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.

hi diva, that boys dad sounds nice- you are brave made me smile what your dh said- i found myself saying "you'll have someones eye out with that" to ds, with no irony whatsoever.

this thread is quiet, but perhaps its the tennis, which i have been watching tonight from behind a cushion

where is bethoo? hope she is ok.

better go, ds is awake. noooooooooo!

diva true discipline lacks everywhere in kids. Lucky where we live I think. Move here?
sporting genius maybe... Makes up for the other two lol not a a sporting bone between them!!!!
went to dds school fair today, Finn entered a little beanbag throwing comp. Bloody near won it, hurled it 11 rungs up a laid down ladder (between the rungs ) yr6 boy got 12 and just beat him...
Am in awe of Finns powers tbh he seems like Not My Child in that regard! Am loving sport but only to watch

sponge-not brave,i just happened to know that one of his parents is the sibling of the man who is in charge of the (very poular and important)dads groups that were started by sure start,and i have seen the parents at the school and they looks like upstanding members of the community

piffle-my main worry about moving is that the problems will follow as i seem to be the cause of them.once a victim,always a victim?

Hi I don't say much because I haven't got much to say.

Well apart from the the normal boring family stuff like: ds1 went to cub camp got kicked and bullied, dp and I had vicious argument, ran a race up the south downs, Ronnie not speaking, we fell asleep together on a bean bag this afternoon, him still firmly attached to boob!
Hospital appointments for various dc's, the list goes on, illnesses, chaos.
I just can't be arsed to talk about it really

I think the thread gets busy little spurts. I'm not rabbitting as much as I usually do on here I think. Too busy reading Kitty's crazy book suggestion It is interesting...still reading and still processing it.

Diva it is not just you, it is a wise observation that you can't run away from yourself! believe me I have tried but I've lived in a place where there was dog shite all over the street and I've lived in a place where my neighbours were frightening and the police were there every other weekend and my kids learnt to spit.

Now I live somewhere surrounded by beautifull trees and 'nice' neighbours and I feel much better!

Piffle Finn is some boy! wow! Have you got a shiney new kitchen now then? I have a sneaky suspision that our body can ovulate in response to an opportunity to be fertilised!!!! If you get caught it'll be a girl I know it would be a hard slog for you though. keep us posted!

Kitty that is awful that your ds1 got bullied at cub camp

No new kitchen rosy, can't afford it. Grr
kitty poor little cubber. Astonished that would happen there.
dont joke about pregnancy, things bit stressy here, money tight, dp very unhappy in job. I'm up and down as carrying can alone for kids weekdays.
we cannot afford a holiday again fuck it all. Wonderful mumsnetter offered us pukka house for a week in Cotswolds. We thought sod it well just do it but found out dps work have changed his holidays
livid does not express rage.
we both feeling upset that dd is nearly 6 and never had a holiday. I never did as a kid but we lived in nz so it was always like hols

Bit depressed today tbh

kitty-about your ds.what happened?

rosy-funny you should mention spitting as ds2 has started doing this.ive noticed the horrible kids out the back do it all the time,even the 16 year old girl.yet they have a go at ds2 for swearing.i know which i prefer!

piffle-about holiday.you sound like you bloody need one as well.

i feel a bit crap today as well,i am worried about a few things and just want it to be september basically.i feel like my head is going to explode.

everyone sounds a bit down..piffle, come to the cotswolds for a break even for a few days, i live here! whereabouts is the house?
am making lunch and dinner, so better go.
we need a break too, dh woken up v early as one of his chefs didn't show- phone woke me, baby, so we have been up since 6

Kitty ave you any holiday planned this year - albeit with annoying DP? Sounds like you really deserve a break

Piffle - "mental unprotected sex" - is that when you have boring unprotected sex with your DP, yet are mentally having unprotected ex with someone else? David Tennant for example?

foxy ... seriously, Piffle - hope it turns out ok. It's probably no surprise that we can't afford a holiday... although, I heard an ad for the Sun deals that Foxy had, hmmm. I would even consider taking dd out of school for a break after the hols.

Hope you aren't too tired today Sponge. We are usually up by 6 but have been mooching with hubs in the evenings and staying up later and later. It's killing me.

September, Diva?? Try to work out why these things are worrying you... Good work with the naughty boy being reprimanded by his father. I agree that spitting is awful... soap in the mouth?? Pepper?? stapler??

Kitty... u don't sound your usual bright self.

Welcome back Catsweazle It's nice to have a bit of privacy and a place to vent. Hope your friend doesn't work this one out.

Kiwi - we have been on two of those Sun hols (first one to France, 2nd to Devon) and will be going on the third one to Cornwall next week.

I can highly recommend them - they have both been fantastic and in beautiful spots, with lovely facilities. ...and not at all full of Sun readers LOL!!

I think the trick is to choose 5 places ou really want to go and then check the resorts out on the websites before you confim your choices.

Our first one cost £97.50 (ferry and luxury carava in France)for all five of us
2nd and 3rd are costing £75 each (£9.50 per. person)

yes its me, freckly and naked on a horse

Piffle I'm so of Finn's progress!

Have to agree with Rosy about the ovulation- my "surprise" pgs have all been far too early in the month... (did at foxy's description of mental sex)

RL friend wasn't stalking me, just read a thread I'd given too much info on. I suppose it's nice she let me know.

Can you not find a caravan somewhere?

Bella- up by 6? Is Kate sleeping through? I feel like the only person in the world still up 3 or 4 times a night. I can't leave her to cry but I need some sleep.

Anyone heard from mossy lately?

cat-mossy posted on another thread earlier today i noticed.

i cant remember the last time Elsie slept all night,i thought she had last night but dh said she woke at one point but he ignored her and she went back to sleep after a couple of minutes.

she is learning new words now,such as 'megan bath bath'(when dd1 was in the bath)and 'cat up there'.

Hello, I am still here too, just lots going on at the moment - have been to hospital and doctor five times in 10 days!! Will go into details another time, just wanted to say hi.

Piff - thanks again for chat earlier - hope everything works out as you want it wrt mental sex!

no worries callie. Really nice to talk, hope you get answers this week.
bloody British weather, hoping Finns next word would be sun, instead he says naining....
humpf
oh the mental sex thing gets more comical ( she shrills slightly hysterically) and nothing ever to do with David tennant!

More news as it happens!

news Piffle... please share

Hi Callie - hope the hospital appointments are all done now.

No... unfortunately my lil girl doesn't sleep through the night either. She seems to go four hourly... so up once or twice.

Thanks Foxy... I'll pick up a copy of the Sun tomorrow and have a look.

Oh sleep beautifull sleep...how I miss you....Hasan is usually up once or twice a night which is no bother on its own, ds2 is up everynight to go to the toilet now and sometimes dd is also up. ds1 is up until 2 or 3 now he is on holiday and when dh is here he comes to bed at 3 or 4 and then I'm up at 5 or 6 every morning. If I can get to bed early I'm fine and if I can get a nap them that is brilliant. sigh.

Holidays-I'm totally sorted. The only place I want to go in the world on holiday at the moment is Donegal and I'm renting a friends caravan for two weeks in August. It's such a cheap holiday and also perfect. [smug]

Callie sounds like you have been having a stressfull time and I hope things are on the up.

hello here i am!
i have nto been on as there is always so much to catch up on and need a good quiet hour to catch up!
i went to my parents for a week and i vow never ever ever to go there again! why the f* do i bother if my mum is not even going to look at me let alone engage in conversation with me?? once my dad moved to Cyrpus there will be no reason to visit. she knows where i live id she watns to see new baby in October so doutful. i could go on about the other problems we had there! needless to say that my mums mum is jsut as evil! god i hope i can break the chain with my dd!
well i am now 27 weeks and still no name! when she is hear she will be the one known as baby girl! currently she is refered to as 'it' >> i spoke to the mw about it and she suggested councelling about my fears >
now that i am in the third trimester i am shattered and sadly find my patience is wearing thin with little man, i get snappy when he just wants to play and i am trying to relax on the sofa. then i instantly regret being moody.
ihope everyione is well and it looks like i have masses to catch up on.

bethoo - I'm sure you will be a lovely mom to your DD

Is anyone else's LO still not walking?

Hello, too knackered to post but I'm am reading and am duly sympathising and giving replies n my tired little head!

Bethoo IKWYM - its much harder the 2nd time isn't it- you never get to put you feet up when you are PG and aready have a LO demanding your attention and energy!!

Rosy - - wish I were going to Donegal!!

We're going to Cornwall next week, courtesy of the Sun newspaper

Kitty and Callie - hope you are OK [hugs]

freckly change that name at once it is horrible! good grief woman! I refuse to call you a minger! There were two little red haired children running around here today and they were stunning children. Totally gorgeous.

Hasan took an allergic reaction today, He was covered in welts. I suspect the quiche. I so hoped that he wouldn't have allergies like ds2 and dd.

Bethoo be kind to yourself, it is difficult being pregnant with a little one. Is your dp around anymore now or are you doing this alone? I think you will be a lovely mum to your dd because you want to be.

It is chucking down here......sigh.

ok,am trying to get used to a new browser,keyboard and some new program dh has put on to stop dodget things getting onto the pc

foxy-i wondered who the hell that was posting before!

bethoo-dont worry about being like your mum with your dd.although dh says i am like my mother i know thats just in unimportant ways(like coming out with things like 'it could have had your eye out')but with the things that matter i know i am different(for eg dd1 knows that she sometimes feels like she wants to kill everyone because her hormones are changing,not because she's a 'neurotic cow')

mr.next door neighbour gave me some teething gel that his FIL sends from america called 'oragel' or something.i put some on Elsie last night when she started screaming and it actually numbed my finger.it must have done the trick as she then slept till dd2 woke her at 6am