Jess, it sounds like you're doing a great job juggling both your boys. Yay for Ethan's first drawing - are you putting it away somewhere safe so you can use it to embarass him at his 21st??
Re the food throwing, I would use the approach of completely ignoring the behaviour you don't want (ie the throwing) and really praising the good behaviour. I probably wouldn't even clean up the food on the floor until he was away somewhere else & didn't notice it happen. I'm sure that it will pass, everything does. No idea about the poo in the bath, other than maybe it's an association with nice warm water that makes him feel relaxed, and not sure how to get around this, unless you change to showering with him in the short term.
Hopefully his teething is over soon - Liam's also cut a new one ,the top canine one on the left side, and I can feel the rhs is ready to come through too, so he's been going to bed dosed up with Nurofen, as this seems to be the thing that works for us. SO now we've got 11, nearly 12 teeth, so over half way there. Makes them so miserable though, poor little things.
big hi to everyone else, will be back later tonight to do proper personals, just sneaking a quick fix while i'm at work & there's no one around. Naughty me!
Jess, I only have Autie and I'm sometimes in pjs all day - at least you have an excuse! Having said that, I don't like it really when I do have a day like that, I feel the day hasn't started until I shower. Poor Ethan and his toofy pain. Is the Ventolin helping him a great deal? I thought that doctors couldn't (maybe wouldn't) diagnose it under 3 years. Autie kept having a recurring cough and I was thinking it may turn out to be asthma, but she was always clear in chest examinations. Then I realised it coincides with teeth coming through - she doesn't drool at all, it all runs back down her throat and makes the cough. I think taking away the food and not saying anything, just getting him down, is probably how I would handle the food throwing. He might be trying to get attention now that Noah is here, even if it's cranky attention. Could be a factor in the bath poos too, I guess, though I tend to agree with Jan in that it's probably just relaxing him. Maybe if he's fairly regular you could try bathing him at a different time of day? for Ethan's first drawing! I hear you on having to put pens away - Autie likes to draw on herself given the opportunity - so far, no walls!
Jan, we haven't had much luck with Panadol and tend to use Nurofen too. I am very ashamed to admit that Autie now 'asks' for it occasionally. I guess I could see it as good communication skills, but unfortunately, I think it's more a case of me creating a mini drug addict... Oh, but how can I not give it when she seems so miserable?!
Em, hope you're all enjoying your family time - is there no cricket on atm? How did Tom react to the zoo and beach? Autie loves both places due to the wide, clear areas available for running away.
V, glad to hear you are all well and Avaleigh is enjoying care. Sounds like you will be busy organising your holiday, that's always fun.
Sarah, sounds like you had a busy holiday season. How great that Ryan was happy to stay so long with you and family he didn't know. Gosh it must be nice to carry around a light toddler! LOL Enjoy it while you can!
Well, despite having about 5 teeth coming through at once, things have been pretty good here (touch wood) I am really seeing a leap in Autie's cognitive skills this past couple of weeks. She seems to be 'clicking' in a lot of areas - almost like she is (gulp)...growing up! I guess that will be good if we give her a brother or sister, but it's a little bit sad too really. I want to keep my baby!
Anyway, enough from me, I need to go find chocolate in some form.
Jess - Tom went through a stage of bath-pooing. We even brought a box of disposable rubber gloves so that DH could deal with it (not me ). Apparently if they are a little bit constipated the warm water relaxes everything and it helps them go. Tom just eventually went back to his regular morning one thankgod (poor little buggers. I wonder if they realise we have in depth discussions about their poo). Food throwing - I tend to ignore, as frustrating as it is. I did read that toddlers especially take any kind of attention as a good thing, even if they are being told off, so prehaps if you ignore him, it will stop. How did your MCHN app go?
Sasha - cricket starts this weekend (*sob*) although there has been plenty of it on tv to entertain him. Zoo trip was lots of fun. Tom was screaming "Bock Bock (chook) at the emus, "Miaows" at the tigers and everything else got "Ei ei oh" (old mcdonalds farm). He especially loved the elephants and the monkeys. It was a full on day but lots of fun. Haven't made it to the beach yet - it was planned for today but its only about 20 here today and while we don't really plan on doing any swimming - just a walk on the sand and a paddle - I want it a little warmer. Hoping to go on friday - I think its meant to be about 24, which seems good. I couldn't think of anything worse than taking him on a really hot day.
Tom is the same as Autie - all of sudden all these teeth are appearing but he seems to be coping rather well with it. And the understanding thing too.. they are growing up. Today we were down waiting to get his hair cut and he wanted a biscuit. I said "Pack up the toys first and then you can have a biscuit" and off he toddled to pick up (some) toys before coming back to claim his prize. So cute. It is amazing how much they understand now!
V - your photos on Facebook of Avaleigh at the beach are GORGEOUS! What a beautiful little beach baby you have!
Has anyone else read about the parents charged with giving the baby the ecstacy tablet?? Thoughts??
I didn't hear the full story but OMG! There should be some sort of test you have to pass when you're pregnant, and if you don't, you should have to do a parenting course before the baby is born. It's one thing to make little mistakes here and there - no-one is perfect - but some people are just completely commonsenseless. (Yeah, I made up a word...)
Sneaking on here for a quick fix, before I start my day properly. Work is cancelled for the day (not enough to do), but I still dropped Liam off to daycare so that I can get things done. So I'm off to get my legs waxed (woo hoo, no more gorilla land!), get some trousers taken up so I can wear them, then go & do another round of dress trying. So quite an exciting day for me really. Although I'm feeling really mean about Liam, cos he's a bit under the weather with at least 3 teeth about to poke through, a bit of a temp, and a bit of a cold, and he was reeeeaaaallly upset when I left him this morning, which is not himself, he's normally okay. But I am nice mum, cos I taped this morning's ep of the Night Garden. It's crazy how much kids love that show.
Em - my thoughts on that couple were initially " who gives drugs to a baby, I hope that the poor baby is okay, and I hope that she gets given to a family who actually know how to look after her and that the parents are sterilized", but then I calmed down a bit, listened to some more of the story and decided that they are just stupid, stupid, stupid people. More than stupid. But it probably was a mistake, although it baffles me how little some people know about raising a baby, like who gives a tablet to a baby anyway..... So now I just hope that the little girl is okay long term, and that the parents get some intensive education on what to do, although I doubt that they will.
Jess - your boys are both beautiful, I just snuck a look at your totsites photos. Makes me feel very clucky. How's the feeding going now, are you all better?
Sarah - it's brilliant that Ryan had such a great time away with you. He sounds like he's a special little boy, makes me kind of sad that his mum sounds like such a cow. How's Bayleigh's teething going?
Well, better go, must get my day started properly.
for Ethan's first drawing! I hear you on having to put pens away - Autie likes to draw on herself given the opportunity - so far, no walls!
I guess I could see it as good communication skills, but unfortunately, I think it's more a case of me creating a mini drug addict...
Oh, but how can I not give it when she seems so miserable?! 
How did Tom react to the zoo and beach? Autie loves both places due to the wide, clear areas available for running away.
). Apparently if they are a little bit constipated the warm water relaxes everything and it helps them go. Tom just eventually went back to his regular morning one thankgod (poor little buggers. I wonder if they realise we have in depth discussions about their poo). Food throwing - I tend to ignore, as frustrating as it is. I did read that toddlers especially take any kind of attention as a good thing, even if they are being told off, so prehaps if you ignore him, it will stop. How did your MCHN app go?
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