hi girls - sorry if i miss anything, i read the last thread but i am blaming preg brain for forgetting it all and now i cant scroll back up to see what was there! Rainy - hope the fire stayed at bay, and have fun at Toys R Us today - your dad sounds awesome!! a kitchen is sucha good idea, N is so into tea sets atm, think i will go get him one soon asa treat bc daddy is away! I am finding this preg a lot harder than last time, last time i just revelled and enjoyed being preg - this time esp when i was really sick at the beginning, i am fionding it more draining. i also have so much less time to focus on it (read books etc etc) so it is goingfast but also i feel like i dont get to enjoy it as much iykwim...
MM - did she reply yet? ok i am going out on a limb here, as you all know i have worried a lot about my ILs caring for N etc... anyway i have tried to have a bit of a new attitude twds it to sto pme stressing so much and so i can foster the relationship really well with them and N. I guess i tryt o look at it through thr lense that they love him so much and they would never want anything bad to happen to him - i mean aside from DH and I who in the world could love him more?? then when i see them do things that arent in my mind great if i look at it through that lense i feel less tense about it and i think i approach it with them differently. i still spk up about it but i think i say it differently and most importantly i get less worked up inside about it all. does that make sense? that said the fertiliser thing is crazy on so many levels (who does that at someone elses house) - but i must admit N was playing w dirt in one of our potplants the othe day and i realised the soil would have had fertlisier in it too... (but i was watching and he didnt eat it!)... and they def need a cover on the spa etc etc, it is more something to help ypu stress less abotu it. also i think this helps me in thinking through how i would feel if something did happen (say a bad fall or something) in their care... it can happen and it would never be their intention and they would be devestated... anyway that is a bit of a ramble... if i were you i would write a little book with her roiutine, foods, things she likes to play etc etc. but also know they will dowhat they want etc, and they are her gparents... when do you leave etc??
Katie - how did L go last night? N had a great night, woke at 1130 and i thought we were starting the 3 hrs pf pain again... but 20 mins later he was asleep and slept til 6.50 - prob his biggest sleep in ever!! loved it!

ETA MM I hope this doesnt sound preachy - i have worked through it all too and this helped me feel better about things...