July 2010: Tantrums R Us

[Woodlands]

Here you go! Sorry for crappy title. My one chance in the limelight and I can't think of anything good and I have to go and collect J from nursery right now...

I don't think it's that bad, DH! But then I'm the one playing the Xbox360 on the TV while DH potters about on the PC... He doesn't seem to mind though, and I'm happy enough to switch if he has something he wants to watch. :)

Suppose there are mixed opinions about the Xbox thing. I'm happy how things are and it makes for a nice home, no arguing over tv etc and dh not seething in the corner because I've not let him do something he enjoys but hey ho.

memphis I'd want a present too! Of course getting married is lovely but that doesn't mean all presents stop, demand something!

tsc hopefully saving any extra cash will give you a very fun November this year!
dh im sure I will get something but I honestly thought some hints were heading towards a ring! Presents wont stop but he said urgh you want to get engaged, married and another baby! I wouldnt care if we eloped and did the cheap wedding with no one there but he wont do that. I think he was also shocked at the ring I picked, but I explained the longer he leaves it the dearer it will be as the price of gold and diamonds is getting higher by the month! Im not mentioning it again to him though!

DH's biggest vice is dreaming, he constantly looks at bikes of all descriptions, biking trips, routes etc it drives me mad, he is going to france for the weekend in the summer on his bike so now he is always reading his bloody maps for routes i shouldnt have bought him biking maps but on the plus side the deal on the trip is we need a fund for L and I to do something too!

dh's biggest vice is

have tried to catch up but got all over the place with threads and pages so more confused than anything. scuse anything i miss or get wrong.

had a great holiday. very chilled. lots of eating, watching films, walking etc. F & A loved it. was a flipping long drive tho - 6 hours - we broke it up with a good break for the afternoon then dinner, putting them back into the car at usual bedtime.

edinburgh is lovely chul. i've been before and saw more of it that time as was pre-DCs. this time we were staying in the borders and just went there for a day trip. beautiful city.

just spent ages taking all the xmas decs down. do you all wait til the 12th day too? feel sad to take them down really tho is nice to have everything looking less cluttered.

have had two lovely days off with dh whilst F & A went to nursery. felt pretty guilty about sending them in but wanted to get them back into the routine. they were cool with it anyway.

re tantrums. none here yet tho F is/was never much of a tantrummer so we may escape that with A if we're lucky. don't hate me tho, sleep is crapola. was a bloody joke last night. A was up from 2 til 4.30. teething i think. F also woke several times.

re dh's annoying habits. mine loves games too, he mainly plays on his ipad lately but only if it's agreed time so it isn;t too annoying or disruptive, iyswim? eg normally we'll watch a film or something together and then have some time when i'll be on my mac/making jewellery/faffing around and he'll be on his ipad. he'd get a kick up the arse if he thought he could game whilst one of the children was waking up tho. usually he'll do the first wake-up in the evening and thereafter we take in turns.

tsc how's weaning going? i'm constantly debating when to stop. i'm currently pondering stopping this month vs stopping at 2yo. as i said above, sleep is shit here too.

How many feeds does F have now? A only has 2 and never asks for milk in the day but she;s a stubborn old mule so not sure how easy it'll be to wean her.

mlic what have you decided about the job?

is woodlands the only other one left bf now?

memph please go for the job. it might be the one!

recent research i've read says the risk of growth being stunted is only for the first 6 months when babies are exclusively on formula - i'm not certain there's actually evidence of this really being an issue but this is where the concern is. there is zero evidence of growth being stunted by soya thereafter.

F's had soya milk since 13m. A's still bf but will have soya when i wean her (soon!!!)

veggie and vegan children are often lighter for the first 2-3 years so that might cloud the evidence anyway. they're also meant to be more intelligent

your dad's treatment sounds full-on but i'm pleased it seems positive. can understand how difficult it must be to have your old experiences raked over.

oh and got a 1yo's party tomo... at 10.30am in a hall for 80 people

is it just me or is this a bit weird, annoyingly early and excessive? not being judgy, it's just a bit of a pita and not sure anyone will really enjoy it.

i'm sure we should be far more judged for A's 18th-stylee beer festival and curry first birthday but everyone certainly enjoyed themselves, children and adults alike

cake I went to a 1yo party in a hall and there were about 30ish mums dads and children. It seemed like alot though because the birthday girls mum had decked the hall out in every single toy she owns and roped in some other toys from people so it was like being at a huge soft play/ baby group thing. We also did pass the parcel, D hated it because he doesn't like crowds of people and kept running off into the men's toilet.

I don't know where that random Jewish came from in first post, ignore that!

DH that's brilliant. Long may it last hey!

Cake; 10.30am for a party - early? No. Excessive? Yes. Annoyinly early? Not even remotely They will no doubt have done it at that time so the kids play for roughly 1.5 hours and then have lunch at 12ish. Sounds perfectly normal to me :)

My Christmas decs came down on NYE (I think) Cake, I was sick of not having anywhere to put the toys away so down they came.

I got in drunk at 11.30, ds2 was crying at 1ish, ds1 was up at 3am, both awake at 7ish. I'm tired :(

one hand type = no capitals

viks - when they are both hungry at the same time, i just give a piece of bread to m. she loves it and will nibble on it until i have time to give her her proper food. at first i was worried that she'd fill up on that and not get enough veg and stuff but i'm more slack relaxed now. it won't be forever.

chulita - yoyu poor thing. i'm dreading the vicious circle of everyone getting sick in turns. hope things will improve soon. not long till spring.

cake - sounds like a lovely holiday!

mlic - glad e is enjoying school.

sorry to everyone i forgot. nappy brain!

we're ok here. in a lovely little routine at the moment. f has been sleeping from 12 to 6.30 last week long may it last. having a few breast feeding problems, will post on bf board later.

miserable weather here, so we're going for a curry later.

happy weekend y'all.

Two handed typing now

Thanks for all your advice about feeding or rather eating without feeding.

mlic We always eat all together, so M should really see how it's done. I think it's something else though if she sees other kids do it, rather than her parents, like your W with E. The other day when we came back from a friend's place who has a 2 year old girl, M was more interested in feeding herself cos she'd seen the other girl do it.

I suppose I should just let her get on with it and not feed her, but I'm just too scared that she wouldn't eat at all then. She would just cry and completely refuse food once she's had enough...

Haha, mlic about the tantrums. I think we both had our share of them very early on. In fact, I think M may have had her terrible two tantrums early, cos it's def better now, so there, we're over it

dh thats excellent re sleep!
cakes My friend who is vegan has a baby 3 weeks older than L and he was huuuuge, L has only just caught up with his and he has a great appitite too. How would I start weaning L onto soya milk from formula? can I warm it? and I take it it is just any unsweetened soya? (sorry if it sounds trivial but I really want to do it properly) feel like the HV has bullied me into giving him cows milk and this is why I have stayed with the formula, your break sounded lovely, dont think I could hack the drive though.
mlic hope the hangover is ok.

L is now on Kaolin to solid his poo up, its more paste like now but we havent had to nappy change since he was tiny, had to change a poo bum in the night 5 bloody times and twice since, he was crying after he filled his nappy but was still half asleep! so im tired.

Had a chinese last night as a treat and it made me feel ill, too fatty and the big plate did me, tried to eat breakfast this morning and gave it to dh I couldnt hack anymore food!

Sounds like your stomach is adjusting Memph. Mine needs to do that

We just arriving in Newcastle. My boys hate shopping. Here goes nothing...

My neighbour had a baby 6 weeks ago, 6 hour start to finish labour and I just saw her run past the window some people have all the luck...

trudy I'll be joining you on the weight loss come April, I've put on a lot this time round (haven't been remotely careful tbh) and it'll all have to go!

cake sounds like you had a lovely time, that drive is mammoth though, and my two aren't good travellers...might have to hold off for a couple of years.

memphis hopefully if his poos get more solid he won't be so sore, it would be great if the dairy thing sorted his guts out!
I second cake on going for the job thing, if you don't want it, don't accept it. There'll be less pressure on you if you don't expect to get it so you might be more relaxed in the interview.

tsc I think sometimes with the weaning when they're older they catch on quicker, less hope anyway for your sake!

I'm with mlisc on the party, 10.30 would be perfect for my two. We went to one that started at 11.30 and it was just completely wrong timings for S's nap. 80 is a bit excessive though...

I just took a very large slice off the side of my thumb using one of those razor/grater things. I've never used it before and never will again. 30 mins on and it's still bleeding, makes me feel a bit ill tbh.

chulita we are using metanium then a layer of bepanthen over it and it is looking less sore and no crying ow when I clean him now, made me feel giddy reading about your finger, I bought a mandolin last year and binned it after the first use as I didnt feel like I would finish slicing with my fingers intact, I wanted it for dauphinois potatoes but it didnt do them thin enough anyway!

chul running 6 weeks after having a baby!? Crazy! I couldn't even face running now and it's been 18 months...

Just seen my neighbour in the communal stairway, she had a fall while changing her bed (she lives on her own, she's in her 70s) at 8 this morn and blacked out for about 4 hours, her right eye is black and can't open and her face is all cut up and bruised she looks like she's been in a bad fight. She's really shaken up which is understandable. I asked if there was anything I could do but she's being taken to hosp by her bil.

Stupid thing was DH had just asked me why I didn't use the magimix...I will next time. It was a mandolin food slicer, couldn't remember the name, there's no way of holding the veg so you don't either waste a large chunk or add bits of unwanted flesh to the meal. Complete rubbish.

Aw dh poor lady! That's horrible, maybe you could pop by in a couple of days with a packet of biccies to cheer her up. That sort of thing can shake you up for days :(
and Hooray for D! What a fantastic sleep! long may it continue.

Yeah I will do, must be hard living on your own.

D has slept for a total of 2.5 hours today and he's still yawning his head off. He doesn't want to do anything other than sit on my lap or sleep. He's eating well but he's just so sleepy and doesn't know what to do with himself, it's been going on since tues, is this normal??

He's probably just got a bug dh.

Mine both slept for half about 45 mins on the way home from Newcastle and only woke at 4.20pm when we got home. I'm going to face hell at bedtime aren't I :(

Hope your thumb is ok chul!

He's sitting on dh's lap looking like he's going to drop off any min. I had to wake him at 5:15 to start the dinner and he's not happy. He just wants to be asleep.