Mummy the world has ended because....

It's very hard being a toddler, sometimes the world is obviously against you. These are little man's major moans from this weekend and this morning. Each is to be followed by tears, screaming NO! in a loud voice and more tantrum related behaviour!

We're not giving in to him, he has to learn. We now need to teach his Grandparents to stop giving in to him.

.....Daddy not let me help fix mummy's car (taking off the wheels)

.....My wiggle-wiggle worm fell off my hand and down a crack (in the pavement), I want that wiggle wiggle worm to come back, mummy, no (another one won't do), it has to be that one.

......I want to eat my choc choc egg now!!!! (After being given an Easter egg at playgroup)

......I want the train one! (because they didn't show the fish-finger cat/train thing on show me, show me today)

.......me not need a wee wee (despite drinking almost half a pint of water at a pub lunch this weekend)

......I want to go to Grandma and Grandad's house and play trains (at 6.30pm at night) and mummy said no. (going another day is not good enough) me want to go now!!

Choo Choos, Chatterbox and Chicken Pox

No we haven't had the pox, we've had the 3 week wait after playing with some friends who came out in spots 2 days after playing with the little man. Their kind mother phoned me to warn me and since then I've been examining the little man's body in the bath each night checking for spots. Apparantly it has a 3 week incubation period before the spots appear. We hit 3 weeks on Wednesday and no signs so I can finally relax and stop worrying about it. (touching wooden desk top)

We enjoyed a short break in our caravan this week, up to Ravengalss in the rainy Lake District. We learnt sereval new things about our little man, particulary that he will stand outside in pouring rain, without moaning or whinging for up to an hour, more if there is a steam train at close range. The rain just didn't seem to bother him.

If you've been in an enclosed space with a toddler, particulary one that has just mastered the next stage of talking and is intent on talking non-stop for all his waking hours when he isn't eating or throwing a tantrum, (He even talks non stop whislt on the toilet/potty!) you soon learn an awning on the side of your caravan gives a wonderful play area and increases the space. However caravans have attractive things for toddlers such as steps, heaters, fridges at low level and the joy of joys, the cassette toilet!!

Also you learn to just get your coat on and get out in the weather. We met fellow caravanners abonding their holidays after a particulary windy and rainy night. Yes it rained all morning the next day but due to being on the coast it blew over and by 2pm there was lovely sunshine. Then it rained again! We got out and about and chose to go somewhere where there would be an indoor area so we weren't exposed to the elements all day.

We loved the trip, little man loved the steam trains and we are planning on going back again in the summer. Hopefully then we can take advantage of the lovely walks in the area and see more of the mountains at the Dalegarth/Boot end of the railway line!

One of the not so nice things in life

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I'm feeling delicate today, yesterday after continuing stomach ache, I had finally deduced the problem was constipation. Eventually I decided to take action against it in the form of tablets. I have only ever done this once before and I found it didn't work.

It did work this time, well I took 2 tablets instead of just the one and and I woke up at 2 am with terrible pains and spasms and it felt like I was going into labour all over again!! It was awful, not at all what I expected and it took a good few "contractions" before I got any results. The pain was quite shocking! I was up for ages getting everything out!! I ended up with the complete opposite problem at the end and was cold and shaking!!

Judging by the large amount of waste produced I am convinced it was well needed but I will now be upping my fibre intake and water intake greatly to avoid ever having to do this again!!!

My upbringing wasn't the best in terms of a healthy diet, I was fed salty food, drank very little and when I did it was strong cordial. I ate very little fruit and veg except for tangerines! I also had very large portions.

It is very hard to reverse 22 years worth of actions but I am very proud of completely cutting out added salt from my diet (except for on fish & chips) and not taking sugar in my tea. We try to eat well and eat small portions. I am no saint and have a long way to go to improve but I have seen the benefits and I am trying to convince my parents to change their eating habits. Not much success there though!