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January 2008 Shiny New Year Toddlers -Summer's here and our babes show their butts

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willsurvivethis · 05/06/2010 12:57

Hello new thread

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gingeme · 03/10/2010 13:35

Hello all Smile
Alls well here apart from the usual seasonal coughs and colds Hmm
George has taken to sucking his thumb when tired, He has a dummy for bed and nap times but was laying on the bar of the shopping trolley with his thumb in his mouth Hmm I sucked mine till I was about 13 Blush
Hi Lillyloo Smile
Argh Simson. I realy hope you get your little girls tummy sorted soon. Poor love Sad
I had a girly night at my cousins last night. We havn't had one in many years and now her daughter is 19 we had a real giggle and a bit to drink Grin only trouble is they both smoke so I came home stinking!!
Anyway must clean out the fish and run the hoover round.
Take care all xx

madmouse · 03/10/2010 17:26

So - why when I'm on MN several times a day do I never post properly on here anymore??

Let's try a little catch up of life in the Madmouse House.

My dad was over recently with my stepmum and I got really stressed again in advance because he still didn't know about the abuse that happened when I was small or about me having been ill for over a year and a half now.

The morning after he arrived I was texting a friend at silly a clock in a panic that I couldn't go on like this. The next day in the evening I felt calm and told my dad. he was shocked but believed me and was supportive.

It has had its fallout for me emotionally and for some reason it has brought back new memories and some difficult feelings so have been down again, but every time now I get better at asking for help and I bounce back quicker - so still lots of improvement.

I'm mostly enjoying my work. It's hectic but not stressful as the big decisions are not mine!

DH has had to take a break from work due to depression and difficulties with his boss. There is a plan to move forward but that's all being held up again - sigh...church bureaucracy!

Nathan is a little star and doing really well - his speech is progressing, eg yesterday he objected me taking him from his toys and dressing him and when I asked why he was crying he said 'I play my cars'Smile

He's enjoying going to school in the taxi with other kids twice a week and also loves nursery two days a week. They always say how happy he is Grin

A few weeks ago he finally learned ot say 'No' and 'nononononononononooooooooooooooooo'. And how to have mega tantrums at physio that make him so stiff that he can't even crawl anymore!! Still good whenever he does some proper 2 year old stuff!!!

Hope you're all ok - I'm reading up regularly xx

latrucha · 04/10/2010 09:40

Have those of you with slightly older boys seen this. Looks great to me!

fillybuster · 04/10/2010 12:53

Thanks LaT - bought a similar (but prob less good quality one) for A last xmas and he's had a lot of fun with it but its falling apart now. Not sure how excited he'd be about a replacement, tho...Hmm

Welcome back Lilyloo :)

Any news on the house Gingeme?

Thanks for the update MM - it sounds as though you are coping phenomenally well, despite the ups and downs. Am so GrinGrin about Nathan's progress....even though it means you are now dealing with the terrible twos!!! All good stuff :) :)

gingeme · 04/10/2010 15:06

MM well done you xx I always smile when reading your posts about your beautiful boy Smile
All those little bits LaT that would drive me round the bend Hmm
No news yet filly but I shall ring first thing tomorrow morning to see how things are progressing Smile
I'm just a bit peed off with Georges pre school. He came home wet today and one day last week he came home with poohey pants too Angry I'll have a word on Wedneasday I think.

gingeme · 04/10/2010 15:06

MM well done you xx I always smile when reading your posts about your beautiful boy Smile
All those little bits LaT that would drive me round the bend Hmm
No news yet filly but I shall ring first thing tomorrow morning to see how things are progressing Smile
I'm just a bit peed off with Georges pre school. He came home wet today and one day last week he came home with poohey pants too Angry I'll have a word on Wedneasday I think.

simpson · 04/10/2010 17:46

Fingers X you get news of the house tomorrow gingeme

LaT - J got a castle for his 4th birthday last yr, pity as that one looks fab Grin

All good here although M being very hard work atm Lots of tantrums etc.

We have got a date for her allergy testing in Dec so at least things are moving forward.

latrucha · 04/10/2010 18:30

Oh Simpson - I just cracked and started a thread about DD. I'm finding her really , how shall we say, impossible to enjoy at the moment. She's still her lovely self, but just a lot less lovely right now. Enormous sigh.

fillybuster · 04/10/2010 19:46

LaT - I'll look for your thread but I must say that one of the unexpected upsides of having more than 1 is that they seem to take it in turns being lovely/disgusting less-than-lovely...sometimes the switchover is literally overnight, and so sudden we're completely stunned, but fortunately its rare that they're all horrible at once :) :) :) Remember, its all just phases, and boundary-puahing, and completely and utterly normal :) :) Doesn't mean it isn't bloody hard work sometimes though...Hmm

Simpson - sorry M is being so challenging at the moment...I'm sure you'll find it a lot easier to deal with if you're not worrying about her health and poos all the time, so fingers crossed for you :)

JustKeepSwimming · 04/10/2010 20:03

Lily - hi and still :( about your dog.

Madmouse - :) such good news about N.

Gingeme - really really hope you hear about the house tomorrow. Was thinking of you & your boys as we went in the (muddy & wet) garden after tea tonight just to give the boys some fresh air. That'll be you soon :)

LaT - i'm a bit of a sod when it comes to this stuff, would say to her 'fine, if you don't want to play X, do X, etc. we'll do nothing' and follow it through. And if she was being miserable then i would say, 'right not staying in this room with you being miserable, i'm leaving, you stay here and i'll give you X mins. then i'll come back and we can try again' or something along those lines. She's a bright girl she'll figure out what's best for her. got to be a bit tough first though :)

latrucha · 04/10/2010 20:10

I'm halfway there JKS. I do the same as you, but shouting. I'll try it without the shouting.

JustKeepSwimming · 04/10/2010 20:12

Oh LaT - i know how you feel, i managed a day without shouting today and feel very proud & Blush at the same time.

esp as T really remembers what got me cross and what i said and did....oops

latrucha · 04/10/2010 20:17

I had a mental star chart for a while where I got an imaginary star for a day without shouting. It did make me feel good. I might start it again. Grin

JustKeepSwimming · 04/10/2010 20:19

Good Plan Grin

T has suggested similar for DH, he gets a star for making pancakes :)

latrucha · 04/10/2010 20:43
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simpson · 04/10/2010 20:53

Well I managed to not shout today too

Its just sooo hard when M refuses to leave house because she can't put her shoes on herself but won't let me help Hmm

She trapped her finger in the backdoor earlier (to the garden gingeme which both Dcs love)

Cue lots of tears (understandibly) and her wanting to show me her "hurt" etc....

Later on her had a total meltdown because she could not find her "hurt" on her finger (which had faded

It was most embarrassing at the hosp on thursday as she had to be examined naked and she would not let me put her clothes back on...lots of screaming on floor, me putting vest on her taking it back off "don't wanna" etc...

latrucha · 04/10/2010 21:17

Oh, I shouted today. O yes.

Ppthrp at crying because her finger no longer hurt.

Sabela is still showing people her poorly arm from when it was scalded, much to their bafflement as there is nothing there.

I have to keep reminding myself how good she actually is. For eg, she never deliberately wakes Danny, she never hurts him, she never minds when I'm giving him milk etc...

latrucha · 04/10/2010 21:18

She is now screamign in her cot an hour and a half after being put in bed. I think she wants to say sorry. Grin

simpson · 04/10/2010 21:25

LOL at wanting to say sorry Grin

M got put to bed in disgace last night as she bit J on the back of his neck and actually drew blood, so she went straight to bed with no story etc...(it was 6.30pm)

This morning when I got her up the first thing she said was "mummy I did not get my story last night, you were cross" Blush

latrucha · 04/10/2010 21:31

There was a moment today when we were looking at each other and she was sure I was going to shout and I really didn't want to so I said, 'I loveyou' instead. You could have knocked her down with a feather.

You've just reminded me of a friend when she was having the same trouble with her DD at this age. She had bought her a Thomas book to reward some better behaviour . When she gave her daughte r the book, she asked her why mummy was giving her a book. Mummy said, 'because you've been a good girl'. Cue daugheter saying, 'No I haven't. I've done x and y and z and a and b and c' Grin

latrucha · 04/10/2010 21:36

Oh, and I let her wear the sumer shoes someone gave us yesterday (yeah, right, thanks for that). She was excited about them because they were pink and had butterflies and I don't buy her much stuff like that. What the heck. I told her she would get dirty toes on her tights, which she did, and sang 'dirty toes, dirty toes' all the way home

simpson · 04/10/2010 22:15

LOL reminds me of a convasation I had with M today.

M said "mummy I've been a good girl today"

I said to her " well have you done any whinging today??"

M: "ummmm yes"

me: "have you screamed??"

M: "ummm yes"

me: "have you whined??"

M: "umm yes"

me: "Have you been a good girl today?"

M: "Actually (her new fav word) I think I've been a bit bad"

An understatement I think Grin Grin

What is it about with pink shoes with butterflies on?? M also got given a pair and would go to bed in them if I let her Hmm

gingeme · 05/10/2010 13:08

Pink shoes? None of them in this house lol.
Must be something in the water. Took George to playgroup today and he hit two little girls on the head with a metal train Angry Everyone was so suprised and said how good he usualy is etc plus we were walking up the road with the girls just minutes before to go to the playgroup Hmm
We are going to view the house tomorrow morning at 10am Grin . Just hope we like it though I don't see any reason why we shouldn't unless the rooms are tiny! So excited. DH picked some bubble wrap from a freecycler last night and his friend whoe recently moved is giving us all his boxes to use. I'm already packing lol Smile

fillybuster · 05/10/2010 13:28

So excited for you Gingeme!! You have to report back here straight after :) :) :)

Am loving the conversations, LaT and Simpson...feels soooooo much like the ones I have with Tamara. She totally cracks me up in between the tantrums....although I really didn't appreciate the massive humumgous ginormous screaming fit she had at 12.30am because she couldn't find her elephant. Woke me, woke ds, amazingly didn't wake dh or Mia....bloody elephant was in bed right next to her and by the time I had woken up and gone running in she had already found it and was settling back to sleep....AngryAngryHmm

fillybuster · 05/10/2010 13:29

This elephant, by the way, is about 1 and half feet long and 6 inches wide...it is not easy to misplace....