MSE Parents Club Part 11

Buttonmoons

Keira's teeth grew in funny. I phoned the HV about it :rotfl:

She got 1 bottom, 1 top, then the fangs at either side, then they started filling in. Think she had about 8 teeth by 1!!!

Krystaltips

3onitsway wrote: »

Does anyone else suspect the receptionist in OBEM used to be a man?

Is it Emlou's Dad?



Hehe, Sorry Em, love ya

I'm just watching it now...

SugarSpun

Nomnomnom chocolates

Elaborating...

I get everything ready the night before we leave, whenever. So the plan was I'd get up, feed Molly, put me and her into our laid-out clothes and be ready to go. But OH didn't get his own stuff ready and we only made the train to the airport because it was six minutes late... so I was stressed in going.

We arrived at the airport 2.5hrs before the flight was due to leave, only to find a line at check in. So we lined up and got to the front 2hrs before departure. And then they told us that OH and I were booked, but Molly wasn't. So I camped out with the bags at checkin and OH went off to get her added to our booking. It took over an hour, and by the time we checked in they had to put priority tags on our bags to make sure they weren't left behind. Oh, and they gave us seats across an aisle, terribly useful.

Seats across an aisle again on the connecting flight and the woman in front put her seat allllll the way back and if I had had a sharp object I would have stabbed her in the head.

We arrived at Tenerife airport and while we were waiting for the bags I found the officials, explained that my small daughter is a German resident but travels on a US passport and could she have an entry stamp because they're cool? Apparently US citizens without EU residency need a visa to enter Spanish territories and since she didn't have one and nor did OH they were threatening to deport us all to the US. I helpfully pointed out that it would be quite awesome because Molly has never been there, but they'd be liable for all the warm winter clothes I'd need to buy her, and they looked into my eyes, saw € signs and decided it was better to let us in.

OH was sick for the first two days, eventually saw a doctor and is doing better now. But for the flight over he slept and I was in sole charge of whingey teething ear-popping baby, and for the first two days. Sole charge. I left her with him when she was asleep and got about an hour of sunbathing time altogether over the two days, but as soon as she started to stir he'd call me and I'd have to go back and be Mummy. Friday morning I pitched a fit and insisted he do something about it so he finally did, but I am furious that he wasted half our holiday. (He was also worse than useless on the flights home.)

We went to a couple of fab places, missed out on a lot more because he was too sick and we were pretty disorganised, Molly did some swimming and seemed to love it and ...

7:30 this morning Molly was sleeping, I was just out of the shower putting on my laid-out clothes and a bunch of bloody workmen turned up on our balcony :eek: and there's me in the nudey buff :eek: They woke Molly and our leisurely getting-ready flagrantly all went to hell because instead of packing his stuff OH went off to complain to the desk staff, who'd told us the work would start at 9am. I took the workmen's picture, once I'd put my clothes on.

We got to the airport and they let us through with a nail clipper (accident) and two bottles of water (wondered if they'd let us have them with the baby). Made it to Madrid for our connection but we had 40 minutes to get to the other side of the airport and they have EU-EU security in place and a line of people an hour long. The woman refused to allow us to cut in line so we just ducked under the barriers and the staff looked at us and decided to let it pass. (Slightly xenophobic note: the Spanish people might be the rudest in the world.) We arrived at the gate just in time for boarding the totally-full flight dripping sweat and looking manic. Molly was a nightmare the whole time, constantly yelling and making it worse and worse. So we hopped on board, settled her and we were just by Geneva when the guy across the aisle from us had a grand mal seizure and they did that awesome thing where they call for doctors. We thought they were going to divert us but he was fine.

Got back to the home airport, put Molly's warm winter shoes on her and she lost one between the gate and the train. Spent an hour hunting it down but to no avail. Home now after some Words with OH. I spent all but about half an hour of today on baby duty and lost the rag with him.

Anyway. I hope everything here is good?
(Sorry it took me so long to post this, I had to go comfort Screamy Whingeypants and her sore toothypegs again.)

SusanC_2

Becles wrote: »

Dolly Chicken Eyes was called Dolly Geoffrey yesterday, but this evening she's changed her name to Dolly Sugar Camembert.

Alice is constantly changing everybody's names in our house. We went to the library today and when they said, "Hello Alice" she said, "No it's Roo dear." After I'd explained that (and that I am apparently Kanga) she told them that "Tigger" had gone to work so I then had to explain that OH is Tigger.

Buttonmoons

Jesus SS!!! Have you got any hair left?! That sounds like a holiday from hell and do you not think it's scary in Spanish airports, because they stand there looking all mean with their big guns.

3onitsway

Krystaltips wrote: »

She's had the straggly bits trimmed off the back but nothing more than that... I did think today it's just starting to look a bit longer...

Did you think to offer it on the fairy post for the more folically challenged babies?

Becles wrote: »

Dolly Chicken Eyes was called Dolly Geoffrey yesterday, but this evening she's changed her name to Dolly Sugar Camembert.

Dolly Chicken Eyes is my favorite dolls name ever! :rotfl:

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Keira's teeth grew in funny. I phoned the HV about it :rotfl:

She got 1 bottom, 1 top, then the fangs at either side, then they started filling in. Think she had about 8 teeth by 1!!!

We've had one bottom followed 4 months later by one top, then the other bottom and now the other top.


J was very late with his teeth - he had none at 1. L was really quick and had loads when she was 1.

It was strange because although there is 3 1/2 years between J & L, they both started to loose their baby teeth at the same time. J is almost 13 and lost a baby tooth last week - is that normal?

My theory is that the later they get the teeth, the longer they last. (Where is Weezl when we need her so she can ask OH?)

searching_me

((hugs)) ss doesnt sound good ... bet you're glad you're home x

Krystaltips

Well done on getting through that ordeal without stabbing anyone with a nail clipper!!

I would have been a bit narked at a less than helpfull OH and also the being late and flustered thing... For some reason, since I had Caitlyn, if we're running late I turn into a real b!tch trying to get ready... I don't know why, it never used to bother me?!

Choppy, I think the only thing you can do is keep offering them to her... She'll have a go eventually... If you stopped offering them then they would be even more alien to her... I know Aimee's a bit older, but she always refused to eat brocolli... I always put it on her plate though and made her eat just 1 floret until eventually, she just started eating it with no fuss... Now I'm working on mushrooms

My_Fathers_Daughter

Choppy - I would just leave her to it TBH. Offer a finger food at each meal but give her what she wants to eat too.
I hated it when Benjamin wouldn't eat whilst we were on holiday, it is so stressful worrying that they have enough inside them.



Tomorrow is my last day BF I don't think Benjamin will miss it but I still feel a little sad.

Glamazon

aw SS sorry your holibobs were so poo!

Stay here - it was probably more enteraining

Choppy - I dont know if shes fussy. Jack is a monster who eats everything - he tired to eat me! OH gave him an apple core on Saturday with some apple left on it and he managed to break bits of apple off! :eek: I struggle to eat apples with teeth! :rotfl:

I really think he has one coming through - we've had screaming all evening so just administered paracetamol and its strangely quiet. :cool: