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April 2005 - Growing from Babies into Toddlers

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aprilmeadow · 08/01/2006 10:51

Well here it is our brand new thread

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aprilmeadow · 28/10/2006 09:07

Hi ladies

Hope you are all well.

Took Jack to a halloween party yesterday and dressed him as a pumpkin. He looked soo cute. His bf wore a skeleton costume and his friend, whos party it was went as caspar!! They all looked so sweet!

Off shopping today with my mum to find an outfit for a friends wedding.

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fransmom · 28/10/2006 15:01

hi all, bit low at moment, pnd flared up again. and amusic channel played the same version of a song that mom liked and my bro played as they took her coffin out the house.

Darciesmum · 28/10/2006 15:09

Aww FM sorry to hear PND has flared up again, hope you have support and things don't get to bad.

AM- do you have any pics of Jack and friends in pumpkin outfit?

fransmom · 28/10/2006 15:20

was crying when in the bath earlier (sorry if tmi!) and dd came in and wiped my eyes with a towel that helped a bit thanx. dp tries his best he says but i think he not sure how to help sometimes.

would be good to see pics am. how you feeling today?

fransmom · 28/10/2006 15:25

anyone heard from verson, mummyplonk, leander, wish..., leggymamba et al?

Darciesmum · 28/10/2006 15:26

aww bless DD FM.

Have uploaded pics to members profiles
My Autumn ball Dress, and Darcie 19mths now!

fransmom · 28/10/2006 21:28

thanx. i have something to tell you but have to wait and tell dp first. no i'm not pg! it's about dd. but will tell you soon promise

aprilmeadow · 29/10/2006 09:40

Hi

FM - sorry to hear about the pnd rearing its head again. Intreagued as to the info on F......

DM - will try and upload one a bit later. Just off to look at your piccies

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Darciesmum · 29/10/2006 09:40

OH FM what is it? is everything ok?

fransmom · 29/10/2006 12:47

i can tell you now!

dd had bath last nite and is as now usual (grammar?!), was a little madam getting dried (tho not as bad). anyway. she got the potty and said wee-wee a little urgently so i asked if she wanted to do a wee-wee and she said no wee-wee (yes, she does know what no means and takes great delight in telling me sometimes!) she was stood about 6" behind the potty and did a wee! she getting a lot closer now she knows what a potty is for and she does sit on it occasionally when i'm in the bathroom and she fully clothed, so this is the closest she has got with no clothes on. i'm so proud [proud mom emoticon]

Darciesmum · 29/10/2006 14:31

well done Fran, darcie screams if goes anywhere near the potty but knows what it is for.

fransmom · 29/10/2006 21:11

hows your m/sickness now am? hope its gone

mummyplonk · 30/10/2006 09:40

Hi Everyone, I hope you are getting the the "glowing" part now AprilMeadow, the first few months are tough arnt they when you have a little one to run after and you just want to sleeeeep. FM I hope things are getting better for you take each day at at time and dont expect too much from yourself, is there any way you can get a few hours to yourself and have a nice haircut/sauna or something you enjoy? And for those of you potty training, am in awe think Jack will be in nappies until he's 16 as the thought brings me out in a cold sweat.

Quick update from the Plonk house, Jacks vocabulary is coming on tons and is learning new words every day. He runs everywhere and throws and kicks everything, he has so much energy I spend half of the day at the park playing football, when it's raining I dread the day knowing my house will be trashed completely. Little brother Daniel is now 5 months and crawling so am having to put them both in separate rooms and run between them as leaving Jack with him for even 30 seconds is a nightmare Daniel likes to sit in Jacks old Baby Ring and Jack likes to sit on Daniel in the ring given half a chance. He can be really sweet with him and give him kisses and stroke his head etc but he aslo tried feeding him roast chicken and put a balloon in his mouth.

Have had quite a few tantrums from the big guy and he does the hugest frown and gets angry when we laugh at him because he looks so funny. Sleeping is a nightmare as when one cries he wakes the other up so am waking up on average 12, 2,4 and then up at 6am. However these babies dont realize the clocks have moved do they? so was therefore up at 4.45am this morning trying to explain to Jack that cbeebies was nowhere near going on, he had to settle for Dutch Football instead. Great to hear how you are all getting on, love to you all x

Darciesmum · 31/10/2006 17:17

HI MP nice to hear from you!

Nice to hear things are ok.

FM howz Fran and things with DP today?

AM - Howz Jack & Bump?

starshaker · 31/10/2006 17:25

hey havent been on here for a while

hows everyones little angels

alana is great thats her 18 months and is runnig around and starting to say more words. her fav is still yum yum, whats that, mum, and other stuff that i really dont understand lol. shes at nursery now cos im at college and she loves it. she is so full of energy and is so good. her sleep is still amazing and she eats anything and everything

toytownmum · 31/10/2006 21:04

Hi
DM - I have just had a look at the photos of you and Darcie..... your dress is lovely, and Darcie looks adorable.
FM - How are things now?
Hope everyone else is well.
Take care TTM x x

fransmom · 01/11/2006 21:57

hi everyone thanx for asking. i up and down bit today. dp on holiday since monday, i still at work then off from tomorrow.
am trying to thinkwhere to start!
we had a strange discussion on monday, lo has been awkward occasionally about us changing her nappy and dp has occ taken over and told her to stop playing up and changed her nappy. this has undermined my confidence quite a bit and i put my foot down - i said that i wanted to talk aafter i hads settled her and then he said be prepared (which i took as an emotional threat that he would tell me some truths - not what i needed to hear cos it took me back tohow i felt with a bf before him. a basic control freak who could play real good mind games and i felt a funny afraid knot in my stomach-it's hard to describe. so, not wanting argue in front of dd, i tried to settle her, only she wouldn't settle cos she wanted daddy. so anyway, we "talked" then i went to bed and i have never gone to bed so early! i basically put my foot down and told him that i din't feel emotionally safe with him and that i felt like i did before. and i wouldn't feel like that again for anyone, i do not want my lo growing up thinking thats normal to feel that way or for others to treat people like that. and that if he evr made me feel like that again he would not get another chance with anything cos tbh (in small voice) he had too many before. hopefully he listened-time will tell. i felt a lot stronger than i have done and i told him that i was fed up of crying and said no more to him.
i was feeling bit down when spoke to him earlier today cos of pnd stuff and last night and wanted to cry.

........i had some flowers delivered at work today. they were huge! (lucky he got paid yesterday)i can't fit them into my vase (well, it might or might not be my late mom's which i acquired -she did guess btw- which has since got broken) and might now have to buy another 1 or 2 vases for this one bunch of flowers. he remembered something i said a couple of weeks ago that he very rarely bought me floweres and had certainly never ordered any.(and i had never received any off any1 ever). there were roses, gerberas, lisianthus, purple daisy type jobbies and big banana (?) leaves and a lime flower, not sure if it is a dahlia or not.

not sure how i feel at the moment but feel better than last night.

dd fine, loads of new words her favourite now is (when we've said boo) i can see you (as one word)

fransmom · 01/11/2006 21:58

sorry about loooooooong post, thanx for listening.

fransmom · 01/11/2006 22:42

i killed thread again...........

Darciesmum · 02/11/2006 10:24

Hi FM glad you spoke to DP, hopefully things will get better. How romantic to get a big bunch of flowers, my favourite are gerbras fresias and lillies with gysphila in!!!!

TTM good to hear from you how are things going?
Thanx about the pictures.

Starshaker good to hear from you to

AM howz things going?

I took some Pictures of Darcie into work yesterday and everyone said how she is starting to look more like her dad everyday
she has some of my features but can def see her dad in her which is really sad

She became a naughty girl on Halloween but good as gold yesterday, i think full moon the devil came out in her!!!!

aprilmeadow · 02/11/2006 19:37

hi ladies

the sickness is STILL here!!!! when is it going to bugger off. I am 14wks today - hurrah - but it seems like ages!

We are moving house in 12 days - just found out today!! Good job we are paying the removal lot to pack up for us. It has only taken 7mths to get this far.

Hope you are all ok and toddlers are doing well.

Love AM x

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Darciesmum · 04/11/2006 15:10

Hi AM hopefully you won't have sickness the whole way through your pregnancy.
Hope the move goes well, have you packed anything?

Howz everyone else?

fransmom · 04/11/2006 20:29

congrats on house move am! the only thing that worked for me was ginger biscuits, went right off fruit and veg - didn't want to know. i had shares in gaviscon (which, btw, you can get FREE on prescription). hope you feeling better soon x

aprilmeadow · 05/11/2006 08:59

thank you ladies. Ginger biscuits are turning my stomach this time - they worked with Jack. Gaviscon makes me gag. It's kind of eat what i fancy and see if it does hte trick. That said i have only put on 1lb so far, so i am quite pleased.

How did your littlies cope with the fireworks? Jack slept right through them fri & sat night

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Darciesmum · 06/11/2006 18:59

AM Gavison made me gag to when i was expecting Darcie, Cream crackers seemed to help me.

She has been fine with all the fireworks and enjoyed looking out the window at them.

She has cut 4 of her big back teeth, so explains why she has been so grumpy!!!

FM howz things with DP?