April 2007... Tantrums leading to Toddlerhood... Eeek

[geordieminx]

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Hey JS

Hi Dippy, how are you?

I'm ok, execma is bad and tired DD2 keeps getting up at 5am-ish and coming into our room to tell us she doesn't like the dark Driving me insane. Argh!

5am is an awful time for her to be waking you. Another hour and it wouldn't be quite so bad. Does she go back?

Most of the time she does, thank goodness; but I don't!!

5am is EVIL!!

Arggh, today was going to be a good day, but I have now just wasted 2 hours on the internet! Off to do some hoovering and try to retrieve matters.

Whoops! Pretty similar situation here as well Bramshott; but I have been working ... a bit Right, P waking so off to hang up washing quickly and make lunch .....

hi everyone

Afternoon
I should be at work but I was sick 4 times between 6am and 6.45 this morning so dh ordered me back to bed. Have slept loads and puked a bit more too.

Can't stop thinking about my parents. It kind of creeps in. At 2am when G was squealing and I went in to give him a calming cuddle - I ended up sitting there for 5 mins after he'd gone to sleep just running through things in my head.

Eddas hope you feel better soon.

Dippy hate it when G wakes at 5am, our alarm goes off at 6 on work days and missing that precious last hour is awful!

Oh leaky you poor thing. I bet this is really taking its toll on you.

is g sleeping any better btw? i know you used to have awful nights

Hello! rather pathetically I've not been able to catch up even though there's only 50 something posts.. started skimming but the teetering pile of work threatening to fall on me is very distracting!

LOVE the title, LOVE that I can come on here and feel a huge relief that so many of you are going through the same things! Was just thinking this weekend that Ns 'personality' has definitely stepped up a notch. Finding wilful disobedience (yes I KNOW he's a baby but ykwim) really hard - not sure what to do?

Like banging the tv repeatedly with a mega block. I tell him no, move him away. He looks at me, wags his finger ('no') and then goes to the tv, looks at me, does it again repeat until I stop what I am doing and actually engage him in some other activity instead - AAARGH!

Or one we are really struggling with is him climbing on a bookshelf we keep his books in. He just stands in it (it's a freestand kind of L shaped one with 3 shelves - like steps) and we have to constantly take him out and tell him No. Am worried he'll hurt himself but how do I stop him??

SOL - lucky you with the holiday and you too GMM - all these weekends/weeks away without babies, how do you do it??

Pesha - I'm sorry I've not really followed what happened with Nathan but I'm glad he'll be off having a lovely time and hope it all gets sorted soon.

Eddas - working from home (for me) is the worst compromise for sure, hope it all calms down with your new arrangement.

Was thinking about pushing/shoving yesterday, saw a couple of wee ones doing it and wondered if it is more prevalent if they have older siblings that do it? One was pushing N around a bit yesterday (harmlessly - he wanted him to join in) and N looked very

Leaky - OMG re. your mum and dad. I am so sorry you are having to go through all of this. x

Eek! got to get back to work, kisses and hugs to all - ESP. Ellie as always

Maveta - cattle prod!!?

Right, off to the park Looking decidedly grey

G now usually wakes once a night beween midnight and 3. Often settles himself, but a cuddle and no milk (yay) also works. Unfortuntely he is a very early riser, often before 6.
It's tons better than it used to be, but any changes (going away-especially if we share a room, feeling poorly etc) means we go back to waking 4 times a night.
He has never slept through. I don't think he will until he starts school

Good, well that's a relief, at least you are getting some sleep.

CD

SPB - does T sleep through now?

Leaky - how long have you not done night feeds for? N still wakes up at night.. like you any small disturbance in his routine seems to set us back. Sympathies

hello all

leaky.... i can't believe that! 11 years fgs! really hope you feel much better soon x

Molly has had her MMR jab this morning.....did any of yours have any nasty reactions? Poor little love keeps coming up to me and lifting up her dress and saying "owww leg, kiss Mummy" bless her.

Also Charlie has been to playgroup for the 2nd time and James caught the bus to school for the first time today .......

Hello

Leaky, you poor love. Hope you are feeling better and getting some rest.

Caz, bless Molly Katie had a reaction - high temp and rash - although it may just have been co-incidence. Hope she is ok.

Mav, lovely to see you. Sounds like N is a cheeky monkey!

Eddas, I know exactly what you mean about not doing anything properly. I hate not giving 100% to things, but it is just impossible isn't it? I hope you treated yourself to something lovely in town. xx

Hi Dippy - eugh to 5 a.m. wake up call. Is there something disturbing her at that time each day? Central heating/water/milkman etc?
Hope yu can find some time to put your feet up even for 5 minutes.

Bramshott, did your day get better???

All ok here. Supposed to have gone to a seminar today, but left work, and drove for ages as the traffic was so awful and I just couldn't find the place! Ended up coming home via McDonalds!!! Now "working from home"!!!????

No, he goes to bed OK at about 8 (keeping fingers crossed as the slightest thing seems to wreck it) He then comes into our room at about midnight. He feeds maybe 3 times during the night but co sleeping it doesn't bother me as much. We're coping!
Last night it was 3.20 when he came into our room though - I woke about 5 minutes before and was wondering where he was, then the wailing started...

thank you for all the empathy messages, as i've siad before, it's nice to know i'm not alone. I just wish we were all feeling brighter

I haven't got the new situation sorted yet, but at least i've realised why i'm down all the time. It was beginning to piss me off. I have thought many times that maybe I have PND, but my issues won't be sorted with ad's or conselling or anything, I need to change what's going on in my life. I was fine with work pre ds, I went in 2 days a week, came home and forgot about it. Now i'm constantly stressing about work, when i'll fit it in, declining invites out to work and generally being a crap friend I hate it. Thing is, childcare for 2 is too expensive. Come January it'll only be ds so managable, once i find the right person, lol!

sorry, i've waffled on again in my usual self-absorbed way my head's spinning with all the things that could be better and how I can sort them. Shame I can't get some more hours in a day

i'm quite excited now (talk about mood swings PMT? Me? never) i've just spoken to a lovely sounding lady who has just started advertising as a childminder. She lives in the same village as me, which as it's so small is rare to find! Bless her, must've caught her on the hop as she was a bit 'oo, erm' but sounded nice all the same! I'm going to go and visit her in the next couple of weeks, as she hasn't got everything sorted yet and want's to get prepared before a visit. Sounds hopeful though as she doesn't have any mindees atm

Actually, maybe i'm a tad over excited by this news as it's not definate and I may not like her face to face. She may live in a shed

A at least i'm not blubbing like a loon anymore

I must stop talking to myself Tis the only way I get any sense though

Hi ALL
LEAKY How utterly horrible for you and your mum So sorry you have been sick as well.
Eddas,know how you feel[i think]Really hope you like the Childminder.
Caz,poor Molly.my 2 haven't had it but I think it is normal to feel uncomfortable or to have a temp and be irritable for a good few days.Maybe at the moment it is the injection site that hurts.
Haloo to everyone else.

eddas - hope cm works out

leaky - I can totally sympathise with the sickness and tiredness and I really feel for you, as for your parents - I am gob smacked

caz - well done James and poor Molly - hope Charlie is enjoying it (and the Harry & Caitlin are both well)

katy - bloody hell T is still up loads

James was poorly last night - just was sick every where about 7.45pm - dh was at work - I had to clean him and the bedroom up - I was sick as well - put him in my bed til dh came home then I went into his bed and left them to it (I had cleaned up by then)

this morning was sick again while I sorted out the dirty bedding, I am now shattered with a headache so I am off to bed

I´m online!!! I mean really properly! We have got our new mac and it is beautiful I am back to being able to mumsnet surf the net research intelligent and thought provoking articles from the comfort of my sofa - hurrah!

[maveta does several back flips out of the room ending in a ta-DA! in the doorway ]

(then realises no one is around to witness the amazing moment so sidles nonchalantly off whistling a carefree tune)

Mav, you make me smile!!! Love your posts

Oh no Oooggs. So J must have had a bug then if big J is now poorly Hope you are all ok soon.

Eddas, really hope the cm works out and you can get your life back on track. It really is a juggling game isn't it?

How is everyone else?

All ok here.

Got to deal with an awful sitation at work tomorrow and am feeling stressed.