July 2010: old-skool, the worm, commando and shuffling on the bum: that's the way crawling's done

[CakeandRoses]

Well that gives them all of about 14 day's worth of chat to get crawling then

it sounds like feeding him finger foods yourself as you're doing is the best way to go then

you're inspired me to try felix with potty training soon. my friends have my 'potty training in a day' book, i'll get it back on fri and maybe do it next week. ooohhh!!

do you find it a pain to get him to the potty when w need something at the same time tho?

A get wees first when I potty trained her. We had a bit of trouble with poos for a time.

My "favourite" memory is at soft play with when she did a poo in her trousers and refused to move, she was in a bit of the soft play you can only get to through a tunnel and I was 36 weeks pg...cue me crawling through said tunnel and carrying/dragging her back to the toilets. When you think of how careful you are lifting in your first pg, second time round you're dragging your poo-filled 2-stone toddler around...

Anyone else read that 'Teach me how to swallow' thread?
DP is on to a promise tonight after reading that, phew!

wss i laughed my head off as i read that!!!
dp i saw it when it 1st started not read anymore! i dont want to be taught how to swallow thanks very much boak>

are we all quiet as gypsy weddings on?

Barff at pop incidents and loo roll! Dd 3 1/2 and still have odd accident. Usually cos she thinks she can hold things indefinitely then panics and freezes when she realizes she can't. She did however take herself to the loo on the middle of sun night for a pop and wiped herself without waking us. Didn't flush tho, which is why we know! Dh thought it was me fgs!

Mlic glad apps went well. Hope tonight is a better night for u.

Managed to sneak 3 spoons of porridge into ds tonight but he wasn't happy about it. He is however more than happy to squash a plate full of veg in his podgy hands and throw everything on the floor. No sign of any getting near his mouth though. Did try to not give him anything but gave in to my stress but it!

I haven't heard if the swimming pass.either but will look into it. They do a parent and baby joint ticket here which is only slightly more than a child ticket I think. The taking it in turns to swim works out ok if only 1 child with you, but for us dd can't/won't swim on her own and Dh not confident enough to even take her on his own, so no chance him looking after them both while I do some lengths.

Yes tsc that sounds like dd. I've tried to stop asking her if she needs to go now, unless we're going out when I attempt to get her to try. I don't know how but she can hold it all day too. Freaks me out as worry about her getting a bladder infection, but I can't force her to go. And believe me I've tried! She's pretty much been dry at night since 18 mth although until a few days ago insisted on a nappy/pull ups. The few times she has weed at night she hasn't been wearing them so its knocked her confidence. We've told her we're not buying anymore and the last of the packet has been used now. Cue wet bed on the 2nd night! Oh well. Have now bought a second quilt for her bed so we can change her bed properly instead of trying to find blankets at 3am. The joys!

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S slept THE BEST HE EVER HAS last night, bed at 6.30, woke at 0.40 and fed til 1.20 then slept til 6.00 (I left him to sing til 6.30) BUT L was up all.sodding.night.long, and I mean all fricking night. S was a little angel for the first time ever and I still get less than 3 hours sleep. Don't know what was wrong with her either, just crying and scratching at her legs/arms. Her eczema is horrendous at the mo but we just can't shift it (still no sign of my order of magic goo )

Sorry to rant, I'm just so pissed off that S actually slept - he's never, ever, ever slept that well. I feel like punching something

Bugger chulita that must be SO frustrating for you. Hope you get another good night out of S tonight.

Dylan woke at 5am last night, I think thats when he wanted to get up as he didnt sleep all that well after that but I didnt get up til he started talking at 8am.
Talking is a sign hes def not going back to sleep!

Im getting my spray tan today!! A lady is coming to me at 11am. Then my friend is coming over at 3pm.

Ive got to go out at 7pm to the docs for a blood pressure test, Ill try and get a shower in before then otherwise Ill look ridiculously brown!

oh no chulita . why does that bloody happen? really hope the magic stuff turns up today.

like mlic i don't want to rub it in but i was amazed about our night too - both of them slept thru. this has only happened a handful of times - in fact F has a paltry 2 star stickers on his bed to signify sleeping in bed all night - twice in about 2 months, ffs!

the film was erm.. weird. good but weird. can't say i actually liked it.

oh and i accidentally wore ballet flats to watch it must have been some subconscious thing going on as they were totally weather-inappropriate

morning all, chulita thats shit hun. Poor L too. How did you get on with the docs?

mlic same kind of night here except the little madam didnt go to sleep till 11pm till 5. Sounds like great results yesterday

dh is it a fake bake?

Well i feel rotten, all achy and sore throat so even though R was good I still didnt sleep. Have a visit to J's high school tonight as he starts in August. It will be strange as I went to the same school and some of the same teachers are still there lol

oh was it the "Black Swan" film?

(obviously not following thread very closely)

I want to see Blue Valentine and The Kings Speech and I still haven't seen The Social Network.

Any other recommendations for films, ladieeees? I think it's time I started getting myself out of the house again in the evenings, on a regular basis. Nothing to do with planning to escape the in-laws, you understand

x post cakes lorraine kelly just said it was a very dark film and disturbing. Lol @ you ballet flats, your feet must have been freezing

Last night was amazing, but can help but be pissed it wasn't my night (me and DH share night feeds, he does Tues and Fri). DS slept from 8 - 1.30 then til 6, then til 7.15.

I'm still knackered though as I keep waking up thinking DS needs feeding or something.

Aso, need to go out today and don't want to. - Got to pick up an electric air bed pump, ours broke yesterday (que blowing up double air bed by mouth)

• Register with a dentist, for the frist time in 7 years, I know they're going to shout at me
• Need to pick up a present for my step mum
• Need more anti-bac spray

It looks poop outside and I'm tired

chulita sounds like DS, the one night me and DH are up til 1, he slept through til 8 til 4...

raaahhhh!, this is shit. how the fuck do people manage life with more then 2 children?

i'd just started feeling like i was enjoying life again and had a routine which was working and now A is joining us for meals it's all gone crap again. breakfast just felt like one long round of making toast, cleaning, picking food off floor, shouting and crying. after heating my tea up for the second time, i gave up.

then F just kicked up hell about going down for his nap and i had no patience left and have been really cold towards him (as an alternative to shouting) so now hating myself for that.

both down so now have 30 mins to myself but just feel fed up and worn out and don't want to do anything but whinge.

i guess it's just time before i find a new routine again but this is soooo not enjoyable.

how are you guys finding your routines now with solids a factor?

yy wss it was black swan last night. saw kings speech the other day and it was fabulous, really engrossing and funny.

hotgiggity wow at dh sharing nights! how does he cope at work on wdnesdays?

oh tsc. that is so sad and cute about clara. they do it on purpose to make you feel bad you know.

the amis/mcEwan thing certainly doesn't look like frothy fluff, not sure my baby brain would cope with that right now!

i used to be well-read/a prolific reader but i'm struggling to even finish books at the moment . mainly my own fault as i do have some free time but spend it on mumsnetting, sorting photos or reading interiors or sunday supplement mags

i'm hoping the book group will inspire me to get reading again altho wasn't that impressed to hear that this months books is 'my sister's keeper' which i thought was a little lightweight/depressing... altho might be a good one for a group of mothers to jaw about.