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!

AQ it's such a horrible time right now. I find myself saying things like "Next year when we have money again" hoping it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

castles, I hope things turn around before february.

The boys have bounced back quickly from their stomach bug. Dh a little more slowly. I'm crossing fingers and toes that I escape.

Finally back after a bit of a bad spell.

So about all those impacted by the economic crisis. Wish there was something practical I could say, but sadly no.

Eli, glad DD1 was OK. My DD1 also has thin enamel and a mouthful of fillings. I had thought that it was perhaps a lack of calcium (dairy allergy as an infant, and now won't touch milk, cheese, yogurt, etc). Am assured that it is genetic, and that there is nothing that can be done. The dentist is going to coat her adult teeth as they come through - has yours suggested that? Hope DD2 is also still doing well.

Jabber, hope everyone in your home is well now.

LenniEd, Indith and AQ, you are amazing. It is so difficult with babies and little ones. I know what you mean about DS and DD, Indith - DD2 only ever smiled at DD1, and even now is elated whenever DD1 walks into the room!

Calm, how lovely to see you

I know there's loads I have to catch up on - sorry for missing things!

BP, 'bad spell', are you ok? Health? Thanks for coating info, will ask dentist about that on next visit.

dd gone to school today with cold and cough and a bit pale, but very proud of her three silver (her choice) teeth
dd2 also has streaming cold and cough, but hopefully minus tonsils etc these will be as boringly normal as everyone else's.

Jabber, I really hope you don't catch the bug too - there should be a no-bugs clause for Mums during vomiting/stomach bug season.

How were the nights, Indith and LenniEd?

And how are you/is dp, AQ?

Hope you are ok bp

Well, having shunted dd along a bit in the day we had a better night. Still fed lots but not being wide awake for an hour and a half after! Still took a fair while to settle but was sleepy. Fingers crossed for tonight (if she could refrain from deciding 5am is morning this time thst would be great)

Dd feeding again an hour after last feed. Just over 5 weeks...here we go again!

Oops AVG insists i restart, conting me down with no way out. back soon!

Ditto EV, too much to catch up on. Sorry AQ to know that. This recession is killing everyones morale and spirit.

I avoided answering the door yesterday to the meter reader . If my DD's go up, I'm in deeper poo...

Not sure its right to say anything in midst of so much gloom but I am packing for our trip to Disneyland.

We have had very little £ for 2 years with DH starting up business and we finally are able to take some £ back out of it. We are only secure until about May though so hoping something big comes up before then....

How are you feeling babypowder?

Nice to have that to look forward to in such dark times. You shouldn't feel bad about it

God no, EV, lovely to get some excitement (especially in a recession, especially in January, especially midweek!). And besides, if no one goes to Eurodisney the place will close down before we get to go

Am waiting for dd2 to be a teeny bit older and past the 'I'm scared of shadows/flies/Shaun the Sheep etc etc' stage....

...must go get dd1, who has seemingly recovered, and her friend (whose dm, in fact, works for Eurodisney - completely irrelevent fact for the day).

Indith, glad a wee bit better, agree 5am too early though, ugh. I should be sleeping like a log now, but both dh and I not yet used to a sleeping dd2 so keep waking up

Thanks Eli. And guess whose DD1 doesnt need to wear glasses anymore? She still needs check ups for her squint every 3 months but the astigmatism has improved enough to get rid.

I have so far managed to avoid the vomiting

bp, hope things are OK.

Indith, glad you had a better night. It's like discovering a wonderful drug isn't it?

eli, I had a huge crush on a little boy in kindergarten - in no small part b/c I was enthralled with his two lovely silver teeth

EV, yay for a trip! It's so good to get out for a bit adn enjoy being with the family. And congrats to dd for graduating out of her glasses.

EV thats great! Hurrah for dd1

Speaking of dd1s, does anyone else's Reception aged child do a reasonable impersonation of Jekyll and Hyde atm? dd started full time in January, and is loving it, learning heaps, absolutely fine most of the time then suddenly flies into total rages at nothing at all (well, at me, or dh, usually, but ykwim). Please tell me this is school and not early onset adolescence

Jabber, x-post, at the crush. I had a crush on a little boy too, but in his case it was the dark curly hair and the fact he seemed all shy and quiet....probably the 'unavaible man with hair like my Dad's' syndrome

Yes, it's school Eli, though it hasn't happened to DD1. Yet

Great news EV and have a lovely time in Disneyland.

So sorry to hear about DP's business AQ. Hope you are ok?

DH has escaped the 1st round of the firing squad today. 10% got the boot.

sorry guys I have no time at present to be here even skimming, ought to go to bed as dt's up 6 times between them last night.Thankfully had a little nap this afternoon. I am sooo thankful ds2 is a little angel, smiles all day, does what you tell him, eats everything and sleeps loads! Not always like this of course, but nearly always, am v.v.lucky to have him as my middle child.
DP better today, he just cried all last night but seems intent this morning on trying to salvage something.He does have other businesses, it's just that we have 2 big loans from buying out this business 4 years ago and can't repay them on his reduced salary.Looks as though I'm going to have to go back to work at least 1 or 2 days a week which I just feel numb about at the moment. Because we have nanny, won't have to pay out for nursery places for the dt's. I just find it hard enough to spend any quality time with the dt's at all, it's all nappies, feeding and the usual chores/other children etc. They have the most boring life imaginable. I haven't taken them to a single class yet, barely leave the house. Largely because they're still feeding every 2-2.5 hours and it takes up to an hour to do that, wind, change nappies etc.

Lennied, Indith, how's the sleep, feeding coming along?

glad dh escaped boot, castles - is his job still at risk?
ev, hideously of disneyland but hope you have a lovely time!
eli, yes my ds1 also jekyll and hyde, screamed all morning on the way to school (because I had temerity to make him walk) and completely angelic on way back. WTF?

Get to bed asap, AQ, have fingers tightly crossed for things to improve somehow for your dh, and for Castles' too....as for not taking dts to classes, I don't think I took dd2 to anything much till she was at least 9 months old, she just had to tag along a lot but is very much not the worse for it! I'm really sorry about the having to go back to work bit, though...you have more than a full time job as it is.

Hi bp - hope all´s well your end...

EV - definitely don´t feel bad about your trip to Disneyland, its good to hear of something exciting. Have a great time, bet your DDs will LOVE it! Great news about the glasses too

Indith - Ouch on the 5am wake, hope its a one off (crosses fingers)

AQ - please don´t worry about not taking the DTs to classes. Here in Spain there´s bugger all to do with LOs and all I did when DS was tiny was walk him out in his pram. In fact that´s pretty much our daily routine now - parks and walks, parks and walks..... Keep your chin up you are doing an AMAZING job

bebe, thanks I guess I'm just feeling trapped and bored really. Can't go anywhere unless I've got someone with me or it's a 15 min walk away. Soooooo bored! Homestart volunteer insisted they were feeding so often (and for so long, often 45 mins) because I wasn't eating enough. Which might be true I suppose, I've had a bowl of yoghurt, 2 pieces cheese on toast, apple and about 17 of my comfort homemade oats & raisin biscuits today. Guess I should think about dinner, sigh. Spose it's not really enough to feed 2 babies. I make something for dp & the dc's, but I'm so fussy I never like what I've made!

AQ - bring on the food then! Maybe that´s why I never lost any weight while I was B/F, I was eating TOO much! Seriously make sure you look after yourself too

Can really relate to the boredom thing although for very different reasons There´s so little for me to do here with DS (nowt actually) and I have very few Mummy friends, well one really who I don´t see that often. Most days I feel I am very close to going completely round the twist - arrrgh. Ok rant over, time to face another day...sigh...

AQ, the oatmeal cookies are good for breastfeeding mums (oats v good for lactation, which is why I ate loads of flapjack in the early days ... or perhaps I'm just a glutton with a sweet tooth? ) But you do need to look after yourself, and go wild on the foods you do like.

Ah yes, boredom with little ones. I dread weekends just now as there is nothing to do, it's too miserable for the kids to play outside, and our house is just too small. We finally went to the building society to remortgage so that we can extend the house, but it does feel foolhardy given the current situation. But the extra space will be marvellous.

I'm doing OK, good days and bad days. Yesterday was a bad day. I find that my good days are getting better, though, and if I could find some way to manage the pains in my legs and head I would probably be heaps better. My DH keeps telling the kids that I'll be going back to work soon, which makes me wonder if he thinks I'm swinging the lead Hope he doesn't. I'm trying to teach myself how to relax and stop thinking about my endless to do lists - it's really hard

We're hoping to take the LOs to Disneyland Paris after Christmas this year. I went to the original Disneyland in California when I was young, and it was magical.

Hope the babies let you sleep, LenniEd and Indith. Here's to a good day for everyone today!

Was it something I said?

Well, I feel an awful lot better now the antibiotics for tonsillitis have kicked in - no wonder I felt like I was swallowing the proverbial razorblades .

Discovered today that ds2 has cut one his big very back molars, that will explain the broken nights, then. Don't feel too guilty as was shovelling Medised down him because of his cold.

That's the ds2 who was running round the house this morning wearing my nightie and shouting 'Look at me, Mummy. I've got boobies' .

EV/BP, Disneyland is on our list of 'things to do with the dcs' but probably next year once my dad's back from Singapore and we haven't got that option for a holiday anymore.

AQ, how's DP today? Have you come to any conclusions yet? How's DS3's feeding and was Ds1's appointment this week? How was that?

BP, glad the good days are getting better, do you think dh is telling the dds about work to try and normalise things a bit? Helping in that terribly male way that isn't actually all that helpful! I went to Disneyland in California when I was 10 and stil remember it.

Bebe, about the groups and friendship. Are there other things that make up for it? It's odd how much a fab lifestyle for a couple becomes so different once you add dcs to the mix. What is the likelihood of you coming home anytime soon?

Eli, ds1 is also Jekyll and Hyde, he's still absolutely wiped out by school and can't cope in the slightest with being tired.

LenniEd, cheque arrived today, thank you very much. Will try and bank it tomorrow. Hope feeding's still going well.

Indith, how's the feeding/nights going (with ds and dd)?

Hullo BP, been quiet on here for the last couple of days hasn' it?

Not anything you said, BP, just the new layout (which I can't change back, tried the 'classic' thingy but it didn't work ) and exhaustion which I think is mostly bereavement-y as life with dd2 is so amazingly normal these days.

Oli, poor you, throat pain is horrid and I'm glad the ABs kicked in! Thanks for letting me know, along with others, about Receptionitis....am a lot more patient now with dd, and taking precaution of picking her up with large ham sandwich in pocket, and then taking her outdoors for good scream and run around before home.

BP, the pains sound horrid..do they go if you take paracetamol or nurofen? I've had to take paracetamol fairly regularly for 12 months in the past, and my doctor at the time (gastro consultant, so he knew about livers etc) said it was absolutely fine. Just in case you were depriving yourself of pain relief. And may tomorrow be a good day

Indith and Lennied, sleep vibes to you and your LOs...and to AQ's twins (no, that doesn't sound like much to eat when feeding ONE baby, let alone two, I'd be ashamed to tell you what I'd eat in one day while BFing one small measly dd ).

SOrry to miss lots, will catch up when my energy levels rise a notch...am still waking up at night from sheer habit, but no doubt my unconscious will realize soon that dd2 is silent for all the right reasons!

glad you're feeling better oli. I think ds2 is cutting a tooth atm as well. They called yesterday from Mother's Day Out and said he was running a fever. He wasn't warm by the time I picked him up but I could tell he didn't feel that well. Diarrhea too, ick. Today he seems much better. Fingers crossed that was it.

eli, I got so into the habit of waking with the dcs that I now have to take Benadryl almost every night in order to sleep.

AQ, I really wouldn't be concerned about takin/not takings dts to classes. Their siblings provide so much entertainment for them already I'm sure

bp, perhaps your dh just doesn't really know how to deal with the fact that this is something that isn't going to go away quickly like a cold. I know that it has taken me a long time to come to terms with my dh's health issues. Rest is very, very important for my dh and for you as well, iirc. One of the things that I seem to have to repeat to him often is "Don't overdo" as when he feels good he has so many things he wants to get done. But then he may wind up miserable for a week if he doesn't pace himself.

Oh, goodness, I have to get to bed. Ds2 woke up at 4:30 this morning and I had to work today and have to go in tomorrow as well.