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

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Hello new thread

WOW Go M!! I'd personally just read with her, don't go too far ahead of her.

LaT - No, no pics I asked if we could get a pic of Hippo and she said no my hippo! lol
Its a purple hippo if that helps anyone

Well 2 kids asleep by 8pm, Pint of shandy to drink and I'm having a lovely evening.

LOL Lucky! tell her the rest of us want to see him!

Simps - wow for M, she prob has seen J being interested in it and she's pretty bright & curious so wants to try stuff for herself, def just let her lead

MrsMc - hi there, did see you pop in!

Watching the end of the Spanish match, looking good for them.

Have my Wimbledon chart up, i'm such a nerd, i even fill in the seeds in a different colour and work out how accurate the seeding process was by seeing how many of them go through..!

Got a pead review for H tomorrow, have to take T with us but he should be fine as there's a playroom there, and then we can stop at KFC on the way home for a family bucket (T had his first one last week and loved it)

Any news from Filly yet ?

Wow at M with tthe reading

Just back from another weekend camping so catching up on washing now , we all very rosy. Hope the weather holds for this weekend. We are going to Ross on Wye , haven't got name of hotel yet. The dc's are excited about going on a train , we only have a steam train near us

morning....

eagerly waiting for filly's news.

Simp - agree with everyone about the reading but how great though I am really trying to get DS1 recognising words etc before school in Sept as he is quite shy I want him to feel confident, but he does enjoy books and practising his letters... trying not to be a pushy mummy.

LaT - so cute. Both boys have taken to constantly telling me they love me at me the moment and they say it in such cute voices.

WST - I did giggle at Nathan saying that on the bus.

Just got back from M's 2yr check.

All the other DCs (mainly girls) were sitting in room all nicely behaved/dressed and then M entered the room

All the other children (most younger than M) were out of nappies

But none of them spoke a word, and M was busy putting red teddy on the naughty step and giving all the other mummies tea & cake

WW3 nearly errupted though when M dropped red teddy and another little boy pounced on it and would not give it back. Ended up having tug of war ted

But the other mum did nothing and I had to say to her could M have her teddy back as it was hers from home and the other mum said could I wait till her boy lost interest as he would not give it back

Any news on Filly??

So what did you do Simpson?
Filly?
How did the appt go JKS ?
Realy suffering here with the hayfever
Did The Race For Life Sunday. It was realy good except it was a bit chilly. Did it with my sis in law as I did last year and we did it about an hour quicker though we weren't realy trying to iyswim? Went to a lovely BBQ in the afternoon which rounded the day off nicely
DS1 is here till Saturday as he has finnished school now and has till September when he starts college to chill out.
Had a shock Sunday evening. Came home quite late from BBQ and put all the boys to bed about 8.30 ish. Edward goes in our bed first as you know. I run myself a bath and settled in it to hear DH go into Edward and say 'OMG what have you done?' Then he came into the bathroom to tell me Edward had painted his toe nails and feet and legs and finger nails and hands and arms with my nail varnish and it was all over our bed . So I got out the bath to see the damage. It was all over Edward but not all over the bed, slight exhageration on DH's part. So I spent about 20 minutes getting as much as it off that I could. Totaly my fault as I usualy put my nail varnish in my wardrobe drawer thingy but just this once I put it in ym bed side table drawer and he likes to empty that out before he goes to sleep........
Ah well.
Off for a bath now. Mooncup week has been particularly heavy this month not that you realy needed to know that

Hey ladies no news from Filly yet? hope it is because she can?t take her eyes off her newborn. Fingers crossed that the contractions were the beginning of things and that she avoided induction.

Lucky ? X had a cow, we lost it and MIL managed to get another one that looked the same but mooed, he has never paid it any attention hope you are still managing to get both girls down at the same time, makes an enormous difference to your own well being I think! You are so active these days with the animals it?s fab, I remember when you were just starting to get involved; they must be so delighted to have your help

JKS ? hello how did the paed review go? How is H getting on?

Simpson ? wow on the reading front, you must have been amazed I?m glad you think that the other mother?s attitude about the teddy was wrong. I feel that I am constantly being judged by friends and strangers on disciplining X (by that I mean counting to 3 and stating that I will put him in the buggy/take him home/take something away if he doesn?t stop what he is doing/do what I am asking) but he is naughty and dangerous with it and much as I hate it and find it so boring, I won?t let him get away with it.

WST ? fab news on the new job by the way

LaT ? as you can imagine, there is rather a lot of enthusiastic support for the football here!

Lilyloo ? hope you have a lovely weekend away

Mixedmama ? that?s so cute about the boys saying they love you, X tells me to ?go away Mummy? at the moment shortly followed by ?sorry Mummy? but still not nice.

Gingeme ? what a nightmare about the nail varnish, bet it was near impossible to get off him. Well done with the moon walk.

I am finding Xavier really hard work at the moment. He does naughty things over and over again, will not listen to me and tantrums a lot. He has a tendency to want to hug other children all the time which is sweet for a while but he will not let go when they ask him too and then they get upset, he then gets frustrated and hits them. He does this all the time to A, overpowers her. He also snatches toys off other children constantly and yet can be so sweet and gentle with them and considerate. I know it is all part of the terrible twos but I am worried that friends will stop meeting us. It is hard fro X, most of the children we know are girls and I do think they just go about things differently. Any advice anyone?

Have put a recent photo (from today!) on my profile for you to see my 2.

Welcome back MrsMc!!

Yes VERY busy on the animal front - may have taken over a little bit lol but I'm LOVING it!
Getting both girls asleep for about 8pm depending on Abigail.

Hitting terrible twos here today...

Me - Put your coins away now please (after asking her 3 times already)
A - NO
Me - Put them away or Hippo goes on the shelf
A - NO

(Put hippo on shelf)

A - AHHH, hippo, hippo, no no no
Me - Put coins away then
A - NO
Me - I'm serious put them away NOW or you go to bed
A - NO
Me - Right bed,
A - AHHHH, NO NO NO, HIPPO!!

I left her upstairs as I was at my wits end and just couldnt cope as while she was screaming and generally being naughty I had abigail screaming downstairs cos I'd had to stop feeding her to sort aaliyah out.

We also get "GET OFF MUMMY" but I get alot of hugs and kisses and love yous so I dont mind the get offs, just wish I could control my child

Lovely news for Filly !! and what a lovely name!
Why didn't I get that update on Fb though I thought we were friends

Ah lovely news for Filly

Lucky - that sounds so like my conversations with X but like you I do get cuddles but my goodness he drives me round the bend!

I wish I could control my kids too Lucky!! never gonna happen

p.s. reported my post as i meant to delete a bit more info than I did so if it disappears, here's a more edited version, sure you all understand, and sorry Filly.

"Filly & her DH are hugely excited to welcome Mia Rae to the world. Arrived this afternoon weighing in at 9 pounds 3 and named in loving memory of DH's father"

Oh and today's review went very well, it was more of a catch-up appt than anything else with the local paediatrican so someone local knows what's going on.

He is happy with everything, and physio was there too and she was very impressed.

Oh and this morning H built a tower of 2 blocks
then did it again

He's coming along all the time.
6 months tomorrow since the op and it's gone so well, the previous few months feel unreal now.

Massive congrats Filly love her name !!

JKS fab news

Congratulations Filly! Hope it all went well.

Congratulations JKS!

I've got to that point where I have absolutely no patience and can't believe I might have to be pregnant for another three weeks. 39 weeks today and upset tummy. Ugh.

Well LaT - not to get your hopes up but you do know that an upset tummy sometimes heralds the start of labour right?
here's hoping for you

Don't forget to get DH to update on FB/here asap, lol!

Ugh I hope so JKS but I have lost any hope that this baby is ever coming out and I'm not even on my due date!

Well LaT the one thing you can be sure about with babies is that they do eventually come out...

Sorry to post and run but packing. we're off camping on the Isle of Wight for a week tomorrow. The weather forecast is fab.

Hoping to really relax as I haven't been too good the last few days and I'm starting my new job the Monday after we come back!! eek.

We're working on the basis of a weeks notice either way and they will keep paying me as long as they can find the money in the hope funding gets properly sorted at some point.

MrsMc and Lily good to see you both again. I seem to see the rest of you on fb these days!

Take care speak soon x

DS didn?t have his afternoon nap (normally 1 ½ to 2 hours) just had a 20 min snooze in the car and he is still kicking about in his room being a pest 1 ½ hours after we put him down, he is too exhausted to sleep. Silly Mummy letting him get that way.

JKS ? great news so pleased to hear how well he is doing.

LaT ? 39 weeks wow! Upset tummy could be good news as JKS said??! Suerte!

WST ? have a wonderful time

WST - have a fab time

MrsMc - i did the opposite, let H sleep too long earlier and he's been banging his cot for ages, think he may have gone off finally, nearly 2 hours later than planned! Must remember to get him up after 2hours max.

Watching crazy tennis match with DH - after i've been good wife and 'cooked' cheese on toast for tea

Managed to watch the footie earlier, H actually likes the football on tv, T used to when he was younger.

Anyone else getting busy at the mo? is it the end of term? feel like i've got appts coming out my ears (literally!), mostly H stuff to be fair but stuff for T's pre-sch and stuff for me too, getting my dodgy ear checked out tomorrow.

Got visitors this weekend, plus a Christening, then got dreaded trip to PIL coming up next weekend - to see BIL, SIL + 3DC back from Oz/combined with my orchestra concert in the middle , fun.

Have a lovely holiday WST ,camping with the sunshine , bliss !

All excited just seen the hotel we will be staying at this weekend , just not to sure about M in the posh restaraunt though

estoy aqui!

hello all, just popping on to say congrats to Filly.... lovely news. Good luck LaT if I don't get on again, I've got everything crossed for your VBAC!

could you maybe think about putting X in a guarderia couple of mornings MrsMc?

I've hopefully got A into a pre-school couple of mornings a week from Sept, he plays quite nicely with the other kids at the childminder but our local council is closing the community centre and we've lost all the toddler groups! So I think it will be good for him.

happy holidays WST! we're off camping in Northern Europe for 3 weeks when schools break up (gulp!). I've been saving up my hols but by goodness I'm feeling knackered for it!

You have almost persuaded me but I have too much shame to get a cleaner ... we live in such a little terraced house that should theoretically only take a couple of hours to clean from top to bottom!

Ange - when someone quoted the price further down I thought why not? However, since we currently are saving and live in a council flat I think it might be a really bad idea... although my friend who doesnt work and lives in a one bedroom council flat that is tiny has in the past had a cleaner

Our house is tiny! I'm past caring....

Lily - hope you all have a fab time, and M doesn't trash the place, lol!

Ange - H should be starting at a Montessori place in Sept, if we can sort it all out, I am visiting it next Monday. He should get funding for some sessions as he's SN and he should qualify for a one-to-one person, and we should be able to specify our nanny as that person. If all goes to plan that should work for him. Lots of ifs in there though!

Then the statement process starts in Sept, so he can go to the SN school, possibly as early as Feb half-term.

Went to visit that school today, was lovely
Sure he will absolutely love it there, and the head was fab. Very keen to tell parents if it's the wrong place, ie if the kids have developed out of needing the SN support.

Also, am in the process of setting up a sensory corner for H, pic on profile of where i've reached, any ideas to add to it? I definitely want something hanging down from the ceiling (how?) and maybe some LED lights or something.