West London chat into Winter

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hello folks chat away

Copper, I'll add my stats to yours. Ds1 was easy to potty train, pretty much did it on his own, & ds2 has started telling me when he needs his nappy changing so that's 4 out of 4

Oh good, girls - keep it coming as I was almost thinking of giving up after barely half a day! (pathetic emoticon)

Anyone watching "Food - what goes in your basket" on C4?

westwing - we used a lot of tips from > Gina Ford. By the time you've done all the preparation stages they are more or less potty-trained!

Not watching the C4 thing but have masterchef on for background noise. NOthing is very interesting. In fact Masterchef is so predictable. Bald person echoing what thin person says. All the time. He ought to get a prize in paraphrasing.

seems ease of potty training has more to do with the child being ready than anything else

good luck westwind

no telly for me just another trashy and unsuitable book for a Lady

anyway to tired had family over and cooked lunch and dinner and prepared alternation tea, Portuguese people like to eat

I waited with both of mine until they wanted to have pants instead of nappies and it went very smoothly both times. DS was about 6 months older than DD, though I think it is just statistically true that boys tend to train later (doesn't make a prediction about any individual boy vs. any individual rule, but just as a guide; I don't think there's any evidence that they are more difficult to train once they are displaying signs of readiness). Out of DD's nursery class about 1 in 5 is potty trained and those are all girls none of the boys has done it yet although there is one very close and probably about to start.

Don't be put off by one bad day if you do think he's ready -- but equally, if you give it a good shot and think he's just not getting it you won't be given a big black mark against your name if you back off and try again in a few months.

that should be too tired and afternoon tea

sfx, would that book contain a lot of H's by any chance

Copper, doesn't the baldy one shout his paraphrasing as well? Kind of put me off watching it tbh

My DS2 is more than ready for potty and refuses to use it :(

Thanks for Traveller refernces I will google them

Survey on house we are trying to buy has come back and I needed a stiff drink after reading it :(

was wondering what Portuguese delicacy alternation tea was.

Dusty - don;t you always need a stiff drink after reading surveyors report Was it so very bad?

tilly whatever do you mean

dusty how do you feel after the stiff drink, I suppose best know about it now

have plumber visiting later today, obviously the only appointment available is very close to school pick up time but best get it out of the way before the weather turns cold

Portugese alternation tea sounds just the thing!

was about to post that you all seem to be out having a life

weirdo day here, dh's last day at job no we are not scared
am unable to focus on anything at all it seems

Got stuck in the park - kids refused to come home. Eventually did, but DS2 is so tired he keeps sobbing ...

my place is empty took dd and friend to activity after school friend's mum will pick them up, they walk and snack on the way there it takes nearly 45 mins including toilet break, I think they enjoy it, by the river through the green past level crossing seems ideal while dry

was at Matalan - not sure that can really be described as "having a life"

ah Copper DS keeps doing this - usually towards teh end of the week...

For a boy who wanted to go to bed at 4.30 he took ages to settle down. Maybe he was hungry. Did scoff down a fair bit of Japanese curry.

Plan to take DC to the garden centre and the recycling centre tomorrow! It will be exciting.

tiredness is awkward in children, very tired hard to settle super active yet falling asleep the next minute, pretty hard to judge and it takes ages to settle into new routine
at least that is my experience with dd

LOL SFX, that is my experience with myself re: the tiredness

ds at his little nursery for a few hours this morning - he LOVES it. And I love it. Today, instead of speeding around the house like a fool doing all sorts of very boring "stuff" I shall mostly be having a nice cuppa and hopefully cake involved too, in town

westwing I still feel awkward doing that by myself, keep having this feeling that I should be somewhere else, was thinking of reclaiming Kew Gardens for my sole pleasure too when the weather is pleasant I should like to take my books there for a study session

dh on full on daddy/ house husband mode and it is only 9am I am going out

I have put my foot down and insist on more than a t-shirt for DS2 to go out in this weather and no arguing. He thinks it's unjust. Is it?

Work, and then night out!

Copper I had same problem with DS2 two nights ago, he insisted on coming out with me in the evening to collect DS1 and I insisted he wore at least a fleece over his T shirt. He grumpily relented and then tore the fleece off once he was in the car . He also has that tendency to go into overdrive and then become inconsilable due to being over tired in the evenings..ho hum

I spoke with my Dad at length last night (he is a retired surveyor) about the survey on purchase house and its oK. Its structually sound, though it has various small bits and bobs that do need to be done pronto - so will get a builder friend to have a look to get an idea of cost and then try and negotiate that the vendor either gets the urgent bits done or shaves the cost off the price agreed. Probably not more than 4k I reckon, if that. I felt much better after my Dad decoded the survey and had lovely vivid dreams last night about moving into dream house, though in my dreams the house was in Earl's Court and DS1 was about to start London Oratory (symbolic refernce to Irish Catholic schools in there somewhere)

Hope you enjoyed the night out Copper :)

Hello all

IL's just left. It's been a good week with them but we're all now exhausted!

Hope everyone well, sorry haven't kept up with thread, will try and have a browse sometime

Is night out still 23rd? Just need to know so can book sitter