Dr T - yes, definitely go the Freddo. X was literally like needle 1, little whinge, changed him round, needle 2, little whinge, "ooh Freddo!" and all fine
He had the Prevnar-13 booster too - the new pneumococcal one. DD had to have the same needle, she's almost 3, and OMG what a drama queen. She cried the clinic down! Even the Giant Freddo couldn't cheer her up! Lollipop, however, did the trick.
If you get the Prevnar-13, be warned, my kids both had a pretty bad reaction to it - their arms were red, hot, a little swollen and quite sore. Nurse seemed to think it was common so just be prepared. It went down after 2-3 days.
that your energy returns. It is so hard when you have an active toddler running around as well when you are pg! Hang in there. How wonderful about the nausea! It must be a girl this time if it is so different to the first time
Delph - X isn't in a bed yet. DD was in a bed by 12 months as we needed the cot for X... but X, well we have no reason to move him out so I haven't been in a hurry to get a bed. But I think he might be ready for one too - like your DD, he moves around a lot and collides with the bars.
With DD, we bought her a standard size bed and put it against the wall on one side and put a rail on the other side. We will do the same for DS and I think we will be doing it soon.
TBH, Delph, if they are going to fall out, they are going to fall out. Sounds horrible, but they will only do it once or twice and then they will adjust. It is all about learning their new sleeping space. We bought an el cheapo mattress and put it beside the bed on the floor for the first few weeks as DD got used to the bed and she has never fallen out. And she was in there from 12 months! She sort of fell down a few times as she learned to climb in and out, but she never fell out in the middle of the night. We would go in before we went to bed (and still do) and tuck her in, straighten her out, turn her round, whatever required. Then generally she wouldn't move that much unless she woke up.
We moved her in there in her sleeping bag, without a pillow, and then gradually moved her onto the pillow and weaned her out of her sleeping bag.
We might need to do it the other way around with DS - he is getting too big for the sleeping bag and I don't want to buy him a bigger sleeping bag, so we might start putting him down without it and then go into the bed. Probably should do that while the weather is warm... Hmm!
Good luck! It's a big step!
X is also showing improvement on the tantrum front. I really think is is a communication thing - as they learn to communicate, the frustration eases and tantrums ease. For us anyway!
And X is also sleeping quite well atm... touch wood.
Sounds like you guys all have chatterboxes. Travis likes to talk but darned if I know what he's saying! I'm sure he is trying to say more words than we can understand, just that he doesn't have all the sounds (still no 's' or 'r' sounds for example) and he often gets some sounds mixed up. Like, he points at the bats flying overhead and says "bap". I feel so bad when I don't know what he means. What do you say when they come out with something that sounds very insightful and look at you expectantly, but you have no idea what they just said or asked?
As for the big boy bed, the thing is the side of our cot is stuck in place and I got sick of having to reach all the way down to pick Travis up when he was crying hysterically but not standing up. I was worried about putting my back out. So when we got the bed, we weren't sure how we'd go about it, but in the end we got him out of the cot when he woke up in the middle of the night one night and lay with him in the bed till he went back to sleep. We did that a few times, then ended up getting him to sleep the same way.
It's a medium height bed and he can get on and off it himself beause it has a trundle underneath that he can put his foot on to boost himself up. I was worried about him falling out because the bed has only a very low side rail thing - only protrudes a couple of centimetres from the matress. But he's never fallen off.
I’ve been meaning to come in here and post for ages. That for some reason or other, I never seem to get around to it. This morning I said NOPE! I’m posting darn it!
So to all you lovely ladies and your little ones. Hope you are all going well
OP – Still haven’t got B to his shots yet. Every time I have a day off he seems to have a fever Oh well. I am trying again for this Friday….with any luck.
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Emma – I don’t really know what B is saying most of the time either. There are some thing that are pretty clear. Like I’ll be back. Or where did whatever go, that he happens to be looking for. Or all gone. But a lot of the other times it’s just a bit of a guessing game on my part. I usually make up something non-committal to say to him that acknowledges that I heard what he was saying, but that I don’t really understand.
The permanent marker. He keeps drawing all over himself. I’ve almost given up trying to get it off him. I went out the other day and bought him a whole heap of washable markers, but it’s like he knows and he doesn’t like drawing on himself with those ones I guess at least it’s just him (and the dogs) that he draws on and not the walls……could be worse!
I’m also sure it was you that asked ages ago what I did to keep B dry through the night. I wish I could tell you some profound thing that I thought of that was really clever and tricky, but truth be told, I have absolutely no idea. He just is. He has been, since he was about 8 or 9 months old. Not all the time but 90% of the time he’s dry through the night. I don’t do anything, I mean I still breastfeed him to sleep at night and 2-3 times during the night, so it’s not like he’s not drinking.
AFU – B is blowing bubbles underwater now!! YEAH! So excited about that. Well, I should say, when we’re at home and in the spa he does it all the time…has been for months. But he blew them for the first time in front of the instructor at swimming lessons on Saturday. It was all very exciting.
AND we went out on the weekend and bought him a new chest of drawers, to date all his clothes have been staked in milk cartons (I know how very organized of me) and I got sick of sorting through them all the time trying to find things…when I could actually find what I was looking for. So DH, B and I all went shopping yesterday and found a nice not too expensive dresser for him. Got it all put together yesterday while he was napping and stacked with all of his clothes.
Also got a bed rail for him when we were out. I am finally going to bite the bullet and put him into his big boy bed…..soon.
Must have been the weekend for furniture buying - we finally bought X a big boy bed!! Woo! So now we just need to get a mattress and we have everything - linen and bed rail already at home. Pity we don't have a room to move him in to
So that's the next task - clear out the spare room and make it into X's new room. Time to start thinking about decorations, yay!
Emma - much like Dr T, I just say something like "Is that right? Ok!" or if he's trying to say something specific I sometimes ask him to show mummy, or tell him to slow down, use his words. Sometimes that's all it takes for him to stop trying to spill out a full sentence and just give me one or two words that get the message across.
Not too bad all things considered. I’ve been exhausted. Way more so then what I remember being when I was pregnant with B. That having been said I wasn’t running around after a toddler last time either!
I’ve had some MS. But not very much….nothing compared to last time. Just a bit of nausea most mornings, and I’ve only vomited a couple of times. And even all that didn’t start till last week. I am feeling a bit icky today, but so far as long as I have something to nibble on I’ve been okay…mostly
But all in all, I’ve been feeling really good. Which is a massive change from last time around when I was just sick all the time.
That's great about the nausea!!! I really hope it continues to be not as bad as it was last time, boy you had it tough!
Go gently with yourself - someone had to point this out to me when I was pg with X - you are now sustaining three life forms. Your baby gets first pick of all the nutrients you take in, then your breastmilk gets second pick and sadly your body gets whatever crummy scraps are left over! Add to that the fact that you are growing a new being, chasing a toddler and working - it is no wonder you are exhausted.
Sleep when B sleeps, use your sick leave, make DH do more... just try and cut yourself some slack.
I hadn’t really thought about it like that. Guess it is true though.
Thanks :hugs:
I do have to say that DH has been really fantastic though with the dishes and laundry and general house cleaning. It’s been really good, apart from cook and chase after B I’ve really not had to do anything.
that your energy returns. It is so hard when you have an active toddler running around as well when you are pg! Hang in there. How wonderful about the nausea! It must be a girl this time if it is so different to the first time
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I feel so bad when I don't know what he means. What do you say when they come out with something that sounds very insightful and look at you expectantly, but you have no idea what they just said or asked? 
to all you lovely ladies and your little ones. Hope you are all going well
Oh well. I am trying again for this Friday….with any luck.
I guess at least it’s just him (and the dogs) that he draws on and not the walls……could be worse!
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