December 2012: Everyone loves nap time.

[halestone]

Started a new thread for us before we run out of room.

[Stacks]

Listening to DH change DS's nappy...

"My god man, that's a lot of poo!"
"No, don't clench your butt cheeks!"
"What have you been eating? "

I'm not going through. I'm in pain with spd and can barely sit on the sofa. There's no way I'm climbing down onto the floor to help. I've changed every other nappy today.

WL I hope it stopped raining for you. We've had a nice day here today, but it's been raining since the weekend.

I might be getting a new iPhone. Not sure if anyone else here got the iPhone 5 when it first came out, but there's a batch with faulty power buttons, and I'm pretty darn certain mine is one. That means I'll get a power button that works, and a new battery and shiny, scratch free phone :)

[WLmum]

Fx stacks! Sorry about the spd though.

[MrsNutella]

Stacks sorry about the spd, that sucks! But you must be getting so close now? When are you due?
I changed an interesting nappy this afternoon. I totally forgot that DH fed DS blueberries this morning. When I opened the nappy I was a bit then I remembered the blueberries.

DS was awful today. I do not think he is ready for one nap a day . But we do have another body part I noticed he has learnt "DS where is your willy?" I showed DH when DS was having a bath :)

I'm very proud. Sorry, smug proud moment. I haven't taught him these body parts specifically but he likes to poke us in the nose and tummy a fair bit and when we change his nappy or he has a bath he looks down and plays with his willy and makes little excited noises like "oh it's still there" so I guess he has picked the words up that way.
"DS there is a baby in mummy's tummy, be gentle"
"No DS don't poke me in the nose thank you "
"Yes DS that's your willy, yes it's still there"

[Stacks]

I started teaching DS things because I was amazed that a little girl at a playgroup could point to the eyes etc in a book. She was quite a bit older than T and I was just a bit "wow". That was when DS was about 9m, but it stuck in my head and as soon as I realised he'd learnt 'nose' (same as you nutella DS loves to try and stick his finger up our noses) I tried other bits. Started with the face, and he learnt them in just a couple of minutes.
He loves reading books with us, I think because it's undivided attention. He's not very good at sitting still for the actual words to be read though, so all our books are used like picture books. It didn't take long before I was asking him to point out things I usually do. He's got a really impressive memory. His current fascination is bugs, particularly ladybirds and ants, as he sees them in the garden and gets very excited.
I was particularly amazed when reading a book with a bat in it (Monkey Puzzle) - he insists on turning the book upside down on that page, as the bat is hanging from a branch at the top of the page - upside down :)

[Stacks]

Oh, I'm due end of June. The spd kind of isn't that bad, I can sleep ok (apart from waking up at about 5am for no reason!), I just have real problems with my left hip feeling like it's constantly trying to escape from its socket!

[WLmum]

stacks that's cute turning the bat right way up.
Nothing wrong with being proud of the wee man nutella. This is such a great age.

[Barbeasty]

June is a nice month for a baby. Certainly for maternity leave anyway!

A will get a book and then turn away, or sit.on my knee to look at it. No body part knowledge here, except maybe feet- when I take his socks or shoes off I sniff and wince and say stinky boy feet. Then he holds the other out so I can do the same. Always get a smile.

Finally got the formal offer through for my new job, 3 weeks later! Slightly less than I wanted, but I think I can find the money. Long term it's better than where I am now. DH panicked when I told him what the childcare bill will rise to, but he's comforted that I'll give him the money in his months!

[WLmum]

At last beasty. Stinky feet is one of Ts fave nappy change games and she says a passable 'pwar', and sniffs her own feet when I say 'you sniff'

[utopian99]

I think we have words I've not been counting as such. We have there, that (with the th sound, not dere and dat,) up, down. I do worry compared to reading about others on the thread though. His understanding is so good, but his language is nowhere near. I suppose he's one of the youngest though...

Also he has definitely started sleeping through 7.30-6, but now I wake up at least once a night to pee! Argh!

Sorry about the spd stacks and good luck with the weaning wl..

[halestone]

Utopian i wouldn't worry at all, he is where he needs and wants to be for himself. One of our DC maybe a great talker, another may have a great walker or another may have a great sleeper. By the time their all in nursery they will all be the same.

H's sleeping has been awful recently the last 2 nights i have lost count of her wake ups. The poor things breathing has worsened once again as well.

Stacks do cool or warm compresses help your SPD? or could you get a physio referral?

Beasty yay for your official terms coming through.

[coffeeandcream]

I found the new thread!

F woke last night at 4am cackling like a mad thing! He was laughing his head off, I assume he was dreaming. A bit freaky though, waking up to disembodied laughter over the monitor...

[WillYouDoTheFandango]

If anyone was thinking about buying a cozy coupe (like I was) they're reduced to £34.99 in Smyths toystore! There's 20% off little tikes.

[WLmum]

Hello coffee bet he was planning to freak you out!
hales poor you and poor H. Has she got an inhaler?
utopian don't worry at all - Ts speech is behind where dd1&2 were at this age but her gross physical skills are much better. It all comes out in the end.
Sleep much better here - T woke at 2.45 last night and after just 10 mins of coaxing was back down. Up again at 5 for a feed and wake happy at 6.40. Happy me!

[SpottyTeacakes]

Utopian ds doesn't say a single word he just points and moans at me

[WLmum]

I was about to say the earlier bedtime was going well too but tonight - as I'm waiting to go out - she's being a monkey pants and keeps escaping from her sleeping bag and crying out.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Oh no WL! Dp keeps saying ds should go into the cot bed, I've no idea why as dd was two before we converted the cot. I don't think I'm ready for the endless escaping.

[PurplePidjin]

I tried taking the side off the cot for R. Complete fucking nightmare. Don't do it unless you have to!

[Barbeasty]

DD never tried to get out of her cot bed when we converted it. There's no way A is having the bars removed any time soon. Poor DD would be under constant attack, and the bookshelf would be permanently emptied onto the floor!

[SpottyTeacakes]

I've always said it's best to keep them in until they can get out dp keeps saying 'but we took the sides off for dd not long after she started walking' yes because she didn't walk until 22mo and I was pregnant with ds!

[utopian99]

O would be out in seconds and shouting at the stair gate. We're going with spotty's idea of wait till he's trying to climb! Plus I figure there's no point lowering while he's still using sleeping bags?

Just in case anyone fancies some more nappies, the natural baby shower (Google for website as my phone is playing silly buggers with links) are doing 40% off at the moment..

[SpottyTeacakes]

There's r&rs on zulily if anyone wants one/knows someone who does

[PurplePidjin]

Spotty just fyi R was outgrowing his standard size r+r by 10 months and we upgraded to a toddler ABC at 14 which is much more supportive especially as we tend to use it for longer stuff now he's walking nearly a mile at a time. The one we had (not the special offer one, someone at sling meet had a zulilly one and said it was smaller up the back?) was 13.5" knee to knee.

It's Real Nappy Week personally I think anything that absorbs wee is a real nappy but hey ho this week if anyone fancies trying them out, loads of bargains to be had

[SpottyTeacakes]

I've got an r&r and dd is still in the weight limit for the toddler one at almost four think they'll be teenagers before they need the preschool one

[PurplePidjin]

Yeah, R was well within the weight limit for the standard size, but his legs weren't k2k even though he's not even 50th centile for height! TBH I think one uses them for less time as the kids get older so it's less of an issue - R tends to walk to wherever we're going then I pop him up to come home and I can't see his stamina decreasing over time iyswim I just thought it was worth mentioning as afaik the Zulilly ones are Standard size so wouldn't necessarily fit our babies - although they're perfect for the pregnant folks wondering how to manage a squish and a toddler :o

[halestone]

H is no where near getting her cot sides taken off either. I can't even imagine the mayhem she could cause.

I have had a lovely day at the local park and duck pond, just me DP and the gruesome twosome as we now call the girls. My Dsis has had her 1st work night out so i managed to get both girls asleep in their beds so i'm feeling quite proud of myself