Great to hear you Melbourne girls had so much fun at Nikki's house. Sounds like a great day.
Nikki, Sorry to hear you've had a tough day. I am sure all your kids know how much they are loved and that every now and again us mummy's need to be cut a bit of slack. Sounds like you've got to fit a lot into your days. There's bound to be a few teething problems. Big hugs to you. Great suggestion of Cindy's re getting your littlies into care for an extra day. You'll find your own groove with study times and fitting things in around your family over time. You know the old saying "Rome wasn't built in a day" - I think that might be a good thing to remember as you adjust to this new studying phase. xx
Kerrie it's great to see more of you in here. Keep up the good work! LOL
Tracey, Think I'd like to live in your house - cheesecake, banana cake. Yummmm makes my mouth water. I haven't cooked a dessert just for DH and I for toooo long. Will need to make more of an effort methinks!
Missy, Good to hear your mum was ok through the storms. Pretty wild weren't they. A couple of my cousins who live in Newcastle are still without power tonight! Crazy huh!
Cindy, I am sooo with you re the stinky nappies. I can't wait for Gussy to take care of his toiletting on his own. It's not going to be any time soon methinks. Because he's on a 100% liquid diet it means that his bowel motions are 100% liquid and as frequent as a young bubba (like 6 plus a day). No idea how we'll manage this once toilet training begins. He knows when he's done a poo, but I don't think he gets much warning before, cause it's basically like he constantly has the runs.
Melissa, Like your thinking on the scented bin liners. May have to add them to my shopping list!
Gus has now reached that delightful stage of announcing to the world when he's done a poo. We were sitting in a hotel restaurant having breakfast on Monday morning and he yelled at the top of his lungs "Mummmm mummm, oh no! oh no! Big big big poooo." Then when he and I were walking out of the restaurant looking for the bathrooms, he said again for the benefit of anyone who hadn't heard him earlier "aghhh big poo, Blahhh peeewwww peeewww"... etc you get the drift. Hmmm yes I was laughing and embarassed all at once. I love that he understands what a poo is, and that he finds the nappy uncomfortable when it's dirty etc, but it was pretty embarassing none the less. Everyone at the tables around us chuckled to themselves.
Gus's talking is really improving. He made up his own little joke while we were in the car yesterday on a longish journey. He would point to a big truck and say "it's a bus" then he'd giggle and say "no no no, it's a bike, he he no no it's a big truck". He's such a silly moo laughing at his own jokes. He seemed to like that joke cause later in the day he was pointing to birds and calling them horses and cows and then laughing and correcting himself etc, you get the drift. he ha fun times!
I got a great ebay bargain last week. It is a Little Tikes Cosy Coupe. Brand new in factory sealed box for $89 with no postage cause I could pick it up. Can't believe it. Amazing huh! I've stashed it in the garage to keep for the wee man's birthday. He's going to sooooooo love it!
What do you guys do when you come across bullys at the park? There's a little boy who's about 4 that goes to a park we visit a lot. He's a shocker of a kid. He spits in other kids faces, pushes them over, is rough and pushes past little ones so they fall down the slippery slide and the worst thing is he's a biter. Last week he bit a little boy who was about his age. The bite was so hard that it drew blood and left teeth shaped imprints on the little boy's back. It's horrible. His grandfather is the one who takes him to the park and he just sits in the sun reading his newspaper and snoozing. Whenever he's there none of the other parents can relax for fear of what the bully boy might do. So far he hasn't done anything to Gussy cause I'm always right beside Gus whenever that bully is about. The grandfather doesn't speak English so talking to him isn't doing any good. The bully boy seems to me to be seeking attention from the other parents through his behaviour, so I kind of feel sorry for him. But then he's getting old enough to understand that what he is doing isn't making him popular - but so far that doesn't seem to have an impact on him. What would you guys do? I've tried talking to him and playing with him and all I got for my troubles was a glob of spit on my shoe. Hmm lovely isn't it. We go to lots of different parks, but this one is the best one for Gussy's age. It's definitely designed for the toddler. I think the bullyboy is bored there and needs a more challenging park, but how do you communicate that to someone who doesn't speak English...
Kristy - Do you know what nationality the grandpa is? Some cultures unfortunately think they can walk in over here and act like they do in their own country. It depends if the boy is being brought up in the ways of the old country? Biting and spittng is uncalled for! It's a wonder that grandpa hasn't had a mum or dad fly off the handle at him. Ringing children's services may be going over the top and you can't just walk up and spank him for his actions. It's a really tricky situation
My friend has taught another friends daughter a phrase "STOP! Don't touch my body!" it works wonders apparently. She is in the children's services and I'm going to be teaching Benjamin it too, kind of a stranger danger thing also. She also suggested to teach him "Belt on, me safe"
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