March 2008 - Now we are two

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New thread idea good jfly!

See what I did, now we are two - for those with new number 2 and expecting number 2.

And all the rest of us who get at least 2 tantrums a day from the 2 year olds.

me too tlv, think i have engineered just me and ds2, with ds1 in norfolk until later that day. though given what i'm about to say, not sure that's great.

p1t, ds2 is a real flare-upper of a kid, but is ok with careful management, lots of warning. and has now had 3 months of swift clear consequences (taken out of pit once sand is thrown, that kind of thing).

but oh my word it is so much easier to do when there are older ones around. with ds1 around and his friends, ds2 just chugs along and doesn't even get interested in throwing tantrums. he's got too much to think about.

but overall, i don't mind anyway. i don't take them personally, quite enjoy them now, always mentally chalking them up to a new thing learnt. i can say that tho because at least ds2 learns quick, ds1 would tantrum over same thing about 20 times, ds2 only 2-5 times before he gets the message.

Hello lurkers! Nice to see you again.

4madboys, we have something in common again. I'm about 6 weeks pregnant. Have been umming and ahhing about saying anything as i had an early mc first time around.

And I had a bit of a scare this week so went in for a scan. Showed everything normal and saw a fluttering heartbeat so I am reassured for now. Had similar experience with G, so am hoping everything will continue as normal. I just don't feel very pregnant so I still have a little doubt in my head. Anyway, must not stress about it now. Booking in appt April 19th so hopefully more reassurance then.

Of course, not saying anything publicly yet so don't mention on FB, please. Am cautiously excited, if there is such a thing! Keep fingers crossed for me.

aw, more good news. fingers crossed for you jfly

Jfly Cautious congratulations!Keeping everything crossed for you & here's to lots of symptoms (must be the only reason to be happy to have MS!)

4MB Congratulations again! Will this mean a new car or are you still able to squeeze 5 kiddies in to one? Keep going and you'll need a minibus!

MB hope you're feeling ok, have you been back to sure start?

TLV Ewe LD hope studying/exams all ok and over with soon so you can relax a bit.

Paranoid I have spawned a devil child when he doesn't get his own way. Most of the time he's a little angel, but heavens forbid you should change tv channel to something that's not CBeebies (unless it's Doctor Who, we have brainwashed him already).
Back teeth seem to be a constant irritation with a couple of days break in between. They're mostly up, but must be the last middle bits of the molars that are causing the irritation. Eating is erratic, something he loves one day will be rejected next etc. But good that he's more able to express what he wants now - like putting on a coat/shoes etc leads to demands "we going in mummy's car?" or "we going in buggy"?
For some reason, I get really upset with him when he plays up at bed time. Sometimes he'll go to sleep straight away, no fuss, other times it's fun to wind up mummy by slithering out of bed (in sleeping bag) and insisting on having a game of being lifted back into bed before he can get downstairs. Resorting to putting gate across his door, but then just have to pick the sleeping bundle up from his jail-gate later & put him back to bed. When this is still going on at 10pm it drives me even nuttier as I can't relax while it's all going on.

Not broody at all - going on holiday to stay with another 6 adults and their 3 offspring is enough of a contraceptive. My, it was noisy.
Hopefully will feel a bit less tense about everything in July when course has finished & I can start practising...look into my eyes!

Congratulations, JFly, that's great news. Fingers and toes crossed it's all ok.

You too 4Madboys, that's lovely.

MB I'll have proper details tomorrow, so will FB you then. Hope your DS1 has a fab time in Norfolk (although am a bit sad that I won't get to see him as he is a real sweety).

looking at possible chickenpox tlv - ds1 had 'oh i thought they were bites' (dh did his bath) on saturday and 7 spots this am turned to 12 blistering spots this pm. and a very grumpy ds2. must be chickenpox - end of winter is the classic time for it will confirm when i see them both actually ill and spots come off of torso onto limbs.

must be pox, because of course i've had no home help for 2 weeks, dh away 6am tomorrow until midnight wednesday. plans galore to be canned for rest of easter hols.

have just ordered up a storm on ocado and amazon for (mental) seige. iced gems to lull worst sickly tantrums. lanuguage cds to entrance ds1.

damn we were really enjoying getting about and about ie not setting foot in stinky playgroups

in fact, just been off reading up on it again, nothing much to add there expcet hollow laughter that i should keep them away from immunosupressed people - i am currently on 3 different immunosupressants [slight terror emoticon if there was one]

ugh mb... my managers kids had the dreaded pox right in the middle of his chemo for leukemia... i think his onco dosed him up high on aciclovir. may be worth talking to your gp about that.

i'm dreading the pox for slightly more selfish and frivolous reasons - off on holiday in 3 weeks and know that it is doing the rounds here - been one confirmed case at nursery.

congrats jfly and 4mb! JFly - I know the post-mc jitters well . I'm 18 weeks and still jittery even though I can now feel the baby move occasionally. The 12 weeks to scan were the longest and scariest of my life, so I totally know where you're coming from. Great news that you hard a heartbeat already though Here to hand hold if needed!

Just been shoe shopping with DS. He's now got differently-sized feet . Anyway I went crazy and bought him 3 pairs. He's never had more than one pair and wellies before, but he now has sandals, canvas shoes and leather ones. What a trendsetter Clarks seems to have a few of their £30 winter style shoes on sale for £8 at the moment - although they still say £30 on the label so you need to ask if they're reduced. So you might want to get down there if your DCs need new shoes and see if you can grab a bargain.

Changed name back. Face has reacted to sunshine so extremely that any other name seems silly. (Plus have come to terms with DT's departure now.)

Meant to be working all day while Ff is at nursery. I absolutely lack the necessary discipline to work at home, and think I will benefit greatly from being flogged like a horse at a law firm (figuratively). Have Facebooked lots, and spent a happy hour reading back through our very first post-natal threads. They really AREN'T babies anymore, are they? Then, Bloke called to say he was too busy to come home for lunch, so I made him sandwiches and walked the dogs over to his office. It was such a nice day it seemed a shame to walk home the short way...

You get the picture. Should have proofed 200 pages by now, have done 45.

Took Ff to Cotswold Wildlife Park on the weekend. It was fantastic. She was very into all the animals, especially the owls and the lions, and now thinks anything stripey is a zebra. (Including herself in the t-shirt I put her in this morning...'Ffion zebra.')

i prefer ffrecklefface, very you. you weak willed thing you
i'm getting into the new DW series, tis OK methinks. star whale a cute idea.

day 4 in the chickenpox house and i'm turning into a bitch. bitch bitch bitch. you know that grim mum who passive agresses at their bewildered kids about how shit it is to be stuck in the house with them. well, i'm not that bad really, but i'm thinking it and it's leaking a bit. thank god i saw it coming and have organised my cavalry over the next few days. dm arrives tomorrow lunchtime, bf back from continent on thursday, dh not really back until middle of next week.

boys not actually that unwell tbh, but ds1 clearly has pox and it's hard to get them out and run what energy they have off in large enough spaces in islington. ds2 still not showing spots, but still not right in himself. thankfully, minimal d&v from him today.

they were pathetically glad to see our cleaners today, the main lady has worked with us for 4 years now, and god she is so damn lovely with them. i was also thrilled. but i did a bad bad thing. i pinched a fag off her and went and smoked it while she played with them. serious desperation.

ds2, think recovered. he was taken by my mum for a haircut yesterday, one of the classic toddler hold them on your lap while the clips whirr over in all haste. job done. dh comes home and say 'ds2, did you have a nice day at the borstal then?'

ds1, scabbed over already. he got off quite lightly with the pox methinks. think he's scarred his scalp with itching, but anti-histamines made the whole experience OK. especially as they made him nap lots.

(walks away from the antihistamines, reluctantly)

Glad they're feeling better. Borstal haircut made me chuckle, although am jealous of anyone whose child had enough hair to actually cut...

If the boys were happy while you were in the garden with illicit fag it is not a bad thing!

dh to ds2 on return home today: hello darling, who've you mugged today?

I have Alfie was born on the 20th, he is a little munchkin, saying allsorts of words and running round everywhere, fighting with his 3yr old brother.

Lisa

hello cvg/lisa.

mine is barely saying a word. too busy bossing around his near 5 year old brother in sign language. and making horrific screechy noises.

i need a break.

Ah mb, any chance of a break? Some annual leave for your DH perhaps?

I have to be tested for RA btw, very unlikely apparently but had results of my knee thing and it's benign which is great news but RA can apparently cause nodules like it. Think I am just having a blood test, I have no pain or anything so I am hopeful it's just caution on behalf of consultant.

god ewe, i hope it isn't RA. crhonic tedium, you don't need it! if your test comes back negative/inconclusive, check to see if it is the anti-ccp test. that's the really good modern one that actually acnswers the question, better than rheumatoid factor. it is however postcode lottery if you get it. asking helps.

dh runs his own company, hence endless working. he usually averages 15 days a year off, most over xmas.

am seriously contemplating asking to be sent away for mayday weekend. am feeling stretched very thin, which is ironic given how fecking FAT the current round of steroids is making me

Oh crap, Ewe. Really hope test is clear.
Are you back at uni this week?

Merry, I don't blame you for wanting a break. It sounds like you've had a really tough time...if DH is agreeable you should definitely escape for a few days.

We know the high pitched shriek well here. Scares Boydog to death (as do most things really) and puts my teeth on edge. Usually employed when told 'No', since I have toughened my resolve when faced with, 'Pleeeeeeease Mummybear.' The Mummybear thing is Bloke's fault - he started putting 'bear' on the end of everyone's name, and now she has picked it up. I think we're going to have to stop it before it moves from slightly cute to vom inducing.

Hi Cheekyvimtogirl, welcome!

oh bugger ewe. hope all just doc being cautious etc. fingers crossed.

hello cheekyvimtogirl!

mb - i hope you can get thee out of there if at all possible. i've found batteries need recharging after being primary carer during DC illness, even when not dealing with two of them, one of whom is a screechy, tantrummy toddler, and ra too.

had best meltdown yet yesterday. DS being too bloody clever for his own good at the moment. in waitrose - kept pointing to things in that exaggerated toddler way saying "want it mummy want it". i eventually gave age-old parental lecture on how want didn't mean he'd get, and how want was not the same as need. by the time we got to next stop (garden centre), suddenly we had "neeeeeed it mummy neeeeed it"

i then tried to move from lawnmower area to weedkiller area, at which point we had "neeeeed it mummy" screamed in full voice while being dragged away from £1500 lawnmower tractor thing, and then fully fledged tantrum on floor, tears making floor wet, hands bashing stone slabs etc. Sigh. I pretended he wasn't mine and picked out weedkiller, then had to throw him over my shoulder (not ideal when 19wks pg) and head to till with tantrum still ongoing.

ate whole tub of haagen dazs when i got home.

sigh.

watches tumbleweed blow across thread

I hope it's quiet here because everyone is out enjoying the sunshine. It's just been glorious here, and lots of playing outside has left me with a child who is impossible to fill and exhausted at bedtime.

Meltdown sounds hellish, Meg. I told Bloke the story, and he said that boys do need ride on lawnmowers, so your DS was being perfectly reasonable... The closest we've come to that is a scene in Next over sunhats. Ff LOVES hats, and wore her winter one so much the nursery staff call her N-Dubz, so the right choice is important. I picked up a nice set of two lovely pink and white ones. Ff picked up a hideous hot pink Peppa Pig cap with neck flap. I put it back. 'No Mummy! Peppa Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig! Peppa Piiiiiiiiiig!'' accompanied by footstamping, hand pulling, and refusal to wear hats I bought for three days.
But apart from that she's still reasonably calm.

Have a good weekend.

i already have a park tan

Hi all...am currently eatoing my own body weight in weird American foods to try and keep from going mad as littlest one is teething/has HIDEOUS excema/does NOT SLEEP.

P is having a grand old time. He has decided he loves this place after taking him (WHY?) to the House of Pancakes.

All the best to all those with child and a large vodka to the rest. xxxx

btw...Ewe how did test go?

been such a long time since I was here but wanted to say hello to all. Sounds like there are some new babies, and bumps - congratulations and tentative congratulations where appropriate. I can't believe this time two years ago we were just a month or so in to this maazing journey! Now DS1 is 2 and 1 month and FULL of beans and noise and chaos, and not a lot of words but totally understandable to his mother, and DD is 7 months, nearly 8 months and full of laughter and adoring her big brother. This weather has lifted everyones sprits so I send you all lots of love and good wishes for the summer ahead.

hello! I closed the tab on my browser by accident and hence forgot to check up on you all.
Hello evie, nice to see you again!
Turtle, how long are you away for or am i confused and you're back already?
Jfly, how's it going?
Everyone else, how's it going? I can't remember who I haven't replied to since last time.

Hope aches are a distant memory for y'all

Ewe hope all ok with your tests and comes back neg.

Good to see you Evie - can't believe you have a 7 month old! Time flies.

I'm doing fine, thanks, DP. Scan 2 weeks from today, and can't come soon enough. People are dropping off the Nov 2010 thread left and right. Very sad and unnerving at this stage.

Still, must keep chin up and think positive thoughts. I just wish I felt more pregnant. I'm tired and hungry, but then that's pretty normal for me! I feel a bit poochy around the middle, and it feels somewhat babyish, rather than just flab. Don't get me wrong, though, it's mostly flab.

A friend of mine has announced she's due 2 weeks before me, so I'm glad to have someone around to get through this with!