Happy First Birthday April 2004 Babies!

[Yorkiegirl]

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Gosh, your right HMC! It would be so uch easier if dd was afraid of grass but she loves it so much she eats it! and dandelions and leaves of some description and anything else that comes to hand and she motors around our little lawn.
Actually I've just started a thread on this. Dd can't stand dh and I cuddling and kissing! Tonight when he came in from work we hugged and kissed as we always do and dd started screaming. Dh was home earlier than usual and dd is normally in bed by then, so I guess she's not use to this habit. We couldn't believe it at first so we did it again, just to check, and she started crying and shouting again. We ended up picking her up for a 'group' hug.
She did go to bed happy in the end

Mrs D where is your thread? it sounds familiar I think dd1 was like this. but she was fine if we let her join in the cuddle (todders, the world's most effective contraception!). dd3 had a duck fit this week when I picked up my friend's new baby though - huge jealousy issue.

It'll take you ages to read it So don't waste time!

hello all
ds also afraid of grass , but after some mum-theropy , leaving him on towel on the lawn he has got the hang of it , he also pulls off flowers , but mainly 'sweeps' them with his hand. He like to scatter things , anything blocks , sand , gravel also got a back tooth appearing can not see it but high temp , exorcist vomit , and general gumps give the game away !
its nice 2 c that all our angst and careful menus etc are comingto friution , what IS the officail party line child nutrionists and HV's on the issue of worms , polysterin and cat food ?? would LOVE to see that subject discusion on this morning , would make my day ,
also did anyone see the chat about the dreaded smacking issue ?

So what was the upshot of the smacking thread dolbear?

soory mot a thread it was a chat on the telly , some chap had been reported for slapping child on back of legs @ supermarket and police went round and allsorts , was in the paper also

ds also got a back tooth coming through - caught a glimpse of it yesterday - wee tiny bit of it sticking through - but more to the side of his gum then coming straight down iykwim.
Woke up whimpering at 3.30am and then again at 4.30am -poor baby - but he did then sleep till I had to wake him at 7.45!
I don't think I will be able to stop myself smacking ds - he has already had a few pats on the nappy - tho he hasn't a clue what it means!
am going to start a new thread about how to control them at this stage - he's too young to understand not to play with things in shops - but too old to stay at peace in his buggy iykwim. Do I just put going 'pleasure' shopping on hold for a few months??

couple of years, TracyK...! Ds1 was dreadful at going in shops - used to howl and wriggle in his pushchair - now at age 3 he's much better, but there was no such thing as pleasure shopping for a looooonnnng time...!

Only 4 teeth still for ds2 - but had to take a moment today 'cos he's moving up to the next stage room at nursery Now he's walking around he's causing chaos so it's time to go into the 'active babies' room... they sit at tables on proper chairs for their meals (probably time to let him have a go at feeding himself then! )

That reminds me Dot, what does everyone do at meal times. I still spoon feed ds and let him hold his own spoon, breadstick or piece of food. But I've been watching The House of Tiny Tearaways (I know, I should put down the remote and move away from the parenting programmes) which says if little ones don't get all messy with their food they can get food phobias. So should I be whacking a bowl of weetabix in front of ds and letting him get down and dirty with it!! Might start a thread actually.

we've been watching that aswell Lucy Jones and have had real feeding difficulties with ds1 who's still incredibly fussy with his food, although improving rapidly now. Ds1 has also never liked being messy - would never do handprints at nursery or any kind of messy play... (we're clearly dreadful parents). But ds2 is completely different - ALWAYS messy and in a mess - loves squishy messy things and will eat whatever you put in front of him.

So, I think it's partly about how you are with your kids in terms of messiness/what you let them do, but also about their own personality. Ds1 is learning slowly to cope with and even enjoy squishy things - a couple of months ago we went to a beach and it took him a while but he was eventually OK in the muddy sand. Ds2 I don't think will have any problems with this whatsoever!

Tricky... Anyway, we generally still feed ds2 - he'll feed himself bread/sandwiches/banana/strawberries etc., but we'll shovel the mushy stuff in! Sometimes we let him guide the spoon in - should probably start doing that more often.

I still feed dd although we held the spoon together this morning while we had weetbix. At nursery she does quite a bit of feeding herself and I'm quite happy for them to clean up the mess to be honest.
dd hates squishy things too, won't touch playdough, cornflour and water but will paint with abandon with a brush, she pretty much eats everything though so that doesn't fit with the tv program.

ds prefers to be messy than clean I think!
He will only use our cutlery (once I've put something on it for him) and is very good at it - but once he's eaten what's on it he then bangs the table with it - so his end of the table is covered in little pock marks.
If I put him a mat down he just scuffs it onto the floor!

LOL at the thought of going pleasure shopping with any child over this age for the next 17 years. I go in the evenings without any children if I want to shop for fun.

dd3 will only feed herself, she's very insistent, and quite good at it. she'll use hands in the weetabix etc if she gets frustrated with the spoon.

umm, none of mine like being clean, or washed, or brushed. they are all totally at home in mess, mud, whatever. not sure what that says about our home hygeine standards

I started a thread about it /link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?rn=45977&topicid=8&threadid=78997&redir=x45977\here} if anyoe is interested!!

try again

DS signed "milk" this morning - looked at me to check I was watching, smiled shyly, then signed - he was SO happy when I understood him and told him he was a clever boy! He kept doing it while he was feeding - pmsl!

So, he may be scared of grass, but heck, he can make his milk requests understood - he's got his head screwed on the right way

Awwww - that's great.

I wish I had tried baby signing with ds. Bit late now. Still, his way of communicating his need for milk is to attach himself limpet style to my legs - so I guess he can make himself understood...

Fennel - I'm with you all the way on the shopping thing. Went today to get ds his first pair of shoes. He was a poppet as usual but dd was a nightmare as usual - confided with some shocked looking people in the lift that I was doing well not to murder her. I hope they realised I was joking albeit in a dry humour deadpan delivery sort of way

poor ds got bitten again at nursery - that's 2 bites and 1 large scratch. dh says we should do something - but I don't spose there's anything that can be done??

awesome on the signing HM - we wanted to sign but thought because dd was going to nursery we wouldn't be able to be consistent enough so didn't bother. She just points and says dat (or something along those lines)
HMC - is it tantrums with your dd - I am just dreading those with all my heart, I don't know if I'll have the patience to deal with them...
Tracy dd has been bitten once at nursery well the one time was 4 perfect mouth prints up her arm but I think it is just the age, most of the kids are teething and just want to knaw on anything albeit another child. I don't know it they can really do anything apart from keeping a closer eye on a particular child if there is a specific biter amongst your group.
Well dd is definately teething bit of a disturbed sleep but dh was an angel and dealt with it all last night thank goodness I just felt so tired all of a sudden last night and knew that I needed some sleep as I was going to the gym this morning. - Just arrived at work after a 45min spin class [proud emoticon]

Mrs D, on the jealousy thing, dd3 is now getting possesive if dd2 cuddles me! Today she got very angry and tried to push dd3 (aged 3) off my lap.

chuffed I am also dreading dd3 reaching tantrum age. dd2 was pretty tantrummy from 10 months til 3 and a bit (though she's very sweet and helpful now at 3.5, such a relief) and it's been so lovely having a break since she grew out of them. dd1 didn't tantrum though so I am really really hoping dd3 is going to be like her.

sorry, that should have read dd3 tried to push dd2 off my lap. too many dds altogether in my postings....

i can deal with tantrums, but not @ 3am , then am afraid my temper gets the better of me , well nobody's perfect even us mums
ds bit my y/day , did not mean to , but gave me a bit of a fright and I shouted in surprise and he started to cry , bless.

hi all, have been lying low so as not to bore you all with my moans about sickness and generally being exhausted all the time

Ds is doing well, toddling around and still teething. He's fussy about the texture of food - still likes everything mashed or pureed. Except finger foods of course. I'm trying not to worry after watching House of Tiny Tearaways BTW what did you think about the dad who "proposed" on the programme? Everyone else seemed to think it was so romantic, but it just made me want to puke!!! They have two kids together and NOW he feels he wants to be committed to her!!!

Dh has just announced that he cant take our planned holiday in August due to work but we can go first week in July instead. I am such a planner, this has just freaked me out! Where can we possibly get now? Surely all the half decent places will be booked up months ago? Any suggestions? Needs to be Uk, preferably northern UK, probably best to be self catering with the kids. Hotel with childcare would be wonderful as I will be 6 months pregnant, but suspect it would be megabucks.Maybe I shoudl post on the travel thread.....

would recomend centreparcs !!
they have spa which do special massages , treatments etc for pg women
ofsteaded childcare , creshes and bb/sitters,
bit pricy , but worth every penny , think there is one in the North , not sure where though
july might b ok as not in school hols

centerparcs website here - Oasis Whinfell is the furthest north

(sorry, can't stop! need to do schoolrun...)