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Anyone want another toddler?
Ever since being sick she has been so whingey. I think I spoilt her too much :( And perhaps now I am suffering the consequences.........or is it the age?
So this brings me to a Question:
What do you do to entertain your toddlers? What activites do they like doing at home?
oh, just a quick post im a work....
nadine: aiden was the same after being in hospital with croup. you just have to grin and bear it...i just gradually started to ignore the wingeing and after a few days he got the message that it's not on. it just becomes a habit from getting attention while sick and they try to continue to on.
activities: aiden loves the sand pit; water squirty bottles; painting (OUTSIDE), chalk on the concrete; jumping on the tramp; eating;
with the better weather starting it's much easier to do things outside. im not big on taking the kids out all the time. i prefer them to stay home and find things to do. but a great investment is an enclosed tramp...they can't fall off and it wears them out. we put soft balls on with the kids and they bounce them around, but also a sand pit (if you have the room). at bunnings they have tarps with toggles to attach on the side to safe cats getting into them a night...aiden loves digging and rolling int he sand. kids at this age love getting dirty!
take care narelle
HI girls,
Just wondering if you've got room for one more in this thread? Would love to join in. Our little one Angus is the same age as all of your darlings and i would love to swap stories/advice/coping strategies! Chat soon.
Thankyou Narelle :)
Littlescottishboy- Welcome :) Very cute photo of your little one! I can see by your ticker that you are TTC no.2. Sorry about the miscarriages :( I am Nadine mother of one to Kayla. We are TTC no.2 atm aswell. Looking forward to getting to know you.
Thanx Nadine for the lovely welcome. Your little one is gorgeous too. What a cute little face! And i love the pigtails.
We are finding it quite difficult to get No. 2 happening! We have been TTC for 12 months now and it is not easy for us. I get really annoyed when people say, "So, when are you having another one?" Grrr!
Looing forward to getting to know you and the other ladies in here. Bye for now!
welcome littlescottishboy.
i am mum to zara age 4 and aiden 20 months, and pg with #3 (30 weeks at present).
i agree with nadine your little man is really cute...so is Kayla though.
don't stress too much about conceiving...zara happened within 6 months, aiden took 18 months to conceive, and this one took just 1 go! had been off the pill for 3 months due to cervical dysplasia, went to my specialist for a check up and ask if it was ok to try for # 3, he said yes, and we conceived that night! our doctor did recommended zinc & magnasium for my DH (promotes strong swimmers!).
i hope to read your pg announcement soon.
take care
littlescottishboy - Always room for one more! It gets pretty quiet in here though... so dont worry if there are no posts for while, we are still around - somewhere. I will introduce myself. I'm Katie and my little man is Ben. I live in Germany with my German DH... But I'm Aussie. Im 23 and no plans on TTC #2 for us just yet. We were going to try around this time, but we have decided to put our baby plans on hold until we decide where on earth we are going to live next year (Oz or Germany).
Today is a beautiful day, so perhaps i should be outisde enjoying the rare sunshine with my book instead of being on the computer? this morning we went to a childrens flee market. Ben has been pushing his little plastic chair around the house, we realised that he is pretending it's a pram because he was putting his toys on the seat and pushing them around. MIL suggested that she might buy him a play pram (AGH!!!!). I was so afraid that she would turn up one day with a pink babyborn chair! BUT today at the flee market we found a simple wooden play pram, that didnt look girly in the slightest, so for €1 we bought it. Ben loves it so much... Weird.
Nadine - Ben gets bored of things easy. So it can be hard to keep him entertained. But, saying that, Ben is brilliant at entertaining himself, im sorry i dont know anything i could suggest!! Actually, a Sandpit is a brilliant investment. Ben loves it, and he can just sit in it for ages and not get bored. It's worth the money and effort. Ben also loves to watch dancing and music shows (wiggles etc..). He loves to dance and copies the moves sometimes. I find that he plays more happily if i have a cd, or any music on.
Well, i should go and enjoy the sunshine. Take care all!
Congrats MBear that is fantastic news :)
All is good here not much news, we are all settled into our new house and loving it, H loves having a back yard to run around in. I'm 30 weeks now so getting there its amazing how much quicker the second pregnancy goes :)
Welcome littlescottishboy
Nadine i agree about the sandpit, H loves ours, he likes to play with crayons and pencils on paper, doesn't always draw a whole lot but does sort the pencils etc
Bubbles keep him occupied as does books at the moment or helping out in the garden...
Whats everyone buying for the kids for chrissy, i've done loads of our shopping because i'm going to have a newborn on my hands and no time in Dec :)
Wilson- WOW 30 weeks already!!! Time certainly flies. I was looking on your site the other day to see if you had any belly pics up, as I couldn't remember how far along you were. Thought the pics may give me a hint, but there were none :lol: Harry is as gorgeous as ever though!!!
Thankyou for the suggestions. kayla actually has sand in her clam shell. I need to get DH to move it from the gargage to the backyard. We don't have a pergola yet, so we bought a $40 marqee from bunnings on the weekend, so we will use that for Kayla to play under :-)
Christmas shopping- I haven't really thought about it too much, but I would like to buy kayla a kitchen and also a bigger doll. She loves my old doll that I got when I was about 11, but it is sentimental (my Oma bought it for me), so it's not something I want her ruining, iykwim. She does have a small doll but it doesn't seem to be as exciting, LOL. I think maybe the more lifelike size is the attraction.
Xmas already, this year has gone so fast! We have thought a little about it. As we might be moving back to oz next year we dont want to be shipping alot of things back, so really im stuck as to what to get Ben. Still thinking. I dont want to give him just clothes, that's boring :-)
Nadine - I completely understand about the sentimental value of your doll. Ben loves to play with a toy dog of mine. It isnt that old (6 years) but i bought it the first time i arrived in Germany and It has been all over the world with me... I also have a toy Hippo that Dh gave me when i left Germany the first time... and ben loves to play with that too. No matter where i hide it, he always seems to find it.
I am so excited about Winter coming up! The weather is getting cold and frosty, i LOVE it! I just hope this winter has much more snow than last year. It makes me sad when i think that this might be my last Winter in Germany. This will be my 6th Winter here.
We went to playgroup yesterday. One girl can name all the other children! there are about 10 or 12. I think that's amazing! All the kids are the same age, give or take 2 months. Ben isnt anywhere near some of the other children with his speech. But he communicates well - nods for yes, shakes his head and says "Nononononono" for no. Thats very helpful. So I'm sure it's just the 2 languages confusing him. Plus, Im a pretty quiet person... and i noticed some of the other mums dont stop talking.
Wilson - I wish we had a backyard of our own. Our Backyard is shared with the people who own the house we live in (they live in the second and third storey). they have 2 girls 5 and 8, who are too much sometimes... I would really love a backyard that was just for us.
Ben loves books like H. It's funny because he can just sit for a long time and look at the same page. When you go to help him and turn the page he says "Nononononono" and turns back to the previous page he was staring at for the past 30 mins. I also sometimes find Ben "reading" the Tv pages, or even one of my novels. haha.
Hello everyone,
Sorry I dont log on much but time just flies and I find I spend so much of my time explaining what we are up to on Facebook that I get too tired to think of whats happening everywhere else. If anyone wants to find me on facebook let me know and I'll give you my details!!!
We are all wonderful. Allegra is getting so big - a real little girls and saying so many words its not funny, she is certainally a chatterbox like her mumma. We go to Montessori one day a week, swimming one morning and we try to get together with other mums and bubs at least once a week too.. plus i work one day a week so she spends time with both grandparents.
I keep getting asked when the next one is coming along but it wont be at least until next year. We have so much on in the next few months that a pregnancy wouldnt be ideal for us. I would like to be pregnanct and relaxed!!!!
Everyones bubs are getting so big too. I cant believe how time has flown. Allegra will be 2 in January and it just felt like yesterday she was born.
Chrsitmas - well, I am going to buy her a few toys not too many as she has tonnes and I kind of like her to be entertained more doing 'everyday' things like she gets tought at Montessori - you know like helping mummy with washing, in the kitchen. Stuff that develops her goss motor skills more than just for entertainment value IYKWIM?
Hope you all are wonderful - good to hear about upcoming bubbas :)
Good to hear from you Teena :)
Yes our babies (or should I say toddlers) have grown up fast. I can't believe they will be 2 next year :o
Anyone elses toddler very adventurous :lol: ? Kayla got into the sudo creme today :rolleyes: i won't go into detail here. I did post about it in the general baby/toddler discussion. Lets just say it was very messy LOL.
Hey Teena, just a really quick one to tell you that I've added you as a friend on facebook.
Hi again everyone,
Thanks for the lovely warm welcome! It's so nice to know u girls are here so i know i am not going nuts with every stage Angus is going through!
Nadine - wow, what a mess i bet! Yes, Angus is very adventurous as well (and naughty). His latest trick is running full speed into the timber slat blinds and bending them, then doing it again immediately after we say "No!" to him! I think he thinks it is a game which makes me slightly annoyed! He's mostly a good little boy but sometimes gets a little too cheeky for my liking!
Princess T - sounds like you have fun and action-packed weeks with Allegra. Montessori sounds like it teaches great skills; any help aroud the house has gotta be a good thing!
Kaydee - Ben certainly sounds very smart to be getting into your novels already! I can't get Angus near books unless they have actities to do like flipping thigs out or feeling sort bits etc. I was so upset considering that i am an English teacher - i was expecting my offspring to adore books, but not to be!
Wilson - oh wow congrats to you!!! How exciting to have anewborn at Christmas time. What a lovely present! Do you think that Harrison will enjoy being a big brother?
MBear - we haven't "met" but just wanted to send you my congratulations!
Narelle - thanks for your lovely welcome and your words of advice about our TTC. It always helps to hear some encouragement! I am trying acupuncture and strange Chinese herbs at the moment (i'll give anything a go!). Congrats to you on No. 3. Wonderful news!
Hi to anyone else in this thread and i look forward to getting to know you all. :) Have to go now and do the ironing (yukko - the ironing fairies must have missed our place). See ya!
PS - i am on Facebook too... if anyone wants to add me just let me know.
Teena, so good to see you post again :)
I'm on facebook as well but only just started using it so i'm crap with finding people i'm using my maiden name so feel free to add me sarah pursey...
We bought a puppy last week, Tilly a gorgeous little thing but its hard work getting her and Harry to play well together if she isn't jumping or playing on him then he is chasing her with his lawn mower hehe but its all fun.
32 weeks now and getting closer and closer, i'm more worried about this birth than i was H's weird hey but we just had no idea with our first and now i know what its like lol
Nadine lol at Kayla, they are such fun arn't they sometimes!!
Littlescottishboy - i think H will be good with the new baby, he lifts my shirt these days and says baby and puts his head against it etc which is cute...
Hope everyone is good, Narelle how the preg going? Still feeling good?
Hi Wilson, congrats on the new puppy we are getting one as soon as our reno is finished...just a little dog this time. What sort did you get?
Im feeling really good. I am a little over 31 weeks at the moment. My c/section is going to be on December 3, so i've only got about 7 weeks to go...I can't wait! The kids are soooooo excited bout the new baby. The only tiny problem we are having is that we told them the baby would come before xmas, and to my disgust (like every year) xmas decorations were out the end of sept so zara thought the baby was coming then! had to explain they put them out early so people buy them for xmas. We have made her a chart to ad stickers to leading up to when the baby arrives...but i won't start that til november!
hi teena...good to hear all is well in your household!
nadine - sounds very messy yet funny!
kaydee - aiden is the same with books as ben he looooves them! he loves bob the builder and thomas the best, and watching them one tv...if we ask them do they want the tv on he screams out BOB! very funny
littlescottishboy - ironing is my least fav job also...the ironing fairies quite often miss my house!!!!
i wonder how snowy going?
take care narelle
We got a border collie x staffy pup she is the same as my dog i had growing up :) there is a couple of pics on my photo site.
I hate ironing as well, it very rarely gets done around here :)
littlescottishboy- Can you pm your name and I will add you to face book :)
Sarah- Congrats on the puppy. Harry will soon get use to her :) Will add you to facebook.
Narelle- Oh how exciting :D That will come around quick!
You asked about snowy. She was in our TTC group. She had a bit of a scare and had to have an operation but is ok now. I won't go into it as i don't think it is my place to say, but hopefully she will come in here soon.