Chatting, ranting and some stepping! Come in and have a brew with us.

[carrotsandcelery]

A place to have a blether, and a . All chatters are welcome, stepping or otherwise.

Come inside and settle down on the sofa.

Morning ladies!
My apologies, I have been lurking and really busy running around over the weekend and Fly-ing has all but gone to pot!
Hope all the threadbabies are feeling better today. It sucks when the littlies are poorly, you're so restricted. Carrots what did you manage to cook? We have just about managed to scrape through to today, the kids and I get paid today, but we've had some interesting meals over the w/end!
Well, kinda looking forward to Monday, the In-Laws are taking Lol on holiday for the week! They are picking her up on Monday morning and taking her to Butlins at Skegness and bringing her back Friday! I am so excited for her and them, but quite nervous at the same time. The longest she's been away is for a couple of days at my Moms house while I was having Muddles. Also DH has booked the same week off. Not sure if I was looking forward to a nice week to myself or I'm glad we can spend some time together with just Muddles. . Meh, I'm glad he's off, I'm making a jobs list as we speak !

TS is down and out again. We have a doctor's appointment in just over 1/2 hour. Something is not right.

Morning all - not doing too badly today ( enforced deadline!!)

oh no scout

its been crazy here,not in a good way

monday ds was a bit better though still had scarlet face

tuesday started very badlt when dd2 got everyone up at silly oclock 2nd day running
by 10am she had encouraged the others into extensive cat tormenting til one peed on hall doormat with fear
suspect was lil zoo who drew felt pen on sofa
sent upstairs dd2 encouraged a trash the rooms game that resulted in snapped wooden curtain pole

i flipped and ran from teh house crying.i had to get away or wouldve exploded. i locke dhte door and ran round the block to calm down enough to speak without having murderous instincts

it resulted in a long,long walk
ds was crying the last 2miles
dd2 had 2 hours rest and was back to full power causing chaos shredding loo roll down the stairs when sent to room

anyone got a good ideas?

yesterday she went a friends

Just to say, I am likely to be offline for the next few days! Mother duty calls!!

good luck arti
hope it goes well.x

Oh Zoo! Don't know if I can help but didn't want to read and run. How old is she? And the others? Is there anyway to segregate them from her? Are there any activities she can do you you - sock pairing/shower cleaning/yard scrubbing - boring monotonous manual work that she must get done as a punishment? Do the others get told off for winding the kits up/doing what she says? Maybe if they know they are gonna get in trouble if they 'follow' her they would be less likely to do it? Is there nothing you can take away as punishment? Sorry, more questions than answers, but at least you all had a good walk!

whilst i was ironing dd2 sat near me sorting out her drawers,refolding all clothes she musses when deciding what to wear.we chatted bout how horrible it is when i get cross and she angry and how much nicer it is hen we all get along
she then offered help wipe sink while i did bath and did banoster after i swept stair so we called a ceasefire

she asked if we could all bake together so we have made some oaty cereal bars adding dried blueberries and sunflower seeds to the mix.smells divine!

she seems much calmer so i am keeping my fingers crossed we can build on this and have a better day

hope TS is ok scout

zoo I really feel for you.

I would be really tempted to take everything (and I mean everything) away from her and make her earn it back. Leave her with her covers on her bed and clean underwear and that is it. Every good deed she earns something back, every bad behaviour she loses something again.

Make a really big deal out of praising the others for good behaviour and every little scrap of good behaviour from her. Make sure she gets LOADS of attention when she is doing well, however small the good or however brief.

Lavish attention on the others when she misbehaves and try really hard to ignore her. (May be beyond all human possibility).

Give her a chart where she can earn signatures for making you smile (worked brilliantly on my dd last summer - we had a great time with it) It can be a job, a hug, helping little bro, being funny but in a positive way, doing a good turn outside the house, etc.

I know my tactics sound really, really harsh but she is making you ill and is probably really unhappy herself and would be a lot happier if she had really, really firm boundaries and knew that she could earn praise and make you happy.

I am struggling.

Ds was up from 12.30 last night and I couldn't get him to stay in his bed. I have no idea what is up with him. I am not sure if I should phone the psychologist or give it a few days. I am shattered and worried sick that we are headed back to square one.

Scout what is up with TS? What are his symptoms? There is nothing GM like is there? I am not trying to stir up trouble, we just know that is something he has been exposed to.

I hope the doc can help.

I need to go and do the bathroom. Someone give me a monumental boot please.

Everyone's struggling this week. I have no advice or words of wisdom for zoo and carrots but I can offer .

Toddler most likely just has a tummy bug. But it's the lack of wet nappies (they've mostly been really light and he's a boy that floods them usually) and the inability to keep even water down this morning that sent us off to the GP. The doctor was lovely. Recommended some of the rehydrating sachets and said if he continues to vomit and doesn't produce two good full nappies by dinnertime we should get him to A&E to have a more thorough exam (to rule out bladder infection, etc) and to help get him hydrated again. I've managed to get some water in him and staying down. MrScout went out after the appointment and is only just home with the sachets but TS is napping (after spending most of the morning limp on my lap or curled next to me on bed watching TV) so I'm going to let him rest a bit before trying the sachets.

Scout thanks for the choc. I think you may need some yourself. That sounds scary.

Have you tasted the sachets. Sometimes you need to add quite strong squash to mask the flavour. Sometimes they love it and scoff it down.

Are you near him while he naps Scout? Keep a close eye. Sorry if I am scare mongering but it is not worth the risk.

Yes, I'm near him. And I keep going into his room. I'm having a pause, though, for some lunch for me -- I haven't eaten yet today and I need to in order to care for TS.

Sadly I've gotten very good at the "I'm about to puke" sounds & sights and we've managed to get him heaving into a washing-up bowl every time.

I took him to the GP in his PJs with his socks & shoes and a fleece jacket on top. I didn't care.

Zoo I'm having a few problems too with DS winding up DD and annoying me.
I need to think of something he can do cause I reckon he is bored today (raining so can't play out).

So far they have had an hour each on the computer playing games and now it's my turn . I want to turn off the computer for a while next though as I don't want them to just stare at screens all day.

Bright ideas anyone?

I am feeling a bit tired and CBA. Might need another .

Scout that sound's grim! I know when DD was ill with flu they said we should try and get her to lick ice lollies to try and get liquid into her. Don't know if that would be o.k. for TS.

Would they enjoy making a den together? Furniture and blankets and away they go.

Ds had a great time making that zip slide a few months ago. Just needed string or wool and a construction toy to hang from it.

A shop?

A school?

Circuit training? eg star jumps at one station, move to the next and do press ups, move to the next and run on the spot and so on. Ds loves this.

Hiya Cats, can they make each other a jigsaw? Get a sheet of card or paper each, draw a picture that takes up the whole page. If you can, laminate it. Then they or you cut it up into pieces and swop and do each others jigsaw! We did this at Cubs and they kept wanting to do more and more!
Scout (((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))). That is all.

Scout you must eat. You don't help anyone if you are at a low ebb.

Or that game consequences on paper. They start a picture with a head of some description at the top, then fold it over so the other can't see and swap. All the next person has to go on is the two lines of neck peeping out, and they draw a body and arms, then fold again etc.

Thanks! some good ideas there. I will try and report back later and let you know what we get up to.

DD is asking to play snakes and ladders and DS wants to play monopoly. I will get them a snack and drink first. --I neeed a--

I found some good games & activities for the smaller set on Paddington Bear's site. I'm going to do some with my Seniors (we're going to work on a "badge" that's geared more towards the littles but they'll enjoy playing and being a Brownie for 90 minutes.