March 2007: Babies no longer: the road to Toddlerdom

[MrLSG]

MrsLSG suggested it, so her it is...

I've observed that calling Toby a baby isn't really accurate anymore, he (as one of the younger March babies - actually being born in April) is now toddlering (or is that staggering?), hence the title of the thread.

Sorry if Dad's aren't allowed around here: But Toby just loved joining in garden football with his big brother and dad earlier tonight.

Kitty that sounds so infuriating - creates extra stress for you!!

Rosy - OMG about needing a passport!!!

reverssy-the new job sounds good.glad things are ok-ish with dh.

kitty-@so-called helper.did she used to be a man?

rosy-the girs are still being bitches.yesterday they were taking the piss out of dd1 for being a virgin ffs-she's only 9!apparently they are not virgins,and at age 11 and 12(these are the girls from 2 doors down btw)i would be rather concerned about that.one of them has also started being horrible to ds2.what sort of fucked up bitch picks on a kid 6 years younger?

anyway,ive had enough and am currently looking at house exchange sites cos i dont want to live in this fecking town anymore.

i just have no idea where i do want to live.any suggestions welcome!

Foxy I suppose it's because of international travellers blah blah blah but never mind, at least we don't have to pass a boarder checkpoint and customs just to nip down the road anymore!

Diva that is awful, awful, awful...those are very troubled little girls by the sounds of it and that you now feel you have to move and I know how you feel. I lived in a horrible place for two years when I was having ds2 with scarey kids running around and I was so happy to get away to a nicer place.

Kitty my house is so bad at the moment that I'm actually a bit jealous of your slow, one legged helper
Currently my ironing is in crumpled heaps pouring out of three baskets and all over the floor.

I suppose I should go and tackle it now instead of sitting here! but the whole house is such a heap that I don't know where to start. Am overwhelmed!

sod all news from her either. Aside from Finn yappety yap yap. Yet more teeth coming through... He already has 12!
have stopped counting words he has now moved onto two -three word phrases now like bears down there
or wheres bear? Up there...
so that'll be 3 chatterboxes then... And dd started with why? She's 5 but asked today why is there a slide there mummy and it ended up eventually with me gagging her with biscuits just to give my ears a rest

Callie can you get spatone from boots instead of iron tabs. Google it tis FAB stuff and no constipation. Hope its not the endo

Diva vile... You want to move well away...

piffle-is it you who lives in lincolnshire?

yes diva tis me why? You gonna come live here?
coooooolio

Diva come and live here in St Helens! It's not a million miles removed from Barrow but there are much closer public transport links to Manchester and Liverpool. For the most part people are very friendly and there's loads of stuff for kids; St Helens is packed with SureStarts.

Kitty your current au pair sounds nice but dim. How can you not think to empty a Dyson when it's full?

Rosy could you do your house like you eat an elephant: a chunk (room) at a time? I always like to have a clean kitchen and start from there.

Right off for a G&T and I have to wash the dishes. Hi to everyone else (am at how many teeth Finn has!!)

piffle-dh was bron in lincoln city and has this desire to live there for some unknown reason.he reckons all lincolnshire folk are down-to-earth,tell it like it is types.
ive only been to skegness is the whole county,and that was a day trip to butlins when i was 18.

reverssy-dh said we have to get out of the north west altogether,plus where you are is a little too close to manchester for my liking.(both xh+xp are in the mcr area)

i would quite like to move nearer to my mother,but not too near.just close enough for it to be reasonably cheap for dc1+2 to bugger off to hers on the train when theyre a bit older.

bron=born

We are 20 odd miles sarf of Lincoln. Nice semi rural ish good schools. Cheap housing compared to national prices but depending what your dh does for a job? He may need to commute. Do prob best to go where the jobs are.
I do like lincs tbh people are down to earth!

piffle (waves from a distance, I once lived in Lincoln too) - your ds1 is a bit of a maths whizz isn't he? How did you handle that at primary level, or did you just have a supportive school? (I should probably start a new topic for this, but don't really like the G&T label, and would probably get jumped on if I posted it there.)

ds1 is 6, just finishing year 1, and has been assessed (outside of school) as being about 3 years ahead of average already in maths. But all that his teacher can say is that he's doing everything which is expected of him at yr 1 - no extra support offered! It's hard to describe but he sees everything in terms of numbers - go on a journey and he'll want to know the distance and how long it takes, and he'll tell you the average speed. Stop for a coffee on the way and he'll tell you how that's affected the average. Told somebody's age, he'll tell them that they must have been born in x or x-1. And so on - all the time.

He's in top groups for everything else too, but maths is the area he seems to have a particular flair and enthusiasm for. Unfortunately this year's teacher isn't very open to discussion - am hoping for better next year. So we/I may end up having to take on the maths and/or G&T coordinators to get something done - and would be interested if you've had similar experiences, and what you've done as a result.

Reverssy my mess definately is like an elephant at the moment I spend most of my time in the little garden planting stuff, watering stuff and looking at the trees
There are so many things I want to do and cant get started, breaking it all into small junks is the way to go, you are right.

Piffle Finn is a very clever toothy boy!

Diva move near a college for yourself!!!

lunar I'll catch you later on. Are you on facebook so I can write younan email?
I've not been on for a while I'm notcsure I can remember
kiwisbird at gmail dot com let me know your email and I'll let you know what we endured...
lol

Piffle - have emailed you.

lunar/piffle, we have had this problem with ds2(8), extremely bright child but also very lazy and refuses to work. The school have not picked up on this despite our protestations so consequently he is now behind. It makes dp and I very, very

Lunar that must be so frustrating - surely the school realise he will get bored if he is not stretched!! Ditto your DS Kitty!

My DS1 is not a supremo but is deffo lazy too and has got a real attitude at the moment. He told me to p*ss off yesterday and his teacher says he just talks all the time in class and doesn't listen to what is going on.

I think when they go into Juniors, they have a little crisis trying to adapt and to being a small fish in a big pool (having been the big fish at infants in the previous year) and so consequently start to act arsily to try and cover up the fact that they feel disorientated.

Diva LOL at the helper being a man before!! Yes you do have to follow men around the house giving instructions and reminding them to empty the hoover!!

Lunar hope you get things sorted for your ds1.

My ds1 thinks he's very clever and that he can get A*s in his gcses while simultaneously not studying! we'll see......
I'm not worried about it though, I think he'll do okay.

Well you'll all be relieved to hear that I have managed to return the house to a certain amount of order now

The other day I finally had what seems to be a period, extremely light lasted one day but that was my first one! woohoo!
Still bfeeding loads, I don't know how I'm ever going to get him off it.....

Hasan is very funny, he wrestles with the other boys, the funniest sight is when he wrestles ds1 (6ft) who ends up in a heap on the floor shouting 'help' with the 'baby' on his head.

Rosy Hasan must think he is really strong!

damn it somebody swiped my dress on ebay, was a lovely witchy one too. sigh.

Was muppet going away somewhere? She has disappeared.

Happy birthday to Jay today!!

rosy-are you psychic or have you been on fb?

happy birthday jay

i hate it when i get outbid in the last few seconds on ebay.i need to get dd1 a brownie unifom but they keep coming home with letters from school asking for various amounts of money for trips.i was supposed to be saving

Rosy it was me!!

Not really...

I bought two work bags last week on Ebay by mistake. There were two of the same bag for sale, one blue, one brown. The bidding ended at 1am for both so I bunged in two bids, one for each bag, for the maximum I was prepared to pay.

Woke up the following day and turned on my PC to see if I'd won either... and I'd won both!!!

Happy Birthday Jay - have a good one!

here you go kitty no anwer on this yet

Foxy it is essential to have lots of bags

hello, this thread is very quiet! diva, have things settled down or are you still thinking of moving?
rosy at hassan wrestling. am still bf, plan to stop when he can walk, but he won;t drink milk unless its mine.
at men and housework- my dh tells me how lucky i am and expects a round of applause and special favours in return for housework. and my ds stops and points at bits on the carpets and squeaks until i clear them up.

am at another fete tomorrow- love the splat the rat and ducks

Sponge are these "special favours"?