June 2013: Here come the terrible twos!

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New thread. :-)

We're back at the dentist Thursday for our second visit. Dd gave him about 30 seconds last time to have a peek and then clamped shut for the rest of the time! She liked the frozen sticker after tho....

Teeth cleaning is hit and miss here - some days she asks to clean them several times other days pretty much sucks the toothpaste off and that's it

Tomato soup and a toddler isn't a good combo unless you're a fan of orange clothing....

We have an electric one. The bee as it's known! It doesn't help the enthusiasm in the slightest. :-/

I lost yooooooouu!!

Help me ladies - I look really really pregnant but have a client meeting on Wednesday and I'm still trying to hide it from them. What can I wear? How about an unbuttoned suit jacket, loose blouse and wafty scarf? Or will it just look obvious that I'm trying to hide things.

Telling the client just isn't possible at the moment - even more so because one of the team handed her notice in today!

How pregnant are you now? Do you think it's objectively noticeable? I thought I was massive at 15 weeks but no one had bothered to notice! Outfit sounds fine. Basically anything unstructured works. Maternity clothes may be less obvious!

Sunny - wafty scarves are fine at this time of yr, nobody would bat an eyelid. I spend my work days with long cardigans and wafty scarves within reach. Depending where I am in the building, the temperatures vary hugely.

I bet you feel more pregnant than you look

Yes probably - I'm 18 weeks now but look so much bigger than I did last time. I got to 6 months last time before people started asking me - before that I just looked fat! Didn't help that DH said I looked pregnant last night. Maybe I should walk into the meeting eating doughnuts so they just think I'm getting podgy

Honestly I think that most people, specifically men, fail to notice less than a two stone gain or loss. I think you do have to officially notify by 25 weeks though. By then there would be no mistaking it for me!

Ha, I think you might be right Bean. In my previous job, I got to the point of going on mat leave and a man who saw me approx 1x wk never noticed that I was pregnant. He was surprised to hear that I had a baby My weight gain was approx 2 stone.

No idea how he missed it, at 5'1" being full term preggers made me bloody gigantic!!!

The 25 weeks thing only applies to employers though yes? I'm a contractor and currently my contract is due to run out on 31st Jan but we're having to write a tender for the work to get another 3 year contract. As I'm the technical lead currently we're trying to work out if it is best to present my CV again with a backup or to swap me with someone else (who doesn't yet exist). Honestly it could just be a storm in a teacup but we've just lost 3 members of the team (1 sacked and 2 resigned) so the client is a little unsettled by our capacity to deliver at the moment.

How did it go, Sunny?

Who's starting the new thread...we need it soon!

I'll leave thread starting to someone more experienced... I wouldn't like to guess where we would end up if I did it!!

Dd had photos at nursery today - she did well! Very cute. Now trying to be practical about what I buy!

Potty training.... Half term next week I thought we might really give it a go. Tips? For me and her! I seem to be worrying about being out and there being an accident or needing a wee right now I know it must happen every day and no one notices but it still seems to be at the back of my mind.... I just need to get over it don't I? I have a nice easy potty that can go out with us. I just need to not care about others.... Don't I?!

You could conduct a social experiment. Never say anything and see how far you can go before someone says something to you. I often wonder how long it would be before someone actually says something.

Ha ha - that could be quite good fun Bean. Last time my client was gay and outed me in minute because my dress was sitting funny!

So the meeting was yesterday and my colleague said I was doing really well until I stood up for the last presentation and started rubbing my tummy. What an arse!

Fool!!!

Oops, Sunny!

Damn subconscious, Sunny!! Did the clients say anything?! Maybe they didn't notice....

While I have a quiet few moments I thought I would ask your expert advise on Christmas cards and nursery? What's the etiquette ? All the staff, all the kids in child's group/class (how do you find out all their proper names?!) According to dd she plays with 'Sam' but there isn't a Sam in her group, so guessing they are in another group....

I'm trying to be organised and plan ahead... This will at some point back fire on me, I will suddenly realise I have missed something anyways!

We give her key worker and those who have babysat for us gift vouchers. We then buy a present for the nursery, like biscuits, wine etc. At mine they raffle them off so that everyone gets something. This approach means that dave the cook, the admin girls etc all get a gift. I wouldn't bother with cards unless you have a relationship with them. We hang out with several of the kids out of nursery. They will get cards but not the masses.

Last yr we gave a handmade card & biscuits to 'all in the baby room' as the staff moved between the two baby rooms quite readily. We said something like 'happy xmas to all and thank you for helping ds settle into nursery so well'. This yr he is in the toddler room - but again they have two toddler rooms depending on age, though they merge from time to time. Will probably do a generic card to all the staff in the toddler rms - though if his key worker hasn't changed by then she may get a specific card as she has been great with ds and he loves her.

Currently making frozen yoghurt :) DH got a ice cream maker for his birthday. It makes amazing ice cream but I will become gigantic if I eat it as readily as DH wants to make it!

See, I knew you lot would have the answer!! I might do some homemade fudge and wrap it in cellophane so all the staff can share on the last day while they clear up or something. And a general card to everyone.

I used to love frozen yogurt - haven't had it in years. Always reminds me of trips to see my Gran.

Tonight is the first night this week dd hasn't fallen asleep while I've cooked tea! Last nights position was interesting! (I may have added a photo that will appear somewhere!)

It's also half term now... Potty training starts in earnest tomorrow.... Yikes.

Oh god I'm now suitably shamed to do a card and present for the nursery staff. i did make them a big chocolate cake when she moved up to the Tweenies room so I'm not completely crap.

We had a parents evening at her nursery this week which was hilarious. Firstly they suggested my child is quiet . The other really funny bit it is how awkward the staff are at speaking to grownups. they're truly brilliant with the kids but clearly hate talking to grownups. Poor key worker was visibly shaking when she was speaking to us

I've got 2 tubs of Minature Heroes to give plus I'll give her key worker a bottle of Prosecco plus also donate one to the raffle. And a card to the key worker too, I think.

Will somebody start a new thread now...it's getting desperate?! :-)

New thread :) www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2494109-June-2013-the-terrible-twos-arent-so-terrible

Yay, Biscuits!