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

[OohQuack]

Ta daaaaa new home feel at home already.

[salt1]

floss has shat all over her books, oh and just come back from a party where a guest saw m sitting on the toilet, my life has become carry on!!

[newbie6]

DS poos are mixed so wouldn't worry at all! His tantrums are legendary but thankfully they don't last long and most of the time he is a happy little person :) hope everyone else is doing okay, still trying to catch up! X

[MsBug]

Oh dear salt

Dd had the farts tonight and wouldn't go to sleep because she kept farting then laughing about it.

[AppleCrumples]

grr just lost my post arseing about with name still

cupcakes still sore, have to sit carefully! Bit worried i have done myself a damage :(

oh dear salt hope you and floss are ok.

mrsbug

Ivy has had some spectacular tamtrums recently, all normal i think. T'is the age of the tantrum

[lollipoppi]

Hi all

No logs here either

Ouch apple that sounds painful, you should get to the docs if it's still no better

Cupcakes, I can relate to that too, DP has worked solid for the last 3 weeks, no days off, he is having next Sunday off though 6 days and counting
Hope you get your meds soon

Not much to report here, we've just been making the most of the sunshine and playing in the garden, Darcie got a swing ball racket in her head yesterday, courtesy of ds1

[CreepyCrawly]

On the subject of poo, Nancy's had awful ones for nearly 2 weeks. Took her to the doctor, gave them a sample and they phoned Friday to say she has campylobacter. Had environmental health on the phone then too. I've no idea where it's come from but I've never felt so guilty in all my life!

Loving the photos, they're definitely toddlers now! It's amazing how they change isn't it?

[lollipoppi]

Ahh creepy don't feel guilty, it could have come from anything. You probably ate the same thing that caused it but LOs stomachs are more delicate and we have more immune to fight off bugs. Hope Nancy is feeling better soon

[MsBug]

Creepy if she's anything like mine she could have caught it by eating dirt, licking the floor or teething on the toilet bowl . Honestly I suspect dd 's digestive tract must be breeding bacteria unknown to modern science

[lollipoppi]

Mrsbugs

[salt1]

hey all, was looking or a bit of advice. I know I could put this in the house buying bit, however I don't want to go through whole history re dh. I am thinking of selling my house, but really want to know its value so I can consider my options before starting the stressful process of selling. I have had some estate agents around, but they have given what they call a guide price, which I think is all about the price it would be put on the market for, not its actual value and therefore not what I would get for it. is there anyone that could give me an actual value, eg surveyer, mortgage company. would be interested in any of your ideas xxxx

[MsBug]

Salt i think a surveyor would do this. Do the estate agents think people will offer more or less than the guide price?

[MsBug]

Fwiw in our area most places go on the market at a set price, you occasionally see 'offers over' or 'offers in the region of' but i find that a bit annoying /offputting as you don't know what you are supposed to offer.

[salt1]

msbug I don't really trust estate agents, as a collective, am sure as individuals, they are good people. 2 out of the 3 estate agents set a guide price ie between x- y. there get out clause is that the valuation is not based on anything structural, and say someone could make an offer then the surveyor could disagree and they reduce it. I have looked at land registry figures of sold houses and I think the estate agents have over valued it.

ps I think this is the most boring post I have ever made ... apologies x

[MsBug]

Salt I don't trust estate agents as far as I can throw them

I guess they want to cover themselves forwhen when the buyer's survey says your house is only worth x amount.

At the end of the day a house, like anything else, is worth whatever someone else will pay for it, so the estate agents can only guess. House prices round here are going up so you might get more than a similar house sold for six months ago.

[meringue33]

LandReg is a really good guide Salt, just see what similar have gone for. Where in the country are you?

[LetThereBeCupcakes]

We have a new word (at last) - Toot-Toot, for car. VTech has a lot to answer for.

Don't get me STARTED on estate agents. Grr. . Like MsBug says it largely comes down to if somebody wants your house. We paid more for ours than other people would, because it has a huge garden unfortunately the house is a dump.

Creepy how is your DD?

DS has started wanting to poo in his potty. I have started a thread over in Potty Training because I'm sure he's FAR too young for such things and I can't be arsed at the moment.

My mum brought me a homemade Apple Meringue Pie today. I have already eaten two enormous slices and feel a bit sick.

[MsBug]

Cupcakes we have a potty too. I figured we might as well get dd used to it before we start potty training for real. She loves sitting on it and has done a couple of wees in there probably through chance. She claps herself whenever she sits on it and also likes putting her toys on it too. I don't think she has enough control over her bodily functions to try potty training for real yet, but I want her to get used to the idea of a potty and what it is for.

[MsBug]

Just seen your other thread cupcakes, it sounds like he is far more aware of when he needs to poo than dd is. I would let him use the potty and offer it to him at convenient times eg before his bath, at nappy changes, but keep him in nappies. I like the idea of potty training being a gradual process though whereas most people seem to do it in one go. I know some people who have done potty training from birth and are quite evangelical about it, although it sounded like far too much faff to me.

[JuniperTisane]

Urgh. Potty training. I've only just recovered from that fucking stressful little trauma with ds1. Im burying my head in the sand for a long while I think...

[LetThereBeCupcakes]

Jun I'm trying to do that too! DS seems to have other ideas.

Thanks MsBug I'm all for limiting the faff! Trying to tell myself to chill out and go with the flow...

[Angielka]

We had such a nightmare with DD1 getting pressure from MIL about potty training when she clearly wasn't ready. Once she was ready and I'd had a go at MIL the pressure was off, it was so quick and relatively faff free. Let the kids guide you-cupcakes sounds like yours is clear about what he wants!!

[AppleCrumples]

cupcakes I agree with others just let him have a go, as long aa everyone is happy and not pushy it'll make it easier in the long run! I've alwaus just followed them and when they are ready its all fairly easy! Of course now i've said that Ivy will be a nightmare

So far Ivy knows when she needs a poo and telks us when shes done one by flapping her hand and going 'whew'

Long day here dp at workso had to take all 4 to dd1 swimming lesson and their fecking loombands then everypne had to go to scouts with ds1. Did pick up with a car full of dcs in pjs!

Tailbone still sore because i sat on a book and nearky shot through the roof

[OohQuack]

Dexter was mistaken as a she, because of this new pushchair, which he adores...

[MsBug]

Quack he is adorable. Dd is often mistaken for a boy because I refuse to dress her in head to toe pink frills

[MsBug]

We are supposed to be camping this weekend and now rain is forecast and I have just started my period

In better news, I amgetting dp to buy me a new sling for my birthday. I have another thread going about which one to get and i think I have decided on a boba air.