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Well I was wondering why I havn't seen anyone on the boards and its because we have started a new thread...yippeee...LOL
Dr T- How are things going. Any news on the mobile phone saga? You have to forgive me, I have been mostly offline for 2 weeks now because we have moved so I havnt been able to keep up with whats happening. I really hope everything has resolved and that you are all ok
I can see there is some potty buisness going on in here...woohoo!!! Lily is still pooing in her nappy on the potty...LOL...Lily will also announce that she is doing a poo by yelling "POOOOHHHSSSS" and points to her bottom...
She also loves my boobs...she watches me breastfed Adele and gets excited at seeing my boobs...hilarious
Lily isnt all cute though (well she is...but she isnt...LOL). Gosh, she has monster tantrums!! She screams at the top of her lungs at..well...pretty much anything. DH and I ignore her when she does it but eventually we have to intervene because she gets soo worked up. Sometimes she will hit at Adele too. Please tell me its not just my LO that has an evil twin...LOL. Any suggestions on how we deal with her? I am going back to work in 6 weeks and I am hoping to have some kind of routine and control of her before I leave them will DH.
Christmas this year is very very tight...as in not sure how to pay bills let alone by present tight...We decided both DD's are too young for us to worry about going crazy with presents, but we would love to go nuts at the same time...next year though will be fun
Wow, been AGES since I've been able to get on here. Work has been stupid crazy busy and the internet at home has been playing up
Delph - Phone's gone. Phone company isn't cooperating at all. Still reckon it doesn't have GPS (mind you got my new IDENTICAL phone...had my other one insured...and IT has GPS, so I stuggle with them telling me my old IDENTICAL phone doesn't have it )
B's completely obsessed with boobs in general...not just mine. He points to daddy's 'boobs' poppy's 'boobs' and even tried to point out boobs on the dogs the other day.
Dr T, have a WONDERFUL holiday my dear! May your Christmas be wonderful and enjoyable and AMERICAN and all sorts of good things. I hope you relax and get busy with it and maybe bring a little yankee stowaway back with you
Delph, so sorry I didn't respond to your post! DS has "nasty twin" moments too - little temper tantrums. And yes, he hits. I basically grab his hand when he does it, get down to his level and say "No!" in a stern voice, then say "keep your hands to yourself".
That's what we did with DD - yes I had another hitter - but we phrased it as a "rule", and I need to start the "rule" terminology with DS now too. I will start saying "What's our rule? We keep our hands to ourselves." Kids respond well to the word "rule" apparently.
DS only really hits DD when he is frustrated or if she does something to him first, with me he gives me a whack out of temper if I say no to something. Booby, at the moment, is a big trigger
He's still bf, first and last thing generally, and as soon as I get home from work on my work days he's grabbing at my top saying "Booby?" and when I say no, it's not time, he cracks it and whacks me. Think I need to start putting him down in that situation.
Are you back at work Delph??? How's it all going?
This year I'm in the position that you'll be in next year - a pre-schooler and a toddler. We're hanging for Christmas Day - the two of them are going to LOVE it.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas day tomorrow! I forgot about the new thread too. Will have to do some stalking if I get a chance to see what you guys have been up to. For example, I have no idea what mobile phone Delph is talking about wrt Dr T!
AFU - I bought a big boy bed for T on ebay! So exciting. We already had a king single ensemble and a single foam matress without a bed so decided to get a single trundle. I climb into the cot with Travis so anything bigger than the cot is a bonus, lol! I got a second hand version of this bed.
Well better get back to making rocky road and baking cookies -gifts for tomorrow!
Did anyone else's LO from this baby buddy group actually get excited about presents? We still have the majority under the tree! We put them out under the tree after Travis went to bed on xmas eve thinking he'd discover them and be interested in them on xmas morning, but that didn't happen! And opening a couple of the presents ourselves didn't tempt him either. Next year maybe? So far his favourite gift is a set of 5 matchbox cars from my mum. Everyone time we go to SIL's house, he goes straight to the kids' room to find the thomas trains that chain together with magnets. I'm considering taking back a bunch of the presents he hasn't opened and exchanging them for some of those little trains!
Hey Everyone!!!\
Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Years. We just got home yesterday. Talk about TIRED!!
EJ - B didn't get excited about opening presents either. I was a bit bummed. Last year he really got into tearing the paper open, but this year he really just wasn't interested. He did enjoy playing with all the other presents once someone else opened them for him. B is huge on cars and trains as well. He just loves pushing them around. He even makes motoring noises
AFU - my other super exciting news from Christmas is I'M PREGNANT!! WOOHOOO. Super excited. 6 weeks 2 days today. I'm due on the 9th of Sept. 3 days before my birthday
This is actually the second time I've posted congratulations but the other post from a couple of days ago seems to have vanished into thin air!
I hope you don't have so much morning sickness this time! None at all even!
AFU - Travis has been in his big boy bed since the start of the year and it's great! He still wakes up a couple of times each night, but the fact he isn't constrained when he does hasn't been a problem at all so far. We usually have to lie down with him until he goes to sleep but that's better than not being able to comfort him through the cot bars (or climbing into the cot with him).
We went to the local shopping centre today and they had a Chinese dragon. It freaked Trav out completely and I'm wondering if that's why he's woken up from his nap after only half an hour and is tired but resisting being put back to bed... So gotta go...
I cant believe my little girl in nearly two! Her language is amazing- such a talkative little girl. She also loves to draw and we have to go to the front door every night she she can wave to "outside" before she goes to bed. Her behaviour has improved alot, maybe her tantrums were a phase she was going through?
I think being a sister has changed her alittle too- she get upset when DD2 cries. She loves giving DD kisses and hugs and has recently started 'playing' with her. Ofcourse we have to watch her because play can be alittle rough LOL
So, Travis is in a bed? Anyone else? How did you know it was time? And what about pillows? anyone using pillows? when should pillows be in the bed? Gosh, soo many questions..LOL
DD is sleeping really well but I do have to go in there during the night to pull her down in the cot. I have witnessed her sleep crawling in the cot a couple of times and she ends up lying across the cot with legs hanging out through the bars. We think maybe she needs a bed but we are worried that she will crawl out of it and right onto the floor- maybe a low bed- do they make those?
Thank you every one for your congratulations. It still feels all a bit surreal at the moment. Because it took so long with B, I guess while I was trying, in the back of my mind I kept telling myself it wouldn’t happen for 18+ months like with him….so when it only took 10…well.
EmmaJane – So T is in a big boy bed huh? Sounds like it’s working really well for both of you. Like Delph asked. How did you know he was ready? B moves around so much, he’s all over the place, and I guess I just really worry about him falling out, even with side protectors up.
AND-------so far so good on the morning sickness front *knock on wood* I’ve only been nauseous once, and that was my own fault, I went to long between meals, and I knew I was pushing things.
OceanPrincess – I know. I have to book B in for his 18 month needle not looking forward to that. Will definitely use your Freddo Frog idea though. I thought that was a FANTASTIC way to take their minds off the needles.
delphmoon – B talks all the time as well. AND he discovered the wonderful skill of drawing all over himself with his dad’s permanent markers last night
So glad that she’s not throwing as many tantrums any more….maybe because she’s better able to vocalise what she wants?
AFM – I have absolutely NO energy at all at the moment. I’ve been going to bed with B every night since I got back home from overseas. I’m really hoping this lack of energy only lasts for the first trimester.
Dr T - yes, definitely go the Freddo. X was literally like needle 1, little whinge, changed him round, needle 2, little whinge, "ooh Freddo!" and all fine
He had the Prevnar-13 booster too - the new pneumococcal one. DD had to have the same needle, she's almost 3, and OMG what a drama queen. She cried the clinic down! Even the Giant Freddo couldn't cheer her up! Lollipop, however, did the trick.
If you get the Prevnar-13, be warned, my kids both had a pretty bad reaction to it - their arms were red, hot, a little swollen and quite sore. Nurse seemed to think it was common so just be prepared. It went down after 2-3 days.
that your energy returns. It is so hard when you have an active toddler running around as well when you are pg! Hang in there. How wonderful about the nausea! It must be a girl this time if it is so different to the first time
Delph - X isn't in a bed yet. DD was in a bed by 12 months as we needed the cot for X... but X, well we have no reason to move him out so I haven't been in a hurry to get a bed. But I think he might be ready for one too - like your DD, he moves around a lot and collides with the bars.
With DD, we bought her a standard size bed and put it against the wall on one side and put a rail on the other side. We will do the same for DS and I think we will be doing it soon.
TBH, Delph, if they are going to fall out, they are going to fall out. Sounds horrible, but they will only do it once or twice and then they will adjust. It is all about learning their new sleeping space. We bought an el cheapo mattress and put it beside the bed on the floor for the first few weeks as DD got used to the bed and she has never fallen out. And she was in there from 12 months! She sort of fell down a few times as she learned to climb in and out, but she never fell out in the middle of the night. We would go in before we went to bed (and still do) and tuck her in, straighten her out, turn her round, whatever required. Then generally she wouldn't move that much unless she woke up.
We moved her in there in her sleeping bag, without a pillow, and then gradually moved her onto the pillow and weaned her out of her sleeping bag.
We might need to do it the other way around with DS - he is getting too big for the sleeping bag and I don't want to buy him a bigger sleeping bag, so we might start putting him down without it and then go into the bed. Probably should do that while the weather is warm... Hmm!
Good luck! It's a big step!
X is also showing improvement on the tantrum front. I really think is is a communication thing - as they learn to communicate, the frustration eases and tantrums ease. For us anyway!
And X is also sleeping quite well atm... touch wood.
Sounds like you guys all have chatterboxes. Travis likes to talk but darned if I know what he's saying! I'm sure he is trying to say more words than we can understand, just that he doesn't have all the sounds (still no 's' or 'r' sounds for example) and he often gets some sounds mixed up. Like, he points at the bats flying overhead and says "bap". I feel so bad when I don't know what he means. What do you say when they come out with something that sounds very insightful and look at you expectantly, but you have no idea what they just said or asked?
As for the big boy bed, the thing is the side of our cot is stuck in place and I got sick of having to reach all the way down to pick Travis up when he was crying hysterically but not standing up. I was worried about putting my back out. So when we got the bed, we weren't sure how we'd go about it, but in the end we got him out of the cot when he woke up in the middle of the night one night and lay with him in the bed till he went back to sleep. We did that a few times, then ended up getting him to sleep the same way.
It's a medium height bed and he can get on and off it himself beause it has a trundle underneath that he can put his foot on to boost himself up. I was worried about him falling out because the bed has only a very low side rail thing - only protrudes a couple of centimetres from the matress. But he's never fallen off.
Babies Born ~ July 1st-15th 2010 #3
Reply With Quoteand I am hoping to have some kind of routine and control of her before I leave them will DH.
OP, EJ...hope your all well
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Have a fantastic christmas and happy new years everyone!! 
I’ve only been nauseous once, and that was my own fault, I went to long between meals, and I knew I was pushing things. 
not looking forward to that. Will definitely use your Freddo Frog idea though. I thought that was a FANTASTIC way to take their minds off the needles.
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