December 2012 - 2nd birthday party chat? Already?!

[PurplePidjin]

Here we are

Hello, Lionheart. That sounds like a nice party last year.

Spotty, that does sound like a perfect night. Are you organised for the wedding yet?

spotty that does sound like the perfect hen party!

T has got a bit of a cold and just fell asleep on the boob. I was going to clean the toilets but I think I'll lay under my sleeping buba instead!

spotty that sounds like my kind of night! I was going to ask if you're ready for your wedding too

Hello lionheart

WL i love it when H falls asleep on me enjoy every moment of T's sleepy cuddles.

I have a question. H has done unbelievable well with self teaching herself to wee on the toilet and always tells us when she needs a wee. Any accidents have been down to us not listening properly when she says wee or toilet. However she will not poo on the toilet she has done it maybe 3 times but she always asks for her nappy then goes off shouts 'pooing' or 'pushing' and she poos. As soon as she poos she happy to either go bare bummed or wears her knickers. So my question is how do i get her to poo on the toilet? Or do you think i should just let her progress naturally to trying on her own?

Hales I've seen loads of thread titles saying similar maybe do a search? I think it's common but don't have any advice.

The wedding planning isn't getting anywhere we are useless!

spotty have you been watching don't tell bride? Always makes me laugh. Amazing that most of the time even if it's not what they wanted they still have a great day.

No I haven't been. Have seen it before though people are mad!

WL after all my moaning in ther early days I do actually miss R snuggled up on me sleeping

Hi LionHeart welcome to the gang

Spotty hen night sounds amazing. I'll probably drag a few female friends out to a local town for pizza, most of us are parents now so it'll be home to sleep by 10pm 8:30 :o

hales leave her to it. They're so young still! Celebrate her acheivements :)

R is on the waiting list for preschool

hales what spotty and pidj said. It seems to be really common and as she's still young I'd just wait it out for a bit.

At DD's nursery one of the boys in the preschool room (so at least 3 yr old) would only poo in a nappy. I saw staff getting him to sit on the toilet for a bit then give him a nappy and a quiet corner!

I should think it's more important to let her take her time and not create health issues through withholding. Maybe give it 6 months then ask your HV for tips (if you have a reasonable HV!)

Pidj wait until you're applying for schools. It goes very quickly.

Thank you, you said what i was thinking but my Dsis said i should be trying to get her to poo on the toilet.

Pidj thats super organised, when will you find out if R is going?

How are everyones DC's doing with going to school now?

Hello everyone. Teething toddler (the dreaded back molars), who has decided to part potty train himself + stupidly busy work + new house = frazzled fandango sounds rude

Will try to keep up better from now on

at frazzled fandango..

I might name change

1 vote here for a name change to frazzledfandango

2 votes!

Do it Fandango :o

Hopefully I'll find out before January when he's meant to start... I'm going to pop his name down a couple of other places too but I liked the vibe of this one and they're just up the road.

Anyone on tax credits, check out if you're entitled. The 2 year old funding has just been massively increased from 10 to 15 hours and the amount of families who qualify is loads more too; if you earn under £16800 odd a year, you'll probably get it :)

Done!

Love it!

Haha! Frazzled! Love it!!

Love it frazzled

Perfect :)

hales I wouldn't force it. She's still very young and if you force her she may start holding it leading to constipation then it'll become uncomfortable so will get more reluctant and it'll turn into a bigger issue. She'll get there just follow her cues. Very common for kids to be a bit funny about poo. A few funny kids books out their about poo which you can read to her and when she does do a poo in her nappy talk about it ie you've done a poo, let put it in the toilet (just tip some out of nappy) & flush etc.

Ugh. Worst night for ages - O woke at 3am screaming (nightmare maybe? We offerred calpol but he didn't want it.) Got him back to sleep fairly easily but every time I tried to leave the nursery he woke immediately. Brought him to bed with us but wouldn't settle then after an hour of that sat up and started crying inconsolably until we took him back to the nursery but wouldn't be left again. I ended up sleeping on cushions on the floor (he wouldn't stop crying when dh tried) which is damn uncomfortable when 32 weeks pg.

Feeling like death and then he was really sad being dropped off at the gym crèche although cheered up not long after I'd actually left and was out of sight..

Also we have a dilemma - our first choice nursery says that he might get a place in march but it's not guaranteed till September. He was settled with a great childminder but she's retiring in October and we've just been offered a place starting in January by our second choice nursery (a montessori). I was really keen on it previously but less so after visiting as it didn't seem as fun as the other, but we'd like him to be able to start getting used to a nursery environment. It would only be a day a week still, but I think it's good for him socially and in terms of attachment. Is it worth going for this one only to potentially pull him out later if the first becomes available? Have already decided it's too close to the new baby arriving to find a new cm and resettlement before mid November. Totally confused!

Utopian, sorry about the bad night. How well does O deal with change? As of you feel he'd be ok i would be tempted to put him in your 2nd choice until your 1st choice becomes availiable. However if he doesn't i think i would try and wait it out.