November 2014 - The one where they outrun us!

[MrsAukerman]

New thread ladies.

Oh and I'm going mad with the sunscreen btw. Mainly cos I'm obsessive about it myself and wear it 365 days a year! So it feels wrong for me to he wearing it but him not.

He doesn't seem to mind. He's outside constantly at the moment so it's needed. We ended up buying a cheapish baby ridealong thing for the garden with buttons and sounds galore which he loves. Only problem is its Mickey Mouse and therefore has his deeply irritating voice. DH said "that bloody thing isn't coming inside - I'd go mad!"

I hope our poor neighbours don't complain!

digs out sunscreen though it's cloudy here! I jinxed it.

Hope you didn't mind me asking Anna... I get asked by my mum and grandparents a lot. Not in a nasty way, but they are quite bright and intellectual, and I feel they are looking for some sign that ds is going to be as precocious as the rest of the family. My brother is super clever, and was naming types of car by 18 months, and I was academic, though more day dreamy, so I sort of feel like I'm having to keep up with that, and produce a top of the class wunderkind.

The communication thing is so frustrating, I sort of had it imagined that once one word came, there would be a flood and he'd be talking in sentences straight away (though I know that's not really how it works). but, then everyone keeps saying that when they do learn to talk I'll just want him to shut up so I can have some peace and quiet! I'll probably have a chat with health visitor at some points to 18 months, just to get some reassurance.

Mine talks but doesn't walk independent he was 17mths yesterday they all get there eventually.

moggle Clearly the answer is to hide vegetables in the gravel?

Have to believe you're right eastmids - eventually they'll all get there: DD is fine with walking and her understanding is pretty top notch, but not even the hint of a word yet...so I'm in the same club as you anna

ladydolly

porsmork I would argue that communication abilities aren't a compulsory sign of intellect. Not always speach reflects what goes on in a person's head. There are sooo many people who can talk, talk, talk without any substance. With that I am not trying to say that people who are verbally articulate have a hole in their brain or those not so are all genius. But have you ever noticed stumbling with words because your brain goes several steps ahead of what you are saying somebody? There are some truly talented ones who are very advanced in all areas but more often humans are better in one are and worse in other.
There is a huge pressure on parents about their babies starting to walk, talk etc. asap. More and more I see all that milestone thing as false alarm. Just bcs of walking early doesn't mean the future Jessica Ennis has been born or early talker will end up winning noble prize. FWIW, I was walking independently at 10 months, but have always been very academic, but not sporty at all, only in my mid twenties I started to have some interest in fitness.

It is DD1's 5th birthday today. DD2 is very interested in toys meant for 5yr olds. She loves the doll similar to Barbie, but not so interested in the Mr Potato Head which is almost age-appropriate for her (the box says for age 2+).
She was awake for 2-3hrs in the night again. I had thought we had got over that phase :( and I've got to be awake and alert and making conversation with DD1's friends' parents at the party later. I just commented to DH that I had more sleep this time 5yrs ago even though I went into labour with DD1 at 3am! DD1was up just after 6, all excited to open presents, so she had about a hour to open things with tiny pieces before DD2 got up and got her hands on them.

Happy birthday to dd1 happy I get it to similar age gap ds1 was 5 in Aug a f ds2 wants everything of his although he loves Mr potato head esp the glasses

Oh I may have just brought a new car sssshhhh

"Oh I may have just brought a new car sssshhhh" eastmids - either you have, or you haven't! Spill the beans: what it is, and most importantly, what colour

What colour and whether the vanity mirror has lights at the driver seat!

Ha ha as long as the sale goes through on mine today I will be getting my new car later on its a blue Renault captur which bit of a change as always had a Ford currently have a focus but need/want something more economical do lots short journeys for home and work.

DS had an sleepover at GM's last night and again slept through! She didn't actually get him to sleep until 9pm though so he was probably wiped out. I overindulged and feel like poo.

MrsA I feel like poo no amount of painkillers will shift this'd headache but I didn't get to enjoy the wine beforehand wish I had least would explain feeling like poop.

I have my new car its v v nice its smaller in capacity pushchair just fits in but that's fine it fits!

MrsA here's hoping DS slept through again?

But what colour eastmids?? :)

Another milestone here, DD dropped her 1st f-bomb. Totally my fault. After months of carefully censoring my language I was doing an impression of one of my more 'theatrical' friends and roared it twice and dd immediately copied much to the amusement of our guests... hoping it was a one off since she doesn't hear it all the time. #moretopparenting

Still sleeping through, well, probably 5 nights out of 7 going through. We feel like shit of course after 18months of terrible sleep!

Lady its blue :)

Sleep us still hit and miss here we have good nights doing 6.30/7 til 5/6/7 but then get a cold, cough, tooth and can be up a couple times in night.

lady that is fantastic about DD's sleep! And haha that is hilarious about the swearing. We are still swearing in front of DD which is so silly as she is picking up more and more. My only hope is that as she can only seem to say B, D and N consonant sounds so far, if she does start copying us and spouting swears it'll just sound like baba, dada, nana...

We are also still swearing up a storm after a decade of it just being the two of us. We are getting more conscious of it but sometimes I don't even notice I'm doing it!

That's going to be a massive challenge for us.

Now that he's mastered pointing finally he points at every bus he sees and yesterday he waved goodbye as they passed us by! I felt like he had just passed his first exam! I was so proud! Ridiculous!

He is still destroying the house though and has discovered jumping up and down on the kitchen sofa. And balancing on the arms to try to pull the pictures off the wall. And all the falling off that entails!

Still having epic meltdowns. Yesterday he went postal cos I took him off the swings after 15 bloody mins and lay down in the playground kicking the ground and screaming the neighbourhood down. Thankfully it was so early that it was deserted so I just sat down beside him and waited it out. Eventually I had to carry him home though - screaming kicking 14kg toddler + pregnant bump! Everyone on the street staring!

DD2 is 18 months old today
This is a big shock to me after the realisation that DD1 was 5 at the weekend!!

DD2 still can't walk by herself. We went to the zoo on Sunday and she walked for ages holding hands but won't let go. I don't think she really sees the point as she can crawl. I am fairly sure she could do it if she really wanted to. I am not at work this Thursday, which is when the health visitor drop-in clinic is, so am wondering whether to take her. The health visitor was bothered that she couldn't walk on her own when she was about 10 months old and told me to go back in a couple of months if she hadn't started. I wasn't worried, but I wonder what they will think if I turn up 6 months later than they think I should have.

It is our wedding anniversary on Thursday and DH arranged for his parents to babysit for the evening so we can go out for a grown-up dinner somewhere nice. I think it was supposed to be a surprise, but MIL gave it away last week when she rang to say she couldn't take DD1 to school and pick her up on Monday when I was at work as usual, because SIL had to change her work day and so MIL had to take her other grandchild to school and pick him up instead. When DH spoke to her later, it turned out SIL had changed her work day so she could pick up her own child on Thursday so in-laws can come over here early. We don't want or need them here early (by early they mean before DD1 finishes school so we won't even be here!?), as DH has to work later so we can't go out early anyway. Without wanting to sound ungrateful for their help, it was a problem that they couldn't do Monday when we needed them because they want to come here early on Thursday at a time we don't need them. DH had to take half a day off work on Monday to get round that and we are very lucky that his work is so flexible to let him. I have no idea what I will wear to a nice restaurant. I can't remember when I last wore something other than my work uniform or jeans/ long-sleeved top/ hoody!!

Enjoy you meal out Happy - it's our wedding anniversary today but we have a teething soon-to-be-17 month old, so that = a toddler full of snot; red cheeks; sky-high temperature; gunky eyes and lots of wake-ups in the night . Most we managed today was a "special" home-made lasagne..... Still, there will be many more to come (hopefully!)

I meant wedding anniversaries, not toddler teeth

ladydolly sorry, but its hillarious

Anna you already have a bump!! And then suddenly - voila, brand new baby!

DD suddenly has started to hate going to bath, she wouldnt sit down in the water, just stands at the edge and cries her eyes out all the time while we wash her.

Lady, that's amazing!! Will have to watch my language!

Nasty day here. Ds is SO cranky, really out of character for our normal cheerful chap. Napping for no more than 40 mins, waking up screaming, and was up twice for milk last night. I can see another molar coming, and he's full of cold, poor lamb.

We're experimenting with a floor bed tonight (after he slept through at his grandparents on Monday night), to see if that makes any difference. We'll see.

Decided to start a little pop up bookshop with Usborne books. They do home parties and school fairs and things, but I don't know how to start as I'd feel uncomfortable selling to mates. Really nervous about it.... Only for fun/pocket money, but I'm worried I'll set high expectations and let myself down. You guys may have to help me keep my perspective! X

Posmork I've got a friend who put her baby in a proper bed a few months ago (baby is the same age as ours) and it really helped him sleep better. Who knows?

Good luck with Usbourne, if you just think of it as fun it'll be less pressure. They should help you get started. Ask your friends if you can practice on them or if they can help you - easier than approaching them in a 'selling' way? try and get in with some NCT groups, they're often looking for 'guest' sellers.

We also had our anniversary this week. Me: It's our anniversary today. DP: Oh yes, happy anniversary. continues working on laptop
Who says romance is dead??!!

I've had a massive falling out with Mil. She's classic narcasstic mother and the things she's said and done in the past have left DP and his brothers with serious anxiety issues. I've held my tongue for years but after another thinly veiled criticism of DP on fb I messaged her to tell I found it disappointing that she did that when he only ever tried to make her happy. She deleted the post and said she didn't know what I was talking about. Then deleted her profile and told me it wasn't about DP. Refused to talk to me and messaged DP to say it was all my fault and I'd attacked her out of the blue. The woman is insane. I'm actually not sure where to go from here. I finished every text with 'I'm here if you need to talk' We're both stubborn as they come though and I can't see her backing down. She's vicious, she'll be on the phone to all and sundry badmouthing me right now. sigh

lady and haven't that's a bit of a coincidence that all 3 of us have our wedding anniversaries this week as well as having very similar aged babies.

DH said he was talking to one of the nursery nurses when he picked DD up about her not walking and she doesn't think we should worry. She must see a lot of babies this age and part of her job is to assess their development in the learning journal, so that is reassuring. Maybe I won't bother with the health visitor tomorrow after all.