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Jennifer,
Thanks again. But now I must really get going. I find myself on here more and more each day. I think in it's own little way it's giving me back much needed sanity. Tho I got very lucky and my daughter is taking an early nap as she awoke when daddy was getting ready for work at 5am.
Have a great weekend.
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LADYBUGK03
4/21/06 10:51 A
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Renee,
Hello, good morning to you. Getting a new house can be stressful. We started looking around a year ago but due to not be able to afford one we stopped looking. I can see why where you are coming from in stabilty. I will keep you in my prayers. I am very excited for you getting into your new house. I bet the kiddos are excited also. Enjoy your time with hubby this weekend. We all need time to relax and just be calm. Have a great day today.
Jennifer
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Jennifer,
Thanks. it's really nice to know that there are others out there willing to help offer words of advice and suggestions. What is difficult for us is the fact that we have been moving around so much in such a short time and will be moving again within the next few months. Reason being we have stayed with family mine and his at different times to save up money we will be purchasing a house soon... YIPPEE but the consequence of that is lack of schedule lack of stability which is oh so important in the kiddies lives. I know once we finally settle we can create a schedule or routine. I have taken down your email addy, will send you a note soon. Getting ready to tackle today and send the kids to grandma and grandpa for the weekend WOO HOO some much needed alone time with hubby and time to gain some sanity, what's that??? Enjoy your day and I am here too if you need..
Thanks
Renee
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LADYBUGK03
4/20/06 10:48 A
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Renee,
Welcome! I can understand what you are going through with being depressed and not finding time for you. It's difficult when you have two especially with their ages. Sometimes I just have to go in the garage and just breathe so I can get through some moments of my day. I love my kiddos to death but it gets really stressful sometimes. My daughter does the same thing if I tell her something or to do something next time the little one crys she is telling him no or be quiet. So I have to watch what I do. Her biggest thing is to love on him but she loves on him to hard so she lays on him to the point where he screams. So I have had to really get on her sometimes to leave her bubba alone and just give kisses instead of hugging.
I know what you are going through and I am here for you. If you have someone that can help you out and just go for a walk, join a gym with a daycare, or just let hubby watch for a few hours and go out on your own. I know that we are much needed at the home but if I don't get away just for a little bit everyday I just don't feel right. It won't happen over night getting into a rountine but just take one day at a time. Just be honest with hubby/boyfriend and let him know that you need time for yourself. Simply just changing your eating can simply help. I know that in between the laundry, watching the kiddos 24/7, feeding them, getting the house cleaned and just trying to survive is your main objective and sometimes our eating is put on the back burner. Just tell yourself you are worth it. Just taking small steps can make a huge difference.
Here's my workout when I don't go to the gym,
I do Walk away the pounds video. These are really neat because you get your walking in when the kiddos are asleep or just the baby. My two year old does it with me. So I get that in while the baby naps.
I do the exercises off of SP. They are really neat even if you don't have weights or exercise ball.
I walk in place. Just watching a thirty minute show you got some walking.
I am here anytime you need me. Just know that. My email is thinjen2006@sbcglobal.net.
Jennifer
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Hello Everyone,
I am new to SP so far I have found everything very helpful and informative. Like so many of us out there I too have been struggling with weight, since my last pregnancy I have found juggling a two year old and a nine month old drives me crazy at times. How do you all do it those of you who have more than two children????? I give you lots of credit. I can barely squeeze in enough time for myself!!!! I relate oh so well to all the two year old stories my daughter loves to take things that don't belong to her and hide them behind her back when she knows I've caught her. She is also starting to take things out on her younger sister, if I dicipline her for something she goes to the other one and pushes her down in her portacrib... OUCH. Any suggestions on that aspect???
Also, after my first child I was diagnosed with post partem depression and think I may be going thru it again, still I don't know. Have any of you battled it and if so got any help???
Thanks,
Renee
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| thanks Ladybug! as for my little one,Isis, she is still trying to push my limits and she is talking back now as well. at times I dont know where she gets the things she says from, her fav. thing to say is "FINE" and then run off and hide behind something. I have also found out why it is a good thing that markers were made washable, she marked all over my walls in just the time it took to run out and check the mail.
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LADYBUGK03
4/18/06 2:23 P
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Hello, I love getting on here and reading what our special sweet two year olds have been getting into. As I am sitting here writing this mine got into my makeup and decided to put lipstick on. So she looks like a little clown sitting in her car. She is saying "where's my stick (lipstick). Sometimes I just have to smile and let her have fun. To cute. She thinks she is a big girl with mommy's makeup.
Mariah6, I wanted to say welcome to you. You have been on here a couple of weeks but just wanted to say I hope you are doing better with your little one and she isn't driving you to mad pushing your limits. I am here if you need me.
Homebody-That is so sweet you got to be with your son at his school and him being surprised to see you there. I bet that just made his day knowing his mommy was there. Probably told all his little friends. I know how you feel sometimes feeling like a failure but our children see us differently. They love us for who we are. I am very happy for you to have had that special time with him. He will remember that for a long time.
Natasha91, Your Cooper sounds adorable. That is really neat that he has playmates older with him and has that special bond. You can tell he really cares for him by sticking up for him. Cooper keeps you on your toes Huh? Boys are too cute because they tend to explore more. See what they can get into. Mine is only ten months and he is quite different then when my daughter was that age. He gets into everything. Cooper sounds really cute. And that is sweet you took him down to the trains for lunch. Thank you for sharing your Cooper. Keep the stories coming. I love to hear about him. Makes me smile.
Jotrkmommy,
I say the same thing to my 2 1/2 daughter when I get mad at her. It's true. God made them cute. I think that's the only thing that saves me sometimes seeing her smile to remind me "no biggie" she tells me.
Ladies, have a great day today. I gotta run. She's now getting into my powder. LOL
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NATASHA91
4/18/06 10:08 A
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cooper today in the kitchen, (help) lol i saw him kneeling in my fridge lol so cute, also he was wet and sticky so was my floor and cuboard he tryed to pour his own drink in a cup so the cordial went everywere. we took him up to the trafic lights today to eat our lunch, it's his fav spot as he gets to see all the road trains. we also took him to the park to kick the footy and soccer ball with his daddy, he had a great time today. we went for a night drive tonight, hubby and i were talking and i said a swear word the next thing we hear cooper saying it oops. hubby and i just looked at each other in suprise.
bye for now
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JOTRKMOMMY
4/18/06 9:46 A
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| To all of you with the same type of busy two year old that I have ... my mother taught me this little cute thing. She said to me one day, "You know I have figured out why GOD made the children look so cute to their parents ... So we didn't kill them growing up!" Sometimes when Joey is driving me crazy, I just look at her and say, "It's a good thing you're so cute." She usually thinks this is hilarious and goes off to play, laughing at my frustration.
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NATASHA91
4/14/06 11:15 P
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hi
i have a 2 half year old boy (cooper)it's been fun fun fun, he is 2 going on 5. 630am im still in bed and we hear a noise in the kitchen, we both snuck down to take a look there he was with a knife in the vegimite jar spreading his hot cross bun, he even put buter on it, and it was on a plate. he's a clever lil boy. he helps me with house work. but scared of the vacume cleaner. cooper has a 10 year old friend who he adores very much, and the two have a very special bond.his name is jake, jake and a couple of lads were wrestling at the party cooper thought they were hurting jake so cooper jumped in and yeld and pointed his finger and told them of , it was so cute to he cooper stick up for his 10 year old mate. later they were all playing football about 9 10years olds, cooper jumped rite in ans tackled the big kids. it realy amazed me. my lil boy is growing up so fast i hate it. i still remember when he was in my belly kicking the hell out of me. i wish they didnt grow up so dam quick.
cooper started walking at 8 months he would have walked at 7 months if i had let him he was a very strong boy. when cooper is naughty he yells back at me runs to his room slams the door, thats were i send him when he is naughty. cooper and i have manny talks when he is naughty and sometimes if he is realy naughty i spack his lil bottom, he says sorry mum and allways gives me a hug n kiss.
the othe night at 7pm after saying bye to his daddy (went to work) cooper got on his bike a bolted of down the street and im yelling at him to stop come back cooper he just laughted at me and kept going. i caught him about 10 houses down the street the lil monkey lol. sorry im riting a novel here,
bye for now
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I helped out with my 2 yr old's Easter party at daycare yesterday. I've been a stay at home mom this week and I only took them to school for their parties. I loved every minute of it. My son didn't see me at first. He was so excited and happy and when he saw me he kept saying, "Mommy's here ! Mommy's here !" I helped serve food to the kids and he was positively glowing the whole time.
If anyone has exasperating moments it's me - people say I must be patient because I'm a teacher but it takes a different kind of patience for your own kids, and besides I teach high school.
These moments are precious and they make me realize just how important I am to my kids, and how much they love me, even when I feel like a big old failure !
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| I am new to the Sparkpeople, only joined about 2 weeks ago. I also have a 2yr. old little girl, who is my life but is going threw the 2's. Being she is my first I was kind of shocked how fast the 2's came on. My daughter is trying to see how far she can push things. She is also a big on bitting people to see if that helps her get what she wonts.
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LADYBUGK03
4/13/06 7:09 A
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That is so sweet. I love when my daughter goes Mama and loves on me. Makes my day seem so much better. Your right nothing else matters.
Jennifer
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I have 3 step-daughters ages 17, 16 & 15 and 2 of my own daughters ages 12 and 2(the 17 & 12 year olds both have birthdays in a matter of weeks). And to give you an idea of how the baby has been testing us and the world around us we have been calling her..."Baby Special Forces". LOL
She can really be a handful, never sits for more than 10 minutes at a time, climbes everything (I caught her scaling the entertainment center), broke her toddler bed, etc. But when she climbs into my lap and puts her hand on my cheek and says, "My Mommy" none of the rest matters.
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LADYBUGK03
4/10/06 11:19 A
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Wow, thank you for you encouraging words. It is amazing how their little minds work. My daughter is becoming a little helper since I post this thread. It hasn't been that bad. But I have been just not letting the little things get to me. I notice when I am out I am not the only one. So I take one day at a time. I just sat here the other day and just watched her and I miss her being a baby and learning new things walking and falling over and laughing. I miss her baby days always. Thanks again, I hope your little ones are having a great day today and I will pray that we don't get stressed out to much as mommies.
Jennifer
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| I have a two year son Jaden; he just turned two; his newest thing is to slap you and then when u get mad he gives you a hug. He always tells me no. grrr. Before he was two; it seemed like he was entering the terrible two's; not listening and being a little terror. now he has just seemed to be a good little boy. If he is being bad, i say jaden go to your room, or jaden if u do that again u go to your room. he hates to hear that so it works. Jaden has become a little climier; we go to the park everyday and she tries to climb on railing; i have to watch him every sec; he trying to be a big boy when he is just so little
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JENSEMINARA
4/6/06 9:03 P
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I am the mother of 3 and have a 10, 7 and a 2 1/2 year old. I can honestly say I can say relate with you girls because I am so there with my little princess. But I have learned that this is just one of the seasons of motherhood. I look at my 10 year old and go where did the time go he cant be 10. I am charishing my time with my 2 1/2 year old because yes she drives me to want to drink lol but I know she is my last baby and that she wont be a baby long and then I will wish for days of her childhood because that is what I wish for with my older two. I miss the life of no homework no baseball no gymnastics. I wish for the days of when I was the most important person in their lives. Let me tell you ladies I am here to tell you that it wont last forever. Dont think for a minute that I dont lose it when she screams no at the top of her lungs in the middle of Target (which she did today)and everyone looks at you like cant you controll that child. But I have learned that life happens and this to shall pass. I keep telling myself just get her to 4. This was a magical age for both of my older kids. You can reason with them and they are just better little people. Hang in there even if its only by a thread lol.
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Just wanted to post an encouragement for those of you with the "busiest" 2 year olds. My older son is by far more hyper than the younger one - always has been. But he has always been more independent and responsible than the younger one is turning out to be. He goes to bed, goes to SLEEP, by himself, he can help me out doing things around the house. He's always been a big helper to anyone who would let him help. I can depend on him, and sometimes I have to remind myself that he's just 7. So there is some hope for those busy kids - if they are like mine, they are learning to be leaders ! Hope this helps.
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Hi!
My son was active at 2 (like I said) but became independent at 3. My Mom told me that 3 is more challenging than 2. She was right! (In my situation anyway)
All the Best,
Laurie
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| Hope you all work things out. But my son who is two is not mean or even going through the terrible twos.
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LADYBUGK03
3/29/06 7:04 P
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2busy2diet,
Right now I am just trying to stay calm, sometimes I want to pull my hair out with her but I remember she's still a baby learning and expressing herself. But it's hard. Just breathe. My mom told me the other day that I will miss it. I said yeah right but she said she misses it and I am 25 almost 26. So I guess she's right. I just miss my sweet girl. She is but she has her moments. But we all do. I hope your little boy skips the terrible twos since he is already doing things. Good luck. I am here to listen anytime.
Jennifer
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2BUSY2DIET
3/27/06 10:58 P
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Boy, am I in trouble! I'm reading all these posts and seeing all these things already in my son and he's not even 1 1/2 yet! He's actually been displaying his temper, well, since birth. He's now starting to hit and bite as well as thrashing on the floor yelling when he's mad. So if you have things that work, keep sharing...I need all the help I can get with this one! 
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Hi Jennifer!
LOL My parents actually laugh out loud at me when I'm battling with my little guy! LOL Which doesn't help the situation because then he thinks he's funny and has an audience! LOL
All the Best,
Laurie
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LADYBUGK03
3/22/06 10:06 P
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Thank you for your advice. I try to keep her busy but sometimes it's not enough but now she is getting into lots of neat and new stuff so hopefully her moodiness will soon where off. Thanks again,
Jennifer
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LADYBUGK03
3/22/06 10:04 P
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Beckie,
That is to sweet about him putting himself in the corner. That is great that you have set limits on him already. I try the corner and the wall but I sometimes feel like its a worst punishment then needed other times I just say to her to the wall. That is neat you are getting a big bed for him. thank you for your advice.
jennifer
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LADYBUGK03
3/22/06 9:59 P
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| Homebody, I know what you mean. I am hoping my 9 month is totally different. Luckily mine doesn't throw tantrums as much but sometimes she yells at me I just have to sometimes ignore her and go on with what I am doing. She just recently got off of her WaWa (pacifier) its been ok but she has been saying no a lot more. I just say yes and yes over and over until she smiles. Another thing she does is says things over and over. Sometimes it drives me crazy. But I love her to death, but whoo its really hard sometimes. I hope things get better for you. I am very thankful they grow out of this. She is almost 3 and just started recently so hopefully it won't last long.
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LADYBUGK03
3/22/06 9:54 P
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Laurie,
That is so me. My parents say the same thing. They just sit back and say whoo she is just like you. They smile and you can tell they are laughing in side. It's amazing how much our children are like us. I feel sometimes she is my sister. I just sometimes let her do her own thing and go on. Oh, someday she will be doing the same thing and I will be sitting back saying it's payback.
Jennifer
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LADYBUGK03
3/22/06 9:50 P
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Lee,
Oh thank goodness I am not the only one hearing "NO". Oh, man it gets to me sometimes. I wish I would never have said that. Thanks for the advice.
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| I also have a 2 year old. He's the tantrum thrower. He thrashes, throws himself on the floor, screams, and tries to hit, but then will usually do what he's supposed to do. My older son was just the opposite - he never threw a tantrum or got the least bit upset when we tried to correct him - he just totally ignored us. Guess you have to take the bad with the good, and thank goodness they are not all alike !
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Yes, mine will be 2 at the end of April. And he is testing what his limits are, and if Mom and dad are going to really do what they say. if he's doing something that he's not suppose to like touch or play by my house plants. He gets a warning. Second time (usually right after I got him out) stand in corner with me right behind him to make him stay for about 30 seconds. Warn him the next time it's in his crib (which won't work once we get a big bed in a week or so) That usually ends it. But if he does it a third time it's in the crib for 2-4 minutes.
Any tantrums I let him cry and fuss, and when he's done I ask him what he wants at his level. Last month he had already eaten dinner, and we needed to eat yet. He wanted us to come play. Since we wanted to eat, he threw a fit and even put himself in the corner. I couldn't help but laugh. He was done shortly, and was then fine till we were done.
Beckie
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Hi!
My daughter was clingy at 2, but grew out of it. My son is another story! LOL He was active at 2 but he is a handful at 3. He likes to argue and see how far he can push until he gets in trouble! lol My parents' say he's me! lol My Dad calls | |
