FEB 2010 Tottering into our second year...!

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A few first birthdays left, then we're full tilt into walking/talking and a mountain of mischief

Just wondered out loud how tall dd2 is and she promptly lifted her arms up high over her head to show me... I'd forgotten I taught her to do that and it made me crack up with laughter. She really is the cutest thing.

Sorry, lurking too much on MN SALT=speech and language therapist.
IC tell us more
soc cute

BC I would throw the toothbrushes personally rather than boiled, but I am a weirdo who change them every month anyway (recommendations are every 2 or 3 months???). I would boiled during the treatment and changed them toward the end, TBH.
Don't forget the one at nursery and work (I forgot DD1's school one and she caught thrush again )

Thanks ladies. Sounds silly, but you're the first people who have said to me it's a good thing I did instead of saying how nice for DH (IYSWIM). Sometimes if feels like he gets all the credit it's 'awww he's staying at home, how amazing is he is. Which it is, but no more than a SAHM. Makes me feel like people think I'm not involved but I still am involved in practically everything they do, as DH struggles to move on without prodding etc.

sorry that moan came from no-where.

Glad to hear you're treating yourself IC

scones I think my supply has finally dipped.

Hello! I survived today !

DS had his 1st taste of liver pate and liked it As DH says he's like a human only smaller

Got to be referred for a uterus scan, as my period are coming when they want even if I'm on the pill, this month periods appeared after 10 days. So GP just want to make sure there's no problem down there. I've been advised that my contraception may not be effective! (no worry there as it's nearly a year since our last intercourse )

scones how annoying is that! Hopefully you can sort it one way or another.

schro I need to get DS to HV just to see what he's weighing now! I'm guessing 10kg500 and 77cm...

abs and IC good luck ttc

LBH like the others all the best and hopefully what's bugging your DD will come out sooner than later.

That's a classic reaction, PA - SAHDs somehow get an extra pat on the back, whereas SAHMs, nope. It's just expected. Moan perfectly acceptable.

I don't believe the laser epilation is meant to hurt and it doesn't always work, apparently. Although dark hair on fair skin is meant to have the highest success rate.
A Spanish friend of mine had it done about three years ago and it's worked perfectly for her. She hasn't had to do any hair removal on her legs since.
It's a silly vanity, really but I prefer to have smooth legs but hate all the faffing it involves. I'm having both legs done from the knee down and it'll take one one-hour session at a cost of 150?, which is less than it would have cost to have it done in the UK.
I'll report back on whether there was any pain after I've had it done!

"like a human only smaller" SB...

Sorry to hear about your wayward periods and lack of sex. I hope both get sorted ASAP.

dd2 still poorly, since Sunday with her temperature bouncing from 38 to 39 and back and another 'sticky' cough. She's been off her food generally but tonight completely refused her dinner (even an alternative of ready brek) and almost begged to go to bed an hour early at 6. Asleep in seconds... I feel so sorry for her but can't do much apart from give calpol and lots of cuddles. May take her to the GP tomorrow but hate to be told every time it's just a virus... She really can't win. dd1 had lots of infections when she first went to nursery and seems quite immune now (not a single day off since she started pre school in September!), but sneezes all over dd2 who comes down with it. She may as well be in nursery!

Waving at everyone. Have read posts but too worried about dd2 to comment right now.

{{hugs}} tosoc and her DD

SC I feel your pain. You feel so helpless. I went to GP last night with DD. He said she has some crackling on one side of her chest and has prescribed liquid amoxycillin. Which wont work if it is a virus.
She wasnt coughing on the last 2 nights from hell so I am still worried and dont know what is wrong. GPs dont do sympathy or reassurance very well.

She has gone out like a light tonight.
My CM is worn out with her today as she has been ratty and clingy all day. I presume becuase DD is exhausted from last 3 bad nights.

Although I am shattered I am prepared to be up all night again - working from home tomorrow so thank god no 5am alarm. Not that I need it with DD!

IC Glad you are ready for another go at getting pg. Have fun trying!

Waves weakly at everyone else. Thanks for continued support and hugs. I really do appreciated it. Sorry for not commenting on you all individually.
I hope you are all ok.
Being on this thread really does help me. I wish I had some of your strength of character (in particular you IC )

By the way, maybe people should leave the post where I hired DH a babysitter on the desktops, zoomed in

Hope your LOs get better soon, Soc and LBH

Ah, kind of you to say so, LBH, but I'm just as prone to crumbling if things get tough as anyone else...

You should have seen what a wimp I was yesterday when DD decided to be a bit awkward about her dinner. She ate a fair amount of it, so there was no need to get in a tizzy, but I still shed a couple of frustrated tears when she vehemently refused a few elements of her meal. And really, it was such a nothing thing to get upset about!

Anyway, I love the support I get from this thread too and hugely appreciate that my PN club ladies are such sympathetic and kind listeners

Me too! This thread is a great pressure valvewhere you actually discover that your LO is normal. You're all great ladies and I thank youfor the support for the last 14 months. Big glass of bubbly of all

Should read bigglassof bubbly for all

Bloody ipod touch

Should read big glass of bubbly for all

It's funny with food - I do tend to take it really personally if it's something I've cooked myself. I have to keep repeating in my head "He's rejecting the food, not you".

Sorry to hear about illnesses SC and LBH. Wishing a quick recovery to both.

Well last three nights we've had the best yet. He's slept through until 6.15ish. The difference is instead of feeding him until he's asleep or very nearly and then gently transferring him to his cot - because of the thrush I've been waking him up, cleaning his teeth and giving him his nystan. He then has to self-settle without boob and although there is a bit of crying (half an hour maybe but not terrible screams, just grimbling) I guess it means that he knows where he is if he wakes and he has learned how to get himself off to sleep without a crutch. I am a bit too experienced in sleep regressions to think this is it, but I am very happy to enjoy it while it lasts. Also he will be around 57 weeks adjusted so out of the woods with the 1-y sleep regression.

We have a very small yard, which is mostly pebbly but today and this weekend we're laying earth and turf on top of the pebbles (DS tries to eat them of course and it's no good for playing on). It's going to be lovely - almost like having another room in the house.

Oh and I did buy new toothbrushes! No point being a cheapskate over that and then re-infecting ourselves.

Good news on the sleep, Bc!
We had a good night last night, too. DD slept through until 06.45, bliss!

I agree wrt the grimbling. Accepting some grimbling at bedtime (not melt-down crying) has made a big difference here, too. Overnight grimbling, too. And it's pretty easy to tell the difference between grimbling that they will probably give up on and crying that is unlikely to end without some parental intervention.

Quick hi and wave.

Am off work today because I didn't sleep last night because of my cough and I wanted to have my leg pains checked out (I am thrombophilic). So dropped DD at nursery and spent morning at hospital (all well - no clot). Anyway, I shall now spend the afternoon snoozing and playing with the cats in front of the telly. It's ace. Why did I ever want kids?

Calpol now comes without colour... Hooray for common sense! I always wondered why it had to be purple, stain like mad, and send a lot of kids into a hyperactive craze.

stan poor you, hopefully the rest will help you feeling better.

SC is your DD2 better?

bc glad you're both getting better.

DS is growing more every day. He does new things by the day and is cheekier by the minute. I've just bought a sun hat for nursery, the sun is out! (now need to saw the name-label)

DD said EGGY today and grinned. I think she was trying to say her name :)

PA aww. It's so cute

SC That is great news about Calpol. NOTHING gets that stain out! And have suspected that DD was a bit more hyper afer taking it, but thought is was just my imagination. Having said that I use Calprofen these days.

DD was desperate to go to bed tonight - she was rolling over before I could do her growbag up and didnt want her bedtime books.
I am thinking it is her teeth - had the biggest leaky poo nappy from her this morning, it even got on the carpet and down her legs!

She is so grumpy too. When she cant do what she wants to do - ie open the zip on my purse, she lobs it in temper.

Hope you are feeling ok Stan bet the cats liked the attention, .ine gets less than she used to!

Glad to hear you've been enjoying your afternoon of enforced leisure, Stangirl Hope the cough eases up and you sleep better tonight.

Cute, PA!

I realised DD has cut another tooth this afternoon. That could explain her wakefulness the other night, although she does tend to do her teething very subtly...! I spotted a reddish area when she grinned at me, so I said "Are you getting a new tooth?" whereupon she immediately put a finger into her mouth on the exact spot. These little things make us mamas so proud!!

Also, she's now doing a "meeee" sound for a cat and is having a very good go at saying "cheese" - which is her favourite food. (Sadly, she's getting wise to our technique of encouraging her to eat foods she's less enthusiastic about by smothering them in cheese....)

Puzzlingly, she uses the word "dimp" quite a lot and it could mean yes, no, I want that, I don't want that as far as I can tell. Communication tends to be a process of elimination.