Mother of all conception months Graduates

[vbaby3]

Oh thats great dare!!
Thanks girls,I don't even know whats wrong with me,I've no reason to feel sad,so i'm putting it down to these damn pregnancy hormones!!!
Orans contrary as hell today too,so thats not helping.
His cheeks are flying off him and just took his temp and its high,think you and me both have teething boys peanut!!
He had a wee spoon of calpol and he's lying on the couch now with a wee blanket on him all comfy!!

 

[madcatwoman]

Argh i give up

took me an hour to drop off on the couch with the TV on in background to help, i dropped off, and the doorbell went.
it was my FIL come to fix the outside tap that had burst, which was kind, but the timing was rotten.

No-one sounds like theyre having such a great day today

 

[PeanutBean]

Stupid Monday. We should all have the day off from doing anything we don't feel like doing.

I'm finally showered and going to walk the dog then I'll get an hour or so before picking up the boy. DH is working late tonight. I wish he had a normal 9-5 job. I hate these lates and the Saturdays he works and he gets paid a pittance for them anyway.

Not getting anywhere with my work. Oh well. That's what maternity cover is for right?!

 

[gilz82]

I think mondays should be skipped all together, they just aren't working for any of us today

Only 50 minutes til home time for me though so i should be happy about that!

 

[pinkclaire]

Same for me Gilz!

I know what you mean peanut, I never know what time my DH is finishing, it could be 5, or anytime afterwards, up to tomorrow morning if hes been called in for duties Can never plan anything!

 

[PeanutBean]

Fortunately DH's work is more predictable than that but it's really hard work in the evenings when I'm pregnant and sick and tired and I hate not getting weekends the most. It's like we only see each other once a fortnight.

 

[madcatwoman]

what does your DH do peanut?.

My DH's hours can be anything from5.30-3pm,or till 6 pm, never quite know,but the worst is when he has to work away, theres a week away booked for next month,but im hoping or praying that might be the end of it for a while, from late march hes asked not to be sent away anywhere just incase i need him.

 

[gilz82]

Oh i could moan about my OH's work for the rest of the day, but i won't don't worry

I'm looking forward to the baby arriving for so many different reasons, but one of those of reasons is definitely that fact that there will now be someone at home with me again

 

[pinkclaire]

Aww Gilz thats very sweet! I found it lonely when I first had a baby and was left on my own!

I hate the weekends when my DH is working its crappy! I never know what to do with myself

 

[madcatwoman]

What does your OH do gilz, from the amount of time you say hes away it sounds like the army,but just a guess!.

 

[Ozzieshunni]

Thanks for the advice, Peanut! I've actually found milk to make it worse so I've stopped eating cereal or milk products (except ice cream for some reason doesn't do anything).

Dream, I find out on Thursday! Eeeeeep!

 

[gilz82]

Nope he's not in the army Madcat he works putting the bases in for electricity pylons. They work a 12 day on and 2 day off pattern and unfortunately none of the work is close to home, so essentially he permanently works away from home.

He's in Inverness just now which is probably the closest he's been to home and that's still over 4 hours away from us so he can't come home at night.

 

[PeanutBean]

Good luck to Ozzie and Dare, can't believe we are on a new round of scans!

My DH just works in a library. Nothing exciting, he just has to cover their extended opening times.

Gilz I liked the company of having Byron. It can be hard and it can be lonely being at home with a baby but it's rewarding and I never really had that craving adult company thing, I don't know why.

I have walked the dog!

 

[madcatwoman]

peanut, you sound like me. ive never craved the adult company either. people keep saying i need to get out and mix with friends all the time, but im happy doing my own thing, and very few people understand. MIL always gives me a funny look concerning this, she on the otherhand will not stay home or go out alone at all, never, not even to wait in for her own washing machine delivery and played hell when it snowed!.

I always thought library work would suit me actually, nice and quiet and bevering away with books, i never found a vacancy when i was looking though.

 

[PeanutBean]

It's just not like that! lol He has to deal with the worst of all kinds of people and is always on his feet and answering ridiculous queries. I remember that sensation of the quiet library and that book smell but working there is awful!

I do enjoy being with others but I like it to be for the purpose of being with them, like having friends round to be with for a chat, iyswim. I don't really like doing things with others, like shopping or whatever, except DH because he can do the heavy lifting! I am as happy being on my own. I did get a new group of mum friends. It's helpful as I've no-one else with kids who would really get what it's like. We could all meet up and share baby stories and BF and talk about poo etc. Bit like being on BnB really!

 

[gilz82]

I like my own company too Madcat, when my OH took the job he has now everyone was saying you need to be out all the time etc and i got quite a lot of odd looks when I said i really didn't.

I do miss having someone to speak to at the end of the day sometimes, cos I'm pretty sure if the dog starts talking to me I've gone nuts

 

[molly85]

lol I used to live on my own without a car in the middle of nowhere. it was great just mols and me she never talked back to me lol.

I plan to get out more when abbys here but that is to replace the work human contact which i get a lot of.

He he work actually went well got some really good praise from a collegue, booked to have my hair done now i just need to sort my holiday out.

I am worringly pleased taht i have first aide training coming up and have applied to do my mental health act training. its just a day but a very intresting subject.

 

[madcatwoman]

no, i suppose youre right peanut, perhaps a library isnt the quiet peaceful sort of place we all think it is where working is concerned.

as for people. I meet up about once a month with one or two girl friends that i got to know in college, we meet up and have lunch and catch up, but thats about it.

I cant go shopping with friends, and whenever i say im going shopping MIL pipes up and says she'll join me, but i make my excuses, having someone with me for shopping drains me, and in the end i dont bother looking in the shops i want to and dont browse as much, i'll get the essentials and leave, but on my own...well, im dangerous!

the only company i do miss is DHs company, whether he's working away or just down the pub, but when he's away, i still dont go looking for company anywhere else.

When LO is about 2 i'll probably take him to a local playgroup to mix with other kids, and the kiddies library time,and i guess i could end up meeting other mothers a similar age, but id be doing it more for the benifit of than myself.

 

[molly85]

ohh madcat your like me shopping. If I dnt want to spend much ineed to rke a sencible adult sonot my parents. matt can be just as bad though he hates shopping

 

[gilz82]

I'm not a great shopper in company. I don't mind going with my sister or OH but with friends I get impatient and fidgety. I'd much rather just go on my own

Oh I just ate far too much for tea, I had two slices of toast with cheese, a muller crunch yogurt and a rice krispie cereal bar. I'm now sort of wallowing in the bath, feeling very much like I could pop!!