to think that boys should come with a government health warning, or at the very least you should not leave the maternity unit without a cage, padded cell, straight jacket, copius amounts of wine.....

[GhostOfPsychomum5]

.......especially boys who have just this week been pumped full of GA, and masses of calpol and nurofen.............

My ds is a lovely little boy, 2yrs 10 mths, he is very loving & affectionate.

My ds 2yo has just drawn all over my white sofa with blue chalk, my dd has never done half the naughty things he does, he's so destructive. He's very cuddly and funny though so he gets away with murder.

Girls are just as bad.

Left mine yesterday while I stupidly emptied the dishwasher..... returned 5 mins later to a playroom carpet, fire surround, red painted hallway, 2 teddies, a shopping trolley and two little girls all covered in sudocreme. I'd even left it up high, out of reach, but the little buggers had worked together and dragged a chair over to get at it.

Can't get mad though as they were so pleased with themselves and had already got the wipes out to start cleaning up!!

Ds (4.3) hasn't worked out that the 'excuse' is that we have a dog and she needs a walk everyday, but the 'reason' is that, unless we've taken him out for a good romp its a nightmare!

so, rebecca, herbie and PM73, you just come to gloat haves ya???

I used to have loving and cuddly little boys, they disappeared a while back tho......in their places are energetic, noisy, climbing, hectic monkeys!!

oh, and I do indeed agree with the girl thing.......have three of them too

DS is ALSO lovely and cuddly when he wants to be but the "hyperactive flea" thing still applies AS WELL.

As a mum to boys I think they are hard when they are little as they are very physical, however, are much easier when they are older, hence why some mum's won't let go of their boys even whem they are married

hoping the 'easier when older' phrase is true

DS1 just put a big dollop of bright red nail varnish on our new cream (I know we were asking for it) leather sofa...... Arghhh

Ghost of.. So am I.
My little daring ds nmanaged to poison the dog his gran was dog sitting this week! Thankfully the poor mut is ok after a rude rapid trip to the vet and some nice huge pills. So for a real treat we sent him and her down to the caravan for a lovely weekend with gran and grandad

ok I do feel a little bit mean for doing that to the dog but 2 days of peace

Any of that wine still lurking?

nooooo@ the red nail varnish.......that would make me sob!!

psycho you can pass that bottle over here as well.

digging in the garden and emptying earth all over the flowers, feeding his little brother dirt and then worms [throwing up over the laptop emoticon], and generally being a little sod have been today's joys.

and then asks " are you happy" - if the answer's not yes straight away, you get a big cuddle, cheeky grin and "I luuuuuuuuuuuurve you"

awwwwwwwww....I do love the 'I luuuuuuuuuurve you' moments

GhostOfPsychomum5 - yes

Oh please lord let it get easier when he is older. Though it has to be said the boy's favourite partner in crime is the DD of a good friend of mine.

I might be able to leave DS in a room alone now and expect to come back to mostly intact furniture, but leave him and her together? Not a chance.

They are not naughty exactly, just exasperating.

lol psycho...the title alone made me giggle
(never mind a padded cell for the boys...I could do wiht one )...

hope the boy you are talking about is doing alright, and have also been wondering (sorry hijack) if you had any news concerning that thigh of yours (iirc)....oh and how is the scar doing, is it still hypersensitive?

morloth, my older is not easier yet......am hoping on teens maybe being the magic age

fairlady, DS2 is recovering.

as for my leg............fab news this week that 'no further treatment needed'

as for the scar, still hurts, and is very sensitive........cannot wear jeans or anything with a seam as it rubs badly, altho leggings are not as bad........but it is improving as am no longer getting 'shocks' from it.

thankyou so much for asking (and remembering)

...well...sometimes I remember things ...not often, but sometimes, lol!

Glad you had good news...really pleased for you, as it must have been such a worry!

As for scar sensitivity...I had posted some info about scar desensitation on the other thread, but not sure you saw it....
it was info cut and pasted from a case study I did, so, it is on my PC, if you would like the info...

yes, I did see, thankyou

I am rubbing it daily about 3 times with special oil, plus normal moisturiser, and it is improving. I think some of the sensitivity however comes from it is still healing.........there is still quite a dent where the mole was taken out, and so as the muscle is rebuilding I think I am just going to have to suffer a little.

yes, it will be more sensitive for some time...but glad you finding some improvement...
like I said, the massage will not just benefit the sensitivity issues, but it will also help to keep the scar mobile

am really hoping it all works

Boys are mental. My six year old isn't a very physical child, but he is wearing. I am expecting another little boy in 4 weeks and he is far more active in utero than his brother ever was. My hands will be full!

oooh, your comment makes me wish I knew from pregnancy what I was expecting...........to compare notes so to speak.....

As the mother of an 11 yr old boy, I want to reassure you that they get WORSE and WORSE and WORSE!!,

My DS who is wonderful and fab and smart and bright, does most of the things you mention, his room smells like troll's underwear, he argues with EVERYTHING,never gets his washing into the wash basket, he can out-pedant me, and does all of this more, often talking in this voice which makes me want to crawl into my own skull and eat my own brain.

But apart from some anger management issues, I wouldn't change anything about him.

He has so much enthusiasm for life and blows me away, he never gets tired of telling me I am fab and cool and that he thinks I am pretty and awesome. We still cuddle (not in front of his mates at the mo), and say we love each other all the time.

I say my DC's are like the sea...DS is like the sea in a storm, and makes me inhale with awe, DD is the sea on a calm and generally at the most, choppy day, and makes me exhale with relief, but I change either of them and only hope I can help them become the very best that they can be and get the most from life that it has to offer..

Enjoy..