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Just wanted to link to this before the other thread got full.

Well my training with DD1 made the car seat a doddle. Hand under legs. Patiently wait while child struggles, and discreetly lengthen seat belt. Wait for the inevitable breath in...then quick push in the tummy, seat belt across, clip and pull.

Cue furious child.

lougle Our DD is 3.10. The last 2 weeks have been utter hell on earth. She has CP but no behavioural 'things' - so just a 'typical' (I hate that word!) child with wonky legs. Pretty much every request, from 'Please take off your shoes' to 'Let's get you dressed' is met with 'NO!' and throwing herself onto the floor, shouting.

Yesterday she:
Stood on the table twice at playgroup and refused to get down
Ran off giggling when I told her to 'come here and line up'
Did the whole 'ragdoll' thing when I tried to lift her
Poured water all over the table at lunchtime
Threw toys all over the floor
Refused to pick them up
When I ignored the refusal, climbed onto her booster chair and stood up (child with dreadful balance + standing on a high chair = terrifying!)
Screamed through time out
Carried on refusing to pick up the toys
Screamed when we dared to do her physio

Today started with refusal to eat breakfast, throwing of toys, standing on chair and time out, however, it did then settle. I'm praying it's just a phase.

DD3 puts so much pressure on herself. She was tantrumming on Sunday then she suddenly burst into furious tears and said "Oh now I've RUINED Mothers' Day!"

Starlight - congratulations on finding a house. No tall order when everything else is happening all at once.

lougle - let her find out for herself why she needs her coat on - especially if she's going to be in the car most of the time, anyway. I still have to do this with DS1, occasionally. The 2 minutes it takes for them to concede that mum's right, after which you say, here, let's get you all wrapped up and warm, then, darling isn't going to do any harm to most kids, even when it's freezing out.

The extension of the terrible twos idea that I've come across includes troublesome threes and effing fours, btw :o

Yve, who is so glad her boys are past this age, though hoping it doesn't happen to DS2 late.

How lovely.

My girls are arguing already...

Polter, yes. We exchanged contracts yesterday. Though I just had to answer the phone when the solicitor called and say 'yes, I want the house and yes I'm letting my husband deal with it'

Oh yes. Dd just went to nursery in a light silk summer evening dress aged 2, though she's 4.

It will only be 8 minutes of tears on the way home.

Oh, feck it. I'll have a BBQ and you can all come.

In fact, for a couple of weeks we'll have two houses (there is an overlap with the rent) so you really CAN all come.

Housewarming BBQ! Lovely.

Hothead, it seems like such a roller coaster for you ATM. Glad you are on the up! Playdate sounds great. Good idea about losing DS2. My DS3 completely took over DS2's only friend once he started school.

Good news all round!

Did your girls stop arguing this morning Lougle?

DD thinks your DD1 is one of her best friends btw.

And she is!

The girls often say 'when are we going back to see those boys and girls?'

Yes, they did, thank you. DD1 went on her bus to school, DD2 was dispatched with ease at the school gate and I took DD3 with me to the Parents' coffee at DD1's school, where she basked in the adoration of the Deputy Head and an ex-Governor.

This afternoon DD1 has KIDS so I pick her up at 6pm.

Well done on the house, Starlight.

I'll keep fingers crossed for play date, Hothead, occupying ds2 sounds like a good plan.

I confess to having taken dd2 on the school run in a swimming costume, wrapped in a big blanket, when ds was very tiny. It was a dark dark time, and she was all over the place, with dd1 starting school, ds arriving and her being 3 and a half - we had to buy a double buggy because she was so difficult to take into town ( ah, memories of her lying screaming on the pavement, whilst a kind gentleman told me she was going to be sick if I didn't sort her out ). One awful morning, she had got dressed in a swimming costume, and refused to put any clothes on, hidden under the bed, and screamed all morning, and I ended up putting her in the double buggy and walking up to school with a big fleecy blanket over her, whilst she bellowed the whole time.

Have just found out we have tickets to Chessington world of adventures for the Easter holidays, from Merlins magic wand-yay!

Play dates in our house tend to involve quite a lot of tv anyway - to keep one of them happy, whilst everyone else marauds around the place!

Other exciting thing today, is sorting out a room for a weekend meet up with families that have children with the same syndrome that ds is suspected to have, in August. It should be very interesting, especially because the dr who the syndrome is named after will be there.

That does sound lovely, Justa, and what a nice friend. My invites started getting few and far between once I had 3 DSs, even before any DX. Glad it was successful.