September 2014 - Toddlers & Tantrums!

[lilone1234]

Babies are now toddlers at 18 months +, growing and learning new things all the time!

Wow FATE thats very exciting! Glad you have a madam too, makes me feel more normal. The other morning he had a tantrum over a nappy change, shouted at DS that he wasn't having his nappy changed then stomped into his bedroom and slammed his bedroom door behind him!

Oh fate i am so jealous! Winter sun sounds heaven right now!

So I had an ear infection then dh had a bad cold/flu type symptoms then ds fell and smacked his head off of a metal bed then E caught a sickNess bug and was sick all night and the ds burnt his leg on the radiator! I am done with Jan thankfully Feb should bring some better days!!

Aside from all that ds eating is slowly improving and he has been in top form mood wise!

Oh wow that sounds great Fate. Hope you have an amazing time!

Oh dear Cookie that's a run of bad luck. Hope things improve for you soon. x

WoooW Fate that's wonderful

cookie that's really tough ! Hopefully this month will be a lot better , Weather has started improving already

DS keeps calling me mummy pig and keeps calling his daddy daddy pig. This is not restricted to role playing, the other day he opened his eyes in the morning and saw me ready to go to work , he just woken, but didn't fail to tell me Goodbye mummy pig !!

Ooh Fate Have a lovely break. And listen to your mum

Cookie I hope your luck improves soon. Glad to hear that E's eating has improved.

Nazly, that is hilarious! A loves Peppa Pig, so it might happen to us too.At the minute though he likes saying Mummy, on repeat, and if you don't answer to his satisfaction he puts his hand on your face and makes you look at him!

DS likes to say 'mummy, daddy, mummy' when he is calling for us!

FATE - hope you had a wonderful break.

DD has started calling us Mum and Dad! When we try to correct her, she calls us Gwen and Bob instead. Not our names, but she loves Dinopaws!

Our little "darling" is being quite challenging at the moment. Not really naughty as such, but not listening, turning her back when we are talking to her, being verrrrryyyyyy slow, and the occasional talking back. It is driving me nuts. Any hints and tips?!

How was your break Fate?

DD has been poorly recently - just got over her ear infection and now she's got a tummy bug. The joys!

Morning all, you've all dropped off my active threads for a while and I've not been around too much. I dealt with my first proper vomiting toddler episode last night, twice in an hour of full pj and bed stripping. I had it about 5 days ago and not completely recovered and Yuk it makes you just feel so sick dealing with it all doesn't it?? I've also not slept properly because I've been so nervous he's going to wake and be sick again at any second. I knew I wouldn't handle sick bugs well but really quite disappointed in myself, thought I'd cope better than this. We had literally only been back from holiday for about 2 hours, so lucky I'm home with my washing machine!!

I had an absolutely amazing adults-only break with DH, thanks for asking. Very relaxing. Back home to our busy home now, which I wouldn't have any other way.

I simply can't deal with vomit Lilly, DH had to do it. I have to be careful to not look at it and to not breath through my nose to smell it or it makes me vomit too. If we have a child vomiting, I take child into bathroom and play Mother Hen making sure they are ok (and immediately flushing away and vomit that arrives). DH had to clean up, I just can't do it.

I'm not really very good with poo either. I can cope with nappies because you can fold the nappy as removing it so that you don't have to look at the bulk of the poo. But once potty training starts, I really struggle emptying poo out of the potty. Especially since you can't flush wipes so the clearing out has to be done with much flimsier toilet roll.

I have a memory of bathing DC4 with DC3, aged about 6m and 5y respectively. DH wasn't home. DD pooed in the bath. DS freaked out and ran out of bath. I pulled DD out and proceeded to pull plug on bath, thinking this the right thing to do. As I'm wrapping children in towels and sitying then on floor I realise the bath is not emptying because poo is blocking the plug hold. With my bear hands I am pulling chunks of poo out, straight into toilet, to unblock bath plus hole. I'm process I am sick - into the bath. There is now a bath full of baby poo, pooey water, my vomit. I have arms covered in pooey water and raw poo on my hands. Plus two shivering and crying children say on floor (freaking out because they've now watched my wretch and vomit several times.

In the end I closed the door of the bathroom leaving the bath full of stagnant water, blocked from going down the plug with chunks of adult vomit and baby poo - leaving it for DH to deal with when he got home.

at the memory

That's quite a story Fate!

I've been pretty good with the diarrhoea and vomit so far. I guess working as a nurse I'm kind of used to it. I'm a little bit worried that there's something more going on than just a tummy bug. She vomited / had diarrhoea Thurs night, but hasn't thrown up etc since but she's just not herself. She's hardly eating and had a temp of 39.5 this morning. She was so distressed when she first got up she wailed for a good hour, but seems brighter now thanks to the joy that is CBeebies. It's really hard with her language skills being behind that she can't tell me what's wrong.

On that note, GP has agreed to refer her to ENT for a hearing check since she's had several ear infections / language delay which could possibly indicate glue ear or similar. Will let you know how she gets on.

Wow fate that sounds truly awful!

While i don't enjoy cleaning up vomit or poo for that matter it doesn't actually bother me (nursery nurse) E was sick last week I bent down to his level while he was in bed and caught most of it on my chest! (Fun)

Fate that story !!!

I honestly thought I'd cope better with it. I've worked in care before but there wasn't much vomit to deal with. DH has now come down with it. I'm now worried that this is something new to what I had six days ago and I might get it to. I really hope not. I'm now 26 weeks pregnant and having something moving inside you when you are trying not to be sick is just so awful!!

Kitkat it just be hard like you say with the lack of language. DS however has plenty of language but not really many words relating to illness to tell me what's wrong. I don't think he understands the concept of 'hurt' and as he's never really been sick before that was definitely a new one for him. So language doesn't always help!

Oh FATE!! I'm not a big fan of vomit either, thankfully DS hasn't been sick much but he gets so upset when he does and he always wants a cuddle (and I'm always desperate to get him clean first!).

So, the latest trick in our house is the willy fiddle. Hand down his trousers, through the side of his vest and nappy to find his willy. Almost aways when my back is turned so I don't get a chance to tell him to leave it alone which means that he leaves it poking out of the side of his nappy......

I then have a distressed child who is soaked through, standing in a puddle of wee and wanting a cuddle. He doesn't seem ready to potty train though.

Ugh stomach bugs are everywhere right now. Luckily I'm not too bad with vomit! Have a bug myself now though and I feel awful. 31 weeks pregnant now. Ugh!

FATE - you can get flushable wipes!!!

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Sorry to hear there is so much poorliness going around

Lili I was wondering where you were , congrats on your pregnancy too, last time I was reading you were trying and were a tiny bit nervous I remember
Hope sickness goes away soon

Fate yeyyyy to the nice holiday but to the sickness memory ; that's so difficult - I think both sickness and poo are difficult to deal with but luckily I don't feel sick myself so can handle it ; we had so many sicknesses ... I lost the counts
Kitkat I also think language development will not help much with sickness at this age ; my understanding is it take longer for them to realise what's wrong with them before being able to communicating it

So yesterday he was fine and then today he was sick again! But this time in the car, everywhere. All in the seat belt mechanism and all over the seat. Thank goodness for wet wipes. I didn't know the cover comes off the seat so that's good and it's in the machine now. But the seat belts themselves have had a good scrub and still smell. And the windows on my car are being left open for the time being!
I definitely didn't get any warning at all. He told me he was sad this morning, but literally seconds before throwing up he asked me for cake. So language definitely doesn't help!

Fate - not envy. That doesn't sound fun at all. I am surprising myself with how well I am dealing with poo and sick. Was dreading it before I had DS though!

Hope all the sick LO's get better soon. Lilly I did snigger at your DS asking for cake seconds before being sick. I would imagine something A would do. He has been a bit under the weather today, but no sickness yet.

Happy Valentine's

Hello all. Happy valentines!

Oh dear, lots of sickness around right now. DD1 finally seems a bit brighter today. Nearly took her to A&E on Sunday as she was refusing to drink anything for hours (after throwing up a drink earlier) and I was worried she was going to need a drip. DH managed to persuade her in the end to have some sips.

How is everyone else who was poorly?

How

Hope all poorly little ones are better now!

Please tell me ladies, what you feed your DC for dinner, particularly if you've only the one to feed.

I struggle with what to feed DD that isn't frozen 'kid food'. Even though she won't even eat that. She doesn't have a massive appetite, isn't particularly food motivated and goes on & off foods regularly. I'm also knackered being pregnant and having lots of food aversions myself. I eat with DH in the evening so have to give something just to DD at her dinner time.

I used to cook a big lasagne, cottage pie or fish pie type thing at the weekend. DH & I would have it for dinner and I'd freeze the remaining portions for her to have throughout the week. This worked well for a while but she seemed to go off this kind of food & most dinners ended up in the bin after a while. Truth be told I'm also off these type of meals at the moment too. Now, she seems to prefer separate foods that are quite bland. My go to's right now are sausage & beans, plain omelette with mixed veg & tuna mayo pasta. Sometimes little pizza or fish fingers & smiley faces but I don't feel good about this!

Do you have any inspiration? I need something that I can make one small portion of with minimal prep. Not a big ask lol...

I sympathise MyGreen. DD here has recently learnt the word 'yuck' and is using it frequently. Would she eat pasta in a tomato sauce or in pesto? Savoury pancakes? Or a healthier version of pizza (if you buy some bases and get her to add some tomato puree and veg).

My go to is pasta in tomato sauce, omelette or fish fingers and smiley faces. Sorry, thats not very helpful! Hopefully I will get some new ideas here too . To be honest, DS tends to eat all meals at nursery through the week and just snacks on yoghurt/fruit when he gets home. At the weekend we try and eat together. Luckily, he mostly eats what he is given, although he does have his moments!

What about a 'meat and two veg' meal MyGreenSofa? They're easy to do for just one. And can be bland enough to be toddler friendly, or jazzed up a bit if tolerated.

I'm thinking chicken breast, pork chop, lamb steak - these at usually sold in packs of 3 or 4, just open packet and freeze individually, so that you only need defrost a single one at a time.

Then steam some veg. Frozen peas and sweet corn for when you're in a rush. Or peel a carrot, slice some broccoli... whatever you've got in.

The bland meals that are basically just plain grilled meat or fish, ordinary veg with no seasoning and bisto - always go down best with my children. Annoyingly. Although they are all getting more adventurous with age.