FEB 2010 Terrors sometimes, angels at others - yep, they're properly two now...

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We had a lovely night, thanks! DD all fine, slept through again so I think that bug has run its course.

Your DS has "wonky eyes" CP...?? What on earth is your MIL on about?
Ah well, at least you're free of them again for a bit..!!

DD just spent about half an hour sitting on her potty (at her request) but nothing produced. She loves the idea of the potty, but can't quite make theory and practice combine.... After a while, I got bored of waiting and insisted she put her nappy back on. Tum te tum....

the one benefit of ill children is early bedtimes :)

sb it can feel frustrating at times and easy to get angry, what helps me is to remember the issue is with me and for PT it is really common to feel that. get some bribery treats in for you as well

me and DD had a bath today, our go to activity at weekends if she is being hard work, it has been a while and she's come up loads. She started off being fine laying back until her ears were under, then tipping head up to catch the rest of hair. She was also putting her face in and by the end she was throwing herself back so all her head and face were covered. Made washing hair a lot easier.

are there other local pools sb we will take DD to another one while lessons are off for the summer holidays. She loves swimming but get's annoyed that one of us has to hold her which makes for an interesting time. I also finally got round to buying a swimming outfit and have taken advantage of my weight and got a bikini for the first time in about ten years.

bbb and mous how are things your end?

survival I hope the last part of term is going OK

DH is giving me evils because I cut some of DDs hair off

Yes I know I' m creating the issue but today went well as He pooed in his nappy during the night. No other public swiming pool over here but I'll enquired in hotels to see what their non-resident fees are

IC glad yoyr night was fine

Hi everyone

CP and BG I am also jealous that you are lighter than you were pre-DCs. I have a bit still to shift, though the 30 Day Shred is definitely making me feel stronger and fitter if not lighter!

SB toilet training can be frustrating, but it does sound as though you are heading in the right direction.

CP your ILs sound a nightmare. Glad you survived this onslaught. Have you a couple of months off now?

Glad the poorly ones are better. mous your DD2's language progression sounds promising and it's great that she has a teacher who seems to get it.

DH and I were out on Saturday (the DDs had their last sleepover at the ILs for a couple of months due to MIL's op next weekend). We went for afternoon tea, then to the theatre and then met some friends for a few drinks, which was all lovely. And on Sunday we managed to sneak in lunch out before the DDs came back. And they had a lovely time at their GPs too.

Back from the playgroup that has bikes and it appears that DD can pedal them around now.

glad you had a good time bbb

scones you sound a lot happier :)

BBB good news on the night out

scones well done on your DD1 for the pt

CP how are you doing?

Well it seems that DS is having a small pt regression as he had 3 accidents today so for tomorrow I'll give more spares to nursery. At least he's only there until Thursday as my mum is over and fx will get him back on track (with me naggingtell her what to do)

Yes CP how are you doing?

sb what a shame about the regression, but it sounds as though you are taking it in your stride.

scones I thought you were sounding happier too. Are things feeling a bit better?

Forgot to say that I won a MN competition that I didn't even realise I entered! An in-car DVD player is mine (hopefully in time for our trip to France when it will come in very handy for my dad, I'm an old bag when it comes to things like this for my DDs) :o

Also failed to mention that while the weekend was nice for all concerned, DH has been horribly distracted for over a week now. Even at the weekend, he was charging off without me, looking all around him rather than at me when we were talking, and simply not hearing what I was saying (not because I was talking quietly, but because he was not listening IYSWIM). I had been gently pointing this out (and the fact that it's quite rude), but had simply had enough when I got in from a three hour PTA meeting last night (I'm secretary, so it's a bit gruelling) and he wouldn't turn off or away from the British Grand Prix he was watching. He doesn't even like F1! So words this morning, surprise on his part, and that familiar sick feeling in my stomach of having to fight to be heard. :(

But... I am going to visit a friend on Friday night and won't return until Tuesday (she has just had a major op, so I am going to look after her) so I am hoping that living in my shoes for a few days will make him wake up a little bit more. I am determined to leave food but not meals, and he also has to do the school and nursery runs for a day and a half on his own, as well as several evenings and nights, and working from home. I'm going to come home to a bomb site, aren't I?

Sorry for horrible self-obsessed post. Just needed to vent.

BBB great news about the wining and at your DH behaviour

bbb I did wonder when you didn't mention anything regarding your interaction :(

I'm doing alright actually, although i am aware the undercurrent is still there. DS has had a couple of easy days and the ILs did help as I didn't have the two children to deal with for a fair few days. It has been nice to go to playgroup and not spend it holding a whinging baby :)

dd2 just told me 'You don't like me, you working' As if I don't feel guilty enough! (In reality, she's only in nursery two full days and absolutely loves it there). I told her I am not working tomorrow and will be home with her and got 'Thank you Mama'
Honestly, being blackmailed by a two year old, where is that going to end?

BG aww the motherly guilt!

DS once again did his nappy trick during the night and I found him nappy free with his pj bottoms back on and indeed soaked!! The good news is that he only had one accident today so fx it lasts...

Olympic flame is over here on Sunday, so we'll try to go and see it

DD does a similar thing BG. Each morning when she wakes up she'll say "mummy's not going to work..." and I then tell her today is XXX, mummy works on Monday -Friday and doesn't work on Saturday and Sunday. And on the weekends when I say yes you're right Mummy's not going to work she repeat it with a happy smile.

On the other hand the next statement she normally makes if I say it's a work day is "I'm going to nursery.". :). And is somewhat unhappy if it's not a nursery day.

CP please post a pic of DD's new haircut on fb. Glad to hear you're feeling better and at least the ILs were useful!

Good luck for tonight sb....

bbb PTA meeting, helping a friend, you truly are superwoman!! If it helps DH also tunes out periodically, I just put it down to his monthly hormonal cycle.

rainbow I only lopped off two locks to straighten it up at the back she had a interesting pointy thing going on

DD does the same with DH 'daddy no go to work' but we now say what does daddy do after 'daddy come home'. remember at this age it is more to do with not liking transitions.

flame was a 5 min walk from here last night, did I go? did I heck.

I've put a vid of DD on her bike on my facebook wall as DH wanted to share it.

Hi rainbow

DS from time to time will say 'no nursery' but seems to forget this the next minute. I'm more upset when he refused to go in his room and cry - that's when the guilt kicks in.

Soaked bed again this morning so tonight I'm putting parcel tape around the nappy

I'm at work but can't find the motivation to do anything!

I'm in dd2's good books again this morning and overheard her saying 'Oh, I love my Mama'

IC - all well with you? Busy packing?

BG is right, IC how are you? You're very quiet at the moment

BG good to know that your DD2 loves you again

Aw, you're lovely! Just haven't had much to say lately, really - but at the very least lurking every day!

Haven't packed a thing yet, but luckily DH is a dynamo once he gets going. We're still a bit up in the air about exactly when we're moving in, but people keep giving us their unwanted furniture, so that's something!!

Other than that I'm feeling increasingly huge, huffing and puffing my way around and experiencing lovely pregnancy insomnia, thanks to discomfort in the hips etc. (only slightly eased by loads of extra pillowing) - but all that aside, in the pink (!).

BBB honestly, your DH

Can I complain about the heat? honestly you can take at least 10 degrees back (42 in the sun yesterday, 40 in the shade predicted for sunday), I have never sweat so much in my life not even the post delivery, BF stage.

BBB hugs
BG Your DD2 is very funny!

So we have had problems with poo in the pants so now she hold back until bedtime nappy . Not sure what to do with that. Pee all good now even at school.

mous Heat... Can you give us around 17 of your degrees please? We had 11 degrees the other day, hence the log fire in the evening!
More seriously, that sounds quite extreme and not easy to cope with

dd2's latest party trick is to appear from nowhere completely naked and announce 'Look, I'm naked!' (No kidding) It doesn't help that I find it hard to keep a straight face and tend to burst out laughing...

BG your DD2 and my DS will be such a great couple .

Honestly I am at the end of my teether with the night nappy removal and don't know what to do anymore (except putting him in a bed with a potty next to it and explain that if he takes the nappy off he needs to use the potty )