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

[maybebaby3]

i went into school and read the report that my current head has written about me for the job i have applied for and i was really pleased as he's deemed me 'highly suitable' and 'highly recommended' me for the post which it the best possible grading overall he could've given me. then i bumped into the girl who has been doing the job i have applied for and has just got promoted herself and she says that the head of the school has a preference for one of the other applicants she's less senior to me and now i'm worried she'll get the job as she has the gift of the gab and i don't that means i'll be stuck where i am the head has a strong vote on the panel. it's not fair

 

[hope&faith09]

Hi all -

Sorry for not catching up properly I havent really been up to much the last few days and have really been struggling. I am feeling very stuck at home with Amy and very isolated as all my mummy friends are going back to work soon and I dont know anyone in the local area and I am just so emotional!

Anyways I really need to find out if Dave is going out this afternoon as I am not feeling very good!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe hopefully you will still be in with a good chance - fingers crossed for you! Don;t give up - I'm sure you don'te need me to tell you to give it your all and take no notice of what you've been told

Happy Nine Months Owen!!

H&F I hope you're okay honey Do you think you might have a touch of PND if you don't mind me saying?

Oliver and I went to baby club this morning, there were sooooo many babies!! There used to be 10 at the most, I bet there were about 30 today! It was fun though. After that Oliver and I went for a wonder around our local outlet village (Oliver fell asleep in the car and I can get him into his pushchair without waking him up but not into the house ). I was going to look but not buy (yeah right ) but ended up buying a few things. I got some lovely leather boots in Monsoon though for ten quid!! What a bargain! And some bits for Oliver . . . obviously

Right, well we're off to make some dinner now, I hope everyones having a good day!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Oh, and H&F, I've been thinking about when all my mummy friends go back to work too. I'm going to keep going to baby club until Oliver is one, and the same place do a group for one and two year olds on Mondays so I'm going to go there, and hopefully find another group for later in the week. Two of my mummy friends are going back part time, so hopefully we'll be able to meet up on their days off, and another works from home like me so again, I'm hoping that we can meet up once a week so the babies can play. I want Oliver to get lots of socialising since he won't be going to nursery.

xx

 

[maybebaby3]

h&f - huge

sarah - thanks for the words of encouragement good bargains in the outlet village

 

[maybebaby3]

someone has nicked dylan's bike from the extension of our flat and danny's ladder from the patio it has to be one of the workers that have been doing up the block. we were not very good locking the doors to the extension all the time and also left windows open sometimes won't be doing that again. he only it at the end of november for his birthday and has only used it a few times coz of the weather

 

[hope&faith09]

Sarah - we dont go to any local baby groups I dont know why I always get scared that people wont talk to me! I really need to just go and try it out ... its half term next week but maybe the week after! I also think I have got PND but am avoiding medication and just trying counselling first. On a plus note I lost 2lbs at weight watchers this week and I had a naughty week so fingers crossed I stay on track this week!

Maybe - thats awful I would be so angry.

Sarah - its so lovely your going to be able to work from home ... thank you so much for the support.

 

[Windmills]

Hello ladies
I'm not even going to try to catch up, you lot talk SO much
I hope you're all well, I've been super busy with Daisy, she's like the Duracell bunny just now! We've just bought into a club in town, I'm so excited

H&F- I'm similar just now. Really emotional and down, even though I've got stuff to look forward to, things like debt are getting on top of me to a ridiculous degree.

Maybe- I still can't believe they robbed a little boy's bike. That's disgusting and I hope karma gets them!

Sarah- I hate baby club they're all really weird, like they sit on their own and won't engage in conversation with anyone! It's a nightmare for me because I can't keep my mouth shut and neeeeed to talk We've started musical minis and story sacks, and we're going to start going swimming with my sister and her LO soon.

Amy- I'm sorry work have been so shit to you! And I'm glad Alex is starting to enjoy nursery and making friends

Mmm, there was something else..
Oh! I've had a letter from Liverpool Womens Hospital to invite me to a recruitment session Just voluntary, but still made up, it'll be great for my uni application

 

[A3my]

evening all

maybe - thats great news your head has written you a glowing report, dont worry about what that other woman said, I bet you are in with a great chance Happy 9 months Owen I cant believe someone stole Dylan's bike thats terrible

LM - welcome to the night-time BF cripples gang

sarah - so pleased you can stay off work well done for the bargain monsoon shoes!

H&F - sorry to hear you are feeling so low well done for the 2lbs loss

katie - yey for the recruitment invite

well I felt really down at work today, it was becasue i wasnt there to stand up for myself i hate leaving alex, I dont feel whole. I picked him up today and he'd had a horrid day and been really miserable. I felt so guilty. Its all so crap. I just hope I can sort getting back to nursing and get a job. I'd work 3 12hr days so I'd get 4 with my children x

 

[maybebaby3]

katie - great news about the recruitment and the club

h&f- great weight loss hope counselling helps is dave helping out more?

amy - where do you stand with regards to getting back into nursing? is it easy to get a job once you do your return to work course?

 

[Sarahwoo]

H&F give some baby groups a try! Is there anything like baby massage? i found those easy to get started with because you're not there to chat, if you know what I mean? Rather than a baby group where you'd be worried that no one would talk to you? I'm sure they would though Are you getting lots of support re the possible PND? I hope so Its a while ago now, before I met Steve, but I was awfully depressed after a really nasty relationship and I was on AD's for a while. I really didnt like them, but they did give me the kick start that I needed to get out of a very dark place. I also found that getting out in the fresh air really made me feel so, so much better, so I would absolutely MAKE myself take the dogs for a walk and things just to get outside. If I find myself starting to feel a bit rubbish, even if its just a bad day, I always try to get out in the fresh air and it always lifts my mood . . . . and if its raining I've been known just to wrap me and Oliver up and open all the windows

Katie your baby group sounds odd You'd be fine at ours, its basically loads of women sat chatting while all the babies play in the middle We all say that we mainly go for a natter Great news about the club, how exciting!!

Amy I'm sorry that work was rubbish today I'm sure you'll be able to get back into nursing! Those hours sound great What do you have to do to get that started? for you honey, it must be really hard

Maybe thats so crap about the bike!!!

I was really looking forward to my parents coming up tomorow but I just spoke to my mum and she is full of cold so they aren't going to risk passing it up. Steve is working all weekend so hopefully mum will be better and they can pop up then instead. So I'm trying to think of something nice for Oliver and I to do tomorrow now . . . we could go to the breastfeeding group which is on a Friday morning . . . we've never been before though and I'd feel a bit daft with all the little babies And I know they say that you don't need a problem to go, but I'd feel better having one rather than just saying I had nothing better to do I might have to think of a problem

 

[Sarahwoo]

Oh, just to add katie . . . really great news re the volunteer work! My friend wants to be a midwife, she's applying to unis at the moment and going for interviews etc. She was saying the other day that she really, really wishes she could volunteer each week for the experience as it looks so, so good at the interviews, but she works and has a almost two year old so she just can't do it. Well done you!

 

[A3my]

maybe - the course is 10 weeks and at the moment there are no paediatric nurse jobs advertised in Kent but I would write to every ward begging and there is also a childrens hospice I could apply to.

sarah - what a shame about your parents. Come down here and we'll take you to our babyclub I'm so glad I dont work Fridays I'm upping my hours to full time from next month but using holiday to keep Fridays off until I leave I bet that the new mums with BF issues would really appreciate chatting to you!! you should go!

I feel sick, i had a massive grumpy pig out. I can get on with painting becasue Kerry is changing the light so the electrics are off.

 

[Sarahwoo]

Amy I wish I could . . . that would be lovely! When you move up here though

I've been munching sweeties all night too . . . naughty me!!!!!

Yay for keeping Fridays off!!! When do you finish?

 

[A3my]

not entirely sure, the consultation process is still ongoing. earliest would be 26th April but it might be late may. yummy I want sweeties! Haribo please x

 

[Sarahwoo]

OOhhhh Haribo!!! Mmmmmm I could walk to Haribo Land tomorrow

I'm eating mini Dime bars . . . Steve bought a HUGE bag of them in Ikea. I can't stop eating them

I'm sure you'll get something in nursing

 

[A3my]

I forgot you live near Haribo land!! I'd move there for that kerry loves dime bars. I'm not so hot on chocolate as i am on jelly sweets, unless its with a cuppa x

 

[Sarahwoo]

Ahhhh, a cuppa isn't a cuppa without something naughty

If you love Haribo you would LOVE Pontefract! After six years I still find it amusing that the whole town smells of sweeties There is a Tesco RIGHT next to the Haribo factory and it smells so, so strong there, like when you open a bag . . . I bet they have the best Haribo sales in the country at that Tesco because you get out of the car, smell the air and say oohhhhh I could just eat some Haribo

 

[emera35]

Evening!

I'm a bit tired, but wanted to pop on to give all round!

I'm finally starting to feel a bit less ill now, think the anti-biotics are working finally

I think Roh is trying to make up for not eating last week by eating double this week! He's stuffing himself, and eating everything i give him, plus he stole half my crossant this morning, right after he'd finished his breakfast (2 weetabix and a whole banana) and then ate half my sandwich and 2 digestive biscuits after lunch whilst i was getting his nappies out of the drier (I'd put it on the side and forgot he could reach it) ! Honestly, he must have hollow legs, he's eaten more than me today!

One bonus about having felt so ill and having the sick bug i had is, i've lost 10lb this week I've lost my bum-shelf! (muffin top just doesn't cover it in my case )

Got my hair cut short today, first hair cut since i was 6 months pregnant, so like, a year ago I love it!

Ok, i'm falling asleep huge to you all i really need to read a few pages and catch up!

 

[maybebaby3]

emera - glad you and roh are better! 10lbs!!!! wow! every cloud has a silver lining yey for the haircut! i'm getting mine cut today.

apart from the countless night wakings owen decided he wasnt going to sleep any more at 6.30 so am utterly exhausted