One small step for Baby, one large step (or mad dash to prevent disaster) for Mumkind

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Hi, Welcome to the new thread, the one where we can't drink a cup of tea in peace (there you go, we could have used that for a title!!)

I was in bodyshop yesterday and M trashed the place. Luckily the sales assistant thought she was sweet as she pulled things off displays and legged it out the shop with jars of body butter (several times)!!, cue me legging it after her with a handful of makeup . Luckily there were no store detectives aroud. She also tried to wear every shoe within her reach at the shoe shop.

oh and jenpet, I can't believe that not only can you get out the door at 8.30 but you even had time to mn first

Hi ladies!

Sorry to hear about illnesses and sleep deprivation. We're not ill, well I'm not I think DH has a dodgy tummy from eating bad trifle .

XF has taken over my life. So much so that it has temporarily nudged my MN addiction out the way, hence lack of posting.

Having to go to the studio every weekend has left DH to put DS to bed on his own without a bedtime feed. We think he's getting the hang of having a sippy cup of warm milk now. But when I'm in the house at bedtime it's boob as usual. His bedtimes have been all over the place and coupled with teething he's been waking a bit more. But rather than panic, I'm trying to ride it out because he can still sleep through to till 5 now and again. I've given up believing he'll sleep through to a normal hour like 7/8am till he's a teenager.

Lollipop We did CC during a really difficult phase, where DS was crying so much anyway in my arms that it was easier to leave him in his cot to cry for 90 minutes than carry him while he screamed in my ear for 3 hours. There was a definite improvement, but the slightest things still wake DS up: teething, any small upset to his routine, colds etc. I find it impossible to be completely rigid about a bedtime routine, but I try to return to it when possible and I think it does help when we do. On an ok night DS wakes once for 5 minutes between midnight and 4/ish, then wakes for a feed between 5 and 6. Then dozes in bed with us till about 7:30. On a bad night he'll wake a couple of times before going full throttle at 3am at which point I give in and he comes into bed for a feed and a very unsettled doze (lots of mauling, grizzling, biting and punching) till 7am.

Bought new cruising shoes today. Apparently DS's feet are really big for his age and there was only one style of cruising shoe they had in his size. So he really should be walking by now. He stood on his own for about ten seconds this evening, playing with his sleeve, before he realised what he was doing and then launched himself at me giggling!

DSis is doing well. Stressed but beginning to enjoy it now. I think meeting Whitney was the thing that changed it all for her. It's weird seeing her papped in the newspapers and magazines. Am so proud of her for working so hard.

We had a better morning here today. I did the dc's breakfast but mum got here at 8 then I was able to get myself ready in peace and she took them to nursery. And after work

When we first did the 'school run' 10 years ago(god I feel old) it was pretty easy DD1 up and fed whilst DS had bottle then quick dress and run like mad to school to get there vaguely on time. We were lulled into it by DD1 going to nursery just in the afternoon at first so for 6 months with new baby I didn't have to get up as such we could just mellow about until 12.45.
It got harder when we moved and our new friends used to send her 5 year old to ours ridiculously early to gee us up a little. I don't like to be rushed so I was really mean and made him wait on the doorstep until we were ready.
Don't worry she only lived next door and she kept an eye on him

Digi I took robyn to try some cruising shoes and she is only a size 2 and a half. We didn't buy any as she struggles to keep socks on so am going to get her used to something on her feet before we splash out on shoes she will probably never get to wear.

Only shoe size 2 1/2? Ds is a size 5

OMG, he's going to be one of those children who is a size 12 by the time he's 10 isn't he?

A is size 4 1/2 G - he's just grown out of his 4s. People keep thinking he's a large baby but he's under the 50th %ile (he sat on the scales at the GP last week - he's under 10 kg) and short for his weight. I think he just looks solid!

After buying his first shoes new, I got the next size up on Ebay... my friend told me today to enjoy that while you can as once they start running and scuffing their shoes there's way fewer good ones on Ebay and they cost way more...

nc I always e-bay ds's old shoes, they only go for a couple of quid, but every penny counts! They are a little battered but still good for toddlers to wear in the garden. This week I totted up that I would be spending approx £180 on shoes for my 2 dc's each year . I can understand why people buy them on e-bay now.

Did anyone else just see digi on X-factor? So exciting!

DD can now climb on and off the sofa by herself, she gets herself up and flops back, relaxing . She looks dead pleased with herself when she sits next to ds to watch cbeebies.

Just watching it now. Had to wait till half time in the rugby to get at the sky buttons.
Very excited to see you digi
And good to see the eyeshadow back.

Shoes are so expensive. MIL has an obsession with themhaving Clarks shoes so I just has to mention that I think I might just get them from Asda next time and she forks out about half the money for them to come from Clarks

Wow the rap is sooo cool.

DS2 fell down the stairs yest . He got to the top fine, dh took his eyes off him thinking he'd go into the bedroom but then he turned round and tried to bump down on his bum but of course his legs aren't long enough and he toppled forward, did 1 somersalt then rolled sideways down to the bottom. Poor wee man was more shocked than hurt but thankfully didn't take long to get over it.

Woohoo, everyone loves them

up at 5.30

DD1 ill too so up in the night [bleary eyed emotion]

How do I stop M from squealing when she wants something?

We had a 5.00 wake up too Ninja.

I hope dd1 is ok?

We have the squeking too, apart from I call it bitching Some days it feels like all he does is grumble but I try and remnd myself it's his way of trying to communicate rather than do my head in!

I'm teaching M to point and to identify things and that seems to help a bit. I think it's a stage that we have to grit our teeth through.

Just watched XF. Go Miss Frank! I bloody love them. Great to see Digi too

Did anyone see digi in the News of thwe World? How mean of you to suggest your sis is too big to be on X Factor
I hope she is doing well and stays in it all the rest are rubbish

On the shoe front my friends first had size 4 shoes at 3 weeks old!!
My first was 13 months before she got to that size
We have always had Clarks until they started to need more then 1 pair, i.e. wellies then sandshoes for nursery. DD1 lives in Primark dolly shoes (they only last a few months but only cost £4) and DS lives in trainers as he has a nasty habit of kicking and most school shoes Have a really hard or bobbly sole.

Having a stressful day, which is about to get more stressful. DS is super clingy at the moment. Won't nap anywhere except in my arms. Which is where he is right now, late nap means shite late bedtime.

Sorry to hear about the tumble debi glad he made a speedy recovery.

But hey wasn't my sis fabulous last night? Love her to bits.

Btw you surely know that article today was total bollocks.

Ah yes
sorry, have been fielding phone calls all day from concerned relatives. Mum is so embarassed she got stitched up by the evil journo.

OH. MY. GOD. I can't believe Lloyd, the undercooked teenager and those two sticky haired asses are returning next week and Miss Frank are on the line. It's insane!!!!

Oh no! Am shouting at the telly

Missed xf last night yet again - ended up in bed early.

lollipop and Debs know how you feel about night times, dd2 usually wakes every 3 hours, sometimes more. She never settles herself to sleep once properly awake - always needs a bf or a cuddle. BUT - I am feeling quite excited because twice this week she's slept through, though woken 5.30 / 6, so I'm hoping things will improve. Weirdly I felt more tired the morning after my first full night's sleep in a year, than usual!

Takes me forever to get ready too - especially doing dd1's hair - I can't plait it, so we have major hair trauma every day, have to bribe her to endure it.

But the good thing about the refuge is I have no problem with the evening time - dd1 is usually busy playing with other kids, and dd2 usually is ready to go to bed half an hour earlier than her. The only problem is if dd2 naps late. Dd1 is going through a challenging time - she is fab most of the time but at the moment when she's tired / I say no, she's hitting and spitting at me - finding that hard

Gutted for you digi and digisis

Hi DG just wanted to say how sorry I am about tonight's show. Actually vvvvv sorry as your Dsis is an amazing singer.

I hope she has a long recording career ahead of her now!

All ok here, DD has recovered from the chicken pox and is back to running around tearing up the place, and on that note, I'm off to bed and enjoy the extra hour now as nobody told DD about the extra hour lie in this morning ;)

digi. What a fecking joke tonight was. Bloody twins and the two crappy young lads through and Miss Frank and Danyl in the bottom. Fingers crossed your sis will have her foot in the door now and something a billion times better will happen in the future.

splish do you have any idea when you will get a proper house? The refuge doesn't sound so bad though, the extra playmates must be a blessing.

DG, I'm so sorry. Everyone thinks it's a farce that Miss Frank are out. Like Kagey said, no doubt a music producer is already in their scent. xxxx

Sorry Digi - definitely the wrong people went tonight

Meglet - well, all v boring and complicated. He's in my house at the moment (climbed in a window after I left apparently) but tells me he'll leave soon. So in theory I oculd go home, but can't think anything would change as he wasn;t supposed to live there anyway, just wouldn't leave me alone. And having probs as benefits have stopped paying mortgage to pay housing ben at refuge, even though they'd pay hb twice if i had a tenancy elsewhere... so may end up getting repossessed anyway. And house is poor living environment as he spent the money needed to make it ok.... so not sure what's happening at the moment really.

splish and at your XP!!! What an asshole swanning around in your house while you and your dc's are in a refuge. I am speechless.

splish am at your situation. Can't believe you've had to move out and he's in through a window. Can you not get a court order to kick him out, that's your DCs residence?

Thanks for all the messages. Am , especially as I wasn't there at the studio tonight, haven't even spoken to her yet. But I really thought she was safe this week. Got my fingers crossed she gets a deal soon and can start earning some money from this.