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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.

Commence rambling / ranting / updates etc

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FasterPussyCatGrrrl · 05/04/2008 06:02

Chaotica- my last birthday was my 1st non-pregnant one in 2 years too.

I told DH that someone on here had 2 under 1 at one point, and he We thought we were leaving a small gap!

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Chaotica · 05/04/2008 18:02

Howdy, Padboz. Good to see you again.

How's your driving, Faster? You must be getting really good by now. I'm so at those of you with babysitters -- we haven't anyone sorted out yet and have only been out once since DD was born (nearly 2 years ago).

Must get sorted about going out to restaurants more with the whole family to make up...

Spent a (another?) day with DS screaming and hot, debating whether to take him to out of hours doctor (which would probably result in a night in hospital as he's already on antibiotics. But it might just be a bad cold coming on. Really want to go out tomorrow to see friends instead of hanging around catching yet more diseases with the DC's.

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Cazwa · 05/04/2008 19:32

fiodyl!! That is a bloody small age gap.... Was it planned or a total shock?

Howdy Padboz and everyone else.

I am SO tired and have 1million things to do tonight. We are going away first thing tomorrow to a christening 4 hours away and I have barely scratched the surface of packing. The house is a complete tip as DH has been on day shift and not due in till 9pm. Tons of dirty washing, nappy bucket to do, a full dishwasher to empty and load, bins to put out. I need to shower and wash hair and shave bits for christening. BLAHBLAHBLAH and I have no energy thanks to this blinking diet!! I need a magic fairy to visit.
At least kids are in bed, successfully done bathtime and bedtime on own again without drowning or dropping either.

Faster, how is BLW going? I did it last time with DD and plan to do it with DS, but he seems really behind developmentally compared to her, I cant ever imagine him picking up food and getting it in his mouth. He just drools at us for now while we eat.

Better go and do some work....boo.

poodlepusher · 05/04/2008 20:36

I have 2 under 2. In fact I have 2 under 18 mths!
i will come back when I'm less tired and have had a chance to read what EVERYONE has written.

FasterPussyCatGrrrl · 05/04/2008 20:51

Cazwa- he has managed broccoli (loves it) and baby corn (likes) also tried carrot, but i think i cut it a bit big, he had trouble grabbing it.

Can't wait for few weeks times, when i can give him bread, my bolognaise etc.

Chaotica- driving going well- he's told me to book test, so i think it's going well anyway!

welcome poodlepusher- i have a 16mth gap

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Chaotica · 05/04/2008 22:23

Justabout... Thinking of another one? You aren't, are you? (Or maybe you're just telling yourself that one of the DCs might want a friend in the car... )

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Nemoandthefishes · 06/04/2008 08:03

ohh hello I stopped posting when dd1 turned 2.
So to reintroduce myself I have a ds who is 4.6yrs...when did that happen
DD1 is 2.3yrs[nearly 2.4yrs] and dd2 is 15mths yesterday!! We are also now going to start ttc in a couple of months for no.4!!

Nemoandthefishes · 06/04/2008 08:05

sorry can I ask if we can have a stats on who has what so we know where people are up to with weaning/sleeping/potty training etc??

FasterPussyCatGrrrl · 06/04/2008 08:44

DS2 slept until 1am- hoorah! Getting better all the time (touch wood)

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hazeyjane · 06/04/2008 14:24

Hello Padboz, Justabout and Nemo, good to see you all again.

Hello Chaotica, sorry to hear you ds is poorly. Both dd's are too at the moment, dh has chronic toothache, and i've got a really sore throat so we are all grizzling at each other and miserable. We've never found anyone gullible enough to babysit for us either, which means we have only been out on our own, once for about an hour since having dd1, 2 years ago.

Hello Faster, glad to hear your driving is going well, how many lessons have you had? I've been learning to drive since just before having dd1, and have just booked in with my 4th instructor - i just hope that this is the last, and I will be able to take my test soon - i hate learning to drive, and have a feeling i'm a pain in the arse to teach too!

Everyone else - hellooo.

BTW my dd's are 2 and 10 months.

I need to talk about dd1's clinginess, and potty training and putting in a bed, but will ask later, because I'm supposed to be hoovering, whilst dh and dd's are asleep in the car!

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Chaotica · 06/04/2008 15:15

Damn! -- DS too ill for us to go and see friends in London But at least his fever has gone down . I thought about going, but he's still fairly unwell and I'm sure I'd have regretted going on a day out with a sick baby.

Pity I don't live near you, Hazeyjane or I'd offer to swap baby-sitting services

Hi new people and new old people

Justabout -- don't you prefer them being close together in age now??

Nemoandthefishes · 06/04/2008 15:30

lol@no three under fives I had 3 under 3.2yrs when dd2 came along..will be looking at 4 under 5.6yrs if get pg when I ant to...glutton for punishment..moi? never

hazeyjane ask away all 3 of mine are in beds, potty trained 2 out of 3,although if you find a solution to clinginess, whining or impish children let me know!!!!!

Nemoandthefishes · 06/04/2008 15:30

chaotica sorry your day hasnt gone as planned..hope ds is better soon

FasterPussyCatGrrrl · 06/04/2008 16:37

Aaarrggghhhhhhh.

Went to visit FIL and step MIL this morning so they could see the kids. Step MIL not proving she's capable of having the kids- she left DS2 sitting on a high table above a stone floor while she got distracted by something else. I had to grab him. She's a frigging liability.

Then i went to meet a friend in town for lunch and took DS2. He screamed most of the time, i ate my lunch cold and one handed, left my drink, and had to pay for a taxi home instead of waiting for the bus.

Feel thoroughly deflated.

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Loopymumsy · 06/04/2008 21:03

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hazeyjane · 07/04/2008 09:00

aaaaagh another night spent on the sofa with dd2, i tried bringing her to bed with us but she wouldn't sleep unless she was nearly upright, and being cuddled. I managed to get a bit of sleep, but am really stiff this morning.

Your step mil sounds like such a nightmare, Faster, it's really difficult when it's family, i can't remember if you said whether your dh gets on with her or not?

Our big problem with at the moment is the fact that dd1 wants to be carried all the time (mostly by dh), she will only sit at the table if she sits on dh's lap, and if ever he picks up dd2 she goes absolutely ballistic. Its making him really sad because he never gets to cuddle dd2 (well apart from when she comes to bed with us).

What age did you all start potty training? dd1 talks about poo and knows when she is going to do one, but when I tried sitting her on a potty she just laughed and used it in the bath as a boat!

Baby sitting swaps would be great, Chaotica, a friend of mine has a babysitting group, where they all take it in turns, I am so jealous!

Hope everyone has nice plans for today. We are going to a play session at the local drop in centre, then to the swings and slides.Hopefully the girls will snooze on the way home and we can do housey stuff this afternoon. Although at the moment dd1 is 'dressing' herself, she's got her trousers on (no nappy) and her head stuck in a vest, will have to wrestle her to the floor to do it properly otherwise we'll be here all morning!

FasterPussyCatGrrrl · 07/04/2008 09:37

hi loopsmummy

Hazey- we tolerate her, rather than like her. she's not a bad person, just unreliable, dizzy, doesn't listen. Plus, she was the other woman when FIL was married to real MIL, so touchy there too.

We started potty training about 18mths, but really gently. We kept the potty in bathroom, and got him to sit on it when we were in the loo for a while. He knew it was for 'wee wees', and bit by bit he got better at saying when he needed it.

Crap night- took an hour and half to get DS2 down, tired and fluey today.

On the plus side, DH has taken a week off work to do DIY round house and spend some time with us.

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Chaotica · 08/04/2008 13:16

Hi Loopymumsy

good to have the potty training advice around here too I haven't taken the plunge with DD yet although she uses the potty sometimes. I think she thinks it's for pretend potty use a lot of the time (She was quite good then she was ill recently and didn't bother after that... then I heard DP telling her that she didn't still want to be in nappies at his age and she started using it again .)

Hope your DD2 is better, Hazeyjane (and the rest of you). DS has a stinking cold, but is slowly improving his mood...

OTOH I was in such a foul mood yesterday I didn't even post (I was even horrible to DP which was totally undeserved). Must chill out and cease to care about lack of sleep. But I'm going back to work soon (and have interviews) so it's hard to relax. Also have to DS to the CM for the first time tomorrow -- although she knows him because he's been visiting with me. Don't know how he's going to get on (and it will be a disaster if he doesn't take a cup/bottle with a bit more enthusiasm). [fraught-mummy emoticon]

bergentulip · 08/04/2008 13:34

just seen this thread... hope okay for me to join in at this late stage-
Have one DS 2.10yrs, and one DS 4.5months. So, just scrape in by the skin of my teeth.

DS1 potty trained, but still in nappies at night, and weeing for Britain (!). And DS2, just started weaning. All well so far.

Having a very unproductive couple of weeks. Have lost my "Stay at Home Mummy" mojo- temporarily. Being rubbish at housewifey stuff, unimaginative with cooking in the evenings, and not playing enough with DS1. LOVING him going to kindergarten 3 x a week.
House is tip, children understimulated, me over-lazy. How do I get my mojo back? :0)

oliviaelanasmum · 08/04/2008 13:42

Hi can i join too? Technically im not entitled yet as dd2 turned 3 last week and dd3 is 6 months but i am pregnant with dc4 so will need as much advice as i can get!!

bergentulip · 08/04/2008 14:00

Wow. I'm impressed.
But then, I cannot imagine ever contemplating having more than 2children. Or, like the idea of more 'children', but not more non-sleeping, screaming babies(!)
Can I have one of your older ones ?? (!) :0)

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