June 2008-keeping little hands off mummy's creme eggs

[poppy34]

New thread here

I shall repost this here as I posted on the end of the old thread in a x post stylee...

sybil bichon frises are not hypoallergenic in my experience - an old boyfriend's family had 3 of them, and I used to have streaming eyes and runny nose even after antihistamines. And they are very yappy.

There is much singing here - also Baa Baa and Twinkle, as well as one about a bubba-shy (butterfly)
Everytime we get in the car there is also demands of "sonnns, sonns!" (which has to be the same bloody CD from the early learning centre that she got from the big birthday club last year - tried to get a new one of musicals - cue much yelling of NO NO NO sigh - back to 5 little speckled frogs again)

Current topic of amusement here is hedges. If we go out for a walk in the buggy, Charlotte will give us a running commentary as we pass each house

"hedge".... "no hedge"... "big hedge"... "pretty hedge" (a yellow one FYI!) "no hedge"

enough procrastination - back to reading about brain tumours. great fun.

Ooo essie we ordered our new kitchen yesterday, not being put in until april though.

Thanks poppy.

Just come back from a swim and feeling very virtuous.

Lol at the hedge chat!

Ah, I had loads of stuff to post earlier but had to go and do something else. And now I'm a bit grumpy so probably best not to post anything anyway!!!

Thanks for the new thread Poppy.

Just popping in to find you all, impressed by the hedge chat - the only 2 words Ethan puts together is Bye and Bye!!

thanks for the new thread poppy! Am feeling like a bad mother - the neighbours rang this morning to say she could see that DS1 was standing in the window with the cord for the blinds around his neck. He's been punished as he knows better...

But so much for DH's belief he's a wonderful father - the safety latches for those blind cords have been sitting on the window ledge for about three months since I bought them and asked him to put them up. I know I'm being irrationally furious because I was so scared, but it does sort of highlight all of our problems - he thinks he's wonderful and then provides no emotional support when I'm feeling like I'm not doing a great job. (and no, I can't do it myself because his drill is like a third child to him it's so precious....)

[strokes shiny new thread]

as it is shiny and new, I've no intention of dissing the twunt DH as planned but will instead boast mention that I have a chatterbox (though not as gifted as Luke, Amber) who repeats everything I say. Naturally I am usually required as an interpreter, but the phrase "Mummy do it", "Doggy" and "No, Nugget (our dog's name)" are universally recognisable. Precocious, methinks!

I've currently embarked on the long long long process of jetissoning the dummy, now that the upheaval of me being incapacitated by pregnancy is over. Early days but going well-ish. The beginning of a long list of weaning, since our nanny and my mum will also be leaving in the next couple of months (it'll hurt me way more than the Pocket Dictator!)

Get me- a whole post!!

Twunt - ha ha!!

I love the hedge chat! Luke's new word is mountain - this is from Dora the Explorer - he has also learnt gate and lake from there as they always have the same format. Still waiting for the Spanish! My sister in law's kid learnt to count in spanish aged 3 from Dora but he is weirdly G&T (also could read aloud from a newspaper by then). My talking
boast comment is that Luke can now count in order up to 14! (That is how many stairs we have ). Luke's still not mad on sentences but he has started talking in growling noises (like a monster) for everything!! It's very weird - like he's been possessed like The Exorcist! 'noooo daddy' 'sit down mummy' - oo,er you feel you should do it otherwise his eyes will start gleaming red!!

off to see Puree and the little ones now - laters!

Thanks for the thread Poppy.

Good luck with the driving Amber. I really do need to get myself driving. I am a total wuss about it. I have a licence and was driving locally quite regularly a few years ago. I didn't do motorways and was crap at parking but could deal with the city centre and the ring road. But I haven't driven in a couple of years, and certainly not in the Big Car. I think I need to get my eyes checked first as my prescription is about 7 years old . Most of the time it doesn't bother me that I don't drive, but there are occasions when it is a real pain.

Neenz, usually I'm really careful about what I let them watch. I don't even let the boys say "sexy", v fussy about the girls' clothes etc. So this was so out of character for me but it serves me right that DD1 now likes nothing more than to sing "My Humps" whilst rubbing her bum . She can see how bothered I am about it (bad poker face) and will sing "my lovely lady.....handbag".

God I look like a real drip in this post don't I? I'll think of something cool and tough to post next time.

Puree how is your SPD now you're not pregnant? Does it clear up straightaway or take a while?

Still hardly any talking here, but it's lack of inclination rather than ability. Last week when my Mum came to visit I told him she was bringing the dog and he learnt to say her name (the dog's) straight away and spent the rest of the day shouting it.

I've managed to get Henry to sleep in his moses basket this morning, he is fine at night (thankfully) but was really fussy and didn't want to be put down yesterday afternoon. The one time he did settle down to sleep in his basket J went marching over and started prodding him and shaking the basket until he woke up, with me furiously trying to stop him of course!

I can be a bit of a wuss about driving too, I'm fine normally but I hate trying to navigate on my own, I usually manage to drop the map and get really flustered. Perhaps I should get satnav but it's not really worth it for the few occasions I would use it, plus we borrowed my Mums a while ago and ended up driving round and round in circles, it was rubbish, but that may have been because she got it free.

Abdn - how scary about the blind!

J sings a lot (obviously without words), the a-team theme tune is a favourite which is bizarre as I have no idea where he has heard it!

ktpie - I love how they choose what to say. Fraser's been calling the neighbours both by his name just because he knows it drives her crazy.

I drive an automatic because the DVLA would only give me an automatic license in exchange for my CDN one and I'm not willing to take a test.

I'm calming down about the blind, but it was very scary. I think it really shook me a bit, especially as it was DS1 and I normally give him complete freedom of the house...

Abdn I'm not surprised you're shaken - horrible fright for you.

Rolf am same as you but have got lessons booked with hypnotherapist driving instructor (that does sound wrong) as it's more
my phobia now than my lack of practice that is issue. Have had refresher lessons a few times and it's fine so I know issue is in my head.

Right off to read rest of thread properly while have chance- have had
manic week at work trying to finish pre holiday so at home today and taking advantage of e napping.

Abdn that sounds really scary. I would be so pissed off with dh if I were you.

Amber Luke really does sound as if he might be g&t. He sounds like my best friends daughter who started talking at 5 months and was using 'actually' in her sentences by 2 yrs. Ds1 on the other hand, who is 2 days younger, had terrible speech delay and wasn't universally understandable until he was nearly 5. At nursery, she used to translate what he was saying for the teachers. She is still incredibly bright.

I'm (selfishly) glad I'm not the only wussy driver. I can't parallel park for toffee, alhough my reverse parking is ok. Busy roundabouts are a nightmare though as people just don't do what they should and that scares me. I can drive fine on motorways once I get on, but the joining from the sliproad bit scares the bejeesus out of me.

I should say that whilst I'm a confident driver and love driving, I did damage my car in an expensive way the other week. It was stupidity - I caught it on a gatepost. Grr.

I'm totally not scared of driving - up here... I was a bit suprised by all the nervous driving talk but then I realized that I'd be petrified to drive down south. It's not too busy up here and I mainly drive on routes that have tractors regularly - my biggest worry is meeting someone on a single track road and pulling off to far and getting stuck in the mud. It's bound to happen eventually.

Glad to her everyone else has their driving issues too - I feel like such a loser aged 37 and not driving!

Sybil - Luke isn't G&T (thank God)! He's just good at remembering things. He would be G&T if he started adding things together or recognising letters or numbers written down but he doesn't. His speach does not seem much different from the others at nursery and having just seen Puree's Cecily I think it's about the same (just numbers are really good but his dad is an accountant!!). Nice of you to think so though!

Aberdeen - I bet those safety latches are on now! What a shock you must have had.

I didn't realise that they take the kids to the park at nursery. I thought they had to ask permission but that's only for the bigger trips. I've got so worried that Luke might run off or be taken - is that silly of me? I'm sure they do everything to keep them safe but I still worry. Nobody worried about things like that when I was a kid - are we all health and safety mad now or were we massively lax in those days? i might actually ask this question in chat!

All the singing stories making me
smile- have almost
permanent sort of drone
of one song or another here(dingle dangle scarecrow is popular today).

Ah poor you re blind cord- am paranoid about this and constantly going around checking and tieing them
up. The safety devices have been nicked an ou somehere by edie... Also re fears I am paranoid re our hard kitchen floor so e has to wear slippers or shoes and have to search it for spillages(she can be very liberal with her water cup).

Amber- was it explicit re trips in the nursery trips or only when you enquired? I think it depends where you live but I would think park visits would be ok. Incidents and accidents (apart from the usual bumps and grazes) are pretty unusual. And thinking back I had loads and there was no lasting damage.

Re talking we get a lot but a fair bit of it is repitition songs or animal noises (meow mainly). Also quite good on counting and shapes but that's due to a jape sorter toy with numbers on that nanny gave her so I think it's had more heavy playing with than most.

Meant to post re all the various stories re domestic issues that was sorry to hear it. I know people say that kids change things but I don't think you can userstand how much til it happens.

May go and investigate single child boards- more tests back that are inconclusive and dh thinks not much point doing further doc stuff as Its not cockusive that they can actually pin down what issue is and even if do, chances of doing something sucessful are remote. Have ruled out ivf (going back to relationships gven our history have decided we don't need any more baby related stress- apologies to all those who have been through it as I do admire you but I am not tough enough) and given our respective ages, we can afford to leave having no 2 more than a year or so.

Purée good luck on dummy weaning- when do your mum an nanny go? Also how is SPF?

Am mostly ok about this(therapy helping) but have started to feel real twinges re never having another ESP when see others with newborns(friend just had one, nanny all excited and other people I know expecting). I don't feel as angry and upset as i did about it but do feel sad that may never have a baby again (prob to do with E being very much a toddler now and time dimming memory f newborn time).

Sorry long rambly self centred post
maybe a dose of reality re newborns and pregnancy from ktpie, neenz and purée required?

Poppy - I'm glad you're feeling better about things. I feel very nostalgic about T being my last baby, and I realise that I'm coming from a completely different place. It makes me really cherish my time with her as my little companion at home - it's very precious.

Essie what is your kitchen like?

Biscuits lol at C and hedges! T likes brick walls! How are you getting on with not eating biscuits, by the way? I've had a v good couple of weeks but now not good. I've given up chocolate for Lent but am replacing it with biscuits .

Still not much in the way of chat here although his understanding of what we're saying is very good. I think he just can't be bothered. I really wish he'd hurry up, I feel left out among my local mum friends .

Am humming and ha-ing over a house (well, plans for a house) Out of Edinburgh, but in the centre of a nearby small town. Next to a big country park. It's only about the same size as our current home, so do I want to increase our mortgage for no extra bedroom? Hmmmm. Going to have a drive round tomorrow.

Talking - Iestyn is gathering words at quite a pace here. And I've just come back from drinks with my new next door neighbour who's an expert on language acquisition in children. No, I'm not joking! (She works at the Uni, and I've known of her for a long time, and actually known her a while; she's just bought next door from her best friend and moved in today.) Iestyn learnt to say her name today (no, I didn't spend hours on that...) but it's a v. hard name - Enlli. He can manage the 'll' sound which is great news!
Anyways, I can now have access to answers to any of your questions!

Rolf kitchen is much the same as it was yesterday just full of the new packaged kitchen!

I didn't mean to post then. But I've had a bit to drink so maybe it's a sign, actually...

Have just picked a fight with DH. Not very clever.

Your post made me laugh Essie. I'd be interested to know what your friend thinks is the best way to encourage/teach late talkers to talk!

Essie I am very impressed with your coherent post after alcohol!

Domestic - how are things today?

Poppy, I didn't know there were single child boards! Keep trying Poppy - we were told we have no chance but actually it is around 5-9%. That is not 0% and that's what i am focussing on. Mark has sperm, i have eggs (not many and not great but I still have some and I made an embryo) so it still may happen. Mark and I are going to try to get ourselves in good physical shape and just keep plugging away (literallY!).

I looked at adoption sites the other day and i didn't realise that there was so much red tape. You apparently can't have a child older than your current child or one which is less than 2 years younger. Actually it made me cry looking at the adoption UK website where they have a 'wall' fr a child who has been brought up in a loving home and one for a child ready to be adopted. Fuck talk about hit home. Unless the child is very young it seems there will always be a degree of a problem (unsurprisingly). It's hard to know who puts their child up for adoption these days as the SS try to keep everyone together no matter what the circumstances these days don't they.

I still can't start my car. It has not been used for 5 months and we haven't turned it on. The AA came out to start the car and then we tok it on a 30 min drive but the next day it was dead again. What a waste!

We went to Lakeside this morning - what a great place to let your child run! Go to Habitat at 10am - it's comopletely empty and they can run and run and they have a kids bit with toys - bloody great! He's exhausted himself and been asleep for 2 hours now.

Oh and we bought him a habitat wooden fire engine whch was ex display - it's gorgeous. New was about 30 quid but we got the ex display one for £6.50!

Hello, just checking in on the new thread.

Poppy - so sorry that the news for you isn't so good. Thinking of you though. Hope your holiday is a good break.

Great day here. We went to a woodland that has lots of children play areas. P was so lovely toddling from one thing to another.

Deb you are v quiet at the moment. Do you still have family with you, or is your winter season just busy busy? Did you get any ideas on the swim suit? Sorry I didn't reply at the time: