Babies Born July 2007 #9

[Meluchja]

Thanks Jem, I think I'm gonna need all the luck I can get, coping afterwards, definately send me all our supermum vibes. In saying that though, I'm plan on trying to stay as long as I can on the couch with my foot in the air, he he he. Might as well make the most of it while I can right?

Hey out of curiosity, when you go out with the boys and Charlotte, what do you use? I mean in Jesse in a stroller, Charlotte in a harness and Oliver just walkes? I'm just wondering if I should bother with a side by side stroller. Does Jesse, walk by the stroller at all? We are far away from this yet with Charlize, as soon as we put her down, she is off, going crazy. And the moment we try to pull her back, pick her up or put her back in her stroller she has a fit, literally. She has hit the terrible two about a month ago, the arms and the legs go with the screaming, not a good look. So I don't even give her the chance now, she just goes straight from the carseat into the stroller. Probably not the best way to deal with it. So this is why I'm curious to know what you do, if you don't mind me asking of course.

Good luck tomorrow, I'll be thinking of you, will probably be waiting bored for a few hours, knowing hospitals. The bummer thing is I can't eat or drink anything from mid night tonight, and my op might not be until lunch time tomorrow, eekk!@!

Anway, hope Charlotte recovers well. Take care.

Hi to everyone else, got lots to do before calling it a night, so best be off.

[jemima]

Lap it up while you can Mel!! Bummer on the fasting - look at it like enforced dieting LOL!!

I have a double pram that I am using and it has been a godsend cause Jesse is also a long way away from being able to walk next to the pram. I never thought I would like to use a double pram due to the size but it isnt that much wider than my single valco and both Jesse and Charlotte are really happy to go in it and on occasion even Oliver is happy to go in it. I tossed up with getting a double stroller but also wanted to be able to use it for going on longer walks hence getting a three wheeler. I have a buggy board that I attach to the back of the single valco for Oliver to use but i havent tried Jesse on it - I can only imagine how difficult it would be LOL!! Jesse also goes straight from the car seat into the pram - on occasion when I have to try and juggle all three without the pusher it is a nightmare as Jesse has no road sense and often takes off in the opposite direction. Whenever he chucks a fit I normally try to make light of it and just tell him not to be silly although if I am feeling stressed at the time I find it hard to keep my cool!! I try not to place too much emphasis on the way he is behaving - I figure that if I give attention to this type of behaviour he might continue to do it just to get a reaction from me. I have no idea if it works or not!! HTH.

Good luck again
Jem
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[Starfish]

Hi ladies

Sorry, selfish post from me today, as I have just had the crappiest day and need to vent.

I have been having problems at work for the past few weeks (basically I don't get along with my boss, she makes me feel like I am the most incompetent person ever, like I should just curl up and die as I can't do anything righ, etc, you get the picture). Also, she never delegates much work to me, so I am often sitting around bored. A few weeks ago I talked to her about the situation and she said that I should start looking for another job and perhaps leaving my current job by the end of the year (I am on a fixed term contract until March). During the weeks since this conversation, things have deteriorated further between us (you can read my other post in the Punching Bag forum for more details), so this morning I decided to hand in my resignation and finish up the last week of December. (I spoke to HR guy yesterday, who told me that unless there was an exceptional circumstance, I could not legally be fired/made redundant due to not enough work as I had worked more than 6 months of 12 month contract. So if I wanted to leave I could resign, but they couldn't make me go.) Well, MB (My Boss - or Mega*****) bullied me into leaving by mid-December as "it's not a good look you being here when there is no work for you to do". WTF? Lots of employees get paid out their contracts when circumstances change. I was only asking for 1-2 weeks extra pay! What kind of awful person would turf someone out just before Christmas? When offices close and getting another job at that time seems unlikely? But there you go, it's happened. DH and I have just paid off our debts this week, so there go our savings.

This evening I was bidding on a toy for Diana on eBay, and got outbid in the last 30 seconds of the auction, after being the sole bidder for the whole day. I was so upset.

I think that all this stress is causing my breastmilk to dry up. Could that happen? I don't seem to be able to extract much at all anymore, and Diana has had significantly fewer wet nappies than usual today. Hope tomorrow is better than today. I have a job interview in the afternoon, so wish me luck

Hope you're all having a lovely week and your bubbas are bringing you joy. I can't believe how much of a comfort Diana and DH have been to me today. I love them both sooo much.