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

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katzg · 21/09/2006 10:51

new thread!

Enjoy!

Congrats Jonah

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sfxmum · 29/10/2006 20:49

trib - did you say your boy had chickenpox? poor thing hope he recovered by now

just having a more careful read through.
dd very much a talker she walks but stumbles and shows no fear so is permanently covered in bruises and scratches.
NO NO OFF OFF are familiar words to start a big woobbly

tribpot · 29/10/2006 22:33

sfx, yes - we are stricken with the pox. Needless to say, my babysitter has never had it, so has had to be kept away as the last thing she needs right now is to come down with shingles. (She is apparently meeting with the police tomorrow, hoping to find out what's going on tomorrow morning).

Ds has been absolutley fine with his chickenpox, in fact MrsW was quite envious he was having it and wondered if ds2 could come round to try and catch it off him I think the sooner the better is the motto.

Giddy - your dd2 is a champion! Am so impressed by talking in sentences.

katzg · 30/10/2006 09:13

Trib - if i was nearer to you we would be round like a shot to come and catch the pox, neither of mine have had it yet and i would like for them to get it over and done with soon.

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tribpot · 30/10/2006 09:32

ds charges a very modest fee for coming round and licking other children to give them the pox

Alas he is now out of the infectious stage I think, as the spots are all drying out nicely.

MrsWednesday · 30/10/2006 10:13

Looks like I've missed the infectious stage of the pox, but not to worry. DS2 seems to get every bug going whilst the rest of the family is fine, so no doubt he'll get it soon enough.

DS2 still isn't talking. He can however run, wiggle his hips in time to music and twirl on request - he lurrrrrrrrves to dance! It is the cutest thing in the world (and he knows it ).

Blimey Giddy, your DD2 is mightily impressive, talking in sentences. It definitely seems to be the case that it's either walking or talking, not both.

Sorry to read about your grandma 2Happy, she sounds like a remarkable woman.

26th November sounds good to me for the meet-up. Do you want us to bring anything Katz?

Oh, on the bed thing: I put DS1 in a bed at aged 2 and it was a complete nightmare for the first few nights but after that it got better fairly quickly. Still trying though, especially as I was pregnant at the time.

Right, off to get a cup of coffee - feeling quite exhausted today as both DSs decided to get up at 5am today. Grrrrrrrrrr.

muma3 · 30/10/2006 13:49
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katzg · 31/10/2006 13:21

do any of the other june mumies with 2 feel that number 2's development sometime gets over looked? i bought DD2 a spot jigsaw from the charity shop to keep her occupied whilst DD1 was at french club and i could enjoy my choccy cake and tea! anyhow i digress, this jogsaw has piccies underneath and you have to find spots bone. having taken all the pieces out once and put them back again (had no idea she could do this!) i then asked her where the bone was, she removed the correct piece, i then asked her where all the various other things were rabbit, cat ect and she found them all first time too(again had no idea she could do this!) Repeated the same part piece for her Daddy later. I now am feeling a bit guilty that i'm not as up to date on how she is developing as i was with DD1.

does anyone else feel like this?

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2MwahHaHaHappy · 31/10/2006 16:22

Hello, thanks for all your kind words . Wrung out now, death, pg hormones, pg insomnia and a ds who refuses to abide by the hour change - not a good combination!! Ah well, it'll be Christmas before we know it . I hope ds has more interest in it this year - last year all he did was sit and eat the wrapping paper that fil gave him (and which dyed his tongue blue ).

Lua · 31/10/2006 20:35

Katz- sigh! Bad day to get a question like that.... I feel totally overwhelmed with the mummy lark these days, and I probably overlloking everyone's need....

But more to the point... yes, I haven't checked the book since DS is 6 months, so I have no idea how he is doing with his developmental milestones... Also, I clearly don't spent half as much time as I did with dd looking at books, pointing at things, teching him stuff... I do feel guilty...

But sometimes I feel like he is the lucky one. He certainly seems much more secure, and very much confortable in his skin. It could be his personality, but it could be the fact that we are not in top of him all the time, IYSWIM....

As long as she is happy and is developing well, which clearly seems she is, you must be doing a wonderful job!

Lua · 31/10/2006 20:37

2 happy - my sympathies with your DS early waking... the same in lua household....

Have you been pampering yourself enough?

katzg · 01/11/2006 08:21

Thanks Lua, its reassuring to here someone else say it too, i guess second children just have a different childhood, i am a second child and its not done me any harm! i mean i have a degree, a PhD, a happy marriage, 2 children, i think i'm a well adjusted human what more could i want? well my own secret island somewhere hot that only takes a few minutes to get too and soem hunky chunky eye candy to look at all day!! look but not touch!

start my new job today! very excited!! although doubt i will see a change for a couple of months yet, still have a huge pile of work to finish off for the one job first! thats academia for you.

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MrsWednesday · 01/11/2006 11:06

Good luck in the new job Katz!

DS2 is also a somewhat 'neglected' child in comparison to DS1 but like Lua's DS, he seems happy enough. I think first children are automatically much more under the spotlight - I remember spending so much time stressing about what DS1 should be doing, wasn't doing etc, whereas DS2 has been left to his own devices to some degree, and actually he seems a very happy and independent little chap.

teabelly · 01/11/2006 11:31

Morning ladies

Katz - yup I feel like that too sometimes, but also I think DD has the benefit of having DS around so she seems to learn much faster...DS only had adults to mimic and show him how to do things, so he was a much more cautious toddler, DD on the other hand sees her brother throwing himself around and so does likewise - and she can get to the top of the big slide before her brother and she's very adept at looking out for herself with a well timed shriek and punch if big brother isn't letting her do something...poor DS!

Good luck with the new job - when it finally kicks in

Trib - glad Toby is coping well with the pox...DD was very bad when she had it, but she was only 9mths at the time. ROFL at the image of him chasing kiddies to lick them to pass on pox Congrats on the exam result - fingers crossed for the next one!

SFX - hope you got your paper in on time!

Giddy - WOW! how fantastic that your DD2 comunicates so well - stand tall and proud mine just shrieks and points if we can't understand the all day non stop babble!

Bubbs, we moved DS into a bed with bedguards at about the stage he could deftly climb on and off the sofa unaided!! It was a cot bed, so lower to the ground than a conventional single bed, and then into a proper single bed when we needed the cotbed as a cot again. Ikea do some very reasonale priced small people beds that grown in length and are lower to the ground so maybe you and DS would feel happier with this option?? Also as Skyler says new bubbs will possibly be in a moses basket/crib at first so I wouldn't panic yet...remember even a month is a long time to a LO so if you waited until you were 7/8mths gone before moving him DS will I'm sure be fine

Hello to everyone else...have to go should be doing month end ...but desperately need a cuppa first...catch you all later, x

katzg · 01/11/2006 12:10

Lummox - if your around, can i ask you a favour?

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bubbaloo · 01/11/2006 12:15

Tea-We're definately thinking of getting the bed from Ikea,especially as it would go well in his room.We will also wait a few months yet-as long as possible really,but really want to do it before the new baby arrives IYKWIM.He can't climb onto the sofa yet,although he can get down with no problems.

They grow up sooooo fast.

tribpot · 02/11/2006 17:58

katz - among your other accomplistments you forgot to mention Astounding Cake-maker!

tribpot · 02/11/2006 17:59

accomplistments, btw, is obviously a list of accomplishments. Hope that's that's clear

tribpot · 02/11/2006 18:01
katzg · 03/11/2006 08:55

why thank you Trib - i do try on the cake front, you all have however only seen them through the camera lens, and although they say the camera never lies - oh it does!!!!!!!!

those coming on the 26th i will endevour to make some yummy cakes! Jonah, lua if fact anyone is welcome!if you're around please come!

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sfxmum · 03/11/2006 16:34

hello all

i was interested in this talk of second children. dh and I are both first born of 3 siblings. we seem to have common characteristics and we thought about how to avoid passing on the least 'desirable' ones to our dd, but ultimately i think they are mostly inevitable.
both our middle siblings also have similar traits and they are both far more confident and relaxed in many ways. not a scientific study of course

broodiness taking hold this week as period bit late, oh i am sad

hope you are all OK - hugs

bubbaloo · 03/11/2006 17:20

Oooooooh how late is a bit late?.

Lua · 03/11/2006 17:42

keeping my fingers crossed for you sfx!

tribpot · 03/11/2006 18:12

Ooh, sfx, the race is on! (Not that I am late, but I feel compelled to try extra hard now )

giddy1 · 03/11/2006 18:15

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