Nov '05 Toddlers plus baby bro's (& sis)

[Rodeo]

Here we are!

Phew! Have made it out the other side of the party safely! They all had a great time, I'm shattered. Worked til 1230 this morning, and was up at 6. Couldn't rest then as had to wrap presents, write on cards and do the food! Ready for sleep now, but hopefully out tonight, so probably be just as shattered tomorrow!

Hi all

GG well done for surviving the party, glad they had a great time.
I've put an invite on the y site so anyone who's interested, have a look and let me know!!!

Eek we've got the date for B's op, he's going in on 31st Oct, so no trick or treating for him this year. Have promised him a new ds game if he's brave and he'll be off school for 3 days so i'm sure he'll be fine.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend, ours has been pretty quiet so not much to report.

Speak soon Beks

Ok, so my Y account is bouncing for some reason, will try to sort that out later.

In the menatime the invite was for a joint halloween b'day party for T and dh(40) in Oct, let me know if any of you would like to come.

Beks

Beks - will be thinking of him, I will be away at that time but will be in touch. I'm sure he's going to love the pampering that comes with the op, with a mum like he's got he's going to ask when he's next going into hossie ;-)

DS1 takes advantage when i'm on the phone or PC. He followed me into the kitchen and turned off the washing machine mid-wash so i tell him to go back into the room, i'm talking away and the next thing i know he's tipped the pan with the oil i used last night (to shallow fry) all over him fortunately was not hot, but what a mess we were in! He thought it was great and kept laughing 'shower, shower, upstairs' he is really changing and become quite a handful, I think i may appear to him as a bit of mad woman sometimes. Why do i lose it with a not even 2 year old? Am pathetic at times.

DS1 is wrapped in tape reel...round 47 x

that should read 'ds2', in at everything and very, very cheeky.

Roll on holiday ....

Chacha, you are far from pathetic and let me assure you everyone loses it from time to time. 2 Year olds can test the patience of a saint and as far as I know we've not got any of those in the group however we have got a great group of mummys who bend over backwards to accomodate their lo's.

Can just imagine the mess you were in though, what a nightmare I take it he got his shower? Y sounds just like T who wound himself in a brand new ball of string today whilst I was on the phone, he looked like a parcel ready to be posted.

Had a mad morning, got up late, had to dress B as a banana for harvest festival, had to bail out a friend who didn't have a costume and then take in 2 minature gardens, 3 lots of exotic fruit or vegetables, all the coats, book bags and packed lunches that accompany 3 5/6 year olds all whilst escorting them & two toddlers to school with one other mum. Ben's inflatable bananas kept getting in the way or falling off so needless to say we were all late for schol

Right off to make packed lunch for tomorrow now, hope everyone is well and I can't believe we're into the first of the lo's 2nd birthdays month already. Beks

Hi all,
Sorry im a bit of a stranger on here at the moment. My father in law died last week after a long illness,ds1 & dd1 are devastated he was there only grandad and they really loved him
DS1 is due to go to france with the school on monday and i am not remotley sorted!! I feel a bit like im falling apart at the min, i just want to go to bed and hide.Sorry to moan.The kids are soo busy at the min, do everyone else's kids do lots we seem to do something ever night at the min???? maybe i should say no more often?
sorry to go on... will go and put some washing on
twinkle

Twinkle I'm so sorry to hear about your father in law, I remember you telling us about him and how much time you have all spent with him, I'm sure it meant a great deal to him. I'm sure too that the kids will have fond memories of him in time and that you will all spend a lot of time talking about him and the good times you shared. If you need anything just yell, but more importantly make sure you look after yourself too in all of this. Love to you all Beks

Hello,

So sorry to hear about your father in law Twinkle, it sounds like he meant an awful lot to you and your family.
Nova, thinking of you at what sounds like a difficult time for you too.
Beks, great to hear you have a decision and a date for B's procedure and that you've found a way to prepare yourself and the lo for it, good for you. Thank you so much for your invitation, however I believe we will be celebrating Baby's 2nd birthday then and also a halloween party thrown by friends of my husband's. You are lovely.
ChaCha, really enjoying your posts.
Love to all, got to get on.Night.x

Just wanted to say hi, and apologise for being a stranger this last week or so - don't know whether I'm coming oir going at the moment, though all good . Have just seen your sad news TWINKLE . You poor thing, it's been a tough year for you too. Lots of hugs and let me know when you feel up to meeting up for a chat .
Working [ahem] from home tomorrow, which will give a chance to catch up on what's been happening!
Oh one funny story while I remember! I haven't even thought about potty training with Libby, quite happy to put it off for months and months. We don't have a potty yet, she's not been sat on the loo etc...Tonight she picked up a pair of Scarlett's pants, put them on, and then took herself off to the Baby Annabel doll's potty, lowered herself onto it as best you can with a doll's potty and did a wee, complete with 'hissss' sound effect, lol!! Oh dear, maybe she's trying to tell me something!

Twinkle - Am sorry to hear of your loss, I know how much time you sacrificed visiting on all your weekends and how you must have made him very happy in doing this. My sincere condolences to you all

Diege - LOL That is a classic! Had me in stiches, ha ha!

Took DS1 to the GP yesterday evening as he still had runny nose, cough and a temperature of 38+ (unusual for him). GP checked his chest and ears and said it was just a cold and to take him home giving him calpol if necessary. Well today he wasn't any better, didn't sleep but 2 hours last night (and hasn't slept since ) and temperature at lunchtime was 39.5+ so made way to GP again. Was seen by another doctor who looked in his mouth and told me immediately that he had tonsilitis!!!
Now why couldn't GP1 do that? Do i have the right to complain or should i give the benefit of the doubt and go along with 'they can't always diagnose straight away etc.' I am so glad i went with my instinct.
Got antibiotics for him now and off to buy him The Night Garden DVD seeing as there's no more telly, should keep him still long enough for temperature to go down.
Good news is he will be ok to travel (thank God) but at the moment I would like to buy some sleep if anyone's got any spare to sell.

Thanks for listening. Yawn..yawn!

Still laughing at potty incident. DS says 'pee pee, sit down' and then decides to stand up and wee elsewhere The toilet seat is definitely better but as we have no downstairs loo is not always easy to get up in time with DS2 on the go. It's such faff if you ask me.

Talk soon x

Hi CHACHA!!! Oh no poor ds1!!! So glad that you got a correct diagnosis (in the end )...seems to happen a lot this 'lazy' diagnosis businbess with GPs; might be worth making a complaint actually as it was not as if they would have had to conduct an out of the ordinary examination to discover the cause of the problem. Hoping you're (both) feeling better now anyway .
Well on my own with dds this weekend, as dh is in New York giving a talk on cycling as part of thr New York festival. He's back Monday, so just hoping I can 'get through' with the minimal of shouting and sweety bribes. Have done my usual over enthusiastic promising that we will go into 'town', and now regretting it, but hey at least it gets us out of the house, which is half the problem some times!
Right, will be popping in and out over the weekend - praying that Libby will keep her 4.45am specials until daddy gets back!!!!

Oh your posts do make me laugh...4.45am specials indeed, lol! DS's are both sat here with us this morning, DS1 watching that Night Garden after being dosed up and DS2 eating as usual. They wake up whenever we do and join us for breakfast, the last few days has been from 3am to 6am lol.

Hope weekend goes well for you Diege - with you on the going out, can make all the difference sometimes

Nothing yet done except have frozen meals for DH so he doesn't starve when am gone.

Right DS1 needs bed, happy wknds x

Hi CHACHA!!! Well, got off lightly with 5.55am, although had to do controlled crying with L from 11.45 to 12.30, and then dd2 gets up 3 times between 1 and 3 with totally irrational demands...but not feeling too bad considering!!
Hope in the night garden isn't driving you too mad!! At least I get a (limited) amount of variation with Cbeebies, though having to endure Sarah Janes stage school tones at 6am isn't the best.
Speak later! Are dd1's antibiotics kicking in yet?

Right, apologies for the absence, but this post may well make up for it...

So, my grandfather (dads dad) sadly passed away last sunday, but I managed to see him twice before this - once with the kids as he had not seen miniman yet, and once by myself when he was in hospital. This was great as me and my sister managed to have a lovely chat about old times.

However, his passing exposed our family to a huge problem (bear with me!) - My dads parents haven't seen my mum for years, mainly due to the fact my dads other partner, AS, became more involved in that side of the family. AS has done a huge amount of caring for my dads parents and of course should be the one to accompany my dad and the rest of his family to the funeral. BUT my mum obviously insisted on going to the funeral as she would have no reason not to go. So my dad came up with this plan that I would ask my mum and her mum to look after MY kids ( my mum cannot even look after herself!), therefore meaning she wouldn't go to the funeral. I was very with my dad for suggesting this, but have had to agree to it very reluctantly, although I have said that DH needs to stay there too as I wouldn't leave noo and miniman in their sole care.

Still with me? Right, the flaw in this plan was when my mum said DH could stay at her house during the funeral but she was definitly going. I don't know what my dad said to her to make her change her mind about this but I know it's made my sister very unhappy. Also, I'm having to make DH think it's my idea that he takes the kids to my mums house during the service, so he doesn't know it's all a horrible plan to keep my dads other relationship a secret.

TBH I'll be glad when it's all over!

Anyhoo, I'll wish a happy birthday to J for wednesday, as I won't be around then . Noo is getting a stupid amount of stuff for her second birthday, think we may have gone a little overboard but I had a 20% discount code for the Early Learning Centre.

Need to get my butt in gear about potty training. Noo tells me when she wants a wee/poo, knows when she's doing it, and sits on the potty saying 'wee wee', but she just won't go in the potty. I've sat and read to her for up to 20 mins while she's been sat on it but she'll get up and go and wee somewhere else (thankfully we have wooden floors). I have no idea how to make her go on the potty, I just know as soon as she gets one in there she'll get the idea .

Hi everyone,

Oh Nova, so sorry for your loss. I hope you manage to survive it, doubtless you will once you've managed to wade through all the potential political mine bombs. It sounds like you could do with some support, can you tell your dh the whole thing possibly? Good luck with it all and like you say, will be a big relief when it's all over. Lol at Noo and the potty training, babies eh!
Love to all and yes, all the b.days are coming up now! Hurrah!

ChaCha, hope your ds is feeling better now the ABs should have kicked in?
Diege all these bizarre hours you're having to keep, you must be cream crackered woman! Hope you got a better night last night, you too ChaCha.

Why are there always effing earwigs in my washing? Where are they coming from? Do they jump off the fence, fly, walk up the pole and tightrope across to it... or maybe living in the clothes pegs? Shhhhhhhhhhhish.

Nova - so sorry about your grandfather and all the shenanigans your family are throwing at you. I agree that you need some support, especially if it all backfires and you are left standing when it all hits the fan.
Bloody families , please God we make a better job of it!

Nova, so sorry to hear of your loss, both you and Twinkle are in our thoughts. Lets hope that your rellies will act their ages over this and realise that everyone has to have a life of their own and live it to the best of their abilities. Hope you don't get to caught up in the crossfire.

Rodeo, where are you? Have bought J and Noo a little pressie each but with the post strike I don't know when they will get it.

London eewww to earwigs, we seem to get woodlice or spiders at the moment if it makes you feel any better.

Feetheart Amen to the us getting it right bit. This paretning lark is hard work. I find conistency my biggest downfall!

Nova I'm with you T has got far too much for his b'day and my dh is 40 on Noo's b'day so there are pressies hidden all over the house.
We will be spending T's actual b'day with my mil & sil and family which will be nice, my sil has said she will throw a little tea party for him!

A question for those with older boys, what do you say to them when they realise their little lower brain has a mind of it's own? I wqs asked what it was doing this morning and didn't have a clue how to answer

Hello to everyone else, hope you are all well, will be on to wish J a happy b'day on wedensday. Beks

ooo Beks, my friends have a 5 year old boy and were telling us the story of how they were asked the same thing. I think the dad said something of the lines of 'it was having a practice to make sure it worked ok'. I'm still dreading the day noo asks what her bits are called as the jury is still out here on what to call it .

Diege, love the fact L felt the need to add the hissing sound effect.

Chacha, boo to poorly ds, but maybe the tonsilitus hadn't really shown itself when the first Dr had a look, he might have thought it was a sore throat? Noo had it for nearly a week before we took her to the Dr , we had been masking it with calpol and nurofen. It was only when she was totally refusing to swallow and dribbling everywhere we realised something was up.

Londoner, haven't seen an earwig for ages, we just have snails and slugs, bleurgh. And I must confess my washing never sees the great outdoors as it just gets slung in the tumble dryer. Footprint? What carbon footprint?

Twinkle, would also like to offer my sympathies at your family's loss.

Have just got in from dance class so am totally wired, it always takes me ages to calm down again. I'm really loving it, and the teacher has offered to do private classes for me at home at a much cheaper rate than through the school .

Nova - sorry to hear about grandad Families are hard work. I find myself automatically hiding things from my parents, simple things like 'X and other half came for dinner and stayed the night' turn into 'x was here for super quick visit, didn't even see y' DH goes mad when he hears it happen and has really put his foot down. Is hard when a parent has an affair and the mention of other person in other parent's life can really break a heart. I hate it but can't keep lying/hiding truth. Soon kids will be old enough to mention names. Agree with FH about support when it all hits the fan, my dad didn't speak to me for ages (then my mother) because i did what everyone else thought was best and tried to keep the peace. Good to hear you spent quality time with your sis. Sometimes good can come from what appears bad.

Beks - Sounds like you'll be having a busy few weeks Just the way you like it...he he! Will be in touch later in month.

Londoner - At least your washing comes in dry! Sat having breakfast earlier and realised it was raining, then realised hadn't brought 3 loads of it in earlier in night. And why does the washing pile never go down?

Thanks all for asking after us, DS1 okayish now and a bit more like his old self. DS2 driving me crazy as has started standing and holding onto things, does not allow me one-to-one with DS1, crawls at top speed to wherever we are and gets up and watches then tries to take crayons/pens/books etc.. When both are running around is going to be manic i think.

Listen girls, Happy Birthday to all our princes/princesses this month. Forgive me for not sending out cards, i have barely managed to write EID cards for folks, whether they actually get there in time is another story. Will be back mid-Novemberish but will log in from time to time when bank balance needs checking and bills need paid.

Love to all, thanks for always being there.

x

Hey all! Another infrequent poster here ~ sorry. MAinly due to very hectic life at the moment - serves me right, trying to get all organised with Brownies, means that I don't get as much spare time to trawl the interwebby! Oh well, am here now, that's what counts....

Nova, Twinkle at your losses. as always, thoughts are with you and your families. Goodness Nova, I hope that your situation sorts itself out, as if your sad loss isn't enough....

Chacha, hope DS1 is feeling better.....

Happy Birthday to both J & Noo, and any other 2nd birthdays that happen to arrive before I am next on here....

T is doing grand - he is totally obsessed by Noddy...we watch Milkshake on channel 5 and also Five Life....Noddy is on 3 times a day you know, and sometimes, we see all 3.....have actually sky+'d a few so we always have one handy.....!

Right, must dash, just wanted to nip on to say haven't forgotten about you all, but havent' had chance to get on here that much....

Always in my thoughts,

B
x

Hi ladies

Just a quick one to wish Rodeo's J a very Happy 2nd Birthday, hope you have a lovely day sweetheart.

Chahca, not sure when you go away but hope you have a great time, well miss you adn Happy Eid to you and yours.

Hope everyone else is well Beks