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hey guys
i feel like i dont read enough or im just too sleep deprived to understand and my keys on this computer are broken so it takes me forever to write a post
jazzy has decided to start walking :o 2 kids walking argh she already gets into everything
i have decided im going to TT jamie but hes being very darn stubborn about it
and thanks K for my avvy :)
TT still going well - we ventured out in public today as I had my OB appt and Bailey pee'd in about 3 different loos - was worried how he'd go out and about but he told me when he needed to go so it all worked out great (still in shock that its gone so well). He even jumped out of the pool at our friends house and told me he needed to go to the toilet - amazing, I would have expected that he'd just pee in the pool!
All well at the OB appt, OB gave me the EDD of July 29th, but I am sticking with my IVF EDD of 27th as frankly I know exactly when this baby was conceived rather than basing it on my LMP hehehehehe. Measuring 10w1day (am 10w4d) and was measuring 3 days behind at my scan 3 weeks ago. Bailz always measured a bit smaller too until the end. Have booked our NT scan for Jan 19th, am a bit worried about my age and the risk of downs etc, but we'll see how the scan goes and then if there are any indicators of high risk we would most likely further test. With Bailey the risk was only about 1/3500 but I am three years older now. OB said based on my age the odds are 1/300 currently but the scan and BT will give a further indication. So far all signs are great and am feeling healthy and happy :)
Glad there is a cool change coming tomorrow, usually I love the hot weather but over 40 degrees is too much for me LOL Have had the air con cranked constantly :)
Jacinta, I notice Bella is sending you the 3DPT method - give it a go, We are BIG fans here
Vic - love the need to twirl, Cerys is a crack up. Laughed at that picture of 'Ryan'! Re the snip - how long does it take to recover? DH reckons he'll do the same in a year or so (well after baby#2 arrives), which is so ironic considering our TTC journey, but as we only want two kids it makes sense in case we get a third unexpected 'miracle'. That way I dont have to worry too which makes it so much easier
Take care Ladies xx
im still trying to convince DH that the snip is the way to go
Hey, congrats again Bella on the beautiful birth of Madeleine! I can't wait to read a story - can you post a link in here when you've written it? I'm not on the rest of the forum very much at all these days and would hate to miss it :)
Nay, DH took a little over a week to fully 'recover' from his vasectomy (meaning no pain at any stage and we'd DTD) but he was well and truly back to work at that stage. From memory he had it on Thursday and went back to work on the Monday. He was pretty out of it straight after (he'd had heavy sedation) and nearly passed out when he peed the first time (and I mean, I had to rescue him from the bathroom because he was partially collapsed against the wall!) BUT, we seriously have no regrets, haven't looked back.
Vic, how exciting re a trip to Darwin! I'd love to go back there - we will when the kids are a bit older as we'd camp whilst there. We will probably take Nat out of school for a month and drive up and back in a couple of years' time. I can't get over CJ's language! I too would struggle to remember how old she is - she sounds like a 5yo! (Only with nicer manners than mine ;) )
I am actually wondering if Phoebe's hold on language is a bit behind. Sometimes I am not even sure she understands what I'm saying! Although she can follow simple one-step instructions so I know she hears ok. Her most complex sentence would be for example what I got yesterday, "It's nice to watch Octonauts". (It really did crack me up - she was making such irrelevant conversation.) And mostly her sentences are grammatically all over the place, like just a minute ago she said, "Mummy, I want a on my tail" which meant 'I want my tail on' (she has a strap-on Dorothy tail).
Phoebe is dinosaur-mad. I think if she's still like this in a few months I'll be looking up dino birthday cakes. I have been looking for toy dinos for her (she has a few books and the beloved tail) but they all look so bloody scary! What's with that anyway? There are gorgeous lions, tigers, teddy bears etc but every bloody dinosaur out there (except for Dorothy and Barney) are so freaking evil-looking!
A series of unfortunate events has prevented us from TT this last week, including a broken washing machine, illness (of varied family members) and outside-the-house commitments. Sometimes I wonder if perhaps I haven't the capacity to TT with her just yet. The 3-day program looks very sensible but I don't think I can make that kind of commitment just yet, especially having someone else look after Nat whilst we do it, it just isn't fair when these holidays are her last with me before big school. Ah, excuses, excuses.
I'm not coping so well atm to be honest. I am feeling really stretched to my limit which is stupid because I am on holidays. I am just tired of housework, of entertaining children, of trying to be frugal, of being woken up most nights, of trying to fit in the gym around someone else's schedule, not just when I want to go, of a husband who even after 10 years of marriage still doesn't know how to read me and know when to shut up and leave me alone!
Naomi - Missed your post somehow. Ryan felt ok but tender a day or two after the snip, (he didn't have any form of sedation - and got public transport home) but it started feeling worse and turns out he had an infection and had to get antibiotics but after that was fine (although every time we see any form of torture/interrogation on the TV 'the snip' comes up in conversation and he says he would just speak straight away :-) ) He had it done just before Christmas, so had a fair amount of time off, but he thinks could have been back at work next day.
Amy - I think they all vary so much with regards to speech - the little boy in mothers group hardly says a word. Mum says Cerys is very advanced in her communication (she used to work in equivalent of kinder in UK) - I have nothing to compare to, will be interesting to see what Stirling is like. All those months CJ wasn't moving anywhere she was obviously working on her communication. She is slowly catching up with her gross motor stuff and now is able to do most stuff her peers can if can persuade her to try (she gives up easy and thinks she can't do things - I have to be careful what I say about her in comparison with her friends as she is starting to repeat it saying "I can't do that, I am not as fast as ******" etc. ). Sorry to hear you are feeling stretched - I hear you on the housework (although I am tired of it but haven't done much) and also being frugal - I think January is hard because so many things don't go on in January - no playgroup etc etc.
Amy - Bailey was a bit slow on the uptake when all the other kids were chattering away, but them BAM almost overnight he became the biggest chatterbox and quite the conversationalist :) We are inconstant hysterics here, he is a complete parrot and remembers EVERYTHING we say!! He reminds DH that he is THIRTY NINE DADDY, and I am THIRTY SEVEN MUMMY - I should have told him I was 21!! :doh: I know a few Mums I know have discovered hearing/constant ear infection/Gluey ear (or whatever its called) to be a culprit in delayed development speech wise - just mentioning it in case it could be a factor. I also have a theory with second children (I guess I'll soon find out if its true) and thats they their sibling often does lots of the talking for them - does Nat talk on behalf of Phoebes? Anyhoo, soon enough she will be driving you batty with her constant conversation and sentence construction :ROFL:
Vic - no worries, I keep missing things in the forums with the issue with the lack of email notifications. I have told Sean firmly that we are not doing anything immediately after #2 arrives (and we'll be keeping our frozen embryos for little while too) until we completely in a "Our Family is Complete" unified stance :) But was very curious about the logistics of the 'snip' LOL Isn't Stirling growing up fast, he is such a smiley boy, love his pics on FB. Cerys is growing into quite a little lady too isn't she, she seems so grown up in some of her pics
Not much happening here. Have our NT scan on Thursday, taking Bailey along as he will enjoy seeing 'HIS' baby :) We have finally settled on names, seems early, but we had them decided at a similar stage last time. Definitely wanted them locked in before the morph scan as if we find out the gender (plan too) then the baby has a name. However we wont reveal it until birth :)
Bailey is just hilarious atm, such a funny little man, he is obsessed with Lightening McQueen and iceblocks - loves playing with his cars, will play all day long racing them around the place - such a typical little boy. He got a trampoline for Christmas and would jump on it all day long if we let him, fortunately he has stopped jumping off the couch onto the hard tiles now - phew!
Gonna be 39 here tomorrow, will be battoning down the hatches and cranking the air con!!
Nay
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Will come back later to post about kid/baby stuff, but just had to tell you...
We're getting a new air conditioner tomorrow! Whoohoo! One of our biggest regrets was letting the 'air con man' talk us into ducted evaporative cooling for the house when we moved in. We were willing to pay the extra for ducted refrigerated cooling, and he talked us out of it. Big mistake! It is totally useless. When we have a few hot days in a row the house is just completely humid and uncomfortable no matter how many windows and doors we open. So much so that all our tiled areas get condensation on them so badly that it actually creates puddles! Extremely dangerous when you have little ones that don't notice and try to run into the kitchen on the foyer and slip over.
So we are biting the bullet and getting a split system put in our lounge room. Our lounge area is all open with our kitchen and dining area and the office/play area is just through an archway and the air con will be facing it so it will cool that room too. I can't wait to stand in front of it, lol! It's going to be tricky for the air con guy to put in though because none of our walls that it can go on are exterior walls. They all either have floor to ceiling windows, or the back of the wall has another room on it. He has to go through the wall and out the brick to install it, so a little harder and therefore slightly pricier installation, but it's sooooo going to be worth it :)
Also, I finally finished Shayla's birth story. I was going to write even more and include her first few days with the heart scare at the hospital, but decided to just stick with her lovely birth :)
Shayla's birth story
was a lovely read, KL!
i've been reading, not posting. so damn tired all the time. quite sure it's a post-viral CFS flare - great fun - NOT!
just quickly for you girls. My birth story this time
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...0/#post3023497
Lovely bella!
Quick Question - what car seats do you guys currently have for our toddlers? Bailey is still in the same one from birth, but seems to be getting antsy telling me he is stuck, its too tight etc (I dont actually think it is, but hey, his opinion LOL)
Anyhoo, was going to graduate up to a toddler - 7 yr (26KG) convertible booster later in the year, but I notice Target have the hipod one on sale for $199, down from $349. Seems like a good buy. Wondering if its time to move into one of these - opinions/thoughts please Mummy's :)
Nay
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Beautiful birth, Bella!!
Nay, we just updated, last week, to the baby love ezy combo. I did some research and it came up as better rated, safety wise, than the safe n sound maxi rider. Was 280 (well 265 cos we bought two lol). E loves her new big girl chair. Lots of bb chickpea have raved about it. It can convert fromin built six point clips to seatbelt with H harness, to plain seatbelt, and has the proper guide clip for seatbelt as they get older
I don't recall seeing anything about the hoops on choice website when I was checking safety stuff
We have three different car seats, but they are all Safe N Sound brand ones. We have Kyson in a Maxi Rider. That seat used to be in Bobby's car and in my car Kyson was in an infant/toddler convertible seat (whatever the most expensive one was at the time). Now that we have the bigger car and bub on the way we have put the Maxi Rider in my car. Shayla is in a Compaq infant/toddler convertible seat and she is still rear facing in it. When bub comes along the baby will go in the compaq and Shayla will go (rear facing) in the other one that Kyson used to be in. Did I confuse you yet?
When Stirling got too big for hired capsule, we bought the Baby Love Ezy Combo (same as BG) this year got the best safety rating (although that seems to change year by year :-)) for CJ, and then Stirling went in her old Safe and Sound Compaq Rear Facing.
We have an infa comfy cruiser for DS. DD is still in her smaller seat. Really like the infa.... it's got a fair bit more room for height, it's more slimline and it's a pretty hardy seat. When we bought it, it was rated better than the maxi rider.
I'll have to get another seat for DD soon.... I'll probably just get the same one, but I'll keep my eyes open to see what else is out there.
Ohh I need to analyze what u girls have said . We have just bought 2 safe and sound tilt and adjusts for Madeleine, but now i am feeling guilty about the crap mother care seats we have mima in. I really want to upgrade for her.
I think I am going to go with BG & Vic with the Baby Love Ezy Combo - just did some research online and they have one more safety star than the Maxi Rider & the Hipod and are well priced (Baby Bunting sell them here for $259).
Lovely, your opinions helped me know what to look for :) Think I will get one this weekend :)
Bella our car seat when Bailz was a baby was pretty mid range, however its been fantastic and I'd have no problem putting our new baby in it. I have however decided to buy the capsule attachment that fits our current pram for use in the first few months as I could never transfer Bailey from pram to car and vice versa without waking him, this way I can just click it out of the car and into the pram :)
*sigh* Well it looks like our three day potty training is going longer than three days. Today was day three and we had some minor success so I guess I'll probably keep trying tomorrow even though it's just me with the kids alone with hubby back at work.
Day 1 we had 11 accidents and pretty much zero successes (a couple of times a drop came out into the toilet after an accident so we let him think he'd done a little).
Day 2 we had maybe 8-9 accidents, but basically no successes, but DS was at least telling us "oh no" when he would start to go, and his need-to-wee signs became more obvious (but seconds before going so we still couldn't get him to the toilet on time).
Day 3 we've only had 3 accidents (plus overnight) and we actually had one success. A couple of times when he thought he needed to go (including the time he actually went) he would say "toilet!" and run to the toilet. Most trips resulted in nothing though. He's now starting to not want to go to the toilet at all though and getting frustrated with us constantly asking him to tell us if he needs to go.
I honestly didn't think it would be this tough. I'm totally exhausted and should be in bed, but I have a bunch of work that I need to get done, and with being DS's shadow every second of the day I get no time to do anything else. You don't want to see the state of the house! The only thing getting done is the washing because I am constantly needing to wash DS's underwear and the towels I am using for cleanups. But even that is only getting folded and not put away. It's all living on the end of my lounge suite at the moment.
Here's hoping that tomorrow brings me extra strength and that something "clicks" magically with DS or I am going to give up and just try again in 4-6 weeks (cutting it close to bub being born though...).
Hugs Krystie, it is hard work. Maybe go back and re read and see if there is something u have forgotten to do? For me I can only think that perhaps not asking him is one of the points, just reminding him to keep his jocks dry? Regardless of that tho I think that u should just do what works for you. If kyson isn't ready, he isn't ready. Don't feel bad if u have to wait and try again. That is just what u need to do if he doesn't get it tomorrow for ur own sanity! I TT mima at 10 weeks preg so I remember how exhausting it was. She only just got it on the third day. Maybe will miraculously get it tomorrow. Fingers crossed!
Krystie definitely do NOT feel horrid. Boys on average take longer to become ready. You sound like you're doing all the right things. You've got him in jocks all the time haven't you? He's certainly progressing, just look at the accident rates between day 1 and day 3.
Personally, I'd give it 7 days and if the whizz is not under control, I'd let it be for a while. Are you using a sticker chart at all? We put stickers on the kids toilet seat itself. It kept the reward confined to the toilet where the good behaviour (for want of a better word) happened. I found the kids got confused if we took the stickers out to the kitchen etc.... it was harder for them to comprehend what they were being praised for.
DS was 3 years old before he was trained. He was just ready even though I was in no hurry to train him. These boys can be tricky little boogers and I find that it's harder for them to know that they are wet.
Good luck with it! I hope he picks it up today out of nowhere and surprises you. If not, there's plenty of time (I trained DS when DD was 7/8 months old - easier than having a newborn, but still with it's own difficulties).
Thanks for the support girls. Gosh it's hard work! I think just having to be constantly vigilant all the time is hard physically and emotionally, and then when you still don't get him to the toilet before an accident it's sould crushing, lol.
Bella, we're pretty much doing it all by the book. We try to avoid asking him if he actually needs o go to the toilet, and just tell him that he needs to keep his jocks dry, praise him constantly for dry jocks, and let him know to tell us if he needs to go to the toilet.
Nicky, yup, jocks 24/7 :) We haven't been using a sticker chart, just giving him some treats when he has some success. The hard part is that he rarely gets any treat because he's just not having much success.
This morning I was waiting and waiting for his morning wee which he seems to be able to hold in an extraordinary amount of time. We'd run to the toilet a number of times, but nothing. Then we were standing near the kitchen table and the flood gates opened. No warning this time, it just started coming and he gave a little "oof" noise. We ran to the toilet but by the time we got there he was done and there was a trail of very wet footprints on the carpet all the way through the living room. I asked him if he'd like to keep trying to finish on the toilet while I cleaned up and he happily stayed on the toilet.
So I'm out in the lounge room cleaning up the carpet feeling totally frustrated and at my wit's end. I was debating whether to just grab a nappy and be done with it. Then I go to get Kyson from the toilet and he's telling me "poo come out" which he's been saying quite a bit, but not actually doing. I just softly said "yes yes, it would be good if the poo came out". He just looked at me and said "poo come out". So I had a peek in the toilet and sure enough, poo had come out! The little monkey had actually pooped on the toilet while he was in there alone, lol! I made a huge song and dance about it and he was pretty pleased with himself. Then we called Daddy to tell him the good news too. I think Daddy may have been in a meeting at the time, so I'm sure that was a rather amusing phone call for anyone he had in his meeting hahaha.
Sooooo, we are continuing. We've had one more very little accident since then, and no successes though. He's starting to use the toilet as an excuse not to go to bed. I put him in the room for his nap and twice he came running out telling me "toilet", but no luck.
*chanting* come on, come on, wee can do it!*
we havent started with jamie and he just runs off to the toilet by himself and pulls his nappy off
Fingers crossed for you Krystie - I didn't follow the 3 day thing strictly - I always try and put myself in child's shoes and use that to decide what to do, and I figured that I would hate being watched every moment and would make me a nervous wreck and I would get irritated at being told to keep undies dry or did I need to go etc - so I didn't go with that aspect. We had success in 3 days but then some regression but always a steady improvement and CJ doesn't actually wee very often maybe only 6 times a day so wasn't too much of a clean up issue (she never had accident on carpet either only in living room which has hard floor which helped). I also couldn't do the whole stay at home thing and figured DD was smart enough to know difference and she was. So first we were successful at home (maybe in a week), then she had a phobia about using toilet outside home (so we used pull ups when out) which probably took more like 3 weeks to get over (but she stayed ok at home), and we have only recently tried the overnight thing and she is fine overnight too now, and has only recently consented to not wearing pull ups at daycare (so she went several months being fine at home but insisting on pull ups at daycare) - think this was because no one else was Toilet Training in her room (she is one of oldest in her room) but now they are and now she is fine at daycare too. I don't always wait for her to ask, because as an adult I don't always wait till I need to go, I always go before bed and before going out so she knows we always try in these situations too she says "We always go to the toilet before we go out" - very cute :-). If she goes, she goes and if not is no worry but normally she will go in both these situations.
The worst time is definitely before they have had many successes on the toilet/potty - even if he only gets number 2's not having to clean up a poo bum is cool if you ask me. I would just play it by ear and follow his lead if you want to stop and try again I don't think you necessarily need to wait the length of time the three day thing says. I think the more pregnant you are the harder it can be (a friend from MG whose DD is same age as Kyson and is due beginning of March is having a tough time with her DD despite her almost being TT'd - she now just wants to be a baby so says "no mummy I want to be a baby and wear a nappy". We started it when I was about 36 weeks or so but my mum was here and also as CJ was younger she so much wanted to be a 'big girl' whereas friends DD is like she knows she is a 'big girl' now and being a baby is more important.
Anyway sending dry floors and undies vibes from here.
Sounds like you are starting to make progress KL - I reckon its harder to get them to poo on the loo than wee (so many kids end up to scared to poo but wee quite happily) so perhaps Kyson is just learning it the other way round, I'm with the others, stick at it, it sounds like he is soooooooooooooo close
I agree with Vic, I too am sending dry floor and undie vibes too xxx
Lol, would you believe we had a second poop in the toilet this afternoon? Straight from his nap. He missed with the wizz though which was pooled on his mattress protector, oops. Only three accidents again today though (one being tiny) so that's not too bad. He wouldn't go before bed though so I'm assuming I'll have to change his linen before I go to bed tonight.
I know you are probably getting totally over it, but geeze he sounds so close KL
CJ mastered poo before wee, and did take a while to distinguish two sensations, she would say needed a wee when in fact needed a poo. Now is always during lunch :-(
Go Krystie! Sounds like you really are close! Go kyson!
Allira was also the master of the poos before the wees. LOL
I think he'll have it very soon. Fingers crossed for many a dry night for you!
Well unfortunately today we've admitted temporary toilet training failure. We gave it a good 5 and a half days, but we think Kyson is just not quite ready yet. Actually, we were probably beginning to admit defeat last night when we let him go to bed in a nappy. Then this morning he spent two hours walking on tippy toes holding his penis with me asking him every couple of minutes to tell him when he needed to go, and even sitting on the toilet about 5 times, only to have him release the flood gates on the lounge room carpet again. He seems to be able to feel when he needs to go (so holds his crotch etc), but doesn't know how to get that initial let down release on the toilet. Then once he's super close to going he's not able to hold it until we get to the toilet.
Even the couple of successes we've had have possibly just been coincidence. Like one of the poops was right after a nap when he was already on the toilet because he had just wet himself. And the one wee we got in the toilet was when he was in there because he said he wanted to poo...
It's a little disappointing that he hasn't managed to toilet train, but I'm not disappointed in him. He'll be ready when he's ready and physiologically he just doesn't seem to be quite there yet. After his accident I asked him if he wanted jocks or a nappy and he initially chose jocks, so I put them on him. But then he got a nappy and stood there with a pair of jocks in one hand and a nappy in the other going "jocks or nappy? jocks or nappy? jocks or nappy?", lol, it was quite cute. Then he said "jocks off, nappy on" and proceeded to take off his jocks, so I put his nappy on after that. The only time he's gotten upset was when he pooped in the nappy, but was fine after he was changed.
At least I have my final load of wee-wee towels in the washing machine for now!
KL - don't be disappointed, Kyson's time will come, I know it must be frustrating after plugging away for a few days but I think you are right, you've given it a red hot go so his readiness might be just a ways off :)
At least you'll get a break from all that extra washing ;)
Of course your not disappointed in him Krystie! As u shouldn't be. He will do it when he is ready. Sure it would have been nice to get him trained before the new baby arrives, but it isn't essential. Certainly no important enough to stress either you or him out about.
Whoops! I have to go!
That's a bugger, but you're totally right. He will learn it when he's ready. No rush :) These boys like to make us Mum's wait.... get ready for it for the rest of your life! haha
He may surprise you and suddenly ask for jocks now you have put the idea in his head. I do think is easier when they have other little people about to 'copy', CJ's friend at daycare and MG has now CJ is using toilet at daycare she has decided she is too and TT'd just like that. Hence why often second children are easier. Your older boys are probably a bit too old for Kyson to see as equals that he wants to copy. Personally if he shows signs of wanting to do it again, I would go with it but keep in nappies overnight - it all depends on the child but for a while CJ seemed to be happy to try keep her nappy (or pull ups) dry but didn't like the pressure of no nappy.
Thanks girls. He asked to sit on the toilet this afternoon then decided to stay there a good 10-15 minutes, lol. He wanted privacy so I just kept going in to check on him (he was just singing away in there) and when I asked if he was finished he'd just tell me "more wee in the toilet". He didn't do anything in the end, but at least he's still not scared of the toilet or hate it.
I think I'll get him some of the pull-ups though. DH bought him a box of nappies, but I might just try to use those at night and see if he prefers the pull ups during the day. I've told him we'll get him some special "jocks" so hopefully he'll still think of them sort of as "big boy" jocks rather than a nappy. Oh, and today he told me "toilet mummy" and went to the toilet after he did wee in his nappy, so at least he is still understanding the connection between weeing and the toilet even though he is in a nappy. It might just make it a little easier when we give TT another go.
I forgot to tell you girls the funniest thing though. When he says "jocks" it sounds much more like something that would get censored if I write it in here. He seems to start it with a "c" and often miss the "s" on the end. Hilarious when he's talking about Daddy's "jocks" or even when he tells us his "jocks" are still clean ;)
Krystie, you just reminded me of something hilarious
Last night we were all lazing about the lounge room and DH farted, Bailey found this highly amusing and pounced on Sean and pulled his pants down to 'Find the popoff"
OMIGOD it was the funniest thing I have ever seen, Sean holding onto his pants for dear life while Bailey was determined to expose him and find the fart :rofl:
These little people are comedy gold!!
Congrats to Nicky for being RAK'd! You deserve it lovely :)
That poses a problem for me though, because I wanted to RAK her!, Lol, now who am I going to RAK?
EDIT: Do you girls know if there is a way to see how long someone's subscription has left (not your own)?
Thanks Krystie! That's so lovely of you.
Bit of a shock really! Didn't see that one coming at all.
Hope everyone's little ones are well. :)
I've just organised for Allira to go to Day Care every Tuesday from 9am until 1pm for this term. She'll hopefully do it all year and I'll have Lachie dropped at the bus stop at 8am, then we'll head into town, I'll drop her off and either do some gym classes or a PT session, perhaps have an hour of ME time (WOW!!! ME TIME!!) and then grab the groceries before picking her up and then driving the fun drive back out to Lachie's Kinder to pick him up.
She's been in day care a few times before for short periods, mainly with her brother but the times without her brother it has taken her a fair while to settle in. She's such a chirpy, confident girl when she's around people she knows, but put her around new people and she gets very shy and clingy. I'm hoping that a stint in day care and then 3yo kinder from Term 2 will help her out. It can only benefit her.
Other than that, we've just had heaps of wedding stuff over the last few weeks for my sisters wedding. It's all over now so I can relax a little....... apart from the fact we just got a Lab puppy yesterday. The kids LOVE her to bits and she's been fantastic so far. Allira again.... a few freak out issues but the more time she spends with the pup the better she gets.
Have a great week everyone!! :)
I just had the funniest conversation with Kyson. We had a bath together and when I got out and was drying myself he noticed for the first time that I'm a little different to him. The convo went something like this:
Kyson: Mummy, where's your penis?
Me: Mummy doesn't have a penis honey. Only boys have a penis, and Mummy is a girl.
Kyson: What's that? *pointing*
Me: That's Mummy's vagina
Kyson: Gina
Me: That's right
Kyson: Good boy saying 'vagina'
Me: *laughing* Yes, good boy saying 'vagina'
What a crack up. DH is sad he missed it.
In other news. I'm starting to fret as I've just filled out an enrollment for Kyson to start a toddler program at a Montessori school. We went down a couple of days ago and had a look and it was really nice. He used to go to a Montessori playgroup and he was doing really well in it and really enjoyed the activities. Then once Shayla was born I stopped taking him and I feel rather guilty that it's now been over a year since he had that sort of activity time and play. I'm a little ashamed to admit that one of the reasons I didn't put him back in was because the school I wanted to put him in has a parent-less program from 2 1/2 and I have shocking separation anxiety. The toddler program is once or twice a week for two hours without a parent present. I think he will be fine without me, but it's just going to be so hard for me to leave him! I know many of you have already had to do it with your own kids and each time I've read about your stories I've gotten that lump in my throat at the thought of having to do it myself one day. We've decided that with another bub coming it's going to be even harder for me to get the kids to a playgroup all together, so now is probably a good time to put Kyson in a program where he can go by himself for a short period of time. I'm still a little torn as to whether doing it just before the bub is born is a good or a bad idea, but I figure that if we do it afterwards it might be a few too many new things all at once. He can probably start in three weeks, so he'd have a couple of weeks in the program before the bub arrives. Then DH will be off work for a little while and will be able to help with drop-off and pick-up if needed.