June09: First birthdays coming up, we're on the move!

[June2009]

Happy Mother's day Juners ;)

bigcar there was an Everton supporter thread?!??! Where where!??

oh yes here

Great! I didn't think football existed on MN!

Just added my thoughts...

God Bless America

not that you're gloating or anything there

these opportunities don't come around very often!

oh I don't know, the way things are going, this could continue a while!

Here's hoping!

C has been asleep for 2 hours now, and whilst I should have spent the time doing something contructive, I actually spent the lounging round drinking tea and MNing! Got me thinking, what things does your LO do that make you laugh? I know we could all probably list 100 things, so shall we narrow it down to 3? Three quirkly little things...

1. The way he says 'bye'. Its more like 'baay', like he is from Tennesee (sp?!). I almost expect him to say y'all ... "baay y'all"...

1. The way he goes 'oooooooh', whilst breathing in, when someone knocks something over/ the dog parks/ he does something he knows he shouldn't (like throwing something at the dog, or knocking something over!!). Especially cute when he puts his hand over his mouth when he does it :)

1. The way he dances to absolutely everything. He has started putting his hands out in front of him when he dances now, jazz hands stylee .

What about you??

Hey everyone,

I have been trying to pop in occasionally, but just sooo busy MN comes way down on my list as does anything else fun for me :(

AllOverIt - Well done E on the running and talking! Maybe it is a teacher thing then with the talking, N has over 100 words (seriously I have lost count now). Yesterday she was pretending to comb my hair and hid the comb then looked at me and said "where is the comb?"!!

Gauchita - glad to hear you are ok now, are you still bfing? I know when N pushed her molars through and increased her night feeds accordingly that my cycle length changed and became unpredictable again, now back to normal after night feeds reduced again. Was very confusing at the time.

Bigcar - glad to hear DD3's 1:1 is working out and more importantly that they are actually listening to you re: a new placement :)

Snow - Hope you are feeling a bit better now, lack of sleep makes everything more difficult. I am just holding on until half term when I will catch up on my zzz

Hi Whenskies - good idea! N also dances to everything :o

Strawberry - Lizzie sounds just like N especially the spinning thing :o

MrsMc - how are things?

My three things are:

1. The way N says noooo in a high pitched funny accent to almost everything (I blame her cousins for teaching her that one!).
2. The way she makes a monkey sound whenever she sees my pyjamas with monkeys on them, even if it is the middle of the night when I change her nappy!
3. The way she tries to dance on her tippy toes like Upsy Daisy, but ends up pushing herself around by her left foot in a circle in a gallopy horsey style :o

Morning all!

Lovely sunshine up here today Really really cold, though, I'm tempted to turn on the heating

Bigcar, fingers crossed for some sort of tune to appear soon In the meantime, deep breaths and good earplugs! Glad to hear the meeting went well, everything crossed here for 7th December. M discovered the button on the TV the other day and went nuts on it, I think I might have to cover it because whenever she remembers it's there she starts turning it on and off non-stop

Skies, I know nothing about football so I won't try to keep up with you Great idea, btw, on the funny things to mention. I'm trying to think of only three

Strawberry, LOL at the thought of your DH with the banner How's L? Is she feeling better now?

Snow, sorry to hear you had a rough week. As all the rest have said, sleep deprivation makes everything even harder so I hope you're all on the mend and nights have been better (((hug))) Holiday time for you soon!!!

Allsheep, that might be it, now that you mention it. I have no idea where I am in my cycle at the moment. We shall see when the next one comes WOW, I'm impressed at N's oral skills! 100+ words! Well done N!! Mila babbles ALL day, but it could well be Japanese as you can't tell what she's saying at all Although she does say a few words Maybe at this age it's confusing for her to listen all day to one language and then go to school or watch tv and listen to another? Poor brain! Countdown to half-term! How much time left for it?

Alloverit, I read on your FB the DC slept until 7ish I was glad to read that! It must have felt like a lie-in after the last couple of weeks Well done E on the talking front

Scary weekend here. On Saturday evening I dyed my hair and even though I've been doing that since I was 18, I had a bad reaction to the dye and it got nasty

I had some horrible dizziness, nausea, tachycardia and a tight chest for 2.5hs. I was alone with M and didn't know what was happening (hadn't connected it to the dye at first) so I just thought my blood pressure had gone down.

I called DH for him to come home as he was at work, and lied down in our bed with M until he came home. It was awful, horribly scary, I kept thinking if it indeed was an allergic reaction I could pass out and there was no one else with me.

NHS direct said it was most likely a reaction to the dye and couldn't guarantee if I did it again in the future the same, or something worse, wasn't going to happen So I guess my head will be all grey soon. They said there had been quite a few cases registered lately of people getting these reactions even though they had been dying their hair for years. Very odd.

I'm OK now, dizziness was still going on on Sunday but it wore off with the hours, fortunately

Hope you have a lovely day, Juners!

Waves

morning all

skies, you had a day like me yesterday then just couldn't get the motivation to do anything!

allsheep, I was when the ed psych said change of placement, I thought there would be some opposition, just have to hope panel agree now! We're also looking forward to half term, no charging around first thing will be great and dd3 is very tired now, ready for a break.

gauchita, E has also found the tv button but he's not quite strong enough to push it yet thankfully. My older dcs have all gone through that stage and it does drive you slowly nuts E does however love the remote, he grabs it and runs off, very funny. I seem to remember someone saying dcs with more than 1 language talk later but when they do will be fluent in both languages, guess you'll be able to tell us soon. Have her first words been spanish? Thought of you when I was watching spooks last night, one of the characters was asked if he was spanish and he said no argentinian, reminded me of your comment the other day! Hope you're ok now, how scary. Have they changed the formula of the dye, maybe just changing brands would help?

things that make me laugh, good idea skies

1. the way he runs, well still more a little like very fast walking but his little arms are going like a long distance runner! Especially when he's done something he knows he shouldn't have and he has a little chuckle to himself along the way.

1. E also does the ooooooooh and slaps his hands over his mouth if something/one falls.

1. the way he shouts tat and signs cat at any animal that he happens to see, he gets so excited.

waves to all

oh how did I miss this [hblush] halloween smilies are here [hsmile] [hgrin]

sam it's a big change for you, take it easy everything will be fine, it just takes time to adjust to a new situation.
Did you have a panic attack? sil used to get them a couple of years ago, she was prescribed some herbal remedy for it which helped, but maybe you're already taking somehting for your pnd? I could ask her what it was if you like.

skies we're Arsenal supporters in this household :D been to the stadium a few times, the atmosphere is amazing.

gauchita how scary for you this dye business, hope you're ok now. They may have changed some of the ingredients (for cheaper ones?), maybe call the company to check? I'm sure they'd want to know their dye has adverse effects on some people.

C is being brought up bilingual as well, I only talk to her in french and dh in english. She has around 60 words now, (probably 20 french and 40 english). Bilingual children are said to talk later as a general rule, we'll see when C decides to put two words together. She'll say things like "look, spider". She signs a lot as well.

funny things she does (great idea skie):

1. she has a favorite step and if we give her a snack she goes and sits on her step (and says "step" :))
2. when she has finished her snack she puts the bag it came in in the bin :D
3. She puts everything in the bin in fact and then gawps at it and calls it back. "milk" for her bottle or "babies" for her happyland little men. It was a bit of a shock to find them in there the first time!.

She has only just started to CRAWL (even though she has been walking for 4 months now) and it looks so funny as she has not had much practice!

We've been very busy with work and it's been quite stressful, dh's parents divorce is going through high court in november so dh is distant and pre-occupied.
Training is going well, really happy that I can have the time to do it.

bigcar how do you manage to keep everyone entertained during half term? Is dd1 coming back from uni for a break?

snow how is it going now? it's hard when people move. We had a really good routine with two other couples for ages, spending weekends at eachother's houses but one couple moved to the states and the other went travelling, we had a baby, things change and people move on. It was sad at the time and I still miss them. We skype eachother but the time difference is a bitch hard to work around. We have a new routine and other (new) friends, it's all good :)

Have you got a tip on checking how many teeth the lo have?
We managed to see yesterday (holding the baby upside down and making her laugh...) that she has at least one molar through (probably one on each side) and one canine (or two) (at least I think that's what it's called.??)

gotta go for now, speak to you soon!

Hi all!

Sam, I second what June said, you're going through a LOT, and even though you've already made the decisions you had to make and have started getting on with everything, they're hard things to process, so it's normal you feel this way, I think. (((hug))) I hope it gets easier and better for you as the days/weeks go by.

June, LOL at you holding C upside down to see her teeth I can't think of another way, other than sticking your fingers in her mouth to feel them Glad to hear your workout routine is back to normal, it must feel great to have that time for yourself. I think I should contact the hair dye company, yes, at least send them an email. If it were my company, I'd like to know! I'm OK now, all symptoms have gone away like the NHS nurse said, fortunately!

Bigcar, ohhh an Argie in Spooks! I've never watched it, though

Snow, I feel your pain. It's hard when friends move away, especially when they're friends from back home. June's right, skype is great but time difference is a PITA. ((hug))

I forgot to add my 3 things yesterday

1. The way she focuses when she's doing something like putting things together or piling up things. You can see it in her face, she's soooo concentrated
2. The way she dances, love it!
3. How she always finds a way to reach down my top when she's feeling sleepy/cozy Love it but not so much when we're out and about or in front of other people

Waves!!!

bleh I just started a thread in the "behaviour" section.
C bit a child today, and she pulled their hair :( I feel awful both for the other child and for failing as a mother to provide my daughter with a better environment.

Talking with the nursery I think she is picking up on our stress with work and ils divorce coming, especially from dh who cannot ever hide how he feels and has been moping around the house sighing. There is no screaming and shouting btw, just overhanging worry I guess.
I've had a talk with dh but obviously don't want him to feel like he is to blame, that would make it even worse.

Any tips on how to deal with that type of behaviour? The nursery said they pretty much all go through some kind of phase like that and not to worry too much.(of course we're worried!).

june got to dash out to school now and haven't read your thread but yes it is a phase most dcs go through, usually a very short one don't go blaming yourselves.

just a quick post as trying to get some work finished before we go on hols.
strawbs you have sooo much going on, none of it easy. Give yourself a pat on the back for doing so well.
bigcar great news about DD3, when does it go to panel and do you have somewhere in mind for her to go? I love spooks too and thought of gauchita when I watched it on Monday
june poor you! A has had 2 biting incidents at nursery. The staff are v reassuring that it is just an age thing and they will grow out of it. Difficult when they aren't verbal and need a way to express themselves. A gets a strong 'no' and removed from the situation if he does it.
gauchita so glad the hair dye reaction has settled down
I am so impressed with the language of some of our kidlets. A has 5 words.
skies I love your idea about things they do that make us laugh.

1. the way he puts his hands to his head and says 'uh oh' when he drops something (or throws food on the floor from his high chair)
2. The way he loves to play hide and seek and shrieks with laughter when he 'finds' DH or I
3. The wriggle dancing to almost any music, esp 80s!

I have to add that I could almost cry with joy at him reaching for my hand when he is walking, such a lovely thing to do together.

Only one more trip for work in the first week of November. 30 weeks this week and slowing down!

Hi everyone,

Gauchita - the hair dye incident must have been a bit scary, glad you are ok now, it may be best to demand (they do not give in easily as the NHS do not like paying out) patch test from GP as that ingredient could crop up in other products and you won't even know what it is that caused it. Also every exposure can make you more sensitive to the allergen.

Bigcar - N also steals every remote in the house, she thinks they are a phone and will wander around saying "Ehyo, Uncle/Nanny etc ..." :)

June - When N's molars were coming through I used to hold her on my lap on her back then tickle her to make her laugh and arch her back - a perfect view! Don't worry about the biting and pulling hair, as Bigcar said it really is a phase.

Strawberry - It is really stressful being in limbo, having been their myself. You are coping with a lot, be gentle on yourself. It is ok to sometimes feel like you can't cope. When you feel like this give yourself some comfort time if you can, for me curling up with a book and disappearing into another world for a while works wonders. You can and will get through this and be stronger and happier for it.

Snow - Only one more trip, you must be relieved. So sweet that A reaches for your hand :) N refuses to hold my hand, she is so independent and wants to do it all on her own! Likes being on the reins however, as it means that she can run up and down hills without falling over.

[hsmile]'s to you all

Thanks for your kind words in regards to biting.
I think I went into overdrive yesterday (major PFB syndrome). .
I've been getting slightly annoyed with dh's behaviour (not his fault he is stressed!) and automatically jumped to conclusion that the baby must have felt that way too.
We'll see how this morning/next week at nursery goes.

Do you think it means I should wax my arms if C is brushing my hair with a toothbrush?

morning all

strawberry, sorry to hear your finding it all a bit tough, it's a lot to deal with and you have big changes coming up, any of us would be the same I'm sure ((((hugs)))) As allsheep said, you will get through this and come out the other side and in the meantime we're all here for when you want to offload or just chat Bet L will love being with her gps and of course you'll have onsite babysitters

june, dd1 will be back tomorrow until wednesday I think, after me spending ages telling her she wouldn't get half term at uni they have a reading week instead! She seems to have settled there pretty well so all good so far. Half term tends to be pretty relaxed as we're all in need of a break, this first bit of term from september always seems to be the most heavy going so no big plans. The older dcs are good at amusing themselves, dd3 and E just like having the older ones around so there's always something going on they can join in with. And of course if it gets any colder we won't be going far! Glad you're happier about C biting, mine have all either bitten or been bitten along the way, it really isn't a big deal, although does make you panic when it happens at C with her toothbrush, E brushes dhs 'hair' even though he is mostly bald and what is left is only a couple of mm long!

snow, we have a school in mind for dd3, have already put in a request for her papers to go there but have to wait for permission on the 7th december [fingers crossed] E only has a handful of words and signs too but he generally just points a lot for what he wants, he's more interested in charging around at the moment. Isn't it lovely when they reach for your hand, like when they put their arms up for a cuddle awww! Glad works slowing down a little for you, hopefully you'll get some time with dh then before you lovely new lo arrives.

allsheep, yesssss, E also does the pretend it's a phone thing! He'll say hello to the remote but give him the phone and he goes quiet don't think he can figure out where the sound is coming from.

gauchita hope all's well with you

MrsMcJnr, how're you doing

venetian,

it's really cold here today, finally put my heating on at the weekend but I don't normally need it on apart from morning and evening but am thinking about putting it on for a bit now. Aha, must drink more tea too any excuse!

E has another hearing test on tuesday next week, at least it's going to be at the local hospital this time, so much easier

waves to all [hsmile]

Hi everyone

Feeling pretty crap today :( Caelan hasn't eaten for two days now, hardly a thing. He got sent home from nursery on Tuesday after being sick (and he is never sick, in fact, I think this is the first time). He has ulcers all over his tongue :( I panicked and thought it was primary exposure to the coldsore virus. I have a stupid irrational paranoia about coldsores- when DH gets them I don't let him near C. I am paranoid about getting them in your eyes for some reason, and I dont nestle into DH in the same way, because I worry be will forget and kiss me. Last weekend though, we went to my Aunty's for her birthday and a couple of people had coldsores. I took him to the Drs this morning, and she said she doesn't think they are coldsores, because she said they would usually present on the lips, and not in the mouth. But all what I have read on the internet this morning (sigh) like this tells me otherwise. I am so upset. I really wanted to protect him from this. I know it is so stupid, and there are things that are a million times worse, but I just thing this is so preventable. And I am so paranoid about it. It is so petty I know, but I just worry about it getting in your eyes. And I know I won't be able to stop him rubbing his eyes. At least if he was older, I could explain? Sorry for the self absorbed post, I have been reading, and wil catch up later; I just needed to write all this down to rationalise it! Seeing it makes me realise how petty I sound, but its just something that gets to me :( Speak to you all a bit later... we are off round to a friends this afternoon, so hopefully that will take my mind of it, and cheer C up...

skies, we all worry about our los, quite right too, noone else is going to do it for us! Hope C feels better soon.

thought I'd share one of my most common conversations with E over lunch today.

E: tat, tat

me: oooh yes, squirrel
E: tat
me: yes, squirrel
E: tat
me: oooh, where's the squirrel gone
E: tat

E: tat, tat

. . . . . . . . . . . . you can guess the rest of the conversation [sigh]

skies Did the GP give you anything for the ulcers on his tongue? Did she diagnose something else than cold sores or was she not really sure? Can you see another GP for a second opinion?

I do understand your worries and I think you are right to be careful, I get them bastard things sometimes and no one is allowed near me when I do.
Having said that you must stop googling it, you'll worry yourself sick and convince yourself that this is what it is when it could be something else entirely.

(sorry I tried to reply earlier from my phone and everything got deleted before i could send it.)