June mummies '05 thread 12 - the one where they aren't babies anymore!

[katzg]

new thread!

Enjoy!

Congrats Jonah

hello all

rubbish weather not doing much for my mood. but dd loves the puddles in her weewwees!
she has taken to her cuddly soft toy rabbits and insists on 'tuddles' (that's cuddles) at every opportunity

hope you all ok, we are making plans for christmas how on earth did the year go by so fast?!!!

Afternoon ladies

Giddy so sorry to hear about more trying times, very pleased that both situations are improving now. I know what you mean about the becoming a young lady issue - my eldest niece has just turned 17 (she's the one with Down's) and it's hard to be both adult and child at the same time - still it's the neighbours I fear more for as her teenager side sings along to McFly very very loudly at all times - boy and I thought I was tone deaf

SFX - my dd is just the same kisses everything...toys, tv, dad, brother even shoes but mum - nope!!! Bess your dd's weewwees - at least toddlers are supposed to like wearing their wellies, my dd likes to run around with a long scarf around her neck singing 'ooh eeeh oooh, ooh eeeh oooh' in a mad attempt at the Dr Who theme tune - I blame her dad and brother for this - I'm sure her next new words will either be 'exterminate' or 'delete'

Trib - super cape not he he he maybe I should tell your mil that they do a brolly in the same set > Good luck with the exams (and SFX hope the essay turns out ok)

Had best go...hello to everyone else Hope all are keeping well, x

Afternoon. Not feeling great here, my grandma died last night. It was expected - I saw her on saturday and it was obvious she wouldn't last long, but it's still upsetting. She was an amazing woman - when grandpa died 17years ago after having dementia for a very long time, she went and learnt Italian, and spent her summers in Italy chatting up nubile young waiters . Being pg doesn't help since I cry at soaps on tv these days, let alone when something sad actually happens. I'm glad ds met her, though, even if he won't remember it.
Sorry for the miserable post.
Is there really a matching umbrella? Superb! (so long as my mil doesn't get the same idea!)

2Happy-Sorry to hear about your grandma.I lost my great nan a couple of years ago at the grand old age of 104,and although we were expecting it,it didn't make it any easier.It certainly doesn't help being pg-I'm also blubbing at just about everything on the tv!

Hello to everyone else-hope you are all well.x

sorry for your loss 2happy, its never easy and never really 'expected' seems like a life well lived.

Oh 2Happy so sorry to hear about your nanna, she sounds like the kind of person I hope to grow up to be!

And yup there truely is a brolly to match - they have them in a local shop, so Trib you only have to say the word and I can be off to get one for you...he he he!

sorry to here about your nan

DD2's words are coming along leaps and bounds and she now has quite a vast vocab - even nursery are impressed - so i'm being a proud mummy! however everything os said in duplicate.
so we have
dordor - for dora (the explorer)
duiceduice - a drink (juice)
botbot (bottle)
mummum
daddad

the only thing that seems to escape is her sister who's name she says with such adoration is brings tears to your eyes in a good way.

hello

katz that is lovely, pretty hard not to be bursting with pride really considering we had them growing inside, cared for them every minute
i am dead proud of mine, tamtrums and all

yippee - scored 72/75 on my first exam. Pity that was the easy one

Katz - your dd2 sounds as adorable as ever. We have a similar thing here, i.e. duck is 'gak gak', and porridge is 'pa-pa' but some things are singular, like moon (current obsession), tzsi (this is key, my guess at a phonetic spelling!), brrrr (outside or shower, i.e. things that are cold - not that ds has ever had a cold shower!).

26th good for me, will post on other thread.

2Happy, so sorry about your news

tea - thanks but how could any child bundled up in that cape thing ever need a brolly?!

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morning all

trib - congratulations, good luck for next one.
my dd now is a proud owner of ladybird wellies raincoat and hati have decided it is all very cute! (but NO umbrella)

must hunker down and really study, predictably i have left it to the last minute

hope you all ok, bumps included

Hi all-

2happy - very sorry for you nan , she does sound like an inspiration on to how to live life to its full.
Trib - congrats! I am sure you will do as well in the next one!
Katz- sorry, I am all of a sudden snowed under! Not sure I can go anywhere...but will keep an eye on the thread. I have forgotten how stresful life is with teaching, research, management, kids and house! arghhhh! You should think again about your carreer choice!
I have finally snapped on of the pooh duplo sets from e-bay. pheww, was all the june mummies going after them? I swear in the last week they seem to be sought after with a passion. I finally shed some money to get one, so I can have my nights back, and now they are selling for nothing!

So how are all the blooming junies - anyone had found out the sex?
Sorry for being nosey - but I have to live vicariously now...

Hope all is well!

Evening All,

Had no landline or internet connection for a whole day-I've been pulling my hair out,feeling totally lost with no pc,lol!

Trib-Well done on the results.
Would love to see a pic of your ds in his boots,mac and possible brolly.

Lua-Glad you have finally got the "Pooh" set.

All going well here.Next scan isn't til the 7th Dec,but hoping to find out the sex,so very excited.
Ds still isn't talking but is taking so much in,it's scary.If I now say to him "let's change you nappy",he goes straight over to where all the changing stuff is and brings it all over to me.He also loves his books(more than his toys!)and knows exactly which is which.If you ask him to get certain ones,he can pick them out from about 30 different ones!

Probably a daft question,but is anyone thinking of putting their LO in a bed,fairly soon? I really need to get ds into a bed and settled in before the baby arrives,as I need the cot and don't really want to do it after the baby arrives,as ds might think we've kicked him out just so the baby can have his bed.

Hope everyone is well and sorry if I've missed anything,but it's getting harder to catch up with all the threads on here.

Take care all.x

and in good blinking ME tradition.. i am still writing this thing which has to be in by the 31st
so why oh why am i arsing about mumsnet considering the merits of Murakami and the Pliko pramette and any biographies which constitute good reads for book clubs???
although the thread 'what is wrong with the UK' is rather helpful on the subject i am considering

shame it is not about divorce or philandering husbands...imagine the research i could do here

Bibbs -
I of course am not thinking about taking DS out of the cot yet... no more babies for me, so he will have to stay my baby until he is 7! LOL!

I did move DD though when she was two, for the same reason as you, and after being very worried about the transition, it was easy peasy! Your DS comes across as an easy going guy... if that is the case it would probable be no problems. Even now at 4 DD, won't get out of thebed for nothing. Sometimes it drives me crazy, e.g. in the middle of the night when her blanket falls of she has to call us to pick it up.... I want to say, you can get up, you know? and then think again, and decide not to mess with it

btw, DS also doesn't say anything (which is almost starting to worry me...) but understands all.

He has turned into a little devil over last week though.... I forgot about the "early terrible twos" - anyone else getting this?
He is (I think) so frustrated with his incapability to express himself that is one tantrum after another !
it will pass, it will pass , it will pass...
right?

Errr... I meant bubbs... sorry!

Lua, I wouldn't worry - my childminder's ds doesn't really say anything and he's just turned two. He understands everything and has a fine pair of lungs on him! (To put it mildly!). He'll get there in time. Ds is now completely obsessed with saying 'moo gone' (moo is moon, obviously. Cows say mmmmmmm in our house, no amount of persuading will convince him to say moo for cow). All flipping day we are informed that the moon has gone. Each window has to be inspected regularly to see if the moon is visible.

And yes, he seems to have turned into a devil. He's also had chickenpox this week, timed beautifully to coincide with my course. Fortunately he has been fine in himself so I could go without feeling horrendously guilty about it.

hello all

i don't think the lack of words is something to worry about just yet, neither is speaking a guarantee that there will be not tantrums.
dd speaks loads but decided that she will wear no shoes boots or wellies when out but will wear said clothing indoors from the moment she wakes up. all this to the sound of much shrieking and feet stomping should we like her to do the opposite

no plans for new bed just yet bubbs

we moved DD1 into a bed at 20 months, adn was fine. Like Lua's DD she won't leave her bed for love nor money especially in the middle of the night when the covers come off.

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Thanks all for the reassurances. This morning we had such a horrible tantrum that I was ready to get him checked for some problem.... He yelled like someone was torturing me for an hour non stop - I was trying to convince him that it wasn't 6:30 ...
I hate time changes!!!
note to self: must send some bottles of wine to very patient neighbour....

Giddy, as a consolation to both of us, I talked to his "teacher" at nursery ans she told me not too worried, because he has very good motor skills, ans that the two (motor skills and speech) rarely comes together.... Apparently they concentrate in one and then the other

I think all babies tend to excel in one area, DD2 is most defineatly motor skills, like your DD2 with her talking Giddy, we gte comment about DD2's walking, climbing, jumping, most people assume she is much older, say nearly 2 rather than just turned 1! She is a knightmare at the park because she can get herself up onto the big climbing frame, the one DD1 plays on and has no fear!

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2 happy - Sorry about your news.
Bubb - New baby might like the moses basket for a bit if you still have it.
Lua and Giddy - I def think children develop as walkers or talkers if they are v good at one or the other. DD2 did have lots of words but hardly says anything now but boy can she climb.
xxx

Oh and I seriously fell out with dd1 from the age of 16 to 18 months she was such hard work with tantrums etc.