UK SMOG wannabes August 2012

[pinga]

Hello all,

Sorry not been on here much. Just losing track of time!!

Wow congratulations homebirthing and wishing!!! Lovely to hear some BFPs - very exciting!

Oooh and there are a few more babies nearly here...
Kell - hope all is going well with Lily.

Been loving watching the Olympics and seeing how people back home are so into it!

AFM - been a crazy world of a really horribly behaved 3.5 year old, a 2 year old that copies him and a lovely well behaved baby. I'm not sure I'm going to survive the older 2. They are so awful to me at times. I'm sick of being hit and being shouted at. DS2 just says "I can't" to everything I ask him. Sigh... please tell me this is a phase. They made me cry the other day - I think that worried them I'm sure they are still trying to adapt to Duke's arrival... but still... its a challenging time in our house.

My friend from Sydney came to stay at the weekend. Been ages since we caught up - shes still single but longing to find a good fella. It was sooo nice - she is a friend from the UK and I just haven't made any close friends like that here. We chatted about things that had really got us down recently etc. I told her about finding out that we were expecting boy #3 and crying and feeling down for ages afterwards. It was really nice to be able to tell someone IRL knowing that I wouldn't be judged in any way. Now, I am very happy with my beautiful family and I wouldn't change Duke for all the world - hes a beautiful, gorgeous little man... no.. he's MY beautiful gorgeous little man.

Having lots of dental fun at the mo - wisdom tooth pulled out last week (that was actually fine). Now I'm suffering from constant tooth ache from a different temporary filling - think its going to turn into a root canal. I never realised how horrible toothache was boo hoo...

DH just made malteser and crunchie cookies - what is he trying to do to me?!? Will never lose weight. Oh one of DS1s playgroup friends said to me "Oh you have a big tummy" Damn kids and their honesty!!

[HopeandDreamG]

Thank you so much for all the wishes of good luck!

Maybe- I am so jealous you are able to go to the olympics!! I am having so much fun watching on tv. What events have you been to? And food poisoning from there, wow. You should get comp'd on something. Like free tickets to another event!

Inglewood- hi! I would love to see a pic of the cast when you get it back. Sounds amazing!

Deaks- good idea about continuing to dtd. 2 of my attempts I would have done one more attempt and dh got stuck with overtime at work. I'm going to keep going this time. I'll drive to his work if I have to!!

[indigoviolet]

Hope- thanks for setting up the new thread, so busy on here already! Really really hope this is your month, you so deserve this FX FX

[auroara78]

indigo, no twinges or anything labor like going on yet?

[maybebabythree]

Hoping I've seen volleyball, hockey and seeing tykwondo this weekend. Then athletics at para olympics.

Pinga - it gets better. My boys never bit or hit me (ds1 bit dh a lot!) ds1 is my chum now. Love his company!

[HopeandDreamG]

That's awesome maybe! How expensive are tickets?

[Inglewood]

I'll drive to his work if I have to!!

[Inglewood]

H&G, good advice from deaks! FX for u as it is very much deserved. You have cheered and supported all of us, now it's out time to be there for you!

Wishing and HBP, hope ur keeping well?

Deaks, I did get on top of it eventually, the girls had 4 diff milks, various colic drops, saw a chiropractor, gaviscon then new bottles before it all worked! But know what u mean, from 7wks-14wks changing things and we saw an improvement. They are rubbish sleepers, cat nap (at diff times....arghhh) and waken from 1am onwards to have a moan and a grump every hour and mostly waken at 3am for a feed, but an odd day (like today) slept till 8am! Fx this wee bubs sleeps well and you never need to think about colic or reflux once!

Petal, I live on the coast too, just 3 miles from the beach either way of the village. But it gets so busy with city folks and holidaymakers that we end up avoiding it till later in the day. Going to get the paddling pool out today, the boys sit the slide in it and it keeps them busy longer. Dh gonna clean up the decking and I'll clean the BBQ! might as well make the most of it. We promised the boys a trip to another playpark tonight. Trying to go to a diff one each night while the sun is here, as it could be gone tom! and the kids are back to school a week on monday. Dreading that too!!! luckily the school is about a min walk away and I can almost see the school gates, so after xmas gonna let boys walk themselves, ds1 could as he's almost 10, but ds2 always had to go too and was too small. Ds2 will be 6 in october and all the other kids and parents pass my house to go to school, so I will see if ds2 can earn my trust till xmas hols to go with ds1.

Maybe, wow! how lucky were u to get all those tickets. I wish I could of seen the gymnastics. Are u all better?

Pinga, hope the boys settle soon. Is it school holiday time for you too? Glad ds3 is being a wee star, makes all the difference. My boys are 5 and 9, so when the twins came they could amuse themselves better and ds1 is a fab help. Sure they will calm down soon, could it be all the excitement of a new baby and all the fuss with visitors/family members when they are born sometimes doesn't help. My MIL esp spoiled the boys silly when the twins came, so much I was dreading her going, but luckily they are good kids and haven't been jealous of the girls or any different really, other than completely bored from the crap school holiday weather. Did u find they got alot from visitors, the boys ended up with £60 each!! and endless sweets from people coming to see the girls, alot of attention all round which sometimes doesn't help!

Can sympathise with dental work at the mo...I've to get root treatment and a crown for a tooth I broke!! no fun! Lovely to have your friend to talk to. I have never told anyone other than dh and my mum about the longings I had for a girl. Many of my friends are single and/or gay, or have PP. Told my Bf once some of the truth, but she's gay and doesn't want kids, so not sure she would understand really.

Yummy biscuits to enjoy!! sounds good to me!! enjoy! xx

[indigoviolet]

No not a tweak or twinge, so boring!! I really want him to arrive this weekend, if anyone could send any labour vibes this way I'd really appreciate it. So hot too!
Going for a nap now as ds2 sleeping and ds1 at a friends.

love to you all.

[maybebabythree]

My tickets were 45 for hockey, 55 for volleyball and 25 for tykwondo. I got no tickets via the ballot and only hockey via the first seconds of re-sale. However my sister has been checking every hour for weeks on end and got abot ten sessions - hence how I got to see volley ball!

Indigo it's too hot to be pg so fx he decides to come soon.