Due Jan 2009!!!

LMAO...that was my exact attitude Pickle!

I want Cooper to fall & dong his head in the hope it stops him climbing up by the tv

Lyall is still mostly at the aim-to-please stage, he does things like take clothes to the wash, rubbish to the bin etc. Though he is extremely cheeky at times as well, grabbing things he knows not to while laughing his head off. Somehow he's all confused with yes and no..if we ask him if he wants something he always seems to say no and shake his head even though we know he wants it. Keeps the older two amused lol
Had a yuck experience after dinner tonight..was cleaning him up and he was thinking it was funny to put his fingers down his throat, was trying to stop him but no he lost half his dinner..like its not a big enough cleanup after eating already! He did stop doing it though, hopefully lesson learnt.
This is kinda embarassing but funny..I was lying on the floor with Lyall sitting on me watching tv earlier and I farted. He leant down and said "you ok?" sooo funny!
That will be nice to at least have a little holiday M, sucky about the uk though.
Ohh Kel wouldn't it be nice to have 25k left over !!

yeah he said 6 as well when Dh was counting with S and he said 6 again today in the right place as well must be an easy number to say. His speech blows us away, especially as S was the opposite and was very late to talk. K picks loads up off S as well, like "I don't want" and "no way"...lovely, but he is always trying to repeat anything S says and will do gestures as well, was pointing and saying look today cos S was doing it. Some of his words aren't very clear though and some are just sounds that we know, like he says 'tur" for toothbrush and "maa" for monkey, S now says "tur" and "maa" as well, lazy boy. The dog gets called lala instead of leela.

I thought talking early might make the terrible twos a bit easier but my friend who had an early talker said it doesn't cos sometimes he would just tantrum anyway even if they gave him what he said he wanted and most of the time he either couldn't have whatever he wanted anyway or he just plain didn't know what he wanted. So that destroys that theory.

That's funny about the fart. Whenever S does one he goes "What's that noise?" like he doesn't know!

Does anyone else have a tv addict? K is always demading I put the TV on, he hangs off the front of it crying and will push all the buttons trying to switch it on. He asks for the wot wots a lot as well. Am bloody sick of them know and if he hears the music it doesn't matter what part of the house he is in he comes running shouting wot wots. Bit worried about him maybe watching too much

Cooper is really good at doing things if I ask, but is a little terror when I ask him to stop doing what I don't want him to do!

That is funny Genie!

ouch about the ears. After our night, I have an idea of what you are up against. I thought James was getting croup (but I think its just a cough now)...anyway, he woke ay 9.30 last night and we couldnt get him back to sleep till 1.30!!! He just screamed and screamed and screamed until we brought him up to our bed then he played and giggled and slapped me in the face ..so I took him back to his bed and let him scream for a while....I was grumpy (AF). Then he got hysterical and I had to give in to him but I FINALLY got him to sleep. 2 hours later Tom woke up screaming too and had to come up to our bed.   so I feel like the living dead today. and I have a sore throat! Oh well, we've been all good for too long.

Tom was an early talker. Its kind of fun when they can talk...but the constant chatter is annoying. You always want the opposite. I am trying not to worry about James' speech. Its so hard not to compare him with Tom. He is far more physically capable than Tom though. He can ride all his toys Shelt....always has been able to (even before he coudl walk). Tom was way slower in that. It seems they go one way or the other....talking or walking so to speak.

In saying that James is way more compliant than Tom and still likes to "help". He just also likes to stir sh*t!

oh at freakin last he is in his chair eating. Had to physical fight him to get him in there, now happy as larry eating. WTF goes through their little minds?

Yeah, not all of Gabrielle's words are that clear either but I can pick up what she is talking about. She was talking to my Dad this morning and saying up please Grandad cept coming from her it sounds like up peas andad and he couldn't get it. To me it sounds clear as but I think thats probably coz I spend a lot of time with her and am used to the way she talks. She's also a bit lazy sometimes and will point and squeal till you get what she wants, I try not to give in to that but sometimes its just easier to keep the peace.

G's not a TV addict at all. I am a mean mummy and I've never put the TV on for her at all so she has no idea whats on. She got up from her sleep yesterday and I was watching a video (something I'd taped off the TV) and she was facinated with the ads. Mostly its only the news at night right before she goes to bed and she shows no interest in that at all.

We had another rough night last night. I have a bad cold and she was screaming/crying most of the night so the two of us are a bit scratchy today. I have to go to my final Family Court councelling session today (court review is Monday) and I feel like I might break down in tears if she pushes me too hard to negoiate. That might not be a bad thing though...

Dunno if I said anything but the ex came round last week and told me he is going to "win me back" coz he would like to be a family again. We've been separated for 7 months and he hasn't done anything except abuse me verbally (cept for since I filed for custody - he's been on his best behaviour since then). I was gobsmacked and couldn't think of anything to say. So far he hasn't done anything along the lines of trying to win me back but it does leave me wondering if he thinks he isn't going to win the custody thing so his best shot is to try and get back with me? Weird.

Lol at Cooper.

Hope James and Tom get better soon nzpiper.

Yeah G copies lots of things I say too Alex. her latest is far out said in a really annoyed voice coz the other day I yelled in the car something like far out you stupid dork get out of my way So now she is saying it every time she gets annoyed. Made me realise how careful I need to be now - thankfully she has only picked up the tame things so far

Sucks that so many of the little ones are sick at the moment. Hope they all get better soon.

Hope all went well for you today Shelt.

We don't have much talking here either. I'm not too worry cos like you say nzpiper they either walk or talk and we have more of the movement here at the moment. Came into the lounge last night to find Gracie standing on her highchair! She also loves spinning around in circles at the moment until she falls over - then she cracks up laughing. I do have a bit of a tv addict here but many with the ads at the moment cos Blues Clues isn't on.

Sorry can't remember much else of what I read

yay I think the little buggers have found a new home and left us!! the nits that is. That stuff really worked AnC thanks

Just been to a pilates class ouch my stomach hurts!!

All good with us, sorry to hear of the sick babes.

Re the climbing yes we have one of those and her vocab is extreme she wont shut up LMAO, the other day we were in the supermarket and she was in the trolley and we were by the bananas and she says "mummy nanas for Grace and Bede now ta" very clearly the lady beside me just cracked up.

have a good day

No plans for tomorrow which is a great feeling, weather looking a bit shoddy but don't care

Grace is really into playing with her dolls to the extreme that two of them sit in the highchair and we have ti feed them at the same time we are feeding her!! She laughs at us, I am sure she knows she is taking the piss !!