Jan 2010: Weaning, sleeping crawling too...at least we've moved on from discussing poo

[CantThinkofFunnyName]

Roll up roll up - let's get chatting...

Oh CTFN :( sounds like you are having a rotten time. Jet lag is a pain in the bum. H is still suffering & grouchy & he has been back almost a week now.
Noop is very much a mummies girl ATM. She screams when daddy has her, I think because I mostly hand her over to get her to sleep (DH's chest has magical properties)
We had (I say we, I mean I had) trouble getting her to sleep after our holiday, mostly because she had got used to being cuddled to sleep as the caravan had no cot & she was sleeping on a normal bed hemmed in with couch cushions. Last night was the first time I've managed to put her down awake with minimal crying. I'm sure it will just take a bit of time. (sorry) Maybe next holiday you could send me to Florida & you can have a week in Scarborough to see if that is any better

Me & DH seem to have the "you don't have a job & therefore contribute nothing to the household" fight fairly often. He is a nob. But I still love him & it doesn't bother me enough to make me look for work. Besides I'd like to know how the three kids would cope with both us working especially as he does long hours, and the summer holidays are upon us. Good luck (or not) with the third interview.

We are on day three of Noop not eating. She will have breakfast after a bit of refusal, but hardly eats anything else all day. She's clingy & red cheeked today so I guess it's teeth bothering her.

Hope everyone else is doing ok.
I have two friends pregnant, but am sworn to secrecy about both, so I know about them, but they don't know about each other. This is going to be fun! I will NOT get broody. Oh no.

Hello! Not posted here for ages, pleased to see the thread is still going!

So sorry to hear of your loss mama :( All the best with the move.

DD cheeky at bedtimes too at the moment, working on several strategies when should probably be consistent and stick to one! Tantrums too, she is much harder work than DS was as a toddler, no idea how to handle it!

Congrats Fraoch, wow 40 mins, I'm in awe!

We had a lovely week at the beach at the start of the school hols, but been struggling a bit recently to find good and cheap things to do. DS just turned 5 and had a fun bday party, but despite tons of new toys I keep hearing the words 'I'm bored mummy'.

Take care everyone x

Maygirl Don't you hate it when they are surrounded by toys & still complain they are bored.
TBH I'm still loving the trampoline for sending the (older) kids out on. Was my best buy ever... provided it's not raining of course.
It's DS2's birthday today. He is 6. We are just waiting for him to finish his tuna pasta (Favourite meal!) and then it's time for birthday cake :)

Noop has started to call me Mum - Hurrah! It's about time. She's still short on words, but does what sounds like words, like "Get down" "some more". She's also started nodding yes.... it takes her whole body to do it, including bending her knees. LOL

Hope all is well with everyone else :)

Hi all.

I've not been on here for ages but whilst I was searching for Christmas gift inspiration I thought i'd stop by.

mama and quick - I can only reiterate what others have said. I'm so sorry for both of your losses x x

fraochsmum - i'm glad all is well with Aimee. I see on your FB that she's rolling already. Have fun with that

ctofn - good luck with your interview. By the way, if the kids don't appreciate your chocolate deserts then I will!!

Sorry to everyone else that i've missed. I hope you're all well xx

All gone quiet again. Is everyone ok?

All going well in the bobbins household :)
Dd1 will start comp next week :( it's such a huge milestone.

Jacob is still a little teenie man all his friends at nursery tower above him he is a little chatterbox, he also has many strange fears especially wellies lol

I joined slimming world 18 weeks ago and managed to loose 2 stone so really pleased would really like to loose another 2 but not sure.

Great weight loss Ali! Were you doing Extra Easy or red/green plan? I gave up going to group, got stuck and didn't feel the leader was very supportive. Want to lose a bit more though, keep thinking if lose a pound a week till xmas would be back where I want to be. Good luck for DD1 at her new school.

DS would love a trampoline Sockmonkey, do you let Noop on it at all? I know DD would want to join in if we had one, she already thinks my bed is a trampoline! She follows DS around copying everything he does and says.

Our main development this summer is that DD is totally out of nappies!! She looks super cute in her teeny tiny undies! She has also at last got some molars! Still only 2 bottom teeth though! Gummy!

Has anyone moved little one into a bed yet? Waited till 2.6 with DS but he wasn't a climber!

Have good weekends all xx

Ali that is amazing! well done on weight loss. It must be very strange having one in nappies and one at high school! Although in my family, with there being so many of us there is 15 years between my oldest brother & my younger brother. DB1 still remembers how embarrased he was every time he had to tell his mates his mum was having another baby. Think he wanted to be an only child, but with 3 boys & 4 girls in the family, he didn't get his wish! LOL
Jacob scared of wellies though... what brought that on I wonder?

Maygirl - Noop goes on the trampoline but very occasionally, and only if I'm on too. She does love it, but she really is too small & the boys would bounce her too high if I wasn't there to keep them calm.
I can't believe you have her out of nappies! Noop has only once told me she's done a poo, and wetness doesn't bother her at all. Didn't train either of mine till they turned three.

may Ive mainly done extra easy. Can't believe you have your dd potty trained Jacob would sit in a wet nappy all day.

sock so far all dd's friends love jacob and coo over him but I supose thats girls for you lol

Wee wee was one of her first words! She never told me she was wet when wearing a nappy, but could tell me in advance a wee on way if was having nappy free time! She's out of nappies, but not sleeping through, so I'm not having all the luck!

Think I might give red days ago Ali, to break out of a recent carb fest! Extra easy is so good for family meals though. I wasn't losing much at class and got put on success express before I caved and stopped going.

Hello all.

Ali am seriously jealous of your weight loss - been following you on FB. I have piled on 1-1/2 stone in about 8 weeks!!! I have a number to call for Slimming World this week. I've yo-yo-ed quite a bit and need something to really get into.

I must book an appointment with my GP this week as I really have had an incredible weight gain, plus swollen hands/feet in a short time space and I KNOW I really have been awful with eating - chocolate fest etc - but crikey - I'm at the weight I was full term with DD2!!! My hormones are raging and have been for months. I also seem to be having full blown proper heavy periods every 14 days!!
I don't know if there is anything they can do at all but feel I must get it checked.

Olivia has suddenly become a live wire too. She is into EVERYTHING. Everyone comments to me that she is on the go all the time and isn't she hard work etc (eeek). She has started saying a few more words "baby", "bounce" (for the trampoline which is her latest thing and she luuurrves), "up", "stay" (for the dog), "down", "where", "what's that" and "NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOO" used frequently with proper kicking and hitting!

Honestly - the other 2 never got away with anything - I was so strict - but think I'm being far too laid back with Olivia. I feel like a first time mum again!

Well kids back to school in 2 days and I need to go to bed really rather than sitting here on the computer.

Hope everyone elses babies are doing well

xx

can't love the vidio of Olivia on the trampoline that is another thing Jacob is scared of lol
Deffo get your thyroid checked dh had alot of those symptoms before he got diagnosed.

Hope you're ok can't.

Olivia sounds like DD. I felt like such a good mum with DS, but DD... often makes me feel like I'm getting it wrong!

How's DD's first week at big school Ali?

hi all, long time no speak,

cant hope you are ok
ali nice to here from you well done on your weight loss
new hi hope your well
hi maygirl and sock
fraoch hope you, mr froach and babies are well

waves to any one else ive forgot (soz)

well erin is a complete little person, talking doing everything you ask of her, shes so fiesty as well which makes her a tad trying at times, fav words at the mo are go away and meany, but said in proper context.

on the other hand little louie is a complete and utter mard arse, i seriously dont know what i am doing wrong. he is 8 mths old and am still feeding him during the night but sleeps from7pm til 4.30 am has a quick feed nappy change and sleeps till 6am so cant really complain.

its just during the day he wont be put down and if i leave the room he goes histerical in like 2 mins until i pick him up. but he also does it if im in the room so i dont know whats wrong with him, hes sooo anxious seems frightened of everything. any tips greatfully received, not used to it so am worrying theres something wrong with him. (i even said i hated him the other day bad mummy emotion but im so frustrated with him)

check back soon x

Sorry you are having a rough time with Louie Super that does sound tiring. I find it so strange that children can vary in personality so much even in the same family. The only thing I could think that might help is keeping him in a sling, so your arms are free & he feels close.

Naomi is still jabbering. She has a few words, but would rather make noises that sound like words rather than real ones. She is very sing song-y.
She's still quite small though. I'm just about getting ready to get her into 12-18m clothes. And she still has no hair! Come on child... get growing your head fuzz

i've added some recent photos

following my last post, louie decided to make everyone think i'm a big fibber, he's been so good the last two days (don't jinx it, don't jinx it). he's up on his hands and knees rocking back and forth and thinks its brill, he's also commando crawling and can use the baby walker to go from room to room, so although we've had a couple of screaming sessions its much improved. am wondering maybe if he was just frustrated, he seems about a month or so behind erin in development so nothing to worry about. please keep all your fingers crossed that it carries on or super will be getting carted off to the funny farm :)

if any one wants to add me on facebook i'm susan jones, manchester and have the picture of erin dressing up as my profile pic

sock she'll soon have a full head of hair and your house will be full of discarded clips and bobbles. hope you're all well

super xx

Super - look at all Erin's lovely curls Jealous!!

Hope the good behaviour continues.

I am actually massively peed off at the moment. H has gone off with his best mate to Germany for the week on a tour to look at castles. I did say I didn't want him to go, but he said his mate had already booked plane tickets... spoke to his mate's girlfriend today & she was told my H had booked the tickets cos she didn't want her DP going either.
I was already cross with being left alone with my 3 plus his oldest son from his first marriage (who has been kicked out by his mum) while he went off, now I find out I've been lied to I am fuming. He is a married family man, he shouldn't be going off on lad's holidays like he's 18. He wouldn't tell me how much it's cost him either, when I have had to sell my jewellery this week to pay for food for us all cos DSS pays nothing towards his keep, and is either eating or playing on the computer. GRRRR

anyway, rant over. Wondering whether i will be a single mum next time I post.

Noop is growing nicely, btw, and now has size 3.5 feet.

OMG sock i would definately be divorced if that was me,

Hope you are ok

Noop sounds really diddy, Just ordering some shoes for erins christening in 2 wks and have got size 5, am thinking now that i should have got 6's.

hope everyone is doing ok

party x

Hello all

I have calmed down now. First thing H did when he got back was send DSS home. He hadn't done any of the things he'd promised (like look for a job, sort college, pay board) and his Mum said she wanted him back.

Are we all getting to the meltdown stage yet? Noop has perfected putting her head in her hands & falling to the ground if she's told no. (usually no more crisps). It's actually quite comical that it's so dramatic.... it's only going to get worse too isn't it?

I have been half invited to go with SIL & my neice to spain in march. just me. no kids. I'm wavering about accepting. Part of me would love it, especially as it would mean DH would actually have to change a nappy, and feed the kids... and get up with them too, do the school run etc. The other part of me thinks I don't want DH to think it's ok for him to go off again on his own little holiday again. And he'd have to take time off work. I don't even have a passport, so it wouldn't really be cheap. I'm thinking No. No, best not.

Hello all .

Just here for a rant really. DS1 (12 years old yr 8) was excluded from school last Wednesday for raiding our drinks cabinet (at 7am), putting some vodka into a water bottle, filling it with lemonade, giving it to another boy on the bus - who then proceeded to make other boys on the bus drink some - and then took it into school! The boy who had DS1 bottle, immediately confessed to having something he shouldn't and said that DS1 had given it to him blah blah blah.

Fast forward to this morning and find out that DS1 has also tried smoking with a couple of his "friends".

Am absolutely horrified. All privileges remove, grounded forever etc etc. But above all else, I am so terribly terribly hurt and upset. I look at Olivia, who is a little madam, but adorable and remember when DS1 was that age. What happened?

I know we all try things as teenagers, make silly mistakes etc- but he's 12!!!! I just don't feel like I know him anymore .

Sockmonkey - PS GO TO SPAIN!!!!! x

Oh CTFN that's a big worry. Hope your DS has learned his lesson. 12 does seem very young for that kind of thing. Do you think his friends egged him on to do it?
Hopefully he's got this out of his system now, and he will be an angel through his teenage years.

Hi all

ctofn - a big oh dear about your DS. What was his explanation for all of his experimenting? Do you think it was a call out for attention? I'm going to sound old before my time now but I think now that kids are just so eager to be grown up that they're willing to try anything. I don't know why they just can't enjoy being young. On the brightside though he could be smoking spliffs and drinking everyday.

ali - well done on your weight loss, you've done so well and look fab for it as well. Jacob looks super cute on your pictures too. How is your other DS? Wasn't he in hospital recently?

maygirl - wow, out of nappies already! Jack has a poo face and will tell me when he's done a poo but that's it really. He has no desire to go into pants and like everyone else has said he would be more than happy to stay in a wet nappy all day.

superparty - good news that Louie is becoming a bit more independent. I remember Jack being particularly clingy and mardy but as soon as he started rocking his walker that was it and he was much happier when he could follow me.

sock - i second CTOFN and think you should go!

Well not a lot is new with us. DS is going through a particularly grumpy phase and even taking him to the park today was a nightmare. He's really into hitting and if I tell him not to hit me then he hits himself. Is that right or should I be worried that he's a bit loony? I'm wanting to try and introduce a naughty step, do you guys do that?

Hopefully I won't kill the thread again.....

Hi all, new I introduced the naughty step last week for Olivia as she has taken to telling me in Jim from vicar of dibley style "no no no no no no!"

Tantrum lasted 1 hr 45 minutes them she finally ate her dinner and got over the fact that I had turned the tv off, which prompted the paddy in the first place!

Ds was basically trying to fit in, have the "bad boys" like him and not pick on him and all the usual excuses kids use for doing this kind of stuff.

Right now off to do Sunday type activities

new I'm sure that naughty step will be ok. I'm sure N understands more than she can say. She's pretty good at telling the boys off. Her latest words are get down, get off and Mine!!
We are also working on animal noises.

We were at a Halloween party today. Dressed her up as Daddy. Blue shirt and a drawn on goatee beard & sideburns. Very cute.