December 2006 - The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray, tshghho now let's keep these bugs at bay

[LenniEd]

I got all brave and made us a new bug free thread...

lennied - what's your twitter id? I just got back into it (diff name to last time)

Maggie - It is my real name as forename_surname. The picture on there of me is the same one that is on my fb profile at the moment.

Jabber - It's the same here with DS, I am really enjoying his baby days. He is so relaxed and chirpy during the day. And is still sleeping a little better.

Oli - good news about DD with preschool, 2 at school though they are growing up fast.

Castles - sorry to hear about your friend's mum. Not nice. Am also sorry about the situation with your brother and your Dad. You know we are always here to listen.

Eli - am pleased things are progressing, and also sending positive vibes, and anti-stres vibes. These things are so stressful, look after yourself.

AQ - there are some good baby signing books around. Plus it is just BSL for the most part. You can do courses in BSL for adults, I have always wanted to do one especially since teachers and teaching assistants with a knowledge of BSL are in demand since more children with autism and hearing impairments have been included in mainstream schoools.

Weaning has begun here - DS looked very cute with his broccoli stalks today. And he chomped his way through 3, plus a heap of mashed potato. I think he was hungry. He then took 2 feeds, one straight after his meal and another 40 minutes later before bed.

erm......cant remember your real name lennied. are you in the fb group?

actually. that's not true. i think i know your name but i still cant find you

I am officially a technical dimwit. I can't fathom twitter at all! I wanted to see my fame across t'interweb but it's not to be .

Oli - just click on the link down there -> and sign up for a twitter account. If you follow MumsnetTowers you'll see your fame! Either that or I'll print screen for you later when it comes up and email it to you!

MT - I'll message you on fb.

Aha, I found it via the MN link at the top. Have my own account now but still completely clueless about what to do with it!

Twitter....oh dear, haven't even noticed its existence, and am only admitting it to make Oli feel better

Castles, am so sorry about your friend's Mum...and understand you feeling drained, on all counts. Take care of yourself, y'hear?

I cannot believe that LenniEd's ds is munching solid food already - I still think of him as being about two months old! Congrats on starting weaning, I do love that phase...

Soaking up vibes, thank you. Did burst into tears rather uncharacteristically in mid coffee-morning at dd's school today - whilst admiring 3 week old baby, and suddenly remembering dd2 getting ill at almost that age. dd1 is also all over the place, and although I suspected mid-summer tiredness I think the house uncertainty/stress is getting to all of us. Still, it has to pass eventually!

Off to sister's for weekend, so will leave it all behind for a bit

Have a good weekend, all.

eli I can only imagine how that memory haunts you

castles, many sympathies for your friend - and you.

i know about twitter but am steadfastly refusing to do anything about it

ELi

I too know about Twitter but shall not be venturing there, the craze will pass soon enough and people will get as bored of it as they are of FB

I think it is going to take a little longer than a week to potty train ds I have a dedicated wee cloth and a squirty bottle of carpet cleaner He did gleefully tell me about a poo he did in the garden yesterday though, maybe I shall go for garden training instead of potty

@ Indith's wee cloth. Ds2 is similarly obsessed with weeing in the garden. He heads out there instead of the loo and yesterday I caught him weeing off the top of the climbing frame .

He's also back to waking at 5:30am - gah.

Eli, big ((hugs)). Have you had a bit of post-trauma counselling about it all? Can't remember but seem to vaguely recall you mentioning it at some point.

LenniEd, what's ds eaten today?

Oli - I would be far too to give you a full list! My word, the boy can eat! He's had ready brek, which he mainly threw around the place, mango, banana, toast (half a slice devoured), broccoli, DD's breadsticks, some of DD's rice pudding and almost all of DH's yoghurt...the list goes on... so much for introducing one food at a time. He just devours everything in sight, I am desperately trying to keep a lid on what DD and DH are giving him, but the horse seems to have bolted. So I've banned salt and sugar and am leaving them to it from tomorrow. He's had three meals and 2 snacks today and we're on day 2 - please no one report me to social services! DD had nothing but steamed organic veg for at least a month, I never even gave her fruit for fear of giving her a sweet tooth! PFB or what!? Obviously my standards have dropped become more flexible.

I have a wee cloth too Indith - it used to be for the dog! Hasn't been used for ages now though, you'll get there. It just takes a bit of mess first honestly I was desparing after about 5 days, but then it just all came together. We've not had a single accident for 2 weeks now. Talking of which I acquired a potette the other day from an NCT sale on someone's advice - can someone tell me wtf I meant to do with it surely it can't contain wee??!

'lo all. Too desperately tired to catch up/follow all the news (esp using Twitter, dear god no! dp tweeting at all hours is enough for me). But wishing you all sleep, calm and happy children

lennied - potettes are good. you need to buy the special liners.

LenniEd, have you got the liners to go in it? They look like carrier bags with sanitary bags in the bottom . They are good, we had one for ds1 and dd (they will also hold an adult sized wee, as I discovered while pg with ds2 ) but the liners are flipping expensive.

at what ds is eating. I can't believe that! Ds2 still wouldn't eat half that list now. It's amazing how much more 'flexible' you become with the 2nd dc isn;t it? .

there are liners? Oh. That makes sense now. I'll extract it from DD's hat collection later then.

at you using it Oli! DD was trying desperately to get me to do a poo in her potty yesterday, I managed to decline without a tantrum, dignity intact. Then I told a good friend who went a bit red and admitted she's done several in her DD's potty in an attempt to demonstrate what it was for.

Lol at your standards Lennied. Wouldn't worry too much dd went straight in at 3 meals and snacks too and then I remembered that ds had had steamed trees and carrot sticks for a good while. She had risotto today, developed a very good technique involving piling it up in the middle of her tray then scooping it towards her while sticking her face in it. Very effective

While I was removing rice from dd after dinner ds did a wee on the kitchen floor. While I was moping that up he came and informed me that he had done a poo. I entered the living room in trepidation only to discover that the poo was in the potty! Unfortunately we discovered later that not quite all the poo was done in the potty and some had been hiding in the fringes of the sofa to be discovered when my friend stepped in it and trod it all over the living room carpet.

Ooops.

When we first started sorting out dd's sleep she was sleeping til 11 before waking for a feed, then I think we'd got a bit sloppy and allowed her to suck on a finger too much just as she was getting the hang of settling without a dummy or anything, then I fed her when she woke etc and the flaming girl is waking at 9pm again and then waking hourly She woke at 9 today and dh is still trying to settle her. She is not hungry, she ate masses for dinner and had a big bedtime feed. She doesn't want feeding 2 hours later in the day.

I still feel horrible though.

I feel it necessary to point out that I was quite heavily pg and really had no other choice if I was to keep any semblance of dignity . (Then there was the time we got stuck in a 7 hour traffic jam on the M6 when I was 36 weeks pg and I had to wee in/on one of dd's nappies. Size 4 nappies are surprisingly absorbant!)

I have never pooed on a potty though, am PMSLing at the thought. I wouldn't fit, apart from anything else.

Anything past about 34wks pg doesn't count Oli. I wet myself at 38wks with DD about 12 foot away from the toilet in front of DH she just kicked me in the bladder and whoosh.

And I wet myself in the lift on the way up to the delivery suite when in labour with DS, but that definitely doesn't count.

Have never done a wee in a nappy though.

Indith - hope she has settled by now. Get back to what worked if it worked for you. We still do that with DD if she has an awkward patch "It's night night time, go sleepies" repeated ad infinitum through the talkback on her baby monitor.

at the memory of pregnancy wee accidents. I got really furious at dh when pg with ds1. He (dh) pretended to get electrocuted whilst sticking a fork in the toaster to retrieve a bit of burnt toast after I had advised him to unplug it first. I screamed and did a wee all over the kitchen floor.

Still makes me to think about it. What was the man thinking doing that to a heavily pg, hormonally mad woman?

jabber

helloooooo

wilting in the heat here.