April 2007 - the one where we find a new name for the wobbly reptile

[PillockOfTheCommunity]

come on then ladies, help me rename mammyjo/jellysnakes

Oh no, poor M Can't wait until they can all talk well enough to say exactly what's wrong.
Please can I use the dolphin bit as the next thread title? It's hilarious (we don't need one yet, obviously)

I am most flattered

J is ill again
He came home from the twit's house with a bag full of sick-covered clothes. I've then had the pleasure of 2 up-the-back nappies today. No nursery for him tomorrow, no work for me, again. This time last year he was heading towards hospital he got so ill, really really hope that we don't head that way again.
Oh, and he's no longer sleeping soundly next to his big bro, after smacking him round the head a few times he was removed and put back in his own bed!
He's really funny, can say bed now and just keeps pointing at M's and saying "bed", I always tell him it's M's bed but he doesn't care, it's a bed!

And now he won't sleep

morning ladies, how was everyone's night? hope the little ones slept well and gave you all some peace and quiet x

oh POTC, hope you got J off to sleep without too much hassle last night. And dooby and SPB hope you guys had better nights too. N was up at 3am the night before last with (I think) toothache aswell and needed a warm cup of milk and cuddled back to sleep. Poor bubbas.

Had a bit of a rubbish week with dh last week, N regularly wakes at 5.45 and dh just finds the early mornings really hard (well, who doesn't? ) and was grumpy and snappy and picking an argument every morning anyway, we had a chat last night so hopefully this week will be better

Well I started this post almost an hour ago, have gone out and come back so better get on with work... will be back soon no doubt!

My oldest 2 getting up really early atm too Me very tired ... bleurgh!

Awwww, loving the pics of J & M sleeping together Pillock - cuuuuuute!! that J is ill again though and that you can't goto work Are you going to take him to the dr? Praying he recovers asap and doesn't get any worse.

boo to early mornings. Mine don't do lay-ins either but as long as it's after 6 i'm ok later is better but it's before 6 that really makes me cross

Sorry to hear J's ill again, hope he makes a speedy recovery.

D spent a couple of hours in bed with us last night. I think we're too nice to him for our own good - he looks so sweet but no wonder he doesn't want to be alone in the cot when he gets cuddles and hair stroking from daddy.

Hi everyone
Pillock, so sorry to hear J is ill I know how you feel Hope he recovers quickly.
T slept all night last night without so much as a peep elkie - I think that was exactly our problem, feeds all night, cuddles and a cuddle with daddy when I went in the shower. Ahhh why would I want to stop that?

hello again sorry potc missed the bit about J being ill hope he feels better soon.

We have almost the exact opposite prob elkie/spb - N sees our bed as a huge bouncy playground and has never been able to sleep with us (well since he was teeny tiny). On those 0530 mornings I always try to get him to snuggle in with us and go to sleep have found that surprisingly it's kind of hard getting back to sleep when a small but forceful fist is repeatedly smacking me about the head

And N has become really BOSSY in the last week or so! Grabbing our hands and insisting we do what he wants. Lately that consists in my driving his push along car (dh's attempts caused sincere concern as to the possibility of future siblings for N) with knees around my ears and hiding under my parents' (very small) coffee table until told to come out (never). Quite hilarious when he even made my mum (not a small lady) try and get under there with me. To her eternal credit/hilarity she did try.

POTC are you coming to glasgow for the mini meetup then?

ooh Luce - exciting news! 'See' you the other side then

I have the same problem as you Maveta - J won't sleep in my bed, just jumps/climbs/hits until I lose my rag and he goes back in his own bed . M would always quite happily snuggle down and go back to sleep.

Been to docs, it's a virus. Predictable if nothing else! All that's worrying me is that he was admitted to hospital the first week of December last year when he wasn't able to fight off all these bugs anymore and had to stay in for fluids. Really want to avoid that this time so am playing it safe and wrapping him up in cotton wool at slightest signs of illness.
Seriously reconsidering that decision now after spending the morning being hit/punched/had cars thrown at me/stabbed with a fork . I want another well behaved little boy, not a horror

Parish Council meeting tonight but I am really not in the right frame of mind to spend 3 hours in a cold school talking bollocks so I won't be going for once!

Hey ladies;

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my 2 have never slept in our bed, they're like little wriggly worms and I hate it! they've occasionally been in for a while but I always get fed up and they go back to their own rooms

20% off in woolies they're all having 20% off sales atm! I don't need much more christmas shopping, just a few bits and bobs. I'm making most gp's pressies this year(begin a tight arse) I was feeling guilty about doing that for my dad/step mother but it's my bday today and I was quite disappointed in my 'gift' from them so i'm going to stick to the homemade crap lovely cheap things made by me/dd

HERE IS LINK TO WOOLIES ONE

You need to print off a voucher - 20 % off allstuff apart from electronics which is 10%

another of my quick questions for you all. As i've mentioned ds is not a great eater. More often than not at dinner time he screws his nose up at whatever i've produced in front of him, 9 out of 10 times without even tasting it. Now My view is it's a phase, maybe caused by teeth it does worry me but, because i'd rather he ate something, I offer porridge instead, which he'll eat. Now someone who shall remain nameless atm, said that children quickly learn to eat what's infront of them when no alternative is offered. My view on that is well yes but at 18 months I think he's too young to understand this yet and all not offering alternative will do is mean he wakes at night because he's hungry. What do you all think? Am I right or is the other person? thanks

Far too young IMO... If he was doing it out of naughtiness, or if he didnt want anything then I would say just leave him,but C is exactly the same, especially as his back teeth are coming through. It might be hurting his mouth to chew which is why he prefers porridge?

I'm trying to give C softer things at the moment - obviously this is easier for me as I only have him to feed, but things like mash and cod in butter sauce, pasta, tinned spaghetti and toast, scrambled egg. TBH, I would always rather he ate something than nothing, even if that means a jelly, a yoghurt, tinned peaches in juice and then a fruit bowl of grapes, blueberries and orange.

I'd agree with Geordie, he's not old enough to benefit from the eat-it-or-go-without treatment, he needs to be capable of more understanding of consequence before that would work

oh good, that's what i thought. This person is normally wrong I did disagree and say he was too young, and I do that with dd as she can understand, I make her try things at least. Poor ds is, I think, suffering with 4 of his big teeth coming it's been months on and off, but it does take a while You know when you have a view on something, but then someone who shoud know better says the opposite and just for a while you think maybe they're right?

Agree here too Eddas

No no no to small people sharing my bed also!!

Another agreement for you eddas - porridge is always the best alternative for n when he refuses what we give him.

Hey Maveta!

What are the odds my DH will have actually finished the tidying / washing up by the time I go downstairs!!?

sharing beds ............

last night I went to bed at 8.13pm

Erin was screaming at 8.30pm so I gave her the milk she hadn't finished & she went off ok

Jack screaming at 9pm so put him in with me (had a temp at bed time) until dh came in at 1am when he had more calpol (still a temp) and some milk and in the cot in our room by 2am

3am Erin screaming again for no reason (as far as I am aware) she eventuallt shut down about 3.50am

5am James shouting to come in our bed, he can't as by this time Jack was in there (again) so I get in single bed with him

6.30am Jack shouting mama (he can say mummy perfectly well ) and trying to climb up stairs in his grobag (our bedroom is downstairs) so I jump out of James' bed, have cramp in right calf and hobble to grab Jack before he tumbles

He, of course, now thinks it is morning so my day started then

I am totally shattered and have been out of house all day as builders too noisy for dts

Sorry totally selfish - off to bed now

oooggs