Oct/Nov 2008 mommies!

Ally...people tend to think girls are angels and boys are little terrors...seeing as u are the mother of toddlers of each sex... How do u think your kids compare...who is more aggressive or harder work of the two? I dont mean it in a bad way and one kid is worse than another...just out of curiosity.

Lisha i love that Zsshhh sound...Shreyan must be so cute with the blender!

Zee i had to laugh...Seriously Zee slapped a lady at Fruit and Veg???? LMAO! She must've been horrified!! what did she say? Hopefully she was a mother and understood?? Maybe she pulled tongue at Ziani??

lol @ dood dood! Here u are teaching her love love...and she is adolph hitler to insects?? ha ha...but that is so funny!

I am definately broody! Cant wait for another baby...one that hopefully wont say when i come into the room: No no...dada..dada!!! lol

Zee my friend was saying she really hopes she never has a child that sucks his or her thumb (they are TTC now)...she hates it cause her SIL does it...so i said to her...you know as a mother you will justify anything! You now hate thumb sicking...but if your child does it...and it calms them...you will make excuses til they are 21 if thats what they want to do. Same with brattiness...I hate it and was quick to comment on other people's kids. Ok luckily addy has never hit another kid yet (though she tried to take a swipe at Saarah when she was about 10m old)...she is very passive and quiet around other kids...but i do know I will have an excuse (and a warme klap) ready for the day she does do it...lol. Thats what we do as parents....

Hello everyone!!!!

Glad I could finally catch up to the new forum site (thx Vix!).

Will be keeping in contact now that I know where everyone is! LOL

Zee, I feel the same about another baby. Ok obviously I have 2 so it's different but I just have no desire to have another one. Everytime something happens like teething I think 'another down'. I definitely don't want them to grow up too fast but I am loving the independence that comes with them growing up.

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Hi everyone

Thanks for all the advice re Z and her fists … When she smacks someone, I usually say: “No Ziani, say sorry” and then she also strokes the arm or whatever she hit. It is just embarrassing really when your child smacks the person standing behind you in the queue at Fruit & Veg … You should’ve seen the woman’s face!

Mandy, shame, man, I’m just glad Z isn’t the only one. I remember how anxious I was at the shower! Even at the Kindermusik I try to move in between her and other kids to avert disaster. Funny actually. In my pre-child life, I always thought children who smacks are horrible little brats and now that I’m the mother of a little aggressor, I feel totally different and like comments that it is perfectly normal

Nelria, hope you have a good gynae visit and that Boeta has turned.

Helen, good luck with the packing! I hate moving although I cannot wait to move into a bigger place myself. Hope you have a good visit tomorrow and I can’t imagine you looking fat!

Vix, glad you had a good time, you certainly deserved the break. Bad about the goggas though.

Simone, good luck with the studying! I often wonder why I’m still trying but we’ll just have to see it through. Good on Gerard for motivating you! Funny about Addy and the ant, I tried to teach Z how marvelous the little creatures are but then she visited my MIL and now she steps on insects shouting: “dood! dood!” LOL

Nicole, sorry that the weekend wasn’t so great! The gown sounds lovely though.

Christi, good to hear from you too, so sweet about Iris and the kisses!

Lisha, hope your Drakensberg visit is going to be awesome and that Shrey will love it too. How are things with the assistant?

All the baby talk makes me quite broody, but this weekend really made me wonder if I would be able to handle two children. We are trying but honestly, I often feel as if I’ve reached the end of my tether with Z. I adore her but sjoe, she can really be exhausting. Me-time is but a distant memory!

I hate creepy things. I am fine with worms and snakes etc but not spiders. With Dylan I chose to not show my fear as I want him to love nature considering the cost of hotels, a tent is all we will know.