November 2012 - The last few first birthdays then we're on to Christmas

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1906769-November-2012-Isnt-age-one-a-lot-of-fun

[ChasingDaisy]

Cuteness overload on BBC1 right now.

[BigPigLittlePig]

Calpol has worked its magic here, 90 mins late...but she's asleep on me in the lounge. Fail!

[ValiumQueen]

Hello new thread

Stunt I often end up sleeping in a tiny corner of the bed to ensure J does not get covered by the duvet. My DH does not move out of the bed either. He is however used to it now, so is a handy bolster to prevent J climbing out that side. I can see that your DH might have been trying to claim the bed back for the both of you, but kicking is disrespectful. Perhaps if you did as Evil is doing, looking back at the threads, it may help to put it in perspective. You know I am worried about you, but you are a grown up and know the situation best. Big hugs.

I have not been in the garden today. It is strewn with twisted metal. The picnic table kept the trampoline down so that is a relief. It was very scary last night.

J slept through!!! Shame both girls were up. Sod's law.

Today I am thankful that I have not seen my boss all week, and the emails have stopped. Another success today as the unions have supported my latest challenge so I think she knows she picked the wrong person to have a go at I am also thankful that J has not been sick for 10 days. 10 days!!! That is pretty awesome I reckon.

I am also extremely thankful that my parents are both alive and well. They are 71 and 81. And they are awesome.

[Passmethecrisps]

Phew for that bp! Enjoy your snuggles. Hope she feels better in the morning.

Little miss rumble has now fallen asleep.

I am delighted that you 'boss' has taken the hint vq and that you have had double figures of illness free days!! Woot woot!

I have given your morning some thought stunt and I just feel sad. Whatever his intention was he made you feel horrid. Time and time again it seems comminication - his - seems to be the issue. It must be exhausting. I have said before that you have the patience and pragmatism of a saint so I can only hope he repays you in kind

[Kyz]

Marking place, probably shouldn't bother but doing it anyway

[MsJupiterJones]

Hello new thread

Eliza it isn't crap just not as good as I'd thought. L loves it and finds it hilarious when the cars go down the slide. But don't switch on all the vehicles and the garage at the same time without wearing earplugs

Oh I like everyone's favourite things lists! L's are:
Banging things together (percussionist Daddy)
Anything musical, shakers or mr drum or toot toot garage
Dancing to above
Putting things in things & taking them out again
Playing chase and looking round to check I am chasing him
Either of his parents bending over for any reason
Anything he suspects he is not meant to do

[Passmethecrisps]

Isn't it amazing how funny they find 'naughty'?

Every morning since I went back to work p has sat at my feet while I do my face and hair. It is weird watching her now as she is already copying. Oh how lessons and learned!

And she now loves actually turning individual pages of books the pointing at the pictures and laughing. She carries around Peter rabbit and gets quite upset if it is taken from her.

[YellowWellies]

VQ is that the omeprazole working its magic? Regardless - yey!

Stunt I agree with what others have hinted, if you read back through your posts I think if it were anyone else you'd see it as emotional abuse. I know you want baby no. 4 but I'm really not sure this guy deserves the 3 he has. Or you my love. If you were younger or less emotionally resilient everyone would be clamouring for you to LTB which I'm not suggesting but he has ishoos

[Kyz]

Sorry clicked to post before I had finished! I don't have a lot of time anyway but I have been reading, I know I've missed heaps of birthdays so big happy birthday to you all little quichelets and you too Pr

Ok bits I remember....

Nickname: e is his full name, E, or bean. My mum calls him beanabus, one sister calls him beanest and he is often sweetpea

Stuff he can do... Not a lot, I guess, but I don't worry yet, he can feed himself if hungry but won't if not. He will manage the first bit of a meal fine but not the last bits. He recognises lots of words but says maybe 20? He can walk but prefers to hold my hand, he can sing and dance and dances all the time and he can't do shape sorters or anything but will put things into something or take them out, he has put rings on his ring stacking thing but probably flukey. He waves all the time now but doesn't ever clap unless he thinks I'm not looking. He plays peekaboo and tig, and likes to copy noises, he does an ingenious fake Laugh I need to video for you all, it's fab! He says ta a lot and likes to bring me things and put them in my hand and exclaim ta. This is a brill game. He holds my hand and then places said thing in my palm and says TA with a silly grin. If one more person tells me he is behind I will twat them with something. He's fine I think

Erm

hope all non sleeping/poorly babies get better soon :(

There is so much more. I am lucky to be on at all though and better get on with things

Love you much, quiche x

[BigPigLittlePig]

Kyz you numpty - not a lot?! Apart from walking, 20 words, singing, dancing, fake laughs....

[Lydiejo]

It's so fun hearing about what all the little ones are up to. Also I must start using the word "chuffed." That is a good one

L is obsessed with wipes. I use cloth wipes in a wipe warmer and am constantly gathering them up and putting them back (unsanitary?) She also likes to suck on them. Other then that she is constantly emptying all the drawers in the house. Sometimes it feels pointless to clean up at all. It is a good thing we have a tiny house. It is very old- built in the 40's for my great grandparents and I can't believe they raised 3 kids here. Anyways I was quite surprised when L started walking because she couldn't even stand in the middle of the room on her own. Now she is practically running.

[fruitpastilles]

Behind?! kyz who on earth is telling you that? That's ridiculous.

[BigPigLittlePig]

I hear you on the mess front. Today whilst I failed at icing the cake, F emptied the books off the bookshop, then moved on to empty every single toy from her toy box, then turned her attentions to the recycling box. DHs face was when he came in!

[Passmethecrisps]

Aw kyz he is awesome not at all 'behind'! What rot. P has no words. Not one. Just noise. It's all fine. Their little brains are so busy that the actual outcome might take a while

[PetiteRaleuse]

I don't know why sucking on wipes is so much fun for them. They are horrible! LO likes to put wipes on her head and waits for me to laugh. I love watching their sense of humour develop.

DD1 has come home from nursery full of dancing on feet. Ie standing on our feet, holding hands and us dancing. Made me well up I used to do that with my dad, one of my vvvv few good memories. I could almost smell him the pub .

[Sophiathesnowfairy]

We do wipes. We also like crawling around in wet shower trays blowing raspberries on mummies glass doors and diving straight for the interior of the fridge/ under sink cupboard/ and mummies hair stuff cupboard as soon as opened.

Family group was v good both boys and mummy enjoyed it and met a girl from England who has come here for a fresh start and knows no one.

[Kyz]

E is another wipe stealer! He wipes his own face and tray after food so I ignore that he uses 20 wipes to do so. He wipes juice off the floor too only he has taken to spilling it on purpose then using a wipe! Bit by bloody bit!

I guess so bplp i just hadn't thought about it before just now when I listed it.

I forgot to say stunt I think it's important dh knows how he made you feel. If he genuinely didn't mean to make feel that way I wouldn't be as fussed as if he laughs/doesn't care Etc. I think I mean I would speak to him about it and see what his reaction is then go from there. Dp has once said something in front of someone that I wasn't happy about but when I pulled him up on it he genuinely didn't realise it would bother me and hasn't ever done it since, iyswim?

[Passmethecrisps]

lydie our house is in a permanent state of chaos!

You will learn lots of new words which will become second nature.

If you ever beat yourself up or suggest you are doing anything other than your very best we shall hand you the "quiche fish". We are a "quiche" (iPhone autocorrected clique to quiche once on mumsnet and this a legend was born" because we all had babies loosely in November. And I have no idea where the fish came from.

Who is to blame for the fish?

Anyway, you get slapped with it if you ask or are too self- deprecating.

[Sophiathesnowfairy]

No one else, by the way, has ever climbed into the Tupperware drawer.

[Sophiathesnowfairy]

He also climbs into the dishwasher.

[Passmethecrisps]

Dancing on daddy's feet is such a lovely thing to do. I remember doing that with my dad. He would smell of cow shit and grass and brut.

[Passmethecrisps]

Oh give it up sophia. You ^know* you love sitting in there with all your pots!

[PetiteRaleuse]

kyz he is not behind at all. He sounds well ahead actually.

I think a lot of people have skewed memories about how advanced their own babies were years later. I get comments like 'Really? She's not mastered nuclear physics yet, she's only on astrophysics? My LO was demonstrating sound knowledge of the laws of gravity at three weeks but am sure she was working on nuclear reactors by her first birthday' but not that many babies can be that far on so quickly. Otherwise all the average stats and milestones would be wrong. The range for normal babies is pretty wide too, ie not walking at 18 months still falls into the normal range iirc.

[PetiteRaleuse]

Isn't fish slapping originated in Monty Python?

[PetiteRaleuse]

^ exaggerated the comments slightly but yswim