November 2014 - the one where they answer back.

[MrsAukerman]

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Congratulations ladydolly! And great barn as well. We go at least once a year to Norfolk, so might give it a try. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations ladydolly! And that cottage looks lovely. We've just come back from Norfolk, were staying about 10 minutes drive away, small world!

Activities wise, I have stopped planning anything complicated as he's generally not in the mood for them once they're out. We went for a walk in the woods yesterday, then to garden centre. But after his nap, he just seemed lost. I brought some more toys out and he didn't want to play with any of them. We made flapjacks together, but by about 4.30, we were both not quite sure what to do with ourselves. Especially with the rain!

Anna, does your ds dig up the veg?! Mine loves to find all the green strawberries, and throws them about. Only managed to ripen two this year!

We only planted half of it this year as we knew he'd go crazy in it. The other half we attempt to guard with lots of branches and sticks and it seems to have deterred him so far since he can get filthy on the other side!

Horribly rainy here - we are still using the rain dungarees and wellies a lot which we didn't think we'd still be doing in late June!

Help needed.
We're going to a rock festival of cover bands on Sunday with BIL and SIL on Sunday. They totally don't understand small kids (fertility problems) and said they're bringing a portable gas BBQ. This is going to be a nightmare isn't it? They also probably expect us to stay out late when DS is going to be a whiny mess by 7. Give me strength!

Hm sorry sounds difficult but I guess a rock festival isn't exactly geared towards small kids so probably isn't going to be a super relaxing day. I mean, even if your BIL and SIL didn't bring a BBQ it's surely fairly likely that someone else nearby might have one, so it'd still be a potential issue?
Have you spent much time with them with DS... I mean despite our 3 years with fertility problems we weren't clueless, we still knew kids went to bed earlier than us... Equally DD is fine with a late night every now and then as are some other toddlers I know (there were a bunch of 1-2 year olds all still raving and happy at 10pm at a friend's wedding recently) so maybe they have friends with kids like that and are thinking that it'll be OK for one night? You probably need to just mention it so you're all on the same page.

Good point about other people having BBQs. I'm going to let them know our intended departure time ahead of time.
SIL has history of kicking off when drunk and/or not getting her own way and I REALLY want to avoid that. DS will be fine -he's quite the mosher.

I'd let your DH text them tbh. Why should you have to? But then I avoid texting my ILs wherever possible lol. We get along fine as a a result!

But agree they need to know you're going to be leaving by a certain time.

It's lashing down rain here all day and will be tomorrow and I'm starting to lose my patience being stuck inside. 3rd trimester is starting to kick my ass and I'm pretty busted pelvis-wise so I'm not at all inclined to put on waterproofs and stomp up and down the road with DS like I did all last winter. Thank god for both of us he's starting creche on Monday - counting the days!

Oh Anna hope he gets on OK on Mon and you get some rest.

2 weeks of term left here so planning a few days out first week of Jo!s locally iin Midlands as still term time elsewhere so less busy and evemn here quiet as lots people go away as cheapest week I have week off dh a,few fays but over the summer 6weeks ds1 on!ky has to do 8days in holiday club as I have 1day a week off anyway then between me and dh we have annual leave.

Dd has threadworms. We haven't been to sleep yet. Fml.

Ark you just dropped a bomb and disappeared
God, I never thought about the possibility, but remembering amount of times I had them myself as a child, of course, DD will have them as well. I hope they vanish quick don't cause much of disturbance...

God Ark you must be knackered.

Today DS was watching Wimbledon and every time Venus Williams came on he shrieked "TEDDY! ". Was totally silent when the other girl was in shot. We are MORTIFIED. Much middle class angst about it!

Well she didn't sleep till gone 2am, DP has fucked off to scotland to piss about with cars, annoyingly with my blessing so I can't even be cross with him.

Fed up, feel like I've totally let dd down and I've caused her to be this uncomfortable.

Anyway we've both been dosed up with the medicine, fingers crossed it works. And quickly.

Oh ark... you poor thing. This is absolutely not your fault and nothing you could do to stop it. Just another childhood thing to get through :(

anna I laughed so hard are your expense, I'm sorry!

DD now refusing the buggy, she can walk for miles but when she needs a rest I have to pick her up or strap her down and listen to her scream until she falls asleep. Annoying. Smart trike might be the answer I guess.

Ark it's definitely not your fault, you didnt let her down. Small children are grabby and grubby and threadworms is just a result of it all. It's just a question of time which baby on the thread will be the 1st to pick up from somebody nits and so on.

DD only started walking properly on her own a week or so ago. On Thursday we headed to the park after taking DD1 to school where she discovered puddles for the first time. It took a long time to get not very far, splashing in every little puddle and saying hello to every dog (there are a lot of dogs in our park). Today DD1 introduced her to the extremely muddy puddles in the other bit of the park and the shallow bit of river you can paddle in. I had to change her leggings before we went home and I wished I had thought to put her rainsuit on, but a random person passed by as my 1 and 5yr olds were in a deep pool of mud in the rain and said how much better that was than seeing them in front of a computer. I agreed while also thinking of all the washing and drying I have to get through. The tumble dryer broke this week, a week when it hasn't stopped raining for more than a couple of hours at a time. It burnt holes in my work uniform trousers whilst not drying anything else at all, but I guess I am lucky that it didn't spontaneously combust and burn the house down or something. Apparently DH is going to fix it himself after my dad tried without success on Thursday

Thank goodness we've had a better night last night, think the wigglers are on their way out.

happy I took dd puddle jumping the other day and the fury thing she did was LIE DOWN in one

Obviously I mean first not fury

Oh I am glad last night was better. Are thread worms really that awful? DS is starting creche tomorrow and I'm starting to worry now about these things. Am fully expecting him to fall into a dramatic decline by the end of the first week like some Victorian virgin. I'm half expecting him to come down with consumption or something.

It's just as well he's going as (this is going to sound awful) his marked preference for DH is starting to get a bit insulting now. DH is around a lot, and is great fun, always ticking him on the floor and bringing him on muddy woodland adventures etc whereas I am Big Fat Busted Pelvis Pregnant Mum who can't do anything fun. So now DS has little interest in me but Daddy is followed everywhere. This morning DH had a shower and DS was hysterical outside the bathroom door, convinced DH had been sucked into an evil vortex no doubt. Not that it's any fun for DH but it's miserable for me as I may as well be not there half the time. I could literally go away for a week and all I'd get on return is a polite smile. Whereas Daddy puts the bins out for 2 minutes and DS buries himself into him like a lost soul. The only time I get a cuddle is when I'm putting him down for a nap.

So I am hoping the creche makes things a bit more balanced. I know this is "normal", I just didn't expect it to happen so early on!

Anna no they're not that bad unless you're dd apparently. She was hysterical on Thursday night, everytime she tried to settle to sleep she would start thrashing around and crying again. it's more annoying that the itch wakes them up, apparently worms only come out a night!

Oh Ark, sorry to hear about the horrendous time you're having. hopefully the medicine gets working soon!

Hope your ds enjoys crèche tomorrow Anna! I try to reassure myself that my Ds is naughtier with me and takes mefor granted more than dh because the idea of a world without his mum is just too awful to contemplate, it literally doesn't occur to him that I wouldn't be there, so I'm part of the wallpaper. Probably not true, but it helps when it's been a long day.

Sounds like a lovely day happy, puddles are the best! We spent the afternoon making them on our patio and stamping through them.

Had an absolute blast at the festival yesterday. BIL and SIL were ace. No BBQ or unreasonableness. It was really relaxing with a 4-1 ratio. Highly recommend for a cheap day out for next year if you're in the NW.
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Ooh mrsA my friends were there yesterday! They really enjoyed it.

Hope crèche goes okay today anna

Dd is back to sleeping properly again thank god. Im having one of those moments when you look at them and think how did I make such an awesome little person. Im sure it will pass when I try and dress her

Anna I hope the nursery works just the you want it! DD started to show clear preferance of DH over me since she was 11 months, we thought it was bcs she took me for granted as I was with her all the time. Being in the nursery on extended days hasnt charged this at all, i am still her proud Nr.2... :)
I am flying with DD on my own to visit my family this weekend, I am already sick of worry. It has started to down on me that this time will be very different to the last year, when she was in the baby carrier most of the time. I am actually so nervous that yesterday Amazon delivered baby reins, we have booked the speedy security pass and I have paid for a seat with extra leg room to avoid her kicking no end the chair in front. I still have that constant stress feeling inside. Why didnt I organise somebody else to fly with me?!

Yesterday out of the blue DD counted till ten, she did miss four, but when DH said eleven, she responded bye-bye and off she went. No idea where she picked that one up.
On other note I noticed her eating play dough, so got my finger in her mouth trying to fish it out before it went down. DD got very angry and pulled my hair with all strength. It left us with DH gobsmacked.

Am really glad the festival went well!

We dropped him round to crèche at 9.15 and picked him up at 10.30. Same tomorrow and we'll build it up gradually.

When he came home he was starving (even though he had shit loads of breakfast) and was a bit stroppy and Kevin The Teenager. Turns out he was tired and he went for a nap at 11.15! Only 4 hrs after getting up from a 12 hour sleep!

But he enjoyed himself there - they have a play kitchen which is the greatest thing in the world. And it's literally 5 mins waddle door to door so we can walk him there.

Strawberry buy some wee figurines or similar and surprise her with them on the plane. We did that (Night Garden ones) and he played with them the whole flight. We also downloaded all these Fisher Price baby peekaboo type apps to the iPad which were handy. And if all else fails lots and lots of snacks!

We did use the reins in the airport a lot - they were an absolute godsend cos of all the hanging around. We still had to walk around with him on the concourse a boring amount though. And the escalator held a dangerous appeal so we had a rather fraught disagreement about that. Try to avoid her going too near it if you can as it's too tempting.

Anna Glad the creche went well and he had fun. We have a play kitchen at home (highly recommended by me and most people on MN threads as a second birthday present if anyone is organised enough to be thinking about that!), but when we go to Stay n Play group DD still spends nearly all her time playing in the play kitchen there.