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

[Sarahwoo]

Maybebaby make sure you keep the text!!

I second that!

 

[maybebaby3]

i will do! wont get my hopes up though! he prob doesnt realise they cost over a grand

 

[modo]

Maybe: Sorry to hear about your netbook and how Danny acted! I have a Macbook they are great Do you know anyone in the states who could buy it for you? My parents bought mine as a birthday gift when they were in NY this summer and it was much cheaper!

Amy: That was so mean of Kerry I can't believe he did that!!!!

Sarah: Sorry Steve was mean to you and then didn't apoligise! Love the shed idea

This is my playpen:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lindam-Saf...f=sr_1_1?s=baby&ie=UTF8&qid=1294768217&sr=1-1

 

[maybebaby3]

modo - sadly no-one i know is off to the states soon

you'll never guess what. my MIL has only gone out and bought danny a netbook!!!!!!!!!!! i'm sooooooo jealous now i really want a macbook!!!

 

[Frufru]

you'll never guess what. my MIL has only gone out and bought danny a netbook :jealous:

 

[hope&faith09]

Hey all -

Can Dave join the OH's in the shed?!? Long story!

Maybe I cant believe Danny ... hopefully you will get that mac book.

I have now bought all my bridemaids dresses they all came from the sales so I am very happy to have saved some money! I havent been very good food wise and weigh in tomorrow I am really notlooking forward to it but I will go and get a good kick up the bum ready to restart and get rid of these pounds.

Really sorry for not respondng to everyone I am so tired and actually falling asleep here I think I may just shut my eyes and let Dave put Amy to bed!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Modo I really like that playpen! It looks quite versatile and like it would fold up pretty small too . . . I'm just still not sure that we have room for a Playpen in the lounge. I think he Jumperoo might have to go if we had a playpen and I'm not sure that would go down too well with Oliver! I think I might wait and see how we get on without one, see if I can manage. I think we'll end up getting one though

 

[modo]

Sarah the good thing about this playpen is you can make into the shape you want. It goes flat or can be square etc.

Maybe: make Danny give to you! Or better yet send you holiday to the states while he looks after the kids

 

[A3my]

frufru - poor Joni - surely a tooth will pop through soon! I hope you had a lovely day

maybe - does your MIL know why he needed a new netbook????? now he really needs to buy you the macbook!!!!

modo - fab playpen

H&F - hope you get a good nights sleep well done for bridesmaid dress bargains

well Alex and I had a lovely lunch with my sister and Gabriel. doh better go Alex is awake..... again! having a bad night

 

[maybebaby3]

hope your night improves amy. am too tired to mess about posting from my phone! will post in the morning

 

[Sarahwoo]

Evening!

Just a quick one before I head to bed.

Amy I hope your night gets better! How have things been with Kerry?

Maybe I think Danny should give the netbook to you until he buys you a macbook, esp since you need it for work!! If not I think next time he passes out drunk I'd be carefully positioning it underneath a tipped over glass of wine and making it look like he did it himself

H&F Yay for getting the bridesmaids dresses in the sale!! What are they like? Have you got much more to organise?

I had a lovely time meeting my friend earlier today, her baby is so sweet! We had a really good chat, it was lovely. She took over my job as Wedding Coordinator at the hotel so she was happy to listen to my ideas for my chair cover / venue styling business and she gave me some good ideas too, so that was great! This is the same friend as I gave some advice to re breastfeeding when her baby was tiny, which I mentioned on here. Well she's still breastfeeding She gives some formula, but I'm really pleased that she kept going with the breastfeeding too. We met up when she was pregnant and I told her about my labour and gave her some hints and tips as she was really, really nervous about the birth. She said today that talking to me really calmed her fear and that her labour went perfectly, and that she kept thinking about what I had said and it just made her feel really confident that she could do it too. She just had gas and air and a tens machine like I did. I'm so proud of her, I do think that if you can stay calm and feel in control its a massive help.

I'm exhibiting at a wedding fayre on Sunday so I've been trying to get organised tonight . . . I've left it a bit late but it should be okay. I've got a meeting with a bride at another hotel on Friday too so I'm really hoping that mum and dad will look after Oliver . . . the hotel is just up the road from their house so quite handy really. Its really hard to get my 'business' head on when I'm in full on Mummy mode, but I really want to do this rather than work for anyone else so I need to. Steve is off on Sunday to help at the wedding fayre and Mum and Dad are 'booked' to either help out or look after Oliver, I just need to work out the logistics of who's doing what. I did wonder if having Oliver sat at my stand been all cute might attract lots of broody brides

Right, well I'm shattered so I'm off to bed. I hope you all have a good nights sleep

 

[emera35]

Gah! I keep trying to post, but the world is conspiring to not let me... well i say the world, mostly just Roh who's having another patch with bedtimes He's so great once he's asleep, but goes through phases when he can't seem to get past the first sleep cycle, so is waking up after about 40 minutes and then not going back to sleep for about 3-4 hours at the moment, that takes it to about 10-11pm I want my evenings back! Seems like he's great for a week and then bad for a week. Ah well hopefully this patch will pass again. Thing is, he's not waking up really miserable, he has a little cry when he first wakes up, but then is all chirpy and bouncy. I'm as a loss what to do about it really. Ah well, i guess i can't complain too much, as once he's asleep he wakes up at 6.50-7.30am every day, so at the least i'm getting full nights, but i'm tending to stay up too late, as i want some time to unwind once he's asleep

Was lovely seeing my friend the other day its been far too long, we did crack out the wine, and i had far too much really serves me right that i woke up feeling rather crappy, i thought i was hung over,but it never went away, turns out that i've got an ear infection never had one before, well possibly when i was little before i remember, but never since then, random

So what the heck is going on with all of our men at the moment, is it tidal forces or the moon or something?

Amy - I'm really sorry you're having such a tough time Its great that work have managed to accommodate what you need though Your OH really has a strange way with money, although if thats his way i guess its soemthing you can't really change. The fact that he refuses to discuss things with you though is really wrong! How can you have a good relationshp without communication? He really should appriciate his lovely family more! It must be so hard for you, knowing how much it affects the girls

Maybe - That poor netbook! Honestly, men and their tempers, what a nightmare. OH has put his fist through a door before because something he was trying to fix wouldn't fix! He also destroyed one of my saucepans by hitting it repeately on the floor, because he was angry about something or other That was a while ago though, he's mellowed quite alot in recent years and has a bit more self-control these days....mostly... Fingers crossed you get a macbook, or at least a decent replacement thats just yours, and then when Danny gets annoyed again he can just break his own stuff!

Sarah - Roh is super hazardous to have in bed with us now! I have always brought him into our bed in the morning for his first feed of the day and we tend to both doze off again, which is lovely, except now i'm woken up most mornings by "clatter, crash, bang, waaah!" luckily our bed is pretty close to the floor and the carpet is quite soft Even when he's asleep he wriggles alot. I think i'm going to have to stop feeding him in bed and feed him sitting in his room from now on.

FruFru - You've done amazingly well to cope with everything to now, and there is nothing wrong at all with getting some help. What you described about being manic and almost overly upbeat and then just totally lost alternately sounds like depression and its absolutely the right thing to do to talk with people you are close to and get some further conselling and advice to help you along and get you back to yourself again, you are doing everything right I lost 3 family members in th space of a few months a few years ago, and coupled with a very stressful job at the time. I thought i could cope with everything and didn't want to bother anyone with how i felt (including myself) and thought i could manage. I thought asking for help would be admitting defeat and would prove i couldn't cope with life. I carried on and carried on and eventually i had a breakdown and ended up having to take 6 months off work and have therapy. Trying to cope isn't the way to go And the way i see it now, even if you can cope, why should you have to just "cope", why not get help anyway and share the load, so to speak? Cruse are fantastic, and they really helped me come to terms with the loses in my life. You are a strong person and a fabulous Mum, and clearly alot more sensible than i was to boot I know i started to feel better just allowing myself to accept i needed some support and letting it all out

L-C - Will sounds so much like Roh! I need eyes in the back, sides, top and bottom of my head at the moment! Quite apart from the standing against anything and the hurling himself about the place, he's also now worked out how to climb onto the sofa, and so consequently can fall off it at will He too loves emptying things, i left him in the sittingroom for about 1minute yesterday and when i came back he had completely emptied a laundry basket full of folded clothes, and kindly unfolded them all and was romping about in the resulting pile He's also started following me around the house, so there is a stairgate across the sittingroom door now, as thats about the most babyproof room in the house. When i was at the doctors today he was asking me loads of questions, because the first thing he noticed was the massive egg lump and shiny bruise on Roh's forehead I was a bit suprised about that myself when i came home from work today Apparently he was standing at his toy box (he's worked out how to take the lid off) rummaging about and then the box slipped and moved the blanket that is covering our marble fireplace and pitched forwards facefirst into the edge of the marble! Ouch! OH got a filthy look for that one, but i can't really blame him, these things happen, i've taped the blanket down now. Roh is getting a little better at getting down though, slowly, and also starting to fall on his bum rather than just pitching over like a fallen tree!

Argh! All you skinnys stop complaining about your weight! Its making me insecure, i even bought a weightwatchers meal for my dinner tonight!! It was a bit boring though, so i grated some cheese on to it... I don't think i really get the whole dieting thing Ah well only errr...4 stone to lose!

Well its only taken me about 3 hours to write this what with Roh waking up (or rather not going to sleep) and all, i'm tired, i have work tomorrow and my ear hurts I was determined to post though, so...i have!

Night!

 

[emera35]

Oh, and happy 9 months to my lovely little man!!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Happy Nine Months Roh!!!!!!!!!! Gosh nine months . . . its going sooooo fast!!

Emera I will reply to you properly tomorrow

I am so tired . . . I thought I'd just sort a few more things out for the wedding fayre, and I had to sort some samples out to send to one of my brides, and then I couldnt find my sample books I don't know whats happened to my head, I used to be so organised and know where everything was, now I can't find anything and its doing my head in!!!!! I even found a lovely box tonight which I've obviously at some point put all my accounting stuff in, so its full off contracts and recepits etc for the accounts I need to do. I have absolutely no recollection of putting that stuff in that box - yet I must have done it at some point. I looked in it, rummaged about, realised what it was and thought oohhhh thats a good idea I think I'm going bonkers, surely baby brain only lasts for so long?!?!?!?!?! And I really, really need to sort my house insurance out too before the renewal next week . . can someone please remind me to do that?

 

[modo]

Frufru: I am really sorry I missed your post! Sounds like you are making a great decision about talking to some one

 

[modo]

Bobby is up on all fours swaying back and forth in his crib! I can see him on the video monitor, well done Bobby but please go to sleep

He has been mobile for a while in his crib rolling around all over the place. I haven't found him in the same place I put him since he was 5 months. The practice crawling in bed is a first though!

He woke up at 7.45 this morning

 

[modo]

H&F: Great news about the bridesmaid dresses In the US bridesmaids have to buy their own dresses! I bought my bridesmaid's dresses though it seemed reasonable as some of them came from abroad to be in the wedding!

Amy: hope your night got better!

Sarah: that's great news that your friend is still breastfeeding! What a great friend you are to her Well done for calming her down before she gave birth Good luck with the fayre and meeting hun

Emera: Sorry to hear about your evening. Hope Roh stays asleep tonight! Glad you had fun with your friend but sorry about your ear infection Poor Roh with his bruise Taping the rug sounds like a good idea all you can do is learn from these things. You can't predict everything that will happen! Happy 9 months to Roh

 

[maybebaby3]

modo - well done bobby for great sleep!

sarah - good luck on sunday! when do you know whether you have to go back to work or not? i'm dreading going back! i'm back in may so thank god dont really need netbook til then! i like the netbook/wine idea oh and remember the house insurance

emera - hope your ear infection has cleared happy 9 months to roh

we have a tooth! at last it's the tip of a bottom one. can see the other bottom one and the top too wanting to break through too! poor owen's not too happy with it though and is super grouchy! we went out in the morning as it was a lovely day, then picked up erin from nursery and now we are home. at 3.15 we'll get dylan from school and then we're going to my friend's for tea. she has a little boy erin's age and is pregnant and due in may! i look at her and think that was me this time last year! time has flown!!! owen's getting tired of the door bouncer so i shall see if he wants a bf and fingers crossed a sleep! catch you all later

 

[Sarahwoo]

Thanks Maybe . . . I'll try to do it later

My notice is a month so I guess I need to tell them by the beginning of April. I'd need to sort my hours out before then if I am going back though I think . . . . so I guess mid March I need to decide. I get my bonus on March 20th so depending on how much I get might swing weather I go back or not I should get 1/4 of a full bonus but one of the girls who was on mat leave last year got the full thing! In which case it might be a couple of thousand, so it would give me a few more months to get everything else up and running.

I've been busy all morning doing wedding stuff, I've added an Amazon shop thingy to my website which I'm quite pleased with.

 

[maybebaby3]

oh sarah dont worry about being crypic! write what you need to get out and explain more as and when and if you want! i'm sure the others will agree that we're here for you as you have been there for us men are strange creatures! maybe you should try and talk to him even if it does verge on an argument. i burried my head in the sand for far too long with danny a couple of years ago and we nearly reached the point of no return and both ended up saying/doing things that really hurt each other. even though i moan loads about him i do feel we have a more open honest relationship now! i hope i'm making sense as am on my phone!!! pm me if you want lord knows i've bent your ear enough