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.

hello all

just popping in as i am avoiding a thread again()((thank you spicemonster for standing up for me!))

laidback-for your dh's cousin.

callie-maybe Jordi is going through the clingy stage,and its combined with teething.i think Elsie is getting her canines which IME are the worst ones.

dd2,Elsie and i went to the open farm yesterday for dd2's nursery trip.it was lovely,a totally different experience to when i took ds2 as he just wanted to play in the soft play area and go on the go-karts,but the dd's were more interested in the animals.Elsie is scared of goats now though as one came up and licked her hand,and she screamed.
poor dd2 turned green as soon as the coach started moving though.

callie-things with dd1 are ok at the moment,but she was ill all last week and has been on an overnight school trip this week,then yesterday it was peeing of rain so there hasnt been an oppurtunity for any nonsence.

Marianne can walk! Well, stagger about four steps, but its brilliant to see!

And she can say "come" now, and she grabs hold of my hand and pulls me to wherever she wants to be (usually the fruit bowl so she can ask for a nanana )

Ooh bloody hell diva - that thread pissed me off!
For me all is fine, I'm really, really enjoying being a SAHM. Don't want to go back to work

One day I will sort things out so I can work less days ...

Had a bit of a shit week - my poor sister has had a final go at IVF and it didn't work and now has had her DS diagnosed with Aspergers so we have lots of work to do to help him. It's so hard seeing someone you care about having such a shit time and not being able to do anything to make it better

Elliot is good - gaining confidence with his walking and being very adventurous - he regularly crawls off down the street if given half the chance, waving goodbye as he goes

Hello everyone.

Diva ordered me here from another thread. Would have popped in earlier, but felt crap for being away so long.

Haven't read whole thread, but see there are some PGs. Congrats Laidback & Bethoo! (And anyone I've missed).

Was away because of raging, undiagnosed PND and PTSD (from terrible pregnancy). Am fine now, and ailing marriage is back on track after fantastic counselling.

DS is my angel. He's just learned to go to sleep on his own without being rocked, can say 'Mama', 'Dada', 'Nana' and 'Goo' gir'' (to my dog). He runs everywhere, makes funny faces to make me laugh, and can undo the catches on his cot and get out. I still feel like he's my daemon (a la 'Northern Lights'), but I have separated to a slightly healthier degree, I think.

How's tricks?

We've decided to try for a another one, but it's a v. complicated process for us. We've been granted funding by our GP, though, so we should get there in the end. (It worked last time, after all).

Spice - OMG please give a massive hug to your lovely sister from me

I feel very for her

IKWYM about the working vs SAHM - it a tough call isn't it?

Hi Boo [waves] you are always very welcome here you know - sorry you have been having suh a a tough time [hugs] stick around and keep up updated about your TTC

Mariannes favourite thing to do is crawl or coast away from me, waving, blowing kisses and saying "bye bye" as she goes. SHe never goes far out of sight though, and always comes back to check I'm still there

LissyD - that is lovely - how old is she now?

15 months, she was born 10 march 2007

Oooh she is 4 days older than my DS!! He can walk but cannot talk!!!

Hi Boo & LissyD
Hi everyone else

Spice - for your sister

Kids have some mystery lurgey here, fever but nothing else wrong (that I can see), bit worried that it'll turn into chicken pox

Hi Boo, good to see you, glad you're feeling better. Pnd is really horrible.
Shanks and jay have already had their new babies!

Spice, your poor sister

I haven't got anything much to report here, well there's LOTS of stuff going o but I can't be bothered to write it down

Booboo how lovely to see you back. I remember you were struggling and I'm not surprised you had pnd. Am so glad you are on the mend and ready for the roller coaster of ttc? I have everything crossed for you! What did you think of the golden compass? Did you see it? I watched it on the plane from Pakistan...of course the film never does the book justice but I did enjoy it.

hi LissyD noseyed at your profile and Marianne looks scrumptious. Don't you love this age? I do, there's never a dull moment with them!

Spicemonster so sorry your sister's ivf didn't work One of my lovely sisters has a dd with aspergers. It wasn't discovered until she was 10 it explained a few things though! She is 14 now and doing great. I think it is good for family to know, we were so shocked at first but have a better understanding of her now.

Hasan is a bit hot and not eating much and clingy like a limpet! It might just be teeth I suppose or maybe a bug. he is meant to be getting his mmr on monday but I'll be postponing that one!

We've had loads of rain which is good for the earth, trees, plants. I'm reading The lollipop shoes by Joanne Harris it's a sequel to chocolat and I love love love it! (of course-it's witchy and it's about chocolate, what's not to love!)

Where is that Muppet one gone!?!

oooh yes, love that book too, is fab

hiya boo (waves madly) lovely to hear from you again but sorry you've been having a wretched time of things. sending very non mumsnet hugs to you

I'm supposed to be doing a cv today (guess why on mn instead ) . need to get back to the world of work to get some pennies as we are skint

spicemonster, such a shame about your dsis and the ivf. my brother has aspergers, only mild, and was only diagnosed last year. such a shame as if he had been diagnosed earlier i really think it would have changed his life opportunities. but as a family we have so much more insight into how he is thinking now. I found a fab website a while back written by people with aspergers who see the condition in a very positive light, I can't remember the link but I'm sure it's talked about on 'special needs' on here. I'll go away and try and remember what it was called

emily is now climbing up the loft ladder and into the loft all by herself. marvellous

Hi all!

Bertie is now a proper toddler - took his first steps on 25th May and now, barely a month later, is running around everywhere causing mayhem. He says a few words (that I can understand) but my favourite is "all gone" for which he says, "gall gn" and rubs his hands together as if he's shaking off crumbs.

He eats well... has been using a fork pretty well (although still not great with the spoon). Mil gives him tea from her cup so now every time we have a brew he points and says "a tea! a tea!"

Just come back from ten days near Cannes with dh, Bertie and mil... and omg I want to move there!

Ho hum.

Booboo so nice to see you again!

Spice sorry about your sister what a blow.

Everyone else, sorry I've not been here, been so busy... just time to pop in really and catch up on news.

hi all, a bit of catching up to do! spice, sorry about your sister, what a blow.
bertie sounds fun reversy, and cannes-how fab
am having nightmare with ds as he goes to bed, wakes at 11.30 for little bf, then up at 1 or 2 and he can't get off to sleep, he lies in his cot, and if i should move for the door, goes potty. this has just started (well, 2 weeks) and he s then awke for about 3 hours. am so damm tired. dh is exhausted as well. any tips welcome. not keen on controlled crying but we can't go on i left him last night and he was quiet until he noticed i had gone, i hoped he would settle, but just got hysterical within 5 mins. dh and i are so tired

sponge, sorry you're knackered, it's horrid being woken up night after night.

Tbh when I get that exhausted I let them scream themselves to sleep, I've found it to be the quickest way back to sanity for them and me!

Hi Mossy good to hear from you, it's amazing how quickly these babies change isn't it?

Well then Ronnie is def a retard, everyone's baby is chatting away apart from him. He only says ''ot 'ot" for hot and eh oh

oh feck,i just typed a lonnnng post and lost it.

spice-sorry to hear of your sister's troubles

booboo-nice to see you

mossy-are things any better with dh now,having had a holiday?

a woman from childrens services is coming in the morning to speak to us about the adoption.am shitting myself,hoping she doesnt ask any awkward questions or be horrified at the state of the house.i did some cleaning and hoovering up of carpet beetles over the weekend

i saw a different gp on tuesday and she has referred me to a psychiatrist

sorry,sponge-i pretty much do the same as kitty.i have brought Elsie downstairs when she was likely to wake everyone up but she is waking up out of habbit every night now so last night i just went in,changed her,and put her back down.she wasnt impressed but she stopped crying after a couple of minutes.

Hi everyone

Congrats on the pregnancy laidback...cant wait to see more on here

Deanna is walking now and even dancing.We went away last weekend and at one point she was the only one on the dance floor...definitely a boogy baby.Shes talking alot more too although not always things you can understand.
Today she seems to have suddenly got a fear of the hoover and leaves lol

Miley is now 10 weeks and doing really well.She sleeps through the night most of the time.Shes still on lactose free milk but now has really bad cradle cap and eczema...the poor darling.She smiles alot now too.

I have now got a eye thing called keracotonous which is a corneal disease.After a scare at the doctors with a fast hospital appointment I was told its in the early stages and to go back to clinic in 3 months.May have to start wearing special contact lenses.

Talk to you all soon

Hi Shanks - lovely to hear how Miley andIDeanne are doing? 've never heard of your eye condition before - what causes it and what are your symptoms? Is it painful? How did you find out you have it?

Diva - Hopefully your new GP will be better!!!

Monti-chubs can't talk either - but am not in the least bit bothered. I can tell he's wiley and bright - speach wil come when its ready

Kitty I found some really nice pics of Ronnie today - on my camera!!

Had DS1' birthday party today - 10 eight year old boys in the swimming pool, - Lordy!!! The funniest thing was that one of the Mum's and I had to change them in the male changing room - imagine lots of naked men !!! I kept apologising and trying very hard not to look too closely at anyone....which is probably exactly how men feel when I start BFing all over the place and they don't know where to look!!

Hi Shanks - eye thing sounds scary

Diva - good news on the GP/referral front. Seeing an expert should be helpful. Hope the visit tomorrow goes well

Thanks for the nice welcome back!

It has been rough, but the last three months have been really good. Long may it continue!

Hi Rosy! I did enjoy the Golden Compass ("This is an alethiometer, also known as a a Golden Compass..." hmmmmm...). I thought the casting and production values were really high, but it skimped on the plot and character development a bit too much imo. Like the sound of that book you're reading.

ReverseThePolarity: love the new name! (MsMoss, I presume).

Kitty: My DS only has one word apart from family names. All our babies are genii: you remember.

Sorry to those of you with lurgies/sick children/babies that won't sleep/rubbish doctors.

Hope you all enjoyed Midsummer Nights Eve and saw lots of fairies. I did: I went to a Gay wedding. (Ba boom).

The eye thing-Since Miley was born ..my sight has been blurry at times and finding it hard to read without being really close.The health visitor and friends suggested I went for an eye test.

The optician referred me to the gp who sent me straight to the hospital.He said to me to pack an overnight bag as I could stay in.His words were I know you have a young baby but your sights important.

Symptoms are blurred vision,mild aching in the eye area,can cause headaches.
My eyes are constantly sore and tired as Im suffering hayfever too.

Hey everyone, im new on here and my mate recommended I find who had (babies) Toddlers the same time as me...
so here I am, My DS is a cheeky one hes a confident walker and climber-although he cant get babck down once hes up....But he still has a really bad habit of chewing everything. hes ripped books and dvd covers to shreds, tore holes in his pjs and his highchair has been completely ripped up filling and everything. im at my wits end its not just a phase hes been doing it since bout 7 months. Any ideas anyone PLEASE? we resorted to giving him a dummy just to stop him chewing. any advice is greatly appreciated. x

Hi Mel, sorry to hear you sound so stressed. Dummy is a good idea, I reckon. (My DS has had one since he was 5 weeks).

My friend's baby did this, but grew out of it by about two. Any way you could just move everything really high and just wait it out?

I've only got one, but lots of the Mums on here have loads more, so they'll probably be able to give you much better advice than me.