[Skip to my Lou]

Belated Congratulations Aminila!! So very excited for you , hope all is going well.

I am finally the owner of only one house which is great. Work has been very busy lately so I haven't been on here or fb. In fact I am thinking of getting rid of fb completely.

DH and I celebrate our 10 year anniversary soon and are going away child free for the weekend - just going to stay in the Dandenongs but I can't wait!

My girls are both good although have been having a lot of behaviour issues with F. Who would have thought 6 would be the hardest age yet? She is so emotional it's almost like adolescence already. One minute she's fine, then suddenly screaming and crying. Doing DH and my head in. She's also gone crippling shy, crying when she meets new people or has to do things like get her eyes checked. Yep that was a fun visit. Am dreading taking her to the dentist again but can't really not do it..

P is in a 'big girl bed' finally, she was hating the cot, we ordered a new bed for F and it took 8 weeks to come in, then P got F's old bed. She can get a new bed in a few years once she is night trained. Strange having a colder day here, and yep a real struggle finding pants that are long enough for P but not too loose around the waist. Chubby kids are so much easier to dress! I never had this problem with F!!

x

[shopgirl76]

Hi gals!

CONGRATS Aminila! All the best to you and little Tommy <3

I had written a whole reply on my phone and then my browser cracked it. I am so

Anyway now to try and be as witty and charming as I was the first time around

All your kidlets are so 'grown up' now. I haven't TT'd and E is still loving her cot (guess that's a bonus). We are going to tackle TT over Easter weekend. I am in complete denial. Do. Not. Want. To. I don't 'do' poos and wees. I will never be able to take her out anywhere ever again until she's oh, I don't know, 10? Argh. Give me strength. I'm almost secretly hoping it doesn't work out so I can confidently have her in nappies for longer. Is that bad?

Meanwhile the little one was cruising along beautifully until 2 days ago when the hot red cheeks and Mister Cranky Pants turned up He now won't sleep longer than about 30 minutes in the daytime (unless I'm with him) and we were just starting to get past his shocking cat-napping. I hope this passes soon and that the poor little guy at least has a tooth to show for all this!

I have no idea where my time goes. I can't seem to get anything done, and I don't even have E home twice a week! Argh! Someone tell me it will get better and my house WILL get cleaned??

Hi to everyone... See you in another few months

[Skip to my Lou]

Ah shopgirl it does get better. The older they get the easier it gets. As for TT. Seriously - you can't do it when YOU want to, you have to do it when THEY want to so if E isn't showing an interest don't worry about it yet, you're most likely going to cause stress and anxiety trying to do it if she - and you- don't really want to. Please don't stress about it, I promise it will happen, and if you wait for her to lead you it will happen so much quicker and easier. I didn't get a say with either of my girls, it wasn't that convenient when P started but when they are that eager you just go with it. Going out the first few weeks is stressful, but you just have to make sure you know where the toilets are and trust them to tell you when they need to- and run like lightning when they say they do!! Most people I encountered offered up toilets, people seem to have a lot of understanding for TT thankfully.
Good luck and if I'm not back before next weekend Happy Easter everybody!!

[heidles82]

Hi! I hope everyone had a lovely Easter. I ate way too much chocolate but it tasted so good
Jackson got extra chocolate eggs from the Easter Bunny for giving him his bottles. He has asked for a bottle at bedtime some nights, but I remind him he got extra chocolate and he is ok again. I was a little sad to get rid of the bottles - I guess because he is now a little boy! He is almost fully toilet trained (wears a pull up at night but these are dry most mornings). He picked up tt quite quickly really - I think because we waited until he was ready (ie telling us he wants big boy undies).
Miss B is 5 1/2 months old and boy has it gone way too fast! She is such an easy going little lady - always happy and smiley I think she will be a bit of a handful when she gets mobile - very curious!
Hope everyone is well and I'll check in again soon

[lexington]

OH HAI ladies...

Checking in on you.