Fab Feb 2009 bar: toddle on in, grab a pew: mummy's in need of a drink or two...

[dinkystinky]

New thread for us to natter on about our toddling terrors... complete with some virtual booze. Mine's a french martini....

Rosie, hope you're feeling better. shall we group nag you in about 3 weeks time to step away from the early testing kits? fingers crossed for next month.

dinky hope the conjunctivitis is getting better.

we're off to the zoo soon (I hope!). dp wanted my help fixing a leaking pipe so our early start has been set back a bit and now I is having a nap! still sandwiches packed, waterpoofs at the ready and we'll be ready to go as soon as he's up and about.

THOM i was going to try and come to your garage sale yesterday but things conspired against me. hope it went well?

KBN - we went to the zoo on Friday (Whipsnade) for DS's 3rd birthday. I really enjoyed it - think the DCs did too! Have fun.

I replied to thoms gararge sale invite too not realising it was yesterday

Luke's got a constant cold too. PITA.

Afternoon all!

Hope everyone's well. Rosie sorry about your disappointment. Hope you get better news next month.

STW hope you enjoyed getting your hair done. Thought I might make it to the hairdresser's this month but just remembered the car tax is due. Ho hum!

I am (finally) recovering from a horrible sinus infection. Mr T is on his 12th cold of the year and is finally doing lots of walking though for about a week he would only walk with no trousers on and carrying 2 of DS1's foam swords...

SM & KBN although we had a pretty good turn out yesterday there is LOADS of stuff left (I had quite a bit and my neighbour is huge hoarder) so I'm going to eBay/Netmums the best of it and then do a carboot sale with the rest. If there is anything in particular you are after, let me know & I can put it aside for you to come and look at before I do anything else with it.

Tried to post earlier but computer ate my post. KBN - hope you had a lovely time at the zoo. THOM - well done on the garage sale - hope you manage to off load the rest of your stuff to good homes.

Calico - any top tips on getting eyedrops into conjunctivitis baby/toddler eyes? Danny no longer falls for the nonchalant behaviour then rugby tackling to the ground - nor does he fall for the being allowed to play with forbidden items (blackberry pearl, phoneset, ornaments) and then eye drops snuck in - he has now taken to eyeing both DH and I suspiciously at all times and has perfected the duck, roll and run manouevre if he spots the little drops bottle in our hands (honestly the child could join a spy service - for very short destructive spies who specialise in germ warfare obviously ).

Have had quiet weekend due to ill Danny staying local - spent this morning introducing DS1 to kids programme from our youth on Youtube this morning. He is now a big fan of ButtonMoon (ironic as he has a button phobia), Gummi Bears, Tale Spin and Chip n Dale - the Smurfs elicited an immediate "I dont like it!" (cant say I blame him) as did Thundercats (bit grown up for him I think) and Superted (which I thought he'd like).

Dinky - I gave up with the eyedrops for the same reason as your little secret agent - and there's no chance I'd get DS to cooperate anymore either. She gets conjunctivitis so often but it seems to get better on its own after a couple of days anyway. It's not awful, just looks a bit crusty in the mornings.

Must have a look at some of those retro childrens programmes too - I did get DS DVDs of Mr Ben, Bagpuss and the Clangers (showing my age here) but I think he finds them a bit slow compared to todays fast action kids progs (even Postman Pat has got a helicopter now fgs!).

Dinky have you tried dabbing on breast milk with a cotton wool pad?

I know Calico - saw Postman Pat for the first time a few days ago and was astounded that Pat has a helicopter. Post office cuts obviously not made it to Greendale. Though did amuse me that the noisy indian baby has Danny's middle name...

THOM - will give the bmilk a go. As am only feeding morning and evening the bm is no longer as abundant as it once was so didnt even think of it - will express some tonight to try out on Danny tomorrow morning...

thom Thank you I don't actually need anything, but i am an impulse buyer!
dinky The best thing that worked with giving mine eye drops is to do it when they are asleep (depends on how deep a sleeper Danny is)
Fond memories of those tv shows

Also Dinky, are they really drops? Many GPs prescribe cream which is a bit easier to administer.

Didnt even they did creams THOM - they are drops. Will give bm and drops another go - if still not working, will go back to gp and nag for cream...

doesn't the cream stikll need to be put inside the lower eye lid?

Chloramphenecol (sp?) cream - sticky and wonderful. Smear a bit on and it works its way in.

Right am getting onto my GP for that cream today - sounds like is exactly same as the drops but if it stops WW3 4 times a day will be well worth it.

Morning all

Dinky yes get onto your GP today - i hope the cream works pretty fast and that he will cope with it a bit better (thereby relieving your eardrums!)

Milo's temp has well and truly gone, its weird but its every couple of months for a couple of days - super super high temp and nothing else, good old teeth. The thermometer stopped working so i bought one of the those swanky ear ones and Milo had a massive shit-fit about it going into his ear. So that was a waste of £14

Am feeling better now - although wish AF would hurry up, its obviously all skewiff because of this chem pg, DH has been so sweet though and i have been taken out for lunch and spoilt this weekend. KBN you can all feel free to nag as much as you want next month, no more early testing for me!

Lol@ postman pat's helicopter - DH said EXACTLY the same thing, no cuts for consignia there then.

dinky, my gp in galway tld me the drops don't need to go inside the eye, as long as you get some in the corner of the eye even if it's closed they'll work their way in. It worked for ds1 and makes life alot easier... you can do them while they're asleep like SM said

Hello All

Dinky - hope you have managed to get some cream to try for Danny's eyes.

It's funny how they get all suspicious - Sam also hates the in-ear theometer and ducks and dives if he sees it coming! I must admit I'm getting better at testing his temperature by kissing his forehead! Rosie - we also have the teething highs and lows, also Sam's skin and nappy (yuk) get adversely affected by blimmin teeth. Glad to hear you are being spoilt by DH and hope next month you are getting spoilt for another reason .

SM - sorry to hear about continued early mornings. Just a thought, does Luke sleep lots during the day? One of my books suggests that if they are nap too much during the day, this can affect their waking time in the morning. It seems to be ringing true for Sam. We had a week of earlies, but he was napping for almost 3 hours during the day ! We've cut that back and he's reaching 6.30/7am most mornings now. Until it starts getting much lighter in the mornings no doubt....

I've also been nostalgically recording old TV progs like Bagpuss (they're on NickJR after hours) but DD is not interested in anything. Actually she doesn't watch TV at all (except the Tweenies at 7am, religiously) which can be a little annoying when I need to occupy her for a little while...

Feeling very tired here. Up and down all night for both of them the last couple of nights. So much so that I've ended up sleeping in my dressng gown to make life easier! I'm thinking of ditching Sam's dummy - going cold turkey - because he wakes in the night for it to be reinserted, even though he's capable himself. We did DD's when she was about 10 months. He loves it so much though - are we being cruel?

Better dash as need to get back to work - a bit of a struggle today if I'm honest....

STW I try to get Luke to have half hour nap in morning and 2 hours after lunch or he is the biggest whinge-bag!
I have the samwe with Luke re the dummy. Maybe I should get him off his. Have recently done Jacob although he tries to sneak Luke's dummy. Don't know if I'm brave enough though!

STW and SM - same dummy situation here.
DS never had one but DD is obsessed with hers, day and night. I have been limiting it to nap times in the day but she is so happy to see it and shouts goi goi goi goi goi just at the sight of it Haven't got the heart to take it away from her yet but I hate the thing.... and a friend of mine told me that her 3 year old twins now have teeth 'out of alignment' because of dummy sucking so long. Her dentist told her off so she chucked them out that day (the dummies not the twins). I really don't want DD to still have her dummy at 3 so think it is probably kinder to lose it earlier but I have been chickening out so far. Let me know how you get on!

LOL at your friends chucking away her twins, Calico!!

Sam also gets so excited to see his and lunges for it, shoves it in his mouth then looks like Maggie from the Simpsons!

DH and I have decided to do it over the Easter weekend when we don't have to work. I've gradually been getting Sam attached to an Iggle Piggle so he still has a comfort item.... The thing is, the dummy is so useful for a few extra minutes of peace and quiet. Ho hum ....

mo help here, my older two had theirs til they gabve them to santa at 3.... too big a fan of the peace i get from them to bother earlier A only decided he liked his at 8 months anyway!

Sorry guys - cant help at all with dummies. DS1 refused to encounter one and Danny was the same. At least that is one less battle to have I guess...

Morning all.
Me and dp went to the local Harvester last night and a friend came over to look after the boys. was nice to be out like real people! Felt really odd to walk without a pushchair though.

Some of you may have seen my fb status yesterday about Jacob drawing over my bedroom wall. Git.
He had a friend here earlier yesterday, it had all gone quiet at one point so I told my friend that I was gonna check on boys and I found them in my bedroom, the wall covered in pencil and her ds1 holding the offending colour. Well he was the only one holding a pencil so I am assuming that jacob saw this and copied.
This other boy is the ds of the girl I told you who is very inconsistent with her parenting. I know it's not my place to judge, but i do. Her older ds pushed his bro the other week, the little one fell over and she just shrugged her shoulders and she says things like "I can't be bothered to tell him off". Dp does not want Jacob to plasy with this boy so much anymore as he thinks he is a bully and a horrible child. It's not the boys fault though is it, I think he is so confused at what is allowed and what isn't as it depends what mood his mum is in. I have had enough oif her though and her lazy attitude.
I know Jacob can be a real little shit but I honestly do all I can to teach him right from wrong.
The other day her ds1 was climbing up some railings alongside a concrete staircase. he had already been told to get down by the playgroup leader, he and his mum ignored her. Jacob copied and started climbing with him, so i grabbed J and told him I didn't want him climbing up there etc, the other boys mum said "He's just copying R but I can't be bothered to tell him off"
After that and yesterday i am going to have to distance myself before I lose my rag at her. AIBU?

Anyway I am looking after a little girl today for a few hours, should be fun

Morning all. Glad you had a nice time last night SM - did you feel like you'd misplaced something when you headed out without the boys?

I'd avoid that mum and her DSs (especially the older bully boy) to be honest - or only meet with them in group surroundings. In my opinion its important to be consistent with your DC and that's hard to do/reinforce when they see other kids with parents who dont set clear boundaries of acceptable/unacceptable behaviour. It will come back to bite the other mum in a few years time when her kids are at school without learning about boundaries/acceptable behaviour.