October 08 - Got ourselves some crying, talking, sleeping (sometimes!) walking, living dolls.

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Well somebody better start the new thread, so might as well be me!

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Ooh you kept that quiet you naughty thing! Congratulations!!

Thankyou... has been tricky keeping quiet on here! but becasue i have met some of you and you're on FB and stuff it felt like telling people in RL...

mind you still haven't told my dad - he's not answering his phone!

Congratulations, KSal!!!
Well done keeping a secret, too! My sister and I had bdays 3 days apart (+7 years) and it was nice for my parents to have a birthday season

csws sometimes Q wants to be carried but he'd much prefer to walk most of the time. A lot of the time if I carry him, it's because he wants to go in the other direction and I'm fed up and it's the only way to get him to go the way I want him to go (myjob witnessed this when we were out on a walk at her house!).
DH carries Q quite a bit more than I do. He's very happy to walk around on his own, though... especially if he gets to decide where to go.

Ronshar the end of the holidays is near... not much longer! for you, for me.
He doesn't like to make much of a mess - he is my child through and through

Bertie, Q was very happy to move to his bed. It's a toddler bed, so very low to the ground and same length/width as the cot, well, in our case, it is the cot - the bottom of it. I put a blanket over the bed guard (like I did on the sides of his cot) so it stays a bit cozier/darker in there. I'm sure Ryan would love a bed, too Warning - it is very sad to see the cot go!!

I think i would have waited another year... but i was worried about my age.

i always find something to worry about

pistachio - in your pics you seem like you adore babies and children. And you're so good with them! I hope they behave themselves for you today.

Q is currently refusing to eat lunch and rubbing his eyes like crazy. Nap needed.

A friend of mine from the US has a 20 month old ds and just gave birth to her DD. Tiny age gap! They needed a lot of fertility treatments first time around, so they assumed it would be the case the next time, so they didn't bother with contraception... but, surprise!

She's still sending ds to daycare (she's a teacher, too) until summer so that she can establish bf...etc. and split her time a bit better.

Star - that's the same gap that we'll have, but with a 4 year old as well!

So I'm the only one with a lazy clingy toddler then - lucky me .

Star - that happened to my friend from antenatal classes as well. Her DS1 will be 20 months when her DS2 arrives. We are all waiting with bated breath and feeling very jealous as she is absolutely blooming.

Don't know that I will be too sad to say goodbye to the cot as he hasn't ever really spent much time in it. But will be sad not to have night time cuddles any more. I might go and sneak in with him anyway

Congratulations KSal

Ryan doesn't seem to mind the pushchair once he's in it, but sometimes I have to carry him for a bit if he wants to walk first. It seems to make him forget about walking! I have just got him a couple of snack traps from the supermarket, they are like a little pot with rubber flaps as a lid, so they can get food out but not tip it everywhere. This is the bribe for the buggy and carseat, it's working fantastically for the moment! He doesn't like holding hands though or being on reins so I don't let him walk at all if we are near roads. We have had one tantrum so far and I just ended up carrying him horizontally!

Ryan has missed his nap today - again - his sleep is all over the place at the moment, which is annoying.

Congratulations ksal! We have a 16 month gap and it's great, though hard work at times. Got to dash, bedtime now - another advantage, they both go to bed at the same time

Congratulations KSal!! Lovely news. You must have smiled when I made my comment yesterday. How are you feeling?

I'm exhausted - been in the park this morning then back to a friend's house for lunch then out at a children's play centre with a different friend this afternoon. I'm ready for bed, but I bet S isn't.

CSWS - S constantly wants to walk and constantly wants to get out if he's in the buggy.

Out of interest does anyone use reins when they're out with their dc? We walk along so many busy roads that I think they could be useful for us but part of me doesn't like the idea of S being on a leash. He'd probably get a lot more walking done if we had some though.

Congrats Ksal!

Sorry just rushing on to ask advice. Pops has had temp this afternoon, she went up to 38.1, now 37.2 an hour after calpol. She has a couple of teeth comign thro. Looser than normal poos. She has really red cheeks and they look slightly puffy too, but more near her nose than at the jowly bit which i wouldve expected for teething probs, she's not really had red cheeks v often when teething. Her nose hasnt stopped running apparently. I just got back from work. Does it sound like teething or is it that slapped cheek thing?

Yes pistachio. Dd wanted to be carried when she was little, but once she could walk she wanted to all the time, so quite the opposite of ds at this age.

aubergenie - you could try one of those little life rucksacks on S. They have a strap to hold on to, so they feel like they are grown up with a back pack, but you know that you can use it to control them .

Oh and v irritable and within last 20 mins sluggish. Just gonna give her BF now. Will be back.

Sounds more like teething to me hmm. The rash from slapped cheek comes a bit later usually, and is VERY obviously sc ime (although ds of course managed to get slapped cheek without actually ever getting the red cheeks ).

Q is going through similar at the moment, HMM, sounds like teething.

Sounds like a fab day, aubergenie!

Had sort of a lazy morning and a nice afternoon outside... playdate with cm tomorrow

Was supposed to have a girly day out with my "friend", as she thought it was a great idea 2 weeks ago... but despite me reminding her/checking to see when would be a good day twice she's ignored those texts. Heard from her the other day for a short bit. But no mention of it. Oh well. Why do I want to hang out with someone who doesn't want to hang out with me? Stupid, really.