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November 2012 - Walking or not walking, talking or not talking, any other skillz?

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StuntNun · 28/02/2014 08:00

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2000561-November-2012-The-exciting-all-new-all-singing-all-dancing-fred

We have quite a range of ages and they each develop at their own rates... so what can your toddler do?

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PetiteRaleuse · 06/03/2014 21:46

Good luck with that vq

Pikz · 06/03/2014 22:19

Oooh good luck VQ.

First masterpiece here up on fridge.

I have 30 day shred and Davian fit in 15. Both good. I like level 2 and 3 of shred but mix it up with davina as I get bored of doing the same circuit.

MsJupiter · 06/03/2014 22:36

Snap VQ. Good luck x

Elizadoesdolittle · 06/03/2014 22:40

DD1 calls me mummy, or muuuuum if she's shouting! E calls me mummummum so I guess she'll follow DD1.

pass I know what you mean. DD1 happily chats away to anyone and everyone but I've had to have the stranger danger chat and she just looks so confused as to why anyone would want to hurt her. Am finding it hard to get the balance of warning her of dangers without scaring her and making her frightened of people.

Loving the spring type weather. My in laws have pruned and cut my overgrown garden and mowed my lawn today so it may be safe to let the girls play out in it tomorrow. Hurrah.

PurplePidjin · 06/03/2014 22:56

I'm muumee, vvvdf is dadad, my dad is dampa, mil my mum and sil are mamam, the cat is mee-ee (Millie) or At and the dn's are meem and roo. He doesn't call his slightly older cousin anything yet, nor the eldest who's away at uni so we don't see much of him. I think he knows colours too - he only concentrates for a couple of questions but has several times pointed to the correct one when I've said "R where's the red one? Where's the green one?" I think he knows red, yellow, green and blue at least. He also points and says Baby when he sees a picture, and I think he knows cat and dog from pictures in one of our books. It still makes me giggle that when I asked him where the mouse was in his "That's not my" book he pointed to his mouth Hmm He says Dee and gets excited when we're going out (I keep the keys in the door) and will fetch mine from my bag if he wants to go outside and we're at someone else's house - MIL was very proud of that one when he first did it at hers! Looking at all that, he knows loads - I see all the things everyone else's LOs are doing and think he's not got there yet. I like this, it makes me appreciate what he can do as well as what I've got to look forward to Thanks

fiatpandababba · 06/03/2014 23:30

Alexander doesn't exactly address either of us he shouts dadadadadadee and mamamama but sort of does it whilst playing, practicing I guess. If he wants something from us he yells a "noise" quite loudly. I'm not very sure he knows that I'm mum or dad is dad.

fiatpandababba · 06/03/2014 23:34

If upset his default setting is dadadadadadee

Sophiathesnowfairy · 07/03/2014 06:33

Grin all this has made me remember that DNeice used to call DS1 Wee Wee (obviously most of you will know his actually name, but that shortening is out favourite!)

PetiteRaleuse · 07/03/2014 08:47

Such a sunny spring day today.

applepieinthesky · 07/03/2014 09:05

Good luck VQ

I've heard so many people talk about the shred but never tried it. Might take a look on youtube and see how hard it is first. I've started doing exercise three times a week on the xbox kinect, I have some dance games and the Biggest Loser game which is pretty good. In a few weeks when we change the clocks I will start taking the dog for a walk every evening too

I had a row with DP this morning about lack of wedding plans. Have taken off my ring and am feeling sorry for myself.

FatimaLovesBread · 07/03/2014 09:09

Jealous PR it's horrible weather here, v wet. The drive to take DH to work was yuk.

In other news we have a leaking bathroom tap, noticed last night when it started leaking through the kitchen ceiling. It did it a couple of years ago and we had to have the kitchen ceiling and bathroom floor replaced all for a broken washer.
Plumber should be coming this afternoon but we've managed to stem the leak with multiple towels in the mean time.
Just when we thought finances etc we're looking more positive something goes wrong

Elizadoesdolittle · 07/03/2014 09:24

sophia that reminds me, DD1 used to call my sister wee wee. I'd forgotten!

apple Sad hope you're ok lovely.

Well it's not as sunny here as it was yesterday but it's dry at least. Busy day today anyway so no time for the garden. Will get out there tomorrow.

ValiumQueen · 07/03/2014 09:30

Good luck JJ

Hugs to Apple and Fatima.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 07/03/2014 09:50

Good luck job hunters.

fatima don't I just know it. Hopefully your tap will not be anything major and hopefull when they bloody sort themselves out Ford will confirm my car issue is covered by the warrantee.

Yes, I am carless again. The hire car went back last night because the garage won't confirm that the problem is under warrantee. They keep telling me they don't see why it shouldn't be but they need to do another test to establish exactly what the problem is.

So I have now been with out my car for two weeks.

Angry

((((Hugs)))))) apple I hope you sort it out it must be v stressful.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 07/03/2014 09:56

I think I really mean warranty.

Zamboni · 07/03/2014 11:46

Hugs apple. Is this because the cash went to FIL? Hope his recovery is going well. BTW that was a very nice thing to do.

Car troubles here too sophia, it passed its MOT with 450 worth of work - massive ouch. I'd pretty much cobbled together the majority of that but was still hoping for a 50 clean bill of health, twat but a blinking engine management light is still on which is going to require the writing of a blank cheque investigations. So sympathy to fatima, I know what it's like to think you're getting somewhere and then have something come from nowhere. We had a leak too recently, our holiday fund paid for the plumber Sad I'm grateful we manage these disasters ignores massive credit card bill but it would be nice to have some relief from the expense.

Good luck JJ and VQ.

Oooh, out in the garden eliza, what a nice idea. S is still a little bit scared of "outside". He doesn't like being outside at nursery unless he is in the pushchair or having a cuddle with his beloved keyworker. Hoping that with the nice weather we can go in and out of our teeny garden and he will be persuaded that "outside" is in fact lots of fun.

I ought to get some of S's artwork up. We get loads. I wang loads of it, I'm just not saving everything they bring home. There is quite a lot of DD's on display. When I was on mat leave with S I re-hung every picture in the house. I have OCD a thing about coordinating picture frames for each room, and while I did that I framed a load of colourful art for the fairly dull kitchen. I was spending so much time at home I was really motivated to hang things up. Now I am back at work I barely even notice. Must make more effort!

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applepieinthesky · 07/03/2014 12:33

No it's not about money. It's his general lack of input and interest. The only time he mentions it is when I bring it up, I said this morning I feel like he is only marrying me because he knows it's important to me and he thinks he can't get out of it. I said I want him to want it as well or there is no point. His answer was 'of course I want to marry you' then he started talking about something C was doing so I got arsey with him and he then couldn't understand why.

Now it won't be mentioned again for a few weeks then I will raise it again and we will have basically the same short conversation. We go round and round in circles and nothing gets done.

So I've said what's the point being engaged if we aren't actively planning a wedding and the ring has come off. Which he's not happy about.

Is he being a dick or am I expecting too much by wanting him to show a teeny bit of interest?

PurplePidjin · 07/03/2014 12:49

yanbu - it's his wedding too, doesn't he want to celebrate how much he loves you with all his friends? (I would include family but you've mentioned that most of them think you already are :) ) I can spare you a tenner to get a wedding fund started, bet there's a few others here who could do the same and we'd soon have enough for at least a decent meal out for you all afterwards Thanks

fatima AngryBrew it's the downside to owning Sad

Good luck job hunters! I haven't heard about the one I went for, but have applied for something else similar that doesn't end yet so fingers crossed...

Zamboni · 07/03/2014 12:59

Hugs apple. YANBU. I don't have any good advice about what to do next.

applepieinthesky · 07/03/2014 13:00

We haven't set a date and we don't even know where we are getting married. He knows I want to get married abroad but until he sorts out his citizenship and gets a passport we can't make any plans. I have bought him all the books, study guides etc he needs and he has done absolutely fuck all about it, hasn't picked them up in months. Reckons he doesn't have time Hmm

He says we can just get married in a registry office knowing that's not what I want at all but I feel like it's my only option right now. The more I think about it the more angry I get.

PurplePidjin · 07/03/2014 13:08

Would you compromise and do a registry office asap then save for a big holiday abroad? Tell me to butt out if you like. I guess if he can't be arsed to sort something as big as citizenship there's not a lot you can do, you can't exactly do that one for him Sad

MsJupiter · 07/03/2014 13:27

Not unless you're moving to London VQ... And changing career?

PetiteRaleuse · 07/03/2014 13:52

Just booked my trip back to Blighty. Am a little Shock at the ferry to Hull cost but I think it still works out cheaper than going via the tunnel plus hotel plus food etc. We'll be sleeping on the boat and dinner is included and of course going to Hull instead of Folkestone will massively cut down the petrol costs and driving time so will be better for the DDs. Dreading leaving the dog overnight down in the boat kennels he will hate it I will have to tranq him up, but it's only 15-16 hours and then he'll be spoiled rotten once at my mum's.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 07/03/2014 14:33

Bloody engine management lights zamboni that is what might is, although, the light means nothing. It means there is a problem, somewhere which is just tit.

Anyway, yippee yi ooooooo, they have just confirmed the issue will be taken care of by the warranty. I should think so too. Is obviously something they don't expect to go wrong.

So I have been put back In the prize draw for a courtesy car! Hmm the only thing I really really need it for is actually going to pick up my car when it is done. Apparently
Monday.

apple YANBU at all. I would be fair pissed off too. In fact I would probably sulk of for a retreat day or something, saying I needed time to ponder.