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hi greedy- NOOOOOO I can't be on MN! The plan is to be busy studying and writing essays for my antenatal training! Anyway- yes DD has been to 2 build-a-bear partys and has amassed 4 build a bears and a myriad of bearific clothes and accessories . I didn't actually witness any part of the party but from reports they are very good- if you are into bears! Quite pricey- so I would limit to a few friends. I have just booked the panto for DDs birthday and will be taking 5 of her friends- He's behind youuuu!!!!!!!!!

Right- off to collect Dex in a minute- fingers crossed he hasnt screamed the whole time...

Hope Dex was OK Honey!!?? I bet he loved it . Am very impressed with the door varnishing in your free time - Wish I could be as productive!

Really sorry rainbow - you really are having a bad time aren't you. You went to see teh GP last time didn't you? Have they said anything?

Stick with it if you can iamamummy, its still early days, maybe try not to many decisions just yet and take each day at a time. Really hope it gets easier for you and Herbie - how is he apart from the feeding?

All fine here - another crap night from theo though, he's woken regularly between abour 1am and 6am for over a week now. I bought the 'no-cry sleep solution' today and avhe been reading avidly! so, lets see what tonight brings in the sleepy chooster family. In fact I'm off to bed now I think in preperation!

hi chooster-

Dex was fine (apparently!)... mind you he is now screaming and NOT going to sleep. I am trying to ignore it- and I WILL NOT GIVE IN! HAve got in a bad situation with him in my bed and have decided that we need to get back to better habits. So this is 2nd night of him crying and shouting 'OUT!!!!' and 'MUMMY'S BEDDDDD!!!!' Not nice to listen to . I keep going in every few minutes and trying to calm him...

better go up now!

honey, you know its for the best, but it is so much worse when they can talk and make you feel guilty isn't it. but you know it should only last for a few days and then he will be used to being in his own room again.

panto was the other option for kikis party too. just i know that 2 of her friends are a right handful and i am not sure if i could cope with them and the others. cant decide what to do!!! if she wasnt friends with those 2 there would be no problem...............maybe i can get her to have a big fallout with them before her birthday and solve my problems!

WELL........I have just spent a huge amount of money booking an overnight trip to Lapland to visit Santa! I can't quite believe I have done it, but i have!!!! It looks AMAZING and i am so excited! Just hope little Marcy can cope with the cold!

Lapland will be fab Greedy! . Lucky kids, am sure Marcy will be fine, she'll look cute as anything all bundled up!

So what happened with Dex in the end - he's still in a cot I guess?? My darling little Ds2 went to bed fine, as long as I stayed in his room while he nodded off (not in his bed though ), but then he woke at 10.30pm and I settled him, then woke at 12.30 and was still awake until 2.45. I confess to bringing him in with me in the end as DH wasn't there . I swore I wouldn't cave in last night but I was so tired!! Does Dex wake in the night wanting in with you too? Oh, I wish theo was still in a cot...

When I said "not in his bed", HE was obviously in his bed, but I wasn't, which is a step forward...

oh dear chooster! its so hard when you are so so tired isn't it. sometimes if marcy wakes up she is awake for hours, which is something the other two never did. and then i try EVERYTHING, i give her a drink and then hope she will go back to sleep and if that doesnt work i try and cuddle her to sleep and then if that doesnt work i leave her to cry by which time she has been awake for ages and sometimes i then bring her in with us, but that often doesnt work either. and then after about 2 1/2 hours i wish i had just left her to cry in the first place cos that is often the only way she will go back to sleep!!!! Luckily she only seems to do that when she is teething and i think her molars are through now. that is really tempting fate for tonight now though, so i will probably join you and honey tonight with the screaming toddlers!

AAAAHHHHH!!!! Are you lot all telling me that my angel of a sleeper isn't always going to be a good sleeper?! I'm not sure I could cope with Toby waking up in the night anymore! So that's cots and nappies that we'll still be using when he's 16 then! Best go the path of least resistance I say!

DD was up at 5am this morning complaining that she'd scratched her leg with her toe - I was very unsympathetic and told her if she went back to sleep she could come in with me (which she did with much wriggling and "ow"-ing).

Anyway, this morning when I finally was able to open my eyes I looked at her leg - she's got a pretty deep red scratch mark from the back of her knee to the top of her ankle bone! There was loads of skin underneath her big toe nail on the other foot!! I felt like such a bad parent (Reminds of hte time she had a bleeding nose after falling out of bed and said her nose was running, so in the dark I got her a tissue for her nose and told her to go back to sleep only to wake up to the scene of a massacre with blood everywhere!! We were staying in a hotel - I dread to think what they thought had happened in our room that night!! I've never seen so much blood!!!!).

Anyway, back to sleeping - all I can say is that I relented with DD about 2.5years to come into my bed as DH was Iraq and it took a few months of slow work (with the no cry sleep solution, which is great Chooster!), but it did work. We couldn't let her cry it out as she was sick if left to cry for longer than 30 secs!

Anyway......

Greedy - I'm very jealous!! Maybe next year we will treat ourselves to a trip as Christmas is going to be a bit of a washout this year!
On that subject just have to share my comedic frustration with some comments I had on Sunday at a Remembrance Service. Most people were asking after DH and how he was doing and nearly everyone said well it is not long until Christmas and he'll be home then won't he?!!! What do they think? That the friendly Muslim Taliban will have a 2 week break so the western Christian armed forces can all get home for Christmas!!! Sorry but it made me laugh - interestingly though, all fighting on both sides does stop for Muslin religious days, so I suppose it would be only fair if the Taliban returned the favour and gave us Christmas Day off at least!!!!

Right - having to fight Toby off as he wants to play Bob the Builder on here!

Hope you are ok, Rainbow?

Where is Lottie? Should we be worried about her and her twins?

xxx

Just popping in to see how you all are?

Cor blimey, really sounds like everyone is going through the terrible 2s at the moment. Ouch. Am I mad that I am really looking forward to it

H is changing so much, it is amazing! I know, PFB alert, but she is awesome! Everyday it is something new. Can?t shut her up at the moment, not that we would want to. And she laughs at us lots!

Thanks for all the words of support about the BF. It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders making the decision. I still feel really guilty, but that?s just the hormones.

Ready- glad to hear you are enjoying motherhood so much- but honestly terrible 2's are not worth looking forward to! The gorgeous, cute 2's are much better .

Dex went to sleep without any crying last night- it was pretty late though (8.45). He also ran straight into his nursery yesterday and seemed really happy to be there.

Pleased to hear things are looking up Honeyapple.
Well, of course, H will be a totally cute 2, without a tantrum in sight. Pah, if her tantrums at being forced into tummy time are anything to go by, we will have plenty of naughtiness at 2 ... the only time I can get her on her tummy not grumpy and moaning is if I put the tv on and face her at it - I am amazed at the neck strength when she wants it... if there's nothing else to see she just doesn't see the point

Ready - DD was just like that - hated tummy time! Used to rest her over the top of my breastfeeding pillow so she wasn't faceplanted into the floor! She also was a very cute 2 year old - hardly a tantrum in sight. But my word, when she hit three - I completely understood the term "threenager"!!

Honey - well done with Dex - glad he's enjoying nursery too. Toby is back to crying when I drop him off, but I hang around and he's laughing and chatting within mminutes, so I think he's just trying it on and would obviously rather be with me!!! Felt guilty dropping him off today as I was having a day to myself at the Boden Clearance Sale! Bought lots of stuff that I probably didn't really need, but hey-ho!

xxx

Ooh ooooh!!!!! Toby just called me mummy!!!!! So so sweet! He's so proud of himself and kept saying it all bathtime!!!! I've always been mama up til now!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

BUMP!
just a quickie as am having the worst week ever with my poor boy - he is so poorly it started with spiking temps up to 39 on Monday night and basically I have spent the last three days soothing and cuddling him. Even his first newborn days were easier than this. Went to the docs today and helpfully told it was a "virus" but not conclusive about which virus. I think hand foot and mouth as he is very rashy and every time he falls asleep he wakes up within 45 mins screaming pulling at his mouth. It is heartbreaking as there is so little I can do for him. We also saw the osteopath/homeopath today so hoping some remedies will help. I have done nothing since Monday except let him hold him and watch cbeebies (I need to detox off that before I go insane and start talking in upsy daisy language!)

Fettle - so lovely that Toby has got "mummy". At the weekend Cassius said Mumma for the first time - I was so over the moon. Of course now all I have heard this week is the crying "mummmmmmaaaaaa"
I am very of a boden clearance sale! Where was it and what did you get?

Ready - C hated tummy time too, but by the time he was 7/8 months he was more comfortable doing it and then he crawled on his tummy commando style until he was 10 months.

Hope Dex and Thep sleep well tonight - if you are up with the honey and chooster - think of me - I will be awake too!!

Gotta go - he is starting to cry again - oh well I got 20 mins!

seaside, you can normally very definate blisters on the hands and feet with hand foot and mouth. 'a virus' is the answer to lots of things when the docs don't know isn't it! hope he gets better soon.

SEaside- hope cassius gets better soon- horrid when they are ill. Agree with Greedy re hand/foot/mouth. Unless you can see the spots on hands and feet probably something else. Dex had blisters all in his mouth and was really poorly and GP said 'viral'!!!! (but not HFM.)

Had a phonecall this am from my SIL to say she is PG- just done a test so v early days but very excited for her (she has a 2yr old as well). I will have to use her to experiment on for my NCT training!
BTW any of you used aromatheraphy in labour?

So sorry to hear that Cassius is unwell, it is awful when they are like that. Its seems to go on forever, but you'll feel so relieved when he starts to perk up and eats properly again. Theo had something similar around his first birthday. Again I thought hand foot and mouth but he had nothing on heis hands and feet, just awful blisters in his mouth, quite small so ahrd to see at first but when you spotted them, they were all over . He will get better, poor you and DS.

And yes, I will definately be up tonight.... not sure why this one will be any different from the last 16 nights . He's such a bugger - woke up for the day at 6am despite having a disturned night and was shouting "want watch telly!"... We are going out tonight and I said to DH that I didn't want to make it a late one as I'm knackered. I could tell he was a little peeved but he's not the one getting up every night .

Hope everyone else is good! Good news about your SIL Honey - perfect timing for your studies

uh oh... all my good sleep training gone out the window... just let DD and DS2 go to sleep in my bed- with me lying down too ... what can I say, I am such a sucker! Ho hum... DP out and DS1 sleepover at friends... I did enjoy the cuddles- almost fell asleep myself, but figured 8.30pm was even too early for me .
Chooster- Dex is always shouting 'telly!' at me.

Dd often falls asleep in my bed at weekends. But no way I interering with toby sleep habits. Worried bout going to stay with parents over Christmas for nearly 3 wks - have to share room with toby in cot or out him in big bed. Either option not great.....

hope Cassius better soon seaside. Agree non descript viruses are rubbish. Tis so awful when they that poorly and there really isn't much you can do about it. Dreading either of mine getting really ill while dh away.

Hope everyone has good nights sleep considering this storm!!!

Ps seaside - I got a couple of cashmere jumpers/cardigans. Some woollen trousers and a pair of totally unnecessary & unneeded very pretty suede pumps. Got dd a dress and trousers but choice was poor for my boys. Nothing worth getting even at reduced Boden prices. Last year was much better!

Look out for them as they have them all over country I think but I went to one in Swindon.

honey and chooster, marcy is always shouting "me doodoo dahdah veliveli mmmm mmmm" at me !!!!which i THINK means 'i want to watch some crap on the telly mum' cos she points at the tv and when i go to switch it on she says " mmmm mmmmm" which is her way of saying yes!

her speech is brilliant in some ways and really clear, but then she comes out with these huge long sentences which make no sense at all and expects me and everyone else to understand her!!

Knew it would be catching! Toby woke up screaming last night. He hasn't woken at night since July. But I took all your experiences to heart and refused to take him out of his room. Despite his shouts of "out" while pointing at the door. I cuddled him on chair in his room and did some pick up put down after that. He went back to sleep after bout 45mins and a little drink. Hoping it a one off - had forgotten how much I can't do broken nights! He's still asleep now but dd is up hence I'm awake.

Btw. Toby quite often asks to watch "tot tan tat" or "daker" (postman pat or mr maker!). Amazing how addictive it is to them already at such young age.

Have gd Sundays!!

getting better here - phew Desperate for a few unbroken nights sleep here too - hope we all get it tonight.

just scanned back and saw your post about poss mc rainbow - I am so sorry

And Iammummy - hope things have improved for you on the bfing front

Cassius does not say TV but attempts DVD = "deedee" - even worse his word of the day today was "shee" (after I said s**t when I dropped his pooey nappy" - uh-oh!

bump again - I hate it when we are not on the first page
Think this night time waking is def catching - Cassius is 90% better today and has slept through(ish) the last 2 nights but he just woke tonight at 9pm and was inconsolable clutching his legs and would not put any weight on them??? I eventually calmed him down and gave him some calpol and got him to stand up and use his legs but wonder what it was all about - cramp, growing pains? who knows? I had terrible growing pains as a child so thinking it might be that. Also he sleeps on his front kneeling iyswim and I am sure it must be bad for his knees?

I am giving up and going to bed now as have a feeling he will be up again shortly

Oh - and he is attempting the cot climb too - NOOOOOO - I tried to foil him with the grobag but he unzipped it - arghhhh I am NOT ready for him to be in a bed yet

night all

Seaside. Just quickly. Watch Cassius for septic arthritis in his joints. Quite common in young children after being as poorly as he has been recently. If he still saying they sore today should pop him down to dr as sometimes bacterial and needs antibiotics. Toby had it a year ago and we spent night in hospital as precaution but it was only viral and he better after 48 hours.

Must get up and have shower. Hate dark cold mornings!!!!