December 2006 - Stairgates and cupboard locks at the ready!

[MARGOsBeenPlayingWithMyNooNoo]

Couldn't think of anything contraversial!

[Indith]

Works for me Margo!

Hope all the bugs and beasties are improving, pox is behaving and backs unsticking.

Gardens sound lovely, wish mine was a little more than a (badly) concreted yard!

Ds has been up the past 3 nights, he is also starting to not go to sleep when put down He has always gone to sleep when put down! Probably just the light, we have blackouts but it still gets in. As for the nights, who knows, teeth, excema itching.....meh.

Not heard back from tests so either they are being slow or it is just pg tiredness with exams on top. Not sure if that is a good thing or not, at least if there was something they could wave a magic wand and fix it! Have been a bit better today though, have lots of ready made foods in the fridge, cooked chicken, pasta salad etc and 5 or 6 mouse sized portions through the day seems to help. Booked in with the MW today so I'm all officially pg

[Indith]

Doh! Knew I'd miss something, good luck moving Jabber!

If I've missed anyone else then (hugs) good luck*

*delete as appropriate

[Indith]

Margo you are Margo!

[FunkyGlassSlipper]

Title works for me too. Very appropriate for DD2 who has an obsession with opening the fridge, an closing the living room doors atm.

[MARGOsBeenPlayingWithMyNooNoo]

Yes - I am Margo once more! (I'll still be the one with the big boobies though )

[Olihan]

I think we should have a 2 posts a day limit each. I keep having to change my homepage every time we start a new thread .

Hope the move goes okay, Jabber.

Indith, ds2 is still all over the shop with his sleep, I go through your list every night but am still no closer to the holy grail of consistent all night sleep. We had the 3 whole weeks at the beginning of april but since then..........meh (very good expression, btw, am going to have that one!)

Eli, sympathies on the back. I twanged mine once and it was so painful. The thought of having to look after dcs at the same time is awful. Is DH about this weekend?

BP, forgot to say hooray for the walking yesterday .

FGS, hope dd2's pox isn't too bad, I think littlies cope with it better than older ones.

We never had cupboard locks for ds1 or dd but ds2 is obsessed with dishwasher tablets (apparently our dishwasher needs 16 tablets per cycle ) and today he managed to open one so they are going on tomorrow. So very apt for us too!

We don't have a stairgate though, as ds1 tried to swing on it and pulled the door frame it was attached to down. We figured it was safer to do without after that.

[GodzillasBumcheek]

Did any of you know...my eyes just blur when i go on these long-running threads -
I just panic and think...i can't remember who i need to congratulate/hug/commiserate/wish good luck.

And if i use Olihan's post as a guide that's just plainly cheating!
Might as well just say 'Hi' and be done with it!

[LenniEd]

Hi

[Calmriver]

Come on guys, the weather is getting better...who is up for a meet in Kingston soon.???

[Calmriver]

Oh, and please can someone help me with ideas for DH's birthday!!!Please!Something special and fun,x

[babypowder]

Calm, I hate trying to think of interesting things to do for DHs birthday. So I just focus on the big ones now. He's 50 next year, so we're going to have a bit of a bash in Vancouver. I just gave him clothes and stuff this year, and bought some fab food for a picnic.
(And made Nigella's sour cream cake, but really that was more for me )

I am sooo envious of those who have children that sleep through the night.

I'm a bit lost with everyone at the moment (a bit like Indith and Godzilla. Nice that we've got a shiny new thread, though!

Eli, mind that back. I hadn't realised how much I took it for granted until it stopped working!

[jabberwocky]

Sleeping thru? Who's sleeping thru? Evidently my children don't consider it a priority until well over 2 years old

[accessorizequeen]

I should be able to keep up for about two days, I guess!

meeting up, that would be grand!

jabber, fingers crossed move goes well and you're going to be happy in your new home! I have moved a LOT but not quite as much as Lennied.

friends with 9 mo twins have just left and it was nowhere near as bad as I expected. Gorgeous kids but they never nap for longer than 10 minutes and not at the same time argggh. Mine WILL NOT be doing that, of course! I could see that already having two and dealing with logistics of that will make it easier for me to cope, which was good. They were boy /girl twins so nice to see the interaction AND ds2 was not remotely jealous when I held them. I had girl twin in my sling this arvo and she was darling.

[sending sleep vibes to just about everyone!]

[sending anti-bad chicken pox vibes to fgs's house]

[waves at other pg dec 96'ers]

[accessorizequeen]

dec 06'ers!

[LenniEd]

No, not sleeping through here - we were OK for a couple of weeks and then she seems to have forgotten what that is again. Oh well, wouldn't want to break the trend.

[Calmriver]

Huh! DD1 is 4 in August and has slept through in her own bed 2 or 3 times EVER! and DD2 once or twice, BUT put them in my bed and we all have peaceful sleeps!

They go down in theirs at night, but sod it...when they come through,they just come through and sleep in ours!......

'4 in the bed and the LITTLE one said ROLL OVER ROLL OVER!!!'

But we love it..!

[Calmriver]

Think we all need to see some up dated pics! Anyone remember how to do it!?

[babypowder]

Calm, we are exactly the same! (Of course, DD1 will be 6 in July, so we're maybe starting to push it). I just so want either a full night's sleep or a much bigger bed

Will try to put some pics on later.

[GodzillasBumcheek]

Hi again! Glad i'm not the only one struggling to keep up
Only problem with me at the moment is getting DD to drink enough milk...other than that i could boast (sleeping and talking-wise) but you'd probably tell me to fark orf

[GodzillasBumcheek]

Oh..apart from the bedroom sharing thing. That's just annoying in our house. DD3 does not share our bed - just the bedroom. She is still brought downstairs at 11pm (no dream-feed now though, she just stays asleep) and goes in her cot downstairs...meaning we can't go and get things from our room, or have, er, marital relations, between 7 and 11pm, and we can't get anything from downstairs, or use the laptop between 11 and 7am

[Elibean]

God no, not only one finding it hard to keep up - me too, always!

Well, since its the first time since she was born, I shall boast: dd2 has slept through about 6/7 nights this past week - if you do'nt count me shushing her when she coughs and cries at least once. I have a talk button on the intercom, works a treat

FGS, how is dd2? My dd1 fell asleep on the floor watching dvd after supper (unheard of) and has a sore throat, dd2 has been the Grump from Hell all day.....no spots as yet...

[Elibean]

Have to get thsi off my chest, sorry - saw the surgeon who did my hysteroscopy, this morning: he shuffled papers, then said 'we bring people in like this to tell them bad news' at which point I went cold and then hot. He saw my face and said 'oh no, but in this instance we don't have any bad news to tell you, so sorry, I put that badly'

That'll be ten new white hairs, then

[Elibean]

Also, well done Margo for starting new thread

[GodzillasBumcheek]

Lol...sorry, but you just made me snigger over the horror film DH and BIL are watching!

Congrats on the sleeping, btw. A hysteroscopy? I think i was booked in for that at one point...is it the checking one (to see if there are obstructions/etc?). Sorry i am so bad remembering stuff.

[LenniEd]

I too have one of those talk buttons Eli . Shame it doesn't work more often though, works a treat when she first goes to bed, but not in the night.

I am having major battles (still ) with DD refusing to drink milk unless it is in a bottle. She will drink anything out of a cup other than milk. I bought an opaque cup with cow pattern on it and that worked for a while as she couldn't see it was milk inside. But now she won't drink out of it unless I take the lid off she's sussed me!! So we're back to no milk = grumpy baby or milk in a bottle. What to do, what to do....

I'm not ready to have a major fight over it, am tired and morning sickness starting to hit. I don't want her to end up drinking no milk either. Do you think I can let it ride for a bit longer, or is having a 17mo drinking out of baby bottles really not on??