The Listmakers World Cup: Slatterns 4 - Areas of Doom 1!

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Welcome to the new thread everyone

All newbies and lapsed members welcome!

Need a kick up the bum or a shoulder to cry on, this could be the thread for you.

Ooh Plum Is your ankle ok?

Am excited now, you know we were saying about tvs? Well H got me the code I needed for my phone, and I am moving from orange to vodaphone (have no signal on orange at home)...and I went through carphone warehouse and got a free 32" tv There was a thread about it on here and I'm glad I saw it because going through the shop in town like I was going to I'd have been paying the same monthly charge and no tv!

So now I will have two tvs and one of them will be a decent size! Although I will only be using one because I am funny about tv in bedrooms

Anyone got any tips on getting ds to stop weeing in whatever receptacle is to hand?? Good he knows not to wee on the floor but he seems to think the toybox/cup/brick trolley/drawer are acceptable potty substitutes.

TO DO
Banking DONE
Mammy Tablets DONE
Buy something in Butchers for lunch DONE
Breakfast Dishes DONE
Tidy Dining Area
Tidy Sitting Room
Clear over Counters
Peel Spuds DONE
Make Lunch DONE
Lunch Dishes DONE

JOBS FOR TODAY
Clear Washing in Utility Room 4th load on
Put away Clothes in our Room DONE
Iron Clothes in Kitchen
Put away basket of Clothes on the stairs DONE
Clear out Gas Press DONE

Freak - you're going to have to wean him off the potty and onto the toilet by the sounds of it.
Move potty nearer and nearer loo, big rewards for potty success, even bigger for loo success, etc. Good luck with that!

Ali & Plum -

Waiting for AF to leave so i can get on with using up my cheap OV & PG tests i bought the other day
I get spotting at OV time, apparently means v fertile

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work/DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• PO with eBay parcels DONE
• Portage worker (10am) DONE
• other jobs; Booked hire car
• email/Skype FIL for his birthday DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• bring in all stuff from garden that shouldn't have left there DONE
• washing on (again) DONE
• open RSPB pack Mum sent for DS1 DONE
• hang washing on airer DONE
• get wound up with DS1 being annoying DONE
• afternoon; tv, mooching & garden DONG
• finally move crp at side of house so gasman could get to meter if he wanted! DONE*
• sort into rubbish & shed stuff DONE
• tea x 2 DONE

• put stuff into shed
• boys to bed
• my dinner & early night

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name Of School; HavePhoneNumber
• sort out holiday in August to Jersey; hire car (+ seats)DONE; buy wetsuits, UV swimsuits, etc. HaveSeparateList lol
• go through diaries with DH (another printout for this week)
• put highchair in loft
• eBay listings: 1 Selling; 0/1 bid on; 1 sold & waiting for payment
• List next batch of stuff on eBay

JKS that's what I don't understand, he won't wee on the potty! He uses the toilet...or any other container. But not the potty, oh no.

JKS that could be true as all 3 dcs were cocieved the month after we decided let see what happens, I really would like to shift some weight first as I have never been this weight unless 9 months pg, so I plan to excercise lots more from now until end of summer then TTC then!

Freak thats brill about TV, no idea about the wee situation though

Alice maybe not then

Think ankle is a little swollen have put a support sock on until I find dd1s gel

Don't you hate when you have something to do but in order to actually do it you have to do several other things first.
eg. find info for accountant means looking in deep litter filing system. means sifting out all the papers,before ing to box with papers in you have to tidy space in front of cupboard.

Oh to be organised. Heave sigh
List
continue with student portfolio BIT MORE DONE
find stuff for accountant SOME
prep for training weekend
household filing definite DOOM had to do a bit to do second item
Admin
tidy and clean bedroom,
kitchen bathroom sitting room
shopping
banking DONE
garden - bonfire stuff now soggy

Oh plum meant to say I don't get spotting at ov but I do feel slightly queasy for a few days...(and LOTS of discharge)

Mini yep I hate that too, means I put off those jobs and then there is usually even more stuff to shift before I get to them.

Understairs cupboard is becoming a bit of an area of doom...might have to tackle it

Mini - I know what you mean too, to get to the gas meter, i had to move tonnes of crap that needing sorting into rubbish/freecycle/shed/etc. Luckily no actual need to get to it in a hurry

Freak - right then, potty away entirely. sticker chart for rewards for toilet success, nothing for other containers (or be harsh and take a sticker off for other containers?). might work?

I was good and finished my shed bit before sitting down

Mon:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• all dressed DONE
• DH to work/DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• PO with eBay parcels DONE
• Portage worker (10am) DONE
• other jobs; Booked hire car
• email/Skype FIL for his birthday DONE
• collect DS1 DONE
• lunch & tidy up DONE
• DS2 nap DONE
• bring in all stuff from garden that shouldn't have left there DONE
• washing on (again) DONE
• open RSPB pack Mum sent for DS1 DONE
• hang washing on airer DONE
• get wound up with DS1 being annoying DONE
• afternoon; tv, mooching & garden DONE
• finally move cr*p at side of house so gasman could get to meter if he wanted! DONE
• sort into rubbish & shed stuff DONE
• tea x 2 DONE
• put stuff into shed DONE
• boys to bed DONE
• online shop DONE

• my dinner & early night

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted
• strip beds & find clean bedding
• swap towels & bathmats
• all dressed
• pack stuff for beach trip
• DS1 to pre-sch/joining him on trip to beach with pre-sch (if not raining!)
• picnic lunch on beach
• home for DS2 nap
• afternoon? chill at home probably!
• online shopping 1-3
• tea x 3 (pasta & sauce)
• boys to bed
• me to orchestra bbq social (check cash for sitter)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• go through diaries with DH (another printout for this week)
• put highchair in loft
• eBay listings: 1 Selling; 0/1 bid on; 1 sold & waiting for payment
• List next batch of stuff on eBay

My office becoming an area of Deep Down Dooom. So many piles of paper. can't see desk top. window ledges piled high. Envying your preps for beach JKS. Want a holiday.
feeling grumpy now - not doing list so there.
Good luck with weeing issue Freaki.

Mini - not sure you should be jealous, 2 reasons

1. forecast is pissing it down...if it's raining the pre-sch will do a teddy bears picnic indoors, fun.

2. DS1 has his buddy D at pre-sch so they'll both be running wild on the beach/indoors and i'll look all ineffectual parent, fun.

oh + a 3) i will have DS2 with me and he hasn't actually been to the beach since his op, he may hate it and scream the place down.....fun.

Ok. Envy monitor switched off
But I would like a nice peaceful walk on the beach, you know looking in rock pools, having a little paddle, watching the sun go down.....goes all whistful

Evening.

Got a bit stressed, especially at library, DS is a bit of a stresshead atm, crying when other kids don't share, overreacting to hurting himself etc. and not joining in properly, trying to escape out the room etc.
I get really anxious and it ruins the day.

Ali, you'll have done the stone next week then.

Not a huge amount achieved today, but we made it through the day.

I'm going to - bring the bin round, take the rubbish out, finish clearing the table, wash the pots...

• up, done
• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• Wii Fit weigh. -6lb!
• Shred done
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom done
• dry pots done
• laundry - load in done

+ mess about on MN lots done

• Morrisons raining might go later done
• lunch done
• library done
• bring bin back round
• garden - check for cat poo, water, feed the birds rain
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• tea done
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs done
• DS bath and bed done
• craft etc.

Weekly cleaning -

• change beds
• clean bath
• clean bathroom floor
• clean bathroom mirror done
• dust upstairs
• hoover upstairs
• clean oven
• clean fridge out done
• clean kitchen floor
• dust downstairs
• manicure
• pedicure

Gardening -

• weed front yard + borders more
• mow lawn
• pot up the mint into permanent large-ish pot - buy pot

Grot -

• carpet - iron and kitchen roll the trodden in Babybel cases
• defrost freezer
• sofa cover
• tidy kitchen cupboards
• tidy pantry
• tidy cupboard in bedroom

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make/buy, get cross-stitch framed - hand washing cross-stitch? Frame myself?, don?t think about food til Oct, plans for all presents in place by September
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• find a dentist - keep checking
• pay coins in at bank, next 5 bags
• what?s up with the camera sd card memory?
• tax credits renewal
• buy -rotary grater

Evening

I totally ground to a halt after lunch, mooched on the laptop and watched crap telly while DS was asleep. Quite nice actually

Wasting - I bloody hope that it will be the stone next week, getting impatient!
Know exactly what you mean about it being stressful at toddler things - I am a little on edge the entire time waiting for a catastrophe.

Plum hope your ankle is ok in the morning - ouch!

MONDAY
Me and DH up - done
Dressed - done
Get DS up and dressed - done
Spatone + vitamins - done
Breakfast and tidy kitchen - done
Unload dishwasher - done
Wipe kitchen sides - done
Clear anything dead out of the fridge and wipe any obvious spills - done
Sweep kitchen floor - done
Mop kitchen floor - done
Ocado 10-11am - done
Put away shopping - done
Make beds and tidy upstairs - done
DH has spontaneously tidied the shoe racks under the stairs! - done and bin 4 pairs of old shoes - done
DH and DS out to look at new cars - done
Wipe over bathroom - done
Hoover and sweep downstairs if needed - done
Shred and shower - done
Load of washing on - done
Lunch and tidy kitchen - done
DS nap - done
Washing onto the line - done
Nappies in to wash - done
More cleaning - DH has killed my old laptop and taken bits out of it to make another one to sell, so i can't get my list! Argh! Will have to start again.
Dinner - roast gammon - done
Clear up - done
Water plants - done
DS bath and bed - done
Post DS-to-bed tidy - done
Nappies into dryer - done
Kitchen clear before bed - done
MN and coffee - done

Morning

Wasting DD went through a phase where it just stressed me out taking her out places. Think it was about 2 months after her 2nd birthday. She was ok at actual toddler group, but anywhere else we had huge tantrums and i just stopped taking her for a bit (probably the wrong thing to do) because i couldn't cope. It only lasted about 4-6weeks but seemed like forever.

I have realised that DD is eating more and more junk recently. Not eating her breakfast in the morning, then asking for a snack or lunch about 10ish. Which is fine if at home, but if we are at toddler groups there are biscuits so she ends up helping herself to too many biscuits, then not eating her lunch unless it is something she really likes. The surestart group is fine as it is always either toast or fruit. So, do i stop taking her to toddler groups and only offer her fruit/veg for snack or should i just carry on as toddler group is exercise and socialising and her own body weight in biscuits doesn't matter?

Mornings are such hard work atm

DONE
Get up
Get dressed
Make bed
Sort out clean washing on our bed
Breakfast

TO DO
Clear up breakfast
Put washload on
Make DD's bed
Toddler group?
Tidy DD's bedroom
Empty dishy
Quick tidy of the kitchen

That will do for now, back soon

Morning!

It's a nightmare really, he hasn't had enough socialisation really, which is why it ends up being stressful, but he isn't going to get it if we don't go.

I'd carry on with the biscuits. What do you give her for breakfast? DS is well bored of cereal, so he's having toast/fruit/yogurt/cheese/bicuits, whatever he fancies within reason and he seems to be happier.

Right I'm going to finish my coffee, then no more coffee today. I'll have tea though.

• up, done

+ tidy DS room done

• breakfast, spatone, oj and vitamins done
• coffee + check mail and online banking doing
• shower and dress, wipe round bathroom
• dry pots
• laundry - load in done
• finger cream!
• shops
• lunch
• garden - check for cat poo, water, feed the birds
• take rubbish, recycling and compost caddy out
• tea
• wash pots and tidy kitchen
• tidy downstairs + hoover
• DS bath and bed
• craft etc.
• finger cream before bed!

Weekly cleaning -

• change beds
• clean bath
• clean bathroom floor
• dust upstairs
• hoover upstairs
• clean oven
• clean kitchen floor
• dust downstairs
• manicure
• pedicure

Gardening -

• weed front yard + borders more
• mow lawn
• pot up the mint into permanent large-ish pot - buy pot

Grot -

• carpet - iron and kitchen roll the trodden in Babybel cases
• defrost freezer
• sofa cover
• tidy kitchen cupboards
• tidy pantry
• tidy cupboard in bedroom

To Do -

• plan Christmas 2010, next - decide on gifts to make/buy, get cross-stitch framed - hand washing cross-stitch? Frame myself?, don?t think about food til Oct, plans for all presents in place by September
• mirrors - put mirror tiles up above bathroom sink, other mirror up above dressing table
• buy external hard-drive
• find a dentist - keep checking
• pay coins in at bank, next 5 bags
• what?s up with the camera sd card memory?
• tax credits renewal
• buy -rotary grater

Is it possible that he is having a growth spurt/teething etc which makes him less happy than usual? This is why with DD i just gave the groups/days out a wide berth for a bit, then started again, all fine.

Decided against toddler group this morning. DD is happy playing with her toys (think she is in her bedroom atm) She has a choice for breakfast. She has asked for cheerios. So i have given her dry cheerios and raisins (she leaves it sat there so long, it goes horrid if it has milk in and she definitely won't eat it)

DONE
Get up
Get dressed
Make bed
Sort out clean washing on our bed
Breakfast
Clear up breakfast
Put yesterday's wash in the tumble
Put washload on
Empty dishy

TO DO
Make DD's bed
Tidy DD's bedroom
Quick tidy of the kitchen

Hmm, I think he was wound up yesterday as we'd been inside all morning, and I was already stressed.
The week before he was fine, still didn't join in with everyone though.

Ds hasn't had raisins for ages. They're on a high shelf. I'll have to get them down.

Morning!

I have 4 children this morning, aged 4.3(dd), 3.5, 2.7(ds) and 2.1-eek!

They arrived at 8.30 and actually so far it's been a breeze. All playing together nicely etc-I've managed to get all the washing up done, mop the kitchen floor, empty the bin and various other bits

Off to toddler group in a bit, think will restrain one of the boys in a buggy rather than trying to walk with all of them-not enough hands!

Back with a list this afternoon

I'd still go with the biscuits too

DS1 has only recently started having milk with his cereal, normally cheerios, but often a mixed cereal bowl

DS2 just has dry cheerios for now, he will occasionally allow a shreddie to pass his lips, lol.

Rain cancels beach trip - no parents needed for indoor play, yey

Tues:

• all up & breakfasted DONE
• strip beds & find clean bedding DONE
• swap towels & bathmats
• all dressed DONE
• DS1 to pre-sch DONE
• some baking for pre-sch tomorrow?
• collect DS1
• lunch & tidy up
• DS2 nap
• afternoon? chill at home probably!
• online shopping 1-3
• tea x 3 (pasta & sauce)
• boys to bed
• me to orchestra bbq social (check cash for sitter)

Ongoing List:

• contact new dentist & see if we can register; Find another one that is taking on NHS patients
• upload & order online prints Started-Done More
• order door curtain (& rail) for front door - Autumn job really
• clean kitchen cupboard doors
• put cds onto DH's pc, then they can go into loft with others; make my playlist; clear my iPhone of music, reload with just my playlist
• find out about swimming lessons for DS1 - Have Name of School; HavePhoneNumber
• go through diaries with DH (another printout for this week)
• put highchair in loft
• eBay listings: 1 Selling; 0/1 bid on; 1 sold & waiting for payment
• List next batch of stuff on eBay

Just found this looks very easy to stick to

Morning everyone

Alice You're right about that list, I think even I could stick to that!! I've just given DS3 a biscuit for a snack because lately when I have offered fruit he just throws it on the floor. Sometimes you just have to do what makes life easier.

MY DD went through a phase of eating dry weetabix for breakfast

Breakfast done
All washed and dressed done
Clean kitchen post breakfast done
Make beds done
School run done
Put guinea pigs in run raining
Wipe round bathroom
Hangout washing on airer
Run DW done
Run WM timer set
Mini Dyson if needed
Online banking
Pick up DD from nursery
Wipe out fridge
Tidy puzzle/games shelf
Tidy towels
Sort through odd socks to find pairs and then chuck the lonely ones
Rearrange hairdressers appointment
Lunch
Clean kitchen post lunch
Write card and wrap present
DD Party at soft play at 4.30pm
Dinner
Clean kitchen post dinner
Bath/wash DD and DS3
Story and put to bed

Morning all. Have had a quick read through thread.

For breakfast when DS was younger I would give him all varieties of toast. He went through a long marmite phase. Then there was the dry cereal phase (cheerios or bran flakes). Now it's branflakes and 1 wheetabix with milk. I had to bribe him to start having milk on the cereal (by putting some sugar on top .

HAve lost list...back in a bit...

I have nothing against biscuits/cake etc. but she went through this phase before and started not eating meat unless it was sausage/burger, not eating vegetables at all. She is sneaky though as it happens very slowly and the only way to get her to eat meals again (with meat and veg) was to not give any snacks apart from fruit and to give equal portions of meat, veg, carbs. I had ended up giving her lager carb portions to fill her up which was counter productive.

Think i will copy that list out and try it for the next few weeks, could help getting the house sorted before baby comes. I like the fact that it suggests hoovering is only a weekly task - quite right!