December 2006 - Terrible Two's here we come!

[Olihan]

Here we go. I thought the title was apt as ds2 has morhed into a stroppy little horror overnight. His favourite expression at the moment is 'I cwoss with you, I sceam at you AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH' .

Happy Birthday ToddlerJabber and ToddlerEli .

DD is poorly again. I swear every bug in the vicinity has some kind of magnetic attraction to her . She has a bit of a temp, headache and earache today. I need to buy shares in Calpol and Medised I think.

Aoa, hotel is a very good idea - go for a posh one so you can have a vvvv hot, deep bath!

Massive "ENHORABUENA" to Indith - so happy for you, a waterbirth wowee!!! Fantastic!

Merry Chistmas to all. Hope you all have a wonderful day with your loved ones

Hello everyone, hope you all had lovely days yesterday and are enjoying a rest today (!) DD thoroughly spoilt - birthday and xmas presents tend to arrive as one - and being very cute. We're making the most of having her Daddy around, very strange, the freedom! Better not get used to it

Diet and sleep gone out the window for all. DD up til 9pm last night and has been allowed more junk in the last couple of days than in the entire rest of her life but hey ho, tis xmas.

Eli and Indith, thinking of you both for different reasons hope you enjoyed yourselves and DCs too.

Well! Dd turned 2 today(well, yesterday now)and had a lovely day considering. I mean! fancy being born on Boxing day
She is so lovely bless her

OOOH! just read about the new baby Indith! Congratulations!
I'm not ~ much!

Lots of people remembered ds for Christmas and then apologised for forgetting his birthday - which is why we have June celebrations! We did give him a small bday pressie and sang to him though, and took him to the park so he wasn't at my mums all day and she could get on with the xmas lunch!

Hope you all had a good festive season.

Happy birthday baby solo.

I no longer have 2 under two's ,

Happy birthday Toddlers Solo and Sacha

DM finally recovered and went to Paris today, dh very relieved

dd eating better, sleeping/breathing badly, tis always one or t'other

She decided over Xmas to a) stop using a sleepingbag and b) to stop napping except after much persuasion every 3rd or 4th day.

I'm sure dd1 was older when all this happened, and am praying desperately she won't demand a big girl bed or no nappies before her op

Happy Birthdays to our xmas and boxing day arrivals - hope you managed joint festivities ok.

Eli - I am very on the nap front, DD not napped for a whopping 8 months now - timed exactly with me getting pregnant! And she demanded to go in her big bed at 14mo. Thank goodness she doesn't know what it means not to wear nappies!

Congratulations Indith - wow at 9lb 4oz baby.

Happy christmas to you all. I was at work today and am now drinking baileys.

dd2 can say "it's CHRISTMAS!" in the style of Noddy Holder and she also joined in the "Glor-or-or-or-i-a" when we went to church on Xmas eve.

She's a comedienne in the making....

Thanks for the birthday wishes for Dd! also happy birthday wishes for toddler Sacha.
Dd still naps during the day and often up to 3 hours which is fab at times!

Lennied I thought just 2 was early for nap dropping! I consider myself lucky then

MaH, dd2 definite comedienne in eyebrows raised, eye rolling, face-pulling style with naughty twist: could these be the next French & Saunders?!

Not so funny at 1 and 5 am though

the next one is going to be a sleeper, I keep telling him so.

Well folks, this is prob TMI, but I've just had a bit of a show and we're all packed up ready to go out for a meal with GPs and Great GPs for DD's birthday. When I had DD I had a show at 4am and waters broke at 5am. Surely same can't happen again. Couldn't face having my waters go in the restaurant in front of all of DH's family! Have put a pad on and packed some spare trousers just in case!! Should I pack socks?? Oh heck, of all the days this really would be the worst to have a baby! DD would never forgive me! Doesn't mean anything tho does it, you can have a show weeks in advance.

And she's having a lovely birthday. £20 rocking sheep a definite hit - for now! Although this morning she told me she didn't want to open presents but took surprising interest in her cards. Bless her. Hope you are enjoying your day there Oli's DS Happy Birthday!!

LenniEd!!! I would pack socks. And take that bag (you know, the one we always leave till the last minute) in case. And plenty of spare pads, and a towel

Not sure what to wish for you, but am hoping it all goes how you'd like it to - will be thinking of you.

And a big happy birthday to your dd, and to Oli's ds

Ooh, LenniEd - hope everything is staying where it belongs for now ... there's just no rhyme or reason to these things.

Am feeling vvvvv broody. Which coincides nicely with the news that DH is going to be a grandad in July DSS is having a honeymoon baby! Suppose I should hang up my spurs now and settle into a comfy armchair as befits a step-grandma.

Eli, good news about your DM. Hope DD puts away her independent streak until after her op.

Made it home waters intact! Feel like celebrating! Never thought after my last experience of pregnancy that I would be willing the baby to stay in!

Was a lovely meal too with the exception of when MIL offered to change DD's nappy for me and pulled my spare knickers out of the nappy bag in front of family! Fortunately they were neatly wrapped around my socks (thanks Eli )so not sure whether anyone clocked them or not Oh well at least they weren't my overbump ones

Glad DD2 is eating better Eli, and hope the sleeping improves too. Not long now, 2 weeks left.

Wonderful news for you too BP! And if you need any help with killing off that broodiness then I can give you a laundry list of reasons not to be pregnant - have to say though I'm really looking forward to having another little one around. Especially now DD is suddenly so big!

Hullo all, I've been v.quiet, just too busy over festive period. Quite relieved it's all over tbh, much too stressful. Am going to try to be better about it all next year though and buy pressies in September!

That was a close shave, Lennied, but you can't be too far off now, how exciting! I must post this parcel of clothes sat in my dining room asap! I had a show about 10 days before the dt's put in an appearance I think.

Eli, when's the op scheduled for again, is it now a matter of days??

bp, how're you feeling, any better? You step-grandma, you!

at no naps (or sleeping bags, ds2 loves his sleeping bag, I just got one 18-36mo...). How do you survive?? I'm counting on them until he's 3 as ds1 did, bless him.

dt's turned 3 months yesterday and to mark the occasion they both slept through. DD 12 hours and for the first time, DS3 made it to 10, longest ever. Am in heaven if this continues, went to Ikea without any children at all today and wasn't tired either. Bliss except for dp walking out on me midway (he did come back), we're still a bit at tenterhooks, he's just yelled at me then come back to apologise . I'm sure we'll get there.

DS1 appears to have lost quite a lot of weight in the last month, about 4 pounds so 10% of his body weight and he was pretty skinny to start with. Feel a bit worried really, will get him checked out this week.

Hope indith is having a blissful time settling into 2+2 life....

Happy Belated Christmas all and happy birthdays to Miss Solo and Master Sasha.

Happy Birthday Miss LenniEd - hope you enjoyed your day as much as DS2 did. We went to a local aquarium this morning then one of his little friends came round for tea, along with her parents, older brother (ds1's best mate) then our neighbours turned up and we spent a lovely afternoon drinking G&Ts while the dcs played beautifully together. Now that's what a 2yos party should be like .

So one cake down, three to go.....

BP, that's lovely news about your dss .

AQ, HOORAY for the sleep, can you send them round for a chat with ds2, please? He's still not convinced sleeping all night, every night is that good an idea . Hope dp is okay again now, I seem to remember dh and I being at our worst at the 3-4 months mark, I think that's when the sleep deprivation is at its accumulated height. It will get better, you've come through it before.

LenniEd, hang on for another 2 hours and they won't share a birthday . If you can hang on until New Year's Eve then our dcs will have the same birthdays......(it's a good day to be born - there'll always be a party for him, much better than New Tear's Day!)

Where's Indith with this birth story then, doesn't she know we're all on tenterhooks?

Thank you!!!

Hey just popping in. No time for full story, shall attempt it soon! Short version goes lovely birth, usual first day, keep getting uncontrolable shaking, shivers, cold, sweating, very tender tummy etc, off to hospital with infection, home again with antibiotics and strong painkillers.

Ds still really not right. dh taken him back to Dr this morning.

Oh Indith, you tease! Come back soon with more time sure you've plenty to spare!! Hope you and DS recovering.

No birthday sharing here - yay!!

Phew, well with-held, Lennied!! LOL at the knickers - well, not literally, of course

Indith, hurrah for the lovely birth but do do do take care and take those ABs religiously - my BF had post birth infection and was quite poorly till they kicked in. Hope you're lots better soon, look forward to hearing more!!

Happy birthday Ms Solo (sorry, missed that one!) and nice to hear from lots of you again....AQ, totally with you on relief at it all being over, far too many ill people/birthdays/festive meals in short space of time for my liking. And I did have pressies done! Glad dh came back and apologized...we had a short blow up this morning, well needed probably (post mother visit) and the shortness of it is, I think, a good sign

Two weeks tomorrow till dd's op, she's full of beans (if slightly snotty) and eating again, but very bad apnoea and was up every 2 hours with her so....roll on 13th.

Think yo're going to beat me to it though, LenniEd

AQ - glad they have slept, and am sure you will get through things with DP, will just take time to settle into a new pattern with the twins. I also have a bag of things here for you which I must get round to posting. And I never thanked you for the offer of trying/buying your hugabub - have been meaning to email but festivities took hold - think I am going to have my sisters moby wrap off her instead since she was given it as a gift and hates the whole idea of slings - she's already purchased a baby bjorn. There's no converting her, but I'm not going to try too hard, she'll be stealing my collection otherwise!

Eli - am sure I'll still be pregnant in 4 weeks time. I have been very niggly all day today and feeling very pre-menstrual and labour-ey but no regular contractions so doubt is anything other than the SPD playing up. Am worrying tho as PIL away now until the weekend so if I go into labour after tonight we'll be relying on friends for DD and although I've only asked people I really trust to not let us down I know how I'd feel about having an extra toddler on New Year's Eve/New Year's Day. Am even considering calling my mother and seeing if she'll come and stay am sure she'd love to be the knight in shining armour.

Forgot to say - Indith do you have a name yet?

Oli - now that sounds like the kind of birthday I should plan in future. Please remind me next year!

Hi everyone, I seem to have a hard time keeping up lately.

AQ, I'm sure you and dp are feeling the stress of 4 dcs Getting some sleep will do wonders I'm sure!

Indith, take care, take your meds and then at least give us a name

LenniEd, that is so exciting!

eli, is op next week?

Hey jabber, how was your christmas?

Oli, wish I could send your ds sleep vibes, they don't seem to have worked thus far, you poor thing! DS1 still played up sleep wise until he was 3, I was so grateful ds2 wasn't like that. I like the sound of the g&t birthday party, btw I shall try that for the dt's next year!

Indith, great to hear from you again

Lennied, don't you worry about clothes I have plenty for dd and you've other things to be doing like lying down. A real friend won't mind looking after dd on NY, pls don't worry about it, nothing you can do about it I am going to email you my mobile number so I find out when ds is actually born!! Please?!

Eli, 2 weeks, you must be counting the days, that's fab. I know you're dreading it too, but it seems so necessary now, doesn't it?

I know that dp & I arguing is part of the stress we're under, but feel so hurt and isolated when he blows up at me esp when he calls me nasty names.He's also struggling to handle the dc's, yelled at ds2 this morning and lost it within an hour of ds1 returning from the gp's (he's been away since boxing day so we've had a good break). DS1 is behaving really really badly and we're finding it increasingly hard to deal with him.He winds up ds2 and even the dt's seem more unsettled now he's back phaps because we're tense.I missed him so much, he was gone 3 nights and yet dreading tomorrow with all 4.

DS3 being absolutely bloody awful with the breastfeeding too, he screams, wriggles, needs to be held down to get him feed even if I wake him to feed which I frequently do. It's a battle every time (7 times a day).Plus throws up endlessly after every feed (breast or bottle). Arggggh. I would feel awful to give him bottles whilst dd gets bm but not sure what else I can do other than express everything for him until things get better?Anyone have any advice?

Hi Jabber - think not keeping up is par for the course at this time of year, unless you are 38wks pg and not capable of moving far away from the laptop!

Please do AQ would be glad to tell you when he arrives. I'm not so much worried about my friend not having her, more that it'll mean taking DD to them on NY and she prob won't settle and might end up being a bit of a pain. If I go into labour in the day DH is going to bring her to hospital with me and sit outside delivery until MIL can get here since they are only going away in UK and can get back in 2 or 3 hours. So just nights that would need my friend and hopefully only for a few hours until either DH or MIL can pick her up. If situation was reversed I'd happily sit up all night with her DD if needed, so am sure it'll be fine but I worry anyway.

Not reflux with DS3 is it? I am really in no position to give advice when it comes to bf but I would do whatever you have to to get through. You've fed him for 3 months, which is pretty amazing imo whatever you decide to do next. DD (who did have reflux) would frequently vomit after a feed esp if we tried to wind her. We used to give her a dummy after her bottle and that seemed to help her bring wind up gently, have you tried that? I would sometimes give her a dummy before she was fed too since her reflux would make her reluctant to feed.

Can understand exactly how you feel with DP - that's pretty much how our arguments go too. Do you think DS1 will be better once he goes back to school?

AQ, is he a bit refluxy? Would Gaviscon help it all stay down a bit better, perhaps? It might settle him down while he's feeding too, if he's in a bit of discomfort too. My friend's ds used to have gaviscon and ranitidine for reflux and it made life so much better for both of them.

Indith, sorry you've been poorly, hope you're on the mend and dd is settling in and ds is feeliung better, what did the GP say? More importantly, what's dd's NAME?

Happy Birthday to Gloria's Ds, if she's lurking.

Eli, only 13 sleeps after tonight.........

LenniEd, I reckon you'll be sooner, rather then later having this baby. How prompt was dd?

Jabber, did you do anything for Christmas or is your major celebration at Thanksgiving?