I was just thinking today we'd been a bit quiet in here! I guess the older the kids get, the less constant changes there are...and maybe we're catching onto this parenting thing and have less questions....or maybe just less time.
Boring boring here. A hearing test in late Jan and then speech the day after....that's pretty much all with Riv. Cruisy as usual. Loves talking on the phone, will come running when I'm on the phone and say hello.
Si's getting older and is a bit fiery so the boys rumble a bit...I have to try and break them up and not let them see me laughing. Si's hilarious. He has this shriek like a battle cry, and then kind of launches in head first using his head to hit Riv and also try to bite him, while his little hands are flailing about to get a few slaps in. And Riv uses his long arms and legs to hold him at bay while yelling back and gets a few slaps in too. Very funny.
That's really cute about Vy Maz, I bet she'll look so grown up! That reminds me I have to sort out playgroup, I never called that place back just before Christmas that had a few spots open...I can't quite make my mind up which one to go to...bit slack hey. The MCHN recommended childcare for Riv's talking but we can't afford it, so I'd better sort out playgroup! It'll work out, new facilities are opening up all the time here as the area grows.
umm no kinder here til term 3 then Annika starts pre entry.. one day a week.. cant say she is too keen on it. Always has been a very timid child when it comes to large groups til she gets to know them.
but she does have a bratz bag she sleep with Maz
wish my man had longer holidays.. was crappy two weeks
No preschool here because SOMEONE wont TOILET TRAIN...................
ETA - hahaha Nelle Rip has a similar move he uses in the boys bouts in the ring He sort of launches himself at Jetts leg with a "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" battlecry and then tries to take him down so he can slap him without Jett running away. Jett usually thinks it funny until he's actually on the ground then he's not thinking its much fun anymore. I have to laugh sometimes its quite comical but I pull them apart before anyone gets (really) hurt. Ive copped a few knocks myself getting between them sometimes.
Good luck with the hearing and speech tests for Riv this month Nelle.
Well I have a princess and a tomboy here. Nina is such the princess, always wanting to play dress ups, or dance like a ballerina, or play hairdressers. She loves having her nails painted and wearing lip gloss. She has a little handbag when we go shopping.
Then there's Emily ... She'll body slam Nina if Nina gets in her way. She walks around and throws things off the bench or table just cause she can. Man, she should have been a boy!
Nina goes to kindy already at the daycare, they have a fantastic program. When she turns 4 she goes into Pre-School and she'll be there until she goes to Prep (2012). At the moment she goes 2 days a week, and when she goes to pre-school we'll send her 3 days a week. She's the type of kid that NEEDS the interaction with others on a regular basis. Unfortunately the playgroups in my area are total crap, very disorganised and the mums are very clicky.
Bummer the 2 weeks was crap Ness. How is Miss M, getting better?
Nelle- we posted at same time... hope the hearing tests go well
Jodi- Miss M is slowly getting better.. still not 100% thought, i hear you on the princess and tom boy thing, Teleah is princess Annika is Tomboy/monkey... the two weeks were great, was so good to see so much of him but it wasnt long enough..
he is so good with the kids, actually comes to family things with us, sea horse museum, maritime museum, Beach, cricket got lots of pics with everything too, really loving it.
Life is great emotionally wise, money wise.. i wish stuff would stop breaking
Ah Anna Riv won't toilet train either, he just comes and tells me 'wee'. Well that's great bud, but you're not supposed to wait and announce it afterwards! I just show him where it should go - we're still in the 'awareness' stage.
llo peoples,
Busy here, just general chasing after kidlets, as well as workiing part time.
I don't know hwo asked about kinder, but J didn't get in! So I am sending him to ABC one day a week instead of family day care, and he can do the kidner program there.
Anna - maybe if Jett won't toilet train, that would be an option? TI am sure they don't need to be toilet trained if in a childcare setting.
It is funny to hear about the body slamming siblings. I think the second has to be tougher of they get bashed up!!!
J is going to early itervention also next year, as he is still (very slightly) behind in speech, and as a result of the hearing loss, is (very slightly) behind in some gross and fine motor skills (such he still can't - or more likely won't, draw anything but scribble, pedal a bike, use scissors, or pull his pants up properly) Anyway we will see how it goes. I think part of it is that he is just stubborn, and these are things he has decided that he doesn't really like doing.
Kids do need to be toilet trained to move up to the 4 yr old kindy (could be called something in different centres). And friend of mine is having this problem with her 3year old. He's not toilet trained, and the daycare can't move him up to the room he should be in (for his age) as he needs to be tt.
lilima - it took me FOREVER just then to work out who you are But I get it now Good luck with the early intervention. Like you said, it's probably nothing, just him being a stubborn little thing.
Well I started back at work Thurs, worked Thurs/ Fri morn then had Friday night out for someone at work leaving party so been a nice break from daily life with the kids. I actually enjoyed going back to work, had good shifts.
Meg- early intervention is great, my nephew did it with his autism and we really saw great progress. They helped in so many different areas.
Nelle and Anna- good luck with the TT they will get there in there own time. Just give them a tree to practice on outside!
Its good to hear about how all our 3 yr olds are doing. Ash is such a girly girl.
As for kinder I've had Ash on waiting list since last Feb for a day at childcare to do there kinder program and STILL don't have a spot, so thought I'd get one now, they offered friday but thats no good for me. Still 3 people ahead me. I need something for her I think she needs to mix with other kids more.
I have started a thread, but I thought I would paste it in here tosee what you guys think......
Ds has beena good sleeper most of his life, but really since DD was born (nearly a year ago) his sleeping has become on and off.
He wakes crying in the night for no reason, except he wants our attention. I go in and tell hom to go back to sleep, then he starts howling and demanding cuddles, and any excuse under the sun to get us back in there. I think I am playing in to his game by keeping on going back in., In the end last night, I just left him to howl. (he woke the baby) He probably cried for about half an hour.
Then it bacomes a vicious cycle. He is tired, i am tired but he just keeps waking.
I would be more understanding of him waking in the night and just coming in to us, but instead he stays in his room and just carries on.
What should I do?? Keep going back in, which I think is feeding his behaviour, or go in once, to make sure it is not something genuine, and explain to him that it is sleep time, and that I won't be coming back in for silly reasons.
Please tell me I am not the only one who has their three year old up in the night.
Sounds tough. Is there a quiet activity he can do in bed when he's feeling a bit wakeful? You could say, you don't have to sleep, but you can rest on your bed while doing xx'. Riv has a wind-up torch that is pretty handy when I want to keep him in bed, he winds it up and shines it around the room. Would that work?
Shell, we don't have a tree for peeing! No garden at all yet! (so depressing!)
meg..caity has been a waker for ages, and was screaming out for me all the time, i used to get up and do the cuddle thing etc, but it didnt realy seem to work, as she just kept waking and screaming out for me to come in..so now what i do is yell out SHUT UP CAITLYN..sounds a bit harsh, but it works lol, now i only get like 2 nights a week she wakes, i tell her to shut up and she is straight back to sleep( i yell it out from my bed), and when i used to go into her and comfort her it was a eveynight she was waking.
hi to everyone, been busy with work kids, and my new man.
taking the kids to the gold coast on thursday so me and 6 kids, havny worked out if its going to be a holiday for me yet.
Chrissy - You made me laugh! I think I will give the "call out" a try
Got to share a funny story
We were driving along in the car, and J told me he was busting for a poo (we were on the freeway) i thold him he would have to hang on and we would be home soon. A minute or so later, he said to me "dont worry Mum it was just a fart!!"
Hello everyone, its been awhile since i have been in and said hello to you all!
I hope that everyone is well and enjoying the world of 3 years olds!
I needed to share my news with you ladies first! ( see my ticker!) we are so very excited, DH feels ripped off as we fell our 2nd month of trying. I am yet to have my blood tests however my urine tests have all being very clear and dark lines so am so very sure that all is good.
Anyway, I hope to be around more these days!
take care xo Anna
And of course its not "public" as yet so nothing on Facebook please
Well girls im in tassie atm having a wonderful holiday... missing my girls though.
So excited as well, as tomorrow i get to meet HELEN!!!! its so awesome to actually meet people in person.. I met Arimeh the other day but nothing the same as meeting someone you shared a BB journey with!
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He sort of launches himself at Jetts leg with a "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" battlecry and then tries to take him down so he can slap him without Jett running away. Jett usually thinks it funny until he's actually on the ground then he's not thinking its much fun anymore. I have to laugh sometimes its quite comical but I pull them apart before anyone gets (really) hurt. Ive copped a few knocks myself getting between them sometimes.
But I get it now
Sounds tough. Is there a quiet activity he can do in bed when he's feeling a bit wakeful? You could say, you don't have to sleep, but you can rest on your bed while doing xx'. Riv has a wind-up torch that is pretty handy when I want to keep him in bed, he winds it up and shines it around the room. Would that work?
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