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Spirael · 30/09/2010 16:18
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OneOf8 ·
30/03/2012 17:19
Hi Everyone - had a bumpy couple of months, but hoping I am the other side of it now! Still have moments of mild panic but have taken the first step in seeing GP as it was getting really bad and more noticable.
Have only looked back over a few pages, so sorry not to be personal - but I am glad everyone seems to be doing well.
T is huge and healthy - >99%ile for lengh, and on the 75th for weight - I can not believe he is 15 months already! I had to buy some trousers in age 2-3 which was a little sad, but the 1st of the cousins arrived in Feb 2012 so I get to enjoy T and all his cheekyness and then have baby cuddles
Will try to look on here more often and keep up with everyone!
mumnerves ·
18/03/2012 21:42
Hi Ladies,
Just wanted to wish you all happy Mothers day!! 
Things are great our end, we're not thinking of TTC no 2 either at the moment (although if it happens I'd be over the moon) my excuse is AF hasn't come back yet as am still BF. But in reality I'm now really aware of how much I got to enjoy my pregnancy and can't imagine having to put up with morning sickness and looking after a toddler 
S is a little chatterbox and walking really well too. He's very tall (91st centile) so gets mistaken for older than he really is. I think some people think he's slow as he still acts very babyish inspite of the babbling. I hope it's not something he'll have to put up with all his childhood.
Great tip bunny on the upside down door handles! Must try to remember that one. Unfortunately in our situation, it's actually more work getting DH to put them upside down than distract S from the doors 
am also :o at the thought of a toddler with a scouse accent in Aust!!
Pleased to hear everyone's return to work has gone smoothly!
Hope you all had a good day! xxx
bunnygirl80 ·
09/03/2012 04:32
William loves birds too, he points and does the sign while saying birdie, then his finger manages to find its way from his birdie sign up his nostril every single time
I'm in denial that we will ever have to do toilet training, might just get school to do it when he starts 
Spirael ·
08/03/2012 12:57
They put the handles on upside-down at nursery. We want the handles on so she can open them though, in preparation for toilet training in the coming months... 
Sign language has actually worked pretty well for us, as Mindy seems to be a bit slow on speaking. She understands well enough, but doesn't seem interested in saying very much! Sign language has meant we can actually 'talk' much easier. :)
She's fascinated by birds currently, so is constantly pointing out of the window and signing "Bird!". She's also not saying 'Thank you' or 'Bye bye' yet, but can sign them.
When she first started talking, she had a really cute lisp. Especially on 'Yes' which came out as 'Yeth'. She seems to have overcome it now though.
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bunnygirl80 ·
08/03/2012 02:50
Sorry, work interrupted my posting and it appears that I have inadvertently referred to my son as it above...oops!
pixie poor T being mistaken for a boy. When Will was tiny people would compliment me on my lovely girl.....who just happened to be dressed in blue, swaddled in blue,and under a blue blanket Not any more though, he's very clearly a boy!
Will is being very cute at the moment. His speech is developing at an alarming rate, literally a new word or twoa day at the moment. Baby sign language seems to be a bit pointless though as he's saying the word a day or two before he uses the sign. And despite us having left Liverpool a year before he was born, and neither me or DH having a scouse accent, he says hiya just like Cilla Black
bunnygirl80 ·
07/03/2012 19:56
Door handle related tip I was given if you have pull down ones....put them on upside down as they won't figure out/ be tall enough to push them up for longer! We have round twisty ones so Will just hammers on doors until I get fed up of the noise and open it for it
Spirael ·
07/03/2012 11:28
Door handles are the round twist ones here, which she struggles with. Unfortunately DH and I hate them and are contemplating changing them to pull down handles, which she'll inevitably then be able to open!
Mindy's wardobe isn't too bad on the non-pink front, though it's taken a while to train the grandparents not to buy her pink clothes.
She does however have quite a lot of dresses, because she seems to be taking after DH with impossibly long legs and a skinny waist 
so finding trousers long enough that'll stay up is next to impossible.
We also get a lot of "What a lovely little boy!" comments... I think it is the hair thing, Mindy's hair was slow to grow so is currently boyishly short. I keep trying to get her to wear alice bands, but she pulls them off and wears them as a necklace instead!
Sent her to nursery today though in jeans, t-shirt and trainers.
After a few days of grumpy tantrums, she was in a great mood this morning, so hopefully we're over whatever was causing the problem!
To be honest, she's at a lovely age right now. :) She can express her wishes, she's gaining independance so needs less help and she spontaneously shows her love.
There's nothing quite like arriving at nursery after a hard day at work to have her call "Mama!" and bolt across the room with a big smile, to throw herself against my legs and cling tightly. Then demand to be held and refuse to be put down.
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pixiestix ·
07/03/2012 08:40
Lalalalala I'm not listening!
Door handles have been figured out here but the cot/ sleeping bag combo still makes an excellent prison
I was thinking about you and Mindy the other day. I remember when we were pg we both said that if we had girls we wouldn't succumb to the whole "Mummys lickle Princess /pastel pink and lavender" horror. I think I've succeeded pretty well in giving T a fabulous non-sex-specific wardrobe but I swear if one more person says "Hello little man" I'm going to get her a pair of fairy wings, some diamante high heels and a tutu! Its driving me crazy!! But yes she is still very bald for a girl
Spirael ·
06/03/2012 19:29
Er... I won't mention the grumpy tantrums then. Or the sleep regression, combined with the discovery that sleeping bags and cots can be escaped from... At least she's not figured out the door handle. Yet!!
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pixiestix ·
06/03/2012 17:16
I'll get T to pull all the books off the shelves, smear food up the walls and hide all our shoes. Oh no, wait.....
I am mostly spending today with gritted teeth.
Its lovely to see you Spirael! How is that beautiful girl of yours? Please tell me that they become magically docile and well-behaved once they hit 20mo. T is nearly 18mo and a horror spirited.
Spirael ·
06/03/2012 15:31
I'll get Mindy to do the washing up. Though she might pull off her clothes and jump in the water...
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bunnygirl80 ·
03/03/2012 20:22
I'll send him in. He's pretty handy with a mop now as well so hel'll get everywhere nice and shiny
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