December 2012: Now they're all 1

[Barbeasty]

We needed a new thread!

Willyou we had a night with H the other night were she kept screaming out in her sleep and waking up distraught. My sister told me that my DN started having nightmares at this stage too, so I think your right about it being a stage they go through.

Spotty, I hope you got a sleep. I was lucky my nan and grandad looked after H last night whilst I went out which was a good thing as I was in no state to look after anyone. My poor head. I also got asked for my phone number by some bloke. Obviously I said no but it felt nice to be asked.

WL I'm sat here giggling at that image

Utopian I hope you get a break today to enjoy the sun with DS.

When I went to pick H up from my nans she was playing in the garden. We stayed out for a bit, but H fell over and landed on her face she has got a massive bruise now Also she must of hurt her ankle as she's limping. If she can weight bear would you sat it was just a sprain?

Hales I won't get a sleep as dp is at football.

Probably just twisted it or something my little brother hurt his leg when he was younger and wouldn't weight bare for weeks but the drs could never find anything wrong!

She can weight bear okay. The poor thing it looks dead odd seeing her limp.

Hmm I wonder if you can put anything on it for her? Probably not, arnica maybe?

possibly I might have to send DP later. Thanks Spotty I hadn't thought of that.

spotty how was your night out?
hales poor H - hopefully after a nights rest her ankle will feel better. If she can weight bear I wouldn't worry too much unless it goes on.

hales poor H. It must be odd to see her hobbling. I keep a tube of arnica on the fridge for DS (well, his head mostly). Dh read the instructions the other day and I'm not sure you're supposed to use it on small children - according to the packaging- I can't see what harm it would do. As long as you use it sensibly.

spotty I hope you had a good night out. I would definitely not have been home on time for football... "So sorry Dh but I got stuck/ missed a train/ etc etc". Although to be honest Dh probably wouldn't expect to be able to go out... I'm sure he'd expect to be looking after me too

Love the stories about little ones and their inappropriate toys. The other say DS came into the bedroom from the bathroom with a big box of my panty liners (and a big grin on his face) and proceeded to hand me them out of the box one by one. Then when he gave me the box he disappeared back into the bathroom and brought me some more... It was very cute and I was relieved he hadn't thrown them around.

He also loves to unroll toilet paper. He would make a great Andrex puppy, running around squealing while the toilet paper unravels behind him.

R has taken a liking for my fabric tape measure. And df's banana guard. And goes nuts for clothes pegs

hales I definitely don't want to scare you, but a friend's dd broke her leg at 16m old. Her mum has no idea how it happened, and didn't realise it was broken for nearly a week. She was limping but not crying, the only time she cried was at nappy changes (I guess the pulling was painful). I'd keep an eye on her and if she keeps limping or favouring the leg then get her checked out. It terrified me that it's possible not to know your pfb has a broken leg - she really, really didn't seem bad.

DS is up in bed coughing away. Poor wee soul. He's not woken yet, but I'm worried it's going to be a long night. I wake up every time he makes a sound usually, I just hope he manages to sleep through.

Spotty I hope the afternoon passed quickly and you're getting a break now. Did you enjoy your time in London? I'm always worried I have nothing to talk about other than DS. I'm awful at conversation generally add in the fact I now do nothing at all without DS, and I'm pretty boring these days.

Poor ds stacks hope his cough calms down.

I did have a good time thanks but was lame and back at friends house by 12:30 after only two drinks as I was so tired

pidj DS loved whatever he can drape around his neck (tie, belt, scarf, fabric tape measure, cable) or drag along the ground. He hasn't found clothes pegs yet though...

spotty I think I'd be the same! I am rubbish at staying up late.

stacks we have a balm (a bit like Vicks but not as strong) that I run on the bottom of DS's feet at bedtime when he has a cough. It works wonders... Although I have no idea why or how! It is my current favourite tip thanks to MN.

Stacks Nutella's tip is a gooden. They sell baby snuffles in asda and boots. I hope DS is better soon.

I have been in work all night but my sister said H doesn't seemed troubled by her ankle and is sometimes limping and other times not. H went straight to bed when I got home which is unusual but I'm not gonna argue with her. She also had her 1st ever 2.5 hour nap today. I was very grateful to her as I just cuddled up with her and slept off a bit of my hangover.

I've been out and am very drunk. will regret it tomorrow!

stacks that terrifying! Glad H seems on the mend hales and let you have a snuggley sleep.
willyou hope you don't feel too rough!
I wonder if our neighbours appreciated out Easter egg hunt in the garden before 7am! Poor DH got up at 5.30 to be on bunny duty!

Happy Easter everyone!

Hales - hope H is ok.

Sounds like a good night Willyou.

Hope you had a good time Spotty

Well despite our best intentions N ended up having some chocolate for breakfast. He managed to open a small egg from the egg hunt and took a bite. Big mistake - he's just been on a sugar induced rampage around Church during the Easter service

Am v v excited - DH and I are going to an evening do tonight and staying over, child free! Is first time we've been away on our since before N was born bloody typical that af has decided to arrive though

Hello all - and happy Easter! I have found it a bit impossible to keep on with this topic but it's nice to see all of you still around.

Hales I hope H is ok! Like Stacks I don't want to worry you, but a good friend found out about 6 weeks late that her 15mo boy had broken his arm. There was a lump there which they couldn't work out, but on Xray you could see that it had broken and healed again. Apparently the doctor was very blasé telling them and said it happens all the time with little kids!

ISpy - have fun! My husband and I were out last night for a wedding which was super fun, and my MIL had C for the night so we got a sleep in (until 8.30am, amazing!). But the big news is that I last fed C on Friday night, so I guess we're called her fully weaned. It's so weird!

I have been a bit wobbly this evening (my husband put her to bed and she grumbled for a while, and I found it so hard to hear). But 16 months of breastfeeding is pretty good.

Time to start TTC! I need to buy some vitamins.

OK straw poll - is every other December baby walking? C is lagging behind! My MIL thinks it's a real problem and we need to put her into shoes so she starts walking but that seems like a rubbish idea. Would you be worried if your 16mo wasn't walking yet? She stands OK and can walk about 6-8 steps but it largely not bothered.

Bones don't start to ossify until age 1 iirc so at this age they're very soft - a break probably isn't like an adult break which would HURT and also, they have no sense of danger so don't tense up when they fall and so it doesn't cause as much damage iyswim?

I have so far avoided chocolate for R. With his caffeine issues I don't want to mess with his sleep and also I don't think there's much point when he enjoys so many other types of food. Chocolate has no real nutritional value, so I shall enjoy protecting him from himself after bedtime tonight

MaMa 6-8 steps is walking! They don't need shoes until they're reliably walking outside, best to learn balance in bare feet as long as possible. R has had shoes since before he was reliably walking but only ever for trips outside (walking in the park across the road holding my hand) and still only wears them for limited amounts of time, he's barefoot or in socks at home. If they're not weight bearing by 18 months I think it's time to get things looked into but it sounds like C is doing fab and just building confidence

Thanks Pidj! I know 6-8 steps is walking but she needs a fair bit of encouragement to do that and generally opts out. But she's happy enough holding one hand to toddle about - I guess I'm just wondering when she'll have the lightbulb moment about the fact that she could walk everywhere!

C had one chocolate hen today. I thought MIL would buy loads but she held off. It's her first real chocolate, and the sugar high after it was insane.

R took his first unaided steps at 11 months, then refused to even consider walking without a hand to hold until 14.5. He'd drop to the floor and cry if you let go. Then one day he just took off - in the library in front of a load of people who had been sympathising with me for weeks about getting dragged around everywhere! It was possibly the most frustrated I have ever been with him because I knew he could do it, he just wouldn't. C will be the same, here's some to get you through though

Hi mama. If she's walking with a hand there's no problem, maybe just confidence or inclination! A friends babies had physio at 18 months as they weren't even pulling up - they were hypermobile. I don't believe shoes will help. Just let her be happy and she'll do it when she's ready - just like everything with kids!
T had chocolate for breakfast but then she sees her big sisters with it. I was super strict with dd1 but becomes impossible with subsequents. Her diet is pretty good normally, although there's still a fair amount of boob in there - don't think she'll ever self wean!

We're the same WL can't let dd have chocolate and not ds. Dd didn't touch chocolate for ages as she wasn't allowed, pfb

Mama dd didn't walk until 22 months. Her physio said no shoes until walking for six weeks and average age to walk is now up to 18 months. You really have nothing to worry about

No chance of not letting A have chocolate.

We were told the same about not getting shoes until they've been walking at least 6 weeks and I think there was something about the way they move their hips which changes too after a while.

Does C walk more around other people mama? I know A is pretty lazy if I'm around because he's used to me carrying him in the sling, whereas he'll walk a fair distance for other people. If she's walking 6-8 steps then it sounds as though it isn't physical and like baby Pidj she'll suddenly be off. Probably at the least convenient moment!

A is starting to get really stroppy now. Flinging things down in frustration.

DD is almost coming around to the idea of a blue school uniform. The last hurdle is her insistence that a pink shirt would look much better than white. Glad we started working on her now....

Mama I echo what everyone else has said- I don't think you should worry at all :)

DS didn't take his first steps til 14 mths. Now at 16 mths he pushes your hand away as he wants to walk everywhere in his own. He also used to drop to his knees when he didn't want to walk. Things change so quickly :)

I wouldn't get your DD in shoes either. We have cruisers or barefoot just because of wooden floors but I was told they leave to balance with their toes so if they can't use them for gripping they don't learn to balance point proved by a 9mth old baby in giant kickers boots whose mother couldn't understand why she couldn't pick her super heavy feet up to walk

Ha ha Beasty somehow I don't think we will get these pr

Ha ha Beasty somehow I don't think we will get these problems with boys ;)