December 2007 - Oh what fun, they are almost ONE!

[Caz10]

OK here we are ladies!

Yes it was ok, busy, nice chat with boss but he is feeling some what stressed at the moment.
That German billionaire who killed himself owns our parent company! So we were all talking about that...

hey skid,

Sorry to hear about the difficulty with stopping bf. I am weaning off the ads now and will be off them completely in 2 weeks. BT I was off work for two weeks at the beginning , and rescheduled my workload on return. IMO the real difference has been the flexibilty of the one day a week I have childcare, but no patients. I do work and personal admin on that day, but always have at least a couple of hours to myself. Giving up bf really helped, too, although I totally understand you wanting to continue

LOL Skid after I posted that yesterday DD kicked DS in the head (with her boots on) so I suppose they are as bad as each other!

Last night really good-DS only woke once and settled within minutes when DH went to him. Then slept til 6.30 when I fed him. Was thinking I'd have to get up then cos he seemed quite awake but he fell asleep after playing for a bit so we all got a lie in til 8am . Still feel knackered though

Being really bad today, have loads of washing to catch up on so have had the heating on all day and am drying stuff on the radiators, dread to think what the gas bill will be like, seem to be really soft at the moment and have it on loads more than usual anyway

Hello,

Sorry I don't really comment much on here but have DS one last Dec and was just wondering if anyone has experienced BITING? Not just the usual, but my DS darts at me mouth open and takes big chunks out of me!

He is also throwing everything, with quite some force!

Driving me up the wall and I'm pregnant and not feeling up to full speed to stop him in time. He keeps lobbing his bricks at me! Obviously plastic ones out of his trolley but they still bloody hurt!

Hi Zebra

I've a biter here too. He bites my arm when I'm carrying him. I think he's just teething and although it hurts, I think it's quite sweet. He also bites my nose as his way of kissing me. It hurts but I love it. I love seeing his dribbly face coming at me with a smile and a bit of a nip. He throws everything but not in a malicious way. Usually experimenting or enjoying the noise especially chucking stuff in the bath. If something is missing we always look in the bath first. I'm just glad he's not yet discovered the toilet. I keep reminding DH to keep the lid down!

Hi Zebraa, ds bites but doesn't come at me to do it so I'm afraid I can't be much help! Congrats on the pregnancy!

Wizz ds flushed my phone down the loo on thurs Luckily it got stuck so I was able to get it again and it seems to be working ok...He is a complete menace, can lift the lid so that doesn't stop him. He can also work the cupboard locks, found him walking around with a bottle of bleach the other day (luckily he can't yet do child proof caps...)

Oi where are you all lately????? Am I going to have a thread all to myself soon??

Clairey - ha ha at your ds throwing your phone in the toilet - although probably not very funny for you Dd2 is a bit of a menance like that too - she has thrown her toothbrush down the toilet in the past but I now watch her very carefully in the bathroom! She tends to hide things all over the house, her favourite place being the washing machine.

As for fighting, she is starting to get really rough with her older sister who luckily is still fairly patient with her (we have a star chart and she gets a star for not hurting her sister all day, which has really helped). basically they are both jealous of the other and a lot of pushing and shoving tends to go on over who is sitting on my lap. I laugh at the moment but I can see problems ahead...

Clairey (again) - where did you get wellies from? Dd2 has size 2.5 feet- although I need to get them measured to see if she has gone up a size. I bought some lovely boots in the Gap sale, size three, and couldn't get them on her as she has such high in-steps!

Dd2 is getting harder to get down for naps and at night too, Buzzy. She probably doesn't need the morning nap now but can't last right through until after lunch without it so I often force her into it, and then of course she doesn't want to go down after lunch. I think she is usually having so much fun she doesn't want to be shut away in a room on her own.

We are trying to decide whether to put them in the same room when we go home, as that will leave us with a spare room. All those who have experience of theirs sharing how do you find it? I am worried they will disturb each other.....We'll definitely do it some day but not sure if it's easier to keep them apart for now...

Hi clairey - I seem to remember calling your ds Houdini not so long ago, whe he almost escaped from his high chair so I'm not surprised at his latest shenanigans - he is very clever chap!

Claraq - what is the age gap between your two, is it 3 years?

DS has tried to look in the toliet, and often chucks his toys out of the bath but nothing else!
Still not getting on well with tooth brushing, I manage to do it very briefly but he fights me!

We've been to Ikea, DS had fun playing in the toddler area, and he was quite happy tucking in to pasta and tomato sauce, though making a huge mess as he was feeding himself. He got quit antsy while we waited for DH to bring our food, kept looking at other people's food and pointing frantically - think he was hungry lol.

He did throw a strop though when we stopped briefly and got him out of the trolley to play with one of the little activity things they have dotted around store, he wasn't happy when we decided it was time to move on!

Morning all!

Great start to the morning so far... DS was chasing the cat around to the back of the sofa, there is a small speaker on a stand just behind it (there is a gap between the sofa and the wall as the patio doors are just behind the sofa.
Not sure what happened, whether cat knocked into stand or ds did, but speaker fell off and conked the little guy on the head
Cue much tears which were soon soothed away by cuddles from mummy and booby milk. He's ok, apart from a big bruise just above his eye. A bit scary as I think it could have easily got him in the eye
Given him some baby nurofen, and going to go out and buy some arnica cream in a while when Boots opens. He seems fine though, wolfed down his breakfast as usual and is happy playing!

Hi clairey, I must admit I tend to hover and not post much sorry. I kind of feel our life is so different from all you people that its not worth it. Sorry if that sounds a bit pathetic. Anyone just to let you know that I do read your posts - even if its not until the next day your time when its decent hours my time

Buzzy - please do post, I am fascinated by how you manage to cope on your own with two, I think about you often when my dh is away or I am just having a bad day! I guess I felt my life was pretty different when we were living in Islamabad but at the end of the day issues with babies/toddlers are the same wherever you are, eg sleep, feeding, tantrums etc!

BT - there is 2 years 3 months difference between my two. I aimed for 2 years and this is what happened! It seems like a good age gap, but on the other hand I think having two is hard whatever the age gap. If I were ten years younger and my husband went along with it, I would think about having a third - but only when the older two were at school!!

Buzzy am glad you said that - I lurk often girls but like buzzy feel like I am on a slightly different planet to all of you - and I mean that in a nice way

Buzzy I do know what you mean, when I was living in Bots I found it hard to send chatty emails to my friends back here because I'd have to explain everything in such detail that it seemed more hassle than it was worth. But please do post, I love hearing how things are over there and like Clara said, we all have babies the same age no matter how different the rest of our lives are (and we can all be jealous that you are currently in summer )

Clara my mum bought ds doodles wellies so I'm guessing they were Clarks and we got him some from Sainsburys. Think both places started at 4 though so not much use to you! We had the same prob with dd, she had such tiny feet that we couldn't get wellies (or even shoes) to fit for ages.

Really need to sort out some new cupboard locks...which ones do you all have? Am scared he'll just figure them out within a few days again though! Didn't even have any with dd, she was really good and didn't go into them after being told no a few times.

BT hope Daniel's head is ok, poor little boy (and poor you, we seem to suffer more than they do when they hurt themselves).

DS has slept til 6 a few times now, and otherwise been waking once. We all have a cold at the moment though and am hoping that won't upset his new found sleep too much, I remember he was sleeping quite well when he was about 3 months old and a couple of colds ruined it!

hi everyone,

today is my last day of posting for a while as we are off to Oxford on Friday and I'm clearing out my office today. I have just submitted my thesis my goodness it was a long time coming but it feels good (although spotted two typos on the first two pages... then decided not to look any further and just submitted it!).

BT - poor daniel hope he is OK now

Talking of toilets - DS is obsessed with toilets (second only to his willy I would say) and the other day put his hand into the bowl while DH was wiping DD's bum and scooped out a big handful of poo . He also likes to slap my bum while I'm having a wee - does that sounds a bit wrong and depraved? Hmm, yes it does to me too...

clairey - this is just the consequence of having ridiculously clever children - your DS will no doubt work out how to undo all kinds of cupboard locks but he will also go to Cambridge aged 5 so it's all swings and roundabouts

clara - DD and DS have been in the same room since DS was about 5 months old I think. It has been absolutely fine and they have never woken each other up. DD is a fantastic sleeper and will sleep through anything and so never disturbs or is disturbed by DS. I would definitely recommend it.

DS has slept through the last couple of nights although I hardly dare to say it in case I jinx it. Wierdly I feel more tired if anything.

I also think I might have inadvertedly given up BF as DS never asks for it anymore and I have forgotten to offer. I did want to stop but now that it seems to have happened without me noticing I am a bit about it too.

Skid, yuk at your DS's toilet fixation . Still it sounds like you have a couple of stories to save up to tell his girlfriends when he's a teenager .

Congrats on your thesis and good luck on your move.

I'm still bf, but can't seem to get round to giving up. I'll end up a crank mum who bfs a 6 year old if I'm not careful.

DS having his MMR today. Am a bit worried about him. Poor little mite.

Well reminded Wizz, I need to phone and make the appt for ds' mmr.

Skid ds likes to peer down between my legs while I'm on the loo, I also find it disturbing...

LOL at you forgetting to bf! I see how it could happen though because suddenly ds has gone from bf ALL the time to only 2 or 3 a day (first thing, before bed, occasionally in the afternoon and occasionally at night)he is a lot less boob dependant now for sure. Is Milo having any other milk? DS has cows milk twice a day so is still having tons of milk even though we've reduced the bf.

Well done on the thesis btw, and welcome to the south!

Skid - congratulations! You must be very pleased with yourself. And good luck with the move, I hope your dd isn't too stressed by it all. Hopefully she'll just be excited by all the new things!

congrats skid! and yuk!

Oh lease keep saying hello everyone- i know i have been a bit slack of late, but it takes a long time on my i-phone: using my laptop is the one thing dd will absolutely not let me do! I have thought about you in particular macdoodle: its good to hear you are still about.

thanks for all the congrats

gosh is it MMR time already? I'm sure it hurts more than all the other jabs I try to always fix it so DH has to take him as I am such a wus and can't bear it when he cries

clara - I have been worrying about DD adjusting based mostly on what you said about your DD1 in pakistan. She is all excited about the move at the moment but when the reality kicks in it might eb a different story. She has made one really really good friend in particular here and I am gutted for her that she won;t see her anymore.

Hi suey! Good to hear from you. It does seem very quiet on here recently but good to know everyone is still reading

Blimey - I'm glad all DS does is pat my knees when I'm on the loo judging by what some of you have said. DH says he tries to flush the loo when he can get near it.

DS loves DH's laptop Suey so I know what you mean. As soon as it is within reach he tries to press the buttons. He likes the blue light on the on off switch.

Hey Buzzy - of course you can post - please don't be a stranger (btw have your neighbours returned? Have you managed to rescue your kitty?)Same goes for you Macdoodle Claraq I think you summed it up well!
Clairey I am in awe of your clever ds And secretly relieved mine ain't that clever
Skid and at your poo story! Sorry you are at bfing ending, but be at how long you bf for, and it seems that your ds has stopped of his own accord! Been trying to cut ds down to morning and night feed, using never offer, never refuse - however he is still a boobaholic
Anyway congrats on handing in your thesis and good luck with the move!
Wizzka - I'll end up a crank mum who bfs a 6 year old if I'm not careful.'' Yep me too DS has his hib & men C booster on Thursday... not looking forward to that! first jabs since his last ones at 16weeks!
Suey2 yes my ds is also fixated by my laptop as well - even though he has a vtech one of his own!

MMR - DS will be having his next month. I'm tempted to tell DH to take the morning off and he take him, after all I've taken ds to all his other jabs!

Toilet obsession - Ds tries to peer in, even when I'm on it - but usually manage to distract him! He is obsessd with his willy - but aren't all men?

DS is fine after his bump btw, just a little bruise!

Morning all - think I may have mentioned that MIL has been in hospital after a nasty fall on DS's birthday - she came out yesterday and is just waiting for the Occupational Therapist to have at look at what help they'll need - both FIL and MIL are disabled with limited mobility (both walk with sticks, normally) so they will need extra help as poor MIL is in a full length cast. Luckily they already have a stairlift and an adapted shower room.
In work today, ds is off to nursery!

gosh BT your poor MIL - hope the OT helps

re BF at 6years, I recently read a research article which looked at when human babies/children naturally self-wean and compared them to lots of other mammals. it was really interesting and basically found that left to their own accord humans will self-wean between ages 3 and 7 years and most likely closer to 7 years. So it is only our strange society that thinks there is something wrong with BF a 6 yr old!

DS has croupe and a high temp so i am back to BF! He is still going through the night though - it is so lovely. He has also started taking a few steps by himself but always laughs so much that he falls over - very cute.

Right, must stop MNetting and do some packing

Clara ? we?re also thinking about the room sharing move as want to get boys settled before baby comes along in June but not been brave enough yet so be interested to know how it goes

Clairey ? I can recommend the boots magnetic locks, all hidden away and bit of an art to open cupboards but worth it as they can?t get their hands in chemicals cupboard, ds1 (2.5yrs) has just figured out cutlery drawer lock/clip which is a nightmare as I?m trying to work out where to store knives?.

Skid ? congrats on subbing thesis and both my ds?s fascinated by toilet, ds1 often offers to wipe my bum he won?t he so keen when I?m old and decrepit and he HAS to do it my mum always said if you?re not shy bout going for pee in front of them then toilet training is easier as less on an issue so figure its not too bad? but then they?ve never scooped a poo out good luck with packing

We?re having a tough time settling in to nursery ? tears from us all in the morning, and lots of me crying at work ? oh so professional! Am blaming it on pregnancy
Also got in law stress, since they moved up here they have been desperate to have boys to stay over ? they have been here 4 wks and have pretty much kitted out a room for them, got booster seats and potty etc ? prob is they have never even babysat, fil been on phone to dh saying ?no point us moving up here if we?re not allowed to have them over? and apparently not understanding that they have some ground work to put in first and that I have just turned ds?s life upside down going back to work so trying to keep things as normal as possible ? plus I?m ditching them in childcare during week so why on earth would I want to farm them out again at weekend?!?! Seriously if they can just be patient for 5 months I?ll be biting their arm to have them when dc3 comes along and I have them all at home. Dh is getting protective for us as he said his dad made it sound like I was stopping them seeing their grand kids ? sure fire way to get me on side ? not, going over on sat to have a chat to them but feel really miffed I?m having to do that when neither of them has called me and they call dh? ahh rant over