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

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New thread!!

I have now ordered a wetsuit for DS, I paid more than I wnated but all the other ones I saw seems very bulky. If it doesn't work I'm sure I'll get a good 2nd hand value anyway. I'll let you know if it works as it should be here by Saturday.

Forgot to say

NK how is your DD doing?

BBB take care

thanks scones I feel i have been doing pretty well. However now it looks like we will be busy I will be fine. I always am, it's when everything is still I start i fall apart.

i have had a referral to a counselling thing, but nothing through yet. Hopefully something will happen before the likely move. Otherwise I think the just talking to people (which has meant people have outreached to me), the running and climbing starting again the impending nursery (they have their first proper session tomorrow) have mostly done the job. plus DS's sleep has come on loads. The last two nights he went to sleep in the cot, no crying, just have my hands in there (first night had back rubbing). Took an hour but it was a silent affair. Sayin that tonight he was asleep at the end of the feed. He gets a feed and if then awake and crawling around he goes in the cot and then I take it from there. Before that he was able to go to sleep if just laying with DH so I think that was a good step in moving away from my bosum.

As for having alone time with the DCs, I think we should just plump for 1-2 hour sements.

We now have pleasant summer weather, around 24 degrees with sunshine and a few fluffy white clouds. I'd rather have it this way and not too hot. Still warm enough for ice cream of course!
dd2 is doing quite well without a nappy, even going out shopping, to restaurants (she was fine using the loo there) and swimming without a problem. She hasn't produced a poo on potty or loo yet though and either does it with nappy on or comes to me with a bemused look and tell tale bulge in her pants . Well, we'll get there in the end...
Waving to everyone... have to go up and tell off a 5 year old for chatting to her imaginary friend, which keeps the two year old awake!

Thanks for all the good wishes!

Scones good luck with the kitchen - been there and it's not fun, I hope it won't take too long before it's back in use again.
Yes, 40+3 isn't very "overdue", but because I'm an old gimmer, the consultant team would rather not let me go beyond that.

I promise faithfully I won't lift anything (heavy) and yes, I will be mostly minding DD, so DH and his team (one helpful pal and Man With Van) will do most of the business, anyway.

We're cut off until Aug 15th, so I'll bid you a temporary farewell (unless I find some handy wifi to rinse....) until then. If anything happens Jesus-wise in that time, I'll text CP and NK so the news can be passed round....

My parents have an entire doorframe with pencil markings on to measure various children and grandchildren and dd2 gave us a surprise today when I measured her at 91cm, which is not very far off dd1 at this age. I have no idea when she suddenly grew a few extra cm but I think it's mainly in her legs.

dd2 did another one of her one-liners again: 'I lost myself!'... getting slightly muddled on the two minute walk to the horses on the field around the corner from my parents' house!

Mous - I am with you with the pointless screaming. dd2 had a terrible night and cried solidly from 4 to 6 this morning. There was absolutely nothing wrong with her and she seemed angry but unable to articulate what the problem was. In the end I took her into a different room so that dd1 could go back to sleep, and dd2 and I has a bit more sleep until 8.30. She is still quite teary now for some reason, probably through tiredness.

IC - very best of luck!! your new house and location sound good!! I had to smile about your thoughts on when dd was born and wondering what ds might be up to... He's teaching you the first rule of having two children, which is to try and not compare them! So JF had no intention to be born as early as dd, of course . I am so so pleased you have a chance to move and hopefully settle in a few weeks before his arrival.

BBB I'm the same with my two that I long to have five minutes to myself but then don't know what to do when they aren't around (which in my case is very rarely so feels even stranger). They went out shopping with my brother the other day and I had a sudden panic when I couldn't hear either child anywhere in the house!

Waving to everyone else... brain too tired to remember what else I was going to comment on.

Only realised dd2 was going commando under her dress when she complained the slide on the playground wasn't sliding properly!! (She likes to take her pants off to use the potty and forgot to put them back on...)

NK

NK she might be traumatised. I still remember my mum forgetting to put my knickers on, I was about that age... (I thought I was older but I found a picture of the day I remember, including the right dress and the date!) That is probably my 1st real memory.
She will let you know in about 41 years

The ones with 2 how do you deal with fairness and the small one wanting to do exactly like the big one when it is not possible? i.e. DD2 wants to ride a bike, or go on the trampolines (no under 3, we tried to sneak her in but she freaked last time) or jump from the big platform to go down the firefighter pole in the park. DD2 can physically do it but she does have to jump whereas DD1 just lean over to grab the pole IYSWIM. NO way I am letting her do it again

DD is always doing that, however in the process of showing our neighbours her 'poorly knees' she then flashes them.

More for survival or bc do your boy always look 'amazed' when they realise their penis is still there when they take off their pants? DS seems surprised that it's still there especially if he's covered in bath foam and rinses himself

Nursery took the kids to a farm today and DS had a great time feeding the rabbits and goats I'm glad they know a farm who welcome them as there's no 'open' farm over here.

I've enrolled DS into the swimming club. He'll start next month. I'm just not looking forward at being at the local swimming pool for 8am every Sunday! I think he'll enjoy it especially as he constantly ask to go swimming.

Full moon tonight, let's hope we all get to sleep

SB That's hilarious! No experience with boys but my two do like to 'compare' in the bath...

We still have poo issues ... sigh. dd2 seems a bit constipated and only goes every three days or so, and then it ends up in her pants. In desperation I tried to bribe her yesterday after a poo on the floor incident and told her if the next poo goes into the potty or loo she will get a sticker AND sweets!

NK it took 3 weeks to DS to master the poo in the potty/toilets. I know you know but be patient (easierly said than done especially as you are -likeI was- cleaning the mess)

SB three weeks! Help! Just had another incident... It doesn't help that she knows it's not supposed to go in her pants and goes off to change herself, making it much worse because she trails poo all over the house! (Apologies to anyone about to eat!) Thankfully my parents have mainly tiled floors in their house and not carpet (and are very patient people, having brought up four of us themselves )

mous - dd2 does howl that it's not fair if she can't do something, but she is not as physically advanced as your dd2 and not too adventurous in the playground. I have the other problem though that I have to remind dd1 occasionally that her sister is still 2 and not her own size! At one point dd2 complained of a sore back for several weeks when they had been playing on the landing and dd1 rugby tackled her sister....!

just dropped the DCs off at nurseryand they were both bawling by the time I left :(

going to just sit here for a bit before doing anything I think

CP

NK DD2 can actually stand up to DD1 I hope she won't gets into fight at school or she is going to do serious damages to her peers .
She might be tantruming because she can't express that it is not fair and that I stop her doing things that she "can" do even if not appropriate for her to do so... I confusing myself there. I am a bit a lost as how to deal with that unless I avoid those situations completely (not really fair on DD1 then...)

CP How did it go in the end? I've found that dd2 can put on quite a performance and when I look through the window a minute later she is happily getting on with playing (little minx).

Mous I guess you have the extra problem of the age gap with dd2 really not meant to keep up with your dd1! Hopefully things settle a bit when your dd1 is back at school? My two are surprisingly similar in some ways with a babyish immature just 5 year old and a pretty clued up mature 2 1/2 year old.
(She's exactly 2 1/2 today... felt like celebrating - well, any excuse for some cake!!).

NK I'm celebrating by myself DS 1/2 a day ahead!!

CP DS has been known to throw massive tears ehen left at nursery and to settle down within the 5mn I leave. Not nice as it adds onto the motherly gult but you need the break/rest and it will help their social skills.

it was alright, DS was the fine one. I dropped off DDs roo and dummy without her seeing me. She held onto them all the session, I get the feeling she was suddued but not actively crying, she was a bit tired which I'm sure didn't help.

CP big hugs. She'll get use to it I'm sure.

I've discovered that we had a bottle of Martini Bianco... It's very drinkable

SB How's your head this morning?

dd2 getting ahead of herself! She's singing a song about 'my people' !???

My head is fine. Martini is so low in alcohol that it didn't affect me.

I can say that the neoprene wetsuit was a success. DS wasn't shiffering so much. He even let go of me and floated!

Day 2 of proper potty training (pants all day, nappies just for sleep) so far one poo accident yesterday and one today. We are giving it the full chocolate button/dance of joy for poos in potty. I put him on the potty every half an hour, not waiting for him to tell me yet. He did one full poo in the potty yesterday and one which was the second half of the accident.

SB Good news that the wetsuit worked.

CP It is hard at first with nursery but I'm sure you chose a good one and she will start to enjoy it. If not then trust your instinct - I'm so glad I didn't leave DS in the rubbish one any longer.

Who was saying their DD screams a lot at the moment? I totally identify with that. DS does this horrible nails-down-blackboard screech. I hate it and am at a loss as to how to make him stop.