April 2004.... count down to the second birthday!

[Yorkiegirl]

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[hewlettsdaughter]

That's great you're feeling better Chuffed. Come and join us on the new thread \link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=2330&threadid=177199&stamp=060526224401\here}!

[Chuffed]

I'd like to keep in touch and keep going.

Feeling heaps better, the counselling is really good and got some positive news from gynae on Friday which helps a bit.

Hope you are having a good weekend.

[hewlettsdaughter]

Should we have a new thread do you think? Will we keep posting now that those April 2004 babies are two? I'll start one in case...

[hewlettsdaughter]

Gosh Chuffed - PTSD. I am sorry you are having a tough time - hope the help helps!

[dolbear48]

hey chuffed so glad to hear that you are looking a bit on the up ! and that you have been taken seriously
I am just starting to get a little broddy , nothing on the horizon yet mind , last time I waited a year after 1st deciding that I was ready for a ababy , just to make sure it was not a passing phase so will prob to the same - giveing me a 3 yr ish gap
no tant so far today , but got a while to goooo.
hope lo is feelin a bit better YG

[Chuffed]

Oh and hope the glue ear gets better YG - have you tried homeopathy? Apparently it can do wonders...
MrsD you sound lots more like yourself (as much as you can online..:)

[Chuffed]

Glad it's not just me then...we are being 'supernanny' at the mo and it seems to be helping...'if you do that again you are going to have 2mins time out' counting a warning, and yet sometimes you just have to use brute force and remove. We haven't really had full on tantrums yet touch wood, dd seems to have a nap most days that does help.
Well my news is I have been diagnosed with PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder. Have just started treatment for it. I had started having flash backs on arriving at hospital to have ds and started with the 'what if I'd said this' and 'what if i'd said that' and lots of tears etc a lot. I feel quite a bit better that this feeling has a name and I'm getting some help now I just need somebody to miracle me up a fix for all the problems that are ongoing after the birth.
Weather is definately colder now, very jealous of you all going into summer.
Take care

[dolbear48]

eek YG - just seen your note and TK also !
we had the dreaded bouncing down the stair head 1 st the other day - have never felt so much adreniline -and fear - ever
hope the ear is improving !

[dolbear48]

Hello
Have found you while I am at work which means I might actually get to join in now !
afternoon naps ? what are they then , we have to work really hard to get a nap and by then we are so knacked there is no benefit
sorry to hear about sickies etc - lov to all and all that !!
ds turing into little horror - completely embarrased me by throwing complete teary tantrum b-cos a friend lo - 8 moths was playing with on eof his toys - an old pooh bear he does not even like - I was so horrified - was told thath this is normal for a 2 ys old , but that does not make you feel any better does it really ?

[MrsDoolittle]

Lunavix - You should come and have a look. Do you drive? If you don't the bus out of town to Lambourn stops almost outside our door - 9 minutes from town.

[tracyk]

poor dd YG - hope her head is ok. ds fell downstairs yesterday - trying to read a book at the same time! nursery prob think we batter him - big red mark and bruise on his cheek and elbow. silly arse!
Luvanix - what age do they start pre school - I thought it was 3 or 4?

[Yorkiegirl]

hello all
still no hospital appointment for DD2's glue ear. Took her to see an osteopath last week and apparently she is off balance because of it all, hence the fact that she is excessively clumsy. She fell on the road outside our house yesterday and hit her head really hard. She didn't get a lump and I wish now I had taken her to A&E as she has been a bit off it.

[lunavix]

MrsD - I've been nosing at the Omlet website, it looks quite attractive, the main appeal is our house is rented and it is easily moveable.

Do you have a wooden hutch/run/coop type thing?

LJ - I feel the same about August Can't believe ds starts preschool in October, he seems so grown up.

[LucyJones]

Hi everyone Ds does the whinging thing too and I must confess to looking forward to nursery days too!!
Feeling very nervous about having two come September especially as I don't think ds will be napping by then. Dreading trhr
sleepless nights again but at least I know you guys have gone through it and have survived!!

[MrsDoolittle]

I don't have an eglu, although I have just got chickens - quite lovely ones at that too!!
Fennel was wondering about the eglu.
Have you seen the omlet website?

[lunavix]

MrsD!! I was just about to ask after chickens. Is it you who has an eglu? Dh and I are pondering the purchase of one.

[tracyk]

I try to do that HD - I don't know that he has much concept of time though. I try it at bed time with - 5 mins to sleep, counting down to 1 min. But we still have a little howl of protest when we get to zero mins!
He's settling more into the nurseries now which is a relief.

[MrsDoolittle]

Oh the whinging...spare me, please. Whinge, whinge, whinge. I always knew this bit was going to test me.

I love babies but I'm struggling with this toddler lark, worse when I have a beautiful baby boy who I just want to kiss and cuddle all day.

Bought the sand pit yesterday - a huge hit! But it's raining today. I find myself just trying to get through today so I can pack her off to nursery tomorrow - nasty mummy!!

[hewlettsdaughter]

tracyk - I suppose you already do the "we're going in 5 minutes" thing?

[fennel]

oh yes well i am just hardened to that tantrumming bit . it can last a long time. my new neighbour has 2 lovely children age 6 and 4 who i really like but every time they have to leave our house to go home they both have a tantrum. and seriously, these are nice children i welcome into our house.

[tracyk]

My prob with going to these type of outings is the leaving at the end - ds can really kick off when being put back in the car to go home. It really takes the shine off any good time we've had.

[fennel]

tracyk, dd3 was like this a couple of weeks ago but has improved dramatically since then (but she still howls when taken to nursery, which is a downer). she was appalling for a while though. I decided she must have been more stressed by the house move and nursery move etc than i'd realised.

one thing that's really improved her mood is going out to more toddler focused activities. we started a toddler group which she's loving (luckily i'm quite enjoying it too) and went to soft play another day, she really perked up a lot, made me realise i was probably not doing much with her (being toddler-activity fatigued on number 3)

[tracyk]

Anyone else going through a 'challenging' time? ds is driving me nuts.
He goes to nursery in the mornings and I have a choice - either try and drive around till he goes to sleep in the car - hopefully he has a decent nap and is ok - but 50% of the time he wakes after an hour and is hell on earth till bedtime. or I don't let him nap and he is fine up until about 5 o clock and then it's hell on earth!
the slightest little thing sends him into a full blown tantrum. I know its sheer tiredness that makes him do it and there is no reasoning with him - so I usually give him what he wants - but then 10 minutes later its something else!

[Dottydot]

Mrs D - really glad you're starting to feel better - try and take it as easy as you can though (ho, ho...).

[hewlettsdaughter]

No, not me! (wondered what you meant there for a moment but have just checked out the thread).

How are you? How is dd1 adjusting to life with a brother?