Good morning ladies. Early morning for me, got woken up at 5:55. ACK! And then couldn't ignore them for long to drink my coffee but had to get them up and dressed as Dominic would yammer and cry in his cot. Poor neighbours, what weekends they have next to us lol.
Storm oh gosh no! Poor you and poor Lyds! I am so sorry she is ill again. Seems only the other week that she was sick all the time? I hope it isn't really the proper bug but only a short lived day of spewage. How is she today? Also, sorry MS got you
Hope it isn't too bad? I can imagine that cleaning up after L when she has been sick must trigger your own
Poor things!
I loved the pic of L with the chocolate mouth! She is such a cute little thing!
But the tantrums you describe do sound like early onset terrible twos. My golly to think I might have that with both mine! What do you usually do? Do you just ignore her? I am thinking when mine do this in a shop I will just ignore them - and the stares of all the ppl around us. But I suppose the more attention they get with this behaviour the more they do it?
As for the sponsored walk, did anyone take pictures of it at least so you could see your little racer come first?
How is your friend? Has he started treatment yet? Also, what about your dad and his hernia and skin cancer? I hope he is getting treatment for that?
Oh and I wanted to ask, you say L doesn't nap in her cot, where then does she nap when she isn't at her creche? In your bed?
Borboleta I also don't think that at their age babies/toddlers really have any understanding of sharing. Maybe mine more than others cause they are used to there being another child there all the time that takes things from them. But it isn't really sharing as such. So I wouldn't worry too much if T doesn't like to share.
As for your DH, yes that sounds so familiar. I really have very little cause to complain about him in the general way but when he is in front of the computer, I better not talk to him at all or he will do this heavy, annoyed sigh and get up like an old man. Makes me furious lol
Your pool pass sounds great! I bet it must be a relief to have that when it is that hot!
T looks adorable with his short hair and I bet it will feel better to him to have it really short when it is this hot.
Yay for weaning him off bottles too! He really is such a big boy now isn't he
Btw how is your skin on your hand. Do you think it is getting better? I hope so!
Sabrina hope your voice has come back completely now? And did the water tablets help?
As for Finn grabbing the poopie nappy, mine have done this a couple of times too and mostly it seems when the nappy is indeed full of poo! Ew. lol
I am so sorry you had another tiring party with Finn last night and then to top it off to have your neighbours be obnoxious must be so hellish. Any chance you can nap today when Finn is napping? Sounds like you need it, poor thing!
charlie what you say about children not knowing the concept of sharing till 3 is very interesting. Definitely takes the pressure off then
Your OH sounds so lovely the way he looked after you when Sophia arrived
Btw how are you feeling? Are your meds still helping and are you more energised again?
I don't mind rocking my boys to sleep either, in fact I love it. I don't get to hold my Dominic very much as he is usually such a non cuddly, active boy. But unfortunately we know that if we go down that road again, he will unlearn how to put himself to sleep. It took such a long time for him to learn this and it was not easy for us either. He does this so well in the evenings and for naps now and usually falls asleep as soon as we leave the room. Sebastian won't fall asleep when rocked and hasn't for at least 6 months though he does like being held I think. He will take a little longer to fall asleep than Dominic but he likes to lie in his cot, hold the label of his muslin to his nose and eyes or insert it behind the dummy (so cute!
) and just slowly drop off by himself.
As for water and weaning, at first we didn't really give any, as the boys had a bottle of formula with every solids meal they got. It was only when we started dropping bottles at around 7months+ that we introduced water. My mother brought us these Nuk Sippy Cups (though with a different design) which after trying out several others we still use now. They have a soft silicon spout and are non-drip - well sort of. I know we should move on to hard spout without a valve to teach them to drink rather than to suckle but meh I don't like how the liquid goes every where lol. But we aren't using them for milk anyway as they don't like it oddly enough. Anyway, we now give about 2oz of juice after lunch and at around 4pm and watered down juice throughout the day on demand. The reason we put a bit of juice in the sippies is that otherwise the boys will just drip the water down their front and not drink it. But if it tastes of a little juice they will drink it much more eagerly. The juice we get is by Annabel Karmel, it has no added sugar, is 75% fruit juice and only has a bit of mineral water mixed in and it tastes YUMMY! Especially the apple & pear one. Like you, I don't like seeing small hard poos in their nappies cause they aren't usually like that (though not as liquid as those early ones either) and I always wonder if they drink enough. But I don't think I could give them more lol and they usually poo twice or even three times a day. So really that is ok.
Btw I read somewhere that Bananas aren't actually constipating unless not ripe enough. But then apparently we shouldn't give bananas to babies until they have black spots on the skin (the bananas, not the babies lol)
Kosh always lovely to hear from you
Have you found a way to entertain G on the metro ride? And also, how and where does he nap at his creche? If it is a bedroll on the floor I think you might be right about him sleeping better in a low bed as he would be used to this. I am guessing he still sleeps with you at home? Where does he nap when he is at home?
Claire hopefully Lucy is indeed over her tummy bug, poor sweetie! But I am not surprised she still felt off yesterday. That bug is the most exhausting one around! How is she today?
As for father's day, I gave my OH his presents this morning before he left. But since Sunday is the day he goes and collects rent and only comes back in the afternoon, we won't be doing anything special. Also the weather is typically British here
But your DF's comment about every day being father's day is soo sweet! Aww!
Hope all the other lovely ladies are well?
Clio still painfree?
Kitty_love any news such as a
?
How is little Blake? And did your DH ooh and aah at him today in his daddy day outfit?
Leeze loved the pics of Kia and daddy cleaning windows
Hope everything is well with you all?
Rowan we miss you and would love an update on your life with your little M n' Ms
As for us: The evening before last we were sitting on the sofa and watching Dexter when Alfie walked in with another blackbird in his fangs.
Luckily this time OH was there to take care of it. But the fact that Alfie managed to catch 2 birds in one week must mean that he is an excellent hunter. Even my lethal Schnitzel managed mostly only mice and only got birds once in a blue moon. How upsetting
In other news I think I might be getting a sty on my eyelid. Not sure though cause lately I have had this allergy around my eyes and I am not sure what causes it. I have stopped using my Touche Eclat
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and switched to a different concealer and also used a new make up remover. But that one started stinging so I went back to my Simple which I have used for years. It didn't sting but then this sty thing showed up. Maybe it is just an infected eyelash root though. I very much hope so. Just not sure. I don't want to go to my doctor about it cause all they'll give me is hydro cortisone cream and tell me not to use any make-up till it all heals. Well I have been using the boys' hydro cortisone on and off and it does help with the allergy, but going out without make-up is not an option! I have such dark circles that I am surprised my OH looks at me with love and calls me his lovely bird still. He does but I don't believe him lol. Gosh I am such a cynic lol
Hm what else. I am loving the new naps my boys are having as I don't have to sit with them and bounce them any more. (Though perversely I also miss that now cause I loved gazing down on them and observe them sleeping
) It gives me time to come on here and read and write - instead of doing my tummy exercises lol.
Ok need more coffee. Bye for now all
They are much quicker and stronger than one would expect aren't they. 
at your OH. I think that it is inbuilt in most men, the not listening. And my theory is that they know deep down that if they don't do as they are asked we will eventually give up and do it ourselves. But maybe that is a mean genderalisation 
. I know that we will have to work on that for a while but we will get to it.
for the boys napping in their cribs!!! I bet that you are enjoying some free time 
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. I got so mad that I just get thiago and tell him to forget about it. Than he says, no leave him here. And I just leave with thiago and get my water and check the ladies in by myself. Later on I told him that I don't ask for help unless I really need to and he tells me that he didnt know how long I was going to be gone. I said: why didn't you ask me? 
I have the feeling it might be easier for him to sleep in a low bed than in a cot.
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