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

[willsurvivethis]

Hello new thread

LaT - i'm doing it with the local council, called Mum2Mum. They used to run a 12 x 2hr course but have changed it for this course to 9 x 3hrs & it's accredited which means we get 2 credits - have no idea what one does with 2 credits though! - and there is a lot of paperwork to fill out to keep the powers that be happy.

How do you find the other mums doing it? Some of the others i find quite 'perfect 1st timers' and everything is black & white to them, nothing has ever gone wrong ,e tc.

I think your course is higher powered than mine as i won't be a counsellor i don't think, i'll be a 'peer supporter'.

I'm a 'helper' right now, which means I wear a bdage and have done 12 x 3 hours I think of completed course.

The supporter training takes a couple of years, generally although you can choose to do it faster. I'm not sure how, as the tutor has to come from REading to teach us.

I'm pretty lucky with my group as it's pretty diverse. There's some younger mums, mums with four kids, mums who've had lots of problems. I do feel that some of our originators are a bit like that though (black and white) and I find some of the rules about who can train questionable at least. For example, if you haven't exclusively breastfed for a certain period of time (I can't remember what - maybe three months?) you can't do the supporter training. I know some people find other BfN groups a bit too gung ho, as if 'Just feed them more' is the only answer. It shouldn't be like that and I don't know that it IS really but they give that impression, which is damaging.

Just had to share an M ism from todays potty training...

M's playgroup worker said "M you get a funny feeling in your tummy and it means you need a wee/poo"

M said back "No it means I need chocolate"

Oh Simps that made my day

So sorry Filly. I have often thought that shiva must be a chance to spend some time closely as a family that you often just don't get?

really sorry you are having the hassles with the hospital mixedmama.

welcome back laT and at M simps.

DH is taking train-mad DS to the NRM at York - on the train - on Thurs!

we've booked a camping trip to the lakes at easter so hope it's warmed up by then.

We booked trip to Italy today

Am going on 14th April till the 19th. Hope the weather is nice and M behavs herself for my mum

Good news is the potty training is on day 4 and the only accident we had today was when M got caught short on the motorway coming back from my mum's so we could not stop.

Other than that all wees have been in potty and even a teeny tiny poo this eve

just want to have a little boast if I may

Potty training going really well and I am sooo proud of M espcially with her problems with poo/diet etc

No accidents today and she even came to me in the middle of a sing song (at surestart class) to say she needed a wee

She's a star Simpson :)

Simps - she is a star, well done M :):)

T has come out of pull-ups at night, yey. Think he may have been ready a few weeks back but we had our weekend away and i didn't want to risk it, so waited a bit longer. Anyway, so far 3 nights out of pull-ups = 3 dry nights

All else ok here, baby has turned :) allegedly head down but i will still have a late scan to confirm after H's shenanigans. bump feels huge and i'm definitely waddling, lol.
32+2 so getting stuff ready, emergency bag + second bag for DH to bring into hosp if needed (hope not) and stuff down from loft, we have a lot of baby crap stuff am actually planning to get rid of some of it this time, if i haven't used various handmedowns for 2 kids i don't think i ever will. (ie bags of bootees & scratch mitts)

woo hoo on th baby turning JKS and congrats to T

Well as with everything, nothing is easy with M

So today as been full of temper tantrums as she wanted to spend all day sitting on her potty trying to squeeze out of few drops so she could have some chocolate

So now she seems to have got the hang of things the chocolate has been dropped, cue massive tantrum and some time on the naughty step (M obviously, not me!!)

Is it time for yet??

I dunno, I'd put you on the naughty step if you stopped giving me chocolate

heehee

Although you really would not want M's "special" chocolate, its truely boaksome. Although I guess she doesn't know any different

Good news on baby turning JKS. How exciting: 32 weeks!

Simspon - My motto of parenting a three year old so far: give them an inch and they take a mile. Well done on pottysuccess all the same. S was similar about stickers. In the end, she'd got the potty idea so I gave her the pack and let her plaster them over her reward chart.

S is being a minx at the same time as lovely. She is OBSSESSED with me (which makes me a bit worried and is a bit irksome), won't let Papa do anything with her, but also pushing every boundary going. It's exhausting just holding the line. She's also waking in the night, which for various reasons DH is dealing with. He's being great and very reassuring to her. As he was doing so tonight, she said, 'I want mummy best.' Grrr. If she's trying to get in my good books, that's not the way to do it!

Good morning ladies.
JKS yey on the baby turning. I am inspired by the night time success so have got a waterproof mattress cover and will start George as soon as it comes
Lol at M Simpson. I often get a feeling in my tummy that I need chocolate
Hi to everyone else.
My big boya are on there way up today. Not really supposed to be having them this holiday but they literaly begged on the phone to come up . Nice to know I'm loved, more likely because they get away with alot more than they do at home
Well better be off and get the washing out of the machine.
Take care all xx

Hello ladies, sorry it´s been a while, hope you are all well? Anyone finding their 3 yr old very cheeky? Xavier won´t do a thing I say, very frustrating!

Congrats JKS!!!

New thread title urgently required. How about something along the lines of
"January 08 babies have all turned 3, growing up and getting cheeky"
??
Perhaps someone can do a better job on the rhyme/scansion there....not really my strong point!

Have put house on the market...think we've finally found something in the near-ish area we can afford that's a bit bigger. I'm feeling rather emotional as I totally love my house and the area (which we totally can't afford to stay in), and my neighbours, and we've been really happy here.

Eek.

Oh, and half term with 3 kids is sooooo not the time to be attempting to show a house

Congrats on the baby turning JKS

Great news on the potty training Simpson :)

Enjoy the boys visit, Gingeme :)

Hi all

My mum is having J tonight (she is picking him up at 5) and taking him to the cinema tomorrow.

Pity she can't have M too as she is the one driving me up the wall

Not much to report here, but I will be pleased when half term is over!!!

Enjoy Simpson. Told you three was worse than two, didn't I? Sabela today, after being pretty good most of the time, told her Papa on the phone, 'When you come home, I'm going to shout and be naughty' and she was. Sigh.

Did anyone see that thread that was highlighted recently about cooking - something about becoming a mastercahf? I meant to read it and now I can't find it. Anyone know where to look?

Hi MrsMc a bit cheeky, and generally wanting own way all the time. We just offer sanctions all the time and stand our ground. Also has meltdown at least once a day. 3 deffo proving worse than 2 :)

Filly ? really sorry to hear about your Grandma, I know you were close. Good luck with the house sale and move, hope you find something you love even more than your current house.
Simpson ? I often feel like that, I don´t see enough of X and miss him and get full on A all the time. This afternoon my Mum is taking her for a few hours though so that I can spend some quality time with X. Much needed and I´m looking forward to it. We are off to buy the components for his Penguin costume for nursery next week. They have a fancy dress parade through the village for Carnival, should be sweet!
LaT ? X keeps showing me things and saying ?you´ll never see this again Mummy? it´s terrible because that is what I say to him when he throws toys about and won´t put them away and I tell him I´ll give them to someone more deserving! He shouts ?Mio? all the time too, sounds so much more forceful in Spanish!
Angechica ? sounds like life here. I really should come on here more often it makes me feel so much better that it isn´t just my child who behaves like this!

MrsMc - Sabela's favourite is 'It's mines!' or 'That's my this one!' Penguin sounds cute. Why a penguin?

Sabela's been a big, yellow, roaring, whiskery lion all day today after her world book day costume arroved. She's being the lion from 'The Lion in the Meadow'. We love the story and read it every night at the moment.

And I third wanting to spend time alone with the older one. We accounted for spending time alone with the younger one, but I love it if I get aq couple of hours just with S.

Agree with the spending time with the older sibling. DS1 loves Tuesday and Friday when we get to walk to school together just the two of us. Now I need to find time to have alone time with S and alone time with E, I imagine the baby prob wont need that much time for the moment, but I wonder how the other two will react to all the holding, feeding etc that needs to be done. S will be moving into the spare room at some pooint though so I guess his night time story etc willbe "our" time IYSWIM. E got some walkie talkies for his bday though and has said him and S will be talking to each other.

I am 39 weeks on Monday - cannot believe it. I have made plans for Friday night and on Sunday the boys have a bday party to go to, am hoping that ignoring the due date and getting on with things will mean a) LO might make an appearance and b) that he definitely wont stick in there for an extra 11 days like E did.

MixedMama I had no idea you were so close already!

Hope it all goes really well xx