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

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Raaaaaaaaaaaaaah why are they always at their most impish when you feel rough?!

Hi Ivana

Zebra also a hit here and i haven't even put batteries in yet

Ride a cock zebra across the Transvaal
To see a fine warrior upon a fine zebra
With rings on his fingers and feathers in his hair
He shall ride zebras wherever he goes

Well, it amuses us

Hello ivana!
beasty T is getting very good at self access! She's started to want to feed more during the day lately but I think it's just a bit of comfort as there's teeth a poppin in there. I could live without the biting though.

We've been very lucky with biting as apart from a small nip when she got her first tooth nothing since. That said she only has 2 teeth! It may change now the top 2 have just popped through with the 2 next to them close behind.

beasty owww poor bloke- straight tcp on a small cut stings, can't imagine how it would have felt on an infected tongue. But then again I'm a big wuss

I haven't had any major bites but the nibbles are bad enough!

Whenever i tell H no, she laughs in my face I told her off yesterday for biting DN she literally looked at me smiled and laughed. She bit DN today DP told her off and she cried. Then shes bit me at bed time tonight and last night and laughed again when i've told her off.

Don't take it personally hales she probably thinks it's a fun game. I expect you play with her more than anyone else so that's what she thinks you're doing. Try not reacting and walking away for a minute?

I was told that if they bite put them down on the floor for a few minutes and ignore them.

This worked well for DD, but A uses a bite as a way of saying he wants to be let down to play!

Beasty Thats what i use to do and it worked in a week but now if i try that she gets up and walks to her toys. Damn this being able to walk malarky haha. Spotty i hadn't thought of it that way, its a good explanation. She always seems more bitey when she gets a tooth through. Has anyone else noticed the same thing?

Try walking away from her instead, before she walks away from you? It's hard at this age but try not to worry that what you do now will effect them later. Dd was an angel toddler and is now a monster

Hello everyone!

I've tried to keep up, but have definitely missed loads.

Hales DS is the same. When I say "Ow!" He usually replied "ooohhh" to sort of copy the noise. But it doesn't stop him from biting my toes, leg, face. He laughs too. giggles like a maniacal maniac more like he also thinks grabbing at your nose/cheeks/eyes with his razor sharp claws is hilarious. I am trying to teach him "no stop" and put him down on the floor. If anyone has any tips to help with that I'd appreciate it!

A's added pulling DD's hair as a way of getting things from her usually something she's taken from him first

The clawing is a sign of affection, obviously. And the more dribble there is on the hand, the more affection is being shown

Yes, biting is worse when new teeth arrive. I think it changes their latch etc as new teeth come and they have to get used to it.

I just had a blood test and dd was holding the cotton wool. The nurse said to her 'you could be a nurse when you grow up!' To which dd replied, 'no, I'm going to be Cinderella'

Apparently on my first day at school when I was little spotty, I was the last name called so the teacher said to me "ah, and you must be utopian", and I replied "no, actually I'm banana man."

That's so funny!!

Dd's just walked into the stair gate and is now sporting a bruised eye (currently red but I suspect it'll go black!)

Love it spotty and utopian! One of my childhood besties lived in acacia drive!

Biting def worse when new teeth are appearing, T only does it really when she's had enough milk and is messing about. She's cutting two new teeth at the mo so they rub more on my nips so feeding can be little sore.

Ha ha spotty Cinderella. How cute. And utopian I'd love to know why Banana man?!

Yes, new teeth definitely make biting worse. DS managed to sprout four new teeth at the front between Christmas and now. I think he also has molars coming /through one or two on each side. The left ones were very close to breaking through when I checked a few days ago. Made sleeping next to a wriggly baby that bit more fun.... I think he likes the space of his cot and the security of the bars to roll into. He moves around a lot at nigh.

Dd1 was writing Xmas thank you letters after school...'thank you for the tits'!! That would be tights!

Can't sleep

wl that post has made my morning!

Did you leave it or show her how to correct it?!

Just wondering when you drop one side of the cot? We have a stokke and they say 18 months "once they reachthe curious climing stage", but O is definitely at that stage already!
And in that case when do you switch to duvet rather than sleeping bag?

We didn't drop a side of the cot. Dd just went into cot bed at two. It's not fun

Why? I'm hoping to avoid bed transfer issues because O's one turns into a bed so stays familiar..

DH showed her the correct spelling, I was too busy giggling into a cupboard!
We didn't drop the cot side either, just went into a toddler bed at about 2 - had a rail for a bit but no issues at all. Dd2 went quickly from the toddler bed to the bottom bunk. Lots of praise for being a big girl so you can sleep in a big bed like mummy/daddy/dd1 etc.