Hi ladies,

Shell - no good about feeling off! Hope you are feeling better soon hun. Hope the specialist can shed some light on the vertigo. GL with the injections! Fraid to say DD didn't like them at all - she screamed something shocking. Afterwards was ok though!

Lilima - hope your computer is fixed soon!

Malyna - how's things? How's Mr A?

Kaz - you are definitely not alone with the tanties!!! DD is getting worse, I swear. Yay on the decision to try for another, when you are ready! Any sign of the gastro returning?? Hope you are ok.

Olive - how's sleep going? Still having issues??

Ali - how fun was the zoo? Sounds like an awesome deal with splitting the costs. Fiji in 5wks?? I am so jealous - we loved Fiji. Trying to decide if we can go about this time next year. Where are you staying? Oh and well done again on the weight loss!!!

Hi to everyone else!!!

AFU: had an awful lunch yesterday at my cousin's house - lunch was nice but DD's behaviour was shocking. She stepped on my nephew, hit two of the other kids, smacked another with a toy and then grabbed his face - like grabbed his eyes and his mouth - and pulled.

I am at a loss as to what to do... I grabbed her (quite forcefully) and told her sternly "No" and said not to do that, but she just doesn't listen/care/respond. We ended up going home after that because I was sick of chasing her around, terrified to sit down and enjoy a cuppa because I was too worried about who she was hurting.

I am really frustrated that I can't trust her to play nicely with other kids. I am constantly on edge at playgroup and even when I duck to the loo or something and ask my sister (or det on Tuesdays!) to keep an eye on her, I still stress that she's going to do something. Its really starting to upset me. I never thought I would be *that* parent.

My sister thinks she does these things when she is bored/tired, but what am I supposed to do - follow her around and make sure she is engaged all the time? Isn't she supposed to be learning independent play? If I am constantly trying to shove toys and games in her face, how is that developing independent play?

If she's tired, what do I do - whip her off home? We usually don't go out unless she's had a sleep or will have one soon after, but yesterday she then refused to sleep on the way home/at home, so by the time DH got home she was completely overtired and lost the plot.

I just don't know what to do!