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d.s stood up on his own for the first time about an hour ago. Sorry to be so sad

Lat night dd (just 3) got ready for bed all by herself - took off her clothes, put them in the washing basket, put on her PJ's (the right way round), made herself her bowl of cereal (she asked to) and then cleaned her own teeth. I am soooooo proud! My clever girlie!

A few things I am proud of recently ...

1. DD1 (aged exactly 10 years and 4 months) has just done a reading test in school and has a reading age of 13 years 9 months+. They could test her beyond this age, as they had no tests that went above this age. Feel very proud.

2. DD2 (now 17 months) walked across the room yesterday from the kitchen to the dining room table without falling over once. (Feel proud although she is 17 months as she is very big, very lazy, very happy, bit slow).

I think it doesn't matter what age they do these milestones (whether it be "early" or "late", once they manage it you still feel very proud.

Sorry, they could NOT test her beyond 13 years 9 months.

ds1 (5.5) went to a party on Saturday, without ds2 (3.5). His party bag had some sweets and chocolate in. (They rarely get sweets and chocs - mean mum!) When he got home they sat down at the table, and without any sort of hint from me at all, he shared everything 50:50 with his little brother, including the birthday cake. I was so proud of him!

It makes it all worthwhile, doesn't it, KMG? What a sweetheart!

Something good in my life. My ds (3.5) has finally broken the poo barrier! He said that he was going to do a poo in his potty on Thursday night and I privately thought (yeah, yeah, heard it all before) and a few minutes later proudly announced that he had accomplished this mighty feat! The two of us were dancing up and down and his eyes were shining with happiness.
I realise that for most children this is no great achievement but given the poo traumas we have been through over the last 18 months, it is a huge milestone for my ds. Hooray!

Bugsy, that's great, for him and for you, now he has crossed that barrier I do hope there is no going back.

I have been reading your other threads, really feel for you but never know what to say in these situations, I am so glad that you and DS have had such a cheering experience! Onward and upward...

brilliant bugsy. My ds1 (three and a half as well) did a poo on the toilet today as well.We were jumping for joy and choccy buttons all round. Now I just need to persuade him to wee on the toilet. he seems to think that the done thing is to wee in pants/nappy and then just drop your trousers no matter where you are. I keep finding soggy piles round the house

Dd ( almost 8 months and down syndrome) crawled today!! Not an up on hands and knees crawl more a commando crawl BUT she did it across our bed to me!!

YEH something to tell the physio next week when she asks me once again if Dd is rolling over without encouragement from me. This has just made my week!!!

Eidsvoid - congratulations! It's a proud moment indeed isn't it?! I bet your baby was proud of herself too.

DD has not become a fully fledged toddler. She took her first steps about 3 weeks ago, at 10 months. She is now walking everywhere and got her first pair of real shoes (well, Timberland boots) at the weekend. This week at nursery she has been allowed to join the next class up on their walk to the woods and has gone with them to play on the toys outside. he has been full of it, babbling away 'telling' me all about it, and she keeps pointing at her shes as if to say it's because of them!!! So sweet!

Sorry to butt in here but reading this thread made me realise how much I moan and worry about my son. So please excuse me whilst I take a minute to gloat and feel proud of my sons accomplishments. He crawled and walked at an early age, he was fully toilet trained (day and night) by 2 and a half and he is the most funniest, endearing little boy and he always says please, thankyou, pardon me and sorry, but not always at the right time..... I'm moaning again!

Congratulations eidsvold! My DS (8 months, 1 week and not Down Syndrome) is nowhere near crawling. Fine by me but well done your DD!!!

congratulations to little miss eidsvold, she has every reason to be proud of herself too!

Wow Eidsvold, she really is doing amazingly well.

What a lovely lot of new "boasts"! Well done to all the fledging toddlers, especially Miss Eidsvold (and they can go like the clappers when commando crawling, so watch out Eidsvold!)

I really enjoyed reading this thread because as a mum and a first time mum at that I think people can sometimes make you feel silly when you tell them what your babe is doing - when as you all say you just feel so proud - and no matter at what age your baby does something for the first time your heart feels that it will burst but what everybody should remember, all children develop at their own pace so heres my boast dd just turned 8 months can sit up by herself, she can crawl, pull herself up on couch/table/cot, claps hands and has started clenching and unclenching hands whilst saying ta ta - there now I feel great that you all understand how I feel about my dd - I just cant beleive that I made something so special and Im glad that I found this site

Can I revel in a proud husband moment:

dh 'babysat' as he laughingly insists on calling it, not once, not twice, but for three evenings this week!

And a proud son moment:

my ds was top in his class this week for gaining the most good points! have we turned a corner?

I wonder if these two achievments are linked - perhaps I ought to go out by muself much more often in the evening - I'll mention that to my dh

tigermoth, I definately think that the two are linked and you should see it as your duty to have at least 3 nights out every week.

Oh, and well done to your ds

Ooo, yes, tigermoth, emphasise that male bonding thing

Can I be proud? My daughter won a colouring competition in Watertones! Got a letter from them yesterday telling her to go in and collect her prize. Assumed that they were just giving them to all kids who had entered but her little picture was up on the wall

Well just wanted to say that little Miss Eidsvold FINALLY showed her dad what she can do and did a commando crawl on the weekend. I am sure he did not believe me for a while!! She is such a cheeky tinker.

I am often amazed at the way my ds (who turned 2 in Feb) remembers things and makes connections. A couple of weeks ago he saw a picture of some goggles - I saw him think for a moment and then he said his cousin's name. His cousin lives in Thailand and we went out there to visit in October last year, and he saw her swimming with goggles. While we do still discuss lots of things from that trip, that has never been one of them.

When he was about 18 months old we were out for a walk and saw some mole-hills. We explained to him how the moles dig holes and pile up the soil. Straight away he said in a very pleased voice "Just like diggers!" So proud

well never posted on here before but ds1 (three -asd) just came in from the garden absolutely covered in mud from head to foot. He has massive sensory issues and 6 weeks ago would have freaked out if he got a speck of dust on him. He also did a painting for the first time at playgroup today- again in the past he would have run around the room screaming if I'd suggested such a thing (painting makes fingers etc dirty!). Oh and at the weekend we went for a long walk on Dartmoor which he's also been refusing to do since last summer (on a path- still won't entertain the idea of grass).

He has rather spoiled it by sepnding the last half hour screaming becuase I couldn't lift him above my shoulders for him to see over the next door neighbours wall (he's too heavy!). Still proud though!