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thanks guys..
i do try to distract her but shes very stubborn and almost immediately goes back to it no matter what i give her to do!! i think thats why its such a struggle..
sherie - its sooooo frustrating. asha will pull out anything and everything in the bathroom.. squirt out the toothpaste if she manages to get it, pull out the toilet brush and brush her hair with it ewwwwww!!! unroll the toilet paper!!
md - the magazines thing even if i give her her own she will still comne and snatch the one i am reading because it must be the good one lol she can have a floor full and still want mine!! outside time is really a life saver here as u were saying she is pretty happy to run around outside doing her own thing picking up the balls and running round with them.. im a bit worried tho because i dnt want her wearing shoes too much but we have bindis and i thought she was avoiding them because she never complained but i looked at the soles of her feet the other day and she has all little red bindi holes in her feet!
i think all in all shes probably a bit bored and thats why shes doing these things, weve got a bit of toy overload from her birthday and she rarely plays with them probably because theres so many she just dosnt know where to start.. might need to put some away maybe that will help.. just gotta take a deep breath and get on with it lol ive just gotta find some way of releasing my frustration because last time i smacked her i left a really bad red mark that lasted for ages and i feel really bad and ashamed that i hurt her so bad.. thing was she didnt even cry that much making me think maybe thats how hard i hit her all the time and shes just used to it :( god im so horrible
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Noni - you're not horrible, you just get frustrated sometimes. Completely understandable. Can she wear socks running around outside? might create a bit of extra washing, but might also help with the bindiis too.
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Noni the important thing here is not to get bogged down in negative self talk but concentrate on what you can do in a positive way to improve what you're unhappy about. Part of it is making sure you get that time out to rest and relax (very important in the MD world, I seem to need it more just to cope than some other women do). You've already started to take some really good steps, getting out for library and other activities/groups in your area. We have this huge Parenting centre near here where you can pop in any time you're feeling overwhelmed and have a chat to the ladies there. They have millions of tricks up their sleeves. Sometimes that's all it takes, staying one trick ahead of your child LOL. Maybe there is a service like that near you that you don't know about? Don't be shy. Trust me some days I think I'm the worst parent in the world (not helped by having had a bad family start in life myself) so if you don't feel like you're coping with what you're doing, get some help! (I did, it made all the difference to me when I needed it most).
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hi girls!
oh i wish i was up in canberra at that time too so i could see you gals again (and maybe this time L could actually get in the photo!).
Noni: i reckon they are going through a pretty rascally stage. L is into everything, and no longer listens when i say 'uh uh'. so i have to make sure that when i say it i follow through on the second one. that way she is starting to make the connection that her behaviour means she gets taken away and has to play somewhere else IYKWIM.
leila bit my leg yesterday when she was unhappy about something and from nowhere i smacked her arm...felt like such a monster...as it was soo not my intention, but just an awful split-second reaction. i vote for taking a deep breath and just removing yourself or her from a negative situation. so for us she is persuaded not to whinge on my leg at dinner time while i am preparing her food for example...ITMS
AFM: well L is at kindy and as we were dropping her off she got soo excited when we got to the kindy door! bouncing up and down and laughing! i am so stoked that she likes the place. one less thing to worry about!
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Clare, ooooh biting (and hitting pushing slapping grabbing pinching)...things we've all got to look forwards too! I kwym about the instant reaction, taking a deep breath is a really good strategy there!
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thanx guys..
iu spose i sld be happy that ive realised im not going along the right path n need to fix it up.. hopefully itll mean happier times for both of us.. i get every second friday when my mum takes asha.. i do feel i need more but we really cant afford childcare and the local one isnt very good neway... makes it hard dps mum is unwell and my mum workstoo much to have her more than the onceand my dads wife works night shift n dad worksday shift so i am kinda left with not heaps of support in that respect.. dnt get me wrong my family are all very supportive they just cant really help in that way...
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Noni have you checked out with Centrelink/Family Assistance Office what childcare benefit percentage they would give you? When we had DD1 Centrelink paid 90% of my childcare fees meaning I only had to pay less than $1 per hour she was in care (Centrelink pays direct to the CC provider so you only pay the gap each fortnight). It might be more affordable than you think, even if it's only one day/half day a week. Sorry I'm not being nosy but i remember what it's like having to count every penny and it sounds like you need that time like I do (I've never had family to look after my kids either).
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Noni- You poor love:comfort: Please dont think you are horrible. Your doing and awesome job with Asha. Asha is just being a toddler and I really know how you feel cause omg you should see my house some days... With the boys pulling crap out everywhere and Livi starting to do the same too some days I just have to sit there and laugh cause if I didnt I would be crying all the time..lol
Biting- Livi has bitten her daddy on the stomach and Jordy on the finger, Me on the finger and Xavier has yet to experience her biting.
Livi likes to turn the tv off in the play room (lounge room that kids have over run with toys) and does this when the boys are watching a movie. hehehehehehhe... She loves to turn the volume up on the tv in the family room. She also enjoys the remotes and pulling all the teatowels out of the draw in the kitchen and the facewashers in the bathroom and put them all over the floor. Oh and has just discovered the cordless phone if its left lying around in her reach. Also loves to open the tupperware cupboard up and pull it all out on the kitchen floor. To sum it all up she is into everything and anything that she can not reach she just points and grunts... lol
Hello to everyone and have a great weekend
I am off tomorrow to the post office to put the application in for mine and the kids passports... We are off to America in January for 3 weeks with DH family.
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Noni I think they are all just at that age, L actually laughs at me before he takes something he shouldnt and runs away he even hides things from me. I know how trying it is though and how hard it is not to react sometimes. I find that if it is all getting a little bit to much I put L in his cot for 5 mins and go and sit outside, even if he is crying when I come back in I seem to be able to deal with it a lot better. You are not a bad mummy though, your human. L loves to sing and dance so I always distract him with that.
It seems all our kids are doing a lot of the same things, when it isn't driving me crazy I love to sit and watch him explore things. The fascination (sp) on his face sometimes is utterly adorable.
I am so glad that I am not the only one who forgets to brush their teeth. I remember most mornings but at night sometimes I dont remember until I have put him in bed. It is a struggle to brush his teeth, I stand behind and just do what he will let me and then give him the toohbrush.
Its so hot here today, might see if DH wants to head to the beach when he gets home. Mind you my house looks like a demolition site and I really should be cleaning it.
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We've been remiss ladies...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAINY!!! :happybirthday: Hope you have a lovely day and are spoilt rotten!
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Someone is having a birthday today and didn't tell us ..........;)
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Rainy you cheeky devil. Happy Birthday :happybirthday:
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAINY!!!!!!:cheer::bluecheer:
Ok, some of Leila's antics include: opening the pantry and pulling everything out (which according to some psychoanalyst is her way of 'emptying the mothers womb'...WTF??!), climbing the couch/bed and jumping up and down. pulling all her books off the shelf, opening and discarding all contents in the bathroom drawer, taking anything in the kitchen within reach to the bathroom and dumping it in the bath, taking the phone off the hook, banging the crappola outta the laptop, eating from the dog/cat bowl (a particular fav!), tipping the dog/cat bowls of water all over the place the smearing it over the floor for added effect, hiding things in hard to reach places, sucking on wet wipes (what the?), spraying talcum powder all over the carpet, undoing her sippy cup and pouring contents on floor, raiding our wallets and distributing contents over the house, pulling out flowers from the garden, eating dirt...hhhmm that's all i can think of so far. :D
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ooohhh Leanne! i wish i was going on holiday to the US!! (or anywhere really LOL!) you lucky duck!!
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Rainy- HAPPY BIRTHDAY and hope you have a wonderful day
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Rainy, Happy Birthday!!
Gee, I didn't think W was particularly naughty but he does most of the stuff the others are doing. We have kiddy catches on all the kitchen cupboard doors, all the bathroom drawers are empty - everything is hidden in a container he can't open (yet!!). We bought an old sideboard as a T.V cabinet so all the electronics were up higher. The only things that really bug me are the constant dips in the dog water, pushing the trolley shelves in the laundry (was so delighted when he discovered it moved) until it tips over and spills all the washing powder out - then smears it around and opening the c.d drive of the computer - I know that one day he is going to snap it off.
Noni, when he gets into something he isn't allowed I follow my mum's method for training dogs lol - Ask, Tell, Make. So I ask him not to do something, then tell him in a firmer voice, then move him away from it. I usually sit him in the middle of the floor, walk away and then try to distract him with a toy in the opposite direction of whatever he shouldn't have been playing with. I have had a few growly moments lately that I am not proud of. I find if we don't get outside or to activities it is madness here. Sometimes just putting him in the pram and going for a long walk helps with the cabin fever.
Leanne, you lucky thing!
I smell bbq, gots to go.
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Arte, Ask Tell Make, PMSL!! If only it worked on older children and husbands as well! :lol:
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Arte: a woman after my own heart!! we use the dog training as well!!!! LOL!!
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Noni, as you can see we all know what you mean. Maddie is exactly the same, its just the age & stage that they are at, exploring & getting into absolutely everything. We basically use Arte's little example, I find a firm no works wonders and she tends to get the hint. I was taught at childcare (when I studied it) that you shouldnt use the word 'no' with children, however I find this a bit ridiculous, a simple 'no' never hurt anyone.
Things Maddie has done/loves to do - pour talcum powder over the entire bathroom & then put it all over my black work clothing on the way out the door to work, poo on the kitchen floor (hahaha), pulls the wooden spoons etc out of the drawers, walk around with dad's tapemeasure, walk around with shoes and dump them everywhere, steal the toiletbrush (yes she did this as well!), Climb onto the lounge and pounce off it onto the poor cat, pull cd's & dvd's out, chew the remotes, turn the tv on & off....the list is endless. Its just them exploring and its how they learn. You can even try encourage A to use her own drawer in the kitchen, that you can fill with plastic utensils. Then when she is into something she shouldnt be, you can redirect her to her own drawer. Also I second what MD said about childcare & looking into what centerlink can offer you, dont get me wrong I love being with M but I cherish those two days a week where I am babyfree and at work. I get a break. M LOVES daycare, yes she's been sick a bit but she is getting much better with avoiding bugs (touch wood). She loves other kids, it would do A good as well as yourself.
Leemar - LUCKY YOU!!! You guys will have a great time, where in the USA are you off to?
Rainy - Happy bday love.
MD - Wow you always come up with good advice for others, what a great person & mother you are.
Well we've just booked our honeymoon, well flights anyway, to Malaysia. Flights land & depart in KL, but we are then going elsewhere, probably either Langkawi or Phuket. I wanted the flights to land in Singapore but ah well cant be fussy, the flights are dirt cheap. & we are taking M on our honeymoon, DP and I both discussed it and we cant bear to be apart from her for 10 days.
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Ok, i admit, i scanned, didn't read per se, so please excuse me if i've missed something important.
PP-CONGRATULATIONS! Great news. :D
MD- Hope it is nothing serious luv. Best thing about the liver is how it manages to regenerate. Fingers crossed it was those nasty AB's and you will be on the mend sooner rather than later. I live in the bush over the hill from Rainy, so it's about an hour, but when you live inthe country that makes us practically neighbours!
Rainy- Happy birthday sly dog! You are not HUGE. You look great. I know you feel like crap, so do i, but i have decided you should only look at your body in the mirror, not from your head looking down. Your guts looks much bigger from your own angle! ;)
MM- need me to be the travelling Nanny? :D *jelous*
Arte- I'm all good thanks. No more shingles, nausea only around in mornings, only throwing up occasionally so things are looking positively wonderful! Lu has started saying Ba for bath, and i thought of little W, it was him that says Ba for bath wasn't it?
Gotta go read a story..... bbl
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Ange, that is great that the morning sickness is confining itself to the actual morning now! It isn't W that says Ba for bath, sheep say Baa though lol
Rainy, take ange's advice and only look in mirrors - I remember feeling huge and now I look at the photos from the time and I was barely showing, just looked chubby (well, chubbier)
Clare, I figure my mum has several obedience champions, she must know what she is talking about lol How did your scary interview go the other week?
Trill, isn't the little car sound so adorable! W has gone crazy for planes and trucks, he gets all excited and chatters and points at them. The other day he was so excited he nearly cried when a plane went out of sight lol He is such a boy, he has also started telling me when he farts LMAO
MM, yay for the honeymoon. We still haven't got around to ours
W brought the toilet bush to me once saying Tee sss (teeth) and trying to brush his teeth with it. I make sure the toilet door is shut now.
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Hey Ange. Glad that the shingles have buggered off and you're feeling better in general. It was Alister that said 'ba' for bath LOL. V cute that L does it too now.
Arte, Alister laughs when he or someone else farts - such a boy!
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:rofl: Lu is definately a tomboy, farts crack her up too! Now i'll be thinking of A when she says Ba! ;)
Arte- Brushing teeth with a toilet brush would be a challenge! lol
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thank you so much for all the birthday wishes xoxo
had a bit of a fight with dp so it hasn't been the best of birthdays. we've both had a bit of a cry and a cuddle and it's all ok now, just been a ****ty arvo.
bb for personals everyone xoxo
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No way can I remember what has just taken me 4 hours of reading on here. Nope not a slow reader either just can't get a moment long enough to get into it. So some key points are as follows and the biggest apologies to those I miss.
PAP - CONGRATULATIONS!! That is fantastic darl...heres hoping for an awesome h&h pregnancy and birth. :clap:
Sherie and MD - Good luck with all the medical stuff happening your way.
Rainy - Happy Birthday Sweets...hope your night ends up better than the arvo. Get anything exciting?
Noni - I'm with you on the getting into everything...definately must be the age for it. All I recommend is moving as much out of reach as you can and picking your battles. Like is pulling magazines apart really as bad as digging through the rubbish bin. I just think about how 'bad' it really is and go from there. That way it doesn't seem like I'm rousing on S as often. I've heard about the YMCA gym up here that does child care for 50c for 3 hours. They have a daycare centre next door so two girls from there come over and look after the kids while you work out. I'm not so big on the working out part although God knows I need to but the break from Sarah is a huge bonus.
AFM - Well we finally got confirmation that the house is ours, now just gotta move all our crap in and find space for it all. Its really unfortunate that I'll be in Brisbane during that week...:rofl::nahnah: As you can see i'm really upset with not being able to help lift heavy objects and try to fit them through shrinking doorframes. ;)
I'm really close to losing my mind and my cool with the inlaws. What gives them the right to tell me how to raise my daughter. Advice is one thing but flat out telling me off for doing it my way is so not on. :wall:
Anyway...sorry again for missing anyone. Hugs to all and hope the sleep fairies do their magic on all the kiddliewinks and the mummys as well
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Aww Rainy, hope things are better now.
Kate - Thats excellent that you've now got your own place! Woo hoo escape from the inlaws!!!
Arte - lol at W thinking the toilet brush was a tooth brush. He's so smart.
Feeling like a bad mum tonight, just discovered a bite mark on M's arm. It all makes sense now. Her little friend came to play today and the friend was playing a bit rough, at one point M screamed & I thought she was just scared, but this must have been when she was bitten. I didnt stick up for her!!! What a bad mum, I hope she doesnt think that I didnt care iykwim. :( Poor Mads everyone wants a bite of her.
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Hi girls
Haven't been in here for awhile - god its hard to catch up!! anyway after reading a lot of your posts it seems that it is quite normal for normally angelic one year old to be have turned feral and started being "naughty!!". Phew - not only me. Good luck with your bubs - I'[ve decided to discipline if its a dengerous activity but otherwise let her explore....we'll see how that goes for awhile!
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H is quite good at brushing his teeth. We have a set of those pigeon baby brushes with the guard on them so he can't stick the brush too far down his throat.
I have given it too him at most nappy changes since he was about 5 months old. It amusing him and I usually sing the 'brush your teeth' song at the same time. It started with a soft rubber type head then we changed to a harded rubber with ridgers on it and now he uses the one with a soft brush atached. No paste normally.
Having said that, whenever he sees me brushing my teeth he usually comes over and opens his mouth so I get a normal toothbrush with a small amount of paste and he loves it. He's such a copy cat.
Yes H is into everything as well. He knows the tupperware cupboard is ok and the rest are not. He loved the dishwasher, scrambles over to it once it's open and rubs the left over water everywhere. Nice..... We usually do the distraction thing, sometimes it works and other times not. He loves making a beeline for our stairs. He's up them so fast it's scary.
He is walking a bit more each day, still crawling mostly but he's getting there.
We have another bloody open house inspection today, Im sick of cleaning this 3 story (5 bedroom) home from top to bottom, it's all I do. Can't wait for the auction to be over - 18th Nov is the date.
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Purely selfish question ahead...
Sarah has the worse rash on her vuy-jay-jay that I have ever seen. She has never had anything like this before. It started off just as a normal looking nappy rash but persisted which is unusual for her. Its now extremely irritated and blistery. The blisters look like they are raw and its really annoying for her when her nappy is wet or dirty. So of course I try to keep her dry as well as trying sudocream, bepanthan and brauers relief but nothing is clearing it up. It calms down sometimes but flares back up again soon after. Anyone got any other ideas to try? Off to the doctors as soon as I can get in to rule out fungal.
Gonna go do nappy off time to give her some relief.
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ohhh kate- that doesn't sound too good at all. i have no idea what to suggest- just lots of nappy off time i guess, until you can get her to dr. poor love
hayley- you're not a bad mum at all for not sticking up for mads, you weren't to know. lewis got bitten the other day too by a friend's dd. poor little things.
i've gotta be quick- we're going out to dinner tonight to my favourite indian restaurant to ceebrate my b'day. dp, dad, lewis and i....i think we're just gonna write yesterday off as a bad joke. turns out dp had a really bad day at work getting stuffed around my some rich biatch and was feeling really miserable, so i think we're just gonna act like tonight is my b'day dinner- yah!
bbl tonight, no doubt, seeing as it is saturday night and i always spend every sat night on bb, for personals xoxox
hope everyone is doing well
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Ooooh Kate, that sounds very painful for her. How did you go at the Dr's? With our experience this year with the girls and Alister getting Molloscum, it sounds like it could be that - I hope it isn't though because it was soooo hard to get rid of it because it's a pox virus and can't be treated with anything.
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kate - asha had something similar.. i used weleda nappy change cream to get rid of it.. deffinately check out the fungal thing if it looks like small red dots its quite likely to be fungal.. blistery can be more of a bacterial or normal nappy rash.. if its fungal canistan will clear it up and u should try washing all her clothes etc with detoll or canestan rince wash to minimise the incidence of nasty rashes... hth
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Kate: yeah L had something similar months ago. it was kinda wet irritated patches that would have her screaming. we did loads of free nappy and sudocream...
Rainy: Have fun with the dinner tonight.....mmmmm indian......could really hack into a murg makaani right now....ohhh and peshwari naan....mmmmmmmmmmmmm
JG: eww cleaning house sooo often would be sooo boring!! hope that the auction does the trick!
Arte: the interview thing went well. they confirmed in my Phd so i figure that was a good outcome. it is really nerve-racking though having your whole future in the hands of 3 ppl!
gotta keep this short we have ppl over for dinner and they are really yelling and keeping L awake...:rolleyes: so ANNOYING.
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Kate - M is another who has had the yucky rash down there. When normal nappy rash cream didnt do the trick, I got some canestan cream and it worked. I hope this helps?
Rainy - Enjoy your night, shame you both had a bad day yesterday but I'm glad its all sorted now!
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hey everyone,
ughh woke up feeling sooo crappy!! i keep getting sick, i think its lifestyle really mostly eating habbits, too much junk not enough water and then ive been out walking delivering these catologues too and this morning i just feel dizzy and queezy its been happening alot over the last few months, really gotta learn to take better care of myself!!
on the plus side Asha has slept through the night two nights in a row!! this morning i got her out of her bed at 8.20 and yesterday about 7.30 sooo excited!!! hoping it continues from now on!!
gee some mega cleaning is in order for my place, been so tired during the week delivering catologues lol 100 on thurs and 100 on fri and tmw i have to go and pick up thursdays one and see who ordered etc, im quite nervous because it takes alot of effort to deliver that many and when i pick them up if no one has ordered anything ill probably be pretty dissheartened iykwim? oh well see how we go anyway..
its my birthday on tuesday too hehe and i will have to go and pick up fris ones mums taking me to the shops tho so i can get my wii lol i am such a baby!!! ohhh well its nice to be buying something frivolous for once!!
anyways sorry for the selfish post no time for personals ashas finished her breaky n is screaming to get down and its dps sleep in day (mine was yesterday) so i dont want her to wake him or hell be cranky..
bbl
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Sarah - K had a rash like that last week, we have been putting canesten on it and it is clearing up.
Rainy - hope last night was better, we had butter chicken here, mmmmmyum
Yesterday was a disaster here. The morning went fine, went into town and did a little bit of shopping then went to watch the cricket. Found some ducks which K chased and then played on the playground equipment - then we headed home. She refused an afternoon sleep and yet she was so tired and I ended up taking her for a drive to get her off. Then when she woke from that she was so cranky (only did 30 mins too). Absolutely nothing calmed her down and it was full on screaming. I just had to walk out of the room in tears a couple of times and she kept following me. I even rang one of DH's team mates (DH doesn't have a mobile) to tell him to come home straight away - unfortunately he didn't answer his phone, but at least K was a bit calmer when I came back inside so we just had an early dinner and bed.
She also had a early evening screaming session on Fri night (woke about 8:30 and wouldn't calm - ended up giving her another BF). I think she is just overtired - she has refused one of her day sleeps most days this week. I think she sees the other kids go out to play at daycare and doesn't want to miss out on the outside play time. I don't think she's ready to drop a sleep though as she is lucky to be awake for 3 hours in the morning before needing to go back to bed. Will see what happens this week and if she keeps it up we might start trying to stretch her out. I also think one of her molars may be coming through so that might be a problem, but then none of the other teeth have been so who knows.
I have everything crossed she has an afternoon sleep today - DH went back to bed during her morning sleep so he can deal with her today, I might go and hide in the garden.
Is anyone else still on 2 day sleeps? I remember K was one of the last to drop her third sleep.
And what is everyone planning on getting bubs for Christmas? I'm thinking outdoor toys, but not sure what. Already have some blocks for her. She is obsessed with her daycare bag and my mum found a miniature version of it that she is getting for Christmas as the daycare one is a bit big for her to carry around when it is loaded up.
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Cally- Lu still has 2 sleeps alot of the time, and sometimes has one. She is hard to put down in the arvo though. We're getting Lu a little timber table and chairs and a sandpit for chrissy.
How was dinner Rainy?
I'm not sure, but i think Lu has some kind of cow's milk issue. She seems to get pain/wind and runny poo if she has too much. I'm not sure if it is a coincidence or not. She can have yoghurt and cheese no probs and even hot milk on her weetbix, but if she has milk in a cup it seems to go horribly wrong. I also wonder if it has anything to do with the constant cold/runny nose she seems to have. She is the only bub still BF in my MG and she has the most colds by far. :wall: Any ideas anyone?
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Cally I hear ya on the banshee baby antics. i had to post a thread about it...L was being really horrendous screaming howling child for 2 nights in a row...(like 4 hours at a time). i was in tears the first night, felt like i was losing the plot as NOTHING was calming her down. i am with you and think that she was just really overtired...at the time i thought maybe she was getting sick, but luckily not. hugs to you, i know how emotionally draining it can get.
Leila overall is on 2 sleeps. they have gotten longer (ie most around 1-2 hours), but she is def starting to head towards one sleep...
hhmm re the chrissy stuff...not sure. the wooden table and chairs is a good idea. L loved playing with them at IKEA. actually anything that is miniture ATM is her fav.
Ange: hmm that is strange re the milk. maybe it is the quantity? i know that i can't cope with large amounts of straight milk (i used to get eczema as a kid) so maybe there is a slight intolerance...?
Noni: YAY! sleeping through 2 nights in a row is not a fluke anymore!!! hope the good times continue!! bring it baby bring it!! LOL!
AFM: well not much going on here (after Leilas banshee nights). we had a first b'day party today so we are all a bit tired and had to force L to at least eat something nutritious for dinner (caught her with a big wedge of violet crumble in her gob earlier at the party!! :o).
her cutest trick ATM is to cuddle her dolly! it is sooo awesome. you ask her to cuddle dolly and she picks her up and pops her up on her shoulder and cuddles and rocks baby then gives her kisses!! sooo funny!
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Clare that's a crack up, E does same with all her soft toys, soooo funny when the boys are all getting excited about cars and trains and our girls are playing with dollies!! LOL
Noni well done on the sleeping, sounds like progress at your house. Yes to definitely taking better care of you!
Kate, good idea taking it to the drs, how did you go? I always go straight for the canesten if it doesn't clear up after a day or two, but sometimes you can get a rash with multiple elements (ie started as regular nappy rash but turned fungal and/or bacterial as well, kwim)?
Cally, -oh yes I've had the crying screaming behaviour too. E was rotten out at friend's tonight and I think it really is tiredness. Sometimes putting them in the bath or feeding them early can help restore peace & quiet.
Rainy, well I hope you enjoyed your dinner at the resto the other night,(yum, aaaaages since I've had indian)! You deserve to have had a good night to celebrate!
MM - don't feel like a bad mum, you can't be everywhere at once! You're doing a wonderful job looking after M!!
Leanne, I'm wildly jealous of your trips (like usual)! Enjoy the planning!
Trill, do you take your medication every day or just every few days? How's it going?
Well I had a wonderful day today. We had a sleepover for DD1 (five girls & ensuing dramas :rolleyes: hehe Had to use my cranky voice at 1.30am). Anyway I was a bit pooped today so DH looked after E while I went back to bed for a couple of hours. :clap: Then I got up and it was E's sleep time & DD1 was snoozing too so I sat on the couch and read this fantastic book. Then it was time to go to a friends house for roast dinner. How good is that? But even after all that sleep I STILL feel exhausted.
Guess it'll take a while to get properly caught up *even if* I'm sleeping at the right time of night.
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Didn't end up getting into a doctors, normal ones were closed. Tried canestan on it and thought that if I didn't see any improvement I'd go to the after hours one. Well luckily it looked better after just one treatment. I've continued with it and have changed her nappy a lot more than usual and lots of nappy free time. So fingers crossed it goes away and stays away. I don't know if thats the reason that she has been a feral sleeper the last few nights or if its just a coincidence. We have had a few big days where we were out and about and she had naps in the car. She was sooky all day today as well but went down easily. Heres hoping that she stays down :crossfingers:
Hope everyone had a good weekend...MD sounds like you did...:clap:
I'm off to bed, shattered and hoping to catch up tonight on some lost sleep.
