September 2006 Babies - countdown to first birthdays begin...

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i shouldnt really compare them though cause they are all different

Thanks Tasha. I'm sure it's early says, but you're right they all are different. So difficult not to comapare, though, isn't it? They'll probably both come out with a big long sentance next week, after all our worrying!

On a different note, am v excited as I've just ordered a Tripp Trap high chair. DS loves sitting to the table with us (and I think it's really important) but his legs are getting squashed in his current highchair. Can't wait for it to arrive.

Don't worry...my DS only says ta (that's from nursery...grrrr!) & what seems to be 'ello!!!!!!!! DD was further on than him at the same stage but they all develop at their own pace so I'm not worried at all. I'd just like him to walk...he's so so so heavy....all 12 kilos of him!!!!

bristols. we always eat together at the table..my favourite bit of the day (other than bedtime.. .....feel its so important for them

hi the health visitor said the same worrying about nothing

we all sit at the table together too, i have one of them seats that you attach to the chair the high chair was taking up too much room.

my cousin didn't walk till he was 18 months old.

hello!

so agree with cori about wanting dd to walk as she's ridiculously heavy. she can walk, she has walked up and down our long corridor, she just chooses to crawl (especially if there's an audience!).

i feel quite emotional as i think we've stopped BFing. i've only done it every 3-4 days recently, but last night after the fireworks it was late and she'd fallen asleep in the car and i thought she'd like a wee feed to help her re-settle before bed and she just wasn't up for it. I think it's been over a week since I fed her. Reckon that's it over...

Spookily, like bristols' wee one, lucy's top words are hiya and ta. Ta generally means "I want now"! She's pretty good at dadda and getting there with mumumumum which is cute. Ds had LOADS of words by this stage. Oh well!

She's so much more outgoing and confident than ds was at this stage though. He always cried if I left him and liked to play right by me at toddler groups (until he was about 4 in fact!) but she's just off and doesn't seem that bothered. (I'm not sure I'm entirely happy about that!!)

tassisssss- aww youve done so well to go this long i bf all mine and every time they went on bottles i felt horrible especially the last one cause he was only 4 weeks old was just so hard with him being in the hospital for 5 weeks and i had to express cause of his cleft lipand palate.
well another sleepless night last night ds3 was up so much i cant even count
ds2 is now in a bed. my wee man is getting big there was just too many cots but hes been great.

Hello all

I hate this time of year...am already counting the days until we turn the clock forward again!

J has been quite under the weather. Took to his MMR much worse than DD did. Still has cough / cold & more teeth...today another temperature - his little arms were burning..don't remember DD's arms ever being that hot when she had a temp but then again I don't rememeber much for that time...it's quite a blur!

DH & I had another "let's talk about money" discussion / row last week. We've dropped J's nursery down to one morning a week & tried looking at other bills etc....it's been quite hard the past few weeks...taking time to adjust being without my income....hate having to ask him for moeny ....I know I'm much happier being a SAHM but the big drop in income is so hard to take...oh well.

Hi all

I'm still here, just not been on for ages!
Cori - sorry about the money situation, it is hard, I hate those conversations...you will get used to it and find a way to manage, but it is hard.

DS2 has a temp tonight, I think it's from his MMR, the nurse said he might not react til a week to 10 days afterwards, and it is exactly 8 days ago. he is a trooper though, so I am sure he'll be fine tommmrow.

Hi Mabel..good to se you are still with us! It's very quiet on this thread now...even DH says so.. Perhaps we need to start a new thread..i.e a more up-to-date title given that they are or coming up for 14 months? compo..your good at that..where are you?!!!!

Yes, J went to bed with temp still. He had a reaction after 7 days too & got that rash around the mouth...DD had nothing so of course I worried a bit more than I should have...that's propoganda for you! He is getting very stroppy with his big sister now if a) she takes things off him & b)if she comes to sit on my lap & cuddle me....he doesn't like that at all..

hi cori - yes we have the stroppiness here too!
He pushes DS1 away now, even when he's trying to kiss and cuddle him, I have to tell him not to be so mean to his big brother - never thought i'd see the day!
I we need a thread title that reflects their new found independence ( and attitude!).
I have to say (again) this site is so hard to navigate now....and takes so much longet to get to where you want to - what are they thinking of??!

Hi mabel and cori - yip I have a stroppy, fiesty madam here too, good to know it's just the age they're at!

mabel - re the site changes, have you seen the "customize talk board" button at the top of the page? You can change the settings so you get "classic" mumsnet, ie it's how it used to be!

We have a poorly boy here too. More teeth, I think. It's about time as he's been stuck on six teeth for about four or five months! Very rosy cheeks, dribbling etc etc.

Cori - sorry to hear about the money conversations. We were very lucky in that DH got a huge pay rise just as I stopped being paid for the unpaid part of my mat leave, so we weren't too affected. Having said that, I am loving having my own (much depleted) salary back again. I can totally understand how you miss that independance. What about an evening job?

Am off to go back to the 'Classic' version of MN. I can't get used to this either. Enjoy the rest of the weekend...

It's a relief to hear that your all having a few stroppy moments too! The worst bit for me is when J hits out at DD when she has been nothing but wonderful to him since he was born....yesterday he hit her & she stormed off saying "that's not nice Jack..am not going to be your friend anymore"...!!.....We are telling him off & encouraging him to be "nice" but I don't know what other techniques to use & how to get DD to comprehend that he doesn't really mean it....does he??????!

re evening work...I'm looking into teaching evening classes...will know more asap. I don't really want to do evenings as like the rest of you I'm sure, I'm ready for a glass of wine & collaspe on the sofa by the time they're in bed & I have finished the ritual of evening clear up....

Cori - I know what you mean about being shattered by the time it's the end of the day. Maybe you could synchronise the nursery morning with your working? At least you could have a quiet morning, then. I work until 7 on a Thursday and 8 on a Friday. Although it's tiring, it also means that DH does quite a few of the 'jobs' before I get in from work which is lovely.

in a rush...anyone got any inspired christmas present ideas?

we're getting dd a pram, but my mum's asking and my brain is MUSH. any suggestions?

girly stuff is good as we have a lot of stuff from ds.

The little dolly bed from Ikea is meant to be great for little girls. Our mutual friend with the enormous house who now lives down south thought it the best present ever for her dd and nieces.

Hi HA, parents are getting a doll's crib. Can't for the life of me think who our mutual friend is!! Another clue please!

Hi everyone. Sorry not been around much lately. Real life just feels so stressful at the moment - sometimes dd and ds play really nicely together but mostly whatever dd has ds snatches off her and sometimes hides it to [grr] It's hard to understand because it just seems vindicative to take a toy and then not even want to play with it and I don't want to think of my 3 year old as vindictive iyswim
Also they've been ill loads these last few weeks - throwing up with a sickness bug and now really bad colds and when the nights draw in and it gets colder I don't want to go out as much which is bad for all of us

Sorry what a long moan

Cori - hope you manage Christmas okay being a new SAHM. I know what you mean about asking dh for money, I hate it to. Can't think of a new thread title atm!!

Ummm. Has 3 - 2 x ds and 1 x dd. Her youngest is ages with my ds1 and we were eternally in love with her house and land...dh worked for one of the big oil co's whilst she was a sahm (but trained as a lawyer).

Any help?

(HA been pondering this for the last hour and finally figured it out!!)

oooh, crossed posts!

Compo we have excatly the same thing here, DS1 snatches off DS2, but it's stuff he doesn't really want. It is very wearing.
Also Ds2 is now getting wise to how DS1 behaves and cries at the slightest thing as he knows it gets a reaction from me, even if DS1 is being nice to him (which is he does try to be!), Ds2 pushes him away and starts crying - it is amazing how young they learn to manipulate you!

This is happening to me too...all day. I'm quite exhusted by it truth be told..not really sure how much J is milking it too. Seems fine unitl I appear then crys, whinges etc...yday he hit me when trying to wipe him clean after tea so I told him off and left him on the floor...he just sat there and sobbed and I felt really mean and guilty...but what else am I supposed to do??? help...

I'm glad I'm not the only one finding this stage a bit 'trying' to sa the least. And it's not helped when I moan to my siblings as they just say it only gets worse when the dcs are 4 and 6 or 8 and 10, etc etc! I too leave dd to cry sometimes as she plays quite happily when I'm in the kitchen cooking or whatever but as soon as she sees me she cries and whinges to be picked up which makes ds start whining in a babyish way
I think a lot of it is probably my fault. Whining just pushes my buttons. Also I've been horrid shouty mum just lately and I'm obviously shouting too much as ds just ignores me. I remember my mum shouting at me ( a rare occasion) and we never ignored it.
I'm thining of trying that 'how to talk so kids will listen' book, has anyone tried it?
God, I'm so depressing atm, no wonder I don't post as often

Hi there, I have only recently started posting on here, just thought I would say can I join you? DS2 was born 23rd September 2006 and as we didn't do antenatal classes 2nd time round we don't really know any other babes his age.
(not that they are babies anymore)

I am sure DS1 was saying a few words by now but DS2 just seems to get what he needs by smiling and pointing.. are your little ones talking / walking?

Hope to get to know some of you better
Jen x