Tinsel and Tantrums- The NEW (and festive) 2 or more kids under 3 thread!

[SpookyGrrrl]

Here we are girls!

Feel free to join us if you have 2 or more kids under 3yrs old- we won't bite

For any potential newbies, I have 2 boys, the oldest is 2 yr 5mths, and the youngest is 13mths.

I guess the other Sian is on to us then! Sorry to hear you had another bad night Grrl, us too.

I have a question about teeth... ds2 has been cuting the top 2 teeth for a couple of months but they still hadn't broken through. Yesterday he bumped his mouth at the playground, cut his lip and it made one of the teeth cut through the gum. Could this have damaged the tooth, should I get it checked it out? Not sure what to do, he seems fine, so maybe I am being silly.

hey guys im new to this thread. been lurking a little, so thought i would introduce myself

im natty, i have 2 children and a third on the way, they are ellen (22months) and thomas (35months)
baby due in july, so i will have a 3, 2, and newborn all at the same time lol!

sorry to hear about all the bad nights and poorly babies, we've had alot of S+D bugs this winter, not to many colds. (tho i think i prefer the colds )

nice to meet you all!

natty. Welcome and good luck....LOL!!!

(can't imagine 3 under 3 or just about).

lol! i'll be fine till the youngest is moving, so im hoping for a lazy late walking baby

gosh can u imagine the park trips this time next year

kaybee- it probably just helped it pop through the last bit of gum (but obviously i'm not a dentist!)

and hi natty! (you mad woman!)

me?

ah all my fault this time im afraid. my youngest hit a year and i freaked.. and started trying again. lmao!

am looking forward to it though, and with tom being in nursery in september and DH being home for 6 weeks over the summer im sure i will cope

Welcome Natty (and it does seem to be a broody time when the youngest hits 1 doesn't it? I found the same thing)

Well everyone, I am trying the LMtraining method with regards to dinner time and so far, it is better than it was. But, what if she faffs and I get her down, and then 5 mins later she wants to get back up and eat dinner? What do I do?!!

All fine here, the girls over their flu and back to their normal selves. Although Freya has worked out that when she says she doesn't feel well, she gets offered a lay down, her covers downstairs and lots of nice things to eat so I am having to wary of that statement from now on.

grrrl sorry you are still having a few rough nights. We did and still are a little with Izzy - since she had the flu she was waking in the night, and I would just go in and tell her to go back to sleep. But, she is still doing it occasnioally now she is better - I am going to get her cry for a few mins before going in now, she hopefully she'll realise there's no cuddles coming her way.

Well girls, wave to everyone else, Freya starts nursery in August and I cannot believe that time has passed. She is really excited though, and when I handed the forms in she wanted to stay! She cried when I told her she would not start just yet.

Wishing you all good weekends girls,
xx

Hello all

Kaybee - i would think it would be ok too. probably helped and cut short the teething time

Hi Natty I have a Tom who's nearly 3 too, 3 in May. and Henry who is just 1. A 20month gap, didn't even wait until T was 1, oops!
But good on you, i've decided to wait a bit longer for number 3. Hoping to start ttcing about Christmas time....

I think the 'school' weeks are ok now as T goes to pre-school 2 mornings a week and will up his sessions gradually.
But it's the school holidays that are a killer. no playgroups, no pre-school, argh!

H just gone for a nap, T watching tv, i really should sort the kitchen & laundry out, then we're hoping the sun hangs around a bit longer for friends coming round later to play in the garden

no i didnt even, tom was 4 months old when i got pregnant with his sister lol!

much as people think im mad, i would love to have five!

J&G, food has always been difficult with tom, ellen eats nearly everything. dont feel to responsible for it, they will eat when they want to alot of the time nothing u do or say makes and differance! glad to hear things are improving tho, i found reducing the portions made tom eat more, as he found it less intimidating?

Hi all and welcome Natty I have 17m between my two (DD 2.10 and DS 17m now).

in the chaotica household: I think DS has chicken pox (although he currently has so few spots, it's too close to call - his eczema was once misdiagnosed as chickenpox by one of the GPs)... which means DD has it... which means we have to stay away from anything fun for a while, although I don't think it matters if we go out as long as we stay away from people

Kaybee - I think your DS will be fine with the tooth (less time teething after all).

Still being strict with the eating... (Jewels - we don't let DD back up once she's got down from the table unless it was because she wanted to go to the toilet or something... Hopefully that way she knows that if she gets down that's it.)

Hope you're getting some sleep, Grrrl. Connor was up at 6am (and I went to bed at 1am).

jewels you could either do what chaotica suggests, which lets them know you mean business, or what I have done is let her back up just once more (once she's realised the error of her ways) and often she will then eat it, but if she doesn't, then she gets back down and has nothing except bedtime milk.

I would just like to highly recommend a great book I got out of the library last week called 'Toddler Taming' by Dr Christopher Green. It's written in a very tongue in cheek way so although he gets his message across, it's not too serious, IYSWIM.

His key points are

1. Never underestimate how much attention a toddler needs.

1. Toddlers have no 'sense' or reason (or very little, depending on their age).

1. They have short attention spans

1. Reward the good and ignore the bad.

It's really chilled me out with DD1 since I started to read it cos it's made me realise that all the things I was getting in a state about are just her age. I know it sounds obvious, but she is just being a classic toddler. It makes it easier to deal with. This thread also really helps me cos you realise that so many people are going through the same thing.

It's a good read so I would really recommend it to you all.

LM xxx

It also talks about how this is actually a 'lovely' age and that we should enjoy it, and by trying to chill out a bit more, I am enjoying DD1 more. I have been giving her more 1 to 1 attention when DD2 is asleep, doing things we can't do when DD1 around like painting or threading beads etc. She loves it and it's true, she is really responding to me giving her such 'grade A' (as he calls it) attention.

When I was suffering with PND, I used to just sit on the laptop while DD2 slept and poor DD1 would be left to it.

Sorry, I'll shut up now!!!

Morning all, hope you all had nice weekends! We had a great time visiting my family, who we don't see very often. Dylan started calling my Dad Grampa and pointing to him, and also calling one of my brothers by his name. It was very knackering chasing them all weekend though (they live in a pub) but at least there was booze at hand.

Didn't get much sleep last night, but i feel surprisingly chirpy and i've had the kids dancing to the Ramones already this morning. I'll turn them into mini punks yet!

Evening All

Good post, LM. I like Toddler Taming as well (haven't finished yet and I must do as I still have the copy from playgroup). I can be fun having toddlers around as well as infuriating - I have some great games and conversations with DD now she's a bit older. (She got really excited tonight about going to Venus in a rocket ship she's building - hard to believe she was a tiny baby so recently. ) (Before you think she's a budding genius and/or I'm just boasting - she's just been watching too much Noddy )

DS has chicken pox. Poor lad is suffering, although not too badly except at night. Just sent DP out for piriton - I hope it works as I was up a lot of last night too.

Glad you had a good weekend away, Grrrl. It's so tiring taking toddlers to strange houses (especially one year olds). Connor is just practising his running - I'd better get in training (or get a leash [deadly serious emoticon]).

Damn! The piriton is sold out

...Another sleepless night for me I guess (and work tomorrow )

Grrrl - Maybe I'll try DS out on the Ramones if he can't sleep (he loves music), although I think that would be more DD's thing (she likes the 9 inch nails at the moment).

Nine Inch Nails! Amazing!
Ska always goes down well with our too- they dance like loons.

Have you tried Aqueous Cream with added calamine Chaotica? You can get it in Boots quite cheap, it helped when mine had the dreaded pox. Sorry to hear you've been up with him too, poor thing (both of you!)

Potty training took a bit of a nosedive here- George was having at accident every day at CMs, and in the house he was hiding and doing it in his trousers. I think he might have picked up on a bit on annoyance from DH and me Bought him a packet of star stickers now, and he takes them to CMs aswell, so he gets one star for a wee, 2 for a poo. It's working so far, touch wood!

It's my day off today, and i had marginally more sleep last night, so i'm quite looking forward to it. Going to a cafe for lunch, then nursery rhyme CD and crayons this afternoon.

I'm starting to really enjoy the boys now- they both sit on my lap for a story most nights, even Dylan pays attention and doesn't just try eating the book. I don't mean that i wasn't enjoying them at all, it's now they're getting quite fun and silly and entertaining! (Most of the time!)

Hi All

Managed to stay sane in the house all day so far (haven't gone out to infect the world with chicken pox yet). We had to rediscover the garden (I'm glad the weather is getting better, but tbh I'd be out there even if there was a rainstorm). ...Maybe I could taken them out for a walk somewhere isolated though...

Calamine cream makes a big difference (as did piriton which let DS have the first good night's sleep he's had in four days).

Grrrl - Ska sounds like toddler heaven. DS is quite a fan of 70s funk as well... he grrrooooves

Grrl are your boys both sleeping much better now? When I first joined the thread you were having a nightmare.

DH's b'day today. Just been to Costa for lunch (Coffee, not Brava...). DD2 (nearly 11 months) is getting so much fun now.....

Hi girls , Sounds like we all have poorly children this week. No chicken pox here but a nasty cold and vomiting virus with a nasty rash. Doctor thought it may have been measles but it faded after 3 days so they are now on the mend. Been a bit stir crazy but have also noticed how well Melissa and Isaac have been starting to play together which is really nice. I think it helps with her being at nursery as she seems much happier to share with him and take turns.

Isaac is also getting much more confident with his cruising round the furniture and is desparate to start chasing her. He gets so excited and squeels when she is running around.

Been busy trying to wedding plan but trying not to rush or get stressed with the kids as its not their fault mummy is always trying to use the phone or internet. Decided to just spend a couple of hours a day on it and the rest playing with them. We have now found somewhere to go every morning so we have quite a fun packed week.

Forgot to say - Hi Natty welcome! I have just less than 12 months between Melissa and Isaac. He was born on 24 Feb and She was born on 26 Feb . Its now getting easier so im sure you will be fine. I do have five kids in total but a lot older ones so they don't count. So I agree you are very brave having 3 under 3.

Lucky- yes they are (thank god) still up at the crack of dawn most mornings though. They've both been ill over the last fornight though, which hasn't helped things. I think (touch wood!) we are getting back to normal now.

I'm going to use this just because I can

Evening, All.

I've survived another week at work and the DCs seem to be on the mend. (Although Freya hasn't had chicken pox yet, so hers will no doubt appear just when we can take Connor out without someone thinking he's got the plague.)

He gets up earlier and earlier every day. I think I should get some blackout curtains up or I'll end up like you, Grrrl. We've been so lazy, we haven't even moved him into Freya's room yet although now she keeps asking so I think the time is right. (She even said she'd give up her bed for him and sleep on the floor - I tried to explain that we could move his cot, but she wasn't going for it )

Glad to hear the wedding plans are coming along, Tracyface.

LM - I keep trying to stick to the toddler taming mantra. It works (I think) - at least so far. I find it easier with Connor - second time around I think I just expect him to do some really dumb and annoying things (after all, he doesn't know what will happen when he dives head first off the changing table )... (Fortunately, he still doesn't as I caught him...)

Hi all,

Just had a friend over who is potty training her DS (2.8 yrs). He is pooing in his pants. Did a search on MN and got some tips for her.

tracyface How old is Isaac now? DD2 is almost 11 months and cruising so well! I even stood her up today then let go and she stood unaided for 2 seconds......

Did anyone watch Comic Relief? I LMAO at the Royle Family sketch, cos DH has his op (snip!) booked for April and the doc said he has to keep the area dry for 2 days so I found Jim Royale's problem hilarious!!!

Loved the Smithy meets the England team too....classic!!