Babies Born October - November 2005 #21

[nicole mckay]

tracey i have to agree with kristie,we put pepper in coreys mouth for the first time last week and i ws not too keen on doing it either cos it can be dangerous,children have chocked from it.i certainly wouldnt do it to a 2 yo.jordan has such an exciting colourful room full of all things a little boy would desire,i dont think sending him to his room is a good punishment,sit him somewhere safe away from anything exciting so that when he goes there it is no fun.he ill soon decide that he doest want to go there and get the message very quickly.
melissa,put a bit of threat into it and i bet you will get it evencheaper,as one of the other girls said it would cost them less than being sued.
james lost his basketball grand final tonight,he came away with a beautiful trophy for runners up.he still has his under 14 grand final on saturday so hopefully they will do better in that one.
nikki

[cindyb]

Tracey- We put tori in time out at the end of the hallway with all the bedroom doors shut so she cant play with anything! It works a treat at the moment! I say at the moment though cos we have our days. Usually a threat of going to time out is enough with her.

Good luck with it all!

Sorry to everyone else for not doing personals but i need to go to bed- i will check in with you all tomorrow - I have chachas 12month shots in the morning and then i have to get the house clean for an open tomorrow arvo! They better rent this place soon!

[Pandora]

Time out doesnt work for us. I tried near the front door, away from everything. Milo wont stay there, or laughs at us, or hits us when we try it. After half an hour of me putting him back in the timeout area we're all too stressed and over it.

My Tupperware manager actually suggested the pepper thing too last night, she said that worked with her daughter. I dont know if I'd do it.

Nothing else seems to work though, although taking his dvds and toys away has probably been the most effective out of everything.

[Krisvee]

Hi!

It's funny you've all heard of the pepper thing...I know when I was little and getting babysat the mum would do it to her daughter but I thought it was something that just wasn't done anymore!!

NIkki - Sorry to hear that James lost his game...send him some good luck on Sat from all of us!

Cindy - Good luck today! I'm sure someone will want to rent it! Hope Charlotte copes with her needles ok...

Rachael - I think taking his toys/dvds away is a great punishment!! It really gets to them and they know they've done something wrong to have that taken away...I've turned the tv off before and Louis hates it but he gets the message - I rarely have to do it now...Just the threat...

Well, I put off shopping yesterday so I'm going to head off this morning and poor Dylan hs woken up with a cold...poor little thing...he hasn't really had one for a while though so thats good...better get some eucalyptus for his vaporiser cos he's hardly slept the last couple of days...He can't stand a runny nose...
Chat later

[cindyb]

Well Chacha got her needles and was a sook! She is over it now though so its all good!
Tori decided today not to have a sleep which is doing my head in coz we had a bad night with her last night (always do thursday nights after child care) and she ended up in bed with me and al slept in her bed!

Rachael - i see on another thread that you have your glasses- are you getting used to them? It took me a while to get used to mine and even now (coz im slack aat wearing them) when i wear them it takes an hour or so for my eyes to work out whats happening.

I dont know what to say about the pepper thing - I have never heard of it and am thinking its not the best thing for the kids mouthes or gums (dental nurse is coming out in me ) but hey, each to their own! It wouldnt work with my girls anyway -they love all things peppery and spicy!

Whats everyone got on this weekend?

We have no plans, I dont have any parties this weekend, did one the other night which was great got 3 bookings from it! I should take a holiday from tupperware more often!

Better go cook tea - have just had people looking through the house again so didnt want to cook with them here!

Kristie- did the interested people come back with the other 5k?

[Krisvee]

Cindy - Nup...at this stage they're not going to budge the real estate agent said...Lousy buggers - LOL! We had someone else come through today and we have another ofi tomorrow so we'll just keep waiting...
Hope Tori wasn't too feral for you this afternoon! I ended up putting Louis down for a sleep cos he was being horrible and then Dylan wouldn't sleep - I can't win! LOL!
Louis helped me make pizza tonight - it was so cute and he was so proud of himself...he sets the table everynight now as well and when we all thanked him for dinner he just sat smiling and goes - your welcome! So cute...
Yeah on a great party the other day....I've got no work at the moment which means it's been quite peaceful - although I've still been placing orders - just not doing parties...We've got a pretty quiet weekend other than the ofi tomorrow and then Lea's b'day coffee and cake on Sunday...Probably good that we don't have too much on now with Dylan being sick...Michael's working tomorrow...ummm thats about it!
I know it's really sad to say but I'm actually enjoying not having much on - even socially - It's just been a drain keeping the house so clean etc that I just don't feel like I have much energy for anything else...Gosh...I sound like an old woman...LOL!

[m1tbull]

Tracey - pepper would have to be better than tabasco sauce. I know of 2 families that dot it on kids tongues as a way to curb bad behaviour. I freaked out when I was told that's what they do.

Thanks for the advice on the electric blanket thing. Benjamin actually slept in his bed the whole night last night for a change. He has a knack for working things out. He already knows how to plug things in and turn them on without being shown. Scary stuff. I think I might take the greener option and just keep him dressed warm and maybe add another blanket.

Melissa