Feb 06 - Dr Horrible is Fabulous and I don't care what you say because I have power!

[Flamesparrow]

Ha!

Same here Phoenix, but haven't even bothered trying stickers. They all do it eventually, honest.

DD2 was dry at night before dd1 (Ignoring the fact that at 8 we do stuill get occasional accidents!)

The thing that i get stressed about though is that he can and has done it before. He's even pooed on his potty without me or dh been in the room with him. But he just won't do it at all now. I don't keep on at him though cos i know that will make it worse. Every now and then i just ask him if he wants to go without a nappy and he says no so i leave it there.

Just go with the flow phoenix; I have th feeling that ds1 is gonna be about 12 before he's dry at night, but am just leaving it alone for now. And ds2 just happens to have been dry at night pretty much since he was poty traied, by chance. Prob couldve taken his nappies off much sooner.

New name?

Gah! You beat me to it!!! I was just coming on to say we have had a week of dry nights

Not likin the new exercise name.

MadWomanExercises suits better

for the contractions - I would go with Jas's plan.

I completely merged CSWS's message into something about hairy poo

DS starts preschool on 25th He seems so young. I know he will be exactly the same age DD was when she was meant to be starting (ie, the day I went into labour ), but he just seems so so much younger. The thought of him actually staying on stage for the Christmas concert...

No to the name. It is too long and doesn't scan nicely. I currently have no better ideas though

Hairy poo????Can't get that from any recent posts at all!

Ds was up and yellin/screamin/crying for 4 hours last night for no good reason. Still up at 7.30, too.

dairy and poo merged oddly

Argh for the 4 hours!!!!

DS has slept through in his own bed for the last few nights... thinking about it it coincides with the going with no nappy. Boy bits to play with is clearly a reason to stay in bed

ok. back to normal.

well, contractions got stronger until 11, when I rang triage... they weren't really bothered, and said see what happens in a couple of hours. I fell asleep, and they stopped sometime between 12 and 1 (because DD woke I don't know how many times last night with croup).
Haven't had any more since thank goodness.

mrm- yes name is too long!

Phoenix- school nursery is prob better than private nursery if you mean a private day nursery rather than an independent school nursery. The school set-up is more likely to be stimulating IYSWIM, I get the feeling that DD's day nursery the 'nursery' aged children bit is a bit naff really, not as good as the local primary schools' nurseries I have seen.
(through work)

No dry nights here She has never had a problem in the day- took to that like a duck to water, but is always soaked in the morning. No idea when thats going to stop. We have talked about it, and she says she wants no nappies at night, but she is still always wet.

Eek EPPM. Hope that nothing more comes of it. Have you had tachycardias before?

Dry at night here . Uses potty in her room if she needs to go.

Spent day at Ikea today. Took in-laws too. Choosing new sofas and cabinet for posh crockery.

Gotta go - dd just come down (had long late nap) seemingly very revived by calpol, and ds just woken up soaking wet, so all in chaos. Just when I thought I'd have a nice quiet evening and watch X-Factor .

CSWS- yes- I have a heart condition, so suffer from them intermittently. They have increased with age, so I am a surgery candidate, but was pg when I saw the consultant, so am reviewing when DS is c. 6 mo.
They have been increasingly frequent, and getting longer in duration with pg though- I am v tired, and this always exacerbates them. Plus the thing that triggers them for me is cold, and I keep having to get up to DD (who is going through a 'my baby brother is coming and I won't have mama to myself anymore, better make the most of it now' phase ) DH goes to her (she has had croup since weds) but she screams even more until I go
Pg consultant was ok with me last time, but this one was quite long- 30-35 mins, at 40 mins nasty stuff starts to happen, so I think they were more worried. I have had 8 or 9 since pg, but usually they are only every 6 mo or so.

Yay for new furniture!

We have been to the firework party, which DD enjoyed.... ooh for about 10 minutes
At least this year she goes to bed by herself- last year I had to lie in her room holding her hand for 2 hours while she fell asleep !
She hates the noise.
She also spent the first 1/2 hour of the concert saying 'can we go home now?' meh

Where is everyone?

Dunno.

Playing ladybird game with snotty dd whilst ds screams on my lap .

mrm - does ds2 spit in a blowing a raspberry style? Dd has started doing it a lot, and when I asked if she'd picked it up from someone at school, she said no, it had come from ds2!

for croup and heart condition. I had a couple of attacks of SVT a few years ago, but testing failed to find an underlying cause.

Flame is busy flouncing

You/she must be joking?

It's no joke
Here.... go talk some sense to her... she is v fed-up I feel.

Actually csws, thats one hideous thing he's never done! But if she statrs runnig round with her knickers down yelling 'willy willy bum bum', then you can assume he taught her that! Or screaming 'nooooo waaaay' to everything.
Gonna go chase flame.

Ds does the spitting thing all the time too but i don't think you can blame him for showing her

DD finds it very hard to spit! Which is a shame in one regard- as I wish she could spit out the toothpaste, not swallow it.... we are on fluoridated water, and I worry about how much fluoride she ingests. Can do without the spitting outside of the bathroom though

CSWS- sometimes SVT can just be through stress or tiredness, so often clears up by itself, seemingly for no reason.

Your ds2 does that mrm ( if so) or your ds1? Dd already likes to show her bottom and say 'bare bum' .

Tough day today. Could do with a good night tonight to make up for it, but not expecting one, as ds hasn't slept for more than 40 mins at a time since 11pm last night .

Am already bored of the no dairy thing, and worried that other things might affect him too (onions or chilli beans being one suspicion), which will make eating an interesting and varied diet nigh on impossible. Please each give me one simple and quick to make but tasty and likely to be acceptable to dd dairy free meal....

Er, yes, ds2!

Took him to aerobics this morning. So when I went tonight I left a very sad little boy on the stairs saying 'my go robics' in a tiny voice But he was a pits when there mind you; missed the middle bit due to him needing a poo and had to do 10mins with a digger in my hand cos we wouldnt let me put it down!

Why do they always need a poo when you just start something important? DD always decides to go for a wee after we have sat down to eat... no matter how many times I ask her beforehand.

Simple dairy-free meals....
erm...
beans on toast
scrambed egg on toast (are eggs counted as dairy or not?)
erm marmite on toast
risotto
couscous and roast vegetables
stir-fry with noodles & pork/chicken or beef
beefburgers (M&S or sainsbury do ready made fresh ones made with decent mince if it's too much faff)
sausage and mash
fish done in the oven (sort of baked/poached)with potatos and veg

There's lots of foods she doesn't like, is that right?

Yes, she's a fussy madam! She will very rarely eat toast, so that rules out your first 3 suggestions.
Eggs aren't dairy, but I do normally put milk in scrambled ones.
Marmite is bleurgh, so even I wouldn't eat that.
Dd won't eat roast veg (not the meditteranean sort that go best with cous cous anyway).
Stir fry we do have (choosing the veg carefully) but with prawns as dd won't eat pork, chicken or beef.
dd won't eat burgers.
sausages are a staple in our house, though dd usually leaves the mash (which is frankly very bland without butter).
Lemon sole ('lightly dusted') is another staple, but very frustrating when dd leaves it, because it's f'ing expensive! Dh and I love most fish, but dd rejects most other types.

Pasta and rice go down well with dd!

Fussy eater anyone?

Mind you, atm she hardly wants any food as long as she's allowed to breastfeed as much as she demands .

Blimey i thought Lewis was a fussy eater He likes things 1 day then won't touch them the next unless it suits him.