Oct 08 - It's all about weeeeee!!! Hopefully in potties but who knows!

[50ftQueenie]

Hello! It's me. I thought I'd start a thread which is VERY cheeky for someone who's not been around for AGES!

Glad that your dp got an appointment, cf.

Q doesn't need to time out area much, either, but we have it there for when it's necessary.

Glad to hear that accidents are still normal :) I took Q to get his hair cut yesterday. A couple of weeks ago, I had tried to trim his fringe. I ended up slipping and poking him a few times accidentally with the scissors on his forehead and he ended up very upset (it didn't break the skin or anything! But I did feel terrible, but it was difficult!). Anyway, when we went to the hairdresser yesterday, he saw the big silver scissors and froze up, wide eyed, watching them carefully and not moving, saying "please don't scratch me scissors" :( Then he said, without moving, but looking right at me "oh no, I've done a wee. Is mommy sad? I'm all wet. I need new pants". Poor baby :(
When I explained to the hairdresser, she gave me a look.

Emma doesn't hit us in a strop, more because she thinks its funny . I am quite firm and tell her that I don't want to play with little girls who hit/kick.

We also haven't had a system for time out, but a couple of times when she's been in a screaming rage we have taken her up to her room and shut her in there for a couple of minutes to calm down, which amounts to the same thing. She's probably a bit young for being shut away to be honest but she gets herself in such a state i have no idea what else to do... this at least shocks her into stopping then i can go in with the reassurances and cuddles 'for calming down'

It's reassuring to hear that the dc are very similar in their strops and that everyone has a simialrish sounding approach. Since posting that ds doesn't hit much he has gone through a hitting frenzy in the last 24hours. Mainly with dh, I went out last night and dh said at bath time he was like a wild child. I hope this stops as soon as it has started. I always think that ds reacts more extremely when we are on holidays, I think he really gets confused about the change to routine and then gets his head around it after the first week. Of course on half term at the end of the first week he is back to Nursery. Oh well another chunk of guilt to add to my shoulders for working

We're about to go to a local ecology park for the first time as they have a bug hunting and pond dipping session which he will love this is of course if I can get him dressed without a tantrum [sceptical]

CF glad dh has an appt, though it is a long wait.

HP for you. If it makes you feel better in the last week I've trapped ds fingers in various parts of furniture twice and knocked him over. I'm terribly clumsy and am amazed I didn't drop him as a baby. I think he is used to it now

Right give me strength, off to approach getting dressed........

apologies for my lack of commas in that and misuse of emoticons....think I'm a little tired today.

PP have fun! Our cm is doing a mini beasts theme at the moment over the past few weeks and Q adores searching for ants and spiders and caterpillars...etc. and notices every tiny insect every where. Pond dipping sounds really fun as well :)

Maybe he just did the behaviour especially for your dh fingers crossed you won't experience the same today.

Hello everyone. Got told off by CSWS for disappearing again. I find it difficult to know what to say these days! Nothing changes really. O is loving rugby and missing it over the summer, DH is ok and M is so good at talking that when we're out and about people think she's starting school in September! Ha ha ha ha. No idea where she gets that from......

Going to have a read an catch up.

50ft!

You scared everyone off 50ft .

Hello, I'm here but have a hangover so am really only half here. Went bowling with friends last night and then to a bar where we stupidly did shots. Regretting that today. I'm booking in at the hairdressers in about 30mins. I couldn't have planned it better, dehydrated, headache, boiling hot day and an afternoon surrounded by hairdryers. Oh but last night was fun so I can't complain.

Hello 50ft I know what you mean about nothing much changing and not much to report. I've only just reappeared. It's nice to hear from you again though. M looks gorgeous in all your fb pics and so grown up. In fact I was looking at her rainbow dress pics today and Jack asked, "is she a princess?" Good news about her talking too, will she be off to Nursery later in the year?

Sorry my lack of coherent thought today means I can only remember the last couple of posts but hi to everyone else, hope you are enjoying the sun.

Hello 50ft! Glad to hear everything's ticking over nicely. Remind me, what's happening about you doing a course? Did you enroll in the end?

Hope you've now got a fabulous new haircut and have recovered now. Nothing worse than a hangover when the weather's hot is there?

I'm slumped on the sofa drinking wine. Have completed 10 days of level one of Shred (had a couple of days off when I had a cold earlier in the week). Level 2 tomorrow!

Pistachio - I'm very impressed by your mobile BFing abilities. I could never manage anything like that without everything flapping about in a very undignified manner.

Myjob - I'm amazed that Shred didn't work for you. The Wii thing sounds good though.I suppose it's all about finding the right thing for you.

Ds is really struggling in the late afternoons/evenings having given up his daytime nap. He had a meltdown at bedtime - he didn't want to wear his pyjamas with pictures of police cars on as he said they were "too noisy".

A close relative of mine had a baby on Friday and I really feel for her. She had a hideous time, really long labour with back to back baby, culminating in unsuccessful attempt at forceps and then an emergency cs. I think it's knocked her for six. I just feel so sorry that she had such an awful time. She feels like a complete failure and totally overwhelmed by the whole thing. I'm going to see her next weekend but I just wish I could make her realise that it's not her fault.

myjob - glad the wii fit seems to be working for you :)

I'm still too lazy to start shred. I am losing quite a bit of weight from worry over the house move, though, so it's all good

cf how sad about your friend. EMCS isn't "failing" at all. It's surviving something that could have been fatal. Poor thing. I can't imagine.

pistachio your baby is adorable. Keep posting pics!!

Sorry I can only remember those at the moment as stressed with all sorts. I have a poo question for you. Look away if you don't want to discuss toddler poo :)

I just wanted to ask you what your 2 year olds' poos look like?

Q's are very solid and formed and he gets really upset about doing them. He cries every time and repeats "does it hurt? does it hurt?"

My cm commented on it before and did again today and said "can you imagine that was in his little tummy?" She's right. His tummy is big and solid when he has to do a poo but it takes AGES for him to do it because he holds it in. They are rather big and I do wonder how he manages it....
she implied that it's not very normal for a 2 yo to have poos like that.

Now I'm wondering about it - I will take him to the GP but I have a feeling that perhaps it's dietary related, which I've found GP's are rubbish with... he does eat loads of fruit. So I assumed his poos would be soft, but not so.

Anyone with a similar toddler poo? Anyone have any ideas what it could possibly be?

Poo here is generally very soft (too soft imo) so we're the other extreme from you! He eats lots of fruit, some veg, and a smoothie every day, along with whatever else. Food intolerance maybe star? You could post on the allergies board and ask if this is a symptom for others.

oops - fell off "threads I'm on"
As J is still resolutely in nappies, and consistently denies ever pooing at all, its' tricky to say - but at the mo she's cutting those nasty back molars and all is generally stinky and loose. [bleagh]

Thanks. He eats loads of fruit daily and at least one smoothie each day as well. I don't understand. I will post on allergies. Good idea. Thanks!
We haven't had a loose stool in months from him. Not even when miserable and cutting that molar

Emma's also (too) loose... I have wondered if it may be a dairy intolerance tbh but i am ashamed to admit i can't really be arsed to do anything about it because it doesn't bother her

Orin has stopped sleeping through again.... I am hoping that it is teeth (as in I hope there is a reason for it that will subsequently go away) I struggle to work on this much sleep.

Ksal I hope his teeth are in soon. It is so difficult when they aren't sleeping well. :(

Ugh, I remember the cycle when Q was a horrible sleeper, waking up loads through every night then having to get ready and out in the morning, work (care for and teach 16 other small children all day), come home and dig out all of my energy reserves to make sure my play and quality time with ds is well spent and then after bed clean / pay bills/ take care of household stuff, then do more work for work/school, then go back for another night of broken sleep only to wake early and start again. It truly seemed like a dark tunnel with no light at the time but now seems like just a small

Does DH help at all in the night with O?

sorry - not sure what happened there
meant to write small blip in the larger picture. But it certainly doesn't seem it will ever end!

star like the others, F's are usually soft and 'slip out' (eurgh!) very quickly. Does Q drink enough do you think? For comparison, F has a big beaker (about 8oz) of milk twice a day, a smaller cup of diluted fruit juice with his breakfast and then water throughout the day.

also how often does he go? could it be the holding them in which is making them hard?

cf your poor friend. I had an emcs with F and felt quite shocked by the whole thing initially (was sooo not the water birth i'd planned). Have the hospital offered her the after birth counselling service thing?

Cake - the holding them in is definitely an issue. But, he drinks nowhere NEAR that amount. He used to drink water through the night in large quantities for a while (about a year ago now). But not anymore.
He has about 2/3 of a tomee tippee cup (the basic plastic one with the sippy lid, but he drinks from it without the sippy part - he just likes the handles.

He has a smoothie or two throughout the day and another smoothie after dinner. He has a cup of diluted juice and a half of a small plastic cup of water with lunch. He has a spill proof cup of water next to him while he sleeps, which he sometimes wakes up and demands requests, but not always.

How do I get him to drink more? I offer him drinks a lot but I can't force them on him. That does sound like it may be the problem, though.

I find the lure of a straw, a big girl cup, pink milk (nesquik) or anything that suggests variety or something grown up will encourage J to drink...