August 2008 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

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Our Toddlers' Birthdays
24JUL Alittlebitshy-H
30JUL MrsMiamla-T
31JUL DizzyDixies-D
01AUG CaptainCaveman-O
03AUG GladioliBuckets-K
04AUG VintageGardenia-E
08AUG Singaporesling-S
08AUG Pertelote-M
08AUG PoppySocks-E
08AUG HotterPotter-I aka THOR
12AUG CrispyTheCrisp- E
12AUG LuckoftheIrish-T
13AUG RedLentil-E
13AUG LWFH-T
15AUG Foghornleghorn-L
18AUG TwilightSurfer-R
22AUG No1putsbabyinthecorner-M
23AUG LittleNutTree-G
29AUG PetitFilou-T
30AUG Oopsandbabycoconut-P
30AUG Steaknife-I
01SEP Cyteen-J
04SEP Sambo303-F
13SEP Ataraxis-L
16SEP QueenofDreams-S

and you are up awfully early LOTI . We went to bed about midnight and DH was snoring SO loudly . I think i lay there for about 45 mins and then gave up. Work stuff was going through my head as i lay there so i got up and did some of that! Poor DD2 though, no idea . Have you tried offering her a banana or something just before bed? Might be worth a shot?

Just despatched DH to the train station as he has an urgent meeting before the wedding today . Luckily it is 5 mins from his office so we will go and pick him up later

Men are so funny aren't they Spring?

I was going to complain about getting up at 6 but I see I am far from the worst off . Poor you Loti and poor DD2 - hope you can get to the bottom of it.

Thanks for the advice on bedtime. I don't think I explained it well, maybe I'm completely deluded and PFB-ish but she seems to be upset/scared - not pretending/manipulating or testing boundaries. I suppose if she dropped her nap then she might be too exhausted by bedtime to worry about whatever it is.

Spring that would make me very cross indeed. Mummies go 'chatter chatter' is bad enough but that is Not Funny

Morning all

Last night must have been the night for it - DD1 was awake at 4am just needing cuddles and was truely scared of something. I squeezed into her bed with her (normal width but short!) and we snuggled a bit but she didn't fall asleep again until 6am. I moved into my room at 6 taking her with me and we both fell asleep about 40mins later and E woke us at 8. This morning I discovered that her first big 2 year old molar is through too.

LOTI - it is this age they start having night terrors suddenly things become more real, their emerging independance and discovering things can make for some very scary dreams.

Back later DD2 hungry DD1 wanting shoes

pert we went through a very similar stage with DS a couple of weeks ago. He'd wake up screaming, sit bolt upright in bed and it took a fair while to calm him down. This would happen two or three times a night. It would seem its a phase they're going through. We're now on the otherside of it (i hope!) and he's back to going to sleep at a reasonable time and sleeping through the night

How strange, DS woke twice in the night as well - scared and crying. There must be something eldritch in the air. The second time he woke, I was having a dream about ghost children so it was all very eek-making.

lwfh and cc have a brilliant time today, unfortunately I am stuck at work. Whatever happened to the irresponsible sicky-chucker of yore?

mORNING, 6.40 wake up here so no complaints from me.
So far we've watched TV,played sticklebricks, made some cakes (packet mix, no glory for me!)and brushed our teeth.

Can't find my spare camera battery as the one I have won't seem to charge up (tried 2 different chargers )

TS you are correct in your translations

Loti my eyes hurt at the sound of your early start!

crispy enjoy the wedding

Pert I can't offer any help with the putting to bed I'm afraid, I'm rubbish at letting little ones go to sleep on their own

cyteen you grew up and got sensible Don't work toooo hard, we will miss you though

picnic packed, children meant to be napping, about to chase mum to bring her camera!

VG that's exactly what i just did!

hope you have a fun meet-up girls!

ooooh forgot to tell you....dh woke me at 1am this morning to tell me he does like the name 'Penelope' now

but with his choice of middle name her initials will be 'PAH' and i'm not happy with this so he's having another think about her middle name

Might as well add our names to the list...
R woke crying out around 5A. I went in and changed her pull-up and covered her back up. She rolled over back into dream land. Both girls are still sleeping now (7:15A).

My nose is stuff so I've not slept well at all. Much to do today if I get my act together. Kitchen is a wreck. I've been ignoring it will catching up on the laundry. It helps that we've gone out to eat mostly lately. I also need to make a proper grocery list. Paid bills this morning already while DH kept hitting his snooze button.

Crisper have fun at the wedding. Please dance a bit for me.

Captain kiddy translations are my forte.

Hooray!! I love Penelope!!! Now the baby can be born. You know she was only waiting on her name to be decided.

bills paid.
pilates classwork scheduled for next week.
pilates 3 hour workshop scheduled for next sunday.

kids yelling for food.
priorities!

Hurrah for Penelope, love it shortened to pea ..

Hurrah on your pilates very its been ages since i have been to a class and miss it so muchh..

girls having an afternoon in front of the tv after soft play and lunch out... bad mummy but just too tired and they are both grumpy as hell!!!

i don't see any bad mummies around here loti, and I'll bet your DDs agree with me!

yes vg, thanks for your very helpful suggestions!!!

ts calm down girl, nothing's definite yet but we're moving in the right direction now he's said he likes it!

Miamla - DH spent a good few weeks being unsure of DD2's name once she arrived but now he loves it as it suits her perfectly. He said it was okay but he got used to it. We hadn't decided on her name at all until she was lying on me.I went in determined she was going to be Katya!

LOTI - if you are a bad mummy so am I - DD currently watching Peppa Pig eating a bowl of popcorn and raisins.

Miamla - you could also give her an 'E' initial then she could be P E A H Pea for short :)

oh I love Oops idea of PEAH!!!! can I throw in Elsie?? Penelope Elise DH's Choice H.... love it

yay for Penelope. I love it.

CaptainCaveman and the CavemanCadets are really lovely people. I'm so pleased to have met them. We had a lovely day, and back home now with TV and dinner.