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Hello!

Post here if you have 2 or more kids under 3yrs.

We were formerly the 2 under 2 thread, but some inconsiderate DCs went and had birthdays.

Commence rambling / ranting / updates etc

hi,

noy just spottted this thread, didn;t know one existed. I've 2 dc, ds1 is 32months and ds2 is 15months. i'm due #3 in 7weeks but she'll be induced early. Everyone always comments that i'm mad going for 3under3 but i really enjoy having them so close. be great to hear some your experiences re: small age gaps.

Hi Bealcain

sorry to hear about your test Grrl, that sucks

Re nappy bags, I have a skip hop but am finding it's not big enough, so end up with the entire P&T shopping basket crammed with stuff! Haven't got any panier bags for it but think I might go check out ebay.........

DH has taken ds1 swimming, and ds2 is kind of asleep (waking up every few minutes to cry for no reason!) so I am doing some mums netting instead of the hoovering!

p.s i def don't have the mummy mojo as you can tell from the bags under my eyes in my profile pics!

What bags, Kaybee?? You look fine to me. Very cute boys as well.

Hello Bealcain and welcome (I'm impressed with 3 under 3!)

i def had the mojo today
done some baking (yum!), some card-making (ok not a child-friendly activity but hey), been to fire station for ds1 (he had fun ), and went to seafront to have a go on ride-ons there, incl a fireman sam one, we even put money in it for him and he ate his tea, got to do gardening with daddy and get all muddy (ok that wasn't me specifically!), and have a bath

ds2 just been up for a feed, what's that about?

welcome bealcain you're braver than me

hazey - i will have a go explaining but given that i've managed to lose my previous profile whilst trying to merge the 2 not sure i'm the best person!
you go to 'my mumsnet' and find 'set up public profile' and then find 'share photos'. it's fairly easy.... you have to choose share photos with other MNers.

get back to me and see if it's worked!

right, off to bed soon...

BTW (last post interrupted by two nappies which has to be a downside of small age gaps) (must potty train DD soon with a bit more enthusiasm ).

I guess the obvious plus to a small age gap (but of course I wouldn't know any different) is that they entertain each other really well. Or at least that's what's happening at the moment in our house. And DS is currently a useful extra character in all DD's games (he's on the bus/train/plane/helicopter, or crossing the road with her, or she's pushing him in an imaginary (or real!) buggy) -- I suppose this might get a bit more complicated once he's old enough to crawl out of the plane window though

Kaybee you look very young for your 32 years (definately younger then me! Grrrr.)

I feel rough. And I spent a fortune on candles I do not want.

the evening keeps coming to be in flashes

And I even agreed to host my own party.

What was I drinking thinking?

Changing bag-wise I do not have posh one but use my oversized tan leather bag as this looks cool too. The massive draw back is that it does scrape DD1s head in the back seat of the P&T and so I usually pop in on the hood part. Not effortly sytlish unfortunatly. Like those oioi ones though and the strap can be adjusted to be accross body.

Girls I need to get to bed. Will post properly tomorrow when I am physically amdn mentally able.

Quick, Ladies! I fear Jewels has been brainwashed by an obscure candle selling cult! We must save her!

jewels - exactly how many candles did you buy?
and omg at agreeing to host your own party you must have had too much to drink!
when are you doing it? and are you committed or can you back out?
i often end up with handbag on hood of p&t, which is ok until ds1 pulls it down over his head, bag falls backwards and down onto ds2's head, cue screaming fit from him, complaints from ds1 who is unhappy with how the hood didn't work properly, and swearing from me as i won't have zipped up my bag so shit important things all over floor....

chaotica - i think nappues are actually the easier bit! compared to panicking where the nearest loo is, having to find it at a second's notice, etc.
look forward to my two playing together

had a good day here, got high chair out of shed for ds2, sat him up for lunch & tea and let him have a go with pepper, cucumber & rice cakes - so we have officially started BLW, only 5 mo but he is so ready so let's just see how we go...

went to a farm with a steam train this afternoon, went on it twice, ds1 would have been on more if we let him! think even ds2 liked the sensation.

also got an old fridge-freezer out of the shed, cleaned it up and is almost ready for ebay, just unfortunately we seem to have lost a shelf for the fridge bit, do you think anyone will buy it now??? might try for 5 days then freecycle it anyway. it is NOT going back in the shed! part of larger plan to clear out/sort out black hole the shed!

everybody v quiet atm, enjoying the sunshine? (was predicted rain all weekend but lovely today).
yey, wimbledon starts tomorrow

I have a P&T too. At the moment I keep the nappy bag either in the basket underneath which limits where i can put shopping, or over the handles as ds2 is in the lying down position and it keeps the sun, wind off him. Not quite sure what I'll do once he's in the sitting position. Sometimes I think toilet training ds1 would help cut down on 'baggage' but I would probably just replace the nappies with spare clothes for those 'just in case' moments.

lol justkeepswimming - i think part of my reluctance to get ds1 out of nappies is the needing to know where the nearest loo is problem. Nappies seem so much easier. OTOH I am looking forward to being much richer once I stop buting nappies for 2.

Tattoo - sorry to hear about your test.

Jewels - I would be the same at a candle party, love looking at them but never get round to using/lighting them so not much point really.

Bealcain - I think you're brave too, although I'm also slightly envious. Think I would like a third but am finding 2 difficult at the moment so might have to wait a while. Why are you being induced early

We've been busy this weekend. Spend a small fortune on the ds's before we start our own credit crunch next month. ds1 must think it's his and christmas rolled into one. I'm finding it getting more difficult to go shopping with the 2 of them though. Ds2 isn't so bad, he usually sleeps but Ds1 is at that stage where he complains (loudly)if he sits in the buggy for too long but can't be let out or he'll go wandering/exploring if you take your eyes off him for a second. I lost him in mothercare just before ds2 was born. I heard him trotting off, turned around and couldn't see him. Looked up and down the aisles, no sign off him. Panicked and looked towards the automatic doors, no sign of him. Wondered how the hell he had got out of sight so quickly, then spotted him lying on display toddler bed in front off me with a big grin on his face. He'd been under my nose all the time and I'd completely overlooked him.!!

Anyway better go, had a couple of glasses of wine ans am starting to ramble now.

Dontlookatme - i've got pre-eclampsia, but only in the form of protein in urine.No high blood pressure as yet, but have constant headache and swollen feet (comes with running aorund after 2lively boys) I'vve also got severe S.P.D. which is making life VERY difficult, hoping they'll induce in the next few weeks, if not i have to wait till 25th July.

Sorry really bad plug here....if anyone is intersted in cheap usbourne books for the kids, i've recently become an organiser so can offer lots of discounts.....

Poor you, Bealcain. You must be exhausted (I found it bad enough being pregnant with one toddler).

Have a bad case of P&T envy today as I took my knackered old double buggy into town. I know I don't really need one (DD walks most of the way anyway -- just need an extra seat for a bit of the ride home) but it would be nice...

Actually, I'm really proud of DD today -- she did a great job shopping and didn't run riot. Only one tantrum all trip (and she must have walked about a mile).

Hiya all.

All this candle party talk is making me chuckle- which is good, because something has to. DS1 is having huge meltdowns, and has also decided that his bedtime is now 1hr later than usual, which has been a bit of a shock for us to get used to. DS2 is very clingy, and i'm weaning him off the breast and making more of an effort to keep him out of our bed now too- so he's quite annoyed too.

I'm exhausted, and been feeling crap and over eating terribly (i've spent all day in jogging bottoms because my jeans hurt ) Sorry for whinging

I've had such a crap day, i feel like a rubbish mother- i spend half the day wishing they'd both go away because i'd had enough of them - god that's awful isn't it? Just a rough patch i think- they are both having a difficult phase at the same time. I hope it's a phase anyway.

Hope you're all having a better time of it anyway.

Grrrl, I can totally relate, I have also had a crap day and feel like a crap mother. I have at many points today thought I hate this, wish they'd bugger off. Terrible. Thing its because Ive been a bit hungover and extra tired, plus PMT raging like buggery. I have shouted at DD loads the past 2 days , shes been really whingey, and DS is teething with a cold so crying loads and waking in the night.

Hurry up and end phase, before DH and the kids walk out on me!

Hope you have a better day Cazwa.

I already wish i wasn't here today. I didn't want to get out of bed.

I want to go back to work NOW.

poor you i def have those days, and i fantasise about next year when not bfding and going away, leaving dh and the boys, just anywhere child-free.....

i am downstairs with beebies on, supposedly so i can get house ready for cleaners () and get ready for ds1 to go to nursery and get ready for ds2 and me to go to london to meet some AN MNers..but i'm on here instead!

must get dressed....

Feeling a bit better- am going to follow GI diet from today, as my weight is definately not making me feel good about myself- 10lbs off would be fab. I'm going straight in the bath when DH gets home too.

Have bathed the boys and DS1 been for a walk and a haircut. DS2 sleeping in his pushchair, while DS1 is standing in a wash basket with a ball of playdough, watching CBeebies.

Think i'll see what DH thinks about asking PIL to have DS1 Saturday afternoon / night at their house, as we've found the last few evenings such hard work. Could watch some DVDs. Or just sleep!

Sympathies with everyone feeling like a crap mum, dd1 is driving me up the wall with naughtiness, whinginess and clinginess. She has started having huge tantrums and has been bad getting to sleep and waking in night for over a month. Sleep deprivation has made me really tetchy, so I just constantly seem to be shouting, 'stop!' 'no!' ' 'put that down' and 'don't hit her', all the time sitting dd2 (who has turned into huge, clingy baby) on my (ample!) hip, and generally feeling like an old ratbag.

If anyone has any tips on how to get dd1 to sit in her highchair (or any chair for that matter) it would be greatly appreciated, she freaks out when she is near a chair, and just shouts 'mummy/daddy lap'

Oh and i have just woofed down half a bar of cooking chocolate

Sympathy to all of you having a bad patch I almost feel guilty for not being in crap mum mode but don't worry: I'm sure it will come round to me again soon...

Cooking chocolate? Nice. I have become far more interested in cooking puddings of late, and cakes, and biscuits... teaching DD to cook, of course (And I eat too many flakes.) Due to my comparative old age, I put any weight gain down to middle-aged spread.

Just found out that I was right and the GP was wrong: DS does have another ear infection, so he's back on ABs again . He did manage to sleep through two days this week though always linked to him actually eating some solids so I wish he'd get going with a bit more enthusiasm. And he'll never keep on the 95th percentile if he doesn't start eating something other than avocado and blueberries... (Oh, it's OK just noticed he's eating a road safety leaflet as well. Yummy )

BTW (question for JKS or anyone else doing BLW) -- how do you serve cucumber and other such things to a toothless wonder?

Chaotica - Im half-heartedly doing BLW with DS after doing it very properly with DD. Cucumber is IMO a waste of time till they have teeth, unless you peel it right down.

This time round Im too lazy and just give him mainly what Im giving DD so if thats soup, yoghurt or shepherds pie then he gets it off a spoon. Saying that hes a fab eater, but I find it just goes straight through them at this age so I really wonder if they actually digest and get anything nutritionally from it for a few months yet.

I was using cooking chocolate tonight making crispie cakes with DD - she just ate rice crispies dry whilst watching me to be honest.

I have Slimming World weigh in tomorrow and judging by home scales havent lost a thing Cant seem to get back into it. Got 2 stone to lose, grrr.

I'll probably give the cucumber a miss then, Cazwa.

Like your idea of half-hearted BLW -- rather sounds like my increasingly desperate/lazy approach (especially when I thought of the reaction from purists on the weaning board to that type of thing (FGS)). Made me wonder if I could say I was half-heartedly into attachment parenting: normally I keep my DCs with me all the time but sometimes I just leave them to cry for half an hour...

(I don't, btw, before anybody flames me!)

Think I got the mojo just when it was needed this afternoon when I decided to take the DCs to the local airfield to see what we could see (to make up for a boring visit to the dr's and the chemist's etc. when tantrums were avoided) -- DD was really impressed to see planes and a helicopter landing and taking off so close up... And it was free to park and watch them so we can go any time (That said, DD was also pretty pleased to see a tractor go along the road next to the airfield as well...)

I will go plane spotting again

that sounds good Chaotica. i'm thinking about taking the DSs back to that dreadful playgroup for a few weeks before i go back to work, so DS2 can be around other kids / adults a bit more- don't really want to go, but it's not for my benefit.

DS2 went to sleep by himself last night, for about 4.5hrs, then i brought him to bed (again) He's still breastfeeding 2/3 times a night aswell- knackered! He's very close to saying his first word aswell, which is exciting- i think it's going to be Dad, although i'm sure he's saying Hiya aswell.

Can't belive how grown up DS1s getting too.

Hope things are better Cazwa

Good luck at the playgroup, Grrrl. I like ours - but I know I'm lucky.

I'm hoping to have one day (afternoon) a week once I'm working full time so that I can take the DCs out to something like that (I'm lucky: get to arrange my own hours). Playgroup was so successful today that they're both napping, at the same time

We did walk into town first though must do this with DD more as she's just got into running everywhere (but seems to be getting better at behaving on roads and holding my hand). When I told her not to jump in some too-deep water she even announced seriously "DD not do that, because I'm two" so mature

JKS -- did you go to the meet-up? What was it like?? (Did you meet Jewels? Did she sell you a candle?? ) (Sorry Jewels, don't mean to take the piss but it was too good an opportunity to miss; besides I like candles...)

meet up? what? who? where?