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

[Mork]

Seems to me like there are a lot of hugs needed here, so i send each and every one of you a big hug xxxxx I hope each of you has a much better day tomorroww xxxxx

 

[maybebaby3]

How are you mork?

 

[maybebaby3]

Amy - hope you and the kids are doing ok.

 

[Mork]

Hey maybe, im good thanks - getting rouder!! lol I hope you get a good night tonight! xx

 

[maybebaby3]

Thanks mork! I hope Owen sleeps through! I need it! Won't happen I bet!

Dan is already in bed. He's ill! He slept all afternoon and went to bed at 10pm! Wish I could do that when I was ill!

 

[emera35]

Maybe I know the feeling, wish i could just sleep off an illness too! I've been ill with a mix of non-stop colds and recurring oral thrush since 3 weeks before Christmas. Quite bored of having a sore throat now. Think i'm just resigned to it these days, i wake up feeling kinda crap every morning

Roh might be doing really well with his sleeping, but the washing machine went mad earlier and stopped working. When we took the filter out we found what was left of a whole banana in there! Bet it was because i told him not to lick an unpeeled banana as it was dirty, he knows dirty things go in the washing machine!

 

[maybebaby3]

Emera - oops! I agree with waking up feeling crap every morning, it sucks!

Had the worst night ever! Lost count after getting up 15 times don't know how I'm going to get through the day at work danny is not working today but instead of getting any help in the morning with the kids it means he gets a lie in whilst I sort everyone out and I seethe inside! He never gives me a lie in on my days off work

 

[emera35]

Maybe,

 

[Sarahwoo]

Oh Maybe, thats rubbish, Danny could at least get up and help with the kids. Does he not evn look after them on his day off when you are at work?!?!

Steve is still grovelling, but typically hasn't actually said sorry Still, I'm not going to waste my energy on falling out with him. He knows I'm upset so hopefully he'll think before he opens his mouth in future The situation with his friend (the paranoid conspiracy theorist) is getting beyond a joke again, I barely ever see Steve without him been there. Yesterday Steve got home at 9am, PCT was here shortly after and I think had followed him form work. He was still here when I went out with Oliver to collect my car. Last night when Steve was getting ready for work and I was getting Oliver to bed he turned up. Its once or twice a day at the moment, on an evening when Oliver is in bed we can be having a nice evening and what do you know, there he is knocking at the door. The thing is I think he asks Steve and Steve says its okay. It's like he'd sooner spend time with him than me at the moment. PCT seems to know that I'm not happy about it and just rubs it in. Steve lent him some money (about fourty quid - which I knew about) but then PCT made out to me (when Steve had left the room) that Steve had paid his mortgage. Which is obviously a LOT different! I asked Steve but he swore blind it was just fourty quid and I believe him, PCT is just stirring I'm sure. Its like his own marriage is shit so he doesn't want Steve's to be any good either. Its almost like he wants him all to himself - he acts so wierd sometimes, its like he's jealous or something. Then the other day I was going to bed and they were in the kitchen having coffee (its was 11.30pm, he had turned up at 11pm, when I said I was going to bed he had a dig about me going to bed early ) Anyway so as I was walking up the stairs I heard a huge bang so I went back down and into the kitchen. PCT had dropped one of my new Denby coffee cups so it was smashed all over and there was coffee everywhere. I helped Steve clear it up and PCT kept saying 'Wow you were quick, you were listing to us at the door weren't you? You were listening to us? There's no way you could have been so quick if you weren't listening'. I said erm no, tbh I couldn't care less what you two talk about and theres no way in this world I'd listen through a flippin door! Yet he went on about it until I went to bed. I don't know if he thinks he's funny or if he's trying to make me out to be some paranoid nosy mess like his wife - which I'm absolutely not. Its just so frustrating and so annoying. As far as I know his wife is moving up from Kent (they still have there house there though which they need to sell) so hopefully when she's here we'll see less of him. If not I honestly don't know what I'll do. Steve obviously doesn't see it as a problem since he says he can come over.

Ahhhh, you can't beat a rant before breakfast

I made a start on sorting Oliver's room last night, its at that awful inbetween stage where it looks even worse But I WILL get there

 

[emera35]

Sarah, good rant! PCT sounds like a right pain in the bum, and not a little odd with it!! Have you talked to Steve about maybe setting aside one evening a week, when he's home (a flexible day, not a set day) that is just for the two of you to spend together, with no interruptions and other people not allowed to "pop round" ? Then he could be free to have friends round, do whatever for every other time, but you'd know that you both had a guaranteed bit of time together

 

[Sarahwoo]

Maybe I hope you had an easy day and that you get some sleep tonight

Emera I like your idea When PCT's shifts fall opposite Steve's its not so bad - I can go weeks without seeing him (he will come over after work so 4/5am while I'm asleep). I don't mind that so much, its just when he comes over when we're having tea / having a nice evening / etc. Once in a while I can deal with but the last week or so its been ALL the time - and he's still going on about all these increasingly stupid conspiracy theory crap. And at the risk of been harsh if he put the energy and time he puts into that into sorting out the issues in his life (like paying his bills / getting a better relationship with his wife / seeing his kids / getting his business working) he would be a whole lot better of both financially and emotionally Steve seems able to switch off and let things go but when he says these utterly stupid things I have to argue back Argh I don't know, part of me thinks I'm been hard on him because he does have a LOT of shit to deal with, but I really have little patience with people who don't help themselves IYKWIM? Most of his shit he's totally brought on himself. I can deal with him in small doses but not more than that Steve obviously enjoys his company wacko and I don't want to stop them been friends or anything. I just don't think its right when a friendship has a negative effect on your marriage.

Ahh, right I'm off to cook tea. I swear if I couldn't come on here and rant I might actually go bonkers

 

[emera35]

Ranting is good for the soul!

By the way Sarah, the arrangement i suggested is what i have with my OH, longstanding. Its great because it stops me feeling neglected! Although i don't have a PCT to compete with, just a selection of computer games

I'm getting pretty amused with the whole toddler bed thing now, i'm having to actively stop Roh from going to bed! Since dinnertime, every 5 minutes he was announcing "bed" grabbing his teddies and whatever else he wanted to take with him and marching off to his bedroom I had to keep helping him put his teddies in bed, and then dragging him off saying that he wasn't allowed to go to bed yet... Its madness, and very funny, and cute!
He's so funny getting in, just demands cuddle after cuddle now he's realised i can give him a proper cuddle in bed. Tonight he wrapped his arms round my head and wouldn't let go until he was falling asleep!

 

[modo]

I am having a one-off problem similar to you Sarah. A friend of Ben's who we haven't seen in years just showed up at 6.30pm (after knocking loudly) while I was putting Bobby to sleep. He was being very loud and Bobby got upset because he could hear his Daddy's voice from downstairs. So settling him took forever and was a nightmare. I sent ben an angry text telling him to go to the f-ing pub if they were going to be so loud So they did. Now I am getting TV to myself and Ben is getting me dinner

I seriously would be annoyed by PCT. I really don't mind people visiting us but w/o calling?Just showing up? Who does that? I would be mad too. I mean if he made plans to meet up with Ben in the pub or came over at 8pm no problem!

Emera: Ben likes the PS3 and is playing loads of his new game skyrim which is pretty boring for me I don't usually mind the games if they have a plot I can follow but this game is boring!

 

[maybebaby3]

Sarah at PCT man!

Well my dad was taken to hospital coz he collapsed just after I posted this morning! He's ok but on a heart monitor for 48hrs. Danny was looking after Owen anyway, just he was having a lie in til I went to work! I thwarted that though after my mum called!

Too tired to post more to you all

 

[emera35]

Maybe -- Prayers and best wishes for your Dad, i hope he's ok! Are you ok? How worrying for you!

As far as visitors just turning up, currently not great as i'm often stil in my pjs at noon since on Mat leave so it can be a touch embarrassing if i look a state! I guess i don't mind too much if its a. someone i want to see, and b. a sensible time taking into account our lifestyle (ie. children's bedtime etc.) and c. they will accept it if i tell them they have to leave in x hours or minutes because i'm busy. Otherwise they can bugger off! FIL just turned up the other day out of the blue as he was "passing by"......traveling from Manchester to Cornwall meant he was on the M5, not on my street I was busy and about to go out, so i let him in to use the loo, and then got him to help me upstairs with the pushchair whilst he was about and then sent him off. How silly to do that without just calling ahead a few junctions before Bristol? I wasn't going to cancel my plans for him! Gaah, men especially are a bit odd sometimes, to say the least!

Modo - Nicely handled there, TV to yourself, peace and quiet and dinner bought to you! and yes, my OH is playing Skyrim at the moment too, i foolishly bought it for him for Christmas Well he would have bought it himself if i hadn't anyway

 

[modo]

Maybe: our thoughts are all with your Dad and your family I hope your Dad makes a speedy recovery

Emera: the game never seems to end and the stupid land is huge! He also asks me to look up various ingredients for the spells. I can't pronounce half of the made up names never mind know what they are

Mork: yay for a rounder baby bump! I know I say this all the time but I can't believe how quickly it is going Your scan will be there before you know it then we will have babies

I was really annoyed last night but no harm done. We have been invited order to his house in Shepard's Bush w/Bobby to watch some TV show called the Crown. I doubt we will get to watch much of it but Bobby will enjoy the new environment and the people.

My morning has been nice and I can't complain too much as Ben has taken Bobby out to the playgroup, followed by a wander around then a visit to the Deli (Bobby leads the way and always goes these places in that order) where he gets a Peter Rabbit Pear juice and a little treat (usually a plain croissant). I get TV and they will bring me back a little cake or snack

 

[emera35]

Modo, sounds like bliss! I slept so badly and woke up feeling sick OH is working all day, so no helping out sadly.
I'm feeling so run down, my ears are infected and I still have a sore throat. Basically been ill or under the weather since early december. Not sure what to do really, I'm taking lots of vitamins and eating a good balanced diet, what else can I do? I'm thinking its just pregnancy taking its toll. The fact I'm not sleeping well can't help I guess feeling very heavy now! Technically I only have 4 weeks to go until I'm considered term though, so I probably should feel heavy! I can't believe how fast its all gone, I'm going to have a baby in no time!!

 

[modo]

It sounds like the pregnancy hon your body is probably quite tired as you don't get enough rest I can't believe how quickly it's gone! You are going to have a baby soon A little sister for Roh It's amazing!

 

[Sarahwoo]

Emera bless you, it must be so draining The lack of sleep certainly won't be helping, hope you start to pick up soon at your FIL just showing up like that! He's lucky you were in! My MIL always calls unannounced, I've got used to it now. Most of the time its okay but like you say when you're about to go out or something it can be tricky. Twice this week she came down at tea time and Oliver was so distracted that he wouldn't eat anything

 

[Mork]

Hugs maybe xxxxxxxxxx