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[SBB]

Oh yeh casey, don't feel bad! Bob gets his break at work

I swear working is harder than looking after the baby!

X x x

 

[babyloulou]

Harder than looking after the baby Suz?? I find baby looking after loads harder than teaching a whole class!!

Jess- sorry about your nightmare journey It must suck living in London at rush hour!!

 

[SBB]

lou I meant that the other way round!!! Baby is harder! See, looking after baby = brain mush... Normal job = normal brain!!

X x x

 

[babyloulou]

I thought you might have meant that Suz!!

 

[SBB]

Lou was Ben in his cot last night? How did you do the dream feed? Pick him up then put him back in after?

X x x

 

[Peach Blossom]

Nah... Working AND looking after a baby is the hard work nightmare!!

Suz, they don't have a great relationship... But in a way a much easier one. They both share the same ideals about family etc. Think I'm just down and the news made me further away from everything being ok again.
Sorry about Sammuel's injury! they have to hurt themselves to learn! Xx

God I feel ill... Because of the over active thyroid my heart is racing, I have a tremor and I'm hot all the time and sweating so much! Surgery is set for the 14th nov... Can't come quick enough!

Sorry sorry sorry... All I do is moan now a days!! Right I need to go to sleep. 

 

[SBB]

Aw Jess you can whinge all day to us

Sorry you feel crap. I don't know how you're coping with work and Lili!

X x x

 

[lisaf]

goodness knows I've moaned on here a lot, you're entitled to your turn, same as the rest of us Jess!

I would find it harder to work + watch over Daniel if he wasn't such an easy baby. ANY time he is fussy for me after work it completely drains me! And getting him ready for daycare at night/in the morning/prepping bottles is kind of a pain too vs. staying home.
I just know I need the mental break from baby watching at work. I think there are plus and minuses to both.

I think we can all agree that watching over Ben with the lack of sleep is harder than any other combination

Casey - I know you're still nervous about leaving Jimmy. Is there any chance you could bring him along? Just an option I hadn't thought of.. not sure if you really want to.. you could do what I did with Vegas and bring along an inlaw to watch him for you, but you'd still get to check in on him and wouldn't be totally deprived etc. (not sure if thats an option financially)


AFM - well I think I have to start pumping at night again. Granted, Daniel woke up at midnight last night to feed, but I've noticed my daytime pumping is producing less and less. I only pumped 9 ounces at work today. I'm somehow supposed to come up with another 6 for daycare and 4-6 for DH to use in the morning. (IF Daniel doesn't wake up for a feed then I might pump 12 ounces in the morning)
I kind of think daycare is over-feeding him though... not that you really can do that, just that I'm not sure he needs 4 -5oz bottles to get him through the day there

We haven't tried thawed milk yet! oh why oh why haven't we tried that already UGh, not sure what to do about tomorrow!!

 

[babyloulou]

Suz- yes he's in his cot. I pick him up asleep and carry him into our room, feed him on the bed, pop his dummy back in and carry him back- he pretty much stays asleep x

Jess- you can moan to us as much as you want honey. I am not surprised you are so down with everything you have going on at the moment- I'd be a wreck

Lisa- can you do a few night pumps tonight? X

 

[kcw81]

Lisa Just try it! The worst that can happen is he barfs more than usual! Lisa if I brought my mil to Hawaii I would not go! Barf! Ugh that sounds like the worst! Yah and no thanks on Jimmy with us. Either we go alone or not go until Jimmy is older so he can be fed easier while travelling. Hey I went to babies r us and looked at seats. They all look good. I do not think we need to spend over 200 on a britax. Gotta keep researching tho.

 

[kcw81]

Good job Lou on Benny!!! Good luck tonight.

Suz Jimmy cut his head today when he tipped over abs hit his head on the corner of a wooden block toy. I feel horrible but he doesn't seem to remember! I feel Like our babies r going to get a heck of a lot of head wounds and face wounds with thus coming stage! I agree u gotta let them at it or they wont learn and you would be stuck holding him steady all day!

 

[kcw81]

Jess are you scared for your operation? Is it going to be painful or a hard recovery? I hope it goes well and they fix you up right!

 

[Onelildream]

Lisa- Connor eats 6 oz bottles every feed now and at least 5 bottles a day. Maybe more. Then 1-3 a night depending how nice I am. Haha. I usually feed him right before bed then right before I go to bed, and maybe he might get up one more time, but that's rare. So maybe these boys just require a lot more now that they are almost 5 months old. Eek.

Jess sorry bout the crazy trip home. Sounds like it was loads of fun! Jk. I hate when plans change, especially if it's something out of my control like that. I would be bawling once I got home! Glad it didn't take any longer!

Suz I was a bit cross when u said work was easier than babies. I was thinking of what I would give to sit in a desk and stare at a screen or talk to young couples all day, like my husband does. Sounds like resort living to me! Haha. Oh and about the cut, I have def sent my kids to the hospital a few times bc of cuts on their faces but the drs always assure me that even when it looks like it needs stitches, faces are pretty tough! Maddie and max have quite a few scars from face plants! Gives character, eh?

 

[Onelildream]

Casey- do it. Go on the trip. He will survive. As will you. Go have fun! No regrets.

Lou- hopefully u are sleeping!

Caz- I have never heard of them letting the waters go and not having to deliver right away. In the US they have to deliver within 48 hrs when that happens. Is that not the case there?

Great news, ladies! I went to the charterschool today for an hour and fell in love! They teach the kids exactly how I teach mine! Their methods are clear and defined. Every classroom has the same classroom management techniques. They teach a grade level above and advance individuals in the subjects they are exelling in. When they taught reading I cried! THAT is the method I have used to teach my kids and I didn't know it was a real tested method! Oh wow. I was so excited! I signed her right up. She will start in a couple days. We went and bought all of her new clothes ( they are a uniform school) and she was so excited!

I went to her current school and cried there too; the teachers aide was yelling at a kid saying " how many times do I have to tell you that THAT is NOT a P?! You never make them right!" this went on for a few mins and I stood at the door literally speechless. I helped the kids with centers, where they sorted objects by letter (only 2 letter choices) and wrote the letter p. Maddie was coloring the entire time i was there (1hr) bc she finished all her work b4 recess. Meanwhile, at the charter school, they learned about nouns today, declarative sentences, number sentences, some sign language, and phonograms for a dozen letters. Oh, and as a class, I listened to them read 12 words on the chalkboard.

there was no question whether I would be transferring her or not!

 

[SBB]

Great news on the school chell!

Lou how was last night? I hardly dare ask! Take your go on hanging too

X x x

 

[babyloulou]

He did well in the evening again but woke at 3am and didn't go back to sleep until bloody 5:30

I'm off to a Neal's Yard Mother & Baby party today that a girl from my pregnancy yoga class is having at her house! Wonder how much I can spend!!

 

[babyloulou]

It's your go on Hanging!!

 

[SBB]

Bloody games not updating it said you'd solved it but not done a new word!

Don't spend too much

X x x

 

[Smile4me]

Oh Casey hun don't feel too bad, yes they will get tons of cuts, bruises, knicks, scrapes My eight year old has a scar in the middle of her head from running through the house and falling on the corner of the wall OH MY I think that was one of the worst things I have ever been through, besides my 10 year old running and now has a scar in her eyebrow and one above the eyebrow from running into the fireplace.. well they are out of the running phase thank God!

 

[lisaf]

my cousin ran through a sliding glass window when he was 2