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

[Caz10]

OK here we are ladies!

Clairey - no, it's all easter easter easter at the moment so I think you are bang on message. I'm keeping my sort of spring-like name until Summer....

clairey I agree easter is almost here you don?t feel great today, always makes day tougher when you?re not 100%
I?m getting excited bout baby too?. Then wondering how I?ll cope? trying not to worry bout it too much as don?t think there is anything I can do to prepare!

clara we?re doing ok with the time change, I prefer this one to winter one, ds?s asleep by 7pm last night and ds1 woke at 7am so his 6am, ds2 was a disaster last night as more teeth coming through ? when do they end?? Ds1 still has last molars pushing so complains his mouth hurts some days, so anyway I?m discounting ds2?s sleeping as he was shouting most of night.

cazzy sorry to hear easter hols not starting well, plenty of time for them to get better

Anyone going away for easter? This is the first one all our family ae in midlands so no travelling for us, camping next weekend tho ? can?t decide if it?s a really bad idea now?

insy - I was really emotional with DD and not at all with DS so there's another bit of hope! Still can't believe you're in your final trimester!

ambi and about being burgled. I would be the same - not bothered about what they had taken but freaked out that they had been in my house and gone through my stuff.

clara - re clocks going forward - we got our first lie-in in weeks this morning - 7.15! I know it's ridiculous to call that a lie-in but I feel like a new woman! Am hoping it will continue for a few more weeks at least until it starts getting light at 6 again

caz10 - good luck with the sleep training - sounds like a great plan getting your DH to go to her!

beckle - going from 2-3 children was harder than 1-2?! Eek, could it be harder? I found 1-2 unbelievably hard. However, I don't do any ironing ever so that shouldn't be a problem! Oh I am so torn - just don't know what to do... we are going away with no DC this weekend and I reckon I will be ovulating so feel like I should make my mind up pretty soon!

buzzy - hope your chat with your DD goes well. It must be such a lot to get your head around. But agree with seeing it as a special need in the context of all your DD's wonderful qualities

clairey about your sore tummy - have you nearly finished the course of medication? (Also isn't it funny how we use childlike words in normal adult conversation - tummy, poo, wee wee, dolly...?)

Just managed to read a wee bit further back - Buzzy your dd will be just fine, esp as you've said with an early diagnosis. You'll get a measure of her school/teachers as well, some handle things better than others so just keep on top of them (and I am allowed to say that !) For example, we got a new pupil from another school this year, obvious to me and other staff within a matter of weeks that he had Aspbergers or similar - this had not been picked up by the old school at all and in fact he had had a terrible time constantly getting into trouble etc. He's now getting formally diagnosed etc, but that school had him for 6 years and didn't notice despite parents asking about it etc. Now we work with him with appropriate strategies etc and he's doing really well!

Sorry that was a bit of a tangent! Good luck chatting to her about it!

well, DD slept from 8pm to 7am last night! Not even a 10pm cry!! That is literally the 3rd time EVER. She is still gurning now however from being put in her cot a wee while ago and seems quite unsettled so I am not holding out much hope for tonight!!

Just managed to read a wee bit further back - Buzzy your dd will be just fine, esp as you've said with an early diagnosis. You'll get a measure of her school/teachers as well, some handle things better than others so just keep on top of them (and I am allowed to say that !) For example, we got a new pupil from another school this year, obvious to me and other staff within a matter of weeks that he had Aspbergers or similar - this had not been picked up by the old school at all and in fact he had had a terrible time constantly getting into trouble etc. He's now getting formally diagnosed etc, but that school had him for 6 years and didn't notice despite parents asking about it etc. Now we work with him with appropriate strategies etc and he's doing really well!

Sorry that was a bit of a tangent! Good luck chatting to her about it!

well, DD slept from 8pm to 7am last night! Not even a 10pm cry!! That is literally the 3rd time EVER. She is still gurning now however from being put in her cot a wee while ago and seems quite unsettled so I am not holding out much hope for tonight!!

Hi everyone, thanks for the comforting words. I saw her teacher briefly today and we agreed to try and meet next week. BUT now have met an insurmountable brick wall of resistance from ex-h who's refusing to admit she has any special needs (I like that claraq!) and just thinks she needs to be "made" to place a team sport like hockey to boost her confidence Poor kid may get caught in the middle which is the last thing I want! So I need to tread fairly carefully here.

DD2 had her 15 month imms today. She was so brave! Now just have to sit back and wait for the MMR "reaction" (so well time for Easter too...)

Ambi - I've sent you a message on FB about Friday's meet up.
If anyone else is near Leeds, we're meeting at 10am and we are going here.

Evie also had some vaccinations today...not MRR...but the one before that...I am in such a muddle and I cannot find her red book. However I did find her sisters' red book and I weighed them all on my bathroom scales....dd1 is just below 50 per centile, dd2 is just above, Evie is just below the 25th...bless her.

It is my wedding anniversary tomorrow...am wondering what to get dh....it is our third. I am wondering about a piano stool. He is bought a trampoline for the girls. WE had a borrowed one but it has been returned and out garden looks a bit sad without one. I am quite excitited because I loved bouncing on it, although I was slightly worried about my pelvic floor .

BTW please don't think we rude in that I never post about anyone else. It is because I have a very bad short term memory. By the time I have read everyone's post...I have forgottom what everyone said...sigh

oooh Cazzy it's our wedding anniversary on Thursday - I managed to pursuade dh to avoid 1st April as I didn't think it was such an auspicious (is that a word?) date. Perhaps you didn't worry too much! It's our 4th anniversary and I am thinking of getting dh a hammock! I have already got him some rum. Can you see the connection?!

Ambi - sorry completely forgot to say sorry about your burgulary. I have been burgled a few times in my life and it's not pleasant. The worst was when I was a student and I discovered it, I was on my own in the house at the time as my housemates were all away. It is a horrible feeling that someone has been in your house and through all your stuff.

Can anyone help with this one? Dd2 is really violent towards me and dh - she scratches, pinches, pulls hair and really HARD so that it hurts. She thinks it's really funny and if we tell her off, even quite sharply, she just laughs. I have started dealing with it by putting her down and ignoring her if she does it but I have got little red marks all over my face and chest where she has done it.

I know lots of toddlers go through this stage but it seems a little more violent than I can remember her sister ever being (who is entirely different to her in lots of other ways too). I am getting a little worried that she is turning into a sadist....Might go and look on other MN threads to see if others have the same problem.

clara ds2 isn't violent but can be vey naughty so we make him sit on our lap as his 'time out' he hates being restricted if he's pushed ds1 then we take him out of room and do same thing, it usually stops him doing it again, not sure if that would work with dd if its directed at you... both of mine have hated being excluded from things so taking them outside at playgroup or where ever works for us, some of the mums I know go for ignoring it for a while to see if its just an attention thing

buzzy how annoying ex-h isn't on board with your dd'd needs, does she do any extra curicular stuff now? if so tell him she's already 'building her confidence' through that

cazzy don't worry bout forgetting, I'm struggling with all your C names, my dyslexia kicks in and I can't distinguish between the posts - sometimes it looks like one of you has posted 4 or 5 times to me!

drskid another bit of hope indeed, although prob shouldn't get my hopes up baby has also moved so is lying across and kicking out the side so bump shape has changed today, its amazing how hung up people get on old wives tales!

Am posting the visit to Temple Newsom - Lackdaisycal is ill

So we are going to wait until she is better, so will leave it for a couple of weeks. Probably have to be after the Easter hols.

Oh that's a shame re your meet-up BT! Our Glasgow meet up is a dim and distant memory now, everyone so busy we've not managed another, but it was lovely to meet 2 other Dec 07 babies - they were all quiet and breastfeedy at that time -it would be different now!!

Speaking of feeding, what is everyone else doing now? We are down to 1 bf morning and 1 before bed, and most nights 1 overnight too. Other than the overnight one I'm happy with that now, and will just wait until dd self weans hopefully. She very rarely asks during the day now and happily takes a bottle, even from me!

We did our MMR a few weeks ago, she had 2-3 days of being very poorly but then that was it over.

Hope everyone is well! 1 wake up last night, I can cope with that (for now!)

Clara - we have a hammock - it was a wedding pressie. it is fab fab fab

oooh yes we got one too - doesn't get much use tbh but that is a location issue!

When we do use it, it is wonderful!

Caz - at your morning and evening feed! DS is still a total boobaholic! He rarely asks for it when we are out, which is good as he wriggles and pulls at my clothes and I end up inadvertantly flashing people - he doesn't like it if I pull my top down towards his face to cover myself up a bit - he'll lift my top all the way up - he is such an exhibitionist
He is down currently to feeding may be once or twice during the night - mainly the once. While I've been on this course (which I have now passed!!) he was waking up before 11 and Dh has settled him (took some doing at times though) so this has helped cut his feeds down a bit. But when I've been going into him, I've fed him but he has cried when I put him back into his cot - but he is not hungry anymore.
I've been going back into my bedroom when he does this and he does go back to sleep after a minute or so - previously I would end up holding him until he went back to sleep!
He is cutting molars -looks like 2 on the bottom, 1 on the top!) but they don't seem to be bothering him too much. So I'm going to leave it until next week (as DH will be off for a few days) and maybe have a go at night weaning him again.

claraq - I do the same as what it sounds like you're doing. I tell her that she needs to be nice to mummy and I don't like her hitting/biting me and put her on the floor. Sometimes takes 2 or 3 tries but usually works and she stops trying. I don't think she sounds as bad tho, I don't have any actual marks on me.

There is a little boy at her creche who has a bad habit of pushing other children to get attention and I have observed the teachers just consistently say "stop" put their hands up in a stop sign then turn their back on him to comfort the other child and ignore him. He's too young to be made to say sorry.

Bouncing, I've replied to your message to say I could still come but don't worry about postponing it.

I had my last day at work yesterday and then a 3hr interview for vodafone. Which left me totally exhausted and ready for my leaving party of one which involved a bottle of wine, chocolates and tv. Feel a bit worse for it today of course, but DD and I are having a pj day.

DD has taken to hitting us in the face at times, I don't think she's doing it to be horrible, more like testing her boundaries. like touching things she knows she shouldn't.

3hr!!! Hope you get the job

DS has been hitting me around the face... not hard but it is annoying. I say no and grab his hand firmly but he just thinks it's funny
So I've taken to putting him down when I can - but half the time he is doing it when I'm trying to get him dressed or undressed!

Forgot to say, Ambi - I've just seen LD's message saying she might be able to come after all! So until we hear otherwise - we are still good to go

Yep, I've just seen that too. I'll check on the final verdict tomorrow.

Hiya all. Sorry it has been ages since I last posted.

Insy, I can't believe you're so huge. It seems like only last week you announced your BFP. I think I want to TTC next month am so broody atm.

BT, we don't have hitting around the face so much as biting. I'm a bit to blame because he has always bitten as his way of kissing. I thought it was cute before he got so many teeth. Now it is getting difficult to stop him and teach him to kiss properly before he tries to bite another child.

DS appears to have had a bit of a development spurt. He's beginning to try words and sounds at last. I thought he'd never bother. His quacking is hilarious when we're by a duck pond. DH first thought he was choking on a bread stick. He also has a fixation with planes and helicopters and points and shouts at them when he sees them. His word for aeroplanes is obly at the moment.

Lalalalalalalalalaalala

Clara ds is really naughty and doesn't take me seriously at all when I say no, he just shouts yes at me and copies me telling him off then laughs. He pulled our net curtain down this morning and wouldn't leave it alone even when I kept moving him away from it. Luckily it was only attached with some of that iron on tape stuff so it won't be too difficult for me to fix. I resorted to sitting him on the naughty step last week, didn't think he would understand but he did just sit there and cry until I went to get him so I think him seeeing dd sitting there when she has been naughty has kind of filtered through. Probably won't work again though. He doesn't hit too much, just when I take something off him or stop him from doing something.

Skid I did think that about the baby words when I read my post back . Will I ever be able to have an adult conversation again?!

Caz ds feeds first thing and before bed, the first thing feed lasts about 2 hours though-on off on off but at least it means I get to lie down in bed rather than having to be up properly at 5am. He still asks for it quite a bit in day but I am mean and hand him some cows milk instead.

Also, ds is eating a lot less these days, anyone else found that? It started when he was getting his latest tooth through but his appetite hasn't really come back. He eats breakfast ok, and usually lunch isn't too bad but he'll cry and cry for his dinner while I'm getting it ready then eat about 2 mouthfuls and chuck the rest on the floor. I've tried giving it a bit earlier in case he was overtired but it made no difference
Any ideas?

Clairey, DS is also a challenge to feed. He goes through periods of eating lots then he'll refuse his meals. Very frustrating.