Trapped toddler parents: puddlesuits splashing towards spring

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All guardians of toddlers welcome, we offer ideas, activities, and a shoulder to lean on when it all gets too much. We’ve conquered winter, next stop spring!

Continuing from www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4105179-trapped-toddler-parents-of-the-fabled-winter-2020-2021-puddle-suits-at-the-ready-hello-christmas?pg=1

Can I just rehome the chocolate?

Well out of all the options I'd agree its the most desirable. 😅 Personally I would probably swap him for a fun sized mars bar at this moment in time.

Haha DS has taken ALL the wallpaper off the wall at his grandmother’s house next to his cot !

Eeek that's an quite impressive accomplishment. I've now rejigged the nursery to move the cot and stop any further temptation much to his disgust.

@Same4Walls after my morning I would have sold DH and DD together for a fun sized mars bar

But as it happens they have both redeemed themselves. DH has gone round to the local bakery to get my favourite lunch (still grovelling) and DD (and myself) had a three hour nap. So I'm a happy lady this afternoon!

It's absolutely blowing a gale here but going to get togged up for our usual walk, after that nap I think some energy will need burning off before bedtime!

Done more rice play today including burying hands :o

Listed some bedding on local swap/sell group. Took some crap down to the cellar.

Took DS1 & 2 out for a walk - easiest walk ever! So much nicer now it's not -6 DS1 is whizzing around on skateboard and Ds2 chases him. Then he got entranced by some abandoned ceramic on the way home and played with that for ages.

Should make dinner now but inexplicably exhausted.

SO glad to find this thread with ideas - DD aged 2 has had to come home from nursery for 10 days self-isolation which at the moment is spreading out into the future for years! Going to have a good read later and make some notes of ideas for things we can do to try to pass the time. She's incredibly active and we do have a garden but it's not really safe for her as we only moved in November and it's still got loads of stuff needing clearing. I guess it may be time to find the balance bike we were given a few months ago and see how she gets on up the driveway...

Have had a nice quiet day at home with DD, she had a two hour nap which I’m hoping will help her sleep tonight. Please god let it help.

Tomorrow looks a bit wet and windy so I think we’ll wrap up and go to the woods, local one has a stream running through it, luckily I don’t have wellies but DP and DS do so I just get to watch 😂

Have been saving loo rolls and we’re going to masking tape them to one of the living room doors and make a ball run. Have just realised he doesn’t have any small balls so I might make one out of play dough or use some hot wheels cars.

Went to Asda, DD fell asleep in her car seat as I was putting her back in the car and I sat and watched the world walk past for a few minutes eating some chocolate.

I used to meditate daily and I’ve got out of the habit with the kids and DD’s cluster feeding, but now she’s calming down on that front I think I need to prioritise getting back to it, it was really good for my mental health, and her evening snooze would be a good time to do it.

Have bought myself a bottle of cheap plonk for later on, if anyone’s interested it’s Asda own brand cava with the purple label, £5.75 and bloody delicious.

Sorry to hear there’s a few terrible days happening - I’m just desperately hoping that we’re on the worst stretch now: longer days, warmer weather and god knows when lockdown easing should help.

@footprintsintheslow did you get the sling cracked? My local sing consultant does very cheap zoom calls (I think they’re £5ish) - worth trying as a sling does help massively. She’s Northamptonshire Sling Library & Consultancy on Facebook.

I am just glad to have made it to the last day of half term, DS will adore being back at preschool next week.

Three of my friends are pregnant. They all have unicorn first babies - quiet, polite, cooperative, etc. I’m torn between hoping their seconds are the same, and thinking their views of my parenting might improve if they get to experience a non-sleeping whirlwind!

@ClaraLane welcome along to this wonderful and honest thread.

@drumst1ck I presume you've filed for divorce today.

@porcelinaofthevastoceanss my eyes are still puffy from crying so much yesterday. I was defeated. I hated parenting. Come
Back and tell us everything about the little bastards.

@WeSearchedHereWeSearchedThere I'm going to have another try of the sling later this evening when the baby wakes up. Toddler in bed now and baby asleep on my lap. Total heaven. I think I'll ask H to bring up a cuppa via the baby monitor now too.

Today we had another wet, windy freezing walk. Good to be out and it kills two hours.

On a Friday we do a funny thing, I've agreed to be a masters student muse. Well not me but the baby. They observe her via zoom. She screamed for the whole hour today so that must've been pleasant for the student.

@WeSearchedHereWeSearchedThere meant to say thanks for the zoom recommendation if I don't have any success I will be booking her up for sure. I'm going to find her on Facebook now so I'm ready.

The wine is open. DP has a G&T, DS is in bed fast asleep and the baby is staring at a light up ball, Married at First Sight on the telly. Aaaaannnnnd relaaaaaaaax.

Surprised DS with a Zog dressing up costume which went down a storm. So we’re going to the woods to hunt for the dragon from Room on a Broom tomorrow.

@MonkeyPuddle I knew you were my people. I love MAFS. We watch the Australian one now.

Happy Friday to you.

@WeSearchedHereWeSearchedThere I've just booked with the sling lady you've said. Hopefully she will change my life tomorrow in fifteen minutes. Thanks again. I love mumsnet.

@footprintsintheslow brilliant, hope she’s able to help you. I keep meaning to talk to her about back carrying. I have an image of serenely gardening in the summer with DS2 calmly napping on my back. I realise the reality is probably him yankiing my hair out then puking down my back, but we need ambitions in life...

Has anyone done any gentle sleep training? DD is still waking every 2hours for milk and I just can't do it anymore. All my friends babies have all been wonderful sleepers. DH is off this week so we're going to give something a try, not letting her cry alone though

After a full panic attacks and massive argument with DH this afternoon I'm joining the puffy eyed crew. So done with this monotony every day. But I'm all cried out and feeling a bit better. Made plans for DH to take DD most of the weekend so I get some proper 'me' time and he's already deep cleaned most of the house this evening for me.

Hope everyone else has a lovely weekend!

@Motherofmonsters not tried it myself but friends have had good results with the shush pat method if that's the sort of thing you want to try? How old is DD?

Evening all, just stumbled across this thread and looks like what I need in my life! 3 year old and 1 year old are hard work in lockdown!

Can I have some retrospective hand holds from those who understand toddlers?

DD has only been walking for a few months, and today she face-planted on a concrete path.

She's got a cut inside her lip which I think looks worse than it is, but there was a fair bit of blood.

She ate her tea fine about 30 minutes later, and went to bed happily. But it was the first time she's properly hurt herself and it was horrible! Poor baby looked so shocked.

Zarinea poor small thingx I'm glad she seems ok. It's definitely worse for us though when they hurt themselves. If it makes you feel any better DS can't even walk yet and yet he's managed to give himself 2 black eyes. I'm honestly not convinced he will make it to 2 before he breaks something.

Thank you Same !

My DB was similar - as soon as he could crawl he was climbing everything in sight, and regularly falling off. Our poor mum spent lots of his childhood in A&E

@Motherofmonsters

Has anyone done any gentle sleep training? DD is still waking every 2hours for milk and I just can't do it anymore. All my friends babies have all been wonderful sleepers. DH is off this week so we're going to give something a try, not letting her cry alone though

Hi, I’ve just seen this thread and have a 19mo - after sleep training for what seemed like forever and failing miserably, the game changer for me was doing everything slightly louder than usual when I left his room at bedtime (crying) - tidying away his toys in the living room, having a conversation, etc. I think he must have thought I was leaving the house when I left his room and the noise reassured him. He’s slept though most nights since I’ve discovered this, perhaps because he goes to sleep more calmly?

It’s so tough when they’re waking every 2 hours - you’ve probably already tried this but it didn’t occur to me at all (I discovered it when I was angrily tidying one night, I had just had enough), so just putting it out there!

@Zarinea

Thank you Same !

My DB was similar - as soon as he could crawl he was climbing everything in sight, and regularly falling off. Our poor mum spent lots of his childhood in A&E

I'm going to be your mum...

@Zarinea does it help that DS sneezed while holding onto the side of the local swimming pool? It was tiled. He got two bloody black eyes. Two days before the health visitor came. I may have said ‘i promise I don’t beat him’ fuck sake!

@drumst1ck I very much want to give you a bloody big hug.

@Zarinea have you tried reigns for your DD? My 14 month old started walking properly at 13months and he is a confident walker but they are still so new to it that they are going to tumble and fall. I find the reigns give him more balance as he can walk with his hands out rather than me holding a hand if that makes sense.

*reins that should say!

@Zarinea

Can I have some retrospective hand holds from those who understand toddlers?

DD has only been walking for a few months, and today she face-planted on a concrete path.

She's got a cut inside her lip which I think looks worse than it is, but there was a fair bit of blood.

She ate her tea fine about 30 minutes later, and went to bed happily. But it was the first time she's properly hurt herself and it was horrible! Poor baby looked so shocked.

My 6 month old fell over backwards from sitting on the floor and cut his head on the end of a pipe cleaner. I felt terrible! He also told us he’d learnt to roll by rolling off the bed 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Zarinea

14month old slid down my back last week, happened so quickly, was holding him he then climbed up and over my shoulder and down my back and then sort of fell to the floor , felt terrible, luckily he was fine. 3 year old rolled off couch at 7 months and rolled off the bed 3 times before he was 1 .