Jan/Feb locals chat

[SJ99]

How exciting to be starting thread

Yay, thanks Sfx, am already looking forward to banana bread, mmmm!

In Sweden they had Noise Police (everything is so formally governed over there) but what a great idea, they used to go and put a stop the noise polluters, no messing.

COV - I remember potty-training with DS1. We went straight from nappies to real pants and it was fine, with only a fair share (whatever that means) of accidents. Then this can-do-but-won't-do thing happened. At first got really upset and stressed. Then decided to go down the why-should-I-be-the-only-one-who-is-inconvenienced route: whenever an "accident" happened I'd make a big slow song-and-dance about interrupting play, mopping up, putting DS1 in bath to be showered down (he hates the shower - cruel mummy), trying to find clean pants etc. It just took so much time that I think he got bored and decided that going to the loo was much more interesting!

Don't want to contemplate potty-training ds2 just yet though!

Hey My LO is not better!!!

foxie - sympathy and commiseration! (Look, I can spell!)

Aww, Foxie, hang in there, wishing cub a speedy recovery

so sorry ds2 still unwell, it is very upsetting especially when they are so little.

cov best luck with potty training, dd was ok and is dry night and day but still wears pull ups when out just in case we don't make it to the toilet on time, we will brave it soon.

dd very keen on getting her drugs and milking her cough as per usual

might be worth a trip to the GP foxie.

understand your desparate tone, it's exhausting isn't it!

can you have a sleep when he does? i had 15mins when dd was napping on saturday and felt so much better for it.

and btw when do they learn to blow their noses? we keep truing but she only blows raspberries

Trouble is ds is 3.2 now and I really would like to ditch having to change nappys. I've been doing it constantly for the last 6 years

sfx dd has been blowing her nose for a while now. not sure how i taught her tho!

does she know how to smell? if so then do a reverse smell thing with her and sort of pinch her nostrils a bit with the tissue then she can feel the effect of blowing her nose iyswim.

CoV, you'll miss those nappies once they're gone. you know you will!

Am impressed! DS hates his nose being blown, not sure he would do it at all if left to him!

Foxie [hugs] to ds2 - it must be awful for you and him. But just think of all those extra cuddles he demands at the moment. Try and cut out diary products from your diet and see if this has any effect. It worked for dd2 when I bf and she had a poorly stomach.

sfx - my ds has been blowing his own nose for over a month now (he's 17 months). Everytime dh blows his, he laughs, says "Ta" for tissue and blows away. He also likes blowing his nose on my chest. He even wipes his own face after he's eaten. A very independant stubbon boy is he.

COV - good luck with the toilet training - I'm dreading doing it with ds - I just don't know how to do it with a boy.

bunyan - sorry to hear about your builder upheaval - if you fancy a break over half-term, we're going to the Toy Museum in Bethnal Green on 22nd February - you're free to join us. I have started a thread in meet-ups (sorry no time to link).

she does know how to smell and blow we keep trying to explain but not yet got it, think we need mini paddle for practical lessons ion toddler speak

sushi - I am only 39
but quite happy to accept honorary membership of club

Oh so sorry, sfx. For some reason I thought it's your big one this year.

made me chuckle sushi am actually looking forward to being 40 but am unlikely to celebrate big, in fact the best celebration / gift would be to have another baby by then, keeping fingers crossed

Well I'm afraid I have given in and put a pulll up on ds . It has been nothing but accidents all day. Just before the school run I found him naked from the waist down having removed clothes and then weed on carpet. Then whilst on school run he did a poo in pants (not even bothering cleaning them have just binned). Re the wee on floor I asked him why he didn't ask for the toilet (something he never does I just take him frequntly) or go to the toilet. His reply? "I didn't want to". How on earth do you train a child with that attitude? HELP. DD just decided to do it off her own back and we had only a couple of accidents.

CoV, i have no personal experience of this (yet) but sounds to me like he's just not ready yet.

aren't boys harder too? or is that an urban myth?

cov my dd was very much like yours hear the same as paddle about boys but obviously no experience, is the nursery putting pressure?

Yep, I heard boys train later too. DH and his brothers all toilet trained around 3yrs old. Hence I'm in no rush to start yet with DS although am trying to make a big deal of the toilet every time I go so at least he know what it's for!

Have found an egg free recipe for blueberry pancakes, will make a stack and see how DS likes them (obviously he will be oblivious to Panacake Day but I quite fancy eating some!)

COV - how long has ds been potty-training? All my friends with DDs tell me DDs potty-train themselves... Apparently little boys don't do that. We used the modified Gina Ford method: same principle but ten times slower. We spent ages on the preparation stage and when it came down to really not wearing nappies it was more or less fine. I can see it's a problem with school runs and things ... Probably will have same problems with ds2... Sorry no help... Does he want to go back to wearing nappies?

Must go and rescue ds2 who has decided to snake under sofa ..

oh SJ speaking of blueberry pancakes had a stack of them yesterday with banana and maple syrup yum yum

pancakes, yummy! Am rubbish as making them though so have to buy the ready made mixture stuff!

Foxie - hope ds gets better soon.

Had a bit of a boring morning, meant to go to Lollipop but no buses so went to the park but that was covered in broken glass so ended up at the library instead!

Oh no Ros, why were there no buses? At least you persevered and went out!

Poor DS, his teething comes and goes but it must be bad as he has been glued to my lap this past hr, fingers in his mouth and had lots of wind He seems ok now and asked to do some crayons. Hope these last molars hurry up, he's been teething for last 3wks!

Sfx - Can't wait for breakfast now!

Nursery have been really good about it. When we went around it back in the summer they said they like them to be dry but will take them in even if not. I started trying with him over the summer holidays, but not interested. If I take him hourly to the toilet no accidents, but I have to do that otherwise he just wets himself. This has been going on for 8 months with no sign of getting it. So at his parents evening last week at nursery we decided to bite the bullet and put him in pants. Trouble is he doesn't care if he has an accident, is quite happy sitting there in sodden trousers. Surely at 3 years and 2 months we should be getting there? It has really got me down today, but if I show signs of emotion and make an issue of it that will make the whole thing even harder>

CoV boys do take longer - I think they have less bladder control or something. Apparently boys inherit their toilet training from their Dads. i.e. if daddy trained early so can son. So, in short, its your DH's fault

Well Chubba still a non stop cycle of whinge, vomit, whinge, sleep, whinge, vomit

The washing machine is constantly washing vomitty clothes, towels, sheets

I'm sick of changing my wet vomitty clothes...

Sorry to hear ds2 is still poorly foxie. Hope he takes a turn for the better really soon.The thing with ds isn't that he has accidents, he doesn't even try not to and doesn't care if he does. Can he honestly not be ready yet?!?!?!