Hello!!!
Sorry I've been so neglectful of the thread lately - mainly because of getting Xmas sorted, so every opportunity online has been spent sorting out presents for DD, DS, DH and our respective families. That, and a busier social life (mainly child-centred) with the approach of Xmas and various birthdays and other things....whew.
I'm so sorry to hear you've been ill JF and stoof and that your asthma has been playing up, CP how are you? How's T1 going, rainbow? How are your DD2's teeth and friendship issues now, Mous? SR are you feeling any brighter now?
Scones I find DD kicks off most when she is bored and not getting enough attention. She's great at playing on her own for longish periods, but obviously needs adults to notice and play with her too. So yes, doing activities with her is a great idea. I've started playing "pretending" games with DD, helping her to reinvent some of her toys as different characters in different scenarios etc. and she loves that. It often means she will then continue the game on her own when I've dipped out, too. It is hard though, trying not to be too shouty. I definitely shout too much, despite my best efforts and all the positive parenting strategies I try and put into place. When DD carries out unprovoked attacks on DS in particular, I tend to lose it pretty quickly.
But to catch up, the good news is that since DD won her Big Girl Bed for 20 poos in the loo, she hasn't regressed to a nappy at all (by choice - she did one at night when she was a bit poorly, I'm not counting that). She's now down to one sachet of Movicol per day and it's looking good for reducing that as well.
She too still needs a nappy at night and shows no sign of not doing so for some time. I'm interested in what you say about ADH SR....
DD has reached the dizzy heights (!) of Size 6 shoes now - eek! Time to get the wallet out again!!
DS is walking with more and more confidence, starting to climb everything and is insatiably curious about everything in the way DD never really was (well, not to the extent of turfing out everything within reach!) He still adores books and now comes up to me or DH with a book and tells us (in his own language) that he would like it read to him, please. He still wakes up a couple of times a night and we're currently going through a phase of him taking a while to resettle, which grinds me down somewhat. I think he's going to have to be Ferberised after Christmas as I'm running out of patience with it now. But generally, he's on good form!
Has anyone else discovered Boots Cold and Flu Defence nasal spray? Bloody brilliant (and okay during pregnancy/breast-feeding). I've managed to reduce DS' last two colds to minor sniffles, DD's last one was over in two days and I've fended them off myself completely. The DC's hate receiving it (although it doesn't really cause much sensation) but, by golly it seems to work!!