Moms of April/May/June 2010 babies thread! :)

[A3my]

sarah thats your best idea yet that will let me go to sleep with a smile and a snigger

about us, you've hit the nail on the head. its not a partnership everythings fine and we can be really happy until something happens to do with money and then he turns into mr evil. His parents split up becasue his Dad was exactly the same. Funny thing is his Dad remarried and had more children and is a completely changed man! I just wish he hadnt brought Kerry up to be the way he is I'd probably drive you mad if I lived closer, I'd be knocking on you door everyday for a shoulder to cry on I'd love it if we lived closer though

 

[Sarahwoo]

He doesn't deserve you

I think you should leave him and come and live in Yorkshire In fact next door is for sale, you can come and live there. You can get a job at first direct with me and Oliver and Alex can go to nursery together, or my parents can look after them. Mum and dad are always fighting over who is pushing the buggy so that way they will have one each

Problem solved - pack your bags lady!

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah i like that idea!

i just went to step on the scales as the diet starts today and either they are broken or the battery has died! or maybe the scales knew i couldnt handle the truth

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah maybe i will come and live in yorkshire too though so far this year we havent argued but he's still not really helping out funny really that we almost moved to leeds and danny had 3 job offers in the area this time last year!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe you can come and livew here too! Can you imagine though, we would all be so busy chatting that our oh's might actuallly have something to moan about, haha

Do any of you co-sleeping mums have wriggly sleepers? When I wokeup this morning Oliver has wriggled out of his cot bit, into the bed, down to the bottom of the bed, and was grabbing stuff of the bedside table and throwing it onto the floor. Argh! He's sooooo going to fall out of bed if he keeps this up! I don't want to turn the cot into a normal cot to keep him in, because I think I'd end up with him in bed anyway. !

 

[L-C]

Sarah - Oliver really does sound very wriggley, if my little wriggler is anything to go by it gets worse, he can crawl to the edge of our bed in lightening speed. Will has to be contained, he now stands up in his cot and gets stuck which is interesting!!

I have a whole catalogue of sleep books including the no cry sleep solution, they are all good but I found that none fitted exactly and so I read them, took all the bits I wanted and then we did our own thing, which worked perfectly. To be honest I think you can do it without the book, they are just common sense. I just comforted Will in his bed, whatever way worked, but without taking him out, he never needed to cry. I just reduced this over time. Now I put him in his bed, it always works at night and in the day it works about 85% of the time and if it doesn't I get him up and try again later. Hope this makes sense.

What a rude Mum!!! Glad you were all ok though.

Love your BNB vision, that has cheered me up!

H&F - Glad sitting with Amy worked, I'm sure the time will reduce too!

Hi Lizzie!!

Maybebaby - Hope you had a nice time at the cinema. Well done Owen on the crawling front, I think I'd get the playpen back, I need so many things like that just to make it through he day, we have gates everywhere, I'd have a travel cot in every room too, just to keep him safe, more than anything.

Amy - I agree with Sarah, that's not right hun, I think he is being completely unreasonable and out order talking to your friends like that! I'm lucky with my OH on the finance front, he keeps a very close eye on things but only to make sure we are doing ok. We don't have a joint account though. He pays all the bills as I'm earning peanuts at the moment, normally I give him some towards but nowhere near half!

I'm so sorry it's come to you thinking about leaving, life is too short and your gorgeous family deserve so much more, I think you should try getting him to go or do something to get him to have a rethink about his behaviour!

Rant away hun that's what we are all here for

Modo - I love the video of Bobby's crawling, he's so cute and very clever.

Frufru - I'm fine thanks for asking. My MIL bless her (and following the rivergate incident) went and fell on Saturday morning and has broken her leg through both bones in a nasty open fracture. She has surgery on Saturday and again today so we have been a bit preoccupied with that.

We've had a quiet weekend. I did manage to go to the gym yesterday for the first time in ages and quite enjoyed it. Think it's the first thing I have done for myself since Will was born. I actually felt quite fit, just a shame about the fat suit it looks like I'm wearing!

I too have been inflicted with dreaded muffin tops and am just generally saggy. I really do need to pull my finger out and shift this stone and a half. I'm going to get out in the garage twice a week on the turbo trainer (bike) and then gym every Sunday. I'm still on the wagon as far as the Freddo's (Modo they're chocolate frogs) go but I know I could be off at any time! Sarah love the idea of your weight loss, without even realising.

Will is collecting an impressive number of bruises now he can't stop standing, he stands in the bath, in bed and anywhere he is not leashed down high chair and pushchair. He stands against anything too, swivel chairs, laundry, open drawers, which he has opened and emptied! I can't keep up, hopefully he'll learn how to get down soon, which should reduce the injury levels and his frustration. It's amazing how they develop though in such a short period of time and so much is inbuilt too, they just know! Emera is Roh still doing the same, I felt quite relieved that Will's not the only one knocking himself.

Hope you all have a good day xx

 

[Frufru]

I think we should do a lottery syndicate so that when we win the Jackpot we can build FruFru's vision and all live there happily ever after drinking tea, chatting, shopping and playing with our babies OH's are optional, but if they come they have to behave, and Kerry still has to go to work In fact we'll have a little shed in the woods and when they piss us off they have to go and sleep there

haha I have felt really miserable and grumpy this morning but this has cheered me right up!

No time to post properly but sending you lots and lots of Amy xxxx

 

[maybebaby3]

owen refused his nap this morning as i took erin to the playground and he wanted to play too he's just had lunch and fallen asleep on me bf! i hope he'll last more than 10mins when i put him down!!!

lc - will sounds so active! i spoke to danny and he's going to bring the play pen down and i'll squidge it in somewhere!!! what day are you weighing yourself? i wanted to do it today but the scales are either broken or out of battery! i am starving already i hate dieting!!!

sarah - owen is not that wriggly but i do worry about him falling out of bed! ideally i would like him in his cot as then danny could come back to bed! if he behaves i dont see that happening unless the 10+ night wakings stop though as it's just far easier to have owen in with me!!!

 

[Sarahwoo]

I'm really wondering what to do with Oliver at night now! I have a video monitor so when he goes to bed and I'm still up its fine, but I was quite suprised at how far he'd wriggled this morning and when he's crawling properly goodness knows what he'll be like!

The cot has a drop side which I can put on, I wonder if I should pop it on but have it low and just see how it goes? I guess I can always take it off again?

I really need to go to the supermarket and into town now, but its raining, urgh! Oh well, it has to be done . . . . wish me luck!!

xx

 

[maybebaby3]

good luck sarah! you could try the drop side as if he moves fast he could fall out even if you are watching on the monitor. dylan managed to roll across the king size bed, over a mound of pillows i'd put as a barrier and onto the floor when he was 8 months old

 

[L-C]

Maybe horray for the playpen, it's such small things that make a huge difference to the day isn't it!! although your playpen sounds quite big!

I was weighing on a Saturday, but thought I might do Wednesday's instead to come inline with H&F?? I am 11st 2lb and need to be 9st 7lb.

Sarah I'd definitely be putting the side up, I can't even have ours dropped because I'm sure Will would topple over it! I just have visions of seeing it on the monitor and not being able to get there quick enough, does it make a sound when he's on the move or do you just have to have an eye on it?

Goodluck at the supermarket...think I might pop there too xx

 

[maybebaby3]

lc - my scales are working and i weighed in at 10st13 and i want to be 9 as i am very short at 5ft2! i have been starving all day. i wolfed down a huge portion of sweet and sour chicken but it was low fat and am still within my points as i have 5 extra as am bf!

my OH is an idiot. he was doing work on my netbook and the screen went blank so what does he do? you may think he'd try and fix the problem but no he grabbed a cup of tea and hurled it into the kitchen sink breaking the mug and splattering tea over the sides and clean bottles and then hecl closed the netbook and punched it on the screan til the scream was smashed into little tiny pieces of glass he needs anger management so i now have no netbook. and the big laptop is having the fn keys fixed so have no computer. thank god i have internet access on my phone!!!!! i cant afford a new netbook and i used mine for work and took it to school with me he isnt even sorry about it i know he was angry he hadnt saved his work but surely killing tha laptop is OTT the poor kids came rushing in to see what was wrong what really pisses me off is that it may have been a simple problem to solve but now the netbook is ruined

 

[A3my]

OMG Maybe !!!! we are married to a pair of plonkers!! I cant believe he behaved like that! especially when the children were around

 

[maybebaby3]

thanks amy how's kerry behaved today?

 

[A3my]

sarah - I'd love that, great plan Alex used to be motionless when he slept but now he seems to rotate 90 degrees in his sleep. And as soon as he's awake he's on the move all over the bed how was the supermarket?

LC - well done for getting to the gym, I bet that felt great. I'd love to go, I used to find it really stress relieving. My DH earns a lot more than me but wont contribute anything to me being off on maternity leave, I've had to fund it all myself and continue contributing my normal amount to the joint account *sigh*. Emily always used to have an egg shaped bruise on her head as a baby

frufru - sorry you were feeling sad this morning, I hope you are ok

maybe - yey for the playpen, still at your DH

We had an ok day, I tried to catch up on housework and Alex and I went for a walk with Lyra. Emily is still quiet and upset about what happened at the weekend Kerry wierdly brought me home 3 big bags of sweets!! but hasnt said anything about the arguments hope everyone else had a nice day xxx

 

[A3my]

thanks amy how's kerry behaved today?

he's being a lot nicer but I hate knowing it will never get talked about I'm still livid! will Danny replace your netbook?

 

[Sarahwoo]

Blimey Maybe!! He really does have anger management issues! Thats seriously nasty - what an idiot! Tell him to sign up for some overtime since he now owes you a new one!! And he's in the shed tonight

Oliver and I made it to the supermarket but the rain was horrible, so we gave town a miss. So we had a fairly relaxed day, I hate it when the weather is rubbish though!! Steve went to work at half six and Oliver went to bed nicely, so I've managed to have a shower and do my nails. I'm trying to feel better about myself. I feel so unattractive I have some issues at the moment that I'm trying to sort out in my head

Oh, one born every minute is on!!

I'm meeting a friend for coffee tomorrow, she's got a little three month old so I'm looking forward to seeing them both

I hope you are all well! I think I might go and make a cuppa

xx

 

[maybebaby3]

sarah - given your weight you cannot possibly be unattractive

amy - no way will i get another one i really fancy a macbook pro but they are over £1000 so no chance. maybe i can get one for next birthday and christmas combined even if i make it my pressie to me seeing as i will be earning more money than him...............

 

[Sarahwoo]

Amy Steve deals with arguements like that too. Its like if he's forgotten about it, its dealt with. He always just turns it back around on me. He said something yesterday that really upset me, he was on the phone to his friend and I was cooking tea (for me and Oliver). He said what he said, laughed and went into the lounge still talking on his phone. It really upset me and I ended up having a little cry over the peas When he came back in he could see I'd been crying, before he saw my face he was saying that he was joking etc and then when he realised I was upset he said 'Oh for gods sake' and stormed off! Idiot. No been sorry like a normal person and giving me a hug or been nice, oh no, he turns it around to been my fault. I would have normally left it but I ended up going in and saying why I was upset, and then leaving him to it before he had chance to answer. After about 15 minutes he came back into the kitchen as if nothing had happened.

So thats another bed in the shed occupied

 

[Sarahwoo]

Thanks Maybe

I want a Macbook pro too, you should def get yourself one!!