August 2006 - one year on!

[sarahlou1uk]

new thread for all us 2006 girls!

Well done to your dd Olivo! All your hard work paid off. Jackson did two wee's yesterday but no poo, but guess what he did a poo as soon as I put his nappy on!

He has just moved into the next room at nursery for ages 2-3 and hoping if he sees the other big boys poo on potty he might want to try it again as was doing so well and now no pooing unless nappy on.

The house we went to see was a total waste of time, the estate agents didn't bother to ring us to tell us the house had gone the weekend and we were standing outside waiting to view it for 20 minutes. But we got our eye on another we are seeing next week.

at the potty training.
Ellis is going through the stripping phase atm. Sometimes its to take his nappy off, other times its to draw on himself
I've tried him with the potty and he doesnt get it at all. Far too busy being mischievous.

Pink, we cant stair gate his bedroom or the hallway as our walls are so incredibly wonky you wouldnt believe.

DD started "big" school yesterday and Ellis starts preschool on Monday.
I literally am getting butterflies from the excitement of him going.
It will be just me and Ethan, who is now crawling but is also going through a wanting to cuddle phase , so it will be really nice.

Melsy is coming up to visit us all at the weekend with her dh and girls.
I cant wait!

have just got a bit freaked out - spotted an August 2008 thread in post natal! also just had a look at the list of all the people on the ante natal thread - does anone hear from any of the others who don't post in here? I hope everyoneis doing ok.
all is well here, tired from back to school, dd toilet training and doing well so far, too tired for anything else much to be happening!

NBG Howcome Ellis starts preschool so early? Jackson doesn't start until next September? Scary thought that! How are they both getting on?

Lol at you being tired Olivo, same here, been falling asleep on sofa at 9ish glad BB has finished as I wouldn't have managed to stay up anbd watch it.

Ds wont go on potty for anyone else except for us at home so just let him do his wee's in potty and put nappy on for going out. Hasn't done a poo in potty for ages though.

Ds' talking is really coming on now and he makes me laugh so much. Always asking What's that? and Who's in there? Is obsessed with monsters and is always trying to draw them on his easel we got him for bday. Loves it as he can rub the chalk off. He knows his numbers up to ten too which amazes me everytime.

Hope everyone is well x

Hello everybody

Finally recovered from our holidays in the States! dd was a dream on the journey there, but a bit of a nightmare coming back - night-time flight, and she only slept a couple of hours, recovery from jet-lag took about 5 days (same as at the beginning). We were out there for 3 weeks and 5 days - Weather was not unbearably hot, thankfully (as I don't do hot) but nice and sunny. We did lots - started off with our friends in Philly, then onto NYC for a couple of days, where we hired a car and drove to Plymouth, had fun on the beach (first time in the sea for dd) - met up with friends in Boston (really nice city) had dinner at Cheers, where nobody gave a toss about our names and scowled at our total of 4 children (3 under 3's), although we did find that entertaining in itself.

We drove to Lake Placid, where we had a fab motel on a lake, where ds benefitted from the pedalos, drove to Niagara and took the Maid of the Mist boat ride into the falls - was amazing, as it was a sunny day and we were surrounded by rainbows. Then we drove back to PA, where we stayed with an Amish family on their dairy farm. We had our own enormous aparment (with hand-made quilts on the beds), which included all mod cons, although they themselves don't use electricity in their farmhouse, although they have compressed air and diesel powered appliances - our hostess uses a diesel-powered washing machine and they have a LPG powered fridge(!) and propane lighting - we were priviledged enough to have dinner with them in the farmhouse one evening. It was so interesting finding out about their way of life, and they were really nice people. Then we spent some more time with our friends in Philly and then home again. Phew!

Was our first holiday as a family of four (we haven't been away anywhere for 3 years), and we think it went really well - involved lots of planning though, and not much went wrong.

re: potty training - I'm not planning on starting until after we have our boiler replaced and bathroom refitted - too much up upheaval. I'd rather wait until she's good and ready. Nice to hear your LO is doing so well, Olivo! And don't worry BMG, I'm sure your ds will try No 2's out again. Very clever about learning counting!

Good to hear you don't need chemo, Snowboo. That must be a weight off your mind. Glad that your pg is going well Pinky.

Hope everyone else and their 2 year olds are well!

hi ya all well big news

cj is toilet trained woohoooo and i think she will be dry at night soon as i keep being woken up ast three when she wants a wee lol

shes been in a big bed since we moved in to the flat and shes been fine stair gate at first then just a closed door

talking has come on loads recently too he has come on loads in leaps and bounds im so proud of her shes such a joy .

hope your all well sounds like the holiday was a dream hoppy

Wow, Hoppy,sounds like it was great!
CJ sounds like she is really growing up, dressed up; it's frightening how independent they are, isn't it? DD is now toilet trained too, I can't get over how much less rubbish we put out every week . She won't let me help her with anything so gettign dressed takes forever, as does getting meals, tidying up, carrying anything anywhere .
I'm feeling absolutely shattered as usual, just can't seem to shake it off. Ha dlots of tests done but i guess it just must be the joys of being the working mum of a toddler. Am somewhat apprehensive as we have finally agreed I will come off the pill in November and ttc dc2, can't imagine being this tired and pg but we will see. Please keep your fingers crossed for me.

must go, work to do
where is everyone ?

Well done, Booby and Olivo! (or rather, well done your LO's!) they sound so grown up!

My own little 2 year old is far from being indepenant with regard to dressing and toileting, but I do think other, unexpected changes are afoot. She seems to be starting to be more cautions of the world instead of hurtling around dangerously. My dc's play a little on the outdoor equipment after school if it's nice, which is was today, and as dd stood on top of the slide, she realised that actually, she was quite high up (had never bothered her before). It's a wide wooden platfrom at the top, but with gaps between the planks - she was rooted to the spot and saying 'spaces' - she was scared to walk on it, even though she'd done it lots of times before in the last school term. She wouldn't go on the slide until I went onto the platform and picked her up over the 'spaces' and put her on the slide myself!

Good luck with the TTC, Olivo.

You sound really happy, Booby - hope everything's working out well for you now.

Hi Hoppy, your US holiday sounds absolutely brilliant. What an adventure you had? How was NY with lo's? Me and dh really want to go but not sure there is much there for ds? Please tell me there is lots to do and its toddler friendly ??

Great news about your lo's being toilet trained. Really want to get ds fully trained but he's not even keen on wearing his big boy pants yet so may have to delay as he screams the place down if we try them on him?? Not sure why really? He prefers to run around commando but when we go out he has nappy on which the HV says I must stop doing as probably confusing him .

Ds made me howl with laughter the other day, DH broke wind and he said "Daddy pump, daddy stink, oh god!" I was in tears.

We are tricking ds into eating meat and fish by saying they are cakes and he's falling for it - for the moment anyway!

Hope everyone is well, oh and good luck ttc Olivo, I'm so jealous! x

LOL @ Jackson's "Daddy stink" etc comment.

re: NYC with LO's - I wouldn't say it's particularly toddler friendly, no more nor less than London - but you can certainly find things to do that the LO's enjoy. We only had two full days in NYC (other days half-days, when we travelled in and out), so we didn't do everything there is to do there.

We did get 2-day tickets for the tourist bus, which comes every 5-10 mins and has designated drop-offs - a lot better than using the subway, which is nowhere near as good as the London Tube. The tickets included express passes to the Empire State building - an absolute must, particularly on a sunny day. (cues can be massive, so you have to go early in the morning). The kids really loved it - it's nice inside as well.

Times 'Square' (it isn't one really) is fun with all the flashing lights. Statten Island ferry is free and goes around the Statue of Liberty (ds wanted to go on Liberty Island though, which costs AND has hour-long cues for that particular ferry, and you can't go right up the statue anymore). Central park is great for kids - they also have horse and carriage rides round the park if you have the inclination, and there's also a zoo and children's zoo. There are loads of playgrounds in it - we went to the Diana Ross playground LOL. We really wanted to go to the Natural History Museum, which a 10min walk from there, but is was closing as we got there, and we also didn't have time to go to FAO Schwarz toy shop.

I think you'd have plenty to do if you had 3 or 4 full days - less is a little too short and any longer could be tedious for kids (not to mention expensive).

We stayed at this place which is cheap (for NYC) despite how the lobby looks - we had a junior suite and they served free unlimited muffins and teas and coffees in the mornings there - usually you have to pay for breakfasts in US hotels.

does anyone go to socatots we have just started and its such good fun cj loves it the crazy child

we are also doing mummy and me ballet twice a week she loves that too she is crazt about music and dancing she always has been.

she also suffers from a scary addiction to shoes lol she is the new imelda marcus !!!! in new look the other day she was drooling over some ruby sequinned converse style boots she drags me to my shoe cupboard picks my shoes she wants me to wear them minute im dressed [cue jayne walking around in heels and pyjamas most mornings]

apart from that her talking is amazing forming sentenances asking questions but it ndoes sound like she might have lisp which i'm trying not to focus on.

well i have just joined a govmt program called work directions to get back into work which will be the first time in a year so im trying to find a job and doing anxiety managment classes and im wselcome to take cj which helps.

hope everyone is else is ok
xx

Wow your a busy little bee Booby?? I take ds swimming, park and lots of visits to family or maybe the odd lunch out at the weekend and thats all I get time to do with my 2 jobs. What do they do at soccatots then?

Ds loves to dance and sing too, he's been to see me sing few times and is mesmorised when he sees mommy on stage lol.

Hoppy, that hotel looks HUGE! Wow would love to go, sounds cool, and am sure we will go for DH's 40th in 4 years time perhaps.

Ds has a little black eye he fell in the bath last night and hit his eye on the handles of the bath he screamed the place down poor love.

Still weeing on potty but wont poo?? Keeps hiding away from us and demands nappy on for poo, am sure its making him constipated? Had few accidents with his pants on under his clothes but to be expected.

I'm taking him to his first birthday party from a little girl at nursery on Saturday, dont really know them but am sure ds will have a ball.

Olivo are you counting the weeks down yet for half term lol?? I am.

NBG how did Melsy's visit go?

Hello. I'm off work today, feeling totally sore and achey. went in yesterday feeling the same but couldn't face it today.
BHM - must be the week for accidents; dd has a fat lip having tripped over a toy and put her teeth through her lip; last week she had a black eye from a fall at nursery and her little shins are always covered in bruises! yes, can't wait for half term. we are off to edinburgh for a few days, really looking forward to that.
i love the sound of mums and little ones ballet, booby. my dd loves dancing and nakes us waltz with her when she's watching cinderella! i think they start ballet at abuot 3 round here, can't wait!
they do a music session at dd's nursery that i think she enjoys, but we don't find much time to do clubs. we go swimming every weekend and I try and catch up with a friend of hers if there are no birthday parties or anything happening - BHM, be warned, kids b'day parties are exhausting!!
better go and find some food. hope everyone else is well!

Hi everyone
A few bits for me to catch up on!

Melsys visit was lovely. We had planned what we wanted to do but at the time the weather was dire and there had been some flooding nearby, so they were delayed in getting to us and were diverted a few times!

But they arrived safe and sound, the 2 girls wearing the same coat as dd
The girls hit it off straight away which was lovely and they played. We got a takeaway that night and they stayed till quite late before going back to their hotel.
The next day we went off for a sunday carvery and then back to their new hotel which was gorgeous.
It had some lovely gardens and a little covered decked area so we all sat, chased the kids, sat and chased the kids some more
It was a lovely weekend and we're hoping to go down to London next time, possibly next year in the holidays.

Someone said about Ellis being young going to preschool?
They can start at 2 and Ellis being like he is, I thought that it would help him come along a bit.
DD was 3 when she started but loved it from the word go and we never had any seperation issues.
Ellis has a cry when we get through the gate because he knows whats coming but he quite likes the male preschool assistant there and just runs off to him when we get inside
We're thinking about letting him go 2 morning a week after xmas. Its just the expensive of it.
Its already cost us £50 for one term and thats for just 1 morning a week!

Has anyone elses LO's had their 2yr check yet?
Ellis has been refered to a SALT and for a hearing test because he isnt speaking very much and his behaviour isnt great.
The HV has said that they will assess him overall, so how he does during the assessment, his behaviour, how he reacts etc.
As sad as it sounds, I hope they pick up on something cos I am at my wits end with it all now!

Hi NBG, ds had his 2 yr check up few weeks ago. They didn't really do much testing on him just asked me lots of questions about what he eats, sleeps, says, is he potty trained yet? etc I wouldn't worry too much about him not speaking as my nephew didn't speak much until the age of 3ish and now we cant shut him up Definately think pre-school is good for them at this age so they can learn how to play with other kids and interact with them.
Glad to hear Melsy is ok and you had good weekend together, sounds like you had fun.

OLivo your right, party was more tiring for me, it was at a big ball pit place, and ds had me running about with him up and down the slides. We're off to another bday party this saturday at the Snowdome, its like a big ski slope, ice rink, and you can play in the snow and go sledging etc, should be a laugh, although a bit cold too.

Jackson has picked up how to say 'Santa's coming with presents', everyday he says it bless, lets hope he doesn't cry when we take him to meet him at the local xmas store.

Hope everyone else is good x

lol at santas coming cj is mesmerised by all the crap on the adverts but mainly anything spiderman related [random]

cj has had her two yr check too all they did was weigh her and ask questions too i was worried about the talkiing and toilett trainign side of things but she is completely dry in the day now and is chattering along lots

we have the free places for 2yr olds now but you have to live in the inner city boundry to qualify which i dont but when i get a job she'll go in to nursery so its a nul point now

i wouldnt worry to much nbg if they do find something at least it will explain things how are the other two ??

bhm dont forget to keep us up to date with the singing !!

i declined dd's 2 year check as i couldn't see when we could get it done till she was about 2 1/2 as we are away in the holidays!! I'd heard that it was chat about potty training, eating, talking etc and raising issues that might be worrying you(might be different here though!)

dd is exhausting at the moment, but hilarious at the same time. she is obssessed with cinderella and loves dressing up; we have to watch the film with her wearing her dress every evening! she's gone a bit faddy with her food but she's not fading away so I'm trying not to worry about it.

has anyone started thinking about christmas and what they might buy their los? looking for some ideas!

have done an online toy shop already so santa presents and most of our stuff is bought, have one big thing and a load of stocking fillers to get and the kids are sorted

of all you with potty trained lo's, dd is still wetting herself at least once a day so i'm too tired of dealing with pee to bother trying with caleb

it's a shame as he's booked in to start playschool after xmas but he needs to be potty trained to go there. would be dead handy with a new baby at home if he could go 2/3 days a week... dd's teacher was laughing today and saying 'well there'll be no trouble getting you to stay here with me' as he legged it in the door without a backward glance at me and went off playing with the big kids!

i drove to the payschool and back today, twice!!!! very proud of myself, and i didn't have any embarassing mishaps thank god.... none that anyone saw anyway need to get loads of practice in as dp starts work experiancethe week after next and i have hospital appontements in a town an hour away that i won't be bale to get to without driving.

caleb is getting cheekier and brighter by the day, it's amazing how much more cuddly he is than dd. he's obsessed with the baby in my tummy and constantly wants to hug and his the bump.... he fell asleep with his head on it the other day being kicked by baby!

hope everyone else is well, good luck ttc olivo, and anyone else who's planning it soon.

nbg, your house must seem so quiet on the days you just have ethan!

Ah bless your ds Pinky getting all loved up with your bump sounds so sweet.

Am quite scared at the thought of how much stuff ds will get at xmas - how do you all make room for everything? Every room is filled with too many toys and books, thinking of downsizing to a small xmas tree this year as got no room. Our ideas for presies are a mini jcb digger, colouring books, portable dvd player for hols/car, desk and chair set for painting/crayoning.

Jackson had his first accident free morning at playgroup today. Always poo's or wee's himself there. He can now pull his pants down and get on potty which helps. But still not pooing and in fact he is getting constipated through being scared to poo. Is there anything I can give him to help him as he looks in pain and cries when he needs to poo??? Everyone I talk to about this say its a 'boy' thing and that their boy went through this phase?

Anyone going to see the Ceebeebies show in December? Hoping to get tickets.

Have got a meeting with a high school on Monday about doing a GTP in music so fingers crossed, I will be so nervous

BHM, if the potty training is upsettng him that much i have to say i'd leave it for now and let him go back to nappies. he's very young yet, i know far more boys who trained at 3 than at 2 and those i know that trained at 2 were 2.5 or older. boys just don't seem to get it as young as a whole and if he's making himself constipated out of fear of the toilet/potty then he probably just isn't ready. wait til after xmas and try again when he's forgotton all about it and isn't scared.

talking about too many toys, our playroom is exploding, the kids bedroom has a heap of junk and there are still toys in every room of the house, i keep trying to declutter but the toys they love are the ones i'd love o chuck and the toys i adore they barely touch, and anything that's for babie has to stay as i'll need it in a few months! it's driving me mad trippping over toys all over the house.

good luck with the meeting on monday btw, i'm sure it'll be fine

BHM, if the potty training is upsettng him that much i have to say i'd leave it for now and let him go back to nappies. he's very young yet, i know far more boys who trained at 3 than at 2 and those i know that trained at 2 were 2.5 or older. boys just don't seem to get it as young as a whole and if he's making himself constipated out of fear of the toilet/potty then he probably just isn't ready. wait til after xmas and try again when he's forgotton all about it and isn't scared.

talking about too many toys, our playroom is exploding, the kids bedroom has a heap of junk and there are still toys in every room of the house, i keep trying to declutter but the toys they love are the ones i'd love o chuck and the toys i adore they barely touch, and anything that's for babie has to stay as i'll need it in a few months! it's driving me mad trippping over toys all over the house.

good luck with the meeting on monday btw, i'm sure it'll be fine

whoops, damn internet crashed and i thought that hadn't posted!

Meeting went well thanks Pinky, just got to try and get onto a GTP course now .

Ds has been a lot better over last few days we've really tried to cut down on things that may be making him constipated like bananas or crumpets. Its dried fruit, wholemeal bread and shreddies for now lol. He will do poo in his nappy for time being but still insists on weeing on potty so will let him wear his pants unless he needs to poop, did a lovely one in the bath earlier when I wasn't looking bless.

Cant imagine how much stuff you have with 2 (nearly 3).

MIL is taking us to Butlins between xmas and ny so looking forward to mini break and ds will love it as loads of kiddies there.

Only few more days until half term yeah!

just dropping by to say hello to anyone who still reads (or am i talking to myself ). all ok here after several weeks of us all being ill, a trip away and a hectic time at work on top of it all. this is supposed to be the month that we ttc so i have been spending an inordinate amount of time on the conception threads; I am obsessed already and I haven't even started yet!!

dd is great at the moment, chattering away, saying the most gorgeous things, regularly getting into mischief and being totally accident-prone. She is very into princesses now so we are bombarded with pink glittery things and disney dvds!

I hope everyone and their dcs are well. x

Hi all,

Don't know if you remember me, but I used to be called Preparingfor2 (yes, it was twins).

Amazed and heartened to see that the thread is still going, and all the 2006 babes (and some new siblings!) are doing so well.

Matthew and Sarah are also doing well and so far the terrible twos have not been too bad - touch wood. They are real little sweeties!

We are also ttc Olivo (possibility of more twins!). Started a few months back but no luck yet.

Best wishes to you all!