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.

itsmyparty-could you have a look at my thread if you get a chance,you may be able to offer some words of wisdom(((((((girly hugs))))))

hugs back]

good luck diva, fingers crossed for you.
feel really down today, am fed up with lots of stuff.

have been invited to wedding but will have to fly to europe, and let mil take care of ds as no kids allowed at wedding in evening. traditionally these weddings go on til 4 in morning.am worried as know should put dh first, but mil thinks kids should be left to cry and tutted at me like mad whenever i picked up newborn ds. she is full of stories about how parents are ruled by children and when she steps in its al perfect. just know she won;t go to him if he cries to prove she is right. she has a history of agreeing with me then doing her own thing with ds. he always wakes in the night and i can't bear the thought of him wailing in strange house/ bed and no one coming, or worse coming and telling him off.

did actually have a nice day though, apart from general draggy feeling.
diva, can you find a house and leave yours empty? surely they would find a tenant locally? seems unfair you have to do the work like that.

howdy all. Back after a few days kid free holiday!! Had lovely time.
Finn was fab for my mum, no issues at all! Amazed really.
So obv we will do it more often now!
Right!
Big news fir me is primary care trust have agreed to fund my breast reduction (am30hh) am so excited..
Not sure when but within 3 mths!!!!!
Also dp having snip in early September
And our new kitchen going in in October time! We have redone our mortgage and added a bit more on as we are staying put.
Oh double excited now!!!
Diva sorry your dh so downdoes he have big highsand lows?

Hope everyone is ok? Feel like I been gone for years!
amazing prog on now about sth africanorphans singing. Have cried at these incredible kids.stunning voices and what they've been through.

sponge-ours is a housing association property,if we were to leave here for private rented(which i dont really want to do)then i dont think we would be able to get another council/HA house in the future.the easiest and quickest way to get a HA/council property when you are already in one is to mutually exchange with somebody else.

i am confused-was it you who posted about the wedding?

piffle-dh is feeling alot better now,he has quit playing WoW and we are doing family stuff again.
you are a brave woman going for a breast reduction,although i can understand why you want it.are you sure about your dp having the snip though?

Piffle, all sounds good at your end then? That's a brave step re the snip. I'm awfully broody atm

Diva, glad things are better with dh, are you coping with the hols? is your dd2 in a bed yet? I am considering putting dd3 in a bed now as she can catapult her self in and out at will so there doesn't seem much point in her staying tin a cot, although dp says the cot sides would act as a deterrent.

We are doing ok here, seem to be fairly busy which is a plus.
I've had a horrid viral thing this last week. Glands up like balloons, couldn't swallow, etc.etc.

The keys to the mini bus have disappeared. My fault for not putting them on the key peg straight away(as usual I'm afraid). I think I'll be looking at frightening cost to replace .

havr bought all the lkids woolly crocs , half price. dd3 loves hers so much she has insisted on going to bed with them on.

haven't been on here for ages but kitty told me to pop in and say hi.

Things have been a bit stressful here - my grandmother died so I had to fly to Melbourne with my mother ( was her mother who died) and spent three days away from the dds.

Dd3 is getting very cheeky. I am amazed at her language and how bright she seems - I think it has a lot to do with the time dd2 puts into talking with and explaining things to her rather than anything else. I am just amazed at how quickly dd3 picks things up - especially the cheeky inappropriate behaviour.

Been very cold here - whilst you lot are enjoying your summer - we are in the depths of winter. Having said that - we have had 20 degree or more temps last week - but Cold nights/mornings. Dh said it was 2 degrees the other morning I was in Melbourne.

Dd1 turned 6 on friday - where did that time go? I can't believe she is such a grown up girl.

I am off in a couple of weeks for the weekend by myself. Am off to Canberra to do some family history research for my family tree. It is my 40th birthday present instead of a party.

Not done much else - you know - Parent governor equivalent work, two weeks end of term holiday, birthdays, funerals and so on.

Did manage some time out for Mamma Mia. It was fab - went with a friend of mine and loved it - we laughed and sang and it was fab. Dh bought me the cd of it - have yet to play it though.

kiwi dd3 does all sorts of things to the older dds - dd3 has learnt 'gentle' I tell her to stop and then gently rub her hand down the side of her face and tell her to be gentle.

mama mia hee hee

Eidsvold lovely to get an update. Sorry about your Grandmother.
I hope you find loads of interesting information about your family tree! Nice idea for a birthday treat. My sister is turning 40 in october and she is having a masquerade ball. We are all so excited about it! For my 40th I was 2 weeks before giving birth to Hasan. I went to see
Karen Egan she was brilliant and very funny comedienne.

Piffle I'm delighted for you, you are getting new boobs and a new kitchen! Yippee and no new babies? But it might be a relief for you to have made that decision, the 'maybe' rollercoaster is very stressfull I think. And you have three fabulous kids!

Kitty I hope you find the keys!

Eids, thanks for the update. Sorry about your grandmother, were you close to her?
My dad is very into our family tree, i believe that it can get quite addictive doing all the research .

I did the 'gentle' thing with dd3 and it worked a treat. I have been trying the same method with Ronnie and instead he shrieks with laughter and hits/bites even more than before.
The sterner i get the funnier he thinks it is, he's such a boy.

Rosy, God I hope so.
dd3 won't take her wooly crocs off, she has slept in them and now they stick

hadn't seen her in recent years - she was in a nursing home in Melbourne and was wasting away but spent a lot of time with her as a child. She was a fabulous lady and will be missed very much.

Family history stuff is very addictive and I am trying to do all 4 sides - my mum, my dad, dh's mum and dh's dad - very involved but interesting. Am off to see some documents in the national archives and to the national war memorial to do a rubbing of my great great uncle who died at Gallipoli! his name is on the wall of remembrance.

also said as that was my last grandparent. All gone now. On my nanna's side - only her youngest sister is left.

eids-sorry to hear about your gran.my nan was the last of my grandparents to go i think it seems even more sad.

kitty-was it you who started the wooly croc thread then?i saw it in active convos but didnt click on it
dd2 has been in a toddler bed for about 4-5 months.i think she got out of it once on the first night,realised there was a gate on the door and went back to bed.i only got her the bed as i needed the cotbed for elsie who had outgrown the normal cot.

ds and dd1 shall be returning from disneyland paris today and going back to my mums.my mums friend went with them,who has 2 sons in their 30's and no grandchildren as yet,so i will be interested to hear how she found the experience

yes Diva it was, dd3 is STILL wearing them, they do look very cute on her though and it means I don't have to have anything to do with her shoe drivel .

I found my keys , hooray, God I'm sooooooooo relieved!!!!

been rainy here today.

Got an old friend coming over tomorrow with her daughter. We've known each other since antenatal with her dd and my ds1.
I am very fond of her but she is also really draining iykwim?
She only has the one dd and doesn't work so I suppose her life just has a different focus to mine.
She talks about herself the entire time and tells me endless sagas in the minutest detail and goes off on a tangent so many times that I always forget what she was talking about in the first place.
She'll say things like "how are you matey?" then all I have time to say is "good" and she's off on another ramble.
So even though I'm looking forward to seeing her I'm also dreading it as it means three odd hours of ear bashing

Eidsvold sorry about your gran. Glad you have such strong memories of when she was younger. I grew up with only 2 gps both of whom lived 12000 miles away. Never very close. Hence why I ensure my kids are close to theirs!

Snip is right thing. I would keep having kids, but my body is getting more wrecked each time.
And the boobs gosh I've been waiting 22 years to get shot ofthese!

Well Finn amazes me too like your dd3 eidsvold and I'm sure dd is a reason why too.

Bought him a puzzle today 5 shapes inset puzzle. For 12mths plus thought about time he did something cleverer than smashing eggs and raiding shoe boxes.
He only did the puzzle straight off smarty liitle pants!

hello kitty (have waited ages to do that how are your ears? did you bill her after for "on the counch with kitty"? what are these crocs? will google them and find out.
diva, yes it was me. decided it was a draining name and switched back pdq. dh isn;t talking about it (the possible trip) must decide as not fair on him whilst i dither about, he says i make her sound like a monster, she is not, but just has a different style. still don;t want ds ignored though.
eids, sorry re your gran, at least you have nice memeories though

Ah sponge she's due to arrive any minute and I'm having palpitations

This is my friends thread if anyone has any ideas....here

kitty-how did the visit go?

Elsie has started to tell me when shes done a poo.well,today she pointed to her bum and said 'poo',i looked and there was nothing in her nappy,then a couple of minutes later she did one.i reckon she'll be potty training before dd2 at this rate

Diva, dd3 shows ABSOLUTELY NO SIGN WHATSOEVER at wanting to be toilet trained, lazy mare

The visit was ok actually, thanks for asking. I actually managed to hog a good deal of the conversation and didn't come away feeling drained

Hi Eids [waves] - sorry to hear about your gran

Mine love crocs too - and the "shoe charms" (you can get Dr Who ones on ebay...)

What are "wooly" crocs??? - socks with holes in?

DS2 Kissed me last night

First he kissed the bedroom door

The tried it on his hand to get it right...

Then ran over, flung his chubby arms around me and KISSED me on the cheek

Hi everyone... lots of news to catch up on. Sorry to hear about your Grandmother, Eids. I hope that you enjoyed some time with your mother while travelling to Melbourne. Good luck with your research - it's so exciting.

Kitty, I'm glad that your friend's visit wasn't as torturous as you were expecting . Your dd is funny falling in love with her shoes. Thats great advertising for them! Phew, glad you found the car keys too... were they in the last place you looked?

Diva your kiddies went to Disneyland Paris. I am insanely jealous . Hope that you have spoken to them and they are still dancing on clouds.

Have a fab hols Foxy... sounds like it will be a brilliant time for all the children. Your sun details will be waiting for you when you get back . Delighted for your family destination Catsweazle... can't wait to hear how Holland is. Hope that your ds's are being more helpful.

Sponge - difficult decision for you re wedding. I was immediately tempted by the idea of partying until 4am until I realised that I wouldn't be at all sociable at that time of the morning!! It's hard to leave your kiddies at the best of times (is it really ??) without having to worry about who you are leaving them with and how they are taken care of.

Welcome back Piffle... I'm so thrilled for you being able to have the breast reduction... and that it will happen so quickly. It must have been a huge decision for dh to also undergo the 'snip' but, as you say, probably the best move for your health. I am also pleased that it sounds like you are able to work things out for your house and choosing to stay put.

Rosy... love your gorgeous story of your kissing ds

I am actually joining Rosy and enjoying the freedom of the holidays, so far. I love having the girls home... although my biggest task is keeping track of MissE - where she is or who is staying at my place. Kate's language seems to have suddenly taken off and she can use several words... albeit in that special speak which only Mummys can understand. We have had a friend's 4yo for the weekend and Kate's hitting went in to overdrive. I felt like I spent the whole time keeping the two apart and encouraging love. One of the first things that our sleep-over-kid told her parents today was that Kate hit her alot, sigh. Like Elsie, she can also recognise when she has a dirty nappy although her words aren't as eloquent . She heads off to get a clean nappy, patting her bum, repeatedly saying "bum-bum" . This is happening more frequently now and it's not always messy so I wonder if she is also realising a wee? I'm thinking about putting a potty in the bathroom... just so she knows it is there. We are having days where bf is reduced to morning and night... and a couple of times during the night... and some days without a bottle. How long should you continue supplementing ie with formula? Kate is eating really well several meals a day.

Anyways... I've rambled on but lovely to hear how you and your babies are all doing.

Very impressed by the clever toddlers who can say when they need changed etc! Hasan just appears by my side and his aroma tells me what I need to know

Well you are all my lovely mates but in all honesty sometimes coming on hear and reading about what your babies are up to makes me depressed .

Now from experience alone I know that Ron is completely normal, fine and dandy but compared to some of your lot he is a blooming retard

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