And then there were 2 :)

Hi lovely how are you and the girls doing? hope all is well and you are having a fun summer with your two little ladies.
x Daisy
 
Hi Daisy, yeah were all doing good here thanks, i have a pamper night planned for me and Elise tonight, got the face masks and everything at the ready haha! Elexis has been much better at bed times now, if she wakes then she just grabs herself a drink from the bottle of water that i leave in bed with her and usually the only time i have to go into her is when shes either had a scary dream or cant find her dummy, so last night for instance i was only in to her once, getting so much more sleep now its brill :D

We went to dads yesterday for a BBQ for his birthday, its not while Monday but ive been at him to do something as a family as we never get to do anything together for special occasions! It was lovely although i must say i'm feeling slightly fragile this morning...good job we have the pamper night in store :lol:

Holiday shopping is driving me round the bend too, were all wanting to go together as in my brother his gf and new baby, dad and his wife and possibly step daughter, but no one can agree on anything, we were wanting to go back to butlins and share a caravan for cheapness as at least at butlins you have free water park, fair and soft play as well as the adventure playground to keep the kids entertained through the day, brother and gf want to go to ingoldmells but not butlins and want there own caravan which is all well and good but own caravan plus paying for daytime activities is gonna cost a fortune, and dads wanting to go abroad via coach all inclusive :roll: at this rate i think me and OH will just end up booking for ourselves and if anyone wants to tag along then fine! Nightmare!!!

And thats it from me really, nothing much exciting going off in my life at the mo haha!!

xx
 
Well we had an amazing night with my little miss last night put her to bed at 6:30pm, i got i the bath and she was crying so went in to her and her leg was wedged through the bars, 2nd time that day :roll: dunno what to do, may have to buy cot bumpers or something! Anyway after i freed her she went to sleep and didnt wake while near on 5am (and if she did i never heard her haha) she had a slight paddy at that time pointing to something in her bedroom and i didnt understand what she wanted, anyway she went back off and didnt wake then while 8:10am :D i feel like ive had a right good sleep, its lovely!

Were going to London Thursday so just rung the docs to try and get Elexis some travel sickness meds as she is horrendous when in the car! Shes gonna get the doc to ring me back so at least i dont need an appointment although im going in town today anyway to book my next tattoo woop...tattoo number 3 :D truly addicted!

xx
 
HURRAAAAAYYYYY...ITS FINALLY HAPPENED!!!!!

Elexis has slept through 2 nights on the trot!! Friday night i put her up to bed at 6:30pm she was asleep by 6:45pm, i went out for a coupe of hours, got in at 10 and OH said she had stirred a few times but not had to go up to her and she slept until 5:30am and then last night again, up in bed at 6:45pm asleep by 7pm woke at 9:30pm, OH went up and put her dummy back in and she woke next at 5:45am :yay: :yay: :yay: i so so hope this is it now! its only taken 13 and a half months haha!

Missus is also becoming quite the little monkey, if her sister winds her up she gives her a quick swipe, she deffo is a fiery little red head lol! If her nappy needs changing she brings you a nappy and lies down for you to change her, she will put her rubbish in the bin if asked to, she can say all sorts now too, im completely loving this age, i had almost forgot what it was like to have a 1 year old with Elise been nearly 7 now! So we are finally getting somewhere with Elexis, now to deal with her big sister who apparently has become a teenager over night! Grr shes hard work atm but im sure its just a phase, her trying to be independent maybe! Just gotta roll with it i guess!

xx
 
aww thats awesome and bringing you a nappy is so adoreable what a good girl.

lovely to sleep through the night at last.
But now big sis is a challenge!! good luck and dont let her rile you into thinking shes not a little girl who needs your help underneath, stay strong and you can do it you can have lovely times with her youve just got to help her understand that something are not acceptable and that includes being vile to you.
You can do it.
x Daisy
 
Thanks Daisy, you speak such wise words :) could do with more friends like you around here esp atm! Had a tough few days, OH is in hospital, he tried taking his life twice wednesday night, it was a horrible ordeal, social services are now involved but she called earlier today and was lovely, she said she has no concerns over my parenting skills and as soon as OH has got the help he needs she will be happy to sign us off and take no further action, its been a crazy couple of days, he's still in hospital now awaiting the crisis team! Been so strange on my own but ive coped and for once the house is spotless lol!

xx
 
oh no, how horrible for you you must have had a really shitty time of it.
Hopefully this will mean that oh gets the help he needs to get him back on a good road.
I want him to be strong and feel that he can begin to support you instead of ebing just a massive worry and burden on you when you already have to girls to take care of.

Of course they have no worrys about your parenting skills becuase you are a fab mum and youve coped all this time basically by yourself!
Hope that things get better and that you will get some more support.
and that Elise is a calm and happy girl for at least a week!!
xo Daisy
 
Thanks hun, we went to the doctors yesterday to finally get him on the right path, the crisis team never came to the hospital and it was making him more depressed sitting on a ward with 4 old men, no tv and no meds as the hospital wouldnt give him his antidepressants after overdosing on the wednesday night! So he discharged him self on the condition he saw his GP Monday! His GP was extremely helpful and i feel much more positive about getting him the help he needs now!

Elise is now allowed to play out the backs with her friends which seems to have made her a much happier little girl she can still be a monkey like not wanting her dinner or tea because shes so eager to get out there and then when its time to come in we have a stand off about it but thats just kids for you, im sure i was the same lol!

Elexis has teething nappies atm, they are minging, went into her the other morning and was faced with a baby and a cot full of poop, needless to say missus ended up with a morning bath!

Anyway gonna have to scoot, ive just noticed my precious has squished marshmallow into my new rug :shock: oh joys, this is gonna be fun to get out!!!

xxx
 
Well Elexis has taken up crying through the night again, not often but she still belts it out come the early hours, most times i can just leave her and she nods back off, this morning at 5am i went into her and she was crying pointing at the ironing board, i tried her with the dummy and her water but she just cried more and continued pointing at the ironing board, i had no clue what she was wanting and so just had to walk out and leave her to paddy for a few minutes, she soon settled got herself a drink and went back to sleep! I dont think teething is helping her where sleep is concerned bless so im hoping that once the teeth are through she will get back to sleeping through :)
She has a nice 2 hour nap after dinner too, she usually wakes after an hour as a little cry and then nods back off for another hour :)

We have finally bought little lady a potty too, she currently wears it as a hat but has come to understand its name at least so if we ask her to get her potty or sit on it she will do, i just want to get her used to it before we take the next step...cant wait to start cleaning puddles of pee up and catching poo's haha! I have to say its the worst part about having children...potty training, wish i could for the life of me remember how i learnt Elise!

Elise started year 2 today, she looked quite overwhelmed by the new classroom and teacher and was a bit gutted that she wasnt on the same table as her friend, she looked ever so smart in her school tie though!

Its crazy with my kids at the moment too, Elise is losing teeth like its gone out of fashion, most of them are loose and shes looking so gummy, and at the same time my littlest lady is gaining teeth, 2 more right under the gum just waiting to show themselves, which made me get all nostalgic the other day when Elise had lost one, remembering when she first cut that tooth and i watched it grow and wrote down in her little red book when it had come through, and now shes losing all those baby teeth i so carefully noted down and getting her adult teeth, shes growing up too quickly, i dont like it, i want them to stay little forever :(

Nothing much to report on me and OH, he has to start group therapy sessions within the next few months, i have a busy social calendar for September which i am looking forward to, Ann summers party this saturday, going out with a large group of friends next saturday (last time we all got together was October 2012) and then the Saturday after that its my friends 30th birthday party, but i get to go to that with OH and the kids so that'll be nice for us all to get out as a family!

Anyway, think ive written enough of an essay for now :p

Laters

xx
 
hello lovely, glad that things have settled down a bit.
Waahoo that youve got a busy social calendar!!
Can you use a system of bribes for potty training! ew but well it will be fab to say goodbye to nappies yurk!!
Not so great having the weeing int eh supermarket stage to go throuhg!!
Good luck with the teething and tooth loosing how interesting that they are swapping teeth, two healthy growing girls youve got there!
good luck honey
x Daisy
 
Yes i will be more than happy to say good riddance to nappies haha, think at the mo its a matter of getting her used to knowing when shes weeing and pooing, think i'm just gonna have to bite the bullet soon and whip the nappy off, gonna have to put up with puddles if shes gonna learn when shes weeing and what to expect before it happens...ahh joy!

Really struggling with Elises behaviour again lately, shes had me in tears 2 nights on the trot, the night before last i had asked her to get into bed as it was bed time, i just got a blunt "no" i asked her 3 times and ended up picking her up and putting her in bed and then got kicked and spat at, screaming at me that she hates me, i'm fat, i'm ugly so i walked out and left her to it, then last night i called her in from playing out as it was time to come in, she started creating, i kept calm asked her to go up stairs do her teeth and said she could watch tv in my room for an hour, she started paddying so told her if she continued she would be going straight to bed and she carried on, it was as if she was doing it purposely so i said right, bed and she screamed and carried on, ran upstairs and tried to go into my room so i grabbed her hand to take her in her room and she pulled back, yelling at me, i ended up carrying her into her room kicking and screaming, put her in bed and walked out, then she came downstairs was telling me how much she hated me and she never wants to see me again, that i was fat and ugly, kept getting in my face, must have told her to go to bed at least 20 times before breaking down, finding it so hard, she doesnt care about anything, if i try saying i'll take a certain toy away etc all i get is "so" i asked her to tidy her room the other day and she said no, so i told her she had half hour to do it and if she didnt i would throw whatever toys were on the floor, she replied with "so what, i dont care" i left it half hour and then they went in the bin! Thing is it seems to be every night when its nearly time for bed, she just doesnt want to go up stairs, and then because shes carrying on Elexis starts crying and is unsettled at bed time esp if shes been in bed a while and gets woken by Elises paddying! Really at a loss at what to do, the star chart isnt working at the moment either, if i tell her im gonna speak to her teacher all i get is "well i'll just smack her in the face" beginning to feel like such a failure as a mum, i never knew it would get this tough!

xx
 
oh no lovely big hugs.
Sounds massively stressful.
I have no expericne really with tantrums but have you posted in parenting ,
I dont know what will make things better. If it wa me though id probably get a book out of the library and try to follow something new. Id also try to have some happy times at some other point of the day to try to build some trust back up and be able to tell her that her words have been hurtful and not acceptable outside of the stress of an argument. Sounds like she is a ball of fury at the moment and it might be that shes just not coping with things either at the moment.
Stay strong mummy, it is not accepatble to be kicked or called names and its right to insist on bedtimes and respect. just take care and dont give up.
good luck honey
xxxooxox Daisy
 
Thanks Daisy :) i think im going to have a word with her teacher and see if she can get to the bottom of this. i dont know if the green eyed monster has returned as we got a lot of "i dont like Lexi" and pulling faces at her yesterday and just generally being mean to her! She probably see's it as she doesnt get a hug because she's being naughty and at the same time Elexis wants a kiss or a cuddle and so gets one as obviously shes not misbehaving and then maybe Elise gets jealous because thats what she wants but like mum said she has to realise she will get those kisses and cuddles if she behaves! Its very difficult at the minute, mum had a word the other day, said she would start giving her pocket money on a friday but every time i ring to tell her shes misbehaving she will deduct some money, so yesterday i called her after she had been mean to Elexis and giving me the attitude so mum said "tell her i'm deducting a bit of pocket money off" so i did and our response "so!!" so she had more deducted lol, even mum cant understand whats happened i think she gob smacked to be honest, i dont know how we can go from a lovely polite quiet girl to one who has no manners and talks to everyone like crap with the attitude of a teenager :cry:
oh dear! Who knew parenting could be so hard!

Elexis has been sleeping through more nights than not though at last! Think its deffo teething thats ruining her sleep! Shame we still have a mass amount to show themselves only meaning one thing...more sleepless nights to come lol!

xx
 
:hugs:keep on going lovely, you can do it and I hope that you can find a quiet moment when she is being good to talk things over with her.
good luck hope that this weekend is a happier one.
love Daisy
 
Thanks Daisy, i have been praising her so much when she behaves in the hope that something changes, we shall see. I havent heard anything from school anyway, not even sure if the teacher has had words or not! Elexis has begun stomping her feet and paddying big style if she doesnt get her own way, i got a slap around the chops the other day from her because she wasnt happy with being told no...such hard work! But at the same time rewarding when i see the girls learning new things and becoming intelligent individuals, Elise is onto stage 6 with reading, her spelling is coming on leaps and bounds, shes just like a huge sponge right now! Elexis is copying more and more words, we were reading the other day, i pointed to a bird, she said bird back and then pointed to another bird, then after 5 minutes i asked her where the bird was and she pointed to it :') i have 2 very clever little ladies!

We also have a new addition...a kitten named poppy. OH's sister found her living in her back yard on an old filthy cat bed, must be no older than 12 weeks, so i said i would foster her until i found her a suitable home but now i want to keep her as she is so bloody wonderful, the cats are taking their time to warm to her, Simba isnt too bad, he keeps his distance but will sleep in the same room as her, Daisy on the other hand wont take her eyes off of her and growls and hisses if too close...oh joy haha!

OH has been doing well, no self harming since that dreaded night, i hope things have finally turned a corner with him!

And me...well, i'm fine :) plodding along as always xx
 
hi lovely how has your week been? Have you made any progress with Elise? How are you?
x Daisy
 
My weeks not been so bad up to press, went to my friends 30th saturday and out afterwards and got very drunk, needless to say the hangover the next day was immense, im giving alcohol a wide birth for the time being now i think, well until xmas anyway :lol:

Elise has been hit n miss with her behaviour, shes been really good tonight though after me and her dad had a chat with her yesterday as yesterday her behaviour was horrible, just not doing as she was told and stropping! Glad its been better today!

As for me im not too bad, i had some kidney pain yesterday, lasted all day, was glad to wake up to it gone, i think thats over doing it with the ale :/ today im feeling fine, i have the dentist tomorrow then doctors thursday to get get my results back from my chest x-ray and bloods, they think i have allergy induced asthma! So yeah busy week!

Elexis has been a ratty bum today, so so maungy, was glad to put her to bed! Shes sleeping through most nights now finally! Been a long time coming but we got there! Plus we are having a break from teething which helps :lol:

So yeah not so bad this end :) Hope your well Daisy!

xx
 
happy weekend honey , glad that youve got over the hump of both ladies having tantrums! Hope you have a good weekend.
x Daisy
 
Thank you Daisy, i think we're turning a corner with Elise finally, fingers crossed anyway, its Elexis now thats having bad temper tantrums and hitting, i'm sure she picks up a lot of it from Elise so i will just have to ride this phase out! Oh joy!

Elexis isnt having a bottle at all now through the night, i swapped the bottle for a beaker and now she just has that with water in it, no more milk for bed, she hasnt been bothered about it for a while now so its just been going to waste, i'll just have to give her a beaker of milk through the day instead, she gets plenty of calcium in her anyway through cheese (which she cant get enough of lol) and fromage frais etc so its not going to be a problem getting enough into her :)

As for this weekend, i have absolutely zero planned, ive had enough adventures over the past 3 weeks to last a life time haha! So just a quiet one this weekend! Although i'm looking forward to 22nd October, me and a few friends have got tickets for the Yorkshire scare grounds, no idea why i wanna pay to get scared witless :rofl: should be a laugh though, really looking forward to it :D

xx
 
Well, that didnt go down well! Oh took kids to see his family yesterday so i could blitz the house, i moved Elexis's room around and it looked so much more roomy and lovely! Anyway took her up to bed last night at 6 as she hadnt napped all day and she proper created and got herself so worked up, so i thought maybe she wasnt ready for bed, so i brought her down! Gave her some weetabix as she hadnt eaten well all day and thought maybe she was hungry so she had that and back up at half 6, she began screaming again, and so in the end i had to change her room back to how it was, she was still teary when i took her up for the third time at 7:15pm and i had to go up to her 4 times before i went to bed and then i was up another 4 or 5 times through the night! Lesson learnt, dont change her room around, she obviously doesnt like change lol! So heres hoping to a better night tonight!

xx
 

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