jan 2013- No, I will not have a new nappy

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Ta daaaaa new home feel at home already.

4 next week. He's a sensitive soul though. We should have known when we walked into cbeebies land and the continuous onslaught of cbeebies character music, catchphrases, noises etc overwhelmed him (and us, actually, except Dan who took it all in his stride). He looked up at the monorail and said it was too tall for him, complete refusal of the Numtums roundabout, which does nothing other than go round very very slowly for 3 minutes and massive freak when he saw a TreeFuTom character approach him for a photo op.

If Dexter is a bold lad he will love it. Queues were typically 45-60 minutes for all the little rides though. Plan well.

Juniper that sounds like a complete sensory overload, it would freak me out.

We have had some serious grumpiness and tantrums over the last few days, am praying it is something temporary like teeth and not the start of the terrible twos

We wanted to go to Alton towers for cbeebies as Ivy is mad on ITNG but drayton manor is only 40 mins away so we always end up there. Ds1 wants to go so Ivy can meet iggle piggle as that would 'totally blow her mind'!

Struggling a bit here. Anxiety high. Think its because ds1 is trying to arrange a sleep over for his birthday and i realised he hasn't had many parties as my anxiety is too much, its the guilt that i've let him down and now hes getting all grown up and this is his last birthday at primary school. God i got all tearful just typing that, i'm so crap :( The time just went by so fast

Anxiety is so shit

Hello everyone..I have been AWOL for ages, sorry. Caught up in a cycle of working and going on (fruitless) dates. It's very lonely living alone in the countryside! Munchkin now has a repertoire of about five words (tractor, car, no, hot, dinner) which is very cute :)

Hello fourlegs!

is anyone else's child being a real terror? DD has been really tantrummy for the last week or so, i am hoping it isn't a new stage in her development. She has been uncharacteristically picky about food too, yesterday nursery said she wouldn't eat her peas which used to be her favourite thing. So maybe it is just teething?

I got a 20m updat email and it said have you noticed your toddler getting more tantromy, bitey and hitty? I was nodding my head as i read Ms bugs! So yes its just a stage i think hope

Where abouts do you live fourlegs? I know youve probably said a million times but my brain is a pile of crap these days since kid

Hi all, you fell off my 'threads I'm on' and I couldn't quite sort myself out to go and find you! Fortunately I found you on active convos.

DS has turned into a devil child. Biting, slapping, throwing things etc. I've started to avoid taking him to play with other children and dread nursery pick up time. No idea what to do with him.

I'm a bit addicted to shopping for Christmas presents for DS at the moment...

You lot are making me feel a bit better. Dd is just so...stroppy. Anything which doesn't go her way leads to a major screaming fit. Eg not being allowed to eat just biscuits for dinner, or to draw on the walls or play with the plug sockets - I am such a mean mummy. Apparently she is an angel at nursery

I have just bought dd's first two Christmas or birthday presents - two books which she has had on loan from the library for months and we have finally had to return: each peach pear plum, and one called I love animals. Not sure what to get her for 'big' presents, I was thinking about a balance bike?

Saturday i was holding my sisters kitchen cupboard shut and saying no, you cant go in there and he got so wound up n stroppy he turned round and hit mums poor lil 8m foster baby who was innocently crawling past.

He then later on thought it was fun to try bite my dads hand when he was pushing the shopping trolley. Just to make you feel better even more, every time his evil mum takes him to a fun dance/play group he instantly carefully throws himself on the floor and moans about it.

Ladies, I think we're hitting the terrible twos early

DD is the same, yesterday walking back from the shop she threw herself on the floor screaming and kicking as I wouldn't let her chew on a stick that she found on the floor

1st haircut has been done, we have a hairdressers near us that just cuts childrens hair, she loved it! Still won't keep a bobble or clip in though. Her hair is poker straight so she kind of looks like she's got a helmet on now she's got a fringe

Both kids at childminders / preschool and no rush for me to get to work today so I'm just enjoying a cuppa and a catch up on MN

...... Well totally jinxed that, DP just called, just taken an order for 50 bouquets for tomorrow, off to work I go

Haha - apparently after the terrible twos we have the f*cking fours ;)

And the threenagers in between...

Apple hope you're feeling a bit better. Anxiety sucks.

Its the terrorist threes isnt it?

Mum's recovering well thanks, more news on next steps next week.

apples I'm sorry your anxiety is playing up

tugs, juniper , sounds lovely. I could do the 10th or 17th October if those are any good. We're off on hols for the second half of this month.

MsBug DS' "big" present from us will probably be a Toot Toot Drivers set. He got the Construction Site last year and is completely obsessed with it. So am I.

Who was asking about bedding? We bought DS bedding 2 weeks ago as he had outgrown his sleeping bags and we didn't want to buy any more of them. We had 3 nights of slightly dodgy sleep, and then all back to normal (sleeping through! Did I mention he sleeps through?). I think he just hadn't gotten the hang of covering himself over but he's cracked it now.

DS seems to have suddenly developed massively over the last few days. He's suddenly saying loads more and understands an incredible amount. The other day he was inspecting his trike, rotating the wheels, watching the pedals move, wiggling the handle bars and so on. I could see him processing it all - amazing to watch.

Cupcakes that's interesting re bedding. Munchkin has just outgrown 6-18 month sleeping bags and I have just bought him 18-36.
He literally explores each and every corner of his cot at night (whilst asleep), including lying flat against both ends. I can't see how on earth he would stay covered up in that scenario. Don't they wake up crying because they are cold?

Dexter doesnt sleep with anything at the min, ive got blankets but he woke up screaming because it was on him and he coukdnt move his legs where he wanted them to go. Im scared about getting his quilt out for him

fourlegs neither ds1 nor ds2 had sleeping bags and both always slept well. I don't remember any problems.It is easier with the sleeping bags though, I was given some up to 36 months when Ivy was born but she keeps trying to escape as she is mad on zips at the mo!

cupcakes its amazing watching them learn isn't it?

Anxiety has started to settle down now, eating again and sleeping all night now. Ds1 is excitedly planning his sleepover and I'm just going to go with it. I don't actually seem to be needed for anything other than money and food anyway!

Ivy is definitely in the terrible 2s! Shes fine one minute then lying on the floor kicking off because I said no to something! Shes very cute when shes not stropping though. Has started playing with dd1 fairy playsets and our old fire station. She makes them all run around and kiss people

Yesterday we discovered that dd will try any food if we tell her it's cake - she actually quite enjoyed her 'spinach cake' (spinach and feta pie)

Apple glad you're feeling better. I really do empathise. Had a rough few days last month when I ran out of my ADs and couldn't afford any more until pay day. I might have screamed at DH to "never touch my baby again"

four DS was undoing his sleeping bags anyway. He's very wriggly before he goes to sleep but stays fairly still once he's dozed off, so I nip in before I go to be and cover him over. So far so good! It's not been that cold yet so we shall see.

My friend brought her daughter over to play for an hour this afternoon. Awful, awful playdate. DS kept smacking my friends DD, throwing things all over the places, and general being a monster. He's been getting more and more aggressive towards other children lately and I have absolutely no idea what to do with him. Think I will be avoiding playdates for the foreseeable future!

Im glad its not just dexter being a terror! Makes me look like a pathetic woman when im out and he goes wild :-D

Think boobs are on the way out, i had to stop the pills i was taking to keep it going because they made it prescription only, been on them since boob-gate, today he fell sleep watching itng so no boob all day, those formulas you can get for ages 2-3 that say they need two beakers a day are they right? He should still be drinking milk etc shouldnt he? Or is the milk and dairy he has during the day (aswell as one bottle of formula) enough for him? If the boobs are done with i think its high time dp learns the routine to get him bed!!!

Quack I have no idea what they 'should' be having but dd just has a sippy cup of whole cow's milk before bed, plus whatever is in her food - most days she has cereal with milk for breakfast. She was the one who dropped breastfeeds so I assumed that meant she didn't need the milk any more iyswim? The bedtime one stayed as it became part of her bed time routine.

PS I'm sure that anyone who has ever had / met a toddler just feels sorry for us dealing with a toddler tantrum