Dec 11: Not tonight dear, I've got a haddock.

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I liked this one. :)

Hop hope you enjoy going to hairdressers and get a fan new doo.

Figgy - Well Done to Figgy boy. Have you managed to talk to DH at all?

Gary, I got most of the foodie stuff from Selfridge's except the Tabasco choc & bacon salt I got that from Firebox. Got some Reece's peanut butter cups today. I want to get him a new leather wallet so recommendations for nice ones pls. Any other ideas appreciated

DS has decided that potties are for poos
I have remembered how much I don't like potties!
The rest of today has mostly been spent climbing then jumping off things with gay abandon (him, not me!)

queenie, I get our wallets from TK Maxx, they usually have a good selection and it's nice being able to check all the pockets out before you buy.

Hope the controlled crying is better tonight hinky.

for your stressy work people hop and northern!
(Has oi moved on to pickled eggs yet?)

Aethel my DS has decided potatoes are for reading on (what is it for males reading on toilets?).

Qoc nah not seen dh yet he's out tonight and tomorrow on stuff think we just will carry on regardless for now

Clearly DS doesn't sit on potatoes bloody autocorrect

at sitting on potatoes.... To be honest I am v surprised as both the DDs took weeks to decide to poo on demand, it's usually quite a way into the toilet training journey! We aren't trying to potty train him yet, we just offer him a sit on the pot when doing bum changes and he seems to be a little entertainer as he likes the attention! Will see what happens when he turns two as DD2 went into knicks about then (at her insistence, not mine!) I'm a bit dubious as have been told by SO many people that boys train later than girls, maybe he'll buck the trend.

Ahem. Have entered into a small conspiracy with DD, her teachers made a song and dance about her not reading aloud to me every night. She reads like a dervish, likes fantasy and (kiddy safe) gore shlock horror with a side order of boarding school. The teacher told me they were concerned the book she was reading was "too full of hard words". DD says she wants to read the stories! I am just happy she enjoys reading. So I'm letting her read at her own pace and we'll chat about the tricky bits to keep teach happy. AIbU?

Sky has been poohing on a potty for a couple of months now...helps when she has tummy ache due to constipation. She went for the first time in 3 days today and my god no wonder she was in pain with what she passed... Settled soon as she had been tho .

I forget about TKMax Aethel thanks.

No way aethel! I think she can go back later and reread the books and maybe get more out of them. You don't need to understand every single word to enjoy a book. Plus she will naturally just pick up the new words precisely by reading. We were all major bookworms and reading way beyond our level (older siblings and bookshelves in every room meant we had a huge library to choose from) and it never did us any harm. Surely they should be encouraging her? In particular if she's reading aloud to you part of the time, you can discuss words as and when the need arises.

(So you are DEFS not being unreasonable!)

Aethel YANBU let her read what she wants..ask questions about it and see if she understands any of the words within the story. She will re read them especially if she likes the story.

Wow - lots of news to catch up on. LG - it is a big decision and you are right to take time over it. Having 2 kids (rather than 1) has nearly broken our marriage and we are having to work hard to keep it together. My DH is resentful of how "boring" his life has become and he does still sail most sundays and we take the kids mountain biking, so his life isnt that dull. However, he does love Freya to bits and life does get easier as they get older, although see below for the immature arse that he still is...

hop our last 2 visits to the library has been a bit of a disaster. Freya stripped off at one and refused to get dressed to leave and she trapped her fingers in something at the other. In fact stripping off is becoming a bit of an issue. At soft play the other day I found her stark naked sitting in a tunnel holding all her clothes and at DSs swimming lessons she insists on running round naked - it is apparently a "safeguarding issue" and I have to get her dressed - cue 20 minutes of wrestling nappy and clothes and lots of screaming.

DH is being a complete arse again - if I dont pussy foot around him and be nice the whole time then he is a complete arse. I am not " allowed" to complain about anything. In the last week I have organised, booked and paid for a weekend for the 2 of us in London and a 5 day ski holiday and sorted out this weekend away with "his" friends. Today I dared complain about the fact our energy bill is going up 14 % and he started to lecture me on why - when I said - actually I dont need a lecture on why I just wanted to rant - he told me that he found that really annoying and walked out the room. He then came down an hour later to complain his dinner was cold and has proceeded to spend 10 mins tilling me how unreasonable I am! Sorry to rant but sometimes I really really hate him and wonder how on earth I became married to such a complete wanker. He can never ever ever realise that he is not in the right and it makes me resent him and his family as his mother never said no to him or his brother and they are selfish and self centred as a result. I do seriously wonder if I would be better off without him. He can be nice but when he is horrible he is seriously really really horrible and talks to me and treats me like shit.

How ridiculous to be concerned about a child loving to read books! And especially books that are challenging.
(Maybe it was the fick teachers who were finding the words challenging?)

No cravings for pork scratchings here, no sirree!
(Yuk! I mean really no!)
Pass the tinned sprouts!

Oh dear jiggle :( No advice but please just rant as much as you like on here! It sounds tough

I've never heard a teacher complaining before about reading at home. Maybe she's lazy and doesn't want mini aethel to get too far ahead as she'll have to give her extra reading or something. Who knows... Reading is such a fab resource for your whole life. It just makes everything better. So just to say once again YADNBU

Tinned sprouts Oi? Did you seriously ever crave them? Feeling bit queasy at the thought...

Sorry you're having a rough time with 'D'H jiggle rant away.

Have taught monkey to say love you. or 'LUB OOO!' more specifically. Still can't say his name, but you know, priorities...

And aethal WTF? Kid loves to read, where is the issue? Teacher is weird.

LOL at sitting on the potatoes. That's going to be my new euphemism. I'm off to sit on the potatoes for a bit!

Also, we need a new fred name. Idea?

Hop ds says i love daddy i love mummy i love mama (my mum) and strangely i love bears .......i figure he knows what he likes.

All this dh twattery made me think of bjr are u still lurking? Have u been posting under a nc and ive just forgotten?

Thanks all, he got on well and they're happy enough with his assessment not to start just yet, will probably be in around six months after his next appointment. There's a clinical study into steroid use we're considering, the only trouble is six hour drives up to Newcastle so need to think about the practicalities of it.

Sorry DH is bring such an arse jiggle, rant as much as you need to.

DD1 has been weeing in the potty lots the last few days but still having quite wet nappies in between, no sign of pooing on it yet though.

Glad things went well, seven. Hope things work out well with the clinical study opportunity.
Mopsy - I didn't have any cravings at all. I just thought of the two lost disgusting things to eat and came up with scratchings and tinned sprouts. If you've ever just tried to scrape a meal together with nothing and end up at a corner shop searching for anything to go with your frozen fish. Never ever ever ever think about trying tinned sprouts. I would rather pull out my toenails and fry them.
Nuff said.
Sorry your DH is being a tit again, jiggle. I have to be very careful when I read these msgs, I want to join in and shout "they're all @"&£&" and start a wimmin and baby commune at Ashworth Towers. But I'm trying to like mrOi, and give it all a chance.
Although this morning, grrrr, oh and last night... Grrr.
And breathe.

I need to go to bed earlier. I'm shattered all the time, and it's only because I stayed up late catching up on True Blood (Eric, yum. Alcide, yum nom nom.)

Oi I didn't even know they did tinned sprouts. That sounds like an abomination.

DS woke up asking for me and telling daddy 'go way!' Does it make me an awful, awful person that I actually liked this? It's normally the other way round.

Seven - glad the appointment went well. Hoping the clinical study has some good opportunity.

Jiggle - sorry things are bad with your DH, hope you you sort something out.

Oi - how are things with MrOi?

Sky is feeling better - she is demanding toast! Felt so sorry for her last night screaming in pain trying to go to pooh. Potty's are great things in this house...only way to help her go was sit on the potty rubbing her legs and reading a book. No wonder she was in pain with what she passed tho surprised she didn't damage herself to be honest.

testing as updated my photos on here.

Qoc do u give her anything? DS is currently eating a lot of satsumas, fig rolls and a daily dose of lactulose for his "digestive delay"

Figgy, she's been mainly okay for about 6 months. I think it's where she has been poorly so not enough fluids etc. When she has problems I give her a sachet of movicol plus loads of fruit and fluids :)

Aethel, how fantastic that they're trying to put a child off reading for enjoyment.
I think your plan sounds great...and her taste in books sounds fab!

Jiggle, so you're allowed to have a 'happy' relationship with him, but only on his terms?
Could you cope/afford/want to be a single parent?

Glad the appointment went well seven.

DS1 has dropped his nap, but is knackered by around 1600 everyday. Can't seem to force him to nap no matter how much I try/tire him out, will it get easier as he gets used to no nap more?

Mmm tinned sprouts. Sounds delightful. Then again how they can make fresh sprouts taste worse?

Fred title should def. be about sitting on potatoes;
Sitting on potatoes & swinging haddocks?

December 2011: The one where they sit on potatoes and TURN TWO!