April 2011 - We understand no but we choose to ignore it.

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Welcome Aprilites

Ilike we saw them at lolibop.

I just googled Lolibop and it's all making sense now. When we were driving to Westfield we commented that we had never seen so many people with buggies in one place (we didn't see any signs for Lolibop so didn't know it was happening).

When we went over to say hello to Sid & Andy, Andy had his girlfriend (I presume) sitting on his lap. It seemed a bit wrong

I can't believe that the summer holidays are passing so quickly. I need to pull my finger out and order ds's shoes really, don't I?!

Lol ilike . Yeah it was bedlam. Won't go again. Yeah that dies seen wrong

*does

We're out at a zoo (the one from We Bought A Zoo) and F has just launched his food across he room. He's having time out outside with me now.

Plate launching in rage is becoming a recurring thing. Any suggestions?

No plates? Sorry, not helpful, b has only done that once, nfortunatly with spag Bol.

Back to work tomorrow :,(

Aargh - and hitting.

We're now driving home in silence after F repeatedly hit me whilst in the shop. He kept running away, so he went in the carrier. He then started hitting me. I eventually just put him down on the floor in a kind of make shift time out. He knew what he had done wrong, was able to articulate it, knew he had to say sorry bit wouldn't actually do it.

So he went back up on dh's back for a bit. Then I ended up carrying him as we were leaving. He hit me again, so I put him down in the shop and went to pay. I don't know what else he got up to but as I was paying DH whisked him out to the car.

He's being ignored (mature, I know, but I can't go back to fawning over him yet). We'll have another talk about things when we get home. (And before the 'I don't want tea' tantrums)

Any ideas? Is this just him being 2? (It's hard to tell since he's been a tantrumming grump since birth) Are we always going to have that horrible child that hits, whines and throws tantrums?

I can't even eat the chocolate I just sneakily bought because it'll set him off again.

Sorry regaining that sounds hard work. Can you use suction plates?

And fizz it was a full moon last night.

I saw a psychic last night. If ur interested let me know.

With the next plate chucking I would scoop the food up, get to his level and tell him that if he does it again his food will be taken away and there will be no snacks. Odds are he won't care and will do it again. So carry through with what you said and put the food in the bin. Do all of this in a normal voice and don't let him know how much it is bugging you. He will probably do it a few more times until he realises that he's hungry and not going to get a reaction from you.

It really is normal 2yo behaviour. Annoying,but normal. The hitting thing is too. Have you worked out what the trigger is for the hitting? Tiredness, attention etc etc. Finding that out is often the way to working out a solution or preempting it.

What did you find out kitty? I always feel very torn because on one hand I do think they are a load of crap, but then I've been to see one before and she mentioned quite a few specific and un generic things about me and my family

Oh, and also with the plate chucking. If part of it is being overwhelmed with a plate full of food in front of him. Just put a few things on his plate, then when he has eaten it put more on etc etc

No wise advice, RU, but hugs.

Congratulations, green and beautiful name choice. It would have been top of my list had it not been my little sister's name!

Bizarrely got an evening to ourselves, as J's childminder's daughter wanted J to have a sleepover with her so she's there tonight. She goes Tuesday and Wednesday anyway, so it doesn't make that much difference, but I'm oddly missing her.

Was just about to say that we're not doing anything exciting anyway - DP is out seeing clients and I'm at home working late - but he's just rung and persuaded me to ditch work and meet him at the pub in an hour when he gets back to the area so it looks like I'm going on an impromptu date

Oh, and I need to do a not very boast about having the best toddler in the world, ever. We had a housewarming party on Saturday night. It was a bit more boistrous than expected. Most of the day was quite sedate - lots of friends with kids over for a bbq but they were mostly gone by 8pm and then the wave of friends without kids arrived and it got a bit more lively. A small hardcore of people were still singing karaoke at 7am ( not me; I conked out at 3am and considered I'd done well). Our awesome daughter went to bed mid-party at 8pm with not a murmer of complaint, woke once at midnight to complain "I don't want to go to bed, I want to sing with Daddy", but fell straight back to sleep, and then gave us a lie in until 9.30am.

kitty I was considering going to Lolibop but didn't get round to buying tickets (plus - aforementioned housewarming). Bit glad I didn't now if Peppa didn't come. She would have been the main attraction. Did you not enjoy? Should I not bother next year?

You are the party queen, ecuse! Boast away! 3am!

Forget staying up until 3am, please advise how you managed to persuade your toddler to stay in bed until 9:30?!

My toddler is still under the misapprehension that anything past 6:30 constitutes a lie in. It doesn't!

I think we're just super, super lucky. She still has a dummy in bed, which might help? She woke up at 8am but she was content to sit in the cot singing to herself for an hour and a half (I always leave a few books on the unit next to her bed that she can reach to entertain herself - slummy mummy!)

It doesn't happen all the time that she'll sleep that late, but it's not unheard of either. Mind you, it always seems to happen on the days DP is supposed to get up with her and me have a lie-in. When it's my turn to get up she's usually dancing a jig at about 7am. I realise even that is nothing to complain about on the standard scale of toddler sleeping.

On work days we usually have to wake her up at 6.45 to get out the door at 7.15.

Sigh. Fancy a swap, ecuse?

5am this morning we have tried cutting naps short, going down later, but all that happens is he is super grumpy. He actually tells us when he wants to go to beam so who are we to say no!!

Good news today, CM got the all clear :)

and for your cm, Fizz!

We've just got F to about 8am, it's taken 4.5 weeks! But he is also waking up twice a night at the moment.

However the gro clock arrived today. So I'll let you know if that has any effect.

We also got a "family" toilet seat from Lidl today, so no more separate seat in the downstairs loo. Simple thing, but it's brilliant.

Oh, not that I'm complaining about 8am, it's bloody lush! We're prepping for cot sides of take 2.

That's fab fizz

Great news Fizz

Things have taken a turn for the worse in the mornings since we took the cot sides off. She used to lie in her cot and entertain herself. Now she clambers out and rattles the stair gate on her room until one of us rescues her. Yawn. How old does she have to be before I send her downstairs to watch telly on her own

Keep us posted on the gro clock RU I may consider a purchase myself if you're successful with it.

Sorry to rain on the gro clock parade, but its not worked for us at all. B appears to prefer the moon!

Hmm. I fear it'd be the same with my contrary Mary too!

Well, it looks cool and we thought it was worth a try. It made him want to have an early nap today. Which may have contributed to him going to sleep slightly earlier this evening. But that novelty won't last till tomorrow!

We just use the gro clock as part of the bedtime routine to say night night to the sunshine. we haven't even attempted to get her to wait until it reappears but M is pretty good anyway. I can't recall her coming I to our room before 6am for ages.

We have a bath issue at the moment. While I was in hospital DH and has mum bathed M while she was tantruming. she's now completely refusing to get in the bath. she'll play with toys from the side quite happily but won't get in. Any ideas? DH is kicking himself for taking his mums advice to bath her anyway.

Is today when Jolly meets her baby?