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!

Sending warm vibes to everyone with heating problems.

Has it got that fake aerosol cream on top too Jabber? If so, I'll have one (I don't have heating probs but I do live in a very cold victorian house with oil fired heating that we can't afford to run as much as I want....)

We just got a christmas card addressed to the 3 DCs only from my mother. How pathetic is that? I keep getting these nasty reminders. Sometimes I wish I could wave a magic wand and make the whole nasty lot of them go zap from my life forever.

Mmm, yummy hot choccy....

Sympathies from me Indith, I can't imagine what it must be like to be heavily pregnant and dealing with sleep terrors. Dh was responsible for J at night from my last month of pregnancy onwards - but then he is a solid sleeper so dh could be in charge and cope with work the next day if J had a bad one. I know that doesn't help you!

My heating packed up 2 years ago as well! We are in a different house so didn't happen with this baby - plus I am also SOOO hot at night anyway - only moved from a 4 tog duvet to 10 last week and last night had 2 windows open!

J is at nursery today - yay!
J is at nursery today - boohoo.

castles about your mother. fwiw, Halloween is my favorite holiday and come to think of it, maybe one reason is there is no family involvement!!

Thanks Jabber. I hope to be in a position within a couple of years whereby I don't get cross with myself for getting upset about it all. Maybe in my next life (DS keeps talking about reincarnation ) I will get a decent family.

Funny how we get cross with ourselves for the most normal, natural, appropriate reasons for getting upset.... Castles, sounds as though your mother is being as grown-up right now as mine can be (especially where my Dad is concerned!).

dd2 is napping. Its horrible listening to her. I want January.

Castles, don't get cross with yourself, that really isn't fair on yourself. Double punishment. And I get upset - very very upset sometimes, and we both have decent families, just have to look at our DCs to see that.

I want Jan too eli - what is the date of the op?

Yes please on the hot chocolate Jabber - no cream for me though, lots of marshmallow.

Heating getting fixed later today man felt sorry for me and told me he'd come after he finished another job this evening.

And there have been 2 babies on the due in Jan thread - better get that bag packed this weekend.

Its the 13th for me, LenniEd, whats yours again? Though sounds as though you might be waiting less time than you think....wow, two already!

I'm glad they're taking pity on you, quite right, fancy making a heavily pg woman wait for heating (groan on the phone, gets 'em moving faster IME)

Hot chocolate with nothing extra here, please, but I'll have the whipped cream bit on the side for dd2 and the marshmallows for dd1 (so they keep quiet while I slurp...) thanks, Jabber

Hee hee, we really can wait together Eli! And if I get to be one of the rare ones who delivers on their EDD then we'll have new babies at the same time

Not sure my week can get any worse. I fell on the ice this morning while holding DD2. My scream brought 2 of the neighbours out . Ok now thankfully.

Yikes! I'll bet that was scary

Kind of a crap week here too. I finally got up the nerve to call the school and demand an appt to get something sorted for ds1. He's not being challenged as he should be and they are not doing anything as far as letting him take classes with higher grades, etc. even though we had talked about this before school started.

Dh said it felt like the teacher was avoiding him at drop-off yesterday which gives me some idea of how said meeting will go - if it ever happens.

Oh Anne, so scary when stuff like that happens. My poor sister fell over in the snow holding ds when we were at my parents', she felt terrible! Ds wasn't bothered at all, he just found himself lying on top of her as she had twisted round to hold him up, she had a sore arm for ages after.

Jabber have some of your hot chocolate back Sorry things are not good at school, is that the one you camped out for?

Lol @ Eli and Lennied. I'll join in wanting Jan, I'll have a baby by the 3rd/4th ish. 13th would be a bit too long though!

What is it about winter and heating packing in? Our turn was last year. Warm vibes to all sufferers.

Thanks guys. I have a sore bum now .

And to sum up my perfect week I had to go to GP earlier

AoA - hope you are feeling better soon, sounds very frigtening, am glad your GP seems to be taking it all very seriously. Hope you get plenty of rest.

I fell on ice carrying DD once when I had taken her to see work colleagues. Instinctively held her up so she didn't hit the deck, had bruised shins and a pulled muscle in my shoulder for weeks afterwards, but was so reassured that my natural reaction was to protect her. After that I no longer worried about falling when she was in the sling.

Talking of slings - did any of you have a hugabub? I'd like a soft wrap sling to add to my collection as my wraps now are woven ones and would like a nice soft one for the new baby. OK, I'm addicted.

Jabber - stick to your guns. If you are being avoided then the teacher prob already realises there are issues. Often a teacher will know they aren't challenging children enough, I know I used to sometimes, and you need a prod to pick up the pace and challenge yourself as well as the kids. You might not feel like you are getting anywhere but the teacher will do something whether out of a willingness to work with you or not.

Aaaargghhh! I'm fed up now. Yet more painful BH and cramping tonight. Surely this can't go on forever? Am really hurting now.

AQ has one if she has worked out how to use it yet

Not a fan personally, I used a kari-me once when ds was smaller but I was so used to a woven wrap that it just felt wrong. I'm getting a couple of new wraps in the next few days. Not told dh yet so shh! Am hoping he does the whole man thing and doesn't notice for several months so when he finally says "is this new?" I can honestly say no

You want to send some of that cramping over here? Saw MW today and head still "very well down" but the little whatsit is still just sitting comfortably wrapped around my right hand side and poking me in painful fashion.

What, no tranny babes here now?

Anne, both the ice and the breathing sound scary, I'm sorry you've had such a rough week...fwiw, I think the flu followed by asthma is much what dh had, and his is totally under control now, according to the respiratory specialist - using similar meds. He just has to watch out when he gets colds/coughs. Hope you feel lots better soon.

Sounds as though a few of us have had difficult weeks (though in some ways mine has been easier than last week, dd1 being back at school). Jabber, wishing you stamina for the school debacle...my heart sinks at the thought of teachers looking the other way: hope they pull themselves together and help ds.

LenniEd, good luck tonight...maybe, Indith, you'll still be waiting with me on the 12th Jan and LenniEd will have a four week old, who knows

I posted on health threads today, and its helped me a bit...only got 4 hours sleep last night, as poor dd2 coughing, gasping, and writhing around for air almost all night. She's already doing that now, and its not even 11pm

So sorry about the breathing problems anne, and eli's dd2. It's such an awful feeling

LenniEd, thanks for the encouragement. I think they are so used to being the top school that it kind of shocks them when someone says it's not challenging enough. But I talked to them about this in the summer. Ds1 is just not like most kids. He was moved up two levels at age 4 when he was in private school so this year has mainly been a review for him. It's just time to crank things up a notch imo.

And yes Indith it is the one I camped out for I keep telling myself it's sooo much better than any of our other choices and even the private school of last year had some downsides (errr price being one of them )

Well I'm still here. Hardly any sleep thanks to rotten blooming BH and sore back and period pains. Paracetomol not touching it. Seriously considered ringing hospital on about 3 seperate occasions but now I'm up feel a bit better. Will prob crash about 3pm, but hey ho, least its the weekend.

DD said to me yesterday "Mummy make me juice" - she can talk after all! Not sure what she made of all the hugs she got in response

Eli, hope you made it ok through the night. 4wks and 3days left.

Indith, hope you didn't make it through the night IYSWIM which wraps have you got arriving - you know the ones you've had for ages.

Wow, congrats LenniEd's dd, thats a pretty impressive sentence

Bummer about the BH, though, and you have my sympathy on the sleeplessness....me, too. Here's to our brand new babies and better nights.

January is going to be a huge relief for lots of you, isn't it?

Eli, poor dd2 and even more poor you, can't imagine what you're goig through - is it harder now you know something is going to be done but not yet, iyswim?

AoA, my asthma (which I've had since I was 5) is always bad after I've had a virus too. It makes for a stressful and breathless few weeks but it does go after a while. So sorry to hear about your relative . When's the funeral?

Jabber, keep fighting for what ds1 needs, it's tough but like LenniEd says, sometimes teachers need a good kick up the bum to realise they're not doing as much as they should. Having an exceptionally bright child is harder than having one who struggles academically, ime, because they are easier to overlook.

DCs are currently all well, bar mildly runny noses. I'm putting odds on ds1 bringing home a really bad bug just in time for the christmas/birthdays craziness......

DS2 has decided he doesn't like sleeping through the night again. He wakes then lies in bed shouting 'Mummy, you get me, I want sleep in your bed' at the top of his lungs until I give in. I have tried just calling to him to go back to sleep but that tends to be met with 'NO Mummy, I sleep your bed, not my bed'. Who said life gets easier when they can tell you what they want?

Just been to ds1's nativity, it was very sweet and I had a good laugh at ds1 who had to keep being prodded by Mary to start singing and doing the actions! He was too busy picking his nose, chewing his t'shirt, gazing round the room, etc . And his halo was over his eyes, which probably didn't help. Bless him, he's a funny old thing.

Poor baby Eli (and her mummy) roll on January.

Well done to your dd Lennied! Clearly just waiting until she knew she could get it all right Sorry about the BH etc, how many weeks now? is it 36 ish? Shall keep my fingers crossed for a nice prompt 37 week delivery for you, no preemie worries and minimal waiting

Jabber that sucks, really hope that you manage to come to an agreement by talking to them.

Just back form toddlers, ds is asleep already! He was so shattered I ended up taking him home early. This after 3 good nights in a row! Was quite amused though, ds was sitting on the floor playing with a balloon (while I admired a shiny new week and a bit old) and another boy waltzed past and made off with the balloon. Ds being tired started to cry so the other boy put the balloon down, turned back and started patting ds on the head to comfort him Except ds was having none of it and bashed him That's my boy Got to stand up to these balloon thieves

I went swimming yesterday, and walked into town, and ate curry for dinner yet I still dont' have a baby.

Oh hello Oli

Loving the nativity description

At least you can congratulate yourself on ds2's language skills if not his sleep Pretty impressive expression of want!

Wraps, knew I'd forgotten to post something. Both via another Mnetter. One is a white one with a lovely deep pinkish pattern, she was selling some of her stash out of the boot of her car at the last sling meet I declined at the time and then thought about how pretty it would look with my brown skirt.....The other is one of several she ordered from a small cooperative in Mexico so is a traditional shawl type weave.

DS's "nativity" was hilarious enough and he is nearly 7 so DD1's (4) should be a hoot on Monday. I just love this time of year!

I know it's hard for some and I'm sorry for all you lot with sick LOs , but I still love it. Hope it happens soon Indith and Lennied and breathing is improving Eli & AA.

GL with the school Jabber. Fwiw, DH often gets involved. Sadly it often takes a man of his stature (both cerebally and physically ) to get things done.

I finally got an appointment to see GP yday (re my passing out/general crapness). After 45 minutes of waiting, a woman came in with her 2 yelling kids, sat next to me, daughter threw up on me and she bumped me down the queue. I had to leave to collect DD1 from school without seeing GP. Whilst I feel sorry for the girl, why oh why do people take their kids to doctor's surgeries/hospital when they "just have a virus" as she said so herself? There's not much a doctor can do and all it does is spread the germs. I very nearly cried - a rare occurence - as I have had to lie down very quickly every morning this week as I could feel myself passing out. I just hope I can hang in there until next Weds when I have an appointment. It's so bloody hard sometimes