April 2006 :: New Year New Thread - Our little chatterboxes!

[NattyThomasandEllen]

i thought as our babies we one a long time ago and are soon to be turning 2 that a new thread was due..

everyone put in a post just to say hi, as it has been ever so slow recently.

Thomas is talking SO much now i cannot believe it.. mind you if he tells me "no" one more time im gonna throttle him!

love to all

N&T&E

Hi Natty, how are you and your babies?
Good idea starting a new thread.

Cameron talking non stop too. He has so many words its unbelievable. And I know what you mean about "no"!!

Thanks for all the congratulations. Its still not really siunk in yet i don't think and I'm being a lot more blase (is that how you spell it?) about this one that with ds. Think thats probably normal though

Hello All
Checking in again after another 6 month absence! God, I just don't know where the time goes.

Well I do, it goes at the endless doctors appointments I've been to with poor Caroline. After another run of ear infections that just did not respond to antibiotics, they had to do these awful painful intramuscular injections to try and clear it up. 2 a day for 3 days running it was horrible, but did finally clear up the infection.......for 5 days then it was back!!

So at that point she had to have the gromits put in - her 2nd surgery and general anaesthetic in her short life. All went smoothly and we had 2 weeks without problem, then she got a little cold and wouldn't you know it another ear infection! And since she had the tubes the puss just oozed out of her ear it was grim.

So back off the the ENT for us, they had to suction the puss out of her ears which was very uncomfortable for her and she screamed bloody murder while I once again had to hold her down. We have to go back in on Weds this week for them to check the ears again. Please God it will all be over by then. They said it's very unusual for them to get the infections after the gromits so God knows whats going on! Poor thing she really has been through the mill (and me with her!).

OK, sorry about that rant, just had to get all that off my chest! Other than that she's a delight, very chatty and funny. She loves to sing and sings Sweet Caroline to herself in her cot which is very cute to listen to over the monitor! She does throw some impressive tantrums, hurling herself to the floor in full drama queen mode, but that's life as an almost 2 I suppose. It's mostly over wanting to do things herself that she just can't yet "my do it" "all by self" are the common warning signs!

Anyway hope you are all well, will try to be around a little more and catch up if I can.

DebitheScot congrats by the way as i am so slow and didnt even realise ud had the baby lmao

ur not be blase about this one, u are just more confident i found the same with my two, nervous about tom and not worried about ellen.

tom has all his teeth now, and is talking in sentances.

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

Hi all!
just found this thread - i'm still here, DS2 is lovely, huge vocab, will of iron and constant desire to play with anything DS1 might even be thinking of picking up.
Both having major tantrums....
the joys of motherhood!

I haven't had it yet Natty, got to wait till Sept for that.

I've actually now found that I am thinking more about all the things that could go wrong and I'm blaming mn! Didn't discover mn till was about 6 months pg 1st time but as I'm now on an antenatal thread right from the start I'm hearing more horror stories! I'm not actually stressing about it but just more aware of things than before.

pepperrabbit- I know exactly what you mean about huge vocab, will of iron and tantrums. My ds might be your ds's twin! Maybe they should get together and see who is the stubbornest!

DebitheScot woops sorry bout the misunderstanding lol

i am trying to convince DH to have another one.. think i'll manage to?

Are your little ones all still in cots?

Caroline is, but I was just realising that DD1 was in a bed at 18 months (because she was climbing out of the cot all the time!), so maybe it was time to start thinking about a bed for Caroline too??

She has never tried to climb out of her cot and except for asking to sleep in a big bed a couple of times seems quite happy in there - so I think she can stay in there a while longer. Just wondered what everyone else's plans were?

I don't think it's occured to DS2 that he actually could sleep in a bed! I'd quite like to keep it that way to be honest - he'd be nowt but trouble unfettered by cot bars!
My big plan is to move him up to a cot bed (still in cot-mode) and move DS1 to a big bed. Until I actually BUY a big bed, none of this can happen. It's like a bed traffic jam.
Forgive me for wittering, we've had the inlaws staying plus another 13 of DHs relatives just for the day yesterday. My brain is addled and my body knackered.....
and don't even ask about the state of the house plus the laundry.
PR hunts for leftover open bottles of wine.

pepperrabbit I can totally sympathise over the laundry issue. My washing machine has been broken for over a week and isn't getting fixed until next Tuesday!! Nightmare.

MrsEvs I am thinking that when this next baby is born that ds will have to go into a bed once the new one is too big for the crib (which if it's as big as ds will be within about 8 weeks) so probably around Nov this year. He's not bothered by being in the cot and doesn't try to get out so I figure better to keep him in it as along as possible. I can see him being a nightmare in a bed at the moment.

Dear God Pepperrabbit - that's a lot of people - I hope you found the wine!

I'm glad others are still happy in their cots, by the time DD1 was this age I already had DD2 which was also part of the reason she moved out of the cot so early. I feel like I baby DD2 a lot more than I did DD1 which I suppose is only natural, but glad to know that my unready-ness to take her out of the cot isn't babying her it's normal .

Congrats on the pregnancy by the way Debi - very exciting! I'm just starting to think about number 3 now - not happening before our hols though, we're going to the Dominican Republic at the beginning of April and there is no way I'm wasting my time in an all-inclusive resort (which I've never done before) unable to drink and sick as a dog! I'm cutting him off til then !

I like your style MrsEvs!

wow it's been a while since I logged on! DD2 is babbling but fairly incoherently. No sign of potty trainng. Will sit on the potty before bath but only weed once in months.
Can't remember how i potty trained dd1 (now 7). i work fulltime. How did I do it??

Planning to put dd2 in a bed within the next month or so, ready for a holiday in april when she'll have to share a double bed with dd1.

Would love to hear how your kids are doing!!

hi
fairly new to this, only been member for a week- already totally addicted.
my dd was born 22 april 06 and i have a 9 year old ds.
glad everyone else is getting the no's. we also have "mine" regardless of whos it is- almost a punch up in doc's waiting room between dd and another girl who is nearly a year older. she is not afraid to stand her ground!

oh yeah and she is in a bed now, one of the little short toddler ones, it has a rail to stop her rolling over and falling out, but she can get herself out when she wants to, sometimes several times a night, other times she stays no probs.
x

hi dylsmum and welcome to the slowest postnatal thread ever! None of us are very good at keeping in touch but we try!

We are now getting a whole new thing to the "no" from ds. He now screams as he says it which is very annoying, very sore on teh ears and very embarrasing if he does it in public! He's just so stubborn sometimes, it's so annoying. He is deffinately practising for becoming 2!
Still lovely most of the time though, suppose I should be grateful as he could be a lot worse.

DebitheScot thanks for th welcome
hi to everyone else
looks like i fit right in, loads of good intentions of keeping in touch with people and before i know it months have passed!
lol no is very annoying isnt especially when they say no to something then tantrum because they wanted it!

Hope you all have a good easter.

We have had ones of those days today where in the car on the way home I said to dh "this is why we have children." We spent the day on a steam railway line (the watercress line near Alton) on a 'Day out with Thomas' thing. DS loved every minute of it and seeing his excited face every time another train appeared was really cool. We rode on Thomas, Diesel and Douglas and on ones that were like Henry and Spencer. And we saw James, Duck and a few others. And the Fat Controller spoke to ds on one of the trains which he was very excited about. Ds loves Thomas and knows the names of lots of the other trains so it was right up his street. It snowed on and off all day but that didn't matter. He was well behaved and happy all day, only showing the good characteristics of a toddler!

Hi all, just thought I'd pop in and wish all the little ones a 'Happy Birthday'.

"I do it!" seems to be the phrase of the moment in this house. dd started potty training herself yesterday, copletely out of the blue. Yesterday we had 5 successes, today 2 sucesses and 2 accidents. I'm hoping she'll decide to wait til the summer instead, is that bad parenting ?

wriggle jiggle
go with it my dd started to do this amonth ago- and we have no nappies! yay.
we've even been to London on the trains and she had 0 accidents.

the fav in our house is "mine" and "i'm sure" we've some very groovy dancing

debithescot
my dd is nuts on thomas as well, she can name most of them now. we're going to Drusillas for her birthday day out as they have the animals, another love of hers, and unlimited thomas rides all day. i can't wait am so excited.

what plans do you all have for their 2nd birthdays? cant beleive my little lady is almost 2 already

My Thomas is hardly talking at all. In fact, the only word he says is 'up'. A little worrying really. Am just waiting for the HV to come for his 2 year check, so will see what she says.

He keeps scratching me and hitting me. Oh, and he now likes to kick me when i'm changing him!

Toms b/day is on Saturday and he is having a party. Have invited 8 of his toddler friends, so that will be interesting in our small flat!

i wouldnt worry if he's not saying many real words yet, if he's trying to communicate, i would say he's ok ( obv. not a professional). my ds didnt talk mauch til after his second birthday- now can't shut him up lol
just a thought tho, has his hearing been checked as my friends ds wasnt talking much, it turned out he had a prob with his ears and needd gromits ( i think) put in. he had those put in a month or so ago and there no stopping him now.

have alovely party.
i decided not to do a party this year as we live in a tiny flat and would have to invite the family and their children as well as friends and we would all end up sitting on the stairs outside LOL

Happy Birthday to all the April Babies! DS's Birthday was on Monday. He had the best day ever. We just had a small family party with close family and party food. On Saturday we went to a really, really good play park in Lincolnshire with some of his little friends. Even though it rained a bit, everyone had a fab time.

Just popped in to say hello to everyone and welcome to Dylsmum. I really hope that you all have good Birthday celebrations, too.

Goodness me, all this potty training already. I'm waiting until late summer at least. It'll be far less hassle with DS the later we do it. He does have a healthy interest in sitting on the potty though. I suppose I should start leaving that around a bit just to get him used to it.

ponka glad you enjoyed your birthday celebrations.
my plan was to leave potty training til the summer. but she got a bad bout of excema so i left her with clothes off for a couple of days and she started using potty, so decided to go with her. i just had the potty in the room so she was familiar with it when the nicer weather came lol

I don't think Toms lack of speech is helped by the fact that we still mash his food up. The HV said again that chewing helps develop the jaw muscles for speech. It doesn't help that Tom is such a lazy git child when it comes to eating and drinking. He spits out any lumps, but will eat carrott, sweede, brocolli, cauliflower, green beans and biscuits ok (depending on his mood). He will only drink out of cups that are not spill-proof and we have to hold it for him!

The HV saw one of his temper tantrums, where he lies back on the floor, bangs his head and slides across the floor arching his back! Then he started throwing things! She said something like the 'terrible 2s' but he's done that since before he was 1! The back arching thing he has always done (one of my scan pix he was arching his back!). HV said I have my work cut out, lol. DF said last night that we should send him to live with her for a week .

HV said that most boys do the potty training thing closer to 3. It's not number 1 on the list for us at the moment, but we do let Tom run around with ickle pants on, so cute. Daddys pants have shrunk!

Tom is in his cotbed with the sides on. He moves around alot at night and usually goes to bed 'wide-eyed and bushy tailed' so the sides will stay on for a good while yet!

I've been lazy again this year and not made a cake for Toms b/day. I just looked at them in Asda last week and he grabbed the night garden one of the shelf! DF said I should have made one, but he did say that I wasn't to buy more cake tins, which I would need!

professional roles will say that about the food and speech, which is right, but as a parent its sooo hard when its your own child isnt it.
i think the tantrums ease (but not disappear) once they have more speech,as they are able to explain more what is wrong.
potty training happens when there ready no point pushing. have potty trained/helped potty train some 18 months, some almost 4 ( was a childminder for 8 years). they let you know when they are ready for it

i'm very excited the cake tin for dd's birthday cake came this earlier, its a 3d train, as she is Thomas mad. cant wait to test it out, but we on hols tomorrow so have to wait til we get back