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May '06 - Our little ones are ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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hockeypuck · 01/05/2007 07:55

New thread now our little ones are turning one.

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hockeypuck · 27/03/2008 08:37

Hi girls - congrats Winky - I've posted on your birth thread - quite a story, poor you - maybe the state could employ you to tell teenagers your birth experience and scare them into using contraception, take along someone with bad hyperemesis to throw up in a bucket occasionally and someone with bleeding nipples and mastitis to wave their lumpy breasts around and I'm sure it would have quite an effect

You're all scaring me now about my MSc and (potential) PhD - stop now! I think I'm in denial about how hard it is, being so pleased that I'm finally, after years of child rearing, getting something to do for myself where I am me and not someone's mum for a few short hours per week. I guess I'll just take it a step at a time, still got one year of my Msc to go and then if I do get funding for the PhD another year of a research methods masters before I even start on the PhD. By then both little hockeys will be in school full time and that makes a lot of difference.

So, lets change the subject - parties & Presents - what have people got lined up for their May 06 babies second birthdays?

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LittleFairySmile · 27/03/2008 22:05

We're having a little party at the local soft play area. I've hired their little back room for food for after playing, and this way I don't have to clean up food that's been thrown around every where.

LittleFairySmile · 27/03/2008 22:07

Oh, and no big pressie really. Two reasons:

  1. Too many toys are just pointless clutter he wont ever play with.
  2. The party is his present! He'll have heaps of fun, he loves the soft play, esp the ball pool.
plama · 28/03/2008 13:23

Oh gosh - haven't even thought of parties!
Presents - anything to do with "In The Night Garden" and a toy tractor and farm animals.
I have booked the day off work though so we can do something nice.

goodcatholicgirl · 30/03/2008 18:53

Hello again!!

Have had to consider that my new baby could potentially only be 2 days old on DD's 2nd birthday, if baby is 2 weeks late (let's hope not!!). Either way, we are not planning much, luckily she is still too young to really understand that her birthday party will be a relatively low key affair. We normally just have DH's (local) family all over for buffet type tea and pressies. Sounds harmless, but that's 8 adults and 8 kids aged between 1 and 14, hmmmm, just what I need when I have just given birth!!!! I have told DH that it would be preferable if they just came over in smaller groups (i.e. seperate families) to see DD, give her her pressie and have some birthday cake, I think that's reasonable don't you???

We have got her a play/pretend kitchen area from the TESCO direct website. I have seen the TEFAL ones, which I think are about £60??? Anyway, my neice has one, and lovely though it is, thought it was a bit big for our house, then found this one in Tesco which is smaller, but still a decent size, and was only £25. When I ordered it it was half price in the sale, so £12.50!!!!! What a bargain. If you have little ones who you think will like it, it's definitely worth a look.

My birthday is this week and we are going to take her to the zoo for the day, which she will love as she loves all things animal. It will sort of be for her birthday too, as I don't think I'll be up for much at that stage.

Talking of which, winkygirl it's good to hear James is a placid baby, and that things are going well. I am really hoping this one will be early like Sophie. I am just getting sooooo excited now!!!!!!!

Nice that this thread seems to have been kick started again, we will have to have a 'May 06 babies hit terrible two's!!' new thread soon.

LittleFairySmile · 31/03/2008 14:57

GCG - baby could be born on DD's birthday!!!

BrummieMomInMerthyr · 31/03/2008 16:46

Presents and parties???!!! Aaargh!! Dylan will be happy as long as a digger is involved and large amounts of chocolate!!
Had a buffet last year but really don't want to do that again, seemed to spend ages cooking and didn't really enjoy the afternoon, iyswim! DH's family is much bigger than mine and the house was just over run, joked we would do McDonald's from then on!!!

goodcatholicgirl · 31/03/2008 21:06

brummiemom.... I am so with you on the buffet thing. Very contentious issue in our house. DH has a very big and very local (15 mins away) family compared to me. It is 'tradition' in his family that every single birthday, adult or child, we all get together for a buffet tea. That's 8 adults and 8 kids. I HATE it with a passion, cos we just seem to do it so bloody often it's not actually very special at all, IYSWIM. I never enjoy having them here, in fact, I dread it, hence the thought of having to do it with a newborn not my idea of fun. It is just expected of me. I HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT !!!!

Sorry, just needed to get that off my chest .

LittleFairySmile · 31/03/2008 21:58

GCG - can you not suggest that a family member host the party at their house, and DH takes DD to it, leaving you and baby/bump alone for a few hours rest?

hockeypuck · 01/04/2008 15:37

GCG - SOunds like a mare! time to change the tradition I think - this year you'll be the one with the power to do it, because you're pregnant and people dont mess with pregnant women!

We've got in-laws for the day but I have an exam that week and will need some time to study too, so will do a nice tea but then get them to do the rest! I had no ideas about presents till today when he played with a wooden chunky train track at a friends house and loved it, so think I'll ask people for bits of that. We already have a lot of things like a trike and a play kitchen etc from dd so he plays with them already.

On another note his not so funny April Fools joke today was to fall from the top of the stairs right to the bottom this morning. We leave the gates open because up till now he's always crawled up so been safe and slithered down them on his tummy so been fine. This morning he decided to walk down the stairs like his big sister does and fell all the way. Thankfully he's fine. He has a red shoulder and rib but they're not swollen and don't hurt and thankfully he missed hitting his head on the bannister by about an inch! Was horrible though and now the stairgates are firmly closed!!

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LittleFairySmile · 01/04/2008 17:02

DS fell down stairs a while ago too - heart-in-mouth syndrome!!! I'd only popped upstairs to get my watch, I think, before going out. We were all ready to go, shoes, coat etc., and DS followed me - which he never normally does, and I turned in time to see him topple two-thirds of the way down - on his head! But he was fine. I was shaking like a leaf though!!

goodcatholicgirl · 01/04/2008 23:32

Eeek!! Hope all these falling toddlers are OK today!! It happened to a friend of mine, really freaked her out, so she took her DS to A&E to get him checked and then she had HV ringing her 'just checking if everything was OK', I know they have to follow it up, but poor friend thought she was gonna get done under the child protection act or something!!

LFS & hockeypuck...Hmmmm... nice idea, but his family just aren't very forgiving. His Mum and both his sisters just 'get on with it' and despite having just had a baby, I think I would be seen as a bit of a wuss that I couldn't cope with having a party for DD . I think they think I'm a bit 'precious' as it is, which I am so not, just hate the whole family get together thing SO regularly. For example, 3 times a year, we have 3 birthdays very close together, i.e. 2-3 days apart, so do we just have one get together for all 3 and kill 3 birds with one stone???? Hell no, we have to do the whole bloody thing 3 times, within a week. It drives me insane.

Will let you know how tomorrow goes, but I am dreading it already......

LittleFairySmile · 02/04/2008 13:07

GCG - aarrhh on your behalf for keeping *! family happy.

asur · 02/04/2008 16:40

Winkygirl - congrats, glad to hear of the safe arrival of DS and glad that he's being such a placcid little man

Not sure if I mentioned but we recently moved house, hence why I've not been on for a while. Finally settled though so it's all good.

As for birthday - I'm a really mean mum and DS is getting nothing. Definitely no party and we're not getting him any presents. He's too young and doesn't need anything IMO. It's impossible to stop family buying stuff though so who knows what he'll get...

Anyway, hope all is well with everyone. It's lovely weather today - hope it's the start of spring/summer

keevamum · 02/04/2008 16:43

Hi I am new to MN and my DD2 was born in May 06. Is it ok to post on here and find others with ch the same age?

plama · 02/04/2008 20:31

Hi Keevamum
Welcome to the May 06 thread - everybody is welcome!!
We've slowed down our postings a bit now (as we've all got busy lives) but are always glad to come for a chat.
DD2 was very grumpy today when I picked her up from nursery and just wanted cuddles. I was back from work half an hour later than usual and so it was a mad rush to get tea, bath, story and fit in reading and spelling for DD1. It makes me feel really guilty for being a working mum. I only work 3 days a week, but today had to leave a meeting early to pick kids up. I feel I somehow manage to let work down and let my kids down too. I know the children come first - and always will - but it is really hard sometimes. DH is working until 10pm tonight so he wasn't home in time for the "teatime rush" which made it extra hard. Still all fed and asleep now. Have got to go and tidy the kitchen before "The Apprentice" comes on

goodcatholicgirl · 03/04/2008 11:10

keevamum of course you are welcome!!

plama I think it's very very common the whole feeling guilty as a working mum thing, letting work and kids down (or that's how it seems). I'm sure you are doing a fab job of both .
btw, loving 'the apprentice' too, this is the first series I have watched!!

Well the birthday tea went better than expected, it was definitley easier doing a proper dinner than all that buffet food lying around and crisps being squashed into the carpet etc!! However, I did suffer with what seemed like constant braxton hicks last night, I think cos I had been so busy all day. Had a midwife appt at 5pm, which I duly went to, waited for 30 mins to be told that the MW was on hols and clinc cancelled....hmmmm, nice of them to let me know .

It's my birthday today....got a lovely new DAB radio from DH's family. DH got me an underwater MP3 player that I can use when I go swimming.....how cool is that??!!

Going out for lunch, then taking DD to the park.

Have a nice sunny day all of you.

GCG (luckymummy)

BrummieMomInMerthyr · 03/04/2008 13:55

Welcome Keevamum!
GCG,Happy Birthday! Thanks for your support, us small and 'not local' families must stick together Pleased your family do was ok though! It's one of my nephews' birthday today and we are going for a meal later, so Dylan is having a really good snooze now in preparation! There is going to be 17 of us,and that is immediate family!

So sorry to hear about Theo's accident Hockey, glad he's ok, they do tend to bounce well at this age though Tee hee!!
Asur, hope you are sorted with new house!

LittleFairySmile · 14/04/2008 21:58

My (currently very poorly) son's birthday is Sunday. Do we need a 'turning two' thread, do you think?

hockeypuck · 15/04/2008 08:05

Good idea LittleFairySmile.

I'll get one up and running...

Why is DS poorly? Not a nice way to spend his 2nd birthday poor thing.

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hockeypuck · 15/04/2008 08:08

New Thread for our nearly two year olds.

HERE!
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/2330/513613?rnd=1208243273389

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