October 04 - New Year Toddlers

[maisiemog]

Hi All, I thought I'd start a new 2006 thread for the October 2004 Mummies and Babies.

Oh no poorly knee poorly bottom - what is the 3rd thing???

Grace always has scabs on her kneed (much like her sister) - and keeps pointing to them saying uh oh!

oh and she had busted her lip tonite as she was messing about with her big sister and DD banged her mouth on big sis's head - both were sobbing but thats normal between them as both get carried away

oh the bottom is still REALLY sore as she screams her head off if i wipe her bottom with cotton balls and lukewarm water

OH your pood dd - at least that is the 3rd thing!

Have you taken her to the doctors about her bottom - only I remember with dd1 she had bad nappy rash that was really really sore and we have been putting evyerhting on to it and for some reason we saw the HV who suggested it was somewthig or other (maybe thrush I can't remember) anyway the upshot was she had to antibiotics to clear it up and within 2 days she was as right as rain - sorry if you have thought of this already just thought I would mention it in passing!

no i havent taken her to docs yet.. but i noticed her bum is not any better. will try the bicarb of soda bath in lukewarm water and see what happens

Hi. Thanks. DP is doing much better. Its more anxiety than depression. He's been complaining of a 'lump feeling in his throat' for a couple of months (aparently this is very common symptom of anxiety) and started thinking it was more serious cos it wasnt going away. The worry fed off the worry and he sort of spiralled out of control with it. Hasnt been eating or sleeping which has been making him feel ill and lost a lot of weight - all of which has added to the worry that he's ill - and we've been going round in a viscious circle.

Anyway, whether its the happy pills or whether him accepting that its in his head i dont know but he's been doing so much better the last few days. Taken an interest in dd again (she was stressing him out even more) and started to seem more like himself . I know we may have lapses and have to take it a day at a time but i'm feeling positive and trying to put that vibe out there to keep things going!

biglips - your poor dd, in the wars and sore bits as well! i wasnt sure if it was the weather but isla has had some really nasty nappies too. she love strawberries tho and I've had to stop her eating them cos i think that's what's upsetting her tummy. we havent really had any cuts and grazes as such. she fell down in the street the other day and made her hands sore so she was quite upset about that. she has a few bruises which she calls 'ouchies' and blows kisses at them - unless she can reach and then she'll slobber on them!

She's been testing the boundaries at bedtime now. on a weekend, in the morning, i bring her into our bed for an hour or so before we all get up. tonigh she was quite insistant that she wanted to go to sleep in 'mum-dad bed'. i managed to get her into her own room after coaxing - it was me asking about poor tigger that did it - he would have been all alone in her bed!! bless

I'm glad to hear that your DP is feeling a bit more himself now IM.
Biglips, poor tweenie, it's horrid when they have sore bums. I hope it clears up soon. Have you got any idea what she has eaten? Could she have picked up something from another child?
She will need lots of liquids if she has the runs in this hot weather, smallies need to keep cool.
I find if I give Alfie bananas and eggs and cut down on fibre it helps if he has a dodgy tum.
I had a horrible horrible thing happen on Friday. I went to the shops with Alf and let him run next to me with the pram (in the pedestrianised area) on the way home. He was reasonably good about coming back, although he is terrible at coming when I call or staying anywhere near me, preferring to run off and ignore me.
When we got home I let him watch the bin lorry/dustcart through the sidegate on our shared garden. I then went to put the pram and bags in the back door and kept calling Alfie to come in.
After about a minute of calling I went to get him, but he wasn't there. He had managed to squeeze under the gate. I was shaking and trying to get the key into the gate, and could see a big lorry outside on the road. The driver was pointing round the corner and when I finally managed to unlock the gate I ran round and Alfie was standing holding a man's hand. The man told me Alfie had been standing in the road and he had led him off. It was sooo scary. Now I can't let him loose in the back garden because he runs straight to the gate and lies down to squeeze under (backwards). It was horrible and could have been disasterous. The only comfort is that Alfie was obviously not traumatised by it because he seems very keen to repeat the experience.
He is so independent and just does his own thing, he is affectionate and cries when I go to work and stuff, but when he has the scent for something he's like a hound, he's oblivious to everything else.
Oh and today we took him to see 'The Singing Kettle' he had no idea what was going on and looked kind of horrified for about 20 minutes, not smiling or anything. We did try to let him go so he could dance, but of course he legged it up the aisle round the corner and tried to follow some people out of the exit!!
I kept seeing people with little kids that walked beside them, and then there's Alfie who just runs and runs with me chasing after. I don't know if it's just his age or his personality.
Anyway, I think the whole thing could have been a good half hour shorter and they could have dispensed with the 20 minute interval???Cue lots of very bored kids running amuck.

maisiemog - i bet your stomach did a somersault when you saw Alfie out .. you will have to put some chicken wire or some wire on the outside of the gate to stop alfie getting out as once DD ran off as i was trying to get the pram into the house as ive got no front garden and i live on a very busy main road too!.. i always put the reins on DD whereever i go as she can hold my hand but only couple of seconds.

My dd is a "fall guy" girl - defo as she throws herself off the couch onto the big cushion but before that it was a carpet floor!! She is into EVERYTHING and i envy the other little kiddies who sits with their mum whilst DD want to go round and say "Hello" !!!!

Biglips - any news on the bottom front or on that job you were after - did you get it in the end? (hope I am not mistaking you for someone else??).

We are off on holiday on friday and so I am busy trying to decide what to (not) pack!

cazzy - no i didnt get the job so still looking or least im trying!!...dds bum recovered but she is still abit weary of having baths that she loves but once she is in she is fine - Have a lovely time anyway xxx

For the past 2 day DD's tantrums is unbelievable as i managed to stay calm by ignoring her and everytime she was shouting Mummy, Mummy, Mummy!! i asked her whats wrong? and she kicked off even worse whacking her head on the hard bit of the pram - i managed to get her home and put her straight to bed... it was a mixture of tiredness and the park!!! so lets hope she is alot better today or otherwise BIG DADDY will come home!!!

Just put some more photos of the girls on our website here
where you can see Grace is startingish to get some hair!

Anyway off to Wales for the week buiding sandcastles in the rain (it looks like - bloody typical) - still better than it being too hot!

Cazzy, Grace is very sweet, she has quite a serious expression in those photos, is she concentrating?
I just want to ask everyone's opinion about a boy/girl question.
Whenever I tell people that Alfie is quite lively and runs off etc... they keep telling me that it's because he is a boy. I keep telling people that I was a really lively baby who was into everything and who would run up to dogs, children, and would climb and explore all the time, oh and liked to be awake in case I missed something (not much change there ). On the other hand, my older brother wouldn't get out of the pram and would normally play quietly in one area, my mum said he seemed relieved to get to bed at night and when they were out he would always walk with my mum - didn't get lost like me.
So I tell my friends about this but this evidence doesn't seem to convince them.
It may be that because a lot my friends have either only boys or only girls and so can't really compare their own children.
The only friend who doesn't just trot out the 'he's a boy' mantra had the same arrangement of 'quiet older boy and lively younger girl' as occurred in my family.
Was I just very unusual and most girls are less lively than boys?

I know what you will say Biglips

maisie - what a loads of bull!! boys are more lively than girls as for a start my DD is nickname "livewire" by the HV!! isnt that enough evidence!!! LOL!!! My DD is into EVERYTHING inc kissing my auntys dog nose (the dog is twice as big as my DD)! aww!. My niece is 6 months younger and she is more step back and watch abit before she touched or play with anything where my DD headfirst in it and find it out for herself!

ive met other girls about same age as DD who are very lively...

On mn they stated that if your unborn child is very lively (my midwife couldnt keep up with my dd to check her heartbeat as she was always on the go!) its likely that you will have a lively child.

My DP's DD who is now 7 when she was same age as my DD.. she wasnt into everything and didnt touch anything and happily to sits in her chair.. she is a shy girl too.

Every child got their own personality x

Hi Biglips, I totally agree. I have been to quite a few baby classes where Alfie was the silliest, but there were just as many quieter boys as there were girls. It does seem to be down to individual personality IMO.
Alfie has been blowing me kisses today, he had never done that before and just as I was leaving for work I blew him a kiss. As I closed the front door I caught him blowing me a kiss (not that he exactly kisses, it's like a frog would kiss)
Yesterday we went to a teddy bear's picnic, there was lots of newly mowed, spikey grass and Alfie popped a balloon on it. It went off in his face and he wailed. So my mum ran off to the balloon stand, which was closing, and managed to get a last balloon. She brought the balloon back and surprised Alfie, he was all smiles, stood up and the balloon popped. He was so sad he couldn't even cry, just stood there looking at the stick with a downturned mouth. I was trying not to laugh, but he was so unhappy about the whole thing, it took ages to cheer him up again.

OK, is it just me or is it impossible to brush a toddler's teeth. All Alfie wants to do is suck the toothpaste off then throw the brush down the toilet.
When I brush his teeth with the brush he freaks out and tries to get away. I read that using some gauze on your finger with a bit of toothpaste was an alternative, but he keeps biting me really hard when I try to do the upper surfaces or inner surfaces of his teeth.
I'm trying to cut out sugary snacks like rusks in favour of cheese or marmite toast, but there's sugar in so many things it's hard to avoid altogether.
He keeps following me around saying 'tssees' which means he wants a bit of cheese.

Hi all!

Just come back from jollies in Cornwall - had a lurvely time & am nice & brown!

Moley is talking loads & I mean loads! He likes to know what everyones doing and says repeatedly wheres becca? (dd2) wheres james? (ds1) wheres harry? (the cat!)

He got discharged from the hospital yesterday following on from him being poorly in January.

Has anyone else thought about a big bed yet? Am thinking about putting him in a proper bed.

Extension finally finished! Have extended kitchen & had an extra room downstairs & one upstairs - just got to decorate!

Have been really daring & booked to go to Tunisia in October, am torn between thinking it'll be really great & terried that we're going to somewhere that's not Spanish afer years of going to Spain, Majorca, Canaries etc. Not sure if we've done the right thing!

I'm glad to hear you all had a holiday. What did the hospital say? All clear?
The big bed, hmmm! I know Moley isn't a great sleeper and he is a bit of a lively boy, so you might spend some time returning him to bed every night.
I co-sleep with Alfie and even now have to stay with him until he is almost asleep, otherwise he gets up again. Also a lively boy.
If they stay that lively when they grow-up they will be World leaders.
I think Moley would love Alfie.

Masiemog - I think Moley would love Alfie too!

Moley's sleeping hasnt been too bad lately, at least I think its as good as its going to get! We do end up with him in our bed most nights but at least once he's in there he mostly sleeps instead of grizzles. Found he's much better if dh takes him to bed, dh can actually leave him upstairs whilst he's still awake and then he just nods off (both dh & moley!) If I take him to bed I have to stay still he's asleep and then his radar goes off if I try to leave the room and he's wide awake again.

He got the all clear from the hospital which is what we were expecting, thanks for asking.

Now we've got moley sorted, ds2 got hit in the eye with a golf club last night, dh was teaching him & his mate how to play golf & I think James had his head too near! It cut his eye & this morning it was so swollen he couldnt open it, it's better tonight though, he still looks like he's been 10 rounds with Tyson but he can open his eye again. Just waiting for the next crisis ...........

Oooo that sounds nasty, he needs a big bag of frozen peas on his eye.
I do the same as your dh - fall asleep. Often I put Alfie to bed then wake up at about 1am with my contact lenses still in, ow! Mind you, I must have needed it.
Do you have creaky floorboards, so you can't get out of the room. They do that: babies, they change the floorboards to make sure you can't get away.

Kath hope your ds's eye is getting better!

Grasce has started (in the past month) waking up wanting some milk and then so sleep in our bed - she cries for hours when put back in her own cot. I am torn between getting a night's sleep and not encouraing this!

Tofay we went to the Park - Grace is soo fearless - on all the same things as her big sister! I often get disappoing looks for letting her do things - today she climbed up the climbing frame and was doing fine until I went behind her and then she fell off and I caught ber by her t-shirt and she nearly hit the floor.

We had a good holiay, but god it was cold. I had packed too many hot weather clothes and not enough fleeces etc! Both girls loved the beach, although gRace was not sure at 1st. Took her a few days to get into it and she still wasn't sure about the whole sea thing! But she loved her boat ride round an island.

Cazzy, I was laughing at Grace on the climbing frame. I know exactly what you mean. I take Alfie to parks and some of the mums will hardly let their children do anything unassisted and they look at you askance if you allow your child to climb etc...
Yesterday Alfie went down a slide and I was kind of supervising, but it was a much slidier slide than he has been on before and I missed the back of his jacket as he plopped off the end and landed on his bum. It was that kind of bouncy rubber stuff so I knew he was fine and I started laughing at his expression of surprise. I'm sure some of the mums were phoning social services on their mobiles. Namby Pamby nonsense.

Hello everyone!

Thought I would get around to saying 'Hi'. DD2 is 6 months today - it has gone very quickly. I have posted a success story as she has been exc bf - I am sooo proud! Esp after the mare of a time with dd1.

It has been a lot easier than I thought it would be - and dd1 has generally been fine.

I haven't read all the posts - but is anyone 'pottytraining' or thinking about it?

Dd1 is constantly taking off her nappies given half a chance - esp at night - and handing me 'presents' - mm nice!

I think dd1 is too young, but she does seem to be showing classic signs etc.

What's the gossip - have I missed anything wild and exciting?

Hello! I haven't posted on this for about a year, don't know if you remember me?! I'm now a SAHM (for the time being, will have to see how it goes!) of two, I had a DD (Ruby) in June. DS (Alex) is great, really chatty and fun these days and lovely with his little sister. Just a little bit wilful when he wants to be though..

Hotmama, ds is nowhere near to being potty trained, he always denies having poo'd and uses his potty as a hat! I think girls are meant to earlier though?

Masiemog - given ds1's rate of accidents lately I'm suprised social services havent set up a hotline solely for reporting me!

Hotmanna I am thinking of getting the potty from the loft (well dh actually - I don't do ladders!) and just introducing it to Grace - in (She who must no he named book on potty trainning grace meets many of the 1st requirments!

At the park today dd1 took herself off for a wee behind a tree grace ran after her intertesed, watched what dd1 was doing and then said "poo ba ba poo" and then pointed to her nappy and said "poo" and tghen went to a different tree and bent down just like dd1 with her nappy on mind you - it was sooo funny!

She is still off baths - about 3 weeks ago she did a poo in the bath and now sreams at the nere mention of one, where as before you could never get her out. I keep tricking her - you know by playing with a toy near the bath edge and then dropping it in and then sitting her on the edge so she can reach in and get it and then after about 15 minutes I can put her in for about 2 minutes have a quikc wash before she realises where she is and sreams until she on dryland again - what a nightmare!

Hello everyone, ds has been doing well recently at nursery and home. Doing well with his physio and we have been putting him in the crawling position and he holds himself up but wobbles as his balance needs improvement.

Been for a job interview for a nursery manager position and have been offered it!!!!

After feeling sick about it for the past 2 days i think i am going to accept it. Just need to sort out toby for the next couple of months before he can come to my new nursery!!! It will mean rallying him around to my current nursery but the new one is virtualy opposite my house!!!!!!

Not much else to report apart from trying to decorate our front room (or half of it to start with)!!