Ginger_Kitty

aaahh THATS why i can suddenly see football threads... oh I'm getting slow in my old age!!

Our allotment is currently wading through last weeks rain.. so nothing doing yet Oh but a frog is alive and well in there

I can tell you that there are none in the Chesterfield area, its a problem that I've been looking at too. My local SureStart in Chesterfield are looking at the possibility of setting one up if they can get the appropriate support. But it is proving difficult at the moment I don't think many people know about my PND either (I have chosen to tell some) as in public its automatic to put on a 'happy mummy' face... xx

Still might be worth seeing one, something like endometriosis on the outside of the bowel could make mild IBS a lot worse. Just an idea anyway xx

Peaches, have you approached this from the gynae point of view? Get referred to a good gynae and see if the IBS is caused by the periods instead of the other way round??

I've not personally had experience of either, but my little bro was in a similar position and was very deaf with glue ear; He had grommets and has never had a problem since

Amazingly though I have amazing support, two sets of parents living close enough to take Ed for a day or a weekend, playgroups 3 days a week, nursery one day a week. I have days off, I have social networks and still had severe depression... sometimes it hits you whether you live in the modern world or not

I was just thinking I am a bit of a bigger build than you Its a bit easier, though my back does hurt the next day

it might be a good idea it means he can follow you round. We never had one and he did get very frustrated! How old is he now I've forgotten? Ed still goes in his sling at 24lb

We can still do calpol, ibuprofen and powders, but ultimately he often just wants cuddles! I get the sling out!

Teething? Ed always gets super-clingy when he's about to sprout a new tooth! could also just be separation anxiety?

I'm still seeing a psychiatrist regularly, I'm on my 3rd medication and have the health visitor and surestart keeping an eye on me... sadly, i think this is as good as it gets at the moment

I'm still firmly in the tunnel with very little view of the light.. the drugs are working, but I'm still not right Ed is a year old soon

Garlic can still go in, it needs a good frost to get going, but I think we'll have more of that yet. You can start some things off too like sweet peas and french beans indoors See the below site which I just found - looks useful http://www.trapgroundallotments.org.uk/calendar.html

I must admit, we thought the eczema round Ed's neck was drool at first; he's teethed constantly for the last 6 months, but now the worst rash is round the back its proved not to be that I'm also one for not wrapping him too warmly, jumper only in the car unless we're going to be in and out again. Sadly I keep getting told off cos he has cold hands "so the rest of him must be cold" He has cold hands cos he's crawling on a cold floor!!!

We're also suffering with severe eczema at the moment, Ed is a year old (almost ) and just before christmas came out with eczema round his neck. we've gone through everything, what he's eating (its not tomatoes or dairy or processed food), our washing powders etc and we can't figure out a cause. He's now scratching his neck like crazy and really breaking the skin. We've tried everything from 'nothing' to E45 and prescription creams and nothing is really hitting it like I'd hoped We have had a reduction in the all-over rash, but not the bad bits I'm also refusing to use steroid creams at the moment. The poor boy is waking in the night scratching himself til it hurts, is grumpy all day because he's so uncomfortable I might try to oats in the bath thing this week, but again i'm not overly keen as I have an intolerance to gluten (wheat, rye, barley and oats) even on my skin, so I don't want to sensitise Ed to it so early I know it *might* be gluten too, but I'm loathe to cut that out of his diet as well as my own without medical supervision yet. grr... its endless

Just thought I'd start a 2009 thread so we can all update whats growing, when and how well as the year goes through. We planted our garlic at the end of December and the first few spikes are poking through this week! The rhubarb is showing its little red shoots too! :clap:

I've not taken the theory (eek that shows i'm old!) so no help from me on that one. Just thought I'd wish you luck Annie xxx

we get the beginning bit.. but from then up til the zzz can last about an hour some days... especially sundays!! 'I'm happy, i'm waddling my way across the room... I'M TIRED, I'M GONNA DIE OF TIREDNESS... wah wah wah' etc Then he'll eventually give in.. eventually... its been nearly a year now and he's done it the whole time!!! Same goes for hunger too 'I'm fine' to 'I'M STARVING AND WASTING AWAY' in milliseconds... easier to fix that one though

but no mummy i can't sleep because I'm tired... but but but i'm tiiiiired... mummy i'm tired... mummy TIRED... we have one of those too!!

Nah, I'm always this mad

If you can get to chesterfield then there's more buses from there to Tideswell in a morning

I'm not sad to see it go, I didn't exactly like it there... but its a sorry thing to see your old formroom flattened by the maths classroom!!!

Me too and himself and the little person and two ginger furries

Crivens!!!! Fabulous shots