Sounds like a crappy situation Sharli. I don't really have any advice because who knows what is best but I hope things calm down soon.
Saw the midwife today. The peanut if finally lying the right way. I am 3/5 engaged and feeling stupidly uncomfortable. I am not even 37 weeks until Sunday but I want her out now! I swore I wouldn't complain about anything if I got this far but damn I am starting to get a bit bad tempered :P
You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.
Glad to hear she's lying the right way! You've every right to moan...I was so uncomfortable by that stage! And I didn't have Faith until I was 41 weeks!
We're on holiday for a few days as chloe turned 5 today. We went'to the fine a and tomorrow we're going to 'world of country life' and hopefully back in time for a swim in the sites pool. We handed birthday cake to all the children in the caravans in our 'road' in the park.
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We saw the croods at cinema and went to world of country life park day after, they fed a calf , saw a goat labour and kid very rapidly (5 mins from first squeal to kid in the pen whilst mum ran for a member of staff) got to 'walk' a teenager goat (ella took to it quite well, all the others were being pulled about, ella was leading hers sang 'come on silly billy goat') we fed'llamas and red deer and ran in a barn with goats and sheep. They fed some minature ponies and we payed on a ppirate ship, adventure playground (including a zip wire) and played mini golf.
Mand, South Wales, Full-time working, single mother to 2 scarily independent girls.
I AM A PROUD PLUMERIA SISTER
Urgghh what a frustrating day
Dylan has whinged all afternoon. I couldnt figure out hat he wanted and came to the conclusion he just wanted to whinge. Our tv stand has to extra large drawers for storage. One has so e of dylans toys and the other has his nappies and wipes etc along with dvds an the remotes to the tv and other electricals. He was adament these had to be emptied and eventually i just gave up removing him and saying no cuz as soon as we come back to the room he does it all over again. Food has been thrown everywhere. He has stood and screamed while stamping feet. If i went near he would shout and throw himself on the floor. If i left the room to take a breather from it then he would also screech and throw toys etc around. I gave up tidying everything away. I was losing every bit of patience and sanity. I resorted to just getting up and saying o him, you have really behaved unacceptably and until you play nice and be a caring boy that doesnt upset mummy i dont want to be in the same room" I know he probably didnt understand it but he finally sat down when j left and just played with lego. I came back in and voilla. My normal dylan is back. Still stressed and frustrated though after a full afternoon of getting nowhere with the behaviour. P
Was he tired or just eaten something with lots of energy? I wouldn't tidy it up, i would (after naughty step etc) have the child tidy up, if they wouldn't then back on the step, you need to let him know you're not having it and you're not messing about. It's so hard, but sometimes I think you have to be harsh to get the message through. Recently the kids ripped up a load of paper, consequence when they refused to pick it up was naughty step, then packed away all paper/coloring books and pens etc for a few days until they learn to play nicely and not make a huge mess. Within 10mins it was all picked up and they begged for the stuff back, I made them wait overnight because I have to follow through.
Mand, South Wales, Full-time working, single mother to 2 scarily independent girls.
I AM A PROUD PLUMERIA SISTER
He is only 17months and doesnt seem to understand much. He calls us both mummy instead of mummy or daddy. Knows the word for juice, ball, car, cat and how to sign eat an hello. I havnt seen any sign of understanding words like stop, go, no, yes, wait, eat etc etc. the words he does say are not pronounced correctly either yet they ate said in his own way but from observation to figured out he was trying to say words.
When Elliot is naughty he gets sat down on the naughty step or if its not near by I just sit him down where we are. When he tries to get up I sit him down again and say no and that its not nice to do xyz. Then I stand him up and tell him to say sorry which is a kiss or hug. If he refuses he goes back down for another 10 seconds. He usually gets the message that time. He's only 17 months but that is definitely something he understands as he is usually good afterwards. If he full on kicks off I just leave him to it as long as he's safe.
We've also managed to learn him not to touch things he shouldn't by telling him they're dirty or hot. Each one we pull a funny face and now he thinks its part of a game but he won't touch the things he's not supposed to like plug sockets and the oven. Our dogs bowl he points too then sticks his toungue out and says "eeeeeewww yak" and then laughs. Maybe turn the things he can't do into something fun?
I think Elliot is quiet advanced or Lucas is very slow because he is 17 months and doesn't talk apart from saying "cat, dada and no" and he doesn't seem to understand a lot of what we say. He understands "no" but just thinks its a game and laughs and keeps doing it or just says no back. If I put him on the naughty step then he just gets up straight away and when I keep doing it he laughs and thinks its a game. He doesn't seem to understand. It's really frustrating because he almost pulled the TV On top of himself today and wouldn't stop doing it.
