabitious constant feeding. I feel like an old whingy cow.

Kte hope you have some good mummy daughter time

Shame, hope it doesn't get cancelled. Awh, your not whingy, I'm not surprised after lack of sleep and all those pains your feeling like you do, one of those is bad enough let alone a whole bunch, lots of feel better An stop saying your old too!

 

[Fraggles]

Im feeling really old Kte I didnt used to but recently I feel ancient

 

[colsy]

Im feeling really old Kte I didnt used to but recently I feel ancient

Arggh no, from what I remember from age discussions ages ago, you're a baby compared with some of us on here! Why do you feel old - cos you're knackered (in which case, it WILL get better one day soon-ish), or cos you're mum of two babies?

I went through the whole old thing a while ago, but I got over it and now I feel young again (possibly because I now get almost enough sleep).

Am working this arvo on a boring-snoring project. I didn't like this project the first time round, but now believe it or not I'm working on it again, doing almost the same things I did to it before. Don't ask!

Tonight I'm off out with some of the girls from our village for dinner. Blimey, get the posh clothes out - don't miss a chance! Talking of clothes, does anybody else have a real problem getting things to fit now? Before I had Monty, I was an M&S 10 short, no messing EVER. Now my tummy is still a 10, but my hips are pushing a 12 and my top half is god knows what - depends on what hour of the day it is LOL, but generally somewhere between 10 and 12. (Obviously I'm still short though LOL!) So I bought new jeans cos my old ones were REALLY tight on the hips and seriously made me look as though they'd shrunk on to me - but the new ones are too big so defo need a belt. I think I need size 11 ha ha. I've had a seriously big Oxfam and eBay sort-out the past few weeks and my wardrobe has NEVER looked so bear. Unfortunately I've been left with nice skirts that don't go with any of my tops, and lots of tops that don't suit any of my cardigans. And TBH we have so little disposable income at the mo that doing a big shopping spree really isn't on the cards. Oh well.

Right, better get back to work.

 

[littlekitten8]

Hi girls just a quick check in from me before some playtime. Neuro appt went quite well. Better than expected. Examination was pretty normal so although I have to have an MRI in the next 2 weeks and had a load of blood taken today, we are officially downgraded to about a 50:50 chance of MS Off to go change my stinky little boy as hes just stopped dead still to strain for a bit and then run off like a looney again! Oh the joys of being a mum lol.

 

[aimee-lou]

Piccies of Earl and his bed:-

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Thanks for the messages everyone.
He did fall out once, but it's such a small drop he hardly noticed and it was only the dull thud on the floorboards that alerted us He took a minute to start crying lol. He stayed in bed until 6.30!!! He seemed really settled, and he didn't even get out in the morning - I'm sure this wont last forever lol. I'm waiting for tomorrow morning when I get woken up at 6am by Earl stood next to me! lol

Looks like the p/t is going ahead and I'll be 4 days a week starting next week with Wednesdays off! Officially get the go ahead on Monday as I'm moving teams at work and it's all a bit up in the air but I got an email today from the head of the department confirming it and I have a meeting on Monday afternoon to formally sign it off.

Hope w're all ok otherwise.

LK - good news about the Dr's!

Gotta go - tea's up! Be on later probably lol

 

[littlekitten8]

Aww Earl is so cute in his big boy bed. Looks so grown up. Glad James isn't the only one who is a bit of a dummy fiend lol. I've been thinking about changing James's cotbed into the bed but he moves around his cot soooo much that I think he would fall out alot. Problem is he keeps getting his legs stuck in the bars. Had to take off his bumper cos he kept sleeping with his face in it!

 

[Kte]

LK: Good news about the 50/50

Aimee: Gorgeous pictures Cute little bed! Earl's hair seems to of changed colour? Congrats on the job change too

Colsy: Enjoy your night out

 

[Fraggles]

Aimee I love Earl's PJ's

Colsy i'll be 32 this year, I think it is just from exhaustion and I know it will ease over time. Thank god for family support!

Kte had my food out

LK good news at the hospital hopefully they will find a nicer reason for your symptoms.

 

[florabean1981]

' Aimee, that bed is lovely! There'z not a cat's chance in hell Harry would stay put in a real bed. I think he'll be 10 by the time he's outgrown his cotbed though, so hopefully I wont have to worry about converting it anytime soon!

I've been really busy this week Nothing exciting. I'm also doing a 'Learning Through Play course' which is proving interesting, but Harry has screamed blue murder in the creche nextdoor while the course is on, which has been heart breaking, but today, finally, he was ok! I was sooooo relieved!

Molar #1 is now fully through, #2 is half through & #3 at the bottom decided to make a teenty appearance this afternoon, so his sleeping is crap at themmoment

(sorry am on phone hence typos & stuff)

anyway, better go to bed.

Catch up this weekend with you all!