December 2012: 1st birthdays and 1st/2nd Christmasses

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pidj I want you to be my mummy! (Not really, my mum is fab)
ispy I've just remembered that when dd2 was about 18 months I put my foot down about coming in our bed in the middle of the night - she was very cross! I spent a night or 2 mostly sitting on a chair in her room while she shouted and pointed at the door. Eventually she would get tired and when she was almost asleep I'd put her in her cot. She'd instantly go nuts and we'd start again but it was only a few nights before it was all done. Thought that might help.

Woo-hoo 2am wake up - cuddle/rock back to sleep with no boob!

Yes, the crying when phones are put out of A's reach!

Apparently it's next Saturday that I am child free, so yesterday we went and let DD spend her Christmas money on a pair of purple boots. Every pair in Bath hurt, so we ended up in Bristol and found a lovely pair in the sale.

On the way back there was huge crying from DD in the back of the car. Turns out she decided to see whether A had teeth yet, and discovered in no uncertain terms that he does!

A managed to climb onto the sofa yesterday and stood triumphantly on the arm. Thankfully DD caught him, but bumped herself in the process. Our peace is shattered though.

Thanks WL -that does give me some hope. Think we are just going to have to persevere and hopefully he will eventually realise that his cot is not a torture chamber but is in fact a rather comfy place to sleep with a pocket sprung mattress and everything

We are getting some tantrums too. N is very determined and once he's set his sights on something he will make his displeasure very clear if mean mummy deems it to be unsuitable for him. He also has a vice - like grip which makes it rather tricky if he actually manages to get hold of something he shouldn't have.

H sounds like N, Ispy. I definitely recognise the vice like grip. And the looks she can give if she can't get what she wants. I don't know who she gets that from

WL yay to the good sleep and easy settling, long may it last.

Yay for good sleep

Ds loves me again I've had loads of cuddles today

My ring is gone off to be resized don't see why they couldn't just swap it

Argh I've just fed the children mouldy bread

Hello everyone. Back in Hannover in the cold & wet... Ok it wasn't that much better in England but at least the food was yummy! I ate loads of Christmas lunch. It was awesome. We also bought back a few bits and bobs ( you know essentials like squash, whole earth crunchy peanut butter, crisps and green & blacks baking choc). But we were given way more stuff than we were expecting. I may have also ordered more nappies than I realised.... But we borrowed a case from my little brother and brought home an extra 18ish kilos of luggage!

spotty glad DS still loves you but you might have ruined it with the mouldy bread . Whoops!

We didn't get too many noisy toys. We have lots of wooden stuff. Not by design or intention it just seems to have ended up that way... I might buy him noisy stuff for his birthday when we get home.
We have lots of hands free standing and the odd step, from DS. H also loved climbing the stairs at my Dbro's house.
Most silly gift for taking up huge amount of space was a chocolate Santa... But lovely that my middle brother actually bought presents for us all. He is errr different. He will tell you things like the cd he bought you is really good and that he listened to it loads after importing it to his MP3 player.... Errrr thanks .

Penicillin Spotty

Mmm green and blacks nutella - I ate my Xmas g&b for breakfast this morning and then made a chocolate biscuit cake with a ton of g&b for my mums birthday - it must have been good as everyone (14 all told) came back to ours after the resto and there's not a scrap left! For those with older dc its a bbc good food recipe called refrigerator cake and its great for making with smalls - dd1&2 helped today.

Total shock - my db bought us an iPad air for Xmas! We normally have a £10 ish limit!! I'm so bowled over I'm not sure what to do with it!

spotty don't worry, I've sent mouldy sarnies in a pack lunch before now. Don't think it does any harm just tastes awful.
I'm being v good about moving toys and books to dhs wardrobe ready to go in my mums garage. Books I've always felt must be kept but we've got a ton and regularly borrow from the library so some of the less (or not at all or irritating) ones must go.

We have some wooden toys as they're my favourite. Unfortunately the dc much prefer the noisy plastic crap

I love g&bs. Mix in a saucepan with butter, golden syrup and cream for the naughtiest cake filling/topping (or just to eat with a spoon!).

Dd went to bed without a fuss hooray! What with many illnesses etc over the past month or so she's got into some bad habits. Fingers crossed things will start to get back to normal now.

I've forgotten what everyone said now

Hope you had a lovely time here Nutella, albeit wet!

WL you lucky thing!

wl will your mum keep them for you? Mine has stored all toys and books from when dbro and i were little so O has a fantastic retro stash to use at the gps house. The pils haven't done so with dh's though, so at least it gives us a venue to store the plastic gifts we've been given and dh won't have in the house some of the excess new ones.

Last day of extended Christmas here, seeing family on my father's side, some of whom have only met O today. Everyone lovely and we're feeling very lucky to have such a good set of people around him. Season of goodwill going strong!

Up to Manchester again tomorrow, for new years with friends then back home, first time since we left on Dec 20th - phew. What was everyone doing this time last year? We spent new year's eve on the sofa under a 4 day old shouting, feeding machine, still waiting for the shell shock to subside!

I was going to give H's toys to charity, but i got told they don't accept teddies. I'm hoping thats not true as H has loads.

Utopian on NYE last year we were also stuck to the couch with H who felt like she never stopped BF although we do have a picture of her lay on her belly across DP's lap. I can also remember having a huge bust up with him, as H wouldn't sleep and thanks to everyone else he thought it was down to BF so he wanted to give her a bottle.

H has got a rash it started on her left wrist and left thigh but seems to be spreading up her arm and down her leg and also looks like its starting on her right leg. I can't check properly as shes been asleep for close to 2 hours which is highly unusual. Any suggestions?? Her temperature is normal.

This time last year i was locked in mil's spare room and dp was in hospital

Viral hales?

hales wouldn't worry too much if her temp is normal and she seems otherwise ok. Keep an eye and get her checked tomorrow if you're worried. Nice work on sticking to your bf guns!

I'm off to tesco - joy!

Dp isn't dp any more...

Dh?

Sorry not had chance to get on she woke up at 3:30 and screamed and screamed we gave her calpol and anbesol and basically did anything she wanted to try and calm her down. My dad rang my mum (which is a big deal ha) and she came over. Of course just before she arrived H calmed down. She has been very narky all day so i'm hoping shes just felt abit moody. I can't shake the feeling that somethings not right with her though she just hasn't been herself for a few days.

WL i went to Asda before (while my mum was here i had to go as its my dads birthday tomorrow)and it was busy but i got an empty till and was in and out in less than 10 minutes.

Pidj, i'm not sure what you mean, but are you ok? We're here if you need to talk

Nearly ddas df :o

Congratulations Pidj