Babies Born ~ July 2013 #2

Oh that's good he sleeps well on the floor mats. I asked about this because for the last 2 weeks they have been trying to get dd to sleep on them, but she rarely will. They said they will just bring her into the babies room for sleeps in a cot until she is comfortable to use a mat. They also don't usually have trouble transitioning to a mat, so it's just my stubborn dd! It is this year they will move her, but they have to make sure she is ready and they also move them in little groups so they still have familiar faces :)

Also we are nowhere near ready for a big girl bed. Gawd she would just get out and stuff around in her room if we did! :lol: Our cot converts to a toddler bed so it's there when we need anyway.

Had a few suggestions from well-meaning relatives about toilet training here too. I am in no hurry. Having two in nappies is no biggie to me. I don't think she's ready yet, sometimes she will get a clean nappy when she's done poos, but not every time. Haven't thought about a "big girl bed" yet either. I am sure she would just run amok instead of sleeping! She's actually still in our room too :redface: so we'll tackle the hurdle of moving her to her own room before we attempt the big bed.

belated happy new year! :)

peeks - to answer you question, im feeling tired atm. i think ds might be doing that 18mth sleep regression thing a tad early. he is waking most nights (usually around 3-4am), coming in to our bed, fussing around for an hour, going to sleep for another hour & then he's up for the day. siiigh. im due august 8 but will probably be a week earlier as I will have to have a scheduled c section. I had a little giggle at your toilet training post. my mum reckons I was toilet trained by 12 month. as were my sister & brother. we were all a year apart... so 3 under 3 years... all toilet trained by 12 months...??! I think she might be embellishing a little. :rolleyes: my little one is still in our room too, don't worry! how does it work having ruby in there too? do they wake each other?

Tasha - I haven't thought about toilet training yet either really. I mean ive thought about it. as in I don't want to do it! im a bit concerned about how ill go with a newborn & toilet training (perhaps) next year, but I guess ill just see what happens. sometimes when we change our son, we will ask him 'you got any wee's? where's your wee's?!', before we take the nappy away & sometimes he does a wee! same goes in the bath too, although I think its a reflex when his legs hit the warm water - he wee's.

vic - we are just scrapping in at size 12-18 months... so technically I still get to shop in the baby section, but not for long. although I guess ill get to do it all over again soon. your ds's childcare sounds nice, I bet he loves it there.

afm - not much going on after the Christmas/new year excitement. actually, there was no excitement on new years, i went to bed at 11pm. ds is doing well, apart from the sleep thing. we have been at my sisters this past week and he has loved playing with his 2.5 year old cousin. he was even starting to learn how to get annoyed when she took things off him! usually he just stands there confused, then wanders off to play with something else... i think he's a lover, not a fighter! ;)

Isn't it funny how parents always say we did everything so early compared to kids these days? Mind you it was 32 years ago for my mum so maybe her memory is a bit rusty lol. I would expect 2.5-3 for toilet training to be established, but who knows how it will go.

My BFF daughter was a nightmare to toilet train. She only started going number 2's at 4.5 years in the toilet. She would hold on for days and then my BFF would put a nappy on her and wait for the explosion. If she didn't put the nappy on she would find them any where. Behind the cubby, in the vegie patch, under her bed. It was pretty gross. My sisters however had no real drama's, so hoping to be like them.

How tall are the bubbas? Jack is 81.5cm and weighs 10.9 kilo. We weighed and measured him yesterday being 18 months old.

Jack is sleeping well so I hope he doesn't have the 18 month sleep regression. The 4.5 month one was a shocker for us. He sleeps through then night most nights and wakes between 7.30am and 8.00am. It used to 6.00am to 7.00am but since we have had xmas and been on break from daycare he has been sleeping in. Maybe because the house is quiet as we have been sleeping in too.

Jack has his 18 month immunisation on Friday. Not looking forward to it. They said they will do his 18 month old check up. I think I will take him back to CAHFS for it and not worry about the doctor filling in his blue book. I think the CAHFS nurses here know more than the drs do. Last time they gave me work sheets to complete on his progress.

Andie, sorry you're having some problems with early morning wake-ups. I hope they are short lived and he's back to his usual sleeping.

Funny the way our parents remember our childhood. My Mum said my sister and I were good as gold. I say she's looking back through rose-coloured glasses as surely we got into some sort of mischief!! As for toilet training, from memory, both my boys were 3+ before they were toilet trained. And DS2 had a night nappy for quite a while after that too. I can't say that giving them the extra year caused them (or me) any lasting issues.

I came down unwell last week and ended up in hospital over the weekend having my gallbladder removed. Still in quite a bit of pain when moving from sitting to standing etc. Haven't been able to pick up DD2, can only give her cuddles if DH gets her from the bassinet for me, and poor DD1 just wants to run and lunge herself at me, have to keep my guard up to block my tummy!

peeks - how are you recovering? that does not sound ideal, having surgery with a newborn to look after. and a toddler. and you have 2 boys too I think?! you poor thing. :hug:

vic - how did jack go with his 18mth immunisations? I have ds's coming up in a week or so. I roughly measured & weighed ds the other day, he is around 78-80cm (he wouldn't stay perfectly still!) and just over 9kg. he is still lean. eats well, just so active he burns it off straight away. did you end up taking jack to the checkup about his speech? just curious bc ds isn't saying much still. although he says mumma now, which is something at least! he can say peppa (pig), dad, grandma (not clearly, but I know what he's saying). he nods & shakes his head a lot rather than saying the words. I try to get him to say words, but I don't want to push him. it seems like he gets a bit shy about it.

tasha - how's your little one?

ds is still waking once a night, well morning really. this morning was 3am. he just sat in his cot (still in our room), occasionally calling to me, then eventually gave up at 4am and went to sleep. its better than a screaming baby I know, but it still means I wake up & cant sleep until I know he's asleep. I have been feeling quite tired & a getting a bit of m/s so hasn't been a great couple of weeks. today I felt good though, so hopefully the worst is over. :)

Andie, I couldn't even imagine being pregnant, m/s and tired with a toddler! Don't know how you all do it! They should have checklist stuff at your health nurse appointments about speech etc. If they think there is a problem they'll let you know :) And 9kg gosh he is a tiny little thing :)

Peeks, how are you doing? Obviously have your hands totally full at the moment! Hope you are well x

Vic, hope the needles went well. DD is 79cm and weighs 11.5kg at her last appointment.


We are going for our 18 month vaccinations next week, mchn app last week and all is good. She can say so many words now and she's so confident. I watched her at daycare the other day just climbing the stairs and going down the mini slide all on her own. The staff laughed because they said she does it all the time, but I hadn't seen it before. Thankfully we haven't had an 'sleep agression' of any sorts. Still sleeps well (fingers crossed lol)

Jack's immunisation went well. He cried of course but not for long. We currently have the cold like symptoms. I forgot how annoying a runny nose is. Went just went to CAFHS for his check up and immunisations. He weighs 12.4k and 83 cm so bit heavier and taller than we thought. His head is pretty big. 97th percentile but she was not concerned.

His questionaire was good. His fine, gross, problem solving skills are all excellent. His communication and social skills are good. She said his speech was in the normal section and she would not bother with the Joeys appt. So I canceled it. They did ring me last week and talked me into just coming in for a check up. He said a one off appointment just to see if we needed any help.

Jack has started transition into the toddler room at day care and loving it. There are so many babies in the nursery they have decided to start him a bit earlier with another couple of older boys. The toddler outside section has had a massive extension and all the kids are loving it.

Sadly one of the boys in the toddler room has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and has just had it removed. Its cancer :( Its hit me quite hard and am proud of our town for all the support they are giving to his parents. His little brother is one of Jacks little buddies so we know his mom and cant imagine how they are coping. Makes me squeeze Jack even harder.

vic - that's awful news, i cant even imagine what those poor parents are going through. xx

tasha - i had a good day today, no m/s & my little one slept from 7.30pm-6.45am - so i have good days too! couldn't believe it when i woke up this morning & realised i hadn't had to get up at 3 or 4am... fingers crossed its his new schedule!

afm - just plodding along really, no real news. ds was being super cute today, took him out on his little trike & he pretty much spent the whole time with his hands not even on the handle bars turning around to look at people walking behind us... made it a lot easier for me to push him without having to contend with his 'steering'. he was so good just sitting on his trike while i got a BT done, although he did leave a little trail of cracker crumbs on the pathology floor... ;)

hi ladies. :)

had ds's 18 mth check today, all ok. he is 80cm, 9.3kg's. mchn wasn't too concerned with his speech, so im not going to worry about it too much now. he understands everything, he's very clever & cheeky so I think the words will come... eventually! he did not like having his head measured... :o he had a little cry over that, lol. he has just weaned this past week, which has gone really well. good timing & im happy that I get a break from bf'ing before the next one gets here. hope everyone is doing well. xx

Andie - I cant believe your ticker says your 15 weeks already...gosh its gone quick for...well for me anyway :)

DS in now in a big boys bed. And loves it. I have mixed feelings about it but am getting used to the idea. He was starting to get his legs caught in the rails and waking up. We had bought a bed to give to him for his birthday but decided that that the time was right to take out the cot and give him a single bed. We didn't bother with the toddler bed as its a cot size anyway. It took me a few days to get my head around changing things as he is a good sleeper and didn't want to mess with anything but its been a non event really. We put it in the same spot as the cot and kept the routine the same and he has only gotten out once since his first sleep on Friday afternoon. I just went in and put him back in bed and he rolled over and went to bed.

I was sad to see the cot go. We have had it set up in his room 5 months before he was born and I used to love spending time in there before he was born dreaming of having a baby in that cot. I am happy for him to progress and he loves his big bed he can bounce on and have lots of room to sleep, but sad for the baby I dont seem to have anymore. He had a haircut on the weekend also and now his baby curls have gone and its like we now have a child in the house and not a baby.

As we wont be having another I feel a bit ripped off that my time of having a baby in the house has gone by so quick. I waited so long to have a baby and before I know it the time has come and gone. I see new born babies and admit I feel clucky.

Having said that Jack is so much fun and is a great age. He just keeps getting better and better. He is interesting, loving and such a positive addition to our family.

Hi ladies
Andie, yes it has gone very quick, 15 weeks already! I have only just even thought of considering having another. And that's only just a thought :lol: I don't know how you all do it!

Vic, does Jack stay in his bed? I don't think my dd would stay in there, she would just get up and start fiddling with everything. I planned to convert the cot when she is about 2.5. Do you use sleeping bags? They are great, and no leg in the bar problems.

Watching dd grow is just so wonderful :) She is such a happy, clever little girl. She loves to dance and talks so much haha. I feel she is very confident and the ladies at daycare say she is a dare devil. I have to sign accident reports at least once a week, but she just gets back up and soldiers on :) Loving every minute.

Tasha - Jack stays in his bed. We have a roller shutter so the room is very dark with only a glow coming from the baby monitor. He has only gotten out the once. I too thought he would roam all over the room but so far so good. He actually moves less around the bed than he did the cot. I go in to check on him a couple of times through the night and cover him up but so far its been pretty smooth sailing. He is not in sleeping bags anymore. He grew out of the 6-18 month ones and I didn't want to replace them with bigger sizes. He sleeps in pj's and if its cold socks and has his two blue blankeys he has had since little and I put one over him and he cuddles the other one. He also has a childrens pillow. I know its not recommended until 2 but he loves it. Jack is still in a cot at daycare. He seems pretty flexible about where he sleeps :)

Vic, that's great. Our cot converts so it's just a matter of taking the side off and lowering the base. But I'm still not sure... :lol: At daycare they use mats in the new room (toddler room) so no more cot. And she sleeps fine on the mat. Maybe I'll try in the next 6 months.

There is no rush Tasha. Whatever work for you and your little DD :)

She will be trying to jump over the side in no time anyway Vic :lol: Scary!

At 3am this morning I went into check Jack as I couldn't see him on the monitor. He was curled up under the bed. I dont know when it happened. I checked him at midnight and he was in bed. I pulled him out from under the bed and he barely woke.

vic & tasha - this pregnancy has gone quickly for me too, its not just you. ;)

eeek, big boy/girl beds! vic, that is so funny about jack asleep under his bed... what a little monkey. hopefully it was a one off.
ds is going well, he's starting to have more tantrum type things atm (not really tantrums), but its hard not to giggle bc he's doing the stamping feet thing when he's cross. adorable, but i guess its the frustration coming out so i don't want to laugh & make it worse for him. its usually that he cant do something (putting a lid back on something, putting his shoe on etc). he's discovered where i put my chocolate in the fridge too so gets a bit whingey when he finds it & he cant have it. ive forgotten to get his 18 mth immunisations too, must book that.

Andie, oh gosh don't even get me started on tantrums! DD has them every night we get home from daycare at about 5:30pm. Because she knows I go in the kitchen and cook. So she stands at the baby gate and howls, throws herself on the floor, kicks her legs, rolls around wailing. Tonight we got home and she followed me to the kitchen and I closed the gate, but came back into the lounge with her. Well that was it, she just broke down screaming. She stops for a second to watch the tv and then remembers she was having a tantrum and continues hahahaa. Annoying, but you gotta laugh. I wonder what out neighbors think :lol:

Tantrums here too. Or frustration moments as I like to call them. We too have a safety gate on our kitchen. Its ok for one of us to be in there but heaven help us if DH and I are both in the kitchen and he is locked out. I now let him in to get his weetbix out of the cupboard, get the milk out of the fridge, find his cup and plate and help make his breakfast. He can put the toast in the toaster, push the leaver down and get the margarine out of the fridge (if its down low enough) I find if kids know how to do stuff they rarely get into things just for the sake of it. Of course that doesn't stop him getting in the kitchen if we leave the gate open and help himself to the cupboards. He is still a toddler lol.

We has a horrid night last night. He has hand, foot and mouth at the moment. Not a bad case and only just at the beginning so only a few blisters. My BFF looked after him in the morning while we worked and I took him to work with me in the afternoon and he normally sleeps in the porta cot in our back office. He fell asleep in the car on the way to work back from my lunch break and and I put him in the cot and normally its a non event. But yesterday he sat up and howled. The girls in the office all started clucking around him (bless them) and that was the end of that! I had to ring DH to come pick him up. So instead of being asleep by the latest 1.00pm its now 1.45 and DH doesnt get him to sleep until 2.15pm. Normally we wake him at 3.00pm if not awake and when I get home at 4.00pm he is still asleep. So come 4.15 am this morning he is wide awake and crying when I leave him. And now he is in a big bed he gets out of the bed and bangs on the door. Lots of cuddles later, some panadol, nappy change and more cuddles still wont sleep. So for the first time ever at 5.10am, I get into his bed and try to co sleep with him. What a nightmare that was. Who can sleep with their toddler moving, wriggling, chatting and then eventually snoring on them??? I try to sneak out of his bed only to have him sit up and grab me. How stressful!!! We both end up twilight sleeping and DH comes in at 6.20am to say its time to get up. Jack is now snoring his head off and I have to wake him at 7.30am to get his day started back on his normal routine.

Working and having a sick bubba is hard work. I hope that my getting into his bed will be a one off and wont be happening again. I cant cope. My deepest respect for the ladies on here who are struggling with sleeping issues.

Oh Vic what a sucky night :( DD had hand, foot and mouth last year. Hopefully tonight is a better night for you all. I moved DD into her room very early because I couldn't sleep hearing her noises. So I would be totally useless with co-sleeping :lol: Maybe just totally wear him out so he'll just pass out at bed time ;)

vic - big hug. that sounds like a horrible night. for you & jack. I really hope you get a good solid 5-6 hours tonight. if not, could you take tomorrow off work at all? xx

tasha - poor dd, sounds like she does not cope too well waiting for her dinner...?! I don't either atm, so I can fully understand her tantrums. ;)

ds is currently doing another few days of getting up at 5/5.30am. he's also taking at least 30 mins for me to get him to sleep too, which is pushing his bedtime to more like 8pm. I think its a bit late for him, but he just cant seem to switch off past couple of days. maybe he is working on some words?!

Last night was good. Back to normal :) I put him to bed at 7.30pm. He rolled around and chatted to himself until 8.15pm then fell asleep and stayed in his bed all night. He woke at 6.20am probably as our alarm went off and it was a bit loud and he is in the room next door. I feel like a new woman :) I woke at 4am and contemplated going in to check on him but thought better of it :) Best not to chance him waking up.

I think he is not using enough energy as he is used to being at daycare 4 days a week and now has been home since Friday last week. My BFF who babysat him this morning said he was a lot more energetic today and a lot hungrier. I bought him to work with me and he is fast asleep in the back room. Win!!

Tasha - Jack was in his own room at 4 weeks as none of us could sleep with his barnyard noises. I think we were all waking each other up :)

Andie - That is a really early start for you both. It must feel like a long day. Do you need to put him to bed or does he just go to bed and chat to himself? Sometimes Jack can roll around for an hour yammering away to himself. I would push his bed time back but on a weekend if he gets to bed later and it still takes a bit to unwind, so figure at least 7.30pm gives me time to unwind before I go to bed.

good news, vic! it's amazing what a good nights sleep can do for you. :-)

I have to put ds to bed atm, I hold his hand until he drifts off. while he was bf'ing he would just fall asleep on me & is pop him in to bed. so I'm kind if teaching him to be in his bed awake again, which is going well, just taking a while. he'll get there. next step is to just sit next to his cot without hand holding. ;-)

Morning Girls. Jack is back to daycare today. Thank goodness! Life can return to normal. Its stressful having only 1 person to call on to babysit whilst we are both working. My BFF is awesome but its limiting. I walked into the nursery this morning and his team leader has left whilst we have been away. We knew it was coming and sad by it. The new team leader seems nice (she is from the kindy room) and has definately made her mark on the room. Everything has changed and now it feels weird in there. Jack was fine, I was having more of an issue. I am sure it wont take me long to get the new system down. Its like missing the first day of school and feeling all out of it.

And to top it off, they had a confirmed case of German Measles last week:( I did google and see that Jack should be ok since he has had 2 lots of immunisation of MMR. Fingers crossed. I really dont want him to get that!

glad jack is feeling better, vic. poor little guy. I need to get ds's immunisations, there's a session this week ill try to get to. he's a month overdue already.

ds is going through a clingy couple of weeks, wont let dh help with dinner, getting him up, comforting him when he falls etc. poor dh, hopefully it doesn't last for long. on the upside I am getting all the cuddles, kisses & attention... which I love! except when I am trying to cook dinner, read a book, clean my teeth etc. then all I hear is 'mamma, mamma, MAAAAMA!'. he's just learnt to yell, which is both hilarious & loud. ;)

Good to see Jack is well again Vic :) The only con of daycare is the germs :lol: But they just love it so much it's worth it.

Andie, oh the yelling drives me nuts :lol: dd is sooo loud it leaves my ears ringing. Your poor dh missing out on all the action!

DD is fine (apart from the meltdowns, which we ignore now) Every time I play with her I realize how smart she is getting and all the things I thought she didn't know, she knows! I keep forgetting how big she is getting now :)

I agree tasha, they are getting so smart & I am surprised at some of the stuff he can do/try to do. The other day while dh was in the shower, ds went over to the toilet, pretended to pull his pants down & squatted as if he was going to the toilet! Lol, I wished I'd seen it. :-)

He's trying to put his shoes & socks on, wish frustrates him no end, but he tries. He's always getting my things (undies, shoes, tops) and bringing them to me & trying to put them on me... so gorgeous. :-)

They are sooo smart :)

Jack is not really trying to dress himself yet. I think he is a bit lazy and likes mum to do it lol. I have noticed when we are out walking for a while he wants to be carried. At little effort as possible. He much prefers to sit on the floor and play with toys or read books than be really physical. He will play outside on his slide and use his outside toys but gets over it quick and comes inside to go to his playroom and amuse himself in there. He would sit and watch TV for hours if I let him. Yesterday when I picked him up from daycare he was sitting a table drawing with textas and all the other kids were outside and I asked why he was inside (thought maybe he was acting up) but she said he wanted to come inside for some quiet time and wanted to draw. He then proceeded to throw a tanti while I was talking to her and emptied the box of textas on the floor and get his grumps on. His educator said she has never seen him do that before. I said "what? never?" and she said no, he is always so polite. He must save all his tantrums for me!! Last night he was in such a poopy mood and was so grumpy (I could see he was tired) and he pulled our dogs hair. She yelped and he burst into tears. They are usually the best of friends. He cried for ages. We had a big talk about it and it took him ages to calm down afterwards. I can see that I am going to have to watch him a lot more closely with her. I thought I would have to watch the dog!

vic - it's funny how different all our little ones are. ds is definitely not a 'sitter', he never stays still. i struggle to take a photo of him bc he's always moving, they all end up blurred. he much prefers to be out & about, although still likes to be carried after a while too. :)

had ds's immunisations last week, all went fine. i cried before them, he cried briefly after! no reactions/temps, just quite wakeful during the night. he slept in my bed, but still woke every 1-2 hours, calling for me but then going straight back to sleep once he realised i was right next to him. little monkey. he's still super clingy to me atm. if im not there, he's fine with dh but if both of us are there, he's like velcro wanting me to do everything for him. unless dh tries to have a nap on the couch, then ds will quite happily go and poke him in the eye, mouth etc!

hey ladies, how are you? xx

ds has been a bit average past couple of days, one night of wakeups and coughing up mucous but then ok. still not 100% energy levels, but not sick. I've been a bit the same (minus the coughing up stuff...). Probably just tired and run down after our house move.

I'm trying to organise ds's room atm, what do you guys keep all the mountains of toys in? I've culled quite a bit, put away the baby toys, but still quite a bit. was thinking of getting one of those ikea cube shelving things with baskets, that would stow away books & few toys. Or maybe just a big toy box. Not sure. Also got his kitchen to fit in, which is quite big. :-/

Andie, I just got a couple of those big colored plastic bucket things with handles from Bunnings. Her toys are out in the dining area on a big mat because she can't get into her room if I have the baby gate closed (it's via the kitchen) But her room does have one of those shelves with the wicker baskets in the holes for other bits and pieces. A toy box would be best, but they are a bit pricey I have noticed. especially if you buy a good one.

Vic, I know how you feel with the dog! DD tries to ride ours :lol:

It seems dd is counting to 10! I almost ran off the road when she did it in the car :lol: I counted to 5 and she just continued. She doesn't do it all the time and sometimes she misses numbers etc. But I had no idea this could happen at this stage, so proud of my liitle chicken :) A local mobile petting zoo was at her daycare last week and they told me she was hugging the goats and sheep and kissng all the animals hahaha she loves animals.

jeepers, you're dd is a clever little thing. ds pretends to count things things but just says 'twoooo' for everything, not sure if its an actual 'two' bc he says that when he's pretend talking/concentrating/busy.. ;-)
he is saying a few more words now, does a pretty mean 'grandpa' atm which is very cute. :-)

Haha twooooo. It's probably the first number he has picked up up easily, the others will be right around the corner. I have done a bit of counting with her at home, but I figure it's mostly daycare. I did install a counting app on my phone ages ago that she picked up on really quick, maybe it helped. It's called 'toddler counting' and it's really simple and easy to play. They just count and touch the items on the screen and they fade as they touch them so they can keep track of the items they have counted. It's really good I'd recommend it :) All those Fisher price apps are rubbish.
It's funny, all these things I have said or done with her and I thought she didn't understand. But then they surprise you like that! Love it :)

we count & practise colours, but honestly - he just doesn't seem interested! he'll point out cars, and I'll say colours. but he's not interested in repeated the colours, unless it's silver bc dh's car is silver! and if he sees a black car, he will say 'mumma', bc my car is black. they really are clever, even though the language may not be keeping up with their brain. ;-)

Jacks words are slowly coming in. I find more and more new words, but i have to pay attention otherwise I dont understand them lol. He babbles a lot but has starting using his words.

We are going camping for Easter. I cant wait as we all need a break. Thats of course if it is a break taking a toddler away. Last year he was only sitting so would stay on a big carpet square we bought with us. This time its going to be interesting as he is very mobile. Last time he was in his portacot and this time will be sleeping on a bottom bunk in our caravan. I will be taking the cot just in case he gets too mobile in the van and wont sleep. The portacot takes up the whole floor space in the van so we are really hoping he stays in the bed. DH is rigging up a barrier for the bunk so he doesn't roll out. He has not fallen out of bed I find he is more often than not, wedged up against the wall.

We are looking into buying a newer van as our old girl is a 1978 model and well loved. We are thinking of a second hand Jayco Flamingo. I have to think of having a big boy one day so he will need room. No point in getting one with the fold down lounge as I want this van to last a long time. I never camped as a child of a single mum, but DH spent a lot of time camping when he was a child and has very fond memories and I want DS to have lots of fun times.

We are off to Bali in May and we are soooo excited. 12 nights :) Our last trip overseas was our honeymoon in Fiji 4 years ago so this will be a completely new experience with a toddler. They have great baby club facilities if I feel comfortable using them. I think I will see how we go. It would be nice to have a few moments to ourselves and he will miss being in daycare but not too sure on how I will feel using carers that I dont know. Silly really as he has been in care since 18 weeks with people I didn't know at the time :)

good point, vic. Ds does come out with new words but sometimes I just assume it's one of his usual words, then realise 10 mins later what he was actually trying to say. :-)

sounds like you have some fun holiday time planned, good luck with the caravan!

Hi :) Hope everyone had a good Easter break.

Vic, I can totally understand not feeling comfortable with carers on your trip. Yes you leave them in care here in OZ, but over there it's a different standard of rules and regulations. I would be freaking a bit too!

Andie, lol about the silver car. It's funny how some totally irrelevant things just fascinate them. Hows the sleep going? And the pregnancy?

All is well here. Realized dd is now a size 5/6 shoe. Made me a bit sad actually :lol: :( And now I buy size 2 clothes! The big thing at the moment is all her friends names at daycare. There's 4 kids names she says and her 2 favorite carers. When we drive past the center she yells 'daycare!' it makes me laugh :)

easter was good for us, pretty low key but lots of chocolate. ds is obsessed with it atm, poor thing never stood a chance when his mum is a chocoholic.

tasha - sleep is going mostly well, still have a couple of nights a week where ds will wake at around 3am. last night was 8pm-6am though, which was great. pregnancy is going well, getting bigger (obviously) and only complaint is a sore back from lifting ds too much. ds is in a size 5 shoe too, he has big feet even though he's a weenie! he got called a girl 3 times yesterday, by 3 different people in the street. three!! he doesn't look like a girl. he was dressed in blue (not that this matters these days), shoes with cars on (again, doesn't matter..) - but still. when i say 'boy', they always apologise & tell me that he looks too 'pretty'. :o