Discovery Home & Health

Wow Emily! Congratulations! You are going to have a nice age gap between the two of them. Think that i'm jealous

Helen, I'm so sorry that Daniel has been so unwell. Always the way isn't? He just timed it right with your going to work. Poor chappie, how's he now? Is he over the worst?

Can't write much as I'm at work at the moment.

Chat later x

Emily,

Good luck with your weight gain (!)

Are you planning on healthy eating during your pregnancy? Or are you going to be like me and eat everything in sight?!

Poor Daniel Helen
It sounds a bit of a nightmare for you? Have you been able to go to work at all????

Laurie, I plan to eat sensibly, however so far its not going too well!!! Too many tempting things around, and when I am feeling sick, I will eat anything that I think might take the sickie feeling away! Not good!!!

Tommy is doing well, except his teeth are really troubling him at the moment!! He has 2 bottom and 1 top through, and the 2nd top is beginning to break through today! Good news I hope things will start to ease for him! Until the next ones!!!!

Where is everyone else?? Its been really quiet on here recently!!!

Take care and speak soon
Love Em x x x

Hi Emily

Congratulations to you!!!! I must admit like Laurie I am a little jealous too! DH and i went out to dinner last night and talked about number 2 . I want a gap of 2/12 to 3 years but DH said he could wait 4 or 5! So we will see!!

I feel for those of you battling with nursery - i am dreading it but its not till just after Aidan's first birthday. I must admit i do enjoy my college once a week when my Mum has him so maybe it wont be so bad.

Sorry i have not been on much but i have been working so hard on my masters assignments. I have two left to do that are due in on May 14th so after that i will be free for the summer.

We are off to Corsica in June 1st for 2 weeks so looking forward to that.

Anyway - sorry for me post.

Hope poorly babies get well and those that are well stay like that. Nothing much to report from Aidan - still not teeth but he is starting to shuffle round a bit and bring his bum up so maybe he will start crawling soon.

talk to you later

Anna

I agree that it's quiet here but for me I very rarley have the time to get onto the net and when i do, it's only for my online banking etc. I'm finding it a struggle working full time and trying to be a mum at the same time. Is anyone giving jar food to their babies? I think that I need to investigate this option further as I all seem to do at the weekend is batch cook for Daniel.

Emily, hope that healthy eating works out welll for you. I found it almost impossible to eat sensibly whilst pregnant... but hey I'm paying the price for it now! Just hope that I suceed this time round in my weight loss battle.

Anna, great to hear from you. You are lucky in that DH is thinking about baby no.2. My DH doesn't want any more children but I'm not going to nag him. For us, now is not the right time to have a second baby. I'm hoping that we can try next year this time.

Helen, how is Daniel now?

Tigger, do you have any news on Little? Please let her know that i'm thinking of her.

Emma, where are you? I hope that you are OK and coping well in pregnancy.

Bye all x

Hi everyone

Daniel is so much better, he has just finished his course of anti biotics and he has a check up next week to make sure the chest infection has gone. Thank goodness my mum doesn't work and has been able to have him. I have takena couple of days off work and there have been a few sly comments..she has just had 9 months off. But who cares my children come first!
So with Daniel back to his normal self he is everywhere again,turn your back and he is gone.

Laurie, I am struggling to work part time and cook all of Daniels food. Where I can I make some for him, or do one of Annabels receipes for the whole family or I will give him a jar. What I suppose I am saying is give him a jar, and enjoy your weekends as a family. In the ideal world we would all cook everything from scratch but when time is an issue you need to think would Daniel rather you cooked food or played with him??? And don't beat yourself up about it!!!
As for having another baby my DH was a couple of years before I convinced him to have another.

Anna Nice to hear from you. When Daniel is at nursery he really loves it and they do the things I do with him, take him for walks in the pram, go to the swings. And he is exhausted when he comes home.

Emily hope you are feeling ok, what is your due date?? Will you find out the sex?

Hope everyon else is ok

Speak soon

Love Helen
x

Helen,

It's great that Daniel is back to his normal self. I haven't taken any days off and I already get comments when I leave work 'early'. I'm not leaving early as such, i'm doing 8.5hr day and I try to leave on time so that I can give Daniel his bath. I really hate it here now and want to have a career change but I'm just not sure what. I've been ignoring them and you should too.

I also have come to the conclusion that it's ok to give Daniel the odd jar every now & then. I'm leaning towards the plum and the Hipp organic range. I think that a trip to Boots is required.

Have a good friday everyone x

Hey girls. Hope you are all well, and your babies are good/getting better. Work this week has been a good break, and Erin is settling well at nursery, she is now waving me off in a morning! My problem is Craig. We seem to be constantly arguing about money, and he is still treating me like I should be his personal slave. My week so far has been return to work, Erin starting nursery and a uni exam on monday, filling in an application form for a promotion on tuesday, wednesday and last night writing a final course assessment for another uni course, and then payday today where i got a full wage, but only have £23 of it left. my tax credits haven't gone up yet, so thats not helping, and at this moment in time, not only am i doubtful that there will be a wedding, but i'm also doubtful that me and craig can last. I hate myself too, nothing specific, just feel like a bad mum cos i don't really feel like i'm missing Erin while I'm at work, and that if i can't sort out my money i won't be able to look after her, and i hate my body and everything else. I spent my lunch break in the toilets in tears. i can't cope with all of this any more, and think that if i leave erin and craig they'll be better off without me.

sorry forgot to say congrats to emily, little is ok, not heard much from her really, will let you know if i hear again. wonder how emma is doing? thats 2 of you, who's next? not me that's for sure. the merina takes care of that!

Hey Tigger
Poor you sweetie, for feeling like this!!
Are you still not taking your anti depressants? Its sounds from the way you are feeling you may still need to be taking them. Life really doesn't sound much fun for you at the mo! If it means making your life more bearable, then surely you need to think about taking them!

You are not a bad Mummy not to be worrying about Erin when you are at work. I am totally the same. I love Tom sooooo much, but I also really enjoy doing my own thing! I think this is quite normal!!!

When I have been depressed in the past, I find relationships with everyone become more tense! Perhaps a trip to see your GP might help! I hate to think of you feeling like this sweetie!!



Hello to everyone else! Hope you are all doing well?

I am plodding along! Repeating history! WORRYING about being pregnant and then worrying I am no longer pregnant that something has happened to the baby!! I AM A NIGHTMARE!! I thought it would be easier the 2nd time around but No I am just as bad!!! hey ho!!!!

Speak to you soon
Love Emily x x x

Hi guys. Thanks for the support Em, feeling much better now. Was just 1 off day. I spoke to craig over the weekend, he has said he will make more of an effort but his excuse is stil 'its not my mess'. its driving me crazy. he keeps saying if it gets tidied up, it will be easier to keep tidy, but then won't help me do the big clear out in the first place!!! GRRRR.

On a happier note, my provisional licence arrived on Saturday, I have my first lesson Saturday this week! EEEKKK! Scary...

Tigger, so glad you are feeling better...we all have those blips! I do think men struggle to adjust to the fact you go back to work and don't have all day to tidy, iron, shop etccc. DH and I have had a conversation about his lack of help.....there has been a slight improvement.

Emily how are you feeling?

Laurie, why do we have to work????I hope work gets better for you to. Tomorrow is my first day of the week so fingers crossed it will be ok.

On the down side Daniel has been ill again and has kept nothng in for 3 days (coming from both ends). I phoned the dr in despair tonight, I just don't know what to give him to eat/drink. He is being sick 5/6 times a day, and the other end is constant. The DR gave me some stuff to
rehydrate him and want some samples to send off. They agreed that having this (and the chest infections and viral infections) for 4 weeks on and off is not right. AT last they listened to me!!!! But I am at teh end of my tether....I have never done so much cleaning and washing.

Anyway hope everyone else is ok

Love Helenxx

hi girls hope you are all doing well

emily congratz glad to read you are looking forward to being a mummy again.

tigger maby you should go to the docs and have a chat with him maby it will help and dont forget if you are really feeling down you have my mobile no and i live in nottingham

hi to everyone else.

not that good news from me so i have been keeping low key for a few weeks. went for a scan on 7th and fornd out that the baby was 14 weeks but unfortunately he heart had stopped beating dont know when. also the left side had not formed propperly so had to make a choice to have a d&c or let nature take its corse so went with the nature and started bleeding on the tuesday night then had to go back in on the thursday for a check. . sorry to dampen the mood this is why i have not posted

talk soon emma xx

Emma I am so sorry to hear your sad news, we are here if you need us.

Love to you all
xxxxx

Oh Emma, I am so saddened by your news. My thoughts are with you x

sorry bout what happened emma, if u need me, the same goes for u hun! I am planning little missy moo's birthday, at our local pub, with a bouncy castle. i think it will be great! I also can't remember if i said, but i have an audition for are you smarter than a ten year old on 17th May! Its in Birmingham, so I'm staying at my mum's for the weekend. Hope I get thru, just to combat all financial issues!! also to fund my all of a sudden oh so expensive wedding... why do they charge so much???!!!