Feb 2011 - We're 2 - enough said!

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I knew what you meant american

Ha ha american yeah I had fantasies of living in lovely maxi dresses whilst being pg in the summer (which I am)...but a bit too hot & sweaty for me! reastie in think this one might be holding out for a silver penny with the royal birth...no real signs today on due date but off to park this morning with N to get this baby shifting!

N appears to have escaped the pox....tho as I type thus I've just noticed 2 around his neck area that I'm sure were much smaller yesterday

Hmm as I feared, N has the dreaded pox. He seems ok in himself at the mo tho...but I guess that might change over the next few days....

Oh no granny! Do you have to be tested for immunity? Hope N s ok.

grannyapple my 3 had it Jan - Feb. I thought Virasoothe was brilliant, if it helps Anna was the least affected out of the 3. Take care xx

No diseases here as yet but swe did have a massive puke fest on Thursday night while I was working so I had to bomb home.
We have had the mother if nightmares.
Ella's passport out if date so we can't go on holiday on Sunday.
Instead we have to wAit until Thursday for a "one day" appointment so I e had to bloody reschedule the ferry at massive cost to go on. Friday.
As you can imagine I am less than happy!

Ah cheers folks wiggs yeah I picked some virasoothe up on recommendation from another thread on here.. blizy I've had it before so assume I'm ok? I'm assuming also that as N was prob contagious up to 5 days ago, if baby comes this week then I'm hoping it'll be fine. I hear its rife everywhere-SIL (mw @ Wishaw) says its the most common query she gets from mums to be at the mo...

This heat is driving me insane & I love the heat normally..looking forward to a cooler day tomorrow...& lots of walking to get this baby out!

ledkr nightmare holiday scenario....hope Ella gets the passport pronto that day & you can get off on hols at last.

Waves to everyone else

H007 - wrong thread?

Granny - I hope N is coping well with the pox. I hate to be one of those "still pregnant?" pests but any twinges?

L is being very hard work at the moment and pushing boundaries. It seems like we're in an endless cycle of misbehaviour and discipline - and I know he's doing it just to wind me up sometimes. I usually do 1-2-3 followed by a timeout but the 1-2-3 is not getting the results it used to. Any suggestions for more positive discipline so I can save the timeouts for the important things like hitting/biting? DH is going away next weekend and I'm wondering if I'm going to cope on my own for 3 days.

L has started climbing out of his cot. I'm not thrilled, especially as he can work all the door locks and he'd done a runner out the front a few times during the day. I've asked DH to buy another lock for the top of the door which he can't reach (until he learns to use a ladder ).

h007 was on wrong site!!!!
Research stuff or sumfink

Yeah I didn't realise it would be a problem as I'm not a company but MN head quarters said it had to go elsewhere. Sorry for intruding

Yes h007 was a research request post thingy

american sympathies re: bad behaviour, I feel like we have that problem alot too, it's really tiring to cope with isn't it. No advice as I feel pretty useless in that area but listen gratefully to advice

Granny you need to have your baby today (or possibly tomorrow) if you're in with a chance of that royal silver coin . Must be awful being pg in this heat (but equally awful being in labour in a baking hospital in the heat )

It's too hot for me today, I'm so glad I'm not working as having a conservatory of a teaching room with no blinds and all the ovens on would be unbearable. Kitchen still being worked on, can't wait until it's finished and it's looking like it's going to be fab . I'm feeling sorry for DH as he's a gardener and will spend all today in the baking hot sun doing hot manual work, I'll be a dutiful wife and hand him an ice lolly when he gets in the front door

Hi folks....still hanging on in there...& yes this heat today is killing me today! Did a 3 mile walk to a park & bank this morning with N & my sis (knew there wouldn't be any kids there so N could have a run around/small go on the swings), but my god I had to have a snooze this afternoon-never do that normally. But yes since DOC has gone into labour, I've had a few more texts/fb messages today, asking be to 'get a move on', to quote DH .

N is doing not too bad considering he has the pox...the spots that came up on Friday have started to scab over but he still has more cropping up each day..but he isnt really scratching them thankfully. And doesn't have too many on his pretty little face

If any of you are on fb, I'm happy to add you-prob quickest way to see pics of new addition . I never remember to upload photos on mn unless I'm on pc (unless you can do it via phone now & I'm just rubbish...v likely ). I'm friends with blizy on fb, or is there a private group or something? Anyway, if you can message me your fb name I'll add you-my name is v common & would take an add to find me on f. .

Speak soon ladies, if I haven't gone into labour tonight (wishful thinking on my part)....

reastie I'm so pleased the kitchen is looking good. You must be excited!

americanexpat it's very disheartening when you constantly feel like every day is a fight waiting to happen.

We went through a sticky patch with Anna a few months ago especially with biting and completely ignoring everything I said/asked - refusing to hold hands, bolting away in carpark etc. We're through it now, I don't think I realised how stressful it was at the time. Mr W is here so intermittenly sometimes that I do most of the hard work . We were out for the day yesterday and he said "God, wasn't Anna so good today", I seethed - I think he actually thought that she had just calmed down, listened more completely of her own accord. He got a look that would have withered the dead.

After all that waffling I have no real advice I don't do the time out/step thing at all. I never found it helpful, but just to stress it was probably a mixture of mine and Olivias personality that nic nayed it. When Anna would bite, throw, nip etc, I told her off. I sat her on the sofa, told her off "No Anna, that is not nice, we don't do that. You've hurt Sofia/Olivia" and then I would walk away. All our ground floor - living area, kitchen, dining room are all in one - open plan living I believe its called , so I can take myself off into a corner and ignore her until she said sorry. She could wander about etc but I wouldn't interact with her until she knew her behaviour was not on. God, it sounds dreadful when I read it back

grannyapple I've pmed you, I'm a nosy cat

Sofia is doing a tennis camp this week, 3 hours every afternoon, she knackered, I practically had to carry her to her room!

Olivia has her preop tomorrow afternoon, so fingers crossed she gets her date soon and joy I've a smear test

That reminds me wiggles to rebook my smear. I had to cancel Fridays as my af arrived

Dh and I just had a screaming fight about something rediculous and he just stormed out exclaiming that if he wraps hi self around a bridge it's my fault (he is driving to Newcastle tonight for work). I am now an anxious mess. I have just broke my diet and scoffed a bag of m &m's. how can he be so bloody thoughtless and cruel?

Granny I'm glad N is doing ok. Our friends baby was due on the 17th, she is now booked for an induction on the 29th. Do you have an induction date, have you had a sweep?

Wiggles, I hope the pre op goes well tomorrow.

Best if luck granny it's a bit different isnt it when you've already got dc? I remember being envious of those of you first timers as we hit out due dates.
I am knackered tonight. Think I might go up in a bit.

blizy no induction date yet..have mw appt tomorrow so I'm guessing the option of a sweep might get discussed tomorrow...deiends on when they can fit me in for one I think...but no induction date yet... Hope you & DH make up soon, even if its by text if something as he's away? M&m's always make things better..

ledkr yeah is totally different this time...thankfully sis is down staying with us til 4th August (she's a school teacher so lots of hols ). But I'm struggling more than I thought with this heat & with N with the pox & generally just being a 2.5 yr old boy who is non stop, so it's been a godsend having her here-she's been great with N when he wakes early, cooks dinner for us etc while we're putting N down. Not sure what I would've done if she hasn't come down. But now the pressure is on for me to push this one out so she can get some time with her too before she heads back home

Granny I have pm'd you

American I dont have any advice really, bit agree with what wiggles said (ignore and walk away) that sometimes works with A as usually within a few minutes she'll say "I want..." And I'll then say not until you do what I asked/say sorry etc. it's weird tho, sometimes she'll be so good and polite and sometimes a pain in the bum shouting "no!" and hitting, no answers but sympathies.

Blizy that was out of order of your dh, what a horrible thing to say. Hope you're ok and I think you deserve a few m&m's, you've been looking very slim on fb recently!

We just had a cracking storm but it means A has only just gone to sleep, she wanted to watch it.
Yesterday we managed to keep her going all day with out a nap, she went to sleep at 6.30pm it was great! Dp went out and I had a whole evening to myself

Hello ladies,

granny I've now friended you, I need to find time to go and have a nose at your pictures . Hope things go quickly for you and glad you have some help, I feel a bit miserable for you that you didn't get that silver coin though!

Wiggles hope the preop goes well, and the smear! Speaking of preops - ledkr when is your op?

Blizy to your DH. Have you spoken to him since?

Ponyo we had a huge storm too, but it didn't start until 3am and woke us all up and lasted until getting on for 6, I couldn't sleep through it and just as I was getting back to sleep Alice woke up for the day so am v tired today.

Well, potty training has started as of lunch time today. We've got the pretty pants, potty, reward chart, disinfectant and potty book. I have no idea what I'm doing . My Mum keeps telling me how easy it was to train my sister and I but I'm not overly convinced . Any advice please ? She hasn't done a wee yet but I've sat her on the potty a few times and read her stories on there to try to entice her to stay on. DO I just keep asking her if she needs the loo and sticking her on it every now and again? She's on the sofa on one of those disposable bed wetting sheet things in case she has an accident on the sofa .

reastie - good luck. Is she interested in using the potty? I think you have to expect the accidents then hopefully she'll realise it's uncomfortable being wet. L wasn't bothered by being wet and that's why we scrapped it. I was feeling very stressed by the constant accidents (and ridiculous amounts of kitchen roll we were getting through) so don't be afraid to admit defeat if it's not working out.

blizy - he was definitely out of order. I hope you've spoken to him and are feeling better today.

We also had a huge storm last night, it was lightning constantly for nearly an hour. Fortunately L was already in bed (only just) as he usually doesn't like thunder and lightning.

American thanks, we've had a poo in the potty now, but as yet no weeing since she took her nappy off before lunch....but poo is a good start, right?

Don't try to read into it, reastie! Anything in the potty is good, just keep encouraging her to wee too. Is she drinking?

Blizy LTB

D isn't interested in food at the moment I think cos of the heat.
I'm not really either but that's my thyroid.
I just feel constantly sick

Erm, you're not pg again are you ledkr?

Everyone says that but no I think it is my thyroid S that's the symptoms which are exasperated by dehydration from the heat!