And then there were 2 :)

[Daisy2011]

Hello lovely , wow what a lot is going on! poor you still feeling rough and having lots of wake ups with Lexi. Lovely that you had a good day with Elise over the weekend makes such a change to have happy times without to much telling off.
I cant belive your OH is still not helping after all the chats about it you had. There was a time when you were being refered to the councillor for the stress and depression that you were/are facing and how can he think that you are just all better and ok with looking after the three of them without a break for yourself.
So sorry that money is so difficult lately cant they give you a crisis loan to cover the benefit delay? it sounds terrible.

Sorry got Lexi and Elises names mixed up in last post but you obvs knew what I meant.
Passed the castleford exit on the motorway the other day and thought of you.

Hope tht things get easier soon. Chuck him out if hes useless , youve been his carer for so long now it might make him find the help he needs and realise just how much you have been carrying him.

The reunion looks like great fun. Five'll make you get down now. Ive got their greatest hits cd somewehre in the car!! you deserve some fun.
happy week to you
x Daisy

 

[deedee84]

Daisy...my heads in a spin half the time with all the shite i have to deal with...and to top it off the nurse rung me yesterday to tell me my smear has come back abnormal AGAIN and so i have to go for a colposcopy tbh a lot of people have reassured me but its still scary! Last time i saw the HV's they didnt seem to think i was depressed or needed any help...oh joy, OH helps in a sense he does the housework and cooking, it doesnt help though when im having a down day and he leaves me with a naughty elise and a maungy Lexi while he swans off and watches tv upstairs under the duvet...oh what i would give!!!

As for the crisis loan they have stopped doing them now as of end of march, they offer food and fuel vouchers instead but when OH rung them they said we receive enough a week to live on and we would just have to skip the bills...hmmm, ok so we will do without heating and electric and lose our house instead then...fecking idiot, thats when he suggested referring us to social services...i mean really?? i think we'll manage thanks!!!

I hope things ease up soon too...if not i'll end up in a mental institute lol!

And yes really cant wait for the reunion, i have an album of fives and a fair few of their singles, i still love their music haha!

At least i had a decent night with lexi last night...makes a change! I put her to bed at 7:50pm she woke at 9:15pm but i just put her dummy back in, then she woke at 2:30am so i gave her a feed and then she next woke at 5:15am so i gave her another feed, she took a little while to settle after the 5am waking, think i went in another 2 times to settle her and then she went until 7am so i feel quite refreshed today, good job, i have an app at the citizens advice this morning to deal with my debts and stuff! See how this goes

xxx

 

[deedee84]

We didnt have such a good night with Lexi last night, she had been running a temperature all day though so i'm putting it down to her not being well. I was going to get her in at the docs this morning until i changed her nappy earlier...she smiled at me and i noticed her gum at the top is very white, the tooth is right under the gum ready to come through so i'm thinking thats why shes been grumpy and has a bit of a temperature, just gonna have to give her calpol today until the little blighter has broken through...that'll be her 4th tooth through before 10 months old bless! So if she enjoys grinding her teeth now, God help me when the new one's long enough to be ground eugh :/ horrible horrible sound!

OH rung his benefits yesterday to chase that up, they have finally received his appeal, he will be receiving more while his appeal is pending than he was on before as well as getting £400 in back pay tomorrow good job as we are in need of clothes for our holiday and other little nick nacks, i think we might finally be able to get our financial asses back on track very very soon...phew!!!!! Citizens advice were great yesterday too, by law they cant phone people you owe money to now but they can give you example letters to sent to them, he said i have to offer £1 a month and not to bow down to any requests for this to be increased! So i think i'll have to get letter writing today when i've done all that i need to do! Getting my brothers settee this morning, we got ours on hire purchase so to save money were sending it back and having my brothers as they are getting a new one Friday, its in good nick so i'm happy to send my lovely comfy one back meh...needs must though while were on low income and every little helps!

Right must go as Elexis has decided that the laptop is taking up way too much of my attention ha!

Happy Wednesday people...get that lotto won...then hand some over this way hehe!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Eugh...what a shocking night...think Elexis is well and truly teething, she barely slept an hour at a time i am cream crackered! Ive ordered an amber teething necklace, not sure how they work but i'll try anything!

OH's back pay has gone in today so i'm off to go get me some jeans, treat myself, i think i deserve it plus i need something to wear for the big reunion

We got my brothers sofa yesterday too, ended up having to move the room around o fit it in but i think i like it better change of scenery i guess! But now we have the old one stored taking up space in the kitchen until they can come collect it,which is gonna be wednesday!

Anyways, its a short and sweet one this morning, gotta get my girlies dressed for the school run, then for a nice coffee and chat with my bestie we do like a good moan about the men in our lives lol!

xxx

 

[deedee84]

Well my little monkey woke yesterday and was still grumpy and that naughty tooth was still under her um (probably causing her some grief) i took her on the school run with me as i was meeting my friend for a coffee and a chat, anyway we went up to the asda in which Elexis cried the whole way there and only stopped once we were near on going into the cafe! I gave her a biscotti biscuit and a yogurt and some of my sandwich and she seemed lots better after that, once we got home i checked her tooth as her mood had improved massively and its finally come through, i think chewing on the hard biscotti may of helped, so i was hoping for a better night sleep wise.
I took her up to bed at 7:30pm as she looked knackered, she cried after i left the room so i ended up having to give her a bottle (which is frustrating as i had managed to get her to go down without a bottle for a good few days) anyway, basically to cut a long night short, she woke every hour or less crying, i feel absolutely zombified this morning, i just wish she would get back into that lovely-ish routine that i had got her in to, i dont know how i managed to do this every night when she was smaller maybe her gum was still sore from the tooth cutting through maybe!!?? although i did give her paracetamol before bed so i would of thought that would of worked!

Elise had a much better night last night too, since starting the star chart shes been good apart from when it comes to bed time or her "upstairs time" as we call it, she goes up ay 7pm to watch tv in our bed for an hour and then bed at 8 but shes been playing up all week at this time, last night she was lovely and quiet and then when she was taken to bed she stayed there and went to sleep instead of making excuses to come downstairs all the time i think she finally has her eyes on the prize haha!!!

Anyway, better go and get my lovely daughter ready for her last day of school before the weekend, its been a very quick week tbh, the big reunion will be here in no time...and then our first family holiday eek, so much to look forward to

Happy Friday people xxx

 

[deedee84]

Last night was a slight improvement on the night before, that was until the neighbors started airing their dirty laundry in public...LITERALY!!! I heard some drunken women shouting down the street then it sounded like they were arguing, which woke Lexi up, so i settled her back down and looked out the window, saw the neighbors over the road arguing she was trying to get in her house and her fella wouldnt let her for some reason so she shoved him and called him a fat B and was gobbing at him, at that point he slammed the door in her face and locked it so she was braying on the door, which woke Lexi AGAIN...so i dealt with her then went for another nosey saw the guy throwing all her underwear and clothes out the bedroom window...then came the make up and CD's, woke Lexi again, then i heard OH open the front door and start telling them off for waking Lexi, so then he kinda got into a shouting match for 5 minutes! Anyway the police turned up took her to once side then they must of asked her to stay else where that night, then they went into the house to the guy...wasnt in there long then they brought him out in cuffs and took him away in the police car haha...whatta night! Just another nosey neighbor adventure for me lol! Managed to get missus off finally and she slept 2hours, then went hourly more or less after that! She has woke up in a happy mood this morning anyway, dragging my freshly washed clothes off the radiator as i'm putting them on, running me over in her walker and making a puddle on her tray from her beaker of pop! Shes not eaten much of her breakfast but so long as shes happy i suppose it dont matter!

Not got much planned for today, think i will go on a washing spree seen as though the sun is out for the day...apparently!

Happy Saturday people! xx

 

[deedee84]

Typical...Elexis slept quite well last night, i took her up at 7:15pm, she was asleep by half past and slept up until 9;05, and then didnt wake again until 11:50pm, downside...i would of usually been in bed at 9 but we had my brother and his gf up so i was still up and gutted that i had missed out on 3 hours solid sleep! She then woke at 12:45am my brother and his gf left just after this time and i didnt get lexi settled again until near on 2am, granted she didnt wake hourly for me but obv with her going to bed early she was bound to wake early so i got a couple of 2 hour stints in and then she was wanting to get up at 7:30am! So i'm a little tired today but so glad that my baby seems to be getting over whatever was causing her to have restless nights!

The little madam tried walking to me the other day too, totally forgot to put it in here, she was stood up at the sofa, turned holding on with one hand so that she was facing me and then let go and tried to walk, poor bubba fell down onto her bum and cried (even though she falls onto her bum most the time and thinks its funny) must of been a little disheartening for her, shes so wanting to be off, be lovely if shes walking before we go on holiday 6 weeks to go, can she do it!!?? fingers crossed!

Lovely lazy sunday today, its supposed to rain all day but the suns out again, i did loads of washing yesterday and got it out on the line so i only have one load to do, that and iron the school uniform and then i can relax for the rest of the day

xxx

 

[deedee84]

Well i think Elexis has finally got back into her normal routine at last no more hourly awakenings, for the time being anyway lol! When i looked in her mouth yesterday i noticed that she has cut 2 teeth not just the one that i originally thought, so no wonder the poor mite has been more unsettled and teary than normal! Roll on the amber teething necklace arriving, just hope its as good as everyone makes out!

Monday arrives far too quickly too, but i guess i should be thankful seen as though i have lots to look forward to in May, big reunion, a wedding and our holiday, our house sitter has let us down too, so were on the look out for someone trustworthy to watch the pets, easier said than done, everyone i know that could do it are teenagers, and teenagers that have never had their own house and freedom can only mean one thing....parties and lots of mates round resulting in pets going awol i would imagine lol!

Anyway...better get gone, Elexis is ramming me with her walker because she wants to come out of it and Elise needs her uniform putting on, because if i let her do it she looks like a sack of spuds

xx

 

[Daisy2011]

What a lot is going on, Lexis first steps whahoo! Elise good then bad then good and a new to you sofa, i thought you had a new one last year, is it all OHs falling asleep and spilling lager on it!

Cant belive you are still getting so little sleep. Hope that you have a lovely week and your two ladies settle down and have sunny times.
x Daisy

 

[deedee84]

Yeah we got a new sofa last year, on finance, when my brother decided to get a new one he asked us if we wanted his and seeing as though its in lovely condition we thought it would save us some cash having his and sending the other back, especially made sense as were going through a tough patch where moneys concerned!

Our Lexi was a bugger last night, she slept reasonably well until 3:35am, then she just kept standing up in her cot and talking away, i went into her over 20 times to lay her back down and she didnt quit and go to sleep until 5am needless to say when she next woke at 6:30am i just wanted to stay in bed, so i'm quite grumpy and "that way out" this morning! Everythings niggling at me, maybe some fresh air on the school run might make me feel more alive and less grumpy!

Were going for a meal on Friday for OH's sisters 30th, we cant really afford it tbh, but OH's dad is going to pay and we can give him the money back at a later date! I have no idea what were all gonna wear :/
Then OH is off galavanting on a stag do saturday, hes going in the morning and wont be back while Sunday, ive never had both kids all day and night on my own so i hope they behave and i hope i cope ok, esp as Lexi is so clingy to me lately, i went in the kitchen to make breakfast this morning and she screamed as soon as i left the room so making dinner and tea on saturday is going to be fun!

Anyway, off i pop...gotta iron some more school uniform, i really should be a more organised person, easier said than done lol

xxx

 

[deedee84]

Had a much better night with stinker last night, we only had 4 get ups, at her 1am get up she did stand up in her cot 2-3 times but i think shes finally got the message that when mum lays her back down she goes back to bluming sleep lol!
So shes woken up in a very happy mood this morning, well that was until Elise started smothering her in kisses and teasing her with her blanket! Shes back to been fine now though

Today i have the grueling task of of attacking my massive pile of ironing and cleaning our bedroom walls seen as though some of them are covered in mould, its ridiculous tbh but hey ho so long as the kids rooms are mould free the bugger it! Not like were staying in this house forever!

Anyway off i go, Missus is in to everything, shes just nicked my house phone and i really dont want her dialing 999 haha!

xx

 

[deedee84]

GOOD NIGHT ALERT!!!!

Yay...we had a good night, at last, missus fell asleep on me at 6pm and i thought there was no way she would sleep when it came to bed time. I took her up at 8:20pm as she was getting whingy, she stood up a couple of times but i managed to get her to sleep for 8, she then woke at 12:45am and then 2:45 and i was then up before her at 6am, she woke at 7am, shes had some right stints of sleep, no wonder i was wide awake come 6am, i've not had that much sleep since before i had her bet it was just a one off though, be bloody lovely if this is her new routine not holding out any hope though haha!

Not on with much today...nipping into town with my friend for a coffee and thats me done for the day!

xxx

 

[deedee84]

knew it was too good to be true lol, she didnt sleep overly bad last night but it was nothing compared to the night before, she woke around 5 times and slept for just under 2 hours at a time, her routine was basically the same as the night before so i dont think that has anything to do with it, she had the same tea time, same bottle time and late nap at 6pm, same supper of wheatabix with warm milk...just didnt have the same effect as the night before!
She was such a happy lady yesterday, she entertained herself pretty much most of the day, didnt have any maungy moments, I think the teeth are finally giving the poor babba a break!

Didnt end up going for coffee yesterday, mum text to see if i wanted to visit gran with her, i've not seen in her a good few week and she hadnt seen Elexis since before easter so i asked my friend if we could change it or today and she was fine about it so we went to visit gran, shes bloody smitten with our Elexis still bless!

Right anyway off i go, get my little big princess ready for school and then into town for birthdays cards and coffee!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Oh dear, what a weekend!

We went for a meal on Friday night for OH's sisters 30th birthday, all his family was there, and his sisters boyfriend proposed aww it was beautiful, he had a big speech all written up and went and got 5 bottles of moet before he surprised her! Bloody lovely, made me well jel as my OH didnt propose in such a romantic way 10 years ago lol!

OH was up at 6:30am saturday getting ready for the stag do, he was off at 8:30am so me and the girls got on with our day, went to asda, got lots of munch in, mum came up for a couple of hours in the afternoon which was lovely! I got Lexi up to bed at 7 as she looked knackered from the late night before, my friend and her three boys came up about 8:30 for a few drinks and a chinese, Lexi was waking every half hour or so i was back and bloody forth the whole while. Anyway i thought maybe lexi was waking from the kids making too much noise so when they had gone me and Elise went to bed, but nope, she was waking every hour or less killer night for me, esp as i didnt get much sleep the night before, my eye is all swollen and gunky and horrible and i really could of done with the sleep!

Also i left my mobile on the arm of the sofa yesterday along with lexis bottle, nipped into the kitchen for 5 to do something came back in and her bottle was overturned onto my phone while milk steadily trickled down it and now the bloody screen has gone all stripy and crappy! Luckily dad is lending me one of his spare phone, i'm lost without my phone gah!!!!!!

Today i'm gonna have to get some washing on the go and do some housework again, never stays tidy for long lol! And then get ready for my hungover mr getting back...lovely!!

happy Sunday! xxx

 

[Daisy2011]

Wow sorry about your milky phone yuk, and Lexi waking so often still I cant imagine getting so little sleep!

How are things with Elise and you lately do you think she has calmed down a bit?
Hope that you guys have a happy sunday and that ironing pile reduces!!
and a great week
x Daisy

 

[babyem]

Ah nightmare about the phone! Hope Lexi starts sleeping better soon! X

tapatalking x

 

[deedee84]

Thanks Ladies!

Elise has a new star chart now so her behavior does seem to have improved, she has her moments like last night kicking out at me in bed while i was trying to read her a story, so she didnt end up getting the story and had a telling off instead, but then she did come down and apologize which was unheard of before.

Lexi had another shitty night...as per, nothing new there! cant wait until she finally figures out that its lovely to sleep all night

I have severe conjunctivitis too, it was really bad over the weekend, my eye swelled up that much that i couldnt see out of it, anyway went to the docs yesterday and he didnt even look at it, just gave me a prescription for some eye drops, good job really as my other eye has started itching oh joy!!!

Got my colposcopy this friday too, really scared for some reason, there has been so many lovely ladies messaging me telling me they have had to have one, but it didnt help my anxiety about it esp when i read the leaflet which said its unlikely to be cancer if i've had regular smears (which i have) but in rare cases it can be so now i just feel sick, since finding out every night i go to sleep and think i'm going to die or theres something really seriously wrong with me, i keep having dizzy spells OH said its anxiety as thats how he feels sometimes and hes a sufferer, i guess there is a lot to feel anxious about, i just want it to be friday already and get it out the way! On a good note at least after that shite day, i then have an awesome day the next day...the big reunion i think after friday i will deffo need that night out and night off, no offence to the kids!

Anyway, hope everyone has a good Tuesday...i'm going top hunting for saturday yay!!!

xxx

 

[babyem]

Aww, sounds like the start chart is helping
I'm sure when Lexi realises how amazing sleep is, she'll sleep all day! Haha.

I have no advice for Friday, but I'm sure it will all go well hun

And I'm so jealous that you're going to the big reunion! Lucky sod, hahaha!! X

tapatalking x

 

[deedee84]

I think its working to some extent haha! And yeah hopefully Lex will have a good old sleep through soon and realise its the best thing since sliced bread hehe!!

And thanks hun, i'm sure Friday will go ok, just nervous about it, you'd think after numerous smears and child birth twice that this would be a walk in the park and wouldnt phase me, but hey ho!!

Hehe re the big reunion...tbh if i had the money i would wanna do the after party in belfast...£40 for a ticket to meet and greet and obv attend the party...that would of been AMAAAAZING!!!! ah well will have to settle for manchester lol!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Ha...just remembered, been laughing at our Elexis lately, shes learnt how to get up with the walker, we will be sat watching tv and little legs will come walking past us pushing her walker looks so cute haha!

She didnt sleep well again last night, nothing new there, up at 4:20am and in 5 times for her in an hour...sheesh, feel so tired this morning!

Oh also...yesterday i went into town to get a top for saturday, kinda then got it into my head that a blazer type jacket would go awesome and looked around for one, talking £20-25 for one and i was umming and aaring and my spending money for the night was dwindling...then i went into the charity shop, and got one.......for a quid!!! Hahaha!!! Gonna get some blingy buttons for it and swap em, the ones that are on it now are fine but i wanna pimp it up a bit, make it a little more current proper happy about that bargain though

Anyhoooo...laters! xx