Comments on: Great Ed Day + Birthday Boy

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:20:22 +0000

I’m feeling guilty about leaving Isabelle in her seat or lying on a chair for ages as well. It’s difficult spreading your attentions between two. If you figure it out perfectly, let me know!
And happy birthday to everyone. We have Daddy and daughter adjacent birthdays in June!

By: heather

heather — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:23:37 +0000

With us it was the other way round in that Titch was a s colicky and high maintenance as Pip was when wee so Pip had several months where she played alone and really missed out:-( I just seem to do very colicy babes! It all pans out in the end though. Happy Birthday for SB.

By: Nic

Nic — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:40:45 +0000

Happy Birthday SB

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:24:28 +0000

Happy Birthday SB!
(Thought I had wished Chris a Happy Birthday yesterday, but I must have not sent my comment or something, so Happy Birthday for yesterday Chris, hope you had a good day )

As for BB – just be grateful If she’s happy on your lap or with her gym, then she’s happy. Tilda and Lijah were very very laidback babies – and don’t worry, they demand plenty of attention now, lol!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:09:44 +0000

back to say happy birthday to SB today!

I am amazed how much you’ve been blogging and commenting since Melrose, Helen, it’s really funny! I imagine your worries are entirely natural, and you’re trying to do at least three of those ‘ten most stressful things in life’ all at the same time, aren’t you. Sounds like you do have things well thought out though, despite all the worries, so I hope you can relax into it and enjoy it all …

By: Nic

Nic — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:57:10 +0000

I noticed that and then my comments are getting as long as the posts!

By: Karen b

Karen b — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:03:29 +0000

Ooops sorry Chris missed out on saying Happy Birthday by 3 minutes so Happy birthday for yesterday and Happy birthday to SB for today!!

By: HelenJ

HelenJ — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:46:47 +0000

thanks Nic. My posts are getting as long as yours – LOL.

By: Nic

Nic — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:41:25 +0000

SB – sounds like a great day and lol at birthday card shenanigans!
BB – probably the biggest worry for all parents of second or subsequent children, compounded more when you HE. I used to worry loads about Scarlett holding Davies back or him preventing her from getting all that precious early years one to one that he got. Somehow it just works itself out. S was a far easier baby than D – possibly because she just had to be – there was no way I could have sat cuddling her all day every day like I had with him when I had a toddler to attend to as well, or maybe she just reacted to the more relaxed mother that I was second time round. Now I actually credit S as the best thing that ever happened to D – yes there are times when she gets in the way of stuff (hence our 100EL being done at bedtime) but offset against the value of being in a family with another child to play with and interact with it means nothing. For S she is very good at getting the one to one when she needs it, she often sneaks off when he is occupied and comes to find me with a book or a jigsaw or something which we enjoy doing together quietly.
I know I have a smaller age gap than you (2y3m) but now we have gotten to this stage of toddler and small boy they are inseperable – I leave them to it to play most days for hours – the older they get the smaller the age gap seems and I don’t think it will be long before we can be doing projects together on the same subject but with slightly different tasks age appropriate to them – eg vikings – D would maybe do an illustrated piece of writing about it while S could be colouring in a picture. I don’t think I’d want any more than two but I do think it is often easier to have more than one as they do keep each other occupied. I think you answered this one when you said what their needs were – they are being met simultaneously by you doing stuff with SB while BB sits on your lap observing.
YOU – sounds like you have a plan
CHRIS – Happy Birthday