Mother of all conception months Graduates

[PeanutBean]

I couldn't wear lenses either. I wear specs for driving, cinema, presentations etc.

Gilz I had never heard of wetting the babies head until Byron was born and a MW mentioned it. So we don't do anything! We were just trying to cope with Byron, can't imagine trying to squeeze a drink in as well. I'm surprised by how many people have champagne and things, especially bf mums!

Well I've been dozing and things because of the tired, against a background of Byron shouting at me. DH walked the dog with him so I cleaned the bathroom and showered and now I'm dancing with nausea on the precipice. Scoffed some s&v crisps and DH has lunch on the go so hoping it'll pass.

 

[gilz82]

Oh Peanut I hope you feel better after some lunch

Head wettings here aren't something you do as a couple, it's just a massive boys night out thing or in many cases here it's a boys weekend away!!

 

[molly85]

lol Matts got a whacking great cigar and aisaid oh you'll have to nip to the carpark to smoke it ( i like these traditions) ad he was liek oh no it no smoking out there lol.

I think we might do a BBQ for Abby 6-8 weeks after she arrives though that is when our friends baby is due so might do something sepperate with them.

On the cat issue you can get nets to go ove thercot to protect teh baby from the cat jumping in. Thank Fully molly istrained to leave a room though I would never ban her from a room and will be using baby gates and the travel cot. SHe's generally very good will even go up and down stairs on command lol. I am hoping to do lots of walks so molly sees abby as the maker of walks so a good thing

 

[madcatwoman]

yes , wetting the babies head is just one big excuse to get P*ssed, nothing more and nothing less, if it was a celebration im sure something would be done with the mother.
Bit like weddings really, i find the whole stag do a similar excuse tbh.

I looked at the netting molly on amazon, it didnt have a very good write up in the review section though.
Felix has just come in from the cold, pushed the nursery door open and sat there in the middle of the floor, so i called his name, and walked in to our bedroom, patted the bed, and hes now settled on our bed as normal.

 

[pinkclaire]

Morning ladies! (well just about!)

When I had James my hubby wanted to go to the gym and I went psycho so I can't imagine him asking to go for a night away!

I don't get the head wetting thing, it's us that has been doing all the hard work!

 

[molly85]

Madcat you have a well trained cat, it might behave ok then. the other option is teh water gun lol

 

[vbaby3]

morning ladies!
Well i've had a very productive morning.
Cleaned the whole of upstairs,dusted,hoovered out the rooms,mopped,changed the beds,cleaned the bathrooms etc,came down and scrubbed and dusted down here too,my house is gleaming!!!yay!!
Havin a wee break now,diet coke and toffee crisp lol!!!

Heading up to belfast tomorrow for my nieces 3rd birthday party.Gonna head up earlier and go to ikea 1st,need shelves for the boys bedroom,and toy boxes or other storage solutions for all the xmas toys that still have no home!
I swear my house looks loke a creche.

I'd be similar with sleep peanut,the problem is getting to sleep in the 1st place,I can never get my mind to stop spinning.I'm always so jealous of dh,he hops in,kisses me night night and is heavy breathing 2 mins later grrr!!!!!
I actually read everynight,nothing too heavy that is too exciting,usually girlie novels and I read until my eyes start closing,then I literally drop the book and switch off the light.
Its the only way I'll get to sleep.When I need to get up to pee I just stumble to the ensuite with my eyes still closed and normally get back to sleep straight after.
If 1 of the boys wakes crying and I have to go see to them i'm wide awake again,then its back to square 1,light back on,back reading till the eyes start closing again!

 

[gilz82]

Molly we haven't banned Beau from the nursery just trained him so that he stays at the door. It was more so I don't need to use baby gates and to teach him to respect the babies space, just like we'll teach the baby to respect Beau's space.

Once the baby is big enough to be in his bed rather than the cot I've got no problem with Beau being in there with him

 

[vbaby3]

Ha ha pink,funny you should say that,my dh didn't go to the gym for the 1st couple months after my lo's were born.
Didn't so much mind a couple hrs at the wk end,but def not of an evening after work.We fought about it after our 1st baby,but with the 2nd he wasn't stupid enough to ask,he just didn't go!!
No wetting of babies head here either,unless you count a couple of glasses of wine in the house!!Def no nights out or wk ends away!!

 

[molly85]

lol baby gates are mainly to stop me having to close every ruddy door. our front door goesstraight on to the street so have one into front room and the oneupstairs will be for if i leave her in her moses basket and molly doesn't take to her well

 

[gilz82]

We have bought one baby gate for between the kitchen and living room but it's only really to use so that if there are lots of people visiting the baby, beau can go through to the kitchen for peace but still be able to see what's going on.

The things we do for cats/dogs it's like we already have furry babies

My OH won't go away over night for the head wetting, I'd kill him but it'll definitely be a big night out probably into the city or something. Wish we stayed somewhere it just wasn't done really.

 

[molly85]

lol I think matt might have one but believe me the night I come home he will be on baby duty, even if it involves him holding abby to the boob lol

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Head wetting isn't a big thing in the US so I was very confused when DH mentioned it. We have a cat as well and she's just going to have to learn not to go near baby. I'm sure she'll manage fine. Both dogs are going to new homes before the baby. Mostly because we're going to be moving in a year or so and we want to make sure they get good homes.

 

[molly85]

it does go with the tradition that men ddnt attend labour and didn't spend much time atthe hospital

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Forget that! He contributed, he can be there the ENTIRE birth process

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

No no head wetting over here either, i think you are right it used to be for the husbands who were waiting for news from the hospital about whether they had arrived, probably it was like a way for other guys to take care of their friend during the stressful time (just how stressful is waiting compared to pushing out a bowling ball really?) and of ocurse alcohol is the poison of choice lol

who ate all the pork? who ate all the pork? I DID I DID! I ATE ALL THE PORK!

yum cant get enough of it! i used to hate pork but num num fatty fatty boom boom num num!

my friend has a cat who had never been around a child before - not knowing this i bought my 2 year old to visit her before she had her baby but honestly the cat would jump and bound and be overly playful with the adults and hated being stroked but when my son walked over to her she would lay down and just let him stroke her and didnt bounde all over him nipping his arms or anything, safe to say the cat is really well behaved around her baby so you never know, i am not sure whether they did anything like those plug ins that are supposed ot release calming scents or whatever though

 

[molly85]

Why can't matt just be useful? laundry is it so hard to hang? Picking up wall hanging from the nursery floor neuroscience? Actually hoovering the stairs asuperhuman feat? No I just have a very lazy man that will do stuff badly in the hope I won't ask him to do it again. this house is vial and filthy but does he notice? no does he help clean? no. am i ,menatlly or physically in a place to deal with this right now? NO

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

aw molly, it took my dh about a month and running out of pants to realise that i was being honest that i spent most of the day hugging the toilet and didnt really feel like spending the 5 minutes a day i had after eating running around picking up the clothes, i know its a really simple job really but when you dont have the energy to go for a wee despite being bursting then actually going round the whole house to find all the clothes - not put into a nice pile in the bathroom - but flung all over the place it does tak esome effort!

thankfully the pants situation got too bad for him to ignore and he finally realised that i was genuinely too tired!

i get the impression yours has not picked up the hint yet?

 

[molly85]

3.5 years together i have tried to train him and have got no where apart from he hewill now wear a clean shirt socks and pants each day

 

[vbaby3]

Molly i'm with dh 12 yrs,and he's still useless!!
Though thankfully he does wear clean clothes everyday!!

Well I must be nesting or something!!
After my marathon of cleaning this morning,I went back upstairs.Sorted thru all shays wardrobe and drawers,made room for orans stuff.Sorted thru orans stuff and moved everything into his new room!!
Then took out baby girls stuff and put them into the now empty drawers in the baby room!!!yay!!!
Just need the shelves up in boys room now coz all their games/puzzles/jigsaws and books are on the floor of the baby room!
Buying the shelves tom,but will be a miracle if dh actually puts them up anytime soon!