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FasterPussyCatGrrrl · 03/04/2008 15:34

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.

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Chaotica · 26/06/2008 21:58

I thought JKS said that she was going to some MN meet up (in london) and wondered if Jewels would be there. I could be wrong though.

(Pity we can't have a meet up wrecking party for this thread but I think we're all quite widely scattered around... What a quiet day that would be )

Jewelsandgems · 26/06/2008 22:14

Hello girls sorry have not posted for ages! Have been trying to nip on and keep up with you all but I don't know where the time has gone! (well there was the planning of my candle party empire)

I didn;t know about the meet up either! and LOL chaotica I am just involved in some candle business actually. Have managed to get out of the but the women keeps phoning me to try and get me to change my mind! I already have an amazing amount of candles arriving any day so I feel my candle work is over. Phew!

Well, DD1 has been a delight except for lots of running off into road and thinking it's the funniest thing when I chase her! DD2 seems to be teething again and has a dribble rash too. But, she keeps touching her ears alot so am thinking of taking her to doctors just incase.

update on naff doctors situation
DD2 had her jabs the other day and they had out DD1s notes! She said to my DH about DD having them so late and made a big deal out of it; DH was like, she is only a few weeks late! And had to convince them DD2 was infact DD2 and was 6 months rather than 2. Not much of a differenc between a 6 month old baby and a 2 year old toddler? bloody hell! She nearly ended up with totally the wrong injections! so called health proffesionals....

Anyway, hoping all your DCs are having a chilled time

Am off to bed to read, and then dreamfeed DD2 at 1030pm.

Night! xx

Kaybeeand2boys · 27/06/2008 08:55

I think JKS said she was going to a MN AN meet up which i assumed was her anti natal thread.....

I had a crappy start to the week, with ds2 crying non stop with wind? Some old bat at a playgroup picnic had a go at me for letting him cry for a min while i pushed ds2 on swing, and lectured me about how he is windy coz he is bottle fed, horrible cow. So I left and cried all the way home feeling like the worst mum in the world! Anyway ds2 has been a bit better since weds so we are all ok now thank god

I am off to a blind play date today with someone i 'met' on MN local....... wish me luck!

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TattooedGrrrl · 27/06/2008 10:10

and i bet if you'd fussed him and not pushed your oldest, she'd have accused you of spoiling him and neglecting her. I'm so glad i haven't had this yet...i'm so tired most days i'd probably just scream 'F**K OFF!' in their face.

Chaotica · 27/06/2008 11:24

Poor you Kaybee I'm with Grrrl on this: if you'd have done something else she'd have disapproved of that too. (I think people at playgroup probably think it's weird because I still bf DS who is 9m (but I don't give a damn) -- he is a big 9m as well so I probably look like I'm into extended bf ).)

Chaotica · 27/06/2008 18:07

Don't know how I managed it but both DCs napped for ages this afternoon . OK - so we went on a little walk in the woods and went to the swings and slides, but really... Better go and wake them up. (Most unusual!)

Jewelsandgems · 27/06/2008 20:25

I am with Grrrl too! Stupid woman! Grrrr!

Sorry to hear anyway that you have been experiencing a windy DC kaybee, I just wish my DD2 would grow up and then I can kiss that period goodbye! (I know I should not wish away her time as a baby but I just can't help it!)

DDs have been good today though DD2 still pooing every morning at 5am. I have tried everything and now she only has fruit and veg in the day, and then rice before bed. Will she ever grow out of it?!! Please someone reassure me!!

I went to pilates and mum watched the girls whilst my husband - who was working from home - was on conference calls and stuff. Then mum and I nipped out for a coffee child free and all in all had a nice day. Then DH cooked a lovely meal. But you know what happens after a nice day??? I total knightmare day the next day!!

Wave to you all and have a great time kaybee

justkeepswimming · 27/06/2008 21:13

hi all, yes was an ante natal meet up, for ds1 (jan 08 thread).

am reading and keeping up but too tired to follow what's happening properly.
ds2 up for 3 feeds last night
8
11
4.30

ds1 up at 5.30

yawn.....

in-laws here for weekend, have cooked dinner and put ds1 to bed so already hard at work

TattooedGrrrl · 27/06/2008 21:32

how old is your DS2 justkeep? I'm doing the same, and he's 8mths- massive and still breastfeeding all hours.

justkeepswimming · 27/06/2008 21:34

just gone 5 months. can't imagine i can keep this up for another 3 months!!
not that i'm thinking of stopping bf, just trying to do blw atm (only just started) and all i'm getting is 'he's hungry, feed him more puree/mush' he loved some mash today off a spoon, but i really want to stick with blw for now.

i have been trying to eat less myself the last few days (and losing a little weight, hooray!) but the last time i tried to eat less he woke loads at night too. so maybe i need to pile that weight back on and get a chance of more sleep

TattooedGrrrl · 27/06/2008 21:40

DS2 isn't v interested in food, and even when he's eaten well, doesn't sleep any better. I don't even think he's hungry in the night really, i think he just likes the comfort. He's v clingy and doesn't like being away from me. I would have stopped breastfeeding 2 mths ago, but he gets so miserable it's easier to just feed him- but i'm going back to work 3 days a week at the end of July!

Chaotica · 27/06/2008 21:53

Grrrl and JKS -- your DSs sound rather similar to mine (who is still bf at 9m). He was driving me nuts with the continued night feeds (which DD never did after 8m) but just in the last week he's been sleeping through for 8-9hours

Chaotica · 27/06/2008 22:25

I should mention that DD wasn't really the angelic sleepy child presented here - she slept with the help of a bottle of expressed milk before she went to bed which DS just won't drink (only bf for him -- grrr).

hazeyjane · 28/06/2008 13:54

Hope everyone is having a good weekend, dh is working all day until 8 tonight (eek - bedtime on my own), but my girls are both asleep in the buggy in the garden under a scooby doo bedspread (=sunshade) - its a miracle! I should be being organised and preparing tea, doing chores etc, but it it's a Saturday, so I thought I would catch up on here.

Double grrr for you Kaybee, I hate the way that everyone feels they need to voice their opinion on the way you bring up your kids (surely that's what Mumsnet is for!). If another person says, "poor little boy in the back there!", about DD2 sitting in the back of the P&T's, I'll go mad. How old is you ds? Dd1 had horrible wind and we tried just about everything to help, Dr Brown's bottles seemed to make a difference.

Jewels, i'm looking for a pilates class locally (recommended by gp for back problems). Does it help with weight loss too? I desperately need to do some exercise - apart from hefting a double buggy around for miles.

Grrl, dd2 woke 2 or 3 times a night for ages, but only for comfort, she always ended up in bed with us. It stopped whenshe was about 10 months old, and was at the same time that she started having more snacks, bigger meals and lots less milk (she is a big girl, and eats about 3 times as much as her siter, who lives on air and malted milk biscuits)

Hello to everyone else, its my birthday tomorrow, and dh has promised he and dd1 will be making 'chocolate baby lumps' (sung to the tune of Black Eye Peas)(basically chocolate biscuits gone wrong, they're lovely)as my birthday treat. Last week he bought me a raincoat for my present - what a romantic fool!

Jewelsandgems · 28/06/2008 19:21

Hello everyone!

I do feel for all of you who are still living with the night feeds. But I am not being smug because Izzy has cut them out, because you all do you have to deal with the guarenteed 5am poo! And only sometimes does she go back to sleep til 6.30am. Saying that, she woke up at bloody 5am this morning any there was no poo! And, I noticed she was touching her baby ears lots lately, and there was some wax on her mattress, do you think she has an ear infection?

Hazey, pilates is not a good weight loss tool as such, but, it is wonderful for strength, balance and muscle tone. I have really well defined toned arms now, and have a flat tummy too (until I sit down that is [blush) and after a good session I ache in places I didn't know existed! Also, it's very good for the mind because of the concentration required, and afterwards I feel refreshed and invigorated. Think it's more a case of changing my body shape, rather than loosing weight, if you know what I mean.

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Hazey!

Chaotica · 29/06/2008 00:11

Happy Birthday, Hazeyjane! Hope you have a good time

justkeepswimming · 29/06/2008 21:30

happy birthday hazey - just getting in there before i run out of time

got in-laws here for a few days. tho MIL who is a star is feeling ill and has gone to bed, so they may tomorrow, bad news!
she cooked a fab roast dinner tho even tho she didn't eat any of it, felt so bad for her. esp as i'm worried she's got the bug i had last week.

watching football tho i don't really care who wins so i don't know why i'm bothering. an excuse to drink some wine and play on MN

hope all well

TattooedGrrrl · 30/06/2008 10:19

Happy Birthday Hazey!

DS2 was a mare last night- took 5 attempts to settle him, so he didn't go down until 8.30pm. He wasn't hungry, and he was falling asleep, but as soon as he went down he was sitting up crying. He woke 2hrs later and i just brought him to bed. I spent all day yesterday carrying him aswell...if i put him down he was hanging on to my legs crying.

Have been for a walk and put a bolognese in the slow cooker already today, so the day is off to an ok start- and because i've said that, it'll all go tits up shortly i'm sure!

Jewelsandgems · 30/06/2008 13:38

Grrrl do you think it is just seperation anxiety? I know all babies go through it, but can't remember at what stage this starts...

Izzy took ages to settle yesterday evening too, and in the end, I loosly swaddled her arms around her sleeping bag with a light sheet and this seemed to do the trick. I guess sometimes you just have to return to the swaddle and it seems to work ok with us.

Both girls in bed so spending a bit of time catching up with emails etc. Just hung the washing out. Am going to eat some biscuits next.

Izzy didn't wake til 6 this morning and has been a more happy baby because of it and no poo! yay!

am going to go shopping for some 6-9m clothes for Izzy. Because she is still a bit sick after every feed, we need more than usual! May have a look on ebay for any bundles, but am dubious - have any of you done that and would you recommend it?

TattooedGrrrl · 30/06/2008 14:46

i think it is Jewels, but DS1 only did it for about a week, and DS2 has been like this for weeks. I popped out for about 3hrs last Fri, and he cried the whole time for DH.

Chaotica · 30/06/2008 17:39

Sorry to hear about the problems with DS2, Grrrl. I can't understand this separation anxiety myself: I keep telling the DCs that I'm really not a very good parent in comparison to others on offer but it doesn't seem to help .

I took DD to the CM who is back from her holiday today and although she was quite eager to go, she was really not eager to go in (made me feel slightly terrible leaving her there). Don't know whether it's coincidence, but her behaviour has got a lot better since she hasn't been going -- not that she's totally well-behaved: she's just typical two rather than a terrible two. I'll feel so guilty if she gets worse again now she's started back with the CM (who is lovely).

TattooedGrrrl · 30/06/2008 21:38

I tell him the same! I keep telling him i'm not very nice and DH is much nicer (which he is) but he'll have none of it. Took 3 goes to get him to bed tonight. He wanted cuddles all day, would even let me make a cup of tea without climbing up my legs and crying. I took the dog for a walk for 10mins, and when i came back he was so hysterical he could hardly breathe!

Didn't help DS1 was playing up most of the day either.

TattooedGrrrl · 30/06/2008 21:39

and now he's awake, so i may aswell go to bed and take him with me

Chaotica · 30/06/2008 23:09

I presume you've tried a dose of Calpol, Grrrl? (I resort to that sometimes when the clinginess seems to be going beyond normal -- if it improves within half an hour I get an answer (of sorts)...)

I know you want to get out of it, but sleeping with him is not that bad. (He'll grow out of it before he's 10! )

TattooedGrrrl · 01/07/2008 07:05

I gave him a teething powder and some calpol before bed. He was awful last night, i've had about 3.5hrs sleep, and i look like i've been punched in both eyes. Because i've been carrying him so much, and i have my arm at such a stupid angle feeding him in bed, my arm is knackered. The elbow is swollen this morning and sore.

I'm going to ring the CM and see if she has room for DS1 today, because i'm so tired all i'll do is put him in front of Cbeebies or shout at him