October 08 - the 3 year old thread.

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New thread just for you star!

Well, hopefully not just for you, or it could get a bit boring talking to yourself .

Oh no, myjob
I hope this one clears quickly for you!
Q isn't himself and I know he's coming down with something. He only needs to hang on one more day! And I'll pick him up at noon to join me at work so he can be at my class Christmas party for the afternoon I just hope he stays well enough.
I am so excited to be on holiday! So soon!
How / where is everyone?

I'm here. So tired I can barely think straight. Myjob to hear you and N are ill. Get well soon!

We finish tomorrow too HP, it can't come quick enough. SIL gets married on Saturday so J and I have been to the rehersal tonight as he is a page boy. Am excited but dubious over whether he will fulfil his duties. It's a lovely time of year to get married but I'm on my knees with end of term stuff so kind of wish it was another date when I may have more energy

Can i join? 3 year old is a september baby and the terrible 3s have hit hard!

What's your job, myjob? Exciting! What will you do for childcare?
We finished just a little while ago! So happy!!! Lovely holiday party in the classroom and now home. Q is going to his preschool party for an hour on monday but other than that, we are free at last!

Oh welcome gossipwitch! I have a part time threenager

By part time I mean that he acts like a threenager part time. He's with us full time

Thanks all, well my threenager throws tantrums with the words "i be sick, i be sick," then gags like bart simpson and will actually throw up. Also is a pain at bed times and will come down for hugs, kisses, drinks, food, poorly fingers, poo lies and sick fibs, plus more, I also have a 9 year old so you'd think well I've been threw it all before, right? My eldest has asd, his only issues were toilet roll towers in super markerts, and banging his head on the floor during a tantrum (which was short lived) the rest of the time he was great. So all this defiance and sulking and sicky tantrums and throwing kicking etc is new to me at such an early age (ds1 started at 5). I think ill be popping in quite a lot to report how dc2 has been lol.

hello gossipwitch - welcome
myjob - when I first contemplated going back after DD, i could not comprehend how it would work, the logistics just seemed daunting, but once we got going, and a routine sorted out, actually it is do-able. It's just the planning is almost worse!
The DSs broke up today. DD is being a proper madam most of the time which is very tedious
I'm facing the Christmas from hell
we have DHs sister and BIL plus their 2 boys coming to stay which is fine, except MIL - who lives roughly 5 minutes away - has to come and stay too.... this means very very complicated living arrangements.
All this I could almost cope with...
Then - we have FIL and SMIL coming for lunch on Christmas Eve en route to SMILs son's, had planned a nice firewall trip to crib service in between them leaving and MIL arriving, but no, MIL discovers they are coming to lunch and because it's her Christmas - she has to come too .
The 2 women, Do Not Get On, even 20 years post divorce and re-marriage. So why the f* does MIL think this is a good idea????
DH is being useless, SIL is on MIL's side....
I may go out for the day. Seriously. it's my house, why should I have to put up with 2 old ladies fighting over a 70 year old man.
Whinge over - as you were ladies!

pistachio - I have no intention of cooking for the silly old trouts. DH can do that . The other point is we are both working right up to Christmas Eve, so all the getting ready and shifting beds around has to be done that morning - I will have to do all of this as DH will be cooking. I have absolutely forbidden anyone to arrive before 12.30.
DH has told his mother, that he is not prepared to have anyone making a scene or sulking in his house over Christmas - this has triggered a 3 day radio silence sulk
I do think it's very selfish that she can't let FIL hav a couple of hours with his grandchildren on Christmas Eve without the atmosphere and complication of her being there.
This too shall pass... (and my lovely lovely sister has offered me safe haven if necessary!)

Pepper
Are these the barn relatives?

yes - FIL & SMIL have barn and live in North Devon so I don't have a problem with them popping in for lunch for a couple of hours.
MIL lives at the other end of the High Street, and even in heavy snow she could crawl here within 15 minutes

Hmmm.... The barn relatives... Just don't know... I'd take your sister up on her offer if I were you! :)

I'd tell them both that if there is so much as a frosty atmosphere they'll both be immediately uninvited, my exmil tried to drop a load of hints the other year that she would be spending xmas on her own and made me feel quite guilty for that fact, bearing in mind this was 2 years ago and me and exh have been divorced for 7 years now. I'd also have dh have words with both too.

So far this morning I've had 2 more sick threats, a stolen sausage roll, xmas cards strewn all over the lounge, a thrown wii remote and a whole lot of defiance, hes so far been put on the step 5 times and warned umpteen times. dp will be taking him shopping soon so I get a break. He used to cry until sick at nursery but the staff were really good and knew it was tantrum sick, so kept him there and they also had changes of clothes for themselves available too. He soon got used to it.

GW - My DS is defiant a lot sometimes, but nothing like that. So I am now worried that this is in store...
He can be SO flipping stubborn it truly makes me crazy. I do the I'm more stubborn than you and I'm the adult so what I say goes routine, but it doesn't always work.

He learns a lot from his asd brother tbf, although he was fine at 3, now at 9 he's learnt that he could say no if he wanted, and is verbally capable of doing so.

Welcome gossipwitch. Are you actually a gossip? Or indeed a witch?

I think I said I wouldn't be on much didn't I? My social life is done for the year now - 5 nights out in a 10 day stretch . That's more than I've had all year I think!

Is everyone set for Christmas now then? I had to order a few extra gifts for J today, as realised that P and D had more than him. Good job we have Amazon Prime! And hopefully my ELC parcel won't be held up by snow again this year.

Anyway, it's late and I need my bed, but just wanted to pop by :).

Csws - J wouldn't notice, would he?... Not with that massive tent and all

I have so much to do at the post office today. Good thing Q has a preschool party for an hour and a half this afternoon. I should just send him for the day but as I'm home I can't bring myself to do that.

It's feeling like Christmas now and it's all so exciting!