MSE Parent Club - Part 2

Mazcabs

Henry normally stands and watches the milk going round. He has also started to get impatient when I'm doing his food/drink and the foot stamping has started... where has my baby gone he's a proper little boy now with strops (taking after me apparently according to OH)

OH getting up in the night is a bit of a sore point with me as well as most of the time he is snoring away and doesn't hear him.... mind you LO is getting better now and sleeps through most nights... this morning I could hear him in his cot talking to himself.. it made me laugh.:rotfl:

Sami_Bee

Mazcabs wrote: »

Henry normally stands and watches the milk going round. He has also started to get impatient when I'm doing his food/drink and the foot stamping has started... where has my baby gone he's a proper little boy now with strops (taking after me apparently according to OH)

OH getting up in the night is a bit of a sore point with me as well as most of the time he is snoring away and doesn't hear him.... mind you LO is getting better now and sleeps through most nights... this morning I could hear him in his cot talking to himself.. it made me laugh.:rotfl:

We have a monitor but I sleep really deeply (when I finally get to sleep :mad:) so he opens the door, bangs on the wall then shouts "Muuuuuuuummmmm! Come here!!" he repeats it on a loop until I shout back "I'm up, I'm coming" and if I'm not quick enough I get a loud sigh followed by "oh come ON mummy" He's a cheeky little get!

Lu_T

Sami_Bee wrote: »

:rotfl:When our beeper goes off Chis jumps up and legs it into the kitchen whilst saying "Quick Quick Beep!":p

When our timer goes off Imogen jumps up and shouts, "Tea's ready! Tea's ready!" Then runs to her chair at the table. Anyone would think we don't feed her regular meals!

Rant alert - just need to get this off my chest...

Was nearly late for my meeting this morning as I had to spend 15 mins calming her down from a tantrum OH had whipped her into. I was downstairs getting breakfast while OH got her up and dressed - he was taking her to nursery as I needed to be out early. I could hear the situation descending but decided to ignore it until I'd finished eating.

I went upstairs to find OH sat po-faced in the bathroom holding her toothbrush and Imogen hiding in the guest bedroom screaming (literally), "I want a cuddle from my Mummy!"

He doesn't have the most patience with her in the mornings and had tried to calm her down by saying "Daddy's going to be late for work," - cos all 2 year olds understand that concept :rotfl: :rotfl:

I don't want to be too critical of him, but from what I heard (plenty of raised voices on both sides) he had made matters worse from a dodgy start as she woke up grumpy. He did try distracting her, but only when she was too far into the tantrum to respond effectively to it. I don't want to interfere, but neither do I want to always have to solve the problem. There was no need for her to be so upset, or for him to be so frustrated.

I don't think I've got all the answers. But I do know the outcome would have been different if it had been me dressing her this morning.

Becles

James has got Raynaud's. Went to the shops this morning to get more woolies as he's lost his gloves again, but struggled to get some. All the shops have got rid of the winter stock and there are loads of shorts, swimwear, cotton dresses etc., on sale

nadnad

is raynauds to do with pain in hands and feet? esp when they get cold? or did i get that totally wrong.

Becles

nadnad wrote: »

is raynauds to do with pain in hands and feet? esp when they get cold? or did i get that totally wrong.

Yes - you get pain in the cold and hands and feet go purple or white, or a mix of both! You have to keep well wrapped up and put woolies on in prevention of getting cold, rather than waiting till you get cold then trying to get warmed up.

Sami_Bee

Lu - even if you'd tried to help he'd probably got in a huff with you :rolleyes: that's what I get!

Beccles - My tesco still has lots of gloves etc but they are on sale maybe you need to buy in bulk is he a bit dizzy and always losing them? maybe threatening to put them on string would make him look after them a bit more

Becles

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Beccles - My tesco still has lots of gloves etc but they are on sale maybe you need to buy in bulk is he a bit dizzy and always losing them? maybe threatening to put them on string would make him look after them a bit more

His short term memory is pants! He never remembers to take stuff to school or fetch stuff home and loses stuff, and I'm on his back constantly reminding him to do stuff at home.

I'm sure it's linked in to other problems. He's bright enough and is good at maths and science, but struggles badly with written English. He's got all the ideas in his head, but struggles to write it down. Reading has been a challenge too, and he reads very slowly and struggles with new words. He's forever in trouble at school for not doing written work, and he's got a bit of an attitude problem as they are always telling him off so he gets huffy and lippy back. I'm not sticking up for him as I know he shouldn't behave like that, but I think it's through frustration that he can't do the work, rather than just being badly behaved.

Currently having a battle with school as I want him checked out by Educational Psycology in case he's got dyslexia or something like that, but school are more happy to blame him for being lazy and having an attitude problem. They also blamed a lack of support at home which angered me as I'll do anything I can to help my bairns.

tsstss7

Lu your problem with DH reminds me of when my Oh used to wake LO at night by going in to check on him and insisting on fiddling about with his blankets and such like cause he wanted to see him move (first time daddy lol) then I was left to pick up the pieces and spend a good hour trying to get him back to sleep. However it soon stopped when I threatened to leave him to it the next time he woke our pride and joy and even now whenever he goes into his room my first words are "DON'T WAKE THE BABY!!!!!"

Maybe your dd is used to having daddy wrapped round her little finger so a bit of firm parenting from him was a bit of a shock (hence the hysterics) . Anyway good on you for getting him involved mine doesn't do any of the morning routine even weekends! He can't in the week cause of work and I get so used to doing it I forget to ask in the weekend:D .

tsstss7

Becles maybe the knitting thread would be useful to you for gloves

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=718513

glove pattern post

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=9780287&postcount=911

If you are into knitting that is - I've been meaning to get into it but time is not on my side at the mo.