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Post by moo on May 11, 2014 17:47:59 GMT
As I was reading choti I was secretly thinking oohh that would be good & then thought "prolly germs too!!"
Hugs to you both lob {{}}
xx. moo. Xx
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Post by nomoretears on May 11, 2014 18:33:17 GMT
Yuck, nasty nappies! Lots of bugs around at the moment. I can deal with the bum end, its vomiting I can't handle!
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 12, 2014 6:32:00 GMT
fortunately only poop moo! I am practically phobic about vomit, made life interesting when I was a nurse back in my BC years (before children!). he's not done one since last night and is generally ok, though a bit pale. I suspect germs! newly mobile baby with access to places and germs he'd previously been kept away from and puts literally everything into his mouth!
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Post by nomoretears on May 12, 2014 9:00:07 GMT
Hope it doesn't get passed on to you LOBs x
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Post by moo on May 12, 2014 11:23:48 GMT
Yep good point you need to stay on top of your game.....
Good Luck.....
xx. moo. Xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 12, 2014 18:09:48 GMT
think he's better today, there was one very pale and smelly nappy but he's brighter and back to normal eating and the rest of us are feeling fine so all's well with the world.
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 21, 2014 6:42:21 GMT
moving ever onward. one family jumping up and down with excitement, and another just sitting it out and waiting for the inevitable. had provisional plans discussed and written up. initial plans written, as they always are, by someone who has never met squishy and knows nothing of my life and commitments, but my suggestions taken on board and in fact my version of the provisional plans accepted completely with the sw's plans binned. so am hopeful this set of intros will go better than the last from the point of view of working with the sw's involved. am hoping this is a permanent change for the adoption team, the listening to fc's, but still cant quite shake the feeling they are humouring me!! GSH's camp to look forward to, then half term and sorting (hopefully) a small blip that will hopefully not impact on intros or beyond and then we start. sniff.
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Post by moo on May 23, 2014 8:53:34 GMT
Hugs lob xxx Good News.... Hope s/w are turning over a new leaf....
Keep hugging that squishy....
xx. moo. Xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 23, 2014 12:41:54 GMT
he's a very huggable squishy moo so not problem there!
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 28, 2014 18:51:27 GMT
time marches relentlessly on. sniff. food and drink bought for the goodbye party at the weekend. busy few days to come, dentist to check teeth, tiffin to make (after the dentist trip!), daughter to welcome home for a month (primarily so she can make some brownies for the party!), artex ceilings to be tested for asbestos, newly self employed young friend to give a quote on the work needed for my new house, brownies to make, goodbye service at church followed by party and then we start next week. its a real privilege to be part of this process where it works well but hey ho, never gets easier.
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Post by amberle on May 28, 2014 20:39:55 GMT
Good luck and please keep posting, it really is great to see things that we don't really get to see xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 28, 2014 21:26:07 GMT
am feeling a bit grotty tonight. squishy munchkin has had a sore throat for a few days and, joy of joys, mine is feeling itchy and scratchy now too. nothing serious, just a bit of a cold type sore throat, but could do with out it! off to bed and hoping he sleeps til 7.20am again like today (first time ever!).
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Post by imp on May 29, 2014 12:35:19 GMT
You know what it is like lobs, as soon as you need to be on top form, the lurgy hits---especially with Intros coming because life is so full on before and during. Sorry that we won't be travelling this journey alongside you, though on LOs behalf, thank goodness x
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 29, 2014 12:59:22 GMT
have friend here going through it too at the same time (well, she's started already but finishes around the same time). i'm sure i'll be fine, can collapse in a heap on the 10th! and have a counselling session half way through so at least my mental health is being looked after! 
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Post by moo on May 30, 2014 6:53:30 GMT
Hugs lob.... Tuff tuff times.... Party sounds fab... Would love to gate crash ?!? 
Please keep posting.... We will all be thinking of you & squishy.... 
Take some echinacea it will chase your throat away....
xxx. moo. Xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 30, 2014 12:09:14 GMT
the more the merrier moo! off to meet the asbestos man now. what a fun filled life i lead! was burning paint off encrusted window sills this morning, hugely therapeutic! pity i didn't remove the battery form the smoke alarm first, the noise nearly burst my ear drums!
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Post by moo on May 31, 2014 4:54:08 GMT
Life sounds interesting varied & clearly never dull... Save some to do after intros... You might be glad of a few diversionary tactics for yourself up your sleeve... 
Xx. moo. Xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on May 31, 2014 18:29:41 GMT
plenty to do yet moo! is a bit of a renovation job, new kitchen, floors and some windows plus 100 little bitty things like scarping off the gloss that the previous owners didn't bother to remove last time they painted! party tomorrow, tiffin made in readiness, cleaning to do and tidying. first 'goodbye' party ive ever done before intros start, usually do them during as it seems more like a goodbye party coz they are actually going to go in the next day or two. but after the fuss the adoption team made last time (becoz of the way they changed the way intros are done but without telling me prior to intros planning meeting) I have cut my losses this time and decided to do it before they start. strange to think that while we're doing that his family are travelling to start intros the next day. all a bit weird really, probably why I don't usually think too deeply about it all! my daughter came home today, been 5 months since squishy saw her so a stranger really. got a taste at bedtime of the difficulties coming for him over the next week (and beyond). this is the bit the adoptive parents don't see, or rarely, and that sw's never seem to believe. that a small child can behave perfectly friendly and sociable with someone while they are here and then display unsettled behaviour after they have gone (well, daughter not gone, but squishy was going to bed so gone as far as he is concerned for now!). 40 minutes of screaming from a bubs who usually settles straight to sleep. I know tomorrow will be the same becoz of the party, and Monday, Tuesday.....
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Post by knight on May 31, 2014 19:07:39 GMT
That's got to be tough LOBS, very confusing for all the LOs moving on. I guess broken nights all round: LO not settling; you not sleeping cos LO not settled and new APs not sleeping because of the intensity of intros, phew I need a nap just thinking about it !!! I hope you have a really love and special goodbye party tomorrow: I'm sure they are never ever easy but a very important part of the process, hugs to you and all yours x
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Post by moo on Jun 1, 2014 8:29:25 GMT
Hugs lob.... A cautionary tale for sure for us adopters....
Bonkers SS to not tell you about change to intros structure.... Why doesn't that surprise me!?!?!xx
Happy Partying.... Looking forward so much to reading your intros xxxx hugs for you 
Xx. moo. Xx
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Post by amberle on Jun 1, 2014 10:52:31 GMT
Have a great party today LOBS..xxx
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Post by loadsofbubs on Jun 2, 2014 17:09:17 GMT
party was lovely, good weather so kids running madly in the garden, grownups hiding indoors! squishy munchkin behaved impeccably but predictably unsettled afterwards, and during from time to time. but nice to have a photo graphic record of the people who loved him all in one place.
so, day 1: cleared up remaining carnage from party, washed the floors. parents arrived on time, (Sw half an hour early!) bubs predictably smiley and chirpy on meeting them, weighing them up but not wary as such. they sensibly held back initially though I know that wanting to dive straight in there and pick up such a gorgeous bundle of edibleness is an inbuilt feature in most new parents! planning meeting went fine, everything I wanted had already been agreed to so no changes to that. quick trip back for parents to see bubs now they weren't so anxious about seeing him and off they went. bubs was very unsettled though once they had gone. is hard on small people this process. is happy again now just rolling around on the floor. am letting him 'chill' after so much one on one today, he's not used to it all day long!
roll on tomorrow (there was actually a lot more that went on but too identifying most of it!), early start for breakfast, but no too early!.
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Post by knight on Jun 2, 2014 21:34:18 GMT
Yes, must be so hard when they're so young and can't verbalise or understand what they're being told about what's happening; hope all goes well, keep us posted and look after you too. x
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Post by loadsofbubs on Jun 3, 2014 6:36:26 GMT
unsettled night. am knackered, great way to start day 2! and its raining, nay, tis absolutely piddling it down! yay! meeting siblings today, should be fun, looks like indoor activities with all rather than the planned ramble round the park. such is life!
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Post by amberle on Jun 3, 2014 6:53:15 GMT
Hope day 2 goes well. Sending some caffeine over to help you through. And a virtual hug xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on Jun 3, 2014 8:24:14 GMT
thanks, caffeine gives me svt's though so traded it in for choccy instead! nap time while siblings collected.
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Post by moo on Jun 3, 2014 11:51:05 GMT
I have the same trouble with caffeine lob!?!.
Hope squishy settles better tonight.... Hugs for you xx thanx for the great updates xx
xx. moo. Xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on Jun 3, 2014 18:12:10 GMT
end of day 2 and the sun is shining, yay! a happy bonus! more rain predicted tomorrow but sun again on Thursday. I live in hope! siblings introduction went fine. squishy was a little bemused at first but then settled into being entertained endlessly by other small people. went to a soft play centre due to the rain and all went well. is lovely to see a family evolving to accommodate another new little person and see them all totally bowled over by his gorgeousness, coz truth be told he is possibly the most gorgeous little person on the planet (until the next one comes along anyway!!  ). settled to sleep on the bottle tonight, worn out from the fun filled day but awake again now, just muttering to himself though, not crying, so better than yesterday. and far calmer today than yesterday. there were a number of stress related behaviours yesterday not really picked up on by parents (but they don't know him yet), but today much more his usual very active but easy going laid back self, rather than the hyper and somewhat manic little person he was yesterday. today have done breakfast, a walk in his new pram, soft play and lunch. busy times. I am cream crackered and hardly exerting myself at all! but again, par for the course. and thanks to medication my bp is so low I daren't bend over or turn my head too fast! stress usually raises my bp, but nothing can beat the power of ramipril it seems! and now, thanks to the technological prowess of my lovely daughter I am about to go and sit down and watch sky tv on demand 'how to train your dragon' (or more accurately I am probably going to fall asleep while it is on!).
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Post by amberle on Jun 3, 2014 19:40:44 GMT
Hope you get a full night sleep xx
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Post by loadsofbubs on Jun 3, 2014 20:06:37 GMT
fell asleep watching the movie as predicted! but am confident i'll sleep tonight as well!
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