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

[willsurvivethis]

Hello new thread

More celebration here. I've now lost all the weight I gained with Daniel. Only another 9k to go!

Hi everyone.

My scan was fine although there were comments about baby being small and also not co-operating. I saw other parfents sitting outside waiting 30 mins or so to go back and try again to see if bbies were co-operating but I didnt get offered that option, she said she needed baby to be bigger and I have to go back in 3 weeks, which did throw me a bit and I had a little hormonal cry in the toilets. She was also quite rude about finding out the sex and basically (and I quote) said "does it really matter". Anyway I have anotherscan on 16th November so that they can check everything they need to. Plus I went by myself as S has a parental involvement maths things going on so DH went to that. I have never been told that anything is anything other than completely normal before so although I havent been told anything is wrong it has thrown me abit.

Filly - was lovely to see you on Thurs Mia is adorable and all of your no.3 advice has put me massively at ease about the impending changes. Enjoy Spain.

JKS - that is bloody awful. I hope you manage it all without too much hassle and stress. Oh yes, do tell us whether you might find out the sex and will you share???

Right off to meet my cousin and her daughter for some lunch - they are down from Devon, I usually see them at funerals so will be nice. Thinking of popping to see my gran later as I will be in Paddington and it is easy to get to hers and my mum is already there.

LaT- so glad it is all going well.

Simps - we havent re-attemptedpotty training again yet, but I know I HAVE to do it. DH is off from Tues so might jut have to get on with it.

Well done LaT. Its a good feeling isn't it? I'm target weight now. I have lost 2stone 5lb altogether
Well the move went well and we are settled nicely in our new home. The neighbours are lovey too
Just waiting to hear about getting the boys into the school here.
Had a halloween birthday party for Edward yesterday. Gave people a chance to have a nosey round the new place.
Mixedmamma glad the scan went well. Don't think I could be bothered to be pregnant again now. George is doing so well with his toilet training. We have a toilet upstairs which he seems to have taken a preferance too. I think its because the one in the wet room is quite high Loving the garden. We have bought loads of seed and nuts for the bird table and the boys love watching all the different birds feeding. We have a pretty tame squirrel too which enjoys the nuts

Any ideas on how to put baby down for a nap while looking after a toddler? It's driving me nuts today (not helped by the fact Daniel won't nod off in his bed any more).

If I want him to go to sleep in bed I have to feed him to sleep for a long time alone upstairs(and you can imagine how much S likes that - she shouts upstairs and makes it bearly impossible).

If I put him down in his bouncy chair, he sleeps very little these days.

He does sleep in the puschair but this is not always an option.

Argh

can you make a safe 'nest' on the sofa? I did that with Nathan who never napped in a bed if I was fed up with him lying on me. Just put cushions so that he cannot roll off.

I think I'm just a bit tired. he's having trouble settling in the middle of the night and it all has a knock on effect on everyone. Might give the nest a go.

It's just hit me that he doesn't really sefl settle any more and I feel disappointed about that. It's been (for me) an inevitable thing with a toddler around. I'm not sure how you do it otherwisw.

Hi all

Sorry you are so tired LaT

I second what everyone else has said amd try and make a nest in front room for him....easier than said I know!!!

Well potty training has been abandoned as she was just not getting it tbh despite doing a poo on potty on the first day.

*Lots of accidents etc and no other successes on day 2 or 3. She did not seem to be upset when I said maybe she should go back to pull ups until she was a bit bigger so I think that says it all. Think we will tyr again in Xmas holidays....

We have got a little boat trip booked tomorrow (same boat I booked for J's party) through the childrens centre. Unfortunately I am running very low on M's bread (have to go into town, not easy with both DC at half term) so she may have to make do with crumpets...cue temper tantrum as all other DC have sandwiches

J had loads of homework this week and he has to learn a poem off by heart to recite when he is back after half term.

I would be interested to hear from other mums with older DC (gingeme, Filly and Lilyloo) how much homework is "normal for yr 1.....

simps - wee abandoned PT as well as he got it, but just didnt actually care. Will give it anothe rtry soon. Although I think I might switch to pull ups so we are at least slightly further along the path.

LaT - sorry about the sleep issues. What about the dreaded controlled crying. I have never managed to actually do this properly but could it be worth a go perhaps?

simps - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1040206-Flipping-homework-for-seven-eight-year-olds

This thread seems to cover most of primary school might have some useful information.

Where are we all... has half term taken over a little.

Hi all

Well I logged on to use internet yesterday and nada

Even the phone was not working

Several hours later I twigged my not so lovely kitties have proabably been playing with cables

Well at least I am back online

What is everyones plans for today??

I am getting DC in their costumes around 3ish and am hiding sweets around house then we are going trick or treating with a friend and her Dc at 5/6.

Planning a spooky style bath tonight (for DC not me )in the dark with the bathroom just lit up with pumpkins. They are wildly excited about this!!

MM - cheers for link to the other thread. I guess peoples ideas on homework vary wildly. I have to say I am a fsn of homework but just not too much

fan oops

Hi all, yes half term been busy, got parents here this weekend too.

Plans for today/tonight, well we don't really do much for Halloween really but we have made some decorations & got some orange balloons and T will be i/c giving out chocs to anybody that comes - we don't normally get more that 2 or 3. Made sure we have nice choc so i don't mind if we end up eating it

So, Monday went fine in the end, DH took the day off work and did the GOSH trip, all went fine with H. No chance to discuss the letter as only saw MRI docs. Have to ring in a couple of weeks to speak to consultant's sec re the MRI anyway so will try and cover all questions then, plus check the EEG appt hasn't been made without telling us

Right, catching up:

Filly - hope you all have a lovely time in Spain (and that it's warmer than here!).

LaT - S has done so well with the potty, has she dared to use the toilet yet? T really appreciated the special seat we got, a normal seat with an extra smaller seat that tucks into the lid. Handy for when we have friends round too. We used the potette too, in fact T preferred it to the standard potties, think it allows for bigger bottoms!

Not planning to find out the gender, honestly don't mind and don't want to get deluged with pink stuff if it is a girl! Pretty sure it's a boy though.

Oh and well done on weight loss :) (as i start to pile it all back on again )

Can you get S to start setting up a new game while you go up with D? Then once he's down you come back down and play the game with her? Or nest on sofa is good too, then go into kitchen and do something else to leave him in peace?

Mixedmama - that was so nasty of the sonographer. Firstly it does matter to some people & anyway she shouldn't upset you like that! Have you got a return date? Hopefully it's just a very uncooperative baby (already!) :)

Gingeme - re school, are you travelling back and forth to the old school for now? that must take up most of the day. when will you hear about the local school?
Love hearing how you're all getting on with the house :)

Simpson - bad luck on the potty training. we had a short try with T months before we tried again and he got it. he really didn't care the first time which was the key.
No idea re homework, T gets a few little activities to do and has a week to do them (must remember to do half-term stuff though!).
How was boat trip?
Love the bath idea, might do a candlelit one and take up the pumpkin :)

JKS - I think we've got the same toilet seat, and yes she really likes it. We're still accident free!

I'm glad the appointment didn't throw up any new annoyances.

I just took a bit of money out of my savings and had a luxurious nap time internet shopping for some new clothes It felt really good to do something for myself. I'm now eagerly waiting for them to arrive. I hope they're nice!

Simpson - that sounded lovely! Did they enjoy it?

Can I ask you ladies how feasible you think this is?

We don't know anything for sure but for several reasons it looks like our run of luck with Dad's health is coming to its end. He certainly thinks death is not far away. As you know, they're a long way from where we live. My step-mother is really feeling the strain.

DH has a sabbatical starting in February but we'd have lots more time from around December. Dh has proposed renting a house in Dad's village so we can spend time with him and take the strain off my step-mother.

Those are the reasons for it.

Against it:

We'd have to use credit to afford it, which we never do. We will get money when Dad eventually dies so we could pay it off then.

Disruption to the children and little to do with them in the village.

Disruption to me as I've no friends around there. Some in London an hour and a half away. Not a good time for me not to have support but others need my support.

Disruption to family life.

What would you think of this as an idea? I've put it to them and am waiting for them to get back to me.

My personal opinion is that it is generous and well-meant on DH's part. I would like to do it for my Dad and Step-mother.

On the other hand I think I would find it very difficult and lonely caring for the children with very little to do in the way of getting out of the house and doing stuff, no nursery etc (Sabela is very active).

It's certainly a lovely idea on DH's part, esp given it's not even his Dad.

Can you look into nursery/playgroups there?) support
And i know you've prob said, but where is it? near me?

How is your SM with the DC? would she liek to help with them while you spend time with your Dad? light relief maybe?

I guess if you think it really will be for a short time then i would say do it. You may be back home far sooner than you think. And you managed all that time in Spain too with very little (helpful) support.

Does that help? :)

Well, it turnd out our plan was optimistic. The cancer has spread to his liver and he's very weak. We'r going tomorrow. No one can tell if we're looking at days or weeks, but probably not months.

I'm just going to try and get through the best we can.

Oh LaT :( i hope he's not in pain/has his pain managed as best they can. Always ask for more pain relief at this time, no need to suffer needlessly.

Wishing you all strength x

Thanks JKS

Does he live near me LaT? Can't remember, sure you said it was in this direction.

Happy to meet up for distraction relief if needed :)

He lives in Essex near Colchester.

That would be nice.

Now I've made myself worse by losing my temper with S and smacking her bottom. I hate smacking and it doesn't work anyway. Feel crap.

OOh LaT - I might be able to meet you there too as my dad is a big Ipswich Town footie fan and goes there every other w/end.

I am sure he would be able to drop me off en route but it would have to be a w/end though.

Hope you feel better now

Hi ladies sorry I haven't been here for a while I have been terribly ill with Hand, foot and mouth disease and its been realy terrible. My big boys were here for the half term which helpd loads to keep the lo's entertained if nothing else . Feeling almost 100% again now and ready for the big bash on Saturday
JKS none of the boys are at school yet and no we are not traveling back and forth to their old school. We got a letter on Saturday to say they havn't been accepted to the two schools we applied for because there is no room but they are going to send us a list of all the primary, nursery, pre school and mother and toddler groups in this area so we can send some more applications and hopefuly get them in somewhere soon.
The boys are still loving the garden and I noticed yesterday they have made 'smail world' which is a couple of bricks with a couple of plant pots and leaves and sticks and things by the side of the garage. Didnt actualy spot any snails though
Sorry for no personals but my brain is still a bit squishy as were my gums so I'll be off to facebook land now. xx