MSE Parents Club Part 11

elle_gee

tiamai_d wrote: »

Technically Rhys is older than Dylan (shhh it's ok MM, I'll stick up for ya!)

:rotfl: That my excuse.. Then when Dylan does something first, obviously it's because Rhys SHOULD be younger than Dylan.. Prematurity = handy, sometimes, huh?

money_maker_3

tiamai_d wrote: »

Technically Rhys is older than Dylan (shhh it's ok MM, I'll stick up for ya!)

Thank You

elle_gee wrote: »

:rotfl: That my excuse.. Then when Dylan does something first, obviously it's because Rhys SHOULD be younger than Dylan.. Prematurity = handy, sometimes, huh?

meh .... they are both unique and stubborn at the same time ... or lazy ... its one of those :rotfl:

elle_gee

I think it's called "moving the goalposts" A lot of that goes on in this house!

chopsticks

elle_gee wrote: »

Oh ta Not thinking holibobs (only holibobs this year, if not longer, will be UK only), just local leisure centre Hoping to go on Friday afternoons when OH finishes work at 1.40pm but hopefully the pool won't be too busy

Thankyou too on the sitting up Was so proud of him.. hope he does it for the (nasty!) physio on Tuesday too

So you should be proud. I hope he does it for the horrible physio too.

Caitlin loves swimming, so hopefully Rhys will too. If you're not going to lessons, take a couple of toys - for example a bath duck (as long as it floats) or something like a mini watering can. Throw the floating toy a little bit out of his reach and then help him move towards it so he can grab at it. The watering can is good for getting babies used to the water - sprinkle the water in front of him, then a bit over his head. Caitlin also finds it really funny when I blow bubbles in the pool.

money_maker_3

Dylan hates the watering can !! Thats what the physios use in his hydro therapy to get the kids to lift their heads and he just screams and throws a tantrum when they do it !! S they now use a PINK FLOWERY squeeky thing for him !! lol He seems to love it lol

chopsticks

Oh no MM . Bless him.

Elle - maybe my above suggestion should have come with a warning label

elle_gee

chopsticks wrote: »

So you should be proud. I hope he does it for the horrible physio too.

Caitlin loves swimming, so hopefully Rhys will too. If you're not going to lessons, take a couple of toys - for example a bath duck (as long as it floats) or something like a mini watering can. Throw the floating toy a little bit out of his reach and then help him move towards it so he can grab at it. The watering can is good for getting babies used to the water - sprinkle the water in front of him, then a bit over his head. Caitlin also finds it really funny when I blow bubbles in the pool.

He's only been swimming once and was just awestruck by it He's good in the bath though - OH almost always does bathtime and he uses a little pot to pour water over Rhys. He used to say "head/eyes/arm" etc just before he poured the water over parts of Rhys so he had time to close his eyes, but now he doesn't and Rhys is fine. Now he's got his new bath seat, he's too busy playing to notice, I think! :cool:

Just thought... I wonder if OH would be the better one to take Rhys into the changing rooms (no family/mixed sex changing rooms at our pool). He'd probably be a lot quicker at getting the pair of them dressed! Maybe he could take Rhys and get him sorted in the time it'd take me to get dry and dressed then I could meet him at the door and occupy Rhys outside while OH gets sorted in record time... hmmm.

searching_me

the music has stopped .. ..

im yet to take jayden swimming but im abit worried about my saggy belly (dont worry ignore me ) x

chopsticks

That sounds like a good idea Elle. I always end up getting really cold and shivering whilst I'm dressing Caitlin,

chopsticks

SM - All mummies have saggy tummies. Everyone in my group tends to wear a swimsuit as babies seem to have a knack of pulling bikini tops down, so swimsuits don't show off as much body.