We made the trimesters pass quickly!

[UniqueBeauty]

Morning

OH is making his homemade coleslaw then popping some over to my Nan and Grandad. Not sure what else to do today because it's just so hot. I'm burning so easily since being pregnant x

 

[Mummy to be x]

UB that's a great idea!

Morning ladies, well I'm just waiting for OH to get home from work then I don't know what to do, it's so warm! I really need to Hoover the whole house but I can't be bothered

 

[Mummy to be x]

Ab - what is singing kettle? I've never heard of that before x

 

[Ziggie]

We are still at the beach. It's more cloudy but still hot.. Melting. Think I felt first proper kick today too

 

[Swtpinkbabi]

My brother's having a barbecue in the heat today, so we're going to pop in over there for a while. After that hopefully I'm going to the pool.
Ziggy- yay for feeling first kick.

 

[UniqueBeauty]

How exciting I can't wait to be able to feel a proper boot lol

I'm a little jealous of the BBQ, I haven't had one for ages!

Listened to babas HB today and counted the beats and he/she was at 144 bpm

 

[ab75]

Yay for kicks Zig.
Singing Kettle are a childrens entertainment show, they sing and dance on the stage, they are Scottish so probably more popular up here. Zoe got chosen to go on stage, she was so happy lol, I was in tears xx

 

[Mummy to be x]

Ab - that is super cute!

Zig - hurray for kicks, I think I felt something earlier, I'm sure I did! I'm not certain though so I'm just brushing it off at the moment until I feel something more stronger.

Mmmm I've not had a BBQ for ages!!

 

[Mummy to be x]

Oh my god I'm 18 weeks today! Times flying by

 

[Ziggie]

Well I had it again this afternoon and I'm sure I felt it on the outside too

Abs bless her!! Hope you got photos for her!

 

[UniqueBeauty]

I can't get over how far gone you are, I remember when you were like 8 weeks 16 weeks feels so small!

At least the 4 week countdown can start now.

DS kicked me in the face tonight so OH made him stay in his own bed and for a good 20 minutes he was screamimg for me. By the sounds of it he's fallen asleep now but I can't till I've given him a kiss.
Recently he's been really violent and I don't know why. He's always kicking, hitting and chucking his toys at me, most land on my face it's horrible.

 

[ab75]

Signs up saying no photos, tried to sneak one with my phone and got told to put it away. I was gutted!
Had a picnic, then a bbq. Just got girls ready for bed at 7pm and Zara started crying, her elbow had popped out. Had to go to a&e, it happened a few months ago with her other arm, apparently it happens a lot in kids under 4 and looks like she will be susceptible to it! Poor wee thing, as soon as doc popped it back she was fine and said thank you to the doc. Wee cutie.
What an eventful day! Xx

 

[Mummy to be x]

Ab that sounds so frightening, glad she's ok now!

UB - my dd is a terror at the moment too, she just doesn't listen to me or OH and every time she's asked to do something she says "erm no mummy I can't right now" cheeky thing! She's also going through an awful phase of smacking, she thinks it's funny when she does it, the amount of times she's sent to her room is shocking, she screams the place down and then I feel awful and want to go get her but like my oh said, if we don't stay strong and disaplin her she will get worse.

It's tough when toddlers are been little terrors x

 

[UniqueBeauty]

Glad she's okay Ab!

It's awful isn't it Mummy! He finally fell asleep last night after crying for me and I woke up this morning to him in bed with me and OH bless him. He should be off to his Gannys today for dinner so that gives us some peace lol. He barely sees her anymore because she's always working and when she's not she says she's too tired for him :/ He's only going over because he asked to lol x

 

[Mummy to be x]

It's really hard when you don't have people to help out, where around 3 hours away from my mum now and she's offered to have Madeleine once a month for the whole weekend so that's going to be really nice, when we lived by family no one ever helped me out, not even for an hour if I wanted a break but I always looked after my niece at least once a week!

Itl be nice for you to have some time to yourself this afternoon, put your feet up x

 

[Ziggie]

Is anyone filling in a pregnancy journal? I have one you only fill on once a week with a short paragraph. Just trying to catch up on it as I bought it at 17 weeks I think and it starts at 9!! Be lovely for baby to have. In my job we do a lot of life story work with kids, memory boxes etc and made me realise how special it is to know your past. I'm going to keep a memory box too. Need to buy something that will stand up to the test of time!! I'm not good at remembering to do stuff so something I can add now and then will be ideal!! I want a photo printer too... I hate that photos are all hidden on computers and Facebook these days. I want to try and make an album! Like proper retro lol

 

[Mummy to be x]

No I've not done a journal I've been really terrible this time round, with my daughter I took bump pictures every week without fail, this time I forget sometimes! I really need to sort something out x

 

[Ziggie]

I haven't taken photos...!!! Just trying to do something I can keep up with. I'm hopeless normally.

 

[Mummy to be x]

I think it will certainly be nice to look back at with your little one

 

[UniqueBeauty]

I've been taking photos every Sunday of bump but I haven't done a journal. The memory box is a lovely idea, I wish I had done that with my son.

I have over 4,000 photos of my son on my laptop so I'm not sure I'll have the power and electric to print them all but I love photo albums, so much nicer than uploading them. All my childhood photos are in albums at my Nans. There's thousands!