May 06 babies - and then they were 2!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Happy Birthday to DS of LittleFairySmile on Saturday!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!

Potty training report...

DD1 is doing very well!! She has picked it up very quickly. I would say 80% success rate so far. Has had 2 wee accidents and one poo in the pants whilst at the CM today, other than that, all wee and poo in the potty since Monday morning!!!

Very glad I was brave enough to try it now

Well done luckymummy and dd!! I am not even thinking about it yet, Dylan just does not care if he is soaking wet or covered in poo He sometimes says 'wee wee' in the shower in the morning and pees, so i suppose he has got the sensation some of the time, but noooooooooo, not just yet!!

Not sure if he's ready for potty just yet. he does ask to go on toilet if he's in the bath, and does do a wee. We've told him not to wee in the bath, and he seems to have taken that on board, however, when nappy-free, he comes and tells after he's done a wee, not before, even though we've told him not to wee on the floor, but to go in his nappy, on the potty or in the toilet. He also knows, and regularly tells us, that big boys and grown-ups wee and poo in the toilet, but I'm not sure if he's ready to himself just yet.

As for poo, he categorically waits for a clean nappy and hides round the corner to poo. I know exactly when he's about to, but he will not go on the potty or toilet to at all. It distresses him no end if I ask.

at pooing in clean nappy LFS!!! Dylan does exactly that too, even hides round the corner or trundles off on his own somewhere, just like your ds!! Boys eh?!

Me again. Well, DD1 definitely is potty trained! She's had no accidents for a week now, and has really got to grips with it all. We've even managed fairly long car journeys (half an hour), church (an hour!) and trips out to the shops and the park etc. I'm so proud of her. She was quite anxious about pooing in the potty but always did it in the potty, she used to cry a lot, but now she just does it without me even noticing and asks for her bottom to be wiped!!

I have heard from nearly everyone that girls are easier than boys.

I have also heard that the 'going into a corner to do a poo' can be a sign they are ready. A friend recommended a book to me called (wait for it!) 'Everybody poos'. It's available from Amazon etc, about £5, and it's just quite funny, 'elephants do big poos, mice do little poos'. We bought it for DD, and talked a lot about how everybody poos, Granny, Nana, Mummy, Daddy etc. The other thing we did a lot of, which sounds gross but I'm sure it made a difference, was showing her her poo in her nappy after she'd done it and showing her me flushing it down the loo, and even sometimes showing her us doing a poo etc. Apparently they can get scared when they poo that they are losing a bit of their body or something, so in preparation for potty training, show them the poo and talk about it a bit.

Hope that helps.

Next stage....took the rails off her cotbed last night, as DD2 will need the cot soon, so we are starting the transition from cot to bed. She was fine and loved it. Didn't try and get out. This morning I heard her fall out at about 7am,she barely moaned, got back into bed herself and went back to sleep!!!!

Blimey, my little girl is growing up, she'll be at uni before I know it.....

Hi Everyone
Luckymummy - we had a similar experience about 2 weeks ago when Isla went thud over the bars of her cot. We converted it into bed mode and she loves it. We got her a duvet set from the Grobag people where the duvet zips onto the bottom sheet to stop it falling off in the night . It's really good. Isla hasn't seemed to realise she can get out of the bed if she wants, and stays lying there till we get her up in the morning! Long may that continue

Plama my DS took three days before he realised he could get out of his new 'big boy's bed', then we had to put a stair gate on his door to keep him from coming in to us at all times of the night!!

Luckymummy74 we have 'Everybody poos' too, and it is great. We also show DS flushing his poo away, and we have always had an open door regarding him seeing us. I thought that going away to poo might mean he is ready, but I think, in his case, not. He gets really upset if I talk about using a potty or the toilet like in his book. Happy for you that DD1 is potty trained, but it looks like I'm still washing nappies for a while longer anyway!

Hello everyone. Really good to hear what all your lo's are up to. Theo is also in a big boys bed and loves it! Hasn't climbed out yet and has been in it about 5 weeks so I will keep fingers crossed. We start the potty training next week, he has picked out some roary racing car pants and tells me when he does a wee in his nappy now so think he has been ready for a while - we will see! I'm a lot less stressed about all this than I was last time around.

He has also stopped sitting in his high chair (preferring DD's stool type chair) and keeps asking to sit in DD's car seat instead of his baby one - but I think he'll be about 4 before he is the right weight for that one!

They grow up don't they?

Hi all!! Plama, love the grobag quilt thingy idea, will have to invest in one for Dylan to make the big boy bed step!!

Well we have just come back from a week in south devon, which was lovely in the day time, but hell at night! We stayed in a holiday bungalow which had a gorgeous view of the sea, but was not so nice inside. Dylan had a thomas the tank ready bed which he loved when we were still at home and was looking forward to sleeping in it on holiday...... BUT wouldn't go to sleep in it unless me and dh were with him in the room and completely refused to go in to it the 2nd night saying he didn't like his bed and didn't like his room - to be honest, i didn't blame him about his room!! I cried my eyes out too, and he slept with me in our not quite double bed (it was a bit smaller than a double, please note me and dh are over 6ft tall!!)the next night. The 3rd night we moved the beds around and put a single mattress on the floor for Dylan and dh and i were cramped in the double bed!That is the way we stayed for the rest of the week, and as it got light early and the sun directly on to our window, Dylan woke us up with a chorus of 'MUMMY AND DADDY' before 7am every day
Oh well, at least the weather was lovely and we spent some great afternoons on the beach!!
The joys of parenthood!!

brummie- sorry to hear your holiday place wasn't that great? Not suprising Dylan didn't like being in a strange room. It's made me worry about when we take the girls away in October, Sophie will be in a normal bed by then (fingers crossed) she'll have to be as Cerys will need the cot .

Sophie has been a bit of a monkey lately, esp with not eating her food, which she's normally really good with. Then I noticed she has 2 new teeth come through.

well we have started potty training since Oli refuses to wear a nappy, still will with an argument for sleeps.! started at the begining of the month at nursery only getting them to take him with the other kids potty training and he gradually built up from doing 1 wee a day to by the end of the second week doing a poo. lots more poos on the toilet on holuday so on monday off to nursery in big boy pants. no accidents all week i can't actually believe it.so he's with me today so we'll see. he's not great at asking but has great control and holds it well, so i'll not have to take no for a answer.... on holiday he slept in A BIG BED PUSHED UP AGAINST THE WALL WITH A BED GUARD NO DRAMA. And then went back into his cot when we got back. but have caught him a couple of times climbing out....

Louisummy - Oli sounds like a star! Well done on the potty training too, isn't it a good feeling?!

haven't been on for a while - nice to catch up with all the changes.

Congrats on those who have managed potty training. I've tried with DS1 several times but he is just not having it - just tells me after he's done a wee or he'll sit on the potty for ages then pee as soon as he gets up. Plan to try again but DS3 is feeding a lot at the moment so will have to wait till he's a bit more settled.

As for the bed, DS1 has been in a proper bed since April - it had been in his room for ages but he never wanted to sleep in it, just kept asking to go in his cot. I finally dismantled the cot in April and moved his bed to where the cot had been - he was happy with it. He wanders about a bit at night sometimes but isn't too bad. At least in the morning, he can come through to me rather than me having to go get him out of the cot (he's a very early riser)

DS1 has actually been a star lately. He is loving his little brother and is very protective. He has even asked to feed him several times - very cute, he lifts up his top and points to his boob! Would be nice if he could take over the feeding sometimes! LOL

Hope you're all enjoying the summer.

Nice ot hear from you asur. I wouldn't even consider trying potty training while your DS3 is still so new! I did it when DD2 was 9 weeks old, but the only reason I even attempted it was because DH had a week off work. I am BF DD2 so no way I could have done it without him, in fact, he did it really, I must give him the credit for that. Luckily for us DD1 picked it up really quickly.

DD1 has been quite funny lately when we have a bath or shower together, saying 'I want some milk....' and lunging her mouth to my nipple. I'm trying not to make a big deal out of it, but it is funny. She's 2.2 yrs. OK, I know some people still BF at that age, but that's not for me, far to big and aware.....IYSWIM.

I'm BF DS3 too... I had thought that DS1 would start asking for milk but he doesn't - he makes a point of taking me to the fridge when he wants milk but he knows that the baby gets milk from me. I was quite shocked that he understood the difference. When I was feeding DS1, I was happy for him to self wean even if it meant he was still feeding at this age, but he stopped at 13months. Now, I can't even imagine him still feeding, he seems far too big! I'm not against it, just can't imagine it now. I swear he has doubled in size since DS3 arrived! LOL

My little girl is in a great big massive (single ) bed!!!

She has a 'little miss' duvet set, and she LOVES it!!

How are we all??

Hi All! I'm having a bed dilemma! Would you recommend a toddler bed or just go for a full size single like luckymummy? My accountant husband reckons we should go straight for the single as he would be grown out of a toddler bed in 2.5 yrs so it would be more cost effective!

Hey Brummie Issy had just a regular single bed and was fine. We had one anyway as a spare bed so no investment there. With Theo, we didn't have a single and someone was offering us free a second hand ikea bed (the one that grows with the child) which he much prefers I think as it's low to the ground and he's not much of a climber. It is plenty big enough though that he'll be able to use it for years (until he complains it's too low to the ground)

Personally, I'd go with the accountant and go with a decent single bed. It's much nicer for reading stories to be snuggled up in a normal bed than sitting on a beanbag next to the toddlerbed. Plus if you have visitors, it's a normal single bed for someone to borrow and Dylan can kip on your floor.

Brummie I agree with Hockey. We started DD1 off by taking the rails off the cotbed, and she was fine, so then we made it a bit higher, still fine, then we went to stay away and pretended we didn't have the travel cot and that she had to sleep in a single bed, and she was fine!!

I think the toddler beds are cute, but a waste of money long term tbh.

My philosophy on childcare is 'what't the worst that could happen?', OK, so they might fall out a few times, but they're not gonna really really hurt themselves are they? We put a folded over double duvet on the floor the first few nights.

DD1 is really trying my patience at the moment...I'm finding it very very hard, esp having a 4 month old baby to contend with too. I don't want to be mummy who always shouts but I have to let her know I'm in charge.

Anyone else struggling??

Oooh, thank you very for much for the advice ladies

The accountant is right this time then! The thought of snuggling up with a story does really appeal to me though, and i have got visions of the 3 of us lying on the bed!! Dylan would love that - he is, as they say in Wales, a very cwtschy (pron. cutchy) boy!

Luckymummy, hope things are better with Sophie, what has she been up to?! Toddlers eh?!

Hi again.

Feeling very . I think I might have post-natal depression. .

Gonna speak to HV next week hopefully. Went to GP but she was quite flippant (suprise suprise).

I think I've been in denial, I NEVER thought I would be someone to get PND. However, after feeling shit for a few weeks, it's started to dawn on me, and I spoke to my BF last night who told me she had it last year, although didn't tell anyone (I kind of knew she had it, IYSWIM). She said my symptoms sound very similar to hers .

I'm being very pro-active, have been talking to my friends lots, they have beeb really supportive, as has my DH. I've been getting out and exercising and I'm hoping to see the HV next week.

I'm hoping if it is PND it's a mild form of.

Will keep you posted.

Aw luckymummy, sorry you're you are definitely doing the right thing by being pro-active. I hope that you get the help and support you need to get through the next few weeks and beyond. Thinking of you.

luckymummy we're in the same boat! I hate being "shouty Mummy" but when Maddie jumps around right next to James' head for the 100th time, disturbs him when he is on the breast or wakes him from naps...rhhhhh!

Luckily James (5.5 months) is a very easy baby because if he was as fractious as Maddie was I would be hiding under the bed right now

I TRY to make sure I praise Maddie (and James) alot in the hope they prefer "happy Mummy" and therefore behave. We'll see...

luckymummy sorry I didnt refresh before posting. Hope the health visitor is helpful. I am surprised by your GP's reaction. I thought they had to be v careful in looking after potential PND.

I had mild PND after Maddie. After James I went downhill very quick (anxiety attacks etc) so went to the Dr and got some anti-depressants. After about 3 weeks I felt SO MUCH better and am very glad I went on them.

I understand what you mean about not thinking you were someone who would get PND. I had never suffered from depression before and didn't want to be on anti-depressants. But then decided I couldnt go on like I was and my family were suffering.

Take care