'October 2009-chattering and on the run, our toddlers are such fun'

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Right ladies, off we trot into the next stage of our gorgeous toddlers lives.

HC
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Happy Birthday Faith

Oh yes, Happy Birthday Faith.

Oh god have not even thought of potty training Matthew got new shoes today as now size 5 1/2 and when he got home he was so excited to show my dad his new shoes.

HC
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Thank you from Faith :)

Happy Birthday HC

Faith was up most of the night screaming & throwing herself about the floor, she was in alot of pain. She is getting what looks like nappy rash, but its all red, no breaks in the colour, and no lumps or anything. It can be there 1 nappy change & gone the next . Nappy cream sent her into fits of screaming....I think Im going to have to get the doctor to look at her.

Hope you are all well, DS1 has to go see the OT this morning, then we are off to Faiths birthday party. DH goes back to England tomorrow, but we move out there in a months time!

Happy Birthday HC I hope you've been well and truly pampered

Littlepea Ouch, poor Faith. Joe gets this sometimes, I think I've isolated the culpri as tomatoes in all their many forms. I use a mix of Bepanthan and lots of nappy off time. The latter is now fraught with danger-little imp tried to wee at the dvd player yesterday! I think I need to bite the bullet and potty train

Fidelma Two hours "me time" at a health club sounds utterly blissful, lucky you!

Joe had a fresh crop of spots yesterday but still none on his face. We manage ok in he day (as ok as you can be with an energiser bunny who just wants to be out in rubbish weather). The nights are awful-whimpering and lots of itching before waking up properly at 2am. Wales party postponed until next weekend-my mum has never had the pox!

Am falling asleep at laptop so bye for now, big wave to all x

feeling a little blue offf to collect dd2 and give everyone a swim (shower and hair wash)

{{hugs}} fidelma.

Thank you for your Birthday wishes, was a nice day. Need to go on a diet now before the Christmas stuffing of food starts or none of my clothes will fit.

HC
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Feeling a bit happier here.have managed to get some time to myself,hair cut,lunch etc. so now feeling very spoilt!

DC break up for half term tonight and DH is going to be off so hopefully lots of gardening and day trips.

Had parents evening for all 3dc last night and all is well.Happy,hard working dc that is all I need [hsmile]

Must go downstairs and make some soup but Connor is having a rare nap so tempted to also get my head down [hconfused]

How are you all?

Hello all, still crazy life with phd thesis revision for the exam and working part-time, don't feel like I've had any break at all!

Happy birthdays to Connor, Faith and HC :) I hope a fab time was had by all

fidelma glad that you're feeling better, your life sounds exhausting and whilst I know you have fun too, it must be draining. Hope you get to have more 'me' time soon!

HT Poor Joe with the pox, although its good to get it out of the way (?!), fingers crossed he gets better soon for the party :)

Had a go at potty training Annalise last weekend, was going to give up after 3 days non-stop indoors chasing about with a potty, but she was back at nursery yesterday and only 2 accidents all day! Was v chuffed with her as she has to find a keyworker to ask to be taken to the loos which are not very close by so I'm proud that she managed that! I hope she doesn't regress today. And she is most def still in her cot with a sleeping bag/sack, so she can't do anything but sleep and goes down 7pm-8am every night - don't know what I'd do if she wasn't such a good sleeper, will be a massive upheaval with this new baby!

are nice! Hope scout, iggly and ppm are all good too?
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Feeling really low here-Joe's spots are clearing up nicely but he's not himself. His language has regressed quite a bit in this one week and it's worrying me. I'm hoping it's just a temporary viral thing. He's very tired. We've really missed our groups this week, we're usually out all the time. He can now manage a full handstand, I don't know how he's doing it or managing to support his body weight but he's been practicing for ages. That's headstand, handstand and forward roll now. I wish he'd concentrate on something else, I worry for his neck. He's very cuddly and affectionate a the moment, just clinging to me.

I had the flu jab yesterday and feel like I've been knocked for six today. We've postponed party in Wales indefinately-my uncle was taken ill at the weekend and his kidneys and heart are now failing. This side of the family is an incredibly tight knit close group so we're all a bit devastated. He is, however, 92 and has been in good health since a quadruple bypass 20 years ago. The hospital is letting him come home on Friday but have said there is nothing more they can do for him. We're having a quiet tea there on Sunday. I worry for my aunt, they've been married 65 years.

Sorry to be so miserable/me me me

Calypso Congrats on the potty training, sounds like you are doing well. I bet you'll be glad to see the back of this thesis and exam

Littlepea How are things re the packing? Any luck finding a school for ds1 yet?

fidelma Glad you are feeling better and I hope you had that nap
Hi to everyone else{waves} x

HT ahh Ht {{{{{HUGS}}}}}}

Sad about your Uncle but glad he is 92. I hope i MAKE 92 (iTHINK)

As for J they often focus on one thing so don't worry he sounds very normal.Although I look forward to seeing him in the Olympics one day [hgrin]

I did have that nap. (bliss) 5 dc for tea, 1dd at hocky, 1dd at a party, ds1 wee friend home and Connor running around between us all.Mum rescuing the crab apples to make carb apple jelly and I making homemade F and C (fish and chips)

Hi all

Hugs HT-not nice when your relatives are v. poorly.

Matthew has his 2 year check up on Monday and being as though he can only say approx 3 words I am wondering how he will get on. [hhmm]

fidelma-methinks you are still too busy. Is this what having 4 DC is like? May have to rethink things......

Love to all!

HC
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HC how was the 2 year check up?
They all do everything at such different stages!

I have found 4 dc alot more than 3, perhaps because ds was 4 when Connor arrived.I was really out of the baby stage.Although hard to have dc close (ish) together it also has its benefits.Also I feel like I have been chasing a wee one for 11 years!

Connor now feels much more independant.Well a bit! I didn't see the needs of the older dc being as great as they actually are. (must of been in denial)

However all that said.I love having 4 dc and feel very complete. (exhausted) Connor will be 6 soon anyway LOL!

DD1 has shingles

Oh thump fidelma, shingles is bad isn't it?

Matthew's check up is tomorrow so will report back afterwards.

Still not put off having 4 so watch this space......

Been away at a caravan show at Birmingham NEC and apart from DD1 being a NIGHTMARE! it was fun.

Big wave!

HC
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Thanks both. It was our anniversary on Friday, 5 yrs (although have been dating on and off since we were 14!) and dh had evening off so we had a nice meal in. We were all for a quiet night but Joe woke up and didn't go back to sleep unil 4 bloody a.m, lying across my body like he was a wee baby again. I couldn't sleep by then and ended up doing 4 lots of washing/drying before packing ready for Wales. Saw rugby match, shouted at tv, cried and off we went. Spent afternoon with my mum and we went to see a film in the evening.

I spoke to my aunt this afternoon and she was crying, asking me to pray for them-my uncle had seemed much improved this morning though. We left Wales straight after at 3.30pm and got in at 9pm to the phone ringing-my uncle had got up to go to the toilet, had a massive heart attack and died, 20 minutes after I got off the phone. I'm so shocked. Paramedics worked on him but it was no good. My poor aunt just keeps saying how she couldn't lift him back up and my cousin is in bits, he'd spent the morning with him doing the typical father/son ranting at the rugby thng and my uncle had said for him to go home for a bit. Its just so sad. Lovely, lovely man, Joe adored him.

Fildema Massive big Welsh cwcth to your dd1- dh was in a lo of pain with shingles. Sit her in front of laptop and get her to choose some dvd box sets to keep her sane.

HC Good luck at 2yr check tomorrow. Am secretly dreading mine, Joe gets a mischevous glint in his eye when asked to do something and usually does the opposite so he'll be fun to test.

I secretly want 4 as well. Either have to get move on or hope for twins at some point. I know someone with two sets of twins under the age of five= permanatly knackered [hgrin]

HT so sad for your loss.Hugs to you all {{{{{{}}}}}}

DD1 being very brave I on the other hand have scared myself half to death googling shingles

DH gets it alot so now double sad for him and now very scared for dd.

I wonder if all the swimming training was tooo much.I am going to keep her well away from it until I am sure she isbetter. (everything feels worse at night)

And Bl$$%y sky pluss made me miss half of Downton Abbey [hangry]

Had a good day in the garden though.

HC thanks x

Thanks fidelma Sending you a hug back - do not google! People who have had happy, well experiences of something are usually too busy getting on with life to wrie about it. Shingles can be serious but rarely so in a healthy person, if dd1s immune system is pretty good there is no reason why she shouldn't recover quickly. It might be too late for anti-virals if she already has the blisters. I have heard very good things about acupuncture for shingles if you think dd1 would be ok with the needles. Aloe vera gel will help soothe the blisters, it's brilliant stuff. Do you know how she caught it?

HT-I am so very sorry for your loss. The exact same thing happened to my grandad when he passed away. My grandma couldn't move him in the bathroom.

Well, Matthew had his 2 year check up and all was as I expected. He doesn't know 50 words, can't speak 2 word sentences, doesn't know his body parts or animal sounds. She then asked him to build a tower out of these small wooden blocks and he just kept trying to put the roof shaped piece on the block then another block on the roof shape so of course it kept falling over. Doesn't he do that at home she asks, er no as he doesn't have these blocks. He can build stacking cups and Duplo says me. Anyhow, she is phoning me in 3 months to reassess him. [hhmm] Oh, and does he drink out of a cup without a lid? No as he launches his drink across the floor regularly and anyway, my 8 and 5 year olds still drink out of ones with lids with their names on. [hgrin] No he can't dress and undress himself and no he doesn't ask to sit on the potty!!!!!!!!!! I think if he was my first then I would be worried but as he isn't I'm not! [hgrin]

Have been to Tesco and stocked up on some more supplies should we become snowbound. Even cleared a shelf in my cupboard to store it. Last year we were snowed in and ran out of teabags. [hshock]

Hope you are all OK and you don't have the horrendous wind like here in Lincolnshire.

HC
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HT so sorry for your loss xx

I will be back when I have read more xx

HC your post made me smile.M will 100% OK.We don't even get a 2 year check up here as they have decided that it is not NEEDED!!! dc do things at their own pace not when the health visitor wants them to do it!

I have had a rant on fb tonight at an old schoolfriend who was being all smug with her dc being in bed by 7.30 you can not put an almost 12 year old to bed at 7.30!!!! Besides she is often still out swimming at that time. (narrow minded woman) I went on to tell her that I still don't have any grey hair (what that's got to do with it I don't know!)Good rant.We sooooooo would not get on in rl.(would quite like to defriend her!) Unlike you guys [hgrin]

HT DD a bit better today but not going to let her train for at least another week.Thanks for all the tips.

I love Downton Abbey is anyone eles watching.

whispers I can still hear my 91/2 dd upstairs BAD MOTHER! (it is the holidays)

HC wetter and windier up here.

HT I'm sorry about your uncle, thats sad news, your poor Auntie. He did seem to be in good spirits the day he passed away, so at least it wasn't a horrid long drawn out experience. condolences to your family...
And about Joe's talking, I'm pretty monosyllabic when I get ill, I'm sure it will pass. plus I'm boggled that he can do a handstand and headstand, he's more like a 4yr old! A learnt to jump with both feet off the ground 2 months ago and we all still think thats cool :)

HC No-one I know has taken their DCs for their 2yr check, I think its being collectively ignored! Just looked at A's book and I think she seems fine so not taking time out of my precious days with her to lug her to the HV. Besides Annalise, like many of her friends is bi-lingual and understands French MUCH better than English, so I've no idea how the very Chinese HV would communicate with her :) Glad that you're not concerned. Still think you're mad for considering a 4th - I'm having serious doubts that I should have had this 2nd one!!

littlepea hello - hows the move to Marchwood going?

fidelma hope DD1 feeling better, don't know anyone with shingles, sounds painful though. And a 12yr old in bed a 7:30? Are they sure their 12yr old isn't sneaking out of the window to hang about with mates?!

Annalise has just woken up and is singing Twinkle Twinkle very nicely in tune, but the words sound like a Korean singing bad English karaoke!
Potty training going quite well, around 1 accident a day, although yesterday if was a big wee whilst standing up on a busy bus - joy [hshock]

Iggly Scout PPM hello if you're around!
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Oh, I am mad Calypso. [hgrin] You will love having 2 then will yearn for number 3 and then you will just want to do it that one more time for number 4. [hwink]

fidelma-Downton is just the best. I am Spooks biggest fan but Downton is watched live then I catch up with Spooks on the I-Player. I struggle to get any of my children into bed by 8pm and they are 2, 5 and 8! Silly woman. Emma doesn't leave Brownies until 7-30pm. Grey hair?? What's that got do do with her? I am blond so don't seem to have grey hair.

Have done my winter pots this morning and Matthew followed me round like a little lamb. [hsmile] Shoeboxes handed in to school this morning so need to get Christmas sorted. Done lots but don't know what to get my father in law or my mum and dad. Need some jigsaw puzzles for Matthew and maybe farm animals then he can learn animal noises!

Hope everyone is OK, scout et all.

HC
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HC pots and shoe boxes dito!

I'm intrigued by the shoe boxes? Pots done here too

fidelma How is dd1 now?

littlepea I'm guessing you are up to your neck in packing, hope you've found a school for ds1 and that the move goes well.

Calypso Couldn' help at Annalise's karoake of twinkle twinke. You are doing so well with the potty training

HC I've just had a letter through telling me J's development check is due. Here, they come to the house (deep joy) so thats going o be a pain in the backside. Given that your HV probably doesn't even have children, I'd ignore her. Children develop at their own pace. Be hankful he's not your first, they're extra-special judgy when it's your firstborn [cynical smiley]

So...will someone please come back and remind me I've said that when I have our appt and hv brings up all sorts of concerns about J's speech and probably weight. I am dreading it and getting stressed about them as I always do. My mum decided to ring me at midnight last night to tell me she was worried about Joe' speech because my cousin's little boy came to the phone earlier and said hello to her. Lovely. It doesn't mater that all children develop at their own speed, I shouldn't have been a stay a home mum and should have put him in a creche whenre he could socialise and talk all day, then he wouldn't be "behind." She doesn't understand that if he wakes in the night and dh goes in, he shouts "Go away daddy want my mummy" - because he's not chatting ALL the time, something is wrong. It's motivating him to speak in the day that's the challenge. FFS, it's bad enough being judged for staying at home by Mil and Sil, I don't need this.

Funeral next Thursday. I am driving down in the early hours (farthest I've driven in 3 years!) and coming back that night. Dh is here with Joe all day and doing the bedtime. I'll be singing away in the car on the M6 - Can you tell I really need a break?