June 2013: Here come the terrible twos!

[HungryHorace]

New thread. :-)

DS still naps, but a max of 1hr unless he is particularly knackered. Nursery wake him for us which is great :)

For those with skinny waisted/legged toddlers, Mothercare do 12-18m pants. DS is still in some 9-12 trousers so quite why I even bothered buying 18-24 pants is a mystery

I'm struggling to get Lil up some days from naps. Yesterday she was like a moody teenager and shut the door on me and went back to bed

Max of an hour's nap here too...anything more leads to late nights and we aren't up for that.

DD's had croup again this last week, but is getting over it now, thankfully. DS is still bloody teething. Fed up of shite sleep now.

Joe still naps and by god I'll be doing everything I can to keep him napping till he's at least school-age! Even when nursery goes full day (which for his nursery is till 3pm) he will be coming home to have 'quiet time' in his room. It's a great habit in any case, good for their little over-loaded brains.

I'm incredibly lucky in that he can nap till 4pm and still happily go to bed at 730pm and wake up between 630-730am and wait in his cot till 8am. So, so lucky. He is often still awake when we go up to check him around 8pm but I'm really quite a fan of him settling himself off to sleep so nicely so happy to let him do that rather than keep him up later.

Working away in Bristol going remarkably well with J and his dad coping rather insultingly well. Might I recommend 2 nights a week in an ok hotel to yourself? Bliss.

Still a 2-3 hour nap after lunch here. And she is in bed by 7pm and asleep in minutes. Once teddies have been arranged to her satisfaction!

DD can also nap till 4pm (if need be) and still go to bed at the usual time. She can get by without a nap if need be too though.

Both children seem to love their sleep, luckily for us!

Naps definitely fading here. Just doesn't seem to need the sleep. Part of me wishes I could still contain her in a cot and sleeping bag. Rationally I know she's growing up. Aim is to keep the nap until 19th Jan when I'm back at work. Then Sean can deal with it:)

We still haven't taken the cot sides off after our disastrous attempt a few months ago ( plus holiday disasters). How do you get them to stay in a bed??

We don't always acheive that sunbeam but we didn't have any choice. She could get out of bed wearing a sleeping bag with cot bars up, but then couldn't get back in. Most of the time she does stay in bed, if she's faffing she usually get backs in herself eventually. It's when we took the sides off that the nap stopped.

That's my fear - if the cot goes, the nap goes!

Still cot with sides here too - much to the health visitors horror when she asked at the 2/2.5 check. I could have understood it if I'd said I chain her in the cot - the reaction was similar to what I imagine it would have been had I said that.
Big girls bed soon tho I think, maybe before Christmas or soon after, maybe Santa can bring bedding sets....

And I think we are going to REALLY try potty training during half term. I'm not ready for it but fear dd is and will be much easier....

Actually taking the sides off the cot wasn't a drama at all. She bloomin loved being able to get in and out bit it never occured to her to leave her room until morning.

Ok its led to interesting items that she sleeps with but I love the fact that i haven't had to go and get her up in the mornings because she's shouting from her cot.

DD just isn't interested in getting out of bed even though she can. It's baffling and wonderful all in one! She gets on and off / in and out during the day, so there's no reluctance there, she just doesn't. :-)

Potty training still isn't happening yet. She's not quite there yet but is getting there. Yay for winter potty training. Sigh.

In other news, I'm now a fully qualified solicitor. Scary thought, ha ha! I started my new job last week and it's very full on. But I quite like it and the people I work with. Which is a bonus.

Congratulations Hungry! Glad the new job is shaping up well too.

DS in a toddler bed is fine. We stay with him, for now, whilst he drops off. But already that has changed from practically pinning him down in bed to sitting near the bed quietly. Now he might sit on my knee for stories but climbs into bed when he is ready to lie down. I really don't want to get into a thing of constantly returning him back to his room/bed so happy with that for now.

On the whole he either sleeps through or joins us in our bed at the end of the night.

The first time we tried taking a side off the cot, he was spooked so it went back. A couple of months later and the opposite was happening so the side came off again and he became calmer at night. It was as if he initially needed the enclosed feeling and laterally needed not to feel trapped, if that makes any sense?!

Dd does now last the night in her cot, with one/two wake ups and then when it's morning she comes in with me for cuddles. It's working well, I fear a bed will not be so wonderful and that there will be lots of up and downess. Watch this space!!

I'm just back from a dermatology appointment. With big decisions to be made. we have started me on a ten week course of a combination of antibiotics to see if there is an improvement, yet if there is, but it's unlikely. And I've had lots of previous non helpful treatments too. There isn't a cure for the skin condition I have, more just a hope of getting it to a manageable level. The next treatment, which in fairness they are reluctant to start, is a treatment where I can not get pregnant while on (9 months) and for at least 3 years after stopping it.
Now, right now it isn't in the cards, but I don't know what might possibly change in 4 years. So I now kinda need to have a think if that is a treatment I want to commit to. Or wait and try it once I know for sure if any other children are a possibility.
Big talks to have with my new chap too I guess. I'd love to be in a better place with my skin, but I don't honestly know if I want to rule out further children, or such a massive age gap, or as the deem helpfully pointed out missing my chance as I get older. sorry, just needed to odd load I think, and kinda get my head around it before speaking to anyone else.

Off to pick did up from nursery in a second, and then suffer the ex for the hour he can spare tonight, first time in three weeks he's bothered.

Excuse the typos!

There should be a yey, derm, and off in there rather than yet, deem and odd!!

It's a big thing to rule out kids for four years. You need to have a conversation with current boyfriend but also think more long term in the abstract. I think you are 33? Can you live with your skin another ten or so years? How would you feel if you were told absolutely no children for four years? Or ever? What about if the treatment doesn't work? Is it guaranteed? Could you start it immediately after having a baby?

Naps: those I know who are dropping them are making it pretty clear themselves. If they are up until nine then they are probably sleeping too much by day. If they still go to bed at seven then you are probably OK for a while! Don't be scared of the big beds. It often means they just get up and hang out in their rooms when done sleeping:)

Bean your right. Having had the weekend and discussed it with my best friend who is a nurse and my chap, I'm going to shelf that particular treatment until much further down the line. It's not guaranteed and it's a massive thing to commit to. And medical stuff is changing all the time, so who knows what other options may well come up.

Dd slept in a big bed at the weekend, she did well considering it was a different house too. Gives me hope for when we make the change properly!

Poorly dd today may be sponsored by coffee and cuddles cake and chocolate too if there was any in the house. Very grateful to Peppa Pig right now.

Hope everyone is doing ok and little people and growing bumps are too

So...this chat you had with your chat about babies, Pinky? I'm very excited that things are going so well for you. :-)

DS is trying to kill us with appalling sleep and DD has been joining in. They've both got their back molars coming, which isn't the best timing! He's also got 3 canines and his last front molar coming. Thinking about it, I probably wouldn't sleep if I had that many teeth sprouting!

I still consider it early days HH! But yes we had a chat about it, and we both agreed that it was silly to make it impossible for that long, for lots of reasons. He is lovely and makes me very happy. So for the right now things couldn't be any better. It's still a who knows on the future, but we aren't ruling anything out!

Dd is currently wide awake. She woke at 4.30 yesterday which I thought was bad enough, 3.30 today and has woken loads before now, I felt like a yo yo. And the only reason I have given in is because when she gets upset her cough gets awful and that's horrid. So trying to keep her calm and relaxed - matchsticks and coffee are the main sponsors today I think.

Teeth suck HH. Hope they soon settle and you all get sleep again soon!

Well, DD has officially dropped her nap. And is sleeping better at night for it too, so that's something. If you ask her if she wants a nap, the answer is a resounding 'No!'

Your bloke sounds lovely, Pinky. :-)

Yes def agree you've made the best decision for now Pink, by the sounds of it.....good luck!

J is dribbling again but it's hard to know if it's the final molar coming through or whether it's to do with his bloody throat. Gah.

Anyone taken their little ones to the dentist? We are going soonish with J for first time....

DD has been with DH a few times. She had one - failed - examination last time and will go again in Jan with him. Tooth care is a battle really!

It seems to be! I mean, J will have a good go at brushing his own and will 'allow' me to have a go as well but it's a bit of a struggle to get a good brush on the front-facing ones. The dentist said (pre-appt) that we should be getting little electric ones for them so they don't learn to scrub but rather learn just to put the brush on each tooth as they go. I haven't got one yet but imagine J will be much more excited bout the fact it buzzes than making any serious application to teeth!