MSE Parent Club - Part 2

SusanC_2

Alice goes with us to the dentist - I think she was about 5 months the first time and he said she was his youngest patient. He said he doesn't try to look in their mouth until they're about three as there's no need before then unless they have a particular problem.

nadnad

SusanC wrote: »

Alice goes with us to the dentist - I think she was about 5 months the first time and he said she was his youngest patient. He said he doesn't try to look in their mouth until they're about three as there's no need before then unless they have a particular problem.

oh - when i registered oz they made an actual appointment for him. and my friends children have both been checked every 6 months since they were one. i suppose it gets them used to the dentist but also the dentist is probably happy with this arrangement as they obviously get NHS money for the kids!

chocaholic110

nadnad wrote: »

oh - when i registered oz they made an actual appointment for him. and my friends children have both been checked every 6 months since they were one. i suppose it gets them used to the dentist but also the dentist is probably happy with this arrangement as they obviously get NHS money for the kids!

When my oldest two were little they had apointments from being small but when I asked about Tom my dentist also said they don't look until they're around three and he just advised that I bring him along with me to get used to the noises and smells.

SusanC_2

She did have an official appointment - the three of us all go at the same time rather than having them all at different times.

Lu_T

Congrats Mr Bailey! :T Hope the new job works out. It's so nice having OH at home by tea time so he can help with the bedtime routine / make tea.

Our new year's resolution is to eat tea together at least 4 times a week (I'm off Thurs & Fri plus weekends so should be able to manage that). It's working out nicely and Imogen's table manners are pretty good. We're even getting her to ask to get down from the table, which she's happy to do!

On duvets, Imogen has been in a bed from about 15 months when she started to climb. A baby gate on the door sorts out the mid-night visits. She can get out of any kind of sleeping bag you present her with - poppers on te shoulder, zip under armpit, zip on the front. The zip on the front was the hardest as it zipped from under her chin down to around her ankles, but she got there. We bought a cheap duvet & pillow set from Asda for about £15 when she was around 18 months.

Her latest fave phrase is 'Gusha me!' - it's basically 'goodness me!' but without the refinement of pronunciation. She uses it at really comic moments though.

A quick brag - if you'll indulge me - her fave xmas presents are a crocadile jigsaw with a letter on each piece and a pack of flash cards. Every night she asks to do the jigsaw and we say the name of the letter, then I get three cards from the pack and she has to pick the right one. She's not often wrong and can now recognise I, M and H without any prompting. :T My mum's an ex primary school deputy head and just shakes her head and says, "She's going to cost you money in university fees,". So proud

Off to watch Oceans 12 before ANOTHER day of decorating tomorrow. Night!

Sami_Bee

Lu_T wrote: »

Her latest fave phrase is 'Gusha me!' - it's basically 'goodness me!' but without the refinement of pronunciation. She uses it at really comic moments though.

Aww!
Chris likes to say "oh goodness" usually followed up with hands in the air in a I despair kinda way :T
His language has always been his strongest point but he seems to have had a burst since Christmas, after me being a bit worried about him not knowing his name he's picked that up and is suddenly have short conversations with the odd proper sentence. I've been beaming with pride soo much recently

and Lu - My mum is a HLTA in a primary school and is a literacy specialist so Chris has the flash cards and lots of educational stuff too
I just hope he loves books as much as I did as a child - at the moment he just tries to eat them! :rolleyes: I've got a box off lovely books in my mum's loft but I'm not letting him near them until he's old enough to know not to eat them :rotfl:
I'm looking forward to having an excuse to read The Jolly Postman over and over again!!

chocaholic110

Lu T, not sure if you mean she is saying letter names (I,M and H) or letter sounds (i, mmm, and h) but when she starts to read the sounds are more useful than the names. Makes it much easier to sound out words. That said, they do still need to learn both and the fact that she's doing it when she's only just two is great. Clever Imogen! Wish we had more parents where I live that would play with children at home!!

Sami_Bee

Choc - are you in education?
My mum is always complaining about the difference in the children when they start school now compared to 5 or 10 yrs ago, they used to have a book that they gave parents to fill out before they started and it said things like the child should be able to dress and undress themselves, be able to recognise their own name when it is written etc there never used to be a problem with that but now they get so many parents saying "oh bob can't dress himself" or similar. Its usually the parents that work full time because they just don't have enough time spare to spend with their children - which I think is just the saddest thing but unfortunately a very common situation

chocaholic110

Yup, I'm a teacher, currently with a Reception, Y1 and Y2 class :eek:

I only work three days a week now though. And yes, we get a lot who can't dress themselves, feed themselves, don't speak properly or understand a lot of words. We have a major problem with speaking and listening - so many children with poor vocabularies.

Sami_Bee

chocaholic110 wrote: »

Yup, I'm a teacher, currently with a Reception, Y1 and Y2 class :eek:

I only work three days a week now though. And yes, we get a lot who can't dress themselves, feed themselves, don't speak properly or understand a lot of words. We have a major problem with speaking and listening - so many children with poor vocabularies.

Well you will be pleased to know that at 2yrs old Chris can undress himself completely almost get dressed himself, has a very good grasp of listening and talking, can count actual objects up to 4 and knows how to count to 10 and recognises a few written words :cool: (does it matter that the words he recognises are; tesco, asda, boots and argos :rotfl:):o
He tells people he's a genius (don't know who taught him to say that :whistle:)