DECEMBER 2012: Please babies sleep, before you turn 1!

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Start your own rival Christmas party for those who can't get tickets!

DD chose her birthday and Christmas presents for Anthony today. A JoJo's jumper with a robin on it and some stickle bricks.

We're off to the fireworks later. See what A makes of them.

Oh and WillYou that's shit. Tell them you can't go either and can they reserve you some tickets. They should have told the other people that they can only reserve them once they've gone on sale ie after everyone who does go to the group that day has bought theirs

A loved the fireworks; DD still doesn't. It's funny how they're so different in things like this.

Beasty dd is too scared for fireworks as she hates loud noises so neither of them have ever even seen them!

spotty my big 2 have always been v scared of firework bangs and loud noises in general - this year I bought them some ear defenders (£7 from amazon) and they went to a dus

Doh - cold fingers! A display and loved it.

Excellent. I really want to take her. Also have the problem that ds can't stay awake past 6:30 dd's always been the same but I think she's getting better!

I'm tempted Beasty, especially as DS' birthdya is the 16th. I could just combine the 2.

DS' routine is all to cock. We left DS with my mum and dad last night and he only had 8h sleep all night then 4 hours of naps today. Now we can't get him into bed. And I've just been a twat and done exactly what I hate DP doing to me. I went in while he was doing bedtime and woke up DS just as he dropped off. In my defence DP always falls asleep doing bedtime except this time and I went to wake him and bring him down.

We have 2 more things to go to this month and I don't want to go now, it's not fair on DS and it's not fair on the babysitter.

DS hates loud noises, I didn't even try him with fireworks this year. Think I'll leave him a couple of years yet.

DD still hates things like the hoover, hairdryer and hand driers.

They put the music up really loud at this display, to drown out most of the bangs. But A was happy whatever.

He also likes the hoover etc.

Willyou someone for our playgroup has done a really nice Christmas party for a couple of years where every contributes a couple of pounds to cover the hire of the village hall, then it's bring & share party food. Someone dresses up as santa and you bring a wrapped present if you want them to get one. A few people bring some toys/music. It worked really well.

willyou that's outrageous! I'd be mega pissed off.

Beasty ds loves the Hoover! He tried to climb on it and lick it

I have no idea why I'm awake....

Ds was just trying to comb his hair with my comb

Aw dd tries but it's combing her head not hair as still pretty much hairless- that & her size makes her look like she's 6 months- very cute :)

willyou sounds all very cliquey- I'd be annoyed.

Dd terrified of the fireworks but ds loves them so us girls stayed at home.

Think I need to try and spend more quality time just ds & me. When we're together as a family a lot of the time it's dh running after ds & me dd as she's the baby. But now she getting older & doesn't need boob all the time think we need to mix it up a bit. Would be good for dh to bond more with dh too as she's really clingy with me (she gets very jealous if ds has a cuddle with me and tries to push him off- we'll have to nip that one in the bud!!)

ddas I know what you mean about the split. I've got another week off at the end of the month and I think I will ask MIL if she can have DS on his own for a day so I can spend a day with DD on her own.

A woke up at 2.30 am and started whinging. I looked around the bed and got confused that he wasn't there. Then I realised he was still in the cot & I'd had 4 hours sleep- best night in ages!

I've finished applying for DD's school place and filled in the supplementary forms. We've managed to have 3 out of our 4 choices which had them.

And the ham is cooked and dauphenoise potatoes are nearly ready. Yum.

ddas - I've been trying to spend a bit more one to one time with DS1 as well. When N had one of his settling in sessions at nursery, we went out for lunch together and I've got tickets for us to go and see a panto in a few weeks. Much as he (generally) loves playing with N, I think he does appreciate having some special things just for him too.

Beasty - we've just got DS1's school application stuff (they do things more slowly here ). We get three choices and all of ours will be C of E schools. The Vicar has filled in the supplemental form for the Church we attend, but I'm not sure how it works for the other two. Presumably we'd come under the category of 'regular worshipers at another Church' but would this be evidenced by the form we've already had filled in, or would they each need their own form completing . Hopefully it will all be academic as there's only a handful of children who regularly attend our Church, so DS1 should get a place but I really don't want to take it for granted. Best get researching....

We're doing school applications too! It's scary! And have been talking about getting baby lazza into nursery in the new year. My mum has her at the moment.

willyou I know what you mean about routines. I have gone out twice in 10 months & both times baby lazza has been awake when .I got home. Leaving me with the fallout & wondering if it's worth it!!

I'm not brave enough to post in AIBU but I'm a bit put out by the in- laws. They live a fair way away (3 hour drive) so we don't see them all that often. Dh is going up for a wedding next weekend (kids nt invited so I'm not going) & staying at theirs. He thought it might be nice for dd1 to go & spend some time with them. They said they can't because they have a quiz night that night so wouldn't be able to babysit

I've got to do school application too sob sob...my poor baby!

Ds is trying soooo hard to say dd's it's so cute!

Lazza I expect that is an excuse. Maybe they don't feel able to or don't want the responsibility. If I were you I would feel offended but I'm sure they have the best intentions

You're probably right spotty, but she's nearly 4 & really no trouble. I just get a bit sad because I know they wouldn't hesitate to babysit their 2 year old grandson.

Baby lazza is already in bed again. I tried to get her to have a late afternoon nap, but despite being whingey & me taking her for a long walk she wouldn't sleep. Naps have gone to shit! Help!

Spotty I'd be fuming it winds me up when I'm shattered and my mum won't take him to the park for an hour so i can catch up on housework - she's 10 minutes up the road and we see her at least once a week. 3 hours away, sporadic contact and bias in favour of another grandchild just isn't cricket!

Lazza roll with it? 2 naps a day and a 6pm bed time gives you your evenings back I'm often in bed by 8

I'm trying to pidj, it's the 4.30/5am starts that I'm struggling with. I thought that if I could stop her being over-tired by bedtime it might help with the early starts. Bedtime is easy peasy & leaves me being able to have some time with dd1 before she goes to sleep. Guess we can't have it all!

lazza I'd be sad and cross too. My mil whilst on the whole is great and has the dds lots and has a fab relationship with them, never stays to dinner or to do their bath and bed as she 'has to get home to do fils tea'. He can't wait or microwave his own meal (pretty much all they eat is m&s ready meals!) once in a while?

I'm just pouring a large glass of wine. I was horrid mummy and shouted at dd2 for dropping yet another full cup of juice off the table (it feels like she drops a full cup/bowl etc off the table every day atm) and then at dd1 for going on and on and on about me opening the new ketchup whilst I was on my hands and knees under the table wiping up. Shouty mummy = 3 crying children and feelings of guilt. And they've been really good today. In my defense I was up a lot last night - dd1 once, dd2 twice and dd3 once.

In other news, T is now doing a passable 'quack' to add to her snort. That girl does love old macdonald!

That's sweet WL and it's incredibly easy to become shouty mum when they gang up like that!

We've got 2 Catholic schools, of which it will take a mistake somewhere for DD to not get in, and then the village school is CofE. The next village along is a community school. It's just all the forms! The council bit was easy by comparison.

And yes Spotty so young! Although she's keen to go already.

Yep I've done forms for dd2. Having done it once before doesn't make it any easier, I still cried when she started pre-school. I've applied for a place for dd1 at the junior school that's attached to the infant school that dd2 will most likely (bloody hopefully) will go to. She's been

On the waitlist for the infants for 3 years!