Discovery Home & Health

Hi Ladies,
Just a quickie before getting the boys to bed before getting Abby sorted. She has turned into a little monster. She woke up 3 times last night and rolled over sticking her arm out of her cot. She can't roll back yet so gets really upset. Needless to say I am exhausted and it just seems to get worse. Tried to sleep when she did this morning but that only lasted 30mins. Going to try to let her cry it out a night(other than fix her position) to see if it'll help. Hubby works 12hr shifts so have tried not to let her vry to let him sleep, think this has spoilt her.

Chelley - sorry babe we do Christenings different here in N. Ireland. Abby got done ages ago. It's organised very quick and is just a family affair really. She is my first not to get christened in my christening robe as we couldn't find it. Mind you the one we got her was very girlie and suited her well. By the way could you e-mail your e-mail add as I've sent you a few funnies and they keep bouncing back. Not sure where they live we aren't that close, used to be though. My cousin is going through a mucky separation at the mo[]

Sarah - glad to hear you are all feeling better. Glad your hubby has got a job. I know what you mean about the shifts Kirky works 7 to 7 days and then nights. It's crap as it means I do all the running around, getting up for school and putting to bed.

Debs - where do you find the time? You seem so tuned in and motivated I'm lucky if I wash my hair in the morning, don't know how I'll cope going back to work. Hope all goes well with your op.

Kelly - Niah is a wee dote as we say over here. Keep the piccies coming.

Sue - glad to here everyone is well. Men[!]

Abby will be 24 weeks tomorrow and weighs 16lb1 now. She was at the 75 centile but is now down at just above the 50 but nobody seems to be worried. She's on 3 spoon feeds a day and loves the stuff. You can't go near her with a plastic item but she thinks it's feeding time. Still no teeth but drooling like mad and chomping on everything apart from her teething toys, lol.

I had an interview last week to see if I can go back to uni to become a teacher don't think I did too well but who knows. I'm very peed off at the mo but no time to talk as I've rattled on enough. Can you all send me an e-mail to make sure I have the right addresses and then I'll send you all my contact details so we can get this meeting arranged.

Take care all
Lisa, Abby, Kyle, Luke and Kirky
xoxo

hey girls...my my we have all been busy little typing bees!!!

niah is poorly again!!![] shes full of cold, snotty nose and weepy eyes! poor mite didnt sleep at all tday coz she couldnt breathe properly....jerome is on mights tnite so i think i'm gonna have a bad one with her....touch wood tho shes been in bed since 7ish and been ok so far!

chelley....really got to send to pics of niah off for modelling....shes practically sitting up now too so think she would be able to take better pics!! which is the best one u use?? niah has got another tooth already....2 front bottom ones! she hasnt been bothered with them at all either, thnk god! now that she has summit in her mouth tho she keeps playing with them with her tounge and doing a fish mouth!!

sue hows things hun...u give that hubby a kick up the backside??

leah glad to hear ur feeling a bit better and spent some qt with hubby! when jerome and i went to amsterdam in dec we had the best time....sounds awful, but i completely forgot about niah whilst we were there! i think now and then u just need to palm the kids off and remember why ur with ur man and what fun u 2 can have together!!

sarah...great news for julian on a getting a job! not so good news for poor lil lox and his exzema bless!! hope the christening goes ok.....i so need to pull me finger out and get niahs sorted!

lisa, i too am thinking of getting into teaching! i dont have any classroom experience tho so will prob have to volunteer first??! i dont want to go back to uni and do a pgce so im trying to get on a graduate teacher training programme, where u just learn on the job! ive applied for a couple of things but not heard back?[]

debs nice to hear from u! ur so busy and dedicted to all ur projects....i wish i was more like u!! and with all ur lady probs too, i dunno how u manage?!

righty ho girlies - we gonna sort out a meeting then?? best month for me is june or after then!! im excited to meet u all and ur gorgeous bambinos!!! i will hopefully be driving by then, but dont mind getting a train? or i could always make it a break away with jerome and he can go do his own thing when we meet up?? im in leeds if that helps in figuring out where to go?!

lets get cracking!!

awwww jerome just text me and put 'wish i wasnt at work tnite, want to spend some time with you and help you look after noodle. thanks for being the bestest fiance and mother. miss and love u both xxxx'
thats sweet and made me smile!!

take care all big kisses from kelly and niah xxxxx

Hi all

Just a quickie to see if you're all ok? I am busily icing Locksley's cake for tomorrow!

Debs would you be able to forward that baby stuff website address to me please?

Also, here is my e-mail address again for anyone that's having difficulty sending me mail.... sarahsworld@ntlworld.com

Take care all, Love Sarah xxx

Ps Julian got another job offer tomorrow! It's basic pay, but he gets 70% commision...so there is a lot of potential.

xxx

Hi Sarah

Congrats to Julian on job offers. I knew youd be ok. Have a lovely day tomorrow.

I have emailed you them links but for anyone else who is interested,

www.loot.co.uk let you list baby and kids stuff free for 1 day and let you renew ads. i sold a cot bed on loot last week.

www.123classifieds.co.uk is a new site which charges to list but if you email the stuff listed for free.

www.netmums.com let you list baby stuff for free when you have signed up and its for your local area. eg. i listed some baby stuff on south beds area.

discoveryhealth admin - could discovery health not put a forum up for people to sell/swap their second hand stuff????

Debs

hi all

just to say i have tried sending piccies of mia to ye all but all those with hotmail accounts - get returned!

so - for an update of picciess of mia look at www.shaunaghandbrandon.info

xx

hi all
just a quickie!
sarah congrats to julien and i hope yesterday went well....send some pics of the little man soon!!
chelley - niah has been accepted at bmamodels and urban angels!! those pics of mia are gorgeous i love the way u have put a portfolio together like that, how did u do it???
hi to everyone else too hope ur all well.....
kisses for babies
love kelly and niah xxxxxx

hi all

kelly - what id urban say? did you email pics? did you attend a casting day? mia went to a casting day with urban but was turne down as they said they had many similar looking babies to her and we lived a bit to far away for their liking. Urban is a great agency. where do u live?

chelley

hi chelley just had a couple of emails back! one from bma said that they loved niahs pics but their clients are london based and as we are in leeds travel would be a problem? i dont know wether to reply and say that we r willing to come to london, it might be a bit much messing around? urban angels looks great and its in manchester so thats closer to us? anyway, they said that they will be recruiting more babies in may so to resend my pics in april but they are definitley interested in niah?! do u know any other good ones or do u mainly work in london too???
how r u by the way - and u other ladies??
ive had a nice valentines....went to cinema last night and bowling today and got perfume, flowers, chocs a teddy and some undies!!!! spoilt!!
speak soon kisses for the bambinos! xxxxx

Hi all

Well me and hubby wentot for a lovely meal for valentines - we went on monday though cos our fav restaurant (loch Fyne) was doing a set menu for V day and we like to eat grilled oysters etc and order lots of little dishes to share (its a seafood and fish rest.) We had 2 lovely bottles of wine - got drunk together and had a great time - i dont think we have talked like that for a long time. It made me realise that when we do spend quality time together we are still so much in love together and without kiddies running round and putting us in moods( ou 11 and 8 yr old - not mia) we are extremely happy!

I also had a bouquet of flowers a beautiful card box of chocies and a teddy delivered to me on V day - he is such a sweetie (or he was extremely happy that i bought him an xbox 360 for his v prressie!!

Im childminding this week - got a little 2 year old. Its quite good cos what with this weeks childminding money and the 3 orders i had come in this week for invites - i have made the same money that i did in a week at my old job!

Im going to advertise nationalyl for my invites - anyone got any tips on where to advertise? Might try mother and baby magazine!
What i ideally need is an editorial in a mag - get more exposure!

If i could get 4 orders a week then i wouldnt need to childmind - i could easily live off that.

Kelly there are soo many modeling agencies - I didnt know that urban angels were in manchester too? They wont take on a baby is he or she looks like another baby on their books already and Niah has a different look so you stand a good chance with her. Mia looks very similar to a typical blonde hair blue eyed baby - and so after her consultation she was turned down by urban angels. They were interested in her to sart with and asked us to atend an interview/consultation where she had her photo taken etc. It also depends on how the baby reacts on that day - if they are grizzily then they wouldnt get taken on - mia was reallly good the day of her interview and photos session - they got all the photos they needed very quickly as she performed well too - but unfortunatly the distance i live from london made there minds up not to take her on until she is a little older.

Agencies will not take a baby on unless you live close to the city they are in. London agenices only take on babies within the M25. But they take on children from 3 + within an hour of the city. I live 45 mins away from London M25 and so they wont take mia. But Brandon and shaunie are at london based agencies.

you need to find agencys close to you. If you do get in with a agency you then need to drop everything to attend castings for jobs. The agency will ring you up a day before a casting and say "can you attend a catsing at 11am at a casting studio in london / manchester etc - the job - if you get it - would then be a later date. You could then be competing with 50 babies to get the job! Mia went to acasting for Dream Mover the other day - they interviewed 12 babies - but were looking for 2 that looked similar for an advert on TV. We dont know is she got it or not yet as the agency hasnt heard. But i hope she does.

Its hard work and a hard industry to work in - it does look very easy - but the long waiting around - the cconstant castings - that may or may not end up in work - etc etc can be tiring !

anyway agencies i know of are:
High profile agencies that i know are good and get kids work:
www.babyshak.com
www.bizzykids.com
www.dkmodels.net
www.eliottbrownagency.co.uk
www.kidzltd.co.uk
www.motmodel.com
www.scallywags.co.uk
www.urbanangelsagency.com
www.bruceandbrown.co.uk
www.bmamodels.co.uk

Dont know much about:

www.trulyscrumptious.co.uk
www.eka-agency.com
www.patkeelingagency.freeserve.co.uk
www.powerchildmodels.co.uk
www.tuesdayschildagency.co.uk
www.childsplaymodels.co.uk
www.universalmodels.tv

then agencies I am with
www.realitycheckmanagement.com
www.absolutemodels.co.uk
ww.bmamodels.co.uk
www.basemodels.co.uk
www.plushmodels.co.uk

kids are with:
www.bruceandbrown.co.uk (brandon)
www.bmamodels.co.uk (all of us and kids)
www.universalmodels.tv (all of us)
www.bizzykids.com (mia)

Casting for Scallywags in May when they open there books and urban angels older 2 kids in may too.

goodness - i have waffled on!

Hope that helps you all though.

luv Chelley x

hello all

well not alot to report really the kids have been with mother in law since last monday, mind you bailie put on the waterworks and got daddy to bring her home which i wasnt overly impressed with as im still in alot of pain and im having all like dizzy spells so looking after her isnt fun.
collapsed in the dr surgery yesterday was in an upstairs waiting room so no recptionists up there i was alone with bailie she was very upset luckily the hv turned up and found me! thry dont know why ii collapsed got to get blood tests done now. hopefully startng physio soon cant believe how much its affected me this bloody accident. i do miss max but i cant hold of lift him he is just to big!
well i got undies at the weekend but nothing else unfortunately althought the undies are lovely.xx but in that erespect i think the accident has done me and andy a favour as the same with you chelle without the kids around we do realsie that we do actually like eachother still.x
going to concerntrate on bailie and max modelling when we have a bit more cash and i can get another car to travel about with them.

well hope everyone is doing ok sorry i havent been on much im just a miserable cow in pain at the mo plus i came on valentines day so i have that aswell now so got the granny grumps.x
take care
leah.x

big hugs leah, keep smiling hun!!
chelley tar for all ur advice, think i need to look into it all a bit more! will deffo get her signed up at some local agencies tho!
been to slimmers world tnite girls!!! uuurgh i weigh loads! gotta have a go or im just gonna be huuge!
hope ur all good! short and sweet coz im off to bed!
nite gorgeous girls xxxxxxxxxxxxx

hello girlies

well i have just got back from seeing max at his nans god it was so hard leaving him this time i felt so bad, he i shappy and that dont get me wrong but i miss him alot now this ill be the third week that he ahs been there now and its so sad i cant evven pick him up he has to be handed to me, it was lovely though i went upstairs and had a sleep with him just me and him it was nice just to have a bit of time away from everyone with him i just held his hand until he fell asleep and i slept there wiith him for an hour.
im still in alot of pain and now having a hard time from my boss now aswell for taking time off its so not funny anymore
im sorry to whine again girls i so want to come on hee and be happy for once im just so frustrated and so alone againit drives me mad.

bailie isnt being to bad but she has stopped eating again and keeps getting the hump because she wants max home and me to play and i just physically cant do it and she is getting a bit stroppy now, and telling me that im going to make max cry coz i wont bring hiom home, she really knows how to push my biuttons i tell you.

i am so up for meeting all of you i think it would be really nice and i promise i wouldnt be a moody cow i am quite a luagh as it goes lol

got to try and get back on my diet a bit but its not easy with all the tablets im taking at the moment.
well im off got to go and pick his lordship up from his 2nd job
leah.x

Hellooo ladies,
How are things? Well guess what I got for valentines, a bl***y text message, how romantic and well thought out was that? I told my darling hubby at Christmas I wasn't going to buy him any more as he always lets me down, but of course I got him a card. It would've been alright but he sent it to my work mobile so I had to go online to view the bloody thing. I really don't know why I set myself up for the fall on every special occasion. It was my thirtieth 3 weeks after I had Abby and all i got was a friggin card. That's all I get either that or he rows so much with me leading up to it that he buys me nothing out of spite. Sorry to moan.

Here's me moaning on when poor you Leah are so unwell. It must be so hard for you at the mo. At least you have some support from your family. And what is it with kids and knowing what buttons to push. Mine do it to me all the time. I hope you get better soon.

Glad to hearn the modelling is going well girls. i don't think there are any agencies over here for kids. Mind you Abby is such a star she'd dazzle them all, only joking but we all know our kids are the best.

Sara - great idea on asking discovery about filming the mums etc on here meeting up. I think they need more baby programmes on there not just pregnancy ones, although they were brill at the time.

How's everyone else doing? I hope you are all well, and that bubblies are keeping you entertained and on your toes, I know Abby is, never mind Luke and Kyle.

Take care all
Lisa
xoxo

hello all

welll i still have no max and im missing him lots, over the weekend i developed god awful toothache so im going to the dentist today at least its taking my mind off everything else but i am absolutely petrified of the dentist and havent been for about 10years, i tried to go a few years ago and just had to walk out as the sound of the drill thing made me feel so queesy.
im so scared!
leah.x

Hi Leah

I too am terrified of the dentist....what I do is take my mp3 player to listen to...drowns out the drill. I also wave my hand and the dentist knows to stop immediately...she also numbs me for everything!! I know it's hard but I just imagine false teeth and that helps me to grin and bare it!...my mum and dad had false teeth for as long as I can remember! My mum lost hers due to being pregnant and my dad because he's a diabetic!
Anyway try to go and get it over with....I know it's hard to visualise...but you made it through the pain of two births....no man can do that, yet they all go to the dentist!

Hello everyone else...hope you're all ok? Lox's neck is so much better now, bless him! The Christening went well, but I need to get my act together and get you all some photo's sent! We've all had colds and coughs at the moment and I've been getting used to being at home all day with the kids on my own again! To tell you the truth I am getting more done and it is easier without Julian here....I know that sounds harsh, but he was a bit like another child....and it made me lazy as neither of us would end up doing the daily routine in fear that one was doing more than the other!! LOL!!

Lox weighs 22lb!! That's only 2lb less than Hermione...yet they're 18 months apart! He's already in size 4 nappies and they seem to be getting tight! He seems to love his walker, so hopefully that'll burn some weight off....but he is not at all fat! I hope Pampers will do a size 7...think they only go up to 6! LOL!

Anyway, are we any closer to a meet up? If it's a weekend we might make it into a mini-break and stay over. Think we need to delegate somebody to pick a place and start arranging it for real! (please not me as I have lots on at the moment!)

Oh....I also can't remember if I said thanks to everyone for the support you gave me during my melt-down a couple of weeks ago? I thought it was so sweet to hear everyone's concern....even people who don't normally post gave me encouragemnet! I am feeling a lot better! Think it was a mixture of everything! Julian and his job thing, I had a mother of all periods....I haven't had one since Feb 2003!...(Except post-pregnancy bleeding)....and I was also grieving not having anymore kids. I know in my heart that once I finished BF and started on the full pill that my chances of 'accidentaly' getting pregnant were over...so now I have to make an actual choice if I have more...and I think with our unstable situation that decision will be no! Then a couple of years will pass and I won't want to start all over again, and that'll be it! Shame really! Wish I could just have 2 more now...but without the time of the pregnancy! I feel like I have wasted some of the time I should've spent with Hermione in order to have Lox....but I see that as worth it, because she was younger. It's now she needs me most and if I got pregnant again I wouldn't be able to do all the things I want to do with her. Then before I know where I am she'll be starting school and we won't be able to do things during the week!
I know she won't remember being 2 in a few years time...but it's more than that. Thank God I have had two healthy babies...whose to say the next one would be? That could turn all our future plans inside-out! I could have complications etc. Then there is the more fickle things like the kids have their own bedrooms now and I can hardly get all of their stuff in to them now....never mind finding room for another persons life!
I know we'd cope if we had to...I'm one of 8 and can't ever remember there being less than 4 of us girls in one room!

Oh...just going to miss that positive result on the test stick. Going to miss the scan....the preparation....the kicking.....and the excitement of the labour! Just feel that a major chapter of my life has ended....I know I could get it back, but I don't know if that would be for the best...I kinda don't want to spoil what I already have...but I don't want to regret it either. I think Hermione would love a sister...I did! But I know I can't guarantee a girl...but there again I bet Lox would love a brother! It would be cheap to have another too as we already have all of the things!
Gosh I am babbling now!

Anyway take care all of you...can't wait to meet up!!! I'll try and send photo's tonight!

Love Sarah xxx